It’s almost time to shrink down again and dive into the picturesque, if terrifying, Brookhollow park, but only if your PC can overcome the Grounded 2 system requirements. This co-op survival adventure introduces a number of new mechanics, an overhaul to the skill system, and new customization and base-building options, all of which result in a fairly chunky game that older or budget PCs may struggle to run. Compared to the original game, Grounded 2 calls for significantly stronger hardware, challenging any device that met the first game's recommended specs. Fortunately, you won’t need the best graphics card or processor to get the game running, but you will need to make sure you have at least 16GB of RAM. Continue reading The official Grounded 2 system requirements have some bite to them

The AMD Ryzen Threadripper 9980X CPU is slated to arrive later this month and will be one of if not the fastest desktop processor on the market, according to the latest tests on PassMark. The 64-core, 128-thread CPU performed so well that it almost achieved the same multithread score as the recently released AMD Epyc 9575F server CPU. Compared to the AMD Ryzen 7 9800X3D, the AMD Ryzen Threadripper 9980X is three times faster, and it's twice as fast as the AMD Ryzen 9 7950X. In fact, the new AMD desktop CPU beat 1,450 other chips to gain its new title. You’d think this would put the Threadripper 9980X on the fast track to our best gaming CPU list, but that’s where you might be mistaken. With high-tier performance comes a premium price tag and likely limited benefit to gamers. Continue reading Monstrous AMD Ryzen Threadripper 9980X tops the desktop CPU leaderboard MORE FROM PCGAMESN: Ryzen 7 9800X3D review, Best gaming CPU, Radeon RX 9070 XT review

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