TSMC reportedly orders Water Trucks amid Taiwanese drought

Overclock3D.Net | Feb. 25, 2021, 3:12 a.m. | Original

Taiwan's water supply is at a historic low

Published: 25th February 2021 | Source: reuters | Author: Mark Campbell

TSMC reportedly orders Water Trucks amid Taiwanese drought

You may not think it, but chip fabrication is a thirsty business, so much so that water supply is one of the most critical factors when it comes to constructing new semiconductor facilities.

Taiwan is currently facing a drought, and the nation's reservoirs are at historic lows, thanks to minimal rainfall thanks to a typhoon free
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It's official, Anthem NEXT has been cancelled

Overclock3D.Net | Feb. 24, 2021, 12:12 p.m. | Original

Anthem will continue to remain available as it is today

Published: 24th February 2021 | Source: Bioware | Author: Mark Campbell

It's official, Anthem NEXT has been cancelled

Bioware's plans to rework Anthem are no more, EA's management has pulled the plug on the project. In a blog post , Bioware's Christian Dailey announced that the studio has stopped new development work on the title.

Anthem fans should no longer expect Anthem to be updated, though the game will
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AMD's revealing their next GPU on March 3rd

Overclock3D.Net | Feb. 24, 2021, 11:20 a.m. | Original

Expect to see more RDNA 2 goodness next week.

Published: 24th February 2021 | Source: AMD Radeon | Author: Mark Campbell

AMD's revealing their next GPU on March 3rd

AMD has confirmed that their next "Where Gaming Begins" stream will be hosted next week on March 3rd, starting at 11 am ET (US East Coast), which translates to 4 PM GMT (UK time).

Here, AMD will reveal their latest addition to their RDNA 2 GPU lineup
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Spotify promises Lossless Audio formats later this year with Spotify HiFi

Overclock3D.Net | Feb. 24, 2021, 8:46 a.m. | Original

This feature is coming to selected markets later this year.

Published: 24th February 2021 | Source: Spotify | Author: Mark Campbell

Spotify promises Lossless Audio formats later this year with Spotify HiFi

Spotify is finally delivering one of its most requested features, support for lossless audio formats. Like practically all streamed media, Spotify uses compressed formats to reduce internet bandwidth usage, but that is going to change with Spotify HiFi, a new service that's coming to Spotify Premium later this year.

Spotify HiFi
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CD Projekt Red delays Cyberpunk 2077's 1.2 update - "We'll need some additional time"

Overclock3D.Net | Feb. 24, 2021, 6:27 a.m. | Original

Update 1.2 is now expected to release next month

Published: 24th February 2021 | Source: CD Projekt Red | Author: Mark Campbell

CD Projekt Red delays Cyberpunk 2077's 1.2 update - "We'll need some additional time"

CD Projekt Red has confirmed that Cyberpunk 2077's 1.2 update has been delayed until the second half of March, stating that the company's recent cyber attack has delayed the studio's progress

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HP is acquiring HyperX from Kingston for $425 million

Overclock3D.Net | Feb. 24, 2021, 5:59 a.m. | Original

Kingston will retain its memory business

Published: 24th February 2021 | Source: HP | Author: Mark Campbell

HP is acquiring HyperX from Kingston for $425 million

HP has confirmed that they will be acquiring HyperX, a division of Kingston, for $425 million. This move will expand HP's gaming portfolio to cover a wider variety of products, though Kingston will retail the rights to HyperX's memory business.

Today's HyperX storage and memory products will likely be

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Apple Silicon

M1-Powered Mac Users Report excessive SSD Wear - May Compromise Device Longevity

Overclock3D.Net | Feb. 24, 2021, 4:32 a.m. | Original

Some Mac users could see their M1-powered devices die within two years thanks to SSD wear

Published: 24th February 2021 | Source: Hector Martin - Twitter | Author: Mark Campbell

M1-Powered Mac Users Report excessive SSD Wear - May Compromise Device Longevity

Across Twitter and multiple Mac-focused forums, users of M1-powered Macs have reported excessive SSD wear within their systems, with extreme cases reporting wear levels that would see their systems become unusable within two years if these extreme
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Intel

Intel claims PCIe 4.0 Storage Leadership with their Rocket Lake processors

Overclock3D.Net | Feb. 24, 2021, 1:49 a.m. | Original

An 11% performance lead over Zen 3?

Published: 24th February 2021 | Source: Intel - Ryan Shrout | Author: Mark Campbell

Intel claims PCIe 4.0 Storage Leadership with their Rocket Lake processors

Intel's Ryan Shrout has released some benchmarking data for the company's upcoming Rocket Lake powered i9-11900K processor, highlighting the drive's PCIe 4.0 storage performance using PCMARK 10's Quick System Drive Benchmark.

Compared to AMD
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Mount & Blade II: Bannerlord receives a performance boost with Nvidia DLSS

Overclock3D.Net | Feb. 24, 2021, 12:24 a.m. | Original

Great news for Geforce RTX users

Published: 24th February 2021 | Source: Nvidia | Author: Mark Campbell

Mount & Blade II: Bannerlord receives a performance boost with Nvidia DLSS

Mount & Blade II: Bannerlord is one of the latest games to be updated with Nvidia's DLSS technology, granting users of RTX series graphics cards a performance boost through the power of hardware-accelerated deep learning.

DLSS stands for Deep Learning Super Sampling. This technology utilises Nvidia's RTX Tensor Core AI processors to

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Days Gone is coming to PC this Spring and here's what you need to run it!

Overclock3D.Net | Feb. 23, 2021, 11:06 p.m. | Original

PC features confirmed!

Published: 24th February 2021 | Source: Days Gone PC | Author: Mark Campbell

Days Gone is coming to PC this Spring, and here's what you need to run it!

Sony's Days Gone has been listed on Steam, confirming that the game will be releasing this Spring on PC. At this time, it is unknown whether or not Days Gone will appear on other PC storefronts, such as the Epic Games Store or GOG.

On PC, Sony

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