Posts by John Papadopoulos:

Star Wars Jedi: Survivor PC Performance Analysis

Posted on: 01 May 2023

Last week, EA released Star Wars Jedi: Survivor on PC. Powered by Unreal Engine 4, it’s time now to benchmark it and see how it performs on the PC platform.

RBDOOM-3-BFG 1.5.0 replaces OpenGL with DX12, almost doubling performance

Posted on: 01 May 2023

The modding team behind RBDOOM-3-BFG has released a new version of it that replaces OpenGL with DirectX 12 and Vulkan. According to the team, and in some really demanding scenes, DX12 can almost double the game’s performance.

Fallout 3 gets a new HD Texture Pack, overhauling all of its textures

Posted on: 01 May 2023

A couple of days ago, we shared a new HD Texture Pack for Fallout: Tale of Two Wastelands. Now while PC gamers could use this pack to overhaul the textures of Fallout 3, its size was too big (over 60GB). So, today we present you a smaller pack that will enhance all of Fallout 3: … Continue reading Fallout 3 gets a new HD Texture Pack, overhauling all of its textures →

Star Wars Jedi: Survivor DLSS 3 Frame Generation Mod Showcased

Posted on: 30 Apr 2023

As we’ve already reported, Star Wars Jedi: Survivor is a really CPU-heavy game due to its optimization issues. And, as we suggested, NVIDIA’s DLSS 3 would potentially do wonders on this game. And we were right as PureDark has shared a video, showcasing a WIP version of a DLSS 3 Frame Generation Mod for it.

Console gamers should up their standards instead of console warring

Posted on: 30 Apr 2023

So here is something funny that prompted me to write this article. Yesterday, IGN shared its performance video for Star Wars Jedi: Survivor. In that video, IGN showcased the game running consistently below 60fps on both PS5 and Xbox Series X. And instead of focusing on this important aspect, most console gamers – and even … Continue reading Console gamers should up their standards instead of console warring →

Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2 & Warzone 2 appear to be completely broken on AMD RX Vega series GPUs

Posted on: 30 Apr 2023

It appears that Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2 and Call of Duty Warzone 2 are currently broken on AMD RX Vega series GPUs. According to multiple reports, owners of AMD RX Vega 56 and Vega 64 cannot launch the game at all.

Elden Ring Convergence Mod released, adding new weapons, new spells, revamped areas & more

Posted on: 29 Apr 2023

The Convergence Team has just released an overhaul mod for Elden Ring, called The Convergence Mod. According to its description, this mod adds dozens of new weapons and hundreds of new spells.

AMD has fixed the burnout issues of the Ryzen 7000 series CPUs

Posted on: 29 Apr 2023

Last week, a report surfaced claiming that current AM5 motherboards could burn out the latest Ryzen 7000 series CPUs. According to the report, some AM5 motherboards could accidentally raise the SOC voltage to high levels which could damage the latest AMD CPUs. And thankfully, AMD was able to replicate and resolve this issue.

Fallout: Tale of Two Wastelands gets a 65GB HD Texture Pack

Posted on: 29 Apr 2023

Modder ‘Bobobass84’ has released a 65GB HD Texture Pack for Fallout: Tale of Two Wastelands that overhauls all of its textures. This pack uses AI techniques in order to upscale all the vanilla textures, and contains all textures for Fallout 3 and Fallout New Vegas and all DLCs.

Here’s how Dead Island 2’s in-game environments fare against their real-life locations

Posted on: 29 Apr 2023

YouTube’s “ElAnalistaDeBits” has shared a comparison video between Dead Island 2’s environments and their real-life locations. This video will give you a glimpse at how close to the real-world locations Dead Island 2’s environments actually are.