LOW quality shadows
Those were my custom ultra quality shadows. I replaced the 'low' preset so I could compare them against 'ultra'.
LOW quality shadows
Oh, well that explains it! So do the default low settings on PC look as bad as what I have on PS4?Those were my custom ultra quality shadows. I replaced the 'low' preset so I could compare them against 'ultra'.
So do the default low settings on PC look as bad as what I have on PS4?
Oh, well that explains it! So do the default low settings on PC look as bad as what I have on PS4?
The need to constantly upgrade a PC to play the latest game (or in ED's case, the latest update) is one of the many reasons I left PC gaming some years back. On a console, games get better over time for the same piece of hardware, as developers learn tricks to maximize that hardware. ED is the glaring exception to this, as it has gotten progressively worse, graphics-wise, on PS4. This is because many PC developers just throw more MIPS and FLOPS and RAM at inefficient code to in order to make better looking games. Now obviously hardware has limits, but I can buy and play Red Dead Redemption 2 (which looks amazing BTW) on my 'old' hardware without any fuss. On PC, it seemed like every time a new game came out, I had to get a new video card or more RAM to handle it. And considering that the PS5 will likely cost less than many video cards on the market, I'll be sticking with the console for the vast majority of my gaming.The biggest problem with laptops is the limits on how far you can upgrade the graphics and replacing cooling fans (that they won't make any more when you need them). If it can't cool itself it dies. Planned obsolescence is the bane of laptops. I designed, ordered and took delivery on an Alienware M1 laptop when they came out, even got an extra power supply and battery on the order. $5000.00 and its dual nvidia 280-M graphics cards running in SLI configuration was insufficient spec to support ED:Horizons. It refused to launch under such primitive conditions. No upgrade options remain for the model. The whole thing just sits on the side now unused in new condition. Wanna buy it? I still have the box.
The biggest problem with laptops is the limits on how far you can upgrade
No HOTAS, just this:ps - just recalled, did you mention you use the thrustmaster HOTAS on the PS 4 ? - if so it's also useable on the pc - I have the older ps3\pc one - I think the xbox one is "switchable" as well.
I'm going to have a look at some of the back-to-school sales.
Aldi (you might also know it as Trader Joe's) is setting up a couple of gaming laptops
Ok, move to Europe and buy a desktop.I'm going to have a look at some of the back-to-school sales. Normally I'd just wait until Black Friday (and I still might), but I'm now worried that Trump's war on China is going to soon make consumer electronics unaffordable here in the United States.
GRRRRR!!!!
My laptop uses a 1700, and I've been pondering for a while if the 3700x may be worth sticking in it (it uses a socketed desktop AM4 processor) and if my laptop's cooling would be fine with it if I did.The perfomance is pretty much identical in Elite with my old 2600 ryzen and a desktop RTX 2070 - since upgrading to the Ryzen 3700x the desktop pulls ahead slightly - but, it's not much.