Comment on Steam Machine pricing announced (from $1049-$1428 USD), reservation lists open

KindaABigDyl@programming.dev ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

• mereo@piefed.ca ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

  But it’s not a problem in Linux: https://www.techpowerup.com/348178/valve-engineer-improves-linux-memory-management-for-gpus-with-8-gb-vram-or-less

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  • tomkatt@lemmy.world ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

    I mean, it’s still a problem, just less of one. Still gonna be an issue with high texture games that cache to VRAM. But this looks to be a 1080p machine, so I suppose that wouldn’t be too big a deal here, unless the textures aren’t scaled for the resolution (some games do that these days, but I don’t know if it’s common).

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  • garbage_world@lemmy.world ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

    It’s still a problem

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  • KindaABigDyl@programming.dev ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

    I run Arch Linux with a 3080 RTX Mobile with 16GB. Games regularly use 10-14 of those (some even higher) even at 1080p, so yes, it’s a problem in Linux.

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• Coelacanth@feddit.nu ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

  8 GB VRAM in the big 26 is a yikes from me.

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  • jordanlund@lemmy.world ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

    Steam Deck works well and has 16GB of unified RAM with only 1GB automatically assigned to VRAM.

    Having 8GB dedicated should be a huge improvement.

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    • voytrekk@sopuli.xyz ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

      This machine is designed to be played on a 4k TV. Upscaling may help, but it will hard limit the machine in the future.

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      • SpaceNoodle@lemmy.world ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

        Why? 4k is already just past the human vision resolution. Anything denser is just masturbation.

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      • jordanlund@lemmy.world ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

        Just because you connect to a 4K TV doesn’t mean is has to play in 4K.

        I’ve connected my Steam Deck to my 8K TV.

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    • Coelacanth@feddit.nu ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

      Isn’t Steam Deck pretty much 720p? That’s a whole different kind of ask than a machine you plug into a TV - many of which will want 4k resolution. VRAM requirements really tend to balloon with resolution.

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      • jordanlund@lemmy.world ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

        Native on the Deck is 1280 x 800. Slightly more than 720p, but not by much!

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• EldritchFeminity@lemmy.blahaj.zone ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

  It’s also 6 inches across. I don’t think my graphics card alone could fit in a 6 inch cube, let alone my full PC.

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  • SCmSTR@lemmy.blahaj.zone ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

    6 inches is objectively a decent size, they should be proud.

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    • EldritchFeminity@lemmy.blahaj.zone ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

      It’s definitely a shower, not a grower.

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      • SCmSTR@lemmy.blahaj.zone ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

        Aw, those are cute and fun, too.

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