1 00:00:00,160 --> 00:00:07,759 When Intel's first generation ARC GPUs hit the market over 2 years ago, Luke 2 00:00:05,200 --> 00:00:14,400 and I switched to them for 30 days with results that 3 00:00:09,400 --> 00:00:16,560 were wo my FPS is at uh 9 right now. 4 00:00:14,400 --> 00:00:20,640 What the heck, dude? This is not good. That's why this time, instead of putting 5 00:00:18,480 --> 00:00:27,599 myself through pain and misery, I've lured in two unsuspecting chump, I mean 6 00:00:23,680 --> 00:00:30,320 a test subjects, to swap out their 90 7 00:00:27,599 --> 00:00:35,920 class GeForce cards for Intel's new Battle Mage B580 GPU. 8 00:00:34,000 --> 00:00:40,320 At the end of that 30 days, they're going to report on everything that's 9 00:00:37,600 --> 00:00:45,040 good and everything that's not so good. And they will have to decide if they are 10 00:00:42,320 --> 00:00:50,320 sticking with their Intel cards or going back to their old ones. Um, they'll also 11 00:00:48,480 --> 00:00:54,640 have to decide if they're going to segue to our 12 00:00:51,480 --> 00:00:57,120 sponsor. You doing okay? Yeah, it's 13 00:00:54,640 --> 00:01:01,039 heavy. War Thunder. Imagine a battlefield of tanks, ships, planes, and 14 00:00:59,359 --> 00:01:04,799 the destructive chaos that comes with it. Now imagine that you don't have to 15 00:01:02,800 --> 00:01:08,560 imagine it. Immerse yourself today with War Thunder, the vehicular combat game 16 00:01:06,720 --> 00:01:11,280 that is free to play. Check it out at our link down 17 00:01:17,960 --> 00:01:25,759 below. First things first, you guys need to pick or arm wrestle or maybe don't 18 00:01:23,439 --> 00:01:30,000 arm wrestle. figure out which of you is getting the Max Suncraft card and which 19 00:01:28,000 --> 00:01:33,680 of you is getting the ASRock Steel Legend card. Why do you guys want the 20 00:01:32,640 --> 00:01:39,960 Steel Legend? I don't know. He wanted it, so I wanted it. It's the different one. It's OC Edition. It's probably 21 00:01:37,840 --> 00:01:44,720 clocked a little faster. I'm actually okay cuz I have two systems. I can go 22 00:01:42,400 --> 00:01:48,240 matching Maxons. Okay, we're going to have to talk about that in a little bit. 23 00:01:46,399 --> 00:01:52,000 Why do you care so much about this one? Um, it's the OC edition, so it's 24 00:01:50,079 --> 00:01:56,159 probably clocked a little faster. And I just like the way it looks. Look how 25 00:01:53,840 --> 00:01:59,040 cool that looks. That does look pretty cool. Yeah, and these are probably RGB 26 00:01:57,520 --> 00:02:05,119 or they light up or something. Flow through design. Yeah, that is a really 27 00:02:01,600 --> 00:02:06,719 really small board. I know it's a be 28 00:02:05,119 --> 00:02:11,360 quite the change. With that out of the way, let's get this downgrade started. 29 00:02:09,119 --> 00:02:15,120 Now, I see you've got two computers and you are getting two cards. So, what's 30 00:02:13,520 --> 00:02:21,200 the deal with the two computers? I'm a glutton for punishment, so I just wanted twice as much pain. Oh, that's your 31 00:02:19,440 --> 00:02:24,720 girlfriend's PC, too. Yes. And I actually have ended up using it quite a 32 00:02:22,640 --> 00:02:28,560 We moved it over to the TV and we've been playing games on it a lot. So, it 33 00:02:26,319 --> 00:02:33,360 wouldn't be a fair test if I only did my downstairs computer. Wow. I'm committed. 