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Latest Comments by Gerarderloper
Shen’s Last Gift DLC released for XCOM 2, Linux release delayed, but due soon
3 Jul 2016 at 8:40 am UTC

Good, finally mechs. Teach those leader bastards a lesson!

I have the deluxe edition so I believe I get this DLC for free.

The AMD RX 480 seems to have power issues you may want to be aware of
2 Jul 2016 at 1:02 pm UTC Likes: 1

You do realize they compared it to other graphics cards of similar TDP right? And also a few people have had blackouts and broken PCIe slots already right?

Yeah right...

The AMD RX 480 seems to have power issues you may want to be aware of
2 Jul 2016 at 11:52 am UTC

Quoting: GuestAnandtech published an article saying AMD will fix it in their drivers [External Link].
I doubt a software patch will fix a fault with a dpm hardware issue on a microprocessor die! Unless they down-clock all 480 card (lol)

Company of Heroes 2 updated for Linux, adds support for the War Spoils system and fixes other bits
28 Jun 2016 at 1:31 pm UTC

It is odd how this game has such large performance issues, considering your looking at the ground most the time.

The work to bring Banished over to OpenGL is still going on
26 Jun 2016 at 6:41 am UTC

Mac being OpenGL4.1 ONLY is kinda limiting, but this kind of game would sell on the platform so I guess he must.

I don't see many developers adopting metal API on Mac, walled garden API's IMO are bad for the games industry!

Tweaking Performance in XCOM 2
25 Jun 2016 at 2:58 am UTC

Got a problem on retaliation missions where FPS tanks to like 15fps or so. Anyone found a solution for this?

Two Worlds Epic Edition openworld action RPG now on GOG for Linux
25 Jun 2016 at 1:36 am UTC

The only thing that annoyed me about Two Worlds and its squeal was the somewhat chunky animation system. Its why I turned to RISEN as an alternative game, it had better combat/animation, at least the first one did at the time.

And so it begins, the Steam Summer Sale is here
23 Jun 2016 at 7:15 pm UTC

I managed to get the XCOM2 Deluxe for sale from another site (kinguin) for $35usd so I guess my impatience didn't bite me in the ass this time!

Think its time to buy portal series at 83% off :)

Quoting: KimyrielleSo Stellaris and Master of Orion cost the same now. :D
Which one to get? oO
Stellaris has more content and is not dumbed down space RTS. MOO is pretty dumbed down version which a monkey should be able to handle, they even removed secondary races from the game recently so you don't haft to think about that.

XCOM 2 - Alien Hunters thoughts, prepare to get frustrated
23 Jun 2016 at 7:10 pm UTC

I got XCOM2 now and will say it runs pretty good with AMDGPU-PRO drivers, probably on par with what Liam was getting last night at 1440p (4k works ok also but bit too much screen tearing due to lowfps).

EDIT: After further testing, certain missions like retaliation ones have REAL low FPS even with everything turned off. Bizarre.

XCOM 2 - Alien Hunters thoughts, prepare to get frustrated
23 Jun 2016 at 1:53 am UTC

They better have some pretty big rewards once you finally kill the bastards. I mean you are likely to loose ALLOT of soldiers to them early on wreaking your economy.

UPDATE: I somehow managed to find this for $44AUD which is about 35USD in DELUXE version, so I grabbed that considering the steam sale is unlikely to be more than %50off anyway. Got Kane and Lynch 2 for free as a bonus (pfft).
So it looks like I will be able to play this soon, and test performance on my 390x with AMDGPU-PRO drivers.