Valve is just a very very small team. - Their flat organization during the 2010's is just a very inefficient method to allocate work to employees as employees will naturally gravitate to work they want to do, rather than what needs to be done... And if you don't have everyone on the same page, then nothing gets done.

360 employees to build games, build game engines, build Steam, support Steam... Work with 3rd parties.
But also output gaming hardware like handhelds, desktops, controllers? That's actually impressive when you think about it... But it will always mean that game output will be slower.

I am going to assume you are just building a moderately equipped rig and just throwing a little bit of money at it every few years?

Otherwise, I would personally consider the Ryzen 7700/7700X to be the go with it's 2x extra cores... Would offer much longer system longevity... I had a 6-core rig in 2010, coming up on 15 years soon... And whilst that is fine today, I feel in a few years time it will struggle, especially if you do any multi-tasking... Or play a ton of CIV.

Don't be afraid to spend big on an AMD board, I always have, you are paying for features, plus you keep it around for much longer, AM6 is many many years away.

The Tuesday news:

SALES /PLAYER COUNT & DEALS

GOG has another GIVEAWAY: Alwa's Awakening will be free to get during the next 46 hours: https://www.gog.com/en/game/alwas_awakening.

Steam has several new deals and new weeklong deals:

• The Life and Suffering of Sir Brante is 60% off until April 3rd: https://store.steampowered.com/app/1272160/The_Life_and_Suffering_of_Sir_Brante/
• The Overcooked Franchise is up to 81% off until next Monday: https://store.steampowered.com/sale/overcookedfranchisesale
• The Dungeons & Dragons Franchise Sale comes with up to 75% discounts until Monday, April 3rd: https://store.steampowered.com/sale/dnddirect2023
• Forza Horizon 5 will be 40% off until the 6th of April: https://store.steampowered.com/app/1551360/Forza_Horizon_5/
• And here's a small sample of the weeklong deals:
  • Void Scrappers is 20% off: https://store.steampowered.com/app/2005210/Void_Scrappers/
  • ARMORED HEAD gets a 40% discount: https://store.steampowered.com/app/805590/ARMORED_HEAD/
  • ColdSide is half its price: https://store.steampowered.com/app/1098270/ColdSide/
  • Out of Space gets a 66% discount: https://store.steampowered.com/app/400080/Out_of_Space/
  • And The Little Acre is 80% off: https://store.steampowered.com/app/423590/The_Little_Acre/

The Humble Store has three new sales:

• The Build & Destroy Sale comes with up to 90% discounts during 6 days. There are keys for Steam, GOG and EGS: https://www.humblebundle.com/store/promo/build-destroy-sale/
• The REMastered Sale also comes with up to 90% discounts during 6 days. All the keys are for Steam except one, also for GOG: https://www.humblebundle.com/store/promo/remastered-sale/
• And the March Mayhem Sale included the above deals and more, with up to 90% deals (obviously). Some deals will last longer than others, so check it out by yourselves. There are keys for Steam, GOG, EGS and UPlay: https://www.humblebundle.com/store/promo/marchmayhemsale/

SOFTWARE & DRIVERS

Steam will ditch Windows 7 and 8 support next year
https://www.pcgamer.com/steam-will-ditch-windows-7-and-8-support-next-year/
If you're reading this on a PC running Windows 7, Windows 8 or Windows 8.1, then it's bad news, I'm afraid: Steam won't work on your computer next year. Valve announced as much today, and it's all because of Google Chrome.
"The newest features in Steam rely on an embedded version of Google Chrome, which no longer functions on older versions of Windows," Valve's typically curt announcement reads. "In addition, future versions of Steam will require Windows feature and security updates only present in Windows 10 and above."
If you are running Windows 7 or 8 to play games, then you're extremely in the minority. According to Steam's February Hardware and Software Survey, only 0.09% of users run Windows 7, while 1.43% use the 64 bit version. It's less than half a percent for Windows 8.1, too.

