Very sensible.

An arm, a leg, a kidney and 3 fingers

Yeah,

from 30x0 to 40x0 they had the advantage of going from 8N (10nm-based) to 4N (5nm-based).

The 50x0 series is expected to be 5nm-based or in the best case 4nm-based...how can some people expect a similar efficiency gain as last time?

Pretty much. I am sure Nvidia will find features such as DP2.1 and other things to try and sell it but honestly, dp1.4 + DSC for a 4k oled monitor should be enough for my needs for a long time. 24 vs 32GB of vram is meh af where as 10GB vs 24GB was a lot more. Plus DLSS will help my 4090 stay relevant for even longer and that's before adding in frame gen.

Fallout 2 Fan Remake vs Original Graphics Comparison Video
https://www.dsogaming.com/videotrailer-news/fallout-2-fan-remake-vs-original-graphics-comparison-video/
In February 2024, we informed you about an upcoming fan remake of Fallout 2 in the Creation Engine. And a few days ago, the team behind this remake shared a comparison video between it and the game’s original 1998 version.
Codenamed Fallout 4: Project Arroyo, this fan remake of Fallout 2 is in a really early development. Still, it looks like the modders were able to stay really close to the environments of the original title.

While it does look pretty close to original, and while I believe their heart is in the right place, I dislike this kind of attempts at "remakes". FO1/2 are iso-CRPGs, and they should really stay that way in any potential, even fan made, remake.

Look at that, it’s time for the Tuesday news:

SALES /PLAYER COUNT & DEALS

Steam’s Top 10

(Click here for the Top 100)

GOG has a new Weekly Sale featuring up to 92% discounts during the next 7 days: https://www.gog.com/en/promo/20240409_weekly_deals_2_april.

Steam has new deals for us, including new weeklong deals:

• Ultros, that has a demo, will be 20% off until the 22nd of April: https://store.steampowered.com/app/2386310/Ultros/
• SnowRunner gets a 50% discount until the same 22nd: https://store.steampowered.com/app/1465360/SnowRunner/
• Developer/Publisher Alawar celebrates its 25th anniversary putting its games up to 90% off. Most deals will last until the 22nd, but others, like Necrosmith 2, will end in 26 hours: https://store.steampowered.com/developer/alawar/sale/alawar25
• And here’s a small sample of the weeklong deals:
  • Ghost Exile, still in Early Access, has a 33% deal: https://store.steampowered.com/app/1807080/Ghost_Exile/
  • Mago will be 40% off: https://store.steampowered.com/app/1098280/Mago/
  • SPRAWL features a 50% discount: https://store.steampowered.com/app/1549690/SPRAWL/
  • Creaks has a 65% discount: https://store.steampowered.com/app/956030/Creaks/
  • Founders' Fortune can be yours with a 70% deal: https://store.steampowered.com/app/1104330/Founders_Fortune/
  • And the last one, In Sound Mind, will be 89% off: https://store.steampowered.com/app/1119980/In_Sound_Mind/

Fanatical has four new deals:

• The Star Deal is STARFIELD, 44% off during 24 hours: https://www.fanatical.com/en/game/starfield</a>">
• Publisher Funcom puts its games on sale once again, with up to 66% discounts during 8 days: https://www.fanatical.com/en/publishers/funcom
• Focus Entertainment give you the chance to buy their games up to 78% off during 12 days: https://www.fanatical.com/en/publishers/focus-entertainment
• And Bungie also has its Destiny 2 DLCs on sale, up to 15% off during an unknown amount of time: https://www.fanatical.com/en/publishers/bungie

SOFTWARE & DRIVERS

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MODS, EMULATORS & FAN PROJECTS

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GAMING NEWS

Dragon’s Dogma 2 April 9th Patch Released & Fully Detailed
https://www.dsogaming.com/patches/dragons-dogma-2-april-9th-patch-released-fully-detailed/
Capcom has just released a new update for its latest action RPG, Dragon’s Dogma 2. According to the release notes, the April 9th Patch fixes some issues that prevented progression in some quests.

PUBG: BATTLEGROUNDS Patch 29.1 Released, Adding Destructible Environments
https://www.dsogaming.com/patches/pubg-battlegrounds-patch-29-1-released-adding-destructible-environments/
KRAFTON has released update 29.1 for PUBG: BATTLEGROUNDS on the PC live server. This update brings new features like previously advertised destructible terrain. It also offers a Ducati collaboration, a new melee weapon, and several gameplay balance tweaks. So, let’s take a closer look at it.

Tuesday news, the second (and last!) part:

Friday the 13: The Game has been killed one more time: Fan-made 'Resurrection' project derailed by lawyers over 'cavalier disregard of copyright law'
https://www.pcgamer.com/games/horror/friday-the-13-the-game-has-been-killed-one-more-time-fan-made-resurrection-project-derailed-by-lawyers-over-cavalier-disregard-of-copyright-law/
A plan to bring the not-quite-dead asymmetrical survival joint Friday the 13th: The Game back to life has been abandoned just days after it was announced thanks to a cease-and-desist letter accusing the project of "cavalier disregard of copyright law."

Wayfinder sales halted as developer promises a major rework of the game: 'We have no plans for it to disappear like so many online-only games'
https://www.pcgamer.com/games/rpg/wayfinder-sales-halted-as-developer-promises-a-major-rework-of-the-game-we-have-no-plans-for-it-to-disappear-like-so-many-online-only-games/
Airship Syndicate announced today that it has "reached an agreement with Digital Extremes to begin the transfer of the MMO action-RPG Wayfinder to Airship in earnest," and that as the first step toward resurrecting the game, it has halted sales while it finalizes plans for what comes next.

