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[–] verstra@programming.dev 68 points 1 year ago (3 children)

If you feel any better: i think that modern requirements for games are bizarrely too high for relatively small gains over what we had 10 years ago.

[–] passepartout@feddit.de 65 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (2 children)

Yes, because

  • developers can't be bothered to optimize the game if management breathes into their necks
  • DRM like Denuvo tanks performance, ironically only for the people not pirating and thus paying for the game
[–] ZeDoTelhado@lemmy.world 26 points 1 year ago (1 children)

No kidding, denuvo made me stop buying games every time because I just detest it and what it stands for. Also, boggles resources way too much (and no, having a root kit is a no no for me). But more importantly, single player games with denuvo is the ultimate low.

[–] taiyang@lemmy.world 18 points 1 year ago

The fact denuvo can make a 20+ year old port run like garbage is especially impressivly bad. It's sometimes hard to avoid, but usually it gets dropped because it's a subscription a publisher has to pay. Patient gamers just have to be patient.

[–] BorgDrone@lemmy.one 6 points 1 year ago

Fuck it, we’ll just have it render at 320p and let FSR upscale it to 4k.

[–] idunnololz@lemmy.world 5 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

I'm still using a GTX 1070 and none of the games I play has had issues yet. The most recent games I've played on it were hitman 3, cult of the Lamb and Cross code. None of the games are that demanding but they were all good. I guess I just don't play AAA titles (although hitman 3 is AAA but older).

[–] Hiro8811@lemmy.world 4 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (1 children)

I recently went installed GTA SA and my CPU was running at freaking 20% with graphics cranked up. I remember when I played it around 2010 by potato PC was lagging and freezing. But anyway the game still rocks after 24 damn years and it only requires 4-5 GB

[–] WarmSoda@lemm.ee 3 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Back in the day the online servers for that game were crazy fun.

[–] Hiro8811@lemmy.world 1 points 1 year ago

Never really played online, remember I did it a few times but it stopped working

[–] Cowbee@lemmy.ml 15 points 1 year ago

Indie games my beloved

[–] XEAL@lemm.ee 10 points 1 year ago (4 children)
[–] Buddahriffic@lemmy.world 18 points 1 year ago

Just purchased it from the bargain bin at Walmart two days ago! It's got state if the art features like 32-bit color (HDR is only 10-bit, so this is advanced!), 8 gigabytes, and it even comes with a built in PlayStation 2!

[–] Zaros@lemmy.world 10 points 1 year ago (2 children)

Why, it was just yesterday when I... oh, come to think of it, that was nearly a decade ago. Huh.

[–] FilterItOut@thelemmy.club 3 points 1 year ago

It's okay, we're in this together. Though, my rig runs just about everything at medium graphics without issue. Elden ring ran on high settings without dropping my frames to a noticeable level.

[–] Pencilnoob@lemmy.world 2 points 1 year ago

Absolutely meirl. I keep making frame rate drops on games, but my CPU is ... Checks date.. top of the line 2012 tech!

[–] veroxii@aussie.zone 9 points 1 year ago (2 children)

Oh, it's powerful Tommy. It's tip-top!

[–] sensiblepuffin@lemmy.world 2 points 1 year ago

I'm just not sure about the color, is all.

[–] Track_Shovel@slrpnk.net 1 points 1 year ago

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[–] ZeDoTelhado@lemmy.world 7 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Not sure how new, but has a turbo button. That should be good for something, right?

[–] XEAL@lemm.ee 1 points 1 year ago

Ah, yes, the reverse turbo button!

[–] ParabolicMotion@lemmy.world 8 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

This. My husband used to spend most of his unemployment on graphics cards. All for gaming. All of it.

[–] Pencilnoob@lemmy.world 6 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

Ok but what crow time comic,

Edit, Crow Time is amazing