Why?

To me, at this point it makes no sense to go with 512gb model, if you pay already that much money. The limitations of 512 is too extreme in my opinion.

Thanks for clarification. Guess I got confused here, because I expected the reply to be a counter argument.

Why Valve is awesome!

(I'm also very surprised this is possible. I know others like Digital Foundry have replaced DLLs in games under Windows, to change the upscaler or upgrade it. So having this in Steam builtin doesn't come as a surprise to me at all. What surprises me is, that the Steam Deck seemingly is able to handle FSR4? I thought AMD is working on making FSR4 work on RDNA 3.5 and later 3. But Steam Deck has RDNA 2 hardware. Maybe I don't understand what I'm even talking about, so please correct and explain this to me then.) Edit: I forgot RDNA 2 support was officially coming from AMD.

I plan on finally playing the game soon. Right now I'm busy with Final Fantasy Remakes. After that there are a few other games waiting in the pipeline. To be honest, I somehow think RDR2 looks boring, and I'm sorry if anyone likes the game and is reading this. It just doesn't appeal to me from what I have seen. However... this is a landmark game and that alone is a reason to play it, so I know if its good or bad and why that is. Also, who knows, maybe I was wrong. Lot of your suggestions does not apply to my system probably, because I'm on Linux.

Make sure Windows didn’t install a GPU driver that doesn’t even exist yet via Device Manager. Fuck Windows btw.

I will make sure this won't happen, by not installing Windows. I use Arch* btw.

*Arch=EndeavourOS

Oh wow, you are right, I totally forgot about that.

When Valve updated the policy for games published on Steam to include disclosure of Ai usage in the games, Epic Games CEO Tim Sweeney responded in the public that this should not be done and just hurts the industry. It would generate unneeded backslash, as everyone will use Ai in development, according to Tim. Fast forward to today, turns out Epic plans on integrating Ai tools into Unreal Engine 5.

Take your time and start using Linux when you think it is ready. Because lets face it, you will encounter problems, learn new concepts or tools along the way. It just takes time to start with Linux and using it longtime. From personal experience I can say that dual boot is probably the worst thing you can do. Then you have to manage two different operating systems, one is always out of date, because you mainly use one of them. And they work differently. I recommend on installing Linux on a dedicated drive, not partitioning your Windows drive. This is much safer and more flexible. But with current economy this is difficult now, as prices are very high for new drives... Good luck.

I don't understand the reasoning why you feel offended by that. Doesn't look like any form of insult to me, but to be honest I don't understand the original intend anyway.

Doesn't hurt to add additional information for non Windows users, who opened up this thread. Even the original post says "fuck Windows". Also playing those games on Linux over Proton is actually running the Windows version. So its not entirely offtopic.

But that is not what has been said. It has been said: "You only start caring, after it is exposed." And that was what I was responding and arguing with. Here the quote I do not agree with:

People only care about AI when presented with it.

The guy responding then saying what you said is a different person, with its own take.

You will not find a game engine without some AI tool.

I don't know where you getting this and spreading misinformation. I think Unreal Engine didn't have any Ai integration in its entire history. And I'm sure there are game engines without Ai tools integrated by default. I think the Open Source engine Godot in example does not have any of that. If I'm wrong, then please enlighten me. I mean seriously, I want to know if the engine includes Ai tools by default, because I care about.

People only care about AI when presented with it.

So they care about then? Whats really bad is, if companies or developers hide the usage of Ai and only admit using it after they got caught. There are many problems with Ai why people care about this subject. And it should be an informed decision of the buyer, if Ai is used or not or to what extend and what type of Ai. Generating art is not the same as autocompletion of words when programming in example. Using Ai to replace voice actors is also not something we want to see. Ai is trained unethically on data without permission.

If non of these games had AI generated visual elements, people would be non the wiser.

I don't understand this statement.

I was wrong. People told me weeks ago the cheapest options with smallest drive and without controller will be at least 1k priced. I really did not think this would happen... but here we are. Steam Machine is basically dead on arrival, this hurts.

No, that's wrong analogy. I do care if the staff spits in my food. Because I want food without spit in it. Just because they did not tell me they spit in it, does not mean I wouldn't care.

None of them are a replacement for Steam Controller. I purchased one specifically because of the two trackpads, that I'm used to on my Steam Deck. I can use the same configuration on Steam Deck and Controller. Besides that, there are other technical reasons I'm not getting into. I have Xbox controllers and a modern 8bitdo Ultimate 2 Wireless Controller. I don't want to play Steam games without a Steam Controller (or Deck) ever again!

Valve was really dumb on the launch of the Steam Controller, without requiring anything and every bot and scalper could buy as many as they want. I can't believe they did not have any protection on! This is a major part in shortage of the Controllers I think. They had all the knowledge and tools learned from the Steam Deck launch. So... what I mean is Valve is handling the launch of Steam Machine differently then they did with the first batch of Steam Controller. Also the price is much higher and is no longer in the "impulse buy 2 of 'em" category.

And yet, I will be wrong, followed by a Steam Machine shortage.^^

The first Steam Controller was a novelty and not appealing to many. Years later Valve basically perfected this controller scheme and added the missing parts of it to the Steam Deck handheld. Years later the Steam Controller 2 comes out, largely based on the excellent Steam Decks controls. It improves on the quality of various aspects, has even TMR sticks. Build quality does not feel like premium, but it feels better than your average controller.

The controller does not feel like rushed, at least the hardware itself. Software was not entirely there at launch, as it had missing features, but that was software. It is okay to be critical about a company or its products, but the critics need to be rooted in reality. It is not perfect. The biggest issue to me is, the reliance on Steam running in the background. That's why I still use a second gamepad to play anything outside Steam, without the client running in the background.

Overall I am glad that I didn't listen to your guarantee about its build quality and got fooled, because the build quality of the Steam Controller is not an issue. I hope you will get one later.

Wouldn't surprise me if the source on Reddit is the same guy on the article... Edit: to be clear, I am not suggesting it is! Don't take it literally.

For the launch of Steam Controller there was no restrictions on the Steam account of age or activity. After they got surprised, with the second batch next week, they started to implement the same account restrictions as they did on Steam Deck. And I believe the orders of first batch was the majority of controllers they had planned to sell in isolation without the Steam Machine and Frame. Now they have to restock and try to fill the demand that they also understimated.

The reason why you didn't see much on eBay was, because they were mass reported quickly from the Steam community. Because eBay has some rules that does not allow them sell products they don't yet have.

The framework split things into two groups, implicit AI that quietly improves what you already use and explicit AI that are features you'd actually summon on purpose.

The very first paragraph already upsets me. Have in mind, I would criticize this on every other operating system too. I believe no one should use Ai tools that act autonomously in the background, to improve or change what you already use. It should always be a "summon on purpose".

Just a reminder even PewDiePie stopped using Adobe products after 15 years of daily usage. He switched to GIMP, but that is not my main point. I found it interesting how he gets even charged for cancelling the service! Look, I'm not a PewDiePie fan and usually don't watch his videos. But this one was pretty fun. The video with timestamp at the segment I was talking about: https://youtu.be/pVI_smLgTY0?t=329