It's wise to check the condition of your PC ports regularly to ensure optimal performance and connectivity.
It's wise to check the condition of your PC ports regularly to ensure optimal performance and connectivity.
It appears many PC versions of games are experiencing stuttering, shader problems, and overall performance drops. This trend raises some concerns. I’m being honest—I’m more worried about whether my current setup can handle these issues or not. For reference, I have an RTX 3070 and an i7-10700F.
I haven't played the last of us, which is probably what's on your mind right now, but I believe games tend to be disappointing at launch these days. Ported titles usually receive worse reviews compared to original releases. If you play them today on a console or PC, performance can vary greatly. When a game consistently underperforms, it tends to get more criticism, whereas widespread issues don't always spark the same level of dislike.
You're wondering if your CPU and GPU are functioning properly.
It shouldn't be this way, but unstable versions are just as problematic. Most games manage to fix things quickly. Hogwarts Legacy launched with some problems on my 9900k and 2080 Super, but updates have made it work smoothly now. Different hardware can look great, but developers can't perfect it until it's tested widely, which is better for consoles than for PCs—less powerful but more reliable.
Your system should still be fine for 1440p. Yeah, max / ultra settings is pretty stupid, unless you are playing "Where's Waldo" with pixel. As for the topic of this post : If you cannot be patient then yeah play on console, PC ports usually riddled with shits on launch day, and will still be riddled with some shits for awhile after. There is some titles that were good enough or atleast no concerning shits on launch day, but they're kinda rare. The speed to fix the said shits depends on the dev themselves. Nier Automata port back then so shitty and took so long to fix that a fan ended up making a fix for it.
It’s nice to have support for older games, so you can play them years later. Yet choosing hardware can be tricky—it gives you flexibility but also forces you to keep up with updates to avoid performance issues. Playing on a console might simplify things by handling those problems automatically.
What are the benefits then of gaming on PC if you have to always wait for games to improve and be stable? I don’t mean this as a troll comment I’m legit curious why you or other maybe still decide to play on PC? Is it legacy support? Hardware customization?