Firefox VS the Chrome-ium Empire 2kliksphilip 2024-10-17 | If only Firefox was 3% better things would be so different... or would they?00:00 - Chromium's Dominance00:58 - Firefox's History02:20 - My past issues with Firefox04:05 - Is Firefox competition?
8K - Why you might be all like hmm yes maybe it does have purpose, thank you for pointing this out 2kliksphilip 2024-09-30 | Bit of Devil's Advocate cos people are being too black and white about this and feeling all superior about it. I want to be the superior one!0:00 - There's nuance!1:14 - Why high resolutions?2:41 - Pixel densities3:14 - Beauty of PC gaming4:16 - Upscaling5:04 - Downscaling5:29 - The future
RTX Remix: These Remasters are Making Progress 2kliksphilip 2024-09-25 | This video is sponsored by Nvidia, who helped me to set up the AI-texturing Comfyui integration. See my first video about it here: youtu.be/TlbxX7Ve3KkSee the Comfyui video here: youtu.be/j9I0iLxGJl0Vampire the Masquerade project blog: moddb.com/mods/vampire-the-masquerade-bloodlines-rtx-remaster/news/remaking-the-models-for-bloodlinesResources to help you to learn RTX Remix:RTX Remix HUB: nvidia.com/en-us/geforce/news/rtx-remix-open-beta-half-life-2-rtx-trailerRemix tutorial videos: youtube.com/playlist?list=PL4w6jm6S2lzvgJ97T1_VbLGBR_l6zzOUmRTX Remix Discord channel: discord.com/invite/rtxremixHere's a portable Comfyui download that will benefit from a graphics card, but can still use your processor instead. But it will take a while longer using that!: github.com/comfyanonymous/ComfyUI/releases/download/latest/ComfyUI_windows_portable_nvidia_cu121_or_cpu.7z0:00 - RTX Remix?0:48 - Dark Messiah6:59 - Vampire the Masquerade8:10 - Deus Ex11:04 - Getting Unreal to work12:26 - Conclusion
JPEG VS AVIF - The Battle of Compression 2kliksphilip 2024-09-23 | In this super thorough study I test one single HD image and come to vast sweeping conclusions about JPEG XL and AVIF. But that's still one image comparison more than most people do! :)0:00 - JPEG XL VS AVIF1:18 - Low quality3:53 - Medium quality4:47 - High quality5:18 - Lossless?6:18 - Conclusion
AMDs RX 8000 Series - Will it be nice? 2kliksphilip 2024-09-11 | AMD are going for a mid-range focused kind of strat. But will it pay off?0:00 - Intro0:28 - Radeon HD 3000 Series1:11 - Radeon 4000 Series1:46 - Polaris2:22 - People buy Nvidia anyway!3:30 - RDNA44:00 - What sort of performance to expect?4:38 - Pricing5:18 - Radeon 66005:50 - The winning combo6:32 - Upselling fail
AI Presentation Goes Wrong. Live 2kliksphilip 2024-08-14 | Props to them for doing all the demonstrations live! It's just that AI doesn't like it when you demonstrate it live. I mean it did great most of the time but yeah. See the full presentation here: youtube.com/live/jvyyfvf0gjI28:481:08:42
AI Presentation Goes Wrong. Live 2kliksphilip 2024-08-13 | Props to them for doing all the demonstrations live! It's just that AI doesn't like it when you demonstrate it live. I mean it did great most of the time but yeah. See the full presentation here: youtube.com/live/jvyyfvf0gjI12:3552:39
JPEG is Dying - And thats a bad thing 2kliksphilip 2024-08-06 | JPEG XL faces fierce competition from AVIF. And Google. A bit of bothUpdate about JPEG XL support and why it's a mixed bag: https://x.com/nixcraft/status/18312417835374551500:00 - What is JPEG?1:20 - JPEG XL2:07 - AVIF3:08 - JPEG XL's Strengths4:58 - AVIF Support6:43 - I compress 90,000 images for science
Can the Geforce 4090 do 8K? 2kliksphilip 2024-07-06 | World's fastest graphics card VS that resolution that's already 4 times greater than 4K. None of that sensible upscaling trickery here. Only pure, 7680x4320 resolution gaming for you pixel enthusiasts.13900kGeforce 409064 GB RAM0:00 - Intro1:30 - Star Wars Jedi Survivor (2023)2:17 - Talos Principle 2 (2023)3:03 - Ready or Not (2021)3:16 - Baldurs Gate (2023)3:46 - Hitman 3 (2021)4:11 - Assassins Creed Valhalla (2020)5:17 - Death Stranding (2020)6:02 - Mirrors Edge Catalyst (2016)6:20 - Battlefield One (2016)6:43 - Deus Ex MD (2016)7:07 - Crysis 3 (2012)8:18 - Left 4 Dead 2 (2009)9:16 - CS2 (2023)10:01 - Conclusion
Snapdragon X Elite - STILL Waiting for Benchmarks 2kliksphilip 2024-06-22 | Snapdragon X Elite is a new ARM-based CPU for Windows PCs, which is being pushed heavily by Microsoft by making them the first Copilot+ certified products you can buy. But are they actually any good?
