Posts by Metal Messiah:

Intel has resolved its 7nm chip woes, 12th gen Alder Lake CPU lineup on track for 2H 2021

Posted on: 24 Jan 2021

As part of their Q4 2020 earnings call, Intel gave analysts an update on the company’s 7nm technology and roadmap, citing “strong progress” regarding this manufacturing node. During the call, Intel addressed the current problems related to the company’s manufacturing issues, and semiconductor foundries.

AMD RDNA 3-based NAVI 31 GPU rumored to feature MCM design & improved Ray Tracing support

Posted on: 23 Jan 2021

AMD has been quite successful with its chiplet-based design which the company has used in its recent Zen series of processors. Instead of building standard, monolithic CPUs, AMD opted for a new type of configuration called a chiplet. From a marketing perspective, chiplets have been a huge hit.

NVIDIA GeForce RTX 2070 GPU upgraded to support 16GB of VRAM by Russian hardware modder

Posted on: 23 Jan 2021

Hardware modding is not what an average gamer or end-user might be doing on a daily basis, but that has never stopped anyone to experiment with it, since some people have the knack for it. Meet Russian YouTuber VIK-on, who recently modified and upgraded his Nvidia GPU.

Gabe Newell confirms that Valve is developing several new games, wants to do more single-player

Posted on: 21 Jan 2021

Valve’s co-founder and CEO Gabe Newell has given assurance that Valve has multiple games in development, and that it is keen to make more single-player experience for the players.

Valve and five other PC game publishers have been fined $9.4M for illegal geo-blocking practices

Posted on: 20 Jan 2021

According to a recent report, the European Commission has fined Valve and five other major game publishers a combined of €7.8 million ($9.4 million) for breaching EU antitrust rules.

NVIDIA plans to re-introduce the GeForce RTX 2060 and RTX 2060 SUPER “Turing” GPUs

Posted on: 20 Jan 2021

In a rather surprise move, amidst the current GPU availability and pricing issues prevalent in the market, it appears that NVIDIA plans to fill the market gap by resurrecting some previous generation of gaming graphics cards.

Intel 12th gen “Alder Lake-S” desktop CPU spotted in SiSoftware database, sporting 16 cores and DDR5 memory

Posted on: 20 Jan 2021

Some new details have surfaced regarding Intel’s future next-gen 12th generation of Alder Lake-S Core processor lineup. As you may already know by now that Alder Lake-S Core processors are said to be the company’s first 10nm SuperFin-based mainstream desktop SKUs. We have also seen several documents, datasheets, and release notes for these CPUs which … Continue reading Intel 12th gen “Alder Lake-S” desktop CPU spotted in SiSoftware database, sporting 16 cores and DDR5 memory →

Nvidia appears to have lowered its G-SYNC Ultimate HDR specifications [UPDATE]

Posted on: 19 Jan 2021

It appears that Nvidia has silently lowered its G-SYNC Ultimate standards, allowing it to release a larger quantity of monitors, and thus create a larger market for its latest G-SYNC display modules for users.

New patent filed by Rockstar may hint at significant GTA 6 NPC AI & traversal improvements

Posted on: 19 Jan 2021

It appears that recently some Reddit users have discovered a new patent application filed by Rockstar’s parent company, Take-Two, in October 2020. The patent application is titled as ‘System And Method For Virtual Navigation In A Gaming Environment’, which is most likely for the developer’s upcoming Grand Theft Auto 6.

Here are some more confirmed specs for the NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3060 12GB

Posted on: 18 Jan 2021

At the recent CES 2021 keynote, NVIDIA officially announced the GeForce RTX 3060 GPU having 12 GB of VRAM. The GeForce RTX 3060 12GB VRAM GPU is coming out in late February. However, as now reported by Videocardz, proper specs of this exact GPU model were not shared in the official slides, and Nvidia also … Continue reading Here are some more confirmed specs for the NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3060 12GB →