I only heard about it recently when it blew up in light of Pirate Software criticising the petition heavily. See here, for example: https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/sports/esports/news/what-is-going-on-with-pirate-software-and-stop-killing-games/articleshow/122207917.cms [External Link]

Some said Thor (Pirate Software) deliberately misrepresented what the initiative wants to achieve because his parents are/were both deeply rooted in the more (from a consumer's perspective) toxic parts of the industry – which sounds like a valid point but might just be a narrative. I didn't dig deeper because it's always such a hassle to try to squeeze "the truth" out of social media, so take it all with a grain of salt.

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It says "Code" in the trailer, but I don't see any coding.

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Atlanteans: *build a city beneath sea level*
The sea: U can't Dutch this!

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I'm still waiting for something with less TDP.

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Excuse me? XCOM 2 is already 9 years old? … Where is my coffin?

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Do you know, Liam, if the beta test is public of some kind? I couldn't find any information about it, and I'd rather not go to their discord.

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Reminds me of https://store.steampowered.com/app/3350900/Fogpiercer_Demo/ [External Link], though I haven't played either yet.

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I had problems with achievements not activating. Read in the forums to force use Proton 9.0-4, and that did in fact resolve the issue for me.

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Originally it's like 220W power consumption, but I underclocked it (with the awesome corectrl utility) and now is just like 10-15% slower (which still is 3 times faster than my previous Nvidia 1060 3GB) and is just ~75W of power consumption

Oh, that's an interesting option, thank you. I was somewhat aware underclocking was an option, I just didn't know the ratio was this good.

I have it in my BIOS set to "ECO Mode" at ~65W

Nice. Do you know whether this is a general option available, at least for modern AMD CPUs, or is this specific to a certain brand or range of mainboards? A CPU upgrade is something I'm planning to do at some point this year, probably, so this might be an option for me, too.

Sounds like you don't game (at least not 3d games)? Then why not simply go with an integrated GPU in the CPU? I personally went with a Ryzen 7 5700G for my workstation at work and it supports a 4K desktop perfectly fine.

I don't play as much as I used to, but I do. Ever since I abandoned Windows completely for my personal use, I am used to having only a limited range of games to play. Plus, I'm a person for whom graphics quality is a major aspect in deciding what to play, I am more interested in the kind of story the game wants to tell. So given the amount of time I have to spend playing, I usually find some indie game that suits me well. However, I would probably enjoy the likes of Baldur's Gate 3, but I just know my hardware isn't up to the task.

That said, I would be very fine with an integrated GPU, but I don't want less performance for the games I do play. If there is some iGPU that offers like twice the performance of my RX 470 and uses a fraction of its power, it would be a viable option for me.

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I still have an RX 470 running because to me at least it seems there has been little improvements in the bracket below 150 W. I don't need high performance, I want better efficiency. And every generation I hope there will be something worth upgrading to.

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