AIAIAI NPU AIAIAI 2kliksphilip 2024-06-11 | Instead of reading out a script, I decide to film myself reading out a script instead to prove I'm not AI. As I talk about AI in this heavily edited video
Face Your Choice 2kliksphilip 2024-05-18 | Operation Flashpoint's custom character model has long been something we just clicked on and thought nothing more of... but what if we actually tried doing something with it?community.bistudio.com/wiki/Operation_Flashpoint:_FAQ:_Miscellaneous0:00 - Intro0:40 - My face1:30 - Half Life's Alyx1:35 - Master Chief1:38 - Noah from the Ring1:40 - Voldemorte1:45 - FLUFFYKINS1:51 - The Boy with an Arse for a Face1:55 - Spyro1:56 - Shrek2:00 - Arma Reforger2:02 - Gandalf2:04 - Gollum2:05 - Harambe2:11 - Waifu
Only I Have Experienced This 2kliksphilip 2024-05-11 | Many of us may play the same game, but I likely did a combination of level and quest that everybody else was way too sensible to undertake. But the joke's on THEM!
Learn your Defence Against the Dark Arts ...of lies and clickbait 2kliksphilip 2024-05-02 | Yes, you know that rumour mills and clickbait exists. But let me help you build a resistance against them so you no longer feel like clicking on them and thinking you've learned something :)0:00 - Intro0:21 - Git gud1:14 - Learn about your PC2:29 - What's wrong with Userbenchmark?5:52 - Rumour mills
Klikbait and Hype Trains 2kliksphilip 2024-04-14 | Clickbait and rumours are a fact of life. I can't beat them, I don't want to join them, so I'll just sit here and complain about them instead.
Release Day VS Hindsight: Computer Injustice 2kliksphilip 2024-04-08 | You think you're so smart, with your hindsight and stuff. Well, go buy some shares in what you think will be successful in 5 years' time. Go on, go buy up all those shares. All your money, right where your mouth is. Do it.The laptop thing would have been 2003ish. £700 for a laptop with a Celeron 1.6 Ghz and Radeon 9700... when about 4 days after, a £700 Turion (Or at least a non-rubbish AMD CPU of some kind) and X600, seen on one of those bright yellow pages from the TINY rebrand that used to pop up in the middle of PC magazines. Ouch.Lesson learned: buy new tech when it comes out, and NOT 6 months after it's been lingering around the same price
Look what you made me do 2kliksphilip 2024-04-01 | Far too long have I been accused of AI-generating scripts and audio, like there's no apparent difference in quality. Well, now I have! Happy?
Im a NERD?? 2kliksphilip 2024-03-24 | No. I can't be a nerd because I don't like ALL the card games... only the ones I've given a chance so far.
