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WoodenPints on 27 April 2025
Pemalite said:

Hows everyone's performance with Oblivion Remastered?

My Ryzen 5950 seems to be coping just fine, nowhere near using all of my Ram, still got 90GB+ free.
But the little RX6600 of mine is definitely in struggle land. - 1440P, Medium, no Ray Tracing and using XESS performance... Using VRR and going from 40-60fps.

Been doing some GPU window shopping... First game I have truly felt the need to upgrade for in years. - The 7800XT is good value right now at $749 or the 9070 at $1050 which offers up to 50% more performance...
I really don't want to pay $1,000 AUD for a GPU, rather spend less and upgrade more often when the need arises, miss the days when I could grab a high performing Radeon 6950 for $400 AUD...

Yeah. I have started being stingy on GPU's since COVID and the Crypto booms.

I've not played it myself but from what I've read it's very heavy on the CPU and particularly bad on AMD CPUs with Intel faring a lot better than even than newer X3D chips.

Hard to really chime in on GPU as your market looks vastly different to where I am with AMD cards still completely borked on price as the 7800XT is close to a 5070 in and the only somewhat reasonable priced AMD card would be the 9070 non XT but that is still £100 above the 5070. At the right price the 7800XT is solid but it depends on how long you plan to keep it and the pace of forced RT games keep releasing it might also be worth waiting a few weeks for the 9060XT to see where that fits in as it could very much be 7800XT price and performance with the benefit of FSR4 and better RT.



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Shaunodon on 27 April 2025
JEMC said:

Lately I've been playing a couple of games, Arcade Paradise and the last (at least for a long time) Saints Row. Well, I've finished the first one and it won't be long before I beat the second one, and that made me start thinking about what to play nest. I only know one thing for sure, that I want a game with a proper story.

So, checking the games I have on the Epic Store (i'm giving Steam a rest), I found two that I think could fill the bill: Dragon Age Inquisition and Pillars of Eternity. Plus they're also very different from the two games I've been playing, which is a plus.

And now comes the reason I'm posting all this: have you played any of them? Any thoughts, recomendations, Pros & Cons?

If you have Baldur's Gate III (not the first two) I'd start with that over Pillars of Eternity, since it has very similar party building and class mechanics but it's fully turn-based gameplay while Pillars is semi-turn-based; you have to actually position your characters in real-time while pausing in-between (like Dragon Age), which can be annoying to manage when you're learning for the first time.

Pemalite said:

Hows everyone's performance with Oblivion Remastered?

My Ryzen 5950 seems to be coping just fine, nowhere near using all of my Ram, still got 90GB+ free.
But the little RX6600 of mine is definitely in struggle land. - 1440P, Medium, no Ray Tracing and using XESS performance... Using VRR and going from 40-60fps.

Been doing some GPU window shopping... First game I have truly felt the need to upgrade for in years. - The 7800XT is good value right now at $749 or the 9070 at $1050 which offers up to 50% more performance...
I really don't want to pay $1,000 AUD for a GPU, rather spend less and upgrade more often when the need arises, miss the days when I could grab a high performing Radeon 6950 for $400 AUD...

Yeah. I have started being stingy on GPU's since COVID and the Crypto booms.

If the 9070 GRE gets a worldwide release that will probably land under $1000 AUD with performance close to a 5070. That seems like your best bet.

Or you could wait to see what Intel plans to release with the rest of their Battlemage lineup later this year.



BasilZero on 27 April 2025

Sorry havent posted here much.

But playing FF7 Remake Intergrade at 4K 120 FPS is amazing.



JEMC on 27 April 2025
HoloDust said:
JEMC said:

Thanks. I'll keep that in mind.

*Extra* I have Divinity Original Sin on Steam. If you've played it, how would you compare it to the other two for someone inexperienced?

D:OS is fine game, but I'm not a big fan of Larian's work, their games' structure, worldbuilding and overall writing. Though, I think they might be more friendly for those new to CRPGs.

I'll keep that in mind, Thank you.

Pemalite said:

Neverwinter Nights and Dragon Age: Origins are probably as good as it gets for me... I feel it's not as stringent as the old Baldurs Gate/Icewind Dale/Planescape Torment etc' from old, but you still need to think and strategize.
Dragon Age I felt really nailed the story and characterizations, which is what I look for in these games, not difficulty. - Morrigan and Alistair acted their roles, perfectly. - Don't recall a game making me laugh so much despite having a serious overtone.

But if you are new to the genre, you could do far worst than these two, the first Baldurs Gate is either a make-it or break-it for some people, it's stupidly unforgiving and can turn people off to the genre, I know I swore off CRPG until Neverwinter released in 2002 which I could never get enough of. (To be fair I am more of a RTS gamer!)

Dragon Age 2, Dragon Age: Inquisition and Dragon Age: Veilguard started to walk down the road of being "accessible" and streamlined all their systems to prioritize real-time combat and less on strategy and character placement, which is fine, some people find that super appealing... Inquisition is a great game and absolutely massive, but it's a different experience to Origins.

If you are going to jump into Dragon Age, definitely start with Origins and work through them consecutively... As the games all have character ties to each other, even if the stories themselves in the first 3 games can mostly stand on their own feet... Veilguard is probably the only proper sequel.

I do wish that Bioware would remaster more of it's old games like Origins, it wasn't a looker even on release, but it's definitely one of their best games, even with my rose tinted glasses.

I don't have any of the Neverwinter Nights or Baldur's Gate games, so, they're not on the cards.

