pc-gaming

[idle lantern]

Do you even know what a touch pen is?

[pulsar void]

It's like arguing with an AI / Samsung rep 😮‍💨

[idle lantern]

I just don't get it your point was that Samsung uses "fancy" names only for marketing purposes, I made 2 scheme and even a summary for you. And honestly you called me a Samsung rep but you just don't want to assume that you're wrong about the Qled.

So please give it up 🙏

[pulsar void]

#pc-gaming message

[idle lantern]

Then the argument should have stopped right here, you're the one who brought the s pen into this even though you were wrong.

[devout remnant]

It’s not nonsense at all, it enhances colour quite a bit. That’s why QD-OLED is superior to W-OLED when it comes to colours.

I would love a 12-bit Dolby Vision Monitor that’s based on QD-OLED / MicroLED at 480Hz 😄👏✨

A display like that genuinely would have 10 years or so life in it before needing to upgrade.

[pulsar void]

Weird then how there are no Q-LED mastering monitors; they're pretty much all OLED

[idle lantern]

Omg

[idle lantern]

Want to be sure, are you talking about gaming monitors ?

[pulsar void]

No

[devout remnant]

Well QD also relates to Monitors so I guess we are discussing them too 😄✨

And the QD Monitors are excellent

Especially for their main advantage which is colour

[idle lantern]

QD-oled is so beautiful

[devout remnant]

Yeah, I’ll have to get the LG OLED in a few years but if Samsung ups the Hz I’ll switch to the QD-OLED in a heartbeat!

[idle lantern]

Personally i'm way too poor to afford one had to stick with the Samsung g5, but have fun with it tho

[devout remnant]

Ahh you never know in a few years 😄

[ruby spear]

Ugh, stupid late unlock time for Ratchet & Clank tomorrow.

[smoky flame]

huh? when is it?

[ruby spear]

In 19 hours, so will be around 4pm UK time.

Either 4pm or 5pm.

[smoky flame]

cool, thanks. Looking forward to playing it, even after all that wait

[dusky wave]

Ratchet and clank is that ps action and adventure shooter right?

[smoky flame]

apparently ray tracing has been disabled for AMD cards at launch but tbh with how poor ray tracing performance is on AMD its a meh kind of thing

[smoky flame]

yeah, quite a bit of fun from what I remember but I'm going back to PSP days. Been so long since I last played any ratchet and clank game

[ruby spear]

Rift Apart is good. I enjoyed it on PS5.

[full flint]

i need help

cause the xbox app dont download

[magic quail]

where are you downloading it

[compact meadow]

Pc or phone? -lol

[exotic jacinth]

Yeah, not sure what I’d compare it to really. Basically a platformer with guns and upgrade systems

I enjoyed rift apart but there was 1 trophy I couldn’t get that never got patched which was annoying so could never get the plat

[old loom]

Got my RTX 4070 up and running, wow it demolishes everything. Huge gains compared to my RTX 3060ti

still running 1080p 75hz, though lol. But I'm set for a long while and most likely getting a 1440p monitor or 1080p 144hz(or higher)

[obtuse edge]

Nice

[blissful carbon]

100+ hz is so nice. The smoothness is just very satisfying

[old loom]

yeah I used to have an 120hz monitor but it broke, settled with this 75hz monitor

which is very nice, MUCH easier to run and 75hz is a lot better than 60hz, but I do miss having higher than that

but now that I can run 144hz no problem in any game, I am def gonna try it out again, It's between that or 1440p which will be tougher to maintain 144hz. But long as it's g-sync compatible should be fine

[keen bloom]

Rift apart is deck verified

[devout remnant]

1440p 144Hz won’t be an issue for a 4070 tbh

[digital remnant]

does anyone know how to fix the error code 20006 or error code 216 on pc gamepass ive tried everything like repairing the files

[obsidian bobcat]

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[latent gate]

https://www.techspot.com/news/99534-new-zenbleed-vulnerability-puts-amd-ryzen-cpu-users.html

[smoky flame]

seems limited to Zen 2 processors. I was going to share a link to this on here a day or two ago but wasn't sure if it would be wise

[exotic jacinth]

Yeah, not much you can do besides getting the patches when available I suppose either way

[smoky flame]

yup and for that users affected could be waiting until as late as December for that fix. Meanwhile EPYC Zen 2 has already been patched

[pulsar void]

Affects series consoles right? Being based on zen 2 architecture

[smoky flame]

that's what I was wondering but I'd guess since consoles can't really be altered to the same extent a PC can they would be unaffected or at the very least far less risk of impact from this vulnerability but yeah, they also use a Zen 2 processor

[pulsar void]

But the browser supports JS and this bypasses the hypervisor sandbox. Sooooo

I had to test for Spectre mitigations years ago on site, they'd only applied software patches and I managed to get it working again. Client wasn't happy that the fix was "wait for the microcode patch"

[smoky flame]

iirc for some software patches might have been the only option or to upgrade to a newer CPU that would have hardware level mitigations against Spectre and Meltdown. Though I think it was mostly Intel CPUs affected by that. AMD CPUs were mostly unaffected (until a later discovery at least)

[exotic jacinth]

Yeah I have some Sandy and Ivy CPUs that were in that list but never really had any issues

[pulsar void]

There's a Powershell script knocking about that can test for Spectre, think there's c code too, to build an exe

[smoky flame]

majority of users probably won't run into issues but I still find it good to be up to date anyway in regards to security. Rather be safe than sorry

[exotic jacinth]

Yeah for sure

[pulsar void]

Oh certainly the end user won't really care. Enterprise users protecting PII/PCI data have to care

[exotic jacinth]

From end user point of view as long as your operating system is being updated with security updates that’s the main thing.

[pulsar void]

I've met users that won't even do that. "I'm not installing that, I only get 59FPS in rocket league now instead of 60, ITS UNPLAYABLE! AMD BROKE MY COMPUTER!" etc

[smoky flame]

wait, seriously?

[pulsar void]

Semi serious lol but there are users that won't update because of diminishing performance

[dusky wave]

I always install my security updates

[smoky flame]

I remember some of the impacts spectre and meltdown vulnerabilities brought were quite severe but come on, that's just being silly lol. Either update/apply measures and soak up the diminished performance or upgrade to a processor with hardware mitigations

[exotic jacinth]

Yeah I mean especially on a windows machine you want the security updates asap to be on the safe side

[dusky wave]

Agreed

[exotic jacinth]

I didn't really notice any difference tbh after the patches

[dusky wave]

Just cause u have bad perf wont mean anything if pc refuses to boot if someone exploited the vulnerabilities preupdate

[pulsar void]

I agree with you, but the saying in info sec goes "you can't patch stupid"

[pulsar void]

Spectre won't corrupt the OS, just leaks data, unless you meant "others"

[ember gull]

Any1 Shatterline

[exotic jacinth]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=I71u7j1Izww

[ruby spear]

Their max spec PC is pretty much the same as mine (I have a 13900K compared to their 12900K and 64GB Ram compared to their 32GB) so will be a decent comparison for how it will run for me (when my damn key arrives).

[smoky flame]

where did you get it from? I got my key via CDKeys just after midnight. Had it preloaded and ready to go shortly after

[ruby spear]

From CD Keys. It showed in stock, but the order shows pending and won't give the key.

[smoky flame]

hmm, that's odd

[ruby spear]

The PayPal transaction still shows as pending too, but the money has been taken from my bank. Not sure what they're doing.

[smoky flame]

mine went through instantly check there isn't another email with download on it and then it takes you to the part to get your key code

[ruby spear]

I'm in the order list on my account.

[exotic jacinth]

I've had it stuck at pending before one time. I just sent them and email and it got sorted after that.

[dusky wave]

Rhinne that sucks. Hope ur order get processed and u get ur key

[ruby spear]

Bad enough it was a 4pm unlock. No idea how long it will take support to respond.

[exotic jacinth]

They are usually pretty quick when I've had to get in touch

Like less than an hour

[devout remnant]

PC min still looks surprising good !

[exotic jacinth]

Yeah it does

I'm watching atm, game is unplayable on a HDD which is pretty much expected but interesting to see in practice.

[smoky flame]

that part where it really stutters and stuff is that the thing Sony claimed the game needed the SSD on the PS5 to run properly? If so for me that was buttery smooth. Not a single stutter or that. Pretty cool effects and at 4K maxed settings it looks great. Much needed change of pace from all the Diablo IV I've been playing lately 😄

[exotic jacinth]

I think if you have a PCIE gen 4 drive with good speeds will probably be about the same or a bit better. I think they are doing more testing with that soon with an in depth

[dusky wave]

Does Rachet and clank needs rt?

[exotic jacinth]

Nope, it's not even possible on AMD atm.

[dusky wave]

Then why did they give specs for 4k rt lol

[exotic jacinth]

It's only on Nvidia atm, will be patches in later for AMD at some point

I guess not stable atm

[dusky wave]

I thought they release a driver update yesterday 4 amd

[smoky flame]

yeah, I have the WD Black SN850X 2TB, one of the fastest Gen 4 M.2 available. If it doesn't match the PS5 SSD it beats it for speed. Will eventually move up to Gen 5 but only when the stars align oops, I meant when speeds get closer to peak 16GB/s Gen 5 is capable of and prices come down to a point it's £100/TB or less and for my next SSD upgrade I'll be going 4TB so £400 or less

[exotic jacinth]

Yeah that's the same drive I'm using in the PS5 atm

[dusky wave]

I tried that motorfest closed beta terrible. I had to roll back my driver to even play it. Only like 20 to 30 fps no upscaling

[exotic jacinth]

https://wccftech.com/ratchet-clank-rift-apart-ray-tracing-amd-stability/

[smoky flame]

AMD also acknowledge there's an issue within the notes of the 23.7.2 driver they launched earlier today and hope to have a fix soon (probably another driver)

[ruby spear]

Well, even if I were to get the key I wouldn't be playing tonight as the pre-load I had installed is only half the game and would need another 35GB+ to download on our crappy internet.

[dusty otter]

Urgent:

How do I access Xbox's LFG feature for certain games like COD MW2 on PC?

And no im not talking about the PC version of their LFG on Xbox I just solely want to access the LFG that includes xbox players

[ruby spear]

That is not urgent.

[dusty otter]

it is

from sources PC and Xbox arent allowed to use the same LFG in the xbox companion app

Well they removed it I guess, but how can I rollback my xbox companion app to access it again

[ruby spear]

Then maybe you can't, but either way, it's not urgent in the slightest.

[dusty otter]

It is urgent

for me atleast

[ruby spear]

the companion app has been discontinued

[dusty otter]

do you know how to access the lfg

[ruby spear]

No

[dusty otter]

the one xbox uses on the console

[ruby spear]

Use an Xbox

[dusty otter]

bro ur not helping im on PC

[dusky wave]

Then use this severs lfg or cod discord servers lfg

[exotic jacinth]

So with the loading aspect basically a high end PCIE3 drive doesn’t make any difference on the game compared to a drive at PCIE4 speeds although a Sata SSD has a lot of noticeable stuttering which is interesting and kind of expected but the first game we have seen that in as far as I’m aware.

Testing on a mid range pc video is out soon so will be interesting to see that as well

[dusty otter]

thats not my question

[ruby spear]

Info online says it's not an option.

[dusty otter]

how do I access the LFG then

is it possible to rollback app versions

[exotic jacinth]

Don’t think so, the companion app is separate and unsupported

[dusty otter]

there is a way im sure

when i had the series s before i sold it there was a couple PC players joining our lfgs

so im trying to figure out how to access it

[dusky wave]

Not with xbox app pc u cant. U can try the game bar

[iron spindle]

LFG is in gamebar

[ruby spear]

If it's not in the new app, then you don't. You can't roll back the app, that app is discontinued.

[untold zephyr]

How do i run my games in -dx11?

