Crysis 2 Remastered leaked through Crytek Documents

A Crysis 2 Remaster is coming to the Epic Games Store

Published: 25th November 2020 | Source: Reddit Leak | Author: Mark Campbell

Crysis 2 Remastered leaked through alleged Crytek Documents

Through leaked Crytek documents , it has been confirmed that Crysis 2 Remastered is in development and that the game will likely launch as an Epic Games Store exclusive on PC.

Crysis 2 originally released on PC, PlayStation 3 and Xbox 360, and almost 10 years have passed since the game's release.
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Apple Silicon

AMD's Smart Access Memory tech is reportedly coming to 400-series AM4 motherboards

B450 is about to get a huge update

Published: 25th November 2020 | Source: Computerbase.de | Author: Mark Campbell

AMD's Smart Access Memory tech is reportedly coming to 400-series AM4 motherboards

According to Computerbase , AMD's Smart Access Memory technology is coming to AMD's 400-series AM4 motherboards alongside Ryzen 5000 series CPU support.

While AMD did originally state that Smart Access Memory was designed for Ryzen 5
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Update 1.3.0 has been released for Crysis Remastered

Expect 'General Performance Improvements' and more

Published: 25th November 2020 | Source: Crysis Subreddit | Author: Mark Campbell

Update 1.3.0 has been released for Crysis Remastered

Crytek has released update 1.3.0 for Crysis Remastered, providing PC gamers with a huge number of bug fixes, general performance improvements and other stability fixes.

At the top of Crytek's patch notes is "general performance improvements for high-spec system", alluding to further optimisations to Crysis Remastered
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Black Mesa: Definitive Edition has been released

The game has been polished, optimised and enhanced

Published: 25th November 2020 | Source: Steam | Author: Mark Campbell

Black Mesa: Definitive Edition has been released

The Crowbar Collective has launched Black Mesa#s last major update, relaunching the game as Black Mesa: Definitive Edition. This new version of Black Mesa has been through an additional polishing pass from its development team, optimising the game for lower-end systems while also updating the game's Steam Workshop support.

Black Mesa is a
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XFX Speedster RX 6800 XT MERC319 Review

Introduction and Technical Specifications

Published: 25th November 2020 | Source: XFX | Price: | Author: Tom Logan

Introduction

There are many partner manufacturers on the market, many of whom tend to work primarily with one of the big three companies - Intel, Nvidia and AMD - rather than spread their load. When we think of AMD Radeon graphics cards two companies spring immediately to mind thanks to their lengthy close ties with AMD, and one of them is XFX.

We've already seen how capable

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AMD delivers next-gen overclocking with Precision Boost Overdrive 2

The better way to overclock

Published: 23rd November 2020 | Source: AMD | Author: Mark Campbell

AMD delivers next-gen overclocking with Precision Boost Overdrive 2

With their Ryzen 5000 series of Zen 3 processors, AMD wants to make overclocking great again, offering users more options to tinker with, more variables to tweak and the ability to make their CPUs both faster and more power-efficient. This is the future of overclocking, and AMD calls this future Precision Boost 2.

Traditional

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3D print

Creality's 3DPrintMill CR-30 Printer has arrived on Kickstarter

1,000% funding in four hours

Published: 23rd November 2020 | Source: Kickstarter | Author: Mark Campbell

Creality's 3DPrintMill CR-30 Printer has arrived on Kickstarter

Creality's 3DPrintMill CR-30 is a gamechanger for the 3D Printing market, offering users an "infinite" Z-Axis to create prints of previously impossible lengths or the ability to print advanced parts continuously with little to no human intervention.

By working with Naomi Wu, Creality
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NZXT N7 Z490 Motherboard Review

Introduction and Technical Specifications

Published: 23rd November 2020 | Source: NZXT | Price: £219.99 | Author: Tom Logan

Introduction

NZXT are not new to the world of motherboards having already released an N7 model based around the Z390 chipset.

Clearly that must have gone well for them as they have returned to the world of foundations with the N7 Z490 motherboard we're reviewing today. If, like many people, you have an

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YuZu's latest update delivers boosted performance and increased compatibility

Switch Emulation has never been better

Published: 23rd November 2020 | Source: YuZu | Author: Mark Campbell


YuZu's latest update delivers boosted performance and increased compatibility

The YuZu Nintendo Switch emulator has received another major code rewrite, reworking the software's Texture Cache system to handle the needs of the emulator better.

As some of you may already know, YuZu is an offshoot of the Citra 3DS Emulator, and much of YuZu's code is based off older 3DS optimised code.
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Vulkan officially delivers Ray Tracing with version 1.2.162

Ray Tracing extensions are now an official part of the Vulkan API

Published: 23rd November 2020 | Source: Vulkan GITHUB | Author: Mark Campbell

Vulkan officially delivers Ray Tracing with version 1.2.162

Today, the Khronos Group has officially added Ray Tracing extensions to their Vulkan API, moving the API's support for Ray Tracing from Provisional to Official status.

On GitHub , the change has already been noted, though the Khronos Group is yet to announce the change officially. As
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