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Randomly Mine: Highs & Lows
🕑 Added 2020-01-10 14:00:04 +0000 UTCThere's really no better time to hop into gaming, PC in particular. To play games at the optimal 1080p60fps experience, doesn't require cutting edge hardware, not even close. Entry Quad-Core processors by AMD & Intel combined with a GTX 1060 or RX 580 is enough to play most of everything that matters, and with there being actual competition in the entry to mid-tier market, the future is only looking brighter from here on out.
However, due to my profession, I'm lucky enough to start eyeing up the higher end. Justifying purchases which in the past, I'd relentlessly poke-fun at friends for jumping into. And that's possible thanks to kind people like you. Mass Effect: Andromeda would've struggled at 900p40fps if it wasn't for your generosity, and I'm pleased with it because of how it also improves the quality of my work.
Thing is, I went from that upgrade years ago, thinking about how I can't wait for what's next around the corner. And since then...
Nothing.
After the disastrous Bulldozer processor, AMD has made a remarkable comeback in the CPU market for data centers and workstations. But that's the one big story. The headlines for every other tech-channel I follow is yet another 1060 alternative. Another Radeon 5700. Another 2070.
Nvidia's dominance of the high-end GPU market has completely stagnated in stark contrast to the almost oversaturated entry-mid tier. And unlike before where those high-end graphics cars were just being used to play Battlefield 3 at a higher framerate, now more than ever, advancements would be appreciated. The middle-market's improved toolsets are going to lead to more games with high requirements, and then of course, there's VR. We've gotten to a point where VR Headsets are a high enough resolution that they've eclipsed the graphical fidelity of all but those who own a 2080TI. A card which here typically retails for $1500+
And unless there's some serious competition today at CES, or Computex in the Summer, all I expect is Nvidia to reveal a 2080TI Super, as the trolls they are.
