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What are you running on these days? [message #493395]

Mon, 25 March 2024 12:56

Xylaquin
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Pretty much anything can run C&C Renegade, so this isn't so much a topic of performance.

I kinda fell out of gaming over the last decade, becoming more of a casual/dip into the old games every now and then kinda guy. As a result, I've never played modern games and the most system-intensive game I probably played was Team Fortress 2 etc. The PC I have is a mini desktop I chose mainly to play Jackbox Party games on... it's from 2018 and the integrated graphics card + nvme SSD are perfectly sufficient for Renegade.

But then I got thinking. My monitor is 1920x1080 at 60hz, perhaps I could upgrade that, get a super high refresh rate and bask in 240hz glory.

My mini desktop doesn't support anything higher than 60hz, so I'd need to build a PC with a GPU that does. But any GPU I buy these days will surely be overkill for Renegade, right? I wonder what's the earliest GPU that does ultra-high refresh rates...

What resolutions are you guys running?
Does anyone play on a superwide?

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Re: What are you running on these days? [message #493396 is a reply to message #493395]

Tue, 26 March 2024 00:54

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I just run a budget gaming laptop, 15.1" 1080p 60FPS screen, the resolution I run on for renegade is quite low as I find reading the HUD pretty important. anywhere between 1280x720 and 1600x900. But i've been experimenting with the new render scales on 1920x1080. With the new scripts out I'll try that again and see if the fonts become more readable!

Professional moron. Nice to meet ya.

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Re: What are you running on these days? [message #493397 is a reply to message #493395]

Tue, 26 March 2024 00:58

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I'm running on a 7 year old gaming desktop that used to be great. Runs Ren just fine!

You can find me in The KOSs2 (TK2) discord while I'm playing. Feel free to come and say hi! TK2 discord

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Re: What are you running on these days? [message #493398 is a reply to message #493397]

Wed, 27 March 2024 00:43

Jerad2142
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My primary screen is 170hz, my laptop screen is 240hz and I do have a gaming laptop with 300hz. With that said, my ability to see a difference between 144hz and 240 is pretty much 0. 60hz to 144hz however is massive.

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Re: What are you running on these days? [message #493409 is a reply to message #493395]

Thu, 28 March 2024 14:26

PwnCall
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Been playing on a 2015 iMac for the past 9 years lol. Dual boot is awesome and it sucks that newer macs don’t have that feature.

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Re: What are you running on these days? [message #493413 is a reply to message #493395]

Thu, 28 March 2024 21:54

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Intel Core i9-9900K 3.6 GHz 8-Core Processor
G.Skill Trident Z RGB 32 GB (4 x 8 GB) DDR4-2666 CL18 Memory

By far the most important thing... NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4080 and dual GIGABYTE G32QC 32" 165Hz 1440P Curved Gaming Monitors, 2560 x 1440 VA 1500R Display, 1ms(MPRT)

I'm also rocking a bunch of Corsair peripherals, including KT100 keyboard, gaming mouse, headset, and mousepad. Razz

I'm the bawss.

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Re: What are you running on these days? [message #493417 is a reply to message #493409]

Fri, 29 March 2024 04:24

Xylaquin
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PwnCall wrote on Thu, 28 March 2024 21:26

Been playing on a 2015 iMac for the past 9 years lol. Dual boot is awesome and it sucks that newer macs don’t have that feature.

Retina model?

Crimson wrote on Fri, 29 March 2024 04:54

Intel Core i9-9900K 3.6 GHz 8-Core Processor
By far the most important thing... NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4080 and dual GIGABYTE G32QC 32" 165Hz 1440P Curved Gaming Monitors, 2560 x 1440 VA 1500R Display, 1ms(MPRT)

Haha, see I've been thinking about building a gaming PC again- and having a setup like this. But a 4080 is overkill for a 20+ year old game. I just need to find a GPU that supports high refresh rates (DisplayPort 1.2 or 1.3 I'm guessing) and that'll be me.

Mind you, do you play Renegade on one of those monitors..... or do you stretch it across two for even more immersion?

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Re: What are you running on these days? [message #493432 is a reply to message #493395]

Mon, 01 April 2024 15:35

Veyrdite
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RX570
AMD Ryzen 5600
3 monitors, all mismatched, including a 1280x1024 from 2003 that uses more power than my high-refresh-rate main monitor.
Linux

Xylaquin

As a result, I've never played modern games and the most system-intensive game I probably played was Team Fortress 2 etc.

Patient gaming is the best gaming Smile

Jerad

My primary screen is 170hz, my laptop screen is 240hz and I do have a gaming laptop with 300hz. With that said, my ability to see a difference between 144hz and 240 is pretty much 0. 60hz to 144hz however is massive.

I tried overclocking my monitor from 60hz to 75hz once (by configuring custom timings). It worked, but I could not see or feel any difference whatsoever.

Meanwhile 144Hz vs 60Hz feels like night and day. I love have having a higher refresh rate, everything feels so much nicer.

Sadly however my main panel is a VA with bad ghosting in dark scenes, so in darker games (like HL1) it's a vomit smear until I turn the gamma up.

WOL: Veyrdite Previously: Dthdealer ( a long time ago )

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Re: What are you running on these days? [message #493453 is a reply to message #493432]

Mon, 08 April 2024 20:09

Jerad2142
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Jerad

My primary screen is 170hz, my laptop screen is 240hz and I do have a gaming laptop with 300hz. With that said, my ability to see a difference between 144hz and 240 is pretty much 0. 60hz to 144hz however is massive.

Visit Jerad's deer sweat shop

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