Remarkableriots Posted July 30, 2023 Share Posted July 30, 2023 It's time to stop trying to play games without an SSD | Digital Trends WWW.DIGITALTRENDS.COM Ratchet and Clank Rift Apart now proves it. Your gaming PC absolutely needs an SSD installed in it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ominous Posted July 30, 2023 Share Posted July 30, 2023 8 minutes ago, Remarkableriots said: It's time to stop trying to play games without an SSD | Digital Trends WWW.DIGITALTRENDS.COM Ratchet and Clank Rift Apart now proves it. Your gaming PC absolutely needs an SSD installed in it. It's needed one for like...10 years. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
best3444 Posted July 30, 2023 Share Posted July 30, 2023 @Remarkableriots why did you laugh at my last post? 1 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Biggie Posted July 30, 2023 Share Posted July 30, 2023 42 minutes ago, best3444 said: I'm playing on the normal difficulty and died maybe 3 times throughout so far. Where are you at? Ya I’m on normal difficulty also. I just reached Rivets hideout. I’m not that far. Going between PGA, Miles Morales, and R & C Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
best3444 Posted July 30, 2023 Share Posted July 30, 2023 28 minutes ago, Biggie said: Ya I’m on normal difficulty also. I just reached Rivets hideout. I’m not that far. Going between PGA, Miles Morales, and R & C Nice. That's quite the list of games. Glad you're enjoying yourself. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Remarkableriots Posted July 30, 2023 Share Posted July 30, 2023 I beat the game on LEGEND! 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Biggie Posted July 31, 2023 Share Posted July 31, 2023 @best3444 Do you ever change up the appearances by using different armor and colors? Really cool feature. I’m having a blast playing this. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Spawn_of_Apathy Posted July 31, 2023 Share Posted July 31, 2023 So I have to use Full screen instead of Exclusive Full Screen. Exclusive would give me a bit more FPS, but the image is grainy for some reason. Also I’m really sad by my graphics card’s performance with RTX reflections. They have this pixelated shimmer on some surfaces. really enjoying the game though. It says I’m 71% complete. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
best3444 Posted July 31, 2023 Share Posted July 31, 2023 3 hours ago, Biggie said: @best3444 Do you ever change up the appearances by using different armor and colors? Really cool feature. I’m having a blast playing this. What!? No...where do I do that? And yes, this game is absolutely phenomenal and so fuckin fun to play. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Biggie Posted July 31, 2023 Share Posted July 31, 2023 4 hours ago, best3444 said: What!? No...where do I do that? And yes, this game is absolutely phenomenal and so fuckin fun to play. I believe it’s under the armor tab. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Spawn_of_Apathy Posted July 31, 2023 Share Posted July 31, 2023 Either late game gets taxing on the SSD or maybe as a result of a multi-hour game session and caches needing to be purged, but I had several moments where long loading was occurring. Particularly when finishing a level with one character, getting a cutscene, and then trying to immediately switch to the other character. I’d get a bit of a whitish transition screen for at least a couple seconds. Dimension hopping by rift or crystal has remained fast and smooth. also I am quite shocked that right now on Steam this game has zero rare achievements. The lowest completion achievement globally is the one for getting all achievements at 14.4%. That makes for a more dedicated group of customers than most games I see. Especially when under 75% have even finished the prologue opening level. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Spork3245 Posted July 31, 2023 Share Posted July 31, 2023 4 minutes ago, Spawn_of_Apathy said: Either late game gets taxing on the SSD or maybe as a result of a multi-hour game session and caches needing to be purged, but I had several moments where long loading was occurring. Particularly when finishing a level with one character, getting a cutscene, and then trying to immediately switch to the other character. I’d get a bit of a whitish transition screen for at least a couple seconds. Dimension hopping by rift or crystal has remained fast and smooth. also I am quite shocked that right now on Steam this game has zero rare achievements. The lowest completion achievement globally is the one for getting all achievements at 14.4%. That makes for a more dedicated group of customers than most games I see. Especially when under 75% have even finished the prologue opening level. Samsung latest 990 Pro SSDs have a health problem - The Verge WWW.THEVERGE.COM Samsung’s Pro 990 SSD might be dying faster than expected. Check your 990 Pro health. They fixed the issue on newer ones and will send you a new one if you have one of the defective models iirc. