If the PS4 slim allowed linux usage with its CPU/GPU it would shit all over this thing, but since its proprietary, the VCS has a edge, still for $299USD it seems too much but I understand why the price is high given the escalation of memory prices and such for the last couple years.

For $199usd I'd be interested, but $299 is just not attractive to me. I can get a older revision of the switch for that or less and mod it to allow custom stuff on which is a tegra1 PC.

I'd be happy if the VCS does well and Atari make a comeback to the console scene, allowing them to release a REAL console competitor.

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Its not rare to find DXVK performance to be better than a Linux games OpenGL support.

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For NVIDIA Vulkan+Wine games run pretty close to windows performance (some people claim better performance) but with AMD and RADV there is a perf hit due to the windows vulkan driver being better. You can hack in the AMDGPU-PRO vlk driver for better performance.

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The instantaneous transport method of portals was a game decision by the developers, have you played IW2? still holds up to be one of the best today.

https://www.gog.com/game/independence_war_2 [External Link]

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Computers these days don't need sector portals or HIGHWAYS to disguise precision and dimensional limitations. Somebody should inform Egosoft, ditch them all together and just make it full open space, boom. Fixed!

Although some jump portals might make sense for long distance since its a viable technological idea, just not everywhere.

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Quoting: ElectricPrism

Quoting: TheRiddickMost steam machines where upgradable in every respect except for the Motherboard. It would be nice if they went with a ITX standard however!

It's pretty simple --

$260 -- Dan a4 SFX [External Link]

Yes I know about those cases, BUT JEBUS 260USD for a case? common man, that is seizure inducing expensive!

Anyway I have a Silverstone FT03-MINI case (the smaller one), the biggest issue is the GPU fan is not suited for it and I don't want a vacuum blower style fan so will be upgrading the 1080ti mini card with a GPU waterblock soon. (there is a way to mount a 140mm radiator loop in it, requires some minor modifications)

I was on the fence about doing that because the waterloop upgrade will cost $300 alone and the waterblock will likely be throw away once new generation hardware comes out.

GOOD news is that next gen hardware that is worth a damn is still close to a year away, and I don't think anything Volta is worth it. Will likely wait for a Vega 128 or the sun to explode, whichever.

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I have X Rebirth but have been too afraid to try it.. I gotta stop buying games and never playing them, lol

Maybe they should offer a discount for X Rebirth owners, as penitence?

X:R might have been fine if they didn't spend so much resource on making those retarded NPC characters the MAIN thing with the game, people got sick of them fast!

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There is screenshots and gameplay elsewhere I believe.

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Wanted to do some testing under Windows10, and well it doesn't work I suspect it's exclusively being tested under Linux atm. Would have been nice to do some comparisons of win/lin driver performance.

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Really wanted to get Halfway but so many people are saying its half complete.... ugg

Will wait until that one goes for 90% off :)

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