Playable Worlds’ Raph Koster on Stars Reach’s origin story and his goal to create ‘an alternate reality’
Regular readers of our site and followers of the MMORPG genre know by now that Raph Koster has a lot to say – and he...
NVIDIA Is Investigating Black Screen And BSOD Issues On GeForce GPUs
Have you ever tried remotely diagnosing and ultimately resolving a computer issue for a frantic friend or family member who’s having an issue, or a litany of PC-related issues? It’s no easy task. Now put yourself in the shoes of NVIDIA’s driver team, which is currently investigating a rash of stability issues across a variety of graphics card
GeForce RTX 5070 Non-Ti Performance Teased In First Geekbench Cameos
The recent launch of NVIDIA’s GeForce RTX 50 series lineup has brought us the GeForce RTX 5070 Ti, GeForce RTX 5080, and the mighty GeForce RTX 5090. While the launch has been stymied somewhat with low inventory and rapidly increasing prices, gamers have turned their attention to the upcoming GeForce RTX 5070 (non-Ti). While we wait, the first
Black Desert shares dates and details for its hardcore server and the Atoraxxion Orzekea delve
The immediate future for Black Desert on PC and console is one about its hardcore server and next Atoraxxion wing, at least according to a...
Sigma BF Flaunts Radically Simple 24.6MP Full-Frame Mirrorless Camera Design
Sigma has just unveiled a brand new mirrorless camera called the “radically simple” $2,000 BF Camera. Sporting a 24.6-megapixel full-frame CMOS sensor, the company claims it’s the first such camera design to employ an ultra-minimalist aluminum unibody. Sigma designers basically cleaned up the busy aesthetics of dSLRs, what with dials, switches,
RTX 5080 with missing ROPs takes a 12% performance hit in synthetic benchmark
The RTX 5080 is also reported to be plagued by manufacturing flaws. Eight missing ROPs are reported to have reduced performance by up to 12%.
First Impressions: Monster Hunter Wilds is the apex form of the multiplayer series in practically every way
If you’ve been following my answers along in our weekly WRUP column, you’ll know that I have been absolutely rabid for the arrival of Monster...
World’s largest data center gets go-ahead from Korean govt — facility to require 3 GW of power
Investment firm SFR plans to spend $35 billion to put up a massive 3-GW data center in the South Jeolla province in South Korea.
GeForce RTX 5080 FE Joins List Of GPUs Spotted With Missing ROPs
A user on Reddit has posted a GPU-Z screenshot that purportedly shows their GeForce RTX 5080 Founders Edition graphics card with fewer render operation pipelines (ROPs), or render output units if you prefer, than what are supposed to be there. It’s the first case we’re aware of with missing ROPs on a GeForce RTX 5080 class card, FE or otherwise.
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Pokémon Go players aren’t thrilled with its potential sale, launch counter-campaign
News that Niantic may be selling off its game division and Pokémon Go to another studio sent the game’s loyal community into a total tizzy...