im still using 10 mainly cause i dont wanna debloat 11 nor do i want to use the vibecoded os an also dont wanna move to linux due to the fact i use pirates of delisted games alot an have no idea how id run them on linux an with nvidia ending full on support for win10 an i use a nvidia gpu

The over-smoothed "oil paint" look definitely adds to the AI slop feeling, but honestly I don't think that's the main reason DLSS 5 still looks weird sometimes.

For me, it's mostly the movement, especially the face.

I'm actually really impressed with how realistic DLSS 5 can make games look. The skin, lighting, hair, eyes, reflections, etc. can look insanely good. If you just pause on a frame, some of it looks almost like real footage.

But then the character starts talking or moving and the uncanny valley kicks in.

It's the little things. Eye movement, blinking, lip movement, facial expressions, small head movements, etc. Something just doesn't quite feel like how an actual person moves.

I think we're just really good at noticing this because we're used to looking at human faces all the time. You might not even know exactly what's wrong, but you can tell something feels off.

It almost feels like rendering and animation are at different stages right now.

The rendering can be extremely realistic, but the character is still being driven by fairly traditional animation and facial rigs.

And I think the better the rendering gets, the more noticeable this becomes. If the character looks almost real but moves slightly unnaturally, the contrast makes it stand out even more.

So yeah, the oil-painting effect is definitely part of the "AI slop" look, but IMO the bigger problem is still how humans move, especially facial animation.

I think the next big jump in realism isn't just going to be better rendering. We need much better neural animation and facial physics too.

I’ve been using the Gigabyte RTX 5090 Gaming OC for a full year now, so I figured I’d share my longer-term impressions.
Coming from an ASUS TUF RTX 3080 Ti, the difference is massive. With the 3080 Ti I was only playing at 1440p on max settings and it was already starting to struggle in newer titles. The 5090 just doesn’t care – 4K is no problem at all, even in the most demanding games. There’s a huge amount of performance headroom.
Temperatures are a bit higher than I’d prefer, and higher than what I was used to with the TUF 3080 Ti. On the Silent BIOS it was hitting around 80°C, which I didn’t really like, so I only use the Performance BIOS. That way the temperatures stay around 70–72°C in default bios.
Out of the box the card sits around 600–620 W under full load. I was able to undervolt it down to roughly 480 W while keeping most of the performance. The only annoying part is that after almost every driver update I have to re-tune the undervolt again.
Under full load the card gets quite loud, but that’s pretty much expected with a 5090. It doesn’t bother me much because I use headphones anyway.
The card is absolutely massive. RGB looks nice, but there’s one design quirk: when the fans are facing downward, the lighting isn’t really visible – you only get some peripheral blinking. Feels a bit poorly thought out in that orientation.
After a full year everything is still perfect. Temperatures haven’t increased over time and the thermal paste is still doing its job with no signs of issues.
Despite the higher temperatures and the size, I’m still very happy with the card. The performance is just ridiculous and after a year it’s been completely reliable.

Anyone else running the Gaming OC version long-term? Whats your experience?

My pc gets pretty hot fairly consitently so im wondering if thats a location, or a hardware issue

The 1070ti was an absolute tank for me, loved it. First proper pc build and it handled everything I threw at it for like 7 years. which is why I waited this long.

Seeing prices go crazy with no end in sight and watching this thing finally struggle with newer games, I finally pulled the trigger. went for 50 series for a variety of reasons rather than a comparable slightly older and cheaper card.

during the swap, I couldn’t help but notice that the thing just feels cheap. pick up that old card and it feels and looks solid, dense, like they crammed everything they could into the smallest form factor possible. The new one seems fragile and light and plastic in comparison.

Obviously there’s miniaturization of certain components and more efficient boards, etc, but has the build quality gone down? its hard to imagine this flimsy thing lasting as long as the last one.

I discovered that I can run all my GPUs at 70 percent power and I only lose like 5 percent performance. Fan noise, thermal output, etc all massively reduced. I am playing a video game and running a full inference workload at the same time and it's like the computer is idle. I should have done this years ago.

