UT 2004 is already in a playable state, just link some system libraries and you're set. The original UT port was so broken lately, I just uninstalled it recently. I didn't expect UT 469 to release so soon, what an amazing job! I'll have to test it as soon as possible.

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About id software and Microsoft, it is difficult to expect anything precisely. If it all goes according to Microsoft acquisition history, the studio will either disappear or its historical members will quit at some point. Either way, they can't just throw away all the code that is related to OpenGL or Vulkan in idtech, and even if they did, they would have to start it anew which is no small feat. In any case, I am not going to buy anything with the Microsoft name on it, so I guess my id software days are gone, for good. I've been playing the hell out of their games since Doom 2...

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Quoting: ShabbyXAs somebody pointed out elsewhere, at least be happy it's not bought by Apple, Intel or Qualcomm.

I don't understand to what extent Nvidia is any better.

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Quoting: omer666This sucks big time, because it's going to create a new HPC hardware monopoly. Also given Nvidia's company "culture" about openness, this hardware monopoly can potentially become even worse.

Money is the only argument that prevents me from building an all-new full AMD rig and scrap both Nvidia and Intel parts for good right now.

They still have to face competition from AMD and Intel so it's not exactly a monopoly. And other companies are still going to be able to license ARM IPs.

There is competition indeed, but do they stand a chance? It is like suggesting Microsoft didn't have a monopoly in the 90's because there was Apple. HPC is already their biggest source of income right now, and with the ARM buyout, I can't think of anyone who can stop them as we speak.

How are they more likely to dominate this market that already is dominated by Intel? ARM doesnt have significant portions of the HPC market.

Nvidia does have a good share of the AI market but other comapnies are growing up a lot and some like tesla are making their own technology

They are more likely to dominate because for years now, HPC projects have been willing to get rid of x86 for many reasons, including (but not limited to) lack of parallelization capabilities, thermal efficiency, and scalability.
ARM doesn't dominate this market because it's quite a newcomer, but its progress has been tremendous.

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Quoting: WJMazepas

Quoting: omer666This sucks big time, because it's going to create a new HPC hardware monopoly. Also given Nvidia's company "culture" about openness, this hardware monopoly can potentially become even worse.

Money is the only argument that prevents me from building an all-new full AMD rig and scrap both Nvidia and Intel parts for good right now.

They still have to face competition from AMD and Intel so it's not exactly a monopoly. And other companies are still going to be able to license ARM IPs.

There is competition indeed, but do they stand a chance? It is like suggesting Microsoft didn't have a monopoly in the 90's because there was Apple. HPC is already their biggest source of income right now, and with the ARM buyout, I can't think of anyone who can stop them as we speak.

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This sucks big time, because it's going to create a new HPC hardware monopoly. Also given Nvidia's company "culture" about openness, this hardware monopoly can potentially become even worse.

Money is the only argument that prevents me from building an all-new full AMD rig and scrap both Nvidia and Intel parts for good right now.

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Quoting: Comandante Ñoñardo

Quoting: ShabbyXJust got myself a ryzen 3700X. Intel's core count is absolutely ridiculous in comparison.

What about the single core performance?

In fact Intel's single core performance makes a difference when the CPU is the bottleneck, i.e. when you run a Source game at 720p with an RTX 2080 Ti. Real life scenarios tend to be much less discriminating towards AMD. Also even Intel's Core i7 have weaker single performance than Core i5, but Core i7 is still the better all-around option, because single-core performance is not as relevant as it used to be. Also keep in mind that nowadays gamers do a lot of other stuff while gaming (they have Twich, Discord, and many others running in the background). Get a good multi-tasking CPU, a good GPU, and you're set for gaming. It's not a 5 frames difference at 200+ FPS that matters here.

Source: TechPowerUp [External Link], TechPowerUp [External Link]

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Quoting: lejimsterI will be interested to see how the iGPU performs, if they can push AMD to go harder in this area it benefits us all. It would be nice to see an APU that is able to comfortably game at 60fps on medium settings.

Apparently crush renoir vega igpu and win in some cases compared mx 350

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And technically seems better than vega igpu

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Be careful, those are official slides and Intel has a bad habit of having silly benchmarking procedures.
That said, if it proves to be true, good for them. I'll wait for AMD's response to buy a laptop.

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Thanks for the article!
I may be more of a terminal guy than you are, but the issues you describe would get on my nerves very quickly nevertheless.
A little question, how does the RX 5700 XT fare in VR, performance-wise?

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Also do not forget that Microsoft's "gold key" is actually compromised, meaning the SecureBoot is basically useless now.

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