January 2025 PCG Article Discussion

[ZedClampet]

So, with the recent act of cowardice by ol' Zuck I am choosing to delete my Facebook and Instagram accounts. Never used them much, just mindless scrolling for mindless scrolling most of the time. I will miss my son's postings of his snowboarding fails though. I considered selling my Quest headsets too, but I figure maybe that's a bit much. It's a great travel companion for when I am on the road.

This is like a 180 from when he banned Prez Cheeto from Facebook after Jan 6.

Politics are banned on this site. Please avoid even though PC Gamer frequently posts political stories. We have people of varying beliefs, and we don't want to instigate any poor behavior.

 

[Zloth]

My old 3080 card still has the power to run things like Cyberpunk with tons of fancy graphics, so burning $1000 to replace it seems silly. I do wonder how long a graphics card is likely to last, though. They've never been built for a long life.

 

[January's Ghost]

My old 3080 card still has the power to run things like Cyberpunk with tons of fancy graphics, so burning $1000 to replace it seems silly. I do wonder how long a graphics card is likely to last, though. They've never been built for a long life.

I had a 3080, but Alan Wake 2 convinced me to put out for a 4070TI

 

[Kaamos_Llama]

Politics are banned on this site. Please avoid even though PC Gamer frequently posts political stories. We have people of varying beliefs, and we don't want to instigate any poor behavior.

We dont like **** fights, but stopping independent fact checking isnt a good thing unless youre someone who benefits from lies and misinformation being spread without being properly challenged.

If anyone would like to fact check that statement, be my guest.

 

[ZedClampet]

We dont like **** fights, but stopping independent fact checking isnt a good thing unless youre someone who benefits from lies and misinformation being spread without being properly challenged.

If anyone would like to fact check that statement, be my guest.

Did I say I had a problem with any of that? No, I did not. You can say stopping fact checking is wrong without bringing politics into it. Lots of people on both sides of the political aisle benefit from misinformation, and we need to do what we can do to minimize it.

I've noticed a lot of people have difficulty spotting political comments when they agree with them. As someone in the middle, I don't have that problem.

 

[Kaamos_Llama]

Did I say I had a problem with any of that? No, I did not. You can say stopping fact checking is wrong without bringing politics into it. Lots of people on both sides of the political aisle benefit from misinformation, and we need to do what we can do to minimize it.

I've noticed a lot of people have difficulty spotting political comments when they agree with them. As someone in the middle, I don't have that problem.

If you read my statement carefully its actually totally apolitical. Like January'sGhosts post.

If we accept that all sides benefit equally from misinformation and lies not getting fact checked, of course.

 

[BeardyHat]

My old 3080 card still has the power to run things like Cyberpunk with tons of fancy graphics, so burning $1000 to replace it seems silly. I do wonder how long a graphics card is likely to last, though. They've never been built for a long life.

My 970 was still going strong when I sold it about a year or two ago and upgraded to a 1070, which is also still doing service in my HTPC (briefly in my eGPU so I could play Dishonored 2).

I'd be shocked if it died by next year, which would be its 10th birthday. Haven't tested Cyberpunk with it (maybe I will just for fun?), but it's been running Lies of P and Dead Space Remake just fine this year.

 

[neogunhero]

My old 3080 card still has the power to run things like Cyberpunk with tons of fancy graphics, so burning $1000 to replace it seems silly. I do wonder how long a graphics card is likely to last, though. They've never been built for a long life.

I’ve had my Zotac RTX 2060 since February 2019, so almost 6 years exactly. Not the most powerful card of course, but with regular cleanings and two thermal paste reapplications, it still runs at top spec. I believe well made cards can last for a very long time with regular cleaning and maintenance. I bet your 3080 will last a good few more years and be powerful enough to run everything you throw at it, unless you game in 4K.

 

[isleepinabed]

I have a GTX 1660 Ti and so far haven't really felt like it was lacking.
This, perhaps, says more of my taste in games than anything else...

With the rise of AI and the apparent plateauing of computer graphics I've become more interested in leaner, power-efficient SoC with GPU co-processors.
But I'm confident Nvidia will still find plenty of buyers at those prices.