This Week in Gaming (Week 40)

Welcome to week 40, which is also the beginning of October and another week packed full of new game releases. This week's major release is a F2P MMORPG by NCSoft, for those that are into those kinds of things. This is followed by an animal horror game, an open world zombie survival, an arcade inspired isometric action shooter of sorts, some roguelike magic, a remake of a 2015 adventure game and finally a Japanese co-op action RPG. In addition to this, the first DLC for Starfield is out this week.

Throne and Liberty / This week's major release / Tuesday 1 October
Welcome to Throne and Liberty, a free-to-play MMORPG that takes place in the vast open world of Solisium. You can scale expansive mountain ranges for new vantage points, scan open skies, traverse sprawling plains, explore a land full of depth and opportunity. Adapt your fight to survive and thrive through strategic decisions in PvP, PvE or both as you encounter evolving battlefields impacted by weather, time of day, and other players. There is no single path to victory as you seek to defeat Kazar and claim the throne while keeping rival guilds at bay. Steam link Read full story


https://www.techpowerup.com/327105/this-...ng-week-40

Warframe's Evolution Continues: 90s Cyberpunk in Upcoming Update, Demo Soon

Digital Extremes's free-to-play third-person looter-shooter, Warframe, has changed radically over the years, serving as something of a golden example of how to do live-service games. The developer also shows no sign of slowing that progress, with the game's upcoming Warframe 1999 and Koumei & the Five Fates updates looking to introduce a slew of new content and gameplay updates. While both updates were previously announced, Digital Extremes revealed additional details about the rollout of the updates and their content at the Tokyo Game Show.

For starters, Digital Extremes announced that Warframe 1999—the 90s- and cyberpunk-themed story update—will be getting a playable demo on October 16, with an in-game cosmetic reward for players that try out the demo, to boot. The Koumei & the Five Fates update is slated to land on October 2 and deliver a new playable Warframe, Koumei, and a new Shrine Defense game mode with enemies inspired by Japanese folklore. There are also quality-of-life changes, new weapons, and weapon and Warframe mods coming in the same update, and an old Warframe will get a drastic rework and be available as a free login reward between October 3 and 16. Read full story


https://www.techpowerup.com/327076/warfr...-demo-soon

(PR) Team Group's T-FORCE and T-CREATE DDR5 Memories Unveil Dual-Mode For One-Click

T-FORCE, Team Group's gaming brand, and T-CREATE, its creator-focused brand, are launching dual-mode DDR5 overclocking memory modules for Intel and AMD platforms with speeds up to 8000 MHz. This highlights Team Group's industry-leading overclocking capabilities, delivering the ultimate performance for gamers and creators.

T-FORCE, known for pushing the boundaries of performance, and T-CREATE, focused on stable and efficient performance, will offer a range of DDR5 dual-mode overclocking memory modules under their product portfolio. These modules will come in eight speeds, ranging from 6400 MHz to 8000 MHz, catering to diverse needs and providing optimal performance for gaming enthusiasts and content creators managing complex workflows. The dual-mode memory modules will be available in 2x16GB and 2x24GB capacity options. A single 24 GB stick significantly expands memory capacity for handling large workloads, leading to smoother and more efficient performance. The memory modules are fully compatible with Intel XMP 3.0 (Extreme Memory Profile) and AMD EXPO (Extended Profiles for Overclocking) profiles, ensuring seamless one-click overclocking on the latest AMD X870E and Intel Z790 platforms, delivering an exceptional user experience across both platforms. Read full story


https://www.techpowerup.com/327049/team-...erclocking

(PR) SK Hynix Begins Mass-production of 12-layer HBM3E Memory

SK hynix Inc. announced today that it has begun mass production of the world's first 12-layer HBM3E product with 36 GB, the largest capacity of existing HBM to date. The company plans to supply mass-produced products to customers within the year, proving its overwhelming technology once again six months after delivering the HBM3E 8-layer product to customers for the first time in the industry in March this year.

SK hynix is the only company in the world that has developed and supplied the entire HBM lineup from the first generation (HBM1) to the fifth generation (HBM3E), since releasing the world's first HBM in 2013. The company plans to continue its leadership in the AI memory market, addressing the growing needs of AI companies by being the first in the industry to mass-produce the 12-layer HBM3E. Read full story


https://www.techpowerup.com/326994/sk-hy...m3e-memory

Intel "Granite Rapids-UCC" Powering Xeon 6 6980P Detailed: Up to 132 Cores Possible

Intel on Tuesday announced the ultra core-count (UCC) variant of its "Granite Rapids" server processor microarchitecture, with the introduction of new Xeon 6 series SKUs with P-core counts as high as 128-core/256-thread per socket. "Granite Rapids" microarchitecture uses "Redwood Cove" performance cores. These are newer than the "Raptor Cove" cores powering "Sapphire Rapids," and a client version of these cores power the Core Ultra 1-series "Meteor Lake" processors. The server version of "Redwood Cove" comes with 112 KB of L1 cache (64 KB L1I and 48 KB L1D), and 2 MB of dedicated L2 cache. The server version of "Redwood Cove" is optimized for the mesh interconnect core layout on the three compute tiles making up "Granite Rapids-UCC," each core comes with a 3.93 MB segment of the tile's 168 MB shared L3 cache.

