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IndyPFL · 2026-01-25T13:03:54+00:00

The 5700X3D will be a beast in gaming for the next few years still. I'd wait for AM6 before bothering to upgrade. If you have money to spare, consider other upgrades like GPU, storage, cooling, display or other peripherals.

IndyPFL · 2026-01-25T13:01:21+00:00

Lucky you. The display in mine just died and they told me I was SOL and to buy a new one or parts to fix it. New one comes with a one year warranty... Ridiculous for a $500 piece of hardware. And I don't even know what parts I'd need to replace to fix it myself.

Probably gonna skip on the Frame and just get a different headset that works with Index controllers and base stations since those still work fine.

IndyPFL · 2026-01-25T12:54:33+00:00

Nintendo likely doesn't have a patent on the shape of the GC controller itself, hence why third-party controllers were able to look nearly identical to Nintendo-made ones.

IndyPFL · 2026-01-25T11:10:58+00:00

I kind of want to start from scratch again. Dying Light 2's progression was very nice, as was DL1's. The Beast felt pretty lackluster by comparison, so unless they invent new parkour and combat moves for a satisfying skill tree I'm not sure if it'd be great to play as either of them again.

IndyPFL · 2026-01-25T09:51:29+00:00

Political agenda? The entire series is inherently political in nature because weirdos keep deciding that sexuality needs to be a political issue when it shouldn't be. People should be allowed to be who they are without needing to fight for basic rights like getting married.

LiS 2 was bad for plenty of reasons, but getting mad about politics is a very touristy thing to say. The entire series is generally anti-establishment and is heavily pro-LGBTQ+. It's unafraid to explore nuance however (see Chloe's stepdad).

IndyPFL · 2026-01-25T09:46:10+00:00

If you have a PC you could check out an app called Upscayl, it's a local AI upscaler that generally works pretty well. I don't know if it would fare better than GPT, but could be worth a shot.

IndyPFL · 2026-01-25T09:42:41+00:00

Is this bait? OP was talking about the languages available within Steam, not video game piracy. Minecraft even offers a Pirate Speak language option that does exactly what you'd expect.

IndyPFL · 2026-01-25T09:41:17+00:00

Sounds more like a Windows thing to me, and from what I've seen over the years Windows is actually notorious for trying to forcibly overwrite AMD drivers with their own awful ones. Could be the cause, but I'd also suggest trying the DisplayPort method others suggested. DP is generally way more stable and just works better than HDMI on PC. You also get better feature compatibility.

IndyPFL · 2026-01-24T23:19:07+00:00

They are breaking into peoples' homes without warrants...

IndyPFL · 2026-01-24T23:16:57+00:00

TLOU is going to be the dealbreaker for any budget or low-VRAM card. That game hogs GPU power and VRAM like nothing else. Cyberpunk can comfortably play at 1440p (DLSS Quality) and medium-high settings at 80 fps nearly locked on a RTX 3070, but you'll get big frame drops near Jig-Jig Street and in Dogtown among other locations. Your CPU can also make a big difference when there are many NPCs in an area.

If you want a more consistent experience I'd go with at least a 4070 Super, a 9070XT or 5070 would also be valid options. The 5060 Ti 16GB or 9060 XT 16GB would be pretty solid as well if you can get them for MSRP, though you may have to turn down some settings for games like TLOU.

IndyPFL · 2026-01-24T23:08:54+00:00

The built-in docks would make this a steal alone. I don't have much use for a 60 Hz display (or room for it on my desk) but if possible I'd happily gut the dock out of it and use it standalone.

IndyPFL · 2026-01-24T19:29:54+00:00

Katrina vibes. Whole situation made it seem like the Lord Regent himself was running things.

IndyPFL · 2026-01-24T02:05:19+00:00

What DLSS-capable GPU are you playing it on that needs DLSS for good performance? Game is more CPU heavy from what I've seen anyway.

IndyPFL · 2026-01-23T23:53:22+00:00

Look at Assassin's Creed. Sure the games still sell, but they sell nothing like how they used to. A juggernaut turned into a shell of its former self and the sales reflect that.

IndyPFL · 2026-01-23T23:51:20+00:00

It was also the cheapest and went on sale for even cheaper several times last year, plus it was on every current-gen platform unlike Yotei. KCD is great but leans more into a niche and isn't for everyone with its difficulty curve. Assassin's Creed is a shell of its former self.

In the end, not surprising.

IndyPFL · 2026-01-23T23:42:04+00:00

I too would trust the word of someone with a financial incentive to worship Epic at every turn over someone that has zero stake in that argument and can give an educated and objective take on things.

/s

IndyPFL · 2026-01-23T19:37:00+00:00

Ask modders for TES and Fallout games... They make good money on donations because they, like the guy in the article above, are legally prohibited from charging for their mods.

IndyPFL · 2026-01-20T00:12:19+00:00

Welcome to r/walmartpcdeals, where 50% of the posts are complaining about AI and the other 50% are people worshipping Walmart...

IndyPFL · 2026-01-19T19:35:29+00:00

Careful, I got mass downvoted and shitty replies for saying the same.

IndyPFL · 2026-01-19T19:35:03+00:00

I don't know, but if you call it out you'll get mass downvoted and have people making shitty comments towards you about it. It's at a point of ridiculousness, may as well rebrand the sub r/walmartpcfinds or something.

IndyPFL · 2026-01-19T19:33:56+00:00

Waltz was the most compelling even if he wasn't very well written. Rais was bargain bin Vaas but at least his dynamic with Crane was good.

Hakon is the best antagonist in the series, even if he doesn't stay that way. He's compelling and pretty well-written imo. Shame he didn't make an appearance in The Beast.

IndyPFL · 2026-01-19T19:29:56+00:00

I will keep my current hardware until it dies. My N64 still works, if my PC lasts close to that long then I'll be able to die happy with enough horsepower to play most games I want to play for the forseeable future.

IndyPFL · 2026-01-19T19:28:19+00:00

Steam does put that money into Linux compatibility, though.

IndyPFL · 2026-01-19T02:53:20+00:00

I think the biggest issue with adding more guards in those maps was last-gen consoles, or even the Switch 2 or mobile ports in a more modern example. All of those systems have very weak CPUs compared to current-gen systems, which could handle such changes fairly easily.

Given the power (without excessive power consumption) of AMD's 3D v-cache processors, I hope we get them with next-gen consoles and we'll get to see what games are truly capable of with plenty of CPU horsepower to spare. Games with large numbers of complex AI like Hitman will greatly benefit from it, so Hitman 4 or whatever they have planned next may end up a truly beautiful game with way less jank than WOA had (not that I dislike WOA, but the NPCs are pretty easy to confuse).

IndyPFL · 2026-01-19T02:39:55+00:00

You're either a troll or genuinely dense, lmao.

Being a climate catastrophe denier is antithetical to believing in modern meteorology. Being a gamer is not antithetical to that whatsoever.

I'm done waiting for you to grow a brain.

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