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It's been taking me 2-4ish months to finish a game. I wait for sales instead of paying full price. For example, I got Jagged Alliance 3 for under $40. It took me 4-5 months to finish it. There is no economic incentive for me to pay $10/mo subscription for games. I'm about to fire up Civ 6...

Nobody's ever lied about encryption or possession of the keys, either. Or just had a "bug" affecting such.

I can deny the browser access to location data. Does it really? Who knows.

"It's totally anonymized, dude, we swear." "It's completely incognito, we pinky promise." Riiiiiiight.

I'm pretty sure I have the first 3. I tried the first one and the design seemed to be very controller-centric, so I stopped.

Is BG3 overrated, or is it me? I think it's me. I played BG 1&2, PS:T (maybe my favorite game ever), IWD 1&2 back in the day. When BG3 was released, I had DOS 1&2 in my backlog, so I figured I'd play those and wait for a sale for BG3. Played those, then Jagged Alliance 3, then into BG3. I...

I had Dave's Hot Chicken for the first time last week, and their "tenders" looked like about 1/2 of a large chicken breast. Not exactly cheap, but what is, anymore? Related: Their reaper spice is delicious, but expect some unpleasantness for the next 12-18 hours.

Third.

That's great, but games are mostly GPU-limited these days. Maybe this will reduce sudden frame rate drops? I expect this to have about as much impact as DX12 did (make slow systems less slow, no impact on mid-fast systems), or that DirectStorage has.

This has been around quite a while. https://www.aisushiplano.com

As I recall, GPP required that AIB's "gaming" lines be Nvidia only. That goes beyond "brand separation".

Sony tax.

They tried to improve Xen, but it's still a mess. Worth full price for everything up to that point, anyway.

EA wins.

Why wait?

If you keep using the PC for 3 years, then it's true. Doesn't have to be your primary PC. 😁

If I get what I paid for, for the price I agreed to pay, I don't give 2 shits if it's a third party seller. I bought TotK as a Christmas present and got it for about $55. You can buy it today for about $55. Just another reason physical media is better than digital only or subscriptions.

Not promoting Wally World, but...

I didn't know this was also VR until it showed up in my library.

Worth a try for 3 bucks. 👍

I got a couple Steam gift cards in my stocking, which promptly were applied toward a purchase of BG3.

10% off on both GoG & Steam ($54). Digital Deluxe DLC is also 10% off ($9). First time I've seen any discount. Edit: GoG says "Offer ends on: 03/01/2024". Maybe it's a price drop?

Bethesda has proven that they don't know or give a shit about Fallout lore.

Similar deal through Techspot, for variety: https://www.techspot.com/news/100809-deal-gets-you-microsoft-windows-11-pro-or.html

Conspiracy theory: This has all been a setup to allow MS to assimilate OpenAI.

That cat is out of the bag. MS was ready to pounce when the board fucked up, and I doubt they'll backtrack on the opportunity.

Like this?

I would want that 40 CU iGPU with 8 (no more, no less) CPU cores w/ SMT. 3D cache would be icing on the cake. 16 cores/32 threads is kind of stupid in this form factor. It's been a while since algebra, but doesn't b and/or c have to be 0?

I'll nitpick - this is more like 15 years of WB. Still a killer deal if these games are up your alley.

I had somebody ask me why I was so irritated that Vega kept popping up in APUs and mobile chips. This is why. The release of RDNA1 should have been the end of the road for new consumer Vega products in any form.

You're mostly right, but https://www.techpowerup.com/review/amd-ryzen-9-7950x-cooling-requirements-thermal-throttling/ shows a 7950X running pretty well with a Wraith Spire.

According to TPU's charts, the avg minimum FPS for my 13600K is still above my TV/monitor's 120 Hz refresh. "14th gen" doesn't really have anything to offer me.

When is the next price fixing settlement?

The question is, did he get canned for the boneheaded pricing scheme or for backing down from the boneheaded pricing scheme?

Not a bad way to do it, but NOT setting up 3 different new "cashback" accounts is worth $32 to me.

As much as I dread an Intel return to dominance, somebody needs to compete with TSMC. Samsung isn't there yet, but they're working on it. 3 cutting-edge foundry options would be a huge improvement. I have to wonder, though, does anybody see a future where AMD uses Intel foundries to make...

A new "preview" AMD RX 7000 driver enables FMF in lots more games, including Starfield. And..."In addition to these select titles, AFMF may be manually enabled for any title such as Cyberpunk 2077 using the per-app settings within AMD Software: Adrenalin Edition. So, basically, you can use AFMF...

Don't drink the funny tasting grape juice in his basement.

If that's what it takes for real performance increases, I'm for it 😉

Backpedalling intensifies... https://www.gamesindustry.biz/unity-reportedly-tells-staff-details-of-runtime-fee-backtracking