ampersandrewPlayStation Plus prices increasing
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JelloBrainsThat's a big fucking increase, I was only paying 99 for Extra. I won't continue to do so, it's just not worth it anymore. Xbox and PSN increases are pushing me back out of gaming, and no, a PC is not the answer because if I had the 2k for a gaming PC, that would almost last a console generation, I wouldn't be complaining about PSN/XBL increases.
🇰 🌀 🇱 🇦 🇳 🇦 🇰 🇮 🏆if I had the 2k for a gaming PC, that would almost last a console generation
I paid ~$850 total for my rig, in 2018, and it’s still going strong. Might not have RTX, but from what I’ve seen on my PS5, not only do games barely use RTX, very few of those that do use it in a way that makes a visual difference. The dudes constantly talking about being on the bleeding edge and upgrading with every new release post a lot, but it’s like 12 fuckers circle jerking each other. Don’t listen to those fools.
What would you say is the minimum GPU to get if you wanted it to last say 4-5 years, obviously knowing over time you'll need to use a lower setting?
You could get literally any current generation card, or even a previous gen card, and not only will it last 4-5 years, you probably won’t even have to lower settings over time. Big leaps in graphics aren’t happening like they used to. The only new tech that came out between getting my GPU and now is raytracing. Pretty much every brand new game still defaults to Ultra settings, and I get pretty and high fps in everything I can throw at it, save for a few games that perform horribly on everything (like ARMA 3).
BudgieManiaGotta agree at least to a degree, in the current market 4-5 years feels less ambitious than in the past, at least in terms of staying within minimum requirements. Elden Ring released in 2022 with a minimum requirement of an NVidia 1060... That card released around 2016.
GanondorfPC bros jerking off to 120 FPS, etc drive me nuts. If you play games just to compete over frames per second and not enjoy games what are you doing?
discodoubloonI don’t give a care about anything over 60 unless I’m playing competitive shooters and at that point my graphics are at a minimum. A 1070ti was killing it for me at 1440p 144hz in Apex and even Cyberpunk was running pretty clean.
It’s a pure luxury to get anything over 60 in modern single player games. Tears of the Kingdom does have frame drops, but the gameplay is so good I don’t care.
I only don’t care about over 60 because my displays only go up to 60hz and I don’t really feel the need to drop money for a 144+ monitor until one of these things actually breaks. Though it does bum me out that my TV has that “simulated 120fps” shit that looks really good for watching shows, but doesn’t activate in a game. Though I have a feeling even if it did, it would introduce some kind of lag and feel weird.
That said, my rig was specially for VR gaming, but it should be able to handle 1440P @ 144Hz while at ultra in a flat space game just fine.
I built my pc about 3 months ago and paid the same. Amd 6700xt graphics card and ryzen 5 5600 X cpu, so it's not a slouch by any means. Hell I just compiled gentoo and installed baldurs gate 3 in an evening, that's pretty fuckin good. Sure, you pay around 1k for the PC. But you also get a computer that can be used for more than just gaming. I work on my computer and play games, plus the cost for upgrades will be much smaller compared to getting a whole new console. I'd say no matter what it's worth it to get into pc gaming or just using a PC in general.