I always find graphs like this dumb when you're into the many hundreds of fps it doesn't really tell you anything other than if you have a 3060/70 then your already more than good to go even at 4k 120fps if you turn on DLSS on either of the cards.

Well the point of this graph isn't about the raw fps per say. It's purpose is to gauge the relative performance you can expect if you are upgrading. For example, since I currently own a 3080 and I am thinking to get a 4090, according to Nvidia, I can expect to double my performance least in this game. It also helps to understand the relative % increases to expect if you replace the 4080 12GB with a 3090.

Of course, we should wait for independent reviews and not take Nvidia's word for it but as those are still a week away so charts like this can give us a talking point till then.

Intel Arc A770/A750 Graphics Card Review Roundup

https://videocardz.com/139545/intel-arc-a770-a750-graphics-card-review-roundup

1080p:

1440p:

https://www.techpowerup.com/review/intel-arc-a770/32.html

Ray Tracing:

https://www.techpowerup.com/review/intel-arc-a770/34.html

Performs pretty horribly on older games tho:

https://www.techspot.com/review/2542-intel-arc-a770-a750/

Apple reportedly agrees to TSMC chip price increase after saying it wouldn’t

https://9to5mac.com/2022/10/04/apple-agrees-tsmc-chip-price-increase/

Looks like even Apple has to succumb to TSMCs pricing

NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4090 graphics card unboxings are now online

https://videocardz.com/newz/nvidia-geforce-rtx-4090-graphics-card-unboxings-are-now-online

Feel free to skip as its pointless

I hacked my PS5.... | MVG

The news:

SALES /PLAYER COUNT & DEALS

GOG has two new Deals of the Day and a new Midweek Sale:

• The first DotD is Solasta: Crown of the Magister Supporter Edition, 50% off during 46 hours: https://www.gog.com/en/game/solasta_crown_of_the_magister_supporter_edition
• The second DotD is Party Hard 2, 60% off until Friday: https://www.gog.com/en/game/party_hard_2
• The Midweek Sale features up to 90% discounts during 4 days: https://www.gog.com/promo/20221005_midweek_sale

Steam has two new deals:

• The daily deal is Little Big Workshop, 65% off: https://store.steampowered.com/app/574720/Little_Big_Workshop/
• And Streets of Rogue will be 75% off until October 11th: https://store.steampowered.com/app/512900/Streets_of_Rogue/

The Humble Store has the Fallout 25th Anniversary Sale, with up to 75% discounts during the next 6 days. The keys are for Steam: https://www.humblebundle.com/store/promo/fallout-25th-anniversary-sale/.

And Fanatical's new Star Deal is Hell Let Loose, 45% off during 24 hours: https://www.fanatical.com/en/game/hell-let-loose

SOFTWARE & DRIVERS

AMD (Radeon) Software Adrenalin 22.10.1
https://www.amd.com/en/support/kb/release-notes/rn-rad-win-22-10-1
Highlights

• Support for Overwatch 2

Fixed Issus

• GPU for image processing option may not be available using Adobe® Lightroom® on Radeon™ RX 6000 series GPUs.
• App crash may be experienced in Street Fighter™ 6 Beta.

MODS, EMULATORS & FAN PROJECTS

This Grand Theft Auto 5 Mod overhauls over 70 side characters
https://www.dsogaming.com/mods/this-grand-theft-auto-5-mod-overhauls-over-70-side-characters/
Modder ‘instanity’ has released a new mod for Grand Theft Auto 5 that aims to overhaul over 70 side characters. This mod, named “4k Story and Side Characters”, improves the body, head, and clothes of 74 characters.
>> There are screenshots, but no video.

GAMING NEWS

Saints Row – 30GB of alpha/beta content leaked online
https://www.dsogaming.com/news/saints-row-30gb-of-alpha-beta-content-leaked-online/
The first Saints Row game came out in 2006 and someone has leaked 30GB of alpha and beta content from it. This is a massive dump of Saints Row 1, Including demos, regional versions, review build, beta screenshots and more.
>> The article has a link to download all this, if you're interested.

The news, part two:

Valorant's most controversial map is getting a significant rework
https://www.pcgamer.com/valorants-most-controversial-map-is-getting-a-significant-rework/
Fracture. What is there to say about Fracture that hasn't been said already. It's one of the newer maps in Valorant yet it's also the one I've seen most frequently dodged. This map is known for how difficult it is to coordinate on and, unless you're working with a team using comms effectively, it can be the most miserable map to play in the game. So Riot is trying to make Fracture that bit less controversial by polishing it up with a little love.

