general-chat

[wise wigeon]

On most games probably

[hoary zodiac]

I used to have one

[devout forum]

Something like a 12g 3080

[hoary zodiac]

Until I got a hand-me-down smartphone

[wise wigeon]

Depends on the rt too

[hoary zodiac]

Back when phones were actually just phones

[rancid juniper]

really depends on the game

[wise wigeon]

I had a slide phone

[rancid juniper]

BRICKS

LARGE BRICKS

[wise wigeon]

Never broke a smart phone but I did break a slide phone

[velvet summit]

i only got a phone when i got into highschool, and it was a handmedown
half of my class had a phone before i did lol

[devout forum]

I can get a 3080 Ti

[velvet summit]

probably even 3/4

[devout forum]

that ought to be enough

[rancid juniper]

I used ZTE, Blackberry, motorolla fliphone before

that blackberry keyboard tho

hmmm

[hoary zodiac]

I remember minecraft pocket edition pre nether

[wise wigeon]

How long do you expect it to last

[velvet summit]

i remember when blackberry was like the cool rich people phone or whatever

[devout forum]

I'd like at least 3 years

[rancid juniper]

i remember playing poket edition online thanks to an external app called "Multiplayer for minecraft"

[devout forum]

but 2 would already be nice

[rancid juniper]

lol fr

[wise wigeon]

Maxed out 1440p maybe 60 fps

[rancid juniper]

now its crapple

[hoary zodiac]

Or Samsung

[wise wigeon]

Game optimization is kinda doodoo rn

[rancid juniper]

yep

[hoary zodiac]

Samsung and apple make the same crap

They're both overpriced bricks

[wise wigeon]

Too bad Google soc is crap

[hoary zodiac]

nah

[velvet summit]

not really

i mean, maybe for gaming

[wise wigeon]

It’s just worse than snapdragon

[velvet summit]

i don't think most people are gaming

[hoary zodiac]

My pixel 6 is great

[wise wigeon]

Just in general

It’s worse

[velvet summit]

pixel 8 owner, i have no issues with the performance whatsoever, nor the battery life

[hoary zodiac]

Eh

I'm more interested in battery life

And efficiency

[wise wigeon]

You might not have issues but people definitely did

[hoary zodiac]

And software

I'd take a pixel rom over a samsung rom any day

[wise wigeon]

I considered a pixel a bit ago and the battery life threw me off

[velvet summit]

i have seen some people complain, but most of the people i know more closely has liked their pixel

[hoary zodiac]

Coming from a xiaomi with a custom rom

[devout forum]

at the price I'm willing to spend it
I can get:
-brand new in box 7800XT
-brand new in box 4060 Ti
-Used 6900 XT (confirmed XTXH)
-Used 3080 Ti 12G

[hoary zodiac]

The pixel wasn't much of a downgrade for me

[velvet summit]

honestly the main things i dont like about the pixel 8 are just that it doesnt have a headphone jack, and it doesn't have a microsd slot

[wise wigeon]

7800xt is faster than the 3080 no?

[devout forum]

IDFK

[hoary zodiac]

Usb C sucks so much for audio

The thing won't stay in

[wise wigeon]

Worse ray tracing but it’s a lil faster

[velvet summit]

everything else works great, camera makes very good photos, at least for a phone
screen is also pretty colour accurate (at low-medium brightmess)

[hoary zodiac]

Yeah

I usually edit my photos anyways

[velvet summit]

??? i don't have an issue with that lol

[hoary zodiac]

It can shoot raw so

[velvet summit]

though i dont like needing a dongle for my iems

[hoary zodiac]

I bought a used pixel

[velvet summit]

ah

[hoary zodiac]

Might be a me issue tbh

Telecoms banned xiaomi

Shenanigans

[velvet summit]

amazing

[hoary zodiac]

I had to spend $300 AUD

Was not happy at all

[wise wigeon]

3080 to is basically a 3090 except vram

[hoary zodiac]

That SD865 could still last me another 5 years

[wise wigeon]

Ti*

I have two phones

Main phone is a iPhone 11 I got for 160

And the s21 I got for $600 at launch

[hoary zodiac]

I'm never buying carrier phones

Revenge for the xiaomi

[wise wigeon]

Before that I had a one plus 7 iirc

Gave it to my dad and he lost the damn thing

[devout forum]

the step-up between them is 155 USD

[velvet summit]

yeah i plan on using my pixel 8 until either the software update ends, or the battery gets so degraded that i dont want to use it anymore, whichever comes first

though i might replace the batt if it does degrade like within another 2 years or whatever, since ifixit and google have partnered up to make replacement batteries and parts available

[wise wigeon]

You’re in the us?

[hoary zodiac]

I'll probably upgrade to something with a headphone jack

[wise wigeon]

What’s your price range rn

[hoary zodiac]

Only when the oled starts burning in

[devout forum]

but it's not like a 3080 Ti would run out of VRAM at 1440p right?

[devout forum]

no, Eastern Europe

[pseudo raven]

anyone have an idea of when the next amd laptops are coming out?

[devout forum]

I just converted it for yyou

it's a 60k HUF difference

[wise wigeon]

Like in the us you can get a 7900xt for $650 -700 usd

[hoary zodiac]

Bro is a Danubian

[pseudo raven]

my budget has doubled now my dad said he'll pay for half

[wise wigeon]

Idk what 7900xt prices are for you

[devout forum]

but ye it ain't US here

[pseudo raven]

its nice that most laptops on the higher end are defaulting to 120hz

[rancid juniper]

legit wait until summer atp

[devout forum]

Significantly above what I'm willing to spend

[rancid juniper]

GPU market is cooked

[pseudo raven]

yeah amd gpus not looking good either

[devout forum]

like 50% over my decided budget

[wise wigeon]

No gre over there?

[rancid juniper]

GRE feels rare now

[devout forum]

Same price as XT

and few in numbers

[rancid juniper]

iirc GRE production is nearly stopping

or has stopped

[wise wigeon]

It stopped

Like a month or two ago

[rancid juniper]

well oof

[hoary zodiac]

9070 better be good

[wise wigeon]

3080 to is technically better?