[exotic jacinth]

Depends if the game has an option for dx11 or not

[untold zephyr]

Ok, I'm trying to do this for Hi-fi rush, because of a hibiki crash, at start

I cant seem to find any fix for this

[exotic jacinth]

I don’t think the game even supports dx11 according to pc gaming wiki.

[untold zephyr]

oh

[latent gate]

hibiki?

echo? sound?

[smoky flame]

yeah, not every game afaik will allow you to set a directX 11 override and these days most games are now running DirectX 12 only. There are some games that might allow use of -dx11 but there will probably be a performance penalty with it (like in Ghostwire Tokyo for instance)

[dusky wave]

I thought hifi rush is dx12

[smoky flame]

it is

[potent frigate]

What's a good 60% keyboard under 100

[smoky flame]

something I've noticed with Ratchet and Clank Rifts Apart. It supports Nvidia and Intel ambient occlusion implementations (HBAO+ and XeGTAO respectively) but no AMD CACAO (Combined Adaptive Compute Ambient Occlusion). Also FSR implementation seems to be v2.1 rather than the latest v2.2.1

[obtuse edge]

Ironic when it's a game built for the ps5(amd hardware)

[ruby spear]

Insomniac sure do love their particle effects 😄

[ruby spear]

How's the game running for you, Sub?

[keen bloom]

Its kinda weird that i ended up using my steam deck more than my desktop now

[bronze raft]

Not really weird at all! It’s a cool little pc handheld 😄, I really want

[ruby spear]

Gotta say, it runs nicely on the ROG Ally so far. I put it on medium preset because they’ve not released the latest AMD drivers for the Ally yet but it looks nice and runs smoothly.

[exotic jacinth]

That's cool, I've heard mixed things on midrange setups. It seems to scale pretty well to low or high end builds though besides some bugs mentioned in the DF video.

Feels weird seeing xbox button prompts in a Ratchet game as well haha

[ruby spear]

I may be able to tweak it to get it to run with a higher frame rate with lower settings, but that's just a quick test with the medium preset.

I likely won't play it much on the Ally, but I'm away this weekend so will be handy to have to play a little of it maybe.

I wasn't a fan of playing it with an Xbox controller on my desktop though. The half press and full press trigger controls for guns doesn't translate well at all.

It also tries to replicate the Dual Sense haptics on the Xbox controller which doesn't work. The subtle vibrations for the footsteps end up being strong vibrations with every step, so I had to turn those off. I've switched over to using a Dual Sense now, but I hate having to use it wired for the Dual Sense features.

[exotic jacinth]

That's pretty interesting, I didn't think about that actually but the dual sense trigger feedback was quite important on that game now I remember it for some weapons.

[ruby spear]

I can see that being an issue on the Ally with there being less range of movement in the trigger buttons.

Unless there's an option in the controls to use a modifier of some kind.

[exotic jacinth]

Shame the dual sense isn't supported in wireless mode according to the website on Windows. Hopefully that's something that will come in future which would be nice for the Sony specific games.

[ruby spear]

The controller itself is, but the Dual Sense features won't work, so you need to be wired for general vibration, the advanced haptics and adaptive triggers.

The game is running real nice on my desktop. Got everything completely maxed out as far as it can go.

It's running around 90fps with DLSS off. With it on I get between 150 and 170.

[smoky flame]

runs great for me. Been exploring and framerate seems solid and no hiccups or that I've noticed as yet. Nixxes and Insomniac Games should work together with other game devs on all future PS PC releases if this is how good things have got

[exotic jacinth]

I'm curious to see how it runs for people on more midrange hardware like a 3600x and 3060 etc. Seen mixed results with that so far.

[pulsar void]

I'd love to bung it on my rig to just watch it explode in a swarm of bolts 😂

Somehow I think an i3 6100 and a 1660 super ain't gunna cut it

[exotic jacinth]

That is still better than the minimum DF was testing with I think. At least on the GPU side

Might be ok locking it to 30 and low/mid settings

[pulsar void]

I could live with that

[exotic jacinth]

If you had a chance to drop in a 6700 or 7700 at some point would help a lot as well

7700 is about equal to 3600x which is kinda midrange still now

[pulsar void]

I've considered beefing up the CPU, but not sure it's worth it, they don't seem to benchmark that much higher?

[exotic jacinth]

It would definitely be a lot better than the i3. The extra cores and threads will make a difference

[smoky flame]

did I see right that DF lowest spec system was running a rare Ryzen 3 3100? if so I remember something about them that was quite negative. I think AMD put the 4c/8t it had over 2 CCD and back in Zen 2 CCD consisted of two blocks of 4 cores and their own L3 cache (per CCD) so instead of it all being on one CCD with half of it disabled (iirc that would be how the 3300X works) the 3100 is like 2c/4t x 2c/4t

[exotic jacinth]

They seem to be about £70 on ebay, so after getting one and flipping the i3 probably about £40 overall ish

[dusky wave]

who did the port for rachet and clank on pc?

[smoky flame]

nixxes

[exotic jacinth]

Nixxes, same who did spider-man

[pulsar void]

Tbh it runs what I try to run fine. I'll probably keep it until it gives up or can't run something I want to play, then I'd rather just build a DDR5/Zen rig

[dusky wave]

nice at least with nixxes we can actually trust to do it right

Is the port any good like spiderman or bad like last of us part i

[ruby spear]

Very good port

At least so far it has been for me.

[dusky wave]

I probably get it next year since from now til end of the year i would be buying a lot of games. Im guessing it cost 70 usd 4 rachet and clank

[pulsar void]

Aye it's full price right now

[exotic jacinth]

£35 on cdkeys for a bit of a discount

[ruby spear]

This is capped at 60 for the capture, but it's running at 90 without DLSS and 150-170 with it enabled. No issues with the port so far. Solid job.

[dusky wave]

Nice what u think nixxes next port is? I say either ghost of tsushima, god of war ragnarok or forbidden west

[ruby spear]

Probably Tsushima

[ruby spear]

One thing I find super annoying about using the Dual Sense on PC, aside from needing to use it wired, is that no matter how I set my default sound output, it will always switch to playing all audio out of the damn controller speaker.

[smoky flame]

that would be annoying 😄 I just stick to using an Xbox controller. Though I'm slowly getting used to the idea of using it over bluetooth rather than wired all the time

[dusky wave]

Dont a dual sense link via bluetooth?

[dusky wave]

Im sticking to wired

[ruby spear]

It does, but only for basic controller use. If you want vibration, haptics and adaptive triggers you need to use it wired.

[dusky wave]

That makes no sense at all

[smoky flame]

hmm, kind of hard to tell if Ratchet and Clank Rifts Apart is making use of the 3D V Cache or not. Keeps fluctuating between the 3D V Cache and frequency cores. There's a chance I may see improved performance yet when this gets fixed

[exotic jacinth]

Would recommend getting the wireless adapter if you have the spare cash it's much better than bluetooth

[dusky wave]

My wireless xbox controller can connect to pc without adapter why do people need wireless adapter for connecting wireless controllers to pc?

[ruby spear]

If their PC/laptop doesn't have bluetooth.

Also, the USB wireless adaptor uses the proprietary Xbox wireless protocol which has a more stable connection than bluetooth with less latency.

[dusky wave]

So basically any of the pcs with last 5 years should have bluetooth

[exotic jacinth]

Yeah you can only have 1 controller connected at the same time as well. The connection can be pretty flakey on BT and on some games causes performance issues.

[dusky wave]

Yeah. I just wired my starfield controller. I dont use bluetooth at all

[ruby spear]

The wireless adaptor allows for 8 controllers at once.

Plus two headsets. Or might be four.

[dusky wave]

I probably get the starfield headset next year. My current headset only playable on xbox

But getting the offical wireless adapter is hard to find brand new

Anyone try remnant 2 on pc yet

[exotic jacinth]

I'm not sure why the adapters are harder to get now. They were everywhere a couple years ago

Are they discontinued or something now?

[dusky wave]

I know right. Without spending upwards of 50 or more

[smoky flame]

Interesting, I wasn't really aware of all this but yeah, I think I'll just stick to wired after all

[exotic jacinth]

Yeah that's weird I got a couple of them for like £18 in 2021 for my PCs from argos. I guess ebay would be your next best option

[smoky flame]

might go as far as to disable the bluetooth on my PC as it probably now isn't going to see any use. Btw, with the new charge kit for the Series controllers is the cable long enough to use or only to charge? I looked on the Xbox site and it wasn't very clear with the cable length

[exotic jacinth]

I don't have a recent one but the play and charge kit on xbox one was a decent length cable

[ruby spear]

I'm not sure about the Series controller cable. I'm using one from the Elite v2 and that's long enough to stretch from my PC to the sofa.

[exotic jacinth]

Yeah I don't use anything on bluetooth, especially having multiple devices going on bluetooth causes issues all the time with Windows.

I have a pretty decent PCIE Wifi6 adapter with bluetooth as well

[loud horizon]

I have question, can you play windows store games launched through xbox app without other people seeing me online, including friends?

[last remnant]

Show as offline

[devout remnant]

Usually 2m

[crude laurel]

Should i get RDR2 on PC to replay this masterpiece if i already played it on PS5 but on 30fps with low res?

[smoky flame]

if you have the hardware to run it I don't see why not. Also, remember the download size will be pretty large

[wicked kestrel]

120 gigs if im correct

But i enjoyed the game alot after the story i installed a mod menu for offline and was fun messing around in there

[exotic jacinth]

https://youtu.be/11VTtIwboe8

[dusky wave]

true. i need play around in that. i havent even started the game up yet except modify the settings

[wicked kestrel]

no pings pls 🙂

[dusky wave]

sorry

[wicked kestrel]

no worries mate

[dusky wave]

tbh i havent even beaten rdr2 on console yet its a very long game especially if u want to do everything

[smoky flame]

so based off this video (at around 26:29) SATA SSDs are still relevant after all. M.2 SSD only improve load times by some 3 seconds with no noticeable improvements going for faster M.2. All this hype around new tech. M.2 vs SATA SSDs shouldn't even be comparable (M.2 being between 7-24x faster!) at least on paper they are not but that rarely shows in actual hardware performance, even with what little we've seen so far of DirectStorage. Glad to ditch the SATA cables but I feel like I've been made a fool of with all the hype in some sense. DirectStorage should have only supported M.2 SSDs imo, like it was originally planned before, for whatever reason SATA SSDs (and even HDD iirc) got added too

[pulsar void]

Careful, you'll start the "why storage cards so expensive" thread again

[exotic jacinth]

I wouldn’t be surprised if performance is improved with patches, as it stands PS5 is faster at loading than even the fastest PCs on the market during those portal sequences. No difference between PCIE gen 3 and 4 speeds for this game specifically which is interesting. Sata SSDs just have more loading and more judder between sequences but still playable.

[exotic jacinth]

Looks like you would need to have a pretty beefy system to match PS5 settings otherwise though. The 2070 super Alex was using needed quite a lot of changes and texture resolution needed to be downgraded due to 8GB not being able to handle it.

[dusky wave]

the game looks good but i wait til it goes on sale

[pulsar void]

Guess my issue with anything faster than a SATA SSD is it doesn't seem to make that much difference? Like a basic SSD is significantly faster than a HDD, but anything faster than that is just bells and whistles IMO

[dusky wave]

i decided to go back to spiderman remastered and miles i need a nixxes fix

[smoky flame]

well that's where DirectStorage was meant to come in and allow even faster loading for when SATA SSDs become too slow to load complex worlds etc but I feel it should scale with the speed of the SSDs so say a gen 3 M.2 SSD loads one of these complex worlds in 30 seconds gen 4 being able to offer approximately double the bandwidth should load that same thing in around 15 seconds and then gen 5 in around 7-8 seconds. That was my understanding of this technology with SATA being deemed "minimum spec" or not recommended as it would be considerably slower

[dusky wave]

so sata ssd is ok for rachet and clank probably no for starfield.

