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Quoting: Stellawow, this is really really cool. and totally unexpected too. This means we no longer have to rely on hacks to enable the best FSR on older cards

Is it really? Months ago I told a friend "FSR4 for 7xxx and 6xxx will come alongside Steam Machine". It seems like AMD is on that schedule that I thought of. And this isn't exactly a miracle because a miracle would have been if Optiscaler and Steam Machine did not exist, to influence and pressure AMD, but those two do. Which made AMD look bad in light of users when they weren't providing int8 FSR4, especially when it was proven by Optiscaler AND PS5 is making use of something like that.

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Quoting: devlandEvery other unpopular idea/tech that yeilded this level of backlash should have been abandoned by now but we keep pushing it while it's actively being a detriment to society from all the perspectives in which you can analize it (energy use, profits, job loses, copyright infringement, ...).

Well, for the people backing it, the job losses are the point. They hate having to employ all these messy humans who want to be paid and have time off and stuff.

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Do you have to worry about food? Or would that be "Don't Starvester"?

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Quoting: Cyba.CowboyI just want to buy the original again... But strangely, they never sell it; only Doom.

Sure, I've almost certainly got a copy or two of this around here somewhere - but it would be nice to have a 'prepackaged' version from GOG.com or Steam.

You mean this one?
https://store.steampowered.com/app/9010/Return_to_Castle_Wolfenstein/

The last time I searched for 'Wolfenstein 3D' in both Steam and GOG.com (which to be fair, was quite a while ago). it never came up... Now the entire original trilogy is there.

Weird.

Anyway, you're a legend for pointing this out. Thanks!

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Quoting: Cyba.CowboyIn my wardrobe, I have both the PlayStationVR and the PlayStationVR 2. The original model had loads of support, but has such a low refresh rate and resolution that you can't play for more than fifteen minutes without severe headaches (which seems to get worse with age). I don't have that problem with the PlayStationVR2 - but there's virtually no support for it!

Ignorant question here: does the second model not offer improved gameplay for the games made for the first model? Or do the two models run on different console generations?

Nah, PlayStationVR games are not compatible PlayStationVR 2... Which is a HUGE design flaw. And 99% of the developers for PlayStationVR haven't ported their content over to PlayStation VR2, either.

From a technical standpoint, PlayStationVR 2 is pretty much the best consumer-grade virtual reality headset money can buy at the moment - and even in the industry as a whole, it's among the best as I understand it - yet PlayStation have done nothing with it, the original PlayStationVR titles are not compatible with it, developers and PlayStation alike have shown very little interest in it.

I really don't understand the logic here at all.

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Quoting: Purple Library GuyThe horror!!!

Not for me. I still haven't heard Baby Shark, even after all these years.

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i am a redux hater (well, hate is a strong word). this is great news, and exactly the kind of thing that you'd honestly expect to be forgotten about in the preservation world. hugely pleased with this, well done gog.

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Excellent news. On a tangent, I hope they redo 2033 and Last Light with Exodus' graphics.

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Quoting: SirMCJeagerThat wasn't appropriate. Review bombing a perfectly good game like that over a contest. I wish this anti-ai nonsense would stop.

What a coincidence. I wish every single business out there would stop shoving things down my throat against my will, yet here we are.

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Quoting: JesTechUnbelievable the timelines of these guys. I don't understand why the 7000 series is getting it sooner rather than a simultaneous release either. I understood the day 1 release for the 9000 series having it exclusively due to the older models lacking hardware, but what's the excuse here?

RDNA2 lacks most of the hardware to run FSR4 in a performant way. IF you look at how the leaked FSR4 INT8 DLL runs, there is quite a bit of optimization needed here. They are releasing it for RDNA3 sooner because RDNA3 actually has some AI accelerators that 2 lacks, so it's easier to get a ML powered upscaling to work performantly on this architecture.

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Quoting: Avehicle7887My RX 6800 (non xt), still going strong 5 years later. This is welcome news.

Yeah, it'll be great once they finally release it... in "early" 2027. So a year away.

Unbelievable the timelines of these guys. I don't understand why the 7000 series is getting it sooner rather than a simultaneous release either. I understood the day 1 release for the 9000 series having it exclusively due to the older models lacking hardware, but what's the excuse here?

Devs still just implement FSR1/2 anyway half the time so no fsr3/4 support without optiscaler converting from dlss.

AMD has really pissed me off with their choices for things like this. They've been able to release rdna 2/3 fsr4 for months because modders did it with the leaked driver that included it. Somehow they still want us to wait months or a whole year or who knows how long. It's just nonsensical.

I had a 6800xt but upgraded to a 9070xt because I managed to be in the release day line for it and they still had $600 cards. It was worth it given the pricing of gpus, even still today, but man does it suck how long it takes them to release this stuff. I don't understand the timing of the announcement either.

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Quoting: GeamanduraWhy the original releases and not the Redux later editions? It seems like a waste of effort.

The Redux versions are already availble on GOG, and a lot of people consider the original release of 2033 to be superior to the Redux version. That original version hasn't been available to purchase on PC anywhere for years.

