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It's Sunday, I'm lazy, so here's me talking about something somebody
else wrote rather than thinking up something new myself.

Today's article of contention: "6 PC specs that are finally outdated
in 2026"*

I'll save you from actually having to READ the article by listing
their picks below:

1) 1080p 60Hz monitors
2) Non-modular PSUs
3) Motherboards without onboard Wi-Fi
4) Gen3 NVMe SSDs
5) 500GB SSDs
6) 16GB RAM

Now, I'm not sure I agree with some of those. In particular, I have
issue with the following picks:


1) 1080p 60Hz monitors
Personally, while I know so people swear by ultra-wide, super-high
resolution with brain-boggling fast refresh rates, I'm absolutely fine
with 1080/60Hz. I mean, sure it helps that I have bad eyes and
multiple monitors (not to mention I use a 47" screen as my primary).
But I've looked at better monitors and -while, sure, the upgrade may
be slightly noticeable-- it's not so much that I think its worth the
price. Plus, if I'm stuck at 1920x1080 and capped to a 60FPS
framerate, I can get by on an older CPU/GPU longer than if I were
playing games at 3840x2160. My computer has to push less pixels, and I
don't really see the difference; it's win-win!

Sure, if you have the option you might as well go with the better
hardware... but obsolete? I don't see it that way.



2) Non-modular PSUs
Obsolete? Only to the geeky. Most people don't care. Most people don't
even know what a PSU is. They use whatever comes in their Dell, after
all (and that very rarely is a modular PSU). In fact, in this case the
OEMs using a non-modular PSU is an advantage... because if they went
modular you KNOW they'd be cost-cutting by not providing extra power
leads. At least with the non-modular OEM PSUs, you're certain to get
one or two extra molex or SATA connections for a minimal amount of upgradability.

Modular PSUs are neat, and can make for cleaner PCs. But they're a
luxury, not a necessity, and their older cousins are absolutely not
obsolete.



6) 16GB RAM
I'm sorry, but no. Yes, more RAM is good but even nowadays, for most
games, 16GB is fine. (Okay, it does depend on whether or not you have integrated video or not that uses system RAM for its GPU. If that's
the case, your '16GB RAM' is actually 12GB or less, depending on the application). But even with bloated Win11, most apps and a lot of
games will happily run with 16GB. I check memory usage while playing
games (that Steam overlay thing is great!) and the number of times it
goes over the 16GB for most games is pretty rare (I've more than 16GB,
but almost never get advantage from it). More is always better, and if
you're building a new PC might as well get extra, but for most people
16GB is still fine if that's what they are running with now.

Especially since RAM prices are skyrocketing now. We don't need fear
mongering telling people to rush out and buy stuff they don't really
require.

I also have a minor nit with:

3) Motherboards without onboard Wi-Fi
Mostly because it's such a moot point. Pretty much every motherboard
nowadays comes with it onboard anyway. But I think most people
actually BUYING specific motherboards --hello, fellow geeks!-- rather
than just going with what comes in their Dell probably are going to
use a wired network anyway. Which makes the onboard wifi sort of
superfluous. And if they really want it, it's dirt-cheap to buy an
adaptor card or dongle.

I don't know if I'd argue obsolete... but I don't think it really
matters since it's not much of an option anymore to begin with.


* * * *


How much so-called 'obsolete' hardware are you running?






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On Sun, 07 Dec 2025 12:29:49 -0500, Spalls Hurgenson <spallshurgenson@gmail.com> wrote:

How much so-called 'obsolete' hardware are you running?

None.. all the stuff on that shit list really is obsolete.

As far as 1080p monitors for gaming, its kind of a matter of not
knowing what you're missing if you're still gaming at 1080p, because
everything is better at 1440p. It's easy to fall into
ignorance-is-bliss mode on this (sort of the polar opposite of FOMO syndrome)... I was a somewhat late adopter of 1080p myself for my
gaming specific rig, but in addition the gaming benefit, any text
reading happening on 1080p at 27" or above is only torturing your
eyeballs.
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On 12/7/2025 9:29 AM, Spalls Hurgenson wrote:

It's Sunday, I'm lazy, so here's me talking about something somebody
else wrote rather than thinking up something new myself.

Today's article of contention: "6 PC specs that are finally outdated
in 2026"*

I'll save you from actually having to READ the article by listing
their picks below:

1) 1080p 60Hz monitors

I'm still running 1080p as well. It's fine. I upgraded from my 24" to a
27" and that was too big at the arms length it's at, so gave it to my son.

