WEBVTT 00:00:00.160 --> 00:00:07.759 When Intel's first generation ARC GPUs hit the market over 2 years ago, Luke 00:00:05.200 --> 00:00:14.400 and I switched to them for 30 days with results that 00:00:09.400 --> 00:00:16.560 were wo my FPS is at uh 9 right now. 00:00:14.400 --> 00:00:20.640 What the heck, dude? This is not good. That's why this time, instead of putting 00:00:18.480 --> 00:00:27.599 myself through pain and misery, I've lured in two unsuspecting chump, I mean 00:00:23.680 --> 00:00:30.320 a test subjects, to swap out their 90 00:00:27.599 --> 00:00:35.920 class GeForce cards for Intel's new Battle Mage B580 GPU. 00:00:34.000 --> 00:00:40.320 At the end of that 30 days, they're going to report on everything that's 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 00:00:42.320 --> 00:00:50.320 sticking with their Intel cards or going back to their old ones. 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It's OC Edition. It's probably 00:01:37.840 --> 00:01:44.720 clocked a little faster. I'm actually okay cuz I have two systems. I can go 00:01:42.400 --> 00:01:48.240 matching Maxons. Okay, we're going to have to talk about that in a little bit. 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 00:01:50.079 --> 00:01:56.159 probably clocked a little faster. And I just like the way it looks. Look how 00:01:53.840 --> 00:01:59.040 cool that looks. That does look pretty cool. Yeah, and these are probably RGB 00:01:57.520 --> 00:02:05.119 or they light up or something. Flow through design. Yeah, that is a really 00:02:01.600 --> 00:02:06.719 really small board. I know it's a be 00:02:05.119 --> 00:02:11.360 quite the change. With that out of the way, let's get this downgrade started. 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 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 00:02:19.440 --> 00:02:24.720 girlfriend's PC, too. Yes. And I actually have ended up using it quite a 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 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. 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 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. 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 00:02:44.319 --> 00:02:51.680 generation of Intel's AI upscaling since obviously these cards are not going to 00:02:49.040 --> 00:02:57.519 be rendering modern AAA games at native 4K. Of course, it's possible that David 00:02:54.400 --> 00:03:01.280 and his don't play AAA games on the TV. 00:02:57.519 --> 00:03:03.040 I hope that's uh pretty much all I play. 00:03:01.280 --> 00:03:06.640 Uh okay. I know you guys have played through Boulders Skate 3, but maybe 00:03:04.480 --> 00:03:11.920 you're done Balders Skate 3 now. Yeah, we just finished Dragon Age Veilgard and 00:03:09.040 --> 00:03:14.800 uh Mass Effect Trilogy. Uh, and I'm going through Witcher 3. We're having a 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, 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 00:03:21.760 --> 00:03:28.239 ultra plus anymore. We're going to find out. One thing Arc handles well though 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 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. 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 00:03:38.159 --> 00:03:43.920 Arc's biggest strong points. With that in mind, what, if anything, are you 00:03:42.000 --> 00:03:48.239 looking forward to? I'm seeing this as shorting the GPU market. I am planning 00:03:46.720 --> 00:03:52.319 on selling both of these cards immediately because everything is 00:03:50.080 --> 00:03:56.480 inflated with this crazy surge pricing, and I'm really hoping that in a couple 00:03:54.239 --> 00:04:01.040 months things calm down a little bit. I might be making the wrong choice, but 00:03:58.239 --> 00:04:05.720 we'll see. Interesting. So, this is a permanent change for you kind of 00:04:02.560 --> 00:04:08.159 regardless of the outcome. Oh, 00:04:05.720 --> 00:04:13.519 yeah. Risking it all for the biscuit, man. I love it. And the worst part is 00:04:10.400 --> 00:04:16.160 that in addition to the 7900 XT, he's 00:04:13.519 --> 00:04:20.079 ditching a 3090 right now. Seems like a good time to sell. They're going for 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 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 00:04:26.560 --> 00:04:33.240 done before. Wait, did I