MODS, EMULATORS & FAN PROJECTS

This mod that automatically drops all the junk you pick up in Fallout might be the most important ever made
https://www.pcgamer.com/this-mod-that-automatically-drops-all-the-junk-you-pick-up-in-fallout-might-be-the-most-important-ever-made/
Pack it up, modders, we're done. We've scaled the peak, ascended the summit, and hit the outer limit. All previous mods were just a prelude to this, the culmination of the artform: Auto Drop for Fallout: New Vegas from Sweet6Shooter weighs in at about 4 kilobytes, and I think it could save me enough time to write the next great American novel.
We've all spent many, many hours of our lives with Gamebryo, the weird and wobbly engine that's underpinned everything Bethesda has made since The Elder Scrolls 4: Oblivion, so you'll know that it can sometimes be a little imprecise. Specifically, it's incredibly easy to waggle your crosshair over a burned book, a rusty iron sword, or some other piece of ephemeral junk while you're trying to pick up something actually cool and valuable.
It's never a big problem until you realise you've somehow accumulated 20 kilograms of erlenmeyer flasks and cheese wheels, and you have to laboriously pick through your inventory to dump them all in some dungeon so that you can fast travel back home. It's tedious, disruptive, and makes you feel more like a wandering Collyer brother than the hero of a sprawling RPG. But Auto Drop solves that (at least in New Vegas), forcing your character to drop anything you've marked as junk the second they pick it up, as though suddenly struck by a surge of mental clarity.

GAMING NEWS

Diablo 4 is the second triple-A game that supports DirectStorage on PC
https://www.dsogaming.com/news/diablo-4-is-the-second-triple-a-game-that-supports-directstorage-on-pc/
The Open Beta phase for Diablo 4 is over and according to its files, Blizzard’s hack n slash RPG supports DirectStorage on PC. This is the second triple-A game that supports DirectStorage on PC (the first one is Forspoken).

Boundary will no longer feature Ray Tracing, ditches DLSS over FSR & XeSS
https://www.dsogaming.com/news/boundary-will-no-longer-feature-ray-tracing-ditches-dlss-over-fsr-xess/
What do Atomic Heart and Boundary have in common? Well, both of them had exclusive Ray Tracing effects (and even benchmarks) that were cut from their retail versions. Yes yes, even though Surgical Scalpels showcased some really GPU-heavy RT effects for this online FPS, the game will not feature any of them at launch.

Free-to-play looter shooter, SYNCED, will release this Summer
https://www.dsogaming.com/news/free-to-play-looter-shooter-synced-will-release-this-summer/
Level Infinite and developer NExT Studios have announced that the upcoming companion-based looter shooter SYNCED will be available on PC this Summer. In order to celebrate this announcement, the teams have also released a new trailer that you can find below.

Crime Boss: Rockay City releases today so here are two new trailers for it
https://www.dsogaming.com/videotrailer-news/crime-boss-rockay-city-releases-today-so-here-are-two-new-trailers-for-it/
Crime Boss: Rockay City will release later today and 505 Games has released two new trailers for it. The first one is its cinematic launch trailer, whereas the second one details its available game modes.

The Tuesday news, part two:

I can't wait for this ambitious, procgen Deus Ex-like to hit early access next month
https://www.pcgamer.com/i-cant-wait-for-this-ambitious-procgen-deus-ex-like-to-hit-early-access-next-month/
Shadows of Doubt, the noir immersive sim that we once called "Deus Ex for incorrigible snoops" has got an early access release date. You'll be able to stalk its voxelized streets and read everyone else's emails (but in, like, a good guy way) on April 24 this year.

Resident Evil 4 remake has a funny Easter egg that lets you skip the first major fight
https://www.pcgamer.com/resident-evil-4-remake-has-a-funny-easter-egg-that-lets-you-skip-the-first-major-fight/
(...)
It turns out that in R4 remake Capcom has added an easter egg allowing players to skip this encounter. That church bell, it turns out, is visible from various vantage points in the village and, if you hit it successfully with a bullet, it will ring. So you can start the fight, run straight into the house that triggers the appearance of the chainsaw, then immediately clamber out to the roof, dink the bell, and end matters after a few seconds. This chap shows how though, as that's not embeddable, you can see the same clip in the below tweet.

Surprise! The hit fighting game Multiversus was only in 'open beta' and now it's shutting down until sometime next year
https://www.pcgamer.com/surprise-the-hit-fighting-game-multiversus-was-only-in-open-beta-and-now-its-shutting-down-until-sometime-next-year/
Multiversus is going offline in June and won't be back until sometime in early 2024, and the reason is very strange: Warner Bros. Games says the game was never actually released but only in open beta.

Former Sims lead says men would lie about how they played during focus groups: 'Actually, what you did is you redecorated that bathroom'
https://www.pcgamer.com/former-sims-lead-says-men-would-lie-about-how-they-played-during-focus-groups-actually-what-you-did-is-you-redecorated-that-bathroom/
One reason people play life sims, says former Sims studio head Rod Humble, is that they offer a noncommittal way to explore self-identity. Players can try on lifestyles and experiences they're curious about, but if they feel uncomfortable, they can always hit the eject button by deciding that they're playing a game about their sims rather than as them. That tendency to experiment and then retreat was completely apparent during focus groups, according to Humble, because players would deny doing things he watched them do.