I am running a 144Hz monitor, which frankly I haven't noticed any
difference with. And that comes with a huge performance hit vs. 60Hz.
It's dynamic though, so it can drop to whatever the GPU can put out. I
think that makes all the difference.

I don't plan to upgrade any more as that will just mean smaller text
that's harder to read on it.

I do have a very old 2nd monitor set up in portrait mode that's 19" as
it's what I could fit on the desk and it looks bad. Dammit! It's a
1080p monitor, but this particular one has trouble being recognized and
it's coming up at 900x1440. No wonder it looks so bad.

2) Non-modular PSUs

Didn't care for that, didn't even know it was a thing until I had it in
my hand from my son's upgrade I put together. Sure it looks less messy,
but I had trouble getting the wires to plug in, and now I have to store
the extra wires somewhere.

3) Motherboards without onboard Wi-Fi

I had to look for one with it on my son's upgrade which was only a year
ago. No I don't think as many people use ethernet as you think.
Between apartments where it's impractical, or my '70s house which I'm
not up to wiring for, or spending the money to have some snot-nosed kid
who barely knows what he's doing wire it for 10x what he's getting paid
by the contract company.

4) Gen3 NVMe SSDs

Um, what? I've still got a HD in my computer. Admittedly I do finally
have an NVMe drive, but I haven't the faintest what gen it is. I
suppose I'll have to look at the article.

Ah they're only talking about building a new computer, and you wouldn't
buy gen 3 as they're about the same price as a gen 4. That's the kind
of obsolete I'm familiar with.

5) 500GB SSDs

That's what I've got in both my kid's computers. I have a 1TB in mine
though. Probably same price again as an NVMe though, so obsolete in
that respect for new builds.

6) 16GB RAM

At least I've got 32gb and so does my son. Now I can have all those web
pages up at the same time as a game. My daughter's still at 16 but her
gaming needs are way lower than the boys.

Yeah, this doesn't hold up considering the RAM prices and the fact
they're talking about building a new computer.

I keep seeing people talking about buying 1 16GB stick so they can
upgrade to 2 at some point if the prices ever drop.
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On Sun, 07 Dec 2025 12:29:49 -0500, Spalls Hurgenson wrote:

It's Sunday, I'm lazy, so here's me talking about something somebody

1) 1080p 60Hz monitors
2) Non-modular PSUs
3) Motherboards without onboard Wi-Fi
4) Gen3 NVMe SSDs
5) 500GB SSDs
6) 16GB RAM

well get extra, but for most people

16GB is still fine if that's what they are running with now.

TB - I'm fine with 1080 x 1920 on 28" @ 60 fps.
At that I can get ok at games high settings.

Hardly ever see my 16GB ram used any where fully.

Thing like this which got me recently was GPU.
I was happy with GTX 1080 ti and thought ok for few more years.
Then out came "Indiana Jones and the Great Circle"
and one or two other games, which I might want, with
must have hardware Ray tracing requirement.

I convinced myself that all games would shortly need that
and made 1st big hardware purchase in years ** RTX 570 **
bargain at £450 (I MUST! have bargain price)
Change for me as for many many years my GPU's have been
used 3 - 4 year old top of the range.
I'm now not certain that hardware Ray tracing will
be that essential ?
But the RTX 570 (" Oooo ! gasp, see it shine") upscaling features are nice. regards TrimbleBracegirdle @@@
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On 12/7/2025 9:29 AM, Spalls Hurgenson wrote:

It's Sunday, I'm lazy, so here's me talking about something somebody
else wrote rather than thinking up something new myself.

Today's article of contention: "6 PC specs that are finally outdated
in 2026"*

I'll save you from actually having to READ the article by listing
their picks below:

1) 1080p 60Hz monitors
2) Non-modular PSUs
3) Motherboards without onboard Wi-Fi
4) Gen3 NVMe SSDs
5) 500GB SSDs
6) 16GB RAM

Now, I'm not sure I agree with some of those. In particular, I have
issue with the following picks:

1) 1080p 60Hz monitors
Personally, while I know so people swear by ultra-wide, super-high
resolution with brain-boggling fast refresh rates, I'm absolutely fine
with 1080/60Hz. I mean, sure it helps that I have bad eyes and
multiple monitors (not to mention I use a 47" screen as my primary).
But I've looked at better monitors and -while, sure, the upgrade may
be slightly noticeable-- it's not so much that I think its worth the
price. Plus, if I'm stuck at 1920x1080 and capped to a 60FPS
framerate, I can get by on an older CPU/GPU longer than if I were
playing games at 3840x2160. My computer has to push less pixels, and I
don't really see the difference; it's win-win!

