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Europa Universalis IV: Rights of Man released, brings major changes
11 Oct 2016 at 5:06 pm UTC
11 Oct 2016 at 5:06 pm UTC
I'm looking for a favorite new RTS, not sure which game will be the funnest.
Anyone got anything to share about linux RTS'
Anyone got anything to share about linux RTS'
Superposition Benchmark, a new GPU stress-testing tool from UNIGINE
11 Oct 2016 at 5:03 pm UTC Likes: 1
11 Oct 2016 at 5:03 pm UTC Likes: 1
Phoenix is going to use this no doubt, this is great news.
Parkitect, the cute theme park builder updated again with new rides, loans and more
11 Oct 2016 at 5:00 pm UTC
11 Oct 2016 at 5:00 pm UTC
How is it compared to RTC2?
Feral Interactive will be livestreaming the soon to be released Mad Max Linux port
10 Oct 2016 at 8:54 pm UTC Likes: 2
All n's should mow be supplememted in favour of m's
10 Oct 2016 at 8:54 pm UTC Likes: 2
Quoting: kit89Spelling mistake in the title, soom should be soon?Nah, English Capitol has just instituted a new spelling to remind us that they can ;)
All n's should mow be supplememted in favour of m's
'Critical Annihilation', a twin-stick shoot 'em up made entirely out of destructible voxels has a Linux build
10 Oct 2016 at 9:35 am UTC Likes: 1
10 Oct 2016 at 9:35 am UTC Likes: 1
Steam Survey 3 months in a row.
'Enclave', the 2003 action RPG now has a Linux beta that uses Wine
9 Oct 2016 at 1:38 am UTC Likes: 3
9 Oct 2016 at 1:38 am UTC Likes: 3
Quoting: niarbeht2003 called, it's trying to get some of that Penguin Money.
Quoting: thykrTopware! The german scumbags who stole money from the honest Transcripted devs!So.... More information please? Lots of information is missing & everyone is capable of mistakes - was the motive behind that skirmish identifiable or was it a muddy battle?
Do NOT buy anything from them! They are rascals! They were supposed to be bankrupted by now, but somehow they still exist!
Boycott Topware! Do NOT feed the german mafia!
'Noob Squad' is a perfect example of why Valve need to pay more attention to their own store
9 Oct 2016 at 12:06 am UTC Likes: 2
9 Oct 2016 at 12:06 am UTC Likes: 2
Quoting: liamdaweSarcastic angry or annoyed Liam articles are fucking fun to read. Thanks for saving us the trouble of getting this.Quoting: GuestDon't buy it?No shit.
The open source Vulkan driver for AMD 'radv' has been merged into Mesa
7 Oct 2016 at 8:21 pm UTC Likes: 1
Nvidia blob has always acted kindof janky and given Linux a "second-world" or "second-class" feel to it, but since I moved to RX 480 support is rock solid.
There are minor setbacks and some games perform worse than others (Ark won't load at all) but I generally do about ~100 FPS @ 1080p, 360 FPS on CS:S and CS:GO, Gary's Mod isn't very optimized and dips but I can't recall dropping below 55-60 FPS on anything.
You do kindof want to be using the latest MESA-git and xf86-video-amdgpu (Post July 2016) equivalent in your distro -- and that's about it.
I got bills to pay before I buy a second RX 480 for my girls rig, her nVidia 970 does what it needs to and has better stability via DVI-D anyways. (The major issue for me was that the NVidia doesn't really play nice with HDMI as the only connection -- you'd think this would be a major oversight as Steam Machines are probbaly 100% HDMI? Weird.)
While the GTX 10XX are outselling the RX 4XX I suspect that on Linux AMD will gain a fair marketshare in the next year so long as people's upgrade cycle coincides (Maybe 30-40% AMD?) A couple years from now I would love to see 70% AMD, or a open source nvidia driver -- thats the only thing that will make me agnostic again to the whole GPU war.
7 Oct 2016 at 8:21 pm UTC Likes: 1
Quoting: AnxiousInfusionDepending on your use case AMDGPU can be superior at delivering stability if that's a issue in your current setup.Quoting: ShmerlBy that time, radv can be even better already. AMD developers are also considering stopping their current tedious pre-opensourcing review efforts, and instead complete radv with missing pieces. In the end, as long as result is working well and is open, everyone will be happy.I, too, am considering forgoing AMDGPU and just using Mesa instead since that is the default in so many distributions anyway. Whatever is easier.
Nvidia blob has always acted kindof janky and given Linux a "second-world" or "second-class" feel to it, but since I moved to RX 480 support is rock solid.
There are minor setbacks and some games perform worse than others (Ark won't load at all) but I generally do about ~100 FPS @ 1080p, 360 FPS on CS:S and CS:GO, Gary's Mod isn't very optimized and dips but I can't recall dropping below 55-60 FPS on anything.
You do kindof want to be using the latest MESA-git and xf86-video-amdgpu (Post July 2016) equivalent in your distro -- and that's about it.
I got bills to pay before I buy a second RX 480 for my girls rig, her nVidia 970 does what it needs to and has better stability via DVI-D anyways. (The major issue for me was that the NVidia doesn't really play nice with HDMI as the only connection -- you'd think this would be a major oversight as Steam Machines are probbaly 100% HDMI? Weird.)
While the GTX 10XX are outselling the RX 4XX I suspect that on Linux AMD will gain a fair marketshare in the next year so long as people's upgrade cycle coincides (Maybe 30-40% AMD?) A couple years from now I would love to see 70% AMD, or a open source nvidia driver -- thats the only thing that will make me agnostic again to the whole GPU war.
The open source Vulkan driver for AMD 'radv' has been merged into Mesa
7 Oct 2016 at 7:54 pm UTC Likes: 1
7 Oct 2016 at 7:54 pm UTC Likes: 1
What a glorious day for Canada + Linux, and therefore the rest of the world.
AMD's radeonsi driver is really close to having full OpenGL 4.4 support, with OpenGL 4.5 already done
7 Oct 2016 at 10:21 am UTC Likes: 3
Polaris has turned out to be a good time to switch to Red Team for me.
7 Oct 2016 at 10:21 am UTC Likes: 3
Quoting: crt0megaAnd maybe me too depending on the performance difference of Polaris and Vega.Quoting: ElectricPrismIn fact I did just that earlier this week and expressed how I kicked $800 of Nvidia to the curb in favor of MESA and RX 480 – because it's important to me that they know what people like me are doing and how we're thinking so they can better service us and we can service them with $$$.I'm still waiting for Vega to replace my aging HD7970 :D
Polaris has turned out to be a good time to switch to Red Team for me.
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