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I have a problem with VRR in that I can't actually test it until I buy a new GPU which might not be until earlier next year (risking that 12GB RTX 3060 rumour for the VRAM for 3D rendering reasons). Converting to USD from local it's the Lenovo Y25-25 at $200, which unfortunately have no real...

Good information, thanks. That was my understanding as well that in terms of your point B). But I had dificulty finding corroborating/supporting information through searching online. I'm wondering what your thoughts are on 1/2 V-Sync or even 1/4 V-Sync options on a 240hz in terms of behaviour...

I'm resigned to the idea of only being able to play them at 60 fps (although if higher great). I'm more so just checking if there's any pitfalls that make the experience worse on a 240hz display than say 144/120hz or 60hz. But it seems like a fps limiter or 1/4 v-sync are viable if needed.

Did they fix the issue with respect to physics timing dependent on frame rate and v-sync? I've searching to but seem to get mixed messages on it. I'm not really concerned about necessarily running the games at 60 fps+ (much less 240fps, not sure if any CPU/memory combo can do that even) but if...

I'm wondering about people's experience with playing Fallout 4 and Skyrim (or even Oblivion/Morrowind/FO3) with a high refresh display? Obviously I'm not buying a 240hz display specifically for those games but due to other reasons. But I'm wondering if there's still any catastrophic issues with...

It's not the competitive game type experience I'm concerned with. But I only play one game like that regularly or likely will for the foreseeable future. The rest, given that I fall into the "max settings" OCD camp, will likely be closer to 60 fps if anything. For instance, not sure if you do...

I'm curious what people's experiences are, including potential drawbacks, of using a 240hz display for sub 240hz content? Over say a "standard" 120/144hz. I only play 1 game regularly (including for the foreseeable future) that can hit those frame rates. The rest of the usage will be single...

We don't need to speculate on Jaguar performance (Xbox One/PS4) as it was released for PC platforms. These are Cinebench 10 singlethread numbers from Anandtech. CB isn't everything but there is data for all 3 architectures. Core 2 Duo Q6600 2.4ghz 2006 - 2778 i5-2500k 3.3ghz 2011 - 5860...

Best in what way? SM controllers paired with Micron 64L TLC NAND tend to lead the read metrics at low QDs even over Samsung drives. Weakness comparatively, especially with the controller, is write performance as the drive fills.

I feel you're making an assumption here that future console games will not fully leverage the CPUs placed in them. The problem wouldn't be if console CPU's are only running at something like <50% utilization to reach 60 fps. The concern would be is if they are end up running nearer to 100%...

I wasn't comparing the PS5s specific SSD. Also for the most part on average PC NVMe drives are also faster in random performance latency. But the limitation here is NAND itself (as the technology has considerations for cost/size and persistence over other memory types to trade off in...

I'm not sure what the exact criteria is as to what constitutes as future proofing but the biggest concern I'd have is with the CPU. I feel people are not realizing how small of a relative gap current CPUs have to the upcoming consoles relative to the past, especially if the recommendation is...

They've always been somewhat of a niche/specialty game type, well at least to the crowd that'll likely frequent hardocp. They're just modern takes on the old style adventure games which were also often bogged down by pixel hunting a "needle in a haystack." I mean for every one of these sequels...

An interesting issue to consider is the that of resellers and scalping. I feel any aggressive pricing (low) will really more so be to the benefit of people looking to resell to profit which creates an interesting consideration. The rumors point to the supply side being low. The resell market...

Just a comment on this, since this seems to be a very common misconception, that the speed advantage of SSD (SATA) over HDDs on the PC especially for typical application loading (eg. games) is not really due to the sequential transfer rate difference. The real advantage with SSDs is that they...

I actually disagree with features like those. I've always been of the belief that that game store should simply be bare bones game distribution, this is actually the best outcome for consumers over the long run. This means there is zero attachment with consumers to any particular store. Why are...

Patents do expire as the above poster mentioned. The problem with it however, which is why you might think they don't expire, is the time length is 20 years which for the tech industry/products (due to it's nature) effectively makes anything to do with waiting it out not practical/realistic...

Accoring to Nvidia it's fabbed on TSMC 7nm, which exact 7nm is not specified. Nvidia themselves have not used Samsung for HPC products, so I'm not sure why you have impression either? The only Nvidia GPU that's been acknowledged to be fabbed by Samsung so far is GP107. TSMC 7nm+ claims only a...

It's the same as the last coupon they ran, they give you another $10 coupon whenever you use a $10 coupon. I was wondering why they enabled 2FA for free games last week, than the GTA V rumors hit and now we know. Next week is a mystery game as well, interesting?

