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  • Looking to upgrade, compatibility question

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  • PCIe N cards normally work fine in PCIe N-1 slots, so long as there isn't some other problem (like insufficient power). If they didn't, there would be many fewer GPU upgrades in the world. :)

    I think you've done well in choosing to replace Nvidia with AMD, since this will lead to a smoother experience (or at least more options) if you ever decide to escape Windows.

  • "The Steam client is now 64-bit. [...] Systems running 32-bit versions of Windows will continue receiving updates to the 32-bit Steam client until January 1, 2026."

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  • Maybe 32-bit builds of steamcmd will still be available for 32-bit systems? If I had one, I would look in to that.

  • "The Steam client is now 64-bit. [...] Systems running 32-bit versions of Windows will continue receiving updates to the 32-bit Steam client until January 1, 2026."

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  • You have misunderstood the person you replied to.

  • Epic CEO [Tim Sweeney] says AI disclosures like Steam's make "no sense" because AI will be involved in "nearly all" future game development

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  • PC gamers (sample size: at least 1) say they struggle to think of anything valuable that Tim Sweeney has ever said.

  • Rust developer has 'no plans' for Linux or Proton support, says games that support them are 'not serious about anti-cheat'

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  • When we stopped support for Linux, we saw more cheat users exploiting Linux, than actual legitimate users. — reddit

    That's curious phrasing. Did he expect legitimate users to stick around after support was taken away? Or does he mean that there were more cheaters than legit users before support was dropped?

    That's not to say that cheating was super widespread on Linux, — blog

    Okay, so his blog post suggests that it was the former, making his original argument really bizarre.

    When we stopped supporting Linux, users made up less than .01% of the total player base, even if that number has doubled, or tripled, it's not worth it. — reddit

    When we discontinued linux support in 2019, — blog

    The Steam Deck was released three years later, and nearly four more years have passed since its release. The portion of gamers using Linux has grown considerably more than he imagines above, and continues to grow.

    Enabling proton support would mean we're asking the EAC team to provide support for a whole other platform, which we fear would reduce their ability to support Windows — blog

    That is a false dichotomy. Rather than assuming what the Easy Anti-Cheat folks would do if more support were needed for Linux, he should probably ask. I would expect them to respond to increased demand by hiring qualified staff, not diverting existing staff to tasks for which they are unqualified. This is how businesses grow.

    For now, we're still weighing up the risks and will continue to explore options with EAC. Don't expect to see Proton support in the near future, but we hope to have it enabled someday. — blog

    I think that's the most sensible thing he has written on the topic.

  • How quake.exe got its TCP/IP stack

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  • It is impressive to see Quake run at full speed knowing that Windows 95 runs DOS executable in a virtual machine.

    I don't think it was a virtual machine in the hypervisor sense (as the term often implies today), nor in the bytecode interpreter sense (à la Java).

  • Valve Claims Steam Machine Outperforms 70% of Current Gaming PCs

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  • Would FP8 be exposed as the VK_KHR_shader_float8 vulkan extension?

  • Cloudflare Global Network experiencing issues

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  • Not only because it's a single point of failure, but also because it's a single point of surveillance.

    Cloudflare can read and even modify the communications everyone has with sites behind its HTTPS service. And it can monitor people's browsing through its DNS-over-HTTP service. And it can fingerprint people's browsers through any of its services that use JavaScript, such as its CAPTCHA-like thing.

  • A massive Cloudflare outage brought down X, ChatGPT, and even Downdetector

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  • Cloudflare has become a privacy problem approaching that of Google. I would be happy to see the web collectively abandon its services, in favour of many smaller providers.

  • 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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  • Manufacturers have wildly oversold you on how much speed you need to run a game.

    Microsoft is at least partly responsibile for this. Modern Windows loves to dominate your hard drive with background tasks that you didn't ask for, to the point of leaving foreground tasks starved for I/O.

    I find Linux to be superior in this area, and I often run modern games from a slow mechanical hard drive with no trouble at all. It's unsurprising that your Steam Deck does just fine with an SD card.

  • ‘No One Lives Forever’ Turns 25 & You Still Can’t Buy It Legitimately

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  • It's possible that their proof is a paper contract buried in a warehouse someplace. They would presumably have motivation to search for it if someone remastered/remade the game and it got popular.

