Other What currently makes your life awesome?

My 4090 will serve me well for at least one more year.

 

Got my eye on a 9070 (xt) later this year, the old GTX 1070 ti will be needing a bus pass soon.

I think my last ati/AMD card was a Radeon HD3870. I did buy another one after that but, it expired within 2 weeks and, I cant remember what it was.

 

Same here. I said this in the “current generation GPU discussion” thread, but the last brand new AMD GPU I bought wasn’t even for me, it was a build for my brother. I’ve picked up the odd one or two second-hand for specific purposes (like modded drivers for 15kHz RGB CRT output), but I can’t remember ever buying a Team Red card for my own day-to-day use.

I’ve been an Nvidia shill since the days when they swallowed what was left of 3Dfx. But if I was in the market now, I definitely wouldn’t be buying Nvidia.

 

My last AMD card was an ASUS 7970 3GB, the triple slot one, which seemed comically huge at the time...

 

I haven't bought a new GPU since 2019 I think - a 2070 non-Super, from back when EVGA were still in the consumer GPU business. If that dies, to be honest I don't think I'd even bother replacing it, I'd just buy an Xbox or PlayStation instead.

 

Since Nov 23 a PS5 Slim and now a 9070, in total, cost me £1k.

Feel very happy with that setup now than blowing an entire grand or more just on a GPU.

If I'd had a more recent generation GPU but no PS5 I think I'd most likely be getting a console for the money at the moment.

 

I've owned more 3dfx cards than AMD ones. (2)

I've owned the same number of S3 cards as AMD ones. (1)

I wouldn't want to be in a situation where I need a new GPU right now. But, looking at the gaming market and the time I have for gaming, I'll probably be fine for a while. I have an Xbox Series X, but I've never been a big console gamer.

I just wish prices were normal in the PC space, so more people could enjoy gaming on the best medium there is for it.

 

True enough, the prices at the moment are just a push towards consoles.

If I didn't manage to snag one at 'MSRP' I'm not sure what I'd be doing tbh, probably just solely on the PS5.

 

Heh. And some more years after that!

 

See, that’s the thing. If someone just wants to play games, I’ll always push them towards a console. The value for money compared to a gaming PC makes it a no-brainer.

But I’m not going back to consoles for my own use. FFVII Remake Intergrade killed console gaming for me. Not long bought a PS4 Pro, starting to really make use of it, played the **** out of FFVII Remake… Then I learn there’s a big DLC coming for it… but it’ll be PS5 only.

If my PC is too shitty to run a game at the top or even default settings then I can just turn the settings down. Or turn on upscaling. Or even upgrade the hardware. You aren’t putting a new CPU, GPU, or even RAM in a console. But good god you pay through the nose for it…

 

No competition with consoles they just work and tend to be a better experience overall, IMO of course, no matter what power PC I was running often the experience was better on console, smoother even if lower framerate often looked better as things like HDR and image scaling techniques worked better than the shambolic PC experience, if it wasn't for the RTS and SIM stuff Ilike I'd probably blow off PC gaming for a PS5 Pro.

 

TLDR: I'm just waffling, grumbling and not making a real point as I'm not sure I had one to make

I think I meant more that I hate to see it as an either/or and would like to see it as more attainable for many. There's alot of price pressures on everything at the moment, people are being priced out of fun and stress relief.

Personally, I've had a console and an at least 'ok' for me gaming pc since the PS1 days.

I've never taken it to be one is better than the other, partly because of what @sandys said:

And for me there are just games I like play on the pc, be it VR, Elite, big moddable games like Skyrim.

I just wouldn't play them in the living room, I'd want to be in my own cocoon.

Others I want to play kicking back in the living room on the PlayStation, games that need less attention and can be booted up for a quick hour blast or so.

But yeah, if you just want to generically 'game', get a console, plug it in your TV and away you go.

Anyway, I think I've waffled and deailed enough here, I forget which thread I'm in sometimes

 

In related, but on topic, the glorious thing about my 9070 Pulse is that it has absolutely no RGB. None.

This makes me extremely happy.

 

I'm confused. I thought more RGB meant more FPS?

 

If you guys wanted to have a read, it went live on Amazon as a kindle this morning. Paperback and hardback to follow once the artwork is approved.

https://amzn.eu/d/gfdl430

 

I'm not sure I can have this on my Kindle. MrsYuu would be awfully suspicious.

 

Say it's your mates book and you needed to support him !

 

How can I say no to that!

 

Also.. every single sale goes towards me being able to help more people. I'd like to be able to start something properly

 

Annual pay rise time!!

Not quite as high as anyone here would like (is it ever like that?) at 2%, but better than we have had in some past years and not as good as others. Given that our UK side of things has done very well over the past year, a little more would be expected, but that is what you get with a global company, it needs to be fair across the board. I know that my manager will be pushing for a mid-year review as well, so we shall see what happens.

(just a little miffed that the new amount is juuuuuust under a nice round number, just a fraction of a percent would get it there, meh )