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Every time scientists study a new material for future batteries or investigate diseases to develop new drugs, they must wade through an ocean of data. Today, a whole ecosystem of scientific tools creates a wild variety of data to be explored. This exploration will now get a lot easier thanks to scientists at the National Synchrotron Light Source II (NSLS-II), located at the U.S. Department of Energy's (DOE) Brookhaven National Laboratory. Their freshly rolled-out software tool—called Tiled—allows researchers to see, slice, and study their data more conveniently than ever before. This new data access tool makes finding and analyzing the right piece of data a walk in the park compared to previous methods, paving the way for the next scientific breakthrough. As one of the 28 DOE Office of Science user facilities across the Nation, NSLS-II welcomes nearly 2,000 scientists each year to use its ultrabright light, tackling the greatest challenges in materials and life science. These visiting researchers come from around the globe to collaborate with experts and use the one-of-a-kind research tools at NSLS-II. They zap their samples, ranging from ancient rocks to novel quantum materials, with intense X-rays and catch outgoing signals using advanced detectors. In turn, these detectors spit out streams of data, waiting to be analyzed by scientists. "Working with data is a central part of all research, and yet a challenge on its own. It comes in a multitude of formats, in varying sizes and shapes, and not every piece of it is useful for the researchers. This is why developing a software tool that makes accessing, seeing, and sorting through data so important," said Dan Allan, computational scientist at NSLS-II. Tiled is a data access service for data-aware portals and data science tools. This means that Tiled sits atop databases and file systems so that scientists can access their data through, for example, a web browser or data analysis software. While the Data Science and Systems Integration (DSSI) program rolled out Tiled to all experimental stations at NSLS-II, the service, just like its cousin project Bluesky (a data acquisition software also developed at NSLS-II), can be used in any research laboratory around the globe. This is possible because Tiled is published under a po[CENSORED]r open-source software license. "Even though we developed Tiled in the programming language Python and, therefore, it integrates naturally with data science libraries based on Python, nothing about the service is Python-specific," said Stuart Campbell, chief data scientist at NSLS-II. "The client uses an API, or application programming interface, to connect the user applications with the server. An API is basically a set of rules, or a contract that defines how different software pieces communicate with each other. The great thing about this approach is that once these rules and interfaces are defined, it provides users and developers the structure within which they can build some excellent tools and expand the functionality beyond that which we had originally imagined." Tiled's flexibility allows the service to seamlessly integrate with any database or collection of files so that it can be used on a wide range of experiments with very different techniques and data. Getting your data needs squared away "In the past, I used to help my Ph.D. advisor to download data from facilities like NSLS-II. It was tedious because we needed to download all of our data at once before we could sort out the useful parts. Additionally, the data were in the format of the detector—regardless of how we wanted to analyze it. This meant after a long download, we had to convert the data before we could even look at it," Allan said. Campbell added, "If Dan had Tiled back then, he could have easily looked through the data on a web browser or data analysis application, sorted out the good parts, and shared only those of interest with his advisor through a single link." By using Tiled, scientists can preview their data and access just the parts they want without a large download. They can also choose the format of their downloaded data or feed it directly into analysis software. At the same time, Tiled offers access control based on web security standards so that all data stay safe. Because setting up a new account can be a barrier, Tiled can be configured to allow third-party services for login, such as Google and ORCID. "Remote capabilities are more important than ever," said Dylan McReynolds, computing systems engineer at the Advanced Light Source, a DOE Office of Science User Facility located at Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, who has collaborated on Tiled. "Building on open, standard web protocols advances our scientific capabilities by making it easy to move data to where it's needed." The new software even enables a form of "airplane mode" in which the data are stored on a user's laptop so that researchers can continue to work on it offline or with a slow Internet connection. "Our aim with Tiled is to simplify data access for everyone. If you don't need to worry about converting data formats into other formats or picking information out of file names, you can think about the more important parts, like finding the answer to your research questions," said Thomas Caswell, computational scientist at NSLS-II. Simplifying and standardizing data access is critical to both optimizing existing workflows and enabling future workflows centered on Machine Learning, AI, and other advanced analytics. These emerging technologies critically rely on frictionless access to data, regardless of how it was collected or stored, to unlock their full potential. Tiled: Fits into any research puzzle The first users of Tiled