Can't remember... Does the SC Controller turns itself off when we launch Steam? I think it was on the todo list, but I lost track.

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Quoting: Mohandevir

Quoting: dubigrasuI'd very much prefer to have them keep the left trackpad, since is much more usefull than a simple dpad.

Don't get me wrong, the left trackpad is doing the job. It's just that it gives a weird d-pad feeling. I was just wondering if there are situations where the left trackpad is used for something else than a d-pad.

It is a bad dpad for sure, seems to be an agreement about this. I'm guessing that if someone is heavily into platforms, he's totally not gonna like the Steam Controller, no matter how useful is the left trackpad.
But I think that overall the left trackpad redeems itself through its multiple uses.

Here's a video showing some things you can do with it. Granted, many configuration options he's talking about can be applied now to a lot of classic controllers. When the Steam Controller was released it had a definite edge over a regular controller because of its unique configuration options, but now thanks to Valve's support you can apply that to any controller. Sure, some left trackpad options can be somewhat applied to a regular dpad, since they overlap a bit, but in practice and in the actual gameplay, the trackpad takes the cake.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=j9hcntkvKX8 [External Link]

A numpad... Forgot about this one. Even worse, I use it in ESO. #Facepalm

Thanks for making me remember.

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Quoting: dubigrasuI'd very much prefer to have them keep the left trackpad, since is much more usefull than a simple dpad.

Don't get me wrong, the left trackpad is doing the job. It's just that it gives a weird d-pad feeling. I was just wondering if there are situations where the left trackpad is used for something else than a d-pad.

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Congratulations! Keep doing your awesome work! You are my #1 source of information for Linux gaming, since 2014.

"May you live long and prosper". :)

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Ok now... Where is the Steam Machine that's selling with it? :wink:

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Quoting: AnanaceI love the trackpads on it, though I'm not perfectly sold on the patterning on the left one.

I didn't witness a situation where the left trackpad was really needed... In my personnal experience, it could be replaced with a standard d-pad, similar to what you get in a DS4... Unless there are some special use case that I don't know of? I'm just curious to know...

Edit: d-pad... That's what I meant. Thanks seanbutnotheard!

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Oooooohhhhhhh yeeeeeessssss!

I was affraid to lose my trackpads if ever one of my Steam Controller failed me. Best news since Steamplay!

Edit: I'm in a Doom run, atm, and I tried playing it with my Shield controller, with a DS4 that I borrowed from my son's PS4 and nothing comes close to my SC's trackpad with the gyro for precision shooting.

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Quoting: dubigrasu@Mohandevir

I bought few months ago a Sapphire Radeon RX 590 Nitro+, and is remarkably cool and quiet with good performance too, at least for the money.
I'm not sure if it works on SteamOS though, if you're still using it. When I bought mine I had to add a custom kernel since the existing one was too old for the card.
Some details about this particular card:
https://www.pcworld.com/article/3323380/sapphire-radeon-rx-590-nitro-review.html [External Link]

At the time when I bought it, it was the best card for the money from the red camp. I think the Nvidia equivalent for it is GTX 1660ti.

SteamOS is not a problem. I use it on my secondary build (for my kids) along with an older GPU (where my actual GTX960 will be). Since the newer stuff is on my personal rig and I need more bleeding edge drivers, I use my "Steambuntu" setup. :)

Thanks for the input.

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Quoting: YoRHa-2BCan't really say that the much more expensive MSI Gaming X model of my RX 480 is free of issues either - I mean, the heat sink is very strong and the card is very quiet under full load, but I had to re-seat the cooler and re-paste the card three times by now because it randomly lost die contact for no reason.

:O

Can't say for Nvidia, but it seems making a reliable AMD card is a not a science MSI masters...

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Quoting: tuubi

Quoting: DaiKaiser93

Quoting: MohandevirThing is, when you buy a GPU, you don't buy it thinking it will break in the next 6 months. This one had really cheap fans that had bearing noise problems. None of my GTX650 (ASUS), GTX750 ti (Gigabyte) and GTX960 (Gigabyte) had these problems and I never paid for premium models. There's a minimum quality that must be respected. Not going to buy any GPU from MSI ever again.

I don't believe is something with MSI as a whole, I'm running a MSI RX580 Gaming X for 2 years now and haven't had any problems with it.

Maybe it was a bad unit?

Well, I bought an MSI Armor RX580 8G a few months back, and I actually avoid playing anything too GPU-heavy because of the hellish noise it makes, so I wouldn't bet on it. There's also an unhealthy, intermittent rattle coming from the bearings already. This is probably the first and the last MSI product I'll ever buy.

Weird thing is, I couldn't find a single review that had bad things to say about the heatsink back when I bought it. Now there seems to be a new version of the card/heatsink though, so maybe they made it better. Doesn't help me or Mohandevir or course.

Exactly my experience too. And not long after that, Newegg got totally invaded with MSI Armor RX580 refurbished units (same model than mine). A really bad product from MSI, unfortunately.

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