34 00:02:31,200 --> 00:02:36,720 Brave. Shouldn't be. One concern I have right out of the gate is you said that 35 00:02:34,959 --> 00:02:41,200 this machine is going to be used for TV gaming. Mhm. I imagine that's a 4K TV. 36 00:02:39,519 --> 00:02:46,959 Oh, it sure is. We're going to find out how good XSS2 is. That's the latest 37 00:02:44,319 --> 00:02:51,680 generation of Intel's AI upscaling since obviously these cards are not going to 38 00:02:49,040 --> 00:02:57,519 be rendering modern AAA games at native 4K. Of course, it's possible that David 39 00:02:54,400 --> 00:03:01,280 and his don't play AAA games on the TV. 40 00:02:57,519 --> 00:03:03,040 I hope that's uh pretty much all I play. 41 00:03:01,280 --> 00:03:06,640 Uh okay. I know you guys have played through Boulders Skate 3, but maybe 42 00:03:04,480 --> 00:03:11,920 you're done Balders Skate 3 now. Yeah, we just finished Dragon Age Veilgard and 43 00:03:09,040 --> 00:03:14,800 uh Mass Effect Trilogy. Uh, and I'm going through Witcher 3. We're having a 44 00:03:13,519 --> 00:03:19,760 bit bit of trouble on the Witcher because I'm using the Ultra Plus settings. No ray tracing or anything, 45 00:03:17,840 --> 00:03:23,760 but even that uh, it's struggling to get 60. I don't think you'll be playing on 46 00:03:21,760 --> 00:03:28,239 ultra plus anymore. We're going to find out. One thing Arc handles well though 47 00:03:26,000 --> 00:03:32,400 is media encoding. And David, I know you used to stream, but I don't think you 48 00:03:30,319 --> 00:03:36,480 have done much lately. No, I have not, but maybe this is just the boost I need. 49 00:03:34,640 --> 00:03:40,239 I kind of doubt that. So, he won't be getting much of a benefit from one of 50 00:03:38,159 --> 00:03:43,920 Arc's biggest strong points. With that in mind, what, if anything, are you 51 00:03:42,000 --> 00:03:48,239 looking forward to? I'm seeing this as shorting the GPU market. I am planning 52 00:03:46,720 --> 00:03:52,319 on selling both of these cards immediately because everything is 53 00:03:50,080 --> 00:03:56,480 inflated with this crazy surge pricing, and I'm really hoping that in a couple 54 00:03:54,239 --> 00:04:01,040 months things calm down a little bit. I might be making the wrong choice, but 55 00:03:58,239 --> 00:04:05,720 we'll see. Interesting. So, this is a permanent change for you kind of 56 00:04:02,560 --> 00:04:08,159 regardless of the outcome. Oh, 57 00:04:05,720 --> 00:04:13,519 yeah. Risking it all for the biscuit, man. I love it. And the worst part is 58 00:04:10,400 --> 00:04:16,160 that in addition to the 7900 XT, he's 59 00:04:13,519 --> 00:04:20,079 ditching a 3090 right now. Seems like a good time to sell. They're going for 60 00:04:17,919 --> 00:04:24,560 about a,000 Canadian. I don't think it's going to stay there. I'm really counting 61 00:04:21,600 --> 00:04:28,639 on that 9070 and 970 XT to be disruptive in the market in a way that AMD hasn't 62 00:04:26,560 --> 00:04:33,240 done before. Wait, did I hear you right? You're 63 00:04:30,400 --> 00:04:38,320 betting on AMD GPU to please have a good price. We're 64 00:04:35,759 --> 00:04:41,199 recording this before the 9070 launch. It's just It's good. It's good. It's 65 00:04:39,840 --> 00:04:45,120 cool. It's nice. We like it. We're happy. I They could be cheaper. They 66 00:04:43,600 --> 00:04:50,800 could be They could be cheaper. Please don't be $900. Please don't be typical 67 00:04:48,479 --> 00:04:54,160 AMD. With that said, the scuttlebutt I heard is that AMD is going to have a ton 68 00:04:52,639 --> 00:04:57,759 of stock. That's fantastic. And I think that might drive all the price down. And 69 00:04:55,680 --> 00:05:00,639 it may actually be the truth because they've literally been shipping these to 70 00:04:59,360 --> 00:05:05,040 retailers for like two months now. That's fantastic. They delayed