FreedomAdvocate

Nvidia gpu's actually work out of the box when you use them with windows.

First: https://www.corsair.com/us/en/explorer/gamer/gaming-pcs/rtx-5090-5080-and-5070-series-gpus-everything-you-need-to-know/

What exactly am I supposed to be looking at here? Do you think that says that the GPUs need their own PSUs? Do you think people with 50 series GPUs have 2 PSUs in their computers?

It’s not innovative, interesting, or improving performance, it’s a marketing scam. Games would be run better and more efficiently if you just lower the requirements.

DLSS isn't innovative? It's not improving performance? What on earth? Rendering a frame at a lower resolution and then using AI to upscale it to look the same or better than rendering it at full resolution isn't innovative?! Getting an extra 30fps vs native resolution isn't improving performance?! How isn't it?

You can't just "lower the requirements" lol. What you're suggesting is make the game worse so people with worse hardware can play at max settings lol. That is absolutely absurd.

Let me ask you this - do you think that every new game should still be being made for the PS2? PS3? Why or why not?

You didn't actually answer it though. Are you arguing in bad faith?

The obscene concentration of wealth is bad for the stability of the country.

How?

The existence of billionaires is a policy failure.

How?

And there’s no world where they exist without them being able to influence politicians

There is though - the world where politicians aren't corrupt.

If all of the issues with billionaires come down to politicians being corrupt then the problem isn't billionaires, it's corrupt politicians like I said. Billionaires aren't the only ones that can bribe/influence corrupt politicians.

Calling DLSS "anti consumer" is one of the dumbest things I've read about PC gaming in a long time.

And there’s no doubt There is a certain elegance to AMD’s cards

What exactly do you mean by this?

I’m not sure what you’re comparing at the end unless you meant a 9070XT which I don’t use/have and wasn’t comparing.

Sorry I thought I read you had the 9070 XT, which is better than the 9070 that you have. The 9070 and the 5070 are the same price, and are neck and neck in performance , so the nvidia card isn't "insanely overpriced" compared to AMDs offerings, is it? The 9070 isn't a "fraction of the price" of the equivalent nvidia card, it's the same price.

As you said, there are 40 series cards that are better than the 50 series cards apart from probably the 5090, and the prices on those is cheaper than the 9070.

I assume people mean 3440x1440 when they say 1440 as it’s way more common than 2560x1440.

Your card is comparable to a 5070, which is basically the same price as yours. There’s no doubt the 5080 and 5090 are disappointing in their performance compared to these mid-high cards, but your card can’t compete with them and nvidia offer a comparable card at the same price point as AMDs best card.

Also the AMD card uses more power than the nvidia equivalent (9700xt vs 5070).

Better bang for your buck, but way less bang and not as impressive of a bang.

Using the arrow keys for exactly what they’re made for isn’t a hack lol

Nvidia cards don’t require their own dedicated PSU, what on earth are you talking about?

Also DLSS is not “kinda bullshit”. It’s one of the single biggest innovations in the gaming industry in the last 20 years.

It absolutely is, because Ray tracing isn’t just about how precise or good the reflections/shadows look, it’s also about reflecting/getting shadows from things that are outside of your field of view. That’s the biggest difference.

One of the first “holy shit!” moments for me was playing doom I think it was, and walking down a corridor and being able to see that there were enemies around the corner by seeing their reflection on the opposite wall. That’s never been possible before, and it’s only possible thanks to raytracing. Same with being able to see shadows from enemies that are behind you out of screen to the side.