hear you right? You're 00:04:30.400 --> 00:04:38.320 betting on AMD GPU to please have a good price. We're 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 00:04:39.840 --> 00:04:45.120 cool. It's nice. We like it. We're happy. I They could be cheaper. They 00:04:43.600 --> 00:04:50.800 could be They could be cheaper. Please don't be $900. Please don't be typical 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 00:04:52.639 --> 00:04:57.759 of stock. That's fantastic. And I think that might drive all the price down. And 00:04:55.680 --> 00:05:00.639 it may actually be the truth because they've literally been shipping these to 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 00:05:03.120 --> 00:05:08.800 heard. Well, and MSRP means almost nothing these days on GPUs because 00:05:07.199 --> 00:05:12.479 everything is at a, you know, slightly inflated or mega inflated price. Yeah, 00:05:10.880 --> 00:05:17.280 even these 580s are at an inflated price. We did find one that was a pretty 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 00:05:20.400 --> 00:05:26.639 all the standalone cards are more like $400. Really, it's not looking good for 00:05:24.960 --> 00:05:32.960 David. I mean, one good thing for David is that instead of trading his faster 00:05:28.800 --> 00:05:35.680 GPUs for two $250 GPUs, now they're $400 00:05:32.960 --> 00:05:40.479 GPUs. Profit. Is there any cards with six pin 00:05:38.400 --> 00:05:44.840 PCIe connectors anymore? Cuz it feels so annoying. I hate these connectors. Uh, 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. 00:05:48.240 --> 00:05:54.720 Yeah, there there's at least recent enough ones that you kind of still got 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 00:05:57.360 --> 00:06:02.400 12vt high power, so it probably won't melt. 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 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, 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 00:06:14.800 --> 00:06:20.560 had me build the girlfriend PC. 00:06:18.720 --> 00:06:25.720 All right, time for Plof's downgrade. We're bringing back Intel Extreme 00:06:24.199 --> 00:06:29.840 downgrade. Yeah. I feel like I've made a huge 00:06:28.080 --> 00:06:35.520 mistake. I feel like you've made a huge mistake, too. Yeah. 00:06:32.400 --> 00:06:38.479 You've got a 4090. I know. The good news 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 00:06:40.319 --> 00:06:45.520 thing as David and sell it, be pretty 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 00:06:47.759 --> 00:06:54.000 would I upgrade to? Oh, wait. You're totally going to buy a 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 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 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 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 00:07:09.360 --> 00:07:19.759 $3,000 plus dollars Canadian. So, you are actually just putting your 00:07:15.840 --> 00:07:22.319 49 just on the shelf. I It's going to 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 00:07:24.240 --> 00:07:29.919 least it won't hurt. So, it's really not 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 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 00:07:35.120 --> 00:07:42.319 good. Yeah, it seems finer. Smells good. Yeah. Yeah, it smells fine. 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. 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. 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 00:07:51.599 --> 00:07:57.440 blocking your flow through there. You took the screws out. Someone did. Hold 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. 00:07:58.960 --> 00:08:03.720 Oh, you do. Okay. Nice. Okay. Excellent. 00:08:04.319 --> 00:08:09.440 There it goes. Now, David was already 00:08:07.840 --> 00:08:15.360 concerned about running the games that he plays at the resolution that he runs 00:08:11.840 --> 00:08:18.720 at with a B580. Yeah. Now, you are a man 00:08:15.360 --> 00:08:21.599 who owns a monitor. Yes, several. 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 00:08:24.000 --> 00:08:30.000 resolution and frame rate typically? I don't have a lower resolution display 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. 