I'd remove that before Pemalite bans you or worse for comparing Teraflops.

Looking at the 6600 / 6700 cards, if we were talking performance, the PS5/XBX would probably be 50 - 60% of a 3090 Ti. Now imagine if they had the allowance of 500-600 W GPUs instead of 100-120 W: instant 40-50 TF consoles with no need for a new architecture or node shrink!

Yea am just gonna target midrange. Maybe those won't require new connectors. Not like most games i play are super demanding on my pc. In near future maybe just Starfield. 

Yea, something with the power of 3060Ti/3070 is gonna be more than enough for me. Currently i play at 1080/144 hz. Tbh at most i would get for pc is 1440p monitor. I have seen 4k set ups. It is diminishing returns for me. Sure 4k is nice watching movies or tv shoes on big screen. So 4060 could be promising or might just pick up 3060Ti as they will continue to sell those it seems. Going for higher end cards will be unbalanced system. 

Yea i just built my pc in Jan of 2020. Ryzen 3600x, 32 GB ram, 650W PSU and used my old gpu Rx 580. In hindsight should or could have gone with 3700x. So either of upcoming midrange gpus would be quite an upgrade and i guess keep me going. Yea good point to avoid Intel. 

Just not playing as much. Get tired after work to play on weekdays and weekends i spend with family or just tuning into the same pvp games that i can play on potato. 

Thanks for all the replies. You guys rock and keep the discussions entertaining. 

New month, new HEXUS Club386 contest:

*** NEW CONTEST ***

Win a 31.5in AOC AG324UX 4K 144Hz gaming monitor
https://www.club386.com/win-a-31-5in-aoc-ag324ux-4k-144hz-gaming-monitor/

Here's the link to ACO's product page: https://eu.aoc.com/en/gaming/products/monitors/ag324ux

And here's the TFT Central review o this monitor (good but far from great and with "fake" HDMI 2.1 ports): https://tftcentral.co.uk/reviews/aoc-agon-pro-ag324ux

This contest is limited to resudents in UK and EUROPE.

Good luck!

As a worst case scenario, since it's still quite some time until then, could AMD opt for another node instead, like N4P? Granted, it would certainly hurt efficiency and thus performance, plus the chip would become somewhat larger, but wouldn't that still be better than having barely anything to sell?

Also, AMD could maybe split up the chips in different nodes, like CPU N3, GPU N4P, IO N5, or something like that, to mitigate the problem.

The Monday news:

SALES /PLAYER COUNT & DEALS

GOG has three new flash deals, two returning sales and a new weekly sale:

• The first flash deal is ATOM RPG: Post-apocalyptic indie game, 40% off until Wednesday: https://www.gog.com/en/game/atom_rpg_postapocalyptic_indie_game
• The second is Noita, 50% off during the next 46 hours: https://www.gog.com/en/game/noita
• The third, and last, flash deal is Thief Gold, 86% off until May 4: https://www.gog.com/en/game/thief_gold
• The Star Wars's May the 4th be with you Sale with its 75% discounts will last until Friday: https://www.gog.com/partner/star_wars
• The Good Old Games Week Sale, with up to 90% discounts, is going to be around until May 9: https://www.gog.com/en/good-old-games
• And the new Weekly Sale comes with up to 90% discounts: https://www.gog.com/promo/20220502_weekly_sale

Steam has two new deals:

• The daily deal is Fallout 76, 67% off: https://store.steampowered.com/app/1151340/Fallout_76/
• And Motorcycle Mechanic Simulator 2021 will be 25% off during 50 hours: https://store.steampowered.com/app/1078760/Motorcycle_Mechanic_Simulator_2021/

The Humble Store has three new sales:

• The GTA V Sale brings up to 38% discounts during three days. The keys are for the Rockstar launcher: https://www.humblebundle.com/store/promo/grand-theft-auto-v-sale/
• The Star Wars Sale, featuring up to 80% discounts, will last another 3 days. All the keys are for Steam: https://www.humblebundle.com/store/promo/may-the-fourth-sale/
• And the Golden Week Sale, with up to 90% discounts, will last between 4 and 10 days depending of the game. The keys are for Steam: https://www.humblebundle.com/store/promo/golden-week-sale/

Fanatical's Star Deal, that started yesterday, is Victor Vran ARPG, 87% off during another 24 hours: https://www.fanatical.com/en/game/victor-vran-arpg.

