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Man, I just cancelled my Gamepass because I wasn't using it....

but I wasn't using it because my PC is probably due for an upgrade and has become booty.
 
I just preloaded Starfield on my XSX yesterday.

It's a bummer that it's only going to run at 30fps, but 30 doesn't bother me too much if it's truly locked and consistent.

Besides, my laptop with its 2060 isn't going to do any better.
 
I only recently started Baldur's Gate 3 (and can rarely find time to play, due to work/kid stuff). If/when I ever finish it, I'll probably move on to Armored Core VI next.

Starfield (which my RTX 2080 will barely be able to run--though it did run CP2077 on higher settings well enough?) will have to wait for a while. On the plus side, by the time I eventually get to it, the modding community will have likely made it actually playable!
 
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I only recently started Baldur's Gate 3 (and can rarely find time to play, due to work/kid stuff). If/when I ever finish it, I'll probably move on to Armored Core VI next.

Starfield (which my RTX 2080 will barely be able to run--though it did run CP2077 on higher settings well enough?) will have to wait for a while. On the plus side, by the time I eventually get to it, the modding community will have likely made it actually playable!
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More you wait better the game will be. Lol CP2077 after 3 years became a nice polished game. Baldur's gate after 4 hotfixes is getting a huge patch with more than a thousand changes/fixes.

Good luck to play Armored Core this year. I also started BL3 yesterday, in 6h only got to the first location after ship.
 
HeyMattyB said:
I only recently started Baldur's Gate 3 (and can rarely find time to play, due to work/kid stuff). If/when I ever finish it, I'll probably move on to Armored Core VI next.

Starfield (which my RTX 2080 will barely be able to run--though it did run CP2077 on higher settings well enough?) will have to wait for a while. On the plus side, by the time I eventually get to it, the modding community will have likely made it actually playable!
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2080 will be fine, that's the lowest recommended RTX card.

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You won't get 60fps at 4K with RTX enabled, but it should run pretty well.
 
Neil Racki said:
Madden 24 ... Ill buy it at some point just because.

Anyone own it?
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Haven’t owned or played Madden since Madden 25 (25th anniversary) and that’s because Sunday Ticket was included if you bought it.

I have been playing a ton of Tecmo Super Bowl on my Nintendo emulator though. Bo Jackson, Barry Sanders, Joe Montana, Reggie White, Bruce Smith… it’s been a ton of fun playing through the old rosters.
 
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Cush said:
Star Citizen has raised $600 million
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Biggest grift I've ever seen in gaming. Seriously, I have no idea how so many people are so up that game's ass when it... sucks anyway and you're spending thousands in actual dollars on ships...
 
usiel said:
My 4080 is ready.
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@Devil Dancer Admittedly my Dad's relentless giving my brother and I money at 88 years old (which why I was able to buy the card from a coworker) even though my brother and I have to financially make sure my Dad continues to live with dignity that his mother was not able to.

All that said I refuse to sell, ebay style, anything of value. I sent my 3080 to a coworker, who as not my direct report, for nothing.

In the Q3 hey days I sent a voodoo gfx card to a fellow clan member in Quebec for free and the degree of thankfulness for 15+ years was... not something I was seeking but stayed with me sense.
 
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I made some upgrades to my home PC (used for gaming and general productivity) for Starfield, but I'm still not sure I'll be happy with the resulting experience I get. My case is fairly small (and the machine is from early 2020) so I'm a bit limited in what more I can upgrade... All has me debating buying a new rig entirely, which I really struggle to justify. I don't need 4K - don't have a 4k screen - but I'd like "good" fps and detail rendering. (Don't care about top of the chart, just moderate.)

I've got:
I7-9700 (non K), 8 cores. Starfields minimum CPU is a 6 core one, but it has HT and mine doesn't, so I don't know for sure if mine will work as Bethesda haven't clarified whether the total corr count matters. The min card also has 3.4 GHZ base speed and mine is only 3. I could go up to an i9-9900k, which should easily meet the requirements, but will need to be careful on CPU cooler size.

I've got a 2060 Super, which is above the minimum but not by a ton. Space in case and cooling will be the biggest considerations for a GPU upgrade. I don't know how much bigger I can go. I'd likely want to add fans too. I think I can safely go up to a 2080, but beyond that I'm not sure. (My PSU is 850W, and I have the necessary cable types to power a 2080.) I've only got PCI 3 x16 on the motherboard, so no need for craziness. I wish I could find a chart out there that just lists physical dimensions of cards in a spreadsheetish format so I can compare lots of options easily without having to click and scroll around a bunch of pages.

