Thabass
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It CAN be a bitch, but once it's complete and you have that sense of accomplishment? Hooo boy, it's a hell of a drug.
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PC sure is something magical
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64bitmodels
Reverse groomer.
emulation of most consoles made before 2000 is pretty much perfect. i can agree for 7th gen tho. PS3 and 360 emulation isnt fully there yet and playing Wii/DS/3DS on anything that isnt original hardware is just asking for complications and trouble (thanks to the control schemes)
plus there's just some outright dated/bad emulators like PCSX2 which really is so far behind Dolphin when it comes to compatibility, support and features it's crazy
Personally i love emulation, it's crazy how reverse engineering is capable of things like this... but the recent decompilation projects of games like Mario 64, Sonic, Jak, OOT, they're the future of retro video game preservation. Much easier to mod, can be played on every device that it's ported to, better performance than emulator thanks to no translation overhead, and people can properly read the code and understand what made the controls and the physics of these games feel so damn good to play.
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MidGenRefresh
*Refreshes biennially
STARSBarry
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64bitmodels
Reverse groomer.
man i gotta get around to play those games, my friend gifted me the sequel on steam a couple weeks ago and i havent touched it. strange too since i love building PCsI love it so much i spent far too much time in both.
clampzyn
Member
It's going down slowly because they want to sell their last gen cards which they overstocked, once all of the stocks is gone expect more price cuts.
STARSBarry
Gold Member
Honestly there excellent tools especially if your wanting a compact build (I was trying to make one but the 5000 series processors run hot)
You can test which brand name coolers and GPU's will fit in certain cases, and with the none X 7000 AMD chips finally opening up micro ATX cases in terms of temps there is the potential to once again get a real power house going, it all depends on how the lower end (and hopefully smaller) cards do, but if there's anything like
Compact is back on the menu boys.
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zephiross
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I agree with all of this (especially modding and unique hardware/software features), but one big downside of PC gaming is the amount of tinkering needed compared to consoles where what is supposed to work works 100% of the time.Limitless libraries of Retro/Indie/AA gems. Ever improving unique hardware & software features. Multi-controller support & capabilities. The power of Modding. Steam. Grand Emulation scene for those GBC/N64...PS2/PS3/X360/Switch jams & Classics. Up to 8K/120fps+ gaming. Insane Backwards Compatibility..
Not a Masterracer. Love all my Consoles for their own great reasons.. But I just adore the feel, freedom & magical world of PC. It's really special.. Love the awesome community as well
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Gosh. Thanks @OverHeat. Really appreciate.
On PC you are always just one little issue away from a multi-hours deep dive in "why the fuck is this (not) happening"
But despite that, I went from being an exclusively console gamers to a majoritarily PC gamer.
EDIT: And the price is also a massive downside lol
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StormCell
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I'm pretty happy with my DS emulation experience on Series X. For the longest time, all I ever wanted was to play Pokemon on my TV. It finally came to Switch, but I honestly don't much like the games they're cranking out these days. It's been a real downer waiting for Nintendo to at least make the GBC or GBA games available on anything besides a handheld and I'm not going out of my way to find the hardware that made this possible ~100 years ago. So, being able to play HeartGold on my Series X has been awesome. My screen layout is just perfect, and I'm able to have the main screen I'm looking at fill up 80% of my TV while displaying both screens beside it in the other 20% of the screen. A click of the right stick alternates which screen is displayed big, the right stick controls stylus, and right trigger applies the stylus. I can actually draw with it reasonably well! I'm damn good at drawing seals that way in Dawn of Sorrow!
Is it 100% perfect? Eh, it's about 95%. I've upscaled the image by 2x. I would go even higher but it seems to be causing the music to play more slowly. If anyone has any experience with this or a solution that will work on Series X I would be appreciative!
64bitmodels
Reverse groomer.
the music plays slower because the game is running slower. upresing DS games is far more taxing than upresing PS1 games because the system is much more powerful and much more demanding despite having similar visuals
64bitmodels
Reverse groomer.
for you, it's literally like magic... it doesn't exist
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ShadyAcshuns
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PC does nothing for me. I ditched those heavy, stationary, archaic towers a long time ago. Thank God for tablets, chrome books and smartphones.
hououinkyouma00
Member
I've played on PC since like 1997 (I think it was around here but I'm not 100% sure since I was 6 lol) but emulation is never something I've been able to get into.Limitless libraries of Retro/Indie/AA gems. Ever improving unique hardware & software features. Multi-controller support & capabilities. The power of Modding. Steam. Grand Emulation scene for those GBC/N64...PS2/PS3/X360/Switch jams & Classics. Up to 8K/120fps+ gaming. Insane Backwards Compatibility..
Not a Masterracer
Gosh. Thanks @OverHeat. Really appreciate.
