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The next logical step of the current GPU development

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[–] [email protected] 25 points 4 days ago* (last edited 4 days ago) (4 children)

All that hardware, and what for? So that you can have slightly better reflections in whatever AAAA microtransaction slop you've paid 80 bucks for?

Unless you're doing 3d animation there is really no need to have a jet engine installed in your PC.

[–] [email protected] 8 points 3 days ago

We’re long past that point, its now so that game studios can put even less effort into optimisation and release games that look and perform worse than games from 5 years ago despite much more powerful hardware!

[–] [email protected] 8 points 4 days ago

Efficient heating, you can play AAA games on your space heater

[–] [email protected] 6 points 4 days ago

Shit, my 1060 still manages almost all games. Running Cyberpunk on medium right now. It might not be as pretty as it can be, but it sure ain't ugly.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 3 days ago

For locally hosted LLMs maybe? They eat a ton of VRAM.