pc-gaming

[lethal yew]

Surely these are safe to disable in background tho?

[smoky flame]

those are likely safe but may mean for future updates you have to manually check as the background process won’t be doing that but in other cases disabling some processes could break key functionality with Windows so yeah, I’d be very careful with doing that

[lethal yew]

Ye im okay with manual updating honestly

[lethal yew]

Oh im not touching a single background process that isn't some kinda game launcher or social media app

[dusky wave]

If using pc game pass u may need ubi connect and ea app to play some games.

[lethal yew]

Oh

But does xbox app not just auto open those launchers to run the game

Atleast that's what I've noticed happening whenever I run far cry 6 on xbox app and far cry 3 on steam

I should mention i only disabled the "minimize to system tray when pressing X button" for all the game launchers

So they can still run as background processes when required but not when I'm not playing a game

[quaint mirage]

😮

[cinder veldt]

i hate that this happens because the ubisoft launcher pops everytime i open the xbox app and im like "no"

[lethal yew]

One thing I find a bit irritating about the ubisoft connect launcher is that it shows all the prices of the games in the store in euros instead of my local currency

All the other launchers show prices in my local currency tho

I read about this and apparently ubisoft doesn't support my currency :(

[spice cloud]

Yo, can someone say what I need to do to make my laptop quieter, when I just open it it makes a lot of fan noises

[icy orbit]

set power mode to max battery life

done thats about it

[spice cloud]

done all of that, the thing that helped me best was to sets fan to 60 % max, 60 fps and vertical sync on

[lethal yew]

Why would you want to set a fan limit tho, if it's running at those speeds it probably needs to because of the high temps

[spice cloud]

yeah, like its true what youre saying but the thing that helped most was to put down the fps because higher resoulotion = more power = more heat and then the fan spins faster

should get a laptop cooling station maybe, because fans are under the pc so the dont get good air

[lethal yew]

Ye limit the fps but not the fan speed it needs to run at high speeds at times, especially when you start a game

[spice cloud]

okay will do, but the things that I get annoyed at is how much spotify discord and google takes

its like crazy

[lethal yew]

Ye you can make them stop running in background by disabling some options in the app settings

[spice cloud]

no not thta

[lethal yew]

Oh when you're using them

[spice cloud]

i mean like I want them opoen

would send a pic but cant here

[lethal yew]

Do they consume that much? Whats ur ram

[lethal yew]

We can take it to dms if u want

[spice cloud]

yeah

[icy orbit]

no

[neat turret]

Yo guys i got a question,why can't i access the save files of games downloaded through xbox like steam or epic?
Also has anyone tried modding gta 5 through vortex mod manager??

[mellow lintel]

Because they don't want you to?

Idk

[wanton zealot]

anyone have any good picks for a decent headset to use for gaming? mine broke finally

they were razor Kraken

[cinder veldt]

Hyper X has some solid headphones

[spice cloud]

Logitech g733 is what I use, and they are really good for me

[devout remnant]

https://videocardz.com/newz/asus-teases-geforce-rtx-5090-rog-matrix-graphics-card

I 🤍 ASUS

[dusky wave]

Looks pretty probably starting at 3000 lol

[wanton zealot]

i am wondering if i should stick to the whole wireless idea so my cord doesnt get chewed by my cats again lol

seems like a decent pair, was originally thinking something from Razor but these seem like a good alt

[devout remnant]

Yeah if I didn’t already have one I’d 100% buy this

I hate when they release these things months after the original release

I’ll wait and see the full unveiling

I may yet have to buy one 😄

[spice cloud]

Yeah, I like them, had them for three years, still working perfectly

[wanton zealot]

awesome to hear 🙂

[icy orbit]

audeze maxwell

literally no idea why people just told you to get a logitech headset

that should be a crime if anything

[mellow lintel]

Nah

There are good Logitech sets

[icy orbit]

bait

hit me up when a logitech headset becomes remotably comparable to maxwells

[mellow lintel]

Best ones we see recc'd here are the astro 50, the steelseries and uh .forgot. just a sec. We had a Convo in general about it yesterday

I'll see if I can link it here

[icy orbit]

steelseries dont have any good headsets though so i can already gauge the average quality of information being shared

[mellow lintel]

Here about ish

[icy orbit]

looks like a large conversation about people comparing their personal experience

not a conversation about objective facts

[mellow lintel]

But if you dislike all the things then idk. Maybe recc some you like instead of dunking on what other people like 😂

[icy orbit]

i just did

maxwells. anything other than maxwell is cope

https://headphones.com/blogs/reviews/audeze-maxwell-review-the-greatest-value-wireless-headphone

typically large gaming brands just focus on features and gimmicks rather than creating an actual good headset.
theres occasionally a pair that pops up thats usable, such as the turtle beach stealth 600 gen 3 being a.. fine wireless headset. or the hyperx cloud ii are like.. cheap. and are fine.

theyre not good though if youre gonna compare them to actual good headsets (maxwell)

but realistically who actually cares just buy whatever and if it works for you it works

cant call it bad if you dont have anything good to compare it to

[mellow lintel]

I'm happy you have a thing you like. But yk...let other people have things they like without being insulting.

[icy orbit]

im not insulting them im just saying why would you recommend them

theres no redeeming qualities about them that make them worth recommending

the only advantage big gamer brands have over others is the availability

peripherals suck they should just make hologram headphones

[dusky wave]

I heard sennheiser headphones r great for audiophiles

Though its a bit pricey

[mellow lintel]

I've heard the same

Maybe someday lol

I have a few friends that have them and really really love them

[dusky wave]

My brother own a pair or two

I probably wont get a pair. My monitor speakers is good enough

[mellow lintel]

I live a place where it's pretty noisy so a headset or headphones is important

But I don't want to spend an arm in a leg 😅. The steelseries line has been pretty good to me

A nice variety of price points

[blissful carbon]

Get refurb ones. I paid $200 for HD 660S

[patent hound]

This is the best headset

[wanton zealot]

aint about to spend 300 on a headset unles its the Heavys lmao

i need those for my music

[cinder veldt]

real

[smoky flame]

Most I’ve spent on a single pair of headphones is £430, which was what the Hifiman Edition XS cost me back in November 2023

[cinder veldt]

my headphones cost about 130

[devout remnant]

I think mine would have been close to £2,000

Got high end ones with a separate Amplifier

However I preferred Speakers

My Kef’s are going strong still 😄

[normal plover]

I hate mafia 3 so much

The game has something against working

[icy orbit]

just wait for hd560s to go on sale/refurbished and then get a mic then

not buying maxwells or a50 is just copium

[smoky flame]

I'd probably go for the Audeze Maxwell if I was looking for a gaming headset but I don't think I really need that. Not really one for talking with a mic so I have little use for a gaming headset hence why I instead opted for headphones without a mic

[icy orbit]

refurb hd560s + samson go

[jagged venture]

Had a steel series arctis pro wireless for upwards of 6 or 7 years before the frame gave out. Instantly bought another pair.

Also the frame was my fault cause I never stored it properly. Hanging it on my desk by the cup rather than getting a headphone stand.

[dusky wave]

Are the samsung neo qled minileds good?

[mellow lintel]

only reason i got a second pair was bc i wanted a different color 😂

[jagged venture]

I'm not ashamed to say I got a different color too lol

[mellow lintel]

and i use a headphone clip thingy that attaches to the edge of my desk

[jagged venture]

I bought a 30$ wood tray with double headphone space

So now I also have a place to put my stuff as well

[mellow lintel]

mine is kinda like this

just clamps on the edge

small desk so i could not fit on top

[jagged venture]

Yeah I seen those but knowing my luck if bump into it and hurt myself or the headphones

[mellow lintel]

lol fair

i have bumped it a few times but not had things fall off it

[jagged venture]

PLus my desk is huge

[mellow lintel]

yeah if i had a bigger desk i would put above

[jagged venture]

3 27" monitors, printer and another 2-3 feet of space leftover still

[mellow lintel]

thats a biiiig desk

[dusky wave]

I feel with you all having headphones i should get a pair but i have been only using monitor speakers

[jagged venture]

Heavy as heck too

[mellow lintel]

i think mine is like.. 40'' wide and i have 2 24" monitors and kbm and a lamp etc

all juuuust so

[jagged venture]

I am so sorry for your suffering

[mellow lintel]

more will not fit

[dusky wave]

51 inch l shape black

[jagged venture]

At least get a good speaker system

[dusky wave]

I havent lol

If anything i get a 100 usd soundbar

[jagged venture]

Listen to the emperor. "Do it"

[mellow lintel]

my monitor speakers are not bad, but i live in a noisy space so its better to have a headset

plus being able to vc is really nice

[jagged venture]

Let me find my speakers.

[mellow lintel]

headsets seem to do a better job with that, for noise issues too

[jagged venture]

https://www.amazon.com/gp/aw/d/B01JPOLLKE?psc=1&ref=ppx_pop_mob_b_asin_title

It's gone up in price since I bought it like 5 years ago

I paid 129$ for it lmao. Now it's 200

But it's got some serious punch to it. Plus it's got so many inputs. I use optical. Plus output and control on the speaker rather than the subwoofer.

[icy orbit]

pebbles v3 are like $25 i think

[devout remnant]

520Hz & 144Hz are LCD

240Hz & 500Hz are OLED

[lethal yew]

Is there a lightweight performance overlay app that also displays cpu temps?

Im happy with the Nvidia overlay but my only gripe with it is it doesn't show cpu temps as well like gpu temps

[mild thicket]

I sometimes use NZXT Cam which is not heavy at all, note I play on integrated and it's working great for me

[lethal yew]

I see, and what all does it display if you mind telling me

[mild thicket]

real-time data like CPU and GPU temperatures, clock speeds, fan RPMs, RAM usage, network activity, and storage information and a control on the rgb and speed of the fans

[lethal yew]

Cpu and gpu Utilization too ye?

