Oh yeah, that's 110USD difference between 9060XT and 5060Ti, which is quite a gap, especially if you don't care for DLSS. In the longer run, when more games support FSR4, that price difference will become even more pronounced.

As for upscaling - give it a shot with FSR4 in games that support it - it really looks good, and even better than DLSS3.

I find upscaling to be quite valuable in lot of cases, be it running PC more silent, having some graphics settings turned higher, but especially in the case where you have enough GPU juice and want to run downsampling from higher than native res.

I played Mandragora that way, setting rendering resolution to 5120x2880 (I'm on 1440p screen), turned DLSS performance on, which then rendered at 1440p and upscaled to 2880p, and than DSR did its thing and downscaled it back to 1440p. You might be wondering why, but I played most of the game with two-handed sword which is at this very sharp angle when at reast, so even with DLAA at 1440p it looked very jagged. Well, with this approach, all, and I mean all jaggies were smooth as silk, and I avoided severe performance penalty if I only ran DSR at 2880p with no DLSS.

Intel’s New Products Will All Launch With At Least 50% Margins, Says Products CEO, As Team Blue Tries to Escape Economic Struggles

https://wccftech.com/intels-new-products-will-all-launch-with-at-least-50-margins-says-products-ceo-as-team-blue-tries-to-escape-economic-struggles/

AMD Radeon RX 9060 XT still available at MSRP one day after launch

https://videocardz.com/newz/amd-radeon-rx-9060-xt-still-available-at-msrp-one-day-after-launch

NVIDIA GB207 GPU for GeForce RTX 5050 series spotted in PCI ID library

https://videocardz.com/newz/nvidia-gb207-gpu-for-geforce-rtx-5050-series-spotted-in-pci-id-library

Nintendo Switch 2 exploit used to demonstrate framebuffer graphics demo

https://videocardz.com/newz/nintendo-switch-2-exploit-used-to-demonstrate-framebuffer-graphics-demo

Let’s go with the Friday gaming news:

SALES/PLAYER COUNTS & DEALS

Borderlands 2 is free to keep on Steam until June 8th
https://www.dsogaming.com/news/borderlands-2-is-free-to-keep-on-steam-until-june-8th/
2K Games is currently giving away free copies of Borderlands 2 on Steam. Until June 8th, PC gamers can visit the game’s Steam store page and acquire their free copy.
>> Here’s the link. The game is currently review bombed because of a change in its EULA.

Dune: Awakening isn't even officially out yet and it already has almost 100,000 players
https://www.pcgamer.com/games/mmo/dune-awakening-isnt-even-officially-out-yet-and-it-already-has-almost-100-000-players/
Survival MMO Dune: Awakening isn't even really out, officially: we're now in the five day advanced access period (everyone calls it the "head start") where only players who have purchased the $70 deluxe edition or the $90 ultimate edition can play.
That hasn't stopped the desert planet of Arrakis from getting a ton of new citizens. According to SteamDB, just a few hours into the head start launch, Dune: Awakening already has nearly 100,000 players building bases, riding speeders, clambering up cliffs, and dodging sandworms.
>> Well, this makes it easy to find out how many people have bought the expensive editions of the game. Also, the reviews have gone from Mostly Negative to Very Positive in 24 hours.

Fanatical has two new deals:

• Star Deal is Shapez 2, 36% off during 48 hours: https://www.fanatical.com/en/game/shapez-2
• Publisher Thunderful puts its games on sale with up to 94% discounts during the next 7 days: https://www.fanatical.com/en/publishers/thunderful-publishing

SOFTWARE & DRIVERS

INTEL Arc Graphics 32.0.101.6877 driver
https://videocardz.com/driver/intel-arc-graphics-32-0-101-6877

FIXED ISSUES

• Intel Core Ultra Series 2 with built-in Intel Arc GPUs: Certain handheld devices may experience audio glitches and lower than expected performance while audio is playing.

>> This could have been a hotfix.

