Any PC Gamers Around?

[Captain Snooze]

Originally Posted by Dadhawk

It looks incredible, but seems to be one of those games that my never be finished.

Agreed.

I paid Kickstarter, got to play a little demo, thought the artwork was phenomenal and that's where we're at.

[alphasaur]

I almost thought it was something from prometheus

[Captain Snooze]

This is rumour but I am salivating.

[soundman98]

a card that big is going to need it's own case and power supply!

[Captain Snooze]

Originally Posted by soundman98

a card that big

One of the things that wows me is the number of transistors on a gpu chip now days. Nvidia TU104 has something like 13 billion!! I was going to make a copy using relays but decided against it because I couldn't find overclocking software that would be applicable.

[Captain Snooze]

Holy mang!!
There is no mention of ray tracing in this clip. Does that mean ray tracing is superfluous?

[Dadhawk]

Originally Posted by Captain Snooze

Holy mang!!
There is no mention of ray tracing in this clip. Does that mean ray tracing is superfluous?

I literally just finished watching this before I saw you post.

The landscape and hard object in this are amazing. Yet with all that, people still don't look right. I guess that's the holy grail of runtime production.

[Dadhawk]

Originally Posted by soundman98

a card that big is going to need it's own case and power supply!

Originally Posted by Captain Snooze

One of the things that wows me is the number of transistors on a gpu chip now days. Nvidia TU104 has something like 13 billion!!

The CPU is pretty much become secondary to the GPU now, since most of the processing goes into the GPU. I could see that at some point the CPU becomes an adapter card plugged into the GPU motherboard of a gaming computer.

[Captain Snooze]

Originally Posted by Dadhawk

I guess that's the holy grail of runtime production.

Yeah, but, how about the uncanny valley.
The amazing visuals in the Unreal5 clip are....mmmm... amazing and I guess that's what some segments of the gaming world want (myself included) but I remember playing low polygon games and enjoying them as a game, not a visual simulation of some sort.

[Dadhawk]

Originally Posted by Captain Snooze

Yeah, but, how about the uncanny valley.

That's the part that will need another leap forward in tech I think, so you can't tell the difference. Until then, it will always look cartoonish. Even the best effects on movies are detectible if more than a second or so long.

Originally Posted by Captain Snooze

The amazing visuals in the Unreal5 clip are....mmmm... amazing and I guess that's what some segments of the gaming world want (myself included) but I remember playing low polygon games and enjoying them as a game, not a visual simulation of some sort.

Yea, I'm more about the story than the visuals. I still play 1920x1080 (and sometimes 1920x1080x3) because I don't really see any advantage to forcing the game higher than that. I think it does matter in VR, but not on traditional gaming.

Other than VR, the other exception may be flight sim, where the additional detail adds value.

[mrg666]

Originally Posted by Dadhawk

That's the part that will need another leap forward in tech I think, so you can't tell the difference. Until then, it will always look cartoonish. Even the best effects on movies are detectible if more than a second or so long.



Yea, I'm more about the story than the visuals. I still play 1920x1080 (and sometimes 1920x1080x3) because I don't really see any advantage to forcing the game higher than that. I think it does matter in VR, but not on traditional gaming.

Other than VR, the other exception may be flight sim, where the additional detail adds value.

The only game I play is Witcher 3. Recently, I bought a 43 inch 4K monitor and installed the HD Reworked texture pack. Game looks significantly better. I guess it depend on the game, not every game can look better with better than 1080P resolution. And I think a large monitor is necessary to see benefits of higher resolution than 1080P.

[alphasaur]

If anyone is interested into more of a deep dive of UE5

[Cole]

Originally Posted by mrg666

The only game I play is Witcher 3. Recently, I bought a 43 inch 4K monitor and installed the HD Reworked texture pack. Game looks significantly better. I guess it depend on the game, not every game can look better with better than 1080P resolution. And I think a large monitor is necessary to see benefits of higher resolution than 1080P.

Yeah, its great playing everything (except competitive titles) on my 34" 3440x1440 monitor.

[mrg666]

Originally Posted by Cole

Yeah, its great playing everything (except competitive titles) on my 34" 3440x1440 monitor.

That is ultra wide! Should be fun!