Like how much % of cpu/gpu is being used at the timr

[mild thicket]

Of course

[lethal yew]

Brilliant

This might be exactly what im looking for

[mild thicket]

Hopefully this is working for you

[lethal yew]

Hmm

[normal plover]

Msi afterburner

[lethal yew]

I've heard that causes occasional drops in performance tho

[devout remnant]

Heard it from where?

It’s used by millions even pro over clockers and I’ve never heard that 😄

[lethal yew]

Some subreddit lol, also a friend of mine noted the same

[errant sorrel]

Afterburner doesnt work on every game sadly (Battlefield for example)

[lethal yew]

Huh thats odd

Is this to do with the secure boot stuff

[smoky flame]

some anti chat can block it. Even blocks AMD's own performance monitoring features within AMD Software lol and yeah, there is something about MSI Afterburner. I linked it once here I think some time ago. Would have to dig through the stuff I've linked (which could be a lot) to find it but if I do manage to find it then I'll post it again

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bQH3DYNboM0 idk if I linked it here after all but found it in another server

[icy orbit]

riva tuner
nzxt cam sucks

just dont use it all the time and its fine. dont understand why you need a performance overlay for longer than 5 minutes

[dusky wave]

i just use steam overlay fps counter is good enough

[icy orbit]

any overlay is good enough if all youre doing is just trying to find what settings work best for you

[dusky wave]

true

[smoky flame]

always good to check your hardware is performing as expected. Last thing I'd want is to not be aware that there may be issues. Obviously there may be more telling signs but the more subtle stuff may only show with the help of performance monitoring. Used to be I'd leave it on for the duration of whatever game I'd play but now I give it maybe 10 minutes and all looking good I hide it and play without an overlay now

[icy orbit]

is that not just this part? doesnt take a 8 hour gaming session with a large overlay obscuring half the screen to figure out somethings up

[dusky wave]

i just choose one and stick with it. i wouldnt use like 3-5 different performance overlays that just overkill

[smoky flame]

true, though at one point I liked seeing the FPS etc while gaming. Found it cool to look at. Was also helpful when I had a 7950X3D as I had MSI Afterburner set to show each core of that CPU while gaming and configured it in such a way that it took up a bit less sapce but reason for that was to check games were primarily using the 3D V Cache cores. Most were but I'm glad I done what I did as I caught some that weren't doing that. Would have been completely oblivious otherwise and might not have been getting the very best performance

main games where that 7950X3D failed to launch with 3D V Cache cores prioritzed were new releases and oddly enough Ubisoft games tied to their subscription as they appear to run off a separate .exe. I found that out by accident when I noticed I think it was Avatar Frontiers of Pandora wasn't displaying certain information from AMD Software on the top right of the screen any time I opened the game but adding the uplay+ exe to AMD Software fixed that. As for getting the game to then run on the 3D V Cache cores all I had to do was go into game bar and tick the option "remember this is a game", restart the game and that fixed that

[lethal yew]

Rtss as in the one you download with msi afterburner or there's a separate overlay by rtss

[smoky flame]

RTSS can be used by itself though I never tried that as I preferred the MSI Afterburner + RTSS combo a while back and the customization is almost endless, though took a bit of learning over time

[lethal yew]

What is the difference between just rtss and rtss + msi afterburner if you can tell

More performance options available?

[smoky flame]

I'd be the wrong person to ask having pretty much no experience of RTSS on its own

[lethal yew]

Fair enough

[smoky flame]

I don't think its as easy to customize the overlay without MSI Afterburner though

[lethal yew]

I should mention my cpu utilization never crossed 30% so i shouldn't be too worried about cpu temps right?

My gpu utilization has touched 70% or smth tho

[smoky flame]

that's pretty normal for games. Depending on settings used the GPU will be put to work far more than the CPU as it is far more capable of such tasks

[lethal yew]

And the temps were like 70 degrees not very serious i belive, atleast for gaming laptop standards

The most demanding game ive played yet is dead space remake

[smoky flame]

sounds about right in terms of temperatures

[lethal yew]

It gave me around 80-90 fps on 1080p very high

But i reduced it to high settings and capped the fps to 60 to keep the temps low

Te temps became sub 60 after doing said changes

[smoky flame]

could have just kep it at very high and capped the FPS to 60 and it should have still achieved much the same result

[lethal yew]

I might do that next time ye, temp difference probably will be negligible

It's just that I have gotten a brand new gaming laptop(first gaming hardware in fact) and i get a little paranoid about temperatures haha

[smoky flame]

uncapped FPS is always going to use more power thus higher temperatures but if you were to cap a game to 60 FPS that ran at up to 100 FPS before then that should require less power so temperatures should lower but it only really works if the FPS you cap to is lower than what you get when uncapped

[lethal yew]

Yes true

If the game were barely running at 60, capping wouldnt make much of a difference

Btw i cap my fps using the Nvidia control panel for a game

Is that better than capping fps in the in game settings?

[lethal yew]

Although I still think capping fps for every game is advisable because the main menu for most games run at insanely high fps and the gpu/cpu temps ironically get hotter at that time than in game

[smoky flame]

there is some debate about that. I'm not too sure it really matters that much tbh as an FPS cap is still an FPS cap. The only FPS capping method I have seen that is often frowned upon by the PC gaming community is the use of vsync

[lethal yew]

Ah

Ye I tried using that once, for a very old game (far cry 3)
It actually made the game laggier

[icy orbit]

a lot of modern games implement menu frame limits that are just automatically applied or customisable in settings

if they dont then who cares cuz what does it matter

[lethal yew]

True true

[icy orbit]

youre not gonna throttle sitting on a main menu and even if you did just press play

[lethal yew]

Hmm

[icy orbit]

not like hitting tjmax means your cpu is gonna blow up

it just means its gonna slow itself down until its not throttling anymore

[lethal yew]

Tjmax?

Does that refer to the max temperature the cpu can work in

[icy orbit]

the point it throttles

[lethal yew]

Oh

Ye but for really old games definitely advisable to preset an fps cap in the control panel because they really don't have any measures to limit ur fps in the main menu. I think ive once gotten 440 fps in the main menu of far cry 3 and the fans were loudly whirring lol

[smoky flame]

in cases like that I would cap the FPS 2-3 FPS below your laptop's refresh rate. Does your laptop support gsync? (not to be confused with vsync)

[lethal yew]

Im not super sure but its a 5070ti laptop

[icy orbit]

or freesync doesnt matter

[smoky flame]

seems likely it would support it

[lethal yew]

Interesting

[smoky flame]

should be able to find this out in the Nvidia app or NVCP manu somewhere. Not sure where it would be located within the Nvidia app as I've never used it and idk with it being newer if all the features from the NVCP are present

[lethal yew]

Ye im having a look at that

[smoky flame]

any luck finding the settings to do with gsync?

[lethal yew]

Ok apparently it doesn't auto display for me because my laptop has a mux with an igpu and the 5070ti, i believe i need to make the laptop run only on the 5070ti

I wanna ask before doing this tho, wont the laptop get a bit hotter running only on the 5070ti for even menial tasks

[smoky flame]

also, I probably should have gone into why I suggested a 2-3 FPS limit below your laptop display's refresh rate. Gsync is only active within the range it has, take 48-120Hz for an example. Below 48 FPS and above 120 FPS screen tearing will occur as you either don't meet or exceed the gsync threshold (this also applies to Freesync and Adaptive Sync too), even use of vsync where FPS would be limited to no higher than the display's refresh rate can still slightly exceed said threshold and reintroduce screen tearing and that is where the 2-3 FPS lower cap comes in as as 118 FPS limit FPS should never exceed 120 so screen tearing shouldn't happen. Slightly off topic but thought you should know

[lethal yew]

Ahh

Makes sense

[smoky flame]

is there no way to switch between the CPU and GPU with this MUX switch? I really don't know a great deal about laptops. If you are on Windows 11 there is a setting that might help with this

[lethal yew]

I've read there's another option on asus laptops to have the display settings available is to change the operating mode to turbo mode (for clarification gsync comes under the display tab of Nvidia control panel)

And like I said I dont see the display tab

here is what my control panel looks like

there's only 3d settings and video tab, but there should be a "display" tab too

[smoky flame]

try this first and see if it works. Go into Windows settings: System -> Display -> Graphics and then you should see a list of some of your games (if not you may have to add them manually) but click on one of them and some options should show, the one to look out for is GPU Preference. For a game make sure it runs on the 5070 Ti but for non games you can probably change those to run off the CPU

[lethal yew]

oh ye i've done that before

but does that mean it'll only show the display tab while running the game?

since in "normal use" the igpu is being used

and as i said gsync comes under the display tab of nvidia control panel

[smoky flame]

different task so it would probably show as its showing now tbh but really not sure. I go for being pretty knowledgeable about PCs to having almost no clue when it comes to laptop stuff as I didn't even know that a laptop needed an MUX switch to allow the CPU and GPU to display on the laptop's screen. Would have thought that was a standard thing, especially with how efficient on one hand laptops are but also how conscious users have to be with battery usage

[lethal yew]

this is what you wanted me to do ye?

[smoky flame]

yeah

[lethal yew]

ok you want me to open nvidia control panel by itself or with the game open

[smoky flame]

worth a try with the game open

[lethal yew]

alright doing that

[smoky flame]

just be ready for that GPU to be put to full use while it is set to high performance like that so battery life is likely to take quite the hit

[lethal yew]

Huh the game is crashing everytime I open it now

[smoky flame]

ok, revert back to default setting

[lethal yew]

Oh there actually is a difference in performance when you force windows to use gpu for application?