[exotic jacinth]

Not sure if Starfield will be using direct storage

[smoky flame]

sure hope it does. What has been shown so far it's a game that could use it

[dusky wave]

direct storage will be more used on win 11 than w 10 pcs i assume

[smoky flame]

windows 10 still supports DirectStorage though to what extent idk. Would be interesting to see a windows 10 vs 11 comparison with DirectStorage

[dusky wave]

agreed. im on win10

does rachet and clank makesgood use of direct storage

[smoky flame]

seems to as there is some proof of it doing something if you aren't running on at least a SATA SSD as certain scenes (as shown on the DF video linked above) may cause the system to grind to a halt like the game is going to crash and the devs do recommend an M.2 SSD

[dusky wave]

but it doesnt seem something thats noticeable

[smoky flame]

it can become noticeable. I'd certainly be annoyed at the game coming to an abrupt stop for a second or two while it loads stuff in the background on a slower storage. Was very smooth for me on my M.2 SSD to the point I passed one of the parts where the M.2 SSD helps without realizing it 😄

[dusky wave]

i put all my games that release within the last year or so on my m2 drive

[smoky flame]

list the specs or the pc here

[storm wren]

Xbox i like the new update

[eager veldt]

Will a PC with a Ryzen 5600g and rx 6400 outperform a Xbox one x

[karmic panther]

a windows 10 with dell and with nvidia nvs 3100m is the same thing as an original 2001 xbox or 360 thats all i know

[smoky flame]

hard to say for sure but both the CPU and GPU being far more recent it should be a significant improvement over the hardware the Xbox One X used though you will probably find the RX 6400 is lacking in game performance

[latent dagger]

Im on pc xbox and its not allowing me to use my ps4 controller connected to my pc is there any way to get it to work on xbox games?

[karmic wasp]

guys i have a question and it might be a stupid one

whats the difference between ULTIMATE AND GAME PASS?

[void surge]

ultimate actually lets you play online and have friends and gamepass just gives you free games. In simple form ultimate+gamepass= playstation plus

[exotic jacinth]

CPU yes, GPU no

[idle lantern]

Never should you buy an rx 6400, it is really underpowered.

[full flint]

Should i get 980 pro or 990 pro

Because i need some fast loading need rn

[dusky wave]

u switching from what exactly? both 980 and 990 pro are gen 4s ssds

[full flint]

Like all i want is faster loading speed

And download speed prob

[raven hull]

Download speed won’t change

990 is faster than 980

[dusky wave]

though not by much. perf 980 pro vs 990 pro is very small and wont be something that is noticeable

[dusky wave]

for that get better internet

[devout remnant]

Price difference is also negligible between the two, so much as we’ll get a 990 Pro.

[dusky wave]

true. but that depends on their budget ofc

[devout remnant]

990 Pro £28 cheaper

[full flint]

I am at like 8 ping so i dont think internet is something i need to think about

But like what samsung says that the 990 pro is 50% faster then 980 pro

But idk because i dont have much experience with m.2 but more with ssd's

[obtuse edge]

Pretty sure it was in the writes speed. The reads speed are nearly identical.

[exotic jacinth]

Make sure to get the firmware updates if you go with 990 pro. Heard those have some issues

[obtuse edge]

Same with the 980 pro but it was with a specific batch

So those should be good now

[exotic jacinth]

Depends if it’s new or old stock. Would be best to get the newer firmware to be more safe

I personally would just get the SN950X, not heard of any reliability issues with those.

[full flint]

Like all i need rn is to not use 2 min to load into sea of thieves

[obtuse edge]

Either would be fantastic, if you can get the 990 pro for cheaper than go for it.

[full flint]

I mean i found a 990 pro without a heatsink for 120$ but found a 980 pro with a heatsink for 100$ plus it in my local store

I also have a question if i have lets say sea of thieves on steam but i use my microsoft account that is logged in on xbox website. Cant i like link something so i can play it on the series s

[hasty tusk]

No

[full flint]

Damn bro then i have to buy sea of thieves all over again.

[exotic jacinth]

If you bought it on Xbox you would have both versions as it’s play anywhere game but steam is a separate purchase

[fossil stag]

what should I do about trying to find a new game to play on my PC and I try a game and I get bored quick repeat. I don't know if I want to continue playing old school runescape. It's hard for me to pick up a new game and enjoy it. Maybe I need to try new things idkl

[raven hull]

Exoprimal

[fierce dust]

Im trying to use my ps5 controller to play decenders, it will let me skip through the intro bit but not ride or move at all. I can play other games on the pass like mk11 but not descenders. Any help?

[obsidian bobcat]

#rules 📢 7. No self-promotion or advertisements. This includes unsolicited references and links to other social media, servers, communities, and services in chat or direct messages.

[valid drift]

yo anyone got spiderheck

[bronze raft]

I tried it out but playing solo isn't fun lol

[smoky flame]

found something odd with Forza Horizon 5. Apparently a recent driver from AMD finally fixed performance of the RX 7000 series GPUs but it seems to have specific conditions this so called "fix" if I run with TAA enabled things remain as they were in previous drivers in terms of performance but turn off TAA and enable MSAA and have it set to 2x and I go from 130 FPS to 150 FPS and there is where it gets odd... Shouldn't MSAA be more taxing on hardware than TAA?

[exotic jacinth]

Probably a bug

[normal gyro]

Hello I have a problem where I cannot see my XBOX friends online while they are, which means I can't play with them, I already tried every solution I could find online, please someone help I just want to play MineCraft (if this helps : I'm on PC and my friends are on PS4/5)

[red thorn]

why doesnt msi afterburner work on fh4?

[iron spindle]

You need too give details MSI after burner works with your pc not the game

[red thorn]

it works on most games

[iron spindle]

sure but that isnt giving details

[smoky flame]

iirc there was a way to get MSI Afterburner to work with FH4 but I can't quite remember it all. Think it involved enabling the pre created profiles from RTSS (if you also use that) I'd also make sure MSI Afterburner (and RTSS, again if you use it too) are up to date

[rotund gate]

Hello, I have a serious problem since I have two xbox accounts with the same gmail, and I can't access the main one, and I want to delete the another account , what do I have to do?

[exotic kernel]

is it possible to add different accounts on xbox pc so they can all access the same content as one account that pays for the xbox game pass ultimate, just like how you can do this on an xbox console

[dusky wave]

Contact official xbox support no one can help u with acct issues

[dusky wave]

There is no gameshare like capability on pc.

[plucky marsh]

Anyone else played BattleBit remastered? It's such a fun game. Basically battlefield but with a Roblox-esque style

[blissful carbon]

actually there is... somewhat, at least for steam. Family library sharing or something like that.

[dusky wave]

true. but not for xbox acct via xbox app or such

[blissful carbon]

still think its worth mentioning

[dusty vector]

But it was irrelevant to the original question that was asked.

[dull arch]

Hey so I bought the mk11 ultimate edition (I have mk11 itself through gamepass) and everytime I try to unlock the content in game it causes "gaming services" to stop working and I can't access my whole library on pc, I've uninstalled and reinstalled the xbox app multiple times and I even hard reset my computer but nothing seems to work, does anybody know what I need to do to fix this?

[full flint]

Anyone know if you can make a grapich card work on a xbox?

[pulsar void]

No

[full flint]

damn.

works atleast on ps5.

[pulsar void]

What are you talking about?

[full flint]

No like i want to try and somehow connect a grapich card to a xbox.

[pulsar void]

You mean to record the output?

[full flint]

bro not recording but like not use the xbox grapich that rae inside bui make it work with a rtx 2070 for example.

[pulsar void]

No and I'm pretty certain that's never worked with any console ever

[full flint]

it worked on a ps5.

but after like 10 min it broke.

[pulsar void]

Well that sounds against rule 12, as curious as I might be

[full flint]

i mean is not that i already have 16 gb ram on a xbox one x.

so i can try.

[pulsar void]

Do what you want but it can't be discussed here

[full flint]

oof i didnt see that this was pc gaming lol

[pulsar void]

I meant the server in general

[dusty vector]

[novel lava]

hello. is there a place to report issues related to pc gaming in this server?

[raven hull]

Nope. Most games have a report feature

[small aspen]

someone help if i try to log in xbox pc app browser instantly crashes and i cant login!

[smoky flame]

https://twitter.com/Sebasti66855537/status/1685389848603951111?s=20 idk if this link will work with how X, formerly Twitter works these days (RIP Twitter birb ) but this is interesting. I thought DirectStorage wouldn't have a performance hit or if there was one it was minor. Without it some lower spec systems may actually be able to play it

Sebastian Castellanos (@Sebasti66855537)

Damn, looks like force disabling DirectStorage in Ratchet & Clank: Rift Apart on PC by virtue of deleting the two DLL files "dstorage.dll" and "dstoragecore.dll" nets a big increase in GPU performance on my system. Nothing is free in real life after all...

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Twitter · Jul 29, 2023, 8:40 PM

[pulsar void]

Makes you wonder if the direct storage should be an option too. Longer loads Vs higher FPS

[smoky flame]

I think there might also be a launch option (Steam) to disable DirectStorage so having to go as far as to delete certain dll files seems a bit far. Whether or not that works though is another thing but I might check it out and see if it fixes the crashing I've been getting

[latent gate]

DirectStorage by its very nature is GPU-based Decompression removing the load from the CPU

[smoky flame]

some that tried this have somehow reported marginally faster loading with it off vs on. Someone tell me how that makes any sense... I tried it and can't even jump through one of those rifts without the game crashing on me right now. Makes it unplayable and I have send every report post crash so here's hoping there is a fix in the works 😦

[latent gate]

Then maybe don't delete files that the game was shipped with and intended to run on?

The devs are not responsible for crashes related to modifying the game file list.

[smoky flame]

I reverted that after. Had the crashes before, during and after

[latent gate]

It is worth noting he does not list what hardware he's using

judging by the comments it looks like it's a 4090

https://twitter.com/Jackgamer74/status/1685446272692445184?s=20

🎮🕹️Gamer 4 Life🕹️🎮 (@Jackgamer74)

@Sebasti66855537 I would assume, that the CPU is now doing the decompression.

So if you are not CPU limited and the data that needs to be decompressed isnt more than the free CPU power can handle, than you basicly just get ekstra GPU awailable to help in your GPU limited situation (I assume).…

Twitter · Jul 30, 2023, 12:24 AM

pretty much this

in areas with no asset streaming you're naturally going to only have the cpu handling loading. Whilst playing in standard areas and once it's loaded in, the cpu is not bound much as most of what's on screen has already loaded.

[smoky flame]

btw, I tried the method without removing the dll files suggested. I was right in there being a command for DirectStorage supported games that would turn it off but idk if it really made any difference or not

[plucky marsh]

Looks like it's an RTX card problem according to Reddit and Twitter

So you probably won't see any difference atm since you don't use nvidia right?

[smoky flame]

yeah, all AMD and right now there is a known issue with crashes happen but it has been reported as when RT is enabled, which the devs disabled for those on AMD GPUs currently and I'm even on a more specific driver version that supports the game (23.7.2 didn't) and claimed to have fixed the crashing (clearly not) I think the most recent game patch has made the crashing worse if anything

found out there is a way to roll back to the previous version of the game (v1.727) didn't know Steam supported that tbh until I found it within the game's properties page on Steam (right click the game and select properties and go down to beta). Might give that a try and see if it was v1.728 or if it is the game overall

so far so good no crashing. Might even try the command to turn off DirectStorage now that I seem to have figured the crashing out

[smoky flame]

since earlier I stopped bothering about DirectStorage since as Albzi pointed out it was an Nvidia issue but rolling back to v1.727 from v1.728 seems to improve performance and reduce the chances of crashes occurring (though I still wasn't completely crash free)

[autumn sluice]

And ppl wonder why ms doesnt use it

[last flower]

Bought a new xbox controller and started using it on my pc i updated the firmware and started playing apex legends and im having an issue seems like quite often when i hit Y to swap weapons its like it doesn't register the press

Any idea what this could be or how to fix it?

