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Nvidia GPUs are up 33% in EU shops since April, AMD up 22% (thelemmy.club)
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[–] 5 points 3 hours ago (6 children)

I build my last pc right before the rampocolypse. I haven't checked prices since them, it's absolutely bonkers. Everything is affected and it sucks. Steam doesn't ship to where i live, so i checked an electronic store for a steam controller. They wanted something like 260 dollars for it.

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  • [–] 1 point 2 hours ago* (last edited 1 hour ago) (5 children)

    I'm still on the waitlist for the Steam Controller with an estimate of 2027 -.- Second hand ones go for around 200€, double the price. I can deal with using my Speedlink Rait MX with hall effect sticks and gyro until then.

    Edit: I also upgraded my PC right before prices were getting insane, upgraded to 64GB DDR4 and an 5950X, in addition to a direly needed AIO Water cooling system for that CPU (with even a fucking chunky 2 fan cooler the CPU was throttling down hard after ca. 45 seconds of full load), which is the max my mainboard supports. If i ever want to upgrade my system, a completely new one is needed - but if prices dont go down in the next decade, i will keep this sturdy beast running, whatever it costs. I still have enough spare parts to keep it running at a bit lower performance for the next years.

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  • [–] 1 point 2 hours ago (4 children)

    I gave up on the steam controller and got an 8bitdo N64 anniversary edition instead. Very solid controller!

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  • [–] 1 point 2 hours ago* (3 children)

    I am somewhat biased because i absolutely love the input options on my steam deck and would love to replicate this to both my PC and the Steam Frame (where i am also on the waitlist). I was already a user of the old Steam Controller (and had 3 steam links in total, because they were the cheapest and most reliable streaming options from a pc back then outside of Nvidias overpriced solution, and my ex-wife made sure we had spares - 2 of them are still up and running) and loved the flexibility it offered - so many things Valve offers are essential to freeing gamers from their desks, making gaming in more relaxed situations a lot more viable.

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  • [–] 1 point 1 hour ago (2 children)

    I understand, I never really got used to the touch pads of the steam deck. I find them very finicky even though the haptic feedback is great.

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  • [–] 1 point 1 hour ago* (1 child)

    They are awesome when used in combination with the gyro for precise aiming! Aim in general with the pad (maybe assign something like double tapping it for a 180° turn in appropiate games) and the gyro for small, accurate movements, and the accuracy is close to using a mouse after a short while. Steam Input in general is absolutely great - there's not much you can NOT do.

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