Because i just assumed windows insta switches to your dedicated gpu for every game, which would be kinda the same as forcing it to run the game with dedicated gpu

[smoky flame]

that might be what Optimus tries to do. Try forcing the GPU instead and see how differently it behaves then

[lethal yew]

Yep the game is not crashing anymore when switching back to default, time to check control panel

Bingo

See the display settings with the game running now

[smoky flame]

nice!

[lethal yew]

Didn't take a screenshot because was little worried laptop may freeze 😅

But as you can see something has certainly changed

Gsync setting, ive not done any modifications to them

So these are the default

Correct me if im wrong but this means it was automatically enabled while running dead space?

Yep the gsync setting vanished the moment I closed the game

[smoky flame]

I guess forcing the GPU via NVIDIA GPU only wuld have it show all the time but might mean more power draw as the GPU will be primarily used even in less demanding tasks (though it can have its perks tbf)

[lethal yew]

Ye thats why im a little reserved doing this, i would put that setting on for a desktop pc but for laptops thats just creating unnecessary heat

Im more worried about overheating than battery life to be honest

[smoky flame]

Nvidia should have a setting that can reduce the power draw on the GPU within the NVCP as the GPU shouldn't use unnecessary power when it doesn't need to

[lethal yew]

Interesting, so like an eco mode

[smoky flame]

kind of

will still use more power than the CPU likely did but it would be almost like a desktop state

[lethal yew]

Say, dont most top tier desktop cpus come with igpus though, how is it that this situation doesn't occur with them, im guessing there's no mux kinda thing for desktop pcs so you just manually select the gpu of choice?

[smoky flame]

Most CPUs come with iGPUs but due to how powerful the GPU is people disable the iGPU in the BIOS (I do that) on AMD's side their CPU iGPU isn't much use beyond troubleshooting should you run into issues with your dGPU but AMD APUs are a little different as they have a more powerful iGPU onboard as a sort of all in one package

[lethal yew]

Ah I should mention i have a ryzen cpu in my laptop

Ryzen 9 8940hx is the name

[smoky flame]

the iGPU on that isn't up to much. Would be better off using the Nvidia GPU

[lethal yew]

Alright I might as well just do that, but when I apply this setting too, it will give same performance while in game yes?

[smoky flame]

should do, though having the browser open and gaming at the same time may incur a slight performance penalty if hardware acceleration on the browser's end is enabled but that should make watching YouTube videos etc a lot better as it will put to full use the GPU encoding and decoding capabilities

[lethal yew]

Ahh makes sense

[lethal yew]

So do you want me to straight up disable the igpu via bios or just change this setting in the nvcp to make it run only only the gpu

[smoky flame]

just be sure to double check the NVCP for a setting that relates to GPU power usage. I seem to remember there being one when I used to have an Nvidia GPU but idk if that is still around or if it can be toggled globally or only on a per game/program basis

[lethal yew]

Got it will do

[smoky flame]

change the setting in the NVCP

that should be enough. idk enough about laptops to know if disabling the iGPU in BIOS is possible or not

[lethal yew]

Ye probably better to leave bios alone if the work gets done with just nvcp

[smoky flame]

yeah, something else to check. What did you set power plan/mode to? I'd recommend leaving that at balanced as that may also help keep power draw down and only put ti to full use when needed like when gaming or using some other 3D/GPU intensive program

[lethal yew]

Power plan in the windows settings? that's set to best performance when plugged in

[smoky flame]

ooh, yeah, that's ok then

balanced while on battery?

[lethal yew]

Yup

here's a reference for u

[smoky flame]

try watching a YouTube video and seeing how much power the Nvidia GPU draws via the Nvidia app if performance monitoring is possible that way

[lethal yew]

wow, the display looks much sharper suddenly after switching to nvidia gpu only

[lethal yew]

4k vid or any resolution works?

[smoky flame]

oh, that reminds me. Double check in the display settings if the native resolution and highest possible refresh rate is selected. Might be fine but if not you might want to change that

[lethal yew]

got it

[smoky flame]

auto will do

if you have the bandwidth YouTube should play videos at the highest resolution your display supports and depending on video it may also use AV1

[lethal yew]

hmm

ye i'm checking power consumption

i'm using the nvida overlay to check it

[smoky flame]

right click on the youtube video and click on stats for nerds. Most of it is complete gibberish but useful info, that will tell you what codec etc is being used amongst a bunch of other stuff

[lethal yew]

ohh

so according to nvidia overlay on average 10 watts being used while running the yt vid

[smoky flame]

nice

[lethal yew]

by the gpu ofc

but task manager is plotting a graph for the igpu too, does that mean it's being used?

it's in fact plotting a graph for both the 5070ti and igpu

[lethal yew]

regarding this, why is display resolution blocked out for me?

[smoky flame]

hmm, that I really don't know. Try the Nvidia app or NVCP for resolution and refresh changes instead

[lethal yew]

Hmm

yup highest res and refresh rate

i should mention i did not find any power settings option in nvcp

[smoky flame]

interesting, that might have changed over time then. My last Nvidia GPU was a 1080 Ti and I sold that back in 2019 or 2020 (big mistake )

[lethal yew]

wth dude, that would make me regret super hard

but that's fine, mistakes were made haha

[smoky flame]

sold it for a 5700 XT at the time. One of my biggest tech regrets as it wasn't even an upgrade but a sidegrade at best. Main reason I did it though was for DSC support as the 1080 Ti didn't support that and I couldn't make full use of the 1440p 240hz monitor I had then 🙁

[lethal yew]

ah makes sense

plus nobody could predict covid and the consequence on pc parts market

[smoky flame]

yeah, 2020 up until now was rough for computer hardware overall, though there was the cryptoboom before that not long after the 10 series or 1080 Ti launched iiirc that effectively signalled the beginning of uncertain times for pricing going forward

[lethal yew]

ok so i found out "ordinary" apps are still using the igpu i think this is the setting i need to change to override that

[lethal yew]

yep truly dark times

this is the graph of the igpu (amd radeon 610m) while a 4k vid is running in the background, i think this confirms the igpu is overriden now?

16-20 watts being used by 5070ti as per the nvidia overlay

[smoky flame]

now I am a little curious to see if it is worth you turning off the iGPU in the BIOS so it doesn't get in the way. I really don't know if that is a recommended thing to do but seeing as your 5070 Ti is now equipped to handle everything and not consume max power (outside of certain tasks) the iGPU is kind of just there but not going to be doing much now

[lethal yew]

yup so basically got a portable desktop at this point haha

[smoky flame]

heh, you didn't originally want to use it like so but here we are in a way 😄

[lethal yew]

ye i was gonna get a desktop anyday but since imma study abroad so laptop was a more viable option

[smoky flame]

should still be fine. the use of the 5070 Ti is better overall anyhow. Might use a bit more power than what the iGPU would have used but that small trade off for better feature capabilities is a no brainer really

[lethal yew]

true true

[smoky flame]

if disabling the iGPU is possible through the BIOS for you it will also free up some RAM as the iGPU used up to 512MB

[lethal yew]

oh that 512 "dedicated gpu memory" is just space from the ram?

[smoky flame]

yeah

[lethal yew]

i guess that explains why my ram shows up as 15.2 gb and not 16 gb

this was all really helpful man but i'll be doing rest of the setting up tomorrow, gotta sleep now. we'll defo continue this some other time, maybe in dms if ure good with that

[smoky flame]

sure. Sorry if this was something of an eye opener haha 😄

[lethal yew]

No I truly needed this, I am total noob regarding this stuff so thanks a lot

[smoky flame]

I better think of sleeping too, lol 2:20am 😮

[lethal yew]

Ye gn 😂

[cinder veldt]

doesn't the igpu use the system ram as vram?

[fickle void]

Guys can we mod games on pc obtained via gamepass

[blissful carbon]

Some of them yes

[pulsar cargo]

That's what he said yes.....

[solemn orbit]

AOE3:DE is awesome

[dusky wave]

Thats not a game i enjoy. But i hope u enjoy it

[blissful carbon]

Well I found out I had secure boot on this entire time and just never noticed rofl

[patent hound]

Most people will

[blissful carbon]

There was once a point where secure boot made it a pain to install Linux/dual boot. Seems those days are long gone now though.

[smoky flame]

I don't think secure boot is commonly enabled by default. Now that some more games require it I won't be too surprised to see motherboard vendors issue a BIOS update before too long that enables it by default but still the small matter of updating to that version ofc. TPM is enabeld by default and been that way since Windows 11 really took off but before that users would have to go into the BIOS to enable it just like secure boot now

[devout remnant]

Did you get a Gen5 drive in the end?

If I remember correctly, you were going to or looking to buy?

[dusky wave]

my pc had csm on as default

[smoky flame]

considering it but idk yet

[pulsar cargo]

Can't wait to see the Black Ops 7 gameplay/reveal

Really hope it's optimised for PC well

[cinder veldt]

considering the performance of bo6 i doubt that

it took like 8 months just for it to feel okay to play

[devout remnant]

Ah Oki

[pulsar cargo]

??

[cinder veldt]

what?

[pulsar cargo]

I don't understand the gif/picture

[cinder veldt]

the image is secondary

[dusky wave]

Bo7 annoucement is on tuesday right?

[pulsar cargo]

19th.

So yep

[trim gazelle]

hey does anyone know about regional price

[pulsar cargo]

Why?

[pulsar cargo]

Secondary to what?

[cinder veldt]

its a reaction image

[trim gazelle]

im trying to send my friend a gift im in germany he in egypt is that possible

[dusky wave]

we already answered u in #general-chat

[trim gazelle]

he asked why

[devout remnant]

Singapore got some good internet 😄

10Gb + WiFi 7

$50 after 6 month promo of $40

[pulsar cargo]

1 day left!

[devout remnant]

8 days left!

(Till Reloaded 🤍)

[pulsar cargo]

Reloaded?

