AMD's graphics driver discovered making 'hundreds' of SSD writes for every mouse move, but it probably isn't actually a problem

AMD’s graphics driver discovered making ‘hundreds’ of SSD writes for every mouse move, but it probably isn’t actually a problem

A Reddit user has posted an alarming investigation into the disk activity associated with AMD’s PC graphics driver. Among other examples of heavy storage traffic, it turns out the AMD graphics driver is making hundreds of modifications to log files every time you move or resize a window. So, is the AMD graphics driver a…

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Nvidia Blackwell: What we expect and what we want to see from Nvidia’s next-gen GeForce GPUs

Expected release date: Q4 2024 – Q1 2025Codename: BlackwellNaming scheme: Expected to be the RTX 50-seriesProcess: Rumoured to be TSMC 3nm Nothing stirs up the internet rumour mill quite like the speculation around a new generation of graphics cards, and Nvidia’s next generation GPU architecture, believed to be codenamed Blackwell, is currently the source of…

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Painkiller’s creator isn’t a fan of its recent co-op reboot: ‘I disagreed with every single thing they’ve done in it’

One of the weirder things to happen in PC gaming this year was that a new Painkiller came out and pretty much instantly disappeared. I’m aware PC gaming moves so fast nowadays that many games get washed away without anybody noticing. But I thought Painkiller would have sufficient cultural cachet to stick around a little…

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Palworld community manager points to a new problem with GTA 6’s delay: ‘Expect to see many games swerve to avoid the 2027 awards season’

If you feel like we’ve been here before, then well done for being perceptive because we have. Rockstar announced yesterday that GTA 6 was getting delayed again, and is now scheduled for November 19, which seems like an eternity away. As you can imagine, GTA 6 fans have been reacting really normally to this news….

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Baldur’s Gate 3 modder says the community’s been making ‘huge strides’ towards custom campaigns: ‘I think we’ll see many of them refined, improved, and released this year’

Baldur’s Gate 3 mods enjoyed a new set of tools last year as part of its seventh patch, tools which it only took erstwhile modders two days to unlock. These untapped kits allow these expeditionary tinkerers to create whole new campaigns, in the vein of Skyrim’s ambitious mods. At least, in theory. In practice, it’s…

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The voice of Shinji in Evangelion says AI voice cloning is ‘heartbreaking,’ calls for Japanese government to intervene

First reported in English by Automaton, veteran Japanese voice actor Megumi Ogata (Neon Genesis Evangelion, Danganronpa, Persona) recently spoke to the website TBS News Dig about AI voice generation and its effect on actors. This comes as the Japanese government is considering a legal framework similar to likeness rights to head off such infringement. Ogata…

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OXS Storm G2 review

Being the guy that all my friends (and relatives) come to for tech advice, I’ve had my eye out for a truly great budget wireless gaming headset for some time. Coming in well under $100, the OXS Storm G2 nails it in both look and price but I was cautious if those full-range 50 mm…

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