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This thread will attempt to provide a place to discuss past/present/future PC gaming deals. While mainly focusing on Steam games, any standout sales may also be presented. I will not be updating every Daily/Weekly/etc. sale. The tools to help individuals become a smarter shopper will be provided below.

See this POST for links to store sale pages, threads of interest and other tools to help you become a more informed PC game shopper.
 
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Since I have nothing to buy from this Steam sale. Here is some summer drama in regards to The Orion Project ($0.49 on Steam before it was removed so I guess nothing of value was lost :whistle2:k)

(Remembered playing Orion:prelude multiplayer with some CAG members. Such a bad game) 

http://steamed.kotaku.com/developer-claims-activision-nuked-their-game-from-steam-1782784952

https://www.reddit.com/r/pcmasterrace/comments/4q6xo5/activisions_dmca_claim_on_orion_is_legit_orions/

Also Dev's Steam meltdown thread

http://steamcommunity.com/app/407840/discussions/0/351660338705362195/

Orion Developer bans himself from his own Steam Tread

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Motoki said:
I can't decide whether that's really smart or really stupid. Probably both.
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To get around his game being removed from Steam, dude is using Indiegogo where you can donate buy the game with a Steam key ($1)

[His company already "donated $500" to fully fund the campaign]

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Syntax Error said:
It means someone tried to enter a key you've previously activated and is being a dork when it comes up used by hitting the "Find Account" button. Which does nothing (and doesn't reveal who you are) unless you have access to the email account linked to the account that activated the key.

Honestly, I couldn't even tell you when the "Find account" button would be useful.
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why would you spread this disinformation? the dude gets hacked and you spread some "oh it's no big deal" bs? srsly thinking i might report you for this. not cool syntax. can see why fox ditched you for a new bff.

 
pasports31 said:
why would you spread this disinformation? the dude gets hacked and you spread some "oh it's no big deal" bs? srsly thinking i might report you for this. not cool syntax. can see why fox ditched you for a new bff.
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Can't tell if you're joking or not since he just reiterated what the e-mail said. I have nothing to be afraid of.

I do agree though, the "Find account" feature seems really useless. I can only see it helping someone who has 5 accounts, and it's easier for that person to find which account has that game by using the cd-key

 
Foxhack said:
Good news for the three or four Windows phone owners!

https://twitter.com/SteamDB/status/747914429434576897
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Can I take credit for it? Since they did like 2 weeks after I broke down and got WinAuth? Serious though, bit weird with the timing meaning anyone who has a WP (and hasn't resorted to other means) can't sell their cards til the sale ends still.

 
DonaldBlank said:
Can't tell if you're joking or not since he just reiterated what the e-mail said. I have nothing to be afraid of.

I do agree though, the "Find account" feature seems really useless. I can only see it helping someone who has 5 accounts, and it's easier for that person to find which account has that game by using the cd-key
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THIS IS WHY BANNING YCS WAS A BAD IDEA.

 
That dev drama is entertaining and I only read a little of it.

It goes like this:

1. Activision sends dev DMCA takedown notice.

2. Game gets taken down and dev starts crying and says he quits but you can give him money through indie gogo because mean old Activision took his game down and won't even tell him why.

3. User posts the DMCA notice that dev posted himself showing Activision named three specific gun models being infringed.

4. Dev cries and says I KNOW BUT THEY DON'T TELL US WHICH OF OUR GUNS INFRINGED THOSE GUNS!  WE HAVE NO CLUE!

5. User posts image links from reddit showing screenshots from both games side by side of infringed guns (and probably why activision filed it in the first place).

6. Dev cries some more and links to some old post about other shit people claimed he stole. 

I'm not sure if the dev is trying to play dumb or what.  Clearly if they say you infringed some of their guns, you should look at your guns first.  I doubt they are claiming you used their gun models on your grass or bushes.  But the similarities are pretty clear.  I think he just is embarrassed he got caught.