What

🙄

[normal plover]

Gears of war reloaded

[pulsar cargo]

Oh, I wonder if he'll benchmark it with framegen 🤣

[vernal crescent]

when i try to play remotely on my pc my friends say my voice sounds weird in party chat, anyone else have this problem?

one thing i noticed when it started was that in my sound input it started listing my headset with my controller as “Headphones (3- Xbox Controller)”

before the problem started the “3-“ wasn’t there

[obsidian bobcat]

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[devout remnant]

You’re more obsessed about me than me 😄

I’ll keep you in suspense till it’s released, keep it interesting for you 😝

[dusky wave]

If i benchmark gears reloaded it will be native settings lol

I just dont like using framegen

[pulsar cargo]

Nope. I find you hilarious.

[errant sorrel]

Whats the point of complaining about it LuigiGuy? It's not like hes hiding that he used framegen in benchmarks?

And even if he did.. why do you care, like, at all?

[pulsar cargo]

I'm not complaining at all.

[errant sorrel]

You sure bring it up a lot though, surely you have better things to do than to care about that?

[pulsar cargo]

No I do not.

[errant sorrel]

Ok, sounds exhausting

[pulsar cargo]

No.

Terminated.

Anyway, really looking forward to tomorrow tbh

[polar citrus]

d

[icy orbit]

lol ikr
god forbid someone uses modern tech to bring them more frames

on an actually good frame gen system too.

[pulsar cargo]

God forbid people taking things the wrong way 😡😡😭

[icy orbit]

k

[dusky wave]

Hopefully with less latency

[pulsar cargo]

K

[pulsar cargo]

Apparently I'm not allowed to laugh at people who use framegen. 😡😡😭

[dusky wave]

I dont like using framegen at all if i could help it

[pulsar cargo]

Same mate but I get sarcy comments if I say anything.

[dusky wave]

I would rather play at lower settings or res than use framegen. I would use upscaling non framegen if i have no choice. But at least its better than framegen with the latency

[smoky flame]

not a fan of frame generation either but best just leave others enjoy stuff the way they want to. I'm slowly learning to be that way. Is what it is

[dusky wave]

How is the latency for frame gen still like 25 ms or more?

[smoky flame]

not sure what you mean there

[flat seal]

Not here.

[weak orchid]

where

[dusky wave]

Not on this server

No selling

As per #rules

[devout remnant]

Thank You 🙏 - I appreciate understanding that you don’t have just “attack” or “have a go” at someone just because of something you can or can’t use.

[devout remnant]

Aha, it’s not allowed!!!!

[devout remnant]

Anyway, yeah it’s absolutely fantastic.

I ran the two Doom Benchmarks and Frame Gen is wild

^ No Frame Gen ^

^ Frame Gen ^

This was maxed out Ultra Nightmare @ 1440p

[warm wasp]

Hi do you play on pc?

Which game do you play on pc?

[dusky wave]

Yes as this is the #pc-gaming channel lol

lots of games mostly single player games

[pulsar cargo]

Mate, I haven't attacked you or had a go. I can if you want me to though 😉😁

[cinder veldt]

check pc gaming
arguing over fake frames

[devout remnant]

At the moment Gears 4 & Gears 5

Soon Gears Reloaded

Wbu?

[dusky wave]

Does that count backlog lol?

[devout remnant]

I currently have 0 backlog !

[dusky wave]

Try 500 lol

Plus another 40 on wishlist

[devout remnant]

Oooooff

I’m excited for BO7

I don’t think anything else atm

[dusky wave]

With around 50 games installed rn

[mellow lintel]

x to doubt

[dusky wave]

X

[mellow lintel]

did you dump all the backlog in a bin or something? cause that cheating

[dusky wave]

Or hid them on steam library lol

[cinder veldt]

i simply buy games to look at them in my steam library

[devout remnant]

I’m mainly into story driven games from franchises that I know I like so atm I’m played them all 😄

Happy if someone wants to recommend!!!

[mellow lintel]

its a collection! like a museum!

what kind of story driven games?

like.. in order or pieced together?

idk if that makes sense

[devout remnant]

Last of Us, Uncharted, God of War, Dante’s Inferno, Halo, Gears

Walking Dead, Wolf Among Us

[mellow lintel]

if you dont mind slightly less gritty games, i highly recc Kena

beautiful game

[devout remnant]

Ooo Oki not heard of that one

Oh wow highly rated !!

Backlog = 1

I’ll check it out on Saturday 😄

[mellow lintel]

it is a really pretty game, imo beautiful movement controls and a great story

whole things felt very smooth

i personally have it on epic, as a note.. but i cant see it being an issue on other platforms

[devout remnant]

Once I play it on Saturday I’ll be sure to report back 🙏✨

[pulsar cargo]

🤣🙄

[mellow lintel]

https://tenor.com/view/rot-kena-gif-23473644

[pulsar cargo]

I really want to play kena!

Looks really fun

[mellow lintel]

its one one my favorites

its fantastic

[pulsar cargo]

I hear the platinum on PS is really hard though

[mellow lintel]

trophies arent my jam, so i cant speak to that. but the game itself is really solid

[icy orbit]

subnautica is 75% off rn if you haven't played

[dusky wave]

Played that on game pass and the spinoff sequel thing

[devout remnant]

I’m sure I got 100% achievements was enjoyable

Ah I did the spin off

[pulsar cargo]

Played it for achievements. Was kinda boring ngl

[icy orbit]

cool

[dusky wave]

Same here and the other one

[normal plover]

When people say input latency in frame gen, it’s because you feel the input lag of non generated frames. If you had 2x frame gen and the game was 30fps native, even if it was visually smooth, you might be able to feel inconsistency if you’re a long time gamer

At least I think

Idk I’m no expert

[devout remnant]

Experts say it’s amazing

[normal plover]

I turn it on in story games if my fps is over 40, I can’t tell the input difference 😭

[smoky flame]

What experts?

[devout remnant]

https://youtu.be/I4Q87HB6t7Y?si=k5Yr8zVQfY5euhn5&utm_source=MTQxZ

https://youtu.be/FbwdM5NmhQ8?si=IudckaYELooSqYeD&utm_source=MTQxZ

[cinder veldt]

This is a soild video however

[devout remnant]

https://tenor.com/view/however-shea-whitney-nevertheless-although-gif-11044402095075906723

[cinder veldt]

i feel this one is a bit of a bad example of frame gen being used

[devout remnant]

Fair enough

[smoky flame]

First video is more to do with just DLSS upscaling and comparing the two models. Not so much about frame generation but I’ll have a watch of the bitwit video

[devout remnant]

Nice, I just put both in one go

Ultimately the only thing that matters is whether YOU like it or not

And that’s ok, it’s not for everyone.

[icy orbit]

dlss 4 upscaling is amazing

[normal plover]

Dlss4 is difficult for me to see compared to native

I can’t tell most of the time unless it starts shimmering

[cinder veldt]

i say that because its cyberpunk 2077 and its a game thats made specifically for nvidia gpus and i would assume CDPR worked with Nvidia to make frame gen work even better
also frame gen works better when the gpu can already hold a frame rate at or above 60 fps and its a 5090 so its a best case scenario methinks
if it was more realistic and was tested on a 5070 and a different game that supports frame gen like monster hunter wilds i think that wouldve been a better example

[smoky flame]

Yeah, DLSS 4 upscaling does look pretty good

[devout remnant]

https://youtu.be/x2otVZbGZ94?si=1jABEgIsoNYKY3sN&utm_source=MTQxZ

[cinder veldt]

does ragnorak use framegen?

or is it a driver level thing nvidia can use

[devout remnant]

Yes it does

Stalker 4K on a 5070 doing 220 fps

https://youtu.be/GO2aY0S1vk8?si=ezyg7dovfaXreMRH&utm_source=MTQxZ

[cinder veldt]

strange considering ragnorak can run well on the 1060

[devout remnant]

RaganaGOAT

[pulsar cargo]

Source; trust me bro

[normal plover]

It looks like source: hardware unboxed

Or bitwit I guess

[pulsar cargo]

Sarcasm went right over your head.

[cinder veldt]

only thing that sucks about youtube is its a bit hard to tell if theres any blurs from framegen because of compression

[devout remnant]

Don’t worry troll going to troll 😄

[pulsar cargo]

Excuse me? I'm not a troll.

[smoky flame]

I don't think there is any trolling happening

[devout remnant]

Yeah I can say though I didn’t notice any at all myself

[cinder veldt]

but for the most part is looks okay, i can kinda notice some blurring when the camera is moving around pretty fast on like AC Shadows but on like 2077 it looks good and i did notice some blur on GOW:R when the camera was moving fast

[devout remnant]

Depends on settings too - I disable motion blur in game

By default it’s on so idk what’s causing it tbh plus depends on how they captured the footage

[cinder veldt]

Like personally ill continue to advocate for pure rasterization but i wont try to downplay the advances of things like Frame Gen and Upscaling

[smoky flame]

I have that and a bunch of other camera based settings turned off. Only things I lower or turn off entirely in games

[devout remnant]

I did almost 60 hours in God of War on Frame Gen and was very happy with it

[cinder veldt]

but then again ill probably have to try some games with Framegen to actually see how it feels

[devout remnant]

Yeah whatever suits you best,

Going forward I’ll be native for multiplayer but for sure Frame Gen on SP if it’s an option

[smoky flame]

Motion blur, chromatic aberration, lens flare, film grain. feel free to add any I missed, though I think I got the bulk of them

[cinder veldt]

most sp games i play are usually locked to 60fps so framegen wouldnt help much

[devout remnant]

Ah see I’ve yet to play a hard locked game

However I will lock myself to 144Hz for SP

[cinder veldt]

I mean games like Skyrim

[devout remnant]

Keeps temps, power consumption and overall system ticking over

[smoky flame]

frame gen should help with haard locked games unless you mean that the game can somehow limit even frame gen?

rare to run into hard locked games these days. I definitely haven't ran into one

[cinder veldt]

I mean maybe? im not too well versed on frame gen besides "Wowzas they made the frame from nothin but one real frame"

[smoky flame]

enable it and 60 FPS becomes almost 120, 180 or 240 FPS. I think there is a slight hit as it usually isn't quite 1:1 or is that more from the use of upscaling that incurs a slight performance penalty? maybe even both

[cinder veldt]

i might try like skyrim with amds driver level frame gen and then try lossless scalings version

[devout remnant]

Can more than 1:1

Not always though

https://tenor.com/view/sub-zero-gif-23091681

[dusky wave]

Does afterburner do track fps on the driver like amds afmf?

