General Videogame Thread

mexico1970 said:
Which GPU and CPU are you using now bud?
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R9 280.

It can run Witcher 3 better than PS4 and Xbox One but it sounds like it wants to take off. Any upgrade now, would be made with the next gen console performance in mind. I think I'll just have to wait a while.
 
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MeatnSpudsMCFC said:
Decided to get AC Valhalla in the end along with Horizon Zero Dawn, both on PC.


Enjoying AC Valhalla so far but good grief, its taxing on my GPU. With an RTX 2070 super At 1440p, I’m around medium settings if I want a stable 60fps. Think people might be better with it on console if they have the option, or a beefier gpu.
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I have the 2070 super. Assassins Creed games are badly optimised. I've just bought Odyssey and I've read up on how that runs, Far Cry 5 is from the same studio and that runs fine on 1440p so I'm not sure why this is the case
 
Metalartin said:
R9 280.

It can run Witcher 3 but it sounds like it wants to take off. Any upgrade now would be made with the next gen console performance in mind. I think I'll just have to wait a while.
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Have you tried reapplying the thermal paste and giving it a going over with IPA? Your GPU is still quite able depending on your settings.

PC gamers need to look for the sweet spot, the right CPU matched to the right GPU, if you buy a 9th gen intel or say a Ryzen 3600 then buying one of the new gen of GPU's will work, however something like an RX 580 will give great performance with an intel 4th gen upwards if you aren't bothered about 4K gaming.

Tell me to STFU I am going on a bit ;)

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Aphex said:
I have the 2070 super. Assassins Creed games are badly optimised. I've just bought Odyssey and I've read up on how that runs, Far Cry 5 is from the same studio and that runs fine on 1440p so I'm not sure why this is the case
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Are you going to buy one of the new gen GPU's? You make a great point about poorly optimised games, is Assassins creed one of the games that rely on cores and threads more than raw GPU power?
 
mexico1970 said:
Have you tried reapplying the thermal paste and giving it a going over with IPA? Your GPU is still quite able depending on your settings.

PC gamers need to look for the sweet spot, the right CPU matched to the right GPU, if you buy a 9th gen intel or say a Ryzen 3600 then buying one of the new gen of GPU's will work, however something like an RX 580 will give great performance with an intel 4th gen upwards if you aren't bothered about 4K gaming.

Tell me to STFU I am going on a bit ;)

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Nah it's fine mate, I have looked into everything, I don't know what reply I was hoping for. Maybe some good news on the prices going back to the levels they were, on the horizon.

As for the card, it's just a noisy MSI one, not much you can do about that with a taxing game like Witcher 3, with the best settings it can handle.

I don't play games half as much as I used to anymore, so I'm finding it harder to justify the costs it's risen to. Probably makes me sound like an old fart that. :)
 
mexico1970 said:
Are you going to buy one of the new gen GPU's? You make a great point about poorly optimised games, is Assassins creed one of the games that rely on cores and threads more than raw GPU power?
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I've only just got my PC so not for a while yet. I only play story based games at 60fps so it will do me for a few years. Yeah it's a CPU heavy game, I haven't actually started it yet as I'm at he end of Doom Eternal (which is hard!) I have the R5 3600 processer so I'm not sure how a 6 core 12 thread CPU deals with it. I hear it's quite decent in that respect tho.
 
City_Sean said:
I've finally packed it in today. I've tried and have sunk 20 hours in. The game has fantastic graphics and looks beautiful, but its bloated as fuck. You can't progress in the story until you do the side quests/find loot, and they've made it such a chore that it genuinely takes hours to do.

I can sell it for £37 at CEX so I think I'll take them up on that offer. Worst AC since Unity IMO.
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I'm only an hour in so can't really draw my own conclusions yet.
 
Anyone else gotten obsessed with photo mode on games? They look amazing now and it's genuinely so much fun capturing shots like these mid game.

 
Latest EDGE reviews;

Assassin's Creed Valhalla - 8
Yakuza: Like a Dragon - 8
Spider-Man: Miles Morales - 7
Demon's Souls - 9
Astro's Playroom - 7
Call of Duty: Black Ops Cold War - 6
The Pathless - 5
Bugsnax - 8
Watch Dogs: Legion - 5
Fuser - 6
The Falconeer - 5
Sackboy: A Big Adventure - 6

Can’t wait for Valhalla to drop in price.

Demon’s Souls is pure fire, but I’ll give it a miss when I get a PS5. Platinumed it on PS3 and haven’t played Sekiro yet, and with Elden Ring on the horizon I’ve not got time to replay it.
 
Completed Dying Light and decides to give Dying Light The Following a go last night. Ends up deleting the full game in the save slot thinking i had two games saved.
Everything back to 0% 159 hours wiped clean :)
 
I've got all the Assassin's Creed games and so far I played 10 minutes of Odyssey and 30 mins of Syndicate. I didn't quite understand what was going on in Syndicate, Templers, Piece of Eden etc . Do you have to play the games in order to better understand the story? I played through Witcher 3 and it was great, but the second time made more sense because by then I'd played 1 and 2.
 
LWashington said:
I've got all the Assassin's Creed games and so far I played 10 minutes of Odyssey and 30 mins of Syndicate. I didn't quite understand what was going on in Syndicate, Templers, Piece of Eden etc . Do you have to play the games in order to better understand the story? I played through Witcher 3 and it was great, but the second time made more sense because by then I'd played 1 and 2.
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I‘d personally start from the beginning. Or better yet, start with ACII as it’s the best one and it outlines what’s going on. Odyssey is effectively a precursor to the assassins and Syndicate is arguably the weakest of all the AC games.
 
MeatnSpudsMCFC said:
I‘d personally start from the beginning. Or better yet, start with ACII as it’s the best one and it outlines what’s going on. Odyssey is effectively a precursor to the assassins and Syndicate is arguably the weakest of all the AC games.
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Have you played Assassin's Creed Liberation ? I didn't buy that one as it was part of the sale. I guessed it might be something different to the others.
 
Wife is a PS4 lover and COD nut so when i got the new 4k tv last week i thought i would treat her to a PS$ Pro. Couldnt buy a new one so went for a 2nd hand one and it works great but.................................................................. How fucking noisy is this fucking thing? Its like a room full of dyson hoovers going off!
 
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