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 00:08:37.919 --> 00:08:44.080 ultra settings, 60 plus, you know, in most modern games, native without DLSS 00:08:42.320 --> 00:08:50.160 or anything. Okay. I bet I can get you 60 plus FPS. 1080p. Not at ultra 00:08:46.640 --> 00:08:51.519 settings. Maybe 1440. Maybe. Maybe 1440. 00:08:50.160 --> 00:08:54.880 Not with this plastic all over it, though. I can go down in resolution. 00:08:53.600 --> 00:09:00.560 And, you know, I'm actually really excited about XCSS2. Um, it's supposed 00:08:57.200 --> 00:09:02.640 to be pretty good. And I'm not I'm not 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 00:09:03.920 --> 00:09:10.440 low, maybe medium, probably 1440p, maybe 00:09:07.279 --> 00:09:14.160 even 1440p upscaling from 00:09:10.440 --> 00:09:15.839 1080p. But, you know, I just I want to 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 00:09:17.600 --> 00:09:23.519 this graphics card, at least at, you know, proper MSRP, is actually very 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 00:09:25.360 --> 00:09:32.640 a power supply, is damn near MSRP pricing. Intel tells me that they are 00:09:30.880 --> 00:09:37.440 desperately working on getting enough stock out there. I think that even they 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 00:09:40.399 --> 00:09:45.760 with Intel, I actually kind of believe that. Like with NVIDIA, I look at it and 00:09:44.320 --> 00:09:51.200 I go, "Come on, you guys are just making more AI cards, right?" But with Intel, 00:09:48.800 --> 00:09:55.279 especially after what a dog Alchemist was, I could legitimately see them being 00:09:53.440 --> 00:10:00.480 like, "Let's not make too many of these." Oh, wait. It's actually good. 00:09:58.320 --> 00:10:03.440 Oh, where's our other shipments? Another 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 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 00:10:10.080 --> 00:10:15.440 find the screw, the M.2 screw. Um, hey, 00:10:13.279 --> 00:10:21.440 it still works. It detects. I've never had a single issue with this SSD being 00:10:18.720 --> 00:10:25.680 in the bot. Sorry. What were you excited about? 00:10:23.680 --> 00:10:29.360 Losing the squid. Oh, yeah. Cuz I have these nice custom cables. Yeah. That 00:10:27.680 --> 00:10:32.959 totally don't suit the build anymore, but you know, they look pretty. The RGB 00:10:31.360 --> 00:10:36.720 back plate for the GPU actually fits like perfectly now. It It breaks your 00:10:35.279 --> 00:10:40.200 pass through cooling again. I don't care. It looks great. Oh man. Anyway, 00:10:39.200 --> 00:10:45.440 the point is, do you have a benefit from the 00:10:42.800 --> 00:10:50.640 encoding capabilities or um I mean my 4090 would probably do a better job 00:10:47.040 --> 00:10:52.640 anyway, but this is my Plexbox. Okay. I 00:10:50.640 --> 00:10:57.519 stream everything from this machine because if I'm not gaming, that's why 00:10:54.160 --> 00:10:58.959 it's full of hard drives. It's so heavy. 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 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 00:11:05.360 --> 00:11:13.040 a look at what kind of settings you can run. I'm only getting 1280 by 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 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 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 00:11:25.519 --> 00:11:32.160 as the NVIDIA app, but you know what? Just searching Intel Arc drivers took me 00:11:30.160 --> 00:11:35.399 right to their page and the downloads right there. I hope this is going to be 00:11:34.160 --> 00:11:42.320 as easy as everyone else makes it. 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 00:11:45.200 --> 00:11:50.320 been, you know, just ramping up all their software development ever since 00:11:48.320 --> 00:11:54.959 Alchemist came out, so I'm not super worried about that. You don't seem super 00:11:52.160 --> 00:11:58.240 worried. I'm not I'm not worried about driver support. I'm worried just 00:11:56.640 --> 00:12:02.480 strictly about performance. Yeah, I don't need a monitor. Oh, that's why I 00:11:59.760 --> 00:12:06.079 set it up here. Oh. You look ready to go. You know, I'm 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 00:12:08.560 --> 00:12:15.000 me that rebar is enabled. Right. This is really important for getting the most 00:12:13.120 --> 00:12:19.519 performance out of Intel Arc both generations. Pretty much if you have an 