it because of software stuff is what I 71 00:05:03,120 --> 00:05:08,800 heard. Well, and MSRP means almost nothing these days on GPUs because 72 00:05:07,199 --> 00:05:12,479 everything is at a, you know, slightly inflated or mega inflated price. Yeah, 73 00:05:10,880 --> 00:05:17,280 even these 580s are at an inflated price. We did find one that was a pretty 74 00:05:14,320 --> 00:05:22,479 good deal with a power supply for about 335 bucks. So, it was in a bundle, but 75 00:05:20,400 --> 00:05:26,639 all the standalone cards are more like $400. Really, it's not looking good for 76 00:05:24,960 --> 00:05:32,960 David. I mean, one good thing for David is that instead of trading his faster 77 00:05:28,800 --> 00:05:35,680 GPUs for two $250 GPUs, now they're $400 78 00:05:32,960 --> 00:05:40,479 GPUs. Profit. Is there any cards with six pin 79 00:05:38,400 --> 00:05:44,840 PCIe connectors anymore? Cuz it feels so annoying. I hate these connectors. Uh, 80 00:05:43,039 --> 00:05:50,560 just do away with it. There's got to be something. I don't know. Maybe 3060s. 81 00:05:48,240 --> 00:05:54,720 Yeah, there there's at least recent enough ones that you kind of still got 82 00:05:52,479 --> 00:05:59,360 to have the 6 plus two. Not my finest work, but uh hey, at least it's not a 83 00:05:57,360 --> 00:06:02,400 12vt high power, so it probably won't melt. 84 00:06:01,120 --> 00:06:08,000 The white looks a lot better than the silver does, though. Yeah, this build looks great. How's your build? Uh, the 85 00:06:06,319 --> 00:06:11,440 white does not match yours. No, it looks a lot out of place, mind you. I mean, 86 00:06:10,080 --> 00:06:18,720 look, realistically, was this an aesthetic build anyway? No, it's the front that matters. I can see why you 87 00:06:14,800 --> 00:06:20,560 had me build the girlfriend PC. 88 00:06:18,720 --> 00:06:25,720 All right, time for Plof's downgrade. We're bringing back Intel Extreme 89 00:06:24,199 --> 00:06:29,840 downgrade. Yeah. I feel like I've made a huge 90 00:06:28,080 --> 00:06:35,520 mistake. I feel like you've made a huge mistake, too. Yeah. 91 00:06:32,400 --> 00:06:38,479 You've got a 4090. I know. The good news 92 00:06:35,520 --> 00:06:43,360 is that 4090s are at peak value right now. So, if you wanted to do the same 93 00:06:40,319 --> 00:06:45,520 thing as David and sell it, be pretty 94 00:06:43,360 --> 00:06:49,319 smart. No, I don't want to do that. I I said I wouldn't buy a 5090. So, what 95 00:06:47,759 --> 00:06:54,000 would I upgrade to? Oh, wait. You're totally going to buy a 96 00:06:52,400 --> 00:06:59,280 1590, though. I already told you I don't believe I said I wouldn't. I know what you said. I bought one. I No, I 97 00:06:57,039 --> 00:07:03,199 pre-ordered one and But that's going to buy one. That's going to him. That's 98 00:07:01,039 --> 00:07:07,280 going to him. I kept the pre-order. It's not It's from Memorex. So, like it'll 99 00:07:05,120 --> 00:07:12,240 arrive when it arrives and then he gets to go buy it. Okay. And he gets to spend 100 00:07:09,360 --> 00:07:19,759 $3,000 plus dollars Canadian. So, you are actually just putting your 101 00:07:15,840 --> 00:07:22,319 49 just on the shelf. I It's going to 102 00:07:19,759 --> 00:07:27,440 hurt. It's I'm going I'm cutting my VRM in half. It's going to hurt, but at 103 00:07:24,240 --> 00:07:29,919 least it won't hurt. So, it's really not 104 00:07:27,440 --> 00:07:32,880 going to. Um I also I also want to take the moment to check and see if 105 00:07:31,120 --> 00:07:36,800 anything's burning or melting. I don't think so cuz I'm using the squid. Looks 106 00:07:35,120 --> 00:07:42,319 good. Yeah, it seems finer. Smells good. Yeah. Yeah, it smells fine. 107 00:07:40,400 --> 00:07:46,080 What is this back plate? That's a cool RGB back plate that's covered in dust. 108 00:07:44,080 --> 00:07:49,360 It used to fit my 3090 a lot better than it fits my 4090. Doesn't fit anything. 