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[–] [email protected] 2 points 4 weeks ago

Oh whatever will we do if line does not go up forever????? Do not worry, line will surely keep climbing!

[–] [email protected] 6 points 4 weeks ago* (last edited 3 weeks ago)

The real reason not to worry is that they have so much money coming in from AI bullshit that they don't care about gaming anymore.

[–] [email protected] 9 points 4 weeks ago (1 children)

checks Team Fortress 2

500+ fps

checks PCSX2

60fps locked and stable

checks Elden Ring

....it works, we'll put it that way

I'm good. What good is a $3k graphics card in a generation with no games?

[–] [email protected] 2 points 4 weeks ago (3 children)

Stalker is right there and needs it

[–] [email protected] 3 points 4 weeks ago* (last edited 4 weeks ago)

Give the modders six months.

I'm letting Stalker 2 bake for a while.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 4 weeks ago

you can run stalker just fine with a $350 3080 from eBay.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 4 weeks ago (1 children)

I mean the Steam recommendations list a RX 6800 XT. That is not too crazy!

[–] [email protected] 1 points 4 weeks ago

Ya, but like play it. Geforce Now has issues running it lmao

[–] [email protected] 9 points 4 weeks ago (2 children)

His jacket annoys me more than it should.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 4 weeks ago

“Divorced” vibes

[–] [email protected] 4 points 4 weeks ago (1 children)

Management always wearing the same thing in public appearances is fucking weird. Steve Jobs, Zuck, Todd Howard, probably more I just haven't noticed. It's like they're trying to be cartoons.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 4 weeks ago

Turma da Mônica type shit

[–] [email protected] 12 points 4 weeks ago

Now that AMD is supposedly out of the high end graphics card market, it seems like high end gpus are going to go for a fun pricing range.

[–] [email protected] 7 points 1 month ago (3 children)

I already have a 4090 and I'm going to buy a 5090 and there's nothing any of you can do to stop me.

[–] [email protected] 6 points 4 weeks ago (1 children)

What if we put a bunch of Legos on the floor around your bed while you slept?

[–] [email protected] 1 points 4 weeks ago

I would buy it from my bed using my phone and then summon my cats to bat the Legos away. I am unstoppable.

[–] [email protected] 5 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago) (3 children)

Random Tangent: I rather buy a nicer HDR monitor with that money. HDR Gaming is where it's at. SDR looks like washed out, dim dogshit to me now.

I offer an alternative to people who want nicer graphics: consider an OLED HDR monitor. HDR has like no performance impact but looks 10,000x better.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 4 weeks ago (1 children)

What’s considered a good “hdr” monitor?

[–] [email protected] 2 points 4 weeks ago* (last edited 4 weeks ago) (1 children)

Preferably an OLED monitor (or TV). Either wOLED or QD-OLED. Both have strengths and weaknesses. I have a wOLED.

If not that, a high end miniLED.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 4 weeks ago (1 children)

Should I worry about the brand that much or just go with OLED + HDR combo for whatever I can find in my budget?

[–] [email protected] 2 points 4 weeks ago

Sites like rtings.com and tftcentral.co.uk have pretty decent measurement methodology. Probably best to stick to LG and Samsung but I can't say for certain.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 4 weeks ago

I'm using a 55 inch LG C4 as a monitor

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 month ago (1 children)

Anyone who has a 4090 more than likely already has an HDR monitor.

Otherwise, what are they doing?

[–] [email protected] -1 points 1 month ago (1 children)

I have a 4090 and my display supports HDR and its disabled because fuck HDR. Do people actually like getting blasted with a floodlight because HDR automatically maxes your screen brightness? Like fuck I think my screen with HDR enabled is brighter than my lamp.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 4 weeks ago* (last edited 4 weeks ago) (1 children)

You don't have it configured correctly. That's not what HDR is supposed to do. Or you have a fake HDR monitor.

[–] [email protected] -2 points 4 weeks ago (1 children)

That's default behaviour on windows11, I have an MSI titan laptop that definitely supports it. I've done 0 to configure it. My brightness is typically at minimum or near to, enabling HDR immediately and consistently maxes brightness on the majority of the screen. It's utterly unusable. It goes with things that people say matters like 1000nits of brightness or whatever when I actually want like 300, so my eyes don't start bleeding.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 4 weeks ago* (last edited 4 weeks ago) (1 children)

I'll say it again. You have it misconfigured. That isn't what HDR is supposed to do. You either have settings wrong in Windows, or in the games.

[–] [email protected] -3 points 4 weeks ago* (last edited 4 weeks ago) (1 children)

That is default windows, if it's misconfigured then it ships misconfigured. I've done nothing except click the slider that turns it on, and then 5 seconds later off again as the dark mode settings menu blasts me with the full force of the screen.

If default doesn't work, I don't really feel like repeatedly blasting my eyes with full brightness until I figure out how to make it not burn out my retinas.

I think the issue is HDR requires the r part, being range, and I want it to not blast my eyes which anything above 20% brightness does if I'm inside, and default probably uses 100% of the brightness range and that actually causes pain.

Edit: to be clear, never made it to a game. Getting flash banged by the settings menu was bad enough thanks, don't need to deal with something intended to be a flashbang.

[–] [email protected] 6 points 4 weeks ago

Okay you clearly have zero interest in what people are telling you so I'm not going to bother. Enjoy your misconfigured HDR.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 1 month ago

This is extremely based

[–] [email protected] 21 points 1 month ago

Jensen can keep his GPUs, the way AAA gaming is going I'll be playing indies for the foreseeable future or playing on console. I have evolved into a patient gamer. It also has the advantage that if I want to see some theorycrafting I won't be swamped with youtube suggestions about pronouns or diversity. I'm not starting to use an account, I'm not American nor am I a conservative google, stop trying. I'm fine with different looking people in my games telling different stories. Also, TLOUII was one the greatest games of all time.

[–] [email protected] 6 points 1 month ago

Not just an AI company, then.

It is, don’t use Nvidia cards for gaming the p2p isn’t worth it

[–] [email protected] 26 points 1 month ago (2 children)

My Nvidia cards anytime anyone suggests I should "upgrade".

[–] [email protected] 4 points 4 weeks ago

I'm still rocking my Zotac 1060. I might as well ride that thing into the ground at this point.

[–] [email protected] 8 points 1 month ago

I have a non ti 1080 and every subsequent generation seems to have been worse with everything from firmware issues to actual fires.

[–] [email protected] 21 points 1 month ago (2 children)

That headline sounds expensive for us gamers.

[–] [email protected] 7 points 1 month ago (1 children)

this is the new normal... only way to fight is to squeeze the most of what you got, don't feed the troll

[–] [email protected] 2 points 4 weeks ago (1 children)

Not to worry, discrete GPUs will likely go away completely within a few generations.

[–] [email protected] -1 points 4 weeks ago

With how well AMD APUs are doing in regular PCs and the Steam Deck, I see it as a way for developers to standardize their game optimization like they would on consoles.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 month ago

That headline is not directed at us gamers.

[–] [email protected] 27 points 1 month ago

5060 will be $1999