have already built some exciting and sophisticated tools to power their research. "Tiled offers a completely new way to access the data that will simplify and streamline processing and analysis pipelines for experiments. No more clunky downloads or wasting time importing data from a dozen formats to analyze an experiment!" said Denis Leschev, assistant physicist at NSLS-II, who tested Tiled. "In addition, Tiled will enable a more straightforward way to share the data, paving the way for more open and transparent science in the future." The new software is not only available for NSLS-II users: the team designed the software to be adaptable to any data source. It can be deployed at a large scale for facilities like NSLS-II, but it can run just as well on a student's laptop or a research group's workstation. Other laboratories and institutions already have the opportunity to adapt this software for their own needs. Peter Beaucage, a staff scientist at the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST), who is an early user of Tiled, has integrated it with his own scientific data analysis program, PyHyperScattering. He lets Tiled handle data transfer and security details, building on it to provide his users with the specific interface that they need for their work. "The volume of synchrotron data needed for a typical analysis has expanded dramatically in the last decade, rapidly scaling beyond the capabilities of existing data transfer platforms. Tiled and similar solutions promise to give users seamless access to the right data at the right time and accelerate discovery based on X-ray science," Beaucage said. Beyond Beaucage, other users of Tiled also built data analysis pipelines, moving data from live experiments at NSLS-II to remote clusters and into custom software for visualizing and interrogating the data. Each step was supported by Tiled. "Overall, we are incredibly proud to roll out Tiled. It is the culmination of our work for the last six years. It combines all the features we want in modern data access tools, and it goes hand in hand with Bluesky," said Campbell. The road ahead Tiled will enable a whole garden of useful tools to grow for a wide range of techniques. The team has set their eyes on building out various web applications focused on specific research techniques. The team also wants to design a public data interface so that anyone can explore real publicly available data using Tiled. "Grants often require open data access, but it is difficult for researchers to achieve that in a way that is practical and immediately useful. Tiled lays a track to researchers' door, working with the tools they already use to help them make data findable, accessible, interoperable, and reusable, following the FAIR guiding principles for scientific data management and stewardship," added Allan. By separating how data are stored from how they are accessed, Tiled unlocks a way to use cutting-edge storage and search technologies on the inside, while presenting researchers with time-tested and established standards. It meets them where they are and leaves them in charge of how to format and work with their data. "Tiled aims to follow other NSLS-II software efforts in growing a friendly community of contributors and users. We are actively seeking collaboration with facilities and researchers around the world—whether in industry, academia, or government—who have similar challenges, and we are excited to see what we can build together on this platform," said Allan.

Finding GeForce RTX 3060 deals, including GeForce RTX 3060 Ti deals, means locating one of these ephemeral GPUs for the lowest possible price — not a price matching or beating Nvidia's official MSRPs, which isn't going to happen. The perfect storm of supply failing to meet demand has resulted in worldwide shortages of the best graphics cards, or really anything from the past two generations in our comprehensive GPU benchmarks hierarchy. We've combed the interwebs looking for the best ways to get one of these GPUs, though, and there are still ways to save money. Be sure to check our GeForce RTX 3080 deals and GeForce RTX 3070 deals as well. The latter is particularly useful as sometimes the cost difference between a 3060 and 3070 system may be relatively small. Three Kinds of RTX 3060 Nvidia's RTX 3060 series consists of three potential GPUs. The RTX 3060 Ti 8GB came first, followed by the RTX 3060 12GB and the mobile RTX 3060 6GB for laptops. It's an interesting balance between features, performance, and price. Note that the RTX 3060 was also the first GPU to feature Nvidia's LHR (lite hash rate) technology, which it inadvertently "cracked" by releasing an unlocked driver. It has since been fixed with updated VBIOS revisions, while the original RTX 3060 Ti had no limiter but the newer models feature LHR tech. The RTX 3060 Ti technically delivers the best overall performance, but in many ways the RTX 3060 ends up being more desirable. We've seen in multiple recent gaming benchmarks, the latest being Battlefield 2042, how having more than 8GB of VRAM can provide a smoother overall gaming experience. That puts the mobile RTX 3060 variant at a serious disadvantage, since it only comes with 6GB, but then you probably won't be attempting to run demanding games at 4K with maxed out settings on an RTX 3060 laptop. Before we get into how to find RTX 3060 deals, let's set the stage. Our GPU price index tracks recently sold GPUs on eBay. The RTX 3060 Ti has a theoretical starting price of $399 and the RTX 3060 supposedly starts at $329, but in practice most cards sell for more than double that price. On eBay, the average price on the RTX 3060 Ti was $907 during the month of October, and the RTX 3060 averaged $698 — and average prices right now tend to be even higher, what