tech-industry-news

[narrow ocean]

https://www.gamecrate.com/news/ai-could-kill-game-storylines

[tall zodiac]

the chat isnt locked @narrow ocean

[prime thicket]

they wants people to talk uwu

[narrow ocean]

thanks @prime thicket

[tall zodiac]

o

[vivid kelp]

Idk, I dont really see AI being truly detrimental to games. Will see a wave be bad AI games, then no AI games, then couple decent AI games, then lots of decent AI games.

Pretty much like with anything that isnt really ready for major production use (unless the implementation uses the weird quirks, like a game designed around weak and barely usable AI).

[hushed fern]

games would mostly become Ai generated fetch quests is my worry

[sharp wing]

needs the human element at the center, but i think adding subtle elements of ai can be interesting

[worthy talon]

@prime thicket good job

[tulip locust]

test

[quiet ruin]

hi

my take is that AI has potential in gaming but it has to be used properly

also it has a long way to improve on prompts

[worthy talon]

What is gamecrate?

[worthy talon]

AI as it stands probably already better than Bethesda NPCs

[vivid kelp]

About:

GameCrate is an editorial publication focused on the world of video games and their cultural impact worldwide.
[...]
Originally founded in 2014, GameCrate is published by Newegg Commerce, Inc.

[worthy talon]

They should fire everyone and let ai write the articles

https://tenor.com/view/stonks-up-stongs-meme-stocks-gif-15715298

[cyan hamlet]

You'd be amazed how many sites have done this already

[worthy talon]

Honestly wouldn’t be amazed, it’s only going to get worse for writers.

[cyan hamlet]

Whenever you search for something popular, like the launch date for a new game, and get an article titled something like "[game] launch date, system requirements" and the actual article says "no launch date has been announced" you can be sure that was written by a bot.

Even when it does have info often it's still written by a bot that scrubbed the data from somewhere else

[hushed fern]

it also happens with cpu and gpu comparisons

like comparing a 10600k and 5800x3d and just mentioning their specs and nothing else

[cyan hamlet]

Review articles are also notoriously bad for this

"X monitor review"
"X monitor has specs Y and Z"
That's the entire article lol

[worthy talon]

Anyone ever had pickles on pizza?

Ope o thought I was in general

[proper anvil]

so this is a news channel?

dope

[cyan hamlet]

GameCrate being run by Newegg ofc

But it's game focused so I'll take it

[proper anvil]

aight

[dire token]

What is this

[cyan hamlet]

News and news discussion channel

[dire token]

Hmm

Ok

[shut osprey]

What

[sleek phoenix]

[young osprey]

What channel is this?

[fresh cypress]

News?

[sharp wing]

Discussion channel, check pins

[jade pagoda]

O

[narrow ocean]

https://www.gamecrate.com/picks/top-lgbtq-gaming-romances

[severe ridge]

What is game crate

Oh

Why is this a channel

[quiet ruin]

ong make an article about csgo skins

[shut osprey]

Yo true true

So many views waiting for you with CSGO skins

[steel echo]

Unfortunately, these types of articles are just going to cause future arguments, I'm sure of it. There are plenty of anti-LGBTQ people in this server who are active.

That being said, happy Pride! 😊

[dire token]

Hi

[hollow scroll]

no one on the planet is anti anything of the sort. the problem is everyone is sick to death of SEXUAL identity politics being forced down every facet of everyones everyday lives. what people do in the bedroom is their own busniess. no one else cares. this is why bud light is tanking so hard right now. people are sick of it.

[dire token]

https://tenor.com/view/male-nia-be-quiet-gif-be-quiet-male-magandang-gabi-buenos-dias-gif-26178387

[hollow scroll]

yes, i'm aware. i think everyone knows who, what and where those places are. the overwhelming majority of people on the planet simply don't care and are just trying to live their lives. meanwhile, every day over the last decade, this nonsense of sexual identity politics is forced down everyone's throat harder than a christian missionary in every aspect of everyones life. enough is enough at some point.

[tepid wasp]

Rommer literally said not to get into this discussion

https://tenor.com/view/bonk-gif-26414884

[tawny aspen]

https://tenor.com/view/doctor-who-oh-my-eyebrow-raise-hmm-huh-gif-10088128

[fathom steppe]

New Channel

W

[dire token]

It's not a w channel tho

[fathom steppe]

Why!?

[dire token]

Controversy

[rotund monolith]

What on earth.

I open the new channel and it’s argument about pride month- I’m over it, muted xD

Actually maybe not mute, I didn’t know gamecrate existed.

[rotund monolith]

Fr rommy

[proper anvil]

when next gamecrate news?

[rotund monolith]

I, on the other hand, am great at keeping to myself

[narrow ocean]

https://www.gamecrate.com/reviews/review-amnesia-the-bunker

[narrow ocean]

https://www.gamecrate.com/reviews/review-system-shock-2023

[proper anvil]

Two reviews, nice

[karmic agate]

L channel

[fathom steppe]

Not gonna argue like that other guy but why cant they give their opinions? isnt the entire point of pride month to give their opnion about sexuality? So if they can give their opinion and have parades why cant that dude give his opinion? is it just because it goes against yours? is it because you are not open to a conflicting view on a sensitive topic? not sure but thats my little rant

[dire token]

(Hence why that article shouldn't have been posted in the first place)

[cyan hamlet]

More like this isn't the place for such discussions. Feel free to have and express your (non hateful) opinions elsewhere but this is a news channel.

[narrow ocean]

https://www.gamecrate.com/news/summer-game-fest-roundup

[haughty topaz]

nope.

[hushed fern]

This about to get destroyed by the xbox showcase

[sharp wing]

¯_(ツ)_/¯

[jade pagoda]

[simple barn]

yeah i gues

[topaz iron]

Whoa. When did this channel appear?

[violet thorn]

Ever since we got this new admin dude

It’s just a news discussion channel (Stupid and worthless)

[cyan hamlet]

A few days ago. And the admin isn't new, you just haven't been here long enough to see them.

[topaz iron]

Well then.

#aiforpresident

[narrow ocean]

[admin bot message] thank you everyone for checking out our GameCrate News channel! [end message]

[dire token]

Bruh

[narrow ocean]

https://www.gamecrate.com/picks/best-video-game-soundtracks-for-getting-work-done

[narrow ocean]

https://www.gamecrate.com/picks/indie-games-made-over-5-million-dollars

[narrow ocean]

https://www.gamecrate.com/reviews/review-humanity

[sharp wing]

gotta love celeste, also I never actually listened to the final fantasy soundtrack itself but it is pretty nice. maybe i gotta go download that now

[narrow ocean]

https://www.gamecrate.com/picks/best-new-pc-games-july-2023

https://www.gamecrate.com/picks/best-new-xbox-games-july-2023

https://www.gamecrate.com/picks/best-new-nintendo-switch-games-july-2023

https://www.gamecrate.com/picks/best-new-playstation-5-games-july-2023

https://www.gamecrate.com/news/starfield-bethesda-xbox-game-studios-microsoft

[jade pagoda]

This tho

F to the console players

For 30fps gameplay

😬

There better be different modes

[quiet ruin]

personally, doom and guilty gear strive soundtracks are very relaxing

[sharp wing]

Really? Doom is relaxing? xD

[ionic notch]

I have a hard time believing that.

[tawny aspen]

Lucrative

[scenic torrent]

30 fps with space game is sad xD

slideshow xD

[jade pagoda]

And we thought a majority of games would be 60fps. Smh

[shut osprey]

30fps only? Geez

What happened to next gen consoles

[narrow ocean]

🙂

[cyan hamlet]

They run on APUs effectively. It was bound to be outdated fast.

[hushed fern]

Also this game is huge is scope and scale

Hardware never guaranteed you will do x frame rate at x resolution

[hushed fern]

Almost like it's a cpu thing dropping to even 360p wouldn't help

[autumn vessel]

well, they wanted to have the most detail while maintaining a good framerate

if they made it 4K with a 60FPS cap the framerate would be inconsistent, so that's why there's a 30FPS cap

games can also feel smooth at 30FPS too; it's not the same as PC 30FPS where it's really damn slow

[rugged pumice]

CPU Bottleneck. Gotta rememember the game is building portions of the world as you explore with procgen.

My guess is that during testing with a 60FPS cap there were points it dropped to like 30-40FPS and they didn't want a repeat of Downtown Boston in Fallout 4 so they wanted it as stable as possible.

I play games at 30-45 FPS on my steam deck. never aim for 60fps. I'm fine with it that way. Helps battery life. So I'm more used to lower FPS I guess.

