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TopherMan

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    TopherMan got a reaction from steelo in Huge discount on Xbox Game Pass for PC   
    Xbox has its own Game Pass.  You can get Xbox Live Ultimate and have access to both PC and Xbox game pass.  Think it is like $15 a month though.
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    TopherMan got a reaction from Paul Rudd in Horizon Zero Dawn rumored to be coming to PC this year   
    I'm thinking Sony will have its own store to sell PS games.  More than that, I think this is primarily about expanding PS Now in the PC space.  Right now, it is only useful for streaming PS3 games.  But with Sony moving their services to Azure I think they are getting serious about expanding PlayStation beyond the console.  Very much like what Microsoft has done with Xbox. 
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    TopherMan reacted to cesh me inside b0z in Horizon Zero Dawn rumored to be coming to PC this year   
    This would be awesome.
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    TopherMan got a reaction from iap in TV as a monitor   
    I've been using a 43" 4K Sony TV as my main monitor for a while, but I recently moved to an Asus 43" 4K monitor, primarily for the 120Hz refresh rate.  The difference is fairly significant, but that may be due to the TV I was using.  I never could get a great looking image from the TV. It just lacked a crispness that I found in most monitors.  Unfortunately, I was so used to have such a large main screen that I was afraid I would never be happy with downsizing.  So I went with the Asus ROG Strix XG438Q.  Large and expensive but very nice gaming monitor with FreeSync.  Don't think I could ever go back to TV at this point.  Spoiled.
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    TopherMan got a reaction from iap in TV as a monitor   
    I tried 444 and Game mode but didn't seem to help.  I'm no expert on these things and I googled a bunch of stuff trying to improve it.  I think the problem may have been the TV itself.  Fine when using it as a TV, but not as a monitor.
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    TopherMan got a reaction from dalekphalm in PS4 parts in an Xbox1   
    Yeah....sounds made up.  Only thing that I know of that are interchangeable between Xbox One and PS4 are the thumbsticks in the controllers.  I modded my DS4 to use Xbox One Elite (1st gen) thumbsticks.
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    TopherMan reacted to wolfxtr3m in PS5 general discussion   
    I played P3FES and I totally get it, sure you can use PCSX2 but it's never feels it gives correctly. Though I prefer P3P ver. since it's more up to date and you can controll your ally's movements.
     
    I no longer have need for PCSX2 cuz I was able to get a FMCB card for my OG Ps2 ?
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    TopherMan reacted to Streetguru in Build new rig or upgrade?   
    He's probably got first gen 2133/2400mhz DDR4 basically, not too great for modern CPUs if you try to push high refresh rate gaming.

    Modern DDR4 is "cheap" anyways to upgrade it.
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    TopherMan reacted to SolarNova in TV as a monitor   
    Modern LCD TV's can be good for gaming, not competitive gaming mind you, but 'casual' gaming. Those with game mode and ability to run 120hz 1080p and even 1440p can be good choices, however in todays market the better TV's that can do this tend to be restricted to larger sizes liek 55"+ which are arguably way to big for most users, as such smaller sizes like 42" which are more usable tend to lack things like 120hz capability.
     
    Ofc while TV's have a better image quality overall, they tend to have better HDR capabilities, and  as they are VA they thus have great contrast, and are almost always way more uniform with far less BLB issues, they do lack certain things 'gaming' monitors focus on more.
    Pixel response times for example are not a big focus for LCD TV's, as such even the best LCD TV's (VA panels) will have more 'bluring' than monitors, especialy in dark scenes, and ofc things like Adaptive Sync have only just become available on the newest top end TV's and require HDMi 2.1 which currently PC hardware doesn't support.
    Input lag is another issue, though modern TV's with 'game mode' enabled do fair far better nowdays than in the past with 15ms being common place. PC monitor in comparison tend ot hover around 10ms on average, so the difference isnt that big compared to in the past when 50ms in TVs wasnt abnormal.
     
    LCD TVs can make good PC displays, BUT u have to choose wisley, Samsung currently is the leader in TVs for gaming.
     
     
    EDIT: another thing i forgot to mention. Sub-pixel layout. LCD TV's can sometimes use panels with odd sub-pixel layouts than can cause issues when used as a PC display , for example with text which can end up with fringing issues.
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    TopherMan got a reaction from Ayush007 in PS5 general discussion   
    PCSX2 recommended system requirements are fairly low.  Core series or Ryzen CPU, 4GB RAM, and GPU with DX11 support .  But yeah, not all PCs are going to perform great, but any PC the last few years should be able to run it fine.
     
    The PS3's Cell processor was extremely complex compared to traditional CPUs and Sony decided a while back to put no effort into emulating it, apparently.   This is a big reason why PS Now exists.  I expect Sony is dedicated to that service for everything regarding PS3.  
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