with the holiday shopping spree kicking into high gear. That's not a perfect look at the market, but it does give a reasonable indication of what some people are willing to pay. Retail outlets like Amazon and Newegg tend to follow the eBay trends, more or less using the adage of "if you can't beat them, join them" — "them" being the scalpers in this case. If you can find a GeForce RTX 3060 or GeForce RTX 3060 Ti for substantially less than the average eBay price, we consider that an "RTX 3060 deal," even if it's still far more expensive than the official MSRPs. How Much Does a Standalone GeForce RTX 3060 Cost? We've searched the usual suspects for standalone GeForce RTX 3060 cards. Most vendors charging "reasonable" prices are continually sold out. That means the easiest place to find an RTX 3060 is on eBay, though as usual you'll want to exercise caution — avoid buying from new accounts, and if the price looks too good to be true (basically, anything under $500), it probably is. There are tons of scams going on right now, so act accordingly. Beyond eBay, there are third parties selling GPUs on Amazon and Newegg, and there's also the Newegg Shuffle. Here's what we've found looking at current prices. We've searched the usual suspects for standalone GeForce RTX 3060 cards. Most vendors charging "reasonable" prices are continually sold out. That means the easiest place to find an RTX 3060 is on eBay, though as usual you'll want to exercise caution — avoid buying from new accounts, and if the price looks too good to be true (basically, anything under $500), it probably is. There are tons of scams going on right now, so act accordingly. Beyond eBay, there are third parties selling GPUs on Amazon and Newegg, and there's also the Newegg Shuffle. Here's what we've found looking at current prices. Unlike the 3080 and 3070 cards, the RTX 3060 Ti arrived before the vanilla 3060. In a strange twist of fate, increased competition from AMD and a concern for the efficacy of another 6GB "mainstream" card led Nvidia to equip the desktop RTX 3060 with 12GB of memory. It's also 15Gbps GDDR6 rather than 14Gbps, which is what the 3060 Ti and 3070 use. However, the memory uses a 192-bit interface instead of 256-bit, so total bandwidth ends up at 360GBps vs. 448GBps on the 3060 Ti. Combined with the lower core counts, performance often ends up being about 20% lower than the 3060 Ti, but we've seen several recent games where the added memory enables better performance at 1440p and 4K. Because the 3060 Ti originally came without a hashrate limiter, it remains quite po[CENSORED]r among cryptocurrency miners and the price is nearly the same as the RTX 3070. We've included both LHR and non-LHR models in our research, but generally speaking the non-LHR models tend to cost about $100 more than the LHR variants. If you're only interested in gaming, using your GPU the way the good lord Jensen intended, don't pay extra for a non-LHR card. GeForce RTX 3060 Deals in Prebuilt PCs Given the difficulty of finding a reasonable price on a standalone RTX 3060 series card, if you're potentially in the market for a more extensive PC upgrade, there are much better RTX 3060 deals to be had. You could also just shuck the GPU and resell the rest of the PC, though there are pros and cons to doing that. Here are the best RTX 3060 and 3060 Ti desktop deals we're currently tracking. The lowest prices we've seen for a complete RTX 3060 desktop PC start at around in the $1,200 range. Interestingly, you can get a laptop with an RTX 3060 for a lower price (see below), but you'll also get lower performance from the laptop. Generally speaking, you'll want at least a Ryzen 5 or Core i5 processor, 16GB of memory, and a 500GB or larger SSD. Based on what we're seeing online, the cost of a complete prebuilt PC — not including the RTX 3060 — works out to around $525. That doesn't include the cost of assembly or the OS, which typically add about $200. That means you're effectively paying around $525 for an RTX 3060 if you buy a full PC at the lowest possible price. GeForce RTX 3060 Ti Deals in Prebuilt PCs Doing the same for an RTX 3060 Ti yields a modest increase in price and potentially better performance, as long as you stay away from 4K ultra settings where the 8GB VRAM becomes limiting. Here are some places to check, as deals are constantly changing. The lowest price we're seeing right now is at least $100 more than the RTX 3060 desktops, but that's a reasonable premium, especially since you get some other worthwhile upgrades. The base PC would cost around $675 on its own, plus the OS and assembly add about $200, which means you're paying the equivalent of around $505 for an RTX 3060 Ti. If that were for a standalone GPU, it would be far and away the best deal around right now. GeForce RTX 3060 Laptop Deals As noted above, RTX 3060 laptop GPUs are a slightly different beast from their desktop counterparts. Clock speeds are lower, though in an interesting twist you get a fully enabled GA106 GPU with 3840 CUDA cores. However, the memory capacity gets slashed in half to just 6GB, which can prove limiting, and it uses slower, 14Gbps GDDR6 VRAM. All told, performance tends to be around 10-15% lower than the desktop 3060 in games where you don't exceed the VRAM capacity. That might not seem too awesome, but also keep in mind that performance is substantially higher than the rather anemic RTX 3050 and 3050 Ti laptops. The good news is that, while performance might be somewhat lower than a desktop 3060, prices on RTX 3060 laptops are really quite reasonable, with several starting at under less than a grand. Pay attention to the various specs, as a lot of these will ship with just 8GB RAM in pursuit of the lowest price possible, and you might end up with a previous generation CPU as well.

