The next release in the award winning Civilization series is set to drop on October 21st with developer Firaxis promising there will be no trickled out expansions over time, it’s all included in the base game at launch!
A brand new engine, better AI, extremely ‘mod-friendly’ and a host of new mechanics not yet detailed are just some of the promises designer Ed Beach told gaming news publication RockPaperShotgun.
Scheduled for release on October 21st EA’s next installment in the Battlefield series will be set during WW1, titled Battlefield 1 and will include both a campaign mode and the massive online multiplayer the series has built it’s name on for years.
Built upon next generation Frostbite engine, the trailer contains scenes rendered in engine that look nothing short of stunning. Terrain deformation, structure destruction, aerial combat, maps set in north Africa, Europe and everywhere in between are just the beginning with several trailers between now and release date undoubtedly planned to trickle out more and more details as the hype train gathers speed.
Nvidia’s long anticipated next generation Pascal GPU is set to hit stores in the form of the GTX 1080 within a month or two boasting 8GB of 10Gbps GDDR5X, 2560 CUDA cores and a new, much bolder stock cooler.
Claims of 2x-3x the performance in VR gaming with 1.5x + the performance in regular DX12 games over it’s GTX 980 predecessor line the Nvidia announcement page. Checkout the announcement trailer below for a quick run down of the headline features.
Until we have a better idea of pricing and get our hands on one of these ourselves to truly test Nvidia’s claims we can’t say whether it’s best to wait a month or two for a GTX 1080 powered custom PC or just build one today with the current 900 series. That being said, expect launch prices to well above that of the GTX 980 and stock shortages for a few weeks come launch day.
If past experience is anything to go by, expect GTX 1080 TI’s, 1070’s and 1060’s to replace the rest of the 900 series slowly over the rest of the year with the full line up in place by Christmas. But if you want don’t want to wait and are itching to get your game on sooner, the very formidable Maxwell powered 900 series is still a great choice and available right now at over at out custom gaming PC page.
Stay tuned to Evatech for details (price, release date, stock availability etc) as we creep closer to launch!
What’s new this week at Evatech?
Like with most of our changes recently, this comes after weeks upon months of customers contacting us for custom PC solutions to their personal and/or business needs. Lately, we’ve got a large amount of requests from people who want Xeon CPUs, and also Quadro graphics cards. It took our web team and technicians a couple of days to flesh out the details and come up with two highly polished “Workstation” PC options for customers to customise on our website, as our customers have come to expect from us.
The use-cases for such systems are plentiful if our customers’ requests are anything to go by. Either of the above PCs, customised to suit, would work well for the following (but is by no means limited to):
As with just about anything else technology related, the most amount of money you can afford to spend will yield the best results in terms of the least amount of time required to render your projects, or least amount of time required for calculations to be made.
All our PCs are customisable, so you can have as much or as little performance as you need without having to jump to a completely different set of hardware like some other PC retailers would have you do when buying “pre-built” or “pre-configured” systems. Want a better CPU, sure! More RAM, done! Different storage configurations, easy! Water-cooled CPU, no worries! WiFi adapter, on-site warranty, operating system, SSD/HDD, up to 1000W power supplies, case options… All at the click of your mouse with live PC price updates so you’re not left guessing or needing to contact us for a quote.
We also offer options to get the PC to you quicker. Our standard turnaround time for a custom PC build is 5-10 business days* until a PC can be dispatched (available for customer collection or courier collection), but “Jump the Queue” sees that time come to under 72 hours*, and “Need it NOW!” drops it down to 48 hours*.
Of course, if you do find yourself with questions, you can contact us with your requests or concerns and our friendly support staff will be glad to help you find a solution.
* Once payment clears and stock allows (note “Special Order” or “Pre-order” items) and excludes weekends/public holidays.