But 155usd over a 7800xt prob not worth

In the us 155 usd over a 7800xt is a 7900xt

[hoary zodiac]

isn't that the 7700xt price range?

[rancid juniper]

ends up being slower than a 4070ti while being priced at $600

[devout forum]

no that's a 3090 to a 3080 Ti

[hoary zodiac]

ohh

[rancid juniper]

😂

[hoary zodiac]

I misread that

[pseudo raven]

heard something about 32gb ram?

lmao

[wise wigeon]

Confirmed no

[rancid juniper]

that was shot down

[devout forum]

I can get a brand new 7800 XT within my price limit

[wise wigeon]

By a or himself

[hoary zodiac]

I'm gonna make a best value parts list

Brb

[wise wigeon]

7800xt doesn’t have Nvidia features

[devout forum]

idc about RT

[wise wigeon]

But it does have 16gb of vram

[pseudo raven]

what the hell

amd competing with ai companies for worst product naming

[devout forum]

1440p maxed out no upscaling or FG performance according to Tomshardware

[rancid juniper]

7800xt and GRE are reallly great cards for the price

1440p monsters

[devout forum]

Quite frankly I don't think the "features" or RT make it worth with how taxing RT is

[rough zinc]

just buy a 5090

[pseudo raven]

looks like a generation to sit out

[wise wigeon]

The difference between a 3080 and 7800xt is like not much at all

[rancid juniper]

-Nvidia fanbody 2025*

[pseudo raven]

im not gonna lie

kinda regret not getting a 6800xt

instead of a 3070

[wise wigeon]

I prefer new over used

[pseudo raven]

but ill be ok

[rough zinc]

6800xt was hype back when I had one

[wise wigeon]

So I would rather a 7800xt

[pseudo raven]

it was also impossible to find at a good price

i remember the amd website being cooked

[wise wigeon]

But dlss4 is really nice

[rough zinc]

Damn i had a weird ass gpu progression lol

[pseudo raven]

and aib cards being like 800 dollars

[rancid juniper]

RDNA 2 is probably AMD's best gpu generation

[hoary zodiac]

https://pcpartpicker.com/list/8mvpzP

[rancid juniper]

that gen was CRACKED

[hoary zodiac]

Best pc

👍🏻

[rancid juniper]

even the 6700xt can take on 1440p

[wise wigeon]

The uplift between 6000 and 7000 was kinda meh out of the 7900 family

[hoary zodiac]

I went from HD7850 > RX570 > RX5700XT > 3070 mobile

[rancid juniper]

yea, if anything some of them needed a rename

7800xt should've been 7700xt

[rough zinc]

RX480, 2070, rx480, 2080ti, 2x 3090, rx480, 6800xt, 3080 12gb, rx 480, 2080 super, 6950xt, 7900XTX, 4090

In that order

[hoary zodiac]

What the hell

[rough zinc]

same RX480 each time

[hoary zodiac]

Great value for only $2000 btw

[wise wigeon]

I went hd7750 to a 2070s that I intentionally bought to do the evga step up to my 3080

[rancid juniper]

i think bro likes the 480 a bit too much

[rough zinc]

Oh i guess there's also a 3080 mobile in there somewhere

[rancid juniper]

😂

[hoary zodiac]

Did you flash the 580 vbios on it?

[rough zinc]

Nah it's because damn 20 series kept dying and sold the dual 3090 build

[hoary zodiac]

LMAO

[rough zinc]

Nope

[wise wigeon]

In between the hd7750 and 3080 I had a gtx 1060 laptop

[dense locust]

looks good im buying the parts rn

[rough zinc]

Every 20 series card i got was plagued with micron vram

[hoary zodiac]

WAIT NO

[wise wigeon]

Loool

[rancid juniper]

[pseudo raven]

i had a 1050 ti for a month

[dense locust]

i hear the 4060 is a good deal

[pseudo raven]

befor ei got a 3070 off best buy

curses gigabyte

[rough zinc]

Still have those 20 series cards tho, fixed up now but sitting around not doing anything

[hoary zodiac]

Please do not buy that parts list

[pseudo raven]

180 dollar 1050 ti

[hoary zodiac]

That is a troll

That is the worst possible pc you can buy

[rough zinc]

Nuh uh

[wise wigeon]

Yeah never buy the 9700x

[hoary zodiac]

Look at the ram config

4x8GB

[rough zinc]

Go buy a 4690k, it works just as well as any modern CPU

[hoary zodiac]

https://tenor.com/view/trollge-troll-the-day-of-reckoning-gif-19655212

[wise wigeon]

5200 cl 40 Jesus

[dense locust]

ironically the 5080 i bought costs around 42% of the meme pc

[wise wigeon]

Lucky

[hoary zodiac]

Not only that

[rough zinc]

Man I need my damn putty to come in, gotta finish putting this 4090 together again lol

[dense locust]

oops did my math wrong

70% lmao

[rough zinc]

Pain

[hoary zodiac]

5200 CL40
Corsair Vengeance
4 dimms

It's a match made in hell

[rough zinc]

Don't see an issue

[hoary zodiac]

Lmao

[wise wigeon]

Ok back to lectures

Wanna get at least 3 hours of sleep

[rancid juniper]

GPUMods.com

[rough zinc]

OH I ALSO HAD A 6700XT FOR A WEEK LOL

Not even a week

[hoary zodiac]

Bro had a 6700XT for a week

[rough zinc]

More like 2 days

[hoary zodiac]

GPU magnet

[rough zinc]

Bought it during the shortage, decided it doesn't perform as well as I wanted it to and returned it

[hoary zodiac]

Based

Didn't scalp

[rough zinc]

Bout time you responded, it's been all day, smh

[dense locust]

buy a 5090 so you can have an fire to cook marshmallows with

[rancid juniper]

for people who hate their house:

[rough zinc]

...the 5090 is kinda tempting, didn't realize the jump over the 4090 is actually noticeable

[sage sluice]

im too broke to afford a 5090 stove

[rough zinc]

Then again, fire issues

[sage sluice]

thats premium pricing

[hoary zodiac]

They are the same picture

[dense locust]

i hate the new 12pin plug thing it is terrible the amount of force i needed to plug it in was worrying

[hoary zodiac]

Ok

Hear me out

Crazy theory

[lone mango]

Its so its harder to move when connected

Its a tighter connection

[hoary zodiac]

If you put a 12vhpwr connector next to a HIGH QUALITY Molex to 8pin adapter

[rough zinc]

Really? Never really had to use much force to plug mine in ngl

[hoary zodiac]

The molex-8pin is probably safer

[lone mango]

12v2x6 is different than 12vhp

2x6 connector is slightly longer

[dense locust]

peole are saying dont reuse the connector when upgrading gpus and to just get a new one

[rancid juniper]

why cant nvidia use 3x8?