'It felt fantastic'—The day MMO devs identified item-dupers and burned everything they owned to ash
https://www.pcgamer.com/ultima-onlines-devs-once-identified-item-dupers-en-masse-and-burned-all-their-houses-to-rubble/
Ultima Online is one of the longest-running and most influential MMOGs out there, and is currently celebrating 25 years. (There's even a special shield to mark the occasion.) Such a prestigious anniversary has inspired some of the talent behind the game to reminisce about their time on the game, including programmer and game designer Tim Cotten. His story is an absolute doozy.

The next Witcher and Cyberpunk games will have multiplayer
https://www.pcgamer.com/the-next-witcher-and-cyberpunk-games-will-have-multiplayer/
Though The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt is known as one of the best singleplayer games of all time, the next Witcher game could feasibly one of the best multiplayer. CD Projekt Red is making some announcements today and one thing we didn't expect to see was that it announced that going forward there will be multiplayer elements to most of their games. What that means is still slightly mysterious: but it definitely involves The Witcher.

CD Projekt is also working on something brand new that it 'created from scratch'
https://www.pcgamer.com/cd-projekt-is-also-working-on-something-brand-new-that-it-created-from-scratch/
It's been a very big day for CD Projekt, which announced that a full sequel to Cyberpunk 2077 and a whole new Witcher trilogy are happening. But that's apparently not enough to keep the studio's hands full, because there's also something entirely new happening called Hadar.
>> We'll see what CDPR is capable of when creating a world of its own, without the aid of existing books.

Overwatch 2 is now live
https://www.pcgamer.com/overwatch-2-launch-time/
The day without Overwatch has ended. The free-to-play Overwatch 2 has launched today, replacing the original game with an updated design and a new, contentious battle pass.
>> But...

Overwatch 2 launch derailed by major DDoS attack
https://www.pcgamer.com/overwatch-2-ddos-attack-launch/
Overwatch 2's launch on Tuesday has so far been less of a launch and more of a line: thousands of players, including a few at PC Gamer, have been stuck in a lengthy login queue, only to run into a connection error after making it to the menu. Blizzard president Mike Ybarra tweeted this afternoon that this isn't just the result of too many players trying to get in—Overwatch 2 is currently suffering a DDoS attack.

Colleagues pay tribute to Metro Exodus animator who died fighting for Ukraine
https://www.pcgamer.com/colleagues-pay-tribute-to-metro-exodus-animator-who-died-fighting-for-ukraine/
Andrii Korzinkin, an animator who worked on Metro Exodus at Ukrainian studio 4A Games, was reportedly killed during a "combat mission" against Russian forces invading the country. News of Korzinkin's death was shared on Twitter by Remedy gameplay designer Leonid Stepanov, who previously worked with Korzinkin at 4A Games.
>> D.E.P.

CD Projekt is losing a CEO but gaining a new studio
https://www.pcgamer.com/cd-projekt-is-losing-a-ceo-but-gaining-a-new-studio/
Amidst the surprise whirlwind of CD Projekt's major announcements today came a smaller but still very significant piece of internal news. Marcin Iwiński, who co-founded the studio in 1994 and currently serves as its co-CEO, is stepping down.

Streets of Rogue 2 announced and now it's an open-world Stardew with trucks?
https://www.pcgamer.com/streets-of-rogue-2-announced-and-now-its-an-open-world-stardew-with-trucks/
Streets of Rogue, 2019's many-layered roguelite/immersive sim hybrid that we rather enjoyed, is getting a sequel. Streets of Rogue 2 has a Steam page, an early access release window of 2023, and a prominently displayed gif of someone ploughing a truck through a farmyard. Looks good to me: put it out now, I say.

Genshin Impact won't add more endgame challenges because of 'excessive anxiety'
https://www.pcgamer.com/genshin-impact-wont-add-more-endgame-challenges-because-of-excessive-anxiety/
Genshin Impact's endgame (or lack thereof) has been an issue since the game launched two years ago. It was one of the main things that eventually drove me away in 2021, and I hoped that things would get better. Unfortunately, it seems as though HoYoverse has no intention of bringing any more combat-based endgame modes anytime soon.

