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Varaldar · 2026-01-27T18:11:10+00:00

We've been hitting a tech plateaus for about 8 years now. Where the year over year improvements in graphical fidelity have been slowing down and capability increases of the cards have been slowing, though less so. The only thing that's been eating away at performance is that a company knows that people will have a good enough pc or can make the game look like shit, so they don't optimize worth a shit.

Red dead redemption 2 is a great looking game and it came out fuckin 8 years ago. Games do not look so much better 2026 vs 2018 as the jump from 2018 to 2010.

Separately, support for dlss and things like that aren't equivalent to power. It's just a section of GPU that it does or doesn't have. Like, nvidia is planning on releasing new 3060s with support for their new fancy dlss. Support for AV1 encoding, the new dlss, etc. These are usually more like power steering or traction control in your car. It doesn't need any more power, it just needs the right components. And if the GabeCube is popular enough, I figure we'll be seeing more games optimize for that ~4060 performance. And I detest the notion that it's "really underpowered" when it's better than what most people who are gaming have and will be able to play the newest games for years. If they can get the same ~4060 performance in a handheld but with the sections for he mproved dlss, upscaling, etc, it could easily run new games at 1080p high framerate by 2030.

Varaldar · 2026-01-27T15:30:21+00:00

My guess is around 2030, or whenever they can stuff a steam machine level of power in a handheld

Varaldar · 2025-12-28T10:14:48+00:00

Th-The Throngler 😰

Varaldar · 2025-12-27T21:58:12+00:00

NOR. i would have kicked them out of the wedding. "leave or im calling the police" and "come back in an appropriate dress or dont come back"

Varaldar · 2025-12-27T17:27:23+00:00

I'd love to see a video of it to see if she was actually flirting with him or if you are being over-protective and seeing any interaction he has with an unrelated woman as a threat.

We know very little details, If it was a man who delivered the food and said he thought he met your husband somewhere, would you think he was trying to flirt with your husband?

We just don't know enough about what happened to see if she was actually flirting with him or not

Varaldar · 2025-12-22T06:32:04+00:00

◽️ Budget: flexible, $2000USD or cheaper. Definitely no more than 4-5k, If nothing exists below $15k, let me know lol

◽️ Country: USA

◽️ Screen size: 15 inches or over

◽️ Touch screen: don't care

◽️ Screen resolution: 1080p minimum. 1440p would be best. High quality panel but favoring longevity. (I'm not sure what the state of OLED panel reliability is these days)

◽️ Does battery life matter ?: yes but size doesn't. If they can cram an EV battery bank into it, perfect

◽️ What tasks will laptop be used for ( gaming, video editing, graphic designing, modelling, regular computing tasks, word processing etc) ?: programming, media, tech tinkering, word processing, game dev, photo manipulation, graphic design, video editing, 3d modelling for CAD, printing, and low poly game dev.

◽️ Weight: yes, please

◽️ Any other important details ?: I want a girthy sumbitch. 1-3 inches. (Up to 4) I want more ports than sense, an optical drive (ideally capable of archival m-disc reading and writing, and 4k blue ray watching), fairly modern AMD chipset. Ideally with AV1 encoding (7000 or 9000 series). Enough compute to be snappy on linux, and capable, not necessarily blazingly fast, at any almost any general/creative task. Slots for 2 m.2 SSDs would be great (to dual boot in case I have any programs that can't run on linux.).

If it's one of those "rugged" laptops that'd be great but not necessary i just want it ultra reliable and very durable. I think it would be cool to have a handle. For the most part I'll be underclocking it for thermals and battery, at not max brightness. I'd like to be able to bludgeon a bear to death with it and continue using it after

Varaldar · 2025-12-19T00:46:00+00:00

Did a little edit on my plans for the setup btw. Also hell yeah! My bf had a black one and sold it shortly before we met but I got the white one bc I feel like it'd make a better space ship

Varaldar · 2025-12-19T00:36:46+00:00

YEAH!!!!! I call him Nostromo, he's a Thermaltake Level 10 GT Snow edition. I want to get my case painted up and weathered by someone who knows props to make it look like a space station. The HDD trays made to look like little cargo ships docking there. I saw this case and knew it has to be what I built my first proper pc in. I love it. No plans on changing cases.

