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  • AMD Radeon RX 9070 XT outsells entire combined NVIDIA RTX 50 series GPUs at German retailer

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  • Iris I always use medium video quality source. Anything that needs low usually looks terrible on the upscale

  • AMD Radeon RX 9070 XT outsells entire combined NVIDIA RTX 50 series GPUs at German retailer

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  • Iris does seem faster to me compared to Proteus. Didn't see much use for me from like Gaia compared to Proteus. I convert down resolution with Handbrake with a pretty high quality target for h264 and then run it again in topaz with Proteus. 4x with Iris, than resolution back down by 4 and then 4x back up with Proteus. I feel like Iris + Proteus gives a real good result for low resolution content

  • AMD Radeon RX 9070 XT outsells entire combined NVIDIA RTX 50 series GPUs at German retailer

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  • Oh. I like doing a round 4x in Iris and then converting it down and doing a 4x in Proteus. A lot of times Iris is enough. The newer starlight mini everyone says is way better especially with not making terrifying faces when there's not enough data but I'm not subscribing again for that

  • AMD Radeon RX 9070 XT outsells entire combined NVIDIA RTX 50 series GPUs at German retailer

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  • I buy XFX. I think Sapphire is really well regarded. I feel like I had a Sapphire ATI card a long time ago. Pretty sure XFX and Sapphire are the major time tested brands. You can probably be good buying the cheapest brand though

  • AMD Radeon RX 9070 XT outsells entire combined NVIDIA RTX 50 series GPUs at German retailer

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  • Topaz is absolutely the best. There are other commercial software out there that's talked up a bit but everything i've read says Topaz is still better. Free stuff, nothing really comes close. There's this that i hope get's better and more developer interest. Available on Linux and Windows

    https://github.com/TNTwise/REAL-Video-Enhancer

    If you're Windows only, there's this. It's more mature in development

    https://github.com/AaronFeng753/Waifu2x-Extension-GUI

    But Topaz is better than everything else. It's why I grabbed a used laptop with an Nvidia GPU for a good price

    The free stuff is real hit or miss with real life video. Animations generally always looks good

  • AMD Radeon RX 9070 XT outsells entire combined NVIDIA RTX 50 series GPUs at German retailer

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  • Someday I'll get a drive to install Windows on and test the version of Topaz I have with it. The Puget benchmarks with it and Topaz are good but don't know if my final version is recent enough to be stable with the 9070

  • AMD Radeon RX 9070 XT outsells entire combined NVIDIA RTX 50 series GPUs at German retailer

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  • Do you have any experience with Topaz and a 9070xt? I don't because my 9070 PC runs Linux but I do have a Topaz license that goes to like 5.1 that I use on an older PC with an Nvidia card that serves as my Windows only software computer

    Benchmarks for the 9070xt seemed competitive for Topaz

    https://www.pugetsystems.com/labs/articles/amd-radeon-rx-9070-xt-content-creation-review/#Topaz_Video_AI

    I was hoping Topaz would release for Linux since they had beta versions available but they didn't update past 5.1 and then recently announced they were cancelling the Linux support plans and then they went full on subscription plans rather than buy once for a year of updates and then it's yours to keep

  • GNOME Desktop top bar - waste of space?

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  • It's why I favored Unity over Gnome back in the day. The titlebar/basic menu items and close/minimize/expand buttons integrated into the top bar was better. Ya it was probably a copy of MacOS/OSX. Damn good to me in my opinion though. Overall I like Gnome but I'm not sold on it long term. Someday I may try going full time on KDE again. Very likely popos 26.04 with Cosmic I'll try that out on my primary computer when it releases

  • Linux @lemmy.ml
    commander @lemmy.world

    Qualcomm Upstreaming Initial GPU Support For Snapdragon X2 Elite In Linux 6.19

    www.phoronix.com /news/Qualcomm-X2-Elite-GPU-Linux-619

  • With just a microSD card, you’ll be able to easily bring your games across the Steam Deck, Steam Machine, and Steam Frame.