MODS, EMULATORS & FAN PROJECTS

Half-Life 2 becomes a loot-hoarding roguelike dungeon crawl in this Next Fest mod demo
https://www.pcgamer.com/games/fps/half-life-2-becomes-a-loot-hoarding-roguelike-dungeon-crawl-in-this-next-fest-mod-demo/
It is the year 2025 and everything is a roguelite now. Even the games of yesteryear are getting randomizers and procedural generation shoehorned in, and Half-Life 2 isn't escaping either. Good thing that SourceWorld is pretty dang fun, if its newly released Next Fest demo is any indication.
It's a standalone total conversion for Half-Life 2 (you only need to have the original game in your Steam account) that casts you as a dimension-hopping impoverished hitman from a liberated timeline, hunting Combine remnants across time and space on a shoestring budget.
I'd previously mentioned SourceWorld in my 2024 roundup of Half-Life 2's most impressive mods. Back then, it was closer to a proof-of-concept prototype. A technical feat, but unpolished. The version now available on Steam isn't much larger, but it has seen a lot of under-the-hood changes and refinement, including a complete rewrite of the game's procedural map generation system, more functional AI (Half-Life 2's enemies were never designed to feel their way around dynamic environments), a tutorial mission and a cleaner, more functional interface. It almost feels like a retail game, circa 2005. And yes, that was twenty years ago. I feel old too.
>> The article has a three minutes trailer of the mod.

GAMING NEWS

Kingdom Come: Deliverance 2 Patch 1.3.2 Available for Download
https://www.dsogaming.com/patches/kingdom-come-deliverance-2-patch-1-3-2-available-for-download/
Warhorse Studios has released Title Update 1.3.2 for Kingdom Come: Deliverance 2 and shared its full patch notes. So, let’s see what this new update brings to the table.

First Major Patch for Doom: The Dark Ages Released & Detailed
https://www.dsogaming.com/patches/first-major-patch-for-doom-the-dark-ages-released-detailed/
id Software has just released the first major update for Doom: The Dark Ages and shared its full patch notes. So, let’s see what this first patch for the new Doom game brings to the table.

Here are 45 minutes of leaked gameplay footage from MindsEye
https://www.dsogaming.com/videotrailer-news/here-are-45-minutes-of-leaked-gameplay-footage-from-mindseye/
MindsEye releases in a few days, and apparently, some people got their hands on physical copies of the game. So, below, you can find a video showcasing 45 minutes of gameplay footage from it.

Friday gaming news, part two:

Russia says it won't arrest players after seizing the studio behind the Russian World of Tanks offshoot, accusing it of funnelling funds to Ukraine
https://www.pcgamer.com/games/mmo/russia-assures-world-of-tanks-players-they-wont-end-up-in-prison-as-it-takes-full-control-of-the-studio-in-charge-of-it-domestically-accusing-it-of-funnelling-funds-to-ukraine/
Russia has come down hard on Lesta Games (via Meduza), the domestic company that inherited local rights to World of Tanks (or Mir Tankov, as it's known locally) after its original dev, Wargaming, exited Belarus and Russia in protest of the latter's 2022 invasion of Ukraine.

Goon it yourself with the new editor for pulp-noir immersive sim Fallen Aces, or just visit a '20s nightclub version of Doom's famed first level
https://www.pcgamer.com/games/fps/goon-it-yourself-with-the-new-editor-for-pulp-noir-immersive-sim-fallen-aces-or-just-visit-a-20s-nightclub-version-of-dooms-famed-first-level/
It has been almost a year since Fallen Aces arrived on the early access scene, bringing impeccable Dick Tracy gangster comic vibes to the immersive sim genre. While there's still a little ways to go until the second episode launches, the game was updated just a few days ago with a powerful level editor, Steam Workshop support, and a handful of great example levels set in some familiar places.

Dune: Awakening lives up to MMO tradition with server woes at launch, but with these simple fixes the spice shall flow
https://www.pcgamer.com/games/mmo/dune-awakening-lives-up-to-mmo-tradition-with-server-woes-at-launch-but-with-these-simple-fixes-the-spice-shall-flow/
The Dune: Awakening early access period for owners of the deluxe and ultimate editions of the game is now live, and despite Funcom's confidence that there would be no server problems, there are server problems. The good news is, it seems pretty minor and there's a quick fix.

Surf on a magic sword and kickflip over flying dolphins in Sword of the Sea, hitting Steam in August
https://www.pcgamer.com/games/action/surf-on-a-magic-sword-and-kickflip-over-flying-dolphins-in-sword-of-the-sea-hitting-steam-in-august/
More than two years after its first trailer debuted, magical surfing adventure Sword of the Sea finally has a release date—August 19—announced during Sony's State of Play showcase last night. It'll be the third game from Giant Squid, the small studio behind the award-winning undersea exploration game Abzû and magical parkour archery adventure The Pathless, which our Luke Kemp gave a powerful 85% score.