Also testing minspec PC at work ;-;

[cyan hamlet]

tbf you expect that on a steam deck, not so much on a console that weighs 6 times more

[shut osprey]

When it's a next gen gaming console

You kinda expect more of it

[hushed fern]

gaming is also doing way more

[shut osprey]

That's fair

[sharp wing]

45ish frames is kind of acceptable on console platforms since controller inputs are limited in motion which make it much less jarring than a mouse input. But I would say 45 should be the minimum for most types of games

[rugged pumice]

They have the same CPU Architecture. the biggest difference the consoles have is more cores and more wattage.

CPU bottlenecks are still a thing.

[narrow ocean]

https://www.gamecrate.com/news/xbox-console-wars-loser

[cyan hamlet]

That's because a lot of Xbox gamers do PC. Most Xbox exclusives are also on PC, but to play PS4/5/Switch exclusives you need the console.

[sharp wing]

Now that I think about it, I think it could also be that xbox is mostly just popular in the us. I don't know many people in europe and asia that own a xbox

[violet thorn]

Grew up on Xbox

Played Halo

That's all I need to know

[hushed fern]

Being bad to customers like Sony seems to be the play then

[cyan hamlet]

That explains the real reason that M$ wanted Activision then

They were trying to be more like Sony

[hushed fern]

Series x sales did go up when they announced like 11 new games the blue box can't play

[narrow ocean]

https://www.gamecrate.com/news/youtube-game-platform-playables-testing

[severe ridge]

bruh

[cyan hamlet]

Netflix tried this already. It hasn't worked out for them.

[shut osprey]

HAHAHA

No.

[rugged pumice]

Its somewhat working for twitch. But seeing how Stadia failed, I'm not sure anyone would trust youtube to buy games, but maybe they can add games to Youtube Red.

Cause when Google decides something isn't working they will literally just shut it down. No hesitation.

Rip Google Hangouts

[karmic agate]

Google Hangouts just got updated to Google chat

A bit more modern but same functionality

[exotic tendon]

They Shut down Google Play Music and it broke my heart

They updated it to youtube music and stripped out all the best parts

[rugged pumice]

Its not the same

[narrow ocean]

https://www.gamecrate.com/picks/five-best-warhammer-games-two-skip

[severe ridge]

don't worry, I won't play any of them

[dire token]

Lmfao

[narrow ocean]

https://www.gamecrate.com/picks/nintendo-switch-best-games-budget

[west saffron]

one word, steamdeck.

[narrow ocean]

https://www.gamecrate.com/news/obituary-the-realm-online-death-knell

[rugged pumice]

I wouldn't trust a kid younger than 12 with my Steam Deck.

I bought my Niece a Switch Lite.

[west saffron]

true, I didnt realize this was a parent oriented article

[dire token]

Counter offer

Go outside

[rugged pumice]

outside sucks

[dire token]

It really doesn't

[rugged pumice]

Especially with all the smog from the wildfires

[dire token]

Make friends and go out places lol

[rugged pumice]

ew, people

[dire token]

[sharp wing]

grass is bad for health

[rotund monolith]

This hits deep, I’m not even up near canada

[rugged pumice]

Its been awful in the North East and Midwest.

[cyan hamlet]

Emulators go brrrrrrr

[rotund monolith]

It’s given me a sore throat from just being out there for a tiny bit each day

[rugged pumice]

So glad I don't leave my house

I'm a Suburb Hermit

[cyan hamlet]

https://youtu.be/BciS5krYL80

[quiet ruin]

counter offer, VR

[cyan hamlet]

https://tenor.com/view/touch-grass-grass-osu-go-touch-grass-tiktok-grass-gif-25972009

[sharp wing]

you cannot escape

[cyan hamlet]

I think this is not a good channel to ask that. You'd be better off asking in #peripherals-and-displays

Lots of people have this muted since it's just a news channel

[fathom steppe]

oh oops i throught i clicked preferals i was off by alot

mb

[cyan hamlet]

About as far off as it gets lol
It's all good

[narrow ocean]

https://www.gamecrate.com/news/gollum-dev-daedalic-decides-to-stick-with-publishing-games-only

[cyan hamlet]

Imagine that, they actually managed to release a game so bad they not only gave up on fixing it, but it also killed another game they were making.

[narrow ocean]

https://www.gamecrate.com/news/microsoft-possibly-outs-playstation-5-slim%2C-pro%2C-and-project-q-details-

[narrow ocean]

Win an epic PC build: 13th gen i9, 4080 RTX, custom water-cooling, LCD displays, laser-etched case. Enter now for a chance to win, thanks to Intel! #Giveaway #PCGaming

Enter here ► https://newegg.io/fb-vivi-sweeps

[dire token]

Does the egirl come with

[sharp wing]

yes

oh wait, newegg has a vtuber now

[vivid kelp]

US only

[narrow ocean]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xtLyB9He8zY

[jade pagoda]

What a build

[violet thorn]

Sorry not a simp

[severe ridge]

wow this is ugly

[vivid kelp]

Eh, only offputting part is the front display. Breaks the feel a bit, but could prolly fix that with certain stuff on the screen. Otherwise it looks fine.

[rugged pumice]

https://youtu.be/0BsjDPIM9B4

[severe ridge]

@jade pagoda ^

[jade pagoda]

got it

[severe ridge]

thx

[quiet ruin]

Oh my god

[fathom steppe]

how does the vid only have 80 likes

i watched the vid

then a ltt video came up and i watched the entire thing

[copper meteor]

i don't care if the pc is the ugliest thing I've ever seen, or is just really embarrasing, if it has good specs I'll use it

[plain peak]

That's my logic

I don't even have a case. 🫡

[hard hearth]

fddf

[plain peak]

Huh

[hard hearth]

11

[severe ridge]

12

[vivid kelp]

D

[muted saddle]

E

[violet thorn]

What the hell is this lol

[cyan hamlet]

The channel is meant for discussion of news from the Newegg owned Gamecrate site but it seems to have been taken over by useless nonsense

[hushed fern]

When you start something but can't keep it up

[proper anvil]

I'll do news instead

Probably 3-5 articles from different sources

[plain peak]

Techin Around makes a come back...

[proper anvil]

1. https://videocardz.com/newz/amd-4800s-desktop-kit-a-pc-repurposed-apu-from-xbox-series-x-has-been-tested

2. https://www.tomshardware.com/news/windows-11-refresh-rate-multi-monitors

3. https://wccftech.com/amd-ryzen-8000-strix-point-apus-utilize-12-core-zen-5-zen-5c-hybrid-config-strix-halo-with-16-core-chiplet-design/

[west saffron]

W news

[proper anvil]

Yessir

[cyan hamlet]

Dynamic refresh rate... not the change I wanted related to that but I'll take it

[violet thorn]

Let’s vote to change the channel name to #gamefrost-news

[cyan hamlet]

This channel wasn't even voted in though, it was added by Newegg corporate to promote their Gamecrate site that Newegg owns

[violet thorn]

Lmao oh.

[cyan hamlet]

We could set up a bot to subscribe to the news feed instead of having @narrow ocean post all of them. It seems like there's only a post every day or two.

In other news, I hadn't even heard that there was a new Futurama season and this is how I find out https://www.gamecrate.com/fortnite-welcomes-futurama-to-the-world-of-tomorrow

[west saffron]

I found out awhile ago, its fairly good. first couple new episodes are ehhh but it will get better

[violet thorn]

we love fortnite

[vivid kelp]

Enhance Refresh Rate Support
Oh hey, now you dont need to make sure fastest monitor is primary monitor anymore. It's a fun time when a on an incorrect config a YT video on the slow monitor would kill the pef of the fast monitor.

[proper anvil]

XD

[proper anvil]

Good morning/afternoon/night everyone, here is the next batch of news

1. https://videocardz.com/newz/intels-just-released-arc-a570m-and-a530m-graphics-are-using-new-acm-g12-gpu

2. https://wccftech.com/msi-rolls-out-amd-agesa-1-0-0-7c-bios-for-am5-motherboards-improve-ddr5-support/

3. https://www.notebookcheck.net/AYN-Odin2-design-presented-as-company-teases-performance-metrics.737952.0.html

4. https://www.thegamer.com/baldurs-gate-3-file-size-no-preload-time-122gb-uninstall-early-access/

[cyan hamlet]

Baldur's gate fail. If you have a download that large you have to consider the average person's download speed and allow a day or two of preload.