[dense locust]

too easy

[hoary zodiac]

That's a good practice in general

But the thing is

The whole standard is flawed

[dense locust]

they shouldve just make 3x connectors into a single plug that wouldve been safer

[lone mango]

Yeah

2x6 is just a cope

[hoary zodiac]

they really need to ditch this standard

There's other proven power delivery standards

Like EPS

Or hell

The humble 6+2 pin

[velvet summit]

nvidia has used eps power for their gpus

idk why they didnt use it again

[rancid juniper]

🔥

[lone mango]

It sucks tho because then psu manufacturers have to reiterate again

[velvet summit]

i mean

not really?

[hoary zodiac]

Yeah

It's a proven standard

[pseudo raven]

might as well just

[lone mango]

Like they were adding new features and then have to add features again for whatever new connector

[velvet summit]

kinda, not really, they just need to add/remove connectors, or make adapters

[pseudo raven]

plug them in to the wall

[hoary zodiac]

It's not as hard

[pseudo raven]

at this point

[hoary zodiac]

It's based on the same standard

[lone mango]

Fr

[velvet summit]

emergency power supply but it doesnt catch fire and cause an emergency 🔥

[lone mango]

Whats the limit for eps

[velvet summit]

300 it seems

around that

[lone mango]

300w for one 8 pin?

Thats crazy

[velvet summit]

yeah, from what i see at least

[hoary zodiac]

https://www.tomshardware.com/reviews/power-supplies-101,4193-23.html

[velvet summit]

eps power for gpus is fairly common for server gpus

[lone mango]

I see why you dont see two eps connectors on boards very often then

[hoary zodiac]

It's a proven standard which has been in use in ATX power supply for decades

[lone mango]

Makes sense

[lone mango]

Right

[velvet summit]

oh, so 8 pin can do 850+ watts, unless that adds the 24 pin?

[hoary zodiac]

no

That's the psu as a whole

I pulled the wrong spec

Oops

Should've read the rhing

https://forums.tomshardware.com/threads/motherboard-4-pin-eps-vs-8-pin-eps-connector-for-power.1325192/#post-9974122

Source

Nearly 300w it seems

Two of these might unironically be fine for a 5090

[lone mango]

This website says 235

4 pin can supply 155

[velvet summit]

ok

found it

[lone mango]

Google ai says 300 and this redditor says 336

[velvet summit]

each pin is allowed to carry a max of 12v7adc, and there are 4 +12v pins, so that means EPS 8pin can carry 336 watts of power

[hoary zodiac]

I'll probably go the conservative estimate and say ~300w

Even then it's still pretty good

[lone mango]

336 is the max i guess but even an oc 5090 can do two if you dont go too crazy with it

Like if you just add a bit of core

[velvet summit]

note that the max allowed by the standard isnt the max that the connector can actually do (before melting)

[hoary zodiac]

I give a little bit of margin for manufacturing shenanigans

[velvet summit]

there's a bit more headroom than the 12vhpwr connector

[lone mango]

Yeah so its probably like pcie where it can go even further

[hoary zodiac]

And plus

The pcie slot itself supplies 75w

So there's quite a bit of headroom with two EPS 8pin connectors

Same with 12vhpwr but ya know

One's less likely to melt

[lone mango]

Well thats if the card will actually pull that much through there. but if its pulling what its pulling right now, it might be asking for 75w from the slot

But that makes this connector even worse if it is pulling the full 75w from there because that gives even more headroom

[hoary zodiac]

Doesn't look good on paper or in practice

[lone mango]

Not sure though because you can see videos of that power meter on the connector that shows the card pulling 550 from the connector

So maybe it isnt pulling power from the slot

Now that I recall that

[velvet summit]

Though honestly speaking, you're probably still going to get burnt up EPS cables from the 50 series
Because Nvidia is pulling too much current from 2 pins

[hoary zodiac]

Either way there's severe design issues at play

[velvet summit]

The connector with too tight of a tolerance combined with design flaw = disaster

[proud jackal]

just spent 2 1/2 hours breaking down a loop and cleaning the fittings

[lone mango]

theo cleans

[lone mango]

Nah it would be 8

[hoary zodiac]

theo_melts

[lone mango]

Maybe eps really is the way

[proud jackal]

just need my cpu block and i can get started

now do i want to use 2 360 rads or 1

[lone mango]

Do you still have the core ultra

[proud jackal]

its sitting under my bed

[lone mango]

If you get the updates and overclock it you can make it really fast

[proud jackal]

better than 9800x3d?

[lone mango]

It can compete with x3d

[lone mango]

Idk

They havent dont the 285k yet

I think what I was looking at last night was the 245k

That thing overclocked was going hard

Oh it was the 265k

[velvet summit]

?
4 +12v and 4 ground (~0v)

[lone mango]

8 pins of current with 2 connectors

Right

[lone mango]

Big dude

Cloud in picture

[velvet summit]

What case would even fit that

[lone mango]

https://youtu.be/fOZlgPMHqmI?t=140

Yooo this is crazy
https://youtu.be/iwbzQblRQ7I

Lmaooo

[devout forum]

Ultra young Linus is crazy

But also

Hardware market really do suck lately

[lone mango]

[devout forum]

I just want to move up to 1440p for a reasonable cost, is it that too much to ask?

[atomic mist]

Yes

[devout forum]

Like why do I need an 80 class card to play at 1440p???