So I watched about 4 reviews:

DF and Linus gave the most positive reviews despite having a number of issues. DF's review was the most favoured as they redid their test suite with games that are mainly built around modern APIs and they love their Ray Tracing and Ai Upscaling which is where Arc is at their best. They did still put up warnings though and showed Asscreed Unity which ran in single digits at times... Linus showed more goods and bads but made a plea to experienced users to buy Arc if they can as we need a third player.

Dave2d is a bit more mixed with essentially a no as a recommendation even though he gave a pretty great speech as to why he wanted it to work but he ran into a lot of issues:

GNs was the most negative of the bunch with essentially a hard no. He had a ton of driver issues and the games benchmarked somewhere from good to shat. But the driver issues of "needing to boot into windows and installing Arc driver before the monitor would display anything" is a pretty bad sign but granted it didn't happen with all his monitors. Just some.

Overall though, really good in Ray Tracing titles. Good to decent in DX12 titles outside of the ones that are either stuttering or crashing. Horrible in DX11 or older titles outside of the ones they got around to optimizing. Has the potential to be a 3060 Ti but as GN says, never buy based on future potential.

You forgot the 4K graph:

It feels like GCN 1 or 2 again, when AMD needed higher resolutions to get it's raw performance to the ground.

Also the Raytracing performance is quite nice, they weren't kidding when they compared it favorably to NVidia's inclusion.

Too bad the Arc GPUs are horrible in older DX versions (the older, the worse it gets) and under OpenGL, but if you don't play older games (or are a retro gamer who plays very much older games where the performance hit isn't an issue anymore).

These are actually fine mid-range cards, with one caveat: The consume way too much power for the performance.

Using more power than an RX 6800 while delivering much less performance is unacceptable in this regard. And with the way the power bills are going, this is also a very bad time to not be power-efficient.

The Arc GPUs will have a difficult stand: They consume too much power, which is relatively important in this day and age, but not necessarily a dealbreaker. Then, there's the question with the drivers and support, how well will they be down the road. Most eSport titles still use DX11 or older, where the GPU doesn't deliver nearly enough performance, so those will most certainly pivot to other GPUs. Finally, AMD gives more performance at lower resolutions with the RX 6600XT while also being cheaper in general (starting at ~$300 for 6600XT, ~$250 for the 6600; while the A770 is $349 and the A750 $289 MSRP), making the price somewhat unappealing.

Hardware Unboxed Video:

Seem pretty nonplussed by the Arc GPUs, or as they sum it up: Not terrible, dead on arrival.

The reasoning behind this is that AMD is a lot cheaper per frame, and they asked on Twitter how much cheaper Intel GPUs would need to be compared to AMD and NVidia for them to consider buying one. The response was at least 20% for 80% of the respondents with almost 50% even going with 30% or more, which means both Arc GPUs would need to get rat minimum a $100 pricecut before most people even just consider buying one.

Meh, I personally think a lot of the issues could be forgiven if they had consistent performance across Raster titles. Nvidia has proved that even with a discount from AMD, most people would choose their GPUs because of the feature set advantage. People care about Ray Tracing, Ai and etc and with AMD being so far behind even against Arc now in those categories, I think if the A770 even at it's $350 price point or A750 at $289 would have gained a lot of market share if it had consistent 3060 + 15% performance in Raster. Cause at that point, you are looking at a card that's faster than a 3060 in Raster with Ray Tracing that can beat a 3060 Ti and almost reaches 3070 with Ai upscaling to boot and AV1 encoding/decoding along with 16GB of Vram. Sure AMD is cheaper and more power efficient but you are getting more features with Arc that will age better.

The problem though is that it's not consistent. It can perform faster than a 3060 in one game and slower than a GTX 780 in another. It has driver issues up the wazoo and even in DX12 titles, it can stutter. So recommending a card like this is nearly impossible because the only people that should buy it are those that are willing to give Intel a charity. And it is quite the shame because we all know Lovelace and RDNA 3 about to show us the new meaning of being priced out. Hopefully they can sort it out by the time Battlemage comes out cause at the very least, Intel has shown us they have potential. They just need to fix their shit.

I have to say that I'm impressed with Intel's hardware. The cards are solid in that front and can compete against both Nvidia nd AMD head to head. Or rather, it could, because the drivers still leave a lot to be desired, to the point were going for something else will give you less headaches.

So, congratulations to the hardware team and an big fail for the software one.