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Spawn_of_Apathy Posted July 31, 2023 Share Posted July 31, 2023 2 hours ago, Spork3245 said: Samsung latest 990 Pro SSDs have a health problem - The Verge WWW.THEVERGE.COM Samsung’s Pro 990 SSD might be dying faster than expected. Check your 990 Pro health. They fixed the issue on newer ones and will send you a new one if you have one of the defective models iirc. Samsung Magician says the drive health is Good. Had it run a diagnostic scan and the results were good too. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Spork3245 Posted July 31, 2023 Share Posted July 31, 2023 19 minutes ago, Spawn_of_Apathy said: Samsung Magician says the drive health is Good. Had it run a diagnostic scan and the results were good too. Dumb question, but you have a heatsink + thermal pad on it, right? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Spork3245 Posted July 31, 2023 Share Posted July 31, 2023 https://support.insomniac.games/hc/en-us/articles/18081082156813-Version-v1-728-0-0-Release-Notes- New patch Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ominous Posted July 31, 2023 Share Posted July 31, 2023 2 hours ago, Spork3245 said: https://support.insomniac.games/hc/en-us/articles/18081082156813-Version-v1-728-0-0-Release-Notes- New patch Anything left from the DF video as far as graphical oddities, or has everything been patched in under a week? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
best3444 Posted August 1, 2023 Share Posted August 1, 2023 @Biggie I made big progress tonight and might be close to the end. What a ride! 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Spawn_of_Apathy Posted August 1, 2023 Share Posted August 1, 2023 19 hours ago, Spork3245 said: Dumb question, but you have a heatsink + thermal pad on it, right? I got the version that came with a heatsink, so yep. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Spawn_of_Apathy Posted August 1, 2023 Share Posted August 1, 2023 17 hours ago, Spork3245 said: https://support.insomniac.games/hc/en-us/articles/18081082156813-Version-v1-728-0-0-Release-Notes- New patch I wonder how much heavy lifting this part of the patch notes will do for my setup. Various bug fixes, stability improvements and optimizations. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Biggie Posted August 1, 2023 Share Posted August 1, 2023 I really like how the weapons hit in this game. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
best3444 Posted August 1, 2023 Share Posted August 1, 2023 40 minutes ago, Biggie said: I really like how the weapons hit in this game. I beat it just now. Absolutely phenomenal game and I'm thinking I'd give it a 9.5/10. Perfect length where nothing dragged on with excellent pacing. Great characters and story. A complete joy to play and control. I'm so glad I gave this game another shot. I did change up Ratchets outfit and that was cool. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
best3444 Posted August 1, 2023 Share Posted August 1, 2023 I didn't do any side quests in this though so that's why the game was like 10 hours for me to beat. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Biggie Posted August 1, 2023 Share Posted August 1, 2023 6 minutes ago, best3444 said: I didn't do any side quests in this though so that's why the game was like 10 hours for me to beat. I’m doing everything. It’s too good not to soak it all in. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
best3444 Posted August 6, 2023 Share Posted August 6, 2023 On 8/1/2023 at 6:28 PM, Biggie said: I’m doing everything. It’s too good not to soak it all in. I beat all side quests this morning. 9.0 game and I'm happy I finally played through the entire thing. 2 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stepee Posted August 7, 2023 Share Posted August 7, 2023 Finally got to see this fully maxed out dlss performance at my laptops native 1600p resolution at 100-130fps (mostly around 115fps or so) it looks fucking insane - it’s gotta be the second most impressive looking game behind CP with path tracing now @Brian this thing continues to impress 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
