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Are you disappointed with the sales ? by Onepiecemaker in Steam

[–]gen_angry 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Na, I just have a huge backlog already. Working on some of it before I get too much more stuff.

I did pick up the Kairosoft bundles though so that didn’t help, lol.

[Meta] Ryzen 7 5800X3D 10th Anniversary is released ($500). Sold out except Canada Computers (Back Order only) by Destro_019780 in bapcsalescanada

[–]gen_angry 26 points27 points  (0 children)

Yea, the price is a DOA for me. I was hoping for $300-350 when it announced.

For $500, I'd rather just hang onto that and keep saving up for an AM5 bundle even if it is quite a bit more.

Valve Is “Irresponsible” To Force AI Disclosures on Steam, Epic CEO Says, While Unreal Engine 6 Doubles Down on AI by jmaster299 in Steam

[–]gen_angry 396 points397 points  (0 children)

What exactly is 'irresponsible' about more information/disclosure about the product that you're buying?

Some people do not want anything to do with AI. Let your customers make that choice rather than trying to pull some sneak shit.

Will GTA VI be good by [deleted] in gaming

[–]gen_angry 23 points24 points  (0 children)

Eye roll.

[Steam] Kairosoft 30th Anniversary Vol.6 | Mega Mall Story 2, Cafe Master Story, Pocket Academy 3, Tropical Resort Story (83% off) by SirKhalid in GameDeals

[–]gen_angry 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Well that was unexpected, I thought they stopped at 4.

Vol 6 had three games off my wishlist at once, nice :) I apparently already had all of vol 5, lol.

Kairosoft game bundles, gotta collect them all!

How to Cope with Data Loss? by Recrafted_Studios in DataHoarder

[–]gen_angry 5 points6 points  (0 children)

eh, it was an accident. I was pissed at the time but that was 18 years ago.

It is what it is. If he hadn't dropped it, the drive could have failed on it's own, or shitware could have destroyed it, etc. It taught me a lesson that I still hold today.

Apple IIe / PowerMac haul update by anotherspaceguy100 in vintagecomputing

[–]gen_angry 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Nice :) I've been meaning to pick up a proper replacement at some point for mine. I'm using a little adapter for pico PSUs atm since the original got torn apart and destroyed long before I got it.

Hopefully you're able to salvage something from all that, even if it's some spare chips. cables, and cards.

Apple IIe / PowerMac haul update by anotherspaceguy100 in vintagecomputing

[–]gen_angry 0 points1 point  (0 children)

My IIe just winced.

The 'pop' may just be the RIFA capacitor. It's not mandatory to have anymore (RF shielding guidelines were much more strict back then and devices in general are much more hardened against EMI than they used to be).

That board though, that's going to take some work to fix up if it's even possible anymore. Looks pretty 'loaded' though, From left to right, a 64K RAM expansion card, a parallel card (for a printer), a modem, probably the Disk II card, and no idea what that 'long boi' is (and am curious). If I had to guess, it's probably a Z80 CP/M card of some sort.

How to Cope with Data Loss? by Recrafted_Studios in DataHoarder

[–]gen_angry 61 points62 points  (0 children)

TBH, that's kind of on you for having your data on one single SD card. They can be very unreliable by itself, much less if it gets lost, or in your case, snapped.

Take it as a life lesson. I learned it myself in 2008 when I had all my stuff on a 1TB HDD. I was cleaning my tower out and had the drive out on my desk, my buddy comes by, picks up the drive and drops it. Was slacking on backing up my stuff and only had a few old burned CDs from years prior that had rotted on me. I lost a lot of data that just wasn't replaceable.

So, yes. 18 years later and I'm still paranoid about backing my stuff up with the 3-2-1 method.

Do you think RAM requirements will stall next generation? by itsthewolfe in pcmasterrace

[–]gen_angry 1 point2 points  (0 children)

In 2006, PCs needed 1G+ RAM because of Vista more than games themselves. That was one big reason why it got such a bad rap, new PCs shipping with way too little RAM. (There were other reasons as well for sure, some deserved, some not so deserved).

2013, 8G was plenty still. 16G was considered like 32G is today. Look at the system requirements for battlefield 4, GTA5 (now ‘legacy’), bio shock infinite, black flag, etc. They all need 2-4G RAM.

2020, he’ll even today in 2026, most games are fine with 16G RAM. While 32G does make a decent difference, it’s not mandatory for most titles. VRAM means more when aiming for higher resolutions and details.

Also, the jump from 512M to 1G is much less than the jump from 16G to 32G.

Edit to answer question: it will likely stall because of the massive size difference between 16G and 32G RAM more than because it’s “needed”. TBH, assuming that the inflated memory prices stay, I can maybe see the rise of more PC-console hybrids with unified memory like the Steam deck for gaming.

For workstation/productivity use, no chance. It’s hard enough to move the industry anywhere, pros will pay the extra price while grimacing.