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Modeling reveals that even rooms with efficient ventilation often have areas where the air is stagnant. Assistant Professor Ville Vuorinen believes that a new program could become a tool that can be used by both researchers as well as experts responsible for planning of public spaces. Aalto University Assistant Professor Ville Vuorinen and his colleagues have been developing a program for more than a year which could be used for modeling flows of indoor air more easily and more quickly. The project was granted special funding from the Academy of Finland earmarked for COVID-19 research. Open code software comprising about 1,000 lines of code is now nearing completion. The program has been implemented to enable the most challenging types of modeling in three days. "For typical flow simulation software, even a supercomputer could easily use ten times as much time on the same task", says Vuorinen, who has been working on modeling using a supercomputer during the coronavirus epidemic. "Using our software only requires a desktop computer and an efficient graphics card—the kind that is familiar from the world of gaming which draws graphics on the display, and which costs about 2,000 euros." When a person breathes, sings, and speaks, carbon dioxide and aerosols are released into the air from the airways. The small particles can carry coronaviruses and other pathogens. Air change reduces carbon dioxide content as well as the number of aerosols in the air. The new program can be used for modeling the effects of air change systems, ventilation, people, walls, and furniture on indoor air flows and the carbon dioxide content of spaces. The lighter the shade of the airflow shown in the model, the lower the carbon dioxide content, and the fresher the air becomes—with fewer pathogen-carrying aerosol particles. "The models are good at showing how easily black shadow areas with stuffy air can appear in a room. On one side of a screen the air can be fresh, and on the other side carbon dioxide content can be very high", Vuorinen says. "This has certainly been known before, but it has not been adequately recognized." The program was implemented using MATLAB, and it is expected to be released in early December. Vuorinen expects that the software will initially be used primarily by researchers. Later the aim is to develop the software so that it can also be utilized by experts in the design of indoor spaces, for example. "TechXplore"

The DDR5 shortage is potentially just as bad as the graphics cards shortage, and as we've charted out below, that means that some 32GB kits are being scalped for $2,500. The more lenient scalpers (via PCMag) are selling DDR5 memory kits on eBay for twice and sometimes up to three times their cost. Luckily, only Intel's 12th-Gen Alder Lake processors currently make use of DDR5. However, Alder Lake processors, which are some of the best CPUs for gaming on the market, are equally happy with the best DDR4, so early adopters aren't forced to pay ridiculous prices for DDR5 — unless they want to. The transition of the voltage regulation from the motherboard over to the memory is both a blessing and a curse for DDR5. It's great to have a power management integrated circuit (PMIC) on the module itself, since it not only improves voltage regulation but also brings other features, such as threshold protection and power management. The problem is that the PMIC plays such a crucial role in DDR5 that you can't produce DDR5 without it. That's basically what's happening right now. A global PMIC shortage has put memory manufacturers in a bad predicament where they have the available ICs and no PMICs to finalize production. We've spoken with three major vendors, and they've confirmed that the shortage of PMICs and prolonged due dates have affected DDR5's availability. One manufacturer told us that it has zero DDR5 stock at the moment, and the next run won't happen until next month. Sadly, the brand is only estimating up to 300 units for the worldwide market. Obviously, not having a steady stock of PMICs not only thwarts production but also delays R&D efforts. Manufacturers are working with what they have. One of our sources informed us that the company only has a handful of PMICs, which slows down overclocking development and prevents the team from properly testing new products. Alder Lake officially went up on preorder on October 27, and so did many DDR5 memory kits. However, the supply was extremely limited since many memory kits sold out instantly and weren't even available for purchase. Scalpers immediately took advantage of the DDR5 shortage and started putting up eBay listings for ridiculous amounts of money. The more lenient scalpers (via PCMag) are selling DDR5 memory kits on eBay for twice and sometimes up to three times their cost. Others are just preying on the weak and flipping DDR5 memory for small fortunes. One seller has put up Corsair's Dominator Platinum RGB DDR5-5200 32GB (2x16GB) memory kit for a whopping $2,500, a 660% increase over its retail $329 price tag. Another eBay listing has two such kits for $5,000. The sad part isn't just that the only obtainable DDR5 memory kits are out of reach, but it's the fact that some consumers are paying these kinds of prices. According to a screenshot from eBay's Terapeak tool, eBay merchants have moved up to 15 DDR5 memory kits during the last week with selling prices between $1,099 and $2,500. Early DDR5 memory modules are utilizing PMICs from Renesas. Once more manufacturers like Richtek and Amtek jump into the fray, there should be a steadier supply of PMICs. Samsung has also announced that the company is producing PMICs for its own DDR5 products. If you plan to upgrade to Alder Lake, you currently have two options. One is to just wait this DDR5 shortage out. Alternatively, you can opt for a Z690 motherboard with DDR4 memory slots. The bad news is that motherboard brands are currently only offering DDR4 support on the lower tier models. There is more variety (and quality) on the Z690 offerings with DDR5. At least Raptor Lake will in all likelihood reside on the same platform. Small consolation when DDR5 kits are selling for as much as a complete RTX 3080 gaming PC.

