Because in the words of GabeN, piracy (in a 1st world country at least) is a service problem and not a pricing problem. Many things are worth paying for, especially when you are supporting smaller creators, artists and indie game devs. But when heavy-handed DRM's and corporate shovelware and services that actively remove content I pay for makes it a shit experience. I'm gonna just torrent that shit, fuck 'em
So they finally realized the person that convinced them to block the piracy subs was an idiot transphobic troll who was unhealthily obsessed with defending bungie, a faceless game corporation that needs no defense?
Yeah, they did kinda suck, but counterpoint: Uncompressed PCM. For a solid 10-12 years they were the best audio quality you could get at the consumer level until computers and portable media players got enough storage and power (and good enought audio cards) to handle high-bitrate MP3 and lossless codecs. Even today they're still significantly better quality than even most streaming or download services. And no drm...
Unless you are on a private tracker that have seed ratio requirements, there is zero obligation to hold onto a torrent until you have a 1:1 ratio. Its only a recommendation, and very much an "Honor Among Thieves" situation.
Feel free to delete the wrong torrent and re-download the right one. If you feel bad about it, keep the right one until a 2:1 ratio so you maintain balance in the world. :)
Sure, it's "good", but its simply a different flavor of the same corporate shit pie. Fuck Microsoft's monopolistic tendencies, don't use edge no matter how hard they beg.
Yes, HDR and higher framerates are a lot more beneficial for gaming these days than it is to go to 4K. HDR typically doesn't have much performance impact at least, that's just down to monitor support.
4K performance becomes relevant if you want to do VR though because of the dual-eye resolution.
Or if an otherwise popular community seems dead- maybe your instance just isn't federating them right, or was never federated before you browsed to it.
So, the trap of modern game setups is that there is a lot of super high powered hardware out there- but unless you're driving 4K monitors at 120hz+, or striving for super fast 360hz+ refresh rates for competitive gaming, you don't need any of it. And people often get too caught up in the flashy new latest-and-greatest to recognize what's a good deal and what's just showing off.
Define your use case. What's your desirable budget? What kind of games do you want to play, do you want to do VR, what kind of display do you plan on using.
Because while it's easy to drop $2800+ on hardware these days (like I did), it is still very possible to end up with a $900-1k machine that is super capable at 1440p and can run most all games you throw at it for at least another 5 years. Dpending on what exactly you want to do with it, prioritizing certain areas of hardware over others will pay off.
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