This Vampire Survivors-like has convinced me that imitation isn't such a bad thing
https://www.pcgamer.com/this-vampire-survivors-like-has-convinced-me-that-imitation-isnt-such-a-bad-thing/
I was initially circumspect of the wave of imitators that followed after last year's fantastic bullet hell horde mode shooter, Vampire Survivors. I like the original, dang it, I don't need all these copies! Great examples of the genre like Picayune Dreams and now Boneraiser Minions are really making me change my tune though, and the latter recently released out of early access on March 9 to "Overwhelmingly Positive" reviews on Steam. We appreciated this hordelike roguelike even when it was still under development, and creator caiys has only added to the experience since we last checked in.

Diablo 4 quest designer explains how they put the RP in RPG with one simple choice
https://www.pcgamer.com/diablo-4-quest-designer-explains-how-they-put-the-rp-in-rpg-with-one-simple-choice/
An early Diablo 4 quest lets you pick what troubles you the most for a cleansing ritual. Your choice doesn't change how the story plays out, but the quest accomplishes two important goals early in the game, according to one of its designers.

Former Dragon Age boss Mark Darrah returns to work on Dreadwolf
https://www.pcgamer.com/former-dragon-age-boss-mark-darrah-returns-to-work-on-dreadwolf/
A VentureBeat report says former Dragon Age executive producer Mark Darrah, who left BioWare along with general manager Casey Hudson in December 2020, has come back to work as a consultant on the upcoming Dragon Age: Dreadwolf. EA also told the site that as production on the next Dragon Age moves forward, the bulk of the Mass Effect development team will join in to help get it finished.

Don't bother playing loads of CS:GO now if you want in on the Counter-Strike 2 test, Valve doesn't care
https://www.pcgamer.com/dont-bother-playings-loads-of-csgo-now-if-you-want-in-on-the-counter-strike-2-test-valve-doesnt-care/
The thought crossed my mind, too: I didn't get into the Counter-Strike 2 limited test, but what if I jump into CS:GO for a few nights, boost my playtime, and see if Valve's light shines bright on me? As Valve detailed last week on Twitter, Counter-Strike 2 test participants have been selected based on a variety of factors, including "recent playtime on Valve official servers, trust factor, and Steam account standing."

Ubisoft joins Sony, Nintendo and Microsoft in skipping E3 2023
https://www.pcgamer.com/ubisoft-joins-sony-nintendo-and-microsoft-in-skipping-e3-2023/
E3 returns in June, and for the first time since 2019, it'll return to the Los Angeles Convention Center. The gaming industry's biggest convention was cancelled in 2020 and 2022 due to the Covid-19 pandemic, with a scaled back online version hosted in 2021. Much has changed during those three years however, and now Ubisoft has joined Sony, Microsoft and Nintendo in confirming it'll be a no show.

GameCube and Wii emulator Dolphin is coming to Steam this year
https://www.pcgamer.com/gamecube-and-wii-emulator-dolphin-is-coming-to-steam-this-year/
A year ago I wrote about the Steam Deck being the emulation system of my dreams, and it's only gotten better since then thanks to projects like Emudeck that simplify the process of getting emulators up and running on the handheld. But it can't get any easier than clicking "install" in Steam, and that's soon going to be the reality for Dolphin, the incredible GameCube and Wii emulator I've used to play games like Mario Galaxy and The Legend of Zelda: The Wind Waker in 4K. It's officially coming to Steam.
>> Great news, but I can't help but wonder if that will bring troubles to Valve with Nintendo once people start talking about how and where to get GC/Wii games to use on that emulator.

Workers allege crunch and intimidation at Ubisoft's Just Dance studio
https://www.pcgamer.com/workers-allege-crunch-and-intimidation-at-ubisofts-just-dance-studio/
Things aren't going well for Ubisoft's developers. Barely a month after reports surfaced of staff pushed to breaking point at the company's Beyond Good and Evil 2 studio, devs at Ubisoft Paris are now speaking out about an epidemic of "morally and physically exhausting" work at the studio, where they're regularly pressured to crunch and projects are subject to sweeping overhauls months before launch.

