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[JWiLL]

can you guys help a first time PC gamer?

I have a ryzen 5 1600 OC to 3600hz, 16gb RAM, GTX 1080. I have a monitor 1440p with Gsync, 165 hz.

I am trying to maximize performance on gaming.

is this the best settings? I need some help, first time user here.

thank you friends

*You may not have all the settings I have (listed below) and that is OK
Ambient Occlusion: Off
Anisotropic filtering: Application-controlled
Antialiasing - FXAA: Off
Antialiasing - Gamma correction: On
Antialiasing - Mode: Application-controlled
Antialiasing - Setting: Application-controlled
Antialiasing - Transparency: Off
CUDA - GPUs: All (Select all available options)
DSR - Factors: Off
DSR - Smoothness: Off
Maximum pre-rendered frames: 1
Multi-Frame Sampled AA (MFAA): Off
Multi-display/mixed-GPU acceleration: Compatibility performance mode
Power management mode: Prefer maximum perforamnce
Preferred refresh rate: Highest available
Shader Cache: On
Texture filtering - Anisotropic sample optimization: On
Texture filtering - Negative LOD bias: Allow
Texture filtering - Quality: High perforamnce
Texture filtering - Trilinear optimization: On
Threaded optimization: Auto
Triple buffering: Off
Vertical Sync: Off
Virtual Reality pre-rendered frames: 1

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vni-4KLMFPs&t=40s

The only thing to change is to turn Vertical Sync on in the Nvidia CP and make sure it's off in all your games (recommendation from multiple G Sync guides online).

That being said, pushing 144 or 165hz in most games that aren't OW/CS/etc might be tough even with your 1080, since the gaming performance on a 3.6 Ryzen 5 isn't quite 6700/7700k levels (still a great chip though of course). All this means is that VSync won't be active most of the time and you'll be reaping the sweet, sweet benefits of GSync, so not to worry.

I have the same monitor or similar (Predator/ROG) and I've found the highest AA solutions definitely aren't necessary and can help you push higher frames. I'd also try running medium/low shadows in a lot of games as the visual impact is typically quite minimal, but the perfomance gains are significant.

I'd also recommend you don't use the 165hz OC option on the monitor and stay at 144hz. The way these monitors push 165hz actually causes a bit of input lag and the extra 19hz doesn't really have a visual benefit anyway.

 

[Father_Brain]

Humble Very Positive 2 coming soon (Tuesday probably?)

I'd PWYW for RIVE, at least. Already own Oxenfree and SoM, don't really care about the others.

 

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[Rockin' Ranger]

I think I have everything from the $10 tier and below but Death Road to Canada, probably not worth it for what's essentially a 33% discount.

 

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[GoldandBlue]

I think I have everything from the $10 tier and below but Death Road to Canada, probably not worth it for what's essentially a 33% discount.

Yeah but if you pay an extra 70 you get an awesome 60 dollar t-shirt and Shadow of Mordor 2 for 10 bucks!

 

[Baron von Loathsome]

Doing a raffle for the two Divinity: Original Sin games in the OT if anybody is interested.

Thanks, entered for Original Sin 2: Spooky Scary Skeletons.

 

[TheGreenArrow]

Leatherface dlc is out for Dead by Daylight. Was that ever announced?

 

[voodooray]

Leatherface dlc is out for Dead by Daylight. Was that ever announced?

First I've heard of it. Its impressive that they are still able to license these horror icons for the game. His perks sound wild.

Edit: Ah, so that's what the 587MB update was for

 

[Annubis]

15GB ?!?!?
Guess I'm playing tomorrow =(

 

[Hektor]

I am already conflicted. Do i want to make a selfmade character, or play origin characters? The game's popup told me only those deliver the "entire experience"

 

[Booker.DeWitt]

The only thing to change is to turn Vertical Sync on in the Nvidia CP and make sure it's off in all your games (recommendation from multiple G Sync guides online).

That being said, pushing 144 or 165hz in most games that aren't OW/CS/etc might be tough even with your 1080, since the gaming performance on a 3.6 Ryzen 5 isn't quite 6700/7700k levels (still a great chip though of course). All this means is that VSync won't be active most of the time and you'll be reaping the sweet, sweet benefits of GSync, so not to worry.

I have the same monitor or similar (Predator/ROG) and I've found the highest AA solutions definitely aren't necessary and can help you push higher frames. I'd also try running medium/low shadows in a lot of games as the visual impact is typically quite minimal, but the perfomance gains are significant.

