• Akatsuki Levi@lemmy.world
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      12 hours ago

      Even a 6600XT is so overkill I have a RX 580 with a DDR3-era processor, and most games run at over 60 FPS, hell Elite Dangerous run fine at 80-85 FPS

      I really struggle to understand why that much compute is needed for gaming It just comes as wasteful for me

      • JoShmoe@ani.social
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        7 hours ago

        I blame the competitive gamers that barely understand what theyre doing. I seen guys complaining about their frame rates dropping below 120 on a 2k display.

        Maybe, something higher than 120 provides an advantage to players with extreme reactive skills in the most intense close quarter first-person combat, but there otherwise wouldnt be a reason to sustain anything above 120. I dont think there are any monitors that refresh above 120.

        Imagine bottlenecking 200+ frames a second, at 2k resolution, through a 60 hertz monitor. What a waste of gpu.

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          3 hours ago

          I dont think there are any monitors that refresh above 120.

          I’m sorry what are you talking about? I have a 240Hz monitor and you can easily buy one with over 500Hz. And 240 feels so much smoother than 120, even in story heavy games.

          • JoShmoe@ani.social
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            2 hours ago

            I see. I hope you’ve optimized your gpu, otherwise you could be burning out that thing for no good reason. The science behind how much visual information the brain can process is ongoing. I guess the consensus is that humans can process as much as 200 frames a second with some suggesting that a person could reach 1000 frames a second. That last one sounds ridiculous to me.

      • Phantaloons@piefed.zip
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        7 hours ago

        Try something AAA made in this decade, on a monitor made in this decade. Valve also isn’t marketing this as a retro console.

        They said 60fps at 4k.

        They lied.