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Epic reaffirming my decision to not sign up for an account, even if they sometimes give free games.

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Nvidia didn't start supporting Adaptive Sync until 2019, so it's unlikely but you could try it easily enough by disabling G-Sync (assuming your monitor's OSD gives you the option).

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Quoting: MayeulC

Quoting: EhvisIt didn't help that my current monitor is g-sync and that switching colours meant I'd have to go Freesync and get a new monitor as well. Just didn't feel like researching that.

What monitor do you have? I do know of any monitor that supports G-Sync but not Freesync (or adaptative sync).

Quoting: MayeulC

Quoting: EhvisIt didn't help that my current monitor is g-sync and that switching colours meant I'd have to go Freesync and get a new monitor as well. Just didn't feel like researching that.

What monitor do you have? I do know of any monitor that supports G-Sync but not Freesync (or adaptative sync).

Asus ROG PG348. One with an actual nvidia board. If it supports Freesync/Vesa adaptive sync, it isn't mentioned.

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May I ask why you don't like liquid coolers? My last two CPUs have both had liquid coolers, and they are straightforward to set up and work well.

Watercooling takes less space in the buiild, but is overall more prone to failures (not just leaking, but pump failures and air bubbles leading to increased noise). It's a reason I've stuck to aircooling until now, even on a 13900K and now a 9950X3D.

I suppose the 9950X3D2 will work fine on a high-end aircooler (I use a Noctua NH-D15 personally), but you'll want to undervolt it like any high-end CPU to keep the power consumption to reasonable levels. I have my 9950X3D on -30 curve optimizer and it barely throttles at full all-core loads (much less than the 13900K at -90 mV did).

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This will be great for my Factorio base

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Quoting: sonic2kkLiquid cooler recommended? No thanks.

May I ask why you don't like liquid coolers? My last two CPUs have both had liquid coolers, and they are straightforward to set up and work well.

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Quoting: ScottCarammell

Quoting: Cyba.CowboyThat's NEVER gonna happen - Tim Sweeny is openly anti-Linux, and he's quite vocal about it, too. If you're really keen, you can play it on your Stream Deck via Remote Play... It takes a bit of mucking around to get the settings just right, so gameplay is smooth; but it works.

I wouldn't be that cynical about it, it's always possible especially as Linux continues to grow. But unlikely? Definitely

Have you ever read Tim Sweeny's comments about Linux? The man almost-certainly has more love for Hitler than he does for Linux.

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Liam, Thank you for posting your experience with FSR & the FPS experience you are getting with your hardware setup.
I missed the news whenever FSR started working on linux.

I will need to upgrade form my ancient GTX 770 to a low end AMD video card whenever prices come back to earth in like 3 years.

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Liquid cooler recommended? No thanks.

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Apart from the handful of G-Sync module displays (G-Sync Ultimate) all G-Sync compatible displays are wrappers around VESA's adaptive sync just like Freesync.

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Quoting: Liam Dawe

Quoting: dimko

Quoting: BalkanSpy

Quoting: dimkoPay to win game got expansion, hooray!

It's not a pay to win game, it's a pay to skip the grind game.

If you have not grinded, and you are in the queue against guy who did - who will win?

Even if you win in team vs team, you - will be cannon fodder and he will be cannon fodder killer. Much fun!

Your comment doesn't really make sense. You get matched up with people around the same vehicle unlock level as you regardless of paying or not.

So you want to tell me it levels on vehicle AND skill? Also, crew? free tier AFAIK - can not be rested more often, so inherent advantage there. AND models of vehicles not available to free players. The fact you don't know it well enough gives disadvantage, even if paid for vehicles are worse.

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Quoting: EhvisIt didn't help that my current monitor is g-sync and that switching colours meant I'd have to go Freesync and get a new monitor as well. Just didn't feel like researching that.

What monitor do you have? I do know of any monitor that supports G-Sync but not Freesync (or adaptative sync).

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That is horrible. I'm still very annoyed of the first wave of destruction as mentioned by M@GOid – that was baffling as well. Why destroy something that works? The generic name on local leaderboards is stupid.

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Quoting: ChrisLane

Quoting: dimkoWhen comes to actual coding - game was and still is in poor optimization state.

The game has also had a huge RAM and VRAM leak in the Vulkan Linux build for a long time now, it's not present in the OpenGL version ...

I quit playing last year, but when I did play, I just ran the Windows version via Proton. Ran 1000% better than the native Linux build. Not ideal, but it is what it is.

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Quoting: Natanox

Game preservation takes another hit.

And "piracy" gains new fans, as usual. After all the game is preserved and will most likely still be available, just involuntarily.

