Unraid is the bee’s knees, especially for being beginner friendly. You use the internet browser of another computer on the same network to access the web GUI of the server.
Most game servers, Palworld included, have ready to go templates in their “App Store,” for running the servers as Docker containers.
Same, with their current 14 beta.
Lmao, that got me good! “List of things it does better than Windows: open dxdiag.”
Beat me to it. Outstanding controller, with replaceable parts staight from 8bitDo.
IIRC MPV can be configured to play HDR video as SDR, and you set the .conf things like quality and standard to what you want.
I’ve done a decent amount of Distro hopping with an all team red PC, and CachyOS is fantastic. I recommend Bazzite for people who want no bullshit, OOTB experience. But if you don’t mind minor tinkering, CachyOS is just too good at what it accomplishes. Their gaming meta package, which has custom wine & proton builds, is is such an easy way to milk out that last bit of performance. Their kernel manager and Firefox fork are also just so well done. Not to mention they’re ahead of the game for things like the upcoming NTSYNC in Linux 6.14. Last but not least their default Cachy kernel is the cherry on top.
Ranked is for being a try hard and coordinating with a decent amount of game knowledge. People are gonna get heated and toxic, you’re playing with humans.
Just play unranked with comms off when you just wanna chill??
The CPU was done in BIOS on an ASUS x570. For me it was under AI Tweaker > Precision Boost Override > Curve Optimizer.
The GPU was done in the driver software on Windows. Or LACT if on Linux.
Unraid + Unifi network equipment. Everything is scheduled and automatic, with the exception of large Unraid updates, but those are only every ~6 months. Every night mover from cache SSD - > HDD array, then checks for plugin updates, then docker container updates, if Monday morning SSD trim, and if 1st of the month does an array parity check/repair.
After all that if it’s Monday morning, Unifi will check for firmware then software updates.
Sometimes a docker container will get a breaking update maybe once a year, and then I just go look @ documentation and see what needs to be changed to the config to fix.
It will help some, and will also help temps, but AMD hardware does well with undervolting, especially the 5800X3D. I undervolt mine, and read the consensus that - 30 across all cores should be achievable for anyone, unless they’re really, really unlucky. My 6800 XT I also only run @ 92% Voltage, and it runs cooler and faster now, too.
Just look up W10 LTSC. Shouldn’t bug you with upgrades, and has a few more years support.
This 1.0 crashes on me too much, and is a gamble on how far back the last working auto-save is.
Windows 11 IoT Enterprise LTSC is hands down the best! A nearly naked fresh Windows install. Just Defender and Edge. And even then, a lot of the performance impacting Defender options are unavailable due to the W11 version.
It’s still my go to for gaming. Once it’s all set up, it just stays out of the way, and runs as lean as modern Windows can.
I highly, highly recommend adding StartAllBack on top of it. Makes the bottom toolbar much, much better.
I always use a single copy/paste Winget command to install nearly everything in one go, without needing any interaction for each install. Also allows updating installed programs with a single command.
Massgrave.dev for ISO’s and activation.
Edit: For some features, you have to be comfortable using Powershell as admin. I myself have to Powershell install 2 AppX packages before I can use Winget. If you go with this version feel free to message me for help.
My hype is so strong I reinstalled Rising Storm 2. They even fixed the performance problems I had last time I played, roughly 3 years ago!
Gods I need to replay it and go around slapping the English, again.
Just chiming in that I played Indiana Jones with 0 problems and great performance on my 6800 XT. And that was without any FSR, which I’m not sure if it’s even available, yet.
There’s a systemd OOM service that can be setup. I use CachyOS and they have it as a checkbox to turn it on or off.
The website I didn’t know I needed. Thank you!
My older Yamaha receiver has what they call Surround AI. It automatically boosts or lowers sounds proportionally to counter every movie having shit mixing. It’s amazing, many times I’ll see a movie in theater, and once it’s done I realize I’ll need to rewatch it at home to understand like half of what was said and I missed.
AMDs always get a wack, ultra safe, and high voltage. I undervolt all my AMD GPUs and CPUs. Makes quite the difference.