A recent update to the Mesa 3D software library is creating some chatter on the web. The update strongly suggests that AMD is working on video cards based on the Navi 12 and Navi 14 GPUs which would see the light of day half October.

These are the ten top-selling titles on Steam for the week as reported by Valve.

   MONSTER HUNTER: WORLD
   StarLadder 2019 Berlin CS:GO Major Championship Viewer Pass + 3 Souvenir Tokens
   Destiny 2: Shadowkeep Digital Deluxe Edition
   Dead by Daylight - Stranger Things Chapter
   PLAYERUNKNOWN'S BATTLEGROUNDS
   Valve Index VR Kit
   GreedFall
   Grand Theft Auto V
   Divinity: Original Sin 2 - Definitive Edition
   Shadow of the Tomb Raider

A communication from AMD just arrived. The AMD Ryzen 9 3950X (16-cores / 32 threads) that was supposed to launch this month has been delayed towards November. However during that timeframe AMD will also release Threadripper 3000 starting with 24 cores.

Activision and Infinity Ward have announced that the open beta PC build for Call of Duty Modern Warfare is available for pre-load. PC gamers will have to install the Blizzard app, launch it and download the open beta build from there. 

Epic Games is doing a pretty impressive giveaway. free You can simply add copies 6 Batman games - the Batman Arkham Collection and LEGO Trilogy for one week, starting today and lasting until September 26th, 2019.

ADATA announces the launch of the XPG SX8100 PCIe Gen3x4 M.2 2280 Solid State Drive (SSD). Utilizing PCIe Gen3x4, 3D NAND Flash, and featuring 3500/3000MB/s read and write.

Gearbox has released the first hotfix patch for Borderlands 3. This patch resolves a number of bugs, and brings a number of balance tweaks to the game. As Gearbox noted, the game automatically applies a hotfix at the Main Menu when the game connects to the internet.

Intel today announced shipments of new  Stratix 10 DX field programmable gate arrays (FPGA). The new FPGAs are designed to support Intel® Ultra Path Interconnect (Intel UPI), PCI-Express (PCIe) Gen4 x16 and a new controller for Intel® Optane™ technology to provide flexible, high-performance acceleration. VMware is one of many early access program participants.

The Biostar RACING B365GTQ, equipped with the latest Intel B365 chipset, brings support for the 9th & 8th Generation Intel Core processors, a true game changer for today's gamers and content creators. In addition, the PCI-E M.2 32 Gb/s supports Intel Optane Technology.

A product name that has been surfacing a few times is the GeForce GTX 1650 Ti, and some new information just surfaced, reportedly the card is released October 22nd.

Intel today held a conference call related to IFA in Berlin, and unexpectedly they actually talked about the 9900KS, and mention that the all-core 5 GHz processor is due for a release next month.

Intel in the next quarter will release a new series of high-end desktop (HEDT) processors, these are called  Cascade Lake-X processors which we have discussed a number of times already. More info has now leaked included a geekbench score of the 10-core part.

Samsung today announced that it has brought the latest software innovations to the company's most cutting-edge PCIe Gen4 solid state drive (SSD) series, opening up a new paradigm in SSD performance.

Enermax announces a white-colored version of SquA RGB fan series at Computex 2019. Its eye-catching lighting effects and superior cooling performance have got many media attention. SquA RGB white version is characterized by an exquisite white square-shaped lighting frame, addressable RGB synchronization, optimized low 300RPM starting speed, and superior cooling performance. 

AMD is showing pimping their Epyc 7H12, a variant of the 7742 server processor with 64 cores. The new SKU has a TDP of 280W instead of 225W. The base clock is 2.6 GHz instead of 2.25 GHz. The new CPU is the fourth Epyc server processor with 64 cores