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What do you want from your gaming next?
Photorealistic graphics
What do you need in your new gear?
Good performance gains over the prior generation- more efficient and better ergonomics.
How should game or gear developers meet your newest demands for amazing experiences?
Hopefully with more hardware competition that drives performance
Photorealistic graphics
What do you need in your new gear?
Good performance gains over the prior generation- more efficient and better ergonomics.
How should game or gear developers meet your newest demands for amazing experiences?
Hopefully with more hardware competition that drives performance
What I need from a mechanical HD is bigger capacity DRAM caching and on a better interface SATA is dated move on to PCI-E so the cache itself can operate more efficiently and not be so bottle necked by the interface itself. There is a reason i-RAM never really succeeded particularly well and it's not the DRAM it's the interface. That's also the reason DRAM cache on HD's isn't overly effective as well I feel.
danielddcg
Prominent
- Sep 2, 2017
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I dream of those 14 TB on a super fast NVMe interface, all my renders need a lot of speed and space!
rapitrone
Reputable
- Oct 10, 2015
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I want even more photo realism in my gaming. I would say I generally happy with my current gear, but the big G-sync monitors are in the direction I want to go. Game and gear developers should continue to push towards realism and immersion in the gaming experience.
SteebSauce
Honorable
- Jun 26, 2015
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What do you want from your gaming next?
Games that run at 1080p 60fps on high with inexpensive gear.
What do you need in your new gear?
Cheaper prices on gaming gear.
How should game or gear developers meet your newest demands for amazing experiences?
Affordability. When decent graphics cards cost hundreds of dollars, it pushes people away from PCs onto consoles.
Games that run at 1080p 60fps on high with inexpensive gear.
What do you need in your new gear?
Cheaper prices on gaming gear.
How should game or gear developers meet your newest demands for amazing experiences?
Affordability. When decent graphics cards cost hundreds of dollars, it pushes people away from PCs onto consoles.
jimmysmitty
Champion
- Oct 5, 2007
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In the next few months a 2TB SSD will be close to a 2TB HDD in pricing. The only advantage a HDD has right now is storage capacity although I think thatis because SSDs are still 2.5" or moving to M.2. If a SSD moved to a 3.5" size it could probably match storage capacity. And yes I know about the 60TB SSD Seagate made but thatis out of reach cost wise. If SSDs can match HDDs in $/GB I don't think HDDs will survive.
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What do you want from your gaming next?
It would be nice to have a few new games that are fun enough to play multiple times. These so-called "AAA" titles are too cookie-cutter and get boring quickly. Isn't there more to gaming than making obscene amounts of money? How about making truly great games that are worth the premium. And lets get away from the micro-transactions and "freemium" type games.
What do you need in your new gear?
Need? Though I have a GTX 1080, my CPU is 5 generations behind the latest, my RAM is at least a generation behind, and though I use an SSD, it too is 1-2 generations behind. Monitor is fairly dated as well, sure it does 1080p but it lacks any sort of frame-sync technology, HDR, etc.
How should game or gear developers meet your newest demands for amazing experiences?
It's asking a lot, but the prices on either are staggering. I know that every advancement incurs more cost, but do we really need things like ray-tracing for example? Is that worth taking on an extra USD$1000 for a graphics card? Can it at least calculate the meaning of life other than "42"? Tell me which lottery numbers to play?
It would be nice to have a few new games that are fun enough to play multiple times. These so-called "AAA" titles are too cookie-cutter and get boring quickly. Isn't there more to gaming than making obscene amounts of money? How about making truly great games that are worth the premium. And lets get away from the micro-transactions and "freemium" type games.
What do you need in your new gear?
Need? Though I have a GTX 1080, my CPU is 5 generations behind the latest, my RAM is at least a generation behind, and though I use an SSD, it too is 1-2 generations behind. Monitor is fairly dated as well, sure it does 1080p but it lacks any sort of frame-sync technology, HDR, etc.
How should game or gear developers meet your newest demands for amazing experiences?
