Shadow of the Tomb Raider is optimized for NVIDIA on the PC
We're finally starting to see more concrete details on Shadow of the Tomb Raider, something that is coming very soon and is now being pushed as the latest game to be donned by NVIDIA's technologies.
NVIDIA has announced it partnered up with Square Enix, Eidos Montreal, Crystal Dynamics, and Nixxes Software on the PC version of the game. The press release reads: "NVIDIA will lend its gaming and PC development expertise to help bring the PC platform's advanced gaming features to Shadow of the Tomb Raider. This effort will help maximize the performance benefits of the NVIDIA GeForce GTX 10-series GPUs for PC gamers across the world. This continues the collaboration that began in the series' previous title, Rise of the Tomb Raider".
We should expect Shadow of the Tomb Raider to rock the usual GeForce technologies like VXAO, HBAO+ and more. The game itself is expected on September 14 for the PC, Xbox One, and PS4.
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AMD's next-gen Ryzen Threadripper 2950X, 2920X, 2900X teased
AMD will be continuing their onslaught of CPU releases throughout 2018, starting the year out with a bang with the Ryzen 2000 series processors led by the flagship Ryzen 7 2700X.
But now we're hearing about new Ryzen desktop CPUs with the Ryzen 2100, 2300X, and 2500X. These processors will join the Ryzen 2200 and 2400 processors, so we should expect the Ryzen 5 2500X to be a 4C/8T chip for mainstream consumers and gamers.
Moving onto the mobile offerings with Ryzen Mobile 2000U, 2600U, and 2800U. The interesting note here is the Ryzen 7 2800U that is a full Ryzen 7 flagship offering in mobile designs, very cool to see, but will it be very hot under full load? That's what I want to see out of it all.
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AMD has 7nm server CPU this year, Intel delays 10nm AGAIN
Intel has delayed its 10nm node yet again, but during AMD's recent Q1 2018 earnings call the company teased that they have not just their 7nm Radeon GPUs being tested in their labs, but upcoming 7nm server CPUs as well.
AMD President and CEO Lisa Su explained: "We have 7nm GPU based on Vega that we'll sample later this year. We have a 7nm server CPU that we'll sample later this year. And then, obviously, we have a number of products that are planned for 2019 as well. So it's a very, very busy product season for us. But we're pleased with the sort of the execution on the product roadmap".
Where we normally see Intel nailing the process node game, AMD is ahead here with what seems to be Globalfoundries' mature 7nm LP node that will power desktop Ryzen 3000 series CPUs in 2019.
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Intel 10nm node is 'broken', delayed AGAIN until 2019
Intel has delayed its upcoming 10nm processors yet again, with Cannon Lake stuck back in the firing line with mass production delayed until 2019, instead of late-2018 like Intel promised.
The company promised 10nm back in 2015, but delayed it into 2017 and then again into 2018, so this new delay marks the fourth delay in a row for Chipzilla. Instead, the company has been reworking its seventh-gen 14nm+ node (Kaby Lake R) and their newer 14nm++ (Coffee Lake). We were meant to have eighth-gen parts in 10nm Cannon Lake node, but yeah that won't be happening until 2019 now.
Intel revealed the fourth delay to its 10nm node in their recent earnings report, and while they nailed it with record Q1 revenue of $16.8 billion (up 16% year-over-year), high-volume 10nm production has been delayed until sometime in 2019, with no specifics provided at all.
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Intel's next-gen Core architecture teased as Ocean Cove
It might look like Intel has the CPU game in its hands, but Chipzilla was dealt a pretty big blow by delaying its 10nm node yet again, and now we're hearing about what is coming next, the next big thing that could see us with a truly next-gen leap in CPU architecture technology.
Intel has a job listing looking for a Senior CPU microarchitect that would join their Ocean Cove team in Hillsboro, Oregon where they would begin work on the next-gen Core architecture.
Ashraf Essa from The Motley Fool tweeted that Intel's next-gen Ocean Cove CPU core "comes after the core inside of ADL" which is the Alder Lake generation. This means we can expect the launch of Ocean Cove to take place sometime after 2020, and could arrive as the 11th generation Core family of CPUs from Intel.
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Take home 'The Greatest Showman' in our Blu-ray giveaway!
To celebrate the release of 'The Greatest Showman' on home video, we have seven Blu-ray copies of the film to give away thanks to our friends at Twentieth Century Fox Home Entertainment.
Hugh Jackman leads an all-star cast in this bold and original musical filled with infectious show stopping performances that will bring you to your feet time and time again. Inspired by the story of P.T. Barnum (Jackman) and celebrating the birth of show business, the film follows the visionary who rose from nothing to create a mesmerizing spectacle. This inspirational film also stars Zac Efron, Michelle Williams, Rebecca Ferguson and Zendaya.
To go into the running to win a prize, post this article to your social media profiles, correctly answer the following question and send your postal address to ben at TweakTown dot com before the competition closes on May 4.
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Rare release new Sea of Thieves trailer, find your crewmates
Rare has released a new Sea of Thieves trailer, this time the developer showcases the games community options that are designed to bring players together.
The trailer displays what players will have to do if they desire to create a crew and take to the high seas with a bunch of new players. Players will have the option of joining in on the Xbox One's Clubs, using the Looking for Group feature, Discord and the official forums.
Sea of Thieves is currently available for the Xbox One and PC, check out the games official forums here if you are interested in joining a crew.
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Shadow of The Tomb Raider trailer, The End of the Beginning
Recently we have been seeing quite a lot of leaks for Shadow of The Tomb Raider and finally we have an official trailer released by Square Enix on the Tomb Raider YouTube Channel.
The trailer reveals Lara tackling the very difficult terrain of the Mexican or Central American Mayan jungle. The trailer showcases classic Lara takedowns, scaling of mountains and other extreme heights.
The trailer showcases Lara saving a child from a ritual sacrifice, then after only to see the entire tribe looking up at her with confusion as if she has done something wrong. The release date for Shadow of The Tomb Raider is currently set for September 14. Check out leaked screenshots here as well as possible guerilla marketing that has gone underway for Shadow of The Tomb Raider.
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Dynasty Warriors 9 patch 1.07 is live, release notes reveal
A new patch has been released for Dynasty Warriors 9, patch 1.07 has been made available and the patch notes have been revealed.
This new patch will be adding a new setting called "Ultimate" which will be another setting of difficulty ontop of what is available now. The patch also adds a new mission titled "The Arena" as well as more features to 'options.'
To view the full patch notes visit the official KOEI Tecmo website post here, or visit the official Steam patch notes here.
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KURSK adventure and survival trailer, real-time render
A new trailer has surfaced for KURSK which is a new title from Jujubee. The trailer is rendered in real-time and showcases how far the title has come so far.
According to the CEO of Jujubee, Micha Stepien the studio wants to concerntrate on developing new titles from serious and controversial themes. The studio believes that if they do this correctly it will gift players with knowledge of true events that have happened or are happening around the world.
Here is what Stepien had to say: "We believe the time has come to tell real stories. In an age in which we compete for the free time of consumers against the entire entertainment industry, including movies and TV series, and when people are less likely to read non-fiction, game producers have an additional obligation."
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