New monitor this time!

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    1 year ago

    This is gonna sound crazy but Star Wars Dark Forces 2: Jedi Knight. It was the first game I played on a computer we got when I was in the 4th grade and since then I’ve made it a tradition to make that the first game I play on any new computer.

    To my knowledge it wasn’t even a technical power house when it came out but it is always interesting to see it run at resolutions way higher than it was intended for

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      1 year ago

      I literally just started playing thru this again a few weeks ago.

      Don’t think it’ll suffice for a stress test these days, but it’s such a great game.

      I still need to finish MoTS one of these days…

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      11 months ago

      I have an Odyssey CRG9. It seems so absurd at first, but after a while it makes using any 16:9 monitor feel cramped as hell. Just be aware ultrawide support is lacking at times, but nothing you can’t tweak around. Took me about a month of use to get everything to where I don’t have to think about it much anymore.

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    1 year ago

    Honestly, it’s 3dMark or the benchmarks from either Cyberpunk 2077, Metro: Exodus, or FFXV. Perfect stress tests.

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    1 year ago

    Flight Simulator 2020, went from a i7 4790k / 1080Ti to a 5800X3D / 3090, insane performance. Don’t get me wrong my former build was insane, almost 7 years of use, and still kicking.

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      1 year ago

      This. Q3A has been a benchmark standard ever since it came out, plus it’s still an incredibly fun game.

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      11 months ago

      Is this some kind of joke I’m too young to understand…? Quake came out in 1999 yeah, that’s like saying UT99 is a good benchmark, but I havent played on a pc that cant run UT99

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        11 months ago

        Hmm … it’s not for tests purposes, if that’s what you mean, it’s just because I like it.

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    11 months ago

    Ark Survival Evolved. Been playing it through two GPU-only and one full-PC upgrade. So satisfying to see the game situations which used to send FPS into the single digits, now stay above 60 FPS at all times. (Yes, the game is that horribly optimized.)