Sure, if you have the option you might as well go with the better
hardware... but obsolete? I don't see it that way.

2) Non-modular PSUs
Obsolete? Only to the geeky. Most people don't care. Most people don't
even know what a PSU is. They use whatever comes in their Dell, after
all (and that very rarely is a modular PSU). In fact, in this case the
OEMs using a non-modular PSU is an advantage... because if they went
modular you KNOW they'd be cost-cutting by not providing extra power
leads. At least with the non-modular OEM PSUs, you're certain to get
one or two extra molex or SATA connections for a minimal amount of upgradability.

Modular PSUs are neat, and can make for cleaner PCs. But they're a
luxury, not a necessity, and their older cousins are absolutely not
obsolete.

6) 16GB RAM
I'm sorry, but no. Yes, more RAM is good but even nowadays, for most
games, 16GB is fine. (Okay, it does depend on whether or not you have integrated video or not that uses system RAM for its GPU. If that's
the case, your '16GB RAM' is actually 12GB or less, depending on the application). But even with bloated Win11, most apps and a lot of
games will happily run with 16GB. I check memory usage while playing
games (that Steam overlay thing is great!) and the number of times it
goes over the 16GB for most games is pretty rare (I've more than 16GB,
but almost never get advantage from it). More is always better, and if
you're building a new PC might as well get extra, but for most people
16GB is still fine if that's what they are running with now.

Especially since RAM prices are skyrocketing now. We don't need fear mongering telling people to rush out and buy stuff they don't really
require.

I also have a minor nit with:

3) Motherboards without onboard Wi-Fi
Mostly because it's such a moot point. Pretty much every motherboard
nowadays comes with it onboard anyway. But I think most people
actually BUYING specific motherboards --hello, fellow geeks!-- rather
than just going with what comes in their Dell probably are going to
use a wired network anyway. Which makes the onboard wifi sort of
superfluous. And if they really want it, it's dirt-cheap to buy an
adaptor card or dongle.

I don't know if I'd argue obsolete... but I don't think it really
matters since it's not much of an option anymore to begin with.

* * * *

How much so-called 'obsolete' hardware are you running?

----
* linky here: https://www.xda-developers.com/pc-specs-that-are-finally-obsolete/

I basically agree with your points. Especially for Wi-Fi. I have
before and currently do work with legally confidential material. Wi-Fi
is too weak security wise. I ALWAYS used a hard-wire network connection.

As for how much of my hardware is "obsolete", basically all of it I'm
sure by the writer's standards. (Have not clicked on the article link.)
I only in the last few months had a video card added to my existing,
many years old, tower so I could participate in a game's alpha testing.
Prior to that I was using the native video capacity.

Basically what I have is good enough for my needs and I'm unlikely to be
able to afford a serious upgrade or new machine before I die.
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I still use obsolete stuff that still work for me like VGA, PS2, DVI,
1080 displays, analog 3.5mm speakers, etc.


Spalls Hurgenson <spallshurgenson@gmail.com> wrote:

It's Sunday, I'm lazy, so here's me talking about something somebody
else wrote rather than thinking up something new myself.

Today's article of contention: "6 PC specs that are finally outdated
in 2026"*

I'll save you from actually having to READ the article by listing
their picks below:

1) 1080p 60Hz monitors
2) Non-modular PSUs
3) Motherboards without onboard Wi-Fi
4) Gen3 NVMe SSDs
5) 500GB SSDs
6) 16GB RAM

Now, I'm not sure I agree with some of those. In particular, I have
issue with the following picks:

1) 1080p 60Hz monitors
Personally, while I know so people swear by ultra-wide, super-high
resolution with brain-boggling fast refresh rates, I'm absolutely fine
with 1080/60Hz. I mean, sure it helps that I have bad eyes and
multiple monitors (not to mention I use a 47" screen as my primary).
But I've looked at better monitors and -while, sure, the upgrade may
be slightly noticeable-- it's not so much that I think its worth the
price. Plus, if I'm stuck at 1920x1080 and capped to a 60FPS
framerate, I can get by on an older CPU/GPU longer than if I were
playing games at 3840x2160. My computer has to push less pixels, and I
don't really see the difference; it's win-win!

