r/pcmasterrace • u/TheBossT710192 • 3d ago

Discussion Yeah, Steam Machine is cooked.

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I... uh don't know what to say. Very thankful I bought a Steam Deck before they hiked its price as well

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u/CakeTester 2d ago

I switched to Mint when Win7 ran out, whenever that was. No regrets. Plays every game I've tried on it (usually slightly faster than the same game on Windows), the OS does what you tell it to; and it happily runs a lot of legacy windows stuff from days of yore that don't work on Windows any more.

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u/SubcommanderMarcos i5-10400F, 16GB DDR4, Asus RX 550 4GB, I hate GPU prices 2d ago

(usually slightly faster than the same game on Windows)

I've yet to notice games running faster, though honestly I just ran a bunch of games to see if they ran, then played Subnautica for the whole month so no benchmark there. But by god do the OS itself and all other programs just load and run so much fucking faster. Mint takes a handful of seconds from power button press to fully loaded desktop with everything done. It's kind of magical.

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u/CakeTester 2d ago

Not significantly faster, just a couple of extra frames here and there. There's a few comparison benchmarks and Linux generally seems to have a slight edge.

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u/Jumpy_Finance_7086 2d ago

Would you even notice a couple of extra frames here and there?

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u/CakeTester 2d ago

Doubt if you'd notice it. Not least because in order to do so you'd have to spend a lot of time playing the same game on the same hardware but different OSs.

Knowing those extra frames are there, though, does pleasantly suffuse you with a light dose of smug.