I wouldn't panic yet over the Asus+7000X3D problems as there are still too many unknowns. Remember the GPU driver that killed PCs? It turned out that it happened because Windows used the reboot from a clean install of those drivers to make a "stealth" update and both processes collided, bricking the system. We could be facing another situation where there are other variables involved that would be the real cause of the problem, like too aggressive overclocks.

The 4060Ti at $399 could be popular for several reasons, like being the first new card that doesn't get a price bump, which could attrack many users that couldn't upgrade to Ampere/RDNA2 during the crypto boom and waited for Ada/RDDNA3 to make a decision.
But I guess that performance will be the deciding factor. After all, this card is a 4060Ti by name, but it's a 4050-/Ti at heart.

I won't hold my breath for that "leaked" APU monster but, if true, it could be quite popular in both laptops and mini-PCs. I mean, Who wouldn't want a 16-core CPU with the equivalent of a desktop 4060 GPU in the palm of its hand?
But yeah, better don't get your hopes up because this could end being nothing.

I'm keeping an eye on things right now, there seem to be quite a few issues with the AM5 platform in general and some with the Asus X670 MOBOs in particular. Then again, driver issues are common for new platforms. I still haven't gotten anything home since the 7800 still isn't in stock, but it looks like I'll have to dedicate some time to updating and fixing issues before I can really use the thing.

Yea there's certainly quite a few quirks but it's all worth it:

I did 1080p cause I wanted to see what the CPU was capable of and 500 fps in CPU render is insane!

That is absolutely ridiculous, can't wait to see this thing fly!

At least you have Yuri as your guinea pig .

Even more so considering that the AMD GPU drew about 20% less power (83W vs. 103W).

Every time AMD updates it's APU's, people claim it will "replace" discreet GPU's.
It doesn't, it just moves minimum graphics performance up a notch higher.

In the end, you will always be bandwidth limited. - Dual Channel DDR5 can only get you so far...
It's why AMD invented "Side Port" memory, where they soldered dedicated VRAM for the integrated graphics, sadly it didn't pan out in the long term, but it was a cool feature.

What is preventing lower-end GPU's from taking big performance leaps forwards is actually higher fabrication costs from TSMC, which is frustrating.
I would actually prefer AMD/nVidia to keep them a node behind the high-end parts for cost reasons.

Playing through Street Fighter V on Steam.

Doing Arcade mode still - about to be done with Street Fighter Alpha section.

I've alternating between costumes with the characters and some of these costumes are so out of place but I like it lol.

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Been playing Borderlands GOTY Enhanced on Steam.

Last finished Sledge's Safe house - I got lucky when I beat the boss in there, between combination of using grenade launcher and getting multiple second wind from the mobs.

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Taking a small break from Final Fantasy VI (Mobile) on Steam.

I finished the branching stories and now have a fully accessible party - looking for Terra. Will get back into it later.