Kerbal's creator is back with a new model vehicle sim, says 'early access is not what it used to be'
https://www.pcgamer.com/kerbals-creator-is-back-with-a-new-model-vehicle-sim-says-early-access-is-not-what-it-used-to-be/
In 2021, developer Felipe "HarvesteR" Falanghe, the creator of Kerbal Space Program, launched a new game on Steam called Balsa Model Flight Simulator. His follow-up to Kerbal reflected much of the same spirit as the space sim that eventually became a PC phenomenon: it was open-ended, focused around building and flying your own vehicles, and based on a childhood passion. (...)
The new version of the game revealed today, Kitbash Model Club, broadens the focus from model plans to include building and controlling model boats and cars, too, with a name inspired by Adam Savage and Lucasfilm's model makers. The material itself was always less important than the idea of mashing together cool parts to see what you could build.

Kerbal creator figured out an ingenious way to redesign his new flight sim's map: import it from Cities: Skylines
https://www.pcgamer.com/kerbal-creator-figured-out-an-ingenious-way-to-redesign-his-new-flight-sims-map-import-it-from-cities-skylines/
Tell me an RPG developer used a tabletop roleplaying system to sketch out the design for their new videogame? I sleep. Tell me the creator of Kerbal Space Program used another sim—the most popular city builder of the past decade—to create the map for his model plane flight simulation? Real shit. I can't think of a more PC gaming solution to indie game development.

Company of Heroes 3 update introduces more than '1,300 bug fixes, changes and improvements' along with free and premium cosmetics
https://www.pcgamer.com/company-of-heroes-3-update-introduces-more-than-1300-bug-fixes-changes-and-improvements-along-with-free-and-premium-cosmetics/
Operation Sapphire Jackal, Company of Heroes 3's first "major" update, is out today. Relic has outlined what you can expect from the patch, including the ability to earn Merits that will allow you to unlock a variety of cosmetics from the in-game store, gussying up your troops.

Something like that. The idea is to get the basis of a new system and take advantage of the longevity of AMD's platforms to upgrade the CPU down the road. Plus also getting a new GPU once AMD/Nvidia or even Intel release something worth it at a reasonable price point (this one will take a while). But that's mostly it, I'm not planning to change the RAM or and other bits.

I've said a few times in the thread that I'd prefer to go with an 8-core CPU to ease my mind. But given the cost of motherboards (by the way, GamersNexus has a rant video about the price and lack of features of new boards) and a 32GB of DDR5 memory kit (I know it's not enough for you, but I'm not such a power user as you are), plus several extra parts like a new CPU cooler and a couple of NVMe drives, I have to make some cuts. That's why I've decided to go with a 7600X and upgrade to an 8-core part in a few years (say 9800X or 10800X or whatever) when they go down in price.

After all, while 6 cores may not be a lot to you, you have to keep in mind that I'm running an i5-4670k CPU. That's 4 cores and 4 threads. Compare that to the 7600X with 50% more cores, three times more threads and a +50% IPC increase plus the extra speed. It wil be a big upgrade for me.

Finally, when it comes to spending big on a motherboard, these are the prices of the ATX sized X670 motherboards in the 3 stores I'll get the different bits from, listed by price:

Only 3 boards have the 7-segment display (I had no idea it was called this way), the Asus ROG Strix X670E-E Gaming Wi-Fi, Asus ROG Crosshair X670E Hero and the MSI MPG X670E CARBON WIFI, and none of those goes below the 500€ mark.

Leaving aside the "well priced" Gigabyte X670 Gaming X AX, I've had two Gigabyte motherboards in my life and both have given me problems, therefore no more Giga boards for me, and seeing the difference in price they have, my apparently better options seem to be the Asus TUF Gaming X670E-Plus or ASRock's X670E PG Ligthning and X670E Pro RS products... and they're 100€ more than the CPU itself .

I'll have to give the B650 boards another look...

Yeah they are a small team, that does a helleva a lot of things. Can imagine a lot people on R&D going on hardware as well as software. And idd pretty crazy output the last few years all considering.. just wished they focused on games though xP Not sure if its a rare thing for them but they outsource work as well, like getting Turtle Rock Studios on CS: Condition Zero and Left for Dead. So that could be another thing they could do in current/future projects.

The Wednesday news, all in one post:

SALES /PLAYER COUNT & DEALS

Steam's Top 10

Check the top 100 list here.