[lone mango]

Asus dual 6700 xt $280

wtf

[atomic mist]

Cuz the pixel count

[devout forum]

(4070 Ti Super can do 1440p maxed out normal RT, but that's already 80 class money)

[atomic mist]

It’s like 2million pixels on 1080p vs close to 4m on 1440 🫡

[devout forum]

Though TBF

[lone mango]

rdna 4 comes out in 3 weeks

[devout forum]

How much faster is the 4080/4080S compared to a 4070 Ti Super?

Isn't it like really close?

[atomic mist]

I was under the impression the 4080s is quite a bit better

[lone mango]

Aint it like 20% faster

[devout forum]

I'm fairly sure the TiS is fairly close

Cuz the 4080S was literally just a price cut

[atomic mist]

It’s 18% according to the first google result

[dense locust]

With my 2700x it won’t matter either way

[devout forum]

Raster and RT respectively

TiS is def good enough for raster
And CAN do 60fps at RT maxed

[lone mango]

hub 4080 super review shows its on average 15% faster in what they tested

[devout forum]

It's the RT perf that's significantly improved

Which I care less about

[dense locust]

Too bad full rt isn’t viable on any card yet

[devout forum]

But it CAN do 1440p60 even when RT

[lone mango]

Not completely true

rt yeah

[devout forum]

5090 with 4× MFG

[lone mango]

pt nah but pt lowkey a waste of computational power since you can already get good lighting without it

[dense locust]

I mean I guess you can play on a 5090 with full rt at 1080p

[devout forum]

It was a sarcastic statement

But yes

PT is pointless, RT is cool but STILL gimmicky

[lone mango]

[devout forum]

Like how long ago did Jensen say that the "RT revolution has arrived"?

[lone mango]

20 years ago

[dense locust]

It would be better if companies didn’t use it to save time on development

[devout forum]

And we STILL don't have a card that's capable of a high refresh rate RT experience that's below 600 dollars

[lone mango]

Thats why I dont play new games

[storm narwhal]

They aren't, they're using DLSS and other upscalers to do that

[devout forum]

8 years after Jensen's presentation on stage saying that RT "for everyone is now"

[storm narwhal]

RT is just the marketing icing on the cake

[gentle canyon]

when are they going to update that list

[lone mango]

Im over here still playing warframe

[dense locust]

I have a free code for monster hunter wilds can’t wait to play that game at 1080p 30fps on my 5080

[storm narwhal]

Instead of doing real optimization, just rely on DLSS/FSR/XESS

That'll get the game to a playable or higher frame rate without us needing to do optimization for normal rendering!

[lone mango]

Guys look how good upscaling is compared to the smeary ue5 taa and nanite

Incredible

I love dlss

[storm narwhal]

*isn't that much better

[lone mango]

I dont even have novideo

[storm narwhal]

Also shows off static images and slow moving footage that hides all the artifacts anyway

[lone mango]

Man I love dlss

[storm narwhal]

Yeah no I'm just adding to your point lol

[lone mango]

Thanks nvidia for this technology

[storm narwhal]

See in different use cases

It would be awesome

Like upscaling beyond your monitors resolution

When you're rendering it at native

[lone mango]

Fr tho it is actually really good in some games where they took their time with it

But not all devs implement it well

Some fsr implementations are actually really good but its pretty rare to see that

Almost all the time its not that good

[dense locust]

Dlss should only be used for cards that can’t handle new games not for the 5090

[lone mango]

Thats how it was at first

People were going crazy over fsr because they would be able to keep their card for longer

But that is not the case anymore, since games are developed with upscaling in mind, rather than adding it as a feature later on

People thought they would make games run well without it and then add fsr on top of that to make it even better

Instead, upscaling tech is now used as a cope to not do the hard work

[storm narwhal]

I don't really blame the devs though

Nvidia and UE I think should get way more flame for it

[lone mango]

Nah I still blame them because they are still using it

Its just not entirely their fault

But they are still at fault

[devout forum]

Oh no the lazy devs 1000% deserve being roasted too

They know what they're doing

[sinful blade]

I made a tiktok

[devout forum]

Or the publishers

The software side is just as guilty as nGreedAI

[sage sluice]

coconut

[dense locust]

nvidia when I play games at 4k raster

[devout forum]

Lol

[lone mango]

nvidia when i dont upgrade (im on a 6600)

[nocturne flicker]

MORE

Sidenote: Installing that last NVME drive shunted my GPU into x8 mode but it is PCIe 4 so no concern

[remote geode]

1070ti to 3070ti or 4060

which one is more worth it, I wonder

[lone mango]

3070 ti

[worn wave]

But really neither is great

3070ti being 8gb is a little rough

[lone mango]

You know

Its a good thing rdna 4 didnt launch

Because of chinese new year

Nobody will be making those cards

like if i was over there my ass is definitely staying home gaming and eating and lifting

[lone mango]

Damn my microcenter kinda dry rn

I still just dont understand this. its been like a month

Who is plugging bro with these

[dense locust]

damn you have a ti i just had a 1070

now i have a 5080 that im bottle necking with my components until i get new ones

[surreal comet]

Bottlenecks aren't really they're just a lie by big Intel

🙏

[remote geode]

still waiting for B580 restocks in the philippines... week3 already...

[surreal comet]

Godspeed soldier

It's rough over there

[elfin mural]

base 30 fps with 4x mfg

the future of 4k gaming on 5090

[tranquil pebble]

the oled monitor I got has surprisingly decent speakers in it

same wattage as old monitor but they sound a lot better

[devout forum]

I mean monitor speakers are kinda stupid if you ask me

It's cool in theory but they always suck

[remote geode]

how feasible is it to make your own OLED monitor from a laptop panel

is there even hardware available to drive DIY panels?