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  • on a deck for me a microsd is for old emulated games. Everything else I'm fine deleting and restoring over the local network from my desktop or from a NAS especially when I plug the thing straight into the router

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    [Meta] This community has been renamed to Steam Hardware to include the newly annouced Steam Machine and Steam Frame

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  • Good stuff. The Frame is going to be pretty major in another tangential way. Right now the best mobile SoC to emulate PC games on Android is the 8 Gen 3. Comparing what ragtag teams in the open source world do with Proton/Fex/box64 in the Android world compared to Valve with the same tech but with full time employees in the primary linux world will be a great comparison for what can conceivably be done with our mobile phones

  • YongYea; Execs Stupidly Claim Steam Has A Monopoly And Get Mocked...

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  • YouTube university where you don't need the attention span for reading

  • YongYea; Execs Stupidly Claim Steam Has A Monopoly And Get Mocked...

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  • No I can't say they won't enshitiffy but I'm not going to bitch all the times they're not being dicks just so you can enjoy sucking your own dick. Go fight a battle that actually needs fighting right now because Steam is a waste of time and energy now. You're fighting your imaginary enemy right now

  • YongYea; Execs Stupidly Claim Steam Has A Monopoly And Get Mocked...

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  • The common speech of someone willfully ignorant. Get an education

  • YongYea; Execs Stupidly Claim Steam Has A Monopoly And Get Mocked...

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  • People like you can't seem to differentiate wanting solid criticisms of Valve and Steam rather than just theory crafting all the worst things that can happen with them. The Steam hysteria makes no sense when its a storefront on open software platforms and the ones that are on closed software platforms aren't doing what people are gearing Valve would do whenever Gabe dies or if Valve went public

    At least put effort into explaining why Steam will become this terribly blood sucking store on PC where people can download from numerous options as compared to platforms like Xbox, PlayStation, Nintendo, iOS where you don't have freedom to install anything you want. As a developer you can't just distribute software and have them installable.

    If people that wanted to make people concerned about Steam put more effort into their arguments, maybe people on Lemmy would give their concerns more credence. It's surprising that on Lemmy, people who seem to value art and expression so much are so bad at expressing why people should be concerned about what they are concern about

  • YongYea; Execs Stupidly Claim Steam Has A Monopoly And Get Mocked...

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  • Stop making excuses for every other company that has failed to compete with Valve. It has not been out of the price range for competition of other companies. Big publishers have been making storefronts for about 2 decades and proceeding to underfund and mismanage every attempt.

    Steam was not the first digital storefront on PC. They were not a huge behemoth company by 2014. They were not bigger than Epic was by the time EGS launched. Not bigger than EA when Origin launched. Not bigger than Ubisoft when Uplay launched. Not bigger than Microsoft when GFWL launched. Not bigger than Amazon anytime these past 15 years of digital downloads from them. I doubt it took Valve tens of billions of dollars to make 2014 Steam right before SteamOS launched, 2014 because not a single storefront platform has reached feature parity with end of 2014 Steam.

    Steam launched in 2003. A single ten billion dollars, I wouldn't be surprised as about the accumulative revenue of Valve 2003-2014.

    Already we can't transfer ownership once we die. We can't port out our licenses to anywhere else.

    What is the policy of any other store. Of you want a solution here go lobby the government you live under to mandate inheritance of digital goods

    We can't even reinstall a game without an internet connection afaik. If I could port my entire library

    This is a game by game case as it's up to what DRM is implemented if any. A ton of games you can just copy the folder around and click the executable. We're you not around during the SecuRom and StarForce days. GFWL install limit days.

