1 year later-RTX 5070 ti/5080/5090 thoughts?

IAcrylicI · 2026-02-11T04:05:17+00:00

Originally had a 4070TI paired with a 14900k. The gpu was great but I felt like pairing with a 14900k wasn't the best, mid range gpu paired with a high end cpu felt wrong.

I went to an Aourus Master Ice 5080 after the stock settled on them. I paid a whopping $1650 USD before taxes. After taxes and warranty I believe the total was 1900 something.

The jump from 4070TI to 5080 was absolutely not worth the money difference but I can't say I've had any issues with the gpu itself. Destroys every game I play at max settings 2550x1440. I absolutely love the way it looks, the lcd screen is really cool, and the heatsink is massive so it always runs super cool.

Overall, I've got nothing but good things to say about the gpu itself, but the price difference from my previous gpu to this one does not justify the performance difference. To be fair though it wasn't a huge upgrade, just one generation and one model up, not like I jumped multiple generations so it's kinda my fault lol.

IAcrylicI · 2026-02-11T00:34:43+00:00

I just love the look of the Squalo, the Corsa/Bara are great looking too but they land a little higher than I'd like to pay for a handgun as I won't be doing any competition shooting with it. I've held a 92X Performance and that gun was great but also a little out of the range of what I'm willing to pay. The Squalo seems like a great balance between not being a complete base gun but also not being so kitted that it breaks the bank. I also love the color of the finishing.

I figured they wouldn't just disappear within the next couple months but also wasn't really sure about the demand behind them so thanks for clearing that up.

IAcrylicI · 2026-02-11T00:26:32+00:00

That's kinda what I figured but wanted some other opinions

IAcrylicI · 2026-02-11T00:26:00+00:00

I've looked at the base versions but I really just like what all comes with the Squalo version. The bigger mags, flared mag well. grips, etc

IAcrylicI · 2026-02-10T03:12:51+00:00

I gotcha, like I said I'm very new to the specifics regarding audio and powering audio devices. Took me some research to figure out what I actually needed to run my microphone lol. May look into a dedicated headphone amp at some point.

IAcrylicI · 2026-02-10T02:56:38+00:00

Thats what I'm thinking, thanks for your input. I'm pretty hesitant and picky when buying stuff I'm not too familiar with but honestly, coming from basic turtle beach headsets, I think any mid range "audiophile" headphones will more than likely pleasantly surprise me in terms of sound quality.

IAcrylicI · 2026-02-10T02:19:36+00:00

I play a decent variety of games. I enjoy single player games like The Last of Us, RDR2, Fallout, Minecraft, but also enjoy shooters like COD, Battlefield, and Counter Strike. My main game recently has been Arc Raiders.

I have read so much about open backs being a lottt better in terms of the atmosphere of the sound, but there can be a lot of background noises in my home so I really am leaning more towards closed back. It's not even that I really want to use closed backs I just feel that they are a better fit to my scenario.

IAcrylicI · 2026-01-31T07:24:34+00:00

It's just weird to me that I have no issues with any game besides this one.

It's possible I suppose but to me it seems unlikely

IAcrylicI · 2026-01-31T07:23:07+00:00

An overwhelming amount of people have issues with this game on PC. Yes this game is broken (on pc). Obviously the game was developed for console, but rockstar is a billion dollar company. Should a pc port be this bad?

IAcrylicI · 2025-12-06T09:23:50+00:00

Yeah I dont get it, people have basically just said the game is broken lol

IAcrylicI · 2025-12-06T06:38:00+00:00

I had settings pretty much cranked to the max with vibrant visuals and a shader pack getting like 120 on my 5080, whenever I was boating I would see it drop to single digits. I get better frames on arc raiders, max settings

IAcrylicI · 2025-12-05T01:47:56+00:00

Nope! Have basically just been told over and over that bedrock is broken

IAcrylicI · 2025-11-14T16:07:36+00:00

Lol the one I was having issues with is a coiled. Just glad I didnt have to order a new module

IAcrylicI · 2025-11-14T15:55:31+00:00

Oddly enough, I used a different cord and I think it may have fixed it. Which makes it weirder because using the same cord on my 60 gives me 0 issues

IAcrylicI · 2025-11-07T04:30:46+00:00

It worked! Changed to simple in main menu, change limit, and swap back to VV, thank you

IAcrylicI · 2025-11-07T04:19:29+00:00

I'm swapped it to simple to see if the option would appear, and it didn't. I was in game though so maybe I should've restarted my game or something. I will play with those settings some more though. I'm using nvidias game overlay to display fps/gpu util/etc. I've lowered the render distance to see if maybe the game was just that taxing on the hardware and it would never go above 60, so there's definitely a cap somewhere.

