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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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    Halo: Campaign Evolved PC Requirements Revealed Ahead of July 28 Launch

    No, it will be campaign only. They may follow the model they used for Infinite where the MP is separate and F2P. Player counts are not great on Steam, but XBOX is probably where most play. Or perhaps it has done so poorly they are not going to bother investing in it? This was all going on before...
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    The Coalition Says That Gears of War: E-Day Will Launch in 2026 and Is Its Most Ambitious Game to Date

    Then you are not. ;) Different stokes and all that. I put crazy hours into the first 3 games, especially co-op and MP. It was very much a you had to be there thing.
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    Halo: Campaign Evolved PC Requirements Revealed Ahead of July 28 Launch

    :ROFLMAO: I meant the PC release, which was evidently 9/2003. Once I could dual wield plasma rifles and had the sword, it made a big difference. Yup. And judicious use of the exploding ones to frag others around them. Reach was great, 4 I disliked. Never played 5. Infinite I enjoyed the...
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    Upgraded from a 5950x to a 9850x3d

    Last time I had a CPU past 8 cores was X79. 8/16 is great for gaming. Heck, my 5600X3D has never been a limitation of note. Shader comp takes longer, but no BFD. The 4K thing is silly to me. Having a 7900XTX, in newer games with the settings I prefer, can't always handle native 4K smoothly...
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    Driver impact to system... AMD vs Nvidia

    Prefacing my remarks; I rarely play games on release or even near it, unless bundled with hardware. This subsequently means I do not immediately upgrade drivers. If it ain't broke don't fix it. I have not had crashes or other issues with teams red or green that were a problem on the vendors...
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    The Coalition Says That Gears of War: E-Day Will Launch in 2026 and Is Its Most Ambitious Game to Date

    Okay, I took the time to watch the game play and I'm sold. The story and setting seems like old school Gears. Tai was a great reveal. Hopefully they have worked some magic to make whatever iterations of UE5 used, not suck. My gut tells me some of the quick clips of game play were on Series S. A...
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    Halo: Campaign Evolved PC Requirements Revealed Ahead of July 28 Launch

    If they still have all of the copy pasta levels, you will not have a good time in some levels of the game. It was the biggest complaint by us PC gamers back in 2004? When they released it. The same stupid corridors, over and over. Follow the arrows on the floor, because it will get so...
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    The Coalition Says That Gears of War: E-Day Will Launch in 2026 and Is Its Most Ambitious Game to Date

    I am an OG Gears head. Pre-ordered and played co-op day 1. I had a great time in all but 4. I don't know what they were thinking with that one. 5 I dig the combat, but dislike the story in 4 and 5. I hope they have permanently abandoned the Disney princess storyline. This prequel is supposed to...
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    AMD Radeon RX 9070 GRE Is Dead on Arrival for a German Retailer Who Reports Consumers Opt for the Lower-Cost and More Powerful RX 9070

    LMAO that would be amazing. psolord would stroke out. All that compute with only 8GB is his worst nightmare. Correct settings™ Or lower internal res but always max textures. Some games the visual difference with texture quality is not a big deal, for many, it is. I still don't think this...
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    What Linux OS do you use currently?

    CachyOS on both my main PCs. Plan to try a few distros on my 3rd build. Manjaro is one I've dabbled in before, along with Mint and Ubuntu. Holo.iso and Bazzite felt to geared to the Steam Deck and other handhelds. SteamOS will hopefully be super polished on the Machine, if it ever comes out.
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    AMD Radeon RX 9070 GRE Spotted with English Packaging, Global Launch Looking Very Likely

    Looking forward to it. I confess it is possible I am being too harsh on the rascally rabbit. As it strikes me as being a better card the way Fabio tested it, than with the proper review methodology. He used it in a more realistic build, with more realistic settings. I hope he retests in Linux...
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    AMD Radeon RX 9070 GRE Spotted with English Packaging, Global Launch Looking Very Likely

    It is close in raster loses with RT. Had vram spillover in a game when the 5070 did not. DLSS is still the gold standard for upscaling. The 007 game code can be sold if the buyer does not want it. Otherwise that makes it close to the same price. Simply no reason for windows gamers to buy the...
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    AMD Radeon RX 9070 GRE Spotted with English Packaging, Global Launch Looking Very Likely

    Yes, I read it. Good review, but bad bang for buck card. MSI 5070 on Amazon is $606, comes with the 007 game, has a superior software stack, and better vram management in windows. Easy pick really.
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    Cooler Master and G.SKILL Collaborate to Bring Back DRAM Cooling with MasterDiim AC DDR5 Kits Featuring Blower-Style Heatspreaders

    Yo dawg, we heard you like that founder's edition blower, so we put it on your ram, so you can have tiny blowers to remind you of the big blower when they are blowing. Largely pointless gimmick with more moving parts to break. Hoping to capitalize on fears of ram dying on you. Time stamped
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