To clarify it is a wireless one

[exotic jacinth]

Does it happen when using it wired?

[last flower]

I will test that when i get home

Thinking it might be interference.

I considered that as well but not sure by what yet.

[exotic jacinth]

If you are using bluetooth it can be pretty unreliable. Would recommend getting the xbox controller adapter for long term use.

[last flower]

Ok so there is an official adapter?

Ill probably go ahead and order that to then

[exotic jacinth]

One of these, although they don't seem to be in stock often anymore for some reason. May have to use ebay if not.

https://www.xbox.com/en-GB/accessories/adapters/wireless-adapter-windows

[last flower]

Found it on amazon for $40

[pearl coral]

so i noticed that in the new beta you can use the new renderdragon thing how do you enable it? is there a resource pack that will make the option usable? i would also like to test it on my phone.

[tulip kite]

does anyone play gta on pc dm me

need friends

[obsidian bobcat]

If you're looking for someone to play with, please go to #1094715375884697600

[main echo]

Do you directly plug in your controller to your pc with a wire?

[green nexus]

why does my mcc get stuck on a black screen with the golden logo at the bottom not changing

[fossil stag]

Who here has game pass and wants to be friends

[blissful carbon]

the US site doesn't even list as sold out, it just has no buy button at all. I'd say its effectively discontinued even if temporarily.

[minor talon]

the loading of the update of my xbox elite serie 2 controller does not progress for 2 hours it is blocked at 0

[open saffron]

I will buy a new pc, can I play xbox game pass games without paying extra on the computer?

[smoky flame]

PC doesn't require anything like Xbox Live Gold and it has it's own version of game pass (PC Game Pass) but depending on the games you plan to play you might need a pretty good PC to run them and that may set you back quite a bit

[fathom wing]

I need help plz help per dm

[obsidian bobcat]

For support, head over to #1091756150644555946 and read through the pinned Self help topic as well as search to see if your issue has been solved previously and you can solve the issue on your own. If you still need assistance, you can create a new post, but please read through the post guidelines first.

NOTE: This is community sourced support and there is no official support here on Discord. People will help if/when they are able to. If you have an issue regarding your account and/or billing, reach out to official support at https://support.xbox.com/contact-us/ for assistance.

[open saffron]

Okay thanks so i must to pay extra for pc gamepass right?

[dusky wave]

if u only getting pc gamepass which also includes ea play. pc gamepass isnt free

[lunar hound]

Anyone here have the problem with the interference of xbox controller and bluetooth audio devices when connected them to PC ?

[exotic jacinth]

Bluetooth isn’t really ideal for gaming

[lunar hound]

Agree, but I just dont want to pay more 20$ for the official wireless adapter

[exotic jacinth]

Your only option is to use the wire then or try and reduce interference

[lunar hound]

But the thing is it only happen on my PC, there is no same issue in retail store. I'm have change to some 5.0 bluetooth dongle but it still there. 5.3 is on the way.

[smoky flame]

upgrading bluetooth spec probably won't make that much of a difference without the device that is being connected to bluetooth also supporting that spec

[lunar hound]

So, what should I do to deal with it?

[smoky flame]

sorry, I should have been a little clearer with what I meant earlier and included that bluetooth spec should be backwards compatible but just don't expect use of any new features 5.3 supports for instance if connecting device doesn't also support v5.3. Should be alright otherwise

[open venture]

How do i play minecraft with a friend that is on console?

[heavy marsh]

PC part ordering process for the Starfield Build ™️ is officially complete.

[dusky wave]

Which version for starfield build?

[heavy marsh]

Ah, I went with this: https://pcpartpicker.com/list/wQszKX

Given price to performance, and stability with my audio production software, I saw no value - after weeks of studying and consideration - moving to the DDR5 platform

[dusky wave]

So u staying with ddr4? Nice. My gpu is not as good as urs but could do starfield at 4k. 6800xt which fsr can boost it to 30 or 60fps hopefully.

[dusky wave]

Hopefully they all arrive and u can build pc before september 1st or 6th depending which version u got

[heavy marsh]

yep, the last parts arrive this week.

[heavy marsh]

nice. yeah, i got lucky with a friend who upgraded to the 4090 and sold me his 3090 at a great price along with the AIO and PSU

[dusky wave]

I just built my pc in november but didnt get my gpu til early jan. I have a amd build 5600 non x 6800xt and 32gig ram. A 2tb sk hynix p41 and a 6tb hdd

[heavy marsh]

solid!

i upgraded from a ry5 3600

[dusky wave]

I was on a i5-4670k and rx 560 2gb

[heavy marsh]

damn

my last prior was an i7-4790 so i get it lol

[dusky wave]

I probably wont upgrade til 2027 or later

[smoky flame]

my PC component spending is done for a while and I have but one regret about it. Not waiting to get the 7800X3D instead of the 7950X3D and saving some £250. A build like what I have done is probably going to be one off with me dropping down to the high end on the GPU side again (no higher than an 800/80 SKU) next time around

[errant quiver]

random question, has anyone ever had problems with the gaming services not working while trying to use the xbox app?

[raven hull]

Yes. Not me tho. But someone has.

[old loom]

finally upgrading to DDR5, going to be some good gains in 1080p

and my new motherboard will match the rest of my system lol, my current motherboard has silver accents but every other part I have is blacked out

[smoky flame]

what CPU etc you getting to go with this upgrade?

[old loom]

still using my 12700k, I had bought a cheaper DDR4 motherboard with it awhile ago

[smoky flame]

nice

[old loom]

prolly gonna upgrade once 14th gen comes out since it'll supported on 1700 socket

[smoky flame]

tbh I'd maybe even skip the DDR5 upgrade and 14th gen upgrade and wait for 15th gen. New platform so it will require a new motherboard and will likely be DDR5 only. Will cost a fair bit but would make more sense imo in the longer term

[old loom]

yeah thought about that, but decided to just do it now to benefit quicker, I'll prolly just skip 15th gen and wait for the 16th gen refresh which I assume they'll do

[smoky flame]

that works too. 16th gen would be what Raptor Lake is to Alder Lake but for 15th gen

[open venture]

Someone got a suggestion of a good controller? I prefer wireless but if there's a MUCH better for the same price then it would be ok too

[exotic jacinth]

Xbox controllers on PC are the most compatible and easy to setup in games

[devout remnant]

Yeah I’m sure the 15th Gen will face some kind of a delay, Intel haven’t been so good recently.

The 14th Gen will be a 5-10% improvement over 13th from what the numbers are showing that are floating around, so not too bad. Maybe even a price drop too - however I would still get a 7800X3D as it uses way, way less power & can match/beat a 13900K.

[open saffron]

Guys 240 hz 1ms or 165 hz 0.5 ms which one is better i m playing FPS games

[pulsar void]

Do some research, you'll find neither of those mS numbers are accurate or mean anything

[open saffron]

so i should take 240 hz right?

[ruby spear]

Are you even running the games at those high frame rates?

[open saffron]

i dont. i ll buy a new pc i m looking for monitor

[ruby spear]

Okay, will you be running the games at those high frame rates?

[open saffron]

Yeah bc i ll play FPS games like fortnite, Apex legends, Battlefield 1

[ruby spear]

I'd look at the kind of PC you'd need to run those games at those frame rates first of all, because you'll need a powerful PC for that depending on resolution. If you're not going to be running the games over 120fps then it's not really relevant and the response time difference is negligible.

[open saffron]

so you want too see my PC?

[ruby spear]

No

You can figure out that side of things.

[open saffron]

wait bro i already buy a pc rtx 3060ti

[open venture]

Lol

[eternal mist]

Guys I have a pc

[devout remnant]

Unless it’s OLED, then it’s really 0.23ms

So the statement isn’t entirely true

[pulsar void]

165/240hz aren't to market yet though? Are they?

[smoky flame]

165Hz is a bit more common as an OC mode on monitors and 240Hz is slowly becoming more common. I have what was "world's first 4K 240Hz monitor" with the Samsung Odyssey Neo G8 (fell for the marketing like I tend to do, lol)

but yeah, OLED are the only ones reaching 1ms (and less) how? idk it's some wizardry but I hope to some day be on OLED myself

[devout remnant]

240Hz has been out for months now on OLED. There’s in fact at least 4 brands of 240Hz OLED monitors in the 16:9 aspect ratio, all using the same LG W-OLED panel. The UW at the moment I believe are all Samsung QD-OLED panels.

[devout remnant]

It’s not wizardry. OLED can hit as low as 0.01ms and average 0.23ms easily because of the way the technology & pixels work.

[pulsar void]

https://www.wired.com/story/downfall-flaw-intel-chips/

More "side channel" exploits in processors: now intel (it's spectre/meltdown like, but not as you know it)

[smoky flame]

https://www.phoronix.com/news/AMD-INCEPTION you raise an Intel vulnerability and I raise an AMD vulnerability! 😄 (this time one that affects Zen 3 and Zen 4)

sounds like Intel Downfall is more severe as there is some performance penalty

[pulsar void]

Hooray! More side channel shenanigans!

[north nymph]

are there any battle royales that are well optimized except fall guys?

[exotic jacinth]

Apex doesn't need that much

[north nymph]

my pc's good, im just tired of games always stuttering

[exotic jacinth]

What are your specs?

[north nymph]

rx 6650 xt, ryzen 5 5600, 16 gigs of ddr4

[exotic jacinth]

Should be reasonable in most of the modern BR games

If you are getting stuttering maybe try capping your FPS

[smoky flame]

https://store.steampowered.com/news/app/1895880/view/3669923275222297769?l=english yay! time to give it a go

[dusky wave]

Did they lower the gpu requirements?

[smoky flame]

not sure, think they may have been updated to include AMD GPUs in the ray tracing specs. Now, to find a spot in this game where it will really shine

[devout remnant]

https://youtu.be/rIEB37QXq1M

[old loom]

Finally got my new motherboard and DDR5 RAM installed, only took a bit over 2 hours because I hate doing this ☠️

Large hands and a mid tower case equals worst thing ever for PC building

And I had to break the pcie slot lock on my old motherboard, because it literally would not become unlocked🙈

Thankfully, my new motherboard has one button away from the graphics card, that I hold down to easily remove my graphics card

[pulsar void]

laughs in mini itx

[old loom]

☠️

It’s always those CPU power connectors. Every time

I need to get a case where the top is removable

[smoky flame]

haha, yeah tell me about it. Building a PC can be easy but there are some things that only present themselves when you have all the components and are building and I don't like that. Like having to use a large screwdriver to free an installed GPU as there was no way my hands were reaching down to free it otherwise and at the time I had a 5600X so I was in no hurry to take off the CPU cooler (even though it would have made things far easier). If I done that every time I took out the GPU I'd need a fair bit of thermal paste and a lot of confidence that the CPU doesn't come away with the cooler but luckily that isn't a problem with AM5 or Intel CPUs, though like your motherboard I too have an easy release type button so it made things hassle free

[old loom]

yeah PC building can be incredibly frustrating, like I'm so SO done doing it after like 12+ years, it's only gotten more annoying

and yes, when I saw my motherboard had that easy release PCIE button I was even more sold on it

it's the Asus Z690 Strix E, it's way way down in price. Other high end Z690 board's are also much cheaper now

[smoky flame]

nice, I have an Asus Strix B650E-F and kind of regret buying it as the wifi card on it is a downgrade over what I had on my old motherboard (limited to 80MHz compared to 160MHz width but does support Wifi 6E)

[old loom]

I don’t even want Wi-Fi on my motherboard, but every single good motherboard that’s coming out, has it included.