How Much Power Does Everything Use? 2kliksphilip 2024-03-15 | I run about the house with a wattimeter and discover some cold hard Intel about ...Intel0:00 - WHAT WATTS?0:17 - Small stuff0:58 - Drying clothes1:33 - Kitchen2:58 - Screens4:00 - Laptop6:19 - Mini PC7:00 - 32" HDR Monitor8:09 - Gaming PC
RTX Remix: Graphically Enhancing Older Games 2kliksphilip 2024-03-08 | This video is sponsored by Nvidia, who helped me learn the tools and answered the questions I had. Resources to help you to learn RTX Remix:RTX Remix HUB: nvidia.com/en-us/geforce/news/rtx-remix-open-beta-half-life-2-rtx-trailerRemix tutorial videos: youtube.com/playlist?list=PL4w6jm6S2lzvgJ97T1_VbLGBR_l6zzOUmRTX Remix Discord channel: discord.com/invite/rtxremixDownload links to the Remix files:Github link: github.com/NVIDIAGameWorks/rtx-remixDX8 to 9 converter (Helps with Morrowind): github.com/crosire/d3d8to9Moddb's handy list of games / configs here: moddb.com/rtxAnd follow the Half Life 2 RTX project here: hl2rtx.com0:00 - Intro1:40 - RTX'ing an old game2:53 - Fixing things up in-game4:05 - Dabbling in RTX Remix6:36 - Upscaling7:56 - Texture replacements8:30 - Model replacements
CPUs in 2024: I Babble About Them for 15 Minutes 2kliksphilip 2024-03-04 | CPUs are my obsession. My love. My precious. Let me talk about lots of things about them that I normally only share with Fluffykins or my pillow.This video was made on a N100 mini PC as a personal challenge0:00 - Boring VS Interesting1:01 - $100 PC2:50 - The CPU lineup3:27 - $100 CPU3:50 - $135 CPU - All you need4:55 - Productivity6:00 - A Beautiful, Crowded Budget Market7:17 - AMD Since Ryzen9:58 - Intel Since Ryzen11:17 - The Future
Why new AI Videos are Scary 2kliksphilip 2024-02-24 | We've had AI videos before. But it's reached the point where it's good enough to trick people. You're going to watch AI-generated stuff, thinking it's real. And you're going to be paranoid, accusing real stuff of being AI generated. That's been happening for years already and it's only going to get worse...
When AI Goes WRONG 2kliksphilip 2024-02-24 | AI is scary, but still at that point where it can fail in amusing ways.
Can you tell whats real? - AI Generated Videos 2kliksphilip 2024-02-16 | See Sora here: openai.com/soraAnd Will Smith eating spaghetti: arstechnica.com/information-technology/2023/03/yes-virginia-there-is-ai-joy-in-seeing-fake-will-smith-ravenously-eat-spaghettiAI beer commercial: youtu.be/Geja6NCjgWY0:00 - AI generating videos2:01 - Videogame potential2:38 - Rapid progress3:12 - AI fails5:08 - CGI5:33 - More examples
The New Ryzen APUs so bad they make the 6500 XT look good 2kliksphilip 2024-01-31 | No such thing as a bad product, only a bad price. The Ryzen 8600G and 8700G happen to be excellent products, but priced too high for the graphics performance they're selling them withAnandtech's review of the 2400G/2200G: anandtech.com/show/12425/marrying-vega-and-zen-the-amd-ryzen-5-2400g-reviewAnandtech's excellent tables for the new 8700G/8600G: anandtech.com/show/21242/amd-ryzen-7-8700g-and-ryzen-5-8600g-reviewHardware Unboxed calling the 6500 XT the worst GPU ever: youtu.be/M5_oM3Ow_CIHardware Unboxed finally realising the 6500 XT's use in the budget market: youtu.be/Ye60Wf8lUt8And I don't hate you guys but your thumbnails are way too easy to parody0:00 - Ryzen 8700G: too much CPU, not enough GPU2:06 - Return of the 6500 XT!2:43 - Ryzen 8600G is better than the 8700G because it's cheaper3:40 - B-b-but Philip, these APUs aren't for gaming!!!4:27 - Current price comparison5:30 - 8000G's benefits6:28 - 8000G: 2kliks Edition
Protect your Art from AI 2kliksphilip 2024-01-21 | AI seems to be everywhere, and is advancing at breakneck speeds. But humans aren't sitting idly by and a few tools have been created to help artists protect their own artwork from being used to fuel the AI machineGlaze PDF containing all sorts of interesting pictures to look at: https://people.cs.uchicago.edu/~ravenben/publications/pdf/glaze-usenix23.pdfInterview with Hollie: waxy.org/2022/11/invasive-diffusion-how-one-unwilling-illustrator-found-herself-turned-into-an-ai-modelArticle on Nightshade: technologyreview.com/2023/10/23/1082189/data-poisoning-artists-fight-generative-ai
When you discover dismemberment in #readyornotgame 2kliksphilip 2024-01-18 | The Cubicle Brothers were very excited when they discovered Ready or Not's latest and greatest new feature.