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    YSK there was a 100,000 US dollar bill

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    ‘No One Lives Forever’ Turns 25 & You Still Can’t Buy It Legitimately

    www.techdirt.com /2025/11/13/no-one-lives-forever-turns-25-you-still-cant-buy-it-legitimately/
  • PC Gaming @lemmy.ca
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    ‘No One Lives Forever’ Turns 25 & You Still Can’t Buy It Legitimately

    www.techdirt.com /2025/11/13/no-one-lives-forever-turns-25-you-still-cant-buy-it-legitimately/

  • Question: Does a higher refresh rate monitor make sense?

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  • Just about any game with full-screen motion will be noticeably better at 120+ fps than 60. How much better will depend on the game, screen size, and viewing distance.

    Bear in mind that higher frame rates will mean your GPU has to do more work, so it will use more power and produce more heat. (They might even induce coil whine.) I therefore set a frame rate limit in graphics-intensive games, to enjoy smoother motion without driving my electricity bill deep into the land of diminishing returns. The sweet spot for me is usually somewhere in the 60-120 range, but I find that even 40 fps is enough for certain games, like Baldur's Gate 3.

    If you're shopping for a monitor, I suggest looking for variable refresh rate support. It makes frame rate dips and peaks less jarring, and offers more flexibility in setting frame rate limits.

  • Steam Machine

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  • From a company owned by Gabe.

  • Steam Machine

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  • Our first look at the Steam Machine, Valve’s ambitious new game console

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  • Banana for scale:

    credit: Valve

  • PC Gaming @lemmy.ca
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    Our first look at the Steam Machine, Valve’s ambitious new game console

    www.theverge.com /tech/818111/valve-steam-machine-hands-on-preview-specs-announcement

  • [Popular Tech YouTube Channel "Gamers Nexus" was] Contacted by the US Secret Service | The AI Surveillance Center Dystopia

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  • A lot of the time it fizzles out or doesn’t stand up to any kind of real scrutiny.

    Which times, specifically?

  • [Popular Tech YouTube Channel "Gamers Nexus" was] Contacted by the US Secret Service | The AI Surveillance Center Dystopia

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  • More importantly, it looks like Gamers Nexus (no apostrophe) is crowdfunding the deeper investigation that they want to do.

    I'm inclined to think contributing to this journalism would be worthwhile.

  • Can Google read my Signal messages on stock Android?

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  • But if the ENDS are both compromised…

    If either end is compromised, then there is someone reading over the proverbial shoulder, and the conversation should be considered compromised.

    Hopefully Linux Phone gets some love.

    That would be a welcome step in the right direction, as would open hardware.

  • Technology @beehaw.org
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    World’s Largest Cargo Sailboat Completes Historic First Atlantic Crossing

    www.marineinsight.com /shipping-news/worlds-largest-cargo-sailboat-completes-historic-first-atlantic-crossing/
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    All 54 lost clickwheel iPod games have now been preserved for posterity

    arstechnica.com /gaming/2025/09/all-54-lost-clickwheel-ipod-games-have-now-been-preserved-for-posterity/
  • retrocomputing @lemmy.sdf.org
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    50 keyboards from my collection

    aresluna.org /50-keyboards-from-my-collection/
  • Technology @beehaw.org
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    Citizen Lab director warns cyber industry about US authoritarian descent

    techcrunch.com /2025/08/06/citizen-lab-director-warns-cyber-industry-about-us-authoritarian-descent/
  • retrocomputing @lemmy.sdf.org
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    Finding a 27-year-old easter egg in the Power Mac G3 ROM

    www.downtowndougbrown.com /2025/06/finding-a-27-year-old-easter-egg-in-the-power-mac-g3-rom/
  • Free and Open Source Software @beehaw.org
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    The IRS Tax Filing Software TurboTax Is Trying to Kill Just Got Open Sourced

    www.404media.co /directfile-open-source-irs-tax-filing-software-turbotax-is-trying-to-kil/
  • retrocomputing @lemmy.sdf.org
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    Connomore64 - Realtime cycle exact emulation of the Commodore 64 using multiple microcontrollers in parallel

    github.com /c1570/Connomore64