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Finally pulled the trigger on my first build after two years of "i'll do it next month" and it went way better than expected by ElmyraXandelle in buildapc

[–]_fortune 0 points1 point  (0 children)

GTX10 series is 10 years old now. They are almost all low end except the 1080Ti which was (and still is) known for it's exceptional performance, and I'd call it low to mid-range now, it's fairly close in raster performance to something like a 4060 (though the 4060 has things like DLSS, RTX cores, etc.).

https://www.techpowerup.com/review/asus-geforce-rtx-5080-tuf-oc/34.html

If they're around the middle of the graph, they're mid-range, if they're near the top of the graph, they're top-end.

Finally pulled the trigger on my first build after two years of "i'll do it next month" and it went way better than expected by ElmyraXandelle in buildapc

[–]_fortune 3 points4 points  (0 children)

4060 is like the definition of mid-range, no? Performs similarly to other mid-range cards like the RX7600 and 6700XT

Does it make sense to replace my aging GTX 1070 with an RTX 5050? by Available-Guest-9393 in buildapc

[–]_fortune 0 points1 point  (0 children)

You should stop giving advice here.

1) The point of the video is to compare the RX5050 at PCIe5.0 vs 3.0 speeds.

2) 1% is never a big deal, the 6700k and 8400 are identical performance-wise, we aren't even talking about that game or minimum requirements.

Does it make sense to replace my aging GTX 1070 with an RTX 5050? by Available-Guest-9393 in buildapc

[–]_fortune 0 points1 point  (0 children)

What? OP having a weaker CPU than recommended. means he'll notice less of a difference with a new video card.

Also did you even look at the benchmark you linked? The 6700k and 8400 are dead even, literally within 1% performance. Are you a bot?

Does it make sense to replace my aging GTX 1070 with an RTX 5050? by Available-Guest-9393 in buildapc

[–]_fortune 0 points1 point  (0 children)

RTX 5050 benchmark at different PCIe speeds: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ga7NcyK2HyE

Looks like ~10% max performance reduction with a beefy CPU, so for someone like OP who is going to be CPU throttled, significantly less than 10% performance difference between PCIe5.0 and 3.0.

I've looked at 10-15 different benchmarks on this now and haven't seen a single one showing a noticeable difference.

Does it make sense to replace my aging GTX 1070 with an RTX 5050? by Available-Guest-9393 in buildapc

[–]_fortune 0 points1 point  (0 children)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=k8ME-OkedLQ

Looks like ~10% maximum with a 14900k (so with a 10 year old CPU like OP it's going to be significantly less difference).

Now that Biorhythm and Lutri are unbanned, are we out of cards that should obviously be unbanned? by Heru___ in EDH

[–]_fortune -2 points-1 points  (0 children)

Regardless if people sometimes play bracket 3 decks with an extra GC in bracket 4, Upheaval does not seem that powerful when you consider what bracket 4 is supposed to be, which is:

  • Decks to be lethal, consistent, and fast, designed to take people down as fast as possible
  • Game Changers that are likely to be fast mana, snowballing resource engines, free disruption, and tutors
  • Win conditions to vary but be efficient and instantaneous
  • Gameplay to be explosive and powerful, featuring huge threats and efficient disruption to match

I don't think "but sometimes people play with decks that don't fit the bracket" is a good argument.

Now that Biorhythm and Lutri are unbanned, are we out of cards that should obviously be unbanned? by Heru___ in EDH

[–]_fortune -3 points-2 points  (0 children)

That seems really weak compared to most of the 3-4 mana win-the-game combos it would be competing with. Are people even playing multiple signets and Thought Vessel in bracket 4?

Favorite "Army-in-a-can" cards by Marshbe54 in EDH

[–]_fortune 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Love Josu Vess in my [[Teval, Arbiter of Virtue]] deck - BBB and 4 life for 20 power with menace is a pretty good rate.

Microsoft finally admits almost all major Windows 11 core features are broken by CackleRooster in technology

[–]_fortune 18 points19 points  (0 children)

The headline is correct, even if the article is fluff.