    Call people what you are yourself, a social media warrior, but that doesn't make you any less ignorant of PC gaming markets than whomever you're crying about. You won't be taken seriously when you're making excuses for a bunch of companies historically and a number to this day larger than Valve was when building Steam up

    Download fees. Watch this quick 2 minute advertisement to begin the download for free right after!... or just $5 per download / $30/mo for unlimited ad free downloads for your whole family (up to 5 people on the same ip! geolocation restrictions apply. Max 1TB per account per month)

    Valve isn't in a vacuum. iOS, Xbox, PlayStation, Nintendo. All closed software ecosystems unlike a Linux machine or currently a Windows machine. Still waiting for that 2 minute advertisement to begin download or download fees on actual closed platforms. Waiting for public companies like Microsoft, Amazon, Sony, Nintendo, ... to start charging download fees and pre-download advertisements on purchased games.

    GFWL Gold subscription for online play is about 20 years old and failed spectacularly against a Steam that wasn't even a tenth the userbase it has today. Now you're losing hair over subscriptions to get advertisement free downloads of games you've purchased. Come back to reality of how the markets gone for PC gaming in the last 20 years

  • Halo: Campaign Evolved announced for PS5, Xbox Series, and PC

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  • I don't know. It's just the series has had no conviction post-Bungie so I bet on them throwing darts at a wall until they finally have an antagonist, while off screening the previous games antagonist, thats an immediate hit with gamers. Each games antagonist aren't fundamentally bad, they just do a bad job developing them. 8 hour campaigns where they tease for a sequel and end up with a non-compelling narrative. 3 games in a row of that

  • Halo: Campaign Evolved announced for PS5, Xbox Series, and PC

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  • Wonder how far Halo 7 is. Is it going to be 5+ years from this remake. So 10+ years from Infinite. I wouldn't be surprised if they followed their times tradition of 4, 5, and Infinite where they hard swerve to a new major antagonist

  • They say word-of-mouth marketing is the most effective form of marketing. What games did you (not) enjoy that came well-recommended by friends to you, and why did they recommend it to you?

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  • I wish more games adopted kotors combat. To me its the perfect casual streamlining of a turn based CRPG. It feels faster to me than traditional real time with pause games. Talk about kotor remakes and how the combat has to change.

    To me the only need in modernization of the combat is adding more cool animations to cycle through and more abilities that possibly chain together animations that react a bit with each other. That's the mainstream hook, cool animations you wouldn't get with real time combat. Uncharted 4 sold huge numbers and that's not very heavy on gameplay mechanics. It's a spectacle. Kotor style combat can be a spectacle without being a QTE and cutscene battles festival

  • They say word-of-mouth marketing is the most effective form of marketing. What games did you (not) enjoy that came well-recommended by friends to you, and why did they recommend it to you?

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  • These days I feel like an outlier saying I love kotor combat. It's like Disgaea games to me. The joy is watching the animations and building your character to see big damage happen and/or make your character a defensive/health monster. Like on rare occasion I'll play an ARPG like Victor Vran solely just to mow down monsters at ease. That's the joy by the end of kotor 2. In the academy just force jump mowing down enemies

  • Nintendo @lemmy.world
    commander @lemmy.world

    Super Mario Galaxy + Super Mario Galaxy 2 review for Nintendo Switch

    nintendoeverything.com /super-mario-galaxy-1-and-2-review-for-nintendo-switch/
  • Steam Hardware @sopuli.xyz
    commander @lemmy.world

    Digimon Story Time Stranger, Review - Steam Deck HQ

    steamdeckhq.com /game-reviews/digimon-story-time-stranger/
  • Steam Hardware @sopuli.xyz
    commander @lemmy.world

    Ninja Gaiden 4 Gets Steam Deck Verified Before Its Release Next Month - Steam Deck HQ

    steamdeckhq.com /news/ninja-gaiden-4-gets-steam-deck-verified/
  • Steam Hardware @sopuli.xyz
    commander @lemmy.world

    Digimon Story Time Stranger Gets Steam Deck Verified Ahead Of Release - Steam Deck HQ

    steamdeckhq.com /news/digimon-story-time-stranger-steam-deck-verified/
  • Nintendo @lemmy.world
    commander @lemmy.world

