• garretble@lemmy.world
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    10 hours ago

    Me to my 10 year old gaming pc: “I guess it’ll be another couple of years, buddy.”

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      4 hours ago

      Same here, running my 3700X with a 3080.

      I should’ve pulled the trigger on the 9800X3D last year like I wanted, but thought it was just too expensive.

      Welp.

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        5 hours ago

        I agree. I recently swapped out my aging 2600x6core for a 5950x32core processor and upgraded from an 3070ti to a 5070 (well actually more of a sidegrade - my vram was simply too small). before this, my system had already a few years where there wasn’t much difference regarding gaming - In the current configuration and the glacial speed gaming developed i’d say i have a decade before upgrades are really needed.

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        7 hours ago

        Honestly, my PC at this point plays FFXIV and that’s basically it. And I’m OK with that.

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            4 hours ago

            Microsoft tried that with TPM. Which you can bypass for the most part with Rufus and a clean install. Still some kernel anticheat games you can’t do so so easily.

            I’ve already switched over to Linux, just got one more system to migrate. So far 100% worth it to not deal with Microslop.

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              3 hours ago

              What I am truly afraid of, is they somehow get ahold of Linux, and force slopware onto it, including that EoL bs. Keep offline devices as backup.

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      9 hours ago

      Don’t worry, I suspect Cloud Terminals will be super cheap. You won’t even need that ol’ thing anymore!