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  1. Talk about 'clickbait' A whole 6fps and we don't even know whether the same brand of graphics card was used, with which drivers etc etc. Perhaps the word 'demolishes' is a bit OTT. Equally, the CPU isn't even available yet. No mention of cost comparison either (because it's all clickbait). This is 5 mins of my life I'll never get back.
    10 points
  2. Google services face outage, making it impossible to login [Update]

    or rm -Rf /*
    6 points
  3. Google services face outage, making it impossible to login [Update]

    someone applied a windows update on an essential server
    6 points
  4. What’s wrong with hex editors? I use it often at work, super useful for analyzing and modifying FPGA bitstreams.
    6 points
  5. Unpopular opinion but I don't know what people with 6-7 years old consoles really were expecting, for CD Project to dumb down the game so they could run it? No. That way we are never going anywhere if constantly catering for everyone... It's not much different like wanting the latest exiting car or phone, either you are willing the shell out the money or not, if not, then you have the right to shut up and move on... I mean with my own mediocre PC and RTX2060 gpu the game runs 45-50 FPS with Raytracing but you cannot realistically expect performance on 6-7 years old hardware, fact.
    5 points
  6. Amazon-owned Zoox unveils its first fully electric driver-less taxi

    Johnny cab
    4 points
  7. EA reaches acquisition agreement with Codemasters worth $1.2 billion

    Well RIP Dirt Rally.
    4 points
  8. EA reaches acquisition agreement with Codemasters worth $1.2 billion

    2020 just went from being a hell of a year to something even worse. Cant wait to open my loot crates with a splash of gasoline next month
    4 points
  9. Google services face outage, making it impossible to login [Update]

    Yes cause Google is notorious for using Windows Servers. /s FFS - Google ######s up and people want to take a stab at Windows and Microsoft, which are working just fine? Really Steven? really? you can't take a joke?
    3 points
  10. Google services face outage, making it impossible to login [Update]

    Some poor intern thought the button labeled "Do not press" was a joke.
    3 points
  11. MTU size on router... change?

    And what article/proof was this that changing your mtu would change your speed from 150 to 450? Seems really unlikely unless your mtu was set way to low to begin with.. For example if you were using a mtu of 576 (very lowest normally) and you went to 1500 (normal standard mtu) Do the math to what your MTU could do.. (MSS/RTT)*(C/sqrt(Loss)) [ C=1 ] So with the standard MTU and a 80ms RTT without any loss your max would be 1460.00 Mbit/sec. With even a very low mtu say 576, and same 80ms RTT your max would be 536.00 Mbit/sec. So while sure MTU could and can affect your speed. I find it highly unlikely that a change would give you any such speed boost.. There are many factors that could effect your overall speed.. The mtu should normally be set at standard 1500 and Path discovery would adjust this down to prevent fragmentation for any given conversation between source IP and dest IP across the internet. Now if your using some other form of connection.. PPPoe for example, or your over a vpn of some sort then the correct mtu would be less than the standard 1500 ethernet size.. But I really do not see adjusting accounting for such a boost in performance.
    3 points
  12. EA reaches acquisition agreement with Codemasters worth $1.2 billion

    is it any better than a company that sells an almost 8 yr old game for $150 just because it has a fake currency card with it.
    3 points
  13. I think you mean; it mega hertz!
    3 points
  14. I would recommend looking at this instead of modifying your game file: https://github.com/yamashi/PerformanceOverhaulCyberpunk
    3 points
  15. Sadly, we live in the time of hyperbole, where a mild disagreement over someone's opinion is regularly touted as being "UTTERLY DESTROYED!!", with fireworks and fanfares and all that nonsense...
    3 points
  16. Yeah can't wait for take-two to release the next gen racing game. $200 with some fake currency shark card.
    3 points
  17. My possum

    I saw cat tracks going into my shed after it snowed one day. So I was feeling generious and wanted to see what was living in my shed. So I ran an outdoor extention cord to my shed and setup a Wyze camera. it was a cat. So I bought a food bowl and a bag of cat food. The cat came back and ate. The next night, a possum also came to eat. I'm enjoying the possum much more than the cat. here is a video I recorded of the possum tonight.
    2 points
  18. Microsoft, Nintendo, and Sony join forces to ensure 'safer gaming'

    show me on the doll where the government touched you
    2 points
  19. Microsoft, Nintendo, and Sony join forces to ensure 'safer gaming'

    Gaming has always been safe. It's things like twitch and democrat government "leadership" that makes it unsafe.
    2 points
  20. Microsoft Teams - Quick Reference Card - Free download

    no you may not have my email😂
    2 points
  21. Google services face outage, making it impossible to login [Update]

