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Pretty much all I’d use my PC for now, but there aren’t even many RTS games I want to play anymore.
PSVR2 will be a definite purchase for me down the line.
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Pretty much all I’d use my PC for now, but there aren’t even many RTS games I want to play anymore.
PSVR2 will be a definite purchase for me down the line.
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I have (some) hopes for the first game from Frost Giant Games. They were founded by Starcraft 2 developers amongst others. Their game will be officially announced at the not-E3 show next week (its real name escapes me now lol).
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Where is Starcraft 3?
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I mostly retro game on my pc these days. I now use my Series X for the latest game titles.
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The latest console I own is a One X so my 3070 PC is clearly a big step up, I cancelled my XBOX gamepass subscription for both systems though.
Been enjoying Batman Arkham Knight Maxed out in 4K DSR at 60+ FPS solid. Not possible on the One X and it is visually compromised with no Nvidia Gameworks stuff.
Been enjoying Batman Arkham Knight Maxed out in 4K DSR at 60+ FPS solid. Not possible on the One X and it is visually compromised with no Nvidia Gameworks stuff.
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I’ve been researching a new pc for weeks and have specced out a £1700 mid tier system but yesterday played on my brother in laws Xbox series x and I have to say I was impressed with how good it was and also how quiet compared to my aircraft of an original ps4! I’m now back on the face of keeping my i5-6600k/1660 going for another 18 months and plumping for a new console which are in stock at Amazon…..help me Obi-Wan etc
Doesn't have to be 18 months, and also £1700 is too much if you just want to surpass the consoles. It's about 4-5 months until we get the new GPUs, and in that budget they will blow away consoles many times over (4070 ~£499), and then we also have new CPUs releasing in that timeframe but the budget versions are more likely to drop in Q1 2023, so about 6-7 months for that (though here we might make the case that buying a 5800X3D is already best performance for gaming within a reasonable budget and might not change with the new releases (speculation on my part)). The real question is about your framerate & settings target. If you want to blast ray tracing and keep 60 fps locked then that's achievable on a budget without any real stress, but if you want 120 fps, then that's when the trouble starts & costs mount up a lot.
Let me give you an example, I want to upgrade my CPU for a 120 fps target (because I will always use a TV as a display and that's its refresh rate) in general, but particularly with all the RT on in Cyberpunk and that means nothing outside of a 12900K will really suffice (and even that wouldn't actually be enough), which would put me at an easy £800 spend on just CPU+Mobo. If I wanted 120 fps but without RT then even a 12600K would do well enough and in that same ballpark, but now at half the spend ~£400. And if we go for a 60 fps target then you can even make do with a 5600x/12400 which means closer to £300.
In fact, quickly speccing a new PC now, without a GPU, that would be very good gets you to <£620 (will not link full prices & shops as that's against the forum rules and this is just to give an example anyway). And then you can spend to your hearts content on a GPU later in the year, though I'd wager the 4070 will end up having the best value and that will be £500-£600. That's a far cry from £1700, but ofc it's easy to spend more. And mind you this will absolutely roflstomp anything the consoles can do and likely even surpass the expected Pro versions.
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.. also you can hawk over the members market and piece together a nice build as people upgrade to the latest stuff offloading.
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What a revelation. Something you build 2 years after the release of a series x and for 3 times the price should be able "roflstomp" (really? This word?) it.Doesn't have to be 18 months, and also £1700 is too much if you just want to surpass the consoles. It's about 4-5 months until we get the new GPUs, and in that budget they will blow away consoles many times over (4070 ~£499), and then we also have new CPUs releasing in that timeframe but the budget versions are more likely to drop in Q1 2023, so about 6-7 months for that (though here we might make the case that buying a 5800X3D is already best performance for gaming within a reasonable budget and might not change with the new releases (speculation on my part)). The real question is about your framerate & settings target. If you want to blast ray tracing and keep 60 fps locked then that's achievable on a budget without any real stress, but if you want 120 fps, then that's when the trouble starts & costs mount up a lot.
Let me give you an example, I want to upgrade my CPU for a 120 fps target (because I will always use a TV as a display and that's its refresh rate) in general, but particularly with all the RT on in Cyberpunk and that means nothing outside of a 12900K will really suffice (and even that wouldn't actually be enough), which would put me at an easy £800 spend on just CPU+Mobo. If I wanted 120 fps but without RT then even a 12600K would do well enough and in that same ballpark, but now at half the spend ~£400. And if we go for a 60 fps target then you can even make do with a 5600x/12400 which means closer to £300.
In fact, quickly speccing a new PC now, without a GPU, that would be very good gets you to <£620 (will not link full prices & shops as that's against the forum rules and this is just to give an example anyway). And then you can spend to your hearts content on a GPU later in the year, though I'd wager the 4070 will end up having the best value and that will be £500-£600. That's a far cry from £1700, but ofc it's easy to spend more. And mind you this will absolutely roflstomp anything the consoles can do and likely even surpass the expected Pro versions.
Your posts make for some funny reading. You really take framerates to heart eh?
The post was more about helping that guy with some build info, not so much about console vs PC. People can make up their own minds about what's the best platform for them.
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I am the opposite because of wfh I think.
I prefer and have much more time for gaming at my TV with Xbox Series X than my desk.
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I don't see what couch vs desk has to do with console vs PC because you could couch game with a PC and a controller. You could also connect a console to your office monitor and game at your desk.
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I prefer on my roof thanks.
Valhalla on Series X and PS5 had a 60fps mode from the start.
This is just where they are. I use my pc for work and it is at my desk. I perhaps have desk & monitor fatigue.
I used to have an rtx 3080 htpc on my TV but not any more.