It's asking a lot, but the prices on either are staggering. I know that every advancement incurs more cost, but do we really need things like ray-tracing for example? Is that worth taking on an extra USD$1000 for a graphics card? Can it at least calculate the meaning of life other than "42"? Tell me which lottery numbers to play?
jwspencer1
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- May 11, 2009
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- Sep 19, 2018
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Raw power is nice but I would like optimization. Having the software behind the hardware that enables control by the user is important to me. Being able to have dynamic graphics settings such as if fps drops below XXX then reduce ppi or reduce rendering quality. Build a precedence matrix for the power to go to the places the gamer wants.
Solandri
Illustrious
- Jan 4, 2012
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What do you want from your gaming next?
A more lifelike open world experience in RPGs. It seems like game developers kinda gave up on crafting a realistic open world, stopping once they felt it was "good enough." Despite decades of improvements in processing power and research in AI, the actions of NPCs in the latest games aren't really that much more sophisticated than in Elder Scrolls: Arena (1994) where if you were patient you could follow an NPC around. e.g. The blacksmith would work at the smith during the day, then head to a bar in the evening. Then walk home and go to sleep.
What do you need in your new gear?
I back up my 12 TB NAS (4x4 TB drives in ZFS with one drive redundancy) to a RAID box containing the 4x3 TB drives which used to be in my NAS. Would love to replace the RAID box with a single drive.
How should game or gear developers meet your newest demands for amazing experiences?
Find areas of technology which have stagnated because they're "good enough" and work on improving them incrementally. Small improvements don't take much effort. But a decade's worth of small improvements will yield some real progress. Based on what I learned about AI in grad school, I could probably whip up in a few days a better NPC AI algorithm that's flexible enough to deal with an open world. We used our AI to help autonomous robots navigate in the real world.
A more lifelike open world experience in RPGs. It seems like game developers kinda gave up on crafting a realistic open world, stopping once they felt it was "good enough." Despite decades of improvements in processing power and research in AI, the actions of NPCs in the latest games aren't really that much more sophisticated than in Elder Scrolls: Arena (1994) where if you were patient you could follow an NPC around. e.g. The blacksmith would work at the smith during the day, then head to a bar in the evening. Then walk home and go to sleep.
What do you need in your new gear?
I back up my 12 TB NAS (4x4 TB drives in ZFS with one drive redundancy) to a RAID box containing the 4x3 TB drives which used to be in my NAS. Would love to replace the RAID box with a single drive.
How should game or gear developers meet your newest demands for amazing experiences?
Find areas of technology which have stagnated because they're "good enough" and work on improving them incrementally. Small improvements don't take much effort. But a decade's worth of small improvements will yield some real progress. Based on what I learned about AI in grad school, I could probably whip up in a few days a better NPC AI algorithm that's flexible enough to deal with an open world. We used our AI to help autonomous robots navigate in the real world.
What do you want from your gaming next?
I've taken a step back from gaming. I would be most likely to play a fun game that doesn't require a big time commitment, maybe like portal or an RTS. I really enjoy RPGs, but i don't have the time to really get into one.
What do you need in your new gear?
I could probably play most on my current system, but it's a bit old now. I'd likely go with an i5 or R7, depending on my budget. I'd add a solid mid range graphics card (2060 if it's released or something similar). Definitely getting a M2 solid state drive.
How should game or gear developers meet your newest demands for amazing experiences?
Maybe smaller episodic games that would be cheaper to get started on, but if you like it, keep buying the next one. FTP is good, but it often feels like pay to win or tons of ads.
I've taken a step back from gaming. I would be most likely to play a fun game that doesn't require a big time commitment, maybe like portal or an RTS. I really enjoy RPGs, but i don't have the time to really get into one.
What do you need in your new gear?
I could probably play most on my current system, but it's a bit old now. I'd likely go with an i5 or R7, depending on my budget. I'd add a solid mid range graphics card (2060 if it's released or something similar). Definitely getting a M2 solid state drive.
How should game or gear developers meet your newest demands for amazing experiences?
Maybe smaller episodic games that would be cheaper to get started on, but if you like it, keep buying the next one. FTP is good, but it often feels like pay to win or tons of ads.
skyletters
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- Aug 14, 2017
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What do you want from your gaming next?
Games that don't need family filters.
What do you need in your new gear?
Low latency and speed.
How should game or gear developers meet your newest demands for amazing experiences?
Quality content instead of just gimmicks to keep people playing.
Games that don't need family filters.
What do you need in your new gear?
