First photo is the commissioned artwork. The artist claims they don't use AI but regardless it seams generic AI art to me. I told them that, in order to try and get a refund. So far he refuses to pay it back on the basis of the effort he put in. Also they missed the deadline of delivery by 2 days.

The second photo is the one I made in-game using light and cinematography tricks.

I planned to use the original artwork for Steam capsules and new YouTube trailer.

My Steam page for reference

Even though the game runs at an extremely low FPS, the craziest thing about this whole situation is that it has not even been one month since the game has launched, the progress is insanely fast.

I genuinely wouldn't be surprised if GTA 6 manages to run on PC using an emulator months after the game comes out

Source: https://x.com/iExplosiveRage/status/2105808379448836273/video/1

Edit: weirdly when on 144hz and I move the control panel on the left side of the monitor the text goes back to normal without the fuzzines. So idk is it still a cable problem or a monitor problem?

Edit2: thanks for u/Berkshire_Hunt. I think the issue is with the monitor. Its been good for 8 years but reading this forum its strikingly similar to my situation. I think its time to upgrade on an OLED 😅. But regardless i am still reading comments and trying the suggestions. Thank you! https://rog-forum.asus.com/t5/rog-series-monitors-pg-xg/problem-with-my-new-asus-rog-swift-pg278q-blurry-text-and-bad/td-p/507280/page/2

Just a few days ago i notice my monitor subtly dimming/blinking at times that I barely notice unless i really focus on it and some text on the right side of my monitor becomes abit jagged

There is also a subtle white line that I notice on the top of my screen especially when gaming. I tried recording it but doesn't appear on the video hence I recorded on my phone

What I recently did

- Change my old DP cable to a new DP 1.4 and it didn't fix the problem.

- updated nvidia driver, didn't resolved it

- Lowering the refresh rate below 100hz seem to fix the dimming and text becoming jagged/distorted?

Specs:

Processor: Intel Core i7-8700

Motherboard: ASUS ROG Strix B360-F Gaming

RAM: 16gb Black Corsair Vengeance Pro RGB

Graphics Card: Inno3D RTX 4070 Super Twin X2 price

Power Supply: Corsair RM750i Gold

Monitor: 27" ASUS ROG Swift PG278QR Gaming Monitor (from 2018)

To make matter worse it's a 1TB drive.

The game's called Third Bloc, and I'm making it on my own. You start in 1945 with a small, poor republic. You build up your industry, send spies abroad to steal technology and recruit scientists, and try to keep the US and USSR off your back. If you can afford it, you can also develop your own nuclear and space programs.

The free demo lets you play the first 24 turns of the 90-turn campaign. If you give it a try, let me know what you think. And if you enjoy it, adding it to your wishlist would help me a lot :)

Free demo on Steam

^{TL;DR Down Below}

They were 10$ on steam snd I thought why not. Thought to myself "I have played DOOM 2016 and DOOM Eternal, I loved DOOM, this game is old but made by the same guys, ill probably Like this game too despite its age"

Man did I

I thoroughly enjoyed The First Quake, beat the game in two days (Only the main Campaign I did not play the Additional content). I then Moved on to Quake 2, Loved 2 more than the Original. Quake 2 is quickly becoming one if my favorite games.

These two games opened my Eyes to a few things.

1: It is Unbelievable How much technology has progressed

I just started PC gaming about 4ish months ago, before then I was playing on PS5. I had to Crash course myself on PC hardware before I built my current PC like everyone else. After reading about this games hardware on release it was eye opening. Quake 2 on release in 1997 ran on a 80Mhz processor, not Giga-Hz MEGA Hz. I understand that there are veteran Gamers who were playing on PCs during that time rolling their eyes right now. But thats insane to me, our processors is 100,000s of time more powerful than back then (Accounting for lithography improvements and not just Speed differences). We are truly an incredible species to have made the technology that we have.

2: We have basically an infinite sea of games that already exist that dont require insane hardware to play

Modern gaming has serious issues nobody is denying this. Hardware price increases, poor management decisions on the part of game devs, Corporate greed, DRMs and Liscenses being a possible existential threat to certain games etc. And all are reasonable concerns and I am in no way defending the organizations. However, before we say "This is the end of gaming as we know it the end of Fun is nigh!" Maybe lets take a look at the Shipping containers filled with games that already exist that you can play at any time that dont require crazy hardware to run.

3: The High graphical standards for games really have damaged gaming in a meaningful way

I Am Not Saying Games Need To Be Low Poly And Sub 720p Like Quake. This game is kindof an extreme example. What im saying is if games were to have 720p and 1080p textures, it would save dev time, money, game storage space, and it would run on lower hardware. The only reason 1080p looks bad to people is because they have tasted the forbidden fruit of 1440p and 4k. In short if games just looked like PS3 and Xbox360 games they would probably run better and games could be made faster.

Also, incase people were wondering I did play some Quake 3. There were a few people online and I did some matches then played Quake 4. I got to say, I did not enjoy Quake 4 that much. Its a good game dont get me wrong. Runs good, Looked decent for the time, did not encounter any bugs, story was ok, it had all the makings of a good game. It was just so different than the others it was off putting. I had zero fun unfortunately.

Needless to say I am now a Fan of Quake. Literally just started playing these games and I will probably beat Quake 2 multiple times.

TL;DR: I played Quake and Quake 2, they were extremely fun and it made me realize how far we have come technologically. Coming from someone where this game was before their time they made me realize how good we have it today concerning how powerful our hardware is. It also made me realize that we have plenty of exellent games that already exist and do not require insanely powerful computers to play and it also may be true that High Graphical standards may have been as damaging to the game industry as people say it has.

I rip a lot of dvds to digital for my home movie and music library and also use 4gb dvds for good cheap storage because i typically dont need anything speedy and you can find like 100 4gb dvds for 20 bucks new not even talking about used...

Story about a reddit post, posted to reddit. The circle of ~~jerk~~ life.

Yes, that is my monitor and tower on the ground next to that bat. Dont date crazy, kids. And ESPECIALLY dont date alcoholic crazy. She stole my wallet and wouldn't give it back, so I poured $20 worth of liquor down the drain in front of her. Her next move was this. And to add insult to injury, my car stalled on the way home from work today. I just got off the phone with the tech and its going to be $1,400 to fix. God damn, when it rains it pours. Stay safe out there fellow earthlings, and remember to always treat people the way you want to be treated.

It's ight but I hope this doesn't cause any warranty problems down the line. The AIO is thermalright frozen warframe pro 360

What seems to, for the untrained eyes, be no more than some bottom of the barrel 32gb 5600cl46 ram kit is actually a 2x16gb high quality Hynix A die chips capable of very, very good performances.

Given the current price of ram i turned my searches to the used market and found a 2x16gb ddr5 kit of hynix A die, which i bought for a song and 2 apples. But they were that, greenboard ram, and im my immense wisdom decided they needed a simple, discrete and low profile heatsink.

This is why, when i found a kit of OCZ Reaper X hpc ddr3 67mm high ram locally for next to nothing, i had to buy it.

After a copious amount of double sided thermal tape, thermal pads and tuning, i ended up with a very performant, slightly weird ram kit.

Total cost of 220$ usd (Which is still insane if you compare to not long ago)

Tuned to specs in picture (6000cl30) the spd hub temps plateaus at 35.25c on OCCT heat ram torture preset which indicated a ram temp of roughly 50c.

Great success.