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Re: AAA Gaming on Asahi Linux

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Post by xnzakg »

chefandy wrote: post #208
raffraffraff wrote: post #205

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Can't you famously just return stuff to Amazon within a month for basically any reason? I purchased a monitor from Dell and after a few weeks it became clear that there was a loose connection internally. It was extremely simple to prove. But getting it replaced was hell. I went through the whole process of creating a ticket, talking to 3 different people, taking photos of the thing from every angle and then after the…

It's changing. I imagine that was always intended to be an introductory thing to cement their position in the marketplace.

Good old enshittification. Make it good to attract users, then optimize for profit once the users can't leave.

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Post by thaumasiotes »

xnzakg wrote: post #211
chefandy wrote: post #208

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It's changing. I imagine that was always intended to be an introductory thing to cement their position in the marketplace.

Good old enshittification. Make it good to attract users, then optimize for profit once the users can't leave.

What's stopping the users from leaving?

Re: AAA Gaming on Asahi Linux

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Post by cdogl »

hu3 wrote: post #20
spease wrote: post #7

This is super cool. So, wait, does this mean that gaming is better on Linux, on a Mac?

I've been gaming on Linux since Warcraft 3 days. Wine is wonderful and with Valve's help it only got better. But why would gaming on a mac be better? Maybe one day, but for now: FTA: "While many games are playable, newer AAA titles don’t hit 60fps yet."

> FTA: "While many games are playable, newer AAA titles don’t hit 60fps yet."

You’re lucky to get 60fps playing a fairly undemanding game on MacOS, even on hardware that is otherwise a dream.

For example, Baldur’s Gate 3 is barely playable on my M3 MacBook Pro at well below native resolution with all settings turned down. It’s a brilliant game but hardly cutting edge graphically.

Re: AAA Gaming on Asahi Linux

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Post by fsflover »

thaumasiotes wrote: post #212
xnzakg wrote: post #211

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Good old enshittification. Make it good to attract users, then optimize for profit once the users can't leave.

What's stopping the users from leaving?

https://pluralistic.net/2024/08/17/hack-the-planet/

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Post by 0xDEAFBEAD »

35mm wrote: post #202
0xDEAFBEAD wrote: post #183

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In heaven, Microsoft is in charge of gaming, Amazon does the customer service, Apple is responsible for privacy, Facebook does the UI, and everyone works at Google. In hell, Apple is in charge of gaming, Google does the customer service, Facebook is responsible for privacy, Microsoft does the UI, and everyone works at Amazon.

Facebook’s UI is slow as hell. But otherwise this is accurate.

Perhaps I should have said "UI design" instead of "UI".

I feel a little guilty, because it's all based on stereotypes, and I don't have enough firsthand experience to say which stereotypes are true.

Re: AAA Gaming on Asahi Linux

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Post by Brybry »

hedora wrote: post #175
aurareturn wrote: post #155

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No, it’s the other way around. Intel has generally caught up in idle power draw but is still severely behind in performance per watt. https://www.notebookcheck.net/Intel-Lunar-Lake-CPU-analysis-... https://youtu.be/ymoiWv9BF7Q

The last I checked, there low wattage AMD and high wattage Apple had similar performance and wattage, so AMD was the right choice for raw performance, and Apple won for portable devices. Intel was losing badly to one or the other at all TDPs. I don’t get the impression that’s changed much. (Even if it has, I can’t remember the last time I encountered a non-xeon intel machine with working hardware and drivers (for any…

Remember that the latest Intel chips are a TSMC process node now, that's a pretty big change.

Re: AAA Gaming on Asahi Linux

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Post by apetrovic »

Arcanum-XIII wrote: post #195
0xDEAFBEAD wrote: post #183

Earlier quoted context omitted.

In heaven, Microsoft is in charge of gaming, Amazon does the customer service, Apple is responsible for privacy, Facebook does the UI, and everyone works at Google. In hell, Apple is in charge of gaming, Google does the customer service, Facebook is responsible for privacy, Microsoft does the UI, and everyone works at Amazon.

"Amazon does the customer service" Sure this isn't Hell ? Because customer service at Amazon is a best non existant, at worse actively against you...

I bought Kindle Paperwhite with ads. Get tired of ads. Tried to pay Amazon to remove ads, for some reason it didn't work (I'm not from USA).

Contacted customer support, explained what's the problem, the person on the other side said "wait a minute, sir" and removed ads from my Kindle without asking me to pay for it.

That was a good experience with Amazon.

Re: AAA Gaming on Asahi Linux

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Post by opan »

mikhael28 wrote: post #10

Fantastic! A great proof of concept on Linux - lots of AAA gaming is already possible on Mac with Crossover and/or Parallels or VMWare Personal, which is free! While I have a Steam Deck, gaming on Mac works for me - I refuse to play Baldurs Gate 3 on a controller.

>While I have a Steam Deck, gaming on Mac works for me - I refuse to play Baldurs Gate 3 on a controller.

Personally 99% of my Steam Deck usage is with it docked. I do mostly use a controller, but also have it hooked to the same USB switch as my PC so I can hit a button to move my keyboard and mouse over.

Baldur's Gate 3 is the first game I ever ran on my Deck that did not run very well, though. Most stuff I've played runs at 60fps at my external monitor's 1920x1200 resolution. That in addition to not liking the gameplay on BG3 much made me not continue with the game, though I may revisit it someday.

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