The only good MOBA celebrates its 10th anniversary, so I booted up Heroes of the Storm again and was so bad one of my teammates called me an NPC
https://www.pcgamer.com/games/the-only-good-moba-celebrates-its-10th-anniversary-so-i-booted-up-heroes-of-the-storm-again-and-was-so-bad-one-of-my-teammates-called-me-an-npc/
Heroes of the Storm has announced that, to celebrate the game's 10th anniversary, all heroes will be free for all players until June 15, there's one new skin, and if you login, you'll get a few little bonuses to boot. It's been five years since HotS got a new hero, and three years since Blizzard officially put the game into "maintenance mode", but as we recently noted it's looking awfully spry for what some call a "dead game."

'The last one wasn't the last one': CD Projekt has cyber punked us again, announcing another surprise update for Cyberpunk 2077
https://www.pcgamer.com/games/rpg/the-last-one-wasnt-the-last-one-cd-projekt-has-cyber-punked-us-again-announcing-another-surprise-update-for-cyberpunk-2077/
What do Re-Logic, Eric Barone, and CD Projekt have in common? They won't quit screwing around with (read: improving) their old games: Less than a week after announcing that The Witcher 3 is getting "one more patch" to add cross-platform mod support, the studio revealed today that Cyberpunk 2077 is getting a new update, too.

Path of Exile's 31st expansion follows action RPG tradition and will let you hire mercenaries to fight by your side
https://www.pcgamer.com/games/rpg/path-of-exiles-31st-expansion-follows-action-rpg-tradition-and-will-let-you-hire-mercenaries-to-fight-by-your-side/
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Secrets of the Atlas is PoE's 31st free expansion and it comes with a list of new additions to the game, but one of them is something every great action RPG eventually adds: mercenaries. When the update hits on June 13, a new league (PoE's name for seasons) will begin that is all about tracking them down.

A long-lost Duke Nukem prototype resurfaces after 24 years
https://www.pcgamer.com/games/action/a-long-lost-duke-nukem-prototype-resurfaces-after-24-years/
It's strange to think that once upon a time, Duke Nukem—Johnny Bravo's sleazier cousin and poster child for videogame violence—was a cornerstone of gaming culture. No matter how inappropriate, he could be found on any and all platforms, from the original monochrome Game Boy to N64 and beyond.
Time-travel misadventure Duke Nukem: D-Day (alternatively 'Man of Valor') was going to be the big man's first outing on PlayStation 2, developed by now-defunct studio n-Space, makers of two PS1 games in the series. Despite being reportedly close to finished, the game got canned and never saw the light of day. Until now, as a 2001 prototype build featuring 12 playable levels leaked onto the Internet Archive today.

Elden Ring Nightreign servers shut down this morning 'to improve expedition matchmaking' but it's royally screwed some unprepared players
https://www.pcgamer.com/games/rpg/elden-ring-nightreign-servers-shut-down-this-morning-to-improve-expedition-matchmaking-but-its-royally-screwed-some-unprepared-players/
(...)
Last night FromSoftware announced that Nightreign servers will be closing for maintenance: "Servers will undergo maintenance on June 6, 2025, to improve expedition matchmaking with an active Remembrance." The only problem is that not everyone got the message.
>> I hope there was also an in-game message, otherwise I can see why people missed the notice if it’s just a post on Twitter. On another note, players have figured out how to be at max level before fighting a Nightlord.

All Genshin Impact 5.7 livestream codes
https://www.pcgamer.com/games/rpg/genshin-impact-codes-5-7-livestream/
The Genshin Impact 5.7 codes are here, giving you a little Primogem bonus you can add to your hoard when pulling for new characters and reruns. If you're new to miHoYo's livestreams, it runs one for each of its games every six weeks, showing off what's coming in terms of new quests, events, regions, and most importantly, characters.