I’d much rather have a cheaper motherboard

At least they all have Bluetooth now

Unbelievable how expensive motherboards are now. In 2019 I finally bought a high-end motherboard for around $240.

It was the same Asus Strix E one, but older. Without discount the new one I bought started at over $400

[smoky flame]

I wish I could have ethernet as I too could then do away with wifi and save some more on a motherboard (though I'd probably still end up spending about £300). Bluetooth is meh, more so after finding out it may cause performance issues a little while back so I uninstalled the bluetooth driver and even went as far as to disable the bluetooth card (guess it is wifi/bluetooth as both are Mediatek)

[old loom]

Bluetooth is nice to have but for some reason when I try to use it with my wireless Xbox controller it either doesn’t work or it’ll randomly cause games to lose a massive performance for no reason

[smoky flame]

yeah, don't get me started on motherboard cost these days and the features I have lost while spending the same £300 (or so) 3 times now lol

[old loom]

It’s a massive rip off to build a decent computer now

You have to buy used at this point, and I don’t touch used motherboards

[smoky flame]

first motherboard when I got into bulding a PC I had was an Asus Z170 Maximus Hero Alpha paired with a 6700K. That had it all. Q-Code, great audio and a cmos clear button. Fast forward to my second motherboard, Asus Strix B550-E, that lacked the audio and a cmos clear button and now the Asus B650E-F lacks even a Q-Code...

[old loom]

Yeah, basically only the very high end boards have the LED codes now.

Mine does, but it also retailed for over 400 dollars

[smoky flame]

when I had all those features on the Z170 motherboard that cost me about £300 new (way back in 2016) now for the same features on a motherboard you are looking at around £700. Really is horrific

Saddest part of it all is I bet a dedicated CMOS clear button, Q-Code display and high quality audio amp and DAC barely cost more than £100 yet they are gouging us silly

[south iris]

I think I'm going to upgrade my kit of RAM sometime soon

It was decent when DDR5 came out, but now it definitely falls behind

[old loom]

I don't really need an error code display, but good audio is required

which is why I always buy Asus Strix board's, their SupremeFX audio is fantastic, I liked their sound cards in the olden days too

but you gotta spend more than you should to get it

[smoky flame]

I stuck with Asus as it was what I bought for my first motherboard and just kind of gone on to trust them since but that trust has been tested, especially when the reports of Asus motherboards exploding with Zen 4 X3D CPUs were emerging though as time has gone on I've just put it behind me as if I was to constantly worry about it I'd never be gaming or that

my next motherboard probably won't be Asus so I'll be going out of my comfort zone to try something new and hope that doesn't backfire like my most expensive CPU upgrade nearly did...

btw, idk if it is silly but I feel I may even look at upgrading my CPU early to correct the mistake I made impulse buying a 7950X3D when all I really need is a 7800X3D. Might look at replacing the 7950X3D with the 7800X3D's Zen 5 successor (provided there is one of course) but then I'll probably need new RAM as the sweet spot for Zen 5 will be higher than it was for Zen 4 (6000MHz CL30)

[old loom]

yeah I saw the 7950X 3D is pretty messy

have to disable some cores or something, can't really use all of them with the 3D cache

[smoky flame]

with the scheduling done through Xbox Game Bar as soon as it detects a game is being played or game mode through Windows settings is active it will park the frequency cores though there are a few games listed with exceptions that will do the opposite

said frequncy cores may still be used in certain cases though so they aren't completely disabled. Some instances where games will use more than 8 cores and 16 threads and that will activate the frequency cores as necessary but with it a latency penalty too since the way Ryzen CPU cores are designed within chiplets

[sharp tusk]

Looking to throw together a cheap gaming rig but don’t want to spend much on it do you think this would be alright if I throw a gpu in it https://www.ebay.com/itm/295870355407

And add more ram over time

[smoky flame]

not sure that case will fit a lot of GPUs of today and you'd probably also have to consider upgrading the power supply

[sharp tusk]

Course idk how big of a gpu I could fit in that case lol

[smoky flame]

SFF being in the name too might also further limit things

usually means small form factor

[sharp tusk]

SFF usually have weird mounts for power supply’s to

[floral quail]

is it normal to get below 30fps on a rtx 3080 in jedi survivor even after all the patches?

[smoky flame]

yeah, jedi survivor is a mess

[sharp tusk]

What’s it get on series?

[smoky flame]

look at this pic I took a few weeks back. This was while running at 4K maxed settings and for the fun of it I also enabled ray tracing. Never seen such high RAM usage before and performance? well, that's to be expected without the use of FSR (or other upscaling techniques) while using ray tracing

[sharp tusk]

Might be able to find a non sff that someone build already that’s used

For around same price maybe

[exotic jacinth]

They announced a PS4 and XB1 version of Jedi Survivor coming so that should be interesting to see how those run

[smoky flame]

if it means the specs are getting lowered then that can only be a good thing. Hopefully means upcoming patches we are about to see some nice performance increases but with Starfield less than a month away jedi survivor will probably be forgotten about for a while (unless of course a major patch releases with major improvements)

[exotic jacinth]

Yeah I’ve still not played it due to performance issues. Probably one I’ll come back to if they fix the issues

[smoky flame]

same with the coming back to it

won't be playing it with ray tracing active either as I just don't believe the performance hit is worth it and it will be a while before I take ray tracing seriously. If anything I'm already looking ahead to path tracing

[floral quail]

even after the patches?

[smoky flame]

yeah, the patches really haven't offered much in terms of improving performance

[floral quail]

i saw promo material from amd showing 100+frames so i thought they fixed it 💀

[smoky flame]

that could have been when playing at 1080p and/or high settings or using FSR, unless they mentioned specifics

[floral quail]

idr exactly

it was on an ad on Instagram

[smoky flame]

there is a rumour that AMD may be about to make their Polaris (RX 400/500) and Vega GPUs legacy from September. At this time it is a rumour so take it with a pinch of salt but last driver version for support on these GPUs may be 23.9.1 or 23.8.X though part of me doubts the Vega part of the rumour as they are still being used as iGPUs in Ryzen APUs - though recently AMD has switched to RDNA 2/3 iGPUs so there may be something in this

[dusky wave]

What does it make it legacy? Stop support from all gpu driver updates?

[smoky flame]

yeah, with the exception of critical security updates these GPUs would no longer receive future day one game or new features drivers

[exotic jacinth]

I think Polaris has a bit more life in it especially considering Nvidia still updates even 900 series with updates. Hopefully another 3-4 years more at least.

[dusky wave]

I would say anything under 2gb ram they probably should drop

[exotic jacinth]

Even 750ti gets updates due to being on Maxwell still and that thing is ancient now lol

[dusky wave]

How the hell can 750ti play any modern game?

[exotic jacinth]

I guess for games like Overwatch and CSGO etc it would be ok

[dusky wave]

But not at a good fps for competitive shootets

[old loom]

Yeesh the market value of my RTX 3060 ti is so bad now lol

Going for $250 on eBay, I might sell it but may not now

Imagine it being that low in 2021, GPU market definitely more than recovered

[exotic jacinth]

3060Ti is not bad still

[dusky wave]

Its a pretty good card for 1080p and 1440p gaming

[old loom]

yeah it's still good, but the 8GB will def hamstring it soon......good thing Nvidia gave it's successor 8GB also

[exotic jacinth]

Not ideal yeah

[dusky wave]

For more recent games the trend is the more vram the better

[old loom]

mostly due to poor PC ports I'd imagine, no reason on earth for 8GB not to be enough for 1080P but we're getting there

[dim nimbus]

Anyone knows what do I need to do to play with Xbox series xs controller on PC? Like on steam or something

[dusky wave]

wired series x/s controller plug and play

[dim nimbus]

It's Bluetooth

[smoky pine]

U can get a xbox dongle to plug in connect all things with it

[dim nimbus]

What's that

[dusky wave]

see if ur pc could see ur bluetooth controller when set to pairing mode on controller

[dim nimbus]

They can pair together if that what u mean

[dusky wave]

yep

[dim nimbus]

The thing is steam sees it but says it can't read it

Like is there a file or something I should download first??

[dusky wave]

did u go to settings and external game pads?

[dim nimbus]

Yep

[dusky wave]

did u enable steam input for xbox controller?

[dim nimbus]

It works fine with mc bedrock on the PC but when it's a steam game or something it doesn't

[dim nimbus]

I did

[smoky pine]

U can get a little usb dongle that has i button on it to connect like u would on the xbox and u can connect headset at same time

Xbox 1 or 3rd party

[dim nimbus]

I can connect the headset and the controller at the same time

I'm not using a console

I'm just using the controller with my PC

[dusky wave]

im using the new starfield controller it works for sleeping dogs definitive edition on steam

[dim nimbus]

Mhmmm

Didn't u need to download or do anything?

[dusky wave]

no

[smoky pine]

I use the same pad for both pc n xbox. Just connect to the 1 im using

[dusky wave]

i literally paired it 2 my pc and started up sleeping dogs on steam

i do the same ghost

[dim nimbus]

Ok thx for your time anyway I'll try to search the issue on reddit or something

[dusky wave]

i really dont use bluetooth. i just wire the controller

[smoky pine]

Lol dont really matter aslong as it works 👍

[dusky wave]

i dont sit more than 2 feet from my xbox and pc

[smoky pine]

Yea im not that close

[dusky wave]

i like wired cause wireless connection can be flakely at times

its the most stable connection plus i dont need to use any kind of batteries in my controller

[untold zephyr]

Hey, I just recently got my self a RX 580 gb, which drastically increased the amount of games i can play, and i'm looking for some story rich games, similar to CyberPunk 2077, Far cry games, or Dead Island 2, or for some third person games, it could be similar to Assassins creed franchise, or others. What are some games that look graphically beatiful, that you think i would enjoy?

[obtuse edge]

Red dead redemption 2

[solemn orbit]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Mafip6Am99c

The Great Giana Sisters - Menu Theme

i listening many time that one hour straight when i was a kid

game was good also

[exotic jacinth]

RX580 is about the same as a 1060 which is pretty old now but you can certainly play some older games at nice settings or less demanding newer ones.

Horizon Zero Dawn will look great and will probably run reasonably on that card with some toned down settings, same with Gears 5

[smoky flame]

https://www.tomshardware.com/news/intel-downfall-mitigation-performance-drop-linux ouch! luckily it doesn't affect Alder Lake (12th gen) or Raptor Lake (13th gen) but all the rest before it will see some performance loss. With the mitigations of other vulnerabilities in the past I'd be surprised if some CPUs run at all at this point

[exotic jacinth]

That's a big performance drop

[zenith flare]

I need help cuz i have xbox gamepass ultimate but when I try to get gta it says I have to connect an xbox or something like that but im on pc

[dusky wave]

Gta isnt available on pc. Only via cloud or console

[blissful carbon]

I'd rather just have the vulnerability at that point

[lament gorge]

is there someone that played ready or not?

[surreal forge]

how do i find clubs on pc?

