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First AMD Ryzen Threadripper 1950X gaming benchmark revealed

AMD’s Ryzen Threadripper 1950X will be released later this month and while this CPU does not target PC gamers, Linus Tech Tips has revealed the first gaming benchmark for it. In case you weren’t aware of, the AMD Ryzen Thredripper 1950X features 16 cores and 32 threads, is clocked at 3.4GHz (and can be boosted to 4GHz) and will be priced at $999. Continue reading First AMD Ryzen Threadripper 1950X gaming benchmark revealed

The Witcher 3 – Devil’s Pit mod introduces a brand new playable area and a follower NPC

Modder ‘SkacikPL’, the man responsible for the first-person mod for The Witcher 3, has informed us about a brand new mod for CD Projekt RED’s RPG. This mod, called Devil’s Pit, introduces unused area of caverns located at the Devil’s Pit quarry along with numerous enhancements to the area and additional content that can be enjoyed within the base game. Continue reading The Witcher 3 – Devil’s Pit mod introduces a brand new playable area and a follower NPC

Destiny 2 will not be compatible with EVGA Precision, MSi Afterburner, FRAPS, OBS and XSplit

Bungie has announced that Destiny 2 won’t be compatible with a lot of well known third-party monitoring programs. The dev team noted that it will resist attempts by third-party applications to insert code into the game client in order to prevent hackers from getting access to it. As such, programs like FRAPS, EVGA Precision and MSi Afterburner will not be supported. Continue reading Destiny 2 will not be compatible with EVGA Precision, MSi Afterburner, FRAPS, OBS and XSplit

Quake 2 looks absolutely stunning – and noisy as hell – with real-time GPU pathtracing renderer

Path tracing and ray tracing are two renderers that we strongly believe will benefit video-games in one or two decades. Yeah, we are talking about something that some people may never experience, however real-time pathtracing is capable of producing incredible reflections, shadows, and global illumination effects. And gamers can get an idea of what pathtracing is all about as Edd Biddulph has been working on a GPU pathtracer for Quake 2. Continue reading Quake 2 looks absolutely stunning – and noisy as hell – with real-time GPU pathtracing renderer