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AMD's FSR 4.1 runs slower than FSR 3.1 on RDNA 3 cards
New upscaler regresses performance on last-gen AMD cards
New FSR 4.1 upscaler delivers worse performance than the older FSR 3.1 on RX 7000-series GPUs, per ComputerBase testing. The RX 9070 XT sees gains, but last-gen cards take a hit.
FSR 4.1 reportedly boosts RDNA 3 framerates without quality loss
RDNA 3 cards get ML upscaling without the ML hardware tax
AMD's FSR 4.1 is showing big FPS gains on RX 7000 cards in Reddit tests, with quality matching RDNA 4's ML upscaler — if the early numbers hold.
Steam Machine reservations open at $1,049 base price
Over $1K for entry-level SteamOS desktop — form factor tax or future-proof Linux box?
Valve's SteamOS PC is finally available for reservation after months of delays, starting at $1,049. Randomized queue system mimics Steam Deck launch.
Epic CEO: New multiplayer games fail because players won't leave Fortnite and Warzone
Social bonds, not gameplay, kill new shooters before they launch
Tim Sweeney says established social networks in Fortnite, Call of Duty, CS2, and Apex make it nearly impossible for new shooters to break through.
Sony scrubs PC port language from corporate site, signaling possible end to porting era
Fewer Sony PC ports means fewer big releases to benchmark your next GPU against
Sony Interactive Entertainment quietly removed language committing to PC ports from its official business overview, backing up earlier reports that the PC push is stalling.
Epic unveils Unreal Engine 6 with built-in generative AI, wants to compete with Roblox
New engine focuses on AI tooling and cross-game platform ambitions, but performance impact unclear
Tim Sweeney outlined Epic's vision for UE6: AI-assisted game development and a cross-game platform to rival Roblox. The engine targets 'tedious work' reduction.
Sony confirms big single-player games staying PS5-only, no PC ports
Sony draws a hard line: AAA single-player stays console-only, live-service goes day-and-date
PlayStation CEO clarifies Sony isn't abandoning PC entirely but major first-party single-player titles will remain console exclusives indefinitely.
EA Sports FC 26 and Call of Duty Vanguard hit Game Pass this month
Six new games drop on Game Pass, including EA Sports FC 26 and the canceled Tony Hawk sequel
Xbox announced six new Game Pass titles, including EA Sports FC 26, Call of Duty Vanguard, and the previously canceled Tony Hawk's Pro Skater 3+4.
AMD yanks memory encryption from Ryzen CPUs via stealth firmware update
Security feature vanishes through BIOS updates, AMD won't say why
AMD removed TSME memory encryption from consumer Ryzen chips through AGESA updates, with no public notice. Engineers won't comment on why.
AMD promises FSR 4.1 quality parity for RX 7000 cards when it ships in July
RX 7000 owners get the full FSR 4.1 upgrade in July, no compromises
RDNA 3 owners will get the same FSR 4.1 upscaling model as RDNA 4 when the update arrives this July, according to AMD execs at Computex.
Pearl AI network accused of faking workloads on 320,000 RTX 3090-class GPUs
Fake AI workloads on 320K GPUs may be spiking rental costs and hoarding cards gamers want
A study claims Pearl's massive GPU rental fleet runs random math instead of real AI training, burning 112 MW and spiking rental costs 38%.
NVIDIA drops hotfix driver 610.52 for RTX 40-series G-SYNC issues
Weekend hotfix targets RTX 40-series G-SYNC stutter and monitor detection failures
NVIDIA's weekend hotfix patches frame-pacing bugs on RTX 40-series cards with G-SYNC enabled, plus a monitor detection bug that broke EDID reads.