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And just yesterday I saw some early benches of Meteor Lake, but with a slightly different core setup (I'll link it if I find it again): 6p/8e/2ee , the latter 2 cores being extra efficient, hence why I dubbed them ee. Not sure what's the point of that design, though

The 7600 is underwhelming. 20% boost over the 6600. - 5% boost over the 6600XT.
And on-par/slightly slower than the 6650XT.
These are all 8GB parts which is understandable. Not great, but understandable.

Pricing is really going to be the determining factor on how successful the 7600 ends up being...

For me personally, waiting on the 7700XT/7800XT, my days of buying the latest and greatest GPU's are over as I just dont play high-end games like I used to on PC, as I tend to involve myself in RTS titles for the most part which are driven more by the CPU. (Hence the Ryzen 9)

Would rather buy a tier or two lower and upgrade more frequently for newer features... That and I have set a strict budget of $700 AUD for GPU's every year or two and $1,000 for the CPU.

^ I mean, if the 7600 is $299, that's a 32% increase in performance/price ratio from the last generation, which is par for the course considering the 40 series numbers above.

Sure, but the 6600 series came out when there were chip shortages + mining boom. $299 is more than a better RX 6700 with 10GB.
I think a lot of Polaris 8GB or 1060/1070 owners struggle with 1080p and 1080 Ti owners struggle with 1440p and many of them are not willing to accept that GPU prices increased 2x, but that kind of price to performance cards will never come back.

Yea the glory days are pretty much gone and the uplifts in performance gen on gen should be slowing down. Maxwell > Pascal went from 28nm > 16nm. We ain't gonna see jumps like that anymore and with fabs continuously raising prices while having smaller jumps every generation, it will get reflected in the products one way or another until the engineers find ways to reduce costs. I suppose DLSS is certainly a band-aid in that sense but unless we see a revolutionary node strink, I don't see how we gonna ever get gen on gen uplifts like those days.

Appreciate it. Thanks.

AMD Radeon RX 7600 to launch May 25, $269/€299

https://videocardz.com/newz/amd-radeon-rx-7600-to-launch-with-269-e299-msrp

Lower than expected tbh. Think that's an okay price even when stacked up against the 6600/6650XT. The only thing is the 6700 costs around the same, probably performs about the same at 1080P. But the latter comes with 2GB more VRAM, higher memory bus and bandwidth. Higher infinity cache 80MB vs 32MB. For this price segment, I would personally pick up a 6700 while it lasts, especially if you play at 1440P.

Or spend the extra and get the 6700XT. Which will go up against the 4060Ti, looking at some the reviews. That has even more VRAM and performance.

$269 is not as detached from reality as the 4060 Ti pricing, but it will fall to around 200 quickly imo. Radeon cards drop below the MSRP at least, some Nvidia cards like the 3050 never did.

4060 Ti 8GB reviews looking as expected, lol.

The Tuesday news:

SALES /PLAYER COUNT & DEALS

Steam's Top 10

(click here for the top 100)

GOG has launched a new sale: the Horror Promo features scary games with up to 90% discounts during the next 7 days: https://www.gog.com/en/promo/2023_may_horror_promo.

Steam has three new deals/sales as well as new weeklong deals:

• Dovetail brings the Train Sim Madness sale, with up to 80% discounts until the 25th: https://store.steampowered.com/publisher/dovetailgames/sale/trainsimmadness2023
• The Red Lantern is going to be 60% off until the 29th: https://store.steampowered.com/app/1053710/The_Red_Lantern/
• Idea Factory puts its games on sale with up to 85% discounts until next Monday: https://store.steampowered.com/sale/ideafactoryfranchisesale2023
• And these are some of the many weeklong deals:
  • Inout, still in Early Access, will be 20% off: https://store.steampowered.com/app/2072640/Inout/
  • PAC-MAN WORLD Re-PAC gets a 40% discount: https://store.steampowered.com/app/1859470/PACMAN_WORLD_RePAC/
  • 4X4 is going to be 50% off: https://store.steampowered.com/app/2099900/4X4/
  • Rabi-Ribi features a 66% discount: https://store.steampowered.com/app/400910/RabiRibi/
  • And the Divinity Anthology will be 90% off. The three games of the package are also 90% off each: https://store.steampowered.com/sub/17798/

And Fanatical has two new bundles plus a new contest:

