OT: The All-Purpose Video Game Thread

[FireGerardGallant]

Bought a Switch, 3DS XL and SNES mini classic all within a week and have no time to play any of them. Not sure what to play first anyway.

Play Zelda Breath of the Wild first. The games amazing

 

[mrmovies779]

God of War 4 is amazing.That is all.

 

[Rangers in 7]

What do you play?

nhl
fifa
cod
battlefront

pretty much a very wide array of games

 

[PlamsUnlimited]

I will add you

I like to play NHL and GTA

 

[Machinehead]

@PlamsUnlimited remember when I taught you how to play FIFA?

Me: *winds up for a 30-yard shot*

You: "oh shit, he's bringing the jihad."

 

[failure]

Playing Quake Champions. If you liked Quake 3, you will like Quake Champions.

 

[PlamsUnlimited]

@PlamsUnlimited remember when I taught you how to play FIFA?

Me: *winds up for a 30-yard shot*

You: "oh ****, he's bringing the jihad."

LOL yep

But I am the master of savage circus at the minigame where you need to play fifa skiball

 

[Irishguy42]

Just picked up an open-box ASUS RX 580 8GB for ~$230. Amazing price considering the GPU market nowadays. And it doesn't matter that it's open-box because I have all the cables and whatnot that I need already.

Excited for the upgrade over my GTX 760.

 

[FoxysExpensiveNYDigs]

Been playing MLB The Show 18, amazing game if you enjoy baseball.

 

[Kakko]

Just picked up an open-box ASUS RX 580 8GB for ~$230. Amazing price considering the GPU market nowadays. And it doesn't matter that it's open-box because I have all the cables and whatnot that I need already.

Excited for the upgrade over my GTX 760.

Been going strong with a 970 for 3.5 years. Not excited for the day I upgrade...

 

[Ail]

Been going strong with a 970 for 3.5 years. Not excited for the day I upgrade...

I upgraded to a 970 right around the same time, but it's really sad and unbelievable how f***ed up the GPU market is right now. I was looking at building a second computer a few months ago and the GPU would have been 1/3-1/2 of the price of all other components sans monitor. Idiotic.

 

[Irishguy42]

RAM/GPU market has been steadily falling for a month or so. GPUs are almost back at MSRP.

Nvidia cards should see a decent drop in prices once the 11 series gets announced this year.

RAM will likewise follow suit with GPU prices, depending on how the silicon market goes.

Thank goodness that I live close to a MicroCenter.

 

[Kakko]

RAM/GPU market has been steadily falling for a month or so. GPUs are almost back at MSRP.

Nvidia cards should see a decent drop in prices once the 11 series gets announced this year.

RAM will likewise follow suit with GPU prices, depending on how the silicon market goes.

Thank goodness that I live close to a MicroCenter.

Have you found microcenter to be cheaper than Newegg/Amazon/whatever? I've been dragged a few times, but it never seemed worthwhile compared to shopping online?

 

[Irishguy42]

Have you found microcenter to be cheaper than Newegg/Amazon/whatever? I've been dragged a few times, but it never seemed worthwhile compared to shopping online?

The in-store deals are usually better. Especially if you're doing CPU/Mobo. Or like the RX 580 I got yesterday. Regularly sells new nowadays for $299+tax. I got an open box deal for a mostly new card in-store for $239+tax. Full warranty and everything and was able to register it with ASUS.

Microcenter in-store deals are

But yeah, if you don't have one near you, or even a Fry's, then Amazon/Newegg/etc. are going to be roughly the same pricing.

 

[ReggieDunlop68]

I upgraded to a 970 right around the same time, but it's really sad and unbelievable how ****ed up the GPU market is right now. I was looking at building a second computer a few months ago and the GPU would have been 1/3-1/2 of the price of all other components sans monitor. Idiotic.

You don’t want to be a 11 year old crypto currency mining tycoon?

 

[Ail]

You don’t want to be a 11 year old crypto currency mining tycoon?

Yes.

 

[ReggieDunlop68]

Yes.

Then get a 1080Ti fool!

 

[Irishguy42]

Now I just need to upgrade my monitor to something that is from the past 5 years. Maybe something with HDMI Having a second monitor would be A+

 

[tomobson]

Once you go two monitors you can't go back.

 

[PlamsUnlimited]

Got 3 monitors at work, yeet

Wish I had more than 1 for home

 

[Doctor King Schultz]

Now I just need to upgrade my monitor to something that is from the past 5 years. Maybe something with HDMI Having a second monitor would be A+

Displayport / DVI so you can get a 144hz monitor. High refresh rate > resolution. High refresh rate is a much more immersive experience than 60 fps or less. I play Rainbow Six Siege and it feels like I'm there. I got lucky and bought a 1080Ti before the crypto craze. I got it at the microcenter in Brooklyn.

 

[Irishguy42]

Displayport / DVI so you can get a 144hz monitor. High refresh rate > resolution. High refresh rate is a much more immersive experience than 60 fps or less. I play Rainbow Six Siege and it feels like I'm there. I got lucky and bought a 1080Ti before the crypto craze. I got it at the microcenter in Brooklyn.

I'm not too concerned about hitting 144Hz, so the difference between HDMI/DVI doesn't mean much to me.

That being said, I was targeting Displayport anyway.

My current monitor is an old Dell 2405FPW, so I don't even have HDMI, let alone Displayport haha

 

[Doctor King Schultz]

I'm not too concerned about hitting 144Hz, so the difference between HDMI/DVI doesn't mean much to me.

That being said, I was targeting Displayport anyway.

My current monitor is an old Dell 2405FPW, so I don't even have HDMI, let alone Displayport haha

I have two ASUS VG248QE that are great, but they are 144hz, so you may want to look for something with an IPS panel or 1440p.

 

[Irishguy42]

Not sure how many fans of his are on these boards, but RIP TotalBiscuit.

Screw cancer.

 

[Nickmo82]

Bought a Switch, 3DS XL and SNES mini classic all within a week and have no time to play any of them. Not sure what to play first anyway.

If I were in your shoes, Mario World would be top of the list.