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STAR WARS Jedi: Survivor had a very rough launch
29 April 2023 at 12:17 am UTC Likes: 1

I wonder if there is some sort of DRM/Copy Protection going on that is gobbling up the CPU cycles?

Doesn't have Denuvo does it?

From what I've seen it leaves a lot of GPU (and on SD it seems CPU also) cycles on the table for some reason,.

Steam Deck gets a Preview update with STAR WARS Jedi: Survivor improvements
27 April 2023 at 3:07 am UTC

Heard this game runs like poo. Maybe they calibrated it against the 4090? or more then likely 30fps which nobody likes.

Stellaris: Galactic Paragons announced for May 9th and a big free update
27 April 2023 at 3:06 am UTC

What is it at now? $300 or 1000 worth of DLC. I just can't justify the massive price of the complete package, I do have base game and a few dlc however (they were bundled)

UK CMA blocks the Microsoft takeover of Activision
27 April 2023 at 3:04 am UTC

Couldn't care less; Activision/Blizzard are one of my least favorite publisher/development companies, Rockstar is the least favorite. Mostly on moral grounds of how they treat workers or exploit the systems set in place to help competition(meant for smaller studios, but exploited so big can take all).

AMD Ryzen Z1 Series announced for handhelds, ASUS ROG Ally first to get it
26 April 2023 at 2:32 am UTC

I would like to see them make that 40CU APU for handhelds. That be cool.

Using a Steam Deck to control a Ukrainian automatic turret, now I've seen it all
26 April 2023 at 8:56 am UTC

Still not available in Australia, outside of Imports that some stores sell for a increased cost.

HDR and Colour Management patches for Steam Deck + AMD GPUs under review
25 April 2023 at 1:53 am UTC Likes: 1

Quoting: Lamdarer
Quoting: TheRiddickBetter late then never. Would be nice if NVIDIA added better support in their drivers for 10bit(30bpc) and HDR options.
To be fair FireFox doesnt even have HDR support on Windows. Would be nice if it gets a push once Linux has HDR support. (maybe even before Chromium get's it under Linux?)

Well windows has AutoHDR for desktop which seems to work fine.
However most people want the HDR for games and media playback, not so much website browsing.

Quoting: mr-victoryMeanwhile I can barely distinguish 1080p from 4K and SDR from HDR.

Often OLED with its per pixel dimming zones is required to fully understand it. But its just a way to control those dimming zones which almost certainly most peoples monitors don't have, or have limited number of if even.

If you look at a VR helmet like Quest-2 you'll notice most blacks are actually just grey, it has no dimming possible in darker regions or able to brighten lighter/colour regions. Kind of why I find it hard to put on my PICO-4 (similar thing), I just can't stand the terrible colour gamut control and terrible greys everywhere.

HDR and Colour Management patches for Steam Deck + AMD GPUs under review
24 April 2023 at 1:37 pm UTC Likes: 2

Better late then never. Would be nice if NVIDIA added better support in their drivers for 10bit(30bpc) and HDR options.

Valve improving Mesa graphics drivers on Linux for a "secret" game (update: Jedi Survivor)
21 April 2023 at 11:49 pm UTC Likes: 2

It would be hilarious if they released Half-Life-3 for 1 year exclusive on Linux. It just be awesome.

Doing a L4D3 game would be a mistake. The market is pure saturation point with those atm!

IF I was a betting man I'd say 100% Portal-3 since they already did the ground work for that in their VR demo. They can also make it a VR compatible game for upcoming headsets.

Linux and Steam Deck game manager Lutris has a fresh Beta out
21 April 2023 at 11:48 pm UTC

Quoting: Torqachufor gog games you don't need to install galaxy, at least for the old ones.
I hope I understood your post correctly

I'm talking about downloading and installing them from within Lutris. For epic it wants to install the windows app, meanwhile legendary api hooks exist.