PC Gaming & Hardware

i am losing my mind with this. 

all week at my job, all i can think about is getting home, firing up my rig, and sinking 5 hours into a game. i plan out my whole evening. i get excited to finally use the hardware i spent months saving up for. 

then i get home, turn the PC on, open Steam... and just stare at my library. 

i click through a few games. maybe i launch one, sit through the loading screen, look at the main menu for 30 seconds, get hit with a wave of weird exhaustion, and immediately alt+f4 out. then i just spend the next three hours scrolling youtube or looking at tech subreddits on a second monitor while my $2000 machine sits there idling. 

why does actually starting a game feel like a massive mental chore now? is it burnout, or am i just getting old? please tell me i’m not the only one who does this lmao 

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I left my Family Group and tried to join another one, since the previous one didn't have any games at all and the members didn't play a lot. I thought I'd have to wait a year to do so, but Steam gave me a 'Customer Service Gesture,' so I didn't have to wait at all! Thank you, Steam :)

i caught myself doing this last night and it actually made me a little depressed. 

i have a gorgeous setup. high-end monitor, mechanical keyboard, comfortable chair, fast internet—literally everything i need to be productive, watch a movie, or play a game in perfect comfort. 

i turn the pc on. i sit down. and before the monitor even finishes waking up, i instinctively pull my phone out of my pocket. 

i then spend the next three hours hunched over, staring at a tiny, low-res phone screen scrolling through absolute garbage, while my beautiful monitor just glows in the background displaying an empty desktop wallpaper. 

why do i do this? why is my brain so thoroughly cooked by short-form content that a giant, high-end display feels like too much commitment compared to a tiny screen in my hand? who else is trapped in this stupid screen loop? 

becaurefull buying used pcs i got extremely lucky but i wont be lucky the next time.

bought a prebuilt PC on fb marketplace for $700 ( original price was $2700)
seller had everything with him, original box, reciept, even threw a mouse and keyboard for free. the sale and price was way too good to be true but i was too naive
i made a mistake of trusting him and didnt really check anything, the guy was way too nice and had all the relevant documments.
i went home and suddenly the pc wouldnt turn on, and i was blocked by the seller, according to the reciept the PC was over a year old and had no warranty left. now im out for $700 and have a dead pc that wont turn on.
decided to call the manefacturer for a fix estimate, but surprisingly the pc had extended warranty. they replaced my motherboard\ram for free but the pc still crashed alot while in use.
after a couple of months without my pc, a customer service manager called me and asked for my bank info, a week later my bank account was refunded with the whole orignal price of $2700 !

I want to preface by saying i dont know much about anything so if anything i mention is bs pls lmk. So im building a pc and need answers quick as prices might skyrocket if i dont commit soon. I cant seem to find a definitive answer as to which card is better for the games i am going to play and what i prioritise. Prices are about the same for me so pls dont count that into consideration. Im on 1440p and going to be playing lots of single player triple a games. Currently need to finish games like rdr2, cyberpunk, witcher 3(and 4 when it drops), forza 6, hogwarts legacy. You get the type of games im wanting to play. I personally care more about the looks of the game than fps as if its over 100-120 i dont think it makes a big difference going higher. I hear alot of things about dlss and amds counterpart and framegen and ray tracing. I feel like for quality, im reading more people say nvdia will always be better. So which card should i go for? Also does 9070xt have frame generation? Will it do ray tracing well? If so will it look different from nvdias ray tracing or is that a game setting? Which will look better while getting over 100-120 fps in games i mentioned? (It will be paired with r5 7500f w 32gbs of ddr5 if that matters in this context idk tho)

Can an RTX 5090 make a 2008 classic look like real life?

Today, we are taking Grand Theft Auto IV to the absolute limit with the incredible new RTX Remix Path Tracing compatibility mod by xoxor4d! We are completely overhauling Liberty City’s dated lighting engine and replacing it with full Path Tracing (RTGI), AutoPBR 4K textures, and a custom FusionFix build to see how it runs in native 4K.

👇 Mod Links & Downloads:
• GTA IV RTX Remix Mod (by xoxor4d): https://github.com/xoxor4d/gta4-rtx
• GTAIV-AutoPBR & Textures: Included in Baseline
• Custom FusionFix for RTX Remix:
https://www.nexusmods.com/gta4/mods/8...

💻 My RTX 5090 Gaming Rig
• GPU: NVIDIA GeForce RTX 5090 (32GB GDDR7)
• CPU: AMD Ryzen 7 9800X3D
• RAM: 32GB DDR5

⚙️ In-Game Settings:
• Resolution: Native 4K (3840x2160)
• Graphics Preset: RTX Remix Full Path Tracing
• Textures: AutoPBR High Definition
• Upscaling: DLSS Frame Gen (Alt+X Remix Menu)

What gpu do you think 1440p performance gets to a certain point where it no longer makes a difference even at ultra settings? I feel like a 9070xt or 5070 ti is probably the highest i would go before going 4k, because a 4090, 5080, or 5090 just seems like wasted gpu power at some point.

The 5080 may be better, but even then if you get say 300 fps in a game, what‘s really the difference between that and 250 fps?

I was just wondering this as a first post here, let me know where gpu upgrades become negligible for 1440p! Hanging in here with my 1070 on 1440p lol.