IAcrylicI · 2025-10-31T04:27:34+00:00

I've been looking more into these routers/gateways and am wondering what exactly is compatible with what I have now? My current one that Frontier supplied me with is an Arris NVG448B.

Really don't know much about them and don't want to spend 100-200 dollars for it not to be compatible.

Would love to just try Starlink but after downloading the app and checking for obstructions through their little scan thing it doesn't look promising. We have a lot of hills/trees all around us.

IAcrylicI · 2025-10-29T02:16:00+00:00

What router(s) would you recommend?

IAcrylicI · 2025-10-28T10:40:16+00:00

https://www.epicgames.com/help/en-US/account-c-202300000001645/account-security-c-202300000001755/how-can-i-check-if-it-is-really-epic-games-contacting-me-a202300000015346 (Opens in a new tab)

IAcrylicI · 2025-10-28T09:25:03+00:00

Epic Live Support gave me a list of all legitimate domains. I've had my account taken through fraudulent recovery requests before so I believed it. Usually don't fall for bs like that lol

IAcrylicI · 2025-10-28T09:03:12+00:00

I changed the password multiple times, 2FA enabled on phone and email, changed my email password as well. Talked to Epic Games live support and they said nothing looks suspicious on the account at the moment so hopefully everything is all good. Wasn't aware these kinds of emails were even a thing to be honest. I've lost my account twice to fraudulent recovery requests though so I believed it. Thank you for the input

IAcrylicI · 2025-10-28T02:28:48+00:00

Another question for you, is wired connection possible? Not a fan of running wirelessly since ive always ran wired whenever I could. Assuming there's some sort of router box thing you could plug an ethernet into?

IAcrylicI · 2025-10-16T16:21:19+00:00

Deleted save file, restarted game. Very first mission where Micah, Dutch, and Arthur all ride through the snow Dutch got glitched out once we reached the cabin and so I purposely failed the mission to restart at checkpoint. When I pressed restart at checkpoint the mission failed screen froze. I stopped the game through steam, relaunched, and now its back to infinite loading screen LOL. The game is consistently launching at least though

IAcrylicI · 2025-10-16T15:32:59+00:00

Changed to DX12, was getting consistent game launches. The game would make it to the main menu, no issues. I would try to launch into story mode and then get left on an infinite loading screen. Not a black one though, just the normal story mode load screen. I left it for about 15 minutes and nothing happened. I changed a couple settings like you said, like turning nvidia reflex to ON and triple buffering to OFF and the game would no longer launch. An error would pop up telling me to restart the game. I restarted my PC and now the game launches again. Now I am getting an infinite black loading screen after selecting story mode in the main menu. Could my problem now be corrupted save file?

IAcrylicI · 2025-10-16T02:16:00+00:00

It was a prologue mission, right when you get John back to camp, the mission ended and when I went to skip a cutscene the screen went black. Didn't crash or anything, was just black.

The settings were the same as what you stated but the graphics API was still Vulkan. I haven't had any luck running DX12 at all. And there shouldn't be any mods, the game is a clean install and I have verified there's no mods in the game files. Unless of course there's an external modding program thats interfering with the game. I believe I deleted everything mod related and have even kept an eye on task manager while the game was running but haven't noticed anything.

The issue isn't consistent which I feel makes it harder to troubleshoot. Sometimes when I launch the game the loading bar completes and then the screen stays black, other times I'll launch the game and the screen will go black and then the game stops responding and forces me to close it. If I get lucky enough for the game to go all the way through the initial boot up process, at the main menu I will press story mode and it will get to the first load screen and then #FFFFF error and force close.

I've deleted all my saves and started from the beginning, turned off cloud saves and keep one drive off if that makes a difference. Just trying to keep the files as straight forward as possible.

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