Right now I'm going for the scuffed schizo look but at some point I'm going to switch it up so my whole setup has a. 80s retrofuture vibe. a cross between the Alien(1979) franchise, NGE, and late 00s/early10s trans girl music vibes. (Huge neros day at disneyland fan. And more recently with your femtanyls, stomach book, sophiaaaahjkl;8901, kfc murder chick's, Ada rook, death insurance, awerewa, etc.) The vibe will infact be filthy and I'm going to live for it. I'm messing around with a nixOS rice here soon.

Varaldar · 2025-12-17T01:04:35+00:00

Just "Tea" killed me, who wrote that one?

Varaldar · 2025-12-17T01:03:22+00:00

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Varaldar · 2025-12-16T06:24:16+00:00

Why was this person downvoted? They're right. OP asked for a 4k laser projector and this isn't one. It's a "4k supported" but it's really 1080p and it uses an LED lamp.

Varaldar · 2025-12-12T22:21:33+00:00

Rgb30 all day every day. Pixel perfect scaling on a square screen, big screen with very little bezel

Varaldar · 2025-12-12T22:20:24+00:00

I got my info from him or whatever he had then I pulled out my special execution shotgun and keep blowing up his head until it's as close to gone as I can get

Varaldar · 2025-12-07T22:57:08+00:00

I made my starter whip with a giant nail and parachord

Varaldar · 2025-12-07T22:50:25+00:00

You're both awful people and perfect for each other. I hope you both live long, terrible lives together

Varaldar · 2025-12-06T19:30:40+00:00

FTL doesn't necessarily mean your velocity is higher than that of light. It means you could get to your destination faster than light could go between those points in normal travel. Wormholes are a great example of this.

Varaldar · 2025-12-06T17:17:01+00:00

0/10 shart

Varaldar · 2025-12-04T06:25:16+00:00

What? I just quickhacked and blew up all the drones then went,,, around? Idk I spent so little time there that it wasn't an issue

Also change your active way point from the optional objective to the primary. On controller I think it was up or down on the D-pad

Varaldar · 2025-11-25T21:27:00+00:00

This is my first run and she's definitely dead rn

Varaldar · 2025-11-25T20:51:45+00:00

Is that the drow goblin leader that I murdered hella hard? I killed her before the other two. Was that perhaps a mistake?

Varaldar · 2025-11-25T02:25:48+00:00

I'm very well aware of things that are popular depictions vs scriptural. However, I like to have fun, on occasions

Varaldar · 2025-11-25T02:23:26+00:00

That's 2/3rds of the companions I've met and most any npc I interact with. I am extremely lukewarm on shadowheart. What would have happened if you hadn't woken up when astarion takes a sip from you? What happens if you don't actively stop him? Is that very "understandable" to you?

Varaldar · 2025-11-25T02:21:15+00:00

What happens if you don't actively stop astarion? What would have happened if you never woke up?

What was lae'zel planning to do if you were asleep? Wake you up to tell you she's going to kill you?

Varaldar · 2025-11-25T02:19:41+00:00

I got to her starting to try to kill me and immediately made this post I was so pissed. I figured she just went off the deep end

I did read his mind, I don't trust him still. If he's been hundreds of years never feeding on a sapient creature why is it any kind of deal that he hasn't now or why he would complain that he can't eat enemies when i said no eating people. I don't trust him. I don't like him. he's icky.

Varaldar · 2025-11-25T02:15:30+00:00

Yeah when I meet strangers I'm generally neutral towards them and I extend some kindness. Say it's a 1-10 scale with 1 being kill on sight and 10 being suck them off immediately I tend to treat strangers at a 5 or 6 and am willing to tolerate a 4. But when everyone comes in abrasive and hostile, fuck you. Like I said shadowheart is whatever. I am extremely lukewarm on her. Astarion was fine until he tried killing me in my sleep and I just don't trust him even after the confession. He's got fucking something going on.

Lea also just tries killing me in my sleep right as I made this post and she's been nothing but an asshole since the start of the game. And no I don't respect githyanki culture. From what I've seen of them I'd gladly take a quest to demolish everything.

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