109 00:07:47,919 --> 00:07:53,440 It's just sitting. Yeah, it just sits on top. It's going to fit the 580. It's 110 00:07:51,599 --> 00:07:57,440 blocking your flow through there. You took the screws out. Someone did. Hold 111 00:07:55,919 --> 00:08:03,720 on. I don't got the latch. Yeah, it's hard to get at. Okay, I think I got it. 112 00:07:58,960 --> 00:08:03,720 Oh, you do. Okay. Nice. Okay. Excellent. 113 00:08:04,319 --> 00:08:09,440 There it goes. Now, David was already 114 00:08:07,840 --> 00:08:15,360 concerned about running the games that he plays at the resolution that he runs 115 00:08:11,840 --> 00:08:18,720 at with a B580. Yeah. Now, you are a man 116 00:08:15,360 --> 00:08:21,599 who owns a monitor. Yes, several. 117 00:08:18,720 --> 00:08:25,919 And a man who plays a lot of cutting edge games. I do. What's your target 118 00:08:24,000 --> 00:08:30,000 resolution and frame rate typically? I don't have a lower resolution display 119 00:08:28,000 --> 00:08:34,719 right now because I'm gaming on my TV and my monitor. So, they're both 4K. 120 00:08:32,560 --> 00:08:40,159 Okay. And what kind of FPS do you expect out of your GPU? Out of my 4090 at like 121 00:08:37,919 --> 00:08:44,080 ultra settings, 60 plus, you know, in most modern games, native without DLSS 122 00:08:42,320 --> 00:08:50,160 or anything. Okay. I bet I can get you 60 plus FPS. 1080p. Not at ultra 123 00:08:46,640 --> 00:08:51,519 settings. Maybe 1440. Maybe. Maybe 1440. 124 00:08:50,160 --> 00:08:54,880 Not with this plastic all over it, though. I can go down in resolution. 125 00:08:53,600 --> 00:09:00,560 And, you know, I'm actually really excited about XCSS2. Um, it's supposed 126 00:08:57,200 --> 00:09:02,640 to be pretty good. And I'm not I'm not 127 00:09:00,560 --> 00:09:07,279 expecting the same level of quality that I'm getting now. I'm going to go to to 128 00:09:03,920 --> 00:09:10,440 low, maybe medium, probably 1440p, maybe 129 00:09:07,279 --> 00:09:14,160 even 1440p upscaling from 130 00:09:10,440 --> 00:09:15,839 1080p. But, you know, I just I want to 131 00:09:14,160 --> 00:09:19,200 try it. I think they're neat. I think that the value that you can get out of 132 00:09:17,600 --> 00:09:23,519 this graphics card, at least at, you know, proper MSRP, is actually very 133 00:09:21,600 --> 00:09:28,320 impressive. And like I said, I did find that one card that if you happen to need 134 00:09:25,360 --> 00:09:32,640 a power supply, is damn near MSRP pricing. Intel tells me that they are 135 00:09:30,880 --> 00:09:37,440 desperately working on getting enough stock out there. I think that even they 136 00:09:34,720 --> 00:09:42,320 were shocked by how good this thing was. Yeah, I've got friends who love ARC. And 137 00:09:40,399 --> 00:09:45,760 with Intel, I actually kind of believe that. Like with NVIDIA, I look at it and 138 00:09:44,320 --> 00:09:51,200 I go, "Come on, you guys are just making more AI cards, right?" But with Intel, 139 00:09:48,800 --> 00:09:55,279 especially after what a dog Alchemist was, I could legitimately see them being 140 00:09:53,440 --> 00:10:00,480 like, "Let's not make too many of these." Oh, wait. It's actually good. 141 00:09:58,320 --> 00:10:03,440 Oh, where's our other shipments? Another 142 00:10:02,160 --> 00:10:07,600 thing I'm pretty excited about. Okay, I'm going to let you finish, but is that 143 00:10:05,519 --> 00:10:13,279 a piece of masking tape holding your SSD in? Oh, yeah. I couldn't find I couldn't 144 00:10:10,080 --> 00:10:15,440 find the screw, the M.2 screw. Um, hey, 145 00:10:13,279 --> 00:10:21,440 it still works. It detects. I've never had a single issue with this SSD being 146 00:10:18,720 --> 00:10:25,680 in the bot. Sorry. What were you excited about? 