DA: Inquisition looks like it could be a way to get into the genre in a lighter or less hardcore mode, but that can become a double edged sword by making less accessible games look harder or more coplex than they really are.

I'll note your appreciation towards Dragon Age: Origins, meking it the second vote for it.

Thanks for your thoughts.

Shaunodon said:
JEMC said:

Lately I've been playing a couple of games, Arcade Paradise and the last (at least for a long time) Saints Row. Well, I've finished the first one and it won't be long before I beat the second one, and that made me start thinking about what to play nest. I only know one thing for sure, that I want a game with a proper story.

So, checking the games I have on the Epic Store (i'm giving Steam a rest), I found two that I think could fill the bill: Dragon Age Inquisition and Pillars of Eternity. Plus they're also very different from the two games I've been playing, which is a plus.

And now comes the reason I'm posting all this: have you played any of them? Any thoughts, recomendations, Pros & Cons?

If you have Baldur's Gate III (not the first two) I'd start with that over Pillars of Eternity, since it has very similar party building and class mechanics but it's fully turn-based gameplay while Pillars is semi-turn-based; you have to actually position your characters in real-time while pausing in-between (like Dragon Age), which can be annoying to manage when you're learning for the first time.

I don't have BG3 so that is sadly not an option (I rarely buy fully priced games, much less from genres I'm not familiar with). But that bit about the game mechanics helps me a lot. Thanks for your answer.

From yours and HoloDust's comments, looks like Pillars of Eternity is not the best way to start in the genre (sorry Zkuq).



Please excuse my bad English.

Former gaming PC: i5-4670k@stock (for now), 16Gb RAM 1600 MHz and a GTX 1070

Current gaming PC: R5-7600, 32GB RAM 6000MT/s (CL30) and a RX 9060XT 16GB

Steam / Live / NNID : jonxiquet    Add me if you want, but I'm a single player gamer.

Zkuq on 27 April 2025
JEMC said:

From yours and HoloDust's comments, looks like Pillars of Eternity is not the best way to start in the genre (sorry Zkuq).

You do what suits you! I realize it's not necessarily the easiest genre to get into.



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Pemalite on 27 April 2025
Shaunodon said:

If the 9070 GRE gets a worldwide release that will probably land under $1000 AUD with performance close to a 5070. That seems like your best bet.

Or you could wait to see what Intel plans to release with the rest of their Battlemage lineup later this year.

Yeah, I think the general consensus is to wait for the GRE and 9060. - I have to fly out for work anyway, so won't have much time to game for a few weeks.
I am just a tight-ass when it comes to GPU's these days.

I don't really enjoy Intel Decelerator Graphics that much, my work Notebook has integrated ARC graphics and while Intel has come a very very very long way, their is some weird behavior that crops up now and then. I.E. Graphics artifacts, erratic framerates/pacing, black screens etc'.

Don't want all my eggs in that basket, especially as Intel has a history of abandoning projects.




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HoloDust on 28 April 2025

@JEMC Hope you have fun with whatever you pick.



Jizz_Beard_thePirate on 28 April 2025

GeForce RTX 5080 SUPER rumored to feature 24GB memory, RTX 5070 SUPER with 18GB config

https://videocardz.com/newz/geforce-rtx-5080-super-rumored-to-feature-24gb-memory-rtx-5070-super-with-18gb-config

AMD launches Radeon RX 9070 GRE in China, officially 6% faster than RX 7900 GRE

https://videocardz.com/newz/amd-launches-radeon-rx-9070-gre-in-china-officially-6-faster-than-rx-7900-gre

ASUS confirms Ryzen Threadripper 9000 series with up to 96 cores

https://videocardz.com/newz/asus-confirms-ryzen-threadripper-9000-series-with-up-to-96-cores

YESTON launches GeForce RTX 5070 Ti Sakura Atlantis ‘waifu’ GPU

https://videocardz.com/newz/yeston-launches-geforce-rtx-5070-ti-sakura-atlantis-waifu-gpu

AMD Ryzen 9000 finally cheaper: 9950X at $529, 9600X hits $185

https://videocardz.com/newz/amd-ryzen-9000-finally-cheaper-9950x-at-529-9600x-hits-185

NVIDIA Is Reportedly Planning To Spin Off Future Operations In China, As US Export Controls Force the Company to Explore Other Options

https://wccftech.com/nvidia-is-planning-to-spin-off-its-chinese-operations-in-the-future/



                  

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Darc Requiem on 28 April 2025

Hmm...some people seem disappointed with the 9070GRE's performance, it's about what I expected. The issue is the pricing, at least what were're seeing China. It needs to be $450 at most to make sense.



JEMC on 28 April 2025

I don't know why I did it, but last Friday I ended the news with this:

JEMC said:

...

And that's it. Until the next time, on Monday if nothing happens, I wish you a happy and gaming weekend.

Oh, boy! Something has definitely happened .

Anyway, light has come over here roughly 30 minutes ago and,after checking some other things and getting in contact with the family, I decided to check if the PC still worked. And, since I was already on my PC, I decided to come and leave this message.

Hopefully *fingers crossed* tomorrow I'll be able to make the news. No promises, but I can already tell you that it will be just the Tuesday news.



Please excuse my bad English.

Former gaming PC: i5-4670k@stock (for now), 16Gb RAM 1600 MHz and a GTX 1070

Current gaming PC: R5-7600, 32GB RAM 6000MT/s (CL30) and a RX 9060XT 16GB

Steam / Live / NNID : jonxiquet    Add me if you want, but I'm a single player gamer.