hmm Cube World and Trove look exactly like this...
but those 2 games dont seem to support linux... so its interesting to see.

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nice one.. bought as well and gonna give it a longer try at some point..

with the original i had the feeling that it was just too easy to go through it.. with all the touch stones and gems to revive you and it felt more like inventory management than not starving or getting killed.

hope this adds the required difficulty

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Quoting: SkullyYes Linux is multithread and more cores win, but that doesn't apply to games yet. Most games are still using 1, sometimes 2 and rarely 4. So most games run *** due to poor single core performance and they also stink at floating point calculations due to having a shared fpu unit in each module.
Then take into account that the fx-8350 runs at 3.9ghz and boosts to 4.1, while the i7 is 3.6 with boost to 3.9. An I5 would be everybit as good for gaming as my i7 due to games using 4 or less cores.

eg. Serious sam 3 on Linux. In the performance options cpu performance, my fx8350 has to be set to lowest or framerate drops below 60 alot. My i7 can have it on ultra. same distro, same gpu

i dunno what you talking about really... check those videos:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eu8Sekdb-IE
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rIVGwj1_Qno

FPS difference in games is minimal.. and when it comes to running other things at the same time when gaming then AMD pulls ahead quite a lot compared to same priced CPUs from intel

also i dunno what issues you had then... i have SS3 on ultra and my 8320 at 4.2ghz with no such drops..
probably you had ondemand governor when those issues happened.. this is known to suck under linux with amd cpus.

edit: also theres __GL_THREADED_OPTIMIZATIONS=1 to make some singlethreaded games at least run rendering on second thread.. which boosts performance quite a bit on AMD CPUs that suck on single core stuff.. And when you play windows games in wine theres CSMT patchset that does that.. + luckly many games starting to use more than 2 cores lately.. spcialy thanks to new console generation that has the same AMD CPUs... like it or not but many games come from consoles to PC...

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Quoting: SkullyI don't see a real future for AMD at all anymore. Their cpu's well under perform while generating alot more heat and use more power. Their GPU drivers suck in Linux compared to Nvidia. And even on windows you have more issues. Currently your better off just buying the best Intel cpu and Nvidia gpu you can with the budget you have for your build.

Unless they pull something out of their butts, the fx-8350 cpu I recently/regrettably bought for my missus will be the last sale from me. I should of just got her an i3 or low i5 for same price. It would perform better for gaming and wouldn't become a room heater while sounding like a it's about to take off into the sky. I had to buy an aftermarket cooler for it and disable core boosting to shut it up, or my partner wanted me to rip it out and put her old parts back in lol.

P.S I used to be a lover of AMD's cpu's. Never liked ATI cards though, due to same issues they still suffer from with AMD.

i seriously disagree from the CPU part. Fx-83xx series are still super good when it comes to performance/price ratio. Linux is pretty nicely multithreaded in general so more cores beats i3/i5 every time.. special when you compile or multitask a lot.. single core perf is dissapointing indeed.. and power consumption is more like FUD for desktop usage.. idle is about 15-20W more than intel ones and under load its just 30-50W more than intels, without overclocking.. that would make about 10-15€ bigger electricity bill per year when you run your cpu at load 8 hours a day...
AMD FX series are all unlocked CPUs, easy to OC and get even more performance out of them.. ofc power usage goes up as well but who the F cares if you have enough good cooling system.
i dont see them failing at all.. i'd take FX8320 every time over i5 4550 or 4650 and its cheaper than those.

future however doesnt indeed look good if they dont plan to refresh their FX series.. APU series are pretty weak in terms of CPU power... and GPU drivers are poor as well.

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Quoting: killx_denI didn't like the MX Black Switches from the Ryos Glow. I really prefer MX Red or MX Brown, but these are only available in the 169€ version.
Apart from that it was a nice keyboard :)

thats probably a matter of personal taste i guess.. i feel like black and red are the best... rest of them i dont like that much... spacebar and enter have different switches however.. i think green ones.. they feel quite different... but they fit exactly for those keys

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Quoting: SabunWow, I had no idea the software for Roccat was that developed for Linux. Xpander, do you have any Roccat mice? Would you care to do a review for them if you do?

I would like to see pictures of the software, how you feel the mice function on Linux and your overall feeling to whether it's a great buy for FPS and competitive play (if it's not too much trouble) :)

i actualy have Roccat Kova+ mouse as well. can try to make some review when i have more time.. until then:
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macro and stuff editor is the same as for keyboard.

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Quoting: HadBabits"Gaming poetry"? Nice XD

I prefer a quiet keyboard myself, but then I prefer to use a gamepad in games where possible. I guess that's a result of my filthy console peasant upbringing ;)

Edit: Unless it's an FPS, of course.

its not that hardcore noisy...thatswhy i wrote "somewhat"... my previous non-mechanical was even louder.

and yeah "Gaming poetry" seems nice if you look at it that way :)


i never liked gamepads myself.. i have one but i just suck playing with it... even platformers and racing games i play with keyboard+mouse... call me oldschool if you want :)

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Quoting: WorMzyCan you confirm whether the keys are interchangable? I.e. could I move them about into a different layout (Dvorak)? I emailed Roccat about it, who said this is the case (although the model I was enquiring about had a curved surface, so the keys weren't a standard height), but it'd be nice to hear it first hand from an owner.

i know i can do it from software (linux), but i dont really get what you really wanted to hear about it?
i never used dvorak layout myself

general layouts are here:
http://www.roccat.org/Products/Gaming-Keyboards/ROCCAT-Ryos-MK-Glow/#crb_4

edit:
ahh i get it what you mean... moving keys/buttons physicaly?

that yo u can do, but buttons have different angles from the top, so it might feel weird under the fingers if you changed their locations

edit2: ohh no.. buttons itself are all same.. their placement is with an angle .. so it should be safe to move them around

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Cherry MX black

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Quoting: jdubI'm still using my beloved Saitek Cyborg from 2008...gotta love the color changing keys =)

if im not wrong the PRO version has per key color change options..
its just about 40€ more expensive though

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