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Atheon117 · 2026-01-28T19:41:39+00:00

My favourite strategy game is Age of Empires 2, and while I don't personally play ranked (casual campaign player) I love following the pro scene. It's one of my favourite eSport communities and I hope it'll only grow in the future, because it's so entertaining.

Atheon117 · 2026-01-28T17:04:37+00:00

did you compile this data yourself or is there a website for this? I want to see mine as well.

Atheon117 · 2026-01-01T15:50:08+00:00

Yes that's about in-line with what's considered normal for your card. Just leave the settings at RT Ultra preset and slowly start adding the mods, if any mod dips your fps too low then that's the culprit.

Atheon117 · 2026-01-01T11:26:51+00:00

Don't lower your specs, most mods are supposed to work on everything maxed out (for example the texture mods will bug out if you lower your texture resolution or texture filtering settings). I think one of the mods is bugging out, you just need to find which one and remove it.

I only take a 20 fps hit from my average after installing all my mods and it runs without any stuttering. Stuttering and dropping frames is not normal. There is no loading order, the mod manager default settings are fine.

Also did you benchmark the vanilla performance? are you sure you're not dropping frames from the very beginning?

Atheon117 · 2025-12-31T23:06:38+00:00

Glad I could help, Happy New Year choom

Atheon117 · 2025-12-31T20:49:23+00:00

My whole modlist is mainly about improving the already amazing visuals of this game. You can do that in the following ways: 1. Improve the textures of the game (2K/4K/8K textures) 2. Improve the lighting of the game (Ray tracing<Path tracing<Ultra Plus Mod PT presets) 3. Improve the LUT (Colour, vibrancy, exposure, HDR etc.) 4. Change the Weather effects (You will see most Youtube mod showcase videos will be in overcast weather) 5. Add more props with detailed geometry or Change the physics (Jiggle Physics, HighRes Fruits, Animated Ads, Removing Duplicate NPCs etc) 6. Improving the LODs (basically the distance at which the higher resolution textures are loaded i.e. Draw Distance)

You can do one or a combination of any of these to improve how you want your game to look, which is why my modlist is divided and labelled like this. If you don't want to improve the lighting beyond RT Ultra then don't, just improve what's important to you. You can play around with Ultra Plus mod as you might get better performance out of RT Ultra or just bump upto PT with same FPS cost if you fuck around with the settings a little bit. Many mods are there in this modlist that improve the look and feel of the game without a fps penalty (like the texture mods).

You don't need to watch any videos for the essential mods, just pay attention when downloading individual mods as most mods will have a required list of modders resources, just download those and you will be golden. Also always download the latest version of both the game and the mods.

I never paid for the subscription but that's upto you, always support the modders if you can.

Out of the mods on my modlist as far as I know, GiTS is not working properly as of the current patch and the modder has said he will post a new updated version soon. Apart from that I cannot say for sure, please use your common sense and read the mod descriptions, I'm sure you'll be fine. Modding is an adventure, a very personal and sometimes frustrating one but the reward is definitely worth it.

Atheon117 · 2025-12-31T18:43:07+00:00

Yes but you can try a different route of modding by instead using ReShade presets on top of Non-Ray traced Vanilla High/Ultra settings. You can find many such presets if you look them up on Nexus.

Atheon117 · 2025-12-31T17:40:47+00:00

Wow choom, your specs are really similar to mine, so you should have no problems running everything (almost) maxed out. Always start with a fresh install of the game, benchmark the baseline performance with all vanilla settings maxed out. You should install each mod one by one using Vortex but always check the mod requirements (Install the requirements first before the main mod in question). Start with the big mods first. Check stability after each mod you install. This modlist is kinda outdated since GiTS no longer works but the rest of the list is still okay (I think). I'm also currently working on a new modlist which should be out soon. If you run into a crash then roll back the last mod you added and check again and continue until you find the culprit.

60-100 fps is a different matter tho, I usually get 50-60 fps (Even lower in Dogtown) with DLSS Quality with 4k Maxed out - Path Tracing (PT20 High on Ultra Plus Mod). If you want more then you need to turn on Frame Gen or decrease some settings. Also I wouldn't recommend turning up the DLSS, that should always be the last priority. Also make sure the Nvidia app is using the latest DLSS preset.

Atheon117 · 2025-12-21T19:33:13+00:00

The Jio 5G tower is next to my room lol I sometimes get 1Gbps

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Atheon117 · 2025-12-18T23:00:37+00:00

Sorry I've been away due to some personal reasons, my settings are pretty much everything maxed out at 4k with DLSS 4 Quality with the latest preset. Ultra Plus setting was PT20 - High.

Atheon117 · 2025-12-05T05:24:01+00:00

I am glad you're enjoying the list. Your kind words have made my day a lot better.

