The only way this makes sense is if Sony feels they’ve cornered enough of the market to be able to recoup the enormous costs of AAA development. I don’t see how that’s possible without a huge price increase of the console and games.

When you look at the numbers outside North America, the numbers show even higher % of people using their smartphone as the primary computing device.

I’ve been looking into these types of controllers for a while now and have settled on the GameSir G8/+ as being the best bang for your buck and the one most people recommend. I’m just waiting on the next sale on Alixp to pull the trigger.

We’ve had to put up with shitty battery life on the android side forever. I hope these new batteries aren’t too good to be true but I’m not going to worry until there’s a reason to.

I’ve always been Nexus/Pixel until this year. Got tired of incremental performance increases and went with the OP15R. Still very early but I’m liking it (after turning off the bloat).

I’ve been watching the OnePlus spaces and haven’t heard about any battery issues with these new types of batteries but I guess we’ll have to wait and see.

I might be alone in this but that felt like a long-winded way of saying very little about the current state of oneplus.

I hate everything Musk is associated with and I have never and will never spend a dime in the epic game store. That said, I’m willing to stretch pretty far to say this quote might be more about his favoured type of reprehensible speech than csam:

All major AIs have documented instances of going off the rails; all major AI companies make their best efforts to combat this; none are perfect. Politicians demanding gatekeepers selectively crush the one that’s their political opponent’s company is basic crony capitalism.

He wouldn’t have a leg to stand on if Musk ignored/laughed off the whole thing instead of stupidly threatening the users posting the images but I guess that’s the least we can expect these days instead of actual accountability.

Thanks. I might actually turn on more RT options in Cyberpunk with my 6900xt when mesa 26 comes out.

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That’s nice to see. Wonder which GPU was used for testing so we can estimate what the uplift will be for our GPUs.

I went to the comments section of the article to see if there was any additional insight. Big mistake. Who knew Linux nerds are also susceptible to obvious trolling.

https://www.notebookcheck.net/Intel-HD-Graphics-520.149940.0.html

The gaming benchmarks show you’ll probably be able to play most of the older f2p games at 720p low settings and be =>30fps.

They’re definitely going to nerf performance in a future update. Probably won’t affect your typical bursty tasks but resource-intensive gaming and long video processing tasks will take a hit.

I admit I was wrong to dismiss this issue early on as defects that fall in line with typical RMA %. It’s crazy to me how this remains a mystery with all the monitoring tools available to experts. If AMD knew why, they would’ve already told ASRock instead of allowing this kind of self-immolation.

With the amount of ray-traced reflections in the game, I doubt the ps5 with the previous gen amd gpu can even hit 40fps with a 1440 render resolution. It would probably have to drop to 1080 or less. It’s definitely going to be game that will be best played on pc.

Isn’t GTA6 targeting 30fps for the base PS5?

We’ll probably never get the whole story. Itch’s update from yesterday points the finger at stripe, others could still be involved.

True. Collective shout targeted visa, mc, paypal and paysafe. I guess it’s possible the game storefronts acted due to concerns of one of them.

MC: It’s not us.

Steam & Itch: It’s the payment processors.

Gee, I wonder who people are going to believe.

So HU are fudging the numbers to favor …?

Is that based on the assumption that the numbers come from single runs instead of averages of multiple runs?

I’ve given up after years of looking for a solution. I just use https://www.livesportsontv.com/ these days.

It’s not for me either but I see the 90 class halo products like those fancy home racing setups. It’s for enthusiasts with money.

But screw Nvidia for renaming what are supposed to be 60 tier cards based on % improvement from previous generation into the 70 tier (same for their whole stack). I don’t really blame them for prices since they wouldn’t be this high if the demand wasn’t there.

Let’s say Signal goes full maga. The chats are encrypted and there are no subscriptions or ads. What are the downsides?

this might be the last opportunity for a lot of people to buy cards for the foreseeable future.

That and my regret over not upgrading early in the covid era were the driving forces in my decision to build a new machine last month. I wasn’t expecting the 9070 cards to reset the gpu value charts. I was surprised when they did for a short time at release but they were still outside my price range. I was lucky enough to snag a used 6900xt at a good price which should be enough for my needs for at least a couple of years. Hopefully by then, the 9070xt will be well supported in linux and easier to buy.

I appreciate the hw unboxed and gamersnexus style videos, where they give us all the information in context, and we can choose what is relevant to us. It’s not for everyone but I like how they cater to enthusiasts.

Unfortunately, as someone who isn’t looking to upgrade atm, the only thing I get out of this video is that the current climate for GPUs is terrible with no relief in sight.

Galaxy A54 or A55. Comparison with Mi 10T lite

Only if they’re good games that people are still interested in playing. Crappy games slash prices all the time. Exhibit A: Suicide Squad

Thanks, I watched it but I must’ve missed that part. If it does turn out that the 900mhz boost to the compute fabric is at fault, Wendell seems to be implying it might not be possible to solve with a microcode update. I hope that’s not the case but I guess we’ll find out soon enough.

What I’m really waiting for someone to figure out is what makes the 13th/14th gen 7/9 series processors more prone to these failures compared to the 1/4/6 series and why the 12th gen chips remain unaffected given the minor architecture changes.

$666 without kb/mouse/monitor/os. https://pcpartpicker.com/list/vjVNbL

You’re right in that over the long term, a PC gamer will probably end up spending less on their hobby. But for someone starting from scratch and trying to decide on a path, the console remains the cheaper and easier platform to jump into.

I don’t see where I mentioned optimization but I am curious and maybe you can elaborate further on what I’m guessing are probably the differences between game patch optimizations vs driver level optimizations?

Not sure I agree the premise of the article. Sales are going to be down when there are fewer AAA releases to drive hardware sales. It’s taking longer and longer to develop those games and the budget required no longer justifies console exclusivity.

I think 2025 will be the real measure of console strength when the big releases are scheduled to come out.

First point is more true today than it was in the past. It is impossible to build a gaming pc for $400-500 that is capable of playing most modern games at high settings (without RT) and play at 60 fps. The gpu capable of doing that is around $300 by itself.

I think the longevity of consoles also plays a large part in their appeal. Knowing you can use the system to play at consistent performance levels for 7-8 years is a comforting thought.

For the PC side, I’m not sure about your point about drivers. Nvidia/AMD/Intel regularly release day 1 drivers to improve compatibility with new games.