Computer Speed Gains Erased By Modern Software
hackaday.com
[Julio] has an older computer sitting on a desk, and recorded a quick video with it showing how fast this computer can do seemingly simple things, like open default Windows applications including t…

Interesting take on comparability vs performance. I gotta imaging capturing user data and sending to a cloud collector is also a big culprit.

  • @ricdehEnglish
    3•1 year ago

    Games are definitely not very well optimised. For one, most indie publishers are artists rather than software developers, which means that they do not have the technical expertise to properly program their applications, especially on the OpenGL/Vulkan/Direct3D side of things. Large video game corporations, in contrast, are indeed quite capable of reducing the hardware requirements and increasing the performance of their games, but they are often not willing, as became particularly evident recently with Jedi: Survivor, where a major public outcry was required for them to fix the game’s performance problems, which they have done quite competently.

    • @DarthBuellerEnglish
      3•1 year ago

      Most indie 3D games are not programmed from scratch, working directly with Vulkan, OpenGL, etc. Instead, they’re using a licensed game engine like Unreal. A lot of AAA game houses didn’t like the game engine license fees eating into profit margins so they came up with their own engines that they maintain internally with varying levels of success.