While this is classic Valve non-communication, apparently the devs were hacking or reverse-engineering some closed source stuff, that Valve might not have agreed with.

https://x.com/csco_dev/status/1533103185543548929

Just so we are clear on how the mod works on our side, there is no leaked code involved. We’re using a build from 2020 that has security exploits and a hacked dedicated server to be able to even play online while working on it internally.

The mod cannot be released in this state

This is all just some third-party information, I have no idea about this and don’t really care about Counter-Strike.

They need to bring a lot more value than the 5070, otherwise only Linux users and fanboys will buy these. A $50 discount is not enough, and I don’t know if these rumored $70 will do it.

So what did you mean?

I am of the opinion that DLSS and FSR is an admission of failure by GPU engineers that they are not capable,–so far,-- to design a GPU that does 4K 160fps with psycho raytracing on, zero upscaling, zero frame generation.

How is it an admission of faliure? They probably can design a GPU for that, but do you want to pay hundreds of thousands, because the chip uses a full silicon wafer?

Do you think NVIDIA or AMD should have sat on that technology for decades, until it’s good enough for 4k 144fps? Then you would probably say, it’s not good enough, because it can’t do 8k 144fps. Also, why 4k as your arbitrary limit? Most people are still on 1080p. So why not just say it’s good enough, when the hardware can do 1080p 60fps.

I suspect that the 5090 will be the first card to do 1440p with psycho raytracing at 144 fps without DLSS enabled.

Definitely not, since it can’t even do 30fps in 4k, with all the bells and whistles and no DLSS. 1440p ist probably not even gonna be 60fps.

There’s something about Reflex 2 that is bothering me or concerning me, but I have no clue what it is.

What? I’m pretty sure the technology they’re using, Frame Warping, has been around for years, and it’s used in VR, so you can just look that up and see what it does.

Square was really scraping the barrel for this one. “Good graphics, that you can change!”

Changing how many NPCs could be nice, and I’m probably gonna need DLSS for upscaling. AMD and Intel users might have to wait for a mod, since there was no mention of FSR or XeSS.

Games are very lazily optimized for anything other than NVIDIA these days

NVIDIA bad and all that, but I wish that was true. If the game runs like shit, it runs like shit everywhere. What are these mythical games, that are optimized for NVIDIA in 2025?

What does that have to do with anything?

They’ve already said it’s all because of DLSS 4. The 5070 needs the new 4x FG to match the 4090, although I don’t know if the 4090 has the “old” 2x FG enabled, probably not.

Both figures are without DLSS, FG, whatever. Just native 4k with Path Tracing enabled, that’s why it’s so low.

The sketchy marketing is comparing a 5070 with a 4090, but that’s not what this is about.

50% improvement not enough for you?

The 4090 gets like sub 20fps without DLSS and stuff. Seems like a good improvement.

On the site with the performance graphs, Farcry and Plague Tale should be more representative, if you want to ignore FG. That’s still only two games, with first-party benchmarks, so wait for third-party anyway.

Same, but sometimes a co-op game for me as well, to play with friends.

Finished a run in Windblown.

It’s not as elegant, but you might be able to give them some Steam Gift Cards and recommend some games.

https://store.steampowered.com/digitalgiftcards/selectgiftcard

I watched the trailer and the evolution they’re going with is apparently not making an RTS anymore, but an Action Roguelike. If that’s the kind of evolution we’re talking about, I feel we’ve already stuff in a similar vein (dunno specifically about roguelike though).

Eh, I don’t really care about that stuff, it’s all subjective. If they liked it that much, who am I to judge

I haven’t paid attention to a lot of lists, but Veilguard might be the outlier here. The game seems to be really divisive. Yesterday I was in a thread on how for someone Veilguard was the last straw, and they’re giving up on Bioware completely, and here the game is the fifth best of the year.

1. Final Fantasy 7 Rebirth
2. Astro Bot
3. Black Myth: Wukong
4. Metaphor: ReFantazio
5. Dragon Age: The Veilguard
6. Silent Hill 2
7. Balatro
8. Like a Dragon: Infinite Wealth
9. Helldivers 2
10. The Legend of Zelda: Echoes of Wisdom

What are you even talking about? Why is Epic “extracting money” but GOG is not? Do you mean if you lose your games on Epic you will buy them again on Epic? Nobody does that, and it doesn’t happen in the first place.

