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Latest Comments by mr-victory
Intel and NVIDIA drivers holding back a public SteamOS release, Valve not trying to compete with Windows
15 Jan 2025 at 6:34 pm UTC Likes: 1

Bad performance with some DX12 titles, worse RT perf compared to Windows, lack of HDR or multi monitor VRR support, performance regressions with driver updates etc.

Intel and NVIDIA drivers holding back a public SteamOS release, Valve not trying to compete with Windows
15 Jan 2025 at 4:26 pm UTC Likes: 1

AMD has open source drivers and proprietary libraries for compute (ROCm), we could see a similar outcome for Nvidia.

Why are there so many different Proton versions? Proton 8, Proton 9, Experimental, GE-Proton
10 Jan 2025 at 3:59 pm UTC Likes: 3

Liam, could you add Proton Sarek to this guide?

Space Marine 2 fixes online for Steam Deck but may need launch option on desktop Linux
8 Oct 2024 at 4:07 pm UTC

Quoting: CatKillerIt's so weird that game devs do that, especially when there are fewer Deck users on Steam than non-Deck Linux users on Steam.
Deck users are significantly more active than PC users in general.

Microsoft Windows kernel changes don't suddenly mean big things for Linux gaming
23 Sep 2024 at 4:43 am UTC

Quoting: LoudTechieIf there currently exists a statisfying answer it's probably encoded in the source code of safe exam browser.
SEB is open source? I'd expect such a software to go down the security through obscurity route.

Microsoft Windows kernel changes don't suddenly mean big things for Linux gaming
16 Sep 2024 at 1:46 pm UTC Likes: 2

Quoting: LoudTechieSecure boot, trust zone, tpms
If a game demands a signed kernel/OS/whatever then what's the point of using Linux? The freedom is gone.

Microsoft Windows kernel changes don't suddenly mean big things for Linux gaming
15 Sep 2024 at 6:17 pm UTC Likes: 2

Devs using eBPF on Windows will not be fine using eBPF on Linux because on Linux you can go one level deeper than that: The Linux kernel. On Windows, cheaters punch through vulnerable drivers for kernel level execution, this is why Valorant's Vanguard blocked keyboard drivers and stuff.

European Consumer Organization goes after multiple publishers for their in-game currency
13 Sep 2024 at 7:38 pm UTC Likes: 2

Quoting: PenglingGood lord, I never even got close to being given that much pocket-money in a month when I was a kid!
My guess is a lot of kids are f2p and there is one kid who figures out how to do IAP and spends an unhealthy amount of money.