Sure, if you have the option you might as well go with the better
hardware... but obsolete? I don't see it that way.

2) Non-modular PSUs
Obsolete? Only to the geeky. Most people don't care. Most people don't
even know what a PSU is. They use whatever comes in their Dell, after
all (and that very rarely is a modular PSU). In fact, in this case the
OEMs using a non-modular PSU is an advantage... because if they went
modular you KNOW they'd be cost-cutting by not providing extra power
leads. At least with the non-modular OEM PSUs, you're certain to get
one or two extra molex or SATA connections for a minimal amount of upgradability.

Modular PSUs are neat, and can make for cleaner PCs. But they're a
luxury, not a necessity, and their older cousins are absolutely not
obsolete.

6) 16GB RAM
I'm sorry, but no. Yes, more RAM is good but even nowadays, for most
games, 16GB is fine. (Okay, it does depend on whether or not you have integrated video or not that uses system RAM for its GPU. If that's
the case, your '16GB RAM' is actually 12GB or less, depending on the application). But even with bloated Win11, most apps and a lot of
games will happily run with 16GB. I check memory usage while playing
games (that Steam overlay thing is great!) and the number of times it
goes over the 16GB for most games is pretty rare (I've more than 16GB,
but almost never get advantage from it). More is always better, and if
you're building a new PC might as well get extra, but for most people
16GB is still fine if that's what they are running with now.

Especially since RAM prices are skyrocketing now. We don't need fear mongering telling people to rush out and buy stuff they don't really
require.

I also have a minor nit with:

3) Motherboards without onboard Wi-Fi
Mostly because it's such a moot point. Pretty much every motherboard
nowadays comes with it onboard anyway. But I think most people
actually BUYING specific motherboards --hello, fellow geeks!-- rather
than just going with what comes in their Dell probably are going to
use a wired network anyway. Which makes the onboard wifi sort of
superfluous. And if they really want it, it's dirt-cheap to buy an
adaptor card or dongle.

I don't know if I'd argue obsolete... but I don't think it really
matters since it's not much of an option anymore to begin with.

* * * *

How much so-called 'obsolete' hardware are you running?

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On Sun, 07 Dec 2025 12:29:49 -0500, Spalls Hurgenson <spallshurgenson@gmail.com> wrote:

1) 1080p 60Hz monitors

I use a 32 inch 1080p 60hz monitor. I only care about color
reproduction which my monitor does well. Also, I play older games and
if I go with higher resolutions, the 2D interfaces for these older
titles won't scale well enough with mods that increase resolutions of
the 3d game world. They will get too small.

2) Non-modular PSUs

I don't build my own computers so this is not really something I care
about but I did have to buy a PSU once and it was modular. So maybe
this one is accurate.

3) Motherboards without onboard Wi-Fi

I am sure this one is accurate.

4) Gen3 NVMe SSDs

I have no idea if my NVMe SSD is gen3 or not. I also don't care.

5) 500GB SSDs

I purchased my computer at the end of 2020 and it came with a 1 TB SSD
even then so this one is probably also accurate as well.

6) 16GB RAM

I have 16 gigs. If I bought a computer today, I would make sure it had
32 gigs so I agree with this one as well.

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Rin Stowleigh <nospam@nowhere.com> wrote at 19:01 this Sunday (GMT):

On Sun, 07 Dec 2025 12:29:49 -0500, Spalls Hurgenson
<spallshurgenson@gmail.com> wrote:

How much so-called 'obsolete' hardware are you running?

None.. all the stuff on that shit list really is obsolete.

As far as 1080p monitors for gaming, its kind of a matter of not
knowing what you're missing if you're still gaming at 1080p, because everything is better at 1440p. It's easy to fall into
ignorance-is-bliss mode on this (sort of the polar opposite of FOMO syndrome)... I was a somewhat late adopter of 1080p myself for my
gaming specific rig, but in addition the gaming benefit, any text
reading happening on 1080p at 27" or above is only torturing your
eyeballs.

