How Badly Does S.T.A.L.K.E.R. 2 Slaughter CPUs and VRAM? @TheHardwareUnboxedPodcast
How Badly Does S.T.A.L.K.E.R. 2 Slaughter CPUs and VRAM?  @TheHardwareUnboxedPodcast
Uploaded November 2024 | Updated September 2026, 1 week ago
Episode 53: We've been testing games this week, including S.T.A.L.K.E.R. 2 and Flight Simulator 2024, so we discuss how these games run on PC. Loading issues, punishing CPU requirements, VRAM issues and more.

CHAPTERS
00:00 - Intro
04:07 - Testing S.T.A.L.K.E.R. 2
14:51 - VRAM is An Issue Again
34:18 - Floaty Controls and Frame Generation
39:04 - Testing Flight Simulator 2024
46:51 - Updates From Our Boring Lives

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