So, it's nearing the time where leaks can be valuable nuggets of reality so I'm putting a thread up.
Take this with an absolute pinch of salt but these are early leaked benchmarks of the 13900k in gaming:
13900K vs 12900K (Leaked Gaming Benches):
1080p Avg FPS - 4.22% Faster
1440p Avg FPS -...
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Bit of a plug here, I don't know any of these people, just slightly obsessed with Emma in general and all the music hugely.
Emma Hewitt has been around for some time in the EDM world starring in some incredible tunes.
Recently she's headlining in a collaboration act called Elysian, but...
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There aren't many audio nerds on the forum but thought I'd post this anyway.
2 of my favorite YouTube audio nerds are getting together for a rather special livestream on this Sunday at 7pm UK time
This is 45RPM Audiophile who will be hosting it who is a wonderful German reviewer of...
So you may be aware of this, GPU prices are absolutely crashing at the moment, we're seeing 20 - 30% below MSRP on some higher end cards.
Take this with a huge grain of salt, personally I wouldn't buy a GPU or any major system purchase at the moment, I would wait until next gen hits for the...
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Many moons ago (1997) there was a game released called Blade Runner which gained critical acclaim almost instantly.
Something happened though and the sourcecode was lost and hardly any physical copies were in the wild and the game became a little bit of a legend status game.
Roll on to...
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You will by now be used to us configuring far higher PSU's than may appear reasonable.
There's a really interesting new video from GamersNexus where they're measuring for the maximum transient spike in overall system power experienced with various different hardware configurations...
Good news, the TPM stuttering on Ryzen has finally been fixed.
If you check your mobo pages for any updates, they previously had BETA releases, but there should now or very soon be an official update including the new AGESA Microcode that AMD have issued...
So we're all used to basic AI systems like Alexa, Siri etc, but these are really just clever search systems, although they do "learn" based on our interactivity with them.
These systems are huge in scope and are literally learning from data it receives from the multiple millions of endpoints...
My sincere apologies if this has already been outed, I'm sure I'm late to the party as usual and will merge if it's the case.
NVidia just tweeted this
Apparently being released August 12th. And it's remastered
https://www.eurogamer.net/spider-man-remastered-swings-on-to-pc-in-august
I'm...
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Just a note, I've been thinking about this quite a lot recently, this is especially pertinent with those early on in their gaming / computing needs.
When I started gaming, I was in a council funded shared house in a derelict part of the country, living on around £25 a week I got from...
Well all, we're heading to that time of year again with WWDC happening next week on June 6th.
The big news this time, is that "RealityOS" has been found mentioned in the latest beta releases of IOS and MacOS.
The rumours are that this RealityOS is apples new Augmented Reality OS which they'll...
A work colleague of mine unfortunately recently divorced and so has just moved into his own place not too far from me.
He's an audio nut as well, and once he's settled wants to build a system with a good record player and valve amp.
His father and grandfather were both big amateur audio people...
So we should by now be aware of the problems with the 12900k IHS bending to the point it no longer makes full contact with the heatsink and leads to thermal issues.
Buildzoid went full depth into the issue and was the first to recommend shims as a solution.
Thermal Grizzly have now released a...
This has only just been announced for release next year. Again by Respawn
I haven't played Fallen Order yet, but do have it.
https://www.starwars.com/games-apps/star-wars-jedi-survivor
I'm just installing now, this is worth grabbing, it's got a bundle of fixes as they move towards the first major release update in July with 22H2
https://www.xda-developers.com/microsoft-windows-11-build-22000-708/
https://www.techadvisor.com/news/windows/windows-11-2022-feature-update-3812277/
I'm just listening to a Thrillseekers album as I do frequently.
But just listen to this and tell me it's not a work of genius, it's just so damn beautiful as a sign off track
This hits home.
https://www.rollingstone.com/music/music-news/vangelis-oscar-winning-composer-chariots-of-fire-blade-runner-dead-obit-1355854/
Vangelis passed away today at the age of 79.
His catalogue is so huge, I know barely any of it.
But for me, the original Blade Runner soundtrack is...