Posts by Metal Messiah:

Epic Games has acquired Tonic Games Group, makers of Fall Guys

Posted on: 03 Mar 2021

It appears that Epic Games is acquiring Mediatonic’s parent company Tonic Games Group for an undisclosed sum, the company announced on Tuesday. Tonic Games is the development company behind the smash-hit sensation, Fall Guys: Ultimate Knockout.

Intel to pay $2.18 billion in damages to VLSI for violating two of its patents

Posted on: 03 Mar 2021

It appears that Intel has to pay $2.2 billion in damages after a patent trial loss to VLSI, as reported by SeekingAlpha. A federal jury in Waco, Texas ruled that Intel violated two patents of Fortress Investment Group’s VLSI Technology and must pay $2.18B in damages, for violating two of its patents.

MSI Z490 boards will support PCI-E 4.0 with Intel 11th gen CPU lineup, 400-series chipset compatibility explained in detail

Posted on: 03 Mar 2021

Intel recently confirmed that its 11th gen Rocket Lake-S desktop CPU lineup is launching on the 30th of March, 2021. In response to Hardwareluxx, an Intel spokesperson confirmed the Rocket Lake CPU’s launch schedule.  

Intel’s “Rocket Lake-S” desktop CPU lineup listed for pre-order by a US retailer, flagship Core i9-11900K for $600 [UPDATE]

Posted on: 02 Mar 2021

It appears that unofficial pre-order pricing for Intel’s entire 11th Gen Rocket Lake Desktop CPU family has been spotted online. Preliminary pre-order prices have been listed by one US retailer Milwaukeepc for the entire Rocket Lake-S CPU lineup, as spotted by Harukaze5719.

Intel discontinues the Performance Tuning Protection Plan, PTPP, for all eligible K-series CPUs

Posted on: 02 Mar 2021

It appears that Intel has officially discontinued its Performance Tuning Protection Plan (PTPP), an optional support plan which provided specific benefits in addition to Intel’s standard processor warranty. Intel will no longer offer new PTPP plans effective March 1, 2021.

PCI Express “Resizable BAR” tested on NVIDIA’s RTX 3060 GPU, first gaming benchmarks

Posted on: 01 Mar 2021

With the release of the newest 461.72 WHQL GeForce game ready driver, Nvidia recently enabled initial Resizable BAR support for the desktop GeForce RTX 3060 GPU on select PC games, with more cards getting support in near future. Initially, “Resizable BAR” feature is going to be compatible with the company’s GeForce RTX 3060 desktop graphics … Continue reading PCI Express “Resizable BAR” tested on NVIDIA’s RTX 3060 GPU, first gaming benchmarks →

Global chip shortage to last till 2022, NVIDIA and AMD GPU stock affected as a result

Posted on: 27 Feb 2021

As expected there is more unsettling news for gamers who were hoping that the GPU shortage situation would rather improve later this year. Because according to several industry analysts, GPU stock is going to suffer through until 2022, and because the demand for chips now exceeds supply by about 30%, it will take almost three … Continue reading Global chip shortage to last till 2022, NVIDIA and AMD GPU stock affected as a result →

AMD to officially announce RDNA2-based Radeon RX 6700 XT Big Navi GPU on March 3rd [UPDATE]

Posted on: 26 Feb 2021

AMD has just announced on Twitter that the company is going to reveal a new Radeon RX 6000 graphics card during Episode 3 of its “Where Gaming Begins” event on March 3 on 11 AM US eastern time. Although the chipmaker didn’t specify the exact GPU model, it’s likely going to be the Radeon RX … Continue reading AMD to officially announce RDNA2-based Radeon RX 6700 XT Big Navi GPU on March 3rd [UPDATE] →

Here are some leaked specs of Intel’s upcoming XE-HPG (High-Performance Gaming) “DG2” GPU lineup

Posted on: 26 Feb 2021

We can all agree that we seriously need a third discrete GPU competitor in the market. AMD and NVIDIA have already dominated the discrete gaming GPU market since long, and now INTEL plans to enter the competition to capture some market share and goodwill.

Samsung reportedly planning to release an “Exynos SoC” with Radeon GPU for Windows PCs/Laptops

Posted on: 26 Feb 2021

According to a recent report posted on ZDNet Korea, coming via Engadget, it appears that Samsung is reportedly working on a new Windows laptop based on its own Exynos system-on-chip that will feature a built-in AMD RDNA-based GPU. Samsung is planning to use AMD’s RDNA IP to build PC-class SoC.