Lamarr the strelok

You didn't state what you have for CPU and GPU. When I game I turn off any processes that are not needed.Updaters and etc through task manager.Also often check your start up apps and turn off the ones you don't need at startup.And IDK if discord and a browser take a lot of resources,but it does take SOME resources. Also you can try different settings inside the game too of course. I actually turned ( I think)anti aliasing off in a game and it played AND looked better.Sometimes there's not much difference between ultra and high settings but it'll chew up a lot more GPU power. Of course if you have an i9 and a 3090 I don't think you need to worry about it.

Meh. We disagree. Which is fine.I started on Win 98 and the last couple years I've been more frustrated with Win 10. I've been on 10 about 1.5 years and I'm sick of MS trying to control my pc.It's unacceptable to me.I fully understand people that stick with Windows.It takes time and effort to get gaming on Linux but I've been playing with Linux Mint for a couple years so that makes it easier for me. I definitely need to figure out how to ramp up the fan speed on my GPU through Mint.Even with cleaning and re pasting my rx 570 8 GB Vram card gets really hot without turning the fans up.So I can't play many current games through Mint right now.But I'm starting to get to grips with fan control on Mint. Also I'm lucky I don't need to use Win 10 for work so I have a choice.I understand the people that don't want to tinker with things and just use Windows.I was like that once.

Fun fact: Gaetz is looking at federal charges of transporting minor girls illegally across state lines.Just a POS of a human. I watched most of the trial. One of the guys he killed and the one he wounded did have guns pointed at him. The other he killed hit him on the head with a skateboard but he started the whole damn thing. Also he chose the jurors from pulling them out of a tumbler so he didn't literally choose the jury.And that judge. Just an idiot. I've been watching trials for decades and I don't think I've seen a judge hate a certain side ever like this. I just saw that rittenhouse is gonna be on Faux news because of course he's their new hero.F*****g depressing.

True skyfire. My problem is finding an app similar to afterburner on Linux. I can play lower demand games but even after cleaning and re pasting the gpu it still runs hot playing higher demand games.It's been a dead end trying to get an app that can run my gpu fans at a higher rate on Linux.I don't use the office apps so I don't have to worry about that. Linux has made progress but still has a ways to go for sure. And as far as ease of use, windows wins for sure.I'm simply fed up with windows at this point.Windows 10 has a few years of life so hopefully by then Linux will be better.

I'm in the process of ditching Windows for Linux gaming.It helps I don't game online.And Steam is my primary pc gaming app.I go in Steam and open Lutris and it will launch the game.It does take some tinkering but it's really worth it. hell My steam controller even works with Stalker and I couldn't get it to work through Windows. I admit I've gone down a few rabbit holes but it's been worth it. Origin and Ubi's nlauncher still suck bad though that's no fault of Linux.

I'm sorry if I sounded pissy with my remark.AMD seems a bit behind Nvidia in current ray tracing. It'll all get into the mainstream eventually I'd guess.

I'm aware of what corporations are for. I was talking about the tech sites tripping over each other praising the newest and most expensive products. A 3090 I'm sure is awesome but they imply you're missing out with something less than a 3090.The ps4 is ignored even though they're still releasing games for it.

I think I've been reading too much hype around ray tracing.To me it's sorta like a bragging rights thing.The tech sites ALWAYS push the most expensive option.I guess the high dollar systems can tell a difference but that's too much for me.

What are your thoughts on ray tracing? Personally modern non ray tracing shadows and lights are pretty impressive.They look very nice during benchmarks so that's good enough for me.Shoot,some games on PS4 even have great shadows and lighting.Ray tracing is neat but personally not worth it nowadays. What about you? Is ray tracing absolutely necessary for you or don't you really care?

I'm not sure of the terminology but I was able to get my steam controller to work on my Mint machine just by downloading the steam app and a game.I'm sure I don't have Wine on it so I think the controller is accessing the most basic of inputs. I can get the controller to act like a mouse basically.I can't get access to customize the controller but it works.i might be done with windows when 10 stops support so I'm checking out gaming on Linux. I'm not in the deck's demo so I won't be getting one but I think the deck will do well and have support for a good long time.Does anyone out there know how hard it is to convert a windows game to the deck OS? I think that will be a factor.

My Steam controller is still supported. It works the same as new.I know nothing about Steam OS.

A friend had a portable US football game in 1980 when I was about 10. It was a 1 inch by 4 inch screen that had LED's instead of players.The newer version had passing even.God I'm old as dirt...