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[Dicehunter]

Just Cause 3 Officially Announced!
Finally!

source: http://www.pcgamer.com/just-cause-3-confirmed-for-next-year/
As always feel free to make this front page if you so desire News Guru

I may of just soiled myself in excitement.......

 

[d1974]

I may of just soiled myself in excitement.......

Just Cause 2 is just £1.99 80% off, today on STEAM.
http://store.steampowered.com/app/8190/

 

[MadShadow]

Just Cause 2 is just £1.99 80% off, today on STEAM.
http://store.steampowered.com/app/8190/

Thats pretty cool, but there is only really a reason to post it in ONE thread.

 

[paulstung]

Gigabyte have just announced, a tri-SLI, GTX 980, wich are cooled by an AIO cooler. All I've got to say is " OH MY GOD GIGABYTE WHAT ON EARTH ARE YOU THINKING ? "

I'm sure there were pictures floating around a few months ago, of the actual shroud, on top of a new case release, but no mention of what was in it, well we no now.

http://www.techpowerup.com/207086/gigabyte-announces-geforce-gtx-980-waterforce-tri-sli.html

 

[TPC]

New Nvidia Game ready driver which enables MFAA for maxwell cards too.

What’s New in Version 344.75
The latest GeForce Game Ready driver, release 344.75 WHQL, provides support for
Maxwell’s new Multi-Frame Sampled Anti-Aliasing (MFAA) mode. In addition, this
Game Ready WHQL driver ensures you'll have the best possible gaming experience for
Far Cry 4, Dragon Age: Inquisition, The Crew, and World of Warcraft: Warlords of
Draenor.
See also “What’s New in Release 343” on page 4.
Game Ready
Best gaming experience for Far Cry 4, Dragon Age: Inquisition, The Crew, and World of
Warcraft: Warlords of Draenor.
Gaming Technology
Supports Multi-Frame Sampled Anti-Aliasing (MFAA) mode.
Software Modules
 NVIDIA PhysX System Software - version 9.14.0702
 HD Audio Driver - version 1.3.32.1
 CUDA - version 6.5
 GeForce Experience - 16.13.65.2

http://www.nvidia.co.uk/download/driverResults.aspx/79921/en-uk

 

[d1974]

Corsair have released a new line of top tier ssd's

The Corsair Neutron XT is available in capacities of 240, 480 and 960GB and provides performance specifications of 560MB/s read and 540MB/s write with up to 100K IOPS read and 90K IOPS write speeds at low 4k aligned disk access.
It seems that Corsair are the first mainstream manufacturer to utilise the new Phison Quad-Core PS3110 6Gbps controller.
The Neutron XT also uses Toshiba MLC A19 MLC memory chips, and a NANYA DRAM cache IC.

No price information at present
A full review of the Neutron XT @ http://www.thessdreview.com/our-reviews/corsair-neutron-xt-ssd-review-240gb-new-phison-controller-creates-top-tier-contender/
Details about the Phison PS3110-S10 http://www.phison.com/English/ProductView.asp?ID=246&SortID=63

 

[d1974]

Intel Custom Foundry Demonstrates Industry-Leading 32 Gbps SerDes on 14nm Process
SANTA CLARA, Calif., Nov. 18, 2014 – Intel Corporation today unveiled silicon characterization results for its 1 to 32 Gbps high-speed SerDes on the 14nm process. This 32 Gbps SerDes is the second SerDes offering and adds to the previously announced 1 to 16 Gbps GP 14nm SerDes. It will be available by end of this year.

"We evaluated many SerDes suppliers for our high-performance Achronix FPGAs," said Robert Blake, CEO of Achronix. "Both the 12.75G SerDes using Intel's 22nm technology and the 32G SerDes using Intel's 14nm technology met our stringent power/performance requirements and the broad range of features that we needed. The SerDes from Intel Custom Foundry is a key differentiating technology for the growing range of high-speed interfaces that our FPGAs require."

Full article can be found here http://newsroom.intel.com/community/intel_newsroom/blog/2014/11/18/intel-custom-foundry-demonstrates-industry-leading-32-gbps-serdes-on-14nm-process

 

[d1974]

LEPA launches AIO Liquid CPU Cooler Aquachanger 120 / 240

November 18th, 2014 LEPA releases the new AquaChanger All-In-One liquid CPU Cooler series. There are two available models for the different radiator lengths: 120mm and 240mm. AquaChanger features patented Central Diffusing Passage cold plate technology, a protrusive copper base and Dual-Convex blade fans which help facilitate excellent cooling performance. AquaChanger 120 supports +300W TDP and the 240 model supports +350W TDP.
http://www.lepatek.com/eng/newscontent/89/

Features

Central Diffusing Passage Cold Plate (CDP)
Patented CDP micro-fin cold plate accelerates the heat absorption from CPU up to 30% thermal convection.

Protrusive Copper Base
The protrusive structure enhances the copper base sturdiness and deploys more coolant for an efficient CPU hot spot elimination.

Dual Convex Blades Fan
Advanced aerodynamics design boosts down-force air pressure and crease high-volume airflow.

