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The latest Linux-powered 'Atari VCS' update gives a small behind the scenes look at their progress
30 August 2018 at 9:03 am UTC

Quoting: GustyGhostI had to jump through flaming hoops and drag my rear through a thousand miles of glass shards to get my hands on a Raven Ridge (35W).
Made me laugh heartily.
Quoting: hummer010That hasn't been my recent experience with Raven Ridge (I've got an HP Envy x360 with a 2500u). I don't think I've had a lockup since I started using 4.18. I'm rolling my own kernel to get the touchscreen working, but I haven't made any changes specific to Ryzen or Vega.
How did you configure your kernel or what patches did you apply to make it work? I fancy buying a HP Envy x360, too but haven't been aware of touchscreen problems.

The Linux version of Turok has left beta, available to everyone
22 June 2018 at 10:49 am UTC

I'd love to check it out on my Kaby Lake U, should run easily. Last port fromm Icculus I tried on this system is Prey, which runs like a charm.

You can now pre-order the Linux-powered Atari VCS games console, a lot more details revealed
30 May 2018 at 4:12 pm UTC

Inches are imperial either. ;) Welcoome to modern Europe. :D For anything else I love occult imperial measures, like e. g. ounces per cup (for density). :P

Nevertheless this console is outdated. I'm surprised AMD still delivers these APUs. Nothing for me - I'd rather have an NUC from AMD. That would be great.

Avenge the death of your friends and family in the beat 'em up 9 Monkeys of Shaolin
22 March 2018 at 6:09 pm UTC

Looks very sleek and stylish. On my wishlist! ^_^

Playing Prey on Linux in 2018
15 February 2018 at 6:10 pm UTC

Quoting: rea987
Quoting: Jewgeni Filippowitsch IwanowskiSince it has no built-in support for FullHD resolution I changed the following lines in ~/.prey/base/preyconfig.cfg

seta r_customHeight "1080"
seta r_customWidth "1920"
seta r_mode "-1"

The game supports resolutions up to 2560x1440 via .ini edit.

http://www.wsgf.org/dr/prey
That's exactly what I have written... Everything okay with you?

Playing Prey on Linux in 2018
15 February 2018 at 4:05 pm UTC Likes: 4

I have bought a used retail copy of Prey some weeks ago after discovering its Linux port by chance. It runs exceptionally well. Since it has no built-in support for FullHD resolution I changed the following lines in ~/.prey/base/preyconfig.cfg

seta r_customHeight "1080"
seta r_customWidth "1920"
seta r_mode "-1"

AMD RX Vega GPUs released along with a new AMDGPU-PRO Driver
15 August 2017 at 5:04 am UTC

Quoting: Luke_Nukem
Quoting: operaTDP of 345 Watts is just insane.

That's more than my house water pump uses. That's more than *all* the LED lights in my house. That's more than my TV and PS4 combined. That's more than 3x the usage of my current PC. That's almost as much as our house uses at night with gf watching TV and me coding.
Alright, you're running your gaming rig 24/7. You have your reasons, of course. Nevertheless...

  • Vega 56: 210 W

  • Vega 64: 295 W

  • Vega 64 LC: 345 W



And all these cards have the option to switch between silent and performance mode.

Mesa has a big patch set in the Mesa-dev list to improve Dawn of War III performance, also Mesa 17.1.2 released
6 June 2017 at 3:44 pm UTC

Why don't you try a rolling Debian Sid distribution like Siduction? No need to wait for the unfreezing.

Total War: Shogun 2 & Fall of the Samurai released for Linux, port review and thoughts
27 May 2017 at 8:33 am UTC

I got it running on Fedora 25 with Mesa 17.0.5. It definitely runs smoother than the Windows version with Gallium Nine. Great job, Feral!

Feral Interactive are teasing yet another Linux game
9 May 2017 at 5:59 pm UTC

I've been playing Shogun 2 for a week under Wine now, even installed Steam (Win) for that. It runs remarkably well with DX9 (both with standard translation layer and Gallium Nine state tracker). The only thing that annoys me is a warning at the beginning of every battle that the game executable has been tampered with. So my hopes are high that Feral's next port will be Shogun 2. <3