• Rimworld with all expansions gets a 12% discount during the next 2 days: https://www.fanatical.com/en/bundle/rimworld-with-all-expansions
• The S.T.A.L.K.E.R. Complete Bundle is going to be 81% off for 2 days: https://www.fanatical.com/en/bundle/stalker-complete-bundle
• And there's a contest to win a 512GB Steam Deck. More info here: https://www.fanatical.com/en/blog/jsaux-contest-steam-deck

SOFTWARE & DRIVERS

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MODS, EMULATORS & FAN PROJECTS

Dark Souls Remastered gets a brand new massive overhaul mod
https://www.dsogaming.com/mods/dark-souls-remastered-gets-a-brand-new-massive-overhaul-mod/
Modder ‘KingBoreHaha’ has released a massive overhaul mod for Dark Souls Remastered, called Shadow of the Eclipse. This mod focuses on polishing rough parts of the game and packs tens of thousands of changes.
According to the modder, Shadow of the Eclipse overhauls covenants into unique single-player experiences. Additionally, it tweaks weapons, enemy AI, movesets, maps, stats, quests, and pretty much every single other aspect of the game.
In short, this is a cool gameplay mod for everyone that has already finished the game. By using it, you can completely change the way you play this classic Souls game.
>> There's a 2 minutes video of the mod.

Unreal Redux, fan remaster of Epic’s classic FPS, gets a new trailer
https://www.dsogaming.com/videotrailer-news/unreal-redux-fan-remaster-of-epics-classic-fps-gets-a-new-trailer/
Modder ‘Krull0r’ has released a brand new trailer for his upcoming fan remaster project for Epic’s classic FPS, Unreal Redux. Unreal Redux promises to feature numerous Quality of Life improvements, will add new features, and will stay true to its classic roots.
Unreal Redux will introduce the function “grab” as “use” displayed as a pulsing overlay. Additionally, it will allow players to loot dead human bodies, and bring new interactions with the native Nali species. It’s also worth noting that Krull0r will add some new NVIDIA PhysX decorations.
Players can also expect new enemy projectile effects, as well as new stunning player weapon effects and new explosion effects. The mod also promises to have immersive new sound effects, and will feature footstep sounds based on the ground material.

Activision nukes another Call of Duty fan project from orbit: 'Thank you all for your support over the years'
https://www.pcgamer.com/activision-nukes-another-call-of-duty-fan-project-from-orbit-thank-you-all-for-your-support-over-the-years/
It's a bad time to be a Call of Duty modder as Activision has cracked down on its second PC fan project in as many weeks. Following last week's shuttering of SM², the team behind popular CoD modded client X Labs has also closed its doors after receiving a cease and desist demand from Activision.
"We are complying with this order and shutting down all operations permanently. Thank you all for your support over the years," the X Labs Twitter account tweeted today.
Unlike SM², which was an unreleased project that aimed to make a "dream Call of Duty" by combining elements of many games, X Labs had already been around for years running dedicated servers for modded versions of fan-favorite Call of Dutys that Activision has long moved on from: Modern Warfare 2 (2009), Advanced Warfare, and Black Ops 3.

GAMING NEWS

Aqua Ippan is an amazing Metal Slug clone for PC, demo released
https://www.dsogaming.com/news/aqua-ippan-is-an-amazing-metal-slug-clone-for-pc-demo-released/
NEO-GEO and Metal Slug fans, here is something special for you today. Indie developer Division has released a demo for their upcoming Metal Slug-inspired 2D retro platformer, Aqua Ippan.
>> "Inspired"

New screenshots for Ubisoft’s Skull & Bones leaked online
https://www.dsogaming.com/screenshot-news/new-screenshots-for-ubisofts-skull-bones-leaked-online/
It appears that three new screenshots for Ubisoft’s pirate game, Skull & Bones, have been leaked online. And, to be honest, these screenshots do not look that great, especially for a game that has been delayed multiple times. The third screenshot, particularly, looks so flat.

Amnesia: The Bunker Demo is now available for download
https://www.dsogaming.com/news/amnesia-the-bunker-demo-is-now-available-for-download/
Frictional Games has announced that the PC demo for Amnesia: The Bunker is now available for download on Steam. This demo will give you an idea of what you can expect from the full game which will come out on June 6th.

Forspoken Patch 1.20 released and here are all of its changes, tweaks, fixes and improvements
https://www.dsogaming.com/patches/forspoken-patch-1-20-released-and-here-are-all-of-its-changes-tweaks-fixes-and-improvements/
Square Enix has released Update 1.20 for Forspoken which brings numerous additions and improvements to the game, and shared its complete changelog.