[frigid stag]

probably

ive seen a few on aliexpress

480hz for cheap

[velvet summit]

Not all ribbon cables used on laptop displays are the same

So you'll need to find a display driver board that works with that pinout

[icy ore]

[rancid juniper]

https://videocardz.com/newz/powercolor-radeon-rx-9070-xt-red-devil-packaging-leak-confirms-64-rdna4-compute-units-900w-psu-requirement

[unreal trail]

mam forget RT, bring back bloom and pis filter

[frigid stag]

rt bad for cursor movement

high fps w rt off >

[unreal trail]

literally use the extra vram for better art expression instead of RT light bouncing and reflections

[frigid stag]

as long as its optional

devs still targetting 50-60 fps somehow

when we have 240hz 4k, 1440 240 getting more accessible etc

[unreal trail]

shadows baked into the depth buffer are better than the low res rt shadows we put up with right now

[frigid stag]

i dont really mind shadows

its more of the visuals that are important

character models still need work

[unreal trail]

bro Luigi's Mansion, though they weren't real time dynamic show casts, did player controllled spotlight with reactive shadow casting on GAMECUBE

[frigid stag]

i played it on the wii i think

[unreal trail]

and mirrors with true reflections

[frigid stag]

it was cartoony but nice

[unreal trail]

best we get out of UE is a weird smear on the mirror

[frigid stag]

bright memory has some of the best graphics ive seen ngl

imo

[mortal grail]

Bright memory is really ironic for a game that is so easily forgotten it exists

Dark memory should be it's name tbh

Forgotten memory

[unreal trail]

the character models need work

but crazy they got that running on Switch

[frigid stag]

its troooly underrated

[safe cape]

@mortal grail sup

any app to control rgb fans

or just the asus app ?

[rancid juniper]

whole game is just a playable tech demo

[frigid stag]

windows dynamic lighting is ok

[cedar compass]

Safety first

[elfin mural]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oB75fEt7tH0

nvidia insisting to use this connector is dangerous

who would've thought

[velvet summit]

https://youtu.be/l0AlTABC3Ww

[cedar compass]

Omg there's newegg shuffle

What year is that

https://www.newegg.com/product-shuffle

[proud jackal]

Happy Valentine day

[remote geode]

TBH I'd go for a 3070ti that's like 300USD rn but I'm worried about the miniscule 8GB VRAM size...

[remote geode]

habbi balentines dag

[remote geode]

I wouldn't bat an eye if HBCC caught on... but it seems like that tech died with the Vega series in the consumer end

[fresh nova]

PC heater

[remote geode]

did love my Vega 56 tho

managed to undervolt it to just sip 180w

[dusk knot]

Happy singles day

[fresh nova]

Happy singles day

[dusk knot]

[fresh nova]

[dusk knot]

https://tenor.com/view/pepe-sad-pepe-crying-pepe-the-pepe-gif-21617046

[sinful blade]

@fresh nova do you want a shotgun blast of nostalgia in your eyeholes

https://www.reddit.com/r/cartoons/s/Sz9dwvos8L

[fresh nova]

Yoooo

https://tenor.com/view/wojak-triste-sad-gif-9282296984173049163

[rancid juniper]

My reaction to this post:

[fresh nova]

I need one of them tripple fan gpus

blow more hot air in my room it's cold

[remote geode]

won't be for long

2025 gonna be hotter than 2024 💅🔥

[cedar compass]

And more wild fires because of 5090s

[remote geode]

especially with that paper launch 🗣️

[fresh nova]

https://tenor.com/view/nice-click-nice-man-guy-gif-21933845

I hope some of these memes never fade away into meme history

[velvet summit]

u wot m8

[velvet summit]

i was waiting for them to pan to the left and there would be a full sized statue of like vordt from dark souls would be right behind the setup

just some creature

[fresh timber]

I want

Good

Setup

[rough zinc]

Youre joking, it's back?

Time to win the lottery to buy a tea kettle

[dusk knot]

Only the expensive 5080s are available

😬

[fresh timber]

Should just give them out for free

[pliant berry]

Is that a real link?

Lookin kinda sus

[fresh timber]

Your sus

[rough zinc]

Nah it is a real link

[dusk knot]

it is real

[rough zinc]

Hmm I wonder how much I could get for selling my 4090

[sweet phoenix]

Over $2000

[rough zinc]

Damn

[velvet summit]

https://youtu.be/h3N2PhSVqgU

[fresh timber]

But if you do your a scalper

[sweet phoenix]

I consider scalpers to be intentionally buying gpus to sell at a higher price

Imo selling your gpu at market value is just getting your moneys worth

If you sell at a reasonable price what's to stop the buyer from turning around and reselling it for $300 more

[rough zinc]

Ain't a scalper if I bought this GPU almost 2 years ago to use it

Did get it at the AIB MSRP tho

[wise wigeon]

Newegg shuffle with $1400+ 5080s no thanks

I may have not gotten a good deal on my incoming xtx but I have my dignity to not pay $400 over msrp

[cedar compass]

i joined just for getting my daily you weren't selected email

[wise wigeon]

I remember the old days

Me trying to get a 3080 before I caved and went into the evga step up system

[unreal trail]

😦

[cedar compass]

I won my white strix 3090 from shuffle

[wise wigeon]

Paying 900 for a 3080 was not ideal but that’s was the regular price for a ftw3 ultra

[cedar compass]

with gigabyte C4 Hazard PSU

[wise wigeon]

Plus it was a guaranteed 3080

And I could use the 2070S I was using to step up in the mean time

Thing is some of the 5080 psu bundles weren’t even bad

They were bundling them with a decent msi psu

[cedar compass]

yeah I ordered one to grab that 1000w psu lol

[wise wigeon]

Ngl im still debating on returning my rm850x to get a 1000w

[wise wigeon]

The xtx merc is a lil power hungry

Something like 400w out the box

[dusk knot]

Hm

[wise wigeon]

But I’ll probably undervolt

[wise wigeon]

I mean it’s not the worst price

But I’m sure everyone wished they paid msrp

[cedar compass]

I will grab psu anyways

[wise wigeon]

Yeah it’s just 1250 for a lower end sku isn’t ideal

[cedar compass]

living in tax free state feels amazing

[wise wigeon]

Damn lucky

At least I’m not cali though

[cedar compass]

imagine living in cali lol

[wise wigeon]

Tax free saves you a good amount Ngl

In Florida it’s 6.5%

So even at msrp it’s be at least 1066

[cedar compass]

[lone mango]

https://tenor.com/view/truth-nuke-trvth-nvke-true-spongebob-gif-11533801592547853323

[cedar compass]

imagine being in cali and trying to be scalper

[frigid stag]

Scalpers paradise

Mfs got money to burn there

[wise wigeon]

If the 5070ti is essentially a 4080 like leaks suggest I’ll see if I can get one

If I can cool and I’ll return the xtx, if not no biggie

[frigid stag]

Potentially

Probably like 1 or 2 % slower

[wise wigeon]

I mean if you can get one at msrp or even $800 that’s better than xtx

Even if it’s a lil slower in raster the Nvidia software suite is just better

[frigid stag]

I’m probably going with the 5080

[wise wigeon]

I mean like if it is 4080 level that places it at just 10% off a 5080

Which makes me curious on if it overclocks as well as the 5080 does

With an OC yeah

10-15

15 is more of a better result

But the OC potential is nuts

4080 and 4080 super difference is negligible

It’s like 1-3%

In my books that’s pretty much the same card

[fresh timber]

Buy new

[wise wigeon]

Ngl the only thing that makes me nervous about an Nvidia card this the 12v6x2

Aren’t the new atx standards like more rigorous?

