PowerSpec G538 gaming PC costs less at $1,099 than its Ryzen 5 7500X3D, RX 9060 XT 16 GB, and 1 TB SSD bought separately. 🔗 wccf.tech/1lffq

BioWare's developers should get federal help to buy the studio, says NDP leader, but his party holds just 5 seats. 🔗 wccf.tech/1lff2

AMD FSR 4.1.2 now runs on Intel Arc XMX cores, delivering better image quality than XeSS upscaling with similar performance. 🔗 wccf.tech/1lfg3

Xbox Project Helix projected $1200 price is hard to believe, says former Xbox exec Mike Ybarra. 🔗 wccf.tech/1lfd0 "I find this very hard to believe. A "console" is a mass-audience device, and you need great games and a low entry price (IMO, $399 to $499). A console at the prices rumored below will never sell meaningful units to be of any value vs. alternatives. Zero. I wouldn't release it at all."

Unreal Engine 5.8 adds Microsoft Advanced Shader Delivery support, potentially addressing one of UE5's biggest PC gaming problems: shader compilation stutter. 🔗 wccf.tech/1lfdd

METRO Redux's next-gen update hides a DLSS 5 surprise, as NVIDIA's neural rendering gives old characters new life. 🔗 wccf.tech/1lfc4

NVIDIA GeForce RTX 5080 and RTX 5070 Ti 16 GB graphics cards witness price increase of up to $300, as market prepares for an even more expensive 24 GB 5080. 🔗 wccf.tech/1lfc8

Intel’s long-delayed US fab expansion gains momentum as AI demand surges, Arizona Fab 62 targets 2028 while Ohio one hits major construction milestone. 🔗 wccf.tech/1lfag

Global PC shipments drop 21% in Q3 as memory prices surge, and forecasts point to an even steeper 27% fall in Q4. 🔗 wccf.tech/1lfaf

AMD CEO Lisa Su wanted Ryzen 7 5800X3D as the "final gift" for AM4 owners. 🔗 wccf.tech/1lf82

Gears of War: E-Day reportedly cost over $500 million before marketing, as Xbox layoff fears loom over the Canadian studio. 🔗 tinyurl.com/4a5by2r2

FromSoftware's Bloodborne blows past 200+ FPS on PC, as unofficial port now deploys NVIDIA DLSS frame generation. 🔗 wccf.tech/1lf72

Cyberpunk 2077 update 2.5 adds Edgerunners 2's crew, dual-wielding, and console mods, as CDPR lures players back to Night City. 🔗 wccf.tech/1lf8m

AMD's HIP-RT 3.2.0 update adds three new Medusa APU iGPUs, mixing RDNA 4m with RDNA 3.5. 🔗 tinyurl.com/2r4j6kf

Micro Center just slashed Ryzen 9800X3D-RX 9070 XT gaming PC by $850, dropping it to only $2,049 with 32 GB RAM and 2 TB SSD. 🔗 tinyurl.com/2sczcpcw

Nintendo Switch 2 has been hacked, as first jailbreak blows modding, emulation, and homebrew floodgates wide open. 🔗 tinyurl.com/mphbazue

"What a loss for all of us": RPG creators mourn BioWare, as Warren Spector blasts those behind its closure. 🔗 tinyurl.com/ke7ywyvr

New MSI Afterburner plugin brings 28 Thermal Grizzly WireView Pro II sensors to your in-game overlay, including individual 12V-2×6 pin monitoring. 🔗 wccf.tech/1lf1t

Micron’s DDR6 doubles DDR5 bandwidth while LPDDR6 delivers 35% better power efficiency, both built on its upcoming 1δ DRAM node, vHBM goes vertical, and G11 NAND goes beyond 400 layers. 🔗wccf.tech/1lf47