Do you remember when it used to be cool to have 4 slim GPUs in one PC?
Now, you have 4 GPUs packed into one fat box instead.
Remember, when this video was a joke?
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0frNP0qzxQc
@TornadoOfTerror
@Zerglingman
@alyx
@Kagekokoro
@Cleanears
@TornadoOfTerror @Kagekokoro @Zerglingman @alyx @Cleanears
We're gonna need a bigger case... RTX 4090 size comparison
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9IOBFl5SQVM
This is worse then I thought...
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@LukeAlmighty @TornadoOfTerror @Kagekokoro @Zerglingman @Cleanears
I've been starting to thing about the whole external GPU thing. Maybe instead of a fad for laptops, maybe more work should be done on the interface and make it a legitimate standard. I think we've reached the point where it would save us space for desktops.
@TornadoOfTerror @Kagekokoro @Zerglingman @alyx @Cleanears
It's funny, that we live in the same age, whre modern graphics cards eat 450 W, while a 45W deck can play all the games anyway.
Yes, I know, that these cards are not for gaming, but it seems, that separation of gaming and industrial graphics cards is inevitable at this point.
@raptor @Kagekokoro @Zerglingman @alyx @Cleanears @TornadoOfTerror
Even for semi-modern games like GTA-V it can manage 60 FPS at high setting.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UlDX2fWQ-OU
I do tend to set low details and 30 FPS for sake of battery, but the power is there.
@raptor @Kagekokoro @Zerglingman @alyx @Cleanears @TornadoOfTerror
Ok, you can hate all you can, but:
1) any games that came after 360 are shit anyway.
2) I am seriously happy I bought it. That point cannot be argued.
Im Happy to own a switch, it is, however, inferior in computing capabilities than my pc...
@LukeAlmighty @raptor @Zerglingman @alyx @Cleanears @TornadoOfTerror
@Kagekokoro @Zerglingman @alyx @Cleanears @TornadoOfTerror @raptor
Objective analysis is, that it handeled every game I tried.
@Kagekokoro @Zerglingman @alyx @Cleanears @TornadoOfTerror @raptor
Do you really expect me to argue levels of details?
Ok, Steam deck is not powerful enough to do full ray-tracing to get that one pixel from FFAC05 to more correct FFAC06.
I don't care about details, when I can play GTA V in bed.
I also like playing from bed and am very glad I got the OLED version instead of the regular one
@LukeAlmighty @Zerglingman @alyx @Cleanears @TornadoOfTerror @raptor
@Kagekokoro @Zerglingman @alyx @Cleanears @TornadoOfTerror @raptor
The point is invalid, because it does not apply.
I am saying, that most of the power GPUs eat are wasted on modern gaming.
And I think, that this exact thesis is proven by experience on the Deck.
@Kagekokoro @Zerglingman @alyx @Cleanears @TornadoOfTerror @raptor
So, by question is this:
What game can you think of, that SERIOUSLY NEEDS that additional power, and reduced details would ruin the experience?
@Kagekokoro @Zerglingman @alyx @Cleanears @TornadoOfTerror @raptor
Nah, I play rise, and it's a better game in every way.
@Kagekokoro @Zerglingman @alyx @Cleanears @TornadoOfTerror @raptor
Yes... And on full details too. -_-
@Kagekokoro @Zerglingman @alyx @Cleanears @TornadoOfTerror @raptor
The probem in world was not details, but the obvious power draw. Most likely because of some programming in the shitty port.
World looks way better than Rise though, which makes sense taking into account the base HW it was programmed for
@Kagekokoro @Zerglingman @alyx @Cleanears @TornadoOfTerror @raptor
Has more details? Yes.
Looks better? No.
Something about that game makes my eyes hurt. (even on PC, with full details and maxed out settings.)
then at least it has that edge over the switch
@LukeAlmighty @Kagekokoro @Zerglingman @Cleanears @TornadoOfTerror @raptor
Considering in the old times I've managed to play Crysis, mostly low, at 20-30 fps and still have fun, I do admit that it's hard to completely ruin the experience with low settings. But I've also seen cases, like turning shaders down in StarCraft II, where the difference is much too big to want to do it for the extra framerate.
I also managed to play games on GameBoy and enjoy it (Wario Land and Super Wario Land 3 are in my favorite games ever list)
what is the point?
@LukeAlmighty @Kagekokoro @Zerglingman @Cleanears @TornadoOfTerror @raptor
>that most of the power GPUs eat are wasted
There is some truth to that. A lot of the "ultra" settings on modern games are placebo crap, that use a lot more power for no noticeable difference. With textures, for example, the highest tier settings is usually an uncompressed/unoptimized version of the same textures of the immediate lower tier setting. Same resolution, no visible difference in game, but one gives you that sweet placebo.
@Kagekokoro @Zerglingman @alyx @Cleanears @TornadoOfTerror @raptor
Although, yes....
There are some games, that are not optimalized for portable gaming.
For instance, MonsterHunter world was obviously trying to squeeze in all the power it got, so that is a first game, that I marked for myself as "nah, I'm good"