Details surrounding the next PlayStation, codenamed Orbis, have reportedly leaked. The technically minded and reputable Digital Foundry claims that the "PS4" will have an eight-core AMD CPU, running at 1.6GHz, and a custom Radeon GPU, with 18 compute units at 800MHz. This matches with earlier rumors that Sony was partnering with AMD for its next-gen system, thereby losing backwards-compatibility with PS3.

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NVIDIA offered quite an attractive bundle to move PC gamers onto its Kepler architecture. $299 nets you a GTX 660 Ti with a free copy of Borderlands 2. Not to be outdone, rival graphics card manufacturer AMD announced its own "Never Settle" holiday promo.

So long as you pick up an AMD HD 7770 GHz Edition card or better, you'll get a free copy of Far Cry 3, along with a 20% discount coupon for Medal of Honor: Warfighter. Shelling out more dough will unlock more games.

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