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The cobblestone streets of Victorian London are as synonymous with Sherlock Holmes as his trusty sidekick Dr. Watson, particularly as they pertain to developer Frogwares’ long-running game series. The Ukrainian studio's latest entry, Sherlock Holmes: Chapter One, ditches both the dreary, smog-filled setting, and the good doctor, by presenting an origin story for the titular sleuth. It's a bold move that unshackles Chapter One from many of the familiar conventions of Arthur Conan Doyle's novels, allowing for some surprising and frankly absurd moments as you try to uncover the truth behind Sherlock's troubled childhood. The fictional Mediterranean island of Cordona provides the new sun-swept backdrop for Sherlock's not-so-humble beginnings as a near-superpowered detective. The Londoner has returned to his idyllic childhood home to visit his mother's grave, but he soon learns that there may have been more to her death than he was initially told. This sets in motion a sprawling mystery that covers the breadth of the picturesque island, albeit one that struggles to latch on and retain your investment. The plethora of cases you're asked to investigate along the way are oftentimes fantastic and suitably intriguing--from solving a murder involving a rampaging elephant, to infiltrating a high society sex cult--but the central focus of uncovering what exactly happened to Sherlock's mother lacks the same captivation. This is mostly due to the fact you're only privy to brief glimpses of Mrs. Holmes, resulting in her feeling less like a character and more like a contrived plot device. This makes it difficult to care about the details of her tragic fate either way, especially when there are more interesting story threads surrounding it. As a way to inform Sherlock's character development, the central mystery also falters in this regard, too. The young 20-something Sherlock is presented as a novice, yet his supernatural powers of deduction are still in full force from the very outset. He can surmise a character's entire backstory by glancing at the threads on their clothes or the bags under their eyes, so you never get the feeling that he's coming into his own and finding what works when he already begins the game as a fully formed super detective. He might not always be as aloof or refined as older incarnations of the character, but Chapter One never gives the impression that Sherlock was significantly different in his younger years, or that the events of the game informed his future self in any way--aside from what occurs in the final few scenes. The addition of a different sidekick does add a new wrinkle that explores Sherlock's tormented psyche. Before John Watson came along, Sherlock had Jon, his imaginary friend. The pair have been constant companions since Sherlock's father died when he was a child, and he serves a similar role to Watson, acting as a sounding board, confidant, and moral compass, while also assisting on cases. Unlike Watson, however, Jon is a bit of a cheeky chap who's prone to moments of mischief. He affectionately calls Sherlock "Sherry," and their fraternal relationship adds a lighter touch to the frequently dark subject matter. Cordona is a detective's paradise after all, chock full of murders, robberies, tantalizing conspiracies, and other heinous crimes. The Sherlock series has featured fairly large areas in the past, but Chapter One follows in the footsteps of Frogwares' 2019 game, The Sinking City, by giving you an entire open world to explore. It shares more in common with LA Noire than Grand Theft Auto, essentially acting as an elaborate stage for various cases, but the open world adds another element of investigation to your skillset without being overbearing. Unfortunately, traversing the city streets is obnoxious due to the stuttering framerate on PS5. This isn't an issue when inside or in smaller areas, but it does make navigating the world an unpleasant chore. It's a shame, too, because Cordona is also a character in and of itself. Chapter One is set in the late 1800s, so the island has predictably been colonized by the British empire. There's tension between the inhabitants as a result, and the stark contrast between different cultures and classes is woven into the island's five distinct districts. The British live in affluent neighborhoods where the streets are lined with opulent mansions and adorned with the Union Jack, while the local po[CENSORED]tion's melting pot of residents are crammed into claustrophobic shacks, selling wares in busy markets and working for the Brits in dangerous mines and factories. "It's disappointing that this aspect of Cordona