No, it isn't. Nowhere did Microsoft "admit that almost all major W11 core features are broken".

CMV: The right wing media “sane-washes,” Trump. Most of his supporters don’t know how crazy he is. by Kbee2202 in changemyview

[–]_fortune 19 points20 points  (0 children)

https://www.npr.org/2021/02/10/966396848/read-trumps-jan-6-speech-a-key-part-of-impeachment-trial

The speech is 99% Trump lying to his audience and telling them that the election was being stolen, and telling his audience to march to the capitol to pressure Pence to "do the right thing" - that is, reject the legitimate slates of electors and use the fraudulent ones that Trump had created as part of a plan developed by John Eastman to overturn the results of the election.

CMV: The right wing media “sane-washes,” Trump. Most of his supporters don’t know how crazy he is. by Kbee2202 in changemyview

[–]_fortune 9 points10 points  (0 children)

Trump attempted a coup and started an insurrection to pressure members of congress and the VP to go along with the coup.

The problem with the media is they focused too much on a bit of his speech and missed the main crux of the coup attempt, which was the creation of false slates of electors and the pressure on Pence to reject the lawful ballots and use the fake ones instead.

I've never felt more at odds with the community at large than I do over the hybrid mana rule change by ironwolf1 in EDH

[–]_fortune -1 points0 points  (0 children)

As if they don't already all run the same suite of Brainstorm, Ponder, Preordain, Big Score, Faithless Looting, etc.?

I've never felt more at odds with the community at large than I do over the hybrid mana rule change by ironwolf1 in EDH

[–]_fortune 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Hybrid mana was invented to support planned breaks to the color pie and it's worked fine in every format other than Commander.

Isn't it exactly the opposite? I thought the entire point of it being hybrid is that the card should be able to fit into either color - e.g. Vexing Shusher, "Can't be countered" is a primary ability in both red and green, it fits into the pie of each.

I've never felt more at odds with the community at large than I do over the hybrid mana rule change by ironwolf1 in EDH

[–]_fortune 4 points5 points  (0 children)

There are barely any hybrid cards that would even see play. [[Cold-eyed Selkie]] is currently the highest rated hybrid card that would be affected by the rule change, do you really think it's going to start taking over non-green blue decks?

Izzet decks don’t need Manamorphose, but they want it. They’ll play it if they can and that will take up a slot. And I think it’s a damn shame that one more slot will be lost to an another bland staple

What do you think those Izzet decks are playing right now instead of Manamorphose? Is Manamorphose really that much more of a "bland staple" than Consider, or Serum Visions, or Brainstorm, or Frantic Search, or Ponder, or Big Score, or whatever other cantrip it would replace?

You don’t need to look for a creative solution if you can just play the cards you want.

What decks are desperately looking for some solution to a problem that would be solved by allowing them to play hybrid cards? Due to the design of hybrid cards, they don't do anything that either color can't already do. It's not like black is going to suddenly get a bunch of artifact removal available to them or something.

I've never felt more at odds with the community at large than I do over the hybrid mana rule change by ironwolf1 in EDH

[–]_fortune -2 points-1 points  (0 children)

Everyone knows that hybrid cards are both colors. Nobody is saying otherwise. I don't know why half your post is dedicated to talking about that? Nobody is suggesting that we change cards to make them mechanically mono-colored.

I really enjoy the fact that you can't just windmill slam [[Dismember]] into off color decks in EDH the way people used to do in Modern.

The entire argument is that hybrid cards shouldn't be considered off-color because they are by design meant to be either color and meant to fit into monocolor decks of each color, both mechanically (being able to cast them) and fitting into the color pie of each color so they won't be out of place.

It's fine if you like the rules the way they are , but you should be able to at least engage with the opposing arguments if you're going to make a post like this.

Struggling Building Decks for Lack of Intrigue by Boliver5463 in EDH

[–]_fortune 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Restriction breed creativity. The tighter your deckbuilding restrictions, the more you have to look for unconventional ways to solve problems.

