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Yes, yes it can! I watched LTT’s video review on AMD’s Threadripper 3990x - a very modest 64 core 128 thread CPU 😂. The thing that got me about it though is they got it playing Crysis solely on the CPU! It is crazy how far AMD have come recently and how hard they’re spanking Intel. Skip to 10 mins in if you don’t want to watch the rest.

AMD are tearing Intel to pieces at the moment, it's absolutely fucking hilarious to watch. Intel has been resting on their laurels for years, whilst AMD has been fighting death. They haven't pushed the envelope at all, merely pocketing all that sweet sweet investor wedge and letting their tech stagnate. Turns out that AMD were working quite hard behind the scenes, and not only have their brought the fight to Intel, but they've quite positively wiped the floor with Intel. Make no mistake, they're going to need to work pretty fucking hard to stay ahead as Intel have no doubt just lumped a few hundred million at least in to their R&D department and when that line of chips comes out, AMD will need to be on point. I really hope that AMD also pour tons of money in to GPU development, they've been the budget and mid-range king for a few years now, but we need to see the glory days of the 6970/7970 return. This video is pretty damn good to highlight quite what a remarkable performance AMD has achieved in the CPU world:

Considering you can spawn trap and kill on even the massive maps in MW, it doesn't surprise me this one is a nightmare. Rust in MW2 worked fairly well and users always had some form of spawn protection and trapping was rare - at worst you die to a random nade but otherwise even with someone on the top of the structure, it was so rare to be spawnkilled. They could've chosen High Rise, Afghan, Terminal, Sub Base and Scrapyard but they go for the fad maps which are only good to escape the exhausting big ones and for quickfire fun now and then. They'll probably release Free Fall from Ghosts next.. Also well done to Lee for expanding my original post with all the confirmed details!

I take it back, I take back everything bad I said about shipment. I’d rather pay 10 games of shipment than another one on rust.

I just recently picked this up on the Switch. I’ve never been one for rouge like games but this is really fun. Gameplay is top down isometric similar to hyper light drifter. Looks similar as well. You play as one of many members of a family defending the planet against an ancient corruption afflicting the lands. Each family member unlocks separately at junctures of the game. The one thing I really enjoy is failing a mission will not cost you any coin earned and any items you collect during a mission are retained even in death. There’s been a few times so far where I’ve died and the story has progressed despite it. Coin is used to upgrade the family and stacks throughout all members. Also, as you unlock abilities with each family member, a special ability is unlocked and shared amongst them all It’s been really fun so far. If you’re a fan of old school 2d style games and rouge likes, definitely check this out.