[devout remnant]

Not sure I don’t use AB

[smoky flame]

driver level works pretty well as I tried it on STALKER 2 but only way to see it properly is with the use of AMD's own performance overlay as it doesn't show on RTSS or even Steam's overlay. Though with it being driver level it has no developer specific input so it will render everything on the screen and generate that with an extra frame

UI elements etc. In game option (where available) would avoid those

I should see what happens if I use both AFMF 2.1 and in game frame generation on Stalker 2 see if that can 4x the frame rate. AMD's own MFG 😄

probably going to crash on the first launch though

[dusky wave]

Stalker 2 is what 200 gigs i forgot?

[devout remnant]

Too many !!!!

https://tenor.com/view/stalker2-artifact-gif-25964299

[smoky flame]

steam overlay will show in game frame gen + FSR uspacling set to performacne at 4K and the other overlay is AMD's own custom configured within AMD Software that picks up AFMF 2.1. It works! xD

hmm, it didn't show?

weird how the AMD Software metrics doesn't show lol but I can get up to 250 FPS on there to show

[dusky wave]

Sweet

I dont think i need more than 60fps in this type of games

[smoky flame]

that's annoying me now a little. Why isn't AMD Software's metrics showing in the screenshot? Never had this happen before. Usually it just shows, even tried on fullscreen instead of borderless windowed

[dusky wave]

Really?

[smoky flame]

yeah, oh well. Definitely works though. AMD's own MFG 😄

the 134 FPS on Steam's overlay was around 260 FPS on AMD Software overlay and would have been on the top right corner

I quite like how Steam's overlay shows both the actual FPS and FPS with FSR and frame generation enabled beside each other

[devout remnant]

That is cool

[smoky flame]

kind of curious if it shows the same way for you in a Steam game when frame gen at 2, 3 and 4x is configured in supported games. Will no doubt show as DLSS and FPS at the left most side

[devout remnant]

I don’t really use any overlays

But I can try next time

[smoky flame]

something I should probably point out with Stalker 2. FPS limit for this game even using a 9800X3D seems to be limited to around 100-110 FPS at 1080p but enable frame gen in game and you can pretty much double that. Which is where I said what I said to MrFeatherbolt earlier where a game is hard locked on FPS. I'll try and show that

[devout remnant]

I might try it this weekend

But I play 1440p

[smoky flame]

in game settings changed to resolution 1080p, still maxed settings but no upscaling active while frame generation is enabled. Notice the FPS being below 100 even on the high and 1% low side to the right of those figures

[pulsar cargo]

How do I use that? Is it still in beta?

[cinder veldt]

ye

[devout remnant]

Yo that game is too scary

Might have to pass

[smoky flame]

I don't think its still in beta. Just make sure your Steam launcher is up to date and you should find it here

[smoky flame]

I didn't find it too scary. Scariest mutants in STALKER 2 are probably the bloodsuckers. They remind me a lot of a zombie type from Dying Light 2 (idk if you played that before?) but one game that really unsettled me was RE7 😱

I'm at a point in my STALKER 2 save where even two pseudogiants can't kill me. For some context. Pseudogiants are the second most tankiest mutants in STALKER 2 and pretty large so don't really move too fast. Tankiest and fastest goes to the Chimera. DOn't even try to run from one of those if you find it as it will catch you. best just try and fight it but luckily you really shouldn't encounter either early on. By the time you do though, be sure to have a shotgun ready for them

[verbal sorrel]

If you like stalker 2 then you'll love the originals

[warm wasp]

Pc runs more better than every console

[icy orbit]

wow

what a sentence that is

[dusky wave]

thats not even true lol

[lethal yew]

You do know pc also includes your average laptops/pcs that dont have a dedicated gpu right?

[pulsar cargo]

Will try when I'm home! Thanks mate 😁

[errant sorrel]

Id like to see my Pentium 3 500mhz PC to run Cyberpunk 😄

[devout remnant]

https://tftcentral.co.uk/news/asus-rog-swift-pg27aqwp-w-announced-with-a-540hz-720hz-4th-gen-woled-panel-and-true-black-glossy-coating

My Next Monitor!!!!

I can’t wait 🩵🩵🩵

Highlights:

New 4th Gen Tandem OLED

• Brighter
• Improved Colours
• Longer Life Span

True Black Glossy Coating

• Superior Clarity

[pulsar cargo]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9txkGBj_trg

[devout remnant]

Reminds me of Crysis x Call of Duty

Excited for it, hope they do a beta

[wanton zealot]

has anyone had any problems with Windows 11 and gaming?

[devout remnant]

https://youtu.be/sGuoy2rGdDM?si=6B4NfnKrbfBR2WyN

[dusky wave]

Nope

[dusky wave]

Update ur drivers?

[wanton zealot]

i do

was just asking that because im about to do the update

to 11

[icy orbit]

at least 1 person has yes. are you aware that this question is incredibly vague

[dusky wave]

U could always downgrade though support of 10 ends in a month or two

[wanton zealot]

sure is

[icy orbit]

errr why would you go to 11 just to go back to 10

[icy orbit]

are you updating through windows or are you installing it with a usb

[wanton zealot]

windows

[mellow lintel]

I use 11 all the time to game with and it's been fine for me.

[icy orbit]

okay so yeah youll probably come across an issue

set up a windows usb

[wanton zealot]

just heard some things recently of ppls storage drives getting corrupted from the recent update in Win11

[icy orbit]

🤷‍♂️

[wanton zealot]

👍

[lethal yew]

If any Nvidia gpu user can correct me if im wrong, but you can only have game ready driver or studio driver installed at any given time right? Because when I installed the studio driver, it asks me to reinstall the game ready driver

[dusky wave]

I never had a issue with my drives when i upgraded to 11

[ocean night]

hey anybody can help me with the cloud gaming ?

[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.

[mental relic]

Im updating my oled to windows 11

[pulsar cargo]

Sorry but if I'm such a troll, why are you replying to me?

[pulsar cargo]

Beta in October, early access and then open beta

[devout remnant]

Because I can get over it and hope to move on.

[devout remnant]

Nice 👌

[pulsar cargo]

If you preorder you can get Reznov operator in Black Ops 6.

I'll wait for the beta to order though

Looks really good though! That, BF6 and GTA in 2026 (as long as there's no delays) should keep me happy 😁😊

[devout remnant]

Same I’ll decide after the Beta 👍

[devout remnant]

I’ll have to wait for GTA 6 to come out on PC so I hope it’s not too long after console 😭

[dusky wave]

if rdr2 port has anything to go by-a year so 2027

[lethal yew]

Didn't gta 5 port take a while tho

Came in 2015 or smth

[mental relic]

the big bertha

[smoky flame]

Oh no… https://www.techpowerup.com/340103/borderlands-4-to-rely-on-nvidia-dlss-4-and-framegen-to-hit-high-framerates

[cinder veldt]

Thanks randy

[devout remnant]

https://youtu.be/drJnSukFgfY?si=cwesKLDGR6K5UYvF

ASUS do make some good trailers imo 😄

The Crystal Clear 0% Haze True Black Glossy Panel with Tandem OLED looks insanely good!

October needs to hurry up 🙏

[pulsar cargo]

The difference in quality with an Asus monitor and lg is crazy

[normal plover]

And it’s going to look almost exactly like borderlands 2 😔

[errant sorrel]

Got my OLED for like a week and I can never go back to non-OLED for sure 😄

[dense ore]

who has Xbox PC here?

[smoky flame]

did I see that right it has a HD (720p) dual mode? that's interesting

[devout remnant]

Yeah, I personally will never use it but hey, 720Hz OLED is like 1,000Hz LCD in terms of motion clarity.

Madness!

I’ll keep mine on 1440p 540Hz

And it has full DP2.1 80Gb UBR20 connection.

I can’t wait to Pre-Order, usually SCAN have it up first - plus I can collect as they’re about 20 minutes away from me.

[supple hill]

Curious if y'all know how to change the Xbox PC app list of games on the side from "Most Recent" to "Installed" or "library"?
Is that even an option?

[smoky flame]

https://www.techpowerup.com/340032/microsoft-windows-11-24h2-update-may-cause-ssd-failures Not good. Sure hope this gets fixed soon as this is another reason why there needs to be more choice in terms of PC operating systems. Mainly to keep Microsoft on their toes more often so that things like this become less of a problem. Seems every few updates something gets broken and this might be the worst of it yet 🙁

update to stay secure they say, yet when updates with broken stuff like this happens the advice is to instead rollback which creates a vulnerability. I was even recommended to rollback but honestly, I'd rather not. Microsoft's issue and with how major this one is I'd hope there is a fix incoming to correct whatever was broken to cause this behaviour

[dusky wave]

Lots of us lol

[devout remnant]

I 100% will roll back because you could cause damage to your drive without knowing or realising.

It’s not fully known or made public what’s happening.

