AbsolutSurgen

Once you go Black, you can’t go back. 

2 hours ago, Spork3245 said:

 

Clearly he was hacked by a Korean company that rhymes with zvidia

ahem.  They are an American company...

1 hour ago, Mithan said:

The change is a needed change, but I think that most people should wait for the .7nm reworks to come in 2019, which will probably also half the price and increase general game performance more than this one will do (obviously, we don't have benchmarks yet).

 

I know in my case, as I own a 1080Ti, I do not need this card in any way shape or form, yet and the hit from RayTracing being bolted on is too much (today). 

 

On the flip side, we are looking at a few years before RayTracing really matters and we need console adoption first, something I do not think we are going to see with PS5 and Xbox Next.  

 

 

Do we have any evidence that NVidia will use 7nm for gaming GPUs in 2019?

I thought this came out last year?

58 minutes ago, Spork3245 said:

 

Then they wouldn’t have refurbished it if it had less than 5 is my point  

Yes.  If someone had returned it within 30 days, they could have.

5 minutes ago, Spork3245 said:

 

If they didn’t fix what it was returned for, it would be open box and not refurbished.  

Sometimes places like BB do that, but it’s not “manufacturer refurbished”.

According to Asus, a panel is not defective until it has 5 dead pixels.

I had heard that Onrush completely failed to sell at all (heard something in the order of 1,000 UK physical sales in the first week).  Putting it in GamePass was clearly an attempt to recoup some revenue.

19 minutes ago, The def star said:

This is great for Onrush. It's a fun car combat game with objectives. Definitely recommend giving it a go and because of game pass there's no reason not to.

It does require that you purchase Game Pass.

12 minutes ago, skillzdadirecta said:

How are you guys liking game pass? Think I may finally have to bite the bullet and subscribe to it. How much is it a month?

 

$10/month

1 minute ago, Nokt said:

MCC was left out because of the steaming pile of garbage it ran like. It was actually a good move by MS to leave it out.

Now that it has a patch it runs a little less like garbage, but supposedly more patches coming soon.

So it was OK to sell for $60 a couple of years ago, but not good enough to give a way for free in their subscription service?

Halo: MCC and Quantum Break weren't already in it?  

21 minutes ago, Spork3245 said:

 

It’s refurbished by ASUS, so it’s probably more reliable than a new unit.  

And yes, there’s a 30-day return policy and full manufacturer warranty.

I buy tons of refurbished stuff -- but haven't been willing to touch anything with a screen on it (as I have had friends burned by it) -- I suspect many are returned because of dead/stuck pixels.  Asus refurbishing them, will not fix those dead pixels -- most monitor manufacturers see a couple of  dead pixels as "normal".

1 hour ago, Spork3245 said:

UUUUUUUGH

I found that Rog Swift PG27UQ for $1600 shipped, refurbished by ASUS... should I pull the trigger? Am I crazy to spend that god damn much on a monitor?

No.  But, you may be crazy to buy a refurbished monitor if it doesn't have a return policy that lets you return it if it has dead pixels.

19 minutes ago, Bjomesphat said:

Still rocking my 970.

 

These next few years are going to be brutal for me. I'm going to be in the market for a new cpu, mobo, and gpu. And probably a new TV and receiver. Not sure which order I should go in though.

PC first.

TV and receiver together (with HDMI 2.1 support).

Inside Battlefield 5: GeForce RTX's most impressive ray tracing showcase

"It's also important to remember that this is just the beginning and given tools as powerful as Turing's ray tracing technology, DICE is looking towards a future of rich possibilities. For example, the team mentioned experimenting with ray traced ambient occlusion and even the very novel idea of using the BVH structure for GPU particles - meaning that those particles would have perfect placement in the world regardless of the camera location, which could allow for the acceleration of unique effects never seen before in games. But the big deal here overall is that instead of approximating or faking very important real-time effects in their titles, DICE now has access to realistic reflections along with associated behaviours that are a natural fallout from the ray tracing itself. But equally, RTX on Battlefield 5 right now is still very much first generation work - in effect, the ray tracing toolbox has only just been opened. However, with results as impressive as this appearing out of the gate, I'm really enthusiastic about the technology, even though this is just the beginning. The future's looking bright - and exceptionally shiny."

Don't you need the DLC to really play Destiny 2?

4 hours ago, Spork3245 said:

 

I shall keep you in mind if I do indeed upgrade!

The one thing that’s holding me back is that I’ll also need a new monitor, and the only HDR GSync monitors currently available are $2k  

(I have two 980 Ti)

$1,800 at Microcenter!  (Go for it, that's 10% off!)

7 minutes ago, atom631 said:

 

and they will continue to sell the software, just not a disc version. As I mentioned, this is actually better for them. Takes us a lot less space and leaves them more room for other shit to tell. 

Why would you buy a card from Amazon, enter a 12 digit code on your console, when you can just click buy on your console?

4 hours ago, atom631 said:

 

They will continue to sell the hardware. As I mentioned, you will be buy one of those credit cards with a code on the back. Takes up way less space. 

Retailers don't make any margin on the hardware.  They only agree to sell it, so that they can sell accessories and software.

Sony/MS/Nintendo still need the stores to sell there hardware -- and stores still sell the majority of games.  It's hard to gift a digital game (which believe it or not still represents a huge amount of games sales).

Resting starters just makes sense.  The games don't mean anything, so there is no reason to try and win.

This is why I don't watch pre-season football.

Ummmm...

I haven't had a chance to watch this yet!

Not wowed by that trailer.  Who is making this?

10 hours ago, Keyser_Soze said:

 

It's pretty cool. A lot different from Hotline Miami though. It's more of like an overhead max payne with warping.

I agree that it has some different gameplay mechanics -- the teleporting, and having primarily melee combat.  But, to me, it still feels like Hotline Miami was their primary inspiration.

That said, I am enjoying it quite a bit, probably about 80% of the way through.  However, I just wish the hired a better writer (the dialog is cringe worthy), hired some voice actors, and spent more time polishing it (difficulty spikes, crashes to desktop, etc.)