Rust returns Can't wait to see the fuck up they make remaking Rust. There has to be something they do that totally ruins the map and I can't wait to see what it is. They'll probably add a few doors somewhere for starters and I guess we'll see a few new headglitching spots. EDIT: Full Season 2 Patch Notes What's New • New Operator: Ghost! • New Weapons: Grau 5.56 and Striker 45 Playlist Update! • CDL Playlist (Hardpoint, Domination, Search and Destroy) • Realism Ground War (previously Realism Mosh Pit) • Adding Boneyard into Ground War rotation • "I have Rust Issues" - 6v6 Mosh Pit Gunfight Snipers 3v3 • Rust: available in 2v2 and 6v6 playlists • Atlas Superstore: available in 6v6 and 10v10 playlists • Regiments! (check them out in the Social menu!) • New Trials! • Special Ops Survival: Azhir Cave (Sony Exclusive!) • Akimbo Weapon Perk! (available in Gunsmith) * A note from the team: Bazaar and Gunfight Tournaments will go live later in the season! General Fixes • Fix for the "Focused" challenge not tracking properly Krovnik Farmland • Added back into rotation • Removed access to the second floor in a handful of centrally located houses (see the locations below marked in red) • Fixes for various exploits across Ground War maps • Fixed an issue where players could team kill Care Package owners and teammates capturing Care Packages • Fix for Platinum and Damascus camos sometimes having a blinding glare when in certain areas that contain sunlight • Fix for a rare bug that could prevent players from accessing the barracks, weapons, and/or Operators tabs after matches • Disabled the "Copy Loadout" feature Field Upgrades • Trophy System: Deploy time has been reduced by about half a second Call of Duty: Modern Warfare review - punchy gunplay in a camper's paradise • Fixed a bug that allowed players to get infinite Weapon Drops by cancelling Killstreaks. Killstreaks are no longer usable when the Weapon Drop grenade is equipped • Fixed a bug where objectives were not giving Field Upgrade progress Perks - Rebalancing Perk 1 Slots • Overkill: Switched places with Killchain and will now be in Perk 2 • E.O.D.: Removed hacking ability (added to Spotter perk) • Double Time: Double the recharge rate of Tactical Sprint • Quick Fix: Reduced health regeneration delay - any kill will immediately start regeneration Perk 2 Slots • Ghost: Remove Snapshot grenade immunity (moved to Battle Hardened) • Restock: Change the equipment recharge rate from 30 to 25 seconds • Killchain: Switched places with Overkill In Perk 1 • Pointman: Increase the score gain for Scorestreaks across all modes Perk 3 Slots • Tune Up: Increase Field Upgrade cost reduction • Spotter: Added hacking ability (from E.O.D.); we're currently working on the ability to hack through walls. • Battle Hardened: Added Snapshot grenade immunity (moved from Ghost) • Added Gas grenade resistance: Cough is no longer played when a player enters gas • Reduced slowdown under gas effect • Reduced blur when under gas effect Weapons Crossbow: • Fix for some kills not tracking properly when attempting to unlock the Crossbow • Fixed explosive Fury crossbow bolts to not kill Juggernauts in one hit • Very slight tuning to the reload speed. We're still fine tuning this one, so more adjusting is in the works! • Fixed a bug where the Crossbow did not do any melee damage to Deployable Cover SA87 • Smoothed out recoil, increased damage • Increased RAM-7 extended mags ammo count from 45 to 50 *A note from the weapons team! The Solozero NVG Enhanced is supposed to see through smoke, but a rendering bug broke this one optic temporarily. We'll have it fixed shortly! Special Operations • Operation Harbinger: Fixed an issue with a checkpoint that could cause players to spawn under the map Keyboard and Mouse • Added Change to Loadout keybinds for Custom Loadouts 6 to 10, allowing players to quickly switch to any of their favorite Loadouts with the press of a button. • Fixed a visual issue where highlighting the usernames of multiple people in a lobby with the mouse cursor could lead to multiple Emblem/Player Card/Level UI elements appearing and overlapping each other. Call of Duty League • Removed Specialist restrictions COD Caster • For Keyboard & Mouse Codcasters, it is now possible to bring up player Field Upgrades by pressing a key in the same way as they can with Killstreaks. This also shows the exact progress until each player unlocks their respective Field Upgrade. • Player health levels are displayed in the background of their portraits • Player numbers are now displayed in the minimap and are larger when viewed on the full map SEASON 2 ROADMAP

It's currently £1 for three months. Offer ends after tomorrow. The games available are pretty decent. I currently have Metro Exodus and Outer Worlds installed but there's also Gears 5, Forza Horizon 4 and plenty more. Buy Xbox Game Pass for PC (Beta) - Microsoft Store en-GB WWW.MICROSOFT.COM Discover your next favourite game. Unlimited access to over 100 high-quality PC games for an introductory price. With a huge variety of games from every genre, there’s something for everyone – and enjoy exclusive...

IMDb Score 6.9/10 Trailer: I think we needed a Comedy this week after I didn't get chance to put a film up for last week (sorry about that). One of the iconic roles Will Ferrell has played to date. Its also available on Netflix. Watch it this week and write back your reports! Good bits, bad bits, overall opinions all welcome! Get involved will ya 👍

Now we have a chosen charity to support I want to keep momentum going. So we need ideas that you think would work, even if its an idea that raises just a few pounds. The more we have the better chance we all have to get involved. On that note, it would be good to know if you also want to be involved in any of the ideas. If it is anything physical I would absolutely look to get something sorted so you have some form of attire to wear and providing I have the conversations at MIND, i will then work out what i'm allowed to do with their logo, etc. So, drop anything you've got below or/and your involvements!