Like I could boot up any PS2 game in 4K right now but I'd rather pop the disc into my PS2 or BC PS3 and play there. I think the only game I've ever completed on an emulator was WWHD as I refuse to buy another WiiU just for 1 Zelda game.
When I was a little kid we had a shitty PC and a PS1. I really only played JRPGs and horror games on console, while I played everything else on PC (Jane's games, Quake, etc). I'm sure I was running everything at like 15fps but I didn't know any better. When the PS2 came out I played exclusively on console until like 2013 when I built a really budget system to play RPG Maker horror games and relive some old stuff but I was still 95% console. I ended up selling it to someone for like $200 or something.
PUBG is what made me build a new computer. That game looked so damn fun and two of my best friends at the time had been playing on PC because of LoL (I actually built both of their computers because at the time I was building PCs for extra money). That's what got me back into the space, and I've built multiple builds for myself since.
mITX is amazing, and I can never go back to a normal tower ever again. I have the Lian Li Dan A4 H20 case with a RTX 3080 and a 3700x in it and it's great. It's been a perfect case for me in terms of cost versus size/features.Stop it please, I need no desires and this is playing around my plans to move to mITX
The only thing stopping me isn't even a good case, it's the motherboard, I think if I'm gonna move to mITX and get a new board then why not switch to AM5? Then I'll remember how expensive it would be and stfo myself
It's all about taste much like everything else in the world. Some people's taste line up with only PC while others on console. I love PC but I'm still probably 50/50 with consoles playtime wise.
As long as you are happy then it doesn't matter where you play. Ignore PCMR, they can't possibly imagine someone having different tastes and priorities then them.
BennyBlanco
aka IMurRIVAL69
Yeah. Those console ports like Valorant, CS:GO, League, Dota, Civ, etc.
ReBurn
Gold Member
If you like having the power of the PS4 in your hand I guess.
Building and maintaining a PC is easier than ever these days. The "I need a new PC" thread has parts lists for multiple builds that you pretty much just assemble. The main complexity is knowing what parts work together but the internet will just tell you. Ten years ago I would have agreed with you but not now.
StormCell
Member
Well thankfully doing 2x resolution doesn't appear to have a noticeable slowdown and does clean it up quite nicely.
StormCell
Member
"PC does nothing for me. I ditched those heavy, stationary, archaic towers a long time ago. Thank God for completely locked down walled in devices that require jail breaking to run anything not approved by the walled garden overlords!"
Literally what you just said.
Cramoss
Member
Oh it does, it's just that after 20 years of gaming on PC, got bored of all the issues I'ved had many times on different sets of hardware. Maybe I just have way less patience than before.
I'm more of a lazy fuck right now due to work and family, so console it's more than enough for me.
cash_longfellow
Gold Member
Claims to not be a part of master race, proceeds to post pointless thread on PC’s nuts.
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ShadyAcshuns
Member
What I literally said is fuck pc gaming. Cope.
AndrewRyan
Member
Adding a 2Gb SSD is like placing a sponge in a pool of water, it just soaks up the games! Then there's the 12Gb 7200rpm heffer for the ones you're not ready to admit you'll never play.
64bitmodels
Reverse groomer.
yea i understand that
i was making a joke
Topher
Gold Member
Mobile gamer or streaming?
ShadyAcshuns
Member
Nah, just for the basics that in the old days required a clunky pee sea.
64bitmodels
Reverse groomer.
probably a console gamer, mainly for my sanity since i'd probably turn into Kanye if someone here were actually unironically using streaming and claiming it's superior to PC gaming
HeisenbergFX4
Gold Member
Really interested in these tiny PCs and going to look closely at this Spark by Digital Storm
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HerjansEagleFeeder
Member
Not having to bend over and get fucked by the current prices for games is another nice extra on PC.
64bitmodels
Reverse groomer.
yea instead you have the freedom to get fucked by the current prices of Lovelace and 7000 series GPUs
(jk jk there's always previous gens lol)
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Topher
Gold Member
Nah, just for the basics that in the old days required a clunky pee sea.
Ah.....yeah, if that is all then certainly no need for PC.
It's still great for gaming though.
Obviously not for everyone.
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Objectively speaking, PC is by far the best place to play almost any game for all the reasons you give.
Still, I barely play games on it. For some reason, whenever I play a game on PC, I find myself alt-tabbing to my browser, or to whatever, at even the slightest loading screen. I just get extremely distracted when playing games on PC most of the time. It's weird. I have tons of jRPG's on Steam that would run far better than they do on my Switch or PS4 but so far I have played pretty much none of them. I'm pretty sure that's just a me-thing, but yeah, it keeps me from playing anything seriously on it.
Still, I barely play games on it. For some reason, whenever I play a game on PC, I find myself alt-tabbing to my browser, or to whatever, at even the slightest loading screen. I just get extremely distracted when playing games on PC most of the time. It's weird. I have tons of jRPG's on Steam that would run far better than they do on my Switch or PS4 but so far I have played pretty much none of them. I'm pretty sure that's just a me-thing, but yeah, it keeps me from playing anything seriously on it.