isn't touched on more often in the game's actual story, but perhaps this is for the best as Chapter One regularly stumbles whenever it attempts to tackle more nuanced topics" It's disappointing that this aspect of Cordona isn't touched on more often in the game's actual story, but perhaps this is for the best as Chapter One regularly stumbles whenever it attempts to tackle more nuanced topics. One of the early cases, for instance, features a trans man who Sherlock frequently misgenders, even when calling him by his chosen name. This feels unnecessary since it has no bearing on the actual case, yet Sherlock is also painted as a good guy for not revealing that the character is trans to anyone else, almost like Frogwares is patting itself on the back for doing the right thing in a situation it, itself, created. Another case uses sexual assault as a mere plot point in order to prompt a tough moral decision, and searching the city for an African refugee camp has you asking for information from the first Black NPC you can find. There are also some lazy caricatures, and Sherlock has a habit of doing dodgy accents when in disguise. None of this comes off as overtly malicious, but it's evident of how Chapter One--though Frogware's best-written game to date--is very, very dumb at times. Like previous games in the series, Chapter One excels when you delve into the nitty-gritty of solving crimes. Sherlock's deductive repertoire gives you a variety of ways to find the truth, and there's very little hand-holding along the way. Surveying crime scenes is the simplest of the bunch as you gather and interact with different clues, from a blood-stained knife to an eye-opening letter. Sherlock's Concentration ability is akin to "detective vision" seen in games like the Batman: Arkham series, allowing you to uncover details other people would miss, although this is most often used to tediously track footprints. You're usually asked to recreate what transpired by positioning mannequins in Sherlock's mind, much like how similar mysteries were solved in Return of the Obra Dinn. Sherlock's case files nudge you in the right direction with character descriptions and detailed lists of all the evidence you've gathered so far, and you can use the Mind Palace to link different clues together until you have a clearer picture of what exactly happened. You'll also interrogate suspects, eavesdrop on conversations to filter out valuable keywords from otherwise irrelevant chatter, head to newspaper and police archives to track down people of interest, and don various disguises to infiltrate specific areas and talk to certain people. There's no use in trying to get anything out of the intoxicated patrons at the Drinking Dutchman without dressing like a sailor first. The lack of hand-holding makes it easy to feel like you're arriving at your own deductions and unraveling every part of the case yourself. It's incredibly satisfying, and Chapter One does a good job of ensuring each case maintains its forward momentum. There's always a useful text description in your case files if you ever get stuck, and the red symbols attached to clues let you know when there's more to glean from a particular piece of evidence without giving away too many specifics. It's not always the most intuitive, since you'll likely spend a considerable amount of time going back into Sherlock's case files or checking out the "How to play" section to recall what certain symbols mean. Some clues also refuse to appear unless you pin them first, essentially marking them as your current objective, which feels like a superfluous extra step. Jon would've come in handy in these instances as a natural hint system, but the notes in his diary just berate you for getting it wrong without offering any solutions. Jon will also write mean things about you if you kill anyone. Unlike Sherlock Holmes and the Devil's Daughter, which featured a scattershot of mediocre action sequences, Chapter One only features the one, as you're occasionally locked into a small area and forced to fight off waves of enemies. Sherlock is equipped with a single pistol, and each combat arena is filled with identical environmental hazards like steam pipes and lanterns. You can simply kill everyone or use the environment to stun and subdue enemies after a brief QTE knockdown. You're rewarded with a miniscule lump of extra cash if you arrest criminals rather than murder them--and Jon won't admonish you in his diary--but this is hardly an incentive to engage in the formulaic act of restraining enemies. The only things you can purchase with the money you earn are furnishings for Sherlock's home and new disguises, but you can rent the latter for free so money isn't really necessary. Killing everyone in sight doesn't make the combat any less monotonous, but at least it's over much quicker. You can also turn combat off completely if you'd rather not engage with it. Despite these issues, it's difficult not to get sucked into Chapter One's web of intrigue. The central mystery is uneventful until its final moments, but the cases surrounding it are consistently excellent, and the role you play in solving them is incredibly gratifying. The open world is more of a backdrop than anything else, but it expands the game with dozens of side cases that are just as alluring as those found in the main story. Sherlock Holmes: Chapter One may stumble at times, but it scratches that investigative itch like few games even attempt to.

