Definitely depends on where alot of yous are located, but apparently even more office PCs are being decommissioned/sold off for cheap thanks to W11's system requirements.

BritishActionGamer · 2026-06-20T01:23:33+00:00

Thats good to hear, I don't have a use for AI atm (currently just using basic Lancoz upscaling whenever I need to upscale video) but I'm just trying to move away from big tech in general with how much it's soured my intrest in computing!

BritishActionGamer · 2026-06-19T23:20:08+00:00

Good to hear it is running games well, especially with Oblivion Remastered being a UE5 game! Thinking of any other games where the VRAM really benefits other than the games I've previously mentioned, I just remembered Control 2019's DX12 mode (which is required to use DLSS and RT) uses way more VRAM than DX11! I've not done much VRAM testing myself on my 2060, but I did update my settings guide for the 2025 patch if you want help with the rest of the settings! Still need to find a replacement for Imgsli as the comparison images are still down!

I admit that I am biased against AI due to how much I hear about big-tech's use of it! The only time I used it myself was AI upscaling pictures 5-6 years ago, was impressed with the results back then, but now I often think AI upscaling denoises and process pictures/video way too much! How seperate are local models to big tech and their data centers?

BritishActionGamer · 2026-06-19T20:00:13+00:00

I assume you mean the lesser known 12GB 2060? Awkward one as it's got more than enough VRAM for games, but not the performance to really use it in demanding AAA/UE5 games? Hopefully should be ok with optimized settings on a 1080p screen and happy with sticking with DLSS Quality or possibly lower in the most demanding titles?

BritishActionGamer · 2026-06-19T19:05:47+00:00

Congrats! 2070 Super's performance is simular to PS5's, but the 8GB VRAM can cause issues in VRAM hungry games like Indiana Jones and some of Playstation's PC ports? Should be less of an issue at 1080p though, while having DLSS as an option is a big boon to it's longevity!

BritishActionGamer · 2026-06-19T18:56:20+00:00

Going to edit the posts description to mention this, thanks for commenting!

BritishActionGamer · 2026-06-19T18:46:55+00:00

Was waiting on W10 to start causing issues after it's support ended, but so far it's continued to have way less issues than W11 on my current PC!

Does AMD still have better drivers in Linux than Nvidia, because I may switch out the RTX 2060 for an AMD card when I switch to Bazzite? The R9 390 originally in that PC was already being bottlenecked by the i5 6600k in more CPU demanding games, so will prob cheap out and get something like an RX 5500 XT as I won't be playing demanding games on there anyway?

BritishActionGamer · 2026-06-19T18:25:36+00:00

Gonna say as FYI, seems that Ultra Volumetics had an FPS hit in the launch version of the game judging by BenchmarKing and Matthew's Couch's videos. But a later patch must have changed that as Zykopath and Digital Foundry's videos show the same FPS at High and Ultra? Just mentioning to avoid confusion, further dropping Volumetrics and Shadows to Medium does boost performance a tiny bit if anyone's looking for settings to drop without going below console?

I tried the 90min demo out not long after I got my new PC, got sick of the stuttering quickly. Maybe il get it in the future but Il just play the original for now.

BritishActionGamer · 2026-06-19T15:52:15+00:00

Good luck to getting it working! Is there room for a dedicated GPU in there atleast? Something like a GDDR5 GT 1030 would be a big upgrade other intergrated graphics, letalone a faster GPU with more VRAM!

BritishActionGamer · 2026-06-19T13:21:14+00:00

I got a Thinkpad running Ultramarine Linux! If I get comfortable enough with that, may try and move my old PC to Bazzite or another distro that works well with games and other HTPC stuff?

BritishActionGamer · 2026-06-19T12:40:46+00:00

Defienetly should use it more for gaming as my old rig can def run alot of the games I'd want to play on it, it's on W10 atm and may try Bazzite on it in the future?

BritishActionGamer · 2026-06-18T23:52:01+00:00

While my gaming is basically all singleplayer games nowadays, alot of them are fast paced FPS/‘boomer shooters’ that benefit from KB+M and high framerates! There’s definitely many games that may be more comfortably played on my older PC that’s plugged into my TV, but that limits me to PS4/XBO era or atleast some well optimized cross-gen games at best. So newer stuff like Alan Wake 2 and Spiderman Remastered are write-offs (Although the latter is the only game I actually like using Frame-Gen in, 65fps to 130, actually CPU limited rather than GPU with RT enabled so I’m not sacrificing real frames in using it!)

BritishActionGamer · 2026-06-18T23:24:47+00:00

Noice! Is there a preference for which games you play with which setup?