And now, let’s check the weekend deals at GOG and Steam

+GOG

• Only one new deal at GOG: the Action Games Promo, with up to 95% discounts during 10 days: https://www.gog.com/en/promo/20250606_action_promo

+Steam

• Atomfall will be 20% off until the 12th of June: https://store.steampowered.com/app/801800/Atomfall/
• Hello Kitty Island Adventure also gets a 20% discount until the 12th: https://store.steampowered.com/app/2495100/Hello_Kitty_Island_Adventure/
• Satisfactory is going to be 30% off until June 12: : https://store.steampowered.com/app/526870/Satisfactory/
• Crypto Miner Tycoon Simulator will have a 50% discount until June, the 12th: https://store.steampowered.com/app/1859290/Crypto_Miner_Tycoon_Simulator/
• Lies of P will also be 50% off until next Thursday: https://store.steampowered.com/app/1627720/Lies_of_P/
• Cultist Simulator can be yours thanks to its 75% discount that will last until … you guessed it, the 12th of June: https://store.steampowered.com/app/718670/Cultist_Simulator/
• Turmoil is going to be 80% off until, once again, Thursday, June 12th: https://store.steampowered.com/app/361280/Turmoil/
• The Watch_Dogs Bundle is on sale with an 84% discount. The individual games are also on sale until not the 12th, but the 19th of June: https://store.steampowered.com/bundle/3785/Watch_Dogs_Bundle/
• And these are the Sales/events:
  • Publisher room6 presents the room6day Sale 2025 with lots of upcoming games to discover and two titles on sale, 40% off until June 11: https://store.steampowered.com/curator/42841345/sale/room6DaySale
  • Publisher Snail Games puts its games up to 80% off until the 12th of June: https://store.steampowered.com/sale/Snail2025
  • The WDC World Ocean Day Charity Sale is here with up to 90% discounts on games of all kinds. Most deals will end on the 12th of June, but not all: https://store.steampowered.com/sale/worldoceanday2025
  • The Dying Light franchise is on sale with up to 80% discounts until the 19th of June: https://store.steampowered.com/sale/dyinglightfranchisesale2025
  • The Capcom Publisher Sale brings games up to 87% off until the 19th: https://store.steampowered.com/sale/CapcomPubSale
  • The Borderlands franchise is on sale (which explains the free BL2), and has its games on sale with up to 95% discounts until June, the 19th: https://store.steampowered.com/sale/BLFranchiseSale

And that’s all the gamin news for this week.

I don’t know if I’ll make the gaming news next Monday for a couple of reasons: 1.- It’s a local festive; And 2.- There’ll be an onslaught of news from all the stuff that will take place this weekend, and if I can avoid making the less-than-ideal posts with only headlines and links, the better for all.

Whatever happens, just know that I wish you all a happy and gaming weekend.

So from what I could find out, this is based on shipment numbers, not sell-through. And the shipment for the RX 9070(XT) was pretty small as it sold out very quickly while NVidia had several new GPUs to ship out in the same timeframe. What I don't know for sure however is if server GPUs are included in this calculation or not, but I don't think they do, as then the gap should be even wider.

Now that AMD has ramped up production with a higher wafer allocation for their GPUs and launched the 9060XT while NVidia had less cards to launch, this should narrow down a bit again, especially since it looks increasingly like several NVidia cards are sitting on shelves right now (especially the 5070 and 8GB 5060Ti, hence why those dropped below MSRP already in Europe), so less shipments of existing cards inbound. And hopefully AMD will also ship more cards to the US, $1000+ plus taxes for a 9070XT in some stores is simply wild.

It includes all Desktop PC GPU's.

So the millions of RTX desktop cards that are being shipped to China for A.I. would be included in this.

In saying that, it does sorta' reflect the Steam statistics to a degree as well.

Absolutely crap situation to be in, having two competitors and still having 90% or more marketshare, the consumer ultimately lost out on this.

Well remember that we had plenty of reports that suggested Radeon was stock piling cards with to the delay. So idk if the shipment numbers will actually increase significantly or not. If anything, the bump in % before Q1 for Radeon might have been them shipping all those cards to retailers. Hard to say though but regardless, we will see in the coming months how it all shapes up.  

AMD was stockpiling, but only after the rush and seeing that it didn't help much and sold out quickly anyway did they actually increase the wafer allocation for their GPUs. Also, since the original plan was to release them in January, many were already shipped in the previous quarter.

While I don't think it will break the 20% mark anytime soon, but it will get slowly better since their cards are better received this gen by the general public than before.

I think the bump AMD had in Q4'24 was because Nvidia was so scared to launch the Blackwell GPUs with Ada cards still on shelves (Iwonder why...) that they dried up the market, leaving users almost no choice but to buy AMD cards.

Since the chart is shipments, I also think that most of the shipments for the 9070(XT) actually happened already in late 2024. AMD wasn't shipping many RDNA 3 cards anymore, either, so I think most of that spike was for the then-imminent launch of the 9070(XT). Remember that AIBs were ready for launch only to be told by AMD to wait for 2 more months.