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Natalie Vock at Valve is absolutely crushing it for the Steam Machine and trying to maximize utility of 8GB of VRAM

Though with MESA 26.x and now these new dmem cgroup controllers, one has to wonder what further optimizations remain before launch?

https://pixelcluster.github.io/VRAM-Mgmt-fixed/

There is a specific quality to the DeLorean that I find hard to put into words.

It's just a feeling that I don't feel gets captured from any other vehicle.

I'm playing Forza Horizon 6

I'll have a comprehensive review across handhelds on May 14th

Steam Controller BOUGHT

Why is Forza Horizon 6 so good?

I don't know why I enjoy it so much. I find myself mindlessly racing around the free-roam sections but I'm never bored.

On PC with maxed settings, driving around Japan... Sometimes I just outright stopped to appreciate how gorgeous it is.

Here's a free game idea:

Game start -

Computer class has finished and 8 mins remain before the end of the class period.

The class competes to see who can get furthest in Oregon Trail.

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Forza Horizon 6 is almost here and I am genuinely pleased to report that FH6 is exceedingly playable on the Steam Deck (albeit 720p low) as well as the XBOX ALLY X

I have native benchmarks at 720p and 1080p for those curious in the Video Below:
https://youtu.be/nkT_GAsSyek

I love this custom PS2 handheld

> Custom main board with PS2 ICs
> FPGA for vid-out
> 37wh battery @ 4.5h of play time (total system power ~8.2watt)
> RP2040 for sys&controller mgmt

GitHub - tschicki/PS2-Portable: A custom designed PS2 Portable · GitHub

https://github.com/tschicki/PS2-Portable/tree/main

Using a Steam Controller on Windows is both good and bad.

- Right trackpad is a mouse UNTIL any BPM window comes up and then it isn't (Why?)

- Steam Keyboard should not be default on Windows

- holding Steam button to toggle Right trackpad mouse is clunky

Lots of UX whiplash from "desktop" view

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AOOSTAR has a new Open-Air eGPU (which looks SICK) that is both Thunderbolt 5 AND Oculink

It also features a replaceable 800w PSU that powered my 4090... except with one big issue

VIDEO BELOW:
https://youtu.be/JYoQUFUvjT0

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Qualcomm's latest Snapdragon X2 Elite Extreme makes its debut with the Asus Zenbook A16.

The CPU is insanely great, 16" 3K OLED panel, 48GBs of RAM @ 1.2Kg for $1600

Windows on ARM has come a long way. A MacBook for Windows

Video below:
https://youtu.be/-KeYWbfhixo

Unfortunately, I'm still waiting on my Steam Controller to even get packaged

Oh well

Distilling AMD RDNA2+ it should become clear how memory bandwidth is scaled and how AMD really tried to have Infinity Cache fill-the-gap

From what I understand RDNA5 doesn't need if$ and that's honestly a better direction imo.

(I hope AT0 has a full-fat gaming variant)