My thoughts exactly.
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RickyRigatoni@piefed.zip 4 weeks ago
“Using whatever pc parts you want”
“As long as it’s AMD”
kind of funny wording to use but also fuck you nvidia
Deconceptualist@leminal.space 4 weeks ago
NeatNit@discuss.tchncs.de 3 weeks ago
I’ll admit something slightly embarrassing.
This has kinda sorta been the case for quite a while now, people have been installing Steam Deck versions of SteamOS on various AMD machines with various levels of success. It was also acknowledged by Valve, with an “at your own risk” policy.
But idiot me thought “AMD platforms” means the CPU needs to be AMD. So just FYI to anyone in the same boat: no, Intel CPUs should work just fine. The only thing they meant is that the GPU has to be AMD. All the other components can kind of be whatever the heck you want. Including CPU, as long as it’s x86-64.
But actually, I understand they now also support Intel GPUs. I think I’ve read that somewhere. So at this point it’s pretty clear that you can use anything expect nvidia.
RickyRigatoni@piefed.zip 3 weeks ago
When AMD bought ATi everyone knew this would be the case for a lot of people. There are definite benefits to matching an AMD CPU and GPU though.
NeatNit@discuss.tchncs.de 3 weeks ago
What are those benefits?
Neuromancer49@midwest.social 4 weeks ago
I have been dealing with NVIDIA driver issues on my Linux PC because my 1080 was good enough to play my favorite games. A very sincere fuck you to NVIDIA.
Kolanaki@pawb.social 4 weeks ago
“You can get it in any color you want, as long as it’s black.”