best3444 Posted August 7, 2023 Share Posted August 7, 2023 11 hours ago, stepee said: Finally got to see this fully maxed out dlss performance at my laptops native 1600p resolution at 100-130fps (mostly around 115fps or so) it looks fucking insane - it’s gotta be the second most impressive looking game behind CP with path tracing now @Brian this thing continues to impress Must be beautiful. Is your desktop more powerful than your laptop? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stepee Posted August 7, 2023 Share Posted August 7, 2023 37 minutes ago, best3444 said: Must be beautiful. Is your desktop more powerful than your laptop? Not until I get my graphics card replaced But yeah usually it would actually be a lot more powerful. Though, the experience is pretty comparable. Since it’s a 14” screen I find dlss performance at its 1600p resolution looks about as good as 4k dlss quality on my tv and performs about the same on the gpu. So it requires a lot less power (about half), but looks about the same as on my tv. Then the cpu is a bit better on my desktop too so the fps is usually a little higher but when they are both pumping 100+ it’s pretty negligible. The bonus is when a game isn’t as demanding as this, my laptop can do 165fps vs 120fps on my tv. And then the laptop actually looks best. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
best3444 Posted August 7, 2023 Share Posted August 7, 2023 7 minutes ago, stepee said: Not until I get my graphics card replaced But yeah usually it would actually be a lot more powerful. Though, the experience is pretty comparable. Since it’s a 14” screen I find dlss performance at its 1600p resolution looks about as good as 4k dlss quality on my tv and performs about the same on the gpu. So it requires a lot less power (about half), but looks about the same as on my tv. Then the cpu is a bit better on my desktop too so the fps is usually a little higher but when they are both pumping 100+ it’s pretty negligible. The bonus is when a game isn’t as demanding as this, my laptop can do 165fps vs 120fps on my tv. And then the laptop actually looks best. But the size of your tv is much bigger than the laptop. I guess that really isn't a difference maker sitting in close to 14" screen? 165fps 😆 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stepee Posted August 7, 2023 Share Posted August 7, 2023 5 minutes ago, best3444 said: But the size of your tv is much bigger than the laptop. I guess that really isn't a difference maker sitting in close to 14" screen? 165fps 😆 Well yeah the size of the tv is bigger and it’s overall the best way to play games and just nicer on the recliner etc Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
best3444 Posted August 7, 2023 Share Posted August 7, 2023 8 minutes ago, stepee said: Well yeah the size of the tv is bigger and it’s overall the best way to play games and just nicer on the recliner etc You should play through it again maxed out. Perfect length and really fun. As you told me for a long time. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stepee Posted August 7, 2023 Share Posted August 7, 2023 Just now, best3444 said: You should play through it again maxed out. Perfect length and really fun. As you told me for a long time. That’s the plan, I started last night and I’m past the opening when you get control of Rachet again without clank. The opening is such “welcome to next gen” stage that you can tell it was meant to be there for launch before covid delayed it a few months. Too bad, that is really what launch needed, easily equal to Killzone SF on ps4 for tech purposes, but also actually a good game unlike that. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Spork3245 Posted August 7, 2023 Share Posted August 7, 2023 9 minutes ago, stepee said: That’s the plan, I started last night and I’m past the opening when you get control of Rachet again without clank. The opening is such “welcome to next gen” stage that you can tell it was meant to be there for launch before covid delayed it a few months. Too bad, that is really what launch needed, easily equal to Killzone SF on ps4 for tech purposes, but also actually a good game unlike that. Download a cheatengine table for it since it’s your second through. Not having to worry about grinding for bolts or rarium is Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stepee Posted August 7, 2023 Share Posted August 7, 2023 1 minute ago, Spork3245 said: Download a cheatengine table for it since it’s your second through. Not having to worry about grinding for bolts or rarium is Not a bad idea! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AbsolutSurgen Posted August 7, 2023 Share Posted August 7, 2023 Been so busy with work, that I haven't had as much to to game as I would like. I was having crashing to desktop -- someone on the Steam Forums suggested turning off Nvidia Reflex -turned off Reflex/DLSS and it completely fixed it. Really enjoying it -- probably an 8/10? I probably made a mistake playing on the default difficulty, as I'm finding the combat way too easy. But, I'm finding it a fun romp of a pallet cleanser. Graphics are solid, but I am "meh" overall on the super-saturated cartoony graphics. The Lombax fur is super well done though, and the rift mechanics are really impressive. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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