    Romancing SaGa 2: Revenge of Seven now available for Switch 2 alongside version 1.1.0 update

    www.gematsu.com /2025/07/romancing-saga-2-revenge-of-seven-now-available-for-switch-2-alongside-version-1-1-0-update
  • Nintendo @lemmy.world
    commander @lemmy.world

    This Switch 2 Accessory Can Hold Your McDonald's Fries As You Game

    www.pcmag.com /news/this-switch-2-accessory-can-hold-your-mcdonalds-fries-as-you-game
  • Open Source @lemmy.ml
    commander @lemmy.world

    KDE's Android TV alternative, Plasma Bigscreen, rises from the dead with a better UI

    www.neowin.net /news/kdes-android-tv-alternative-plasma-bigscreen-rises-from-the-dead-with-a-better-ui/
  • Nintendo @lemmy.world
    commander @lemmy.world

    It's Official, Switch 2 Has Sold Over 3.5 Million Units Globally In Its First Four Days

    www.nintendolife.com /news/2025/06/its-official-switch-2-has-sold-over-3-5-million-units-globally-in-its-first-four-days
  • Linux Gaming @lemmy.ml
    commander @lemmy.world

    Upcoming MMO 'BitCraft Online' will be open source

    www.gamingonlinux.com /2025/06/upcoming-mmo-bitcraft-online-will-be-open-source/
  • Nintendo @lemmy.world
    commander @lemmy.world

    Nintendo Switch 2 Smashes Records with Over 3 Million Units Sold in 24 Hours

    www.inspire2rise.com /nintendo-switch-2-3-mn-units-sold-24-hrs.html
  • Linux Gaming @lemmy.ml
    commander @lemmy.world

    New Steam Games with Native Linux Clients, including Snako and TDS - 2025-05-28 Edition

    boilingsteam.com /new-steam-games-with-native-linux-clients-2025-05-28-edition/index.html
  • Nintendo @lemmy.world
    commander @lemmy.world

    Nintendo Says Switch 2 Price Changes May Still Occur Depending On Tariffs

    www.nintendolife.com /news/2025/05/nintendo-says-switch-2-price-changes-may-still-occur-depending-on-tariffs
  • Linux @lemmy.ml
    commander @lemmy.world

    Qualcomm Snapdragon X Elite Benchmarks On Ubuntu Linux vs. AMD vs. Intel

    www.phoronix.com /review/snapdragon-x-elite-linux-benchmarks
  • Linux Gaming @lemmy.ml
    commander @lemmy.world

    Valve's Proton 10.0 Beta Released With More Windows Games Now Playable On Linux

    www.phoronix.com /news/Proton-10.0-Beta-Released
  • Open Source @lemmy.ml
    commander @lemmy.world

    The State of Open Source in 2025? Honestly, it's a mess but you knew that already The good news: everyone's using it. The bad news: have you seen how they're using it?

    www-theregister-com.cdn.ampproject.org /v/s/www.theregister.com/AMP/2025/04/29/state_of_open_source/
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    Ubuntu 25.04 & Fedora 42 Hit A Long Sought Milestone With HDR Support Working Well On The Linux Desktop

    www.phoronix.com /review/linux-hdr-2025
  • Open Source @lemmy.ml
    commander @lemmy.world

    QEMU 10.0 Just Released With New Upgrades for ISAs

    news.itsfoss.com /qemu-10-release/
  • Linux @lemmy.ml
    commander @lemmy.world

    Mesa 25.1 Panfrost & PanVK Begin Supporting Newer Arm Mali 5th Gen Graphics

    www.phoronix.com /news/Mesa-25.1-Newer-Mali-5th-Gen
  • Nintendo @lemmy.world
    commander @lemmy.world

    Trump’s Tariffs Are Here to Jack Up the Price of Your Switch 2 (and Everything Else)

    gizmodo.com /trumps-tariffs-are-here-to-jack-up-the-price-of-your-switch-2-and-everything-else-2000584267