I really don't play games that demand a high resolution, lol
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On Mon, 8 Dec 2025 19:00:06 -0000 (UTC), candycanearter07 <candycanearter07@candycanearter07.nomail.afraid> wrote:

Rin Stowleigh <nospam@nowhere.com> wrote at 19:01 this Sunday (GMT):

On Sun, 07 Dec 2025 12:29:49 -0500, Spalls Hurgenson >><spallshurgenson@gmail.com> wrote:

How much so-called 'obsolete' hardware are you running?

None.. all the stuff on that shit list really is obsolete.

As far as 1080p monitors for gaming, its kind of a matter of not
knowing what you're missing if you're still gaming at 1080p, because
everything is better at 1440p. It's easy to fall into
ignorance-is-bliss mode on this (sort of the polar opposite of FOMO
syndrome)... I was a somewhat late adopter of 1080p myself for my
gaming specific rig, but in addition the gaming benefit, any text
reading happening on 1080p at 27" or above is only torturing your
eyeballs.

I really don't play games that demand a high resolution, lol

That's kind of the thing though, none of them really demand it. It's
just one of those things that when you make the increase, your eyes
thank you for it, and wish you'd done it sooner. And then of course
after some period of time, it's hard to go back.

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On Sun, 07 Dec 2025 12:29:49 -0500, in comp.sys.ibm.pc.games.action,
Spalls Hurgenson wrote:

I'll save you from actually having to READ the article by listing
their picks below:

1) 1080p 60Hz monitors

1080p @ 240Hz, Gsync. My secondary monitor is 1080 @ 60Hz, but it really
*is* obsolete. I run the Gsync monitor at 144Hz.

2) Non-modular PSUs

Haven't built with one of those in a WHILE. 10 years at least. Meh. A PSU
just has to deliver consistent power. Let's not be silly.

3) Motherboards without onboard Wi-Fi

Have plenty of those in old machines, but my current MB has onboard Wi-Fi
and Bluetooth. I consider onboard Bluetooth to be more important than
Wi-Fi, as USB Wi-Fi adapters are often good (so long as it isn't a micro-dongle), but good USB Bluetooth is hard to come by.

4) Gen3 NVMe SSDs

Don't have one. But let's not be silly. _SATA_ is obsolete. NVMe is fine.

5) 500GB SSDs

I use small NVMe drives for my system drive. Still my current system has
a 1TB system drive, but I'm only using 193GB on it. I wouldn't want to
use more because I like to keep my system images small. It could easily
be 512GB and serve me just fine. I use the extra space to transit its own system drive images to Dropbox for offline storage. However, a Macrium
image is coming in at ~110GB. So I *still* don't need more than 512GB.

Small drives can be useful.

6) 16GB RAM

My current machine has 64 GB of RAM. My previous 32 GB. My VIDEO CARD has
16 GB of RAM, ffs. I have to agree with the article on this one. Maybe
you don't need it, but you may as well have it.

Besides, I blew up my 64GB system RAM running an AI picture generator, so
if you're doing AI, you probably want even more than that. It crashed so ungracefully I couldn't believe it. No hard lock, just every program
stopped working, including the desktop.

Why does Windows allow a single program to allocate everything else
running, including the desktop experience, out of RAM? Shouldn't some of
it be reserved to the OS?

How much so-called 'obsolete' hardware are you running?

Very little, apparently. Just the ViewSonic monitor, which does fine as a secondary. It's also DVI-D. Now that is OLD. "Until it dies" is my motto.
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Spalls Hurgenson <spallshurgenson@gmail.com> writes:

It's Sunday, I'm lazy, so here's me talking about something somebody
else wrote rather than thinking up something new myself.

Today's article of contention: "6 PC specs that are finally outdated
in 2026"*

I'll save you from actually having to READ the article by listing
their picks below:

1) 1080p 60Hz monitors

OK, I don't think I've never had one of those. Went from 1200p to 1440p
:) But considering the trouble I've had with Gsync-compatibility, 60 fps
is often where games want to stick at no matter what. More comes with
tearing. Some games it just works and it's butter smooth.

I've heard dual monitors can cause these issues but so far, no luck with disabling that either.

2) Non-modular PSUs

Um. I'm not sure what I put in my crap file server, might be
modular. It's also SFF and the case is rather tight. Main desktop PSU
for sure is modular and hardly the first of its kind. Goes nicely with
an easy access case with good cable routing support.

