I get what you’re saying because I’m familiar with building PCs and maintaining them. The other day, I replaced the thermal paste of a laptop CPU, which is often a bit more esoteric in nature than for a desktop, as it is not always standard, many laptops using custom parts made just for them. So disassembly/reassembly…

It’s a series of such wasted potential

I think you didn’t understand what was said. There’s no magical anti-heating technology. It’s just about making a choice in designing your tech. Anyone interested in tech knows that processors are heating up when working hard. And processors are usually designed to NOT overheat, so when they reach a certain degree,…

Stuff like this does matter... to some people. But mostly, it’s just another bullet-point list item fanboys will use to justify their fanboyism.

One thing people seems to forget (or just don’t know about) is that most of these ratings are measured on SEQUENTIAL reads. Like, really huge files with all of their data stored on the drive in the most optimal way possible. Anyone who’s been benchmarking SSDs in the last decade knows that this isn’t an accurate indica…

To be fair, you’d have to consider all of what you mentioned is comparable to a PC that’s bought exclusively, and ONLY for gaming purposes and absolutely nothing else. Which is rarely the case as people do more than just play games on their PCs. It’s like comparing the cost of a scooter with the cost of a car. Yes,…

To be frank, I don’t remember when was the last time I actually played an EA game. And EA always find a way to kill my interest in their upcoming releases in some way. Case in point, when I was finally excited for an EA release (the port of the Burnout Paradise Remaster on the Switch) I found out that EA will be…

I’m aware of Virtual Desktop and its features, but to be able to stream steam games, you need to put the Quest in developer mode, and then get the the alternate version of the app sideloaded with sidequest (I think)... Which, while not too complicated to do, simply make things, again, more complicated than what they…

Well, having an Oculus Quest myself, I found that whenever I can get a version of a game that works on the Quest standalone mode, I prefer that over the version on steam, even if the one on Steam is prettier due to the better PC hardware. Why? No cable, man. I can also play wherever I choose (and not be tied up to the…

It won’t fit in mine. And I’m not about to change my setup because it includes wall-spanning bookshelves made to match, my TV fits on the wall in a specific section (hole) made for it, and the place to put AV gear (consoles, etc...) is made for STANDARD sized equipment. So the only place this can fit is on the floor…

Few people who shop at Gamestop would have a risk of dying from covid. It’s mostly young people who shop there.

Personally, when I’m looking to buy a game, I look at the download size, and if it’s anything like those 80-100gb monsters, I just save myself some cash (and HDD/SSD space) and say “ah, fuck it”.

Sure, games now have all those fancy 4K textures and shit, but I can’t help thinking that games (and most software too)…

I too, did play with VR at low FPS some time ago, mostly with mobile-type stuff. And I agree, there’s a huge difference with bad FPS and bad latency. The former can be tolerated up to a point, the later need to be kept to a minimum, almost to a non-existent level, otherwise it’s welcome to pukeville.

... and they’ll also try to blame piracy for the reason why no one is using them.

Well, there’s no difference in that. In both cases, he’s not paying for a game he already own. In both cases, he’s playing the game on a PC, but in one of those case, he’s renting a networked PC to play it on.

Talking out of my own experience here. We’ve cut cable over a year ago, as the price to get a decent selection of channels where we live started getting insane (once you’re out of the promo period). We now manage with an Internet connection and an Nvidia Shield with Netflix, Disney+, Tubi and some other services (free…

Because every fucking platform publisher needs a streaming service!

Maybe I’m wrong but I think Splatterhouse has been added to the list. Konami confirmed more games (7) last August. And Splatterhouse was one of those.

I too, actually liked Keith Courage so I’m disappointed that it’s not in there (I think it would’ve been nice as it was a pack-in game with the TG16 back then, and I’m…

Just built two systems recently. One for my mother, and one as a family computer for everyone in the house to use. In both cases, I used Ryzen CPUs. It also happened that both of them were better bang-for-the-bucks than any Intel offering in terms of CPU.

I’ve been building systems with Ryzen CPUs in them since the…

Yep. Pretty much. I mean, Right in the opening crawl, the emperor’s being alive is mentioned like a fact everybody seems to know by now... I mean, what? Everyone now knows about this? Did I miss a meeting somewhere?