Blackmist
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- Comment on With the Legion Go S, we can now directly compare performance between official builds of SteamOS and Windows 1 day ago:
It sounds a lot like what the GPU driver providers used to do (and probably still do, despite all DX12 and Vulkan’s promises of making that unnecessary) on top of making the drivers.
And that is basically “fixing badly written games so they perform well on the hardware”.
As far as I can tell, Intel has been using Proton’s fixes (DXVK) a bit to get their drivers working on older games on Windows.
- Comment on With the Legion Go S, we can now directly compare performance between official builds of SteamOS and Windows 1 day ago:
If Xbox Series S would have run all my Steam games, I’d have bought one in a heartbeat.
- Comment on With the Legion Go S, we can now directly compare performance between official builds of SteamOS and Windows 2 days ago:
I’d wager they could cut a lot of cruft from a handheld gaming device specific version of Windows.
I bet Antimalware Service Executable is still randomly springing it’s way to the top of task manager in this build. All sorts of crap that just doesn’t need to be running. On my PC right now I can see Service Host: DNS Client at 1-4% all the fucking time. Random driver update checks that run in fucking Electron for some godforsaken reason. That kind of shit.
- Comment on With the Legion Go S, we can now directly compare performance between official builds of SteamOS and Windows 2 days ago:
Probably this. Especially on low end hardware that doesn’t really have a lot of background resources to give.
Just open task manager and see all the shit windows thinks is essential to run all the time. Scanning the drive for viruses, downloading updates for shit you’ve never even looked at…
- Comment on End of 10 is a campaign to move people over to Linux with Windows 10 support ending 2 weeks ago:
Realistically, the best distro for a Windows user is one that runs all their existing Windows software (both applications and games) right out of the box.
Does any distro even come close to doing that?
- Comment on End of 10 is a campaign to move people over to Linux with Windows 10 support ending 2 weeks ago:
I recommend Gentoo for a beginner.
What better way to understand your new OS than by compiling it from scratch?
- Comment on Steam Deck gets a Battery Charge Limit control in the latest Beta 2 weeks ago:
You know what would have made this a non-issue?
Easily user replaceable batteries.
On top of that we should have standard sizes and mandate that manufacturers use them.
- Comment on Steam Deck gets a Battery Charge Limit control in the latest Beta 2 weeks ago:
Well unless you bought one of those electric bike conversion kits from Temu. Those might.
- Comment on Perplexity CEO says its browser will track everything users do online to sell 'hyper personalized' ads 4 weeks ago:
I don’t know what Perplexity is but I know I don’t want it.
Let me guess, two guys in a garage, both Linked In "CEO"s, strapping more spyware to Chromium?
I even went to the website. It doesn’t what they are, but it’s something to do with AI, which figures…
- Comment on You can get DOOM, DOOM Eternal, more DOOM and multiple Wolfenstein games in this latest Humble Bundle 4 weeks ago:
Much preferred the “original” to Eternal.
Far too fiddly for my liking.
- Comment on Ahead of its 10 year Steam anniversary, Black Mesa has a new beta with improved Linux support and many fixes 5 weeks ago:
10 years old already?
Somebody should remaster it.
- Comment on Nintendo is Bringing Us Kicking and Screaming Into the $80 Game Era with the Switch 2 1 month ago:
Yeah, if you’re the sort of gamer who sells their games when they’re done with them, you can basically rent Nintendo games for the cost of postage and eBay fees… Second hand they’re only a few quid less than in the shops.
- Comment on Nintendo is Bringing Us Kicking and Screaming Into the $80 Game Era with the Switch 2 1 month ago:
Ah c’mon man, that’s just not true.
Nintendo games will be $90 after a decade.
Steam games do go on sale eventually, but the best deals are often not even on Steam any more. I’ve got like >1000 games on Steam but most are from Humble Bundle before they went to complete shit.
- Comment on Nintendo is Bringing Us Kicking and Screaming Into the $80 Game Era with the Switch 2 1 month ago:
You think Steam games won’t follow console prices?
I can currently get AC Shadows (just an example of a new game, I don’t want it) on PS5 (physical) for a few £ less than it is on Steam. They’ve gone from like £40 a few years ago to £60. As standard.
- Comment on "Relaxing" horror game LiDAR Exploration Program is PowerWash Simulator but with lasers 2 months ago:
There was a VR game like this called Scanner Sombre.
