RBTropical

RBTropical t1_j2nfapp wrote

More here:

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/newsbeat-30294748.amp

“But this doesn't apply to items sent to you by mistake (as happened to Robert); if the order was sent to you twice; or if there's extra stuff on top of what you ordered. If a firm has left goods with you that weren't unsolicited goods, they still belong to the trader and you should try to give them back.”

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RBTropical t1_j2nexw4 wrote

https://thecomplainingcow.co.uk/all-you-need-to-know-about-unsolicited-goods/

“Not unsolicited goods

  1. If you have been sent items by mistake; such as a duplicate order or additional items, mistaken identity, wrong address, in your name but you didn’t order them, any kind of fraud”

“5) If you have had any contact with any company and you have any order with them and they send you something different/additional”

Additional items or wrong items in an order you did place with a merchant you are expecting items from is NOT unsolicited goods.

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RBTropical t1_j28er97 wrote

Why would you need an Xbox if you have a PC? All Xbox games are on Windows.

Switch is tricky as lots of rumours of a Switch 2 floating around so it might not have the best longevity.

Maybe a Steam Deck?

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RBTropical t1_j1qu9me wrote

A bog standard laptop with an Intel Iris 645 from 2018 has 800odd GFLOPs of GPU performance. An Xbox 360 has 240. Does this answer your question? Stick to the PC.

Edit: Why is this being downvoted? A PC will have cheaper games and more longevity/use cases

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RBTropical t1_iziuztn wrote

Yes, but it would take a series of adapters with likely enough input lag it wouldn’t be usable, or high end adapters with a fairly painful price tag.

  1. HDMI - AV composite
  2. AV composite - RF modulator
  3. IEC coax/F plug/BNC (depending on what your modular connector is) to screw terminal adapter cable. You could probs MacGyver this by chopping up a cable.

If you got a decent high end low lag version of number 1, number 2 shouldn’t add much/any lag and number 3 is just a cable, so you MIGHT be ok. You’d be better off finding a CRT with component though and adapting HDMI to that.

This is a cheap box that claims to do it all - you’d just need an IEC coax to screw terminal cable - but I’d imagine the HDMI to composite part of the box’s conversion is poor and would cause input lag. If you just want this for a meme or to watch movies though it would work.

https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/255641118384?mkcid=16&mkevt=1&mkrid=711-127632-2357-0&ssspo=aVs6VMOCS6-&sssrc=2349624&ssuid=bgxvVRrrR3K&var=&widget_ver=artemis&media=COPY

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RBTropical t1_ivoiar9 wrote

Online gaming uses anywhere from 40-300MB per HOUR.

https://www.domainnamesanity.com/blog/how-much-data-does-online-gaming-use/

That’s 0.66mbps for 300MB/h. 10 consoles wouldn’t even exceed 7mbps. A 50mbps connection would be more than enough let alone 100. 1000 as an absolute minimum? So dumb.

This is barely a third of the bandwidth a standard-def Netflix stream uses, let alone HD, 1080 or 4k.

Think about it - if you need 1Gbps MINIMUM, this would imply (with 10 consoles) people can’t even game with stable 100mbps connections. Does that sound plausible at all?

OP ignore that guy.

Re hardware - a cheap gigabit switch with 12 ports, 10 cables connected between it and your consoles and 1 to go to the router (with a port spare just in case) will do just fine. The fact this guy suggests a 10 port switch also blows my mind, as you’d max out the ports and none of them would be able to connect to the internet…

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RBTropical t1_ivoi8h8 wrote

Dude, what are you on about, minimum 1Gbps? You’re clueless.

Online gaming uses anywhere from 40-300MB per HOUR.

https://www.domainnamesanity.com/blog/how-much-data-does-online-gaming-use/

That’s 0.66mbps for 300MB/h. 10 consoles wouldn’t even exceed 7mbps. A 50mbps connection would be more than enough let alone 100. 1000 as an absolute minimum? So dumb.

This is barely a third of the bandwidth a standard-def Netflix stream uses, let alone HD, 1080 or 4k.

Think about it - if you need 1Gbps MINIMUM, this would imply (with 10 consoles) people can’t even game with stable 100mbps connections. Does that sound plausible at all?

OP ignore this guy.

Re hardware - a cheap gigabit switch with 12 ports, 10 cables connected between it and your consoles and 1 to go to the router (with a port spare just in case) will do just fine. The fact this guy suggests a 10 port switch also blows my mind, as you’d max out the ports and none of them would be able to connect to the internet…

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RBTropical t1_itfzon1 wrote

This is lazy game devs. I don’t recall PC games on a 4080 being held back by also running on a 1060. The Series S doesn’t hold shit back, studios are just lazy and have stupid turnaround times.

I’ve spoken to several software devs who say since the architecture is the same, you just render at lower FPS or res. It’s not difficult.

The architecture and CPU aren’t even different, it’s just GPU cores and clocks. It’s literally 3070Ti vs 3060. This is studio heads wanting to save money on optimisation and validation that’s all.

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