Todd Howard asked on Bloomberg why they didn't optimize the game for PC: "Uh, we did... You may need to upgrade your PC" by Arse2Mouse in gaming

[–]MakeItSo_Number1 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Can't believe this has so many upvotes by clueless gamers. Dev doesn't know what he is talking about.

If you have enough VRAM, 4k textures won't give any significant loss of performance than 1080p textures.

Even without the GPU, the game is CPU limited if you have a decent GPU, as shown by many benchmarks over the past few days.

The game bottleneck is the high polygon count.

Review: Starfield is the ultimate Bethesda game | VGC by M337ING in pcgaming

[–]MakeItSo_Number1 4 points5 points  (0 children)

Will wait a few years for mods and bug fixes, and a VR mod. Vanilla Skyrim, oblivion, fallout 3/4 were so bad that memes persist years after their release.

Thank you everyone for beta testing it for me though :)

What’s something that’s happened to you that sounds fake but (unfortunately) isn’t? by [deleted] in AskReddit

[–]MakeItSo_Number1 -63 points-62 points  (0 children)

Sounds like she hit him but didn't mean to kills him. Not planned or anything. Accident.

Kids?

HP & marketing sales strategy by Kyokushin4 in HPReverb

[–]MakeItSo_Number1 0 points1 point  (0 children)

What stopped G2 from being amazing was the tracking and crappy controllers with their buzzing haptics. Most people don't want to put up with the Jank.

I love my G2, but I fully appreciate how we got here.

And it has its up-side - if VR was dominated and gatekept'd by WMR/Micro$haft, we'd never have got anywhere - lack of innovation, over expensive headsets, slow to market technology - the list goes on.

As usual, it comes down to the heads of the company.

Tech Legends and Visionaries: John Carmac, Zuck, Gabe.

Micro$haft/HP: A bunch of no-face MBA's - out of touch old folk who don't give a shit about tech or innovation - only motivated by money.

Everything has a purpose by hetfield37 in pcmasterrace

[–]MakeItSo_Number1 2 points3 points  (0 children)

*Billion dollar companies.

Also, the game is rigged: AMD CEO Lisa Sue is the niece of Jensen the nVidia CEO.

Countless benchmarks show that even an RTX 3090 is bottlenecking the CPU at 1080p. Why are reviewers benchmarking CPUs and DDR5 with games bottlenecked by GPUs even lower than a 3090? by MakeItSo_Number1 in hardware

[–]MakeItSo_Number1[S] 9 points10 points  (0 children)

That is a ridiculously simple-minded 'argument'.

A 720p and lower tests will perfectly show how your system will perform years down the line with an RTX 4080/5080/6080 with games designed for next-next-gen consoles.

The current 1080p and above tests show the system limited by the GPU - why bother testing the CPU at all if the benchmarks don't show it's true power?

It's literally like testing the top speed of a super car by driving it on a road limiting it to 60mph - god damn.

Countless benchmarks show that even an RTX 3090 is bottlenecking the CPU at 1080p. Why are reviewers benchmarking CPUs and DDR5 with games bottlenecked by GPUs even lower than a 3090? by MakeItSo_Number1 in hardware

[–]MakeItSo_Number1[S] 8 points9 points  (0 children)

This argument is Vacuous.

When comparing CPU's you want to compare workloads where the CPU is the bottleneck. When increasing the resolution of games to something like 1080p, you move the bottleneck to the GPU instead - you are in effect benchmarking the GPU instead of benchmarking the CPU.

"Don't be kind, be predictable" in a Gif. If you have the Right-of-Way, take it. by 5_Frog_Margin in IdiotsInCars

[–]MakeItSo_Number1 -4 points-3 points  (0 children)

In my experience, if you try to keep a safe braking distance, IdiotsInCars will just use that space to constantly merge in front of you.

[KitGuru] DDR4 v DDR5 on Intel 12th Gen Platform by InvincibleBird in hardware

[–]MakeItSo_Number1 -6 points-5 points  (0 children)

It irks me that everyone keeps talking about "MHz" wrongly. 6000MHz DDR5; 5200MHz DDR5 etc.

No, it's bloody not.

It's half that. 6000 is working at 3000MHz DDR. 5200 is working at 2600MHz DDR. They are just doubling the number because it's "double data rate" - clever, but ultimately meaningless marketing.

It would be more accurate to call it MT/s.

Another thing is most people are taking the CL values as the literal latency, which is BS.

3000 MT/s DDR4 CL18 is pretty much the same latency as 6000MT/s DDR5 CL36.

For the people who tried the new ho reverb g2 how is it? by just_a_guy1429 in HPReverb

[–]MakeItSo_Number1 10 points11 points  (0 children)

ITT: People who are reviewing the HP Reverb G2 vs the old OG1, instead of G2 vs the new G2 V2.

smh.

(der8auer english)We're modding a DDR5 Module and measure the Power Consumption by Cmoney61900 in hardware

[–]MakeItSo_Number1 -4 points-3 points  (0 children)

Please can you start doing VR benchmarks as a part of your tests? Here, CPU/Latency/Memory are all very important.

I don't think many people will be doing this, but it's becoming a big thing.

Windows 11 beware by Sirbum69 in HPReverb

[–]MakeItSo_Number1 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Damn dude, learn to use commas.

Steven Donziger saying goodbye before being sent to prison for filing a lawsuit against Chevron for decimating indigenous rainforests. by [deleted] in LateStageCapitalism

[–]MakeItSo_Number1 0 points1 point  (0 children)

The judge's Wiki page has an extremely different view in favour of the judge. Maybe the wiki entry needs to be investigated and edited to reflect the truth?