I'm good on RAM, have 64GB, and 4 TB of NVME. (Plus 12 TB of spinning disk.)

CPU and cooler upgrades would run me a bit over $500 new, card upgrade might another $500ish. Or I could just buy a new one for under $1500 with those components in place already and move some of my existing RAM over to the new machine (assuming same DDR specs which I'd factor in.)
 
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I wish I could find a chart out there that just lists physical dimensions of cards in a spreadsheetish format so I can compare lots of options easily without having to click and scroll around a bunch of pages.
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pcpartpicker.com gives you length of the card.

For exemple

If you're in Canada,

Zotac GAMING Twin Edge OC GeForce RTX 3060 Ti LHR 8 GB Video Card​


Only 222mm for CAD470$ (or US350$ in US Amazon)

But, better to buy 4000 series, as it can generate a lot of frames with AI, so you will be able to play even if your card is outdated physically in the future.
 
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All has me debating buying a new rig entirely, which I really struggle to justify. I don't need 4K - don't have a 4k screen - but I'd like "good" fps and detail rendering. (Don't care about top of the chart, just moderate.)
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Check out this guy's channel, but also watch this video in particular. He'll keep you up to date on the best GPUs to buy, but he also does videos like these that'll give you an idea of what overall components you should be looking at, whether you build it yourself or want to know which components you want in a pre-built.

@shtorm2005 is also completely right. PCpartspicker is a great site for this, and you'll see that this guy uses it a ton in his PC videos.
 
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Random schmoe said:
I made some upgrades to my home PC (used for gaming and general productivity) for Starfield, but I'm still not sure I'll be happy with the resulting experience I get. My case is fairly small (and the machine is from early 2020) so I'm a bit limited in what more I can upgrade... All has me debating buying a new rig entirely, which I really struggle to justify. I don't need 4K - don't have a 4k screen - but I'd like "good" fps and detail rendering. (Don't care about top of the chart, just moderate.)

I've got:
I7-9700 (non K), 8 cores. Starfields minimum CPU is a 6 core one, but it has HT and mine doesn't, so I don't know for sure if mine will work as Bethesda haven't clarified whether the total corr count matters. The min card also has 3.4 GHZ base speed and mine is only 3. I could go up to an i9-9900k, which should easily meet the requirements, but will need to be careful on CPU cooler size.

I've got a 2060 Super, which is above the minimum but not by a ton. Space in case and cooling will be the biggest considerations for a GPU upgrade. I don't know how much bigger I can go. I'd likely want to add fans too. I think I can safely go up to a 2080, but beyond that I'm not sure. (My PSU is 850W, and I have the necessary cable types to power a 2080.) I've only got PCI 3 x16 on the motherboard, so no need for craziness. I wish I could find a chart out there that just lists physical dimensions of cards in a spreadsheetish format so I can compare lots of options easily without having to click and scroll around a bunch of pages.

I'm good on RAM, have 64GB, and 4 TB of NVME. (Plus 12 TB of spinning disk.)

CPU and cooler upgrades would run me a bit over $500 new, card upgrade might another $500ish. Or I could just buy a new one for under $1500 with those components in place already and move some of my existing RAM over to the new machine (assuming same DDR specs which I'd factor in.)
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Bolded the most important pc upgrade/buy consideration. Next would be gauging the mboard current release versus what is upcoming to see if there is anything really impactfully coming down the road. Also getting in on the Tik versus the Tok can help in overall lifespan before one gets no choice.
 
Man you build a computer and it’s pretty good and then you blink and ten years later it keeps chugging.

Don’t even know where to start
 
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Man you build a computer and it’s pretty good and then you blink and ten years later it keeps chugging.

Don’t even know where to start
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Yeah, old stuff can keep chugging along. The 1060 is still one of the most in-use cards on the planet. It's a decade old, was "mid range" when it was released, but can still play everything acceptably at 1080.

Definitely time to upgrade if you have one, but upgrade advice from PC enthusiasts is typically way too aggressive. Upgrading from a 3080 to a 4080 is great if you have the cash to burn, but that 3080 will still be a solid 4K card for years to come.

That's why I dig what that guy is doing on his channel; showing real-world, side-by-side comparisons of cards in popular games to illustrate how slim the performance margins are sometimes. He's saving lots of people lots of money.

"But I can get 40 more FPS if I spend $$$ more!"

Sure, but the 120 frames you're already getting are plenty. There's always a better thing, and it's almost always unnecessary. Put your wallet down and take a breath. ;)
 
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