Last week, EVGA’s GTX 1080 FTW2 DT was $460 from B&H. The same card is now just $429.99 on Amazon, making it one of the cheapest 1080 cards (if not the cheapest 1080) on sale right now. If you’re not familiar with EVGA’s lineup, the ‘DT’ marker means it cannot overclock to the same level that normal GTX 1080 FTW2 cards can. It runs at the stock 1607 MHz, and can boost to 1733 MHz. You can buy the GTX 1080 FTW2 DT from Amazon.

That “massive move” Samsung envisions won’t happen without lower price points, as there are several 1TB and bigger SSDs already on the market. The benefit of transitioning to 4-bit QLC NAND flash memory is efficiency in production. By expanding the bit count from three to four, QLC memory achieves a much higher capacity. Interestingly, Samsung claims its upcoming 4-bit 4TB QLC SATA SSD maintains the same performance level as a 3-bit SSD, by using a 3-bit SSD controller and TurboWrite technology.

Graphics card prices are currently in freefall, as the impending launch of Nvidia’s 11-series draws closer. Except for a few flash sales, prices for mid-range cards like the GTX 1060 have largely been unaffected. If you’ve been waiting to buy a card in the ~$250 price range, this is the deal for you. The Sapphire Radeon NITRO+ RX 580 8GB is currently $249.99 on Newegg, while other models are trending around $260-280. Performance is roughly equivalent to a GTX 1060 6GB, but you get 2GB more memor

People and automatons go together like soft, squishy things and giant, heavy, stompy things with no empathy and poor peripheral vision. Thematically, then, “People and Automatons” seems like a very appropriate name for the new Frostpunk update that was released today, free for all players. Humans and machines have been coexisting unpleasantly since the game was released in April, but this update enables you to give them both a more personal touch by changing their names. 11 Bit said that more fr

Amazon is selling Corsair’s K70 LUX RGB mechanical keyboard at a discount today. While the list price is a little ambitious, the next lowest price for a new model from a reliable vendor is $129.99. The K70 LUX RGB is similar in design to the K95 RGB Platinum, one of our top keyboard picks, minus some of the advanced features found on the pricier plank (like dedicated gaming/macro keys). The version that is on sale uses Cherry MX Brown key switches. Cherry MX Brown is widely considered to be the

Gigabyte today announced the Aorus M5, a new and customizable gaming mouse that it first showed off at Computex in June. The standout feature is the rodent’s weight distribution system. “The revolutionary weight distribution system allows users to adjust the balance and find the optimal mouse weight for maximum control and flexibility,” Gigabyte says. The Aorus M5 sports an Pixart 3389 optical sensor that is adjustable in 50 dpi increments, up to 16,000 dpi. Gigabyte did not say when the Aorus M

The Threadripper 2990WX, as it is officially called, is the flagship SKU in the 2nd gen Threadripper lineup. For now, all eyes are on the Threadripper 2990WX. “Our goal with 2nd Gen Ryzen Threadripper processors was to push the performance boundaries even further and continue innovating at the bleeding edge.” Time for an upgrade as we welcome the 2nd Gen #Threadripper to the @AMDRyzen family. 😀 pic.twitter.com/8l1atC5oXcAugust 6, 2018The Threadripper 2990WX is an impressive chip, but would you b

Of course you do, you’ve read this—The Witcher Netflix TV series: release date, confirmed characters, and everything you need to know. I’ll also tell you Henry Cavill, aka the chap who plays Superman in the DC Extended Universe, is a fan of The Witcher. In conversation with IGN, Cavill expressed his love of The Witcher 3 and said he’s just replayed Wild Hunt “all the way through.” He says The Witcher books are “really, really good” and “well worth a read”, and when asked if he’d be interested in

This summer’s been a hot one—and Fanatical is just getting started. Its massive Summer Sale kicks off today with discounts on thousands of great games. Enter discount code SUMMER10 at checkout for an extra 10% off. And, to celebrate the launch of its Summer Sale, Fanatical is giving PC Gamer readers the chance to win one of three prizes worth over $2400. Enter by following the instructions on the widget below for your chance to net a gaming PC, a cloud gaming kit, or a pro gaming bundle.

