Tech Gaming Hardware discussion (& Hardware Sales) thread

[Madmick]

I need help. I haven't gamed on a PC for decades. Just got a new PC for my work and, although it's not a beast, it seems powerful enough to have some fun.

Intel Core i5 12400f
RTX 4060

What should I expect?

My wife has an old Xbox controller with USB which will do the job.

That's in the top 25% of gaming PCs currently out in the wild.


I'd suggest you familiarize yourself with the basics of DLSS tuning. Although the most sensible thing to do if you're going to play one of the most demanding games is throw out a Google to find a YouTube video with recommended optimum graphic settings. These show the balance of quality weighed against performance penalty for any given game. You can go through every setting in like 5-10min, and then be off. This isn't necessary, but it's often worth it.

 

[560ti]

I need help. I haven't gamed on a PC for decades. Just got a new PC for my work and, although it's not a beast, it seems powerful enough to have some fun.

Intel Core i5 12400f
RTX 4060

What should I expect?

My wife has an old Xbox controller with USB which will do the job.

I had almost that exact setup until recently and it definitely got the job done. At 1080p I could run pretty much any modern game at high settings and any pre 2023 era game on very high.

 

[koquerelle]

That's in the top 25% of gaming PCs currently out in the wild.


I'd suggest you familiarize yourself with the basics of DLSS tuning. Although the most sensible thing to do if you're going to play one of the most demanding games is throw out a Google to find a YouTube video with recommended optimum graphic settings. These show the balance of quality weighed against performance penalty for any given game. You can go through every setting in like 5-10min, and then be off. This isn't necessary, but it's often worth it.

Tx!!!

 

[KaNesDeath]

Holding your nose is par for the course at any tech company. More power to someone who walks away from tech checks over morals, but every big company works with awful people.

Their business dealings is expected when trying to match previous growth. Troubling part i see are these CEO character trait changes into believing they are somehow superhero like entities.

Screams midlife crises. While assuming they will act morally in their business decisions in a market that has no guardrails.

 

[avenue94]

Their business dealings is expected when trying to match previous growth. Troubling part i see are these CEO character trait changes into believing they are somehow superhero like entities.

Screams midlife crises. While assuming they will act morally in their business decisions in a market that has no guardrails.

It's gotten worse, but it's not like tech has ever been full of paragons of ethics. Especially if you sell enterprise, there's no avoiding selling to really shitty people, whether it's computers, IT or datacenter.

And yes, Jensen has a pretty epic ego, but he's also fairly competent. You could do worse.

 

[Slobodan]

@avenue94 strange...

https://videocardz.com/newz/asus-quietly-pulled-its-arc-b390-powered-zephyrus-g14-from-ces-after-it-appeared-in-intels-own-demo-room

 

[avenue94]

@avenue94 strange...

https://videocardz.com/newz/asus-quietly-pulled-its-arc-b390-powered-zephyrus-g14-from-ces-after-it-appeared-in-intels-own-demo-room

Everyone I talked to is expecting tight supply for Panther Lake through most of the year (no surprise given 18a), so makes sense from that perspective. I also don't think an X9 G14 makes a whole lot of sense when it's going to be in the same price range as a CU9 and 5060 configuration.

For whatever it's worth, Asus didn't have the X9 G14 in their customer showcase (it's separate from the Venetian media room you see in videos).

 

[Slobodan]

Everyone I talked to is expecting tight supply for Panther Lake through most of the year (no surprise given 18a), so makes sense from that perspective. I also don't think an X9 G14 makes a whole lot of sense when it's going to be in the same price range as a CU9 and 5060 configuration.

For whatever it's worth, Asus didn't have the X9 G14 in their customer showcase (it's separate from the Venetian media room you see in videos).

Sorry what do you mean by X19 and CU9 (Core Ultra?) I am lost with Intel and AMD's new naming conventions for laptops.

 

[avenue94]

Sorry what do you mean by X19 and CU9 (Core Ultra?) I am lost with Intel and AMD's new naming conventions for laptops.

CU is Core Ultra, and X9 and X7 are the big GPU variants for CU7 and CU9.

And yes, naming is a pain in the ass.

 

[Madmick]

The simplest overview of Series 3 to understand it:

So, at least for now, there's no reason to bother with that "X9" and "X7" crap at all. Because the individual processor number codes are different, anyway. So you can just stick to writing CU9-388H like you would have written i9-388H in the past. Fuck them if they think I'm writing CUX9-388H.

My speculation is that this is their way of trying to make it more consumer friendly, LOL, so that gamers know if it has "X" in the name, then it's a gaming-class mobile processor. But all it does it, clearly, is make things more confusing even to people who are familiar with the more esoteric side of computing in the first place.

 

[KaNesDeath]

My speculation is that this is their way of trying to make it more consumer friendly, LOL, so that gamers know if it has "X" in the name, then it's a gaming-class mobile processor. But all it does it, clearly, is make things more confusing even to people who are familiar with the more esoteric side of computing in the first place.

Naming convention by engineers in this space isnt intuitive to general consumers. Intel needing to make a website landing page explaining their naming process is peak comedy, lol.

 

[avenue94]

The simplest overview of Series 3 to understand it:

So, at least for now, there's no reason to bother with that "X9" and "X7" crap at all. Because the individual processor number codes are different, anyway. So you can just stick to writing CU9-388H like you would have written i9-388H in the past. Fuck them if they think I'm writing CUX9-388H.

My speculation is that this is their way of trying to make it more consumer friendly, LOL, so that gamers know if it has "X" in the name, then it's a gaming-class mobile processor. But all it does it, clearly, is make things more confusing even to people who are familiar with the more esoteric side of computing in the first place.

And then there is the stepchild, CU5 338H, which should be an X processor but I guess they want it to be only CU7 and up.