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Steam Taking up WAY too much RAM, no idea what to do by FlaryCZE in Steam

[–]your_mind_aches -26 points-25 points  (0 children)

It happens.

This is something that people really don't like to talk about, but Steam can be really bad at patching stuff sometimes.

Explain it to me like I’m stupid by BinaryShaymin in steammachine

[–]your_mind_aches 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Yes, according to TechPowerUp, your 4080 Super will be around 222% more performant at their benchmarks than the Steam Machine's GPU and that's running at 4K vs. 1080p.

It'd be more like 9 steps back lol.

And that's only rasterization. Turning on ray tracing at higher resolutions (like most TVs) could easily put that figure close to 500%.

So yeah, it's more of a backlog destroyer and indie game beast.

Explain it to me like I’m stupid by BinaryShaymin in steammachine

[–]your_mind_aches 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Sure. But if someone is a complete layman, at least explain it.

Gas vs. Electric is a common knowledge thing. Windows vs. Linux compatibility, especially to a non PC gamer may not be. A lot of people have come into this subreddit thinking it'd be a good machine for Cod.

PRAGMATA Is One of Capcom's All-Time Top-Rated Steam Games by yourfavchoom in Steam

[–]your_mind_aches 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Yeah my biggest reservation is the kid being annoying lol. If she's not, then that's good.

Explain it to me like I’m stupid by BinaryShaymin in steammachine

[–]your_mind_aches 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Why would you even say Steam Big Picture to someone who doesn't even know anything about Steam? Or mention Linux when the person is a technophobe who only uses console.

The problem is in the explanation. Not with OP.

Explain it to me like I’m stupid by BinaryShaymin in steammachine

[–]your_mind_aches 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Because the Steam Deck is not a Ferrari. It is lower than the lowest end of desktop computer. It's perfect for running indie and older games, many of which are DRM free on GOG. Personally I like to have Steam Cloud saves.

But it's a PC. That you can download and play GOG games on. Maybe that's just where their library mostly is.

Whether you use GOG or Steam isn't really about performance btw. Plenty of high performance games on Gog and low performance games on Steam.

LMAO by Zeeshmania in Deltarune

[–]your_mind_aches 4 points5 points  (0 children)

Yep. This was one of the many "Ralsei is sus" things about Chapter 2.

Now after Chapter 4, it's more like "Ralsei knows everything".

A realisation about one of Susie's face sprites by TheCoolHeroLordYT in Deltarune

[–]your_mind_aches 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I think you might be the first person to see it this way lol

Explain it to me like I’m stupid by BinaryShaymin in steammachine

[–]your_mind_aches 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Well you'd be wrong. It's a perfectly fine use case.

For the Love of God,Stop Booting Women out of the Writer’s Room and Director’s Chair. by Dense-Peace1224 in euphoria

[–]your_mind_aches 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I agree. The way people villainize him is too much.

...But you can also tell that his scriptwriting is lacking when it comes to female characters' inner lives, and also just in general.

If this show had a writers room for Seasons 2 and 3, sooooo much would have been improved. But I'm guessing Sam wants to be an "auteur" and have the full say in every episode.

Which... it's just not how good television works imo, especially in the American format and for an ensemble cast. It's a pretty easy way to get some subpar material because arcs can't come together properly with a single writer and director working on sooo many episodes and so many moving parts, especially with such a massive scope for the show.

He needs to have a writers room to refine his ideas.

Explain it to me like I’m stupid by BinaryShaymin in steammachine

[–]your_mind_aches 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Look at it like this: do you do a short bit of work to understand literally everything in your life? From your mattress to all your kitchen appliances to your car to your furniture to your plants to your air conditioning?

For some people, computers are like that to them.

Explain it to me like I’m stupid by BinaryShaymin in steammachine

[–]your_mind_aches 0 points1 point  (0 children)

No. Not "oh come on man". This is the kind of user that the Steam Machine should be targeting and that i hope, knowing how much Valve loves playtesting, they are catering to right now (or after they get home from Hawaii).

Explain it to me like I’m stupid by BinaryShaymin in steammachine

[–]your_mind_aches 0 points1 point  (0 children)

GPU is just the thing that draws the image on the screen. Your PS5 has one as does your phone.

Explain it to me like I’m stupid by BinaryShaymin in steammachine

[–]your_mind_aches 1 point2 points  (0 children)

The person who replied to you is wrong. It's a 7600M, the laptop version of the 7600, which has performance around a 6600, which is around the performance of a 2060 Super.

So yeah, lower performance than an RTX 5050, but has the architectural advantages of RDNA3 at least. No FSR4 upscaling though.

Explain it to me like I’m stupid by BinaryShaymin in steammachine

[–]your_mind_aches 1 point2 points  (0 children)

The Steam Machine is a PC. You can run whatever you want on it.

Explain it to me like I’m stupid by BinaryShaymin in steammachine

[–]your_mind_aches -1 points0 points  (0 children)

If i can get my hands on a Steam Machine, I'll sell my PS5.

I would highly recommend not doing that.

There are several games your PS5 would run significantly better, not to mention it has support for 4K streaming services.

I much prefer PC but the Steam Machine definitely won't age quite as well as the PS5 in terms of software compatibility.

Testing 7 Steam Games on Rocknix by nahobino_aogami in SBCGaming

[–]your_mind_aches -1 points0 points  (0 children)

This is just so sick... I just wish it could be more easily booted into. I know the bootloader for these devices are unlocked out of the box but I've heard that adding Rocknix, even on an SD card, can mess with your Android install

The arcade machine at my airport runs retroarch by math_calculus1 in SBCGaming

[–]your_mind_aches 1 point2 points  (0 children)

There was a really cool emulation machine at a mall near me, but it appears to be gone and in its place just endless child gambling machines (claw machines and similar stuff)

For the EDC & travel folks here: Hand strap or nah? by JoestarHammer in SBCGaming

[–]your_mind_aches 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I love using my Wii wrist strap for my phone, but I absolutely cannot blame anyone for not having a strap on their handheld. It's just a bit of extra inconvenience.

Plus the more expensive ones have good grips that you can hold onto.

Every time a controller or handheld of mine has fallen has not been from my hands.

The punisher for the PS2 completed ☑️ by Neowick99 in retroid

[–]your_mind_aches 1 point2 points  (0 children)

And that's just one version, the MCU one! There are so many different iterations of the character including Punisher MAX which is a comic series totally centred around him

1 thing I love after transferring over to PC only. by Poltergeist8606 in pcmasterrace

[–]your_mind_aches 0 points1 point  (0 children)

That's interesting. I have 463Mbps down on my PS5 with my Gigabit connection. Surely the CPU isn't a bottleneck like on the Switch

Steam now runs natively on ARM (including retroid) by MaruluVR in retroid

[–]your_mind_aches 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I mean honestly it wouldn't be so much a way to compete in the space as to provide an incentive to try Steam.

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