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Re: What do you think about Steam Deck handheld PC ?

Posted on 2021-07-20, 13:31

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(People are moaning that it won't have capacity to install the 100GB AAA games like RDR2 and CP but it doesn't have a hope at running those games well to begin with. I would love to be proven wrong...) You can already play those games on GPD Win 3 and Aya Neo which are much smaller devices: …

What do you think about Steam Deck handheld PC ?

Posted on 2021-07-20, 05:58

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Recently Valve officially announced Steam Deck; a handheld PC running SteamOS, similar to GPD Win 3, Aya Neo and One Xplayer that already had successful crowdfunding earlier this year and that run on Windows. https://store.steampowered.com/steamdeck

Re: graphics that over promise and under deliver

Posted on 2021-07-03, 18:53

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I would say that modern games have too much "noise" in them. Before 2000 there were so many hardware limitations and levels consisted of only what was necessary. They built the gameplay and atmosphere with the bare minimum. Those games are actually much more comfortable to play, because when you …

Re: 8k

Posted on 2021-06-28, 06:18

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I was thinking of buying a 1440p monitor, but since GPU prices are ridiculous now, I can't buy a GPU to run it.

Re: dgVoodoo 2.7.x and related WIP versions

Posted on 2021-05-20, 22:32

Sorry for being inactive here. Unfortunately, due to other IRL activities, I have minimal time I can spend on dgVoodoo and related things. :( Don't worry about it. You alone, in your free time, already did more for old PC games than what Microsoft did for Xbox backwards compatibility with all their …

Re: Chia cryptocurrency - Mining on HDD and SSD

Posted on 2021-05-20, 22:19

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Meanwhile all main cryptos took serious nosedive after Elon Musk's comments and Bank of China statements. This includes Chia. You know what is good about Chinese communists ? They embraced capitalism, but the difference is, since they are communists, they study capitalism from the basis that it …

Re: Chia cryptocurrency - Mining on HDD and SSD

Posted on 2021-04-28, 21:39

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How about we start using acorns as currency ? Instead of buying computer components and wasting electricity on virtual money, people plant trees which clean up the air and slow down climate change. As stupid as it sounds, it is not worse than what we have now.

Re: Crimson Skies and dgVoodoo

Posted on 2021-04-28, 02:23

Crimson Skies is an old DirectX game, so you need to follow instructions under "Installation - DirectX 2-8". All you have to do is copy the mentioned files into the game installation folder. Any other configuration is optional, unless there is a very specific issue with the game and a known fix. You …

Re: How often do you buy a brand new computer ?

Posted on 2021-03-29, 04:06

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cyclone3d wrote on 2021-03-29, 00:42: What it i only generally buy used hardware when upgrading? Does that still count as a new computer if I upgrade my mb and CPU with used parts? I really messed up the title. As long as it is newer then you previous one, and you use it as your main computer, …

Re: How often do you buy a brand new computer ?

Posted on 2021-03-28, 19:00

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You'd be surprised how little you have to spend on computers when you don't do any gaming. I'm still using a Core 2 Quad Q9550 with 8 GB RAM and a Sapphire HD 6850, bought it in 2008. I wouldn't be surprised at all. Single core is dead, but a good old dual core and even just 4 GB is still perfectly …

Re: How often do you buy a brand new computer ?

Posted on 2021-03-28, 18:25

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rmay635703 wrote on 2021-03-28, 18:13: 1998 was my last truly “new” computer After that was a new motherboard + cpu combined with used parts or simply buying a used machine whole to start with. Well, I didn't mean "brand new" as "brand new from store". New motherboard and CPU is a new computer in …

How often do you buy a brand new computer ?

Posted on 2021-03-28, 18:10

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I got my first computer in late 1999. It was a Pentium 2 with 32 MB RAM. It was outdated before it left the store. I had zero experience with computers back then and never even opened it, not to mention upgrade it. It was such a major disappointment, that I even stopped playing video games. I got my …

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