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Ok /g/ - What is going on with linux and gaming?
Shifted from windows to linux and enjoyed the transition - very smooth and I'm still enjoying the experience. However, trying to get some games running on this machine has been difficult to say the least.
Now I'm not some lazy neet who spends every free hour gaming, but I do enjoy the occasional RPG or Strategy game, and I'd like to continue my hobby using linux.
I don't play very graphically intensive games either, recently trying to get the likes of Stellaris or CK2 to work has been a trying experience. The recent release of Pillars of Eternity is also something I'd like to play but am having trouble running smoothly. I'm running openSUSE also which doesn't seem like the most optimized distro for this purpose.
So what's the deal /g/? Should I give up and dual boot windows? Install a different distro that supports gaming a bit better like ubuntu? or persist in trying to fix whatever is shit with this current install of linux until I get stuff working at an acceptable level. At the moment I'm kind of stuck, considering to dual boot windows but I really would rather stick with linux. But if I can't have my cake and eat it too then I feel like I'm being forced into a corner.
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>>59192086
If you're not doing anything graphically intensive, give Wine a try. After you install Wine, you literally just use terminal andwine some_windows_installer.exe
Generally when it finishes you'll even have a shortcut mixed in with your normal Linux launchers. I've used it to install a bunch of Windows-only GoG games using the GoG installer as-is and it works fine. Heroes 3 works like a goddamn charm.
For 3D games, anything using OpenGL or Vulkan is best. Nothing needs to be translated, so you get same or better performance.
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>>59192235
I'll give wine another go. I have a big catalog of steam games so I'll need to do some research on how I can play them through wine.
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>>59192086
Install steam
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How come even the times AMD has vastly superior GPUs to Nvidia, they still sell less?
Like the HD 5770 & HD 5870 that pooped on the GTX 480 by 30% better price/performance, and the HD 7970 that pooped on the GTX 580 by over 50% better price/performance, and still pooped on the GTX 680 which came out a year later but people still bought overpriced 580s and 680s anyway.
Even when the 9000 series launched which was literally double the performance per dollar of overpriced FX shit, they still didn't overtake then.
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shit drivers
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won't be that way for a little bit
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>>59191959
Mainly marketing and parroting. Looking at both gpus and cpus we can see that intel and nvidia have a fair amount of fear mongering to make people stick to them. They also have a lot of contracts with manufacturers which strengthen their brand image. I'll get people saying shit but a fx8350 and hd7970 combo was great at the time and im glad i purchased it. Still good.
We can clearly see this isnt working right now however, amds stock has quadrupled and their rx series is going strong right now and ryzen is looking to be a great success.
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Press F to pay respects
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is cloud now
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Don't throw that all away at the same time in the same place or it can be reassembled.
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>>59191785
Is the data still there on the wafers?
What does /g/ think is the best video format?
.MP4? .FLV? .Webm?
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Those are containers.
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uncompressed avi is the best
just put it inside a zip file
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Anything other than MKV is retarded and grounds for suicide.
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Can I have a browser has tree-style tabs and neither takes a gigabyte per tab nor freezes your youtube when you refresh a page?
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>>59191462
No, go home.
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>>59191462
Can you stop being a fucking retard?
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Firefox
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Install KDE Neon
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>>59191439
Nice W530, how's optimus support on linux?
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>>59191466
It's good on Ubuntu based distros and Solus.
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>>59191490
So it just werks without problems? Good to know
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I'm looking to buy a new gaming router, which one will give me the most fps in-game?
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>>59191220
>gaming router
What the fuck?
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>gaymen router
JUST
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>>59191220
tp-link with ddwrt gave me 30-50 increase in fps
its great. i was gonna get a new card but now im redoing all my network stuff new nics, new cords, new modem. u cant go wrong this way
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Yo /g/ I've saved up about $4000 for a fucking epic PC build, no expenses spared.
So far, I'm thinking this:
ryzen 1800x = $550
2x gtx 1080 = $1200
Some asus a4 motherboard ≈ $250 max
512gb pcie ssd to start with
850W psu, gold ≈ $125
custom watercooling ≈ $850
16gb corsair dom platinum ram = $300 for now, may go 32 later
Some 4k 60hz monitor ≈ $500-600 for now, will buy the new asus 1440p 120hz one when it comes out later this year
Thoughts, especially on the GPU and CPU? Recommendations on things I haven't decided yet?
Note: I'm not getting the 1080ti's because that puts me $400 over budget. When ti comes out, 1080 prices will probably drop. Besides, I'm getting a soundcard, network card, and some customization too so I want to fit that in as well. Also pic not related
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>>59191199
It doesn't matter what you buy. It will be obsolete by next year
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>>59191221
I have the cash flow to upgrade every year or two
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>>59191199
what for skylake-x or kabylake-x in a couple months
quad channel memory and fucking utter dominance once again. dont fall for the amd meme, if your going to spend that much you can wait for Q2
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Which one /g/?
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>>59191180
16:9 is the standard, so it will always be the most practical and least masochistic
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>>59191193
>t. neo/g/
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>>59191195
>t. edgy hipster
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How will Intel compete?
http://wccftech.com/amd-ryzen-7-1700-3dmark-multithreaded-benchmarks-leaked/
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>>59191182
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Why is Windows so expensive?
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Greed
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>>59191015
>$120
>expensive
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>Windows 10
>Paying to be the product
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ITT-we discuss why it's bad to solder the IHS to the die
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AMD does it, good reason why soldering the IHS is shit
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>>59190828
well, think firstly of all the shitty TIM salesmen with children to feed.
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is there an actual reason or is this just yet another example of everyone here being a retard and OP being an eternal faggot
Bjarne tragically dies, and he's named YOU as his successor to dictate the direction, implementation, and doctrine of C++
What do you change about the language?
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>>59190738
nothing.
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>>59190738
Create a Code of Conduct (CoC) that demands racial and gender inclusiveness.
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>>59190738
make it interpreted
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>Stop right there, you look suspicious
>Prove you belong on /g/ by balancing this binary search tree
what do?
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>>59190605
>lol you tk him 2 da bar
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https://yro.slashdot.org/story/17/03/01/2114213/software-engineer-detained-at-jfk-given-test-to-prove-hes-an-engineer
He only had to verify that the binary tree is balanced. Just count left and right leafs recursively.
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>giving away your powerlevel
Sorry, but who is this guy called Four Chan?
What does /g/ do with their old deprecate tech?
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sell it on ebay
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Use it until it's completely dead. Destroy it and then throw it away.
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>>59190569
Well, The last computer that my dad bought to me was a PII 300. When I realized all the effort he put into getting the money to buy it, I appreciate him even more.
My old man is ded, and I cant bring myself to throw away that computer. I even have the original box of the PII. maybe one day I'll dissasemble it and store the CPU in its box.
Thanks based dad.