If I can get free in 10 minutes I'll play with you love According to @RPCS3 on Twitter, Intel's Alder Lake CPUs are some of the best CPUs you can buy for PS3 emulation right now. In a test showcasing God of War: Ascension, running on the Open-Sourced Playstation 3 Emulator, the Core i9-12900K is around 15% faster than the previous-gen Core i9-11900K. Both chips clocked in at 5.2 GHz. To make the comparisons as even as possible, RPCS3 disabled all the E-cores on the 12900K and enabled the AVX-512 instructions set, which is an instruction set the Open-Sourced Playstation 3 Emulator can leverage. Both chips also had HyperThreading disabled and were overclocked to 5.2 GHz. With these changes in mind, the 11900K was able to output 68 FPS in Gold of War: Ascension, meanwhile the 12900K increases that frame rate to 78FPS, a 10FPS difference or 14% difference in performance. Unfortunately, @RPCS3 does not demonstrate emulation performance on the 12900K with the E cores enabled and AVX-512 disabled. This would be very interesting to know since it is the default Alder Lake configuration. It would also be interesting to see how much of a difference AVX-512 really makes to this PS3 emulator. Intel’s 589-plus-one core i9-12900 and 289-plus-one core i5-12600K come to market with powerful combination of competitive pricing and impressive performance, taking the lead in gaming over comparable Ryzen 5000 models and creating a position on the Best CPUs. Intel’s newest chips are highly competitive in productivity and are also highly competitive in the CPU benchmark. And Alder Lake comes with new next-gen connectivity technology that brings huge amounts of throughput through DDR5 memory and PCIe 5.0 interfaces, outstripping AMD’s AM4 platform. In addition, these technologies come with caveats. Intel has over 24 threads on the flagship Core i9-12900K, with 16 cores and 24 threads on its core – which will make it an even higher core count than the AMD core chips that have held the pivotal core since the first 16-core 32-thread Ryzen 9 landed back in 2019 – a core count. Actually, the $589 Core i9-12900K even has the very impressive 799-year-old Ryzen 9 5950X on threaded applications that have become uncontested stomping grounds for Ryzen like Cinebench. This consists of a first for desktop computers. Intel’s new hybrid x86 design represents the company’s most disruptive architectural shift in a decade. Alder Lake combines quick and high performance cores (PA-cores) with low and powerful efficiency cores (E-cores) that chew with surprising speed through background processes. The Golden Cove architecture powers the big-core, while the small-earth cores come with the Gracemont architecture, as well as the much-needed IPC upgrades to Intel’s core designs. Intel has renamed its process nodes for the next six years to match industry nomenclature. The 14th node ended the misfortune of its 14-nm node and cost itself its performance lead over AMD in desktop PCs. Technically, it is the first generation of Intel’s 10nm process, but isn’t a standard PC. However, in another Twitter post, @RPCS3 notes that due to AVX-512 support, disabling the E cores does provide Alder Lake chips with increased performance in its PS3 emulation utility. Keeping the E cores enabled with AVX-512 disabled will leave "a lot of performance on the table." So it appears the Open-Sourced Playstation 3 Emulator does take advantage of AVX-512 enough to make a big difference to gaming performance. For anyone who does a lot of PS3 emulation, it would be best to ensure AVX-512 support is on despite losing the extra multi-threaded performance of the efficiency cores.