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Quoting: CaldathrasThe book industry issue is complicated. Blaming just one source, Amazon, is as much a "straw man" fallacy as you accuse me of below. The retail market has changed. Small publishers, instead of just wholesaling to bookstores, are now selling direct. Consumers seem to have embraced "mail order" over brick-and-mortar stores.

On top of that, I don't know if this is worldwide or anything, but in Canada a lot of independent bookstores died well before Amazon or the internet generally were a huge deal for bookselling, because of the rise of big chain stores, mainly Chapters in Canada. So I really can't blame Amazon alone.

Although last time my wife and I went to France, one thing we noticed was there seemed to be bookstores freaking everywhere, mostly independent. So maybe the whole phenomenon is just an Anglosphere thing.

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Quoting: Linux_Rocksbut_why.gif

Imagine Baby Shark, for example, had been stuck in a significant chunk of all films, TV programs and computer games for 75 years because it's "funny." How would you feel the next time you heard Baby Shark?

The horror!!!

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Quoting: Purple Library GuyMy year of the Linux desktop was somewhere around 2000, I can't remember exactly. The Linux desktop sucked really hard back then, but so did Windows 98, so.

There is something unbeatable about the early 2000s Linux desktop aesthetic. I'm nostalgic for it and I wasn't even there for it!

Oh, the aesthetic was great, plenty better than Windows at the time. But I have two words for you: Dependency. Hell.

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oh wow so glad they finally did this. I'm as 7900 user and it does everything i need it to and works better on linux anyways. Now gaming on old and future titles i can still hang on for the higher frame rates. Everything is to expensive in this hobby so best to made do with what you've already got ;)

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on may 4th it should play R2D2 famous scream!

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OH SHIT this looks buhdass!

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Quoting: KimyrielleIt's perfectly fine to be against AI. But these people behave like a vicious lynch mob who go after anyone who disagrees with them. I lost respect for the anti-AI crowd a while ago, when vitriol and hate took the place of logic and reason.

And who or what is being lynched so viciously by this supposed mob? A corporation's bottom line? A CEO's quarterly bonus? They've made tens of millions with the game already, they'll be fine.

Try using less emotional language if you want to accuse others of abandoning logic and reason. Until then, I find it very difficult to respect your hot take.

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Cant wait to get my hands on fsr4 support in cyberpunk 2077

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Quoting: Stellawow, this is really really cool. and totally unexpected too. This means we no longer have to rely on hacks to enable the best FSR on older cards

Yes, but we'll still need hacks to use FSR 4 on most games because they either only support DLSS or some ancient version of FSR incompatible with FSR 4.

Nah, your game either has it or it doesn't.

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Quoting: SirMCJeagerThat wasn't appropriate. Review bombing a perfectly good game like that over a contest. I wish this anti-ai nonsense would stop.

Right?

It's perfectly fine to be against AI. But these people behave like a vicious lynch mob who go after anyone who disagrees with them. I lost respect for the anti-AI crowd a while ago, when vitriol and hate took the place of logic and reason.

So they should just be silently against genAI? Perfectly fine to protest it in silence... we can't upset the people pushing the genAI agenda, right?

Seriously though - I have no idea what they expected here. The masses had one route to voice their displeasure at this shitty technology, and they took it.

The review bomb would probably go away if they had apologised and backed actual creatives. But it probably won't go away now, because they didn't.

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AI controversy aside, I hate the trend of using reviews for general protests instead of, you know, actually reviewing a product.

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Quoting: Linux_RocksOne could also argue the same thing with Apple and macOS. As at the start, Apple were touting the open source origins of Mac OS X.

Maybe in the future Valve will go down that route too. With Gabe Newell, and other principled individuals at Valve gone, and new leadership they may decide "Yeah we need to milk the customer. Let's stop with all these open source stuff". It wouldn't surprise me if it happened, what keeps bad practices at bay isn't just the fact that a company is private but also the individuals who are there.

Quoting: PlayingOnLinuxphoneNo, ideally it would be everyone, because how do you want to protect your data if the data leak is not on your PC, but on your friends PCs?

Do you mean that if everyone is using Linux our data will be safe(r)? Linux can be corrupted just as much as any other platform (Android, Ubuntu/Microsoft/Amazon). Age verification/attestation "laws" is yet another testament to that.

Quoting: PlayingOnLinuxphoneAll the people care for freedom etc will not disappear. Do you really think Debian or Arch will change with a bigger Linux user-base? As long these two distros are clean, I do not fear the future of Linux.

Linux will never go away but it will be like the city of Zion in the Matrix. A continual cycle of building up to defeat the machines and regain the planet, comparing it to Linux users wanting a utopian Linux platform (anti ads, bloat, telemetry, lock in and with good game/app support), but when they reach that point the cycle is refreshed and the city and ressisstance has to be rebuilt. Linux will never go away but we will be in the same predicament of lacking support, features and having issues and roadblocks (proprietary stuff). If everytime you build a homestead and someone comes and makes you move your attitude is "We will just move and rebuild somewhere else" you will find out that at some point you get fed up and tired, or maybe you die before that happens = leaving the FOSS project.