How realistic something is a design choice. I remember this being brought up with the move to ray tracing as well. I'll use the same example with Pixar/Disney CG movies, they use extremely high fidelity assets and other technologies/methods that live action movies use for CG as well, they...

The memory chips themselves are likely manufactured as DDR4 2666C19 @ 1.20V, which follows the JEDEC standard. These chips are binned and taken by the manufacturer (Gskill in this case) and set to run at 3200C16 @1.35V as an option. That's just how the DIY memory market works, all those kits you...

Aris Mpitziopoulos over at Tom's Hardware, it's moved beyond just the common load/hot box type stress testing for PSUs which was "cutting edge" back in the mid 2000s (from what I remember). The only aspect I think can be improved now is the sampling issue, as in moving to random retail sampling...

Strictly speaking (based on the rumors) B550 will not support PCIe 4.0, as in the chipset itself won't support PCIe 4.0 since the rumors currently point towards chipset lanes being upgraded form PCIe 2.0 (B450) to PCIe 3.0 (B550). What really is going to happen is AMD will not restrict...

I can't quite remember but I might have bought this drive with a A64 3000+ build, so physically the drive might be 16/17 years? I have an older 20GB Drive that was being used until maybe around a 1 (2?) years ago when the machine it was in was still running Linux. If I have time I might connect...

I've been seeing a lot of misconceptions about this and you aren't the only one in this thread even. GTC is a conference. The keynote in which they sometimes have product announcements is typically only 2 hours long in multiday conference. One day changing social norms and technological...

The Cryorig H7 was really the go to for this criteria of a short budget/value 120mm tower with no clearance issues (due to the heavy offset design), but it's price has shot up in the last year or so along with spotty availability. Nothing has really come onto the market to replace it. All the...

The reason the GTX 970 was so cheap was because the competition was the $400 PS4, and to some extent AMD's massive oversupply of ~$250 Hawaii 290/x after the first crypto mining collapse. I don't know why people like to set prices to costs so much. These are all luxury products. They aren't...

Just going to comment in general sense this discussion thread is all over the place - Whether or not Steam, or any poll/survey, is accurate or not isn't really important as it isn't really a binary distinction. What is actually important is how accurate or representative it is within a high...

A big question mark for next gen is regarding the current rumors with respect to how much they'll leverage SSDs with more direct asset streaming. A potential problem with the PC is that it might not really be possible to have equivalency in that area and the will result in the need to allocate...

The value proposition, whether it be monetary or things such as time, is highly variable. While people on communities such as this might on average (both median and mean) game every day (possibly for hours) that isn't really representative of the entire potential market that these businesses...

I fired up Flight Simulator 95 for the first time and had the same problem. So I immediately went to one of the scenarios in which you start in the air and have to land the plane, I did not perform a controlled landing.

I don't have the founder tier (only messed around with free for a bit) but from what I've read the GPU that gets exposed is labeled as Geforce RTX T10-8. The founder tier does have RTX support which suggests it has to be using a Turing generation GPU, but what NVENC block would be in (if it's...

I'm curious has anyone compared the "free" vs "founder" stream just in terms of encoder performance? If Geforce Now is just using the GPUs encoder as opposed to a separate dedicated hardware one than in theory the founder tier could be using the newer NVENC block released with Turing compared...

What numbers are you using for your double and triple calculation? Both Vega 20 and GV100 are 7+ Tflops FP64 depending on the implementation (SKU).

It shouldn't be assumed that cloud gaming is to completely replace all forms of current gaming, especially no the near future. While there is some overlap in target demographics it'll also target those that aren't interested in current forms of gaming. It can also be supplemental. The broader...

If anything Overwatch is more "woke." Lawbreakers from what I remembered had a very late 90s/early 2000s design in terms of fluff and aesthetics. Other issues aside it just didn't seem like it appealed to either people preferring more contemporary game design nor older game design in terms of...

Raijintek Thetis is the smallest mass market ATX case that can also take full size components. The only somewhat restriction is GPU length at 280mm so you can't fit the massive triple fan ones. There are smaller boutique type cases such as the Sliger Cerberus X but they carry much higher prices...

Even if we assume gaming itself is a necessity the argument would still go that something like the RTX 2080ti itself is not a requirement of gaming. Max settings are not required for gaming. 4k is not required for gaming. Really the biggest reason for the so called "shift" in GPU pricing is...

Going to try Remote Gamestreaming Geforce Now.

Something to keep in mind is the change in the business side which may mean that AMD's past actions may not be indicative of what happens going forward. They may just greatly slash production closer to demand equilibrium. Zen/+ was fabbed at Globalfoundries in which AMD still has a wafer share...