Fans' long-awaited performance? Really....? How about a meaningful current generation consoles update like The Witcher 3 and stop being lazy? This is what I would like to see in ALL AC games from AC2 to Syndicate.
 
Ray Tracing: Implementation of ray-traced global illumination, ambient occlusion, and reflections.

Performance/Quality Modes: Consoles to feature a 60 FPS performance mode AND a 30 FPS quality mode with ray tracing.
4K Textures: Enhanced resolution for characters, environments, and vegetation.

Integrated Mods: To include popular community mods.

Performance Tech: To support DLSS 3 (PC) and AMD FSR 2.1.
Ultra+ Settings (PC): Higher graphical settings for better draw distance, grass density, and crowd density.

New Content and Features: The Assassin's Creed lore is endless! Hello narrative directors? Can you hear me?

Photo Mode:How about a new, dedicated mode for taking screenshots?

Cross-Progression: Enable saves to be transferred between platforms (e.g., Xbox to PC) via a GOG account.
New Camera Option: A closer, over-the-shoulder camera angle for exploration and combat.

Quality of Life and Gameplay Improvements

Improved Combat:Anything new?

Map Filters: What about new filters to reduce icon cluttering?

Controller Support (PS5): Haptic feedback and adaptive triggers on the DualSense controller.

Gameplay Changes: Reduced fall damage, faster looting, and new, optional map markers.

for the IPS lovers, the screen of this one is good:
www.notebookcheck.net/Xiaomi-RedmiBook-Pro-16-2024-review-Perhaps-the-best-Meteor-Lake-laptop-with-a-long-battery-life.829901.0.html

I'm not sure I'd compare the brightness of a mini led panel vs oled. My current Razer Blade has under 300 nits oled and it's sufficient unless the sun is shining on my screen which is rare. Even 500-600 nits would be plenty for a laptop imo.

Quote from: dada_dave on Today at 01:37:08Just FYI Blender 3.3 does not use hw-accelerated ray tracing on Apple Silicon. That didn't come in until Blender 4.2 I think. Though it doesn't explain why the M5 Max did worse than the M4 Max here, it might explain why CB 2024 GPU shows the more expected results.

Even worse. Blender has been using HW-accelerated ray tracing on Nvidia cards since 3.3.

M5 Max 40 should be has powerful as the RTX 5090 laptop in Blender, if not even more, in Blender 4.5.

See opendata.blender

I've seen from other reviewers the M5 Max is faster in the 16". Ars Technica got over 2300 MT in cinebench 2024.

Nice article! I plan on writing a game review myself, and you've given me inspiration :D

never understood the stupidity of paying 1000 bucks for a phone and hiding the design under a 10 bucks case.