I saw that and was going to post in there that it's a shame AMD have been kicking their heels for nigh on 2 years getting new cards to the market and over 3 with a new architecture but then reading the 'passionate' responses I thought what's the point. It's not a GAF issue as it's much, much worse on some tech focused sites I kick around but the chances of having a civilised conversation about the state of the gaming GPU sector is a futile endeavour on the vast majority of the interwebs. AMD have made great strides in their drivers the last 6 months and have some great performance now for their line up of cards but they need something new to market and by new I mean new, new not rehashed new. But some folks will freakout that it's a 300w TDP monster that's too hot and too loud without looking at real world data regardless.
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I saw that and was going to post in there that it's a shame AMD have been kicking their heels for nigh on 2 years getting new cards to the market and over 3 with a new architecture but then reading the 'passionate' responses I thought what's the point. It's not a GAF issue as it's much, much worse on some tech focused sites I kick around but the chances of having a civilised conversation about the state of the gaming GPU sector is a futile endeavour on the vast majority of the interwebs. AMD have made great strides in their drivers the last 6 months and have some great performance now for their line up of cards but they need something new to market and by new I mean new, new not rehashed new. But some folks will freakout that it's a 300w TDP monster that's too hot and too loud without looking at real world data regardless.
Se7enSword
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holy shit ... the head transplant thread has just gone full-on tinfoil-hat-mode .... it's amazing
Haha, this will be fun to read.
Atraveller
Banned
I love gaf.holy shit ... the head transplant thread has just gone full-on tinfoil-hat-mode .... it's amazing
A Fish Aficionado
I am going to make it through this year if it kills me
Come for Gaming; stay for the OT
The Red Wizard
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I had no problem playing a game of C&C 3 the other night so I'd say that it probably does hold up well. Plus, Uprising has Ric Flair. Woooooooo!
holy shit ... the head transplant thread has just gone full-on tinfoil-hat-mode .... it's amazing
God. This thread. Amazing.
What if all this WAFF going on between zky-zky and Cheesy is just an elaborate ARG advertising the SteamGAF VN?
There is reason why AMD is in this situation. It took them years to end up in this situation. Biggest mistake they made is blowing their money from BC mining era on wrong things. And blowing money on CPU/APU since Bulldozer. Now they don't have enough money for R&D for GPU and CPU division to battle Intel and Nvidia. And they are only ones to blame for this situation. Monopoly is not good but without significant money injection AMD is in really bad situation.
A Fish Aficionado
I am going to make it through this year if it kills me
It's a secret. Shut up.
The delay on my new lappy was based on a medical scare, and I need new contacts.
God Bless America.
Tizoc
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holy shit ... the head transplant thread has just gone full-on tinfoil-hat-mode .... it's amazing
I still have no idea what the fuck is the deal here.
Also Kojima-worship is badonkers on GAF.
Thanks. I have a WEBM of that very person you speak of i'll post it later when i get home.
Look at how many markets AMD operate in compared to their competitors. It's crazy as their resources are spread so thin and they're playing second fiddle or worse everywhere bar the console space. They need a massive refocus on what their core business is going to be and really tighten everything up. Look at companies that stay competitive and more over profitable in any sector, they run very tight product lines and if a part of their business in haemorrhaging money and marketshare either close it down or sell it off. AMD's goose may be cooked in some sectors as they focused their attention and money in areas and took their eye off the ball in others.
A Fish Aficionado
I am going to make it through this year if it kills me
It's really surprising to see how AMD is held nowadays. When I was getting into pc gaming and making pc's, it was AMD all the way.
freshVeggie
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I was eyeing a AMD290 pretty hard. For the price it delivers some insane performance. In the end I had to sway to a GTX970 though. It is my first desktop PC and I try to go as least possible-headache.
I do think AMD's driver issues are not that bad as some in that thread make it seem though. They did get a lot better on that front. It's just Nvidia has very good reputation software-wise. Couple that with how fast FLOP-value deteriorates with newer GPUs every season and it makes sense why so many prefer to pay a bit premium.
