2023 was the year that GPUs stood still::A new GPU generation did very little to change the speed you get for your money.

  • daq@lemmy.sdf.org
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    11 months ago

    I’m surprised so many people are cross shopping tbh. I briefly considered steam deck, but specs are barely enough to play at 1080p so it’s completely useless when docked and a purely portable device with a tiny screen and gamepad carries very little value to me personally.

    I ended up getting eGPU enclosure for my laptop and grabbing a 1080ti from a friend that didn’t need it anymore. I’m able to play D4 at 4k on medium settings.

    Even if I had to buy a gpu like I was originally planning, ~$800 total to play in 4k on a 43" screen with a mouse and keyboard is a completely different experience from anything Xbox or steam deck offer.

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      11 months ago

      Do you really feel that 4k is worth the gigantic leap in computational power needed? It’s obviously lovely but not that big an improvement.