Mark Campbell

Hi I'm Mark, Mechanical Engineer & Hardware Editor for @OC3D. My opinions are my own.

[Martin Lewis @MartinSLewis]

Must watch: Martin Lewis lets loose on politicians over 10yrs inaction over scam ads.

Courtesy: @thismorning

[Mark Campbell @WYP_PC]

@Tom_Nicholas Yep, have blocked a lot of the accounts posting these ads today.

[Mark Campbell @WYP_PC]

Interesting that all the recommended GPUs are DirectX 12 Ultimate. Makes me wonder what features this game may use.

[OC3D @OC3D]

Is your PC ready for Gears of War: E-Day? PC system requirements released.

https://t.co/6fHKiiFgLx

[Mark Campbell @WYP_PC]

@NVIDIAGeForce N1X laptops. It's "A new era of PC", not a new era of PC gaming.

[Mark Campbell @WYP_PC]

@OC3D In case anyone needs another reason not to trust an AI chatbot.

[Mark Campbell @WYP_PC]

@OC3D *developers should do their best to ensure users of other brands are not treated like second class citizens.

- honestly, this current state off affairs makes both IO Interactive and Nvidia look bad.

[Mark Campbell @WYP_PC]

@OC3D If a game is heavily associated with a GPU brand, the developers do their best to ensure that users of other brands are not treated as second-class citizens. It's a very bad look.

Yes, add Nvidia's newest features and add path tracing, but don't forget basics for other brands...

[Mark Campbell @WYP_PC]

@JoshDWalrath I miss when they told us the performance gains these game-specific optimisations offered.

[Mark Campbell @WYP_PC]

@Sovol3d A turbo button. Doesn't need to do anything, but I'd be glad it's there.

[Mark Campbell @WYP_PC]

@OC3D Unreal Engine 6: We fixed Unreal Engine 5 Edition.

[Mark Campbell @WYP_PC]

@jackhuynh @AMD Any comments on RDNA 3.5 iGPUs. Am I correct in assuming these are considered RDNA 3 GPUs for the purposes of this post?

[Mark Campbell @WYP_PC]

@OC3D Looks very GeIL-Skill...

[Mark Campbell @WYP_PC]

@OC3D I'd love to know who thought that "USB4 V2" was a good name...

[Mark Campbell @WYP_PC]

@DawnwalkerGame Is the 12GB VRAM requirement for 1080p 60 FPS incorrect? Nvidia's GeForce RTX 5060 is only available with 8GB?

[Mark Campbell @WYP_PC]

@9550pro So it's the same CPU as before? Just new 10th anniversary branding?

[Mark Campbell @WYP_PC]

@jaykihn0 Is this a Nova Lake CPU?

[Mark Campbell @WYP_PC]

@tomwarren I feel like Valve did a great job addressing this with its steam controller. Track pads FTW. I can't wait for that to be released.

[Mark Campbell @WYP_PC]

Notably improved frame pacing with DLSS Frame Generation 3x and 4x modes.

[OC3D @OC3D]

Death Stranding 2 Update 1.3 Tested – Is the game faster now?

https://t.co/8AbFrNBMI2

[Mark Campbell @WYP_PC]

@NixxesSoftware Still seeing big dips in 1st percentile frametimes when DLSS Frame Generation is set to 3x or 4x. Frame pacing issues?

[Mark Campbell @WYP_PC]

As much as I think like-for-like benchmarking is the fairest way to do things, IBOT raises some interesting points. This isn't an old-school benchmark cheat that skips work or makes it easier; it's something new and different.

I wonder if we will see an AMD version of this soon.

[Mark Campbell @WYP_PC]

On the one hand, IBOT can be seen as Intel cheating at Geekbench. On the other hand, Intel just showed how sub-optimally this benchmark uses some hardware. Given how much this benchmark is cited by ARM fans, this raises some questions.

[OC3D @OC3D]

Geekbench declares all Intel Core Ultra PLUS CPU benchmarks potentially “invalid”.

https://t.co/FOTG0Dv1Cx