usrtrv

usrtrv, 10 miesięcy temu

It’s confirmed steam deck compatible at launch, so it’ll work fine.

usrtrv, 10 miesięcy temu

I understand the sentiment, but it seems like you’re drawing arbitrary lines in the sand for what is the “correct” amount of power for gaming. Why waste 50 watts of GPU (or more like 150 total system watts) on a game that something like a SteamDeck will draw 15watts to do almost identically. 10 times less power for definitely not 10 times less fidelity. We could all the way back to the original Gameboy for 0.7 watts, the fidelity drops but so does the power. What is the “correct” wattage?

I agree that the top end gpus are shit at efficiency and we should could cut back. But I don’t agree that fidelity and realism should stop advancing. Some type of efficiency requirement would be nice, but every year games should get more advanced and every year gpus should get better (and hopefully stay efficient).

usrtrv, 10 miesięcy temu

That’s a very good point, but a little misleading. A better number would be to add up all the top tier cards from every generation, not just the past 2. Just because they’re old doesn’t mean they still aren’t relatively inefficient for their generation.

If we kept the generations exactly the same, but got rid of the top 1 or 2 cards. The technological advancement would be happening just as fast. Because really, the top tier cards are about silicon lottery and putting as much power in while keeping stable clocks. They aren’t different from an architecture perspective within the same generation. It’s about being able to sell the best silicon and more VRAM at a premium.

But as you said, it’s still a drop in the bucket compared to the overall market.

usrtrv, 10 miesięcy temu

It’s a great game, but so was Divinity: Original Sin 2. The main difference, besides the rules swap, is the cutscenes and dialogue animations.

I think BG3 is riding on the D&D brand and marketing campaign. In my mind there isn’t a massive difference between BG3 and D:OS2 (or other titles they’ve done) from a pure gameplay perspective.

Regardless, I’m for it. Hopefully we’ll see more innovative and high budget CRPGs.

usrtrv, 10 miesięcy temu

Exactly. I should have expanded further, but I was including Forgotten Realms as part of the D&D brand.

usrtrv, 10 miesięcy temu

If you like RPGs in general, I think it’s worth playing. No need be a fan of DnD.

usrtrv, 10 miesięcy temu

I played the enhanced editions on Steam which have a native Linux build. No issues.

usrtrv, 10 miesięcy temu

Yea such a shame since the first has support. A lot of other games published by Paradox has it. Has there been any word from the devs yet?

usrtrv, 10 miesięcy temu

Hmm very different experience for me, I don’t have any problems with the native Linux version. Hardly any crashes or performance issues. I don’t use any mods so maybe that’s the reason.

usrtrv, 10 miesięcy temu

I’ve been using Vulkan in Linux with an AMD card. Seems mostly fine except the occasional black boxes during cut scenes (about 15% of the edge of the screen). I haven’t tried DX11 yet.

usrtrv, 10 miesięcy temu

That’s weird, I do get the black boxes as well, but a much smaller portion of my screen. What resolution are you running? I’m at 4K.

usrtrv, 10 miesięcy temu

Yes which is why I chose Vulkan over DX11. But depending on the Vulkan implementation for a specific game, sometimes converting DX to Vulkan might function better.

usrtrv, 10 miesięcy temu

Dang, I’ve only had one crash.