EA reforges EA/Origin Access into EA Play

Overclock3D.Net | Aug. 14, 2020, 11:34 a.m. | Original

On August 18th, EA Access will change

Published: 14th August 2020 | Source: EA | Author: Mark Campbell

EA reforges EA/Origin Access into EA Play

On August 18th, EA plans to rebrand its EA Access and Origin Access services to create EA Play, a service which will deliver the same games and benefits, but under a new name.

The main reason behind this change is simple, unified branding. Under the EA Play banner, EA's Origin Access

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Hitman 3's VR supports is likely to be PSVR exclusive at launch - PC VR may come later

Overclock3D.Net | Aug. 14, 2020, 11:06 a.m. | Original

IO Interactive won't discuss Hitman VR outside of PSVR

Published: 14th August 2020 | Source: UploadVR | Author: Mark Campbell

Hitman 3's VR supports is likely to be PSVR exclusive at launch - PC VR may come later

In a recent AMA over on Reddit, IO Interactive has discussed Hitman 3 VR in-depth, discussing the latest, and perhaps greatest, addition to the modern Hitman franchise, allowing PSVR users to stand in the shoes of Agent 47 as he explores their
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Horizon Zero Dawn receives its first bug-fixing PC patch

Overclock3D.Net | Aug. 14, 2020, 9:38 a.m. | Original

Here are patch 1.01's release notes

Published: 14th August 2020 | Source: Horizon Zero Dawn - Reddit | Author: Mark Campbell

Horizon Zero Dawn receives its first bug-fixing PC patch

Horizon: Zero Dawn didn't have a strong launch on PC. The game sold well, but many gamers were plagued with bugs, performance issues and other problems which PC gamers shouldn't expect from a AAA release.

Today, patch 1.01 has released for Horizon

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7.5 million PC gamers claimed a free copy of Total War Saga: Troy from the Epic Games Store

Overclock3D.Net | Aug. 14, 2020, 8:47 a.m. | Original

The game is now available for £34.99

Published: 14th August 2020 | Source: Epic Games Store | Author: Mark Campbell

7.5 million PC gamers claimed a free copy of Total War Saga: Troy from the Epic Games Store

Total War Saga: Troy was available for free on PC through the Epic Games Store on launch day, allowing 7.5 million PC gamers to redeem copies of the title before the game reverted to its full retail price of £3
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Micron reveals its plans for HBMnext memory

Overclock3D.Net | Aug. 14, 2020, 7:23 a.m. | Original

HBMnext is due to launch in late 2022

Published: 14th August 2020 | Source: Micron - Via videocardz | Author: Mark Campbell

Micron reveals its plans for HBMnext memory

Alongside the company's reveal of GDDR6X memory , Micron has revealed its plan to create a new HBM-type memory called HBMnext, which seeks to deliver "the market's demand for more data".

Later this year, Micron plans to release HBM2E memory which offers 3.2
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Micron reveals GDDR6X memory with up to 21 Gbps speeds

Overclock3D.Net | Aug. 14, 2020, 5:44 a.m. | Original

A 50% speed increase over commonly used GDDR6 modules

Published: 14th August 2020 | Source: Micron - Via videocardz | Author: Mark Campbell

Micron reveals GDDR6X memory with up to 21 Gbps speeds

Cutting-edge graphics hardware requires cutting-edge memory, supplying the bandwidth required to meet the needs of modern, and future, gaming and productivity workloads.

GDDR6X memory has been a long-rumoured addition to Nvidia's Ampere gaming product line, offering significant increases
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Alleged Nvidia RTX 3090 PCB Pictured

Overclock3D.Net | Aug. 14, 2020, 2:33 a.m. | Original

11GB or 12GB of VRAM? Or it is doubled?

Published: 14th August 2020 | Source: Videocardz | Author: Mark Campbell

Alleged Nvidia RTX 3090 PCB Pictured

Nvidia plans to reveal its " latest innovations in gaming and graphics" on September 1st, revealing to the world their next generation of graphics products. These new products are likely to be the RTX 30 series.

Now, an alleged Ampere RTX 3090 PCB has appeared on Reddit
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Epic Games Sues Apple and Google after Fortnite gets kicked out of the App and Play Stores

Overclock3D.Net | Aug. 14, 2020, 12:37 a.m. | Original

Epic Games wants to break Apple's iOS monopoly

Published: 14th August 2020 | Source: Epoc Games | Author: Mark Campbell

Epic Games Sues Apple and Google after Fortnite gets kicked out of the App and Play Stores

Both the Apple App Store and Google Play Store take a 30% cut from all in-app purchases from games. This fact often allows both companies to make more money than application developers when development costs are accounted for.

When operating the Epic Games Store on PC,
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Intel

What is Intel's SuperFin? 10nm Evolved?

Overclock3D.Net | Aug. 13, 2020, 9:13 a.m. | Original

Intel's best intra-node enhancement to date

Published: 13th August 2020 | Source: Intel | Author: Mark Campbell

What is Intel's SuperFin? 10nm Evolved?

One of the biggest reveals of Intel's 2020 Architecture Day was the disclosure of 10nm SuperFin, an enhanced version of the company's 10nm process tech which Intel calls the "the largest single, intra-node enhancement in the company’s history."

Intel
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Intel

Intel confirms that Sapphire Rapids will support DDR5 and PCIe 5.0 - Ice Lake Xeons feature detailed

Overclock3D.Net | Aug. 13, 2020, 5:53 a.m. | Original

Intel's planning to leap past PCIe 4.0

Published: 13th August 2020 | Source: Intel | Author: Mark Campbell

Intel confirms that Sapphire Rapids will support DDR5 and PCIe 5.0 - Ice Lake Xeon features detailed

Intel 2020 Architecture Day has dropped a lot of information about the company's latest and upcoming products, revealing that some major changes are coming to Intel's Xeon offerings.

For starters, Intel's Ice Lake Xeon Scalable processors are "
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