Well, I guess we can mark our calendars! I still hop on CS from time to time, so it'll be fun to see all the improvements made. Probably going to be a record setting launch lol.

Well it depends on the game. For majority of the new releases, 4090 will still give 70-90fps at 4k native. Some new titles like Lies of P that came out recently, 4090 is like 150fps at 4k Native. But there are certainly some games that are next gen that are really hammering modern GPUs down. Imo it's both optimization related and AAA games being demanding.

If we take say an unreal engine 5 game like Immortals of Aveum. That game runs around 720p on PS5/Series X render resolution while on a 4090 at 4k Native, it runs at around 40fps while at 1440p Native, 80fps. So on a game like that where it's universally bad regardless of consoles or PC, it's very demanding. But the problem is that the game itself doesn't really look remarkable either, just looks like any other modern game. So I think it's a mix of both.

The problem is that with an engine like Unreal Engine 5, the engine itself scales abnormally as you up the render resolution compared to previous generation engines and this is intended due to the interviews from Epic developers. It is so that the game doesn't exhibit any pop-ins, geometry looks high quality at all resolutions and a few other reasons. But the problem is that by doing this, it puts a huge strain on GPUs but that is why Epic themselves says "Unreal Engine 5 is made with upscaling in mind" because their intention with the engine was never to use it at Native resolution to being with.

So it is becoming a "requirement" as we head further into the future. Even the next gen xbox slides shows that companies like MS will be investing heavily into upscaling solutions.

Wait i thought CDPRed was dead after CP2077? i mean i thought that was the thing for all devs now?, you dont launch to high scores and user reviews your finished!!... Are you really telling me a dev can bounce back from a bad launch as long as they support the game?.

Its all shit to push High end GPU's and AI upscaling. Bunch of bollox. At the end of the day the is no game out right now that doesnt look like it could run on last gen hardware with lower res and textures etc. Upscaling and this whole shit is bullshit marketing. Dont get me wrong i like DLSS. But it shouldnt be needed for high end cards that shit was made for cards like my 3060ti to run high end games. Not to help a 4090 run the game in 4k and in a few more years at 1440..

Nice. Skimmed a few of them and sounds like if you liked or loved the origional, you're going to like this one too.

Recalling back.. I was one of those people who played the game near launch and enjoyed it a lot (my personal GOTY in 2020) so preordered a while back. But its nice to see it getting good reception. And for sure, a great comeback for the series. Lots of updates later, a Netflix series, small DLC and now a big expansion which looks amazing. Plus excited to see all the stuff being added in 2.0 which should bring some of the features; that tbf really should've been in the game in the first place and more. Also a bit sad that this will be the last expansion as there's a lot they could do with the series but I guess they are moving over to Witcher 4 and UE5. Which means we probably won't be seeing much from the franchise for a while after this launches.

Also idd, more game developers putting their eggs in the basket for one engine isn't great. Hopefully it doesn't end up like being during the seventh gen era of  consoles where everyone and their gran was using UE3, to now UE5. Where a lot of games felt very samey from not only a visual standpoint, but also on a techical level too. Not to mention how awful the engine runs on most hardware.

What is your problem? Don't quote me if you have nothing to say.

Imo this could be one of the biggest launches in PC history. The numbers are going to be huge!!.

I did have something to say you can read it in my original reply to you so what is your problem by saying i have nothing to say?.

Is it that you dont want to admit how games can be fixed??. get better? what??.

Dat X3D efficiency

It's already too late. I've seen this happening across youtube vids with Mirage PC mentions and even on reddit: "is this gonna be like with Starfield and FSR again?"...

All it took was for one big game not to get DLSS to spawn this mindset. I told you dawg, I fuckin told you mindshare was hella powerful.