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I know Intel is dipping its toe into the GPU market, but let's be real, AMD and nVidia are the only options and have been for the last 20+ years. The manufacturers/assemblers of the complete graphics cards are varied and widespread, but the core tech comes from two companies only.

Why is this the case? Or am I mistaken and am just brainwashed by marketing, and there are in fact other viable options for GPUs?

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[–] rapchee@lemmy.world 2 points 6 days ago* (last edited 5 days ago) (2 children)

the point was about "not being able to game on amd"
yeah duh mobile chips are less performant, but still forza horizon 4–5 runs better on my steam deck than on my desktop pc with a 2080rtx in linux

[–] LainTrain@lemmy.dbzer0.com 1 points 3 days ago (1 children)

Why would I game on shit settings when I can game on good settings for the same/less money?

[–] rapchee@lemmy.world 1 points 2 days ago

i'm not sure if you meant like deck vs desktop, but if so, because the deck is a handheld, you can play anywhere

[–] FreedomAdvocate@lemmy.net.au 1 points 5 days ago (1 children)
[–] rapchee@lemmy.world 1 points 2 days ago* (last edited 2 days ago) (1 children)

i think you probably meant it the other way, can the deck run it in 1080p, but i just tried it in 720p on my desktop and it's still choppy, although it does make the average fps higher.
also it's not unplayable, it's just annoying, and the knowledge that on windows it can do stable 60 fps with "maximum" settings (that's below "ultra" and "extreme") in 1080p
also also, this is a "special" thing, most games run just as smoothly as on windows, forzas, and the "new" mafia games are the few exceptions out of my 1000+ games library

[–] FreedomAdvocate@lemmy.net.au 1 points 2 days ago* (last edited 2 days ago) (1 children)

No, exactly what I said - does your steam deck run the games better at the same resolution as your pc with a 2080 does?

It running them “better” but at a lower resolution is an unfair comparison.

[–] rapchee@lemmy.world 2 points 2 days ago (1 children)

maybe i wasn't clear, but i tried 720p on both the desktop and deck, and the nvidia desktop was still choppy

[–] FreedomAdvocate@lemmy.net.au 1 points 2 days ago (1 children)

Must have a very weak cpu or some other bottleneck then, as a RTX 2080 is in a whole different league to the GPU in the Steam deck’s APU - like in the 5x better range.

Linux also doesn’t help from all I’ve seen, with terrible drivers for Nvidia gpus.

[–] rapchee@lemmy.world 2 points 2 days ago

it is probably the linux nvidia driver, because, as i mentioned before, it runs smoothly on windows on the same machine on higher settings