00:12:16.800 --> 00:12:23.680 older system that doesn't support rebar, don't go Arc. Yeah. All right. What are 00:12:21.279 --> 00:12:28.000 we going to try first? Batro. Batro. Think it'll handle it? I think it'll 00:12:25.680 --> 00:12:32.399 handle Batro. If Batro can run on phones, it can run on a B580. Uh, one 00:12:30.880 --> 00:12:37.040 nice thing is this is basically literally the monitor that I have at 00:12:34.160 --> 00:12:39.680 home. And uh, so this is it. This is it. This is the experience. This is 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 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 00:12:49.920 --> 00:12:55.839 this is better than your 4090. Well, better. I don't know. Okay. Well, let's 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 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 00:13:04.240 --> 00:13:09.680 said that, "Oh, what does this guy need a 5090 for? All he plays is Dota." 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 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 00:13:18.480 --> 00:13:24.079 second. Let me make sure all my settings didn't get changed or anything. Oh, it 00:13:21.839 --> 00:13:27.680 defaulted. It defaulted to basic settings. I thought it looked awful. So, 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 00:13:30.160 --> 00:13:35.839 sync that I would normally have on. Okay, we're not in game. It's already 00:13:34.480 --> 00:13:39.680 struggling a bit. Like, this doesn't usually uh hitch that bad. I'm just 00:13:38.240 --> 00:13:44.160 playing against bots, so I can skip ahead. I'm getting 160 170 frames a 00:13:42.880 --> 00:13:50.000 second. Something looks bad, though. Game screen render quality was at 40%. 00:13:46.240 --> 00:13:52.800 That's why. That's why. Okay. Uh-oh. 00:13:50.000 --> 00:13:58.639 We're in trouble, boys. It looks better. I'm still getting 140 150 frames a 00:13:55.200 --> 00:14:01.199 second. Now that's weird. Your 1% lows 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 00:14:05.519 --> 00:14:11.839 just dead even frame times. Okay, that I 00:14:10.160 --> 00:14:16.160 cannot explain. Okay, well, you know, Dota 4K ultra settings, like don't get 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, 00:14:19.519 --> 00:14:25.440 that seems pretty. That's fine. And this is totally playable. Let's try seven 00:14:23.680 --> 00:14:28.399 rebirth. This is going to be tough though because remember with the 5090, 00:14:27.040 --> 00:14:31.920 surprisingly it didn't improve performance all that much. So what I'd 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 00:14:34.800 --> 00:14:41.040 down. Still installing graphics drivers. Okay, see you later, David. I don't know 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 00:14:44.720 --> 00:14:50.480 FPS. It's not set to ultra and 21 FPS. 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 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 00:14:57.440 --> 00:15:03.519 dynamic resolution scaling. Okay, 100%. So, it's not even But it was set to 00:15:01.519 --> 00:15:07.920 ultra. So, here, like, let's just go straight to medium. This is a very 00:15:05.680 --> 00:15:13.279 PlayStation 5 level experience. You're getting 40 FPS. I like that my 1% lows 00:15:11.040 --> 00:15:18.240 aren't awful. Yeah, even frame pacing. That's something. It's It's cool. Uh, 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 00:15:22.639 --> 00:15:28.560 20 FPS range. It's playable. I don't 00:15:26.160 --> 00:15:32.639 think you're playing it at 4K, bro. No, probably not. I'll turn on resolution 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. 00:15:35.440 --> 00:15:41.920 Oh, dude. Yeah. Yeah, this is fine. Fine. Totally fine. This is fine. Okay. 00:15:40.240 --> 00:15:46.160 Okay. I'm I'm feeling pretty good about this already. David, you ready? No. I 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 00:15:48.079 --> 00:15:53.759 closed the game. That's not what my desktop background looks like. Wait, 00:15:51.839 --> 00:15:59.040 David, how old is this BIOS? Does it say copyright 2019? Sure does. Your BIOS is 00:15:56.399 --> 00:16:02.639 from 2019, bro. Let's flash a new BIOS on here, and then 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, 00:16:05.199 --> 00:16:11.240 but it also, for whatever reason, reverted my display to 60 Hz. 