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[–] 37 points 2 months ago* (3 children)
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  • [–] 29 points 2 months 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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  • [–] 1 point 2 months ago*

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

    * Apparently, 16GB on the 3080 is not normal for Desktop or for Mobile. I have learned recently it appears to be an MSI laptop exclusive. Weird, but I got lucky :)

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  • [–] 16 points 2 months ago (1 child)

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

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  • [–] 35 points 2 months ago (2 children)

    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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  • [–] 12 points 2 months ago (2 children)

    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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  • [–] 19 points 2 months ago (2 children)

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

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  • [–] 21 points 2 months ago

    Yea, a lot of people don’t realise, how stupid 8K TVs are.

    4K does make a lot of sense in many cases, especially if you set up your TV for an optimal „cinematic“ viewing distance (roughly 2-2.5m for a 65“ TV, for example) allowing it to fill roughly 30-40° of your field of view, as recommended by the SMPTE.
    At 30-40° our eyes have about the resolution of 3-4K (or, technically, a bit less than 100 pixels per degree in greyscale, even less in colour).

    Meaning, you would need a screen that fills more than 40° of your FOV for there to be a meaningful difference between 4K and 8K. That would translate to a distance of less than 2m to the 65“ TV in the previous example. More like 1m if you want to get the most out of the 8K. That’s about the FOV you get in an IMAX theatre. I don’t think very many people would set up their home TV like that, and unless you are, 8K is just throwing money out of the window.

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  • [–] 13 points 2 months ago (1 child)

    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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  • [–] 6 points 2 months ago (1 child)

    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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  • [–] 8 points 2 months ago (1 child)

    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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