147 00:10:23,680 --> 00:10:29,360 Losing the squid. Oh, yeah. Cuz I have these nice custom cables. Yeah. That 148 00:10:27,680 --> 00:10:32,959 totally don't suit the build anymore, but you know, they look pretty. The RGB 149 00:10:31,360 --> 00:10:36,720 back plate for the GPU actually fits like perfectly now. It It breaks your 150 00:10:35,279 --> 00:10:40,200 pass through cooling again. I don't care. It looks great. Oh man. Anyway, 151 00:10:39,200 --> 00:10:45,440 the point is, do you have a benefit from the 152 00:10:42,800 --> 00:10:50,640 encoding capabilities or um I mean my 4090 would probably do a better job 153 00:10:47,040 --> 00:10:52,640 anyway, but this is my Plexbox. Okay. I 154 00:10:50,640 --> 00:10:57,519 stream everything from this machine because if I'm not gaming, that's why 155 00:10:54,160 --> 00:10:58,959 it's full of hard drives. It's so heavy. 156 00:10:57,519 --> 00:11:02,399 I know. I mean, it's a little better now that that 4090 is out of it. Yeah. But 157 00:11:00,640 --> 00:11:06,560 it's still a beefy boy. All right. Why don't you show us a couple of the games you're playing right now and let's have 158 00:11:05,360 --> 00:11:13,040 a look at what kind of settings you can run. I'm only getting 1280 by 159 00:11:10,200 --> 00:11:18,240 720p. Oh, we got a DDU. I haven't. Yep. New drivers. Let's go. Being on NVIDIA 160 00:11:15,839 --> 00:11:23,519 all the time means that you can usually just huck your new card in and it'll 161 00:11:20,640 --> 00:11:27,839 pick it up. But nope, it's time to wipe everything. Yep. It might not be as easy 162 00:11:25,519 --> 00:11:32,160 as the NVIDIA app, but you know what? Just searching Intel Arc drivers took me 163 00:11:30,160 --> 00:11:35,399 right to their page and the downloads right there. I hope this is going to be 164 00:11:34,160 --> 00:11:42,320 as easy as everyone else makes it. 165 00:11:40,640 --> 00:11:46,720 With Alchemist, the drivers were pretty rough at launch, but this should be okay. It's been a while, and they've 166 00:11:45,200 --> 00:11:50,320 been, you know, just ramping up all their software development ever since 167 00:11:48,320 --> 00:11:54,959 Alchemist came out, so I'm not super worried about that. You don't seem super 168 00:11:52,160 --> 00:11:58,240 worried. I'm not I'm not worried about driver support. I'm worried just 169 00:11:56,640 --> 00:12:02,480 strictly about performance. Yeah, I don't need a monitor. Oh, that's why I 170 00:11:59,760 --> 00:12:06,079 set it up here. Oh. You look ready to go. You know, I'm 171 00:12:04,160 --> 00:12:11,200 ready to game. I've got uh my drivers are all up to date. I love that it tells 172 00:12:08,560 --> 00:12:15,000 me that rebar is enabled. Right. This is really important for getting the most 173 00:12:13,120 --> 00:12:19,519 performance out of Intel Arc both generations. Pretty much if you have an 174 00:12:16,800 --> 00:12:23,680 older system that doesn't support rebar, don't go Arc. Yeah. All right. What are 175 00:12:21,279 --> 00:12:28,000 we going to try first? Batro. Batro. Think it'll handle it? I think it'll 176 00:12:25,680 --> 00:12:32,399 handle Batro. If Batro can run on phones, it can run on a B580. Uh, one 177 00:12:30,880 --> 00:12:37,040 nice