That's a 3 hour download at 100 Mbps

It'll be noon before most people even get the chance to play

[hushed fern]

yk the real chads are already playing it 🏴‍☠️

[cyan hamlet]

Early access? Sure but you have to uninstall and redownload so you still won't be able to play much on official launch day

There's no smaller download option for early access

[muted saddle]

Oh well, guess people will just have to deal with it

[quiet ruin]

Ight so when r we making our own news podcast

Me and compooper wegg WAN show

[proper anvil]

Sheesh sounds cool but I don't think im suited for a podcast lmao

[quiet ruin]

Lol

Any volunteers?

[proper anvil]

Wideus probs

Heh

[proper anvil]

Next batch of news

1. https://wccftech.com/fanxiang-high-end-pcie-gen5-s900pro-nvme-ssds-up-to-12-gbps-speeds/

2. https://videocardz.com/newz/amd-radeon-pro-w7600-and-w7500-professional-rdna3-graphics-cards-pictured

3. https://www.tomshardware.com/news/evidence-shows-ai-driven-companies-are-buying-up-gaming-gpus

4. https://www.gameinformer.com/news/2023/08/01/xbox-series-xs-stormcloud-vapor-controller-revealed

[vale wraith]

A foods recipe channel would be nice lol

I have some cool news, apparently there is now a cancer killing pill in testing that is about the start human trials after used on animals that kills 70 different types of cancers and tumors without hurting healthy cells

https://news.sky.com/story/amp/cancer-killing-pill-that-appears-to-annihilate-solid-tumours-is-now-being-tested-on-humans-12932133

Hopefully no one tries to stop them and it actually goes through

[cyan hamlet]

10:1 says Pfizer buys it and we never hear about it again

Just like the gas engine the MIT student designed that gets over 100 MPG that Ford bought

[proper anvil]

if this is actually true this would be kept silent bruh, they don't want people to be living healthy lives if they can't profit off of it

[vale wraith]

If that was true it would hurt gas, but with these pills u could prob sell them for a 100k and people would still buy them

Tho hospitals charge a lot for conventional cancer treatment tho just bc it expensive to do in general

[cyan hamlet]

Correction, insurance companies will still buy them, after negotiating an 80% discount

[vale wraith]

Insurance could always deny to pay for it ig but true

[cyan hamlet]

The drug companies make way more money off of long term treatment than they do a real cure too

[proper anvil]

^^^ hard true facts

lets be real if most health companies values life more, there would be alot of healthy people

less deaths

and such

[vale wraith]

I’m not trying to argue with what u said but they’d still have to pay for supplies and their employees

Not everyone wants to volunteer with no compensation

[proper anvil]

true

[vale wraith]

Tho if more resources were focused on health in todays world we wouldn’t really have too many sick people

Will be a long time until that happens

[proper anvil]

yep

in other news:

[cyan hamlet]

Oh they're on to remaking Q2 RTX? Neat

[vale wraith]

New meaning to if it can’t run quake now

[proper anvil]

can it run quake?

lol

[vale wraith]

New superconductor in labs that can run at room temp

Lk99 is the name of the thing

[serene marsh]

First few tests of it needed for it to be at -163°C which last I checked wasn't room temp

[fervent anchor]

That’s pretty much room temp

[cyan hamlet]

That's what my grandma sets her house to

[tawny aspen]

gamecrate news

[tawny aspen]

gamecrate news

[west saffron]

swen etarcemag

[rotund monolith]

gamecrate news

[tawny aspen]

gamecrate news

[simple barn]

gamecrate new

[severe ridge]

gamecrate old

[fathom steppe]

gamecrate rate

[tepid wasp]

gamecrate bait

[tawny aspen]

gamecrate news

[vivid kelp]

67 61 6D 65 63 72 61 74 65 20 6E 65 77 73

[cyan hamlet]

At least your spam was more creative

[tawny aspen]

gamecrate news

[cyan hamlet]

https://tenor.com/view/try-something-new-saturday-night-live-weekend-update-try-new-things-try-modern-ways-gif-20388409

[tawny aspen]

The more someone begs for creativity the less I'll partake in it

[severe ridge]

This is hex right

[vivid kelp]

Yes No. This is Patrick.

[muted saddle]

[tawny aspen]

gamecrate newsw

[tepid wasp]

gamecrate who's?

[tawny aspen]

gamecrate news

[fathom steppe]

News or mews

[tawny aspen]

gamecrate news

[tawny aspen]

gamecrate news

[tepid wasp]

gamecrate blues

[fathom steppe]

ganecrate ethylenediaminetetraacetate

[proper anvil]

Gamecrate

oh

i forgor to add some news

[severe ridge]

Just like the company

[proper anvil]

1. https://videocardz.com/newz/msi-leaks-intel-14th-gen-core-specs-confirms-its-3-faster-on-average-than-13th-gen

2. https://www.tomshardware.com/news/qualcomm-g3x-gen2-g2-g1-gaming-chips

3. https://www.notebookcheck.net/Xbox-head-confirms-there-is-no-refresh-in-store-for-Xbox-Series-S-X.743415.0.html

aight here it is

[proper anvil]

[tawny aspen]

https://tenor.com/view/thanos-ill-do-it-gauntlet-gif-13804455

[muted saddle]

[proper anvil]

New news yo
1.https://www.tomshardware.com/news/beefy-rtx-4090-boasts-five-fan-cooler-design

2.https://videocardz.com/newz/lenovo-legion-go-with-amd-ryzen-z1-extreme-8-8-qhd-screen-and-lpddr5x-memory-to-launch-at-799-usd-eur

3.https://www.techpowerup.com/312936/msi-to-unveil-new-gaming-slim-graphics-cards-project-zero-motherboard-ssd-monitors-and-more-at-ifa-2023

[severe ridge]

thanks gamecrate

[proper anvil]

3rd link embed not good lol probably might ditch techpowerup

[proper anvil]

No problem

[shut osprey]

Mr gamecrate himself

John Gamecrate

[proper anvil]

Lol

[proper anvil]

New news to indulge in

1. https://videocardz.com/newz/intels-next-gen-arc-battlemage-bmg-g10-gpu-reportedly-already-in-the-labs

2.https://www.tomshardware.com/news/new-gpu-power-connector-eliminates-cables-delivers-more-than-600w

3.https://wccftech.com/google-cloud-nvidia-join-forces-to-power-ai-computing/

[severe ridge]

thanks crategame

[proper anvil]

XD

[shut osprey]

John Gamecrate strikes again

[proper anvil]

aight yo sorry for the news delay, time to dive in!

1. https://videocardz.com/newz/asus-rog-rtx-4090-evangelion-gpu-is-now-available-for-preorder-in-china-starting-from-2480

2. https://www.tomshardware.com/news/dual-nvme-card-with-eight-e1s-ssds-achieves-55-gbs-performance

3. https://www.pcgamesn.com/league-of-legends/wild-rift-director

[tawny aspen]

https://tenor.com/view/skeleton-dancing-skeleton-dancing-gif-5094083

[proper anvil]

XD

[shut osprey]

Lmao

[proper anvil]

Got some news for ya!

1. https://videocardz.com/newz/asrock-preparing-amd-trx50-workstation-motherboard-for-next-gen-threadripper-7000

2. https://wccftech.com/maxsun-says-its-fine-to-have-over-80c-temps-on-its-five-fan-geforce-rtx-4090-mgg-gpu/

3. https://www.pcgamesn.com/amd/radeon-rx-7800-benchmark

[tawny aspen]

That five fan gpu looks goof as hell

[proper anvil]

It indeed looks goofy af

[cyan hamlet]

I saw a test of that 5 fan gpu, and when they disabled the two top fans the temps actually got better slightly

[proper anvil]

[proper anvil]

Got some newz

1. https://videocardz.com/newz/intel-core-ultra-meteor-lake-lineup-leaks-out-core-ultra-9-185h-with-16-cores-and-5-1ghz-clock

2. https://www.tomshardware.com/news/intel-confirms-arm-investment-arm-and-risc-v-is-where-the-volumes-are

3. https://www.pcgamesn.com/starfield/todd-howard-ending

[cyan hamlet]

What about Starfield hasn't been controversial

[sharp wing]

true

[violet thorn]

It’s still benchmark material for GPU brand shills

I will stand by that

[muted saddle]

when will gamecrate news come home with the milk?

[simple barn]

Gamecrate news

[balmy flax]

Gamecrate news

[fathom steppe]

Gamecrate news

[tawny aspen]

Gamecrate news

[shut osprey]

Mr gamecrate strikes again

https://www.pcgamer.com/todd-howard-asked-on-air-why-bethesda-didnt-optimise-starfield-for-pc-we-did-you-may-need-to-upgrade-your-pc/

Here's a funny one

[cyan hamlet]

"We did optimize it, you just need to upgrade your PC"

Is that why people get 50% GPU usage

[shut osprey]

Last time I checked it ran at 100fps on the 4090 and the 7900xtx lmao

Sure, I'll just upgrade my PC to get more frames for my scenic fps

[cyan hamlet]

100 fps at 1080p maybe

[shut osprey]

On 1080p high

[cyan hamlet]

Yeah lol

[shut osprey]

Yeah 1080p high

Like dude really? What about 1440p?