A big problem is the "name". I mean Nvidia has a lot of good media. But thinking about AMD I get a very bland image in my head.
They need to change a lot. It's a shame. I want AMD to be more successful.
A Fish Aficionado
I am going to make it through this year if it kills me
Competition is always a good thing.
I'm not so sure Kojima worship is a gaf thing. I've seen plenty of it outside gaf.
Even I like Kojima trollmode, and I don't consider myself MGS fan.
as for AMD/NVIDIA situation, that's a sad thing, competition is good for us. If anything it keeps prices in check, more or less.
edited: beaten by Warren? What world has come to?
Even I like Kojima trollmode, and I don't consider myself MGS fan.
as for AMD/NVIDIA situation, that's a sad thing, competition is good for us. If anything it keeps prices in check, more or less.
edited: beaten by Warren? What world has come to?
lashman
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fuck it im buying a 1TB WB blue next week or somethin
im not gonna stop playing GTA when the witcher 3 comes out and I dont wanna move it from SSD to a shitty 5400rpm drive
i'll keep this shitty drive for picture storage or whatevs. it sounds like an old lady dying
i'll probably wipe it and reinstall Steam too and just say fuck it to any game I didnt finish and had a local save
im not gonna stop playing GTA when the witcher 3 comes out and I dont wanna move it from SSD to a shitty 5400rpm drive
i'll keep this shitty drive for picture storage or whatevs. it sounds like an old lady dying
i'll probably wipe it and reinstall Steam too and just say fuck it to any game I didnt finish and had a local save
Damn it seems I have missed Eliza. I assume she was free for awhile as well? I really should play Skullgirls again, first fighting game in a decade I got into (a little).
Finished Strider, game is overall pretty fun, weapons all play identical but they have different properties to make switching them for different situation interesting, using the normal sword can deflect gunshots and then there are ones with stun/freezing, the kunais end up being pretty cool since you could use them to take out enemies that are out of your range really quick, rarely used the shield thing tho, I just turn it on whenever I could but it doesn't last long, the game controls are good and the game has a pretty fast pace to it, I think it's one of the faster sidescrollers out there so I really appreciate it.
Onto the negatives, I find the camera to be pretty shit at times, because it has to follow your character, say if you're doing aerial combat you can't really tell what's exactly is happening below you and bosses like to do those ground attacks that you have to avoid.
The upside down levels are also kind of crap.
The bosses are ok but I didn't think they're that fun, I generally dislike bosses that like to move off screen, then you have to avoid their attacks and wait for it to pop back up, run to it, and slash it/use special moves, rinse and repeat.
Traveling between maps is a chore with no fast travel especially for a "metroidvania" game that you need to backtrack to unlock rooms, it's one of the things I hate about these type of games "See that room that's right over there? Yeah, you need to back track all the way back here for the health upgrade later, lol", didn't bother picking up shit I missed.
Checkpoints not saving your game also suck, although I guess they don't want you to get stuck and allow you to restart from save point, not sure if it's necessary, but the entire last level has no save point as far as I know, so I was scared that the game would freeze half way through it and making me start over.
The last boss was also poop.
Also you should be putting checkpoints AFTER the cutscene, not before you assholes.
Clocked like 6hrs on it, well worth the 4 bucks.
Onto the negatives, I find the camera to be pretty shit at times, because it has to follow your character, say if you're doing aerial combat you can't really tell what's exactly is happening below you and bosses like to do those ground attacks that you have to avoid.
The upside down levels are also kind of crap.
The bosses are ok but I didn't think they're that fun, I generally dislike bosses that like to move off screen, then you have to avoid their attacks and wait for it to pop back up, run to it, and slash it/use special moves, rinse and repeat.
Traveling between maps is a chore with no fast travel especially for a "metroidvania" game that you need to backtrack to unlock rooms, it's one of the things I hate about these type of games "See that room that's right over there? Yeah, you need to back track all the way back here for the health upgrade later, lol", didn't bother picking up shit I missed.
