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Last edited by Mama Luigi; 11 December 2015, 12:09 AM.
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Originally posted by mcirsta View PostAs someone here said 720p would have been just fine.
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Damn. Why am I bankrupt in the silliest moments? This thing looks kinda interesting. Okay, one needs to attach some screen since 5" is ... oh, well. A handgeld, I know, I know. But AMD is of course a good choice. Of course it won't be a huge numbercruncher but then, it's meant to be a handheld. And AMD works well with Linux, has power in terms of GPU and especially with SoC-style things and semi custom designs. So I really hope that it will magically rain money so I can fund this. And all the other great things out there.
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It's nice, I'd like it but I'm not really prepared to pay over 200 E for a game console.... Maybe if we get more of these and they'll be cheaper. As someone here said 720p would have been just fine.
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Handhelds are awesome! Would've never expected a handheld Steam Machine though.
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Originally posted by gQuigs View PostWill this be using the open source radeon driver or the proprietary Catalyst driver? (I also asked on their FAQ page)
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Originally posted by M1kkko View PostChoosing AMD for a portable Linux gaming device makes no sense.
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Will this be using the open source radeon driver or the proprietary Catalyst driver? (I also asked on their FAQ page)
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Originally posted by M1kkko View PostChoosing AMD for a portable Linux gaming device makes no sense.
SteamOS and games for it are only available as x86 binaries - So you're stuck with Intel and AMD
Intel SoC's have terrible graphics - So you're now stuck with AMD SoC's
It's not an optimal solution remembering the state of AMD's Linux drivers, but the only other option is considerably worse. Making it an Android device would open up a lot of ARM hardware options, but remembering the fate of the Ouya past it's Kickstarter campaign, that would doom the device from the get-go.
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Originally posted by M1kkko View PostChoosing AMD for a portable Linux gaming device makes no sense.
Modern AMD CPUs are plenty good enough for gaming and they have pretty decent performance for low-power GPUs. The open source radeon drivers are already usable for most linux games, and by the time this device is released the performance will be more than adequate.
The only mistake they made was going for Jaguar cores. They should've done for Carrizo, since that would've been much faster and more power efficient. I also think that doing a 720p screen would've been a safer option for both affordability and performance. At 1080p, that's 440PPI, which to me is overkill.Last edited by schmidtbag; 10 December 2015, 12:46 PM.
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