thing is this is basically literally the monitor that I have at 178 00:12:34,160 --> 00:12:39,680 home. And uh, so this is it. This is it. This is the experience. This is 179 00:12:38,399 --> 00:12:45,600 basically, you know, I might as well be at home right now. Yo, 240 FPS. Let's 180 00:12:43,040 --> 00:12:51,839 go. That's all I need. Let's roll this flush. Yeah. Go Batro. Go. Let's confirm 181 00:12:49,920 --> 00:12:55,839 this is better than your 4090. Well, better. I don't know. Okay. Well, let's 182 00:12:54,160 --> 00:13:02,160 whatever. It runs Bolatro. Great. I'm not going to I'm not going to keep going with Bolatro. Uh, Dota. I'm curious 183 00:12:59,360 --> 00:13:05,519 though because uh we do know I play a lot of Dota. Mhm. You know, some people 184 00:13:04,240 --> 00:13:09,680 said that, "Oh, what does this guy need a 5090 for? All he plays is Dota." 185 00:13:07,600 --> 00:13:14,639 That's not true. I might have a lot of hours in Dota, but that's over like 186 00:13:12,200 --> 00:13:19,920 years score. This looks I hear the fans going the menu. We got like 250 frames a 187 00:13:18,480 --> 00:13:24,079 second. Let me make sure all my settings didn't get changed or anything. Oh, it 188 00:13:21,839 --> 00:13:27,680 defaulted. It defaulted to basic settings. I thought it looked awful. So, 189 00:13:25,600 --> 00:13:32,560 I'll use advanced and I'll turn on all the things that I would normally Oh, not 190 00:13:30,160 --> 00:13:35,839 sync that I would normally have on. Okay, we're not in game. It's already 191 00:13:34,480 --> 00:13:39,680 struggling a bit. Like, this doesn't usually uh hitch that bad. I'm just 192 00:13:38,240 --> 00:13:44,160 playing against bots, so I can skip ahead. I'm getting 160 170 frames a 193 00:13:42,880 --> 00:13:50,000 second. Something looks bad, though. Game screen render quality was at 40%. 194 00:13:46,240 --> 00:13:52,800 That's why. That's why. Okay. Uh-oh. 195 00:13:50,000 --> 00:13:58,639 We're in trouble, boys. It looks better. I'm still getting 140 150 frames a 196 00:13:55,200 --> 00:14:01,199 second. Now that's weird. Your 1% lows 197 00:13:58,639 --> 00:14:10,160 were under 100 when it was rendering at 40%. Yeah, now they're fine. Now it's 198 00:14:05,519 --> 00:14:11,839 just dead even frame times. Okay, that I 199 00:14:10,160 --> 00:14:16,160 cannot explain. Okay, well, you know, Dota 4K ultra settings, like don't get 200 00:14:14,320 --> 00:14:21,040 me wrong, it's not 240 Hz like my monitor supports, but like 150 in a MOA, 201 00:14:19,519 --> 00:14:25,440 that seems pretty. That's fine. And this is totally playable. Let's try seven 202 00:14:23,680 --> 00:14:28,399 rebirth. This is going to be tough though because remember with the 5090, 203 00:14:27,040 --> 00:14:31,920 surprisingly it didn't improve performance all that much. So what I'd 204 00:14:30,240 --> 00:14:37,120 really like to see is how much it's going to dip when I take multiple steps 205 00:14:34,800 --> 00:14:41,040 down. Still installing graphics drivers. Okay, see you later, David. I don't know 206 00:14:38,800 --> 00:14:48,639 if it's still set to ultra. I'm going to find out in a second, but I'm getting 40 207 00:14:44,720 --> 00:14:50,480 FPS. It's not set to ultra and 21 FPS. 208 00:14:48,639 --> 00:14:54,959 Hold on. Let's just let's just take a look see. It looked like it might have 209 00:14:52,639 --> 00:14:59,920 been set to 4K. Yeah, it is set to 4K. VSync on. Oh, no. No, it's not. Oh, it's 210 00:14:57,440 --> 00:15:03,519 dynamic resolution scaling. Okay, 100%. So, it's not even But it was set to 211 00:15:01,519 --> 00:15:07,920 ultra. So, here, like, let's