It took the original Resident Evil 4 a year to hit 3 million sales, but the remake has done it in 2 days
https://www.pcgamer.com/it-took-the-original-resident-evil-4-a-year-to-hit-3-million-sales-but-the-remake-has-done-it-in-2-days/
The latest nostalgic trip into the Resident Evil games of yore is off to a strong start. According to Capcom, the Resident Evil 4 remake hit 3 million sales in only two days—a fact the publisher is naturally quite chuffed about.
The original Resident Evil 4 is a much-loved part of the series, but it took nearly a year for it to hit this sales milestone. It's a strong sign that interest in Resident Evil is as strong as it's ever been, though there are plenty of other factors to consider, like the growing number of gamers and the larger number of platforms the remake launched on. The original only launched on Gamecube and PS2 initially, while the remake is available on PS4, PS5, Xbox Series X, Xbox Series S and PC.
>> Launching on the GameCube didn't help. Anyway, Zippy6 has made a thread about this milestone.

GOG has 9 new Deals of the Day, that will last until Friday:

• The House of Da Vinci 3 is 20% off: https://www.gog.com/en/game/the_house_of_da_vinci_3
• Under The Moon gets a 29% discount: https://www.gog.com/en/game/under_the_moon
• Jack Move is 30% off: https://www.gog.com/en/game/jack_move
• Tempest 4000 gets a 42% discount: https://www.gog.com/en/game/tempest_4000
• The Dragon's Lair Trilogy is half its price: https://www.gog.com/en/game/dragons_lair_trilogy
• Skeletal Avenger gets a 60% discount: https://www.gog.com/en/game/skeletal_avenger
• Tower of Guns is also 60% off: https://www.gog.com/en/game/tower_of_guns
• Crossroads Inn Anniversary Edition sports an 80% discount: https://www.gog.com/en/game/crossroads_inn
• And GRIP is 86% off: https://www.gog.com/en/game/grip

Steam has two new deals:

• Foxhole will be 30% off until March 31: https://store.steampowered.com/app/505460/Foxhole/
• And SkateBIRD will get a 76% discount until the 4th of April: https://store.steampowered.com/app/971030/SkateBIRD/

And Fanatical's new Star Deal is Wasteland 3, 77% off during 48 hours: https://www.fanatical.com/en/game/wasteland-3.

SOFTWARE & DRIVERS

INTEL Arc & Iris Graphics 31.0.101.4257
https://videocardz.com/driver/intel-arc-iris-graphics-31-0-101-4257
Highlights
Intel® Game On Driver support on Intel® Arc™ A-series Graphics for:

• Crime Boss

>> The new driver also talks about a lot of known issues, listed in the article.

MODS, EMULATORS & FAN PROJECTS

First Ashley Nude Mod released for Resident Evil 4 Remake
https://www.dsogaming.com/mods/first-ashley-nude-mod-released-for-resident-evil-4-remake/
We all knew this would happen. And to be honest, I was expecting the first nude mod for Ashley to release way sooner. But anyway, as the title suggests, the first nude mod for Resident Evil 4 Remake’s “ballistic girl“, Ashley, is available for download.
Now in case you did not catch it, the “ballistic girl” line is a reference to the original Resident Evil 4 game. In that version, Luis “compliments” Ashley when they first meet. And yes, Capcom removed that line from the remake. However, the company did keep Ashley’s boob physics (so that’s at least something).
>> As usual with this kind of mods, there are no pics or videos, but there's a link to the page (a russian one) that hosts the mods.

GAMING NEWS

The Last of Us Part I suffers from the same mouse camera panning stutters of UNCHARTED: Legacy of Thieves Collection
https://www.dsogaming.com/news/the-last-of-us-part-i-suffers-from-the-same-mouse-camera-panning-stutters-of-uncharted-legacy-of-thieves-collection/
One of our biggest gripes with UNCHARTED: Legacy of Thieves Collection was its awful mouse issues. At launch, the game had major mouse movement issues. And although Iron Galaxy fixed them, it introduced some annoying mouse camera panning stutters. And surprise surprise, The Last of Us Part I suffers from the exact same issues.
>> And that's not even the worst problem with the port, but at least the bugs are funny.

Halo Infinite March 28th Update released & detailed, full patch notes
https://www.dsogaming.com/patches/halo-infinite-march-28th-update-released-detailed-full-patch-notes/
343 Industries has released a new patch for Halo Infinite. According to the release notes, the March 28th Update contains various menu, stability, and Forge improvements.

20 minutes of leaked gameplay footage from Creative Assembly’s multiplayer sci-fi FPS, HYENAS
https://www.dsogaming.com/videotrailer-news/20-minutes-of-leaked-gameplay-footage-from-creative-assembly-multiplayer-sci-fi-fps-hyenas/
HYENAS is an upcoming multiplayer sci-fi FPS from Creative Assembly. And it appears that someone has broken the game’s alpha NDA, and has shared twenty minutes of gameplay footage from it.

