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If you like Heroes of Might and Magic style, turn-based, fantasy tactics games, then it's a pretty solid entry (quite a number of cool combos/trick tactics you can pull off in this game). There isn't much of a plot/story, so Baldur's Gate 3, this most definitely is NOT.

The rumor also goes on to say that once Intel turned to the "first-tier manufacturers we knew" and Team Green became aware of this, NVIDIA began to threaten its partners that if they took on Intel, then NV would no longer work with them, and they would not receive chips ... First-tier...

It would've been nice to see eVGA pivot to AMD, or even Intel: especially in light of the news that Team Green is (supposedly) threatening their AIBs from starting up Intel GPU product lines (namely, the upcoming BattleMage) -- More Info Here, but take with the usual salt Reminds me of the...

The original's last cyberspace fight with Shodan was especially crappy as well (even if the rest of the game, up to that point, was quite good). I do like what Nightdive has done with the bigger overall level schemes & additional v-mails. This is a solid remake, in my book (would've like to...

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I live in NYC: and even here, there were some major lag spikes some days last week (especially Wednesday, a few hours after I started playing, for some reason). I have a fiber connection (Verizon FIOS Gigabit), and was surprised -- even after updating my router & checking for various updates...

Here is a partial breakdown/explanation, complete with a comparison with the 5800x and the i9-13900K.

I don't think so, but the Skorpion (which is the logical upgrade over the Minipistol) can still snap off single shots with a light tap of the mouse button, even given the fact that it's fully automatic (it uses the exact same ammo as the MInipistol, but burns through ammo like crazy, so save...

Here's a direct, side-by-side comparison of the remake vs. the original. Fun side note: the puzzles in this remake are a LOT harder than the wire ones in the original (on Normal and Hard difficulties). Having a blast playing! (wish they had an option to have the original music playing)

The early Fallout games (turn-based) are great RPG "fillers" for those who don't want the FPS-style play of Fallout 3/4/76, and have lore that ties in nicely into the upcoming Fallout TV show (from Amazon: hopefully will be released next year, as they are still shooting).

Did you mean the "78xx/77xx" variants? ;)

From what I've been reading, looks like AMD left some headroom for AIBs to play with, so a "top-end, top-tier" XTX model could get reasonably close to a "stock, or basic" 4090 (after all, AMD currently isn't in the business of directly competing with their AIB partners via reference cards...

I want to build a new rig in the near future, and so I might end up going all-in on AMD (first time in what seems like forever) -- CPU + GPU (most likely a 5800X3D + 7900XTX). (Ray Tracing not a big priority for the games I play, even counting CP2077)

jonny said that? Wow ... (I still remember, as many others do here, when his PSU site was THE site to go, for PSU reviews -- he seemed [generally] a lot more objective then). Given what I've heard about Corsair's cashflow issues/overexpansion recently, it makes things really interesting, in context.

For sure: like I mentioned in my post, I got my RX 6700 XT on its release date last year (March 18th, 2021) -- as for the outside queues for Micro Center, that pretty much died down since late January/early February (as the various Micro Center-focused Discords I'm on have noted); you can...

Yes: got a stock AMD version from Micro Center (US tech-oriented physical retailer) on the day of release (waited outside), at the MSRP of $479 USD (before tax). The RX 6700 XT was trashed by a lot of online tech websites (that seemingly ignored the reality of current COVID-19 pandemic...

If there's a Micro Center near your neck of the woods, you need to be on one of the Discord channels that cover delivery times/inventory (some kind folks will usually post up photos of the stuff available that particular day, once they "win" their spot in the GPU lottery, and are in-store...

I agree, but I'll bet that 95% (or more) of the folks on the street (including many well-educated types) have absolutely no idea what RBMK/Windscale/etc means. Trying to get more nuclear reactors built in the US, might be the only thing that unites both the Republican & Democratic parties...

Problem is, we've been 'conditioned' by decades' worth of movies/media, to think of nuclear reactors as little more than ticking nuclear bombs, with a teeny-tiny, weak "harness" for us to use. I'm almost 100% certain, that if you asked someone on the street how good a modern nuclear reactor is...

Yeah, it's all a Wild West right now, and no lack of folks doing their best to part other folks' money from their wallets, as usual (with good ol' snake-oil, conveniently relabeled for this modern age).

