@VD15 That's nice. So you are GPU limited?

@matrix Can’t tell. Nvidia’s driver doesn’t like vulkan all that much, so my GPU usage reports at like 3-12% on games that use it even though it’s probably a lot higher. Given how I have a piece o’ shit i5 in this thing, it’s probably that.

@VD15 @matrix u got your steam overlay disabled?

@VD15 @matrix been helpin nerds stuck at 60fps on r/doom and that seems to be the fix (applies to any overlay apparently)

@steakwipe @matrix Yea, holy shit, what the fuck was that thing DOING?

@VD15 @matrix getting in vulkan's way

@steakwipe @matrix I guess. Welp, no more screenshots for me

@VD15 @matrix glad it helped, rip and tear for me

srsly since i cant play yet ive spent my entire day helping others get it going somehow im more helpful than beth support

@steakwipe @matrix Why not? Did you buy physical or are you not at a desktop?

@VD15 @matrix waiting on physical copy, sposta be here by 11pm today lmao. im glad i paid extra for the release day guarantee but thats cuttin it close

@steakwipe @matrix I mean they’re not lying, I guess.

@VD15 @matrix yea im not upset amazon's pretty slammed right now with all this "important" bullshit and thats ok, fair enough

anxious and a little nervous it'll get actually delayed but really it could be here anytime

@VD15 @steakwipe That's quite a boost. I should try it too, might give me a solid 144.

@matrix @VD15 it seems to invariably cause slowdown, i bet it does

@steakwipe @matrix I usually just dismiss people telling me to disable the overlay because it normally only gives me a 1-2fps boost tops. I guess they just really fucked up the implementation on vulkan applications or something.

@VD15 @matrix it could even be fuckery with the new idtech engine cause doom 2016 runs at 200fps cap on my box (max settings, spec well below recommended) with the overlay on

but the steam overlay is fucky anyway

@VD15 @matrix basically vulkan is some kind of magic witchcraft bullshit and its awesome

@VD15 @steakwipe I tried it. Went from avg 130 with drops to 90 during transitions into large areas to solid 144. It feels so good.

@matrix @VD15 @steakwipe Imagine playing at over 12fps.

Well, I certainly have to.

@rasterman @matrix @VD15 insufficient hardware? linux? :(

im on a fx 6300 (OC'ed to 4.3ghz, but ancient nonetheless) and 8gb mismatched ddr3 ram (r9 390x 8gb though) and i cleanly vsync to 60 on high/ultra- uncapped it hovers around 100-120 :/

i want everyone to be able to play doom

@steakwipe @VD15 @matrix Well, alright; but what GPU is there, though?

@rasterman @VD15 @matrix lol an r9 390x, far better than anything else in the machine. but ive seen reports of gtx 950's handling it fine fwiw

@steakwipe @VD15 @matrix Yeah... about that. I have a low end GPU from 2014 and yours seems to be 1300% faster, according to the user benchmark site. I was literally *in the process of acquiring* an NVIDIA from the 2000 series; but the government stopped everything with the quarantine and now it's out of reach until Corona-chan goes away.
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@rasterman @VD15 @matrix ooof well a several gen old geforce could handle it if you could get your hands on one since vulkan is apparently literally magic :( sorry buddy

i wish you could play!

@steakwipe @VD15 @matrix Thanks. Don't worry, when the pandemic is over, I'll get to that new GPU and might even get to know what people mean when they speak of games running at 60fps. Sounds like finding El Dorado; but I don't know; maybe it exists.

@rasterman @VD15 @matrix lol right? the minute i started hitting 60fps folks started talking about 120 and 240 fps and it hurts. im perfectly happy where im at and if doom's any indication, as long as games keep realizing vulkan is where it's at, i won't need to upgrade for at least a little longer :D

@steakwipe @VD15 @matrix I'd need to see 60fps for a long time before I aspire to more. Can the human eye even perceive those refresh rates with any degree of detail as to tell the difference?

And what's that about Vulkan being magic?

@VD15 @matrix vulkan doesnt need no dam cpu