General Videogame Thread

[aguerrrroooooooooooo]

Yeah that's the main reason I wanted to switch from my r9 280, have AMD gone more power efficient these days or is it much the same?

From what I read they have done mate yeah.
I think Intel and Nvidia are still ahead of them in power efficiency but they've got the budget market locked as far as I see it

 

[Metalartin]

From what I read they have done mate yeah.
I think Intel and Nvidia are still ahead of them in power efficiency but they've got the budget market locked as far as I see it

That's good to hear as it's the only thing that was letting the R9 series down, I've no real preference between Nvidia or AMD personally. I just tend to go for the best price/performance ratio which AMD usually win, at the price points I'm willing to pay. The 1060 probably would have been the exception but then the bitcoin thing happened.

On my current setup I'm getting 60fps on GTA V with most settings on very high, I don't even game enough to spend a lot on a video card these days either. So I can wait a while and hope that the prices come back down to sane levels at some point next year.

 

[aguerrrroooooooooooo]

That's good to hear as it's the only thing that was letting the R9 series down, I've no real preference between Nvidia or AMD personally. I just tend to go for the best price/performance ratio which AMD usually win, at the price points I'm willing to pay. The 1060 probably would have been the exception but then the bitcoin thing happened.

On my current setup I'm getting 60fps on GTA V with most settings on very high, I don't even game enough to spend a lot on a video card these days either. So I can wait a while and hope that the prices come back down to sane levels at some point next year.

Likewise mate, I don't have a big preference although I did go Intel i5 8400 as it's a bit better than the Ryzen at that pricepoint for gaming apparently.
Think I was going to go Nvidia 1060 but I discovered the Rx 570 and with the extra gig of ram and absolutely miles better DX12 support it's won me over

 

[Metalartin]

Likewise mate, I don't have a big preference although I did go Intel i5 8400 as it's a bit better than the Ryzen at that pricepoint for gaming apparently.
Think I was going to go Nvidia 1060 but I discovered the Rx 570 and with the extra gig of ram and absolutely miles better DX12 support it's won me over

Yeah I was talking more about GPUs there. I've always automatically gone with Intel for CPUs to be fair, I'm probably am a bit biased on that but they're normally a safe choice.

 

[BimboBob]

Few more details on Red Dead Redemption 2 have dropped

88gb game size plus 3gb day one patch

60 hour main mission

100% completing the game will take around 100-150 hours

Biggest game map Rockstar have created(almost 3 times bigger than Red Dead Redemption)

192 missions and side missions

500,000 lines of dialogue (Fallout 4 has 110,000)

Online will release 2 weeks after the game

Development started in 2012

300,000 motion capped animations

Rumoured to be the most expensive video game ever made

2 weeks to wait until we can go online? Bunch of arse.

 

[ell]

Not sure if this is possible but im not very techy so thought id ask in here. I've got two PS4s but one PS4 online account that I play off both, I was just wondering if there is a way I can play my saved games on both consoles rather than getting halfway through a game on one but having to start again on the other? Hope that makes sense!

 

[Sir peace frog]

Yeah but the R9 390 is a massive power hog in comparison.
The R9 390 is around 245w TDP
The Rx 570 is around 122w TDP

Both cards perform fairly similarly but the RX 570 is newer and more power efficient

I love a good computer game,but I haven't got a fucking clue what this post is about
:)

 

[aguerrrroooooooooooo]

I love a good computer game,but I haven't got a fucking clue what this post is about
:)

Haha basically TDP is a way of figuring out how much a particular part of a computer uses. The graphics card I referred to (RX570) is much more power efficient than the other one

 

[Sir peace frog]

Haha basically TDP is a way of figuring out how much a particular part of a computer uses. The graphics card I referred to (RX570) is much more power efficient than the other one

thanks hahaha

 

[aguerrrroooooooooooo]

thanks hahaha

No worries, a lot of it goes over my head too and I definitely understand why people who can't be bothered with it play on consoles

 

[hello]

The beauty of me being able to shareplay with my son. Buy on store it installs 3 days before release.

Can you send me details of how this works, never brought online but as I got the lad a ps4 for his birthday, it might be an idea to link them if thats possible.

 

[quiet_riot]

I imagine ISPs all over the world will be ruing the day RDR2 comes out - besides, I prefer physically having the disk.

 

[Irwell]

I imagine ISPs all over the world will be ruing the day RDR2 comes out - besides, I prefer physically having the disk.

I don't think it will be too big an issue. Most people who get it on day one will have pre-ordered anyway, so most people who are digital downloads will have pre-loaded the game in advance. My copy is already downloaded and ready to go. For those who aren't pre-loaded digitals, the day 1 patch is the equivalent of something like 20 minutes of Netflix streaming in UHD.

 

[Two Gun Bob]

besides, I prefer physically having the disk.

I did too until I realized you can create two copies on the x box with the downloaded versions.Also with the pc the downloaded versions are for absolute pennies with cd-keys.

 

[Irwell]

I did too until I realized you can create two copies on the x box with the downloaded versions.Also with the pc the downloaded versions are for absolute pennies with cd-keys.

I like how I can decide to buy a game as an impulse buy and it is ready to play before I could have even left the house to go buy it from a shop. Or how I don't have to swap disks to jump between games. It's just a better user experience all around.

 

[Two Gun Bob]

I like how I can decide to buy a game as an impulse buy and it is ready to play before I could have even left the house to go buy it from a shop. Or how I don't have to swap disks to jump between games. It's just a better user experience all around.

And no scratches.

 

[Crouchinho]

Thinking of buying a Nintendo Switch for the 8 year old boy. Worth it? I never liked the Wii all that much but it isnt for me

 

[Blue Maverick]

Digital copies should be cheaper than physical and yet they are more expensive, I try to buy from USA account as it works out cheaper

 

[inbetween]

Digital copies should be cheaper than physical and yet they are more expensive, I try to buy from USA account as it works out cheaper

I buy keys off certain sites online, often get good deals and never had any problems. Got Fifa 19 the day after release for £35 and you get the key instantly.

 

[hello]

that's a decent price, we've got 18 I tend to only do even years due to cost, is 19 much improved?