SOFTWARE & DRIVERS

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MODS, EMULATORS & FAN PROJECTS

Mortal Kombat Project Ultimate Revitalized 2.5 is available for download
https://www.dsogaming.com/news/mortal-kombat-project-ultimate-revitalized-2-5-is-available-for-download/
Mortal Kombat fans, here is something for you today. Styx KazikluBey has released a brand new version of the free MK Mugen game, Mortal Kombat Project Ultimate Revitalized.
Mortal Kombat Project Ultimate Revitalized is easily one of the best Mortal Kombat Mugen games. As with most MK Mugen games, it features a huge roster. Players can find fighters from pretty much all Mortal Kombat games. Not only that, but you can find 2D versions of fighters that appeared in some 3D Mortal Kombat games. For instance, Reiko, Tanya and Jarek (from Mortal Kombat 4) are playable. Additionally, you can play as all the classic bosses, including Shao Kahn.
Version 2.5 brings numerous new characters and stages. And, as always, all the newly introduced characters have their own finishing moves.

The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim gets an amazing Star Wars Redux 2022 Mod
https://www.dsogaming.com/mods/the-elder-scrolls-v-skyrim-gets-an-amazing-star-wars-redux-2022-mod/
Star Wars fans, here is something for you. Pande4360 has released a must-have Star Wars mod for The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim Special Edition. Star Wars Redux 2022 is a mod that lets you a powerful Jedi or Sith as you see fit by playing the game normally.
The mod replaces most CW soldiers with Stormtroopers and Co and Stormcloaks with Rebels. According to the modder, each have around 3-5 skins to use. Furthermore, it replaces the armors of guards with a more futuristic outfit.
Star Wars Redux 2022 also adds 3 droids to the Dwemer Faction, 5 weapons and tons of melee weapons. Naturally, and since this is a Star Wars mod, it features plenty of lightsabers with the ability to deflect blaster shots. And yes, you will also be able to use Force Powers.

TES3MP 0.8.1 allows you to play The Elder Scrolls III: Morrowind in VR
https://www.dsogaming.com/mods/tes3mp-0-8-1-allows-you-to-play-the-elder-scrolls-iii-morrowind-in-vr/
David C. has released a brand new version of TES3MP, allowing PC gamers to experience The Elder Scrolls III: Morrowind online with VR support. TES3MP is based on OpenMW and, as its name implies, allows you to play Morrowind in multiplayer.
In case you did not know, TES3MP is the multiplayer branch of OpenMW, and not a mod. This basically means that TES3MP is made from the ground up, and uses none of Morrowind’s original engine code. Additionally, its team can add features that would never be possible or even imaginable in a multiplayer mod.
According to the creator, non-VR players can play together with VR players. However, the hand movements of VR players cannot be seen by other players at this time and they show up as using regular animations.

Resident Evil 3 Unreal Engine 4 Fan Remake available for download
https://www.dsogaming.com/news/resident-evil-3-unreal-engine-5-fan-remake-available-for-download/
Indie developer ranj has released an early version of their Resident Evil 3 fan remake in Unreal Engine 4. This fan remake features 30 minutes of gameplay, and supports both classic “fixed camera angles” and a third-person perspective.
Since this is a fan remake, it has a number of bugs and glitches. It also has various placeholder textures/graphics. Most enemy animations are also basic, so you should temper your expectations. Nevertheless, this fan project looks kind of cool.

GAMING NEWS

Star Citizen Alpha 3.17 has been released, new features detailed
https://www.dsogaming.com/news/star-citizen-alpha-3-17-has-been-released-new-features-detailed/
Cloud Imperium has released Star Citizen Alpha 3.17 to all of the game’s backers. This brand new version brings a number of new features, and you can also find below a new trailer dedicated to it.

Here are some brand new screenshots for One Piece Odyssey
https://www.dsogaming.com/screenshot-news/here-are-some-brand-new-screenshots-for-one-piece-odyssey/
Bandai Namco has shared a new set of screenshots for its upcoming One Piece RPG, One Piece Odyssey. These screenshots showcase various characters, enemies and environments. As such, they can give you an idea of the game’s art style.