How to play the original Fortnite map with Fortnite Creative 2.0
https://www.pcgamer.com/how-to-play-the-original-fortnite-map-with-fortnite-creative-20/
Fortnite Creative 2.0 is now live, granting players access to develop maps, gamemodes, animations, and more. While you can create anything in this shiny sandbox, players are flocking towards the familiar: the OG Fortnite map from Season 1.

Attention PC survival games: please steal all the cool ideas from the new Zelda
https://www.pcgamer.com/attention-pc-survival-games-please-steal-all-the-cool-ideas-from-the-new-zelda/
Nintendo has revealed 10 minutes of gameplay footage from The Legend of Zelda: Tears of the Kingdom, and we might be slightly jealous. In the video producer Eiji Aonuma directs Link to glide, climb, and fight monsters just like we saw in Breath of the Wild, but he also rewinds time to ride a fallen boulder up to the sky, fuses a stick and a pitchfork into a fancy new polearm (stickfork? I’ma go with stickfork), and utilizes his Ultrahand to freely craft some logs and a propeller into some kind of Hyrulian fanboat.
Nintendo being Nintendo, we may never get to play Tears on PC (except perhaps after some future emulation project), but it’s exciting to think about what kind of impact these sorts of gameplay systems might have on the genre. After all, we might not have had Genshin Impact’s free climbing and wind glider if it weren't for Link’s last adventure. After today's reaction to TotK's fusion system, some devs are already going out of their way to make sure that everyone knows they didn't copy it.

Another shit port from Sony. You would think with a game that is as high of a profile as the last of us, they would bring their A game instead of letting Iron Galaxy handle it but instead, they cheaped out. It does use a lot of Vram as par for the course of AMD sponsored titles but it also hammers the CPU greatly and uses a lot of system ram as well over 20+GB from what I have seen.

Really though if Sony insists on putting super low effort onto their PC ports, then I'll likely won't be buying them in the future until they go into big discount mode even if my 4090 can run it.

“For example, Microsoft might release a PlayStation version of Call of Duty where bugs and errors emerge only on the game’s final level or after later updates."

"Even if Microsoft operated in good faith, it would be incentivised to support and prioritize development of the Xbox version of the game, such as by using its best engineers and more of its resources. There would be no practical way for the CMA (or SIE) to monitor how Microsoft chooses to allocate its resources and the quality/quantity of engineers it devotes to the PlayStation version of Call of Duty, to ensure that SIE would be treated fairly and equally.”

Here are some hardware news:

AMD Ryzen 9 7900X3D gets a $15 price cut
https://videocardz.com/newz/amd-ryzen-9-7900x3d-gets-a-15-price-cut

AMD A620 motherboards already listed by retailers for less than 100 USD/EUR
https://videocardz.com/newz/amd-a620-motherboards-already-listed-by-retailers-for-less-than-100-usd-eur

NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4060 Ti AD106-350 160W & RTX 4060 AD107-400 115W GPUs Launch In May
https://wccftech.com/nvidia-geforce-rtx-4060-ti-ad106-350-160w-rtx-4060-ad107-400-115w-gpus-launch-in-may/

New leak confirms the upcoming GeForce RTX 4060 Ti GPU
https://videocardz.com/newz/new-leak-confirms-the-upcoming-geforce-rtx-4060-ti-gpu
>> It's the box design template that Nvidia sends to the partners, and can come up to a month before the cards enter production.

NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4050 entry-level desktop GPU with 6GB memory reportedly launches in June
https://videocardz.com/newz/nvidia-geforce-rtx-4050-entry-level-desktop-gpu-with-6gb-memory-reportedly-launches-in-june

Cooler Master's 2022 Case Mod World Series Winners Stun with Innovative and Artful PC Designs
https://www.techpowerup.com/306554/cooler-masters-2022-case-mod-world-series-winners-stun-with-innovative-and-artful-pc-designs

I dunno why they thought it was a stellar idea to let Iron Galaxy handle one of their biggest high profile ports.

Nixxes would have been a far, far better choice, but no, let's roll with a studio that's not exactly got a good track record of ports on PC. Also the system requirements are getting stupid now, especially with the VRAM. Feels like we've gone back to 2010 again, where we need far beefier hw to manage what a console could 1-2 gens ago, or even current gen.