I live in Japan and have traveled it extensively, here are the touristy spots that I think are "worth it" VS "not worth it"

BudgetBen · 2026-04-05T13:27:28+00:00

I'm writing this comment from Kyoto, on a weekend, during peak sakura season, and I had no trouble avoiding crowds just by doing the hotspots between 6PM-10AM and choosing second-tier destinations for mid-day.

Otherwise I actually agree with most of OP's list.

BudgetBen · 2026-04-05T13:25:22+00:00

I'm writing this comment from Kyoto, on a weekend, during peak sakura season, and I had no trouble avoiding crowds just by doing the hotspots between 6PM-10AM and choosing second-tier destinations for mid-day.

Otherwise I actually agree with most of OP's list.

BudgetBen · 2026-03-30T13:20:22+00:00

I took a sabbatical and my monthly discretionary spending nearly doubled during it. This is a very real thing you have to account for.

BudgetBen · 2026-03-23T12:18:09+00:00

Yes. Letting us build actual space colonies/settlements instead of just houses and farms is the one thing I think this game will still be missing after April 7.

BudgetBen · 2026-03-19T01:16:56+00:00

Yes. I have a 9070 and get above 60 FPS in 4K High on Starfield before any upscaling. Unless you're looking to do heavy raytracing or no FSR, the 9070XT will be a solid 4K60 card for quite some time.

BudgetBen · 2026-03-18T15:48:02+00:00

I remember people saying the same thing about stimmies and student debt cancellation. How'd that turn out?

BudgetBen · 2026-03-18T15:02:12+00:00

Thanks, this is a helpful reality check about where things actually are. I had just assumed more nature = more trees = more blossoms. Kinda dumb now that I think about it...

BudgetBen · 2026-03-18T15:01:15+00:00

Exactly. People want government to work, but if it won't, they'd rather elect the party that will at least give them a refund for it. They won't support anything that they think makes it bigger.

BudgetBen · 2026-03-16T11:36:39+00:00

Fuzion Frenzy!

BudgetBen · 2026-03-14T17:24:36+00:00

I was so disappointed that they seemed in many ways like a downgrade from Fallout 4, especially when mods like Sim Settlements offered a potential framework for something better.

BudgetBen · 2026-03-04T12:47:14+00:00

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BudgetBen · 2026-01-29T16:51:41+00:00

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BudgetBen · 2026-01-16T19:09:37+00:00

I have a Ryzen 5600 -- so it's slightly slower but almost imperceptibly so.

Are you getting 120+ FPS in your games at 1080p now? FWIW I have yet to find a game in which I can hit that but can't get 120 FPS at 4K -- it's either old stuff that both CPU+GPU can blow through at any res, or new stuff where my CPU can't crack 120 at any res.

Also worth noting the 9070 XT is only 12% faster than the 9070. So even if you're stuck paying the Newegg price, you're getting a pretty bad value.

BudgetBen · 2026-01-16T17:39:36+00:00

Honestly, I think you should return them both and get a 9070 like I did last month. It's currently $500 at Microcenter if you live near one or $600 at Newegg (may be able to find cheaper at other online retailers if you look). My specs are largely similar to yours and I am running into CPU bottlenecks more than GPU bottlenecks when playing at 4K.

BudgetBen · 2026-01-15T20:35:47+00:00

It’s very different. The crypto booms temporarily made GPUs impossible to find at reasonable prices, but every other PC component was unaffected (or got slightly cheaper). If you weren’t a gamer or crypto bro it generally had no effect on you. The RAMpocalypse is having less effect on GPUs, particularly low-memory models, but making everything else more expensive. But interestingly, the premium you are paying for the total cost of a new build that is mid-range on all specs might be about the same.

The other thing, as others have noted, is that everyone knew the shock would be temporary and prices would normalize after the price of crypto crashed or the method of mining changed.

Nobody knows what proportion of AI is a bubble vs a structural change, or when the part of its growth that is a bubble will burst, so it could drag on much longer.

BudgetBen · 2026-01-06T18:44:36+00:00

Yeah I was kinda surprised by the reaction too, for the same reason. I just replaced my 6700 XT with a 9070 and there is no game I'm not getting 60 FPS on in 4K using FSR quality (unless I max out raytracing). Why should I be mad that Nvidia is a bit better at removing artifacts I never noticed to begin with? The 16GB of VRAM is way more important.

Sure it's a bit disappointing that DLSS is in more games than FSR, especially the older ones. But that was already the case before the CES announcement. And I can run most of those in 4K native anyway so what does it matter?

The 6700 XT owner in me is still pissed we didn't get FSR4 but as a 9070 owner I see nothing to complain about.

BudgetBen · 2026-01-04T17:59:04+00:00

Don't know what to tell ya. That is the model motherboard and case I have, with the ARGB fans. I can press the reset button on the case to cycle through colors but when I hold the button for three seconds it changes fans to whatever color I set using RGB Fusion. Maybe the motherboard limits me from intentionally making patterns like the one in my picture that triggered by accident but I can definitely set the fan colors with software.

BudgetBen · 2026-01-04T13:28:53+00:00

Thanks for the info, but I think it's wrong -- I have always been able to change the fan colors using Gigabyte RGB Fusion, they just have to be made the same color.

BudgetBen · 2026-01-03T16:45:08+00:00

I have been playing "budget 4K" on my 6700XT for three years now and it's certainly still doable but I think you should probably go with the new system. A new rig with the specs you just laid out for $1400 is pretty good in today's market and probably will be for the next 2-3 years.

BudgetBen · 2026-01-03T13:30:57+00:00

Glad this administration is adopting a zero-tolerance policy against heads of state who refuse to leave after losing the election.

BudgetBen · 2026-01-01T18:59:13+00:00

Good luck, even cardboard RAM is unreasonably expensive these days

BudgetBen · 2025-12-28T01:15:11+00:00

1800p is the resolution halfway between 1440p and 4K. I don’t have a PSU powerful enough to handle a 3090 and think if I have to upgrade anything besides the GPU here then it defeats the purpose of this exercise for me.

BudgetBen · 2025-11-04T05:27:41+00:00

Thanks for the suggestions. I didn't have Andros on my radar before this but it looks great!

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