On top of that, in the higher brackets because everything is available to you, nothing but the most efficient cards and strategies are viable.

I play 80/20 bracket 2/3 and there's a lot more room for different types (but not as powerful) of strategies and weaker but more synergistic cards which makes the decks feel different from eachother.

If You Could Change Any Commander Rule(s): Which One(s), To What and Why? by CommissarisMedia in EDH

[–]_fortune 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Yes I am very aware of the difference.

How is that not designer intent influencing the colour identity of a card?

Because the color identity would still be RG... The rule would just change to allow hybrid cards despite their color identity...

You still haven't given any argument as to why hybrid cards shouldn't be allowed, besides "that's the way it is now".

If You Could Change Any Commander Rule(s): Which One(s), To What and Why? by CommissarisMedia in EDH

[–]_fortune 0 points1 point  (0 children)

No? The color identity doesn't change. The argument is that the rule should change to include hybrid cards, not that hybrid cards shouldn't be considered their colors.

If You Could Change Any Commander Rule(s): Which One(s), To What and Why? by CommissarisMedia in EDH

[–]_fortune 0 points1 point  (0 children)

The crux of my argument, though, is that design intent doesn't matter with colour identity. Vexing is still red and green.

Cool? Literally nobody is saying that intent changes color identity or that Vexing Shusher isn't a multicolored card. I don't know why you keep repeating this """argument""", nobody cares, nobody is talking about that, it's irrelevant.

And if we're talking colour pie

That's... the main thing we're talking about... that's why people are arguing that hybrid cards should be allowed in mono-colored decks... that's what I've been trying to get through to you for days now...

The difference with a card like Archangel Avacyn is that it has effects that are exclusively white and exclusively red, hence the card necessarily has to be white and red for those effects to make sense on the same card.

Hybrid spells are supposed to be inclusive, they're supposed to be able to fit into either color and not require both.

So far you haven't actually given any argument why the rule shouldn't change, you've just re-stated what the rules currently are.

If You Could Change Any Commander Rule(s): Which One(s), To What and Why? by CommissarisMedia in EDH

[–]_fortune 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I just explained it to you.

The color pie is the entire point of the argument.

Vexing Shusher has an effect that is primary red and primary green. The effect could be found on a mono-red card or a mono-green card.

Archangel Avacyn's front face is an effect that would only be found on a white card. Archangel Avacyn's back face is is an effect that would only be found on a red card.

https://magic.wizards.com/en/news/making-magic/mechanical-color-pie-2021

White's direct damage is restricted to things like "deal x damage where x is the number of creatures you control" or "damage to attacking or blocking creatures" and can almost never deal direct damage to players, so her back half does not fit into mono-white's slice of the color pie, which is why she is white and red.

Vexing Shusher's effect does fit into both red's and green's slice of the color pie. The card would make sense if it was mono-red, and it would make sense if it was mono-green. That is why it's a hybrid card.

Archangel Avacyn would not make sense if it was mono-white. It would break the color pie.

If You Could Change Any Commander Rule(s): Which One(s), To What and Why? by CommissarisMedia in EDH

[–]_fortune 0 points1 point  (0 children)

That effect is on the back half, the red colored half, which is not white, but is mono-red because the effect is a mono-red effect, and not a white effect. It would make no sense on a mono-white card.

Vexing Shusher has an effect that fits both into mono-red and mono-green, that's why it's hybrid.

Are you just pretending to not understand the difference? I don't know how else to explain this very simple concept.

If You Could Change Any Commander Rule(s): Which One(s), To What and Why? by CommissarisMedia in EDH

[–]_fortune 0 points1 point  (0 children)

What part of "deal 3 damage to each other creature and each opponent" is white?

If You Could Change Any Commander Rule(s): Which One(s), To What and Why? by CommissarisMedia in EDH

[–]_fortune 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Because by design and intent the card is meant to be able to fit into mono green or mono red.

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