    What are these services that you use that never go down?
    2 points
  22. I don't know about console but in my pc with a older i7 6700k and a OCd GTX 1070 I get in the 40s at 1080p with a mix of high and mid settings. Aside from the odd graphics glitch and some NPCs acting dumb its running fine. No crashes etc.
    2 points
  23. While I agree with your sentiment the fault lies 100 percent with the developers and management. If the hardware cannot run it, you should not release it on that platform. The end. And you certainly don't cover it up with weird embargos and takedowns until the second it launches to secure pre-orders. CDPR went in my book from one of the most respected devs out there to most shady developer in gaming.
    2 points
  24. "Early next year" can mean anything from 2 - 14 weeks. Though I do think CDPR employees need a break and Christmas is next week. Blame the management, leads, and shareholders, not the developers.
    2 points
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  26. Even though the vocabulary is undoubtedly exaggerated, you're not proving that by pointing to "a whole 6fps". If the other system was scoring 6 fps, then an additional 6 fps would double the score and justify the title. Just speak in percentage, it makes more sense. You don't even have to calculate it, the article gives it: 10.5%
    2 points
  27. I am thinking you might not understand what a hex editor is, or have some illusion of what machine code is and is not. How about we call it a binary editor? or a Decimal editor? Low level editors are essential to any power users toolbox, even if you don't trust a simple edit provided by other users. How does any of that imply they don't know what a hex editor is?
    2 points
  28. I am thinking you might not understand what a hex editor is, or have some illusion of what machine code is and is not. How about we call it a binary editor? or a Decimal editor? Low level editors are essential to any power users toolbox, even if you don't trust a simple edit provided by other users.
    2 points
  29. Applied to my games executable, running a 2700X and a 2070 Super, saw about 20FPS improvement from 30FPS in innercity to 50FPS. Pretty spectacular and hope for a patch soon.
    2 points
  30. Discuss: Who is your favorite video game villain?

    1. Sephiroth from Final Fantasy VII: Smart and powerful make a frightening combination. He was the first Jenova didn't control; seeing his potential and ambition, Jenova willfully relinquished her power to him. Despite his massive combat skills, he was never in a hurry to go toe-to-toe with Cloud Strife. (That was the right decision too, seeing how Cloud Strife has consistently defeated him in all direct encounters.) 2. Ultimecia from Final Fantasy VIII: Maybe this is the only likable thing in that game. "Time shall be compressed, all existence denied!" In comparison to this dark sorceress, Lord Voldemort looks like a muggle. 3. Vergil from Devil May Cry series: He was bland and run of the mill, but he had style. Remember, style is the one thing that makes Homeworld stand out. Anyway, I think in combat with Sephiroth, he wins. 4. Killian Qatar from Command & Conquer 3: She has the mindset and making of a supervillain. Unlike Kane, she was actually believable. Joseph D. Kucan stole her show. 5. Akula from Ace Combat: Assault Horizon: He was a nobody with no agenda. He could never win. But he was a dangerous nobody; vengeance was his mean of sustenance. The only question was: Will he meets his end at the hands of Colonel Bishop, or will he lose by slamming his plane into the White House. He was a manifestation of the fact that in war, we cannot choose our allies. 6. Meredith from Dragon Age 2: She was a good person at the beginning. Sure, she was not an easy taskmaster but hers was not an easy task. She made the biggest mistake of her life when she became complacent: She fashioned a sword from a Lyrium idol. That became her undoing. 7. Mona Sax from Max Payne series: She could compartmentalize her feelings and that's what made her the perfect hitwoman. She hoodwinked Max Payne and Vladimir Lem several times. She had feelings though. And to be fair, Max is a complete idiot. 8. Rainmaker from Tom Clancy's H.A.W.X.2 (Wii version): A farcically overdone version of all supervillains in American TV, he was fun, and an over-exaggeration of all supervillains who have unlimited time, power, and money, but don't know what to do with them. 9. Sadista from Torchlight III: She has funny quips. That's all. Fun is one reason we play video games. EDIT: I've never player Portal, but GlaDOS may have been on my list. See this: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:GLaDOS_Voice_Change.ogg
    2 points
  31. What’s wrong with hex editors? I use it often at work, super useful for analyzing and modifying FPGA bitstreams. Nothing, if you actually need them for something else. For one game that will inevitably be patched? Not going there. HAHAHA, eventually get patched... Have you read some of the reviews on this game? I don't think half of the issues will ever be patched officially, seems cdpr is another bethesda They've released several patches already. It plays great for me. A few visual glitches but very playable.
    2 points
  32. Discuss: Who is your favorite video game villain?

    Doctor Robotnik from Sonic. Best moustache ever!
    2 points
  33. Discuss: Who is your favorite video game villain?

    Sephiroth I still cannot forgive him for Aerith
    2 points
  34. i7-6700 vs i7-10700F - Big enough difference to justify the cost?