What about external PSUs though? I have this little pizza box that runs
off what's likely a laptop PSU. Well, the mains cable is detachable so
does it count as modular?-)

Actually, come to think of it, I have now all of one HD and one SATA SSD
in my gaming rig. No optical or anything any more. So all I need is
motherboard power, GPU power and two SATA. So modular means pay more for
neater innards. I'm not sure this makes a lot of sense but PSUs are
hardly expensive.

3) Motherboards without onboard Wi-Fi

I dunno. Well, those usually come with bluetooth and I have a PS5
gamepad which uses bluetooth so... But actually on my gaming rig, it's
an add-on, now-oldish Intel AX200. I did pick a motherboard with that
slot to be sure. Not USB since I don't like turning computers into
porcupines and also kinda want my computers maid/kid/pet proof although
some of those do like to chew on cables...

As for wifi, for mostly stationary computers it's a useful backup
sometimes. When moving/rearranging/renovating, or all ethernet cables in
use or out of switch ports or doing a new build where there is no
convenient ethernet socket etc. But normally I just don't care and
plugging in my cell phone also works. Living in the home of mobile data
here so I don't need to worry about "data limits" :)

4) Gen3 NVMe SSDs

Ehh, no. Sorry, sticking with my AM4 rig and have a PCIe card with two
extra m.2 slots and those two share a single Gen3 x4 slot. So 3/4 of my
m.2 SSD *slots* are Gen3 and two of them even share on one PCIe
slot. Actually, I'm not sure which Gen the SSDs are. Two of them
definitely Cheap&Slow Gen for sure :) Faster than HD is what matters.

5) 500GB SSDs

I've been meaning to retire my I think 250 GB sata SSD but... turns out
I've installed Steam and Epic on it! Some other stuff too that's easier
to move. In fact I think Steam can be easily reinstalled in another
location but Epic might have issues. One of these days...

6) 16GB RAM

As it happens I ordered some more. DDR4 isn't that expensive... RAM-gods willing, I'll be running 48 GB soon.

https://www.xda-developers.com/pc-specs-that-are-finally-obsolete/

I think this was from a gaming rig builder's perspective and predates
the recent RAM price hikes. So the comments about what people's Dells
are like isn't really that relevant.
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On Wed, 10 Dec 2025 10:17:18 +0200, Anssi Saari <anssi.saari@usenet.mail.kapsi.fi> wrote:

OK, I don't think I've never had one of those. Went from 1200p to 1440p
:) But considering the trouble I've had with Gsync-compatibility, 60 fps
is often where games want to stick at no matter what. More comes with >tearing. Some games it just works and it's butter smooth.

I've heard dual monitors can cause these issues but so far, no luck with >disabling that either.

Once upon a time I learned that dual monitors and gaming rigs were a
bad mix. I use dual monitors on my work setup and my music production
setup, but not the gaming rig.

I've also never had a single refresh rate related issue since Gsync
monitors came out 10 or 11 years ago. I've literally forgotten what
tearing even looks like or that it existed, even though that was a
major PITA for years prior to Gsync. I just always keep vsync turned
off in games and it just works. These days most games seem to detect
the display and keep vsync off by default.
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Rin Stowleigh <nospam@nowhere.com> wrote at 22:45 this Monday (GMT):

On Mon, 8 Dec 2025 19:00:06 -0000 (UTC), candycanearter07
<candycanearter07@candycanearter07.nomail.afraid> wrote:

Rin Stowleigh <nospam@nowhere.com> wrote at 19:01 this Sunday (GMT):

On Sun, 07 Dec 2025 12:29:49 -0500, Spalls Hurgenson >>><spallshurgenson@gmail.com> wrote:

How much so-called 'obsolete' hardware are you running?

None.. all the stuff on that shit list really is obsolete.

As far as 1080p monitors for gaming, its kind of a matter of not
knowing what you're missing if you're still gaming at 1080p, because
everything is better at 1440p. It's easy to fall into
ignorance-is-bliss mode on this (sort of the polar opposite of FOMO
syndrome)... I was a somewhat late adopter of 1080p myself for my
gaming specific rig, but in addition the gaming benefit, any text
reading happening on 1080p at 27" or above is only torturing your
eyeballs.

I really don't play games that demand a high resolution, lol

That's kind of the thing though, none of them really demand it. It's
just one of those things that when you make the increase, your eyes
thank you for it, and wish you'd done it sooner. And then of course
after some period of time, it's hard to go back.

no really, like i mostly play pixel games that do not need the higher
res
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