Capcom plans to “explore” more remakes following Resident Evil 2, we learned last week—assuming the reimagining sells well. “While we have shareholders to appease, it’s not just about commercial performance,” Capcom Europe COO Stuart Turner tells gamesindustry.biz. “And in some respects, getting some very good review scores counts as much for Capcom as a game that sells millions and millions and millions. Turner says he’s been “a little taken aback” by how well the Resident Evil 2 remake has bee

Following GTA Online’s treasure hunt where you could unlock a Red Dead Redemption 2 revolver, you can now unlock a stone hatchet from Rockstar’s upcoming Western. Unfortunately, while console users can unlock the same weapon in Red Dead Redemption 2 at the same time, you can only use it in GTA Online, since Red Dead hasn’t been announced for PC. A little while after you sign into GTA Online, you’ll get a text message from a new contact called Maude Eccles, who you might remember from GTA 5. It l

Monster Hunter: World, you may have gathered, is a game about hunting monsters. For more tips and tricks check out our beginner’s guide and our guide to Monster Hunter: World’s weapons. Image via Monster Hunter WikiaGreat JagrasAreas: Ancient ForestElements: noneAilments: noneWeak to: fire, thunder, iceWeak points: head and bellyBreak points: head, belly, front legsBring: nothing specialGreat Jagras is the first large monster you’ll hunt in the new world, and he’s really more of a training dummy

In light of its multiplayer update last week, I had a rummage around in Stardew Valley’s cabbage patch of player-made mods. My favourite find is Katekatpixels’ ambitious Portrait Overhauls mod—which reworks all of the farming sim’s characters, including their expressions and reactions. There, they say: “Portrait overhaul including all characters and all expressions/reactions. All interpretations of the characters are my own and originally I just developed this mod for my own game, but eventually

In the wake of this weekend’s EVO 2018 grand final, Tekken series director Katsuhiro Harada unveiled three of the six fighters en route to Tekken 7’s second season. The following short showcases veteran King of the Iron Fist combatants Anna Williams and Lei Wulong. It then teases character art for Negan—the baseball bat-wielding bastard from AMC’s The Walking Dead, played by Jeffrey Dean Morgan. Dun-dun-dun dun, little pig, little pig, let me in etc. With his signature baseball bat, perhaps he’l

You’ve got to start somewhere, and seeing as how you’re already here, you may as well start with our guide to the essentials and basics of Monster Hunter: World. Beyond that, Monster Hunter: World is all about setting your own goals. There are three mission types in Monster Hunter: World: quests, investigations and expeditions. Astera is the main hub of Monster Hunter: World not to mention the place you save your game—Monster Hunter: World does not have auto-save—so you’re going to spend a lot o

Surviving Mars developer Haemimont Games “made a straight honest to god mistake” by overlooking tutorials, company CEO Gabriel Dobrev told us at PDXCon this year. Da Vinci rolls out today, and is otherwise known as ‘Creative Mode’. Built with “stress-reducing features”, such as buildings that require no maintenance, a starting budget of $100 trillion and immortal colonists, Da Vinci is designed to grant players “more creative liberties”. The flip side of this, due in September, is the Sagan upda

Football Manager 2019 is due November 2, developer Sports Interactive has announced. Complete with the German DFL license for the first time in the series’ history, FM 2019 parts ways with its iconic ‘Manager Man’ cover star—who’s been part of the sim’s marketing material since 2005. It continues: “With redesigned logos, loads of new and improved features, and the implementation of the DFL Bundesliga license for the first time, Football Manager 2019 is set to be even more comprehensive in its re

“Kmode Exception Not Handled” is one such problem. What is Kmode Exception and why isn’t it being handled? The technicalities of what the Kmode Exception error is are in-depth and more than a little dry. Updating the problem driverSince the Kmode Exception Not Handled error is most likely caused by a driver problem, updating the driver can often fix it. The process can take a little bit of time, but once complete, you should have a system that no longer throws up Kmode Exception blue screen erro

All the way back in 2012 we were talking about installing a texture pack mod to replay the early Mass Effect games, only with slightly prettier versions of our bro, Garrus. Tireless modders have continued their work over the years and the latest versions of those textures have been compiled into an update for the ALOT mod (it stands for A Lot Of Textures). More than 300 textures have been added, all of which balance remaining as close as possible to the original aesthetic while making the graphi

Ion Maiden is the new game from 3D Realms being made in the same engine as Duke Nukem 3D, built to play like a first-person shooter from the 1990s. You may remember Ion Maiden’s protagonist from a previous game, Interceptor Entertainment’s top-down ARPG Bombshell, which Ion Maiden is a prequel to (not that you need to have played it first). At one point, Shelly ‘Bombshell’ Harrison was almost an NPC in Duke Nukem Forever. When that game’s creators left 3D Realms the decision was made to have Bom