In order for Linux desktop to remain strong it has to be solidified by principled individuals and organizations so that it cant be corrupted by greed, politics and companies like Google. If Linux can't achieve that I fear at some point some corporation (mere example, Google ChromeOS), may take the mantle and provide with the vast amount of Linux users (who have switched) with an option they can't refuse (proprietary features like Android). At that point a big portion of Linux users are then using the wrong Linux, not the free one, and we will be in a similar situation as with Windows. Only difference would be the "Linux" that Google has provided has Linux kernel powering it but the philosophy of ads, telemetry, lock in and so on would not difer much if at all from Microsoft's Windows. And if you run away to a corner to an Arch distro you will be yet again in the "Damn I wish Linux got more support" because I promise you EEE will be enforced by corporations to ensure your experience on said distros will not be good.

There are numerous other things threatening Linux also. Like X11 vs Wayland politics, Rust (erosion of GPL license?) being forced, Systemd and so on. For a platform that we say and hope to be about freedom I sure see alot of resistance to people saying "No I dont want this". Somehow software and quality of code you present, what should be at core of Linux projects, is no longer most important. I don't want to discuss these things I've mentioned, my point is simple; Linux has no bulletproof vest. It can be shot down into an stagnating stage yet again. And by Linux I mean all the distros that value what sets Linux apart of all platforms: freedom.

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My RX 6800 (non xt), still going strong 5 years later. This is welcome news.

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Quoting: Stellawow, this is really really cool. and totally unexpected too. This means we no longer have to rely on hacks to enable the best FSR on older cards

Yes, but we'll still need hacks to use FSR 4 on most games because they either only support DLSS or some ancient version of FSR incompatible with FSR 4.

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AMD took it's head out of it's own arse? It's a miracle!

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Quoting: Purple Library GuyMy year of the Linux desktop was somewhere around 2000, I can't remember exactly. The Linux desktop sucked really hard back then, but so did Windows 98, so.

There is something unbeatable about the early 2000s Linux desktop aesthetic. I'm nostalgic for it and I wasn't even there for it!

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Quoting: g000hLet's go through your arguments then, shall we? First, you agree with some of my points, so I'll only counter where your points differ:

While Amazon does host third-party sellers, your declaration that this facilitates small business overlooks the predatory nature of the platform's ecosystem. Amazon is both a referee and player, making it a clear conflict of interest. During 2020, Amazon systematically used non-public data from third-party sellers to identify successful products and then launch competing Amazon Basics versions to undercut them. Additionally, Amazon takes advantage of algorithmic bias when promoting marketplace items prioritising products with higher profit margins for Amazon even if they are more expensive or lower quality than third-party alternatives. Often sellers that try to sell outside Amazon's ecosystem are penalised.

The existence of other competitors does not disprove the abuse of market dominance - It merely indicates the market is large enough to sustain a few giants. However Amazon is the largest of these with the greatest marketshare, and is still the one to focus attention on. Amazon has successfully driven out competition in niche markets. The book industry (for instance) is nearly monopolised by Amazon. forcing independent bookstores to close or struggle immensely.

Before Amazon there were thousands of independent online retailers. Now the market is heavily consolidated, thanks to Amazon's damaging influence. The presence of Temu and Ali Express does not negate the fact that the biggest player, Amazon, has used its logistics network and capital reserves to engage in predatory pricing (selling below cost) to crush competitors. Only to raise the prices later, once dominance is secured.

Your contention that supporting local business requires dropping globalist capitalism, i.e. some things need global scale: This is a false dichotomy. One can advocate for fair labour practices, ethical tax contributions, and consumer protection without rejecting globalisation or efficiency of scale. The issue is not globalisation itself, but the unregulated concentration of power that allows a single entity to dictate terms globally.

Your argument relies on a "straw man" fallacy, i.e. that criticising Amazon equates to wanting to abolish all global trade. The reality is that Amazon's specific business practices - data exploitation, predatory pricing, and anti-competitive behaviour - These all harm the small businesses and consumers. Amazon is a monopoly that uses its size to stifle market diversity.

GOOD. Instead of throwing out generic talking points, you are now addressing specific concerns.

The book industry issue is complicated. Blaming just one source, Amazon, is as much a "straw man" fallacy as you accuse me of below. The retail market has changed. Small publishers, instead of just wholesaling to bookstores, are now selling direct. Consumers seem to have embraced "mail order" over brick-and-mortar stores. I have no problems finding small online retailers for most books that interest me. E-book formats certainly haven't helped the situation. Like computer video game stores, the bookstores are being forced to adjust. To argue that globalism has not played a part in this complex issue would also be naive. I, for one, lament the loss of the local bookstore. Browsing online is just not the same as browsing the shelves in a bookstore.

Your argument relies on a "straw man" fallacy, i.e. that criticising Amazon equates to wanting to abolish all global trade.

I made no such argument. You're reading too much into my comment. By all means, criticize Amazon but be specific about your complaints. Using generic talking points just diminishes your argument.

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I wonder if this was riven by the accidental leak and outrage, or more Valve and Steam hardware. Either way a huge win for gamers.

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