(template stolen from Crow Time comic)
If you feel any better: i think that modern requirements for games are bizarrely too high for relatively small gains over what we had 10 years ago.
Yes, because
- developers can’t be bothered to optimize the game if management breathes into their necks
- DRM like Denuvo tanks performance, ironically only for the people not pirating and thus paying for the game
No kidding, denuvo made me stop buying games every time because I just detest it and what it stands for. Also, boggles resources way too much (and no, having a root kit is a no no for me). But more importantly, single player games with denuvo is the ultimate low.
I’m still using a GTX 1070 and none of the games I play has had issues yet. The most recent games I’ve played on it were hitman 3, cult of the Lamb and Cross code. None of the games are that demanding but they were all good. I guess I just don’t play AAA titles (although hitman 3 is AAA but older).
I recently went installed GTA SA and my CPU was running at freaking 20% with graphics cranked up. I remember when I played it around 2010 by potato PC was lagging and freezing. But anyway the game still rocks after 24 damn years and it only requires 4-5 GB
anti piracy measures and cost cutting when optimizing games
By “optimizing” do you mean going through the source code and adding comments referring to Optimus Prime? Because that’s called “optimus priming” and we had a whole two hours about it in coding camp.
“optimizing” is a portmenteau coming from “optical minimizing”. the technique involves not using glasses, so you can’t tell when your code is trash.
“Optimizing” is where you convince your programmers that microdosing MDMA is great for productivity and they all end up being really optimistic about how their code is doing.
Indie games my beloved
How “new” is this PC?
Why, it was just yesterday when I… oh, come to think of it, that was nearly a decade ago. Huh.
Not sure how new, but has a turbo button. That should be good for something, right?
This. My husband used to spend most of his unemployment on graphics cards. All for gaming. All of it.
