🖥️ General PC Discussion

[Lily Adler]

What does the anti-cheat software do? The devs have decided to stop supporting it?

It's supposed to flag people who are cheating in games. This messes with the Proton compatibility layer from Steam, which flags it as someone using software to hack the game. Since Valve is the one maintaining Proton and not the developer, the software doesn't know the difference. Developers don't officially support Linux and have said they will not because again this is Valve doing this through Steam.

 

[Lily Adler]

Also Windows Recall may actually be installed in the background of Windows 11 on unsupported PCs without knowledge to the user (probably hidden away in the Legal Agreement).

 

[Iceman]

It's supposed to flag people who are cheating in games. This messes with the Proton compatibility layer from Steam, which flags it as someone using software to hack the game. Since Valve is the one maintaining Proton and not the developer, the software doesn't know the difference. Developers don't officially support Linux and have said they will not because again this is Valve doing this through Steam.

Oh right. Shame as I want cheaters/hackers caught but at the same time want all the platforms supported so everyone can play.

 

[blueharvest]

Valve says its 'not really fair to your customers' to create yearly iterations of something like the Steam Deck, instead it's waiting 'for a generational leap in compute without sacrificing battery life'

Valve may not be creating yearly iterations of the Steam Deck, but it's having to give the same answer every year.

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[Lily Adler]

The Lenovo Legion Go is the weirdest handheld gaming PC worth buying, especially now that it's just $550 on Prime Day

Just look at that lovely screen.

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Switch Clones everywhere.

 

[Lily Adler]

Would you guys buy a microcomputer running on a Snapdragon X processor with WIFI and HDMI out to use with your TV? Like the old ones from the 80's?

 

[blueharvest]

Intel's former CEO pushed for the chip maker to buy Nvidia for $20 billion in 2005—the GPU company is now worth $3.5 trillion

I don't think this so-called "Nvidia" will turn out to be much, anyway. Best left alone, I reckon.

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[blueharvest]

The most iconic, some would say best version of Windows was released 23 years ago today

Do you remember that blissful wallpaper?

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[Lily Adler]

The iMac and iBook were so tempting because of that transparent plastic.

 

[blueharvest]

A new method to circumvent Windows 11's 'annoying' system requirements just came out

And it works via the Windows Server.

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[Lily Adler]

 

[Teelie]

The most iconic, some would say best version of Windows was released 23 years ago today

Do you remember that blissful wallpaper?

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XP was great for it's time but I'm still fond of 98SE and 2000 just a little more.

 

[blueharvest]

Ubisoft Just Quietly Launched a Full-Blown NFT Game - IGN

Three years ago, Ubisoft promised it would start making its own blockchain games. And now it appears to have done it, having stealth-launched a full-blown web3 game last week called "Champions Tactics: Grimoria Chronicles" on PC.

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[Lily Adler]

XP was great for it's time but I'm still fond of 98SE and 2000 just a little more.

That's it. Windows ME for you.

 

[blueharvest]

AMD confirms Ryzen 7 9800X3D will cost $479, highest clock speeds ever for 3D V-Cache and fully unlocked for overclocking

Oh, and the 3D V-Cache is now located underneath the processor, not on top.

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[blueharvest]

 

[blueharvest]

Steam now requires developers to tell people when their games have kernel mode anticheat

Valve said developers and players have both been asking for better ways to disclose the presence of anticheat software in games, so here you go.

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[blueharvest]

Intel Battlemage GPU To Be Announced Next Month, It's Claimed

New rumors circulating claim that Intel Battlemage graphics cards are being prepared for a launch in December.

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[Lily Adler]

GNOME is planning to make their own Linux distro. KDE will be making a new Linux distro called KDE Linux which unlike Neon is officially from KDE team and will be Arch Linux based instead of Ubuntu.

 

[Lily Adler]

They really should have sticked with one PC manufacturer for Steam Machines and released a new one with a new partner each year, but hindsight is 20/20. 😮‍💨

 

[blueharvest]

Steam Deck OLED: Limited Edition White Releases November 18

Valve's Steam Deck OLED: Limited Edition White launches on November 18. 2024. Here's all you need to know about the limited edition console.

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[blueharvest]

Steam No Longer Supports Windows 7 or 8

With Valve's latest update to the client, Steam no longer supports users on Windows 7 or 8 meaning an update is necessary.

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[Lily Adler]

Steam No Longer Supports Windows 7 or 8

With Valve's latest update to the client, Steam no longer supports users on Windows 7 or 8 meaning an update is necessary.

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[blueharvest]

Steam accused of 'normalizing hate and extremism in the gaming community' in new ADL report

The Anti-Defamation League says it's found "millions of examples of extremist and hateful content" on the platform.

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[blueharvest]

This Half-Life 2 themed RTX 4080 Super almost makes up for the fact we're about to hit the game's 20th anniversary and there's still no Half-Life 3 in sight

Almost...

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