[smoky flame]

what on earth happened for what should have been a normal patch Tuesday update to cause this though? I'd maybe expect it to happen on Windows 11 25H2 beta or dev channels and not what should be the most stable version that gets pushed every second Tuesday of a month

if I wanted to beta test I'd be on the relevant channel for such but I'm not

[devout remnant]

https://youtu.be/mlY2QjP_-9s?si=Bfi5y8hxExB3z3j5

[smoky flame]

Yeah, was made aware of this already. Kind of frustrating when the stable channel isn’t so stable. So many users won’t be aware, may not understand the issue or know how to rollback

[devout remnant]

https://youtu.be/JyHBDhwotpo?si=MPIrfDU1ad_7Kis5

[dusky wave]

Oh god

[devout remnant]

Is that good or bad? 😄

Game is too scary for me 😝

Can’t deny graphics look amazing though

[dusky wave]

I wouldnt use path tracing at all

Yeah

[devout remnant]

Idk if Gears 5 had it

But the Insane Settings absolutely killed my GPU

Going back 6 years

[dusky wave]

I dont have a 5090 so perf with path tracing on my 6800xt will be trash

[devout remnant]

Subby loves scary games

He’s brave

[dusky wave]

Hey subzero did u get re4 remake. Its on sale on steam atm

[devout remnant]

Sub needs to preload Gears Reloaded

Best game ever out Tuesday

[smoky flame]

I don’t like scary games that much STALKER 2 was bearable but definitely not that Silent Hill game

[dusky wave]

F u mean thats not for me either

[devout remnant]

https://tenor.com/view/star-wars-chosen-one-you-were-the-chosen-one-gif-7521423

[smoky flame]

Yeah, mix up of games there lol but after my experience with RE7 it could be up there with Silent Hill F too

[dusky wave]

Re rt really isnt that noticeable tbh in re4 village etc

[dusky wave]

So no on re4 ok

[smoky flame]

RE4 from a discussion here may be manageable. I’ll get it some time and see but if it is anything close to as unsettling as RE7 was nope

[dusky wave]

I played it. Not really scarey like re7 at all. Maybe a jumpscare here and there in a few chapters

[dusky wave]

Its on sale for 20 usd atm

As well a whole bunch of capcom games

[smoky flame]

Jumpscares I can handle

[dusky wave]

Do u like john wick?

[smoky flame]

Yeah

[dusky wave]

I used a few mods to make leon as john wick with melee is a pencil

[devout remnant]

First 2 are good imo

I would love a John Wick Game

[smoky flame]

Ooh, a John Wick game would be cool

[quaint iron]

yo guys

could anyone telll me bot name on this server

i need it for my server

[dusky wave]

Clippy

[ruby spear]

There's several bots in use, some of which are in-house custom ones. One that I think is regular access is Gaius.

[mellow lintel]

seriously its my 2nd favorite thing i ever did on this server. getting the bot renamed to clippy.

ima be proud of that for ages

[blissful carbon]

Clippy ❤️

[cinder veldt]

thanks microsoft

[normal plover]

There is one

John Wick Hex

[dusky wave]

Isnt it getting delisted

[normal plover]

No clue

Played it when it came out. I liked it

[devout remnant]

https://youtu.be/mDNUHz0MpmI?si=Ogc3h1M_-oEY4wk7

[dusky wave]

Has really been 5 years since they unveiled this?

[devout remnant]

Potentially I’m not sure on the background on it 🙏✨

[dusky wave]

Something about a space station

Looks pretty good

[lethal yew]

Would you all still recommend changing compatibility mode for every old game (2012 or older) to windows 7 even if the game is seemingly working fine with win 11?

[dusky wave]

i wouldnt. if the game works. if its not working thats another story

[dim pumice]

oh look, another ASUS OLED monitor that's probably too expensive and unnecessary for the casual gamers

i mean yeah? 480Hz in 1440p sound awesome but think about how many GPUs on the market that could takke advatnage of it

[devout remnant]

Why would a “casual gamer” even care this exists?

ASUS announced 3 different Models at 3 different price points

[cinder veldt]

he fell for the high fps in single player meme

only reason to have that high of an fps on a monitor is for competitive games and granted most high fps monitors were 1080p

[dim pumice]

Been playing Delta Force lately tho

[cinder veldt]

i think it fills the niche of making a comp game looking nice while playing nice

[devout remnant]

For me it’s a one for all Monitor

Best Image Quality of any Monitor for SP

Fastest Refresh at 1440p of any Monitor for MP

Delivers on both fronts.

[cinder veldt]

personally i think the monitor market is quite deceptive in the things they sell

and its for every brand

[devout remnant]

How so?

If you’ve got OLED monitor from any brand, it’s essentially one of the best by default as they all have amazing picture quality and incredible refresh rates.

[cinder veldt]

their marketing about Latency and Hz

[devout remnant]

Doesn’t apply to OLED Monitors.

[cinder veldt]

Asus is a prime example of this but they(monitor companies) tend to use metrics from the best case scenarios of their product to advertise the latency.
ie a monitor with 0.03 ms latency is one that a monitor could achieve but its like a range between that and a higher latency

[devout remnant]

Again, OLED has no issues whatsoever.

Even if it’s 0.3ms

[cinder veldt]

And the next one i think asus doesn't do but monitors advertising higher refresh rates through OSD

[dim pumice]

Then again I am in two minds on the LG 27GS95QE-B or XG27AQDMG

[devout remnant]

OverClocked Refresh Rates are advertised as such.

It’s not deceptive at all.

[dim pumice]

Again correct me if i am wrong but LG's OLED is one of the better price to performance put there

[cinder veldt]

Buying a monitor is similar to winning the silicone lottery

[dim pumice]

All I play is just some DF, BF and COD
Along with Halo and some Zenless

[cinder veldt]

could be better, could be what was advertised, could be worse

[devout remnant]

Again, used to be the case, not with OLED which is what you quoted me on.

Also

Your point isn’t valid on what I said about ASUS & OLED

You can read the context from the tester.

[cinder veldt]

which Monitor is this and who tested it?

[devout remnant]

IMO the best monitor review site

https://tftcentral.co.uk/reviews/asus-rog-strix-xg27aqwmg

This is the latest yet to be released ASUS monitor and is the mid range version of the one I posted

I will get the 540Hz version and this is the same except at 280Hz (of course lower price point too)

[cinder veldt]

I did a look around through other reviewers and interestingly its not consistent with the stats in this review

https://youtu.be/Z_gpD0tePww?si=Y1Fh5Vbl33yTF8ZL

in the Monitor Unboxed review they managed to get a Monitor that preformed better then the one provided to TFTs Monitor

[cinder veldt]

Perhaps i didn't explain what i was trying to say here in the way i wanted but my problem is that two of the same monitors will never be the same, one could be better then the other, while the company can advertise that all their monitors are the best one

[devout remnant]

What’s not consistent?

[devout remnant]

Neither is “better” because both perform the same.

There will be minute variances in every single display ever produced because that’s the nature of the technology but if you put two side by side - as long as it’s not defective - they will be visibly indistinguishable to any consumer.

You have to go to extreme technical lengths to confirm the minute variances.

However I repeat, the same model will perform the same as every working model

That is, 1440p, 280Hz with almost identical picture quality.

[smoky flame]

I’ve wondered how two OLEDs would look side by side as it used to be having two of the same non OLED monitors side by side could be wildly different in picture quality and colour accuracy (no two would ever look identical with exception to the specs) but such a test featuring two of the same OLED monitor models would be pretty expensive lol

another site I trust for monitor reviews is rtings, though they have revised their review procedure over the years so it can be a little hard to keep track of what they have changed and how that compares to other reviewers. TFTCentral definitely go some length with their reviews though

results from both TFTCentral and rtings when they reviewed the LG 32GS95UE (the same monitor I have)

[devout remnant]

Interesting table I saw on Reddit

[smoky flame]

what's the raw performance and weighted performance in reference to though? Chart seems to lack context other than lots of numbers

[icy orbit]

no it isnt wtf

just actually look at third party reviews

if youre blind buying monitors then yeah i can see why you think so. and in that case its just a skill issue

[smoky flame]

OLED monitor buying makes it so much easier but there is something of a panel lottery involved with LCD panel technologies like TN, IPS and VA as you buy two of each of the same monitor featuring any of those technologies I can guarantee it will not look identical to the other one and even using calibration software to try and correct that may give varying results but I still don't think both screens even then would look identical

[smoky flame]

actually, I may be a little wrong on the identical thing for LCD monitors but the only way that would be possible is if the monitors supported 3D LUT and outside of professional monitors that feature usually isn't a thing as very few gaming monitors support any hardware level calibration. Only one I do know of is LG with their Calibration Studio but that can only be used on supported LG monitors and even then not all support the 3D LUT feature

going down the monitor calibration rabbit hole is almost as bad as the audiophile rabbit hole. Both can become ridiculously expensive if you want to do it correctly and for many it may not be worth it

[devout remnant]

Just being teased at this point 😭

https://youtu.be/xxH5TOa1FII?si=oFt-bMBVbbT0axSx

I read ASUS may offer a black version as I do not like any other type of monitor finish - find it too distracting.

May have to buy this twice then in Silver then Black when it’s out.

[cinder veldt]

soild numbers, but i heard it runs well at 4k

[terse spear]

I love me some OLED

the deep black color contrasts are out of this world on some games.

LG makes such a good monitor

/Panel

[lethal yew]

So i have downloaded msi afterburner with riva tuner for the performance overlay and initially it was displaying on desktop as well while customizing it, but after a while for some reason it stopped being displayed on desktop and the overlay only gets displayed in-game, is this normal or is it possible to tweak the settings to have it display on desktop as well

I have set the hotkey for toggling the overlay as well, but like I said the hotkey only appears to work in game and not on desktop anymore

[devout remnant]

Homeworld 3 was under £3 (95% off) so grabbed a copy.

1440p

Epic Settings

[icy orbit]

wonder if theres anywhere i could try a glass pad in london 🤔

been wanting to switch to one but none of my mates have one to try.

