Kotaku: AMD kick-started 2012 with the release of the Radeon HD 7970, the first member of the Radeon HD 7000 GPU series. This launch marked the introduction of the first-ever graphics card to be made on a 28nm design process, representing the company's most complex GPU to date, with 4,313 million transistors in a 352mm2 die.
NoobFeed editor Atilla Turan writes - Jawbreaker is a short and nifty indie horror game with a scary atmosphere. Despite added changes, the game still requires a difficult selection and better AI. As for people who really like unforgiving games with horror elements, Jawbreaker should be right up their alley.
Vampire Therapist is a new visual novel that asks you to dissect the psyche of the undead to help them live their long lives.
The gaming industry has drifted away from offering full-fledged games to putting unfinished titles that are jam-packed with microtransactions on the market.
It's not the fault of the gaming industry. Gamers were told what was happening, were warned about where this would lead, did nothing, and now are acting like it's the fault of publishers that they kept buying these games and investing in MTX. If only those gamers at that time felt as strongly about these things as they do Helldivers 2.
I don't think MTX target the common gamer but instead predate on the so called "whales". It's gambling pure and simple.
Oh, so it's okay to buy MTX-laden games as long as you don't spend money on MTX, which has led to even more MTX-laden games with even more predatory practices where content that used to be unlocked is now behind paywalls?
C'mon now people. You gave the corporations and inch, and they kept taking and taking. Community members told people that investing in these things alone would only lead to more and more MTX and putting more and more behind paywalls. But it's only the fault of the corporations, not the people who kept supporting it with purchases as more and more was taken away?
Well exactly
People stand up for something which seems small to them and they get called whiners or negative. Then years later the shit hits the fan and they all go “why is this happening?” Like they are innocent.
The issue aswell is younger gamers who grew up with all this thinking it’s normal and we all just look like old farts yelling at clouds when we’re trying to help us all, even them.
This is what amazed me the most when playing hours upon hours of stellar Blade version 1.00.00 no bugs, no crashes, no sudden drops in frames, no screen tear, no falling from the world, just a complete package on a game under 50GB.
I think Korea will play a major role in gaming in the long run , because they're releasing banger after banger.
Still pretty common to find if you stay away from the AAA publishers, in the last 10yrs ive probably only bought like 3 games combined from EA/ACTIVISION/UBISOFT. Even now i still buy games that work right out the box perfectly fine. Just recently got like 6hrs into Alone in the Dark, and not a single sign of any of that bs, really enjoying my time with it.
There's such a misconception about every game needing a patch,this and that when in reality it's not even close. You nailed it isarai
And we as gamers have to accept our role in that. Constantly never being satisfied. Constantly demanding more while paying less. Constantly demanding better frame rates, better graphics, more modes and faster faster faster…. Then review bombing the product when a demand isn’t met. Meanwhile those same demands are making games more difficult, complex and more expensive to create than ever before, on shrinking timelines that burn out employees and make their lives miserable.
You wanna know why so many games get delayed? Cuz the original release dates weren’t realistic to begin with, but you can’t tell a gamer their game is further away than they want to hear. Some dev or game designer will be threatened physically. That builds even more pressure and rushing. We are officially squeezing water out of rocks and still complaining about that how hard you have to squeeze the rock be just waiting for rain. Most of the time we take it out on the developing studio, when it’s the publisher making the calls.
All you need to do is read the comments on most websites and social media to see how toxic, entitled and petty the gaming community at large is, and realize how that transforms into impossible expectations on the parts of game makers.
This is one battle that gamers have never won, hahaha. They were parading recently for their "win" against Sony. Where's the energy for this one, guys? LMAO!
Finally a proper benchmark with both AMD Boost and Non Boost cards.
just bought the AMD 7870 on a black friday sale for 150 off... excited for the shipment to arrive. miles ahead of my current 4850
AMD pretty much beat the crap outta Nvidia this round!
HD 7970 GHZ card is a straight up BEAST! Then add in the fact that you can get one cheaper than a GTX680 and also the HD 7970 performs better than a GTX 680 across 3 screens!
after that though pretty much any card you get is good enough for your budget! Also I prefer SLi/CFX instead of one card but that's just me! If your gonna spend $500 bucks on a GPU then u might as well buy 2 $250 GPU's and out perform one $500 GPU!
Nvidia does have CUDA, Physx, and Native 3D while AMD's has ATi Stream and OpenCL (CUDA like features) and 3D by way of you choosing what 3D software you want but NO Physx!
All in all any card you get is good as long as it's within your budget!
The 7950 for $300 is such a great price. Also, to make it even better when i ordered mine it came w/ far cry 3, hitman, and sleeping dogs for free.
Rocking my GTX670. ^^ Was a nice upgrade from the HD4870 that I was using before.
I got burned by AMD's patchy driver support so I'm not using them again even if their cards do perform better.