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Valve expand Steam Input to support more of the PS5 DualSense Controller
21 Nov 2020 at 4:36 pm UTC Likes: 1

Btw, any recent rumours about a Steam Controller 2?

Wine compatibility layer development release 5.22 is up, video fixes and 3DES support
21 Nov 2020 at 1:07 am UTC

Quoting: CatKiller
Quoting: PalancaWhat is your problem with CP2077? if i may ask...
I've got no opinion on the game. It might be great, it might be terrible: we'll see when they stop crunching their devs and release it.

CDPR, though, are Linux-hostile, and used the CP2077 Twitter account to mock people for wanting a Linux Galaxy client.
This?

https://twitter.com/CyberpunkGame/status/1012760227148587009 [External Link]

My experiences of Valve's VR on Linux
13 Nov 2020 at 9:50 am UTC Likes: 1

I got a spare key for Creed: Rise to Glory
https://store.steampowered.com/app/804490/Creed_Rise_to_Glory/ [External Link]

Doesn't currently run with Proton!

Feel free to drop me a DM.

AMD reveal RDNA 2 with Radeon RX 6900 XT, Radeon RX 6800 XT, Radeon RX 6800
31 Oct 2020 at 9:25 am UTC

Quoting: Tuxee
Quoting: subCongrats AMD!

I got myself a 5700XT in early January.
Experience was (still is) absolutely flawless.
Worked out-of-the-box.
Performance is great for playing games in FHD and WQHD high settings.

I can't tell anything about release time but, indeed, I heard it was *rough*. :)
Indeed it was. My 5700 has been chugging along for the past few months without any problems and hiccups. And everything was good - until my 5500XT (in a second machine) met kernel 5.8.13 and later. It will disable a second display with any kernel > 5.8.12. No way to activate the second display.
The recipe for problem seems to be the mixture of 2+ displays (resolutions don't matter, one display won't cut it), RDNA and amdgpu. The bugtracker on freedesktop.org is still being fed with rather bizarre bugs.
Hmm. I have a WQHD monitor attached along with a UHD TV.
No issues at all. Never had.

Awesome 3D emulator for the NES '3dSen PC' adds more iconic game support
30 Oct 2020 at 4:14 pm UTC Likes: 2

Quoting: dpanterCurrently nice Halloween prices, 20% off 3dSen PC (6,5€) and 30% off 3dSen VR (11,75€), the VR version also works as the normal PC version so you don't need to buy twice. :)

At the moment 3dSen does not support mapper24 or additional sound chips. Geod intends to switch to a better core for improved compatibility and performance, no ETA though. That VCR6 chip sure does sound lovely...
Thanks for the info.

I mistyped the chip.
It's actually VRC6 :)

https://wiki.nesdev.com/w/index.php/VRC6_audio [External Link]

Awesome 3D emulator for the NES '3dSen PC' adds more iconic game support
30 Oct 2020 at 2:42 pm UTC Likes: 3

This is such a great idea and so well executed.

The VR version though, despite providing a big wooha effect, is too stressing for my eyes/heah.

Hope he will include Castlevania 3 soon and support the Japanese version.
This came, contrary to the US/EU versions, with a separate sound chip on the module (VRC6)
and sounds nothing but amazing. N.B. only the Japanese Famicon technically supported
extra chips on the module as the SNES later did for all regions.

Just listen to this (there are ROM hacks with English text on the jap version)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KqyoTvZ5cOE&t=160 [External Link]

Yeah, that's the original sound of the jap cartridge.

AMD reveal RDNA 2 with Radeon RX 6900 XT, Radeon RX 6800 XT, Radeon RX 6800
28 Oct 2020 at 8:55 pm UTC Likes: 5

Congrats AMD!

I got myself a 5700XT in early January.
Experience was (still is) absolutely flawless.
Worked out-of-the-box.
Performance is great for playing games in FHD and WQHD high settings.

I can't tell anything about release time but, indeed, I heard it was *rough*. :)

If I'd still be with my Radeon HD 7900 (I had before switching to the 5700XT)
getting one of these new beasts would be a no brainer. :)

Think my 5700 XT will be replaced soonest with RDNA3.

AMD and Lisa Su are really doing a fabulous job.
Btw, the recent news about AMD acquiring Xilinx is also *very* clever imho.
Way more than Nvidia buying ARM - especially when RISC V gains more and more well deserved attention/adoption.
ARM will still be strong for some more years - but they will be challenged.

AMD reveal RDNA 2 with Radeon RX 6900 XT, Radeon RX 6800 XT, Radeon RX 6800
28 Oct 2020 at 12:43 pm UTC Likes: 26

Please consider supporting AMD.

I don't really mind proprietary games, but as a Linux user
I clearly want my computer infrastructure being as open as possible.
Hardware, drivers and libs.

This is where AMD shines, if you're smart enough to value this.

You may want to avoid Linux Kernel 5.9 if you want fully supported NVIDIA drivers
19 Oct 2020 at 3:31 pm UTC

Great. Hope there is no way for Nvidia to cheat this time.

vkd3d, the Direct3D 12 to Vulkan translation library releases version 1.2
22 Sep 2020 at 10:41 am UTC Likes: 7

Quoting: Guest
Quoting: subThat last paragraph.
You're right.
Didn't think of that. :/
In particular the id Software guys put Vulkan to really good use.
Would be interesting to see if they'll be forced to change their backend.
Since its Microsoft i wouldnt be surprised to see it happen.
But they said they changed and now ... love Linux.

*clownface*