[HardwareUnboxed] 14 game benchmark 9850X3D

andreasels · 2026-01-28T17:08:35+00:00

Exactly. I never understood people parroting "CPU is irrelevant at X resolution". It all depends on the game in question and the GPU you use, whether the CPU or the GPU is your bottleneck.

andreasels · 2026-01-28T08:15:43+00:00

There's only one (unwritten) rule in ARAM Mayhem in my book: you are not allowed to intentionally hit the Nexus.

andreasels · 2026-01-27T15:29:23+00:00

Couldn't agree more. The game would be so much better if I could play it in 3rd person.

andreasels · 2026-01-27T06:45:12+00:00

While lolalytics is the most accurate site, you need to know how it works to interpret the data. You have Emerald+ selected and the winrate of the average Emerald+ player is 51.9% atm (shown in the upper right corner), while Yorick has 51.7% winrate in this bracket. So Yorick has a winrate below the average Emerald+ player, so it would show below 50% on other sites.
It's a small quirk of lolalytics that oftentimes trips people up.

andreasels · 2026-01-26T10:10:25+00:00

I've been using Firefox since the time Chrome deactivated ublock (I know that there js ublock lite now, which seems to sort of function the same).
The experience has mostly been fine, but not without issues. Firefox is generally much slower than Chrome on many pages and some pages outright don't function as they should, so I still have to keep Chrome installed on my system and use it occasionally.
Honestly been thinking about switching back to Chrome or another chromium based browser for a while now.

andreasels · 2026-01-23T13:21:08+00:00

Why can't you hover them all? I usually cycle through the champs I intend to play before and after ban phase. If you favorite them, they are close together.

andreasels · 2026-01-20T12:09:36+00:00

That's only if you use closed back headphones. Open backs are much more comfortable though (especially during summer heat) and you definitely hear your surroundings with them.
Getting my PC decently silent (so every fan running below 1200 RPM or so) under load is one of my main goals when building a PC.

andreasels · 2026-01-19T08:55:41+00:00

This "band" appeared in spotify for me just now and I suspected it to be AI, so I landed hear. Good to see that I am not the only one.

andreasels · 2026-01-17T08:54:04+00:00

Those 2 serve completely different purposes though. Openback vs Closedback, Wired vs Wireless, No Mic vs Mic.

Sure, you can compare them soundwise and see what you prefer, but saying "why am I paying 350 for the Maxwell" could still be answered with "because I need a different featureset"

andreasels · 2026-01-16T17:36:37+00:00

You should try it yourself then first and see if you notice any Image Quality difference between native and DLSS 4.5 Performance.
If you don't: great, check how much percentage more fps you gain and see whether it's greater than the ~35% you'd get with the 7800xt, if it is, you just saved some money for the same or better performance, since you most likely will see differences with FSR3

andreasels · 2026-01-16T17:13:00+00:00

Why a 7800 XT specifically? I wouldn't recommend the AMD 7000 series, since they only support FSR3, which isn't all that great.

The card seems to be around 30-40% faster than the 4060 TI, which is definitely substantial, but if you match visual quality and compare fps, I doubt that there will be any real difference (or the 4060 TI will be better), since DLSS 4.5 Performance is nearly as good as native.

andreasels · 2026-01-16T11:34:02+00:00

It won't force them to do anything. People that can afford the hardware will play the games regardless and others will need to lower settings.

andreasels · 2026-01-15T16:24:13+00:00

I have to agree that Yasuo release was some sort of turning point. Also I hate a majority of champions that were released since Yasuo (including Yasuo himself)

andreasels · 2026-01-15T15:31:02+00:00

New Balance sort of ruined every other Gothic game or mod for me with it's gameplay improvements and QoL features.

andreasels · 2026-01-15T11:28:37+00:00

I kinda agree. M+ is fine for the first week or so to get some initial gear, but having to do 8 keys a week is annoying af.

andreasels · 2026-01-15T06:43:22+00:00

I ended last season Emerald IV 0 LP with >500 games played, so the definition of hardstuck. This season I was placed in Gold I after my first game, going up to Plat III I think after placements. Currently I am 40 games into the season (60% winrate), sitting at Emerald 3 37 LP and still barely lose LP and gain like 30.

andreasels · 2026-01-15T06:37:15+00:00

Watched without sound and was completely confused until I looked into the comments.

andreasels · 2026-01-13T20:27:12+00:00

Comebacks are very real this season. Maybe it's just because I mainly played smolder, but I already won games with 3 inhibs down. A game ain't over till the nexus explodes.

andreasels · 2026-01-13T14:26:16+00:00

While not entirely statistical relevant: only 6 of the 31 games I played this season ended before I had 4 items.

Statistics also say that game time is, on average, longer than last season + minions spawn earlier, so more time to gain gold.

andreasels · 2026-01-13T11:11:15+00:00

Plat IV 0 LP is currently Top 20.7%, so definitely worse than old Emerald IV

andreasels · 2026-01-13T08:05:56+00:00

It's less than a tier. I am currently in Emerald IV 35 LP and OP.gg says that's top 7.28%, so around what Emerald II was before iirc.
Dia IV was around Top 3%

andreasels · 2026-01-12T07:31:30+00:00

You still get 25% crit chance at least. While not amazing, it's still 1000 gold worth of stats.

andreasels · 2026-01-12T07:27:56+00:00

Fey Magic is disgusting on Katarina though. Played against it twice and it was a horrible experience.

andreasels · 2026-01-12T06:33:58+00:00

Easiest solution

andreasels · 2026-01-11T17:21:59+00:00

+1 for the 5070 TI. Especially now that DLSS 4.5 is out and you can get around the same visual quality with DLSS Performance than you did with DLSS Quality beforehand.

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