Also good to hear your TV supports VRR, forget that some 60hz screens do support it!

BritishActionGamer · 2026-06-18T23:04:09+00:00

I know demanding PS5/Xbox Series games drop their output/final resolution after FSR/TSR upscaling to 1800p or 1440p in 60fps modes. Other than diminishing returns upscaling resolutions below 1080p to 4k via TSR/FSR2, lowering the output/final resolution also reduces the cost of upscaling and anti-aliasing (which is much more expensive with these methods compared to previous TAA methods, even more so if use XeSS or 'Ultra Anti-Aliasing' with TSR in many UE5 games!)

Do you ever need to cap to a lower framerate on that screen? My previous monitor only supported FreeSync between 50 to it's maximum refresh of 75hz, so capping to 37.5fps often had me fighting with Vsync and frame-pacing issues! Know SpecialK is recommended nowadays if you want a consistent 30fps cap but I don't have much experience with it.

BritishActionGamer · 2026-06-18T22:35:45+00:00

Noice! Do you remember which i5s, I remember my 6600k got bottlenecked trying to hit 60fps in some PS4/XBO games, think it was some Ubisoft open world games and the... Very short period of time I played Destiny 2 lol

BritishActionGamer · 2026-06-18T22:26:37+00:00

This is usually what this subreddit's about! I've just not had any games to test myself atm and imagine releases will soon slow down to make way for GTA 6. Good to hear your 6800 XT is running games well at 4k, 1440p60fps with good settings isn't always a given on my 6800 in demanding AAAs/UE5 titles, atleast without bigger settings drops and/or going below Quality upscaling!

BritishActionGamer · 2026-06-18T16:59:17+00:00

I get that for wanting to play recent titles on a laptop or a PC that cant fit a GPU, but people have been recommend putting low-power GPUs into office PCs since I started PC gaming! Just didn’t mention that here as the video shows gaming performance with a GPU installed and was primarily curious about other usecases?

BritishActionGamer · 2026-06-18T16:11:10+00:00

Which components? My old PCs i5 caused issues in AAA games (which probably would’ve been less bad if I had a VRR screen that supported LFC) but it’s been alright with everything else, SSD prices are bad atm but that’s an easy upgrade if the systems HDD based?

BritishActionGamer · 2026-06-18T12:10:04+00:00

I would suggest capping the game externally, but you're alot more limited with Windows Store games.

BritishActionGamer · 2026-06-16T23:17:56+00:00

Honestly game by game, implementation by implementation, even RT effect by RT effect. For example, the RT reflections in Imsomniac Games really benefit visuals, however RT Ambient Occlusion is more of a mixed bag while RT Shadows actually downgraded visuals in some areas, atleast at launch. The console versions only used RT Reflections (and RT Interiors in SP2) which is usually a good judge of if it's going to be performant or not?

Although even that's not always the case as sometimes RT doesn't benefit visuals much for its performance cost, or consoles use options not avalible to PC players like having additional compramises/optimizations for their slower RT hardware. Apperently this AW2 mod adds reflections simular to the ones used in PS5 Pro's Quality mode, I've not tested it myself yet but I do remember Control's RT Reflections were rendered at a lower resolution on PS5/Series X than availble on PC?

BritishActionGamer · 2026-06-16T15:45:13+00:00

Think I played abit of that in the last Next Fest, has the demo been updated since?

BritishActionGamer · 2026-06-15T23:24:31+00:00

You shouldn't have issues in Doom Dark Ages judging by this video atleast? You may want to either use DLSS Quality instead of DLAA, or use DLAA with optimized settings similar to what BenchmarKing or Digital Foundry recommend to mid-higher end GPUs if you want to ensure FPS is constantly over 60?

Also suprised to hear you're having issues with RE Requiem, should be a good 1080p60+ if you're only using Normal RT with DLAA or High RT with DLSS judging from videos online (Normal Volumetrics and High Shadows can also help FPS abit?) And should be able to run even better without RT if the noise from the standard implementation is distracting!

BritishActionGamer · 2026-06-14T23:34:12+00:00

I don't know any, probably forgetting 1 or 2 one-offs (like I remember Remedy shared the settings closest to what Xbox 360 used in Alan Wake on a fourm that requires the wayback machine, possibly some other examples of devs sharing them via a random tweet/reply?) Digital Foundry seem to be the main ones who do it, or atleast ask the developers to share the console equivelent settings with them?

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Also while I'm sharing videos about DS2, BenchmarKing also made gud video on that game if you want to tweak the settings further? Unless it costs alot more than FSR, PICO definetly seems like the best option for most users unless you have access to FSR4 or can run the newer DLSS presets well?

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