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Latest Comments by dubigrasu
Looks like the F1 2015 Linux private beta was left open for the free weekend
20 Mar 2016 at 12:13 pm UTC Likes: 4

Damn it Feral, I had it for few minutes and ran pretty good, very good I might say; 70 something FPS at Max settings (I think it was Ultra Plus or something?)
Why don't you put up a testing branch for people willing to test and help you ?

See how well SteamOS can run Arma 3 against Windows in this new video
19 Mar 2016 at 8:50 pm UTC

You can still use Ultra Textures if you set the "Overall Quality" to Ultra despite what you see in the settings menu. (it will still show "Standard or "Low" whatever)
If it still doesn't work (or just want to make sure) you can edit the "Player.Arma3Profile" file by hand and set: textureQuality=4.

An interview with The Final Station developers
17 Mar 2016 at 5:28 pm UTC Likes: 1

It looks like the action takes place somewhere in Russia (?) so I'm not surprised about the lack of other races characters.

Arma 3 Linux port updated to 1.54 as promised
9 Mar 2016 at 8:08 pm UTC Likes: 2

Love the intro:

Arma 3 Linux port updated to 1.54 as promised
9 Mar 2016 at 3:59 pm UTC

The low textures is only a in game settings error, more exactly the higher settings are still applied despite what is displayed in settings.

Nvidia Vulkan Driver updated
24 Feb 2016 at 7:38 pm UTC

Quoting: webcreatureFunny, I just noticed that I had the Steam FPS counter activated. With it I have 56.1 FPS with Vulkan (Talos Benchmark 60sec). When deactivated the Benchmark counts 70.9 FPS. In OpenGL mode there is almost no difference in FPS. So however it does that, its not good for Vulkan performance in the Talos principle.
Indeed, the Steam Overlay affects Vulkan performance. I disable it entirely for my tests.

Steam Client Beta updated, fixes issues with lots of games on newer distributions
24 Feb 2016 at 2:21 pm UTC Likes: 1

So this new Rumble feature, is it working for anyone here (it doesn't for me) ?

Nvidia Vulkan Driver updated
24 Feb 2016 at 2:17 pm UTC Likes: 7

I have some promising results with this new driver, as in Vulkan is already faster:

OpenGL
Average: 81.4 FPS (86.1 w/o extremes)
Extremes: 254.6 max, 30.6 min
Highs: 523 in 3.5 seconds (150.4 FPS)
Lows: 738 in 14.5 seconds (51.0 FPS
30-60 FPS: 14%
+ 60 FPS: 86%
Vulkan
Average: 88.6 FPS (89.3 w/o extremes)
Extremes: 405.7 max, 9.0 min
Highs: 74 in 0.5 seconds (144.2 FPS)
Lows: 64 in 1.5 seconds (42.5 FPS)
+ 60 FPS: 100%

That was the Talos Principle benchmark BTW.

This Total War: ATTILA comparison video shows SteamOS/Linux holding up against Windows
20 Feb 2016 at 1:04 am UTC Likes: 2

@SuperTux

True, the benchmark is a killer, it really throws everything in and as you can see even in Windows DX runs below 60 FPS.
The gameplay itself though is not as bad as the benchmark suggests. If you watch the second part of the video you can see more than enough FPS at more than decent settings.