Consumer Nvidia Ampere cards are expected to appear during an Nvidia announcement event on September 1, 2020. With all the preamble leading up to the event teasing both the Ampere cooler design and new 12-pin power connector, we’re as certain as we can be that the RTX 3090 will make an appearance at the show. […]
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The fantasy races of Warhammer are once again preparing to take a break from their relentless wars to instead beat the crap out of each other for sport. Blood Bowl 3 was announced in 2019 and was expected to appear this year, but we’ve not heard a peep since. It finally resurfaced this week and […]
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Dwarf Fortress designer Tarn Adams has given us a rare glimpse of the fancy Steam version’s stumpy denizens, but they’ve seen better days. All three of them, unfortunately, have come down with a nasty case of being disembowelled. Though probably a wee bit sore, disembowelment isn’t always fatal in Dwarf Fortress, and hopefully these fellas […]
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Microsoft is currently testing a fix for Windows 10 bug that could cause the operating system to defragment solid state drives (SSDs) more often than is needed. While periodic defragging of a mechanical hard disk drive (HDD) is a good thing, doing it too often on SSDs can actually degrade their integrity and shorten their […]
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It’s understandable if you’re in need a Wasteland 3 guide: It’s a more modern-feeling RPG than Wasteland 2, but it’s still the kind of game with so many skills and weapons to choose from you’ll end up flicking between menus trying to decide which of your melee-specialized characters should take the chainsword with the bladed-weapon […]
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This week on the PC Gamer forum: the community celebrate Control’s release on Steam, we’ve got a new giveaway for a Doom-themed gaming chair, advice on building the perfect PC for a new game, and how we name our characters in RPGs—it’s a delicate process. The PC Gamer forum is a great way to chat […]
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Nvidia has claimed 80% of the discrete GPU market, Jon Peddie Research reports (via Videocardz). The green team has reportedly claimed another 5% of the GPU market from AMD since the beginning of 2020, which takes it to 80% share overall as we head into the next GPU generation. It’s not that AMD’s Radeon sales […]
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Right in time for Fortnite’s season 4 update, which features a bunch of Marvel heroes, AMD has released a new GPU driver that is optimized to improve performance in the game. And not by a little bit, either. According to the release notes, the latest Radeon Software Adrenalin 2020 Edition 20.8.3 driver package boosts performance […]
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Discord has released a new transparency report that details the complaints regarding and action taken against spammers, harassers, servers that break community guidelines and criminal activity over the first six months of 2020. Not surprisingly, this year has seen a spike thanks to so many people stuck at home, leading to the company receiving double […]
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Amazon Prime Day has historically been a summertime sale reserved specifically for members of its subscription-based Amazon Prime service. In a normal year Prime Day kicks off in July with savings on a host of different kit, and yes, sometimes even PC gaming gear too. But this is no normal year, and so Bezos and […]
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