Old GPUs, New Tricks! - Nov. 15, 2021.

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NEWS SOURCES:

 

OLDIES BUT GOODIES

GN says RTX 2060 12GB is real

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

https://www.gamersnexus.net/news-pc/3672-hw-news-nvidia-2060-revived-12gb-steam-deck-delay

earlier rumors https://www.notebookcheck.net/NVIDIA-GeForce-RTX-2060-12-GB-RTX-3070-Ti-16-GB-and-RTX-3080-12-GB-release-dates-posed.576642.0.html

Asus releases creator laptop with GTX 1650 option

https://arstechnica.com/gadgets/2021/11/asus-takes-it-back-to-2019-with-new-gtx-1650-oled-laptop/

with GDDR6 https://www.pcgamer.com/nvidias-gtx-1650-gets-gddr6-because-the-industry-is-running-out-of-gddr5/

 

LEAKIEST LAKE

Intel Core i7-12700H loses to 11800H single core, destroys it multi-core

https://twitter.com/BenchLeaks/status/1459111560211832839

https://browser.geekbench.com/v5/cpu/10963160

12800H faster than Ryzen https://videocardz.com/newz/intel-core-i7-12800h-alder-lake-p-cpu-is-25-faster-than-ryzen-7-5800h-in-geekbench-single-core-test

specs leak https://www.kitguru.net/components/cpu/joao-silva/unreleased-intel-12th-gen-core-processor-specs-leak/

Intel Core i5-12400, 12400F selling on eBay

https://wccftech.com/intel-core-i5-12400-es-oem-cpus-are-available-for-sale-on-228-us-on-ebay-heres-why-you-should-avoid-them/

 

20 YEARS OF SMACK-TALK

Xbox Anniversary Celebration

Halo Infinite multiplayer open beta available now

https://kotaku.com/surprise-halo-infinite-s-multiplayer-is-out-now-1848057791

https://twitter.com/Halo/status/1460314697979154434

https://youtu.be/Zp42db4uu-k

Teaser for Halo TV series https://twitter.com/HaloTheSeries/status/1460313378572832768

Elder Scrolls VI probs is an Xbox exclusive but… not so bad during stock shortage

https://www.ign.com/articles/elder-scrolls-6-xbox-exclusive-phil-spencer https://www.gamesradar.com/where-to-buy-ps5-stock-updates/

70 backwards compatible games with Auto HDR, FPS Boost, you see this Nintendo?

https://www.kitguru.net/gaming/matthew-wilson/xbox-adds-70-backwards-compatible-titles-with-auto-hdr-and-fps-boost/

Ubisoft tries to steal the spotlight SIT DOWN

https://twitter.com/assassinscreed/status/1460291551767277574

 

QUICK BITS

 

LAUNCHED A MISSLE, WHAT IS PROBLEM

Russia blows up its own satellite with a MISSILE and endangers ISS

https://www.theverge.com/2021/11/15/22782946/russia-asat-test-satellite-international-space-station-debris
https://twitter.com/roscosmos/status/1460256220124782595

 

RYZEN FROM THE GRAVE

Ryzen 5000 CPUs can now run on some A320 boards

https://www.tomshardware.com/news/vendors-finally-enable-ryzen-5000-support-on-a320-motherboards

https://www.techpowerup.com/288911/asus-and-gigabyte-enable-amd-ryzen-5000-series-processor-support-on-a320-chipsets

 

FEDERAL BUREAU OF GETTING PWNED

FBI email server hacked

https://linustechtips.com/topic/1388308-fbi-email-server-hacked/

https://www.voanews.com/a/fake-hacking-warnings-sent-from-secure-fbi-server/6312153.html

https://krebsonsecurity.com/2021/11/hoax-email-blast-abused-poor-coding-in-fbi-website/

https://twitter.com/spamhaus/status/1459450061696417792

 

NOT SO DEFINITIVE

GTA Trilogy playable on PC again

https://www.eurogamer.net/articles/2021-11-15-gta-the-trilogy-the-definitive-edition-pc-back-online

modders are helping fix the game

https://www.pcgamer.com/modders-are-fixing-gta-trilogys-rain-already/

 

QUANTUM QUANTUM SOMETHING ETC

IBM’s Quantum chip might be really good… who knows!

https://www.engadget.com/ibm-eagle-processor-050133991.html

https://www.ibm.com/quantum-computing/ibm-q-network/