"not real"

[cyan hamlet]

Tmw a 4090 can't get playable fps at 1440p

[shut osprey]

Not even on ultra

[cyan hamlet]

BuT tHat'S wHaT FsR iS fOr

[shut osprey]

Trueeeee

Except they coulda done dlss

Literally modders done it for free already

[cyan hamlet]

It's fairly garbage the way they modded it in though

Especially 3.0, the UI gets so garbled

[shut osprey]

I haven't actually seen it in action so

Fair enough

But hey, at least it's something you could do

[cyan hamlet]

I can almost give Bethesda a pass on not including DLSS because it would take even more time and effort to make it work well.

Because now we see just how well it works even without it

[shut osprey]

It runs

At triple digit fps at most

But it runs at least

Ignore the game breaking bugs of being able to noclip under the map and loot everything

And the basically unbeatable ship that's just an empty box lol

[cyan hamlet]

My favorite is the ship taking off with you stuck on the ramp, so you get yeeted into the atmosphere

[shut osprey]

I must go, my people need me

superjumps into the atmosphere

[copper burrow]

The Gummi Ship Exploit

[vivid kelp]

devcrate-news
https://blog.unity.com/news/plan-pricing-and-packaging-updates
https://twitter.com/stephentotilo/status/1701679721027633280

Stephen Totilo (@stephentotilo)

I got some clarifications from Unity regarding their plan to charge developers per game install (after clearing thresholds)

• If a player deletes a game and re-installs it, that's 2 installs, 2 charges
• Same if they install on 2 devices
• Charity games/bundles exempted from fees

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Twitter · Sep 12, 2023, 7:30 PM

[cyan hamlet]

Well at least they're not targeting lower profit indie studios with their fees. You need to make at least $200,000 in a year AND have at least 200,000 installs.
The installs structure is stupid though, anyone will hit it with that guideline. If you only have an average of 50k users but you update the game 4 times, requiring full downloads (because indie game), is that 200k installs?

How are they planning on tracking your revenue? There's lots of questions I and others have that need to be answered still.

[tawny aspen]

they should count a user having a copy of the game as one install smh

[cyan hamlet]

I can understand having a game on multiple devices counting as multiple installations, but really? If I uninstall a game, and reinstall it later because it got an update or a friend wanted to play with me, that counts?

[tawny aspen]

one person could knock out those 200k installs by just cranking a reinstall ad infinitum

[cyan hamlet]

If someone was vindictive enough yeah they could easily abuse that system.

And how are they even tracking installs? Do you have to have DRM that connects to the Unity servers or something? So many questions.

I'm feeling like this will lead to the slow death of unity as the go to engine and dev kit if it's as bad as I'm thinking. The age of UE5 is upon us.

[tawny aspen]

run them dry so they have to make huge concessions to offer the bare minimum again

[cyan hamlet]

wtf even is this fee structure (emerging markets are places like India)

So if you get lucky as an indie studio using the free unity personal plan, and you have a breakout hit like among us that makes a ton of money, you have to pay 20 cents per INSTALL. Never mind if you're only charging $5 for the game. Someone could just reinstall the game 20 times and Unity gets to steal all your money.

[vivid kelp]

Normal Unity games will by default contact Unity's servers. Even a thing for pirated Unity games, lots of new people scream for untrustworthy uploader cuz Unity game is requesting firewall allowance. So even pirated games are quite likely to be considered an install.

[cyan hamlet]

Great so it basically is online DRM. Lovely. This is totally the route to go.

[vivid kelp]

Also even if you have a proper updater that only reinstalls part of game, I get the feeling it'll still count as complete reinstall. So will moving a game prolly. Mostly basing this off of their reinstall policy and how they'll likely be tracking installs (above point is likely).

[sharp wing]

The days of torrenting shall rise again

[cyan hamlet]

That would make sense if the DRM is checking the CRC of the EXE, that it would trigger the install counter

Torrenting never died for me. I still use it all the time. (to download abandonware from internet archive and Linux distros mostly)

[sharp wing]

ofc

[simple barn]

gamecraft news

[tawny aspen]

https://tenor.com/view/minecraft-spin-wolf-gaming-spinning-gif-17385304

[proper anvil]

Truly gaming

[simple barn]

Gamecrate news

[tawny aspen]

true

[vivid kelp]

devcrate-news: Not to say that mobile games isnt plagued by baddies and deserve some bad fate, but still this is funni
https://azurgames.com/blog/collective-letter-from-game-development-companies-turning-off-all-ironsource-and-unity-ads-monetization-until-new-conditions-are-reviewed/

[tawny aspen]

I love my oofy goofy mobile games

[muted saddle]

Gamecrate news

[proper anvil]

Gamecrate news

[brave falcon]

@scenic torrent it mute me and i wasnt even spamming

[scenic torrent]

not here dm me instead haha

what u seeing xD i dont know maybe bot muted u

[brave falcon]

well i would but you have them turned off

it said it muted me for spam

and i was not spamming

the bot yeah

[proper anvil]

sorry for not posting on GAMECRATE NEWS for some time, here is some juicy news

1. https://wccftech.com/nintendo-switch-2-soc-packs-nvidia-ampere-gpu-1280-cores-8-cortex-a78-cpu-cores/ (Grain of Salt)

2.https://www.notebookcheck.net/Acer-Nitro-XZ320QK-P3-New-curved-gaming-monitor-starts-at-US-499-99-with-4K-resolution-and-165-Hz-refresh-rate.751511.0.html

3. https://www.tomshardware.com/news/amds-ryzen-threadripper-7985wx-for-sp6-listed

4. https://www.pcgamesn.com/steam-deck/steamos-3-5-patch-notes

[cyan hamlet]

Switch 2 has long been rumored to pack a SoC that matches the PS4 Pro, which is impressive for the size especially

[proper anvil]

especially that crazy low tdp

iirc <10w

[rugged pumice]

Thats usual for Arm lately. other than Qualcomm and Mediatek lol.

Both NVidia and Apple's Soc's are so good.

[proper anvil]

yea, despite me not liking apple i cannot lie their soc's are really top tier

[rugged pumice]

I'm waiting to see Digital Foundry analyze RE4 Remake, Deathstranding and assassins creed on the Iphone.

[proper anvil]

yea same

[fervent anchor]

what is gamecrate

[fervent anchor]

i want switch 2 soon

[cyan hamlet]

News site owned by Newegg

[fervent anchor]

i see

[shut osprey]

John Gamecrate has graced us once again with news

[rotund monolith]

Thank you John gamecrate

[proper anvil]

John Gamecrate is back with more news 😳

1. https://videocardz.com/newz/new-12v-2x6-gpu-connector-survives-640w-power-test-when-not-fully-inserted

2. https://wccftech.com/tsmc-aggressive-expansion-cowos-packaging-facilities-amd-nvidia-ai-chips/

3. https://www.tomshardware.com/news/amds-scott-herkleman-announces-departure

4. https://www.pcgamesn.com/payday-3/matchmaking-upgrades

If you have any more interesting tech/gaming news sites to show please comment!

[cyan hamlet]

The 12V 2x6 design paired with the new spec having shorter sense pins should solve most of the original design flaws

[sleek phoenix]

Compooper finally showed me the channel

[sleek phoenix]

You might even be able to mod the old cables tbh

But ye it should

[tawny aspen]

Rumor has it he's leaving over confusion between the weight of a kilogram of steel and a kilogram of feathers

[proper anvil]

😂

[cyan hamlet]

Which is harder to carry, a kilo of steel or a kilo of feathers?

[sleek phoenix]

Heh

Feathers

[tawny aspen]

Yeah feathers

[cyan hamlet]

Right, because that's one big box of feathers, bulky af.