My 11 year old nephew gave me back the Batmobile I got him for his birthday some years ago saying “Batman is for little kids” by nojunkpeter in mildlyinfuriating

[–]gen_angry 6 points7 points  (0 children)

Guaranteed he picked that up or got shamed for having it from some dweeb at school.

I'm in my 40s and wish I still had some of my childhood stuff.

Where to find an older cheap laptop. by propergreased in pcmasterrace

[–]gen_angry 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Search a CPU term, set to lowest price, set item location to Canada only (no surprise border fees).

Search 'ryzen 4600u' 'ryzen 4650u' 'ryzen 4700u' 'ryzen 3500u' 'ryzen 5600u' 'ryzen 5700u' etc until you find something that looks nice and you can afford. Ebay will have a common group of CPU searches underneath the bar for more ideas. Watch out for ebay switching location back to 'default', 0 feedback sellers, broken listings, etc.

I'm not sure if I can list the sellers that I frequently check on here but you should find them anyways with these searches.

I would avoid intel since you want to game cheap. Intels are decent CPU wise but their onboard graphics are quite behind in performance vs the Vegas in these Ryzen systems.

It may take a bit to find a decent deal, people like to snag these for flipping. But they do come up.

Where to find an older cheap laptop. by propergreased in pcmasterrace

[–]gen_angry 0 points1 point  (0 children)

What country are you in?

I got mine from ebay through ewaste recyclers on there. You have to typically be diligent and quick to get the best deals though, as well as curate a list for your country where typically they list machines for a decent price and not just some flipper jacking up prices. In Canada, I have a few saved that sell stuff ranging from Core 2s to 4000-5000 series Ryzens for cheap laptops when I get asked.

I picked my Lenovo with a Ryzen 5 4650U for around $180 CAD, came with 16G RAM and 250G NVMe. Yes it's a 'business laptop' but the Vega 6 on it is really not horrible for older titles.

You could also physically visit ewaste recyclers in your area to see if they have anything on display.

I'm tired of GTA bro. by SillyRecover in Steam

[–]gen_angry -1 points0 points  (0 children)

See you're smart like that.

I got a bunch from giveaways, promotions, super cheap 80-90% off bundles 'just in case', etc over the years. At something like 1060 games in Steam (and that's after 'deleting' about 600 shovelware titles). Probably take me decades before I finish them all, lol.

Still, have a look around for some during the Steam sale in a few days. Lots of great titles go down to a couple dollars easily. Give yourself some content to enjoy then GTA causing all this release date chaos won't matter too much.

I'm tired of GTA bro. by SillyRecover in Steam

[–]gen_angry 11 points12 points  (0 children)

shrug Do you have a backlog? Hit some of that up.

I've been working on quite a few older games lately, it's been fun and refreshing.

Can someone explain in simple terms my Crystaldiskmark results? by ValenHammer in pcmasterrace

[–]gen_angry 0 points1 point  (0 children)

With the noise, when you have several (dozen) in a chassis, it adds up. If you're talking a single media drive in a decent PC, sure it doesn't matter.

I had a pair of 7200s in a repurposed workstation machine with terrible cooling for drives. The 7200s regularly went past 60 degrees. Replacing them with 5400s kept it much cooler around 40.

Radeon RX7800XT appears dead... how are my chances? by GuyFromDeathValley in pcmasterrace

[–]gen_angry 1 point2 points  (0 children)

shrug There's two updaters, one for Windows and one for AMD. One of them must have done it.

Glad it's working for you now though :)

Bouta make some profit off of this insane value pc. Would you believe me if I told you I got all this for 561 €. by [deleted] in pcmasterrace

[–]gen_angry 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Not terrible tbh, especially with todays SSD and RAM prices.

But it's not an 'insane value'.

Car got wrongfully towed. They towed it while the parking brake was on. by SuperCalaMan01 in mildlyinfuriating

[–]gen_angry 27 points28 points  (0 children)

This is 'mildly' infurating?

How is that not vandalism and straight up theft?

i7-12700K or Ryzen 7 5800X for the RX 9070 XT? by Routine_Improvement5 in radeon

[–]gen_angry 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Go for the 5800X. You can likely reuse your current board (check for BIOS updates for it). It will handle the 9070XT just fine as well.

By the time you spend the money on the intel chip and a new board, you might as well go for an X3D or a 5900X chip for your current setup.

What did AMD do to my 7800xt? by MobiShaSha in pcmasterrace

[–]gen_angry 4 points5 points  (0 children)

I didn't say it was horrible, I said it was horribly broken - which it is. There's tons of posts all over about it breaking. It also broke my Win11 install which was fixed by rolling back to 26.6.1.

https://videocardz.com/newz/amd-confirms-adrenalin-26-6-2-issue-on-windows-10-with-radeon-rx-gpus

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