Quoting: M@GOid

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Quoting: M@GOidIndeed. Since I am stuck with 8GB of RAM, I also notice the Steam Client is eating a awful lot of RAM for a game manager, over 500MB. Making it Chromium-based caused that.

If you are ok with 'small mode' you could use 'steam steam://open/minigameslist [External Link] -no-browser %u' to launch Steam. It get's rid of all the webhelper processes that the new 'small mode' keeps running in the background and has lower memory consumption.
Downside is if you change back to the normal you have to do it manually by launching without these parameters and then using the steams menu: view->large mode (if someone knows a launch parameter to trigger 'large mode' a hint would be appreciated ;-) )

I was messing around and more or less found the culprit: the new Library stuff is really bloated. So I entered in Steam>Settings>Library and checked:
- Low Performance Mode
- Disable Community Content

Those two options alone dropped memory consumption from over 800MB this morning to about 250MB now. And things do feel more snappy.

I was aware of the stuff you said, but it kinda cut too deep in functionality, so the steps I mentioned above are a good mid term.

I have 32GB of memory and I STILL do this. Steam is just becoming a real dog of a program.

I wish we could disable that new(ish) "what's new" where it shows game updates for your games. I might not be remembering the exact name of it exactly, but you can only "show less" updates for games with no option for "don't show me anything."

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For me, Linux gaming is already here because I generally don't play online multiplayer games. I have literally one friend that plays games, so I rarely have anyone tugging at me to play a game online.

I can understand if you're into multiplayer games that the situation is disappointing, to say the least. But consider how far we've come; for example, I bought Yakuza: Like a Dragon last week and other than some minor annoyances/workarounds, the game basically works out of the box on day one. It's stunning to me to see a AAA game work day one, but here we are.

Hopefully there will be some solution to the anticheat problem that truly makes Linux a viable platform for gamers of all stripes.

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Nice to hear. I played the Xbox version and wasn't really digging it. But with this announcement, I'll see about giving it another shot.

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Last week I managed to polish off Resident Evil 3 last week. I had wanted to buy it on release but I heard it was short. It kind of is, but at $30, I think I enjoyed it enough to justify it.

Unfortunately I have only been picking at games since then. Mostly it has been Homefront: the Revolution, which plays very well under Proton. It's hard game to just blindly recommend to anyone, but I am enjoying it (and the night scenes are freakin' gorgeous). I don't want to get too committed to a game right now because on Tuesday, Yakuza: Like a Dragon hits. I'm not normally the kind of person who buys games at launch, but I am a huge fan of the series that I can't bring myself to wait. Hopefully it's just like Kiwami 2 in the sense that it's download and play through Proton.

As a minor treat to myself (and to help distract myself from the state of US politics and internet drama regarding the Ryzen 5000 series), I built effectively a new computer. I did end up getting a RX 5600 XT like I had mentioned before, but also ended up with a new processor. Originally I was intent to wait on getting a 5900X, but those things sold out way too quickly. I happen to live near a Microcenter and the 10850K was $430, which intrigued me but I wasn't sure whether I'd bite. They then put out price protection for the next month (if it drops lower in price, you can get a refund on the difference this month) AND dropped the price to $400. The cores might not be as fast or numerous, but for an additional $150 in savings, I think it's well worth it.

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While I am impressed with the price/performance with the Big Navi reveal, given how much of a dumpster fire the Nvidia 3000 series launch was with scalpers and the fact that I'm not particularly savvy with Linux, I'm thinking of buying a 5600XT for my new build.

While it's not a huge jump over my R9 Fury (likely 50% performance improvement), it has the advantages of:

- Pop OS! 20.04 will have great support out of the box
- Available at much lower prices (if lower end Big Navi was revealed, this would not be a point)
- Is actually available for purchase

The plan is to take my current PC and basically turn it into a "game console" connected to the TV. The 5600XT will go into the new build and in a year or two, I can move it into the TV PC and get a nicer GPU for my desktop. By that point, Big Navi will likely be better supported and possibly at a nicer price.

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Normally I'd say you would have to pay me to use the service, but the truth is that I make enough money that I have a hard time imagining Facebook offering nearly enough to get my interest.

I simply do not like "cloud" gaming in general, but Facebook's iteration? They're one of the companies in the world that I try to avoid like the plague. Oddly enough, nearly all of the players in the game streaming market are on that list (at least, in some capacity). I have an original Oculus Rift that's effectively a time bomb due to the eventual Facebook account requirement.

The only saving grace is that I get pretty sick from most VR games, so I rarely use it.

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A very solid month, in my opinion. While it probably lacks a true tentpole game, it does have quite a good selection of games that I had wanted to try (but were unwilling to commit to at current prices).

If you only want native Linux games, I could see how this might be a disappointing month. But personally, except for the month that had CoD WWII, Crash, and Spyro, I don't think I have been interested in quite so many games from one of these monthly bundles.

Now whether I truly like any of them is another matter - but for $12, I'll take the risk that one or two pan out.

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I find these prices (relative to the performance, using DF's video as a proxy) to simply be "okay." Some people are acting like this is an insanely good deal due to the alleged performance compared to previous generations - I personally thought those prices were way overpriced, so this is merely getting them down to more acceptable levels.

That being said, I'll still be waiting to see what Big Navi offers. I'd rather stick with AMD anyway, but if it's a flop, I'll be looking at the 3080 more seriously. My Fury is okay for the time being.

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I'm mostly poking at Stellaris and Galactic Civilizations III.

Stellaris is really great in concept but I do have a hard time wrapping my brain around the fact that it's not a standard 4X game. Personally all of the things that fascinate me about the game and DLC (which I did buy this week) are the things outside of just making a bigger/stronger empire. But I keep playing it like it's just a standard 4X game and it's not particularly great at that.

Galactic Civilizations III is obviously a traditional 4X, but it's a non-native game. I had it working perfectly a year or so ago but it's spotty now. Since I don't know how to play the game particularly well, I'm reluctant to dive too deep into it because I don't know when/if the game will crash and it's possible that a future update could break it outright.

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I'm really looking forward to these new graphics cards. Hopefully between big Navi and Ampere, we'll get some reasonable prices.

Currently, price to performance is really skewed and no currently available cards are particularly interesting to me.

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