[sleek phoenix]

Torque go brrr

[tawny aspen]

Until you bag them up

Then it's easy

[cyan hamlet]

By the time you bag and vaccum seal the feathers the kilo of steel is out the door

[west saffron]

Thank you John Gamecrate

[scenic torrent]

nyc evolved xD

now its lanternflies

[vivid kelp]

One feather a day over 50 yrs is like no effort, so therefore feathers ||/s||

[shut osprey]

But steel is heavier

"They're both a kilogram"

That's cheating

[quiet ruin]

Its been like that for the last 2 years

[scenic torrent]

Deym i thought I post that at general

My bad lemme delete it

[proper anvil]

Got some news for ya lolz

1. https://videocardz.com/newz/cheaper-geforce-rtx-4090-cards-hard-to-come-by-in-japan-low-demand-for-rtx-4080
2. https://wccftech.com/microsoft-nvidia-gpus-the-best-options-for-ai-amd-making-compelling-offerings/
3. https://www.tomshardware.com/news/ekwb-unveils-dollar449-waterblock-for-the-sony-playstation-5

[sleek phoenix]

Wtf

I want that ps5 loop

That's insane

[proper anvil]

looks dope

[sharp wing]

That’s expensive

[serene marsh]

So pretty much pay double the price to get a water block and a console if bought together

[proper anvil]

Yes

For that price, you can get a decent spec'd PC

[sleek phoenix]

Yeah but would you look as cool

No I don't think so

[shut osprey]

Jesus just get a dbrand shell lmao

[shut osprey]

https://tenor.com/view/agree-gif-11189927895793184923

[vivid kelp]

But it wouldnt be liquid cooled. What I dont understand is why people dont just throw it into the toilet for liquid cooling, dont need to spend a bunch of money on cooling.

[proper anvil]

frfr

[simple barn]

Gamecrate news

[tawny aspen]

Gamecrate news

[balmy flax]

Gamecrate news

[sleek phoenix]

Gamecrate news

[tawny aspen]

Gamecrate news

[proper anvil]

Gamecrate news has been summoned once again to give you the latest in tech!

1. https://videocardz.com/newz/amd-ryzen-threadripper-pro-7000-storm-peak-with-up-to-96-zen4-cores-to-launch-on-october-19
2. https://wccftech.com/enabling-amd-fsr-3-frame-gen-boosts-fps-on-nvidia-geforce-10-gpus-but-not-recommended/
3. https://www.techspot.com/news/100355-portal-2-vr-mod-currently-development.html

[west saffron]

Thank you John Gamecrate

[balmy flax]

Thank you John Gamecrate

[fathom steppe]

Thank you John Gamecrate

[sleek phoenix]

Thank you John Gamecrate

[vivid kelp]

John you thank Gamecrate

[rugged pumice]

You thank Gamecrate John

[muted saddle]

au tahyekntche jnroo amg

[sharp wing]

how did this john gamecrate thing start

[sleek phoenix]

this gamecrate john thing did start how

[proper anvil]

John

[balmy flax]

Crate

[jade pagoda]

O

[severe ridge]

This turned into john

[severe ridge]

^

[shut osprey]

Twas I (probably)

[shut osprey]

I believe this was how we started

[severe ridge]

Yeah after I said thanks game crate you said John gamecrate

[shut osprey]

Indeed

[rotund monolith]

I like this channel being a place for interesting news + garbage posting. I don’t think saying gamecrate news or thank you John gamecrate should ever be criminalized

[tawny aspen]

Gamecrate news

[balmy flax]

John

[proper anvil]

Indeed Mr. John gamecrate

I gotta post some interesting articles later today

[wraith idol]

is it worth buying a founders edition 4090 or go for 3 rd party

[proper anvil]

found which ever goes for a lower price but 3rd party have some decent cooling and other small benefits

[cyan hamlet]

Cooler doesn't matter on 4090, they're all overbuilt

Just whichever is cheapest

[rugged pumice]

Would also pay attention to warranties too

[proper anvil]

stupid discord lols

gamecrate newz bruh (one of which is a game leak of spiderman 2 )

1. https://www.tomshardware.com/news/nvidia-ai-summit-in-tel-aviv-cancelled-for-safety-reasons
2. https://www.pcgamesn.com/steam/next-fest-october-2023

3. ||https://youtu.be/RgVYVrivoYg?si=vllFB_uUt6nCN6X4|| <<< the leak

[rotund monolith]

Thank you John gamecrate

[proper anvil]

No problem John gamecrate

[balmy flax]

Thank you John gamecrate

[muted saddle]

@narrow ocean did you get the milk yet

[cyan hamlet]

https://wccftech.com/amd-drivers-expand-fluid-motion-frames-support-to-rdna-2-radeon-rx-6000-gpus/

FSR3 on RDNA2

RIP DLSS 3.0

[proper anvil]

Wccftech having a meltdown

[cyan hamlet]

Hey I can use frame gen on hogwarts now to compensate for the RT hit, I'm happy

(not me specifically since I'm on nvidia 30 series but you get the idea)

[sleek phoenix]

You will eventually tho

Tmw the competition gives better post-purchase support than the damn company you bought from

[cyan hamlet]

We'll see how next gen goes, if it's even worth upgrading. Nvidia's perfectly happy cutting the budget of the gaming division in favor of AI so it could be AMD's time to shine.

[sleek phoenix]

The more you buy the more you save

[severe ridge]

Thanks Jeff gamecrate

[balmy flax]

Thank you John falcie

[rotund monolith]

Thanks Jeff gamecrate

But no for real. That’s pretty sick.

[balmy flax]

So sad I don’t play any of those games but still it’s cool that my 6700xt will have fsr3

[cyan hamlet]

It's still in the preview stage. Once it's fully rolled out they said it's as simple as having the devs tick a box to enable it.

[balmy flax]

Nice

[fathom steppe]

What even is gamecrate

[cyan hamlet]

The best gaming news site to ever exist and Newegg is totally not paying me to say that

[fathom steppe]

Guessing its owned by the same people who own newegg right?

[rugged pumice]

https://www.reuters.com/markets/deals/uk-antitrust-regulator-clears-microsofts-acquisition-activision-2023-10-13/

[sleek phoenix]

Thank you john gamecrater

[proper anvil]

Thak yo Ron crategame

[tawny aspen]

Ronald Gamin

https://tenor.com/view/ronald-reagan-ronald-reagan-danganronpa-basil-omori-gif-27047070

[cyan hamlet]

ICYMI
https://www.tomshardware.com/news/intel-launches-14th-gen-raptor-lake-refresh-core-i9-14900k-i7-14700k-and-i5-14600k-on-october-17

[tawny aspen]

Cool

Something to snack on this spooky season

[cyan hamlet]

https://tenor.com/view/heat-computer-cooking-with-style-wtf-computer-chip-gif-17012327

[proper anvil]

https://tenor.com/view/cooking-cpu-hot-meat-yummy-gif-25343056

[storm vortex]

No one's speaking.

[vivid kelp]

Only is usually active every few days when someone posts some news

[cyan hamlet]

Here's some news then so we can discuss
https://www.anandtech.com/show/21092/amd-unveils-ryzen-threadripper-7000-family-zen-4-for-workstations-and-hedt

[cyan hamlet]

Then wait for 256c/512t epyc

They can make it if they want to

More likely 192c/384t will be the most but we can dream

We're going to have to start measuring server chips like that in kilothreads soon

[dim cosmos]

I was sad with only 1dpc

[sleek phoenix]

yeah that was really weird of them ngl

the pricing was also really aggressive from what I heard

[rugged pumice]

7900m 😮 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4l1Gkz3BRmM&ab_channel=AMD

[tawny aspen]

Gamecrate news

[proper anvil]

On today's episode of gamecrate news, John gamecrate came back from his trash hiatus to post some spicy headlines.

1. https://wccftech.com/alan-wake-2-dev-says-gtx-10-and-5000-gpus-arent-supported-due-to-lack-of-mesh-shaders/

2. https://www.tomshardware.com/news/nvidia-geforce-rtx-4080-super-rumored-to-feature-20-gb-vram

3. https://www.sammobile.com/news/samsung-shinebolt-hbm3e-memory-hbm4-development/

[sleek phoenix]

whoa

hbm3e

[proper anvil]

High speed memory go BRRRRRR

[rotund monolith]

Thank you John gamecrate

[proper anvil]

No problem John gamecrate

[shut osprey]

https://tenor.com/view/ive-come-optimus-comes-optimus-prime-has-come-optimus-prime-comes-transformers-gif-27474280

-John Gamecrate

[sleek phoenix]

my respects Gamejohn Crate

[balmy flax]

Thank you John gamecrate

[simple barn]

Gamecrate news

[rotund monolith]

Gamenew crates

[vivid kelp]

Newgame Crates

[jade pagoda]

gamecrate News

[rotund monolith]

newcrates game

I’m just waiting for more news from compooper destructionist

[vivid kelp]

Compooper doesnt exist, there is only John Gamecrate

[rotund monolith]

I have been enlightened.

