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While this is classic Valve non-communication, apparently the devs were hacking or reverse-engineering some closed source stuff, that Valve might not have agreed with.

https://x.com/csco_dev/status/1533103185543548929

Just so we are clear on how the mod works on our side, there is no leaked code involved. We're using a build from 2020 that has security exploits and a hacked dedicated server to be able to even play online while working on it internally.

The mod cannot be released in this state

This is all just some third-party information, I have no idea about this and don't really care about Counter-Strike.

They need to bring a lot more value than the 5070, otherwise only Linux users and fanboys will buy these. A $50 discount is not enough, and I don't know if these rumored $70 will do it.

So what did you mean?

I think I've only ever got coupons for random shovelware games, that I would never buy. So removing them is no skin off my back.

I am of the opinion that DLSS and FSR is an admission of failure by GPU engineers that they are not capable,–so far,-- to design a GPU that does 4K 160fps with psycho raytracing on, zero upscaling, zero frame generation.

How is it an admission of faliure? They probably can design a GPU for that, but do you want to pay hundreds of thousands, because the chip uses a full silicon wafer?

Do you think NVIDIA or AMD should have sat on that technology for decades, until it's good enough for 4k 144fps? Then you would probably say, it's not good enough, because it can't do 8k 144fps. Also, why 4k as your arbitrary limit? Most people are still on 1080p. So why not just say it's good enough, when the hardware can do 1080p 60fps.

I suspect that the 5090 will be the first card to do 1440p with psycho raytracing at 144 fps without DLSS enabled.

Definitely not, since it can't even do 30fps in 4k, with all the bells and whistles and no DLSS. 1440p ist probably not even gonna be 60fps.

There’s something about Reflex 2 that is bothering me or concerning me, but I have no clue what it is.

What? I'm pretty sure the technology they're using, Frame Warping, has been around for years, and it's used in VR, so you can just look that up and see what it does.

Square was really scraping the barrel for this one. "Good graphics, that you can change!"

Changing how many NPCs could be nice, and I'm probably gonna need DLSS for upscaling. AMD and Intel users might have to wait for a mod, since there was no mention of FSR or XeSS.

Games are very lazily optimized for anything other than NVIDIA these days

NVIDIA bad and all that, but I wish that was true. If the game runs like shit, it runs like shit everywhere. What are these mythical games, that are optimized for NVIDIA in 2025?

What does that have to do with anything?

They've already said it's all because of DLSS 4. The 5070 needs the new 4x FG to match the 4090, although I don't know if the 4090 has the "old" 2x FG enabled, probably not.

Both figures are without DLSS, FG, whatever. Just native 4k with Path Tracing enabled, that's why it's so low.

The sketchy marketing is comparing a 5070 with a 4090, but that's not what this is about.

50% improvement not enough for you?

The 4090 gets like sub 20fps without DLSS and stuff. Seems like a good improvement.