- Civilization VI received a major summer patch with useful innovations and balance changes - Tomorrow Gigabyte will start taking pre-orders for motherboards for Ryzen Threadripper - Sales of processors and graphics solutions increased AMD revenue by one and a half times - Nokia 8 Announced -

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POSTER: computer news   ||    CIVILIZATION VI RECEIVED A MAJOR SUMMER PATCH WITH USEFUL INNOVATIONS AND BALANCE CHANGES	DATE:2017-07-28
A fresh patch to Civilization VI , or, as its developers called it, "Summer Update 2017" , brings in several useful "innovations" and changes in the overall balance and balance of specific civilizations and leaders. Let's start with the "innovations".  Why in quotes?  Because, firstly, these functions should have been present in the game since its release, and secondly, were present in the previous games of the series.  So, after installing the summer update, the game restart button will appear in the game menu.  This is necessary so that you can quickly start a new batch, if you understand that you do not shine, starting in the desert / tundra without hills and resources.  The second "innovation" is the ability to save the configuration of the game world settings (the age of the world, its type, humidity, abundance of resources, number of civilizations, etc.) for reuse in future games.  Previously, when you started each new batch, you had to reset all the parameters. It is worth noting the reduction in the cost of erecting aqueducts and sewerage, reducing the cost of building the areas that you have least of all, as well as reducing the cost of spies.  But the cost of settlers, on the contrary, is increased, and as much as 50%.  Obviously, this is the struggle of developers with the so-called strategy of endless sprawl: the uncontrolled production of settlers in order to occupy as much living space as possible.  Unfortunately, Civilization VI practically does not presuppose an effective game in a "high" empire (4-6 huge cities), so this change is extremely doubtful: new cities will appear slower, go into "mode" even slower, and the games will drag out. Some useful changes have been introduced in the interface, in particular, the trading routes window has been improved.  There are still no production queues, look for it from the creators of the modifications.  Work is also continuing on improving artificial and diotonic intelligence and correcting mistakes. Select Rating : Currently 10.00/10 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 49334 Rating: 10.0/10 (20 votes cast) Civilization VI received a major summer patch with useful innovations and balance changes	Add Comment ( 1 ) CIVILIZATION VI RECEIVED A MAJOR SUMMER PATCH WITH USEFUL INNOVATIONS AND BALANCE CHANGES

POSTER: computer news   ||    TOMORROW GIGABYTE WILL START TAKING PRE-ORDERS FOR MOTHERBOARDS FOR RYZEN THREADRIPPER	DATE:2017-07-26
Gigabyte is already ready for the release of new high-performance AMD Ryzen Threadripper processors.  The American site of the company launched a countdown until the moment when everyone can place a preliminary order for the motherboard on the chipset of the system logic chips AMD X399 with  Socket TR4 processor , which is actually designed for the Ryzen Threadripper processor. The Taiwanese company will begin accepting advance orders tomorrow, July 27.  True, this is relevant for the US, and so far we do not know if preliminary sales will be conducted in other countries and regions.  Pre-sales in the US will be carried out through online stores such as Newegg, NCIX and Amazon, our colleagues from VideoCadrz have reported , carefully studying the code page with the announcement of pre-sales. Also, after studying the code of the page, it turned out that Gigabyte who issued the preliminary order will present either a HyperX Cloud headset or a gift card in Steam for $ 50 (the so-called package Xpedition Pack).   Select Rating : Currently 10.00/10 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 49333 Rating: 10.0/10 (26 votes cast) Tomorrow Gigabyte will start taking pre-orders for motherboards for Ryzen Threadripper	Add Comment ( 1 ) TOMORROW GIGABYTE WILL START TAKING PRE-ORDERS FOR MOTHERBOARDS FOR RYZEN THREADRIPPER

