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    Steam Machine and Steam Frame Set to Arrive This Summer as Valve Slips Launch Target in Recent Blog Post

    I've read good things about Zorin. Never heard of Regata.
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    Steam Machine and Steam Frame Set to Arrive This Summer as Valve Slips Launch Target in Recent Blog Post

    I used it before moving to CachyOS. I never could get it to consistently work with my BT XBOX controller. A few other things about using an immutable that were annoying over time.
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    Steam Machine and Steam Frame Set to Arrive This Summer as Valve Slips Launch Target in Recent Blog Post

    I would not buy one, but I know people IRL it is ideal for. They need to get FSR4 dialed in. Lots of other QoL and optimization that should happen over time. It has good potential. The footprint, HDMI-CEC, 4 steam controller support, and steam frame integration are, or will be, value added. I...
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    Gears of War: E-Day PC Requirements Officially Revealed: RTX 2060 Minimum, 130GB SSD Required

    internet speeds play a roll. Deleting to make room for a new download is trivial for people with fast connections. I see some guys in the U.K. say they have to start the downloads before going to bed. Something I have not had to do in 20 years or more.
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    Trends from the April 2026 Steam Hardware Survey

    Exactly. Just used the damned telemetry they get as part of the TOS. While they are at it, they can break it down by regions. For example; I may be confidently incorrect, but I expect Nvidia is far more dominant in Asia than the Americas and Europe. The idea that it is a PR tool makes a lot of...
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    Gears of War: E-Day PC Requirements Officially Revealed: RTX 2060 Minimum, 130GB SSD Required

    Textures and meshes take up a lot of space. Be careful what you ask for too. Neural texture compression might end up being a mixed bag or worse, for who knows how long. Helldivers 2 used deduplication to significantly reduce install size on the PC port. I wonder if that is doable with some of...
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    Xbox Is Reportedly Axing Many Studios from Its Portfolio, Including Arkane Lyon, Compulsion Games, Double Fine, and Ninja Theory

    I agree. They have never fully recovered from the anti consumer crap they tried to pull with the XBONE. If they were banking on gamers having short memories, they goofed but good. The terrible job they have done managing Gears and Halo, the anchors of the ecosystem, should be crimes. The new...
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    Trends from the April 2026 Steam Hardware Survey

    Exactly. And we have no idea if it is remotely accurate. What we do know is AMD has reported strong sales YOY the last EDIT: 3 Qs. From Q4 last year And Q1 My contention is; The Steam survey is too often a case of bad data is worse than no data. The old truism about lies, damned lies, and...
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    Xbox Is Reportedly Axing Many Studios from Its Portfolio, Including Arkane Lyon, Compulsion Games, Double Fine, and Ninja Theory

    We are witnessing a radical shift away from big corpos in media. Star Wars movie with baby Yoda is tanking. He-Man is a massive flop. Supergirl is projected to crash and burn. Word has it, test screenings were so bad they cut 30 minutes from it and added more Superman. The most profitable movies...
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    Trends from the April 2026 Steam Hardware Survey

    I concede the point. Now, lets get back to the conversations concerning the fact the survey once again has proven to be broken. And this is only the latest incident proving it.
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    Trends from the April 2026 Steam Hardware Survey

    Conspiracy are often real, and proven correct. This is a prime example where that is the case. It is more broken than simply not being surveyed though. https://www.techpowerup.com/349940/steam-survey-increased-windows-11-adoption-amd-gpu-detection-fix-live At almost 20% share AMD is still...
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    Halo: Campaign Evolved PC Requirements Revealed Ahead of July 28 Launch

    Yes indeed, some nice quality of life tweaks, glad to see it. They partially addressed the copy paste corridors level. That's a big W right there. I might have to throw 11 pro on a nvme if the price is right. Or if it is on the lowest game pass tier.
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    Ampere Is Back, Baby, and Now, 2026 Gamers Can Play Games on an RTX 3050 6 GB/RTX 3060 12 GB, Which Launched Four Years Ago

    I had the 3050 6GB. Open box from Best Buy for $140. I was pleasantly surprised how well it did for a slot powered card. DLSS is a killer app. Great for dropping in an old office PC or workstation on Ebay for a couple of $100 AKA uber cheap gaming PC meta. They have been saying the 3060 12GB...
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    Halo: Campaign Evolved PC Requirements Revealed Ahead of July 28 Launch

    I agree. Phil&co were ruining XBOX, and the decision seems right on brand. The Halo game I want to play is doing with 117 what we just saw with 007. Start over from the beginning and get new players invested in the character. The show did it, but the budget and writing were lacking.
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