Agree, I did it back in the Wrath/Cata days, quests adventure, without a rush and lots of dungeon diving.

Fun.

Second I hit cap in Wrath I started realising what the heck gearscore was, did a raid or two, then called it. It wasn’t fun to me, especially when I got abused for not being “optimised”.

The adventures and the world were great though.

It’s particularly fond of irony I find.

Hmm. I’ve decided I don’t like you.

It feels like you’re setting an artificially high goal purely to make challenging your assirtion impossible. I’m not even sure a 3090 can do path tracing. 40/5090, maybe they can.

Could an AMD card do it? Yes. RX 7900 possibly, a theoretical RX 9090 could if they bothered to release one.

But none of that matters really. Never has.

A RX 6800? Yes, in fact I was playing CP2077 with FSR and ray tracing on at 4K on a 6800. It was the first real card AMD had that could. Though it did struggle at times.

Sadly replaced after 4 years with a RX9060 of similar capability but better Ray tracing.

AMD cards are only about 2-3 years behind NVIDIA in a lot of specialised tasks, but trying to pace the behemoth that is NVIDIA’s RnD with a much smaller budget. ROCm works but is held up by compatibility issues with the newer CUDA features.

Adding to this, we only have so much time and brainpower in a day. Distant concerns are not a clear and present threat: monitor? yes, grumble? yes, keep constant anxious watch? no.

Better to use your abilities and time nearby where they’re most effective.

As you say, as everything is in the eye of the beholder. Some of the most successful artists are those who understand what their target audience want, and know where it overlaps with what they want to create, maximising passion and enjoyment on both sides.

As for AI art, you’re absolutely right, and it’s acceptance is also wholly to the observer. Cheap low effort stuff is going to be called slop, but where it’s part of a broader process that enhances the prompter’s work it will be considered successful.

Of course if something is culturally taboo (and AI art is risking this) art on the topic will be buried under down votes.

I’m pretty sure the green dog is normal. It’s certainly as crazy as most small canines.