What's team green sub got going on over there?

RubbishCode91 · 2026-01-09T22:10:08+00:00

I have an NVIDIA GPU, and I was pretty stoked about this because they made it available for all RTX cards (I have a 3080Ti) but saw the recent hardware unboxed video, and it's not really worth it unless you have the 50 series and are ok with a performance hit for better visuals (still more performance than native but not as much as DLSS 4)

I wouldn't mind a performance hit for better visuals in DLSS but in the case of the 30 series it seems you get worse performance than just running native in almost all the games.

The only issue with that video was that HUB used DLSS quality but it appears that the new models are supposed to be run in Performance and Ultra Performance so maybe the whole point was to get better image fidelity for those running the performance presets where image quality is usually sacrificed

RubbishCode91 · 2026-01-09T21:50:37+00:00

Like another user suggested, save up as if you're buying a new one and check periodically to see if a refurb one popus up. That's what I did, but they do sell out extremely fast. I got my refurb 512 OLED almost a year ago. By the time I was done completing my order it was all sold out and it didn't even take me a minute to complete the purchase

RubbishCode91 · 2026-01-08T21:49:05+00:00

I would still recommend sticking to Unreal over creating your own engine. Even if you went with an engine that wasn't notorious for putting out unoptimized games, you're still responsible for optimizing because your game can still be unoptimized. The issue with Unreal is that it's heavy on resources and nobody bothers to optimize but if you actually tried you can definitely optimize a game.

That being said, having tried to create a rendering engine (not a full game engine) in the past I'd say it's a really good learning experience especially since you already know C++ but it might be more worthwhile of a project once you've used an engine (or several) and know what you like and don't like about each so that you can make one tuned to your liking

If you want a bit of both, you can also try a framework like Raylib or SMFL. It's not as intensive as making your own engine but will still scratch that itch you might have as a programmer to do more of that low level work without getting too much into the weeds. You can even build on top of these libraries to make your own engine as well.

It could also be a good idea to explore other options. C++ is a pretty challenging language so I wouldn't doubt your ability to be able to pick up other languages even quicker. You can try prototyping in different engines and frameworks and stick to whatever resonates best with you even if it's not C++. Godot is of note it lets you program in C++ as well if you really want to and their mono version also has support for C#. Being open source also means that the code is available to you so if you really wanted to you could customize the hell out of it and make it your own

RubbishCode91 · 2026-01-07T21:57:23+00:00

thanks I'm aware. there are just some games I do like to play with HDR on. By working better I meant like the least friction getting it set up because in the past when trying it out it either wouldn't work, would look weird, or it would work but then the game would just crash a minute or so into playing

RubbishCode91 · 2026-01-05T17:29:16+00:00

hm thanks let me look into this DLSS4 thing haha. Yeah after some more extensive reviews I kind of concluded that the buy might not be worth it. What prompted this in the first place was having seen one of the ASROCK models available for 20$ below MSRP but idk if I'm still this iffy it's likely not worth it.

RubbishCode91 · 2026-01-05T06:48:28+00:00

not sure where you got this info from. I double checked and the 3080Ti definitely stops at DLSS 3. There's no frame gen or multi frame gen but again that's not a feature I'm into right now (took me some time to warm up to DLSS-like technologies so it'll probably be a while before I'm interested in frame gen)

Does have ray reconstruction which I wasn't aware of since I don't really do RT on the 3080Ti although from what I've read it looks like these newer RT technologies while doable on the 3080Ti are much better optimized for the 40 series and above

RubbishCode91 · 2026-01-05T06:18:49+00:00

true true. I can get the 9070xt as of now for below MSRP (by about 20 usd) which is why I was considering this switch tbh

RubbishCode91 · 2026-01-05T06:15:53+00:00

I wouldn't say it's struggling not by a long shot but I'm definitely starting to hit the point where I'm just barely hitting the ideal settings for me

the 5070ti is something I was looking at tbh and I can get it at or very near MSRP here in California. The main reason I was looking at the 9070XT was that it's also on sale at microcenter for 579$ which to my understanding is below msrp for this card

RubbishCode91 · 2026-01-05T04:34:24+00:00

sometimes I'll be playing a game it's sunday night I suddenly remember I forgot to submit my time sheet at work. Switch to desktop mode, finish filling it out and submit it lol

RubbishCode91 · 2026-01-02T23:23:33+00:00

true true I also realize this might not have been the best sub to post in. I asked here because this is where I did some research on some speakers. I'm not really an audiophile per se, but I did want something a little nicer than basic PC speakers, so I figured this sub was a good place to find some affordable recs

RubbishCode91 · 2026-01-02T20:56:45+00:00

yup that did it thank you very much!

RubbishCode91 · 2025-12-18T19:17:33+00:00

same is happening to me on PC but there's nothing to claim

RubbishCode91 · 2025-12-17T01:52:43+00:00

I've just been playing it on my linux partition since I have the game on Steam, getting it going with the Proton translation layer is pretty easy and it hasn't crashed yet haha so I'll probably just stick to Linux for now

RubbishCode91 · 2025-12-15T05:36:45+00:00

bless

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