Gaming thread

The Steam Spring Sale is live and runs through the 23rd.

Red Dead Redemption 2 is $19.79, Tiny Tina's Wonderlands is 30, the Total War series is deeply discounted, etc.
 
Did anyone here get a chance to play D4 last weekend? I had family obligations that trumped playing.
 
Did anyone here get a chance to play D4 last weekend? I had family obligations that trumped playing.

No, but I know a couple of guys who did (one I think even had the closed beta or whatever a few months ago) and they love the game. I've been burned by some crappy AAA games before, so I'm waiting to read a few day's reviews before I commit. I love D3 though. Even on my Destiny kick (Iron Banner this week!), I still played D3. Multishot Demon Hunter FTW.
 
I'll take a beating for this and that's fair. World of Warships, part of the F2P "World of xxxx" family. It is actually pretty fun, take it as serious as you'd like, and don't pay for upgrades unless you are super sweaty. Available on a variety of Platforms, it will even run in the background. Not a bad diversion for certain communities out there.
 
Am I a gamer now?

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The UK has blocked Microsoft'a Activision Blizzard acquisition because..."Microsoft has a strong position in cloud gaming services and the evidence available to the CMA showed that Microsoft would find it commercially beneficial to make Activision’s games exclusive to its own cloud gaming service.”

Cloud gaming is such an incredibly small portion of the gaming landscape, and this is the argument the UK's Competition and Markets Authority and this is the argument they are using?
 
Since D4 is coming out I think I might build a new machine. Last one was built in 2016 on the LGA 2011-v3 (x99) platform running a 980 Ti. Thinking of picking up a 13900k with a 4090 because why the fuck not. Should be able to run D4 at like 6000 FPS.
 
Since D4 is coming out I think I might build a new machine. Last one was built in 2016 on the LGA 2011-v3 (x99) platform running a 980 Ti. Thinking of picking up a 13900k with a 4090 because why the fuck not. Should be able to run D4 at like 6000 FPS.

We should compare notes. I'm looking to build/buy a new rig before the end of May.

I'm in a holding state (read living out of a suitcase for two-ish weeks) while I move half way across the county to a new house. I didn't want to add a PC to the list of my possessions in the movers' hands. But, when I arrive, I'm getting on this.
 
We should compare notes. I'm looking to build/buy a new rig before the end of May.

I'm in a holding state (read living out of a suitcase for two-ish weeks) while I move half way across the county to a new house. I didn't want to add a PC to the list of my possessions in the movers' hands. But, when I arrive, I'm getting on this.

I feel like I did quite a bit of research between going back to AMD vs running a powerhouse Intel chipset. The AMD 7800x3d is reportedly a great chip, especially for gaming, but the 13900k will blow it away when it comes to creator type tasks. I'd like to get into video editing with 4k so that would be more beneficial. The AMD AM5 chipset is newer so it will support future generations of CPUs while Raptor Lake (LGA 1700) is supposed to end with the current CPUs. However, I did read that Intel is going to refresh Raptor Lake, whatever that means. At that point, I don't think you really save money by going one route over the other, especially if you run a machine for 5+ years.

If by 'buy' you mean pre-built, definitely look at building. You certainly save money and it's really not that difficult. Just takes a bit of research to make sure everything is compatible, but there are a ton of resources to help out with that. Biggest thing is ram compatibility, but website repositories exist to ease the pain. Really comes down to how much you want to spend. Once you add in monitors and such you could push $5k-$6k.
 
We should compare notes. I'm looking to build/buy a new rig before the end of May.

I'm in a holding state (read living out of a suitcase for two-ish weeks) while I move half way across the county to a new house. I didn't want to add a PC to the list of my possessions in the movers' hands. But, when I arrive, I'm getting on this.
I feel like I did quite a bit of research between going back to AMD vs running a powerhouse Intel chipset. The AMD 7800x3d is reportedly a great chip, especially for gaming, but the 13900k will blow it away when it comes to creator type tasks. I'd like to get into video editing with 4k so that would be more beneficial. The AMD AM5 chipset is newer so it will support future generations of CPUs while Raptor Lake (LGA 1700) is supposed to end with the current CPUs. However, I did read that Intel is going to refresh Raptor Lake, whatever that means. At that point, I don't think you really save money by going one route over the other, especially if you run a machine for 5+ years.

If by 'buy' you mean pre-built, definitely look at building. You certainly save money and it's really not that difficult. Just takes a bit of research to make sure everything is compatible, but there are a ton of resources to help out with that. Biggest thing is ram compatibility, but website repositories exist to ease the pain. Really comes down to how much you want to spend. Once you add in monitors and such you could push $5k-$6k.
https://pcpartpicker.com/

There's more to the site than making your own build...which is the heart of the site, but there's a ton of options and info there.
 
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