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I lowered game settings to reach 100fps on my 100Hz trinitron screen back in -98 too. Like everything it can be cultural, but to suggest it's only that is ridic

by croon 10y ago

I lowered game settings to reach 100fps on my 100Hz trinitron screen back in -98 too. Like everything it can be cultural, but to suggest it's only that is ridiculous. People still buy expensive functional clothes, bikes, and everything else. Just because you can work out in a tshirt from H&M on a $100 bike doesn't mean there's no practical value to go more expensive. > Granted, I'm playing at 1080p, but I have yet to find a reason to want more than that, and the performance is where I want it to be, so I'm satisfied. Still, since I didn't trade hundreds of extra dollars for an i7 and a GTX 1080 I'm the noob. So what you're saying is that you find a value in playing at 144Hz over 60Hz, but object to people finding value in playing at a higher resolution? Someone else might argue that you paying to play at 144Hz is only cultural, while you know it's not.

iamatworknow 10y ago
>object to people finding value in playing at a higher resolution Except I didn't object to anything. Me calling the wants and needs of the high performance PC culture "cultural" is not me being dismissive of what they happen to enjoy. Buy whatever you want. My whole point was that you can still have a professional quality (as in eSports level) experience with equipment that's not super-ultra-top-of-the-line-fantastic, saving you the super-ultra-top-of-the-line-fantastic premiums.
- croon 10y ago
  > My whole point was that you can still have a professional quality (as in eSports level) experience with equipment that's not super-ultra-top-of-the-line-fantastic, saving you the super-ultra-top-of-the-line-fantastic premiums. I'm not sure I understand. In this area (as opposed to functional clothing etc) it's very easy to measure real differences between a GTX 1070 and a 1080, and seeing pixels on more than 1080p when the screen is 27" and up. That you can get a rags-to-riches story in eSports learning to play on a 5 year old computer is very true, but it doesn't detract from the fact that it's easier with better hardware. If you don't feel it's worth it it's not worth it for you, but the difference is very real.

by croon 10y ago

iamatworknow 10y ago

>object to people finding value in playing at a higher resolution Except I didn't object to anything. Me calling the wants and needs of the high performance PC culture "cultural" is not me being dismissive of what they happen to enjoy. Buy whatever you want. My whole point was that you can still have a professional quality (as in eSports level) experience with equipment that's not super-ultra-top-of-the-line-fantastic, saving you the super-ultra-top-of-the-line-fantastic premiums.

croon 10y ago
> My whole point was that you can still have a professional quality (as in eSports level) experience with equipment that's not super-ultra-top-of-the-line-fantastic, saving you the super-ultra-top-of-the-line-fantastic premiums. I'm not sure I understand. In this area (as opposed to functional clothing etc) it's very easy to measure real differences between a GTX 1070 and a 1080, and seeing pixels on more than 1080p when the screen is 27" and up. That you can get a rags-to-riches story in eSports learning to play on a 5 year old computer is very true, but it doesn't detract from the fact that it's easier with better hardware. If you don't feel it's worth it it's not worth it for you, but the difference is very real.