[devout remnant]

War Thunder - St Patrick’s Island

Interesting my friend with a 9950X3D gets a slightly better Min FPS however my 9809X3D got a higher average.

Although he got much better in the pure CPU FPS test

[smoky flame]

isn't the 9950X3D's V Cache cores able to run at 5.6GHz? Could just be the higher frequency helped your friend out a little seeing as the 9800X3D runs at 5.2GHz

[devout remnant]

In the GPU, he got higher minimum but I got higher overall

In CPU, yes, it helped him get higher score

However my 9800X3D only performs about 95% to stock because I have it tuned for lower temps at the expense of performance.

My CPU runs at 38c when gaming most games and doesn’t go above 42c.

[smoky flame]

I find that crazy to believe as AMD's CPUs are meant to boost until they can boost no more. is that an AMD feature you are using or one of ASUS features? if the latter I'd be somewhat cautious about it as it won't be stock and may well be optimized to ASUS parameters. Still impressive though

[devout remnant]

Well not always because stock max is 5.25GHz

Which is what my CPU achieves

It’s not going to boost higher unless you have PBO on with the +200

and then my board lets me push it even further to 5.85GHz

That’s the max

Unless you start to go pro and use LN2

My CPU stays at 5.2-5.25 and will control temps.

[devout remnant]

Non-OC TimeSpy run

CPU on Benchmark hits 68c (lowest I've had is 65)

GPU on Benchmark hits 62c

[cinder veldt]

Old amd cpus had a feature similar too that except it was not having any form of heat throttling

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NxNUK3U73SI&ab_channel=tribalninja

[smoky flame]

luckily these days limitations exist 😅

[cinder veldt]

imagine if the 14900k didnt

[smoky flame]

https://tenor.com/view/this-is-fine-gif-24177057

[vernal crescent]

im trying to use the xbox app on my pc to play remotely but it crashes whenever i press unmute, anyone else have this problem?

[dusky wave]

Did u try via browser?

[smoky flame]

damnit, this is tempting!

[devout remnant]

Personally would get a 5070 Ti for about 10% higher initial price, however I’d expect it to be 6% faster on average plus hold a resale premium better than the AMD.

[verbal sorrel]

Crazy good deal

You should get it if your pc needs it

[smoky flame]

idk what brands to trust with Nvidia though. AMD have Sapphire and XFX that seem highly regarded. PowerColor would have been up there too but I think their reputation has taken a bit of a hit with the last few launches sadly

[devout remnant]

Anyone with Nvidia.

I haven’t seen anything out the ordinary

Personally,

1). ASUS
2). Zotac
3). Gigabyte
4). MSI

You can also go with the FE models.

[smoky flame]

I was told some of them are cheap. Plastic build quality and to avoid those particular ones. Zotac seem alright with the 50 series though

[devout remnant]

Eh, as long as it performs.

They’re all high quality from what I can see / from the reviews of multiple models that I saw.

The Zatac 2080 Ti I had was absolutely amazing. Super cool, high boost clocks.

[smoky flame]

I'll sort 5070 Ti by cheapest and see how it compares

[devout remnant]

Cheapest is about 10% more.

[smoky flame]

is that 10% more really worth it?

[devout remnant]

Yes

1). 6% faster on average
2). You get DLSS4
3). You get Nvidia Frame Gen
4). Resale value will be better whenever you decide to sell

Points 1 & 4 make it worth it especially for me even if you discount the features.

[dusky wave]

Just dont. Ur 7900xtx is more powerful besides u dont like using upscaling anyways

[smoky flame]

my only concern with Nvidia GPUs is still the 12vhpwr. Luckily that seems to be a non issue for the 5070 Ti but I'd need to use the provided adapter which is either 2x 8 pin to 12vhpwr or 3x 8 pin to 12vhpwr. Not really about to go out of my way to get a new power supply when the one I've had is only 2 years or so old with a 12 year warranty attached to it. I plan to make as much use of this power supply as I can get

[dusky wave]

Didnt we had this convo when the 50 series and 9000 series gpu launched lol

[smoky flame]

things have changed a little since. Drivers have also improved a lot on Nvidia's side so they have also come back into the discussion after about 7 months worth of dodgy drivers that is 😄

[dusky wave]

But the 5070 ti only around 10 percent better perf than ur current gpu.

Do u really want to replace ur gpu after 2 years or so?

[smoky flame]

if the right GPU was to come along, yeah. AMD have been a bit frustrating as of late as FSR 4 and the upcoming FSR Redstone may be RDNA 4 and newer only

had been eying up the sapphire pulse 9070 XT since it launched but was in no way paying more than £600 for it at the time. At one point I'm sure it was priced at £679 so £599 is very tempting but Nvidia's driver fixing and prices falling has since brought them back into the mix too. Shame there is no 5070 Ti FE 🙁

next step up would be the 5080 which does have a FE but at £909 I don't think it is worth it over the 5070 Ti. Not when there is more than £200 a difference in it (or more than £300 vs the 9070 XT)

[devout remnant]

12 pin power connection is fine imo. You’re always going to see the negative. I saw a melted AMD GPU the other day from the power connection.

A lot of the Nvidia ones were also related to user error. As in, people were not doing a full connection.

[devout remnant]

You’re always going to step up and pay more % wise for cost at the expense of Performance.

Also depends what games you play as some have huge swings.

[smoky flame]

I saw that about the AMD GPU too. First one in over 5 months. Nvidia’s issues with melted connectors started within days of release and most affected the 5090 though there was some rare instances of 5080 reports too

[devout remnant]

For example if you’re a Call of Duty player - the AMD GPU is the choice because for 10% less you get 22% more performance or the other way around depending on the

[devout remnant]

Because Nvidia sell more GPUs and I watched a lot of the videos and almost all said that they were using 3rd Party cables and/or not fully having them pushed in or clipped in, causing the issues.

Also depends how much money you can get back for your GPU

[smoky flame]

Just how much force does one of these 12vhpwr connectors need to not fall into “user error” that I feel is a load of rubbish. The connector itself isn’t that safe and its design is bad. I’ve talked about it with others on other servers and some stuff said really was eye opening. Also, AMD’s 9000 series GPUs only have two (afaik) models that use a 12vhpwr connector. The rest are either 2x 8 pin or 3x 8 pin

Really shouldn’t take rocket science to insert a connector. Sometimes even when users think they have it connected properly all it takes is for one of those pins to be defective and then load balancing (or lack of on 50 series) goes into meltdown

[devout remnant]

It is what it is.

Unless you have numbers to confirm just how many people have issues versus how many numbers of units sold, it’s going to be impossible to say.

At least, me & Rhinne in this server have been fine 😄

[smoky flame]

AI summarises it pretty well but finding figures isn’t easy. I suspect some foul play on Nvidia’s part there, if not on the AIB partners side as this information should be available publicly for all to see so they can see the full picture and not just all the good a brand wants people to see

If Gamers Nexus weren’t busy dealing with some drama from Bloomberg I’d try and ask them to see if they could pull some figures from Nvidia but after their latest adventure I doubt Gamers Nexus and Nvidia are on good terms

[devout remnant]

Sure, it can happen.

But then anything can happen.

Including not melting, just as the case for the vast majority of people.

[smoky flame]

true, yeah

I would really like to see this 12vhpwr connector's design improve to a point where it is finally fixed and people can use it without fear of it melting but the only way that is likely to happen is a complete redesign (again) and one that involves load balancing and a higher safety rating. That I think are the only two things holding it back from being a true successor to the 8 pin connector. Those can and do melt too but far less frequently

plus I hear you can throw up to 288W into them (originally rated for 150W) though probably not recommended

[devout remnant]

They heard you

https://videocardz.com/newz/asrock-launches-l-shaped-12v-2x6-gpu-power-cable-with-built-in-overheating-protection

[cinder veldt]

Asrock actually doing something good, as per usual

[devout remnant]

I’m waiting for the Gold Dipped RGB Laden Super Premium ASUS cable 😝

[blissful carbon]

inb4 the sensor somehow melts /j

[icy orbit]

i mean its user error but if theres so much user skill issue its just a design error

just make better cable idk

its fine tho just buy 5080

[devout remnant]

I just need a 6090 and I’ll be happy

[devout remnant]

https://youtube.com/shorts/WmEQfhESPww?si=_zo-0WlZr8JEpHZ0

Glad I went with this then 😝

[smoky flame]

think I'm going to look at getting a 5070 Ti after all

[lethal yew]

Ask Jensen to send you the prototype version for beta testing

[devout remnant]

Sub you’re getting closer to DLSS4 & Frame Gen. I can feel it.

Step 1). First it’s always denial. “Fake frames not for me, no way, I’m a gaming purest”.

Step 2). Hmmm, upgrade time, the new Nvidia RTX 5000 seem like a good choice..

Step 3). I’m just going to TRY the AI stuff, you know, for research purposes. Just to see. I won’t like it. I won’t ever actually play with it. No way. Never. Not me. I’m a gaming purist. I like REAL frames. Not fake. Nope. Never ever.

Step 4). FPS goes from 100 to 300-400. Games look good. Eyes go Wow

Step 5). “You know what, DLSS & Frame Gen ain’t that bad like I thought”

😝😄😭

[devout remnant]

I ask every day, trust me 😭

[smoky flame]

I might give it a try but I think my stance on frame generation is going to remain unchanged. I’d rather just use the upscaling side of DLSS and make use of additional features like ray reconstruction where available

[devout remnant]

Don’t worry, I completely understand, we’re on Step 1 for now - Step 2 is a huge step and needs to happen first.

[smoky flame]

Curiosity at most is all. The larger picture is a return to using an Nvidia GPU. Last was the 1080 Ti

[lethal yew]

100% agree on this, Nvidia should go full on investing in advancing dlss rather than bothering with frame gen

[devout remnant]

Nvidia do that for DLSS now every new generation.

