Fallout 4 - High Resolution Texture Pack is out. Clocking in at 55GB download on my rig at the moment.

MINIMUM SYSTEM REQUIREMENTS:
OS: Windows 7/8/10 (64-bit OS required)
Processor: Intel Core i7-5820K or better
Memory: 8 GB RAM
Graphics: GTX 1080 8GB
Storage: 58 GB available space

http://store.steampowered.com/app/540810/

Not for the faint-hearted.

This post has been edited by stringfellow: Feb 7 2017, 03:10 AM

That thread is dead, sharing in a thread like that is like talking in an empty auditorium.

P/S: It's not a "world record" if it's just the "best" in Malaysia, haha.

Back on topic. Running on Nvidia Titan X Pascals. Works good with everything.



Benched with tons of other games, but for Resident Evil VII - Very High Settings FXAA+TAA: Low 62fps High 78fps. Running it relatively tame now at 4K60 locked with RTSS.



Back on topic, yup. Now to turn every settings down to LOW and 1080p (urgh) to reduce possible chances of glitching or the game crashing. The game isn't friendly to my Pascal overclocks, kept crashing to desktop or freezing, and this is the only game that does that.

This post has been edited by stringfellow: Feb 8 2017, 05:17 PM

Dont go off-topic now.

Back on topic, running GTAV at 8K (8192x4320 though, instead of 7680x4320) via Nvidia DSR (albeit benchmark only) and still getting solid framerate.



I dont play GTAO, framerates while playing online is irrelevant to me.

Weird resolution instead of the "standard" doubling of 4K's 3840x2160 to 7680x4320 is due to the fact that my 4K UHD display runs it the DCI 4K resolution of 4096 × 2160 pixels (256:135, approximately a 1.9:1 aspect ratio) . Nvidia DSR quadrupled that resolution instead of 3840x2160. Everything Very High + Ultra at 40fps and higher and notching it down to everything Very High at 60fps and above with occasional dips in the benchmark to 49fps during the jet flyby scene. I could drop it further to "High" and disable anything AA-related, as that resolution bump is giving free AA anyway. That'll keep this rig relevant for years.

The vertical resolution is higher than your standard 4K horizontal resolution.

This post has been edited by stringfellow: Feb 8 2017, 05:06 PM

What Lurker said.

Also, I was returning that patronizing comment of yours about your RE7 "world record" with another of my own, that post which also coincidentally got the thread returned back to topic. Seems fair.

Oh, I'm fine with the post redirect to the Gamer's Hideout section, in fact I reposted it there myself. Just the erh..."world record" statement is the "patronizing" part. Wasn't necessary to insert "world record" or "Malaysia's best" statement when redirecting posts. Hence the "bounceback". You know what they say about "spitting up to the sky".....

Inserting a "back on topic" material:

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Used to get 13k on Fire Strike Ultra. I guess the GFE streaming takes a bit of the processing muscle away from the rig.

This post has been edited by stringfellow: Feb 9 2017, 01:15 AM

No really a thing to talk about anyway, since most speedrunner turn their resolution down and lower settings to the lowest possible that almost any entry level graphics card can muster. World record speedrun on RE7 on PC was done at 1080p LOW. *shrugs*

I on the other hand, dont care at all about e-Sports or online multiplayer. It's the experience playing games at their most compelling setting, rich narrative and story arcs, and compelling content matters more to me than,......getting yelled at in online multiplayer by pre-pubescent kids screaming dank and cliched memes, or teabagging a kill.

Pity now that quality story content and narratives are getting sidelined by "online multiplayer" (which is the reason why every new games nowadays adopt the paid DLC model, because online multiplayer hides content like maps behind a paywall) and "e-Sports", to the point where the only content you need to know about these "e-Sports" games is which skin looks better or something similar, nothing about background story. Give me stories and content like GTAV, The Witcher 3, Planetscape Torment or Dark Souls. Games with little or thin like DOTA2, LoL, CS:Go or Overwatch means little to me, I dont watch or care enough about real-life sports like EPL or NBA, and the same sentiment of "I dont give a f*ck/shit" is extended to these "e-Sports" games as well.

Oh yeah.......erh...."Rekt", "Harambe", "LUL/LEL/LOL" or whatever equivalent dank memes young people are using these days. Can't keep up, every day there's a new one popping up vying for "likes" and popularity, when they mean absolutely nothing other than entertainment for those with declining IQ level. *shrugs*

I dont give a rat's ass about e-Sports. e-Sports games dilute video games as a medium of story telling to the point where it infects games that were meant to be story driven single player with online multiplayer bullshit.

