I really like videos like these. They remind me of when I used to have an Intel i3- 2120, a GT 630 and just 10 gigs of DDR3 RAM. I had that kind of system 6 years ago and it's kinda nostalgic looking back.
AMD FSR would've made everything bearable but FSR was like released back in 2021. Before then, I ran games like Fallout 4 on 800x600 and only getting 20 - 30 FPS. 40 - 50 if I'm in a place without much stuff
When RTX 3000 series was announced, I was so desperate to get something. Even just a 3050 is okay. I know *50 is entry level but I was stuck with NVIDIA driver version 395.something cos NVIDIA cut support for Fermi and also I think Kepler back in 2018 and it was making even some Windows 10 apps have graphical glitches.
I'm so glad I upgraded everything back in 2024. My RAM's up 40 gigs, got an RTX 3060, a Ryzen 5 5600 and some SSD's. Not the fastest but it'll do today.
It's funny too cos prior to all of that, I had a laptop that had an AMD Athlon X2 QL-64, an NVIDIA 8200M G, and 4 gigs of DDR2-667 RAM. Yes. 4 gigs of DDR2 RAM.
It was my first ever PC. It was running Windows 7 when I got it. It prolly ran Windows Vista originally but I got Windows 10 to run on it even though the components are from 2008. It's also the device where I first dipped into Linux, starting with Ubuntu 18.04.
#amd #nvidia #windows7 #ubuntu #linux #windowsvista #windows10 #windows
I was just a curious 15 year old bear back then and I don't remember how I ended up discovering Linux in the first place. Probably from a random research I was doing related about computers or operating systems cos nobody told me about it. I guess I stumbled upon it one day and then I installed Ubuntu 18.04. I think I installed it the same day it was available.
For a few days I got ahold of it. It wasn't really that complicated. Sure the terminal looked and worked different but prior to all that, I was already modding some Android phones and my tablet as a 12 - 13 year old so I'm no stranger to commandline.
Hell, I even managed to fix a seriously fucked up downgrade of my tablet from Android 5.0.2 to 4.4.4 because I liked the look of 4.4.4 better than 5.0.2.
I did upgrade back to 5.0.2 cos apps were misbehaving and shit...
Idk I guess I was just a "sponge of computer knowledge" as a kid. Nobody really taught me anything. I was pretty much self taught. No videos, just reading. Tons and tons of reading.
I think I'm still a sponge with computer stuff but I'm not as much enthusiastic as I was before. Partly because I have more responsibilities and idk. Probably loneliness and not finding purpose with stuff I do. Like I know I have the capability. I'm just being a really lazy bear.
Really Lazy Bear 