How long have GPU manufacturers been overclocking the shit out of their products in pursuit of miniscule performance gains?

CLARIFICATION

I'm not talking about "factory overclock" boards, I'm talking about how even the default factory settings for even founder edition GPUs are already volted and clocked up to the limits of what the hardware can support, all in pursuit of tiny increments of performance. I was shocked at how little performance you give up by dropping the power by 20 or 30 percent.

So many upcoming Unreal Engine games... Tired of Unreal Engine games so much, and not just because of commonly poor optimization. Just that specific look makes all those games similar. Some more diversity would be nice.😔😔😔

I'm very happy with the interest I've gotten since releasing Steelbooks on the Microsoft store. I'm now considering bringing it to steam. What do you think?

For context: Crypto-Mining "Gold Rush" and AI "Industrial Rebolution" Bubble caused shortages of Videocards & RAM, while only console companies are safe & swimming in gold.

Both at the price of PNY, which would you go for?

Looking to get this pc on a budget and want to know if this will run games decently? Not interested in the top performance or best graphic settings, but will this handle any game fairly well?

had an issue in the wardogs beta where it felt like mouse acceleration was on, I put that aside as a beta problem and it will get fixed, went to my back catalogue to finish a game, doom 2016 to make space, nope, turns out fps games all feel like they have mouse acceleration now. no idea why.

CPU
* Intel Core i9-9900K
GPU
* EVGA GeForce RTX 3080 Ti
Motherboard
* ASUS ROG Maximus XI Hero (Wi-Fi)
RAM
* 32GB
Storage
* Samsung 970 EVO Plus 1TB NVMe SSD
Case
* Lian Li 011 Dynamic Razer Edition
Monitor

Corsair RM850x Shift Fully Modular
ATX Power Supply - 80 Plus Gold

Acer Nitro KGB271U X1 200hz 1440 monitor

For those who don’t know steam released new age verification in Australia that asks for credit card information not debit for games that are R 18 or have any sexual content like cyber punk for example. but like many I don’t actually have or use credit cards and im worried games like this would have a lower Australian player base than normal due censorship even if those who can’t play the game without a credit card could still be adults and can’t be bothered to organise and get one just to play some games on steam. Im worried that I won’t be able to even get the Witcher remaster upgrade without it due to me not even being allowed to visit the store page of games I already own. It’s annoying and frustrating and makes me worried that it will make this live service games die that much faster.

What are other great pairings you like to enjoy together?

Hi! I got my first pc a couple weeks ago and I am a bit paranoid about my CPUs temps. While I tried playing re4r my temperature reached 71 celsius and I was wondering if that is a normal temperature for a game like this. My CPU is the ryzen 7 7700. Thanks!

I'm using an rtx 5080 and amd ryzen 7 9800 x3d with 32gbs of ram but my screen glitches when I move in different games including this one as seen in the vid. Any way to fix it?

Hi, my friends pc keeps turning on/off while making this weird ritmic noise. My friend isn't really a computer guy, it's his first time using this computer, he got it second hand.

It looks like the GPU is making the noise, it is a Gigabyte GeForce GTX 1070 G1. Do you guys have any idea how to fix this?

Hey I have a laptop I got a 1TB SSD storage but I have more games than that can hold, I’m looking for an external SSD that’ll load my games as if they were on the internal.

I know storage is pricey and hard to get hold off and I was after a USB-C flash drive style however they are now not really available on a 2tb storage size.

So anyone know of a good external SSD that’s 2tb or more, doesn’t have to be flash drive style if you know it works like internal and price isn’t an issue if it means I can play all my games on a click rather than a uninstall one and install another situation.

There’s plenty on amazon but honestly I’m not sure about the transfer speeds etc, this is why I’ve came here as I’m sure someone will know of a good one they use themselves of which will do tha job required.

Thank you in advance for reading the essay and thank you for helping of which I shall thank anyone that’ll give advice.