I approach my games the way I approach my movies: I rather watch "Inception", "Spotlight" or "Arrival" than the yearly "Transformers" nonsense. I don't do "cheap thrills", I rather the experience I get from the game to be meaningful through connection with the game's content and story, not how many kills I did or how fast I finished it. And that connection means immersion, and you get better immersed when the settings are cranked up.

You and me agree on one thing: we both like Mortal Kombat.

P/S: Funny that you went into RE7 more into the aspect of "world records" and "I beat this boss faster" leaderboards. Was not surprised though, judging from your "e-Sports" inclinations, that's what's all "e-Sports" is all about isn't it? Better scores, fastest time, most amount of kills, right? RE7 was made as a "return to form", back to the days of the first Resident Evil that provided compelling narrative story content to allow players experience survival horror through story-telling. Hence that's how I rather approach RE7. But hey, what can I say.......kids these days, they just like to "rush through things", "quick kills and cheap thrills". Even glorifying "who finish the fastest" in a game that was made to encourage you to explore the game's environment and story content by taking it slow, not "I finish first". To each his own I guess. *shrugs*

This post has been edited by stringfellow: Feb 9 2017, 02:26 AM

I guess my points all hit home. Neither any of them are refuted.

No point waiting for Vega and Volta if you're playing e-Sports games. Their game requirements aren't demanding, and even last gen 900 series (960/970) can still play them at satisfactorily enough quality (for e-Sports, framerates only matters right, who cares about image quality?).

The whole point of advancement in graphics capability in graphics cards is so that games can utilize them in games. Better graphics engine, higher resolution, scalable effect and post-processing,......but when e-Sports games like CS:GO, DOTA2 or LoL only cares catering to the lowest common denominator with gamers using the cheapest graphics cards they can buy, e-Sports games never are the kind that pushes the adoption of new advancement in technology and efficiency in new GPU technology. When your graphics is as "simple" and content as "repetitive" as how CS:GO, DOTA2 and LoL looks like, there's no motivation to get better graphics card. GPU technology to these folks can remain stagnant for all they care, because they kept playing the same game over and over again that requires no incentive for them to upgrade.

Case in point: you can play CS:GO, DOTA2 and LoL with a lowly Pentium G4440 and GTX 750Ti or GTX1050 assembled in a rig for RM1600. Add a bit more for your favorite 1050Ti flavor. And e-Sports players like you are happy and proud of it (you said it yourself), so what are the incentive of "looking forward to Volta vs Vega" again? R&D in GPU costs money, and initial pricing for these cards aren't gonna be within the range that "e-Sports" enthusiasts would go for, judging from the package bundle aimed at them (G440+750Ti/1050). It's people who play games for immersion and compelling experiences like The Witcher 3, GTAV or Dark Souls that requires beefier hardware, they are the early adopters who drive the demand for your "Vega vs Volta" technology forward, so that enough people like us buy into these first that Nvidia and AMD would release lower end cards and drop prices enough so that e-Sports people like you can buy them. It's the higher end GPU early adopters that ENABLES YOU, e-Sports players looking for bargain GPUs, to get your graphics card at bargain prices.

This post has been edited by stringfellow: Feb 9 2017, 11:54 AM

Why bother, when all the games you play are e-Sports, casual or semi-competitive games, where game content is stagnant and the same and doesn't require beefier hardware to run, or where you play your games as speedruns and you turn down all the settings anyway to get higher framerates?

I've been through enough to form an informed opinion on it. The group that collaborated with me building all my rigs talks incessantly about it, I can't even "not know" about it if I want to. My Facebook feed is filled with these whether I like it or not. Everybody wanna stream DOTA2 on their FB, where everyone plays on the same map with only variation on how you play. After a while, everyone else starts playing it the same few ways, so what's the point of playing......or watching a stream of that for that matter?

I equate "stagnant" here as they lack expansive content, strategies still revolve around the same content. I can "meta" too in RE7, where instead of rushing at beating "Mutated Jack" in the barn fight, I took my time looking at what else I can do with it with only my pistols, ....or my knife.....or my circular chainsaw, using the environment as a way to beat him. It doesn't bag me into the record books, but I get to see what else I can do in the game instead of "wham, bam, thank you, ma'am" approach.

It's the nature of competitive games to BE STAGNANT, if they're always changing, players CANT form strategies around them or execute strategies based on what they've practiced for so long. Imagine playing DOTA2 with you practicing with one specific hero for weeks or months, and then Valve changed it up, buffing your hero one day and nerfing it the next day. Or if the game dynamically changes the map with shifting map routes. I'd actually play that kind of game if they change dynamically, but for competitive players, they'd probably pick up their bags and leave.

P/S: I see you more excited about RE7 as a "competitive" sports-like game, than taking it in as what it is supposed to be: a survival horror game. This is "Texas Chainsaw Massacre", not "Free To Play" on Steam. Imagine me playing DOTA2 just looking around enjoying the shitty environment, instead of following the strategies formed with your team mates. Get it?

