Pacific also have shitty pc. Why can't they just spend it on around 10 grand to upgrade 10 PC ram, CPU and motherboard?
$520 for 9800x3d x 10 = 5200
$140 ASRock B650M Pro RS WiFi AM5 x10 = 1400
$200 G.SKILL Trident Z5 Neo RGB Series 64GB x 10 = 2000
Total $8600.
You don't even need to upgrade the cooler, case, storage, GPU and PSU.
They literally make 60mil on couple skins alone last year.
That's the thing. You don't really need to upgrade the coaching staff and observer, etc. Why upgrade when it's working, and especially when the output result is 60fps max due to YouTube and Twitch limitations. It's not like they need the extra fps when they're not playing. Instead, just upgrade the main player computers, specifically the CPU, since that's what Valorant relies on the most. So upgrading this main 20 pc CPU should be enough when the leak is that they have a 4080. I'm not asking to upgrade everything right away, but at least gradually starting from the players. Besides, why should you replace everything when it's working and still can be used? So that 15k+ should be enough for only the motherboard, CPU and DDR5 RAM. We can reuse the rest. FYI the parts that I listed isn't even the cheapest price.
20x 9800X3D ~9380
20x minimum $7000, considering LAN PC's will require specifications that a typical PC doesnt have
20x 32 GB DDR5 ~3000 if they just get mid ranged DDR5
That's already $20k, and thats not including any other parts, like power supplies for example, which theyre not only confirmed upgrading but basically are forced to for obvious reasons. The biggest thing people dont understand is wiring, these arent home PC's, theyre stadium PC's that are broadcasting to sometimes hundreds of thousands of people, and go hundreds of feet out (and depending on their system thousands) that alone costs even more than the PC's.
That's not how it works. The only part of the computer that handles any sort of broadcasting tools is the broadcasting capture card and encoder, like from RTS, which can handle high-quality data transfer through an Ethernet cable to the media server. which later you can connect to the main station,SDI, rvon, key panel, etc. All that part is controlled through a different power supply, so if they do have the 4080 like the previous said, then their PSU should be enough since and 9000x3d is known to be efficient. So you don't even need to bother with those external parts since they're mostly compatible with newer computer hardware, hence why each part could cost tens of thousands. Upgrading the CPU itself would help with the data transfer, since it does take away CPU performance, so yes, even if they choose a more expensive 20k parts, it should be pocket change when one of the video encoders itself costs 20k, let alone the whole setup that can go to hundreds of thousands. Also, you can even see from VCT Americas how much cable is coming out from the PC, it's much less than my workstation.
Yeah, let's not give Riot any excuses here. No real sport would get away with giving their players inadequate equipment. Football teams rebuild their stadiums every year just because it looks nice yet Riot can't afford like 50 9800X3Ds? They can probably make a deal with AMD and buy in bulk anyways since they're not a normal consumer.
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