u/GlenRH

Hey all, I bought a Predator Orion (po9-600) back in 2019, and it has served me well. But it is seriously starting to show its age with newer games, so I decided to start upgrading it. I have a 5070 on the way, and yes, I’m aware of the VRAM limit, but with prices the way they are currently, I couldn’t comprehend spending that much more for a Ti.

Anyways, my 1080ti has been a soldier, and I salute it, but my question is, will my 5070 be able to hold its own with the newest games as well as my 1080ti did for so long?

I have an i7-8700k OC’ed to 4.7ghz, 32 gigabytes of RAM. But I also only have a 43” 60hz 4k TV. So I frame cap every game to 60, as there is obviously no point going any higher. I know my CPU will bottleneck my card, but if I run games at 4k using DLSS, that should push most of the work to the card, removing the majority of the bottleneck, no? Just needing confirmation on articles I’ve read, half of which seemed they were written by AI. And with my frame cap, that should free up the card to push higher settings instead of needing to power more frames?

I just recently discovered this Reddit sub, and man the memories you all have unlocked for me!

My very first CD-ROM was Myst in 1993, when I was 12, and I was instantly hooked. When Riven came out, I remember seeing the big black box with the weird globe thing on the front of it while shopping in Kmart's electronics section, and wanting it so bad. But, it being 1997 then, I was 16 and saving up for a car.

Myst 3 Exile had me wondering if I would like it, because it was Presto and not Cyan, but it ended up being one of my favorites in the series. Brad Dourif was always one of my favorite actors. Myst IV was a complete unknown for me at the time, as I didn't have a DVD-ROM when it was released, but ended up really liking it. Probably the most beautiful "point and click" adventure game up to that time.

I remember being super excited for Uru, and even though it was only single player upon release, I couldn't help but be excited about the promised multiplayer. I thought the personal island idea was absolutely beautiful. I felt a bit let down with Myst V, but maybe because I knew it was basically the end of this years-long love affair.

All in all, when I found this sub, all of those memories came flooding back. Looking forward to lurking around, reading all of your memories and replays through the games as well.