i didn't have anywhere to put this so holy shit lmao
http://www.engadget.com/2016/05/31/amds-radeon-rx480-gpu-is-vr-ready-for-just-199/
a fucking vr ready gpu for 199 doodhuh; you could crossfire 2 for better than a 1080 but 2/3 of the price lmao
i was gonna probably get a 1070 but i dunno, this shit's a game changer holy fuck AMD
i guess this probably is tech but fuck it i wanna talk about this in relation to gaming and tech board is dead so fuck it
do u think i should care about vr
zyphet said he is going to develop a program that will allow him to sleep in vr
That's pretty great. If I hadn't just bought a GTX 980 around the holidays I'd consider buying 2 of those.
but fuck amd though
Quote from: squirrelfriend on May 31, 2016, 08:08:49 PM
do u think i should care about vr
zyphet said he is going to develop a program that will allow him to sleep in vr
i mean now that this is a thing, maybe? it's yet to be seen reall tho tbh lol "not yet"
vr is scary but it will probably be super sick
i haven't used it besides a demo unit and google cardboard. looking forward to trying some actual gaming in the future
Wow and I paid $169 for the stupid R9270 in my current computer
lol now that im not blazed outta my mind, still probably gonna get the 1070, but if u have any interest in pc gaming at all, this new AMD GPU is fucking choice. you'll be able to play most games for the next like 3 or so years on ultra at 1080p GODDAM
I just have a R9 280x that I bought 2 years ago lmao
lol i'm still on a 660ti which is funking ancient at this juncture
Quote from: C.Mongler on June 01, 2016, 06:08:27 AM
lol now that im not blazed outta my mind, still probably gonna get the 1070, but if u have any interest in pc gaming at all, this new AMD GPU is fucking choice. you'll be able to play most games for the next like 3 or so years on ultra at 1080p GODDAM
i prefer to play my games at 800x600
>tfw you have a 16:10 monitor and play shit at 1050p like some sorta weirdo
when i get this inheritance money i'm getting a nice ass BenQ 1080p 144hz monitor. would love to go balls out and get a 1440p one, but for the resolution AND refresh rate it's like 700 fucking dollars lol probably not worth with 4k on the horizon
Quote from: C.Mongler on June 01, 2016, 11:14:08 AM
>tfw you have a 16:10 monitor and play shit at 1050p like some sorta weirdo
when i get this inheritance money i'm getting a nice ass BenQ 1080p 144hz monitor. would love to go balls out and get a 1440p one, but for the resolution AND refresh rate it's like 700 fucking dollars lol probably not worth with 4k on the horizon
2k will be the gaming sweet spot
i still find it hilarious that people think the upgraded ps4 will be 4k compatible at the rumored price point lol, i could dump 1000 bucks into my PC and it still wouldn't really be 4k compatible lol
4K is so hard to do. I don't even understand how people thing a PS4 could do it.
Web 2.0 is so hard to do. I don't understand how people think Boyah could do it.
true!
i have an r9 380 and i haven't even gotten to fucking use it akudood;
u gotta plug it in first
someday i'll build an actual pc
assuming amd's claims about this card aren't quite as exaggerated as any reasonable person should expect them to be, the 480 will be the basis of my upcoming build happydood;
i'm a tad skeptical of what i've been hearing about its purported power only because amd has a historical penchant for overpromising and underdelivering, but even if it only turns out to be a streamlined, more power-efficient reissuing of the r9 390, at $200 that's still pretty good
i'm a man of simple tastes, all i want for the time being is a competent 1080p/60fps machine
however,
Quote from: C.Mongler on June 01, 2016, 06:08:27 AM
you'll be able to play most games for the next like 3 or so years on ultra at 1080p GODDAM
the fact that consoles are now getting massive mid-gen upgrades (themselves using the latest amd cards, perhaps even modified 480s) has me a tad concerned that this might no longer be the case in the near future
also the witcher 3 is an example of a recent game that struggles to achieve a steady 1080p/60fps with mid-range cards comparable to the 480, but hopefully games like witcher 3 remain the exception rather than the rule for some time
Quote from: David on June 01, 2016, 11:42:37 AM
2k will be the gaming sweet spot
2k is 1080p which is last gen's sweet spot, maybe
now if anything we're moving on to 2.5k
i mean that's a fuck load of speculation for consoles that are still over a year off, while we're what, months from the 480? especially given that the buzz is still "don't worry everything will work on el classico versions of xbone and ps4!!", i can't imagine new games are really going to push the 480 out of the high end 1080p/60fps range in the next few years. regardless we still need 48- benchmarks to really judge at the end of the day anyway lol
also god dammit i missed the EVGA in-stock alert for the overclocked 1070s by like 30 minutes yesterday, didn't get one :(
for a brief second i had an evga 1070 superclocked in my cart on newegg. and of course it sold out fucking instantly so now i still dont have my graphics card, even at this stupid ass launch markup.
god nvidia really fucked the ball with this paper launch lol
just got a msi OC 1070 FUCK YEAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA
just in time for that fuckin' steam sale. can't wait to get this bitch in my rig and fire up some Witcher 3 expansions at glorious 100 FPS 1080p god i'm getting a rager thinkin' about it
the 480 came and went and of course underwhelmed exactly as predicted
and then two weeks later, before the 480 was even practically available for purchase to the average gamer, nvidia released the objectively superior 1060 in high quantities for just $10 more lol
so glad i got a fury
but in other news, it sounds like the PS4HD™ is going to use an underclocked 480
which leads me to wonder what the xbox 1.5 will be using, as microsoft has unambiguously claimed that it'll render games at 4k natively, but there's not a single amd gpu (or affordable nvidia gpu) on the market capable of pulling that off at playable speeds while maintaining decent graphical fidelity
also, amd's marketing is, uh
(http://i.imgur.com/2QeEY5e.jpg)
(http://i.imgur.com/NwlHtLy.png)
[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=h8NUtM4sexc[/youtube]
lol
i'm boycotting amd for appropriating failed social movements
that ad is so ugly
yeah the only thing stopping me from trying VR is the entry cost of a VR setup
that and there's like not even a single killer app for it yet lol
Quote from: C.Mongler on September 11, 2016, 10:02:05 AM
yeah the only thing stopping me from trying VR is the entry cost of a VR setup
that and there's like not even a single killer app for it yet lol
yeah if you aren't interested in tech demos or really good porn (i think?) it is worth it to wait
VR will be good when Zyphet releases his project. I guarantee you.
Quote from: antmaster5000 on September 11, 2016, 02:15:02 PM
yeah if you aren't interested in tech demos or really good porn (i think?) it is worth it to wait
yeah i was gonna get a Vive when i got this dank check a few months back but then i actually looked at the games and immediately lost interest. nothing really looks cool, it'd be totally for the novelty and who knows how long that will last
i do wanna try it tho i still haven't even tried it :( maybe it'd change my mind