[proper anvil]

Hello John Gamecraters, I have brung more news to this fine roundtable today

1. https://videocardz.com/press-release/apple-introduces-m3-m3-pro-and-m3-max-3nm-chips-for-macbook-pro-and-imac
2. https://www.tomshardware.com/news/snapdragon-x-elite-outperforms-intel-amd-apple-cpus-in-vendor-benchmarks
3. https://wccftech.com/nvidia-next-gen-b100-blackwell-ai-gpus-enter-supply-chain-certification-stage-foxconn-wistron-in-race/

[violet thorn]

Where do I get a Snapdragon laptop

[proper anvil]

XD, when it's ready

[vivid kelp]

Thank you Gamejohn Crate

[rotund monolith]

Thank you John gamecrate

[west saffron]

Thank you Crate Johngame

[fervent anchor]

thank you, father johnathan gamingcreation

[proper anvil]

New crategame news of the dayz

1. https://videocardz.com/newz/amd-radeon-rx-7900m-tested-in-3dmark-timespy-is-4-faster-than-rtx-4080-laptop-gpu

2. https://www.tomshardware.com/pc-components/gpus/intel-ceo-details-company-s-three-biggest-mistakes

3. https://www.digitaltrends.com/computing/samsung-flash-nand-chips-price-increase/https://www.digitaltrends.com/computing/samsung-flash-nand-chips-price-increase/

[shut osprey]

John Gamecrate

Thank you

[fervent anchor]

thank you, johnathan gaming crates

[rotund monolith]

Thank you John gamecrate

[balmy flax]

Thank you Gamathon Johncrate

[scenic torrent]

sad

i always wanted 4tb for 20 bucks

[proper anvil]

Bryh

[fervent anchor]

Brokie

[vivid kelp]

Damn, Game Johncrate died.
RIP in piece CrateJohn Game.
Missed you will be.

[scenic torrent]

whos that

[rotund monolith]

Waiting for John gamecrate to return.

[tawny aspen]

jame gonecrate

[sleek phoenix]

Gohn Jamecrate

[proper anvil]

Hello fellow Ron Gamecraters, almost got banished to the shadow realm but managed to retrieve some interesting news getting back.

1. https://videocardz.com/newz/amd-reportedly-launching-ryzen-7-5700x3d-am4-cpu-in-q1-2024

2. https://www.tomshardware.com/pc-components/cpus/overclocker-hits-1000-fps-in-counter-strike-2-intel-14900k-cpu-rtx-4090-gpu-and-liquid-nitrogen-deliver-frame-ripping-performance#xenforo-comments-3829753

3. https://www.pcgamesn.com/nvidia/new-gpu-architecture-vera-rubin

4. https://www.techspot.com/news/101042-nvidia-plans-continue-producing-rtx-3060-2024-recommends.html

[serene marsh]

Thank you John gamecrate

[balmy flax]

He’s back

[muted saddle]

[rotund monolith]

Thank you John gamecrate

[west saffron]

Thank you John gamecrate

[balmy flax]

Thank you John gamecrate

[vivid kelp]

John you thank gamecrate

[proper anvil]

New tech newz from gamecrate

1. https://videocardz.com/newz/amd-new-gpu-driver-adds-hypr-rx-eco-mode-hags-support-and-ui-update

2. https://wccftech.com/nvidia-ace-inworld-ai-bringing-lifelike-npcs-next-gen-games-contextually-aware-distinct-personalities/

3. https://www.tomshardware.com/pc-components/cpus/intel-5th-gen-xeon-emerald-rapids-pushes-up-to-64-cores-320mb-l3-cache-new-cpus-claim-up-to-14x-higher-performance-than-sapphire-rapids

4. https://www.pcgamer.com/so-were-not-getting-gta-6-on-pc-until-2026-at-the-very-earliest-right/

[rotund monolith]

Thank crate you gamejohn

[cyan hamlet]

Intel is doing up to 64c/128t
Meanwhile, AMD getting ready to 4x that

https://tenor.com/view/laughing-lol-funny-happy-gif-14919672

[jade pagoda]

Hahahaha

[buoyant marlin]

How did Intel become so bad

It used to be king

Pentium was the undisputed heavyweight world champ

[proper anvil]

Money/Greed, No competition before ryzen

lack of improvement

[cyan hamlet]

The 6 years of nearly zero effort improving their product might have had something to do with it

[proper anvil]

^^^

[compact egret]

Ah yes the dark ages

Where quad cores were all we had

Unless you went X79/X99

[violet thorn]

Where Intel cache

For gamer stuff

I wanna download more cache

[proper anvil]

New news

1. https://videocardz.com/newz/intel-launches-core-ultra-100-meteor-lake-series-up-to-16-cpu-cores-arc-gpu-with-8-xe-core-and-improved-ai-performance

2. https://wccftech.com/amd-publishes-full-fsr-3-source-code-dx12-unreal-engine-5-integration-games-easier/

3. https://www.pcgamesn.com/total-war-warhammer-3/delays-refunds

4. https://www.tomshardware.com/pc-components/gpus/alleged-nvidia-rtx-40-series-super-gpu-specs-and-launch-dates-leaked

[rotund monolith]

Thank crate you gamejohn

[vivid kelp]

Game you thank crate john

[ivory pike]

John thank grate you game

[copper burrow]

Look now upon a grateful world

[fervent anchor]

john gamecrate

gohn jameeratc

🙏

[compact egret]

johann gaëmkratos

[vivid kelp]

@jade pagoda

[jade pagoda]

Got it

[native halo]

How r u

[violet thorn]

hi

[jade pagoda]

With gamecrate news I've never been happier. Thank you, john gamecrate

😀

[proper anvil]

gamejohncrate

News to start the 2024 year

1. https://videocardz.com/press-release/vesa-introduces-adaptive-sync-1-1a-standard-with-new-dual-mode-for-gaming-monitors

2. https://wccftech.com/xiaomi-readies-redmi-g-pro-2024-laptops-intel-14th-gen-hx-cpus-testing-snapdragon-x-elite-in-thin-light-designs/

3. https://www.tomshardware.com/pc-components/gpus/amds-radeon-780m-integrated-graphics-get-close-to-gtx-1650-in-geekbench-6-ryzen-7-8700g-igpu-benchmark-leaked

[vivid kelp]

You game crate john thank

[proper anvil]

No problem haycrate

[jade pagoda]

Crate thank

[sleek phoenix]

Hello jpcrate

[jade pagoda]

Hello Felixcrate

[fervent anchor]

thanks suire jonatean gamingcratethan for blessing my family with a bountiful harvest this year

[tepid wasp]

Don't self promote here

This is the place we thank Jonny McGame Crater Jr. the Third

[sleek phoenix]

LMAO

https://wccftech.com/intel-to-bring-game-boosting-apo-optimizations-to-12th-13th-gen-desktop-cpus/?fbclid=IwAR3FxijNmqF6iacqWnPOeH-evRJ_xZBPQAJd9ADtHNWBYIk0_j1SyEeZQHM

It was bound to happen

[tawny aspen]

wtf is apo

[sleek phoenix]

What intel sold 14th gen performance boosts off of

It just allocates the P and e cores properly, like process lasso does

[tawny aspen]

wow

[sleek phoenix]

Yeah

Overdue

[tawny aspen]

lol

[sleek phoenix]

But then they said it was 14th exclusive

Which was a load of-

[tawny aspen]

ridiculous

[sleek phoenix]

[cyan hamlet]

It was always a load of crap they were trying to sell us. It's 100% a software feature, no hardware assist whatsoever.

[sleek phoenix]

We were all suspicious it was, especially 13th to 14th

No integral difference there bar 14700k

[proper anvil]

Lol yes

[sleek phoenix]

https://videocardz.com/newz/intel-reaffirms-xe2-battlemage-is-coming-hardware-team-already-working-on-celestial

was looking pretty dead for a minute there but ig people like to make news out of nothings

[proper anvil]

hopefully their next gen gpus dont come DOA at launch

[cyan hamlet]

We've known for a while that battlemage was a sure thing at least, and celestial was iffy. Good to hear the B hardware is done, now it's only 2 years away from an actual launch after they technically hit their target at the end of the year by releasing a low power laptop version in China only.
Assuming past patterns hold.

[fresh cypress]

YouTube is throttling some users that use adblock

I have premium and they still throttle me

[proper anvil]

that sucks

wait a minute

NO WAY

so thats why my videos were buffering???

I thought it was my web browser acting up

THEY DOUBLING DOWN

[fresh cypress]

Yep

[proper anvil]

☠️

ill try turning off adblocker and see what happens

yep its so much quicker

[vivid kelp]

Could also be cuz YT will screw you over if not on Chrome

[proper anvil]

lol it worked on edge (but thats with the adblocker not working)

[vivid kelp]

Chrome + UBO has rarely had issues for me. Occasional popup but that is it.

