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Steam Survey For November Points To Flat Linux Percentage
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Originally posted by willmore View PostDo you have to opt into these or are a random selection of people get picked? I remember in the past being asked to participate, but I haven't had that happen in a long time.
You can also manually opt-out when prompted.
I'm sure Linux's popularity will spike as soon as PUBG works (if it will ever work). I figure by the time it does, the game won't be so popular anymore. Frankly, I'm surprised it is still so popular.
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Originally posted by schmidtbag View PostI still don't know how true this is, but I've heard using the beta version of Steam is an automatic opt-out. I used to get the survey every other month several years ago. Now, I've only seen it twice in the past 2 or 3 years, and I'm not using the beta.
You can also manually opt-out when prompted.
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and around half the users still running at 1080p.
So I actually downgraded my current setup to my ridiculously small 1336x768 screen I had as a secondary screen.
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Originally posted by gojul View PostI'm quite surprised of the RX480 GPU. Mesa drivers are notoriously unsuited for gaming, even though things are improving.
Here is my channel as proof:
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Originally posted by willmore View Post
I would have to agree that this is likely what it is as I almost always sign up for being a Steam beta tester.
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Originally posted by willmore View PostI would have to agree that this is likely what it is as I almost always sign up for being a Steam beta tester. It's probably back before I started doing that and at new installs where I get an unsolicited survey request. Maybe I need to manually do the surveys or just drop out of the Steam client beta. That's a heck of a way to treat your beta testers--which I would have to think many of the Linux users are.
Originally posted by Vistaus View PostI'm not a beta tester, yet the last time I got a survey was a few years ago. So I don't think the beta has anything to do with it.Last edited by schmidtbag; 02 December 2019, 01:42 PM.
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Originally posted by M@yeulC View PostI was planning to upgrade my main screen to something bigger then 1680x1050, but removing it corrected GPU hangs I used to get.
So I actually downgraded my current setup to my ridiculously small 1336x768 screen I had as a secondary screen.
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Originally posted by pmorph View PostUpgrading from 1080p isn't fun... Ok, if it was just the display, but if you intend to do gaming it often means also the gpu, cpu, psu. Probably the motherboard goes as well. My plan was to stay with 1080p until VR goes big, then do a complete rebuild. Seems I'm not in any kind of hurry...
If you're ok with an incremental upgrade, 1440p is a decently pleasant experience. You're still going to need to upgrade your GPU but you don't need anything crazy powerful and expensive to handle that resolution.
Otherwise, I'm in a similar situation. I prefer big displays (40"+) so I'd like to go 4K, but, I don't really want to until there are reasonably priced GPUs capable of playing games at such a resolution. I accept that is going to be a long wait lol.
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Originally posted by schmidtbag View PostThere's hardly a need to upgrade the CPU when you increase your resolution. More often than not the GPU becomes a bottleneck.
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