I'd also recommend you don't use the 165hz OC option on the monitor and stay at 144hz. The way these monitors push 165hz actually causes a bit of input lag and the extra 19hz doesn't really have a visual benefit anyway.

thanks. so the settings I suggested do you agree , but just keep Vsync on?

 

[ramoisdead]

Leatherface dlc is out for Dead by Daylight. Was that ever announced?

After this past weekend's Fall Masquerade event, while the goal wasn't cleared by the community, they did put up a teaser. It was about different masks and what their material was made of. My first instinct was Leatherface because "skin" was the missing material they didn't talk about but having 2 chainsaw wielding maniacs I thought was going to be too repetitive. I figured it was going to be another serial killer with a mask made out of human skin.

Guess I was right the first time.

 

[TheGreenArrow]

After this past weekend's Fall Masquerade event, while the goal wasn't cleared by the community, they did put up a teaser. It was about different masks and what their material was made of. My first instinct was Leatherface because "skin" was the missing material they didn't talk about but having 2 chainsaw wielding maniacs I thought was going to be too repetitive. I figured it was going to be another serial killer with a mask made out of human skin.

Guess I was right the first time.

Didn't even know about that. That's pretty cool.

I hope they can find a way to sneak Freddy, Chucky, and Pennywise in here. Would be nuts.

 

[Sarcasm]

I am already conflicted. Do i want to make a selfmade character, or play origin characters? The game's popup told me only those deliver the "entire experience"

I changed an Origin around. Best of both worlds almost.

 

[Jadax]

How big is the Shadow of Mordor download? Asking because the storepage is sometimes wrong, and I don't want to buy the game off a gaffer from the BST thread and not be able to play it.

Been wanting to try it for months.

 

[def sim]

Leatherface dlc is out for Dead by Daylight. Was that ever announced?

Wow, first I've heard of it. I'll be checking it out for sure.

 

[Wok]

Fugl is out. It is the first game which I have played in VR.

 

[MUnited83]

Bundlestars Bundle - 50 games for 1$

It's actually pretty good for what it is.

 

[LurkerPrime]

How big is the Shadow of Mordor download? Asking because the storepage is sometimes wrong, and I don't want to buy the game off a gaffer from the BST thread and not be able to play it.

Been wanting to try it for months.

30 GB or something, IIRC. It's way bigger than you'd expect.

 

[data]

How big is the Shadow of Mordor download? Asking because the storepage is sometimes wrong, and I don't want to buy the game off a gaffer from the BST thread and not be able to play it.

Been wanting to try it for months.

For me it won't even let me download it since it says it needs 90GB (though I have all DLC)

 

[Ludens]

Bundlestars Bundle - 50 games for 1$

It's actually pretty good for what it is.

Yeah but 90% of those games were free in the past.

 

[Tizoc]

Does the humble bundle discount code work with re7?

 

[Ludens]

https://www.humblebundle.com/store/psychonauts

Free Psychonauts.

Does the humble bundle discount code work with re7?

The monthly one? It should.

 

[BoosterDuck]

Tim Schafer should redo the cinematics in HD or in real-time, they're so jarring to watch

 

[SunDimension24]

Does the humble bundle discount code work with re7?

It should. I think it stacks on pretty much everything in their store.

Edit: Yep it does, brings the price to $32.39 for regular and $52.63 for deluxe

 

[Chance Hale]

Fugl is out. It is the first game which I have played in VR.

Do you get a real sense of the height as you fly about? Not enough vr games that play with that, looking over edges actually makes me nervous in vr lol.

 

[Wok]

Do you get a real sense of the height as you fly about? Not enough vr games that play with that, looking over edges actually makes me nervous in vr lol.

Yes, I got good sensations of height and speed.

 

[hardcastlemccormick]

How big is the Shadow of Mordor download? Asking because the storepage is sometimes wrong, and I don't want to buy the game off a gaffer from the BST thread and not be able to play it.

Been wanting to try it for months.

When I downloaded it with all the DLC the other day it was around 50 GB, give or take a few GB.

Bundlestars Bundle - 50 games for 1$

It's actually pretty good for what it is.

Cant load the page on mobile, JavaScript overload, site crashes or gets killed. (Not that I need those super cheap bundles anyway)

 

[Aaron D.]