Next Forza Motorsport is cross-gen, first in-game dev WIP screenshots
https://www.dsogaming.com/news/next-forza-motorsport-is-cross-gen-first-in-game-dev-wip-screenshots/
A rumor surfaced earlier today, suggesting that Forza Motorsport is in beta and some influencers have played it. And, from the looks of it, this new Forza Motorsport will be a cross-gen game, releasing on both old-gen and current-gen platforms. Moreover, the first WIP screenshots for it have been leaked online.

The Cleaner is a new FPS, inspired by John Wick, Hotline Miami & Superhot
https://www.dsogaming.com/news/the-cleaner-is-a-new-fps-inspired-by-john-wick-hotline-miami-superhot/
Dystopia Corp has announced that its new indie FPS, The Cleaner, will release on May 5th. Dystopia Corp has been working on this game for the past four years, and draws inspiration from John Wick, Hotline Miami and Superhot.

Embracer Group to acquire EIDOS, Crystal Dynamics & Square Enix Montreal
https://www.dsogaming.com/news/embracer-group-to-acquire-eidos-crystal-dynamics-square-enix-montreal/
Embracer Group has announced that it has entered into an agreement to acquire the development studios Crystal Dynamics, Eidos-Montréal, Square Enix Montréal, and a catalogue of IPs including Tomb Raider, Deus Ex, Thief, Legacy of Kain and more than 50 back-catalogue games.
>> This came out of nowhere! I fail to understand why S-E has sold them for so little, but oh, well. You can talk about it at konnichiwa's thread.

Monday news, part two:

Former Blizzard Versailles staff have won their legal battle against the company
https://www.pcgamer.com/uk/former-blizzard-versailles-staff-have-won-their-legal-battle-against-the-company/
Back in 2020, Blizzard closed the doors on its French studio in Versailles, putting around 285 people out of work in the middle of a pandemic. Now, those former employees have won their appeal with French courts against Blizzard.

Rocket League's new battle royale mode is great, actually
https://www.pcgamer.com/uk/rocket-leagues-new-battle-royale-mode-is-great-actually/
Rocket League has now been around long enough that many of its event modes have been around for years: but now comes a completely new take which, amazingly enough, gets rid of the ball. The free-for-all Knockout mode is live now until May 10, and is basically an eight-player destruction derby set in new arenas designed for vehicular combat.

It's not just you: Mercy was completely broken in the Overwatch 2 beta
https://www.pcgamer.com/uk/its-not-just-you-mercy-was-completely-broken-in-the-overwatch-2-beta/
For the first three days of the Overwatch 2 beta, Mercy couldn't heal properly. The game's most popular healer had a bug that prevented her healing beam from chaining to allies during her Valkyrie ultimate, squashing any hope of saving her team during a hectic fight. Blizzard issued a patch that fixed the ability today, but a list of problems remain for the support character, which are detailed in this Reddit post by user ihatemouthwash.

Beautiful pixels meet brutal Vikings in this sidescrolling base-builder
https://www.pcgamer.com/uk/beautiful-pixels-meet-brutal-vikings-in-this-sidescrolling-base-builder/
I guess I don't typically associate 2D sidescrollers with base-building, though when I think about it for a minute games like Terraria and Starbound do come to mind. But if I'm gonna compare Sons of Valhalla to something, it'll be a game more like Kingdom. It's a singleplayer action game that's got tons of vicious Viking combat, base-building, strategy, and even RPG elements.

Dead by Daylight made one of its most popular characters gay, and opinions are all over the place
https://www.pcgamer.com/uk/dead-by-daylight-announces-first-gay-character/
The developers of Dead by Daylight announced on Wednesday that David King, a character introduced to the game in 2017, is gay. Reactions ranged from joyful to outraged, and a Reddit thread discussing the decision was ultimately locked.

Total War: Warhammer 3's Immortal Empires DLC is still a fair way off
https://www.pcgamer.com/uk/total-war-warhammer-3s-immortal-empires-dlc-is-still-a-fair-way-off/
Creative Assembly has posted a roadmap of upcoming changes and additions to Total War: Warhammer 3, AKA Princess Maker for daemons, and the long-awaited Immortal Empires is listed as coming in Q3. Warhammer 3's version of Mortal Empires, it's the mode that will combine the factions of every game in the series and put them together on a single map, but it'll only be added in the July - August - September update.

