Even with AAA, mid-range hardware from 5-6 years works fine at 1080p if you tune down the settings.

That’s true, but I think we need to move beyond half measures and in a way, now is the perfect time to do this.

I do not really consider Android to be “Linux” (in terms of what it stands for). It’s a proprietary operating system from Google that uses an open source kernel.

Looks this only has 2GB RAM, that’s more than enough for a DIY homeserver, but if you’re going to actually use the GPU, 2 GB RAM might create significant bottlenecks.

They were taking taking turns jacking off Zuckerberg (metaphorically of course … or perhaps …).

That’s a funny typo!

I would support that, but it would require European unity and a strategic decision to make a permanent break with the US.

I would be happy to, but it’s currently not an option for desktop/laptop.

Would be great for an SBC where the OS and apps are open source and performance is less of an issue.

ARM has all the same drawbacks as x86 and it’s not a Deus Ex machina that gives high performance at low power consumption because of magic.

I wonder if in the future this sort of functionality would become common place.

I could actually see this being useful in some complex strategy / business sims for querying more convoluted or unintuitive gameplay mechanic. But it would have been done well, more of a dynamic Wiki query tool powered by a local LLM than Sony’s approach.

Why though? X Elite lags x86 on battery life, performance and compatibility (and you can’t really run Linux on X Elite).

I am not a fan of Intel, AMD, Nvidia, but what’s the point of moving to ARM for the sake of moving?

Unlike most, I actually have been running ARM on home server for almost a decade. For that use case it makes sense because it’s cheap and well supported.

I do wonder if the 1080 Ti would be a better option for consumers than 3080 12GB if you don’t need DLSS and Ray-tracing.

The 1080 Ti has 484.4 GB/s memory bandwidth versus 360.0 GB/s for the 3060. It seems to perform somewhat better (~10%) in games, although I am assuming this is without ray tracing:

I am assuming manufacturing costs should be less for the 1080 Ti, but maybe GDDR5X isn’t manufactured anymore?

Node 1080 Ti: 16nm 3060: 8nm

Transistors 1080 Ti: 11.8 B 3060: 12 B

kernel anti-cheats do not want to develop for Linux due to the lack of a fully secure environment in the OS.

I don’t think it will be possible to limit non-casual cheating (i.e. those who are willing to spend money) using the dynamic matchmaking approach.

The only way to beat cheating is to have “old style” community servers with regulars for cheaters to be kickbanned by someone with admin rights and/or server votes for kickbans. Not saying this will happen any time soon in the mainstream, but I don’t see an automated approach working short of something like required real world IDs.

You’re asking for trouble if you buy an X Elite device (doesn’t matter if you are running Windows or Linux).

That would be the funniest thing ever.

And I am much more interested in HL3 than SQ42 which is very likely to be flashy, but mediocre to bad in many core things.

I don’t even need HL3 to be revolutionary, I want to know what happens next and I want to experience the world building of the HL reality.

But either way streaming at 1440p looks better on the 1280x800 screen than streaming 1280x800.

I am more into the encoding side, not streaming, but a 1440p source on a 800p screen will always look better than a 800p source.

From my anecdotal experience (and this was from 3-4 years), the last remaining 32-bit Windows installations are on much newer CPUs (from 2009-2014) than the last 32-bit only CPUs from 2004 or so.

Typically there are cases where the users aren’t technically inclined, they just need a basic web browser, a video player and a PDF reader. They have a computer that works, so why bother with paying money for a new one?

Typically users of Steam would figure out that they do have a 64-bit capable CPU, they would buy some RAM and re-install Windows (or find someone who can do this for them).

Valve has previously said that 32-bit Windows installations represent around 0.01% of active Steam systems.

I feel like it’s fair to sunset 32-bit Windows support if this segment represents 0.01% of your installed base

If it does come out, you should post a screenshot shot of this message and your donation receipt in pcgaming.

Don’t be so be ridiculous.

You don’t see the link between Cities Skylines II and Fetish Locator: S&M studio?

Have you not tried the San Fernando Valley expansion pack for C:S2?

I didn’t get very far into it (been meaning to start a proper session). That’s really too bad, it did seem like the game was well made.