Controllers: does rumble work?

First thing I tested with my 8bitdo Ultimate 2C.
Rumble works flawlessly with the dongle (2.4ghz) but not via Bluetooth.

That's already better than GeForce Now on Nvidia Shield. Rumble only works with the official Nvidia Shield Controller that Nvidia doesn't sell anymore.

[Start of sarcasm] Thanks Nvidia! [End of sarcasm]

Edit: By the way, there is a free tier for GeForce Now. It might be hard to get through the queue, but for testing purpose, it might be enough to answer some of your other questions.

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Just a reminder that it's easily possible, and free, to stream your PC with Steam Remote Play...

Did that, when I was using an Nvidia GPU (GTX 1660 Super). Now that I have an RX6600, my streaming quality is far worse than GeForce Now. Way too much stuttering! Can't figure out why.

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Even though it has been announced and "released", the download page at time of writing has not been updated to the new app.

It explains why I tried downloading it (before reading this page) and ended up with the same "Chrome installation" script that I already have.

Let's hope it gets updated real soon.

Edit: It seems it's updated now.

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Yep! Just like Google is still making phones, even though Samsung and many others are using Android for their own phones.

I think that's what Valve is trying to recreate, with SteamOS.

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What I would like to know it's if Valve are working on something to make SteamOS egpu compatible?

Every source I found are telling the same thing: you need Windows to get egpu support. Is there a major technical roadblock that prevents SteamOS from supporting that feature?

Because, the Legion Go S, with SteamOS, is supposed to support that...

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I got two Ultimate 2C wireless, some months ago. They are pretty solid. LTT did a review of these, at that time. It seems the input lag (latency) from the 2.4ghz is the lowest you can get, compared to all other controllers. It beats wired controllers. Even in Bluetooth mode, they are among the best.

https://linustechtips.com/topic/1583017-why-is-everyone-buying-this-controller/ [External Link]

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Games are requiring more and more VRAM, not less.

Because of 4k textures? Raytracing?
Looking forward to the first benchmarks. I can't believe it won't be a huge upgrade over my RX6600.

Edit: Ok sorry... Didn't got my 2nd coffee! 50$, between both model. Not 150$, like I wrongly calculated. Muuuch better. Yeah. The 8gb model just got less interresting.

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Just a question... 8gb vram... If I play exclusively in 1080p, is it going to be enough?

Seriously, I have absolutely no interrest in 4k gaming.

Edit: 150$USD difference between the 16gb and 8gb versions... I seriously consider the 8gb model. Oups! 50$!

It should still be much more powerfull than my RX6600 which is still really capable and yep, the 8gb version should have been called the RX 9060.

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@Mountain_Man

This is a common complaint, but as far as I know, it has never been conclusively proven. It's mostly just anecdotal with people seeing bad performance and blaming Denuvo because "This other game without Denuvo works just fine!" which is hardly definitive.

While this is still anecdotal, I heard people complain specifically about performance gains from using versions without denuvo on specific games (be that pirated copies which were able to remove denuvo, or official patches that removed drm altogether). Though, it may also depend on specific game and how it handles data loading from disk?

I know the BS Denuvo is spreading, but the latest example that comes to my mind is Jedi Survivor. It was just a terrible stutter fest, totally unplayable, even on high end hardware, before they removed Denuvo.

It's the third game I personnally witness where there is a major performance/experience boost, when Denuvo is removed. They always hide this behind "other updates", but I've not seen such day an night difference, in other update contexts.

1+1=2

Edit: Wrote Jedi Fallen Order... Wrong game.

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Proton 10 beta? Problems with previous versions?

Just launched it with the default proton (9.0.4?). Didn't witness anything wrong, but I didn't do an extensive test. Anything we should be aware of?

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