I have been thinking if I get a new gpu to go AMD this time though, which is a shame because I don't want to give up things like dlss and good RT performance

Amd seems to be catching up fairly well in those departments. Rt is still not as good as latest gen nvidia, but I expect the upcoming 9060 series' rt to be a step up compared to the 2060's.

Not sure about fsr4, though. If the ps5pro's version had been identical, one could have been confident of dev support. As it is now? Not sure. Maybe if sony manages to port it properly.

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Since they have changed their FAQ, let us not forget them going Ooblets on us during the exclusivity period:

Their only fault was in not realising that too many gamers nowadays suffer from a distinct lack of a sense of humour and/or take themselves far too seriously. Not to mention an empathy deficit for the insane piracy numbers of their first title.

Personally, I am pleasantly surprised it didn't turn them into cynical bastards who decided to punish all of us (since paying fans of the original are a tiny minority) and still offer a drm-free version.

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Plus these creator packs which can be purchased individually or free as part of the Ultimate Edition:

<pedantic>That's not "free as part of", that is "included in the price of".</pedantic>

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Have been getting a bit peeved at heroic lately - having no option to keep it offline and not being able to disable playtime tracking creeps me out. That's on top of the annoyance of having a shop inside the launcher.

I am an un-fan of the slow but steady stacking of such features that one can't disable.

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Good timing, bricktales and the hero of the kingdom series happened to be both on sale on gog ^_^

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Oh, that's an interesting option, thank you. I was somewhat aware underclocking was an option, I just didn't know the ratio was this good.

The Big Trick™ with underclocking is that you can combine it with undervolting.

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I find it interesting there's just a $50 gap between the two. Which means .... why does the regular 9070 even exist?

Likely to be chips that didn't make the cut for the xt.

Yields are said (by amd) to be excellent this gen, so the xt is the primary product, with the non-xt's msrp at release a bit higher than they really expect to sell it at, just in case some people get em at that price.

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I get what makes it different, but i still don't understand WHY would anyone use it, to me it's like bottles/lutris/heroic with less features?

It could be the grandpa in me talking

Funny: when I am in grandpa-mode I complain about heroic getting a bit too bloated for its own good, with features one can't disable.

Integrated shop, library refresh at startup, creepy playtime tracking, etc.

Think I'll be taking a peek to see whether mini-galaxy is closed to my liking.

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There's going to be so many issues with this. People using AI not declaring it, or using it for other aspects. Say, translation. What if I write a game in french and use the help of ChatGPT to translate it?

Not sure of the definitions, but I always understood translations not to be generative. As long as you use a dedicated translator ai tool (deepl, google translate) and are open about its use, you would be in the clear.

If it were to become an issue: quite a few indies rely on community translations.

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Here, have this game with mandatory raytracing and most settings only affecting VRAM usage. But offer enough upscaling solutions? Nah.

Amusingly, it seems to run quite well on linux systems with cards known to lack rt hardware (via software layer), such as the vega64 and rx5700.

Such a farce...

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