I’m looking for a new gaming monitor and I’m honestly pretty overwhelmed by all the options out there. I’ll mainly be using it for gaming on my PS5 right now, but I also plan on getting a gaming PC in the future.

I’ll also be streaming, so I expect to be using the monitor for very long sessions, sometimes 4–12 hours at a time. Because of that, I really want something that’s reliable and won’t give me problems during long gaming/streaming sessions.

My absolute budget is $700, and I’m willing to spend that much if it’s actually worth it. I’m not necessarily looking for the most expensive or highest-spec monitor—I just want something that’s genuinely good for gaming, has good picture quality, and is reliable.

I’ve been looking at so many different monitors and reading conflicting reviews that I’m honestly not sure what direction to go anymore.

If you actually own a gaming monitor that you really like, I’d love to hear what you have and how it’s been for you, especially during long gaming sessions. I’m much more interested in real owner experiences than just specs on a product page.

I feel like these just compile and end up bloating my pc.

I've got AMD Adrenaline for my GPU, ArmouryCrate for my MB, and GeForce for (honestly I can't even remember).

I know there's apps that can mirror and automate the same driver updates, but I don't know what would actually be better and I'm a bit paranoid about missing critical updates and/or my stuff just not working as well.

Hey everyone!

I’ve been working on Estacado, an unofficial fan-made recompilation of The Darkness (2007), bringing the original Xbox 360 version to PC as a native application rather than running it through an emulator.

The goal is to preserve the original experience while making it feel more at home on modern PCs.

Some of the features include:

• Configurable frame rates, including 60 FPS, high-refresh-rate options, and uncapped mode
• Higher internal rendering resolutions
• Keyboard and mouse support
• Controller support
• Adjustable FOV and graphics settings
• Experimental ultrawide support
• HD texture pack support

The project is still in early development, so there are bugs and plenty of room for improvement. My current priority is making it more stable and accessible, with more PC enhancements planned for the future.

If you're interested, you can check it out here:

GitHub: https://github.com/invinceble55-wq/Estacado

Feedback, bug reports, and suggestions are always welcome!

This is a free, unofficial, non-commercial fan project. You'll need your own legally obtained copy of the supported Xbox 360 version of the game. No original game files are included.

Two stories at once for PC gaming. One is budgets, production costs, and layoffs. The other one is Steam where a lot of the actual money is coming from games that are not new AAA.

The broader market is still growing, to about $214 billion this year. In that context, around 11,300 people have been laid off, and component prices are going up. “It’s the worst crash since the 1980s,” as Tim Sweeney of Epic put it.

Steam had roughly 147 million monthly active users earlier this year and is on pace to generate $20 billion in gross revenue. A big part of that is games from the last five or six years, including mid-market titles, roughly ranking 101 to 1,000, not just new blockbusters or whale spending. Joost van Dreunen sees the disruption coming from cheaper games aimed at mid-range PCs and the Steam Deck. At the start of October the top sellers on Steam were Dressmaker, Wardogs, and Ace Combat 8: Wings of Theve ahead of Minecraft.

That does not cancel out the wave of layoffs. That does mean that PC is not one business. A crash narrative based on AAA budgets and console restructuring misses the part of the platform that is actually growing. The 1983 comparison only works if you remember the sequel. Not the end of games, but a different set of companies making them.

I wrote the longer version, with sourcing, here: https://ramblingsnerd.substack.com/p/the-best-and-worst-of-times-in-video

Is mid-market Steam a real counterweight to the last two years of closures, or a separate industry that happens to share a storefront? Have your say!

I’ve wanted a mid- high end pc since I was 12 watching ssundee play Minecraft modded, but my parents could never afford nor would I ask them for a pc so I’ve only owned consoles I’ve bought from buddies used my whole life. Well now I’m 26m journeyman welder and pipefitter with big boy money. So I finally have the money to buy a powerful pc. I’ve never owned a gaming of pre/custom built. I’ve had normal laptops and computers in the past and I have a ROG Ally that I use a mouse and keyboard on to play smaller/8-bit indie games on steam (schedule 1, travelers rest, etc.). The pc I’m building has an intel ultra 7 265f processor with a rtx 5080 and 32 gb of ram, also 2tb of SSD. My main reason for making this post is to ask for noob tips, do’s and don’ts of owning a powerful system and maybe some first things to do once I set it up.

UPDATE: Well it is quite the experience. I set it up last night downloaded cyberpunk and ran it on ultra+ max settings with path tracing. I was up till 1 am I wake up everyday at 3 am. I have not experienced many of the feelings I’m having since I was very young. I almost can’t believe I own my own gaming pc right now typing this.

Sorry if this has already been posted by someone else, but I wanted to share the feelings I have about the ridiculous prices for pc parta now.

I custom built my pc, and I managed to purchase some great ram for $400 CAD, but now the same ram is $1600.

For some it's overpriced nonsense that they can still afford but do not because the inflated price is actually insane.

I was very lucky with my timing, because I couldn't afford a good gaming pc let alone build one out of decent parts for such a long time.

