i don't really game anymore. i install games. i put their icons on my desktop to look pretty but that's really it. i try to enter games to play, but i find myself quitting after 5 - 10 minutes. some games i get bored after just making it to the menu after launching it.
but yet i still feel obsessed with wanting to keep consuming better hardware even though i quite literately don't do anything with it.
i also jump back and forth between linux and windows like a bipolar person switching between manic states. i feel like i better take advantage of my hardware on linux even if all i do is shitpost because at least there i can compile shit from the AUR and mess with tmpfs. but i end up going back to windows because of some moronic hardware issue or i get the sudden urge to play a game that's strictly windows (kernel level anti cheat) but then i'll play it for 30 minutes and be bored again.
am i the only one stuck in this awful state? anyone else like me?
Play better games. Install Mudrunner.
Thank you for enabling XMP. Nothing pisses me off more than seeing JEDEC ram. Except maybe single channel morons.
So you aren't even a GVMER?
First of all use windows on your gaming machine and get a cheap Thinkpad for you linux adventure, thats gonna be the best for you and its working great for me
And then about your gaming issue im exactly the same, your next stage is game development, download an engine and get working
i do have a laptop that i bought solely for linux and i too install linux and windows back and forth on it as well. i honestly don't know why. i just do.
maybe ill try one of the bsd's on it.
i actually have mudrunner. never installed it though. most games i bought i have never played. 527 games in my library with 30 i have actually tried playing.
>and i too install linux and windows back and forth on it as well
so mental illness then
>First of all use windows on your gaming machine and get a cheap Thinkpad for you linux adventure, thats gonna be the best for you and its working great for me
This.
Older people will understand.
Either this or a second hand $200 PC with a i5 4590 and a GTX 970 and a cheapo 1080p monitor or even a CRT.
>paying $200 for a $5 cpu and $35 gpu
>think pad
>falling for the chink shit meme
lmao
>P-core
>E-core
>AVX-512 greyed out
no thanks
i don't know why people shit on the hybrid design. it actually nice and makes sense. why do you want discord to be wasted on a performance core when an efficiency core is more than enough for it? i wish amd was the first to go hybrid on x86 because i think people only hate on it because intel did it due to them having house fires with their performance cores. but if amd did it people could see the potential reasoning for it.
>why do you want discord to be wasted on a performance core when an efficiency core is more than enough for it?
Why would I care about that in my workstation? That's just Intel cope
>you should use as much energy as you possibly can just because you can
>he buys the new Intel carbon copy CPU with heterogeneous cores because he's poor
i bought my 13900k over amd because after two dead 5950x's i had enough
that's a valid reason unlike muh e-cores for a workstation
yeah. i shit post because i am bored. now take your meds
I have used some Minecraft beta fork with creative mode and isometric screenshots far more than any other game i've installed on the last 5 years. There's a point where all games are mostly the same to me so why not just take it easy and chill out?
somewhat, not on the hardware part. i have ocd and depression. everything i do feels pointless. i'm constantly indecisive. i'll have those "manic" states like you wrote about, then a day or so later i drop off the peak. i panic and give up.
i'm on meds, attending therapy, and these aren't helping enough. ive been stuck like this for roughly 6 years.
im fricking lost on how to fix it. none of the solutions or activities ive done to try and manage it better have helped.
i actually have OCD too. was diagnosed back in 2012. no depression though. stay positive though fren. life is worth living. even if bored.
oh, hah, that's interesting. thanks for the kind words. it's less boredom, more so feeling tortured by my brain :<
ive been thinking about finding an OCD specialist. did you ever try one?
my psychologist i saw was a OCD "specialist" but the problem is you can try to do all the behavior modifications you want, your brain will brain. and i know all the meds do is mess with the central nervous system to try to slow down the brain by zombiefying you.
all i do is try my best to tell myself its just irrational shit but when i get stressed its game over. OCD will be in full control.
awh, frick... ive noticed cbt-style techniques dont work very well on me either.
>when i get stressed its game over
same, can relate. trying to work on simplifying things in the hope ill chill out a little.
>trying to work on simplifying things in the hope ill chill out a little.
yeah its really the only thing that "works" is trying to stay stress free as possible. tune yourself out to stressful things and try to use your OCD as a power for something beneficial. get your OCD to trigger on something productive rather than fears.
oh and the "little ritual" stuff never goes away. but you can minimize them to where you just come off as quirky.
that sounds like adhd bro
trust me, I know
get some Adderall
would say therapy didn't really help me either for my OCD.
you actually have undiagnosed ADHD/ADD
you need pills and therapy
you CAN'T do it alone
don't be a child
YOU SURE DO LIKE TALKING ABOUT YOURSELF ON SOCIAL MEDIA
and i do it for free
It's time to move on and become who you were meant to be anon : a hero.
You've grown out of games which is honestly what a lot of people who are additcted to them dream of. i think you're looking to maximize performance of something. installing the game is validating that. maybe you could try running benchmarks? Phoronix literally made a whole business out of running Linux benchmarks. If you wrote about or made videos about your results I think a lot of people here would subscribe, but that's not the point. I think you're just looking for 'something' (your computer for now) to be 'the best' (play a game at max specs). you need to find something else to achieve high performance with, or just find the logical end of what you're doing now. you're on the right track though - don't beat yourself up too much
yeah games just don't hit me like they use to. even games i loved playing when i was younger don't hit the same way anymore. i honestly don't know why.
because our species programmed you to frick, reproduce and wagecuck after your teens. If you aren't doing all of them you'll be depressed
what's that pic about? looks comfy
I've grown out of games but don't know what else to do with my time so I just start playing games, quit after 5 mins, scroll through IQfy for a bit, try another game, quit after 5 minutes, and repeat
>7900XTX
One of the worst combos I have ever seen, a pointless overpriced chip that (might) make sense for actual professional use, but then coupled with an AMD card? Is that a pre-built?
High-end PCs are a waste of money if you just want to play video games. Most dev studios hate PC players
Dude, you have grown up. Congratulations, now buy set of dumbbells and visit a gym.
Yep I built a new pc a few months ago with a 4090 and 7950x3d and have put in less than 5 hours of gaming since then. i just end up watching some movie or tv. But i also have no friends and just do drugs all day and am a virgin
i've been watching shogun. its been really good so far.
Damn, you are rich and lonely, while I am just lonely.
ohh wow u spent a couple thousand on hardware and it didnt revive your love for shit games
who cares
that pc would be great for doing gamedev on. it would run unity/unreal very well i should think.
yes, me
Time to pick up books man. Same shit happened here, thank God I'm a youngster and have no money to spend on top end hardware.
i've bought a couple dozen books
now read them
Create something. You are bored because you only consume.
i do draw. but even get bored of that. i don't know why but everything just isn't hitting the same anymore.
maybe i do have a bit depression and not realize it.
get meta quest 3 and try pcvr
I have a gaming PC, an emulator box, a retro gaming PC, Xbox and Playstation, and even a Chinese game stick, and I only ever play gacha on my phone. Every day I pray for Carrington II.
just proompt
puts more load on your GPU than any vidya ever will