[full flint]

PC is BEST

[analog sapphire]

no platform wars

[full flint]

sorry

[full flint]

ok hi

[full flint]

you more then likely wont need a psu but guarenteed wont with a 6600xt its up to you if you want i can give you some benchmarks

hmm

but the rx 6800 xt will let me play ultra 1440p

[full flint]

whats your cpu if i can find accuriate benchmarks i would gladly get it

i5 12400f

[full flint]

the 6700 can do this like i said that card is more a 4k card

[full flint]

you sure? benchmarks online make it seem weaker

also why the 6700 over the 6700 xt

[full flint]

what games do you typically play

[full flint]

also ya 6700xt is a great price

fortnite, forza, halo MCC, rainbow six, quake (need a huge gpu for quake.), decenders

basically game pass games

[blissful carbon]

Sapphire is good iny experience

[full flint]

it's like 350 in america if i buy the xt off amazon

[full flint]

yep its sapphire or xfx for amd

i would share images but i cant

basically i found an xfx speedster rx 6700 xt for 329 rn

[full flint]

there psu is exactly at minimum

[blissful carbon]

I have an XFX Merc 319 6900 XTXH

[full flint]

new

https://www.amazon.com/XFX-Speedster-SWFT309-Graphics-RX-67XTYJFDV/dp/B08YKCC8XD/ref=sr_1_1?crid=376ZSCR8VHMGL&keywords=rx+6700+xt&qid=1691857403&sprefix=rx+6700+xt%2Caps%2C107&sr=8-1&ufe=app_do%3Aamzn1.fos.c3015c4a-46bb-44b9-81a4-dc28e6d374b3

[full flint]

im getting prob a xfx 6600xt

[blissful carbon]

clocks similar to 6950XT

[full flint]

yeah i want to play all these next gen games that rock my socks but im getting mid preformance at low 1440p 144hz

[blissful carbon]

I want to get a 4090 for compute eventually

[full flint]

i also do virtual school so thats also why i want an upgrade... multitasking...

[blissful carbon]

8+ cores is what you want for real multitasking

not bad price to do these days either

[full flint]

8 cores? i only have 6

[full flint]

i got a nice benchmark for ya

[blissful carbon]

6 should also do fine

[full flint]

ok thanks can you share the link pls

[blissful carbon]

Ryzen 5?

[full flint]

heres spiderman 1440p with raytracing do keep in mind raytracing tanks fps

[blissful carbon]

I have a 3955 WX which is basically a rebadged EPYC lol

[full flint]

i want 144fps though

also yeah idc about ray tracing - would i hit 144 without it

[full flint]

just dont turn on raytracing LOL

[full flint]

they have a i5 12400f

[blissful carbon]

for gaming you want as strong single thread performance as you can get

[full flint]

my cpu is fine lol

[blissful carbon]

yeah it is, as its 12th gen

11th and earlier may get questionable with the vuln mitigation performance impacts

[full flint]

im just not convinced though the 6800 xt looks WAY better

[full flint]

okay for mcc halo and and fortnite do keep in mind it should be on low settings to priotize fps however fortnite averages 254 fps

[full flint]

also the 6800 supports 650 watts

[full flint]

well yeah lol but the goal for my upgrade is to be able to get the highest settings possible while hitting 144

[full flint]

fsr or na

[full flint]

no? it says it's rated for 750w +

[full flint]

what's NA

[full flint]

standard 6800

[full flint]

means no fsr lol

[full flint]

oh lol

yeah i use FSR, good boost in fps for little graphical reduction

[full flint]

will i go over or will i be fine

[full flint]

well its bare minimum 650 watts but however a nice tool that could be helpful is this one moment

undervolting?

[full flint]

https://www.newegg.com/tools/power-supply-calculator/

o

[full flint]

a power supply calculator should help for if your not going over

[full flint]

it says 600-699 but i do have a spinning hdd along with my 2tb nvme c drive

i rarely use the hdd so i should probably disconnect it just to be safe

[full flint]

hdds are bad anyway LOL

alright thanks just the gpu should be fine and its the price of a series x

cheaper actually

base 6800

thanks for ur help lady i really appreciate it - i'm 16 and work a minimum wage job and i'm trying to spend my money wisely as summer's over and i have to go back to school

[full flint]

ya if i had to be honest with you buying the pc parts would be better overall then a series x due to every xbox game comes to pc as well as it has a larger library thats seemingly endless

[full flint]

yeah and i use my pc for almost everything
guess my original one is gonna have to do for bedside gaming for just a bit longer

[full flint]

i do to actually its why i stopped paying for gamepass ultimate whats your current gpu may i ask

okay so just to clarify - i'm gonna order this specific GPU. on sale for $449
https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B09KW68M2G/ref=ox_sc_act_title_1?smid=ATVPDKIKX0DER&psc=1

[full flint]

you don't know my current gpu? lol

it's a 5700 xt

[full flint]

if you wanna be on the same side i can recommend a power supply and youll still be paying less then a series x

[full flint]

meh i should probably get an upgrade ngl

but then i'd be spending crazy money...

[full flint]

one moment

https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B0B4345YV7/ref=ox_sc_saved_image_4?smid=ATVPDKIKX0DER&psc=1 is a 850w good to shoot for or higher

[full flint]

let me quickly check my psu i have on pc part picker as its a tad higher brb

ya that should be good for that specific card

is it overkill though?

like - once i take out my hdd should i have enough power or is it safer to just fork up the 139 usd

[full flint]

nope actually it leaves some wiggle room for upgrades

example my psu i have on pc part picker is 1000 watts

jesus christ it's gonna cost me $627 usd

oof... how long until i need another upgrade??

[full flint]

with a 5700xt you can hold off for a bit like a few years with 1080p if you really wanted to

[full flint]

well - i DO want to upgrade and i don't mind spending the money. i will sell my 5700 xt to recoup some of the costs

i'm just concerned whether or not the 6800 will last me a while (3 years)

[full flint]

well heres a thing about pcs future proofing doesnt excist its the matter of trying to have your card for the longest you can theres some people out there with a 1080ti still

and if i'm going for the psu anyways should i go for the xt or is base fine

[full flint]

if you wanna spend the extra sure for 1440p

[full flint]

meh ill just stick with the base rx 6800 for now i think adding the psu and all that other stuff is too much for me right now - i'd be spending $800 usd

[full flint]

Whats your psu again

[full flint]

650w

[full flint]

Branding name etc etc

bitfenix 80 plus gold

[full flint]

Let me quickly ask one more person just to be sure

it seems very reliable

[full flint]

oh - one more thing

I'm going to be using 4 monitors with it

3 1080p and 1 1440p ultrawide

[dusky wave]

i hav 6800xt. i have a 850 psu though i could have gone lower like 750 or 650

[full flint]

What do you need 4 monitors for out of ceriousty

[full flint]

school

Ah that makes sense I was cerious about it

alright so it's ok? buy it?

[full flint]

That recommends a 750 i think it was a good buy

[onyx bison]

The only multi monitor setup I have is with my MacBook and sidecar on my iPad

[full flint]

Ya your fine worst case you have to undervolt it a tad

ok cool

ill buy

Dear god why is it so hot outside

[dusky wave]

cause its summer lol

[full flint]

I hate the summer loool

wait will the XFX Speedster SWFT319 ,Radeon™ RX 6800 Core Gaming Graphics Card with 16GB GDDR6, AMD RDNA™ 2 (RX-68XLAQFD9) be rated for 650 like is it across the board or is it different for different models of the same card

[full flint]

oh the website xfxforce.com says it's rated for 750w.. https://www.xfxforce.com/shop/xfx-speedster-swft-319-amd-radeon-tm-rx-6800-core

[full flint]

A Google search says minimum 650

but that specific manufacturer says 750

[dusky wave]

i would go higher just to be safe

[full flint]

This

i'm on a budget here lol

[full flint]

Wait a second Intel....

is intel more power hungry

Is Intel a feezable option here

[dusky wave]

i use a 5600 which uses 65w

[full flint]

They want 1440p 144hz with fsr

Which I think a 6700xt should cover that no?

[dusky wave]

cpu not gpu

[full flint]

Ah why is amd so weird with there naming

[full flint]

I'm still almost positive a 6700xt can give the exact performance you want at a cheaper price

you sure

[full flint]

It will always very game by game but I am positive

[full flint]

there's like barely a difference lol

[dusky wave]

it be good for starfield but maybe not at 1440p144hz but we see in less than 3 weeks

[full flint]

yeah for RN im going to ride it out, the series s looks like better value than this lol

[full flint]

If the game even works at launch on anything besides high end GPUs

[full flint]

Do keep in mind consoles can only do 120

[full flint]

120 vs 144 is barely a difference

[dusky wave]

plus consoles only have 1 output

[full flint]

Actually can I ask a quick question

[dusky wave]

yeah

[full flint]

So I have a 600 watt psu https://www.xfxforce.com/shop/xfx-speedster-merc-308-amd-radeon-tm-rx-6600-xt-black this GPU says it requires a 650 howecer most say I should be good with my PSU because of the tier ratings am I good?

meh yeah I appreciate the help but I'd rather just wait for prices to lower and new stuff to come out before upgrading

I would realiscally even get a6600 just to be able to play starfield at 1080p ultra

[dusky wave]

wait til black friday and save up

[full flint]

I have a Rx580 its why I'm considering it oh sorry it's bright outside thought it was rumbly lool

[dusky wave]

it should be good but when comes to psu/gpu i would go higher than lower

even if i spend a bit more

i also have xfx 6800xt merc

[full flint]

Im on a very tight squeeze as I'm also paying someone to upgrade the GPU and psu because it's out of my comfort zone with my current case

My GPU takes priority simply because i have a rx580 but I noticed it depends on the model of the 6600xt if it requires 650 or not

and I need a GPU like now I'm pretty sure mine is dying

[dusky wave]

i was even worse than u. i was on a i5-4670k and 2gb rx 560

[full flint]

My current CPU is a 3600 not a bad CPU ngl

[dusky wave]

thats fine.

[full flint]

ya both are really good parts but its about time for my powerful rx580 to get upgraded

goated gpu

[dusky wave]

get 6600xt or 6700xt rn on us partpicker shows majority 6600xt vs 6700xt pretty much around the same price

my bro has 580

[dusky wave]

i play at 4k so i could afford to use a lower cpu cause my gpu takes on majority of the workload at 4k

[full flint]

the best gaming cpu is a x3d for 4k

[dusky wave]

I know but i did a full build during black friday last year i couldnt afford a x3d chip. It was either 4k card or x3d chip. I went 4k card

[devout remnant]

Far easier to upgrade a GPU

Always wiser to get better CPU over GPU imo

[full flint]

actually this is when im getting my monitor more then likely

[smoky flame]

at 4K the CPU hardly matters in a lot of games. It will be the GPU that will be tested to its limits

[full flint]

thats true but x3ds are typically great for gaming its gpu bounded then some games not many are cpu bounded

[smoky flame]

yeah, the 3D V Cache is great. 1080p and 1440p the newest CPUs can beat even Intel's very best (13900K) while being far more efficient too

[dapper bramble]

Does anyone have any experience with WD Black NVMe drives? Curious what people think of them in terms or quality / reliability

[raven hull]

they're reliabile

[rigid crystal]

is pc gaming working rn for you guys?

[raven hull]

weird question, but yes

[dusky wave]

yes

[full creek]

just as good as any other name brand, gen 4 drives are faster, but unless youre MAXXED out, any decent drive from a name brand (WD, Seagate, Samsung, Crucial, SanDisk, lmk what i missed) is abotu equal and should eb fine

get what is the best deal tbh

[solar spade]

Do I need to buy the official wireless adapter to play when my pc doesn't have Bluetooth or does any Bluetooth adapter work?

I just bought a Xbox controller

[smoky flame]

from a past discussion I think the official wireless adapter is recommended otherwise I wouldn't go bluetooth as it may reduce performance and you'd be better off going wired at that point to prevent that. Still don't entirely understand how bluetooth can cause a loss in performance on PC but it happens

[iron spindle]

I use Bluetooth just fine

[bronze raft]

I would get the adapter always worked for me and I can’t connect without

[exotic jacinth]

I would recommend getting the wireless adapter

[solar spade]

The official adapter is like 80 something dollars for me

[exotic jacinth]

They don’t seem to be in stock often for some reason. May need to shop around to find one for a reasonable price.

[iron spindle]

I wouldn't pay more than $20 to $30 for it you can find it at that price but it isnt easy. They mainly come bundled with a controller. You can also find 3rd party ones on Amazon for much cheaper.