ShadyAcshuns
Member
To each his or her own. I just thought I'd add some flair to the thread since it was clearly designed for boasting/praise.Ah.....yeah, if that is all then certainly no need for PC.
It's still great for gaming though.
Kataploom
Gold Member
I guess you only play on Switch and android/iOS
TintoConCasera
I bought a sex doll, but I keep it inflated 100% of the time and use it like a regular wife
This motherfucker wants to have wheels on his gaming systems or what.
64bitmodels
Reverse groomer.
Found the perfect computer for that
it is funny but i actually genuinely want brand themed PCs like this back, they look so fucking cool
That hotwheels PC is one of the few from the 90s that i feel aged really well design wise. In a sea of beige and black this really looks great.
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MikeM
Member
Agreed for the most part.
I joined PC after having consoles for 10+ years. I have always had consoles but dabbled in PC sometimes. I recently built a 5600/6700xt but then upgraded to a 7900xt recently which demolishes my PS5. I split my time between them 50/50 as for whatever reason, PS5 just feels like home. Can’t explain it really. But anything that doesn’t have a 60fps or higher option is automatically PC.
Fuck 30fps.
I joined PC after having consoles for 10+ years. I have always had consoles but dabbled in PC sometimes. I recently built a 5600/6700xt but then upgraded to a 7900xt recently which demolishes my PS5. I split my time between them 50/50 as for whatever reason, PS5 just feels like home. Can’t explain it really. But anything that doesn’t have a 60fps or higher option is automatically PC.
Fuck 30fps.
Topher
Gold Member
64bitmodels
Reverse groomer.
... you might wanna replace that G in GB with a T buddy. 2gb of space could store like 4 indie titles LOL
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GymWolf
Member
Jokes on him, i have my pc in a cart with wheels and i can move it around.
(not even joking)
tbf i also have my ps5 in a piece of furniture with wheels...
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Fredrik
Member
Yeah it’s great!
I’m embarrassed that I once got a ban for telling PC gamers to go talk somewhere else than in my console thread. You live and you learn. Bought my first real gaming PC in 2014, gsync and all, 780ti and i7. I’ve not once regret jumping in.
Only thing I don’t like is the cost of having highend parts. And Sony’s delayed PC versions.
I’m embarrassed that I once got a ban for telling PC gamers to go talk somewhere else than in my console thread. You live and you learn. Bought my first real gaming PC in 2014, gsync and all, 780ti and i7. I’ve not once regret jumping in.
Only thing I don’t like is the cost of having highend parts. And Sony’s delayed PC versions.
Holammer
Member
I want a PC case, monitor & other peripherals with the 80's grey/beige plastic look.Found the perfect computer for that
it is funny but i actually genuinely want brand themed PCs like this back, they look so fucking cool
That hotwheels PC is one of the few from the 90s that i feel aged really well design wise. In a sea of beige and black this really looks great.
I demand retro!
TintoConCasera
I bought a sex doll, but I keep it inflated 100% of the time and use it like a regular wife
That's cool, bet it comes in handy when cleaning around.
Don't forget the turbo button!
GHG
Member
The thing that most people don't really talk about with PC gaming is that you can have exactly the type of experience you want with zero restrictions. You have near unlimited choice when it comes to input devices and in terms of how you want to run your games (resolution framerate, etc). That's why it will always be the best place to play games provided you're at least a little bit technically literate (and to be honest you should be in this day and age).
As far as I'm concerned if you only have the choice of one piece of hardware then it should be PC. There are so many games and experiences that you can have on the platform that simply aren't available elsewhere.
As far as I'm concerned if you only have the choice of one piece of hardware then it should be PC. There are so many games and experiences that you can have on the platform that simply aren't available elsewhere.
64bitmodels
Reverse groomer.
To each their own then. I like a colorful PC but none of that rgb trash. Pcs with an actual color scheme and theme are what gets me giddy. Fully black pcs are fine too though
For retro computers I also prefer the 80s stuff, they're also beige but each 80s PC really had a style to them like the Tandy or the c64. Their designs are distinct. Many 90s pcs come off looking the same
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TheThreadsThatBindUs
Member
Good for you, OP that you're so delighted in PC gaming.
I would be more interested if the hardware costs weren't so obscene.
I don't want to have to sell a kidney just to enjoy my gaming hobby.
I would be more interested if the hardware costs weren't so obscene.
I don't want to have to sell a kidney just to enjoy my gaming hobby.
And before any of you comes at me to argue that you don't need to buy high-end hardware. To enjoy all the latest games in 8k 120fps like the OP is singing about, you absolutely do.
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Topher
Gold Member
Kidney's are overrated, bro