    Some people still don't realize the speed of SSD, or M.2 for that matter.
    2 points
  35. Patch improved the XBX in a few areas. Like driving around and the game freezes for a few seconds every now and then. Also, the camera view while driving a car works better. Times I had to reload the game to get the camera view to work. Still some glitches/bugs to be worked out but enjoying the game so far.
    1 point
  36. CDPR went in my book from one of the most respected devs out there to most shady developer in gaming. Seems a bit harsh. Not sure what you think of other things in life, including other games developers, that have let people down in way worse manners and many more times. For me this is on the same level of lootbox fiasco with Battlefront 2 that was the start what changed the whole industry away from lootboxes. I think this games has pushed the limit in how far you can go with deceitful marketing + launch a broken product on the biggest install base. Sony / Microsoft usually don’t offer refunds easily. For most of my gamer friends this game turned about to be the biggest disappointment they ever had in a game after 8 years of hype train. Luckily a lot of people are refunding and their stock price is crashing by 30 - 35 percent since release. That is the best lesson for such bad management
    1 point
  37. Nokia announces affordable Nokia C1 Plus for €69

    Quad-Core 1.4GHz is ok but 1GB Ram ? really ?
    1 point
  38. If you install windows to an SSD and clone it to an HDD, it will run like total crap (even worse than just clean installing to an HDD) and if you open "defragment and optimize drives " will still say you are running an SSD. If you do a winsat formal from the command prompt, it re-benchmarks the system and configures itself properly now for an HDD instead of an SSD. if you reopen "defragment and optimize drives " it will now say HDD instead of SSD. After a few reboots, it runs just like HDD clean install. (Probably after it gets the prefetch reconfigured) Same works both ways I think. Personally I like True Image, not because Macromedia Reflect is bad but because Macromedia Reflects source and destination menu freaks me out. I find True Image to be MUCH simpler. With Macromedia Reflect I'm always terrified I'm going to nuke the wrong drive. True Image Macromedia Reflect
    1 point
  39. EA reaches acquisition agreement with Codemasters worth $1.2 billion

    It won't.
    1 point
  40. EA reaches acquisition agreement with Codemasters worth $1.2 billion

    Can't wait to see what frostbite does with a racing sim...
    1 point
  41. EA reaches acquisition agreement with Codemasters worth $1.2 billion

    Something tells me that them EA folks are still... "unhappy"... that Take-Two rejected their takeover bid some years ago. Something also tells me some folks at Take-Two are shouting at each other right now.
    1 point
  42. 6fps in this benchmark could have been significant... However, this score can be bested by the 5950X, 5900X, and 5800X - the only 5xxx AMD this scores ahead of consistently is the 5600X and it isn't even a 6fps lead. This is possibly an engineering sample and may perform better at release, as it common with samples; but even if it can hit 6fps over the 5950X consistently, it will barely keep Intel competitive and is not enough of a lead for an 8 core CPU, even in gaming, unless Intel prices it in the $300 range, and I don't expect to see that happen. I like that Intel is trying hard to dethrone AMD, but I would like to see more than just barely topping AMD. Unless Intel comes in much lower than AMD in price, Intel still has big problems.
    1 point
  43. yeah patch worked well on my R7 3700X much smoother game play and some extra fps is always a good thing but the game's still a bug fest and don't even get me started on the key remapping issues $%#&@
    1 point
  44. EA reportedly throws a wrench into Take-Two's Codemasters takeover

    except take-two is just as slimy, both to customers and their employees.
    1 point
  45. Discuss: Who is your favorite video game villain?

    One you've already mentioned but Vas from Far Cry was great. Played perfectly and absolutely insane.
    1 point
  46. They would have happened at some point. There is no need to send people up into space any more, it is all about, look what I can do, I doubt very much if his starship is going to help this planet or the people on it. We can't even look after the planet we are on, so no point in trying to populate other planets. Survival of the human race. A thought experiment: imagine an Extinction Level Event asteroid falling towards the Earth. Case 1: humans are only on earth => humanity disappears Case 2: humans are on Earth AND Mars => humanity survives We are sitting ducks when we are on 1 planet only. On 2 planets, we're virtually untouchable. except when the sun dies and takes all the planets with it
    1 point
  47. Budget smartphones with excellent cameras in the U.S.

    If you’re gonna include iPhone SE, You have to include Pixel 4a. Others on the list are meh.
    1 point
  48. I guess much depends on why you're thinking of getting a new computer. Is it just because a certain amount of time has transpired and so you feel you need to 'upgrade', you have money that you have nothing else to spend on, or you genuinely need an upgrade for whatever it is your working on because you've noticed a laginess recently in your current system. Frankly, your system is in a higher speed bracket than mine, and I'm not thinking of upgrading. I recently got an extra 16 GB of RAM (total of 32 now), and recently upgraded my video card. The CPU is the least thing you need to upgrade frankly; it spends most of its time doing literally nothing in your computer. So I would say no, it's not worth forking out $1,000 for something that will literally have no effect on your performance. I would upgrade the smaller SSD boot drive, or get a larger HDD for storage. The i7-6700 is a multi-core processor. Frankly, your video card is better than the one I upgraded to as well.
    1 point
  49. The comments here are utterly predictable.
    1 point