You commented on a post about a dude who never bought from Epic but still has 200 games there, that Epic is shady for doing this.

I said by that logic, GOG is shady as well, because they also give away tons of games.

Just saying that labeling them as untrustworthy, just because they give away games, doesn’t make sense. Steam was never mentioned, or the business practices of different storefronts.

Weirdly the temps were good, with like 20c headroom. Steve speculated it might be the VRM. It’s a weird custom mainboard with laptop RAM, but normal, socketable desktop CPU.

Errors in spec sheet and instruction guide, tools-less design, that needs tools, tempered glass panel, that isn’t glass, proprietary hardware, slow laptop RAM, CPU that runs 1.3GHz below spec, loud/annoying sound, bloatware.

Good packaging though.

That makes GOG untrustworthy as well, I guess, since I have 300 games on there, but never bought one.

The ones I mentioned directly afterward, Vampire Survivors DLC, Bloodshed, AK-xolotl.

I thought the i500 review was ancient, and weird that Corsair only now responds, but it’s just 2 months old. I must have confused it with another garbage pre-built.

Some friends and I gift each other some games each year, and I got Cyberpunk. I’ll wait for the new GPU releases before I play it though, since I want to check it out with path tracing.

Also, some Rogue-likes. The latest Vampire Survivors DLC, Bloodshed, and AK-xolotl.

So consoles don’t exist?

Also, what exactly is the problem with Steam in your opinion, apart from “monopoly bad.”

World of Warcraft by a huge margin. A couple of years ago, I went through all my characters, and added the /played time up. I think it was already over 10k back then, and I’ve played a bunch since then. Also, I often delete characters, so I can’t count those. My sub runs for another 10 days, so I might take the time to check again.

Next is probably Diablo 2, but that was 20 years ago, when this stuff wasn’t really automatically tracked.

On Steam I have two idle games at 800 hours, FF14 650h, both Nioh games 600h each.

In a perfect world, sure, but in our reality you’d just get tons of people saying they want Elden Ring for a dollar or something.

But even if it worked, it’s just games getting on sale faster. Right now, you can either pay a higher price today or wait until the game gets as cheap as you want, but it might take months or years.

As for just the information, how much people would pay for a game, that’s what market research if for I guess.

The Remake apparently didn’t sell, and the legally-distinct-Dead-Space (Callisto Protocol), from the OG creator also didn’t sell well. Doesn’t seem like people want Dead Space right now.

If it’s not just run speed, but reactions in general, it makes sense, because in previous games, your character moves like they’re in molasses.

They just find pesky bugs, that need to be fixed. No bugs, no need to fix stuff.

Re-subbed to WoW for a month, for the huge 20th Anniversary Event. Since I’ve played so much earlier in the year (another event and expansion launch), I’m not interested in continuing after the sub runs out. There are a few more achievements I’ll finish, but otherwise I’m kinda done.

FF14 is the only other MMO I’ve played, have like 650 hours on Steam, and I think I’m in the middle of the Stormblood campaign. It’s been a while since I played it, but some day I’ll make it to Endwalker.

As a certified Trails hater, I hope they make some major changes to the story, so it might be actually good.

The only one I know that might fit the bill (not really) is Pillars 1. When you’ve done a lot of the side content, you’ll be overleveled, and in the final act the game asks you if enemies should get scaled to your level, so there’s still a challenge. But that’s still optional and you’re not forced to do it.

Yeah, but for those people there’s the Easy Mode. Also, this “Head Start” mode isn’t doing much at the end, when you might need the help the most.

NVIDIA bad and all that, but people are running the overlay, Shadowplay, filters, and whatnot and are shocked, that their performance is lower.

Was about to be pissed, since I just re-played the game, but then I read the patch notes, and it really doesn’t do anything.

There’s already an Easy Mode, if you just want to cruise through the game. Also, I’m gonna be honest, if you’re just speeding through the cutscenes, why even play the game, that’s basically the main thing. Better watch the cutscenes on Youtube, so you don’t have to play through some of the terrible sequences.

I’m waiting for the remaster, that combines both games into one.