At 33yrs old I have joined the PC master race.

[Dudley]

Oh if we're counting nefarious exclusives there's all manner of stuff

 

The best version of Mario 64 for a start.

[strider]

Hmm it appears my new PC doesn't have optical so I'm assuming I won't get 5.1 sound with my Astro A40s and the MixAmp?

[strider]

Far Cry Primal has nearly downloaded. I'm very excited to see what it looks like as I've been playing at a choppy 30 on high settings.

[strider]

LOL. Just put Far Cry on and it's running like shit. About 9 frames a second with the benchmark. What on earth is going on there?

[Opinionated Ham Scarecrow]

Display drivers installed?

 

Your pc will be doing loads of background updates after first boot too probably.

 

 

 

 

[strider]

1 minute ago, Opinionated Ham Scarecrow said:

Display drivers installed?

 

Your pc will be doing loads of background updates after first boot too probably.

 

 

 

 

is that Nvidia drivers? Downloading new one now but it seems to be for death stranding.

[JoeK]

1 minute ago, strider said:

is that Nvidia drivers? Downloading new one now but it seems to be for death stranding.

 

It's what you need. They always update drivers when a new game comes out, but in general they'll be standard drivers for everything. 

[new666uk]

On 27/06/2020 at 08:56, Opinionated Ham Scarecrow said:

Popping heads with M+K is a complete revelation compared to joypad. Enjoy.

 

Isn't it just? I've been a Pc gamer for decades, still playing Unreal Tournament 99 online.

 

Recently I've been playing x360 games and cant believe how compromised they are compared to PC when it comes to controls. There is something elegant about the flow and accuracy of a keyboard and mouse combo over the 'where am I aiming' randomness I experience on gamepads. For me, game pads are perfect in the 8 and 16bit era but as soon as 3d became prevalent they are a poor excuse needing assistance like auto aim.

 

Makes me laugh that some PC gamers actually use joypads instead of M&K. Bit like having a bicycle and pushing it everywhere. 

 

 

[strider]

1 minute ago, JoeK said:

 

It's what you need. They always update drivers when a new game comes out, but in general they'll be standard drivers for everything. 

Downloaded it, still runs at absolute shit. It's running worse than my six year old PC when I did a benchmark. Excitement quickly diluting. Back to work.

[strider]

So I've now clicked the optimise setting on Geforce booted it up and it's now running a 6fps on benchmark 
I'm laughing because I'd be crying otherwise.

[Albert Fish]

4 minutes ago, strider said:

Downloaded it, still runs at absolute shit. It's running worse than my six year old PC when I did a benchmark. Excitement quickly diluting. Back to work.

Is your pc switching to the onboard graphics? Could be that

[strider]

13 minutes ago, Albert Fish said:

Is your pc switching to the onboard graphics? Could be that

That did it 

I'm assuming I should simply have Vsynch on right?

[JoeK]

9 minutes ago, strider said:

That did it 

I'm assuming I should simply have Vsynch on right?

 

If you don't have a gsync compatible monitor, definitely - although that'll cap your framerates to whatever the hertz is of your screen. But, definitely on if you find screen tearing an abomination!

[strider]

2 minutes ago, JoeK said:

 

If you don't have a gsync compatible monitor, definitely - although that'll cap your framerates to whatever the hertz is of your screen. But, definitely on if you find screen tearing an abomination!

Yeah I'm not a fan of tearing so I'll turn it on and make do with 60fps for time being. 

I need to get a new monitor but I can't decide whether to go for 1440p of 4k. 1440p sounds like the better option.

[simms]

let those new Pc's flex those muscles

[Dudley]

I went 1440P at 168hz instead of 4k at 60hz which was the choice at the time.  At the viewing distance I have I very much stand behind this.

[JoeK]

Yup, I see absolutely no reason to pick up a 4k monitor any time soon. Admittedly, I did get a pretty damn expensive 1440p last year, so I will endlessly defend my decision :p

 

[Meh]

Surely Far Cry Primal should be smashing more fps than that with your specs?

[strider]

7 minutes ago, Meh said:

Surely Far Cry Primal should be smashing more fps than that with your specs?

[Meh]

Apparently not, after doing a quick google. Weird, considering the age of the game - though I had trouble maxing out Watch Dogs 2 on the same card (I put that down to it maybe never being optimised for Ryzen CPUs though).

[strider]

10 minutes ago, Meh said:

Apparently not, after doing a quick google. Weird, considering the age of the game - though I had trouble maxing out Watch Dogs 2 on the same card (I put that down to it maybe never being optimised for Ryzen CPUs though).

all this optimisation nonsense is reminding me why I keep going back to consoles

I've downloaded deadspace 3. Geforce is suggesting silly settings and it's struggling to hit a consistent 30!

[mlewis]

1 hour ago, strider said:

Silly question, but you do have the monitor plugged into the GPU, not the motherboard video output?

[layten]

2 hours ago, strider said:

That did it 

Make sure to connect your monitor directly to the GFX card and not the motherboard.

[jonamok]

Praying for Strider and Gwangi.

[strider]

29 minutes ago, layten said:

Make sure to connect your monitor directly to the GFX card and not the motherboard.

Like this?

there are 4 more points including hdmi that do seem to line up with the geforce rtx

 

[layten]

1 minute ago, strider said:

Like this?

there are 4 more points including hdmi that do seem to line up with the geforce rtx

 

Yes, unplug it from that HDMI port (which is the motherboard) and connect it to a port on the graphics card. This should be located further down the case.

[strider]

3 minutes ago, layten said:

Yes, unplug it from that HDMI port (which is the motherboard) and connect it to a port on the graphics card. This should be located further down the case.

Okay, I've done that

[layten]

Just now, strider said:

Okay, I've done that

That should get you a bit more performance, and will make sure that the CPU integrated GFX does not get used by accident.

[strider]

6 minutes ago, layten said:

That should get you a bit more performance, and will make sure that the CPU integrated GFX does not get used by accident.

Dead Space 3 just went from 26 frames to 424 

And @Meh Primal went up to an average of 111 

[JoeK]

I’d also try and pick up a digital cable to use...especially if you buy a nice new monitor and want to zoom about at stupid refresh levels!

 

Oh, and keep the big cardboard box that the thing was delivered in, because now you’ve started down the rabbit hole, you’ll need to sell the house in order to fund the habit.