October 2025 General Games discussion thread

[neogunhero]

That said, I'm in a different position than you. I have no real income, so I gotta make due with what I've got and my budget is considerably lower, so used just tends to be my go-to. But I'm also just kind of a freak and like all things second hand.

At the end of it all, buying new is just wasting money when you could reuse something before it ends up in a landfill. I'm not above using used at all, though I do enjoy the peace of mind knowing something you bought was brand new and warranty is nice too. If I do end up buying brand new hardware, I'll be sure not to let my old ones go to waste. The RTX 2060 would make a perfect budget 1080p HTPC, I could pair it with my old Ryzen 1600X but would want to replace that soon, I've seen Ryzen 5600 on eBay for under $100 which would be a massive boost. Thankfully I bought more RAM before all the prices skyrocketed so I'm good there too.

 

[Pifanjr]

I played some more Cyberpunk 2077. I'm still really enjoying the gameplay, but I've noticed I prefer doing the side jobs, gigs and NCPD jobs more than the main missions.

I remember someone praising Cyberpunk 2077 for how the NPCs move around while talking to you and while it is indeed more immersive, it would be really nice if the button that fast forwards through dialogue also fast forwards through the pauses between lines.

The main missions also keep making me go through platforming segments. I don't think platforming has any place in a first person shooter.

 

[Zloth]

The main missions also keep making me go through platforming segments.

Wha!? I remember a kinda-platforming bit getting into the DLC area, but that's about it. Maybe I forgot already?

 

[neogunhero]

I finally pulled the trigger on a new graphics card. I ordered a RX 9060 XT 16GB. It was a little over MSRP, $380, but it’s an XFX Mercury which is their “high end” line of these cards equipped with really great cooling so I think it’s actually at base price for that model. It’s also OCd which adds to the cost. The card is absolutely massive though. Guess I won’t be getting to that mATX build I was talking about earlier.

This will be my first triple fan card in probably 10 years, and my first new card in 6, and my first time ever with an AMD card (actually had one briefly circa ~2010 but was replaced shortly after so I don’t have much memories with it). It was time to upgrade. My RTX 2060 is a beast still at 1080p on games older than maybe 3 years, but it’s struggling with new games and won’t be able to keep up for much longer. I don’t care too much for RT or path tracing so that’s another reason why I got this card over the 5060 Ti, price aside. FSR 4 is a massive improvement from previous gen’s so that’s also nice to have.

This is a huge moment for me. I’m very excited.

 

[Kaamos_Llama]

I've got PSU's (quality ones, I should note) pushing 10+ years at this point, so I wouldn't stress too much to be honest.

I dont know man. I had an old Delta PSU blow up and take out my motherboard almost 20 years ago. At that time I couldnt afford to replace it so I just didnt have a gaming PC for a couple of years.

I wouldnt buy a PSU now unless it has a 10 year warranty, and I wont use it after it expires. Just replaced mine last year.

Speaking of graphic cards, i think its important to read this:

AMD confirms its Radeon RX 5000, 6000 series cards are not receiving new features — latest patch puts cards in 'maintenance mode,' also disables USB-C functionality on RX 7900 series

It also disables USB functionality on RX 7900 series Type-C ports.

www.tomshardware.com

it seems like Radeon has stopped updating, providing drivers for older radeon cards which isn't great. especially when Geforce drivers still work with old cards etc. So if your card is slightly too old, no driver support. it kinda reminds me of my first experience with a radeon card .

i would consider maybe a 4070 Super but damn it, looking on ebay they go for prices that i might as well go for a 5070 instead.

Yea thats not very good. Nvidia just dropped full support for 2000 series, so theyre supporting older cards than AMD now. Not long ago it was they other way around by quite a way.

Theyre still doing security updates at least so its not like theyre bricked.

I finally pulled the trigger on a new graphics card. I ordered a RX 9060 XT 16GB. It was a little over MSRP, $380, but it’s an XFX Mercury which is their “high end” line of these cards equipped with really great cooling so I think it’s actually at base price for that model. It’s also OCd which adds to the cost. The card is absolutely massive though. Guess I won’t be getting to that mATX build I was talking about earlier.

This will be my first triple fan card in probably 10 years, and my first new card in 6, and my first time ever with an AMD card (actually had one briefly circa ~2010 but was replaced shortly after so I don’t have much memories with it). It was time to upgrade. My RTX 2060 is a beast still at 1080p on games older than maybe 3 years, but it’s struggling with new games and won’t be able to keep up for much longer. I don’t care too much for RT or path tracing so that’s another reason why I got this card over the 5060 Ti, price aside. FSR 4 is a massive improvement from previous gen’s so that’s also nice to have.

This is a huge moment for me. I’m very excited.

Hey congrats! Ive been happy with the AMD cards Ive had more recently, itll be a big boost for you.

 

[Pifanjr]

Wha!? I remember a kinda-platforming bit getting into the DLC area, but that's about it. Maybe I forgot already?

I had three recent missions that required me to climb and jump to progress. Only one that made me do a bunch of it, but still.

I don't mind if you have the option to do some parkour to get to a better vantage point or grab a reward, it would make sense since there are two pieces of cyberware that improve your jumping capabilities, but two of the three missions just gave me a linear path to follow that required jumping a gap successfully to continue. The third one I probably could have backtracked, but the jump did make it much faster to get out. It just took me a bit to figure out how to get there.