[fresh timber]

I’m hungry

[wise wigeon]

Like someone said it’s ment to be able to handle transient spikes at like 200%

I mean the rm850x has a native cable

Looks a lil weird Ngl

Has a different look from the other cables

I mean there is a 2024 variant that is atx 3.1

That’s the one I bought

It’s like $120

[fresh timber]

Gu

Get a 5090

[wise wigeon]

Yeah since there was always a possibility that I would get a Nvidia gpu I decided to go for a new psu with a native cable just in case

I’m sure my old psu is still fine

It is one of the nicer ones

[fresh timber]

8

It will explode

[wise wigeon]

Man I need a nap

But the monster I drank hasn’t worn off yet

I’m at like 10 hours of combined sleep this week

It’s honestly a wonder I’m functioning

lol I had an hour last night

I’m factoring naps too

On my exam day this week I had like an 1.5 hours

It’s a wonder that I can do my commute let alone get a passing grade

Because I commute an hour

I only get a energy drink if I feel like it could be dangerous for me to drive without a stimulant

Had two monsters this week

It’s an extra precaution I function unusually well on low sleep

The monster only comes out when I have exceptionally bad sleep and I have to commute

Otherwise I have no caffeine or a instant coffee if I’m feeling sluggish

I don’t drink enough caffeine to be resistant

It still affects me enough that like drinking a soda makes me recoil

From the caffeine and carbonation

Yeah and monster is just as juiced up

[sage sluice]

I yearn for it

Coffee is my blood

[wise wigeon]

I have like instant coffee if I’m I heavily water down with milk

But that’s more because it cools the coffee faster diluting it with cold milk

I quite like more bitter coffee

[sage sluice]

I do grounds and a tablespoon per cup, and maybe teaspoon or two of sugar

[wise wigeon]

I’m also a dark chocolate person

[sage sluice]

Dude i live off dark chocolate

[wise wigeon]

But after 80% it’s just a bit much

[fresh timber]

My skin is dark chocolate

[sage sluice]

Tiramisu

Is my beloved

[sage sluice]

I do 95% up 😭

[wise wigeon]

I’m weird that I like seeets but

[sage sluice]

I just nibble on it

[wise wigeon]

See that’s different

I’m ok with nibbles of 90+

[sage sluice]

I mean i can do whole ass bites too

I just like to savour it

Lol

[wise wigeon]

But each it it like a normal candy bar just leaves a after taste

[sage sluice]

I love the bitter aftertaste

Despite that i hate licorice

[wise wigeon]

Though I’m a bit odd in that I’m a sweet tooth but some sweets I can’t handle

[sage sluice]

I like some sweets but im not crazy

Sweet tart ropes are straight ichor

I love sour, certain types of bitter and most of all savoury

Sweet and savoury is my beloved

Watch your language

[woven turret]

bro what

[sage sluice]

https://tenor.com/view/finger-wag-no-no-no-gif-27552536

[woven turret]

whats a good site for steam keys?

[sage sluice]

None

[woven turret]

bro

im looking to buy

not pirate

[fresh timber]

Gog

[sage sluice]

I thought you were talking about cheap steam keys that people sell

That just hurt the creator

[devout forum]

And occasionally help criminals launder money

[sage sluice]

Yurp

If you wanna buy, gog or just from steam

[fresh timber]

I love hurting people richer than me

[sage sluice]

I dislike hurting indie creators

Things like ea

Are a bit different

[tranquil pebble]

EA can go choke on a wasp

[sage sluice]

Just one? Thats generous

Blizzard, ubisoft etc can go join em

[tranquil pebble]

fr

Noobisoft

[devout forum]

What studio made SM2?

I forgor

[sage sluice]

Insomniac

I think

[pliant berry]

Hey lootboxes are back on overwatch

[sage sluice]

Isnt it the same team

[sage sluice]

I saw that, as if they werent already downhill

Desperate mfs

[pliant berry]

Tbf they also announced some changes that actually look like changes

Got to start somewhere I suppose

[sage sluice]

Probably to get people to buy lootboxes

[wise wigeon]

Like idk green man might be cheaper

[devout forum]

Wah

[sage sluice]

Watch yo tone

[devout forum]

What did I get automodded for

[wise wigeon]

Greenman is a good non gray seller

[pliant berry]

Well I think lootboxes are at least better than what they have now

[sage sluice]

Watch yo tone

[wise wigeon]

Huh?

[pliant berry]

It was suspected as spam

[devout forum]

But yes

[wise wigeon]

Ah

[devout forum]

WOW

As if I would be spamming

[wise wigeon]

But yeah I generally use c-dkeys minus the -

[pliant berry]

Evasion 💀

[sage sluice]

If i were to spam anything

[wise wigeon]

Look it’s evading them trying to censor me for saying CD

And keys

In the same sentence

[sage sluice]

Im evading the cd player

Because its got piano keys

[wise wigeon]

But anyway it depends

[sage sluice]

C d keys

Insane

[wise wigeon]

Best third party is greenman if you want moral high ground

Pretty sure they get keys straight from devs

[sage sluice]

Id recommend getting legit keys yee

Devs that sell cheaper keys do it because they know there are people who wont buy regular ones

So it still makes em money

[devout forum]

But yeah

[wise wigeon]

I mean I bought metaphor from C d keys

[devout forum]

They wanted to get me the best version of the game but didn't have 100 bucks on hand

[wise wigeon]

It was a picture of a code presumable from a guy looking to sell his extra copy because he got like a collectors edition

[devout forum]

Tbf it's not like SM2 was made by an indie

They also did the scummy "Preorder-exclusive but you can just buy it later anyway" thing

[dusk knot]

hm

[wise wigeon]

Like there are definitely more shady sellers like g2 a

[devout forum]

It was not them iirc

[wise wigeon]

I’ve only heard good things about C d keys and only had pleasant experiences

[devout forum]

But like the one with the gold crown thing

[wise wigeon]

Kinguin?