Ceramic Bearing Pump
The ceramic bearing features anti-corruption, noiseless, and smooth operation. Additional LED for power on indication.

Anti-Leakage Tube
Elastic rubber tube with anti-leakage layers provides exceptional durability.

Metal Mounting Kit
Supports latest AMD® and Intel® desktop sockets with easy and solid installation.

The Central Diffusing Passage Cold Plate, which I rather like the design of.


There is no pricing information at present, nor which E-tailers that will be stocking them.

AquaChanger 120 http://www.lepatek.com/eng/product_content/31/1/69/#produkte
PDF http://www.lepatek.com/files/LE_ProductBasic_eng/PB_File/AquaChanger120_datasheet-EN.pdf
AquaChanger 240 http://www.lepatek.com/eng/product_content/31/1/70/#produkte
PDF http://www.lepatek.com/files/LE_ProductBasic_eng/PB_File/AquaChanger240_datasheet-EN.pdf

Taiwan Office
LEPA Technology Corporation
TEL：+886-3-358-0584
E-Mail：service@lepatek.com

 

[Thelosouvlakia]

Raptr have launched their own (what appears to be a streaming service) plays.tv

 

[Dicehunter]

Forbes reports: Refund anyone who bought AC: Unity

I was a little shocked to see the well established media company commenting on Ubisofts behavior of late but I couldn't agree more with Forbes, Heres a snippet and I'll link the article below -

It’s time to make that right. Refund anyone who has purchased the game. Recall the copies still on shelves. Fix the game before releasing it to the public. Half-finished, buggy releases like this have no place in today’s industry.

Link to the full article - http://www.forbes.com/sites/erikkain...-game-recalls/

 

[NeverBackDown]

I was a little shocked to see the well established media company commenting on Ubisofts behavior of late but I couldn't agree more with Forbes, Heres a snippet and I'll link the article below -




Link to the full article - http://www.forbes.com/sites/erikkain...-game-recalls/

Good. If the more well reknowned media companies start bashing game devs for the shit releases maybe that'll teach them a lesson.. then they start giving them bad reviews and scores and praise the companies that are doing it right.

 

[Warchild]

Ubisoft just released a patch for unity that has a massive 300 fixes for the game..

Surely this proves that the game was still in alpha/beta state when it was released further concreting what Forbes quoted!

 

[Dicehunter]

Ubisoft just released a patch for unity that has a massive 300 fixes for the game..

Surely this proves that the game was still in alpha/beta state when it was released further concreting what Forbes quoted!

Ubisoft devs should be ashamed of themselves for releasing sub par products.

 

[Warchild]

Ubisoft devs should be ashamed of themselves for releasing sub par products.

Someone joked that the fixes totalled more than the bytes. wonder if this is true ^_^

 

[Tripp]

Possible AMD 390x performance leak

There is some light at the end of the tunnel for AMD, though, and it seems to have cracked the high power consumption of its previous generation graphics cards too. Leaked benchmarks that appeared recently on the Chip Hell forum*here, claim to show that a yet unknown graphics card is over 15% faster than Nvidia’s GeForce GTX 980, yet consumes only 12W more power on average.

http://www.forbes.com/sites/antonyl...ers-of-amds-r9-390x-should-nvidia-be-worried/

 

[Dicehunter]

Possible AMD 390x performance leak



http://www.forbes.com/sites/antonyl...ers-of-amds-r9-390x-should-nvidia-be-worried/

Nvidia will bring something out to counter it, They always do.

 

[Tripp]

Nvidia will bring something out to counter it, They always do.

Aye I know, but 15% performance is pretty good going, and that's without optimised drivers to i would expect.

 

[barnsley]

Nvidia will bring something out to counter it, They always do.

It'll just cost £800 and not be that much faster.

I'm quite interested in this as, unlike Nvidia, AMD tend to screw up in some dumbass aspect (e.g. reference coolers only at launch etc) so it'll be interesting to see how the card partners counter it and it'd be cool to have a proper card battle, like the 680 vs 7970 days again.

 

[Dicehunter]

Aye I know, but 15% performance is pretty good going, and that's without optimised drivers to i would expect.

True but I doubt Maxwell has optimised drivers yet, I have a feeling we'll see "Miracle" drivers released around the time of AMD's new cards just like Nvidia's "Wonder Drivers".

It'll just cost £800 and not be that much faster.

I'm quite interested in this as, unlike Nvidia, AMD tend to screw up in some dumbass aspect (e.g. reference coolers only at launch etc) and it'd be cool to have a proper card battle, like the 680 vs 7970 days again.

Will still be faster

True we need proper GPU wars were the vendors are at eachothers throats, Makes pricing better for us

 

[barnsley]

True we need proper GPU wars were the vendors are at eachothers throats, Makes pricing better for us

Exactly, and with Nvidia not dicking around with price for once, things could only get better . I honestly think that this coming generation of cards will be a cracker! Both sides will have their strengths and weaknesses obviously but I don't think I'd say Nvidia have won just yet.

The upgrade rash will start to itch if it is too good though :mellow:. I'm already not happy with my 780Ti and if prices go down and if a right beaut is released...
gnaaaaaaah