My guess is that the zen4 3D CPUs won't launch at CES but a bit later, but hopefully not as late as June, and that's why we have less leaks about them.

And yeah, the 4070Ti will likely launch at the same price as the 4080 12GB was announced. Even if AMD could compete, which it hardly can, Nvidia doesn't really care.

The RPCS3 team is nuts. The amount of work it likely took them to get it to this level probably had a lot of man hours put in. Great job to them.

It is, indeed, an immense task, and they're doing a wonderful job.

But they'll still need a lot more work until all the games are playable, if that's even possible.

Well here is my Steam Replay https://s.team/y22/nvhrbt?l=english
Most of my gaming time this year has been on other platforms. But from December you can see my Steamdeck has took up a lot of my gaming time that would be much higher if the replay chart could show emulation usage and games from other stores that i been playing on it .

Considering how big the gap was between the two 4080s, the 7900XT should still come out on top, and by some margin, even without better drivers. 23% less Cuda cores, 25% less L2 cache, 33% less bandwidth and only a 100Mhz higher clock rate is simply not enough to compensate as the 7900XT is generally less than 10% behind the 4080 on aggregate.

A bit underwhelming considering the ~30% higher power limit (175W to 135W)

Remember a few debates I had on this forum that the complexity and performance of the Cell was going to hold back emulation efforts... And here we are today.

Not only does RSPC3 have better performance than Xbox 360 emulators... But better compatibility too.

But it actually speaks volume to the architects of RSPC3 and their skills, it's impressive.

I wouldn't continue to overestimate Radeon and underestimate Nvidia after how disappointing the launch has been. The difference between 7900XT and 4080 once you remove the CPU limitations is more like 14-15% rather than less than 10%...

I am also not sure where you got the 135 watt power limit from?

I wouldnt worry about that, im pretty sure lots of people thought it was going to be hard or near impossible to emulate.

The Wednesday news, again, all in one post:

SALES /PLAYER COUNT & DEALS

Today's free game at the Epic Store is Mortal Shell: https://store.epicgames.com/en-US/p/mortal-shell.

GOG has three new Deals of the Day, available until Friday:

• DYSMANTLE gets a 50% discount: https://www.gog.com/en/game/dysmantle
• CrossCode is going to be 52% off: https://www.gog.com/en/game/crosscode
• And Lula: The Sexy Empire features a 72% discount: https://www.gog.com/en/game/lula_the_sexy_empire

And Fanatical's new Star Deal is Star Wars Collection, with 14 games, with an 81% discount during 48 hours: https://www.fanatical.com/en/bundle/star-wars-collection.

SOFTWARE & DRIVERS

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MODS, EMULATORS & FAN PROJECTS

Playstation 4 emulator, fpPS4, can run for the first time a 3D game at acceptable framerates
https://www.dsogaming.com/videotrailer-news/playstation-4-emulator-fpps4-can-run-for-the-first-time-a-3d-game-at-acceptable-framerates/
John GodGames Emus has shared a video, showcasing Oceanhorn: Monster of Uncharted Seas running on the Playstation 4 emulator, fpPS4, at acceptable framerates. This is the first 3D game that this PS4 emulator can run at acceptable framerates.
Now as you will see, emulation is not perfect yet. There are currently a lot of graphical glitches and bugs, meaning that the game is not fully playable. And even though this is a somehow simple 3D game, it’s a huge step for this open-source emulator.
>> The video is 11 minutes long.

Elden Ring gets an amazing One Piece Content Mod Pack
https://www.dsogaming.com/mods/elden-ring-gets-a-one-piece-content-mod-pack/
MrMorritos3D has released an amazing One Piece content mod pack for FromSoftware’s fantasy action RPG, Elden Ring. This mod changes a lot of the Elden Ring bosses with characters/villains from One Piece. Moreover, it allows you to control Luffy himself.
>> Check the article to discoverthe "new bosses", see screenshots and also a video of it.

Red Dead Redemption 2 gets an HD Texture Pack, overhauling all ground & rock textures
https://www.dsogaming.com/mods/red-dead-redemption-2-gets-an-hd-texture-pack-overhauling-all-ground-rock-textures/
Modder ‘WickedHorseMan’ has released a new HD Texture Pack for Red Dead Redemption 2. This pack aims to improve the game’s graphics by overhauling all ground and rock textures.
The modder has used AI techniques, like ESRGAN, in order to upscale the textures by four times. Do note, however, that the normal maps and reflection textures have not been touched.
Since the modder has used AI techniques to enhance the vanilla textures, we highly recommend using it. After all, these new textures retain the art style of the original/vanilla ones.

GAMING NEWS

Tarkov's new urban map is packed with atmosphere, take a look ahead of release
https://www.pcgamer.com/tarkovs-new-urban-map-is-packed-with-atmosphere-take-a-look-ahead-of-release/
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Escape from Tarkov's upcoming 0.13 patch will introduce the long-awaited Streets of Tarkov map, an area of dense urban buildup packed with buildings, wrecked cars, and disintegrating infrastructure. The trailer for the patch, posted on Youtube and above, shows off some environments and more. The patch will supposedly also include a new boss. Maybe those guys on the APC we saw last year.

I love making the news this X-mas days. They're so short!

AMD Locked Radeon RX 7000 Series Power Play Tables, Limiting Overclocking

https://www.tomshardware.com/news/rx-7000-series-power-play-lock-out

It's like every day, there's something new that's bad about 7000 series

Intel Meteor Lake Confirmed To Offer AV1 Encoding & Decoding Support

https://wccftech.com/intel-meteor-lake-confirmed-to-offer-av1-encoding-decoding-support/

MSI MAG B760M Mortar Max WIFI Motherboard To Feature Non-K BCLK OC With Intel 12th & 13th Gen CPUs

https://wccftech.com/msi-mag-b760m-mortar-max-wifi-motherboard-to-feature-non-k-bclk-oc-with-intel-12th-13th-gen-cpus/

We will see if this makes it into release

NVIDIA confirms “GeForce Beyond” broadcast on January 3rd, RTX 40 Laptop and RTX 4070 Ti desktop GPUs incoming

https://videocardz.com/newz/nvidia-confirms-geforce-beyond-broadcast-on-january-3rd-rtx-40-laptop-and-rtx-4070-ti-desktop-gpus-incoming

It's crazy how fast time flies