u/Comfortable-Can5571

I like FF7 but it's so unfortunate I've been holding off to play this game for so long because it didn't have FSR Support initially. While there is Optiscaler to inject FSR3 at that time, setting the game 66% upscaling quality was broken on my end(overly shimmering) and it's not the usual Quality/Balanced/Performance scaling preset. I have no choice but to take the performance hit of FSR 3 Native(since that's the only thing that worked fine). The game's TAA is very horrible as well evident on the screenshots.

I am very glad that FSR4 is been officially released for how much it provided me a better experience. It looks like I am overselling the upscaler here. I admit still not perfect, the improvement still meant a lot to me because visually, I refused to play the game on its former state on PC. With FSR4 Quality, I am getting 60+ fps while retaining a native-like image, which I could not do before due to feature limitations. Unfortunately, the game still suffers from several graphical issues like the texture pop-in.

https://imgdiff.net/s/a0834e5109f7496b6ee0f24c3aa4d675

https://imgdiff.net/s/95786f67adadfa462b47a5c233e40503

100% TAAU while in motion

FSR4 66% with Optiscaler Output Scaling Set higher than 1440P while in motion

https://preview.redd.it/zj35y80to79h1.png?width=640&format=png&auto=webp&s=e7868bf6589a54a7bc1c118db3575e37e44c3c2d

This is good news for RDNA 3 users out there. Nakaka 80+ FPS ako sa Forza Horizon 6 Ultra-High Settings 1440P.

Generally, it looks good! Is able to maintain 60-70 fps using quality, especially on the heavier NPC areas.

007FL RX 7700 XT 4K FSR 4.1 Quality

007FL RX 7700 XT 4K FSR 4.1 Native AA

007FL RX 7700 XT 4K FSR 4.1 Quality

007FL RX 7700 XT 4K FSR 4.1 Quality In Motion

I am debating which should I buy but these are the two games that catched my interest and I wanted to buy one of them this month. While I know this is apples to oranges because one is a JRPG that focuses on a trilogy story and team combat, while the other is an open world game with lots of contents to explore. I suspect Final Fantasy will surely triumph story-wise, but quantity of content on Crimson desert makes it bang for the buck. There is also additional updates along the way, so this makes me feel more secured on the money spent.

My favorite games: RDR2, 007 First Light, Ghost of Tsushima and Assassin's Creed.

The reason I'm torn because FF7 Rebirth has a steam discount, which ends right before the steam summer sale. But I also want to get Crimson Desert if it managed to get on a minor sale but these two are pretty long games so I want to focus on one. I already finished the Remake so FF7 Rebirth will be pretty good, but the quantity and visual fidelity of Crimson Desert, tho. And the latter is also well-received.

Story and characters what keeps me continuing the game makes me lean to FF7 Rebirth.

The massive content per dollar that the Crimson Desert is offering is pretty great regardless of the price. However, I am unsure how long the quality/fun will last despite the quantity of content.

Edit: I hope it would help but I found they're both open world, although I am not really a fan of finding too many chests or unnecessary collectibles that are unpleasantly cluttered/crowding the map. As someone's playing Assassin's Creed those games tend to do that.

While UPS isn't a must, I've been hearing that it's still recommended to have one especially PC parts are expensive and something that should be taken care of..

I live at Taguig and hindi naman gaano nagba-brownout sa amin. I just want to buy a UPS as a redundancy feature that serves as an extension cord for my PC, monitor, and charging my phone. I also want it to protect my hardware against power spikes/surge, assurance I'm having clean power, and able to backup data during powerloss. Although, I don't really have any workload right now that needs a temporary power to backup crucial files, but it's still nice to have feature. Just for gaming and general internet browsing.

While it's great as a safety net, I noticed it had too many conditions for it to be effective.

Firstly, my PSU has active PFC(MSI MAG A750GL), and I've been hearing that it's a optimal to buy a pure sine wave UPS. However, a PFC-compatible UPS is 12K right now. So, spending 10k+ is not nothing to me. The opinions regarding simulated and pure sine wave are very mixed to the point where others think it's not needed while others think there's a strict rule for what kind of UPS should I use.

Second, my house is using a 2 prong, ungrounded outlet. The only grounded socket in my home is probably the socket for the aircon. A UPS would be more effective if I put it on a 3 prong grounded outlet.

Third, it also requires replacing of batteries.

With these considerations, I am still hesitating if it's still worth spending 10k+ to get one? Or am I still operating my PC healthily even without one?

In the previous years, people mention 128/192/256 bit bus width, especially when comparing gpus. Even 4060 is being ridiculed for having 128 bus width. What do they even do in gaming performance, really?

Like for example, I've seen someone comment that an RX 6800 is generally better than the RX 7700 XT. They reasonably stated more VRAM and suddenly they mentioned higher bus width(256>192). Is the bus width comparison really that necessary to the point it reflects practical gaming performance?

And then there's this discussion between the RX 6800, 7700 XT, vs the 9060 XT 16GB. Instead of mentioning bus width, they argue the 9060 XT being the better card due to FP8 FSR 4.1, power efficiency and RT. And even tho the 9060 has the lowest bus width of the three, it still managed to perform on par at their intended resolutions(1080P/1440P).

So what's the point of placing bus width in PC discussions when the performance of the higher buswidth counterparts is the same? Shouldn't what's matter more is the feature set of the newer, same performing card?