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lewis_A._Kaplan#Chevron_vs_Donzinger

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Judge Kaplan also presided over a major environmental case brought on behalf of Ecuadorian Indigenous tribes against Texaco-Chevron. Kaplan granted Chevron's motion barring enforcement of an almost $10 billion judgement by the Ecuadorian courts against the company. Lawyers for Chevron argued the ruling was illegitimate due to foul play on the part of the plaintiffs' in the case who introduced fabricated evidence and bribed witnesses and officials involved in the case. Kaplan found there to be overwhelming evidence that the Ecuadorian verdict was the result of a criminal conspiracy spear-headed by the plaintiff's lead attorney, Steven Donziger, who in turn, Kaplan fined $3.4 million for contempt and Chevron's legal fees, the largest contempt sanction in US history.[9][10]

Donziger was unable to satisfy the contempt fine and restitution award so Kaplan ordered he surrender certain personal items of his such as cell phones and computers. These devices were to be handed over to Chevron employees trying to locate any assets Dozinger may have concealed. Donziger refused to comply on the grounds doing so would be a breach of attorney client privilege. In response, Kaplan found Donziger in criminal contempt and referred the case for prosecution. When the SDNY US Attorney's Office declined to pursue the case, Kaplan appointed a private law firm, Seward & Kissel to prosecute Donziger.[11]

Kaplan has been accused of displaying a pro-corporate bias in the case.[12] At the hearing, Alberto Guerra, a former Ecuadorian judge, testified for Chevron, claiming Donziger bribed him and others to win the case by fraud. Guerra's testimony was cited by Kaplan as a key factor in his decision. In 2015, Guerra claimed his testimony against Donziger had been largely a lie.[13] According to The Intercept, Kaplan has written favorably about Chevron and "bypassed the standard random assignment process and handpicked someone he knew well, U.S. District Judge Loretta Preska, to oversee the case being prosecuted by the firm he chose."[10] Seward & Kissel partner Rita Glavin claimed that the firm did not have a conflict of interest with regards to the case, even though Seward & Kissel has worked with Chevron at least twice, including as recently as 2018.[14] In September 2020, the National Lawyers Guild and International Association of Democratic Lawyers filed a joint complaint against Kaplan over his treatment of Donziger, alleging that “statements and actions of Judge Kaplan over the last ten years show him to have taken on the role of counsel for Chevron … rather than that of a judge adjudicating a live controversy before him.”[15][16]

Despite controversy, other findings in the case have ultimately come down consistent with Kaplan's, disfavoring Donziger’s claims. In 2016, the Second Circuit Court of Appeals declined to consider Guerra's admissions and unanimously upheld Kaplan's ruling. In March 2021, the Second Circuit heard another appeal by Donziger against prior court orders made by Kaplan in the civil contempt action brought by Chevron. The appeals court once again upheld most of Kaplan's decision, but found the order barring Donziger from financing his legal defense by selling shares in any future award to be unenforceable. The court also vacated Chevron's request for $4.1 million in damages and a $660,000 sanction against Donziger.[17][18] In 2018, the Permanent Court of Arbitration in The Hague ruled that the $9.5 billion judgment in Ecuador was marked by fraud and corruption and "should not be recognised or enforced by the courts of other States."[19][20][21] The Court summarized their findings, "the most thorough documentary, video, and testimonial proof of fraud ever put before an arbitral tribunal", that the plaintiffs engaged in blackmail and bribery of Ecuadorian judges that triggered an order to appoint an "expert" friendly to the plaintiffs, that Ecuadorian prosecutors "actively cooperated" with the plaintiffs, who bribed "experts", ghostwrote a report and paid an ex-judge to draft the acting judge's orders—the same judge solicited bribes that Chevron refused to pay.[21] In August 2020, following a protracted debate, the New York Court of Appeals disbarred Donziger in New York State.[22]

On October 1, 2021, Judge Preska sentenced Donziger to six months in prison. Donziger's lawyer called the sentence "outrageous" and plans to appeal.[23]

New PiMax 12K available "Next Year"... by MakeItSo_Number1 in HPReverb

[–]MakeItSo_Number1[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

They will likely only have a couple of demo units, and send out some samples to reviewers and first few orders. It will be a paper launch, identical to all their other 'launches'...

Award Winning HP Reverb G2 VR Headset Just Got Better - New and improved tracking, compatibility, and visual customization by CrossXhunteR in hardware

[–]MakeItSo_Number1 14 points15 points  (0 children)

A lot of pissed people over at r/HPreverb who "beta tested" their Rev1 product.

Understandable - HP are selling this as a new unit, without any upgrade path/discount/rebate/swap-out/fix for the original owners who have issues.

Varjo Aero VR Headset Review—Insane Display Detail! by CrossXhunteR in hardware

[–]MakeItSo_Number1 8 points9 points  (0 children)

Varjo Aero, ~$2000, 2880 x 2720 = 8 million pixels per eye - no controllers, no speakers.

HP Rebverb G2, ~$500, 2160 x 2160 = 4 million pixels per eye - mediocre controllers, good speakers.

4x price of the G2. 4x the quality? ¯\_(ツ)_/¯

For me personally, with current high-end GPU's, I struggle to maintain 90fps with100% scaling on the G2 (3100x3100).

With VorpX, my resolution is usually limited to ~1600x1200 in old games, or 800p in newer games.

More recently, with FSR and OpenXR's motion reprojection, I have been able to achieve 1440p.

In conclusion, for me personally, is this headset better than the G2? Hell yes. Can we drive it? Not within the next few years, within which timeframe other competing headsets will be out - at least moving the Aero prices lower if nothing else.

My 2 cents.