Did we really play this?  Was this the one where you were escorting some pod while attacked by dinos?  

 
spoderman said:
Store page is glitched but it should give you The Wild Run content when you buy it. Same thing happens with the Transformers Devestation DLC
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Spoder - are you saying you can buy the non-existent Transformers: Devastation DLC ("bundle contains 0 items") for $1.25, you get the full game as well? Or is there a Transformers: Devastation package that also includes 0 items of DLC?

 
DrR0Ck said:
Spoder - are you saying you can buy the non-existent Transformers: Devastation DLC ("bundle contains 0 items") for $1.25, you get the full game as well? Or is there a Transformers: Devastation package that also includes 0 items of DLC?
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No.. the store page says the DLC bundle doesnt come with any items (that's the glitch), but when you buy it it'll give you the proper DLC

If you could get the full game for $1.25, madjoki would've beaten me to posting it a long time ago.

 
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No.. the store page says the DLC bundle doesnt come with any items (that's the glitch), but when you buy it it'll give you the proper DLC
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Did the pre-order retail that Drabe and I got from Flow that we totally played we didn't come with that DLC? I feel like it was supposed to come with some DLC but I err, didn't notice it while I was, uh, playing and don't feel up to playing it again to find out.

 
Motoki said:
Did the pre-order retail that Drabe and I got from Flow that we totally played we didn't come with that DLC? I feel like it was supposed to come with some DLC but I err, didn't notice it while I was, uh, playing and don't feel up to playing it again to find out.
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You're clearly missing having that DLC that you definitely would not be playing. You know you're going to buy it.

A note on YCS: It seems I'm inadvertently responsible for a BAN on the use of YCS, and I feel the pain and confusion that this ban has caused. Since my power over this thread and its participants knows no bounds, I'm officially lifting the BAN that I unintentionally imposed. Feel free to use and abuse that YCS with my blessing.

As a gesture of my benevolence, I am dropping this Steam key: WL2D4-BRGM5-W00AF which is definitely Doom 2016. Enjoy!

 
Voken said:
To get around his game being removed from Steam, dude is using Indiegogo where you can donate buy the game with a Steam key ($1)

[His company already "donated $500" to fully fund the campaign]

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Well, it's not like keys work, because they too get disabled with DMCA claims like with ShanGui and other shit. :p

 
Motoki said:
Did the pre-order retail that Drabe and I got from Flow that we totally played we didn't come with that DLC? I feel like it was supposed to come with some DLC but I err, didn't notice it while I was, uh, playing and don't feel up to playing it again to find out.
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HEY. Don't tar me with that brush. I played at least three hours. No, we didn't get the DLC, although it's probably a waste of pennies all the same.

I wasn't actually a big fan of the gameplay *hides*

 
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http://www.bestbuy.com/site/xfx-radeon-rx-480-oc-8gb-ddr5-pci-express-3-0-graphics-card/5446200.p

Price mistake 8GB RX 480 is $200 and 4GB is $250. Should be the other way around.
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All sold out.

Speaking of, the 480's seem to be true to their word of delivering great performance for not much money:

In most of the 3DMark tests, the RX 480 scored around half as well as the GTX 1080. That's actually quite impressive, considering that the 1080 costs upwards of $600. Notably, the RX 480 was also slightly faster than comparable benchmarks from NVIDIA's GTX 970, which still costs more than $300 today (and was previously the bare minimum you needed for VR).
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I knew from the get-go that this card wouldn't be much of a 4K contender, and while the results I got weren't playable, I'm still surprised at how well it did compared to the GTX 1080 and the R9 Fury X. What really impressed me, though, was the RX 480's 1440p performance with maxed-out settings. It managed to reach nearly 60 frames per second in most titles, which has been my PC gaming goal for the past few years. What you lose out in resolution compared to 4K, you get back in overall smoother performance (and the ability to use more elaborate graphical settings).
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When it comes to real-world performance, the RX480 felt just as fluid as the GTX 1080 when playing Overwatch in 1440p with all graphics settings at their maximum. It never dipped below 60 fps, even when things got incredibly hectic. These days, that's all I really ask for in a video card. With the new Doom, it hovered between 55 and 60 fps, which is still commendable given how demanding that game can be. It didn't fare as well with The Witcher 3, getting around 43 fps, but that's also a game that eats GPUs for breakfast.
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Plus some benchmarking from Polygon

