Quoting: ElectricPrism

Quoting: PeciskSo strap on, review games, ... Linux is not going away as a gaming platform. It will only get better. Case closed.

Erm.... strap what on? I've never heard that phrase used as you just used it.

I'm glad I wasn't the only one to think that.

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Quoting: MalConsoles are dead friend. This is their last iteration.

That seems to be a popular idea; though I'm not sure I can clearly see the reasons for it.

For a time, the reason people offered was that streaming services would replace local hardware. Well, a year ago a couple of streaming services became operational, and they hardly ushered in a revolution.

What has changed in the meanwhile, to suggest that this 'unification' move isn't just a symptom of the weird ideology that's been dominant at M$ for the past few years (and which has resulted in such :whistle: grand successes :whistle: in the 'mobile space')?

Linux people are of course inimical to the very idea, but Apple-style non-upgradable closed systems with supposedly convenient app stores became a commercial success for a reason. Given the mongrel being they're trying to create (half open-PC, half appstore bound locked-down thingie), I'm not sure those at M$ understand that 'reason'.

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So what does this imply for the hardware side of the xbox business? Are they discontinuing it? Won't people riot because they're forced to become 'PC gamers'? Wouldn't that entail total Sony dominance in the 'console space'?

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Quoting: omer666At the time I was a Mac user, they released several UbiSoft games on the Mac. Why not on Linux?

Including AC II and Brotherhood. My guess is that they weren't satisfied with the 'yield' on the Mac App Store, so they didn't bother to port anything further.

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Quoting: omer666Other interpretation:
https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=Pyh1Va_mYWI [External Link]

It's Guitar Hero Live!!! :P

That's supposed to be based on a real incident where Black Sabbath ordered a Stonehenge stage design, but it was so huge they couldn't bring it on the stage.

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Let's see... Stonehenge... Stonehenge, where the demons dwell, where the banshees live and they do live well...

There's your hint. 'Banshee'.

It's Mass Effect 3

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You know what would be a great game under Vulkan?

A really good Star Trek RPG. ;)

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Phoronix just posted some initial benchmarks.

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Quoting: wvstolzingI wonder whether there'll be any improvement with respect to texture pop-in, which is awful right now on my system (gtx970, 361.28 drivers).

Disable level streaming. Your HDD is slow for some reason probably.

Thanks for the suggestion, but it didn't make any difference.

I let the game itself select 'optimal settings'; but something is definitely wrong. I can tweak the settings by hand, though there are so many that I don't know where to start. Also the game doesn't use more than ~900MB VRAM, when a lot more is available.

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I wonder whether there'll be any improvement with respect to texture pop-in, which is awful right now on my system (gtx970, 361.28 drivers).

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