It'll probably appear on abandonware sites which AFAIK are legal (though probably abit of a grey area)

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Same, on a 9800X3D currently and not coming close to maxing it out currently. Sure this is a nice processor but I think will be overkill for most folks.

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Quoting: scaineIt wouldn't even need 5090-like speeds! Who's gonna pay over 2 grand for one of those?? It just needs to be a decent upgrade on their current "flagship" model, which barely competes with the 5070.

Similar for me. I intended to do an upgrade last year, but when the current AMD gen skipped a high end model, I left it to wait for another generation. Knowing what I know now, that may not have been the best choice.

It didn't help that my current monitor is g-sync and that switching colours meant I'd have to go Freesync and get a new monitor as well. Just didn't feel like researching that.

This CPU though, a little above my TDP interests.

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Another one gets Rocket League'd.

It is getting pulled because it supports Linux natively. We can't have that, no can we?

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oh. I thought they weren't gonna bother. alright fair enough, buying

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I went for the Ryzen7 9800X3D at the tail end of last year and it was already more than I wanted to spend on a CPU! I didn't think any of the Ryzen9 chips were worth the money, tbh. God knows what this will cost when it lands!

I wish AMD would focus on GPUs. Now, more than ever, they could establish themselves competitively in the GPU market. With Nvidia prices being absolutely exorbitant, a half-way decently priced upgrade to the 9700XT would be well received by people like myself still rocking the 6800XT or even the 7900XTX.

It wouldn't even need 5090-like speeds! Who's gonna pay over 2 grand for one of those?? It just needs to be a decent upgrade on their current "flagship" model, which barely competes with the 5070.

Ah well. I can dream.

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Such a shame - I've owned Turbo since it's release. It really is a great racing game. I agree with Liam - Why de-list it? Makes zero sense at all. The game isn't even that old. SMH.

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Quoting: Billli11

Quoting: dubigrasuThough apparently they broken the "normal" beta client. It did on my system and I've see a couple of reports on Reddit and GitHub.

Did you have env set in launch option?

Try env -- <ENV> %command%

https://github.com/ValveSoftware/steam-for-linux/issues/13012#issuecomment-4131855670

OK yes, that fixed it, many thanks.

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Quoting: Liam Dawe

Quoting: dimko

Quoting: BalkanSpy

Quoting: dimkoPay to win game got expansion, hooray!

It's not a pay to win game, it's a pay to skip the grind game.

If you have not grinded, and you are in the queue against guy who did - who will win?

Even if you win in team vs team, you - will be cannon fodder and he will be cannon fodder killer. Much fun!

Your comment doesn't really make sense. You get matched up with people around the same vehicle unlock level as you regardless of paying or not.

I haven't played the game, but I think he's saying at an equivalent level of vehicle unlock, the one who's spent grinding hours playing the game to get the unlock will almost certainly defeat the one who just bought the vehicle.

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Another victim of the collossal cluster-fluff that is Epic Games. Shame, I enjoyed Horizon Chase Turbo. Wouldn't entertain buying the second game on EGS. doesn't exist to me.

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I enjoyed FH4 and FH5, but man I hope they do away with all that awkwardness that is the XBox login rubbish. No end of trouble signing in on Linux. That and because the Xbox game bar isn't on linux, connecting with friends meant I had to mess around with my phone app which was inevitibly clunky, unreliable and too hard basket. Effectively, it was a single player game to me. It still daunts me to think about going through it all again in FH6. Yes it 'works' on Steam Deck and Linux, but does it work 'well'?

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Quoting: EikeSearches hint to rubber-banding opponents? That would be a no thanks for me than...

It's not my experience, maybe they do it a little, but usually when you clear them and drive well enough, they don't catch up if you are faster than them. The problem is also moot when you are playing multiplayer, as its usually all real players in the front.

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Quoting: Billli11

Quoting: dubigrasuThough apparently they broken the "normal" beta client. It did on my system and I've see a couple of reports on Reddit and GitHub.

Did you have env set in launch option?

Try env -- <ENV> %command%

https://github.com/ValveSoftware/steam-for-linux/issues/13012#issuecomment-4131855670

Yeah, I saw your comments on the related Github issue, I'll try as soon as possible.

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Not saying it's the case here, but sometimes these delisting announcements are meant to incite FOMO buying in game collectors and people who are still on the fence. Plus free publicity and all that.

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Game preservation takes another hit.

And "piracy" gains new fans, as usual. After all the game is preserved and will most likely still be available, just involuntarily.

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Quoting: dubigrasuThough apparently they broken the "normal" beta client. It did on my system and I've see a couple of reports on Reddit and GitHub.

Did you have env set in launch option?

Try env -- <ENV> %command%

https://github.com/ValveSoftware/steam-for-linux/issues/13012#issuecomment-4131855670

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