just go straight to medium. This is a very 212 00:15:05,680 --> 00:15:13,279 PlayStation 5 level experience. You're getting 40 FPS. I like that my 1% lows 213 00:15:11,040 --> 00:15:18,240 aren't awful. Yeah, even frame pacing. That's something. It's It's cool. Uh, 214 00:15:16,000 --> 00:15:26,160 want to take us outdoors? Okay, so this is just outside the like 1% lows in the 215 00:15:22,639 --> 00:15:28,560 20 FPS range. It's playable. I don't 216 00:15:26,160 --> 00:15:32,639 think you're playing it at 4K, bro. No, probably not. I'll turn on resolution 217 00:15:30,560 --> 00:15:37,360 scaling. Okay, let's have a look. Okay, 66% is a lot better. This is way better. 218 00:15:35,440 --> 00:15:41,920 Oh, dude. Yeah. Yeah, this is fine. Fine. Totally fine. This is fine. Okay. 219 00:15:40,240 --> 00:15:46,160 Okay. I'm I'm feeling pretty good about this already. David, you ready? No. I 220 00:15:44,959 --> 00:15:49,839 don't know what rebar is. I'll try another game. It got very upset when I 221 00:15:48,079 --> 00:15:53,759 closed the game. That's not what my desktop background looks like. Wait, 222 00:15:51,839 --> 00:15:59,040 David, how old is this BIOS? Does it say copyright 2019? Sure does. Your BIOS is 223 00:15:56,399 --> 00:16:02,639 from 2019, bro. Let's flash a new BIOS on here, and then 224 00:16:00,880 --> 00:16:07,040 I'm sure we'll be able to find resizable bar. It did fix itself after a while, 225 00:16:05,199 --> 00:16:11,240 but it also, for whatever reason, reverted my display to 60 Hz. 226 00:16:11,360 --> 00:16:18,560 All right, we're on Path of Exile now. Yeah, it's got XCSS support. Yeah. Okay, 227 00:16:15,519 --> 00:16:21,279 I went down to balanced. Uhoh. And I had 228 00:16:18,560 --> 00:16:25,839 to turn some stuff to low or medium. I don't think you're getting AA, dude. 229 00:16:23,199 --> 00:16:29,600 Well, you know what, though? It looks okay. Actually, this does kind of look 230 00:16:28,000 --> 00:16:34,240 okay. It's not that bad. And I'm getting like 50 plus 1%s. X looks all right. 231 00:16:32,480 --> 00:16:36,959 Yeah, like I'm actually not super disappointed with this. Normally playing 232 00:16:35,920 --> 00:16:43,360 controller, so I can't even remember what my keybinds are for mouse. Yeah, but it doesn't it doesn't auto switch 233 00:16:39,839 --> 00:16:45,360 yet. Oh, okay. I died. But 80 plus, you 234 00:16:43,360 --> 00:16:48,320 know, 1%s are dipping. It actually looks not bad. And it looks okay. You know 235 00:16:47,040 --> 00:16:53,759 what's going to be interesting about this experiment to see if you get a 236 00:16:51,279 --> 00:16:58,560 little less diva. Will you appreciate your 4090 more when you go back to it? I 237 00:16:56,399 --> 00:17:02,560 think so. I think I'll appreciate it more. You know, it's not perfect, but 238 00:17:00,240 --> 00:17:08,400 it's pretty good. Yeah. And soon David will get to enjoy 239 00:17:04,439 --> 00:17:10,559 it. Hey, there we go. Yeah. Copyright 240 00:17:08,400 --> 00:17:13,360 2024. That's more like it. Do you guys think that a normal person would go 241 00:17:11,839 --> 00:17:18,799 through this for a freaking graphics card? No, I don't think most people know 242 00:17:16,400 --> 00:17:22,720 how to enable rebar um update their BIOS or update their 243 00:17:20,720 --> 00:17:27,280 BIOS. People watching these videos probably do, but but you know, stay 244 00:17:25,120 --> 00:17:33,120 cool, guys. Man, that's a good looking PC and with 245 00:17:30,000 --> 00:17:34,400 that white GPU. Yeah, love it. Cloud uh 246 00:17:33,120 --> 00:17:40,799 storage is kind of the best because I can switch between my