Perhaps the biggest change between the client and server variants of "Redwood Cove" are the AMX-FP16 and AVX512-FP16 instruction sets. The 128-core Xeon 6 6980P processor is based on the "Granite Rapids-UCC" package, which has three compute tiles of 44 cores, each, and a 4-channel memory interface, each. The three compute tiles have cache coherence, and so each core on any of the three tiles can benefit from the processor's 12-channel DDR5 memory interface. The package also has two SoC tiles with a 48-lane PCIe Gen 5 or CXL 2.0 root complex, making up a total of 96 lanes. The processor has 6 UPI links for multi-socket machines, and supports up to a 2P configuration per system, for a maximum core-count of 256 P-cores. Each of the three compute tiles is built on the Intel 3 foundry node, while the two SoC tiles are built on the Intel 7 node. Read full story


https://www.techpowerup.com/326957/intel...s-possible

Canadian Retailer Lists Intel Core Ultra 200 Series "Arrow Lake-S" Desktop Processors

Canadian online retailer ShopRBC put up listings of unreleased Intel Core Ultra 200-series "Arrow Lake-S" desktop processors. While the availability listed is zero, you can backorder these chips at the prices listed, so they are shipped when available. The flagship Intel Core Ultra 9 285K (8P+16E) processor is listed at CAD $852 (around USD $628). There is no "KF" variant of this part unlike with past generations of Intel flagship SKUs. The Core Ultra 7 265K (8P+12E) is next up, at CAD $589 (USD $435). Its KF variant, which lacks integrated graphics, is up for CAD $22 less than that (CAD $567 or USD $418).

Intel's middle-of-the-market part for this generation, the Core Ultra 5 245K (6P+8E) is next up, listed at CAD $450, or USD $331. You can back-order its KF variant for CA $23 less, at CA $427 (USD $315). The Core Ultra 200 "Arrow Lake-S" introduces the new Socket LGA1851, and so online retailers around the world should begin putting up compatible motherboards based on the Intel Z890 chipset, which is rumored to be the only chipset option available with these chips until Q1-2025, when Intel fleshes out the series with non-K SKUs and value chipsets such as the B860.


https://www.techpowerup.com/326865/canad...processors

Add LDAP Login to PHP Webpage


So you have an LDAP server and you'd like to add authentication to a PHP based website. Well you have came to the right place! I started hosting my own mail server (Don't ask) and used LDAP for authentication so it made sense to create a website with LDAP and webmail/roundcube as well. I will go over step by step instructions on how to get this set up including code snippets. You will need to modify the code to fit your environment but my guide should get you most of the way there!

Read More …


https://tictactech.net/category-blog/syn...o-php-page

This Week in Gaming (Week 39)

As we enter the last full week of September, we have another packed week of new game releases to look forward to, although we're not likely to beat last week's lineup of games. This week's major release is a grand strategy game that might just rival the classic Civilization games. This is followed by a chill sandbox construction game set in an era of castles and cottage, a dystopian sci-fi horror looter shooter with a local co-op mode, a sequel to 2019 RPG title, a crafting survival game, but you're a duck, a sci-fi space game combined with a deck builder and finally, some football, of the global kind.

Ara: History Untold / This week's major release / Tuesday 24 September
Ara: History Untold is an evolution in historical grand strategy, featuring beloved classic PC strategy mechanics alongside innovative gameplay like a national crafting economy, true simultaneous turn resolution, a non-linear technology tree, and cloud-backed synchronous/asynchronous multiplayer - all with an expansive and vibrant presentation where you can zoom out from surveying the very edges of your empire all the way down to your citizens living their daily lives. In Ara, there are no pre-set paths to victory, leading to endless possibilities. Your choices will define the world you create, your experience, and your legacy. Steam link Read full story


https://www.techpowerup.com/326854/this-...ng-week-39

Intel Releases Arc GPU Graphics Drivers 101.6078 WHQL

Intel late Friday released the latest version of the Arc GPU Graphics drivers. Version 101.6078 WHQL is essentially the same set of drivers as the 101.6077 Beta drivers Intel released on September 18, but with the added WHQL signing. As such the drivers don't introduce any new Game On optimization from 101.6077 Beta, which had them for "Dead Rising Deluxe" Remaster, "Final Fantasy XVI," "Frostpunk 2," and "God of War Ragnarök," nor do these drivers introduce any fixes from the previous release. The "known issues" list, which lets you know if Intel has identified a new issue that will be fixed in a future driver release, remains the same for Arc A-series discrete GPUs, but has been expanded for Arc integrated graphics found with Core Ultra processors. Grab the drivers from the link below.

DOWNLOAD: Intel Arc GPU Graphics Drivers 101.6078 WHQL Read full story


https://www.techpowerup.com/326836/intel...-6078-whql

(PR) NVIDIA GeForce NOW Gets FINAL FANTASY XVI, Frostpunk 2, and More Games

GeForce NOW makes gamers' fantasies a reality by bringing top titles to the cloud. This week, the award-winning FINAL FANTASY XVI is available for members to stream at launch. Catch 11 bit studios' city-survival game Frostpunk 2 before it launches with early access on GeForce NOW. It's part of seven new games joining the expansive GeForce NOW library.

Eikonic Adventure
Dive into the richly crafted world of Valisthea in FINAL FANTASY XVI, the latest mainline entry in Square Enix's renowned role-playing game series. This epic action RPG unfolds in a once-glorious land blessed by the light of the Mothercrystals that's now slowly succumbing to the mysterious Blight. Play as Clive Rosfield as he navigates a dark fantasy filled with political intrigue and magical battles against Eikons, powerful manifestations of elemental forces. Eikons are wielded by Dominants, individuals who possess incredible strength and abilities. Featuring exhilarating real-time combat, the game allows players to unleash devastating moves by chaining together attack combos with seamless fluidity. With its gripping story, stunning visuals and intense gameplay, FINAL FANTASY XVI offers an unforgettable experience for new and longtime fans of the series alike. Read full story


https://www.techpowerup.com/326818/nvidi...more-games