Bundlestars Bundle - 50 games for 1$

It's actually pretty good for what it is.

Worth it for Blackbay Asylum alone.

Holy crap the dark comedy in that game is golden.

 

[Eila]

https://groupees.com/fruitbundle
Good bundle if you still have your groupees coins from olde.

 

[madjoki]

https://groupees.com/fruitbundle
Good bundle if you still have your groupees coins from olde.

But this bundle doesn't allow use of coins

 

[Eila]

But this bundle doesn't allow use of coins

Ah, of course. Glad I used mine a long time ago. Groupees has been crap for so long, I'm amazed they are still around.

 

[Wok]

https://groupees.com/fruitbundle
Good bundle if you still have your groupees coins from olde.

Based on the banner, this should become Banned Game #3.

 

[yuraya]

Almost done downloading DOS2.

Feels so good to go into the game completely blind. Well not completely but like 99.9% since I read about a few minor things in the past year. Didn't do any of the early access stuff nor did I follow the game too much for avoiding spoilers. So hard to do in this day n age but man am I proud of myself for pulling that off. Especially with a game that I was looking forward to so much.

 

[Jawmuncher]

But this bundle doesn't allow use of coins

Tsk Tsk. I'm never gonna use that shit at this point.

 

[Arthos]

Hey!

Is there a PC thread here in GAF? Debating between buying the 1060 vs 1070. PUBG made me realize just how much of an upgrade I'm in need of!

 

[zkylon]

What were the circumstances?

i've become a bit addicted to watching videos of this british dude making fun of neonazis lol

i'm learning so much

 

[Crimsonclaw111]

Hey!

Is there a PC thread here in GAF? Debating between buying the 1060 vs 1070. PUBG made me realize just how much of an upgrade I'm in need of!

http://m.neogaf.com/showthread.php?t=1352338&page=1

I can't stand the Hollow Knight wait, next time it's on sale in getting it for PC.

 

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[SunDimension24]

Based on the banner, this should become Banned Game #3.

Nah, played this a couple months ago and there is nothing too bad in it. It is actually a pretty decent horror mystery visual novel, kinda like a tamer Higurashi, though the story is kinda so-so.

 

[GoldandBlue]

http://m.neogaf.com/showthread.php?t=1352338&page=1

I can't stand the Hollow Knight wait, next time it's on sale in getting it for PC.

Last time it was on sale I was about to buy it but decided to hold off cause I was playing other games and pretty sure I'd be playing Ys VIII by the time I was done with those. I really wish I bought it on sale now.

 

[Rhaknar]

sales are overrated. Buying games day 1 is the new hotness.

...

...Im not even joking. I've come to apreciate being part of the zeitgeist a lot this year, from RE7 to Zelda, Horizon, Persona, Hollow Knight, playing it with the rest of the people, discussing it, sharing info. Meanwhile, the games I get on sale get tosed in the backlog probably to never be played.

 

[Rizzi]

Is Divinity OS2 cheap anywhere?

 

[Lain]

Nah, played this a couple months ago and there is nothing too bad in it. It is actually a pretty decent horror mystery visual novel, kinda like a tamer Higurashi, though the story is kinda so-so.

You're playing right into Wok's hand. Wok is a naughty cat who just loves to use the mosaic censor on images.

 

[Jawmuncher]

You're playing right into Wok's hand. Wok is a naughty cat who just loves to use the mosaic censor on images.

He really does. He makes every image look even worse lol

 

[GoldandBlue]

You're playing right into Wok's hand. Wok is a naughty cat who just loves to use the mosaic censor on images.

The mosaic censor being over the text was a real give away lol

 

[pretty done]

You're playing right into Wok's hand. Wok is a naughty cat who just loves to use the mosaic censor on images.

In the uncensored one it's just showing what looks like an 11 year old girl's panties.

NBD

 

[MUnited83]

Based on the banner, this should become Banned Game #3.

why would it? seems pretty standard anime fare. Your edits are terrible because they make it look more lewd than it actually is

 

[Wok]

In the uncensored one it's just showing what looks like an 11 year old girl's panties.

NBD

This is the issue. She could be naked, who cares? But why does she have to look like a child? This is why I wrote Banned Game #3.

Also, the real image (NSFW?) is using the "anime perspective", which is a special oblique perspective which allows to see the back part of a waifu while looking at her front. It is lewd in essence.