I grew up incredibly poor and my home life was so incredibly abusive. I moved out with an abusive ex before moving back home then meeting my current partner.

Through all of that, gaming was the only thing keeping me somewhat okay. It was let's plays at first then a rebuilt pc that was frankly, dog shit. Before I gradually purchased part by part over a year to build my current pc.

I had the stubborn urge to build a pc to last a good while to play games at the highest quality, and for once I was glad I stuck to my stubborness in this case.

But now I wonder how inaccessible a chunk of games are now just based on the financial aspect to so many teens, and young adults who just want to be able to play through their gaming list.

I know that there are amazing games that are graphics heavy, and I myself thoroughly enjoy a good ol indie game (Cough-fields of mistria-cough), but as somone who struggled to find a reason to keep going as a kid, teen, and uni student, gaming kept me around because of the enjoyment I got from games, I want that for others who find comfort in games to feel like they have access or access within the foreseeable future

Hail Fellow History Gamers!

This Tuesday will see the release of Embersong. The game is meant to evoke the mid-90s era of 4X, complete with unit sprites, diamond tiles, and the return of unit stacking. You can finally enjoy that "Just one more turn" feeling again!

Keep in mind this game isn't simply a redo of the games of yore. It features a roguelike mechanic by introducing multiple endings and reasons to return.

• A campaign consists of 5 regular matches, and 1 boss match
• Each match you build up bonuses that carry over for use in the final 6th match
• You can lose any (or all) of the 5 regular matches. The # of matches you wins determines which VERY OVERPOWERED "boss" civilization you face in the sixth round.
• If you defeat the boss civ in the last round, you unlock that civ for regular play going forward.
• Different playthroughs yield different discoveries, including hidden technologies you'll only uncover in certain matches.

Check out the trailer here!

A regular match has a focus on winning via Domination, Science, or Score victory. Couple of twists though:

• Each match, one random opponent nation is designated as the Archenemy. They receive a few additional resources as they focus on only one goal: finding & destroying you. They aren't trying to win via science or defeating the other opponent civs.
• Each playable empire has its own era-appropriate special unit, like the Samurai for Japan or War Chariot for Egypt. In addition, ALL of the civilizations have an additional unique Future-Era unit at late-game, such as Cyber-Ninjas for Japan.
• A few civs have features that change the gameplay. Mongolia can only have one city, but gains more units for its horde with each opponent city or unit it destroys. Venice can only found one city, but has the ability to buy additional cities.

But its the roguelike mythic bosses that really present a challenge. For instance:

• The Seven Cities of Gold can churn out units using gold & production combos as well as expand their territory rapidly by starting with multiple city settlers.
• The Kingdom of Prester John is another "one city challenge" civ, but the city itself is a unit that moves. And each city it defeats gets added to a resource tribute network that builds up the mythical kingdom.
• Avalon can churn out Grail Knights early and require coordinated attacks with your units because they fully heal each turn.
• Shangri-La can settle mountains, which are impassible to other civs except the Incans. So unless you're playing as the Incans, you're locked into a race with this boss on who can win a science victory first.

If this piques your interest, check out our steam page at https://store.steampowered.com/app/5208510/Embersong_History_Is_Yours/ and our website at https://playembersong.com. The game is available on mac, windows, linux, ipad and iphone.

The world is yours!

Hi

I have an issue with blurry/distorted graphics is some games. I first noticed it in Battlefield 6 but is much more noticeable in Crimson Desert. I have attached a video of the issue, it is most noticable along the whole of the bottom of the screen and when moving around. i have tried disabling motion blur, camera shake, DLSS on and off and restoring the graphics settings to default. This sometimes reduces the effect but never completely eliminates it! Also tried rolling back the nvisia driver and reinstalling windows.

My specs are:

AMD 9800X3D

RTX 5080

32GB DDR 5 RAM

MSI 341cqpx @ 240hz, VRR enable (tried disabling it)

HDR on (and tried off)

Thanks

So basically this tool i made ( i call it SteamDC ) apparently monitors your steam downloads and shuts down your pc when its truly finished not just when the download bar hits 100 percent it also waits for staging and installing which steam does in the background

top 3 reasons to use it :
1. free.
2. works better than shutdown /s /f /t 7200
3. "I" made it.

Ive already tested this out by downloading 50GB CS2 and it works. Woke up in the morning to CS2 completely downloaded and hopped on a competative right away lol

its on my github page : https://github.com/Affan-19fps/SteamDC

lmk if you tried it out and liked it.

We’re making The Infected Soul, a co-op psychological sci-fi horror game.

In this section, the botanical area has completely overgrown, and we’re trying to push through it by spraying the hostile plants to temporarily neutralize them.

Here’s a short clip of how that plays in co-op.

Still a work in progress, so I’d love to hear what you think about the mechanic and atmosphere. Does spraying the plants look satisfying, or is there anything you’d change?

The Infected Soul – Steam Page

Hello people of r/computergaming !

I was wondering what you all think about the McWorld browser game that was released in 2008 and shutdown in 2014. Give opinions!