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Nvidia won, we all lost

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__turbobrew__ ◴[] No.44468824[source]
> With over 90% of the PC market running on NVIDIA tech, they’re the clear winner of the GPU race. The losers are every single one of us.

I have been rocking AMD GPU ever since the drivers were upstreamed into the linux kernel. No regrets.

I have also realized that there is a lot out there in the world besides video games, and getting all in a huff about it isn’t worth my time or energy. But consumer gotta consoooooom and then cry and outrage when they are exploited instead of just walking away and doing something else.

Same with magic the gathering, the game went to shit and so many people got outraged and in a big huff but they still spend thousands on the hobby. I just stopped playing mtg.

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frollogaston ◴[] No.44468885[source]
Also playing PC video games doesn't even require a Nvidia GPU. It does sorta require Windows. I don't want to use that, so guess I lost the ability to waste tons of time playing boring games, oh no.
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surgical_fire ◴[] No.44469156[source]
> It does sorta require Windows.

The vast majority of my gaming library runs fine on Linux. Older games might run better than on Windows, in fact.

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1. JeremyNT ◴[] No.44470075[source]
True for single player, but if you're into multiplayer games anti-cheat is an issue.
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2. surgical_fire ◴[] No.44471135[source]
If a game requires invasive anticheat, it is probably something I won't enjoy playing. Most likely the game will be full of cheaters anyway.

And yes, I rarely play anything online multiplayer.

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3. akimbostrawman ◴[] No.44473216[source]
multiplayer games with anti cheat are the minority and of those about 40% do work

areweanticheatyet.com

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5. frollogaston ◴[] No.44496400[source]
So you have a specifically Linux-friendly game library