 
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Does anyone know if getting the extra 4 GB of VRAM for the RX480 8 GB is worth it or would 4 GB be sufficient for gaming? Are there a a lot of games needing more than 4 GB especially since I'm still gaming at 1080p? 

The extra $50 isn't much but I wonder if I'll see any performance changes with the extra RAM.

 
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Voken said:
Does anyone know if getting the extra 4 GB of VRAM for the RX480 8 GB is worth it or would 4 GB be sufficient for gaming? Are there a a lot of games needing more than 4 GB especially since I'm still gaming at 1080p?

The extra $50 isn't much but I wonder if I'll see any performance changes with the extra RAM.
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Unless you have a multi-monitor setup I don't see why you would need more than 4GB if you're still gaming at 1080p.

 
I'd be inclined to pay the extra for the 8GB.  You might upgrade monitors to a 1440 some day and the price to step up is fairly minimal.  And you've seen games hitting that 4/6GB recommended spot.

MSRP from AMD is $199 / $239 (although actual prices by manufacturers vary) but for the $40ish bucks I'd be inclined to go for it.

 
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I'd be inclined to pay the extra for the 8GB. You might upgrade monitors to a 1440 some day and the price to step up is fairly minimal. And you've seen games hitting that 4/6GB recommended spot.

MSRP from AMD is $199 / $239 (although actual prices by manufacturers vary) but for the $40ish bucks I'd be inclined to go for it.
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My wife's co-worker is looking for a card and I told him to wait for these. Hoping he'll be able to snag a 8GB maybe if they come with a free game or rebate, but I guess he could do with the 4GB since $200 was his max budget.

Also, Fallout 4 is $19.99 plus $2.99 shipping with promo code EMCEKGN32 on Newegg. I'm actually tempted only because I have a few days left on my Shoprunner trial so the shipping would be free. Someone gave me a cracked version of it but I've honestly been hesitant to install and play because reasons.

 
$20 is certainly a more than fair price to pay for FO4's content.

I haven't had my R9 290X for a year now and am still very happy with it so I don't think I'll be buying a 480 any time soon but I'm glad to see it's performing as advertised and is a solid low cost choice for a card.  If Nvidia wants to make a $200 card to compete with it, so much the better.

 
Voken said:
Does anyone know if getting the extra 4 GB of VRAM for the RX480 8 GB is worth it or would 4 GB be sufficient for gaming? Are there a a lot of games needing more than 4 GB especially since I'm still gaming at 1080p?

The extra $50 isn't much but I wonder if I'll see any performance changes with the extra RAM.
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SeasonalCAG Hardware Opinion: You should try to get the highest card you can afford so it lasts longer learnt that lesson the hard way when I got one 970 some games need more VRAM then SLI got tired of some games not supporting SLI then got a 980ti. Just like others have said with more devs not making pc the primary platform we get some very bad optimized games. Some games that would use up that 4GB is Shadow of Mordor with HD and Ultra settings, Witcher 3, Ashes of Singularity and Batman Arkham Knight (I know I know) off the top of my head.

tl;dr: Get the 8GB because some games need it even at 1080p.

 
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Voken said:
Does anyone know if getting the extra 4 GB of VRAM for the RX480 8 GB is worth it or would 4 GB be sufficient for gaming? Are there a a lot of games needing more than 4 GB especially since I'm still gaming at 1080p?

