December 2024 PCG Article Discussion Thread

[ZedClampet]

Intel CEO Pat Gelsinger retires: 'Leading Intel has been the honor of my lifetime'

Co-CEOs to take over for the interim as a successor is found.

www.pcgamer.com

I was lucky to find an actual article with Cyber Monday/Black Friday articles still going on.

Can't really say Gelsinger retiring is much of a surprise. Intel is in the worst position it's ever been in. Expect a new CEO to come in swinging and possibly do things like cancel their GPU program.

 

[BeardyHat]

Intel CEO Pat Gelsinger retires: 'Leading Intel has been the honor of my lifetime'

Co-CEOs to take over for the interim as a successor is found.

www.pcgamer.com

Expect a new CEO to come in swinging and possibly do things like cancel their GPU program.

I definitely hope not. I know they're not successful at the moment, but seems like it would ultimately be short sighted to do so. Not only because it would be nice to have another player in the GPU space, but also because Intel might start being pretty damn viable as an all in one, light gaming solution with an APU like AMD is right now. And I'm all about better integrated graphics.

 

[Kaamos_Llama]

Im hoping they continue with the GPUs because any new CEO they get will surely be excited about AI. I dont understand the exact technical details but Ive read here and there that the Arc stuff is pretty good there. Hopefully they would want to continue on that path and as a side effect we'd get more gaming stuff. A competitive third player in GPUs would be nice.

 

[ZedClampet]

Be safe out there: long-suffering Bloodborne fans are in hysterics over a new PlayStation ad

There might be something to it. Or, there might not be.

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Bloodborne hopefuls making leaps of faith...

 

[ZedClampet]

Intel launches new Arc B580 GPU with 10% more performance than an RTX 4060 for $249 but the rumoured RTX 4070-beater is nowhere to be seen

Faster than an RTX 4060, but is it too little too late?

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Intel's new second-gen XeSS 2 upscaling tech with Frame Generation matches Nvidia's DLSS for features and might have the edge on AMD's FSR

More feature-complete than AMD's FSR and competitive with Nvidia DLSS.

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New Intel graphic cards with upscaling and ray tracing that may beat Nvidia's. They compete with the 4060, and are coming way too late, as Nvidia is probably going to unveil their new GPUs in early January. Still, these seem solid and have better feature support than the AMD cards and are cheaper than Nvidia (I haven't priced AMD), so they are going to be a real option for budget-minded players at least briefly. If these had released early this year, they could have been game changers in the low end market. Intel needs to get on the ball with their next generation of cards and beat Nvidia to the market. No word on whether their rumored 4070 killer is ever going to be released. Maybe they are holding onto it to be a 5060 killer. Now that would be something cool.

It all feels "too little, too late" for right now. They need to be prepared to come in earlier with the next generation.

 

[ZedClampet]

It turns out Two Point Museum is so perfect for my Sims decorator-addled brain that I forgot it was supposed to be a management sim

Designing dream exhibitions, and I guess making money and pleasing guests along the way.

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@neogunhero This one is on your wishlist (mine too). Encouraging article about a preview build of Two Point Museum.

I'm afraid there's a Helldivers 2 sex game, and yes it is called Sexdivers

A lazy parody that at least looks the part.

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lol WARNING the game's Steam page is very, very NSFW.

 

[neogunhero]

@neogunhero This one is on your wishlist (mine too). Encouraging article about a preview build of Two Point Museum.

Very excited for that game. I started Two Point Campus a few months ago and really need to dive back in. It was a ton of fun but for some reason I didn’t stick to it.

 

[Kaamos_Llama]

Hold on to your potatoes because Indiana Jones and the Great Circle's system requirements demand ray tracing you can't disable and an RTX 4090 for highest settings

Ray tracing. Why'd it have to be ray tracing?

www.pcgamer.com

The RT requirements for Full RT minimum. All low settings 1080p, target 60 fps: RTX 4070.

https://imgur.com/dUCHQPq

View: https://imgur.com/dUCHQPq


I have no idea what they think people are doing and maybe Im not in the majority here, but if a game is running badly RT is one of the first things I cut. I cant imagine all low settings with RT looks better than high without. Have to wait and see, its not one I'm going to buy at release but interesting to see how it looks.

 

[ZedClampet]

Hold on to your potatoes because Indiana Jones and the Great Circle's system requirements demand ray tracing you can't disable and an RTX 4090 for highest settings

Ray tracing. Why'd it have to be ray tracing?

www.pcgamer.com

The RT requirements for Full RT minimum. All low settings 1080p, target 60 fps: RTX 4070.

https://imgur.com/dUCHQPq

View: https://imgur.com/dUCHQPq


I have no idea what they think people are doing and maybe Im not in the majority here, but if a game is running badly RT is one of the first things I cut. I cant imagine all low settings with RT looks better than high without. Have to wait and see, its not one I'm going to buy at release but interesting to see how it looks.

If I'm being completely honest, the only game I've seen where ray tracing made the game look much better is Minecraft, which normally looks like wet dog.

 

[Frindis]

Would it not be better to open the window and let the sun rays hit the computer screen?🤔

 

[Kaamos_Llama]

If I'm being completely honest, the only game I've seen where ray tracing made the game look much better is Minecraft, which normally looks like wet dog.

Alan Wake 2 and Control with RT on looks really nice but I cant imagine a situation where I would sacrifice every other setting to low just to have path tracing.

 

[ZedClampet]

https://www.pcgamer.com/gaming-industry/more-than-300-game-developers-lost-their-jobs-in-one-day-just-three-weeks-before-christmas/

More layoffs/closures. Ubisoft's are due to the failure of Xdefiant. Seems like I might have tried putting it on Steam before tossing all the employees away.

Torn Banner is a bit of a surprise. I thought Chivalry 2 (published by Tripwire) did well, but apparently No More Room in Hell 2 (a self-published L4D clone) bombed. Per user reviews, it was "sanitized for modern audiences".

Sweet Bandits is the last one. They have closed down entirely. They were trying to sell a social deception game for $20 when most of them are free or under $10. The game's concurrents are too low to show up in the Steam app, but the publisher (also Tripwire) plans to keep the game going.

So far Tripwire seems to be okay, but the publisher always gets paid first.