Be a cat, wander a neon city in Stray when it releases this summer
https://www.pcgamer.com/uk/be-a-cat-wander-a-neon-city-in-stray-when-it-releases-this-summer/
One of the neater games we've had our eye on for the past few years was BlueTwelve Studio's Stray, a game about a lost cat wandering a cyberpunk city's neon streets looking for its family. We've had little on the game, though, besides a beautiful trailer put out by publisher Annapurna Interactive. We still don't have much:, but now we have a release window. Stray is coming this summer.

Valheim's mistlands tease some ancient, bronze bound stone ruins
https://www.pcgamer.com/uk/valheims-mistlands-tease-some-ancient-bronze-bound-stone-ruins/
The developers over at Iron Gate AB continue work apace on Valheim's Mistlands update, posting a new developer diary on Steam. (Though I'm sure they also took a small break and celebrated when the game hit 10 million copies sold.)

The Long Dark's getting paid DLC updates for survival mode
https://www.pcgamer.com/uk/the-long-darks-getting-paid-dlc-updates-for-survival-mode/
After a successful Kickstarter, Hinterland Games released hardcore survival game The Long Dark via Early Access in 2014, hitting version 1.0 in 2017. It's continued receiving free updates since, both to its episodic story mode Wintermute and its survival mode, but as director Raphael van Lierop explains in this month's developer diary, that's going to change.

LudoNarraCon, the online convention for story-games, returns on May 5
https://www.pcgamer.com/uk/ludonarracon-the-online-convention-for-story-games-returns-on-may-5/
Indie publisher Fellow Traveller is bringing back its digital convention for celebrating narrative games this year. LudoNarraCon 2022 will run from May 5–9 and feature 42 exhibiting games hosting livestreams on their Steam pages. There will be 33 game demos available, as well as more than 100 hours of video, and 12 live panels.

Genshin Impact 2.7 is indefinitely delayed
https://www.pcgamer.com/uk/genshin-impact-27-is-indefinitely-delayed/
Genshin Impact's Version 2.7 update has been postponed, with no news of when the announcement of a new date will come. Developers miHoYo announced the delay this week via Twitter. "Due to project progress, the Version 2.7 update will be postponed. For detailed information on the date of the new update, content adjustment plan, and compensation, please stay tuned for upcoming announcements," it said.

Sentry is an upcoming wave defense FPS about alien hordes invading your spaceship
https://www.pcgamer.com/uk/sentry-is-an-upcoming-wave-defense-fps-about-alien-hordes-invading-your-spaceship/
Indie developers Fireblade Software have announced a new game, Sentry, for 2023 release. In Sentry you're a defender trying to save a human ship as it flees a defeated Earth pursued by alien threats. When the aliens catch up to your ship you've got to fight in a dynamic defensive campaign that sees you holding off the enemy from different ship systems. The combination of First-Person Shooter and Tower Defense might remind you of classic-to-some Sanctum.

Megachill tile-placing game with a weird name, Dorfromantik, is out
https://www.pcgamer.com/uk/megachill-tile-placing-game-with-a-weird-name-dorfromantik-is-out/
Delightful casual game Dorfromantik is finally finished, with its 1.0 update dropping this past week. It's a game that I find deeply joyous, one where you put down little hexagonal tiles with slices of countryside to try and fulfill cute objectives... which give you more tiles... to make a larger sprawl of fields and villages... until you run out of tiles. Then you start over again. It's all set to a lovely soundtrack that got six new tracks for release.

Dead Cells is getting accessibility features, including an assist mode
https://www.pcgamer.com/uk/dead-cells-is-getting-accessibility-features-including-an-assist-mode/
After a year in Early Access, bastard-hard action-platformer Dead Cells arrived at version 1.0 in 2018. It's still being updated regularly, with recent additions including The Queen and the Sea DLC and free add-on Break the Bank. There's more to come. In a recent interview with Twinfinite, marketing manager Matthew Houghton said, "When I first arrived at Dead Cells around a year ago, Arthur [Décamp, designer] showed me the game and what the team still had and I said, 'OK, so we are only about halfway through Dead Cells now.'"