Steam Deck and my PC uh whenever I want. Yeah, dude. Steam 247 00:17:38,960 --> 00:17:44,480 cloud save was such a game changer. Every time I used to format, that was 248 00:17:42,240 --> 00:17:48,480 the thing I would be most scared of cuz photos, I had all my stuff organized. It 249 00:17:46,240 --> 00:17:51,440 was all fine. But games, some of them would go to the my games folder. Some of 250 00:17:50,160 --> 00:17:56,080 them would be in my documents. Some of them would be in program files and then 251 00:17:53,440 --> 00:17:58,880 next to the game executable like and so you had to go look it up game by game to 252 00:17:57,760 --> 00:18:05,360 make sure you didn't lose all your save data. My big complaint is that you can't manually choose which like file to save. 253 00:18:03,919 --> 00:18:08,240 It does it automatically and it like it'll ask you if you want to overwrite 254 00:18:06,960 --> 00:18:12,080 and then you can say no and figure it out. But it's it'd be nice if I could 255 00:18:10,080 --> 00:18:17,120 like specifically be like that file is the one I want. Download it right now. 256 00:18:14,559 --> 00:18:24,080 Okay, here we go. You know what? She's a little soft. But I I played with 1080p 257 00:18:21,000 --> 00:18:26,559 FSR at home cuz I sit fairly far away 258 00:18:24,080 --> 00:18:29,039 from my computer. So FSR balanced. I guess it's just Ew. You're not playing 259 00:18:27,600 --> 00:18:33,919 with motion blur on, are you? Yeah, I like motion blur because I want my games 260 00:18:31,440 --> 00:18:41,440 to look like movies in motion. The clarity is definitely reduced, but we're 261 00:18:37,320 --> 00:18:43,679 also inches from a 65 in display. That's 262 00:18:41,440 --> 00:18:46,720 fair. Like, go 10 ft away and tell me how it looks. Okay, I'm going to sit at 263 00:18:45,440 --> 00:18:52,240 what would be a comfortable distance. Okay, you know what? It's fine. Yeah, 264 00:18:49,000 --> 00:18:54,559 fine. I'll allow it. It looks a little 265 00:18:52,240 --> 00:18:57,679 like jittery and low FPSy, but I think that's just cuz you're on a mouse. It's 266 00:18:56,559 --> 00:19:03,760 okay. Don't worry. We will all be judging you. Let's judge him. 267 00:19:01,919 --> 00:19:07,039 Not fair. I don't have a control. Oh god. 268 00:19:05,280 --> 00:19:11,960 This is actually totally fine. Not even that much worse than it was. Like I was 269 00:19:09,520 --> 00:19:15,919 at a lock 60 and this is, you know, 5253. Um, and so I'll have to tinker 270 00:19:14,480 --> 00:19:22,480 with the settings a little bit because I'm playing on a nonVRR display. But 271 00:19:19,679 --> 00:19:25,840 still, I'm actually pretty impressed. This is very usable and looks really 272 00:19:24,240 --> 00:19:30,960 good. Are you actually rendering at 4K? It looks No, no, no, no. This is 1080p. 273 00:19:28,000 --> 00:19:36,960 Okay. This is uh FSR. Man, they need to flood the market with these things and 274 00:19:32,559 --> 00:19:39,120 get them down to 249, 259, even 269, 275 00:19:36,960 --> 00:19:43,760 I'll accept. You know, it's a pretty nice price, but they've got to get it 276 00:19:41,679 --> 00:19:49,440 close. Well, the fact that I'm we're both having decent experiences on like 277 00:19:46,320 --> 00:19:51,679 very challenging displays to use, I'm 278 00:19:49,440 --> 00:19:57,760 very impressed already. Not bad. Detail in the foliage is not great, but our 279 00:19:55,760 --> 00:20:02,240 character models are pretty good, and I'm not seeing a ton of ugly aliasing 280 00:20:00,160 --> 00:20:05,880 really on anything. No, it looks fine. 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