I'd recommend this over all the suggestions that others have posted: Sennheiser PC 38x $129 USD, but they are very, very good (and more comfortable than the EPOS/Sennheiser mashup that is the GSP line). Note that this is an open-back headset (so, folks might be able to hear what's coming out...

Admittedly, some of the mods up the difficulty of the Stalker series to a whole new level of "Misery" ;)

If you're going the HD8XX route, you're going through Drop.com initially for support; not so much Sennheiser (or Sonova), as Drop is the "middleman". In any case, if you buy an HD800/800s via Amazon (or some other retailer), your return policy could be pretty good (depending on retailer, as usual).

Oh yeah, no way is the RX 6700 XT worth $779 USD and up. Only way that'd even work, is if you can buy the 6700 XT at that inflated price, sell your old video card, and still come out with at least a 10% or more profit. Otherwise, heck no.

Checking my local MC right now, they have only 1 reference card @ $479USD and 12 Powercolor Red Devils @ $819USD -- but I just talked on Discord w/a guy who was just there, and he says that there's only 1 Red Devil left; no other RX 6700 XTs whatsoever (website is probably updated slowly, as...

Just got back 30 min ago from my local MC on the East Coast -- got there 7:21am EST, had a reference RX 6700 XT (from Sapphire) in my hands by 9:45am (for $479 USD). And there were guys behind me that got reference cards, too -- definitely not some paper launch. Microcenter's QR check-in...

From everything I've read, the 4K streams still aren't as good as 4K Blu-Rays in HDR (Dolby Vision, etc). I looked at a side-by-side comparison of the Star Wars Original Trilogy recently, and the streams have that grey, washed-out look. 4K HDR looked incredibly vivid and vibrant (especially in...

Well, my 5700XT is good for what it is (decent bang-for-buck placeholder that's roughly equivalent to a RTX 2070), but hardly a revolutionary card, even upon release. It still is doing a decent job "placeholding" as I wait for more inventory from both NVIDIA/AMD (don't really have the time to...

Wasn't that Anandtech's old forte -- their contextual explanations? Yeah, not seeing a lot of that (nowadays) from almost all the tech review sites/Tubers.

I definitely enjoy Fallout 4 -- with extensive modding ;D On a side note, the art direction in 4 seems a LOT worse than 3, or even F:NV (despite being the technically superior game). Quests aren't as immersive as in either 3 or NV. FPS elements in 4 (as you mentioned) are the best out of the 3...

The Micro Center closest to me (Flushing, NY) also has the hand sanitizer/mask checking in full effect, and also had days where they shut down for deep cleaning -- I feel very secure in there.

I've been (slowly) hearing some good things abou the AE-9 series, but passed on it some months back, in favor of the SMSL M500 external DAC/AMP (I previously had a Sound Blaster X7 Limited Edition).

As others have said, depends on regional competition. Can't speak for elsewhere in the US, but here in NYC, Verizon is in a price war w/Spectrum, and so I haven't heard a peep about caps from either company (Spectrum is currently offering 400Gbit connections for $69.99 & 940Gbit @ $109.99). My...

The one I know about is the ASUS Radeon RX 6800 XT Strix OC Liquid Cooled, which TPU is doing an upcoming review on. More Info

What I heard over on TPU forums, is that the chip itself is quite expensive (AMD is not selling them cheap), so retailers/AIBs definitely have an "incentive" to price up, since profit margins are (even more) razor-thin than usual for RX 6xxx. Maybe FrgMstr will have more info? He's already...

Full spec breakdowns for the 6800/XT/6900 XT here: https://www.amd.com/en/products/specifications/compare/graphics/10516%2C10521%2C10526 (courtesy of ador250 on r/AMD)

You are correct -- not a peep on any supposed "6700 and under" cards yet (wasn't mentioned in today's reveal).

My gut feeling tells me that NVIDIA will have plenty of "Ti" models in stock, unlike the (deliberate?) debacle with the non-Ti models. Just a feeling -- maybe FrgMstr can give some hints about this?

I'm pretty sure that AMD thought NVIDIA was gonna stick with recent protocol, and have the xx70 match up to the previous "near-top-tier" performer, like the 1070 was to the GTX 980/980 Ti, and the 2070 was to the 1080/1080 Ti -- seems to have been a very smart bet, given that NVIDIA "baked" that...

Funny you mention that ... over @ r/AMD, a number of bitter fanboys (burned 3080/3090 buyers?) are angrily growling about how AMD doesn't have DLSS or effective ray-tracing, while the rest of r/AMD is quite happy.