Same. Turns out it's just another thread nerding over GPUs.

Gamers who only play classics, "Indies" or who prefer to play on very low settings with limited performance, surely may not understand "all the hype" related to GPUs and even CPUs.

I mean, most drivers of a car may as well not understand why i got a rather sturdy and therefor pricey car, because most of the drivers are only driving to the next supermarket or"work place" with and may barely experience the advantage of a good engine and a strong chassis.

We all got different needs!

I play many kinds of games, including very resources-hungry ones.

But I don’t care in the slightest about brand new hardware. I tend to never buy some piece of hardware that got released less than 5 years ago, as this is the only way to avoid bad hardware. Before that it’s too early to know how it would behave in the long term, and when I buy something I do plan to use it for a long time.

Thanks to that, I can use even today a 12 years old CPU model that is still able to run all of the modern games I throw at it without breaking a sweat, and a 9 years old GPU model that can run anything that is a couple years old at the highest settings, and only asks for lower settings with the most current resources-hungry games.

So, what are the exact specs?

I would not say that in general any new hardware is prone to failures or issues. Some hardware works well in a pretty pristine (and unknown) condition, for example a T700 SSD, while another 990 PRO SSD which is usually considered very safe i had bad experience with.

With new boards, they simply need BIOS updates, it can not be avoided. Overall, they are not much of a risk. Yet, a board is in general always prone to failures, even the very best boards; as it is a complicated hardware (with a high amount of chips) and many odds are possible.

Nvidia GPU... i never had a design issue outside of a usual warranty case, so this hardware is usually very safe to buy. What really matters it to get a sturdy design, and those designs are indeed expensive. A GPU usually only becomes a issue as long as the board design is bad. The best thing in order to find out if a board design is bad is to watch videos from a repair shop.

CPU was many years ago a very sturdy piece but nowadays it is one of the most vulnerable pieces ever. However, it is important to give a CPU the very best condition and always adjust any Volt manually everywhere, else the CPU may not survive long. Because initially... even after 5 years, the initial board settings are killing CPUs. I dunno why but to me this was the most valuable lesson and without experiencing those issues i would not know the deal by now. This issue will not change... not even in 5 years. The most useful thing is simply "to know the deal" and getting the required knowledge in order to keep the CPU at a safe spot during use.

CPU is an AMD FX-8350, GPU is an AMD R9 380X.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IvI_BtnkNjQ

PS5 CPU vs. your CPU... the difference is huge. On the GPU actually even bigger.

Anyway, as long as it works out for you, i guess no need to question it. I surely do agree, the most important thing is that a PC is running stable and long lasting under any condition, else no matter the performance... it will be a constant pain and totally useless.

Well, obviously, as we are talking about 10 years old hardware that was not even considered high-end at the time ;)

I’ve not watched the video, I am not a YouTube user, but I get this is a CPU comparison. From the description I see only one game that I actually tried: The Witcher 3. For this one my CPU can already run it fully, without having to compromise on the game settings.

Keeping in mind that I am not running Windows, so I tend to get better performances with equivalent hardware compared to a Windows system.

Windows is surely not the most performant OS, as it is simply bloated way to much, The main reason people are using it is because of compatibility and convenience. Still, i do not think the difference in performance is big vs. Linux or what else, and it totally depends on the game. Some may run better on Windows and other games may show better performance elsewhere.

I mean, if it works for you... no reason to bring you "off the course". I just think the stuff is a bit more complicated than that.

Yeah, a fun fact: Although the PS5 hardware (non Pro) is about 10-15% less performant vs. Xbox SX, the PS5 is not with any lesser performance in games... and the PS5 is running on a Unix-based custom OS. In games, overall, both consoles are more or less with the same performance.

Anyway, Windows 10 is fine as a OS but Windows 11 is a disaster with many issues!

On current high-end hardware, the difference is often not noticeable. Mostly because a lot of that power is not even used by the software.

But when you start using mid-end or older hardware, it becomes much more noticeable (in favour of Linux). And on low-end or really old hardware it’s day and night, with many games being unplayable on Windows due to awful performances (or outright crashes) while at the same time running smoothly on Linux.

If your PC is "high end" then i do absolutely agree that any mid or even low end may run much better on Linux because those old PCs does not even meet the minimum system requirements for a modern Windows anymore: And yes, the minimum is much higher than the "official value". 1 GB RAM for exemple: Forget it! 4 GB is minimum, else there is a bottleneck, but even better 8 GB.

For example RAM is something usually only gamers notice (because it will affect FPS) and those who got their RAM fully filled up,,, at that point every performance is instantly gone, If a OS is not sufficiently lean for those hardware, there will be a bottleneck.

Lack of hardware utilization is sadly 100% true: This is the main reason most games got almost the same loading time, no matter how much performance a SSD got. There are exceptions, for example Horizon Zero Dawn or Horizon Forbidden West... those games load way faster on a PCIE 5.0 SSD, so, yes a game can make use of a PCIE 5.0 SSD, but it will need to be coded properly. Sadly i do not think that MS is boosting this issue a lot, they are way to passive. Sony is more serious about and thanks to their "vision" even more games may start to support a high performance SSD properly. MS is simply busy trying to get a new OS almost no one need "running" .