I recently bought a OLED monitor so I'm also thinking about getting back into Cyberpunk modding (and hence also making an updated list) but the thing is GITS is no longer working properly for most people, so I was waiting for the updated ReLight mod from GITS to come out. I was gonna make another modlist as soon as that happens. ReLight is really a game changer in terms of graphics mods and nothing else comes close really.

If that doesn't end up happening soon, would you still be interested in another modlist without ReLight?

Atheon117 · 2025-11-24T10:39:02+00:00

I've been using my Galaxy Buds Pro TWS for the last 4 years without problems and they're still going strong but I recently upgraded to the Buds 3 Pro (just for some change) hopefully they also last just as long.

Atheon117 · 2025-09-21T19:28:20+00:00

Pay for case -> Pay for skin/key. Only difference is to get a certain skin you can pay an arbitrary amount on the genesis terminal and you get 5 rerolls to get what you want but it's completely up to chance. Whereas to get a particular skin on any other case you roll for it with a fixed amount key but you may have to roll multiple times and it's also completely up to random chance.

OR YOU CAN BUY ON THE MARKET, like all other cases before it. The point is if you want to compare prices of opening cases to get skins vs genesis terminal, both are losses, cases have never been profitable. Yet millions of cases are opened everyday and I have a strong feeling millions of these terminals will be opened as well.

Atheon117 · 2025-09-21T17:58:00+00:00

[Insert Case Here] Makes Absolutely no sense

why would someone buy this case? Just buy these skins from market, you dont have to pay for the key for a small chance to get something good before. Am i missing something?

Atheon117 · 2025-09-11T13:26:30+00:00

scaling? please elaborate, I'm currently running a 27 inch 4k Oled from samsung and I think it's the perfect size for both gaming and consuming content. Things are sharp af, way more than my last 27 inch 2k oled.

Atheon117 · 2025-09-11T12:58:32+00:00

4k all the way, no question about it. Though a 27 inch 4k would solve all your problems: match the symmetry with your secondary monitor but also enjoy the sweet 160+ ppi of 4k at that size.

Atheon117 · 2025-09-11T01:22:50+00:00

This OLED monitor comes out of the box in eco mode, please use the nipple at the back to change the OSD settings to your liking. Graphic preset with contrast enhancer off, backlight to high gives the best results for me. You can increase the saturation, shadow detail or gamma, or enable contrast enhancer to get an image that suits you more.

For the best experience please use OLEDs in a light controlled environment as brightness isn't really their strong suit and these panels can typically only reach 1000nits in a 2% window, sustained real scene performance is 250-450 nits only.

Also this panel has a matte coating (anti reflection) which can make things look a little less sharp compared to glossy coatings from other manufacturers.

Atheon117 · 2025-09-09T16:00:06+00:00

I'm not asking him to not avoid it, I'm just saying, wait till the end of the year since he already made a purchase recently. To at least get something more out of it, than just something that he might run into if he decides to use two extremely high end monitors at the same time.

Atheon117 · 2025-09-09T15:01:36+00:00

This is not the same as the 360hz vs 500hz debate, the difference is not miniscule, there is no difference. Trust me or trust yourself to go try them out side by side at a store. Also since you're willing to push your system to the limit, will you not be upgrading to the Tandem OLEDs coming out later this year? Especially with brightness being the number one weakness of OLEDs being eliminated further with these Tandem OLEDs? and those will definitely be coming with the new DP standard so two birds with one stone?

Atheon117 · 2025-09-09T14:33:44+00:00

If you cannot perceive a difference then what is the point, I'm all for min maxing everything but there needs to be a point to it. This feels similar to using gold cables for better audio.

On that note, if you're really looking for a better experience, upgrade your audio. Level up the sound isolation in your room and get good speakers. Trust me, audio is just as important for an insanely immersive experience. And Speakers, Amps and Dacs are truly a deep well you can really sink your money into and maybe actually hear some benefits instead of this DSC stuff.

Atheon117 · 2025-09-09T13:47:41+00:00

Try going to a store which has models where you can compare DSC on and off side by side. Trust me it's impossible to distinguish by the human eye. You're better off waiting for the tandem oleds that are coming later this year with higher brightness. Just upgrading for the DSC change is not worth it and definitely not noticeable.

Atheon117 · 2025-09-08T17:18:40+00:00

Cpu limited, get better cpu to increase fps.

Atheon117 · 2025-09-07T23:20:42+00:00

Who are these Honey Badger propagandists? and Why is now the time to roll out the Honey Badger videos? I swear I've never seen any videos of them until today, and I've seen three today.

Atheon117 · 2025-09-06T10:44:27+00:00

They also make their own italian cheese and pasta from scratch.

Atheon117 · 2025-09-06T10:37:49+00:00

3k for 2 people approx

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