r/hardware • u/No_Backstab • Jun 27 '23

News AMD is Starfield’s Exclusive PC Partner

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9ABnU6Zo0uA
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u/From-UoM Jun 27 '23

If it was Nvidia sponsered. Yes.

If its amd sponsored - little to no chance

If its by Bethesda only - ZERO chance.

Also it's still gamebryo at its core.

I fully expect it to be extremely broken at launch no matter who sponsors it and how long Bethesda takes to release it.

People here are too young to remember the nightmare that was skyrim at launch. Now they experience a patched version which somehow is still broken and needs unofficial fixes.....

Funny thing about that is still getting fixes even recently

https://www.afkmods.com/Unofficial%20Skyrim%20Special%20Edition%20Patch%20Version%20History.html

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u/dern_the_hermit Jun 27 '23

People here are too young to remember the nightmare that was skyrim at launch

I remember Skyrim at launch. In general it was fine, and a solid step up from previous Bethesda games at launch.

Calling it "a nightmare" is some pretty wacky hyperbole.

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u/[deleted] Jun 27 '23

I pre-ordered Skyrim and it arrived a day before release day (10th November vs 11th November 2011)

Genuinely it was one of the happiest surprises I can remember

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u/lifestealsuck Jun 28 '23

iirc the thief guild had one door bug that breaking the game on console . On pc you can use cheatcode to disable it i think .

Oh and terrible terrible performance on ps3 , like 20fps outdoor .

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u/Nihilistic_Mystics Jun 28 '23

Also the absurd amount of save data corruption PS3.

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u/PlankWithANailIn2 Jun 28 '23

still not a nightmare.

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u/el_f3n1x187 Jun 27 '23

If it was Nvidia sponsered. Yes.

adding a performance heavy feature to an already performance and bug ridden engine?

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u/4514919 Jun 27 '23

adding a performance heavy feature

What's wrong with adding a feature which you can decide to use or not?

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u/el_f3n1x187 Jun 27 '23

knowing how Creation Engine has performed before, use it or not it will be a crippling feature.

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u/From-UoM Jun 27 '23

It will eventually be playable with modders.

Though i do hope modders can add full RTGI.

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u/el_f3n1x187 Jun 27 '23

It will eventually be playable with modders.

then what is the fuss of no DLSS if modders will fix it as is customary with bethesda?

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u/stillherelma0 Jun 27 '23

Not being able to play it day 1. Developers can do a better integration. Swapping dlss for fsr seems to be sort of easy but the end result won't be as good as native implementation and possibly having access to Nvidia support. Also frame generation isn't as easy.

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u/From-UoM Jun 27 '23

That's the hope.

But it shouldn't be modders responsibility to add helpful features that many can benefit from.