SWAT VS Furry #readyornotgame 2kliksphilip 2024-01-18 | Ready or Not is a game of split-second reflexes and impossible decisions.
Getting the jump on a mofo #readyornotgame 2kliksphilip 2024-01-18 | How to take advantage of the element of surprise.
Half Life 2 RTX looks quite nice! 2kliksphilip 2024-01-09 | Real time pathtracing on everything looks jolly pleasant in the quite good game of Half Life 2, one of the games of all time. RTX Remix has a release date of January 22nd, Half Life 2 RTX does not.See the latest blog post here: nvidia.com/en-us/geforce/news/rtx-remix-open-beta-half-life-2-rtx-trailer
Ready or Not is worth the wait 2kliksphilip 2024-01-07 | Ready or Not is one of those few new games that lives up to promises. Here's hoping it'll have a long, prosperous and mildly controversial life ahead!
Ready or Not - Whats Behind the Door? 2kliksphilip 2024-01-05 | A series of clips of Ready or Not where stuff happens I either don't expect, or do expect but enjoy doing so I featured it any way. Ready or Not is finally out, but it's been worth playing for a while and is a blast with a few friends. Swat 5 in all but name
Ready or Nots Gore is Great! 2kliksphilip 2024-01-05 | A recent update made the shotguns worth using using this one simple trick! And they added even more nudity. Ready or Not doesn't pull many punches
Audio Crime 2 - The Making of 2kliksphilip 2023-12-28 | Playlist - youtube.com/playlist?list=OLAK5uy_lGGumEyoOuwtWemXYRlMYnddjv11FIBM4Spotify - open.spotify.com/album/25WsGwE3JFvkvTGgl0phYZBandcamp - 3kliksphilip.bandcamp.com/album/audio-crime-20:00 - Intro1:34 - Sax Offender5:48 - That Night Before7:39 - To Boldly Go Lower10:08 - Atomic Amnesia MMXX14:15 - Henry Vile17:19 - Something Rotten20:45 - Light Cubed23:20 - That's Life 226:17 - Crossing Those Islands30:35 - Happily Ever After33:55 - OR IS IT?34:30 - Thanks 4 teh sub36:31 - That Morning After38:20 - Album art40:33 - B Side
A Vertical Slice of Philip 2kliksphilip 2023-12-20 | Check out this video's sponsor, War Thunder, using my link for a free large bonus back with boosters, vehicles, and more: https://playwt.link/2kliksphilipWar Thunder is a highly detailed vehicle combat game containing over 2,000 playable tanks, aircraft, and ships spanning over 100 years of development. Immerse yourself completely in dynamic battles with an unparalleled combination of realism and approachability.
Core Truths: Intels Unbelievable Series of Own Goals 2kliksphilip 2023-12-08 | Intel calls out AMD for doing all the things Intel are already doing. Incredible.See the slides here videocardz.com/newz/intel-compares-amd-zen2-architecture-in-ryzen-7000-series-to-snake-oil0:00 - What did Intel do?0:28 - Core Truth 12:37 - Core Truth 23:46 - Core Truth 35:47 - Core Truth 48:43 - Borrowing from Userbenchmark?
