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inclementimmigrant@lemmy.worldOPto PC Gaming@lemmy.ca•GOG now accepts donations when you buy a game, like it's a charity or somethingEnglish195·5 days agoI’m okay with this as long as it’s being used properly.
inclementimmigrant@lemmy.worldOPto PC Gaming@lemmy.ca•Steam Beta finally enables Proton on Linux fully, making Linux gaming simplerEnglish3·5 days agoIt just enabled proton for all games by default instead of having to manually turn the option on. Just one less thing to have to remember or do now for all games with proton.
inclementimmigrant@lemmy.worldto PC Gaming@lemmy.ca•Advice Requested: 2006 pc upgradeEnglish2·8 days ago- Case is fine even if a little dated. ATX is called a standard just for these types of things.
- Monitor and peripherals are good, power supply could use a refresh and the SSD, HDD I would relegate to secondary drives and just get a new SSD.
- You could look for a used PC, some of the local shops have some decent deals but I personally would avoid any office PC unless you’re just going for a very budget PC or just want to get a cheap CPU. All that proprietary parts and usually non-standard, underpowered PSU isn’t going to be great.
inclementimmigrant@lemmy.worldOPto PC Gaming@lemmy.ca•As The Outer Worlds 2 hits $80, director says "we don't set the prices for our games" and wishes "everybody could play" Obsidian's new RPGEnglish1·9 days agoShame that we’re in the minority of gamers.
inclementimmigrant@lemmy.worldOPto PC Gaming@lemmy.ca•Postal 2 Redux is bringing back the controversial FPS with a full remasterEnglish4·12 days agoPersonally won’t be doing the kickstarter but would be interested in early access perhaps.
inclementimmigrant@lemmy.worldOPto PC Gaming@lemmy.ca•ASRock Failures Face-to-Face: Motherboards, BIOS, & Burned 9800X3D CPUs - Gamers NexusEnglish3·26 days agoThe real heroes are the guys who lent them their exhibitor badges.
inclementimmigrant@lemmy.worldOPto PC Gaming@lemmy.ca•Fake MSRP: AMD's Radeon 9070 XT $600 Launch Price Was a FantasyEnglish51·28 days agoIt’s still good to be reminded that corporations are not your friend and we should be demanding better with our wallets.
inclementimmigrant@lemmy.worldOPto PC Gaming@lemmy.ca•SteamOS Manager for BIOS updates, TDP and GPU clock controls now open sourceEnglish7·28 days agoincludes a feature named “EnterDownloadMode” which the code comments notes, “Enter a low power mode for downloads and get a handle that will keep this mode active until all obtained handles are dropped”.
inclementimmigrant@lemmy.worldto PC Gaming@lemmy.ca•Gamer builds custom power cable with fuses for GeForce RTX 4090 GPUEnglish2·1 month agoYeah, sad that this is the crap people have to resort to “fix” a bad standard and a even worse implementation.
inclementimmigrant@lemmy.worldOPto PC Gaming@lemmy.ca•AMD claims most gamers don’t need more than 8GB of VRAM, after new GPU launchEnglish72·1 month agoMost gamers are stuck with lower end hardware because they can’t afford anything anymore.
inclementimmigrant@lemmy.worldOPto PC Gaming@lemmy.ca•AMD claims most gamers don’t need more than 8GB of VRAM, after new GPU launchEnglish4·1 month agoI mean honestly, yeah. With a simple 4 GB chip they could have won the low end and not screwed over gamers.
They’ve really seemed to have forgotten their roots with the GPU market, which is a damn shame.
inclementimmigrant@lemmy.worldOPto PC Gaming@lemmy.ca•AMD claims most gamers don’t need more than 8GB of VRAM, after new GPU launchEnglish61·1 month agoCounter point.
https://prosettings.net/blog/1440p-competitive-gaming/
Increased resolution has been the trend for a bit now even in these competitive games.
ETA, let’s also not pretend that those who play esports games only play esports games too.
inclementimmigrant@lemmy.worldOPto PC Gaming@lemmy.ca•Deliver At All Costs - Epic Store GiveawayEnglish3·1 month agoA whole week isn’t what I would call a “very limited time” but at the same time, best of luck to them.
inclementimmigrant@lemmy.worldOPto PC Gaming@lemmy.ca•Former Dragon Age writer says Clair Obscur: Expedition 33 and Baldur's Gate 3 prove 'what's possible when a game is given time to cook'English1·1 month agoProbably because harshness, tight timings, and the game goes out of it’s way to screw with your ability to execute the dodges and parries it’s more reminiscent of the souls like, not to mention it’s more recent and active in the gaming zeitgeist.
inclementimmigrant@lemmy.worldOPto PC Gaming@lemmy.ca•Former Dragon Age writer says Clair Obscur: Expedition 33 and Baldur's Gate 3 prove 'what's possible when a game is given time to cook'English29·1 month agoNo really. Is more of a traditional, linear story driven, turn-based JRPG, set in alternate France, that incorporates dark-souls dodge and parry mechanics in combat.
So much fun in a completely different way.
inclementimmigrant@lemmy.worldto PC Gaming@lemmy.ca•The Prince Of Persia: Sands Of Time Remake Will Launch By March 2026, Ubisoft SaysEnglish6·1 month agoI have no faith that this will be good.
inclementimmigrant@lemmy.worldOPto PC Gaming@lemmy.ca•'Anyone Who Doesn't Include Five Trans Characters...': Ori Studio CEO Defends Closure CommentsEnglish32·1 month agoShame to not see some good come from this.
Gee, you would think the PC gamers would be interested at least for situational awareness in the news of a massive data breach that leaked emails accounts with passwords and cookies that could be used to compromise gaming accounts.
I guess with the votes, I was mistaken.