The Blurry Future Of Gaming

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The Blurry Future Of Gaming

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The irony of NVIDIA DLSS in a nutshell. Left side: crystal clear landscape. Right side: same landscape but blurry as hell with the NVIDIA DLSS logo proudly stamped on it. Apparently "next-gen gaming" means trading actual clarity for the privilege of your GPU fans sounding like they're preparing for takeoff. Remember when we optimized games instead of just smearing vaseline on the screen and calling it "enhanced"? Those were the days when 60 FPS didn't require a second mortgage. Now we're paying premium prices for the honor of squinting at fuzzy textures while our electricity bills fund a small nation.

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