Diablo 4 PTR players discover mysterious new items and an abandoned camp that could be clues for its next season and upcoming expansion
https://www.pcgamer.com/games/rpg/diablo-4-ptr-datamined-season-4-iron-wolves/
While everyone was distracted with Diablo 4's gigantic loot update on the test server over the weekend, players found some clues for the next season's theme ahead of its official announcement.

League of Legends is getting a Vampire Survivors-style PvE mode later this year
https://www.pcgamer.com/games/action/league-of-legends-is-getting-a-vampire-survivors-style-pve-mode-later-this-year/
Bullet heaven games are essentially the reverse of bullet hells: Instead of trying to dodge endless, nigh-impenetrable waves of enemy projectiles, you are the source of those projectiles, using them to mow down endless, nigh-impenetrable waves of enemies. I'm pretty sure Vampire Survivors wasn't the first game of the type, but it was definitely the one that dragged it to prominence, inspiring all sorts of imitators—including, later this year, a new game mode in League of Legends.

Card game developer says it paid an 'AI artist' $90,000 to generate card art because 'no one comes close to the quality he delivers'
https://www.pcgamer.com/games/card-games/champions-tcg-ai-artist/
The maker of digital trading card game Champions of Otherworldly Magic says it has spent $90,000 on card art, the entirety of which has been paid to a single "AI artist" who receives $15,000 per month despite dedicating less than two full work days to the project each month.
>> I’m speechless.

'Rogue item detected': Helldivers 2 dev orders players to ignore a mysterious ship upgrade that promises 'new stratagem permits'
https://www.pcgamer.com/games/third-person-shooter/rogue-item-detected-helldivers-2-dev-orders-players-to-ignore-a-mysterious-ship-upgrade-that-promises-new-stratagems-permits/
It's the calm before the storm in Helldivers 2. Operation Swift Disassembly was a success and the Automatons have literally been wiped off the map. For as much as we're enjoying our victory and Arrowhead is faithfully sticking to the bit that robots are now extinct, we know by now that something is coming. We might've gotten a first glance at that something today in the form of a "rogue" ship upgrade that briefly appeared for players.
>> Don’t be fooled, there are Automatons still out there.

Helldivers 2 hotfix takes swings at a whole hive of crash culprits, so you should be able to deploy more reliably now
https://www.pcgamer.com/games/third-person-shooter/helldivers-2-hotfix-takes-swings-at-a-whole-hive-of-crash-culprits-so-you-should-be-able-to-deploy-more-reliably-now/
It looks like the patriotic community managers of the Super Earth Ministry of Truth were bang on the money—a hotfix for Helldivers 2 crashes has been rolled out, effective immediately, ahead of the new explosive Warbond later this week. 

Battlefield 2042 won't get more new seasons as next Battlefield game enters full production
https://www.pcgamer.com/games/fps/battlefield-2042-seasons-end-next-game-in-production-now/
The current season of Battlefield 2042 will be its last. The 128-player shooter will continue to receive new events, challenges, and other updates, EA has announced, but the bulk of the Battlefield work happening from now on will be dedicated to producing the next game in the series—or possibly games, but that's not quite clear yet.

The other shoe drops hard in Helldivers 2, as players go from celebrating total Automaton destruction to fending off a vengeful robot tide in the new major order
https://www.pcgamer.com/games/third-person-shooter/the-other-shoe-drops-hard-in-helldivers-2-as-players-go-from-celebrating-total-automaton-victory-to-fending-off-a-vengeful-robot-tide-in-the-new-major-order/
Less than a week ago, Helldivers 2 players managed to stamp out the Automaton resistance "for good". This earned them a pat on the back and a whole single minute of free time—Super Earth isn't a dystopia, though, honest.
You might have noticed that "for good" is in air quotes, there. That's because the final holdout worlds of Maia, Durgen, and Tibit were merely a setback for the Automaton scourge. There was ample reason to believe that the bots would be permanently turned off until a total galactic victory reset the board, but… well, other shoe—meet your drop.
"The Automatons have revealed their true force," announces a dire warning via the in-game dispatches system. "A massive invasion fleet sweeping through our territory. Defences are scrambling. Slow its advance as much as possible."

Intel Battlemage rumored to launch before Black Friday

https://videocardz.com/newz/intel-battlemage-rumored-to-launch-before-black-friday

Late af if true

Intel launches first Core Ultra CPUs for LGA-1851 socket, featuring Meteor Lake architecture for the edge

https://videocardz.com/newz/intel-launches-first-core-ultra-cpus-for-lga-1851-socket-featuring-meteor-lake-architecture-for-the-edge

Intel launches six Arc GPUs for edge systems, two years after Alchemist debut

https://videocardz.com/newz/intel-launches-six-arc-gpus-for-edge-systems-two-years-after-alchemist-debut

TSMC Receives Additional $11 Billion Funding Under The CHIPS Act, 2nm Nanosheet Production By 2028 & Sub-2nm By End of Decade

https://wccftech.com/tsmc-11-billion-funding-under-chips-act-2nm-nanosheet-2028-sub-2nm-end-of-decade/

AI Craze May Have Nerfed AMD’s & Intel’s Upcoming Chips: Strix APUs Originally Had Big Cache Which Boosted CPU & iGPU Performance

https://wccftech.com/ai-craze-may-have-nerfed-amds-intels-upcoming-chips-strix-apus-originally-had-big-cache-which-boosted-cpu-igpu-performance/

Take it with big salt

Having N2 plants in the US by 2028 would be kind of huge although the more likely timeframe for the China vs. Taiwan conflict is 2025-2027.

Thanks, Brandon.