Think I've only had two or three popups since Google started their funni

[proper anvil]

scummy company bruh

[sleek phoenix]

Googlah

[proper anvil]

beware of the googler

[sleek phoenix]

One of the Ratman's mortal enemies

Alongside the Comedian

[proper anvil]

lol

alright extra news peeps

1. https://videocardz.com/newz/custom-geforce-rtx-4070-super-cards-appear-at-retailers-for-up-to-650

2. https://wccftech.com/amd-ryzen-8000g-phoenix-2-desktop-apus-limited-single-channel-ddr5-memory-pcie-4-0-x4-for-dgpu-pcie-4-0-x2-for-m-2-ssds/

3. https://www.tomshardware.com/pc-components/cpus/amd-beats-intel-in-mobile-gaming-despite-new-and-refreshed-cpus

[vivid kelp]

Crate john you game thank

Feel like soon Ill have to start randomizing the letters instead of just the words, going to run out of options eventually

[proper anvil]

no problem haycrate yet again

[sleek phoenix]

aaace egh hjkm nnoorttuy

[rotund monolith]

Thank you John gamecrate

[quiet ruin]

https://www.macrumors.com/2024/01/15/app-store-to-be-split-in-two/

[sleek phoenix]

For those with high cpu usage *or lag

www.youtube.com##+js(nano-stb, resolve(1), *, 0.001)

[proper anvil]

Thank you

[scenic torrent]

https://www.tomshardware.com/pc-components/cpus/intels-next-gen-arrow-lake-cpus-might-come-without-hyperthreaded-cores-leak-points-to-24-cpu-cores-ddr5-6400-support-and-a-new-800-series-chipset?utm_campaign=socialflow&utm_medium=social&utm_content=tomsguide&utm_kkk

[proper anvil]

🤨

[ocean root]

back to 9th gen lunacy we go

[fervent anchor]

thank you gamecratian johananthan

[cyan hamlet]

https://www.videogameschronicle.com/news/over-5000-games-industry-workers-have-already-lost-their-jobs-in-2024/

We're less than one month into 2024 and we've already reached about 50% of the total layoffs from last year

[proper anvil]

DAYUM

[compact egret]

game thank jonny you crate

[fervent anchor]

thank you my lord, holy father sire johnathanathan gamingcreation for this 🙇‍♂️ 🙏 🙏

[jade pagoda]

RIP

Well thanks for the news, John crate game. You give me a reason to live

🙏

[fervent anchor]

ya

he never fails to disappoint

[rotund monolith]

John crategame, I thank thee

[jade pagoda]

https://www.pcworld.com/article/2228501/your-latest-nvidia-driver-is-hiding-an-hdr-surprise.html

[proper anvil]

🤔

[cyan hamlet]

https://www.theverge.com/2024/2/6/24063163/tencent-elden-ring-free-to-play-mobile-title

https://www.ign.com/articles/konami-to-continue-developing-yu-gi-oh-virtual-reality-following-successful-debut-at-25th-anniversary-event

[shut osprey]

Yugioh on the apple headset

[calm anvil]

Dude I actually wouldn't mind overpaying for that

[sleek phoenix]

https://videocardz.com/newz/manli-and-emtek-unveil-geforce-rtx-40-super-cards-in-white

[west saffron]

built in level lol

watch as it starts to sag

[proper anvil]

[manic horizon]

We always get Manli cards here

But Emtek I haven't heard of yet

[raven oyster]

I like the halo color way better

Reminds me of John

[vivid kelp]

Abuse the built in level and make the PC unlevel with the card level, pretend there is no sag.

[proper anvil]

sup gamecraters, here are the news for today

1. https://www.tomshardware.com/pc-components/gpus/gddr7-graphics-memory-standard-published-by-jedec-next-gen-graphics-cards-to-get-up-to-192-gbs-of-bandwidth-per-device

2. https://wccftech.com/hogwarts-legacy-2-is-probably-going-to-be-live-service-wb-says-aaa-console-market-isnt-enough/

3. https://videocardz.com/newz/zotacs-38cm-long-rtx-4090d-pgf-tested-currently-the-largest-desktop-gpu-on-the-market

[sleek phoenix]

Wtf 28 phase pcb

I think that's more than a vast majority of 4090's

Damn they can build it when they try 💀

[proper anvil]

😂

man it seems like the silicon is at its limits

all that power for +3fps

lol

[sleek phoenix]

It's impressively mid for such a well built card

But yk, they can't fix meh silicon

Sneaker power ig

[proper anvil]

honestly they should've gone opposite and undervolted the hell outta it

[sleek phoenix]

Undervolting is not really the best way to do things on 40 series

You can power cap

Power capping is good

[proper anvil]

bruh

[sleek phoenix]

Similar results to undervolting

If you just drop the voltage the card slows way down

[proper anvil]

this is literally how radeon 7000 operate

well almost

[sleek phoenix]

Yes

Surprise surprise

Except you drop and it speeds way up

Instead of slows way down

[proper anvil]

✅

the lower the better heh

[sleek phoenix]

Yes

Cos rdna 3 is always power capped

Less voltage pumped = cooler card = less wattage used = more wattage headroom = "ima go faster boi"

[proper anvil]

😂

[sleek phoenix]

Boys

https://x.com/alanwake/status/1765362212749615396?s=20

Alan Wake 2 (@alanwake) on X

We've been optimizing the PC version of Alan Wake 2, and as a result the minimum PC system requirements have been lowered. Please check the updated image!

These changes take effect with update 1.0.16.1, out on PC now.

Alan Wake 2 on the Epic Games Store: https://t.co/EorFz62yrp

Twitter · Mar 6, 2024, 1:02 PM

W

[cyan hamlet]

[proper anvil]

🤔

✅

[proper anvil]

New batch of gamecrating news today

1. https://videocardz.com/newz/first-generation-of-gddr7-graphics-cards-sticking-to-16gbit-2gb-modules-3gb-on-roadmaps

2. https://wccftech.com/intel-core-i9-14900ks-cpu-delidded-benchmarked-over-430w-power-consumption/

3. https://www.pcgamesn.com/amd/freesync-spec-144hz

[sleek phoenix]

430W is about what my chip was hitting

[cyan hamlet]

No more freesync on 75-90hz, what a tragedy

And if G7 is going to be doing that then we might actually see G6W used in something first

[ivory pike]

AMD calling 60Hz dead, thank frick

[proper anvil]

✅

[ivory pike]

I’m using a 75hz acer monitor atm for my Xbox
It feels so bad

[manic horizon]

75hz is honestly a lie

it ain't any better than 60 in real terms

both still suck

[proper anvil]

Can confirm

Doesn't make it feel smoother

Maybe 60>90 does

[sleek phoenix]

https://youtu.be/Iy6tLZ9Bgl0?si=0yB7WxIKXWGBzJZ6

[tawny aspen]

I notice a difference between my 1280x1024 75hz and my mom's 1080p60

it's marginally better

helps that the fullscreen is ips vs tn

or whatever the 1080p is

horrible black levels

[proper anvil]

Ah ok

[ivory pike]

https://twitter.com/tomwarren/status/1769826356206903310

Tom Warren (@tomwarren) on X

Nvidia has just announced Blackwell, its next-generation GPUs for AI. The Nvidia GB200 Grace Blackwell Superchip offers up to 30 times performance increase for LLM inference workloads and can scale to AI models with up to 10 trillion parameters https://t.co/XMIJpIEVPH

Twitter · Mar 18, 2024, 8:40 PM

[raven oyster]

RAHHHHH

Is 50 series going to use Blackwell? (I’ve already looked into it Jw)

[ivory pike]

NOOOO

[west saffron]

However misinformation is spreading. It is mostly an Apex Legends exploit.

most other games using EAC are generally fine.

[sharp wing]

they posted this a bit ago https://twitter.com/EOSStatus/status/1769841455193866367

EOS Status (@EOSStatus) on X

We have investigated recent reports of a potential RCE issue in Apex Legends, which we have confirmed to be unrelated to Easy Anti-Cheat. We are confident THERE IS NO RCE vulnerability within EAC being exploited.

Twitter · Mar 18, 2024, 9:40 PM

[vivid kelp]

The EAC twitter also posted same thing. They are almost never active lol.

[sleek phoenix]

https://www.guru3d.com/story/thermalright-debuts-ice-guard-360-watercooling-radiator-with-asetek-8thgen-threephase-pump/

Thermalright x Asetek (good asetek)

[violet thorn]

👍 👍 👍

[arctic quest]

hi

[manic horizon]

Wait Asetek is capable of making stuff that isn't garbage???

