No problems with an HD7770 crossfire so far, even tho it's not the same card I don't think you will experience issues. I find Omega to be a really good driver in a long time from AMD.
Once again I'm relying on the community to save me from watching my own show... If you're watching the show and wouldn't mind filling in the timestamps in the below Google Doc... You're AMAZING!
News Items Ubisoft allegedly imposing artificial limits on PC graphics(Original links left at the bottom of the doc)
Source 1: neogaf.com (Mod info)
Source 2: kotaku.com (Statement)
Source 3: spong.com (Statement)
Source 4: softpedia.com (FC4) Incorrect (Misquote - I’ve listened to the podcast personally, and, in Hutchinson’s defense, at no point did he actually say this. - Forbes)
Source 4.1: forbes.com (FC4)
- Two modders “Kadzait24” and “The Worse” released mods to unlock original graphics effects.
Mod’s effects:
- Changes to the default fog values, enabled bokeh DOF for the main cameras, stuttering Improvements, E3 2012 Bloom, performance Improvements, Enabled Headlight Shadows, LoD Changes, reflection changes, added 3 new cameras to the game(closer, normal, further), rain changes (High quality rain drops, properly reacting to light, etc), lens flare, lighting changes, civilians density changes.
- More improvements coming as they are found
Comparison Pictures:
- Modded: 1 2 3 4 5 (Sourced from Forbes)
Ubisoft Response:
- The dev team is completely dedicated to getting the most out of each platform, so the notion that we would actively downgrade quality is contrary to everything we've set out to achieve. We test and optimize our games for each platform on which they're released, striving for the best possible quality. The PC version does indeed contain some old, unused render settings that were deactivated for a variety of reasons, including possible impacts on visual fidelity, stability, performance and overall gameplay quality. Modders are usually creative and passionate players, and while we appreciate their enthusiasm, the mod in question (which uses those old settings) subjectively enhances the game's visual fidelity in certain situations but also can have various negative impacts. Those could range from performance issues, to difficulty in reading the environment in order to appreciate the gameplay, to potentially making the game less enjoyable or even unstable.
Thanks for playing Watch Dogs and stay safe on the mean streets of Chicago.
-The Watch Dogs Team
Far Cry 4:
- Ubisoft Montreal’s creative director Alex Hutchinson has confirmed that PC is the lead development platform for Far Cry 4.
- What Hutchinson did say is that Ubisoft primarily develops on PC with the exception of the Assassin’s Creed franchise, which is developed using the console as its lead platform. The exact quote was ”But because we develop on PC, you’ve never really seen on console the ultra-high PC version before.”
- ”So even out of the box, even day one, we just stuck the code on the new consoles and we were able to dial it all the way up.So as a console player you’re already getting by far the best version we can ship.”
- Forbes says: “Far Cry 4 is confirmed to boast Nvidia’s GameWorks libraries on PC. And as stunning as next-gen console games are starting to look, high-end PC graphics hardware blows them out of the water even without extreme optimization.” Kickstarter Drone Detection SystemSource 1: linustechtips.com OP: SinisterBagel
Source 2: kickstarter.com
- $500 (basic model)
- Patents filed to “safeguard technology”.
- Not intended to “counter” military drones.
- The Personal Drone Detection Systems are intended to counter small, personal drones with cameras and other sensors that are not being regulated.
- Uses triangulation to detect drones.
- When a drone is detected it sends a message through your tablet smartphone or PC.
- The Primary Command and Control Module can typically communicate with nodes up to 200 feet away. Each Detection Sensor Node can typically detect drones within 50 feet in all directions. Frequency detection range is 1MHz - 6.8GHz.
- Linus - “This would go well with that video of the woman assaulting the guy over the drone on the beach.” EA plans to change how it makes gamesSource 1: linustechtips.com OP: Rafy
Source 2: pcgamer.com
- Last year EA was voted the worst company in America.
- CEO Andrew Wilson said the new mandate at EA is to ensure its games are functional and fun at a much earlier stage in the process than it has in the past, to be more rigorous about ensuring quality control through the process and to be willing to delay a game's launch when it's necessary. We have now said there is no alternative. If the build is not playable, you have to push the schedule until it's playable again. You can't eat up that time.
- “Earlier betas, like the one for Battlefield Hardline that went live this month, are also a big part of EA's new way of doing things.” -Wilson
- “This Hollywood blockbuster mentality of, 'Keep all of the information to yourself' is not something that makes sense in today's world We can't keep a secret anyway, so we may as well just start talking about it." - Wilson T-Mobile Test DriveSource 1: linustechtips.com OP: Ryou-kun
Source 2: reuters.com
- T-Mobile US said on Wednesday it's offering at least a million cellphone users the chance to use an Apple iPhone (5s) in a free one-week trial with unlimited access.
- In cooperation Apple customers can sign up online, receive a free iPhone 5s in two days and pay no charges unless the phone is broken or not returned at a retail store one week later.
- "We believe every Verizon, and every AT&T customer should cheat on their carrier and enjoy every minute of it," said T-Mobile CEO John Legere.