Pretty decent but depends on the game, you just need the wireless dongle which about a tenner on Amazon. I use one of my old 360 controllers. Sent from my SM-G955F using Tapatalk

How does the PS4 controller work with PC, if at all? I'll probably do the £1 thing, if for no other reason than to see raytracing on Metro. I need to start playing more games, and a quid for a load of them seems a bargwin even if only for a few months.

Things got so bad at AMD a few years ago they had to sell their company building and lease it back. Glad Intel still have some competition, this CPU is the bollocks. Sent from my SM-G955F using Tapatalk

The one game I played on it last night lasted about 1 minute before I left. We were just spawn trapped in one corner and literally never got to move out of the corner. The other team were camping all around and above and as soon as you moved you got killed. It plays exactly like I thought it would: A complete fucking nightmare. IW had so many good maps to choose from and they chose that shit house of a map.

Haven't tried it with a controller yet but apparently it works well although they are still making improvements. Will hopefully try later and see the difference.

I’ll have a think today about stuff we could potentially do ❤️

I had a quick go of the tutorial. Amazing what you can do with 700mb. Is it ok with a controller? KB and M were fine for me but if its supported I might try it using the 360 pad. Sent from my SM-G955F using Tapatalk

Worth picking up for a fiver and I'm sure everyone will get their money's worth but it all feels a bit desperate and there's always a better game out there to be enjoyed. I can't see myself bothering even if the game was free. BioWare are absolutely threadbare as a studio right now but the ones remaining may be able to conjure up something half decent just like Sledgehammer did with WW2 but with so many games coming out in the next few months, the revival might be short-lived and a lot of damage has already been done. The studio is too expensive to cull but to barren to make a brand new game it seems - DAI4 news never materialised in December, so supporting Anthem is all they can do and the community bloody deserve it.

For a bluey (i.e. a lady godiva) I picked it up at Christmas too. Interesting [emoji847] Sent from my SM-G955F using Tapatalk

I'll sign up for that price too. Its worth a punt and not exactly a lot of money down the drain. Tbh I never actually read about what the issues were but I gather it was around loot boxes (shock!!)

Boats and hoes. That is all.

I had a really good chat with a representative from Mind and we firstky need to associate ourselves nationally or locally. I think its likely we would go nationally because we are everywhere, but that doesn't mean we can't help local Mind locations. If we do go locally we would create a page here to see where our funds go - https://cwmind.org.uk/fundraising/fundraising_events/ Events and Challenges Ideas - https://cwmind.org.uk/category/fundraising-events-challenges/ They also have Wellbeing Hubs where people socialise, get support and build friendships. Avid gamers access these services too.... - https://wbc.cwmind.org.uk/coventry-wellbeing-hub/ and https://cwmind.org.uk/asd-social-clubs/ I've also attached the Fundraisers guide if you want to read up more for further ideas. We need to start thinking about how we do this. I think 2 ways to look at it are 1) raise money by doing something between us all and/or other people outside of FG, and 2) Raising money to build or buy something tangible that we could go to a day to support a local Hub or offer assistance to people that need it most that doesn't handing over physical money directly. Has anyone had any more thoughts on these activities? I will give it some more thought myself, especially the Hub and whether we could do something there and then even offer an outlet to ourselves afterwards so they continually have that helping hand. I'm all ears FGers! MIND Fundraisers Guide.pdf

Both Rust and Shipment are party maps for me. Like Lee's favourite saying: shits and giggles Sent from my SM-G955F using Tapatalk

Its #FGTBT Time! I wonder what's better, Scythe from BO3 or Tempest from BO4? Here's a couple of clips with our @Capn_Underpants nailing a Frenzy kill followed by lethal @JBR-Kiwi grabbing a Quadkill with Tempest FTW. Got any more that you wanna share? If you are an old or new FGer please get in touch as we want to show as many as we can this year 😎 Easy decision for me - I'll go for Scythe on my left hand, Tempest sniper on my right 😀