[devout forum]

Might be

[wise wigeon]

The penguin one?

[devout forum]

Their like site logo was a gold crown

On the bookmark they sent me

One sec

[wise wigeon]

Fanatical is decent if you want bundles like humble bundle

[devout forum]

Yep it was Kinguin

Had to check back

It was them

Please tell me they aren't scummy

[wise wigeon]

Think they had like a $12 or $20 bundle with both mh rise and world with their respective dlcs

[sage sluice]

Mh rise is gonna be such a joke when it fully launches

[wise wigeon]

Pretty nice deal

[sage sluice]

It alrwady is now imo

[wise wigeon]

Wilds?

[sage sluice]

Wilds

Yeah i just realized lol

[wise wigeon]

Eh doubt it

[sage sluice]

Rise actually performed decently

[devout forum]

It's a meme like damn

[wise wigeon]

Mh fans are used to poorly running games

[devout forum]

30fps WITH FG

It's an absolute clownshow

[wise wigeon]

Mh world on release pegged the 1080 ti at under 60 fps at 1440p

[sage sluice]

Rise looks better on my xbox 1 s than wilds on my gre

[wise wigeon]

And one of the main mods for world is a performance enhancer

Like directly behind the mod loader

Mh fans, at least vets are coming from games that were released on Nintendo consoles or portable consoles for like 10 years

[velvet summit]

idk if they're scummy or not, but i dont believe they are one of the official key sellers

i know that fanatical is one, greenmangaming is another, and obviously the steam store is official lol
humble bundle is also official, indiegala, dl gamer, amazon, newegg, and some others

i mainly use fanatical and greenmangaming

[wise wigeon]

I use green man and C d keys

Depends really

[velvet summit]

the 2nd one is greymarket

[wise wigeon]

It is

But sometimes I don’t care

[velvet summit]

which isnt allowed to be talked about in this server

[sage sluice]

I was 2 seconds away from asking what it was lmao

[wise wigeon]

Like psn for a year for $40? Suck it sony

[sage sluice]

Damn is there anything like that for gamepass?

[wise wigeon]

I mean there are ways but some of them are more effort than they’re worth

[sage sluice]

😭

Im already bummed how many games i cant use

[wise wigeon]

Think some people buy from like Asian storefronts that will sell worldwide

[sage sluice]

From my xbox to pc

[velvet summit]

likely regionlocked

[wise wigeon]

It’s not an excuse for mh wilds running bad but it’s was kind of expected

It’s pretty par for course

[sage sluice]

So many games rip

I can play like 4 on pc

[wise wigeon]

The only exceptionally well optimized mh game in recent years was rise

[velvet summit]

idk how well microsoft detects this, but steam will ban your acccount with no refunds if you fake your region and they find out (which they will be able to, if you're using a vpn and set your region to the country, then pay using a currency that isnt the region you set yourself as)

[frigid stag]

What why

[velvet summit]

https://tenor.com/view/life-is-roblox-roblox-gif-2494600848689777662

[sage sluice]

Xbox moment

[sage sluice]

😭

[frigid stag]

Doesnt Xbox have like 0 exclusives

[wise wigeon]

He bought the Xbox variant of the game on the Xbox store

[frigid stag]

Oh

Damn u must’ve been on console for too long

[sage sluice]

I was

Like

Most of my life

[wise wigeon]

I mean I but some on psn if it’s a good deal

[frigid stag]

I dropped that shi in like 2015

[sage sluice]

I only built my pc like 5 months ago

😭

[frigid stag]

Then I got PS4 that I barely used

[velvet summit]

https://cdn.discordapp.com/attachments/812092189638131743/911065295479779359/console_peasants.mp4?ex=67b0966d&is=67af44ed&hm=c202af0c811169010e414e43cd517ee0155f9ca8e082663e6bd60ab4e0006582&

[wise wigeon]

I haven’t touched my ps5 in like a year

[frigid stag]

I thought u were upgrading

[sage sluice]

Nah

First rig

[frigid stag]

Fair enough

[pliant berry]

But, what if perhaps I was using a vpn to someone to lives there that i conveniently know

[sage sluice]

Besides my wonder uhd 620 laptop

[wise wigeon]

I bought it kind of on a whim but ended up playing a good couple games on there

[sage sluice]

Which i could play minecraft on 720p

And terraria on 720p

[frigid stag]

First desktop then ig

[sage sluice]

So far i never want to go back to console ever again

Pc is a freeing experience

[velvet summit]

you would be paying with your own currency, also you can set your own region and vpn into like japan or whatever

[frigid stag]

Based

I am currently on console cause pc doesn’t work

[sage sluice]

Switch is only for exclusives

[wise wigeon]

It worked out because ps5 does have decent exclusives/timed exclusives

[sage sluice]

Fair

[wise wigeon]

Xbox just has nothing

Which is unfortunate

[sage sluice]

Im actually talking with someone about trading my one s for their vr headset

[frigid stag]

Fortnite og is so much harder on controller

[wise wigeon]

Because competition is good

[sage sluice]

Just waiting to find out what brand and model it is since they said they dont know

[pliant berry]

Which headset

Oh boy

[velvet summit]

it's more of like history of what currency you use, like steam might be like "probably a gift" if it's just one or 2 purchases with a diff currency, but if you only use like usd while you have your region set to thailand or whatever, they will see that and ban lmao

[wise wigeon]

But Xbox is being outsold like 3:1

[frigid stag]

U have no idea how it feels to get 2nd place 4 times in one sitting 😭

0 victory royals

[sage sluice]