- The carrier's "seven-night stand" campaign asks consumers to allow the company to "woo you with our powerful data strong network" for the week.
- The company also said on Wednesday that music streaming from eight major music providers, including Pandora and Spotify, will no longer count against the data allowance included in consumers' subscriptions.
- T-Mobile customers use 69 percent more data than Verizon, and 100 percent more data than AT&T, according to the company. GTX 880ti Price/RAMSource 1: linustechtips.com OP: SpeedRookie
Source 2: tomshardware.com
- Rumour stems from a forum post. (-> so from anyone.)
- Rumour is that the new Nvidia GTX 880 and the GTX 880 Ti (which is TBC), will be cheaper than their GTX 780 and GTX 780 Ti predecessors.
- The most realistic thing to believe is that the cards will be cheaper to manufacture, but to expect this to translate to lower retail prices is a bit of a pipe dream. - Tom’s hardware
- There are also rumours from Zauba.com that the GM204 GPU that will carry 8 GB of GDDR5 memory running over a 256-bit memory interface.
- Release of Maxwell expected end of 2014 - start of 2015 New forum landing pageSource 1: linustechtips.com
- Vertical monitors poll
- (none) Origin Game TimeSource 1: origin.com
- The full game playable for free for as long as there’s time on your Game Time clock.
- This weekend you’ll be able to download Titanfall and play for free for two days straight.
- Origin Game Time games will appear on Origin’s Free Games page when they’re available to download.
- The Origin Game Time clock begins the moment you start the game for the first time, and ticks down in real time. Whether you’re fighting your friends or taking a break, the Game Time clock will continue to run.
- Similar to free game weekends on steam?
STEAM SALE
OLD HDD TEST
DEVILS CANYON Rapid Fire Super Mario Bros. GlitchSource 1: kotaku.com
GIF in Source 1
- Appears after having beaten the game once already—grants players infinite lives by spawning SMB's magic beanstalk somewhere it's not supposed to be.
- Grants infinite lives. VR fanSource 1: nerdburglars.net
Source 2: kickstarter.com
- Kickstarter campaign.
- Costs $50 + $30 for out of US shipping.
- Plugs into the wall and a USB port.
- Has “thrust vectoring” -> fins like you get in car fans.
- $5700 of $15000 pledged.
- 95 backers. Cheaper iMacSource 1: linustechtips.com OP: Ate
Source 2: store.apple.com
- $1100
- 21.5” screen
- 1.4GHz dual-core Intel Core i5 (4th gen), Turbo Boost up to 2.7GHz
- 8GB of memory
- 500GB “fusion” hard drive (- possibly a hybrid drive?)
- Intel HD Graphics 5000
This is really great news, and its not a repost goml @KakaoDj .
So this wasnt expected, im surprised by the specs, the architecture is crazy, they barely use any power.
When i saw the amount of cuda cores, memory and clocks i lost it.
But they are here, brace yourselves.
Put on some dramatic music.
Give it up for the
GT 705
GT 710
and lastly
the
GT 720
Boosting the uncanny arcs of Fermi and Kelper
Relying on the joys of rebadging.
This is a great moment indeed.
This day should become a international holiday(even though its easter holiday already for some people)
Well then what the **** are we waiting for better dive in.
First up the gt 705
This sexy thing is a rebadge of the gt 610 which was a rebadge of gt 520. spicy.
Let me throw some numbers at you
48 CUDA CORES
64 BIT MEMORY BUS
a jesus tier of only 29watts under full load
An awesome process size of 40nm
If i was you id wait for the classified or lightning versions of this card, you could maybe push it up by 1000mhz.
Next up the...
GT 710
This lady killer isnt a rebadge of the of Gt 620, whats this madness, its a rebadge of the gt 630, actually no its not, this is a cut down gt 630, madness is it, whatever.
Lets get down to the stats
Uses the genetically superior pci-e gen 2.0 lane.
supports DX 11
has 512mb of memory, wait a sec thats less then the 705, i guess the AMD marketers went to nvidia for a day.
Thats all i can say about that card, I recommed you wait for a sapphire version, even though this is nvidia im sure a 8gb vram version will be arriving soon after launch.
LASTLY
the new god('s servant),
the new flagship(mascot),
Here it is the GT 720
This you might notice is the same as the above card but its superior.
Its not a half rebrand, ITS A FULL REBRAND.
This card has a full 1gb of vram. If you convert that to bytes its 1.0737 X 10^9 which is a big number, if you tried to count to that number it would take... A LONG TIME.
Unlike the ferocity of the above cards, this one is on a whole new level, those cards have a straightly 1 smx unit whereas this dragonslayer has 2 smx units. THATS 200% THE PERFORMANCE, i think.
It also has the DNA of the gtx titan, the 680, 770, titan black, titan brown, every voodoo card and that crazy tall guy from fractal.
Well then its been great but thats everything ive got today lads, follow EVGA's step up plans because im sure you titan wielders will be gunning for one of these beauties soon.
This was on cooler masters Facebook page the other day a caused a storm of Intel hate, They took it off after a few hours and put an apology up LOL, sorry if this has been posted already but search did not show anything..
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