[lethal yew]

Ye but im saying dont even bother with frame gen, invest entirely on just dlss tech

[devout remnant]

They’re not going to not bother with such a good feature.

Frame Gen gets hated on until people try it themselves.

[smoky flame]

Frustrating thing is Nvidia seems invested in frame generation otherwise I doubt we would have seen the 3x and 4x options with RTX 50 series. Luckily its all optional so people don’t have to use it

[lethal yew]

Ye but it doesn't come without downsides. Dlss on the other hand will have 100% upsides once it reaches its peak

[devout remnant]

I played Ragnarok twice over with Frame Gen.

Noticed absolutely zero downsides.

Like I said, until you’ve experienced it, you’re going off nothing but pre-conceived assumptions that simply aren’t true.

Game ran silky smooth, no artefacts, no stutters, no nothing.

It looked and played incredible throughout.

[lethal yew]

Frame gen differences will be more noticeable in shooters, where latency is a very big deal because unnecessary latency can mess up muscle memory and aiming. Gow does not have as much of a latency requirement, so differences will feel inherently minimal regarding that

[devout remnant]

For now, I haven’t tried it on Multiplayer - but playing Single Player Doom Eternal - I didn’t notice any latency.

And I was getting 600-800fps in Doom with frame gen.

[lethal yew]

Frame gen while good has relatively limited application where it works fine. Dlsss on the other hand has ZERO downsides in performance. There is no question dlss has more potential as being the superior option once it reaches its zenith

[smoky flame]

I tried the AMD equivalent with their FSR and didn’t notice a great deal of difference but that is limited to 2x frame generation while games often lack support for AMD’s latency reducing tech, even when there may already be Nvidia Reflex and/or Intel XeLL support present. Don’t understand how or why AMD’s Anti-Lag 2 can’t also be added

[devout remnant]

I don’t disagree DLSS isn’t good 👍

[devout remnant]

Yeah I’m seeing a lot of games with Nvidia Reflex recently.

[lethal yew]

I mean ye I guess why not have both, im just saying dlss will work everywhere, while frame gen maybe not

[devout remnant]

I’ve used both technologies in a few games now. Frame Gen gets a lot of hate for no reason at all. And I always say reserve your judgement till you tried it first.

It worked really well also in Last of Us Part 2

[lethal yew]

Fair, I have a 5070ti laptop so i might just give it a go, it will be an effective tool for singleplayer games surely. Just not for competitive I guess

I dont play multi-player to begin with so meh

[smoky flame]

Definitely worth a try to see what you think of it. I’m just incredibly stubborn 😄

[devout remnant]

Sub stubborn????

Never 😝😝😝

[lethal yew]

But i will still stick to my argument that dlss has a higher ceiling than frame gen

[smoky flame]

Once I’m set on something its near impossible for me or anyone to try and convince me otherwise plus I’d prefer not to change things up too much, certainly not too soon

[lethal yew]

Ye honestly I haven't had much of a reason to enable dlss/frame gen in the first place. Most of the games are running fine with my target fps so im happy with just default really

[sly ruin]

I really wish on Xbox app when looking at a game that it would show you the recent updates for the game as I really want to know what has been changed (especially with game previews).

[sly ruin]

I only don't use frame generation due to it working off of AI.

[lethal yew]

So does dlss no?

[icy orbit]

dlss is ai too

why is that a problem

its not like its those large data centers using up a crazy amount of water

its done locally on your gpu lol

[dusky wave]

I really dont know why people hate ai

[icy orbit]

because a lot of people arent researching things and see ai and think chatgpt

chatgpt and copilot and such are bad because of their environmental impact

the amount of water they use is ridiculous and people living near the data centers dont have drinkable tap water

they have to buy bottled water and use that for everything

their tap water is dirty and stuff

destroys habitats and stuff and whatnot

[wicked tiger]

Not sure about other companies, but MS has been looking into ways of offsetting and reusing waste energy: https://cdn-dynmedia-1.microsoft.com/is/content/microsoftcorp/microsoft/msc/documents/presentations/CSR/2025-Microsoft-Environmental-Sustainability-Report-PDF.pdf

[smoky flame]

looks like I may be trying to stretch my GPU budget a bit as I now want to consider the 5080 FE. Comes in at £909 so is within the £1000 maximum I want to spend plus I like the design of the founders edition. Only problem I might have is being able to actually get one as Nvidia's FE are only sold on the Nvidia Store in the UK afaik and regularly sell out

[devout remnant]

https://tenor.com/view/sub-zero-gif-23091681

[devout remnant]

Pretty much any 3rd party one is going to be better than the FE.

[smoky flame]

that may be the case but I don't really need a bulkier cooler as I don't intend to overclock it. May look at overclocking or undervolting later. Factoring in the 3rd party cards I think between keeping within my £1000 limit and any case dimensions limitations my options may be somewhat limited

[dusky wave]

So u getting a new gpu plus psu and maybe a case?

[smoky flame]

only a new GPU

[devout remnant]

Only realistic way of getting a FE is off eBay

[dusky wave]

Oh i didnt know ur current psu have the nividia connector that they started using

[smoky flame]

it doesn't but going to use the adapter Nvidia provide in the box. 3x 8 pin to 12vhpwr for the 5080

[sly ruin]

And I don't use that either.

[sly ruin]

Well, AI art is stealing and storing existing art to use in it's algorithm and also the data centres it uses are one of the biggest contributing factors to climate change. The companies using AI have been taken to court multiple times for breaches of the Data Protection Act and only got through due to dubious arguments like saying that they don't store images but the instructions of how to make said art which if know anything about vector graphics is basically the same thing.

The only reason this stuff isn't illegal is due to the laws not being robust enough to clearly identify these things as directly illegal.

[latent gate]

Because fundamentally it’s a flawed system with a flawed implementation

The ways it was intended to be used vs the ways it has been used couldn’t be more than polar opposites

[icy orbit]

are you aware that DLSS and Frame Gen arent the classic image generation models youll see online like chatgpt

turning on DLSS doesnt mean youre stealing art from twitter

feel free to use upscaling if you want lol

[latent gate]

pretty much. they use similar techniques as far as how they function, but they are not trained the same way nor how they are implemented.

[fathom oasis]

You're picture-perfect blue
Sunbathing under the moon

[icy orbit]

wow thanks

[thorn tundra]

Guys someone have a computer with at least 64gb ram who can do a heavy java program job?

[pulsar cargo]

Nope.

[cinder veldt]

java
thankfully no

[thorn tundra]

It's already solved using a 128gb Mac beast machine lol

Only 31,2gb ram was needed but windowsuae ram so 32 gb was not enough

Nut why did it memory leaks?

[smoky flame]

might have just secured myself a 5080 I say might as I tried getting it via buy now, pay later. Never done that before so idk how that will go but if approved that would be awesome

[green ermine]

I kinda want to sell my PS5 and build something like a 13400f/3070 PC 🤔

is that dumb or no, cause i really dont care for exclusives much

[pulsar cargo]

Depends what you want to play. A 3070 is poor in today's GPUs. You can get a 9060 probably the same price. Or something even better!

I'd stay away from the 3070 tbh

[errant sorrel]

What are you expecting to play with it and at what settings/resolution?

[green ermine]

I have a 1080p 60hz monitor so as long as I can get 60 in games like BF6 or Hunt Showdown I'm good to go, I've just always been fine with 60

I used to have a GTX 1650 but it died so got a 1050Ti now

[errant sorrel]

For reference I got 120ish FPS on 1440p Low with a i9-12900k and 3080ti

In BF6 beta

No DLSS. But I think there are better more recent cards than a 3070 that would cost the same(?)

[normal plover]

??? The 3070 is not poor

There are people daily driving a 1660ti

If getting used the 3070 can get pretty low price wise

[errant sorrel]

I think what he meant is that there are better cards for a similar price now

[normal plover]

Hmm

You can get a used 3070 for £180 easily

[errant sorrel]

I mean thats gonna depend on where you live too, and ZoZo didnt mention whether they wanna buy used or new I think?

[normal plover]

That’s fair

[errant sorrel]

But yeah used you can probably get a really good system for pretty cheap, but comes with downsides of being used

[devout remnant]

Usually get a decision quick

[smoky flame]

seems the ID thing might mess me up 😭 Was approved otherwise

[smoky flame]

or maybe not. I was successful

[devout remnant]

Congrats 💚

Play now, pay later 😄👍

[smoky flame]

Haha, yeah!

Now I can finally see for myself what all the fuss is with the 12vhpwr connector

[devout remnant]

See & feel* 🔥

😝

Just don’t let the GPU go above 20c and you’re fine 😉

[errant sorrel]

Ohh a 5080, nice!

[smoky flame]

Good thing is I should be fine with the 5080. Many have said as it doesn’t use nearly as much power as a 5090 the risk of issues should be lower, obviously not zero. As long as it works and performs as expected I’ll be very happy

[errant sorrel]

Those issues are super overblown anyway

Happy users dont post about it, only the few where it went wrong

[smoky flame]

True and maybe over the months I put too much into that and worrying but I’m knocking that wall down now. I wouldn’t have bought the 5080 if the issues were more widespread but then again how could Nvidia and retailers sell a product if that was the case?

I also secured a free copy of Borderlands 4. Had it pre ordered on cdkeys so should probably look at cancelling that soon

[devout remnant]

Don’t worry, you got Frame Gen x4 now

😉

[errant sorrel]

Careful the frame gen police will come for you

[devout remnant]

[vernal crescent]

hi when i try to unmute myself while playing remotely the xbox app crashes, anyone else had this problem?

video link

for some reason this problem doesnt happen if my xbox controller isnt plugged in

[obsidian bobcat]

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[vernal crescent]

yes i tried that