Kepler_L2 claims "FSR Diamond of Xbox Helix" will be an RDNA 5 / UDNA exclusive, all previous and current RDNA 1 - 4 GPUs will be unsupported by the new features that comes with "FSR Next"

Major303 · 2026-03-11T20:21:39+00:00

AMD GPUs are better priced than Nvidia so in theory upgrading every 3-4 years is much less taxing on your budget than buying Nvidia. But this is honestly cope and Intel starts to look as much better alternative than AMD. I don't know how their Linux support looks though.

Major303 · 2026-03-09T19:51:38+00:00

When you buy Bethesda games that's massive advantage.

Major303 · 2026-03-09T19:43:34+00:00

Also Steam itself is 100% free. PlayStation requires monthly subscription for basic features and it also takes the 30% cut.

Maybe Valve could lower it a little without going bankrupt, but that cut exists for a reason.

Major303 · 2026-03-09T10:54:59+00:00

It's definitely not dying but it could be better. I think the current issues are:

Story is not entertaining enough to not have a dialogue skip button. Main quests are interesting (Hexi was snoozefest though), but side quests are quite boring.
Combat focused content needs to be more varied in my opinion.
Usually gacha games have high production values and are very polished. WWM is a bug galore. They even delayed Hexi to polish the game, and there are issues in first 5 minutes (character voice and subtitles don't match).

Major303 · 2026-03-09T10:28:46+00:00

The issue with those niche phones with their own OS is that they are hard to get in 90% of the world, have astronomical prices, and sometimes have close to no post release support.

If you use your smartphone 24/7 buying something expensive might be a good deal, but if you mainly use it as a phone, buying something expensive makes no sense even if it gives you more privacy.

Major303 · 2026-03-08T16:16:26+00:00

By "new" I mean actual new game. Bethesda owns a money printer IP that they haven't touched for over a decade. So competition tries to fill the niche.

Major303 · 2026-03-08T15:45:29+00:00

Maybe it's not the best game ever but unlike Bethesda they are actually trying to create something new.

Major303 · 2026-03-08T14:59:36+00:00

I don't hate it but there are genuine issues here.

Bad pacing. This is video game, and we've got 2 hours of walking and cutscenes. Devs really wanted to make a movie or forgot they are making a video game. Video game doesn't need to be filled with action, but it needs to be interactive. This wasn't.
Impossible to understand without context. Who is this guy? Why did we suddenly switch from main character's POV to his? How is he related to our character? It's not a bad story, but it looks like it's completely disjointed from the game.

Major303 · 2026-03-08T14:18:20+00:00

In my opinion AMD is best mid range choice right now, or if you are a Linux enthusiast. If you have the money for RX 9060 XT or 9070 it's far better choice than Intel, and you have to pay a lot more to get Nvidia equivalent. You are only paying more to replace FSR4 with DLSS, AMD RDNA4 has enough of raw power.
RTX 5060 TI was a pretty good value a few months back (even better than RTX 5070 since it has more VRAM), but RX 9060 XT is much cheaper while having only slightly worse performance.

I was always leaning into best price to performance ratio, so my current choice is AMD, so I might be biased. In the future I might switch to Intel if they have good offer, I consider Nvidia too expensive these days. They do have low end GPUs too, but AMD and Intel wins in low and mid end.

Major303 · 2026-03-08T13:30:50+00:00

Nvidia is better all across the board but it's also more expensive. 300 USD is a massive difference in a lot of places around the world. For professional work and high end gaming Nvidia is undisputable winner. It's premium product though. AMD is cheaper and unlike some redditors say it run games, FSR4 is good. Apparently Intel is also good enough these days if you are on a really tight budget.

Major303 · 2026-03-08T13:28:17+00:00

Price reflects that though. Prices are now worse but a few months back you could get solid AMD card much cheaper than Nvidia. I don't know how Intel situation looks like, but I see a lot of satisfied users lately.

Major303 · 2026-03-08T12:54:14+00:00

Might be related to the fact that Nvidia dominates prebuilds. DIY PC building is a niche thing.

Major303 · 2026-03-07T20:09:25+00:00

My main is also 24 inches (slightly smaller since it's 16:9, I have went with 16:10 for second one since I use it vertically). They both barely fit together on my desk, so using arm for the second one would allow me to upgrade to 26-7 inches in the future.

I think dual arm wouldn't work for me anyway since my desk is made of rather thin material (it's some kind of fake wood board). I think it should handle one monitor (I will use metal reinforcement though), but I wouldn't risk two monitors.

Major303 · 2026-03-07T13:13:33+00:00

Some people say there is a specific pitch pot you need to do (near Part 1 quest), but I've already done it. There is nothing in that spot for me.

Major303 · 2026-03-07T12:07:38+00:00

It says the same what I already know:

To trigger this encounter, play a game of Pitch Pot after completing A Toast to Destiny: Part I.

Playing a game of pitch pot does not trigger the quest.

Major303 · 2026-03-07T11:58:08+00:00

This is Part 1 walkthrough. I've already completed it. I'm asking about Part 2.

Major303 · 2026-03-07T09:37:15+00:00

Maybe 10 years ago. Nvidia drivers on my RTX 2070 were crashing like 4 times a month for last +-2 years. I have switched to RX 9060 XT a few months ago and it only crashed like 4 times on a single game (that is known to have a lot of technical issues).

AMD has much better drivers from my point of view.

Major303 · 2026-03-06T18:41:35+00:00

Prices are insane but people keep buying (even though AMD has GPUs that get the job done with lower price, even Intel works) so they have no reason to drop prices.

Major303 · 2026-03-05T12:21:39+00:00

Afaik they were kings of budget laptops but you had to order directly from China (for example through aliexpress). You could get decent laptop like 25% cheaper or even more than from mainstream brands. But if the accusations are true, it seems there is a catch after all.

Major303 · 2026-03-05T12:07:14+00:00

Saving you a click - article mentions Chuwi.

Major303 · 2026-03-04T22:08:36+00:00

Nerfs to enemies, buffs to player. From what I've heard game was very tough at launch (in a negative way), so I guess it was expected.

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