The extra $50 isn't much but I wonder if I'll see any performance changes with the extra RAM.
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I think not spending the extra $50 would be short-sighted right now. More games are eating up more RAM, so if you want to be a bit more future-proof, I would go for the 8GB card.

 
Id also really avoid the rx480 right now just because of this:

http://www.tomshardware.com/reviews/amd-radeon-rx-480-polaris-10,4616-9.html

AMD's power usage and heat are still complete and utter crap. They are pulling 20% over-spec of the power from a pci-e slot which you can end up hearing that and possibly cause mobo damage over time. It also is pulling more power and heat than a 1080 for 970 performance

If you do want one Id wait for AIB manufacturers to put them out with an external power input so its not drawing so much directly from the slot

meanwhile, microcenter had asus-strix 1080's in stock last night while i was picking up other things, so if anyone is interested in a used 970 there is one available ;)

 
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The Witcher 3 is not vram hungry, but many other titles are becoming so increasingly quickly. May be a good idea for those interested in the RX 480 to wait for the GTX 1060. 

 
ezelkow1 said:
Id also really avoid the rx480 right now just because of this:

http://www.tomshardware.com/reviews/amd-radeon-rx-480-polaris-10,4616-9.html

AMD's power usage and heat are still complete and utter crap. They are pulling 20% over-spec of the power from a pci-e slot which you can end up hearing that and possibly cause mobo damage over time. It also is pulling more power and heat than a 1080 for 970 performance

If you do want one Id wait for AIB manufacturers to put them out with an external power input so its not drawing so much directly from the slot

meanwhile, microcenter had asus-strix 1080's in stock last night while i was picking up other things, so if anyone is interested in a used 970 there is one available ;)
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I don't necessarily see what you see in those results. It shows several cards (including Nvidia cards) drawing similar power (or even more) under similar tests.

 
FoxyPie said:
I don't necessarily see what you see in those results. It shows several cards (including Nvidia cards) drawing similar power (or even more) under similar tests.
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The problem is that those other cards all have external power input jacks. The rx480 is pulling all of its power directly from the pci slot, they explain it better than i do in the article

 
ezelkow1 said:
The problem is that those other cards all have external power input jacks. The rx480 is pulling all of its power directly from the pci slot, they explain it better than i do in the article
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The article says it has a 6 pin and they would prefer an 8 pin, so I don't think that's entirely correct.

 
HBX said:
The Witcher 3 is not vram hungry, but many other titles are becoming so increasingly quickly. May be a good idea for those interested in the RX 480 to wait for the GTX 1060.
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Sounds as though Nvidia pushed up the release on those to early July. Guess the 480 has them worried about that market segment.

In any event, unless you somehow need a new card RIGHT NOW, it makes sense to wait a few months, let stuff shake out and see what your best options are. It's not as though AMD will jack up the price $100 or anything.

 
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The article says it has a 6 pin and they would prefer an 8 pin, so I don't think that's entirely correct.
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So it does, either way heres the relevant clips:

AMD’s Radeon RX 480 draws an average of 164W, which exceeds the company's target TDP. And it gets worse. The load distribution works out in a way that has the card draw 86W through the motherboard’s PCIe slot. Not only does this exceed the 75W ceiling we typically associate with a 16-lane slot, but that 75W limit covers several rails combined and not just this one interface.

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However, the audio subsystems on cheaper platforms will have a hard time dealing with them. This means that the "you can hear what you see" effect will be in full force during load changes; activities like scrolling may very well result in audible artifacts.

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Believe it or not, the situation gets even worse. AMD's Radeon RX 480 draws 90W through the motherboard’s PCIe slot during our stress test. This is a full 20 percent above the limit.
To be clear, your motherboard isn't going to catch fire. But standards exist for a reason. All of the components around the PCIe slot and along the path from the slot to the 24-pin ATX connector will suffer from the peaks. And depending on your platform's design, audio problems may also materialize.
 
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