Quoting: ShmerlVery nice. If only they'd be available in stores :)

Seems like the scalpers are already all over ebay, and they're opening the box too.

Much as I want the card, I'm going to wait for proper prices. My only chance of getting one is through e-tailers, Malta is a country of Nvidia fanboys, the shops here barely stock AMD GPUs, sometimes even Ryzens are lacking.

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Even more performance from the RX 6800 cards: https://www.phoronix.com/scan.php?page=article&item=rx6800-more-performance&num=1 [External Link]

I can't wait to get my hands on one of them.

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Good good, this means that's 1 less reason for devs to use DX12 and DXR. Convincing them Vulkan is the better option will probably be the hardest part.

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8GB is not bad at all, I still do a lot of gaming on a system with this amount. Some titles do use the swap file by a few megs but nothing serious.

What is horrible to see though is that single ram slot on a 1k euro laptop. If I was in the market for a laptop, this certainly wouldn't be it.

The hinge design in the pic doesn't look too bad, and it's easy enough to loosen those hinges should it become tough to open and risking damaging it.

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Video playback fixes

I skipped the mfplat report on 5.21, but looks like I'll have a busy day testing tomorrow. I've got a few new additions to the list too.

Also it might be a good time to test some old games with video issues.

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Quoting: ShmerlUpdating firmware from upstream is not hard. Seriously.

My Debian 9 dinosauric OS is ready :grin:

Kernel 5.9.9
Mesa 20.2.2
Firmware added

Bonus: Also have Mesa 20.3 configuration ready, rc2 working fine but I'll wait for the official release.

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Here is your daily dose of not-linux-gaming news

I'd still try to game on it.:tongue:

I've been experimenting with running Linux on my android phones for a couple of years now. It's not exactly straightforward or easy stuff but a great learning experience. I managed to run normal desktop software such as firefox and such, maybe one day will get 3D acceleration working.

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As a reminder to GOG users buying their games:

They still didn't bother to update the outdated GOG Linux version of their previous game 'World to the West'. I've let them know about it and still nothing has been done.

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Quoting: tuubi

Quoting: Avehicle7887Also you might want to make a backup of your xorg.conf file. In my case I also had to run "Xorg -configure" to create a new one to accomodate the AMD gpu.

You should simply remove the old xorg.conf file. You don't need one for AMD or Intel.

In case you want to fiddle with options (e.g. to enable TearFree), it's better to just create a new file in /etc/X11/xorg.conf.d/ containing nothing but the device section for the driver.

I didn't know that, thanks!

Quoting: ShmerlCustom models will come out on November 25th.

And so it seems I have been spamming the Amazon search button for nothing. Time to mark my calendar (again). :wink:

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I think AMD made a huge improvement with those new GPU's and that solid Mesa support on day 1 is a big plus. I'm not too bothered by the slower RT performance either or lack of DLSS.

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Quoting: ageresI'll start to put aside money for RX 6800 XT. By the way, how to switch from Nvidia to AMD? Do I have to uninstall the Nvidia driver first and then swap cards, or do something else?

I went through that process for one of my systems. I first made sure I have all the updated packages ready at hand (Mesa, Kernel, LLVM and the firmware. Then as the last step I uninstalled the Nvidia driver (.run package from their site) and then installed Mesa.

Also you might want to make a backup of your xorg.conf file. In my case I also had to run "Xorg -configure" to create a new one to accomodate the AMD gpu.

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