Microsoft Flight Simulator is getting FSR support along with DLSS
https://www.pcgamer.com/uk/microsoft-flight-simulator-is-getting-fsr-support-along-with-dlss/
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Asobo, the developer of Microsoft Flight Simulator, has confirmed it's set to receive AMD FSR 2.0 support. This is in addition to previously announced Nvidia DLSS support. Both upscaling technologies will help to boost performance at higher resolutions.

Here's adorably delightful metroidvania Haiku, the Robot
https://www.pcgamer.com/uk/heres-adorably-delightful-metroidvania-haiku-the-robot/
A little robot lost in a big robot world, that's pretty much the plot of Haiku the Robot, a recently-released indie with a pretty big heart. Jumping, dodging, blinking, and zipping around a rusting world of robots, Haiku is a side-scrolling action game with a progression system similar to games like Hollow Knight.

AMD RDNA3 GPUs get new toned down specifications, Navi 31 with up to 12288 Stream Processors

https://videocardz.com/newz/amd-rdna3-gpus-get-new-toned-down-specifications-navi-31-with-up-to-12288-stream-processors

Can't wait until the GPUs release so don't have to see these so called leakers keep flip flopping

VESA announces AdaptiveSync open performance standard for gaming display variable refresh rate

https://videocardz.com/press-release/vesa-announces-adaptivesync-open-performance-standard-for-gaming-display-variable-refresh-rate

The Worst Pre-Built We've Ever Reviewed: Alienware R13 $5000 Gaming PC Benchmarks

Certainly sounds like an alien spaceship, I'll give them that. When they test the 12900k, the shat cooler allows the 12900k to boost up to it's rated speed for 53 seconds and then clocks down so heavily that it turns into a 12700k. Obviously there's no room to OC or anything.

Well, it's less than 6 months before we know the real and final specs of both AMD and Nvidia. Hopefully. Meanwhile, I'll give this new rumor the same credit as the ones before it: none.

As for Dell, that's just embarrassing. It takes a special kind of incompetence to build a system that performs worse than the individual parts, specially for that much money.

While making the news, I knew I was forgeting something, but I didn't know what... until now. I forgot to put the Steam's top 10!

Here they are:

The Tuesday news:

SALES /PLAYER COUNT & DEALS

Steam has a new hub for roguelikes, roguelites, soulslikes, and metroidvanias
https://www.pcgamer.com/uk/steam-has-a-new-hub-for-roguelikes-roguelites-soulslikes-and-metroidvanias/
Valve's latest experiment with Steam's hubs is Going Rogue: A Festival of Persistence, featuring sales and discounts aplenty on roguelikes and their many adjacent, well-blended genres. You know, roguelikes, roguelites, soulslikes, and metroidvanias. The event will last for a week, from May 2-9.
But of course, that's not the only deal at Steam:

• The first daily deal is Kingdoms of Amalur: Re-Reckoning, 67% off: https://store.steampowered.com/app/1041720/Kingdoms_of_Amalur_ReReckoning/
• The second daily deal is Ni no Kuni II: Revenant Kingdom, 85% off: https://store.steampowered.com/app/589360/Ni_no_Kuni_II_Revenant_Kingdom/
• The first Midweek Madness deal is Project Hospital, 60% off until Thursday: https://store.steampowered.com/app/868360/Project_Hospital/
• The Star Wars Sale features up to 80% discounts until May 5: https://store.steampowered.com/sale/starwarsday2022
• Warner Bros puts its Tolkien based games on sale, between 50 and 85% off until Thursday 5: https://store.steampowered.com/sale/SpringInTheShire
• NARAKA: BLADEPOINT is free to try during another 25 hours and 30% off until Friday: https://store.steampowered.com/app/1203220/NARAKA_BLADEPOINT/
• And here are some of the weeklong deals:
  • Despot's Game: Dystopian Army Builder, still in Early Access, gets a 20% discount: https://store.steampowered.com/app/1227280/Despots_Game_Dystopian_Army_Builder/
  • Tainted Grail: Conquest is 35% off: https://store.steampowered.com/app/1199030/Tainted_Grail_Conquest/
  • Owlboy gets a 50% discount: https://store.steampowered.com/app/115800/Owlboy/
  • Bloodstained: Ritual of the Night is 60% off: https://store.steampowered.com/app/692850/Bloodstained_Ritual_of_the_Night/
  • And Aggelos gets a 85% discount: https://store.steampowered.com/app/717310/Aggelos/

The Humble Store has a new sale starring Degica, that puts its games up to 90% off during 3 days. There are keys for Steam and 1 for GOG: https://www.humblebundle.com/store/promo/degica-publisher-sale/.

