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RockinZ28

RockinZ28

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gorcorps said:
Well... what other choice do we have?
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I pretty much only game on my plasma. Far better experience vs LCDs in most games imo.




Something I do find odd is how terrible games look on my 2560x1600 monitor. The image quality just looks like ass. Suppose it's because I'm sitting 2ft away from a 30", vs ~10ft from a 58" even though the resolution is lower.

Maybe a 4k monitor will fix that? Haven't seen one in person. Refuse to buy an LCD anything again though. Takes way too much horsepower/$$$ to get decent fps currently anyway.

But yea I'm hoping the Rift is amazing. Was trying to hold out upgrading until it came out, but gtx 970s sucked me in. Think I want a new system to go along with them too.
 
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Ramses

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norseamd said:
Come on now.

You know that youtube video quality is pure crap. Where is a video that is not limited to 30 fps and compressed?
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I don't think that's going to improve matters any in this case.
It's a really fancy cartoon when you get right down to it, no FPS or resolution is going to fix that. It's OK, those have a place, but that's still what it is through my eyes. If I'm going to have a cartoon I at least want to be IN it.
 
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natto fire

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I am much more interested in games that are fun and have good mechanics, so no.

I have not even gotten close to exhausting my Steam library, and in my experience, only 25% of them are worth playing more than an hour.
 
Subyman

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RockinZ28 said:
I pretty much only game on my plasma. Far better experience vs LCDs in most games imo.




Something I do find odd is how terrible games look on my 2560x1600 monitor. The image quality just looks like ass. Suppose it's because I'm sitting 2ft away from a 30", vs ~10ft from a 58" even though the resolution is lower.

Maybe a 4k monitor will fix that? Haven't seen one in person. Refuse to buy an LCD anything again though. Takes way too much horsepower/$$$ to get decent fps currently anyway.

But yea I'm hoping the Rift is amazing. Was trying to hold out upgrading until it came out, but gtx 970s sucked me in. Think I want a new system to go along with them too.
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Oh yes, gaming on my 50" plasma is incredible. I'm wanting to move my PC back to my living room for a bit to try DSR on it. I'm betting it will look really good. LCD is very disappointing. I even have an Asus Swift and, while MUCH better than any other LCD monitor I've used, the look and feel still aren't as good as my older CRTs.

We've stagnated because they make so much money off the tech. Sucks.
 
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darkswordsman17

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Raduque said:
I'm uninterested in virtual reality gaming.
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I'm not really that interested in the full virtual experience (head/motion tracking) myself, but the visuals alone are really that good that I'm very eagerly anticipating these new VR headsets. And this is just the start, once we get past the growing pains this will be really incredible, on a level that just upping the resolution and framerate on typical displays can't match. It will be a long time before it's fully realized, but I'm interested in it solely from the visuals it can provide.

QueBert said:
give me an uber neck brace and a 3D headset made with CRT technology please! The Rift's still based on LCDs which sucks ass for gaming.
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The newer Rifts (and I believe Sony's headset) are using OLED which is vastly superior for LCD in many ways. It's still not perfect but you're just delusional if you think CRT didn't have flaws (beyond the physical size) as well. CRTs would be awful to try and use like this (and again, it's much more than the physical size issues). OLED is probably the best tech for VR, so far at least. Now that things are moving to where OLED is the main display tech we'll see it improve (similar to how CRT, plasma, LCD, and others did) even more.
 
flexy

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Ramses said:
Anyone else foot tapping with impatience for real 3d and immersion?
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Yes ABSOLUTELY.

We are still at the very early stages of VR, but take my word, 5 years from now..people will LAUGH remembering that we played games on a flat screen.

It's inevitable.

Edit: The issues we still have now, resolution, screen door effect, h/w requirements etc..etc...are merely technical issues which will be solved. This revolution (and this is how I see it) will be the same revolution as when we got the first 3D graphics w/ Voodoo, Riva 128...and then look how it has evolved from there to today's graphics.

I also *believe* that "in the future" VR goggles (today still: "head sets") will have a GPU chip incorporated, means the device itself will do the rendering, not some "graphics card". Short: You will only have to plug in your VR device and it will work for anyone, no worrying about GPU hardware.
 
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SlitheryDee

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I'm definitely going to buy one when the consumer model comes out, but I don't think that's going to end anyone's need for video cards. No video card, no stereoscopic 3-d image. In fact, if it really takes off there's probably going to be a whole video card movement specialized in stereoscopic imaging, even beyond 3d vision and the AMD equivalent. They'll figure out some way to hardware accelerate something that wasn't before, slap a new branding on it, and everyone interested into that kind of thing will have to have one.

I've been playing The Evil Within lately, and this thread has got me thinking about how badass that game or some other good atmospheric survival-horror game would be with the Oculus Rift. Honestly, that's the only kind of game I really feel like I must play with an oculus rift though.
 
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Ramses

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Yeah I'm ok with more card(s) for that, just bored with more of the same flat screen stuff.
 
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nageov3t

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I've always appreciated more cartoon-y games versus games that attempt to be hyper realistic... I feel like the graphics hold up better over time.
 
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desura

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I miss CRT's. They had better response times, still.

It actually isn't as big a deal on computers though. What I really really miss is Cathode-ray tubes and gaming on those. And I miss basic analog cable, which was better at flipping channels than digital cable.
 
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Ramses

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Technology isn't immune to nostalgia either. My Wife is a huge VHS movie fan, and she will only watch them, or preferably anyway, on a small, all in one vcr/tv deal. The ritual of the clicks and whirs and the grainy picture and tinny sound and all are part of the movie experience for her. Reminds her of her childhood.

I haven't even used cable since it was analog, is it all like directTV now with menus and stuff?
 
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I have no interest in 3D or VR technology. It's a neat little sideshow gimmick, and may be somewhat interesting for a few singleplayer games...maybe. But there's no way I can imagine anyone playing a competitive multiplayer game on one, and those are basically all I play.

I'll happily stick with my LCD monitor. I just need companies to start making decent games again for me to display on it.
 
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futurefields

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desura said:
I miss CRT's. They had better response times, still.

It actually isn't as big a deal on computers though. What I really really miss is Cathode-ray tubes and gaming on those. And I miss basic analog cable, which was better at flipping channels than digital cable.
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agreed. analog wins in certain departments always.

if I had an old tube TV still I would be playing a LOT of Gamecube.
 
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Ramses

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VenBaja said:
I have no interest in 3D or VR technology. It's a neat little sideshow gimmick, and may be somewhat interesting for a few singleplayer games...maybe. But there's no way I can imagine anyone playing a competitive multiplayer game on one, and those are basically all I play.

I'll happily stick with my LCD monitor. I just need companies to start making decent games again for me to display on it.
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I can agree with the 3d being gimmicky in the context of TV, I've seen it go and come for a long time. We've never actually had consumer accessible VR to see if it sticks or not though. Unless it sucks, I can't imagine it not being a hit for certain things. I'd think competitive FPS gaming would be high on that list once the bugs are worked out.

I'm at an age where I can see dieing now. Not like yeah we all gotta go sometime, but I can really see it and about how long it took to get where I am, and how little time I have left to get further. It's a bit sobering and it's made me ponder a lot of things. The way I have lived I'm probably middle aged at best. I'm never going to go to Mars. Never see the earth from orbit. And a million other even terrestrial things I thought might happen when I was a kid(flying car!). Beyond just gaming and jerkoff stuff like that I really hope VR lets more people broaden there horizons so to speak when they can't do it in the phys world.
 
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