- Comment on Steam Deck Brick Mod: No screen, no controller, and absolutely no sense, just a power button and a USB port. 3 months ago:
The PS4 could drive VR. I suspect this would be similar. A bit fuzzy, crap framerate in places.
You could run the simpler games like Beat Saber well enough.
- Comment on Valve is looking to add an optional battery charge limit to the SD, to preserve battery life 3 months ago:
That’s how all rechargeable batteries work isn’t it? If I understand correctly, there’s no such thing as 100% because it would break it.
Is the change here that they’re letting the user set the limit?
- Comment on Sid Meier's Civilization VII is Steam Deck Verified with the Linux version ahead of release on February 11 4 months ago:
Does it not have a touchscreen?
- Comment on Steam Deck is getting official Nvidia GeForce Now support, with HDR 4 months ago:
Having a quick glance at the license agreements there doesn’t appear to be anything in there about having to run the licensed games on my own hardware though.
I’m more than aware you don’t own anything on Steam, I’ve been saying that since before Valve were forced to. I’m just curious which part of the rental agreement Geforce Now violated.
- Comment on Steam Deck is getting official Nvidia GeForce Now support, with HDR 4 months ago:
This isn’t Nvidia’s fault though.
It went live so you could play anything on it and publishers pitched a fit. Presumably because they’d sold exclusive streaming rights to somebody else.
Even though it’s literally none of their goddamn business where you run the games you already paid for.
- Comment on Elon Musk says too many game studios are owned by giant corporations so his giant corporation is going to start a studio to 'make games great again' 5 months ago:
Can we just sever the internet in half and let these pricks live on their side so they don’t bother us any more?
- Comment on Terrified friends burn to death trapped in Tesla as doors won't open after crash 6 months ago:
I hear the new guy in charge of that is a genius!
- Comment on Terrified friends burn to death trapped in Tesla as doors won't open after crash 6 months ago:
Man, I bet those dead kids in the back seat feel so stupid now.
- Comment on Terrified friends burn to death trapped in Tesla as doors won't open after crash 6 months ago:
Look it’s very simple if you get in a crash and are on fire.
Stop. Drop. Roll. Remove the mat from the bottom of the rear door pocket. Press the red tab to remove the access door. Pull the mechanical release cable forward. Remember that not all Model Y vehicles are equipped with a manual release for the rear doors. Die.
Rolls right off the tongue. If you’re still in trouble call 0118 999 88199 9119 725 3.
- Comment on Terrified friends burn to death trapped in Tesla as doors won't open after crash 6 months ago:
- Comment on Terrified friends burn to death trapped in Tesla as doors won't open after crash 6 months ago:
This is what it says on their website. Hope you’ve got the link handy if you’re in a crash, and also that you’re not in one that doesn’t have this…
- Comment on God of War Ragnarok PC port suffers review bombing on Steam due to PlayStation Network account requirement 8 months ago:
Funny, I don’t remember PC gamers flipping out when they had to make UPlay accounts and Rockstar Social Club accounts to play those games on Steam. Those were single player as well.
- Comment on There's a reason we aren't as harsh on the Steam Deck. Actually, a couple. 8 months ago:
It might do now. They’ve done a lot of improvements.
Even on PS5 it was an absolute mess in co-op. 30fps (if you were lucky) all round, constant freezes (several seconds) when swapping characters, many many crashes. Whenever we told it to save, we’d have to both touch nothing to make sure it didn’t crash while saving. Oh, and there was a bug meaning only the player who chose to sleep for the day would get any companion progression.
- Comment on There's a reason we aren't as harsh on the Steam Deck. Actually, a couple. 8 months ago:
I really like my PS5, but I see no value in a model costing 80% more and being only current for half a generation.
All that for an “up to” 40% performance increase.
I don’t care how much of a graphics nerd someone is, that just isn’t worth it.
- Comment on There's a reason we aren't as harsh on the Steam Deck. Actually, a couple. 8 months ago:
The dollar ain’t buying what it used to either.
Also, remember that our prices include VAT, so we slap 20% on it right there. That £700 is £583 excluding the VAT.
That’s still 10% more than in the US doing a direct currency conversion, but it’s not quite as bad as it first looks.
Still a lot of money for a games console though, especially a mid gen refresh. Paying at the start of a gen for 8 years gaming ain’t too bad when you look at it per year. PS5 Pro will be over 4 years, and on that alone is piss-poor value.