Everything Wrong with Grand Theft Auto VIs Trailer 2kliksphilip 2023-12-05 | Vice City? More like... GTA6 Not-so-Nice City. PahSee the trailer here: youtu.be/QdBZY2fkU-0
AI took my job! 2kliksphilip 2023-12-02 | My sister's AI generation took over MY job of AI generating stuff for my Dad's latest album cover! But he still let me name some of the tracksDad's new album: youtube.com/watch?v=kqtxkDBzW04&list=OLAK5uy_lyCtxvi9XCgbOjwkIunyfZJOVrmfgfSEYThe person who took my job: twitch.tv/helzi
Half-Lifes 25th Anniversary Quarter-Lengthed 25% Speedrun 2kliksphilip 2023-11-29 | See the full video here: youtu.be/TbZ3HzvFEtoOriginal produced for Valve by Secret Tape (secrettape.video)I didn't have the time to watch this brilliant video in full so spent several days summarising it in a video that's short enough for me to be able to watch. Enjoy this Quarter-Lengthed Half-Life Anniversary video0:00 - Intro0:16 - Early Days of Valve1:42 - Technology & Scripted Sequences3:02 - Character Design5:51 - Creating the Opening Levels7:00 - Weapon Design7:35 - Sound Design8:52 - Level Design10:57 - Narrative & Voice Acting12:06 - Xen12:59 - Post Release
Digital Foundry in an Evil Alternate Reality 2kliksphilip 2023-11-22 | I'd still watch it. Footage from Andor, voice from Richard from Digital FoundrySee Digital Foundry's ACTUAL Steam Deck review here: youtu.be/Z1KLj06fn2s
HDR is a Hot Mess 2kliksphilip 2023-11-16 | I am yet to meet a TV salesman who doesn't make HDR sound like a gimmicky thing, but the technology has value, and like most advancements, you only really appreciate it when it's gone again. Best stick to the old, simple life, eh?Props to Greg for being the driving force behind HDR photography - gregbenzphotography.com/hdr0:00 - HDR?0:45 - HDR Photos1:12 - HDR Games1:39 - 'Proper' HDR3:30 - The problem with HDR5:15 - Why do I care?
DLSS 3.5 - Better Pathtracing for Free 2kliksphilip 2023-10-31 | This video is a paid promotion for Nvidia. In it, I investigate Ray Reconstruction - which is DLSS 3.5's trick to preserve more information from path-traced scenes.Intel 13900K, Geforce 4090, 64 GB DDR5 5600 Mhz RAM0:00 - Raw Rays1:28 - Denoisers2:34 - Reflections3:32 - Framerate comparison3:51 - Lots of rays4:14 - Not so many rays4:44 - Drawbacks and how to overcome them5:06 - Ray VS path tracing?6:05 - How are things meant to look?8:05 - Global Illumination9:01 - Ambient Occlusion / shadows10:22 - Motion artifacts11:01 - Why call it DLSS 3.5?11:40 - Conclusion
Beyond the Edge in Starfield 2kliksphilip 2023-10-18 | Check out this video’s sponsor, War Thunder, using this link: https://playwt.link/2kliksphilip including a large bonus pack for new players including vehicles, boosters and more!War Thunder is a highly detailed vehicle combat game containing over 2000 playable tanks, aircraft and ships spanning over 100 years of development. Immerse yourself completely in dynamic battles with an unparalleled combination of realism and approachability.Starfield's worlds are better than they look- Starfield's maps are limited in size, yet they connect with adjacent zones and with a few tweaks and a lot of effort, a speedrun between them can be successfully recorded
Intels Next Next Gen Processors 2kliksphilip 2023-09-23 | Meteor Lake looks to be the next big leap for Intel, where they attempt to do EVERYTHING at once!0:00 - Future of Intel CPUs0:16 - Tiles1:36 - LP Cores2:58 - New node
Starfield Announces Massive Update! 2kliksphilip 2023-09-14 | Philip, famous patchnotes reader, fails to read Starfield's patchnotes properly. Just like everybody else. Because it's super-misleading unless you're that weird person who actually bothers to read the fineprint. Whatever next? You actually LISTEN to what NPCs say to you in Starfield?!
Starfields a Bit Broken 2kliksphilip 2023-09-11 | In Starfield you can fall off the side of the world by saving and loading a save from too far from the spawn point. Or maybe it's just a bug that can happen anywhere, I don't know. Bethesda pls fix
Starfield - The Worlds Edge 2kliksphilip 2023-09-11 | This video is sponsored by Outplayed. Download it for FREE and share your best gameplay moments with friends: links.overwolf.com/2kliks-outplayedOdgrub's off on another adventure, this time to escape the limited area of Starfield by using his knowledge of... Bethesda. There's no other way to explain it really
Starfield - Hand crafted VS Procedurally Generated #starfield #bethesdasoftworks 2kliksphilip 2023-09-11 | Around Starfield's city, a random world awaits. But the city itself is hand-crafted. Where's the line?See the full video here: youtu.be/EkURp59BAas
The Furthest Adventures in Starfield #starfield #bethesdasoftworks 2kliksphilip 2023-09-11 | How can you get furthest away from the start of Starfield landscapes? Watch this to find out!See the full video here: youtu.be/EkURp59BAas
