The NDA on information about Nvidia's GF100 (Fermi) DX11 GPU architecture has been lifted, and Alien Babel Tech takes a very in-depth look at the architecture.
MSI celebrates the 20th anniversary of Monster Hunter with this unique bundle that features a matching RTX 4060 Ti and game controller.
Companies, particularly public companies like Microsoft, need to grow.
i mean its pretty simple, they spent close to 30 billion in acquiring activision, they thought they'd make it bk no problem, and that didnt happen.
its just shit that because of MS's miscalculation alot of people lost their jobs.
They are going to use AI for a large portion of the game development process. Upper management need bonuses and the shareholders need more money. So, people will lose their jobs.
They shouldn't have bought any studios. Some is okay...but they went on a shopping spree...stupid
The better question is why did Microsoft buy publishers for a service they were subsidizing they knew couldn't support.
And why are so many websites trying to make people feel sorry for Microsoft instead of truly criticizing the fact they are closing studios and killing jobs that would have been fine if Microsoft themselves hadn't gotten involved.
Quit feeling sorry for Microsoft and start feeling sorry for the industry and the all the gamers who are actually losing out.
THIS IS MICROSOFTS FAULT.
The first thing that happens after any major acquisition or merger is a consolidation of the whole new portfolio, which includes cutting any excess, bloat or portfolios that don't fit the larger MO of the big boy. So far, it's been par for the course with Microsoft and that's why gamers have been so against this acquisition. Tango Gameworks is the beginning. You think Microsoft wants to pay to keep small timers like Ninja Theory in business?
There is absolutely zero evidence to suggest that Microsoft will improve any of these studios, but plenty to suggest that they will get rid of what they don't need and hold onto the IP. The real agenda of the acquisition was always to acquire The Elder Scrolls, Diablo, Fallout, Call of Duty, Candy Crush etc. that will create millions in passive revenue stream for Microsoft regardless of where the games release. Microsoft simply wants their cut.
Because of Games Pass Microsoft has no interest in investing in new IP which is risky and requires creative talent they can neither nurture nor manage. Game Pass has also not grown in the way Microsoft expected it to, even post acquisitions. Therefore the logical thing to do, without serious money makers to release, is to cut as much cost as possible.
Nvidia is allegedly testing GPU coolers to handle up to 600W for the 50 series, reigniting discussion of melting 16-pin connectors.
I'm still waiting on some more benchmarks.
I love the sound of the accelerated jittered sampling, god knows there are games that need it, games that immediately spring to mind: Dead Space.
I'm insanely psyched now, just sold my DSi for $200 with some games to count towards it, selling my old 22" monitor. I want one of these babies on launch day. I'll have 2 DX11 games to kick start the deliciousness.
@kakkoi
Yeah the MIMD instruction set is supposed to give a theoretical 10x performance improvement when doing heavy physx and particle effects. Like you said as well, things that were previously done with the core clock are done with the much faster shaders ( DDR5 ftw ).
NDAs on fermi were supposed to have ended, I thought we would get more news than this though, but the accelerated.... sounds like it will give a massive I.Q boost to games, especially to bad ports and older games. 32csaa also cant hurt. 93% as much performance at 32csaa as the same card running 8aa, cant complain about that :D
Well good thing I waited. I may still go with ATI. Seeing my budget shrunk since last year (when I started my new build). Nvidia never goes easy on the pricing.
I have been waiting for this one a long time.
I've got an awesome i7 system with an old 9800GTX and I have been quite tempted to go ATI but it looks as though the wait for Fermi will be worth it.
a good read, i'm still going to try and hold on to my GTX295 for as long as i can. until there's a game or set of games built ground up to take proper advantage of DX11 features such as tessellation etc, my GTX295 can easily handle anything that's running on the consoles, DX9, DX10, openGL 3.2 and physx.
When are they coming out? I can't wait... my 8800GTS decided to commit suicide last Saturday and I am in desperate need of a new GFX card. I won't go ATI ever again, had a couple of those back in the days and all of them were a pain in the ass (VPU recover anyone?). Currently I am forced to use a PC that can't handle a fullscreen YouTube video, which is bad, the worst part is that it uses a onboard Radeon 2100.
Nvidia, save me!