POSTER: computer news   ||    SALES OF PROCESSORS AND GRAPHICS SOLUTIONS INCREASED AMD REVENUE BY ONE AND A HALF TIMES	DATE:2017-07-26
The general and financial director of AMD on the impact of the crypto-currency  in the prepared part of his speeches did not mention separately, simply calling a good demand for graphic solutions one of the factors contributing to revenue growth.  According to the official version, it was the first full quarter of sales of Ryzen processors that became the main reason for the revenue growth of the core division by 51% in the annual comparison, and by 11% in the sequential one.  In this direction, AMD managed to break even, although in general the company got rid of losses only in terms of non-GAAP methods.  The rate of profit has remained at 33%, but this is lower than the 34% demonstrated by the quarter, although it is higher than the same indicator of the second quarter of last year.   CFO AMD said laconically that the average cost of selling client products for the year "significantly increased," without mentioning specific figures.  But in the desktop segment the average cost of implementation of processors has grown, and thanks for it follows Ryzen.  However, in quarterly comparison, the average price of processor implementation has even decreased due to the influence of mobile solutions. The average price of the implementation of GPUs has grown on all bases for comparison, but AMD describes the factors contributing to this pattern: "due to increased demand for more expensive graphics cards."  Altogether AMD sold $ 659 million for the implementation of processors and graphics solutions for the second quarter. This represents 54% of total revenue, which grew by 19% in the annual comparison, and by 24% in the sequential one. Formally, AMD considers the second quarter to be the first accounting period in which the revenue from server EPYC processors is recognized.  On the one hand, this allows us to report an increase in revenue on the EESC direction by 44% in a sequential comparison, but mainly due to a seasonal increase in demand for "custom" solutions.  On the other hand, this forces us to talk about increasing the cost of developing solutions for data centers.  By the way, AMD's "custom" solutions brought the company less money in the second quarter, and the revenue of the entire unit in the annual comparison decreased by 5%.  Its value was $ 563 million. In the third quarter AMD looks with confidence, planning an increase in revenue by between 20% and 26%.  The rate of profit should increase to 34%.  If last year provided the company with a profit margin of 31%, then on the basis of this, it expects growth of this indicator.  Revenue by the end of 2017 may also increase by 15-19%, as predicted by AMD. Lisa Su, her presentation at the quarterly reporting conference, started with a mention of the company's break-even operation at the operational level for the first time in three years, and thanks for that she offers good sales of processors and graphics solutions.  The revenue from the sale of the last category of products is growing by a two-digit number of percent in the annual comparison for the sixth consecutive quarter.  That is, even without taking into account the "crypto-currency boom," AMD feels good in the graphics segment.  Nevertheless, the general director of the company considered it necessary to note that in the past quarter the products of the Radeon RX family were in good demand not only among game lovers, but also from the participants of the "crypto-currency" market.  The average price of AMD graphics processors has increased not only in the desktop, but also in the mobile segment, and the number of GPUs sold has also increased. Select Rating : Currently 10.00/10 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 49332 Rating: 10.0/10 (25 votes cast) Sales of processors and graphics solutions increased AMD revenue by one and a half times	Add Comment ( 1 ) SALES OF PROCESSORS AND GRAPHICS SOLUTIONS INCREASED AMD REVENUE BY ONE AND A HALF TIMES

POSTER: computer news   ||   NOKIA 8 ANNOUNCED	DATE:2017-07-26
HMD is preparing to release a new flagship smartphone under the Nokia brand.  Announcement of Nokia 8 will take place in the middle of next month.  The company has already started sending invitations to the presentation of the new flagship, as reported by our colleagues from GSMArena . The event, dedicated to the announcement of Nokia 8, will be held on August 16.  This will be Nokia's first flagship for the last three years, as well as the first smartphone of the Finnish brand with a dual main camera. As expected, Nokia 8 will receive 5.3-inch display with a resolution of 2560x1440 pixels (Quad HD), eight-core Qualcomm Snapdragon 835 processor and 6 GB of RAM.  On its rear side is a double 13-megapixel main kaera with Zeiss optics.  The smartphone will be offered in three colors: steel, blue and copper-gold. Select Rating : Currently 10.00/10 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 49331 Rating: 10.0/10 (21 votes cast) Nokia 8 Announced	Add Comment ( 1 ) NOKIA 8 ANNOUNCED

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