Im not trading til i know lmao

Hoping like an oculus quest 2 or something

[wise wigeon]

It’s weird to think about

[sage sluice]

But that might be too hopeful

[wise wigeon]

But Xbox has never outsold PlayStation

[frigid stag]

It might have in the 2000s

In the og mw era

[wise wigeon]

Because the ps3 made a resurgence and somehow beat the 360 by end of life

[frigid stag]

Oh

[velvet summit]

https://tenor.com/view/sega-gif-25680722

[frigid stag]

That makes sense

[wise wigeon]

And og Xbox did not beat the ps2 obviously

[velvet summit]

i can hear the sega bootup sound

[tranquil pebble]

same

[wise wigeon]

And xbone got thrashed so hard

[frigid stag]

Ps2 damn that was a long time ago

Low-key might be older than me

[velvet summit]

https://youtu.be/YxOEPBO4OqA

[tranquil pebble]

I vaguely remember when PS2 came out. Pretty much everyone wanted one

[wise wigeon]

And now the series x and a combined are 1:3 vs the ps5 somehow

I’m almost willing to bet more ps5 pros sold this holiday season than both xbox consoles combined

[frigid stag]

Oh it’s 24 years ago

[wise wigeon]

PlayStation has 2/3rds market share

The hell is Xbox doing

[frigid stag]

I mean it’s just a pc for broke people

Ps5 has exclusives at least

[wise wigeon]

They skipped out on a console refresh

But just released a really crappy 2tb version of the x instead

[proud jackal]

https://tenor.com/view/bocchi-the-rock-hitori-gotoh-bocchi-anime-dazed-gif-27118681

[sage sluice]

Ps3 was the last playstation console i liked

[wise wigeon]

PS4 was good

[sage sluice]

Ps4 was fine

[wise wigeon]

Good themes too

[sage sluice]

Not enough for me to be interested in it

[wise wigeon]

I miss theme on the ps5

[sage sluice]

I still got my ps3 under the bed

And my gameboy advanced

Lol

[velvet summit]

i dont think it needed one
neither did the ps5 pro like wtf even changed, it was like less of an upgrade than even the 50 series i swear

[wise wigeon]

You know what doesn’t get enough crap for running bad?

Fromsoft games

[sage sluice]

Fromsoft games balance it out with just being really damn good at least

[wise wigeon]

Mh games are good though

[sage sluice]

90% of the buggy messes released now arent even fun

[velvet summit]

were there perf issues with elden ring???

[sage sluice]

Eh formula gets old after a while

But they arent bad

[velvet summit]

i have not heard anything about it lmao

[sage sluice]

A LOT

[velvet summit]

damn

[wise wigeon]

Couldn’t even run 60 on consoles

[velvet summit]

💀

everybody liked the game so much that i heard nothing about it ong

[sage sluice]

At launch it was horrid

Now its a way way better

[velvet summit]

though all my friends are pc gamers

[sage sluice]

But yeah rough ass launch

[wise wigeon]

The pa5 was like 55 in good scenarios

[sage sluice]

Which is why i dont buy games on launch

[velvet summit]

so they probably just have a good enough pc and didnt notice

[sage sluice]

Nope

[wise wigeon]

And the Xbox was somehow like 5-10 fps behind the ps5 in the same situations

[sage sluice]

Was still buggy on pc

[velvet summit]

i preordered death stranding and it was the best game in my life

[sage sluice]

Many many bugs

[velvet summit]

(slight exaggeration)
it's just in my top 5 fav games prob

[sage sluice]

Death stranding is peak

[wise wigeon]

Elden ring has art style but fidelity wise it ain’t very good either

[fresh timber]

Me having ps5 makes it better

[sage sluice]

Nitw is a game i liked enough to get a tattoo of

[fresh timber]

It being free makes it even better

[velvet summit]

fidelity doesnt matter honestly
just having a banging game

[wise wigeon]

Well that’s what people are whine about with wilds

[velvet summit]

i dont need photorealistic humans, though death stranding did deliver on that

maybe a bit too much

[wise wigeon]

Wilds definitely looks better than elden ring

[velvet summit]

i dont want to see my video game character's pores

[wise wigeon]

And it runs similarly bad

[sage sluice]

Wilds does not

[wise wigeon]

It does

[sage sluice]

Not at all

[wise wigeon]

Look I love elden ring

[sage sluice]

I think you and i have different definitions here

For different things

I think the animations in wilds are so janky and gross

They dont mesh with the feel of the game

[wise wigeon]

I think elden ring has a longer lasting art style

[sage sluice]

Elden ring has jank for sure but it feels more natural to the game weirdly

Idk how to explain it

[wise wigeon]

But I don’t think it looks better than wilds

[velvet summit]

art style >> photorealistic tbh

[fresh nova]

I need

[sage sluice]

Thats what im thinking

[fresh nova]

I need a meme immediately

[sage sluice]

Elden ring isnt photorealistic

[fresh nova]

Someone help

[sage sluice]

If thats your basis

[wise wigeon]

I would prefer if wilds was a lil more stylized like older games

[sage sluice]

Then sure it looks more photrealistic

But elden ring's stylization is genuinely really cool

[velvet summit]

like

[fresh nova]

Balou meme me

[velvet summit]

i love how a game like lethal company looks

[sage sluice]

Meme

[velvet summit]

i would hate it if it was photorealistic honestly

[pliant berry]

Photorealistic graphics will always be weird until they actually get it looking realistic

Lethal company is amazing

[wise wigeon]

I think ff has the good middle ground

[pliant berry]

Despite its roblox graphics

[fresh nova]

https://tenor.com/view/avengers-thanos-infinity-stone-infinity-gauntlet-i-have-the-power-gif-17925552

[sage sluice]

Dude for sure

Lethal has such great stylization

[wise wigeon]

Photorealistic but still anime stylized enough

[sage sluice]

Even in the art direction just with music and the likes

Really good at setting mood

[fresh timber]

Fortnite looks better

[wise wigeon]

Wilds is definitely more photo realistic than its older games but it’s still stylized

Then again the older games were on the same engine for a tad too long

[velvet summit]

https://tenor.com/view/rubik's-cube-lethal-company-gif-8504161961923407334

[fresh timber]

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