[smoky flame]

not sure I'd trust 3rd party unless it comes with the same protocol as the official wireless adapter. Certainly something to be careful of

[iron spindle]

they wouldn't work if they didn't have the same protocol lol of course they do.

https://www.amazon.com/Microsoft-Xbox-Wireless-Adapter-Windows-Packaging/dp/B0785SFKYF/ref=sr_1_3?crid=2INAV3TD6PY73&keywords=xbox+wireless+adapter&qid=1691916123&sprefix=xbox+wireless+adapter%2Caps%2C189&sr=8-3 took me 2 mins to find one and its official no box though. But no where near $80 the op was saying.

[smoky flame]

https://www.xbox.com/en-GB/accessories/controllers/xbox-wireless-controller-adapter-win10 there's also a Series X/S controller with this dongle (used the UK site) but it mentions bluetooth. This stuff is confusing

[exotic jacinth]

They can be found on eBay searching for a bit around £15-20 for legit ones, not sure about US

[iron spindle]

how is it confusing?

The controller support Bluetooth so you can use that
As a added option you have the "option " to buy the adapter

but that is a bundle that comes with the controller and the adapter but its cheaper than buying the controller and adapter separate

[smoky flame]

the fact it appears Xbox devices require an additional accessory for optimal connection when most motherboards should support Bluetooth out of the box but this may add latency and may lack support of some features with some wireless devices. If anything I would have thought the opposite. Adapter adding latency while the included bluetooth support being the lower latency offering since it is attached to the motherboard. That's where most of my confusion is coming from

[iron spindle]

the latency is minimum though the average jo is not going too notice. The wireless adapter exists because it covers your point about bluetooth especially when it comes too audio

[latent gate]

that's because the dongle does not use bluetooth

it uses the Xbox Wireless Frequency

[smoky flame]

yeah, that part I remember from a similar discussion before in this channel but how come the link mentions it supports bluetooth then instead of this Xbox wireless frequency? Sounds more specific and proprietary than "oh, just use bluetooth". Not a single mention about this Xbox wireless frequency

[latent gate]

no

it supports both. just like the second generation xbox one controllers.

Xbox consoles do not use bluetooth at all.

[smoky flame]

oh, well I think I get this a bit more now. At first I was wondering why people would even suggest an adapter over built in solution (where supported) but now it is adding up and is proof of how little I really know about bluetooth and the likes. Tbh, where possible I still prefer to be wired as there is no latency or charging of batteries required and other than a forced change to wireless (in whatever form) I will happily stay that way

also good to know in future should I decide to change my mind and want to go wireless not to use onboard bluetooth but to instead buy one of those controller + adapter bundles. Was looking at getting a new controller myself pretty soon anyway so this is good info that I would have otherwise have had no clue of again, other than the previous discussion that had me uninstall the bluetooth driver and disable bluetooth from the motherboard BIOS shortly after

[smoky flame]

in other news, Still experiencing crashes on Ratchet and Clank Rifts Apart and that's even after updating the game version and AMD Adrenalin drivers. Reported it earlier today. Only game I've had any kind of issues with since upgrading and it is frsutrating as I enjoyed what I've played of the game up until it, for whatever reason has decided to become a crash fest 😦

[exotic jacinth]

That’s a shame, maybe a specific setting in game causing it?

[smoky flame]

I'm not sure tbh but it happens whether I'm using RT or not and seems to be specifically happening any time the rifts pop up in the sky or I travel through the ones that can be interacted with

[solar spade]

What are games that would be fun with the Xbox controller?

[sullen trellis]

I play essentially everything except some first Person games and osu with Controller. So... All of them!

[devout remnant]

Gears 5

[onyx bison]

OSU with a controller sounds like a bad time

[sullen trellis]

Yeah haha. Well I use a Controller for osu!catch and Taiko but for regular osu! and mania I definitely need a Keyboard/Mouse/Tablet

[warm sail]

why use controller I KNOW MY RIGTS

[pulsar void]

What

[raven hull]

Probably need to cut back on the Mt Dew

[wheat plover]

A 12 oz can of Coca-Cola contains 39 grams of sugar. A 20 oz bottle of Mountain Dew contains 77 grams of sugar

[obsidian bobcat]

spam (noun)
irrelevant or inappropriate messages sent on the internet to a large number of recipients.

[wheat plover]

Wha

I didn't send it to everyone

It was related to mountain dew

[granite pelican]

I'm trying to load up a game on pc and it says something went wrong when I try to sign in

[quasi root]

Hello .I have gamepass ultimate. Im playing overwatch 2. I dont have xbox console. How can I get hero pack for pc?

[ruby spear]

You need to log in on a console to redeem it.

[latent gate]

https://vxtwitter.com/armoredcore/status/1691102397823959040

[dusky wave]

Doesnt seem it needs high end gpus

[latent gate]

Yes. However; Remember that this is the same engine Elden Ring is running on.

Don’t expect steady frame rates and even frame pacing, that’s never been something Fromsoft excels in

[sly isle]

M o u n t a i n d e w

[full flint]

anyone know how to add quake 2 gamepass to adrenalin software? i cant seem to find the exe for gamepass games

[dusky wave]

nope. i have no idea where the exe file is, i dont bother with game pass/windows 10/ms store games

[full flint]

yeahhh. i understand. well do you know of any way to smooth out the chop on quake 2 then? my monitor is 75 hz but if i run it at 165 it's choppier than 75. even at 75 theres weird slowdowns. maybe because it's going in and out of freesync? i was hoping to add it to AMD adrenalin so i could enable enhanced sync but even the global settings wont work with it

[latent gate]

run it at 60hz

or specifically intervals of double-even.

30/60/120/240

[smoky flame]

games downloaded from Xbox app should be found in a folder named XboxGames. In the past it took some tinkering around to get into some of these games folders but it was made easier a while back (though depending on game it may still use the older way). If Quake II is a recent release on the Xbox app its highly likely AMD won't have added the new .exe to their detection too, that will probably arrive in a newer driver (newer than 23.7.2 anyway)

[dusky wave]

Ms double down on starfield. In xbox app pc loading screens show starfield images

[open venture]

thanks to you i enjoy very much! even Steam has some special configuration for Xbox controller.

[merry root]

anyone know why i cant select my other drive to download games on?

[full flint]

Would that be best on a 75 Hz monitor?

[full flint]

I created a specific folder on my C drive and I find most of it there but not the exe. I've looked in program files and x86 program files too. But yes quake 2 enhanced just came out I think on GP

I was thinking of capping the game at 165 Hz and running enhanced sync but if AMD won't detect it I can't do it. Doesn't work from global adrenalin settings either

[dusky wave]

I could never find my exe files for my ms store/game pass games so i gave up

[full flint]

Yeah....my GPU expires in February and I'll probably not re up because being able to tune my games the way I want to in AMD adrenalin is important to me

[smoky flame]

what do you mean by tuning games through AMD Adrenalin? like game by game settings? if so there is some stuff to note on that

[full flint]

Yes. Game by game

[smoky flame]

ahh, well from what I understand games that support DirectX 12 and Vulkan can't use a lot of the options

added some indicators that might help but for DirectX 12 at least green = works, orange = works but may be certain conditions it doesn't work and red = doesn't work

[full flint]

This is helpful. I generally don't touch the advanced tab but I do keep v sync on at the gpu level as well as freesync. I've been lead to believe they work in tandem and not mutually exclusive? I really want to enable enhanced sync for quake 2 because I can run so much higher fps but the game can't be found and global settings don't seem to affect quake 2 thus far

I don't know why but for some reason if I have v sync off but freesync on I still get tearing. My 75 Hz monitor I cap at 70 or 72 Hz with v sync off and freesync on and I still get tearing so I just now keep v sync and freesync on at 75 Hz

[smoky flame]

enhanced sync turns off vsync and afaik with AMD GPUs you don't need vsync enabled at a driver level like is (or was) the case with Nvidia GPUs and a G Sync monitor. You also don't need to cap the framerate either with AMD, though it is optional. Enhanced sync does sound like it will be a good choice as that should reduce the tearing when framerate exceeds a monitor's refresh rate by at least 2:1 (150+ FPS : 75Hz refresh rate)

[full flint]

I didn't realize it had to be at least 2:1

Do you have any theories then why on Halo infinite or world of warcraft I get tearing if I set the fps to 70 with freesync on?

[smoky flame]

to my understanding it has to be 2:1, I may be wrong there but AMD also have another feature that is tied to their Freesync Premium tier monitors called low framerate compensation (or LFC for short) where you have a freesync range and I believe this is only available on monitors that support 120Hz+ this freesync range has to be at least 2.5:1 (48-120Hz range) and should the frame rate drop below 48 the refresh rate on the monitor is doubled (so 47 FPS becomes 94Hz).
As for Halo Infinite and WoW, I'm really not sure why they could be behaving that way. How are they when uncapped?

[full flint]

I find most games I play are choppy and tear when uncappef

[smoky flame]

what monitor you got?

[full flint]

ASUS - ProArt PA278QV 27" IPS WQHD Adaptive-Sync Monitor

I do also have a Samsung odyssey g5 144 hz but I really like how the pro art looks

[dusky wave]

Preload starfield on win10 tomorrow steam on aug 30th

[smoky flame]

https://www.tomshardware.com/news/amds-inception-fix-causes-up-to-54-performance-drop this is on linux but ouch!

[obtuse edge]

Oof

[heavy canopy]

Im serching for a game in the xbox store but i dont find it all my friends found it but idk whats wrong with my store does any one know how to fix it?

[dusky wave]

Which game also if u talking about console version this is the wrong channel for that

[blissful carbon]

I hope this fix isn't required. I'd rather not cripple my CPU over some vulnerability that likely will never affect me anyways.

[heavy canopy]

Sea of thieves and no me and my friends on pc

[cedar smelt]

It varies a lot depending on which instructions you're using. The only thing in that test that gets hit as badly as 54% is MariaDB queries. I even wonder maybe there'll be a patch that improves that performance a little, once this mitigation is fully understood.

[smoky flame]

https://www.techpowerup.com/312503/amd-to-announce-new-radeon-rx-7000-skus-next-week-at-gamescom

[placid musk]

how do i play my xbox games on my pc?

[ruby spear]

Stream from your Xbox to the PC.

[placid musk]

i dont want to stream from my xbox to my pc

[ruby spear]

Then you can only play the games on your PC if they are Play Anywhere titles. If not, you play them on your Xbox.

[placid musk]

i cant find the game i want to play

[ruby spear]

Then it's probably not Play Anywhere

[placid musk]

it isnt

im trying to find nfs heat

[ruby spear]

Then see above.

[pale spoke]

Updated specs

[exotic jacinth]

That’s pretty hefty specs

[pulsar void]

checks out low

[pale spoke]

https://store.steampowered.com/news/app/2009100/view/3648531811779214420

[smoky flame]

very hefty and the funny this is at 4K the CPU is hardly going to make a difference. Unless of course you are running something from 2018 or later by which point the latest CPUs will have quite and improvement but I've seen benchmarks where 5600X and 5800X3D have been effectively equal at 4K while the biggest difference was in the GPUs used. 7950X3D is an absurd suggestion and I would not recommend it. Go no higher than the 7800X3D. Similar suggestion applies with the 13900K/KS. 13700K should be plenty

[exotic jacinth]

More heavy on the Nvidia side. 5700XT doesn’t equal a 2080 super and 3080Ti is much faster than 6800XT

[smoky flame]

something else to note with Intel CPUs, especially 12th and 13th gen is that the e cores may actually drop performance in some games too so going for the fastest CPU may not always be the best choice, unless you are ready to tinker with it a bit to get the best out of it (and that could vary from game to game quite significantly)

iirc the 3080 Ti and 6800 XT aren't that far apart but yeah. 5700 XT and 2080 Ti is off

[exotic jacinth]

3080Ti is more in line with 6900XT on average but kinda depends on the game

[smoky flame]

depending on how far back that review was made AMD's results may have improved somewhat. If there were any DirectX 11 games in that comparison there was a driver that improved a lot of games performance so it would be interesting to see a follow up and see how things are today

[cedar elm]

Can someone tell me if a cooler is compatible with a Z490 chipset? https://www.amazon.com/dp/B07WSDLRVP?ref_=cm_sw_r_apin_dp_ZYAKNSGX712V22YB3CDE

When looking at the spec page, it’s just telling me socket info?