Checkpoints not saving your game also suck, although I guess they don't want you to get stuck and allow you to restart from save point, not sure if it's necessary, but the entire last level has no save point as far as I know, so I was scared that the game would freeze half way through it and making me start over.
The last boss was also poop.
Also you should be putting checkpoints AFTER the cutscene, not before you assholes.
Clocked like 6hrs on it, well worth the 4 bucks.
NingenJanai
Member
I guess frosty is not coming back or he would have reacted to all the Strider talk...
CheesecakeRecipe
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I guess frosty is not coming back or he would have reacted to all the Strider talk...
He did say to consider it permanent, after all.
haha ok guilty....
dungeon of the endless is pretty cool
you'll love it salsa
what's a waff haha
lol
you want to region lock it cos you're in the same region <3
yeah he told me a few days ago it prolly wasn't gonna happenI guess frosty is not coming back or he would have reacted to all the Strider talk...
:<
Warm And Fuzzy Feelings.
A Fish Aficionado
I am going to make it through this year if it kills me
Well, jase, if you ever want to talk all; of us there.
The collection thing, maybe temporary but, we all luv u.
The collection thing, maybe temporary but, we all luv u.
NingenJanai
Member
#screenshotsaturday
Brought a very old friend of mine on board who has been super eager to work on the character designs. We've got a lot of little things planned at the moment. Here's a little sneak peek...
Looking great
derExperte
Member
I 'played' Three Fourths Home yesterday, one time through is less than an hour. It's really just clicking and holding one button, nothing too exciting but I liked how the story was told and the atmosphere. Also easy to 100% plus the music is amazing (make sure to turn on the tape deck). Not need to idle that imo.
#screenshotsaturday
Brought a very old friend of mine on board who has been super eager to work on the character designs. We've got a lot of little things planned at the moment. Here's a little sneak peek...
Oh hey, I didn't see this. Awesome.
texhnolyze
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Yeah, it's kinda bugged for some people.
Before the 17th April patch, Steam overlay didn't work on my game at all. I thought it's just because the game doesn't support Steam overlay at all. But after that particular patch, I finally saw Steam overlay.
Tizoc
Member
I guess frosty is not coming back or he would have reacted to all the Strider talk...
I was thinking the same
...but no Strider is still one of my 2014 GotY titles.
Atraveller
Banned
Mine works from day one, is it because I was using borderless window?
texhnolyze
Banned
No idea.
But I've been messing around with the settings since the first time I booted it, and borderless window is one of the setting that I've tried. I think it's not because of that.
derExperte
Member
And done with Titan Souls, every titan down, 5.1hrs which is more than I expected and you unlock harder modes. Though I feel I played really shitty most of the time, others had far less deaths. Imo it sometimes crosses the 'that's bullshit' border (
) but it may have been me being dumb and in the end I can't be mad, the pixely visuals are high quality, music is lovely, controls are perfect. My main beef is probably that we don't learn a lot about the protagonist and the world he lives in. Same could be said about SOTC but that does a lot more storytelling with the environments. 7/10
last phase of the last boss for example
seems rather short will wait for 90 percent off sale or bundle
derExperte
Member
Understandable, it just can't compete with the amount of quality gaming GODUS has given you. But then again what can?
Stallion Free
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It impacts TV viewing too at multiple viewing distances. Source: me with a 42 in Panasonic plasma hooked up to my PC and playing the entirety of Rage on it.
That's worrying, but not really surprising. AMD need to turn it around, just for the sake of competition. I don't want my only option in a few years to be to pay £500 for a low-range card from NVIDIA.
Hooray for FM11! My most played too. Sadly mine will be knocked from the top spot by FF14 soon, end of an era.
Jawmuncher
Member
Going to start GTAV fully today. Finally worked out the settings I wanted. Curious to see how long it takes since even GTAV just for the story was fairly long.
Atraveller
Banned
I have enough money for a GPU upgrade, but I don't know if I would jump to team red even though 300 series might be amazing.
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