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Re: Steam Machine

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Post by quasigod »

2OEH8eoCRo0 wrote: post #173
quasigod wrote: post #59

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Just wondering, what games are you playing that dont run on Linux yet? I can't think of games I'd play much with family that dont work well

Battlefield 6, GTA V online, Escape From Tarkov, likely GTA VI Imagine not supporting the latest releases that all your friends are playing.

Zero of my friends are playing any of these games. GTA VI will probably do the console first release thing anyways.

Edit: Fair enough to the other ones though. This comment wasnt meant to be inflammatory or argumentative, but clearly someone else believed it was.

Re: Steam Machine

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Post by embedding-shape »

viraptor wrote: post #140
TheCoreh wrote: post #48

Very weird USB-C port placement choices... - 2 USB3-A on the front - 2 USB2-A on the back - 1 USB-C on the back If you want to plug an external USB hard drive or SSD at full speed, you'll need to plug it at the front? Or use up the only USB-C port... I suspect most joysticks sold today come with a USB-C to USB-C cable, so if you want to charge your controller you either need to plug on the back, use an adapter, or ge…

What do you expect to do with the steam machine that will take more than a gigabit? I mean, it's cool when things are faster, but if you can saturate the link, downloads are still bottlenecked by the drives. And even 4k streaming is under 100Mbit normally.

> And even 4k streaming is under 100Mbit normally

Are you talking "4k streaming" as the current streaming providers do it, with trash bitrate, or "4k streaming" as you would do it if you had ripped your own blu-ray disks and you want to stream it from a NAS somewhere else in your house to your living room?

Re: Steam Machine

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Post by [deleted] »

Mr_Bees69 wrote: post #50
Ekaros wrote: post #6

>RAM 16GB DDR5 + 8GB GDDR6 VRAM Hmm. Not that it is big deal, but I would be somewhat worried about true longevity with the VRAM. Not sure if SteamOS helps there, but on PC some new titles are going over the 8GB VRAM.

it meets or exceeds the ps5 and xbox series x, so it might not be top tier, but it'll be fine. I have a plenty good time on my series x, cant think of any stutters.

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Re: Steam Machine

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Post by OGWhales »

andoando wrote: post #168
quasigod wrote: post #59

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Just wondering, what games are you playing that dont run on Linux yet? I can't think of games I'd play much with family that dont work well

BF6 and any multiplayer EA games with anticheat

Apex is an EA game and actually ran great on Linux until they removed support. Unfortunate, but they said it was necessary to combat cheaters though that claim is somewhat dubious since cheaters is perfectly viable on Windows still.

Re: Steam Machine

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Post by quasigod »

thadt wrote: post #126
quasigod wrote: post #59

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Just wondering, what games are you playing that dont run on Linux yet? I can't think of games I'd play much with family that dont work well

Fortnite & Call of Duty If I could travel back in time and prevent my kids and nephews from ever learning about Fortnite, I might do it. Instead I'm out here trying to keep from getting sniped by a Simpson character. Fortunately, it seems like the rest of the family is getting tired of COD's ceaseless churn, and might be willing to pick up something else.

Ah I had kinda forgotten Fortnite exists haha. I think I assumed your kids were younger.

Re: Steam Machine

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Post by jcelerier »

mcdow wrote: post #181

Why does Steam/Valve care so much about Linux? I know as devs we all would prefer to use Linux/Unix. But developer experience isn’t a good business justification.

why wouldn't you use linux when you are shipping your own, custom, purpose-built device?

Re: Steam Machine

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Post by quasigod »

neura wrote: post #91
quasigod wrote: post #59

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Just wondering, what games are you playing that dont run on Linux yet? I can't think of games I'd play much with family that dont work well

I do not believe that _you_ are trolling with this question, but answering this is just asking to be trolled. That said. Fortnite. Yes, I still play it with friends and cannot play it on Mac or Linux. :( I'm sure others have similar examples. Also there are just simple things like playing with friends and streaming on Discord. Anybody streaming from Windows always comes across smooth and HD to the other participants…

I dont think I'm getting trolled, I know that loads of games still dont work. I just wanted to get an idea of which games are the current biggest ones holding people back.

Re: Steam Machine

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Post by AndroidKitKat »

quasigod wrote: post #59
thadt wrote: post #29

Pretty much the only reason I boot to Windows anymore is to play games with my kids and family. The direction of this thing is dangerously close to being all I'd care about from a desktop computer. If Valve pivoted into making a well-supported laptop with good hardware that ran Linux and played games...

Just wondering, what games are you playing that dont run on Linux yet? I can't think of games I'd play much with family that dont work well

In addition to what others have said, a group of friends still plays enough League of Legends that I don't both dual booting. Also if you play RuneScape (RS3, not OSRS) the best 3rd party add-on, Alt1 Toolkit, only works on Windows.

Re: Steam Machine

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Post by whynotminot »

paxys wrote: post #193
haunter wrote: post #190

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8GB VRAM + 4K + FSR3 is very tough situation. Basically bit better than an Xbox Series S but quickly outpaced by midrange PCs. It will all come down to the price.

Yeah non-upgradable 8GB VRAM would make it a no-go for all but the most casual gamers. But then the casual gamers would rather buy a PS5 for the same price, so let's see where this one fits in.

The size here is actually important too. I think the PS5 is monstrously large and ugly. I do not want it in my living room.

If this little box is roughly PS5 power and reasonably priced (we shall see) then that might hit just right.

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