I thought that was pretty much illegal

[sleek phoenix]

The gen 8 has always been good

But

Not many skus have gen 8 that are cheap/review well

I think if I'm not mistaken, buying asetek direct you can get the gen 8 pump for cheap

Hmmmm I could be wrong on that last bit

I remember someone telling me they had a generic asetek gen 8 once though

[manic horizon]

all I ever knew Asetek was garbage AIO pumps and trying to sue anyone innovating into oblivion

[sleek phoenix]

Maybe it was an es aio or something

Their gen 7 and 8 are good

8 is particularly good

But again, it's not really in the cheap stuff

The rog coolers have them

[manic horizon]

'bout the same as an LF3?
I mean in perf

[sleek phoenix]

Phanteks have them

Evga (rip)

Sapphire

[manic horizon]

(RIP EVGA you'll be missed)

[sleek phoenix]

Razer (no one cares)

[manic horizon]

(Ew)

[sleek phoenix]

Nzxt

[manic horizon]

ye I get it

I was just surprised that Asetek can actually do something other than make crap AIO pumps and sue people

[sleek phoenix]

Basically any cooler that has a round block design

It's likely to be asetek

Exceptions are like Lian li and arctic

Lian li is apaltek

[manic horizon]

Arctic makes their own iirc

[sleek phoenix]

I think arctic is in house?

[manic horizon]

ye methinks it is inhouse

[sleek phoenix]

EK nucleus is in house

[manic horizon]

obviously

[sleek phoenix]

Cooler master no idea

Silverstone no idea

Not all thermalrights are asetek

Anyway

Having thermalright make a sku with a gen 8 pump will be interesting

Their current skus are already good, so mixing it up with a new pump could prove a genuine improvement, who knows

The ryujin iii is one of the best aios out there objectively. It just costs like 3 thousand dollars to afford one

($500 but it may as well be $3000 at that point. Stupid expensive)

[manic horizon]

(You can buy a midrange GPU for that much)

but ye you learn more

[manic horizon]

Fun fact it's only 354 USD for me (taxes in) for a Ryujin 3 360

[sleek phoenix]

Stupid territory starts at 160usd for me

It's msrp iirc is 500

Not even the worst one

Icue QX h150i link is like 600 msrp

[manic horizon]

ROFL

[sleek phoenix]

From arguably the worst aio design this gen, the outmoded corsair

Used to be decent, now garbage as they've just been rebadging the same design** from like 2021

[manic horizon]

that's a TUF Gaming LC II 360 for us

[sleek phoenix]

I think that's still asetek

[manic horizon]

ML360 Illusion is close in price

[sleek phoenix]

If you want cooler master

You get atmos now

Nothing comes close

[manic horizon]

Dashflow 360 XT from id-Cooling

tis a square pump block

[sleek phoenix]

Competes with galahad two, competes with lf3

[manic horizon]

with a fan on top

[sleek phoenix]

I got no idea about dashflow

[sleek phoenix]

Never seen it before

Maybe reviews will turn up

[manic horizon]

https://www.idcooling.com/Product/detail/id/362/name/DASHFLOW 360 XT

for reference

[sleek phoenix]

Got no idea

Have to find reviews

[manic horizon]

they do claim "three-phase motor"

[sleek phoenix]

That sounds familiar to me

Forget where

Anyway

[manic horizon]

comes with a 4th fan AND an 8-port PWM+ARGB hub

[manic horizon]

https://www.techpowerup.com/review/id-cooling-dashflow-360-xt-aio-liquid-cpu-cooler/

[sleek phoenix]

Meh

Love the idea of an included controller

But the price immediately ruins that

150+30 for controller basically

Seems ok performing otherwise

[manic horizon]

Do note that this is with 27% VAT and currency conversion crap

[sleek phoenix]

Meh

Need more favourable reviews

[manic horizon]

Yeah it's not exactly amazing, but it's not awful

[sleek phoenix]

Ehhh for the price it kinda is

Like ok, definitely a $150 class worthy aio

[manic horizon]

Ryujin II is worse for all that matters

[sleek phoenix]

But I can think of plenty of alternatives

And the controller isn't worth $30 extra

The fans are also just gonna be noisy cos ID cooling, like deepcool, have a great design with maximum noise

[manic horizon]

Honestly I can buy the controller for like 20 bucks and use anything I want

[sleek phoenix]

Mhm

[manic horizon]

the thought is nice, just costs too much

[sleek phoenix]

And don't get me wrong, I like id cooling and deepcool

Just that

8/10 times now there's a quieter equivalent for less/similar

[manic horizon]

competing with an LT720 on merit is nice tho

and it is cheaper than one

I might be grasping at straws since I want to like it

[sleek phoenix]

Yeah I don't really recc the LS/LT much anymore

[manic horizon]

fair

[sleek phoenix]

Good aio, but the FC fans are loud af

[manic horizon]

just saying that it does have at least some merits

[sleek phoenix]

Yes it does indeed

[manic horizon]

It's objectively speaking

Not garbage

more than Corsair manages lmao

[sleek phoenix]

No that's technically true

Lol

Here's something ironic

If you don't care for the corsair aesthetic but you want the icue ecosystem

Corsair rgb adapters are 30 cents each

[manic horizon]

Oh yeah PirateDogTech makes those

[sleek phoenix]

And it turns any 5v argb into corsair

So like

[manic horizon]

tbf I don't really care for iCUE

[sleek phoenix]

I don't either

[manic horizon]

it's neat but

Software is a resource hog

[sleek phoenix]

Mmm

[manic horizon]

that being said

the id-Cooling is one of those things that you have in the back of your mind like "But if it goes on sale..."

for 100 instead of 150?

I'd unironically buy it

and id-Cooling stuff goes on sale here with some regularity

[valid oak]

gm

[violet thorn]

132

[sleek phoenix]

https://www.techspot.com/news/102451-fiber-optic-researchers-reach-speeds-45-million-times.html

Enormous news

Remember how we say never futureproof? Watch this rapidly become mainstream in the next 10 years

Absolutely incredible breakthrough, next to or bigger than the AI boom happening right now

Imagine all the games you're playing rn, streamable on Geforce now. No PC required, latency free

Mobile phones playing AAA using stream servers

16K, 32K, 64K TV

Maybe even see mainboards and chip technology adopt fiber over copper. The abilities are enormous if they can commercialise it

I might, skip tech for a few gens

It's difficult to describe something that which already exists, but to a point where the performance probably won't ever matter anymore

That's what this could entail

Side note, yes, capitalism will make this a slow change.

Amazing either way

[cyan hamlet]

Gigabit internet? Nah terabit is the new norm

[manic horizon]

TFW your fiber transceiver now needs to be the size of a current PC to be able to translate from literal light to binary

[cyan hamlet]

That's the thing, IT'S NOT.
They're just utilizing more of the light spectrum so theoretically you might not even need to upgrade cabling, just swap receivers. They're standard rack mount sized routers and you could probably just swap a card out.

[manic horizon]

I was trying to make a joke tho

[cyan hamlet]

Imagine the equivalent amount of copper cables required for that speed. That's a whole server room right there, in one router.

[sleek phoenix]

Now imagine the same amount of copper used in your motherboard, replaced by one fiber trace

A huge number of data bottlenecks could disappear with this

[cyan hamlet]

They could adapt this tech for the next gen thunderbolt or USB and suddenly your type C devices push more bits than the CPU can handle

[sleek phoenix]

REAL

eGPU ANYTHING

[tawny aspen]

I just don't want to offload game stuff to the servers completely

Games like war thunder are pretty much 98% of the way there but anything like minecraft and cities skylines with mods and creative property, would be nice to keep that local primarily

[cyan hamlet]

True, there's a lot of risk involved with moving to games-as-a-service models. Not for the big companies but for us and the little guys.

But what you can do is have your baller PC set up

And play it on your tablet on the go

Near zero latency

[tawny aspen]

Vroom

That would be uncomfortable though

There's a reason phones and tablets suck for playing games on

[sleek phoenix]

Counterpoint

[cyan hamlet]

The screens are nice at least on higher end stuff

[sleek phoenix]

Much less heat given off cos data is swapped by fiber not copper and silicon finfets/gafets

faster mobile devices as well as cold

[manic horizon]

Imagine you can plug a controller into the phone and play AAA at max graphics on the go

[tawny aspen]

If it's set up in like a hotel room or whatever where you can use kbm and controller that's fine, but it's not a use case I would invest in

[cyan hamlet]

Well yeah I always use a controller when I'm streaming a game on my phone

Or playing retro games, it's great for that

[sleek phoenix]

I like parsec for this

But

I also loathe parsec

[tawny aspen]

I just play mobile games on my phone lol