[pulsar void]

That's how it works ain't it? CPU cooler has to fit the CPU socket layout. The Z490 has nout to do with it. Unless it's a chipset cooler

[full flint]

Hey guys, is remote play from my PC Xbox to my tablet possibe?

PC Xbox App*

[dusty vector]

?

You want to remote play a game running on your PC to a tablet?

Or you want to remote play the PC Xbox App explicitly somehow?

[dusky wave]

i think remote play is only available from console to pc.

[full flint]

Yeah

[dusty vector]

No support for Remote Play as is. You could try using a different PC screen mirroring technology, like Remote Desktop, but no guarantee that controllers would work through it.

And those techs are not necessarily tuned for gaming.

[last remnant]

May I recommend parsec, great software that works for gaming and should to my knowledge also support controllers

[onyx bison]

I use Moonlight

[next haven]

I'm trying to download texas chainsaw I downloaded it nice but then it gives me a error while at 100% but the thing is I download another game it fully downloads and works so idk why Texas won't work

[iron spindle]

keep everything in #1091756150644555946 no need too ask in multiple channels 🙂

[full flint]

Anyone have a monitor with adaptive sync not freesync? No matter what I do I can't seem to get rid of screen tearing except with v sync

I turn on adaptive sync, turn on freesync premium in AMD software, set the fps limit to 3-5 below refresh, and I still get tearing

It's infuriating

[devout quartz]

Can PC game pass users also claim the monthly free games?

[full flint]

If you're talking games with gold I think that's over now anyways

[dusky wave]

its actually ends at the end of the month

[iron spindle]

only if you have ultimate

its not ending its changing too gamepass core with 25 free games instead of 2 a month

[dapper bramble]

Sunlight/Moonlight should work for that

[devout quartz]

Maybe a stupid question but I barely ever play game pass on pc. Texas chainsaw massacre released today on game pass. Let's say it gets removed in a year from GP, will my progress be zeroed or saved if I purchase the game for pc later and continue then?

[dusky wave]

it will be saved to the cloud. whenver u rebuy the game u can load ur save data from the last time u played texas chainsaw massacre

[devout quartz]

Thanks 🙂

[smoky flame]

something to checka nd see if it still tears or rules it out. Set refresh rate to 60Hz (down from 75Hz) and try a game. If it still displays noticeable screen tearing then I think you may have a dud of a monitor

[full flint]

Even though the range is 48-75 Hz for freesync?

If I turn off my 144 Hz monitor it seems to work fine. So weird

[smoky flame]

ahh, your using two monitors? I'm kind of out of my depth past one monitor 😅 but since you have a Samsung Odyssey G5 that supports 144Hz why not use that for games? that seems like it would be the better choice out of the two monitors

[dusky wave]

agreed

[full flint]

No question for fps. But the pro art has better color accuracy and the picture really pops compared to the Samsung

I mostly use the Asus pro art for retro and non competitive stuff

But sometimes Halo infinite

[dusky wave]

who is playing starfield in 13 days

[obtuse edge]

I wish. I want too play it on pc over my series x but im still waiting for my cablemod cable. Thankfully they put it on the site for order today but it won't arrive till mid-end of September. 😦

[dusky wave]

that sucks hope u get it soon

[obtuse edge]

It's literally all I need lol. Just the darn cable.

[dusky wave]

how many 980s did u get?

[obtuse edge]

4 2tbs

I plan too keep this system for as long as I can lol

[dusky wave]

i only got 1 2tb gen 4 nvme and 1 6tb hdd

[obtuse edge]

I got them relatively cheap. About 140 each at the time so I figured why not.

[dusky wave]

thats around the same price i got my sk hynix p41

i still got another nvme slot left

with ur setup u probably could play starfield at 4k60 no issue on pc. i probably need fsr with my 6800xt to get 4k60

[obtuse edge]

Here's hoping

[willow mortar]

I'm still using SATA for both my boot SSD and internal HDD, 500GB and 1TB respectively. Anything I need to store beyond that and it's in my Google Drive.

[ruby spear]

I have a 2TB NVMe and a 2TB USB-C SSD

[smoky flame]

I have a 2TB WD Black SN850X. Next storage upgrade I plan to get a gen 5 M.2 near it's peak speeds (16 GB/s) and 4TB while spending no more than £400 on it, ideally less but that won't happen for some time so it is one for the distant future maybe

[pulsar void]

Imo after any SSD, any speed increase is kinda moot? I've seen those loading videos of games on YouTube and the extra performance isn't really worth the extra cost. But that's the point of enthusiast equipment anyway. Pay more for that extra 1%.

Doesn't seem like good value to me is all I mean. I sort of get it with the direct streaming whatsit tech, but even then I wonder if the sustained speed is required by many games. Maybe it will in future I guess.

[ruby spear]

It's not so much the initial loading speed of the game, it's the in-game handling of data where it matters.

[smoky flame]

well I'd sure hope it is and once DirectStorage really takes off with games that can make proper use of it and scale with speeds of the faster SSDs I'd like to think there will come a time where an SSD like what I plan to upgrade sees use or I may not upgrade at all as I'd deem it a waste of money. Games are going to become more complex over time with the tech consoles have so if they eventually get to a point they are taking 20 seconds to load stuff again I want to be ahead of that and have it take ~5 seconds (when it scales properly)

[pulsar void]

Makes sense. I guess if you're building a PC right now, it would be something to consider, but if you have a working system with an SSD, probably best to just wait and see?

[smoky flame]

pretty much and installing an M.2 SSD is so much easier than all the faff involved with SATA cables while being at least 7x faster (gen 3 vs SATA). These more complex worlds could eventually make SATA SSD obsolete in strong favour with gen 3, possibly even gen 4 SSDs speeds

[pulsar void]

Unless the m.2 port is on the bottom of the board (which mine is). I'd have to strip the entire system down to get to it. Though that's what you get with mini-iTX

[smoky flame]

crazy to think gen 5 vs SATA SSD is some 29x faster. Obviously I know they won't reach exactly 16GB/s on both read and write but it won't be far off when the peak speeds start coming in and 29x the speed is crazy! 😮

[devout remnant]

As Rhinne said, for gaming, there’s a lot more factors, but I hope DS can be utilised so that real world benefits present themselves.

[smoky flame]

https://youtu.be/H9guEsBly0I

[devout remnant]

Interesting indeed.

[autumn sluice]

Not a drill: update winrar if you use it, new version fixes an exploit where opening a rar can run programs on your pc

[smoky flame]

I done one better. Uninstalled it. Isn't the first time winrar has been involved in some exploit/vulnerability that could compromise a system yet the owner expects people to buy it? not a chance. I'm sure there is a safer, better equivalent out there

[pulsar void]

It's called 7zip

[smoky flame]

https://www.reddit.com/r/cablemod/comments/15vczt9/darn_it_my_luck_ran_out/ (may contain a little profanity but no wonder, I'd have some very choice words of my own for what I think of this) how long must this go on now? even with some changes and 3rd party solutions and they still have the chance to burn out... Guaranteed if this was happening to AMD everyone and their goldfish would be calling them out and making song and dance about it. Meanwhile Nvidia and cablemods seem to be able to sweep it under the carpet and blame it all on user error. Is it seriously going to take someone's house to burn down before something is actually done about this? I'd avoid 4090 at all cost if you can until something about this is actually fixed. What a joke on a £1500+ GPU.

[obtuse edge]

This is exactly why I was waiting for there 90 degree cable and not buying the normal cable and adapter. It's just another failure point. There's been dozens even before this guys.

[tawdry hemlock]

Anyone from India brought Xbox PC game pass?

I cannot buy 🥲 tried all the payment ways even amex didn't work

Halp

[obsidian bobcat]

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[smoky flame]

I think that is a 90 degree cable (at least based off images 2 and 3)

[obtuse edge]

It's the 90 degree adapter

[smoky flame]

oh, haha my bad 😅

[fallen bobcat]

who here plays stellaris

[pulsar void]

I've played a little bit

[serene stratus]

Anyone here played rocket league in 2014?

[exotic jacinth]

I did on PS Plus when it came out

[serene stratus]

Yo dm

[serene stratus]

And I can’t dm u

[exotic jacinth]

I don’t do DMs

[serene stratus]

Why not

I’m tryna talk to u in private if that’s okay with u

[ruby spear]

@serene stratus If people don't want to DM, stop pestering them. I told you this the last time you bugged me about it.

[serene stratus]

I’m sorry

[ruby spear]

If you are sorry, stop doing it.

[serene stratus]

Also rocket league beta version came out in 2014

[serene stratus]

Gotchu

[serene stratus]

Did u have an item called gold rush?

[exotic jacinth]

No idea, not played in ages

[serene stratus]

Weird question can u download it bc if u have this item it will be great for me cause I want it

And if u are a good person u would give me the item I’ve been looking for, for months

[obsidian bobcat]

#rules 💵 13. No buying, selling, or trading items/codes on the server. Do not ask for codes, handouts, or freebies either.

[serene stratus]

Omg

[ruby spear]

@serene stratus Stop asking about this item now - entirely. Don't ask again in this server.

[serene stratus]

Why do u do this bro

I won’t ever ask I promise

[ruby spear]

Because you're breaking server rules.

[serene stratus]

But why is that a server rule

[ruby spear]

Because it is.

[serene stratus]

Have u played rocket league at all?

[ruby spear]

We're not dealing with people getting scammed. I'm not saying you are going to scam people, but the rule applies to everyone, regardless of your intentions.

Yes, I've played it. I have the platinum trophy on PS.

[serene stratus]

Why does everyone play on ps even tho this a Xbox server 😂

[ruby spear]

People can own more than one gaming plaform. It also released there first, long before Xbox, on PS+. I've played on Xbox a little too, but not as much as I did on PS.

[serene stratus]

But the main question is have u played it in 2014

[ruby spear]

I told you not to ask again.

[serene stratus]

I didn’t ask about the item

U said not to ask about the item

I asked if u played in 2014

Bru

[ruby spear]

I'm not interested in talking about the game.

[serene stratus]

How much warnings until I’m banned

Also am i allowed to ping u?

[ruby spear]

Focus on listening to mods and following the rules instead of how many warnings you can get.

[obsidian bobcat]

#rules ⁠🔕 6. Do not @mention, ping, or direct message other server members unless they give you permission or have the "Pings Okay" role (this includes turning off pings when replying to messages!). For moderation needs, please DM @west yoke with your issue. For support, please use #1091756150644555946, but note that it is not official support, but support provided by other users like yourself.

[serene stratus]

Bro how long did it take u to study everything in this server

Lol ur like a nerd no offense

[ruby spear]

Well, we can give you some time to study them.

[serene stratus]

I’m not doing that Ty very much

[ruby spear]

I beg to differ.

[pale spoke]

https://store.steampowered.com/app/2358720/Black_Myth_Wukong/

Steam

Black Myth: Wukong

Black Myth: Wukong is an action RPG rooted in Chinese mythology. The story is based on Journey to the West, one of the Four Great Classical Novels of Chinese literature. You shall set out as the Destined One to venture into the challenges and marvels ahead, to uncover the obscured truth beneath the veil of a glorious legend from the past.• Explo...

Release Date

2024

[latent gate]

oh. it's actually listed now?

[pale spoke]

On EGS and Steam yes

[dusky wave]

Is that the sequel to the one on game pass rn?