Fanatical has two new deals:

• The Star Deal is Partisans 1941, 83% off during 48 hours: https://www.fanatical.com/en/game/partisans-1941
• And the new Staff Picks BYOB features 20 games to choose your 1, 5 or 10 games bundle: https://www.fanatical.com/en/pick-and-mix/staff-picks-build-your-own-bundle

SOFTWARE & DRIVERS

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MODS, EMULATORS & FAN PROJECTS

These Elden Ring double-bladed lightsaber mods are not canon
https://www.pcgamer.com/uk/these-elden-ring-double-bladed-lightsaber-mods-are-not-canon/
Modders over on the Elden Ring Nexus are now chasing after the legendary absurdity of the Skyrim mod scene, with two ambitious ne'er do wells implementing double-bladed lightsabers in the game.
The Phantom Menace's reputation is mostly shot at this point, but Darth Maul's infamous saberstaff has proven a boon to roleplayers and cosplayers the world over. I challenge you to find a single "OC" who uses a plain jane regular lightsaber these days.
Elden Ring's analogue twinblades already owe a lot to that iconic piece of sci-fi cinema, given that there aren't really any historical examples of the form to draw on. The Double-Bladed Lightsaber Pack by Xelerate and Eleonara's Lightsaber by KeyGerstrike take things even further.

Titanfall 2's best mode comes to Northstar's fan-run servers
https://www.pcgamer.com/uk/titanfall-2s-best-mode-comes-to-northstars-fan-run-servers/
Listen—Titanfall 2: Northstar is phenomenal. A fan-run server browser built to revive a game long suffering under bot and DDoS attacks, it's single-handedly responsible for ensuring Titanfall 2 remains not just playable in 2022, but bigger, stranger and more creative than ever.
But for all its new modes and modded servers, Northstar's long been missing the beating heart of Titanfall multiplayer. Until this week, it was missing Attrition.

GAMING NEWS

Serious Sam: Siberian Mayhem Patch 1.03 released, adds Editor, Survival Mode & New Player Models
https://www.dsogaming.com/patches/serious-sam-siberian-mayhem-patch-1-03-released-adds-editor-survival-mode-new-player-models/
Timelock Studio has released Patch 1.03 for Serious Sam: Siberian Mayhem. According to its release notes, this brand new update adds the Serious Editor, a Survival Mode, and some new player models.

Ghostwire: Tokyo May 2nd Update improves performance & mouse/keyboard controls, full patch notes
https://www.dsogaming.com/patches/ghostwire-tokyo-may-2nd-update-improves-performance-mouse-keyboard-controls-full-patch-notes/
Tango Gameworks has released a brand new update for Ghostwire: Tokyo. According to the release notes, the May 2nd Update improves the game’s performance. Moreover, it improves mouse/keyboard input when weaving, and adds a “Mouse Smoothing” setting.

Action RPG Thymesia releases on PC on August 9th
https://www.dsogaming.com/news/action-rpg-thymesia-releases-on-pc-on-august-9th/
OverBorder Studio has announced that its upcoming action RPG, Thymesia, will release on August 9th. In order to celebrate this announcement, the team released a new trailer that you can find below.

PC demo released for the Unreal Engine 4-powered 16-bit Zelda-inspired game, Airoheart
https://www.dsogaming.com/news/pc-demo-released-for-the-unreal-engine-4-powered-16-bit-zelda-inspired-game-airoheart/
In January, we informed you about a new 16-bit Zelda-inspired game that will be using Unreal Engine 4, Airoheart. And earlier this week, SOEDESCO released a free PC demo for it on Steam, allowing PC gamers to get a taste of it.