New Hardware!!! GTX 1080

I made it nearly 2 years with my 390x and that card was a champ that's for sure.

I've been wanting to get another AMD video card because I am a fanboy of theirs and they're also the only cards I've owned for well over a decade.

With their current offerings I was a little less inclined to pick one up.

The performance is ok on their cheaper cards and adequate on their more expensive cards but their power consumption is just astronomical! I've been so over having my computer area go up in temperature and noise so I finally made the jump to... Nvidia.

I resisted for so long and now that I'm here on team green I have to say I can't believe how much better they are. From drivers, to performance, to power usage, and all of the little details in between.

I will absolutely still recommend AMD in the future but I'll definitely be putting Nvidia in the mix too.

Now on to the important stuff. Benchmarks!!!

I currently use a 1440p monitor but all of my testing was done at work on a 1080p display.

As for programs I used Unigine Heaven and 3Dmark.

Heaven.

390x 

Score: 1728

FPS: 68.6

Temperature: 80 Celsius

GTX 1080

Score: 3541

FPS: 140

Temperature: 65

3Dmark.

Firestrike.

390x

Graphics Score: 12541

Temperature: 80 Celsius

GTX 1080

Graphics Score: 21570

Temperature: 66 Celsius

So as you can see these scores are either double or close to double the performance.

And I couldn't be happier!!!

If you want to see my last hardware upgrade from a 270x to the 390x hit the link below.

http://www.sakegaming.com/2016/01/new-gpu-about-time.html

Gran Turismo Sport Beta (Demo)

Gran Turismo Sport comes out October 17th and they are currently doing a beta to hype people up.

Now I have to tell you I was not used to this kind of beta. It has bugs, like a real beta should.

Most developers release a "beta" that is more or less the complete game and that is to get people excited about purchasing the game. They are usually pretty much perfect and the Gran Turismo beta through me off being an actual beta.

I only just downloaded this (45GB) and played for about 30 minutes so I really don't have a solid opinion of it yet. I mostly just wanted to share a few screenshots of how absolutely insane this game looks!!! The first two are ones I took and the last three are from me being afk and the game started a "movie".

Mario+Rabbids

I have to tell you, the premise of this game sounds so absurd. The crossover is too preposterous!

But boy it is fun!!!

I've only put a couple of hours into the game so far but it has been a great experience.

The pace is perfect so far, the music is perfect, and the combat is perfect!

What more could you ask for?

For now I just have a few screenshots to share, once I get some more time into the game I'll give a better review.

No Man's Sky - Atlas Rises Update

Despite my infrequent posts and long gaps between I have been gaming just as much as ever.

Lately I've been putting a lot of time into PlayerUnknown's Battleground and have been absolutely loving it. The game is so much fun and different every time. It reminds me a lot of my favorite game of all time Starcraft 2. Despite being the same maps, same units, etc. each match is different and that's how PUBG is.

BUT that's not what this post is about. Recently Hello Games released another major update for No Man's Sky. This game just hit its one year mark and I avoided it at launch due to overall negative reviews and backlash. Which in my opinion seemed to be just.

Well over the last year Hello Games have been busting there butts working updates and have improved the game substantially.

Almost every recent review of the game (post update) has been very positive. With so many people saying how much better the game is now and that the current state is how the game should have released I finally took the plunge and picked up the game. It also helped that it was on sale for $24.

Here is the update video and hopefully a review video of mine will follow.

Let me know what your thoughts on the current state of the game are.

The Most Important Things From E3

Two new Metroid games.

I cannot believe it.

I am so incredibly excited and will be picking up both!!!

#blessed

Metroid: Samus Returns on the 3DS.

And Metroid Prime 4 coming to the Switch.

Two things...

I finally got a horse...

And we got the Master sword last night!!!

It was so much fun working to get more hearts with my son and seeing the look on his face when we were able to pull the sword out. He was so excited!

That to me is what gaming is all about. Pure joy.

Full Throttle Remastered!

Full Throttle came out in 1995 when I was 10 years old!

I remember being obsessed and in awe over how cool the game was. The graphics, the story, the puzzles, everything.

I've wanted to revisit this game for some time and I was thrilled when I discovered they were going to remaster it. I ended up picking it up on PS4 which comes with the PS Vita version. It's also available on PC (steam link).

It is pretty surreal coming back to this game after so many years and remembering it so well. The remastered graphics are pretty awesome and the option to switch between classic graphics and remastered is perfect. I am honestly surprised at how terrible the classic graphics are, my memory of the game was so different.

Considering the price is so cheap ($15 at the time) I think you would not ever regret picking it up if this is a brand new game to you.

Here are a few screenshots showing off the remastered and classic graphics.