Don't need Titan X to enjoy immersive games. Just need to change your mindset and play more content-immersion games than just "casual and semi-competitive" games. If the circumstances were different and I only have enough money to scrape through purchasing a 750ti, I'd still be playing content-immersive games like The Witcher 3 instead or "casual or semi competitive games", at a lower resolution but High settings. The only thing I'd change is that I'd play it on a big screen TV instead of PC monitor. For that immersion. "Pro gamers" would probably barf at this since they cared more about "response time" and "input lag", than actually playing the game. Thank God I'm not bothered about multiplayer games to care about these, although I do have the PG348Q.......ooops, I probably shouldn't say that, coz you'll use that against me. You know, being budget and all.

Because the majority gravitates more towards what they can do with their 750tis and 1050s, and guess which games those cards can play better at? It's like a RM1.50 nasi lemak versus a RM10 nasi kandar, you can't be choosy when you only have RM1.50 in the pocket. Or....you can try ask for an RM1.50 portion of an RM10 nasi kandar, and the mamak would consider giving a 1/10th out of that meal. Same with games, you can always game at higher resolution and better image quality, but you're gonna have the same experience as the 1/10th of that nasi kandar meal.

Speaking of which.....my lunch is getting cold.

P/S: Dude, don't have to tell, I know why you do all this. Brand sponsorship only comes with visibility, and visibility comes when you're the 8th or the 12th best or whatever, in a leaderboard or rack up top spots in e-Sports tournaments. That's how pro gamers do it. That's how you flash them out too.

This post has been edited by stringfellow: Feb 9 2017, 01:32 PM

The point is, there's no motivation for you to upgrade your GPUs, when most of the game you play are casual, semi-competitive and e-Sports games where system requirements are low. Why bother getting a GTX1080 or a Titan X when you're playing DOTA2?

There's a reason why your card is called a MAINSTREAM card and the GTX1080 and TXP classified as FLAGSHIP. Logically speaking, there's more mainstream cards than flagships, and mainstream cards runs EASIER on your type of games than graphics-heavy games. And since there are more MAINSTREAM cards, more people play easier to run games like your DOTA2 than other graphics intensive games.

With regards to your Youtube comment, that's the thing when I say you did this for the visibility: you want to be noticed so that brand sponsorship comes in. Your live feed is littered with promo posts, likes and shares to get items. I don't do that, and I don't do my Youtube channel for visibility or views either. It's for my own archival record to see what I've played and one, and how I can improve on my next run. If I am fishing for views on YouTube, I'd be making reaction videos with a small square of my face on the corner making weird and funny faces to get attention. I don't do that. My condolences if you do.

P/S: 4K60 was a reality in 2016, not a dream. Only thing is, it requires serious investment in hardware than what's minimum for casual and e-Sports game. As for being humble, I suggest you take a look at yourself in the mirror too.


Yup. You're humble alright.

It's also common human decency to respect others instead boasting your achievement and mocking other's achievements, when it has nothing to do with topic at hand.



Back to topic.



Personally, I'm not interested in this, even if it looks beautiful. Online multiplayer aspect and single-player-online-only turns me off. Plus, story in single player looks thin.

This post has been edited by stringfellow: Feb 9 2017, 03:01 PM

TL;DR/TL;DW - Is it the game's fault (We're talking GTAV here, one of the most optimized games on PC), or is it a problem with the i5 6600K and 7600K?

Same case when the game goes over 160fps. Maybe it's time to flip those toggles for "better image quality" than lowering resolution and dropping sliders for "moar FPS"?

This post has been edited by stringfellow: Feb 11 2017, 02:26 PM

Takes 4 years for a flagship GPU(GTX680) to become entry level(1050Ti). *or depending on how you look at it, it takes 4 years to have the same flagship performance 4 years ago, to be affordable to your entry level card now ($500 to $140)*

Basically, you can chart how long you can stick with a flagship card until it's time to upgrade, provided you stick with the same screen resolution.

Testing framerates and gory Kill Cams. 4K Ultra, Low AA. Lower 80s in fps on heavy foliage and gunfights, and a breezy 100fps and above on normal running around.

A beautiful game and satisfying mechanics and Kill Cam gore. The "mouse smoothing" option is more detrimental than helpful, had to disable that to reduce mouse momentum.

New drivers out. Interested to see if this improved on my Sniper Elite 4 experience posted earlier.

http://www.geforce.com/whats-new/articles/...me-ready-driver



Driver also optimized for For Honor and Halo Wars 2, both games not appealing enough to me unless heavily discounted. For Honor is just another take of "Dynasty Warriors" type games with online elements and Halo Wars 2.....well, ...no thanks.