General PC Discussion

[Iceman]

Achievements List Revealed for Total War: Warhammer III (xbox.com)

Looks like game pass-bound Total War: Warhammer III will have Xbox achievements which if accurate is awesome news for me.

 

[Joe Von Zombie]

PC is certainly *improving* in some ways, thanks to certain developers bringing more games to it, for reasons good ( most Japanese studios ) or otherwise ( Sony ). This just doensn't fundamentally change the market dynamic: PC is more expensive and more complex than console.

PC is not "more complex" than console gaming anymore. Between Steam and Nvidia, they've made gaming on PC as easy to do as a PlayStation. While there is a higher cost of entry to PC, you will save more money in the long run. No multiplayer subscription nonsense, more than one digital storefront and you don't have publishers trying to resell you the same games every generation.

 

[Iceman]

Valve is “More Than Happy” to Help Microsoft Integrate Game Pass With Steam, Says CEO Gabe Newell

 

[Dave McFly]

I was today years old when I found out my Xbox One X controller had bluetooth and I was able to sync it to my old windows 10 laptop and was able to play one or 2 steam games and GTA V PC using it. I just have to re sync it back to the console as I only have one of them lol.

 

[Joe Von Zombie]

Anyone else getting a steam deck? I've got mine paid off. Just waiting on the email.

 

[Gee]

Anyone else getting a steam deck? I've got mine paid off. Just waiting on the email.

I think I'll wait for the revision model.

I see there are some who have already installed a Switch emulator on it...

 

[Joe Von Zombie]

I think I'll wait for the revision model.

I see there are some who have already installed a Switch emulator on it...

It'll run switch games better than a switch before the end of the year, Its inevitable lmao

 

[Gee]

A full Zelda: Ocarina of Time PC port is now complete and available online | VGC



If this gets the same love as the Super Mario 64 decompilation project, then I'll have to visit my parents and try to find my N64 cartridge to build the port.

 

[Lily Adler]

A full Zelda: Ocarina of Time PC port is now complete and available online | VGC



If this gets the same love as the Super Mario 64 decompilation project, then I'll have to visit my parents and try to find my N64 cartridge to build the port.

 

[Iceman]

I’m not even contemplating buying a new GPU until the chip shortage/supply issues/scalper prices are 100% over but the minute I bought my card (2080ti) the base value/tech of cards started going through the roof. 4090 could be another big step after 3090 which was already a big step.

Nvidia’s GeForce RTX 4090 may be twice as fast as the RTX 3090

 

[Gee]

Sony's Bringing Even More PlayStation Games To PC Following Massive Success

Damn, they expect $300M in revenue from their PC releases for the 2022 fiscal year. I read they expect those numbers thanks to two unannounced games!

So far, we already know about the Uncharted Collection coming out soon. I'm wondering which games will bring in those sales later this year.

 

[Iceman]

Sony's Bringing Even More PlayStation Games To PC Following Massive Success

Damn, they expect $300M in revenue from their PC releases for the 2022 fiscal year. I read they expect those numbers thanks to two unannounced games!

So far, we already know about the Uncharted Collection coming out soon. I'm wondering which games will bring in those sales later this year.

Great that Sony embraced pc now too. I’d rather own the titles there at max specs.

 

[Lily Adler]

Still waiting on PC parts prices to "normalize".

 

[Iceman]

Oh my friend is looking for a reasonably priced laptop or pc for gaming for his nephew, specifically to play Minecraft. Any recommendations for that? He’s in the UK if that make a a difference for parts.

 

[Iceman]

Still waiting on PC parts prices to "normalize".

Hopefully the crypto crash can help get rid of the demand for mining setups.

 

[Lily Adler]

Hopefully the crypto crash can help get rid of the demand for mining setups.

I've been waiting for 6 years.

 

[Gee]

Still waiting on PC parts prices to "normalize".

GPU prices seem to go down but that's also because Nvidia is about to announce the RTX 40 series for a release later this year. However, we can also expect low stocks for some other parts due to chip shortages.

Oh my friend is looking for a reasonably priced laptop or pc for gaming for his nephew, specifically to play Minecraft. Any recommendations for that? He’s in the UK if that make a a difference for parts.

Minecraft is more demanding on the CPU than the GPU, so a laptop with a decent CPU (4 cores) will do fine. If he'll play some AAA games, make sure the laptop has a decent GPU (he may even play Minecraft with ray tracing ).

I don't know how old he is, so a laptop is probably enough especially if he mainly plays Minecraft and can be used for school.

 

[Iceman]

Minecraft is more demanding on the CPU than the GPU, so a laptop with a decent CPU (4 cores) will do fine. If he'll play some AAA games, make sure the laptop has a decent GPU (he may even play Minecraft with ray tracing ).

I don't know how old he is, so a laptop is probably enough especially if he mainly plays Minecraft and can be used for school.

Thanks for that. The nephew is around 10.

 

[Lily Adler]

[Update: Fix is live] Windows Defender is reporting a false-positive threat 'Behavior:Win32/Hive.ZY'; it's nothing to be worried about

Well I was horrified by this momentarily.

 

[Gee]

EVGA is exiting the GPU market and parting ways with NVIDIA | Engadget

Ouch. I've been exclusively with EVGA for my GPUs all these years.

 

[Gee]

The RTX 40 series cards were revealed yesterday. Nvidia being damn greedy with the prices.



The 4090 is $1600, the 4080 is $900 and $1200 for the 12GB and 16GB, respectively. The 12GB one seems to be a "4070" according to its specs.

They also revealed DLSS 3.0 but it's exclusive for the RTX 40 GPUs (for now).

 

[Iceman]

The RTX 40 series cards were revealed yesterday. Nvidia being damn greedy with the prices.



The 4090 is $1600, the 4080 is $900 and $1200 for the 12GB and 16GB, respectively. The 12GB one seems to be a "4070" according to its specs.

They also revealed DLSS 3.0 but it's exclusive for the RTX 40 GPUs (for now).

I’m not playing enough right now to justify it but it’s exciting to see the significant power jumps between recent cards (all started happening as soon as I finally buy one lol).

 

[DKDetective]

And here we go... I'm planning on building an Intel 13th Gen x RTX 40-series PC early in the new year as soon as my wife is off mat leave. I'm going to grab a Valve Index while I am at it.

 

[Iceman]

Age of Mythology: Retold Announced for PC and PC Game Pass

 

[Iceman]

And here we go... I'm planning on building an Intel 13th Gen x RTX 40-series PC early in the new year as soon as my wife is off mat leave. I'm going to grab a Valve Index while I am at it.

Any particular game genres you’ll be building towards? Look forward to seeing what you come up with.