• Yerbouti
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    152 months ago

    Devs just need to optimize their software. My i5 750 still works just fine with a 1060 and 16gb ram. Their’s thousand of great games to play, fuck the aaa.

    • @moustachio@lemmy.world
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      182 months ago

      Nah. Fuck AI companies causing the shortage. They should stop delaying the inevitable bubble crash and suffer real consequences.

      • Yerbouti
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        102 months ago

        I mean sure, fuck all those AI business. But the idea that we always need more powerful hardware is a consumerism illusion.

        • @vaultdweller013@sh.itjust.works
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          62 months ago

          I agree but also this shit is also affecting people who may just need replacement part or in my case just need an SSD so I can see about converting my old PC into a nomad.

    • @Chaf@slrpnk.net
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      32 months ago

      This comment got me to stop lurking and create an account! I finally found my people!

      I’m also still using an i5 750 for gaming. Just this year I upgraded to a whopping 12 GB of RAM, because a friend wanted to throw their old PC in the trash. I upgraded the GPU to an RX570 at some point. And the main reason I still use this PC instead of a low-power laptop is that many badly optimized games try to burn a hole in the integrated GPU for no reason (looking at you, unity).

      I love that someone else is still out there running an i5 750 :) There are dozens of us! The i5 750 was just too good for its time

      • Yerbouti
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        32 months ago

        Well welcome among us!

        The i5 750 is probably the best CPU I’ve had. And I’ve had many computers (I need work machines for video edition, etc). I OCs it to 3.6 and it’s still a perfectly capable computer. Even the 16gb ram is overkill for the games I play, and I basically can play any games I’m interested in.

        Whenever the topic of hardware comes up, I proudly mention this i5. Make sure to spread the gospel, we are legions!

        • @Chaf@slrpnk.net
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          32 months ago

          Thanks!

          I often run mine with the boost deactivated at 2.6 GHz. Still plenty for most games. At least the good ones :D I probably should repaste it before seriously overclocking, though. Do you have a specific cooler? Mine is still trapped beneath the stock cooler, it never seemed worth it to spend money on that. And for the RAM, I would still be using 8 GB if it wasn’t for Beyond All Reason, which complains if your system has less than 12 GB.

          Don’t worry, I mention it on every possible occasion :D