Tests a monster cpu on a tiny mobo that gimps the memory system by 1/3rd…with a cooler that is undersized and leads to instant thermal throttling…

I know LTT is not a server hardware channel, and more of an entertainment channel then anything else. But…man I feel like he abused that poor cpu. At least he didn’t drop it on the mobo socket.

Hard disagree on this type of game being unplayable at 30 fps. If the game is good, it should still be enjoyable at 30 fps. Of course i will concede that 30 fps is not super enjoyable in itself; in a poor game it will be annoying, but in a good game it will be fine.

That said, I can remember one game(cant remember which) where the game felt much slower then the fps i was getting implied. If that is the case for this game…where 30 fps feels like 10 fps…then ya that would be mostly unplayable. But, i doubt that is the case.

I don’t want to play games at 30 fps anymore, but i can very easily play games at that frame rate…or even less, its never stopped me before.

Its pretty unlikely that Nvidia will flip sony or MS.

The gross margins that nvidia would demand would amount to their costs doubling vs amd. Consoles are generally sold at a loss for much of their lifecycle, they subside the cost and make it up on game sales. Doubling their costs would just lead to larger subsidized losses and/or a large increase to console price. A large increase to console price would mean less console sales and thus less game sales. So you would likely have vastly increased costs, and likely the same or less game sales…that is not a winning decision.

I think it would be more likely they would just make their own chips. But with how low of a gross margin AMD is likely making(all the estimates ive seen are 20% or less, 20% gross margin is way lower then what is considered healthy), i just don’t see the financial incentive for them to do so.

AMD is pretty much the de-facto choice. At least until AMD either decides to abandon the console gaming market(no indication of that); or until they decide to try to extort a higher margin. I’m sure they want a higher margin, and will try to get one, but they know their hand is weak for negotiating a higher margin.