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, 00:16:15.519 --> 00:16:21.279 I went down to balanced. Uhoh. And I had 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. 00:16:23.199 --> 00:16:29.600 Well, you know what, though? It looks okay. Actually, this does kind of look 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. 00:16:32.480 --> 00:16:36.959 Yeah, like I'm actually not super disappointed with this. Normally playing 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 00:16:39.839 --> 00:16:45.360 yet. Oh, okay. I died. But 80 plus, you 00:16:43.360 --> 00:16:48.320 know, 1%s are dipping. It actually looks not bad. And it looks okay. You know 00:16:47.040 --> 00:16:53.759 what's going to be interesting about this experiment to see if you get a 00:16:51.279 --> 00:16:58.560 little less diva. Will you appreciate your 4090 more when you go back to it? I 00:16:56.399 --> 00:17:02.560 think so. I think I'll appreciate it more. You know, it's not perfect, but 00:17:00.240 --> 00:17:08.400 it's pretty good. Yeah. And soon David will get to enjoy 00:17:04.439 --> 00:17:10.559 it. Hey, there we go. Yeah. Copyright 00:17:08.400 --> 00:17:13.360 2024. That's more like it. Do you guys think that a normal person would go 00:17:11.839 --> 00:17:18.799 through this for a freaking graphics card? No, I don't think most people know 00:17:16.400 --> 00:17:22.720 how to enable rebar um update their BIOS or update their 00:17:20.720 --> 00:17:27.280 BIOS. People watching these videos probably do, but but you know, stay 00:17:25.120 --> 00:17:33.120 cool, guys. Man, that's a good looking PC and with 00:17:30.000 --> 00:17:34.400 that white GPU. Yeah, love it. Cloud uh 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 00:17:38.960 --> 00:17:44.480 cloud save was such a game changer. Every time I used to format, that was 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 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 00:17:50.160 --> 00:17:56.080 them would be in my documents. Some of them would be in program files and then 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 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. 00:18:03.919 --> 00:18:08.240 It does it automatically and it like it'll ask you if you want to overwrite 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 00:18:10.080 --> 00:18:17.120 like specifically be like that file is the one I want. Download it right now. 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 00:18:21.000 --> 00:18:26.559 FSR at home cuz I sit fairly far away 00:18:24.080 --> 00:18:29.039 from my computer. So FSR balanced. I guess it's just Ew. You're not playing 00:18:27.600 --> 00:18:33.919 with motion blur on, are you? Yeah, I like motion blur because I want my games 00:18:31.440 --> 00:18:41.440 to look like movies in motion. The clarity is definitely reduced, but we're 00:18:37.320 --> 00:18:43.679 also inches from a 65 in display. That's 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 00:18:45.440 --> 00:18:52.240 what would be a comfortable distance. Okay, you know what? It's fine. Yeah, 00:18:49.000 --> 00:18:54.559 fine. I'll allow it. It looks a little 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 00:18:56.559 --> 00:19:03.760 okay. Don't worry. We will all be judging you. Let's judge him. 00:19:01.919 --> 00:19:07.039 Not fair. I don't have a control. Oh god. 00:19:05.280 --> 00:19:11.960 This is actually totally fine. Not even that much worse than it was. Like I was 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 00:19:14.480 --> 00:19:22.480 with the settings a little bit because I'm playing on a nonVRR display. But 00:19:19.679 --> 00:19:25.840 still, I'm actually pretty impressed. This is very usable and looks really 00:19:24.240 --> 00:19:30.960 good. Are you actually rendering at 4K? It looks No, no, no, no. This is 1080p. 00:19:28.000 --> 00:19:36.960 Okay. This is uh FSR. Man, they need to flood the market with these things and 00:19:32.559 --> 00:19:39.120 get them down to 249, 259, even 269, 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 00:19:41.679 --> 00:19:49.440 close. Well, the fact that I'm we're both having decent experiences on like 00:19:46.320 --> 00:19:51.679 very challenging displays to use, I'm 00:19:49.440 --> 00:19:57.760 very impressed already. Not bad. 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