Low latency and speed.
How should game or gear developers meet your newest demands for amazing experiences?
Quality content instead of just gimmicks to keep people playing.
michael ninja
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- Sep 15, 2009
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I currently have a mid level Dell gaming machine. I used to build my own... which I would really love to do again. I would want it to load games faster (SSD), and show high detail at 2560x1440 (I'd keep my monitor I have).
I've been around a while.. and seen failures. I need solid solutions that will last. Any thermal solution needs to be something that will not break down.. and easy to clean would be awesome. (a clean PC is a healthy PC). I had a water cooled CPU once.. pump failed and didn't know.. horrible. I'll only use fans now.. I can see those.. and clean them myself.
The right gaming gear should make an awesome gaming experience.. and be transparent to it. I don't ever want to sit and watch a game load. I don't want to see stuttering. The right gear should be fast, reliable, and forgotten.
I've been around a while.. and seen failures. I need solid solutions that will last. Any thermal solution needs to be something that will not break down.. and easy to clean would be awesome. (a clean PC is a healthy PC). I had a water cooled CPU once.. pump failed and didn't know.. horrible. I'll only use fans now.. I can see those.. and clean them myself.
The right gaming gear should make an awesome gaming experience.. and be transparent to it. I don't ever want to sit and watch a game load. I don't want to see stuttering. The right gear should be fast, reliable, and forgotten.
"What do you want from your gaming next? What do you need in your new gear? How should game or gear developers meet your newest demands for amazing experiences?"
Aside from super powers, not a whole lot. A new hard-disk drive that doesn't clunk around noisily from day one(first Seagate HDD 12 years ago, it's on its last leg for all its been through) and a new graphics card(s). Not being afraid to be cliche or old fashioned, sometimes an amazing experience doesn't need to be a new experience.
Aside from super powers, not a whole lot. A new hard-disk drive that doesn't clunk around noisily from day one(first Seagate HDD 12 years ago, it's on its last leg for all its been through) and a new graphics card(s). Not being afraid to be cliche or old fashioned, sometimes an amazing experience doesn't need to be a new experience.
feelinfroggy777
Glorious
- Dec 13, 2016
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What do you want from your gaming next?
Less loot boxes and micro-transactions
What do you need in your new gear?
Nvidia RTX 3XXX
How should game or gear developers meet your newest demands for amazing experiences?
Optimize their games before release.
Less loot boxes and micro-transactions
What do you need in your new gear?
Nvidia RTX 3XXX
How should game or gear developers meet your newest demands for amazing experiences?
Optimize their games before release.
jafrugh
Distinguished
- Oct 12, 2011
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What do you want from your gaming next?
More focus on gameplay and story instead of services and pay to win. Unique experiences instead of chasing the current best thing.
What do you need in your new gear?
Well, when it comes to hard drives, better price, performance and size. I'm kind of glad that mechanical HDDs are still growing in size; SSDs aren't quite accelerating in that regard fast enough.
How should game or gear developers meet your newest demands for amazing experiences?
They should keep an open line of communication with gamers and listen to them. Then design the products they want to the best of their ability.
More focus on gameplay and story instead of services and pay to win. Unique experiences instead of chasing the current best thing.
What do you need in your new gear?
Well, when it comes to hard drives, better price, performance and size. I'm kind of glad that mechanical HDDs are still growing in size; SSDs aren't quite accelerating in that regard fast enough.
How should game or gear developers meet your newest demands for amazing experiences?
They should keep an open line of communication with gamers and listen to them. Then design the products they want to the best of their ability.
VitosBandos
Reputable
- Jul 20, 2016
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It would be good to have a really high definition VR. 4K or 8K, I don't know. But this generation of VR is not good for me.
AncientGem
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- Jul 19, 2016
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h2obrogrok
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- Jul 3, 2018
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Better coordination with VR and GPUs. Game developers are not keeping up with the speed that video keeps changing. There is limited use of 4K and the industry is already talking 5K.
What do you want from your gaming next? - Anything is better then what I've got at the moment
What do you need in your new gear? - right now everything
How should game or gear developers meet your newest demands for amazing experiences? - more access to try their new products
What do you need in your new gear? - right now everything
How should game or gear developers meet your newest demands for amazing experiences? - more access to try their new products
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