Path: ...!Xl.tags.giganews.com!local-2.nntp.ord.giganews.com!news.giganews.com.POSTED!not-for-mail NNTP-Posting-Date: Wed, 26 Jun 2024 18:47:40 +0000 From: Spalls Hurgenson Newsgroups: comp.sys.ibm.pc.games.action Subject: Re: CRAP Poll: Does The Tech Still Impress? Date: Wed, 26 Jun 2024 14:47:39 -0400 Message-ID: References: X-Newsreader: Forte Agent 2.0/32.652 MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Lines: 37 X-Usenet-Provider: http://www.giganews.com X-Trace: sv3-vSbENa5NixkGTA5pL/aX4Sua7tZ95lvUBtuQ6CfYMQD8t1ox4bFsKGi/kqzCqIj099t4qID6VfkbP/D!V5H8cUU+kmna6vQk+tATq/eOsQEXfQMbd8LxpsXPt1pBXWJDL02NZKjIJrhfRYni/HsX6Yw= X-Complaints-To: abuse@giganews.com X-DMCA-Notifications: http://www.giganews.com/info/dmca.html X-Abuse-and-DMCA-Info: Please be sure to forward a copy of ALL headers X-Abuse-and-DMCA-Info: Otherwise we will be unable to process your complaint properly X-Postfilter: 1.3.40 Bytes: 2469 On Wed, 26 Jun 2024 10:40:08 -0500, Zaghadka wrote: >On Sun, 23 Jun 2024 16:09:24 -0400, in comp.sys.ibm.pc.games.action, >Spalls Hurgenson wrote: > >>Does the technology in games impress you anymore? > >Yes. I got a 1000 nit HDR monitor and I was very impressed by the >results. Like "Wow, why didn't I do this years ago?" Games are starting >to take full advantage of it. It is amazing. > >G-Sync is also (an albeit older) wow. Much more responsive to control >without Vsync. Some weird flicker with static images, but I fixed that by >getting a higher refresh monitor and not running it full refresh*. > >Talos Principle 2 absolutely floored me with it's beauty and >photorealism. Then I got the HDR monitor, and I was giddy. > >Polygons keep polygoning, and it's always rounder and better. NBD. > >Ray tracing is a "meh," but it still allows for some noticeably cool >effects from time to time. Like SM3.0 level of mildly cool**. A few >parlor tricks here and there. Not breathtaking at all. > >So a resounding "Yes." The tech still does advance, and it definitely >still does impress. Some things less than others. Aww, there's still a romantic amidst us who hasn't been soured by years of Usenetting. Stay pure, Zag! ;-) (I intended to be less creepy than that probably sounded ;-)