I recommend an ex-lease HP Prodesk. You get an ok cpu, nvme slot, physical space for an ssd and hdd, plus a pcie slot depending on form factor. As they use mainstream components the hardware is well supported in Linux.

Nvidia is fine and I have a 3080. I have vrr on my 4k display working fine when run with 2 non vrr 1080p monitors, and full hdr support. That’s using the 570 driver in fedora.

I just don’t bookmark anything I don’t read straight away. If I want to read it that badly I’ll search for it again.

I will probably be buying a 9070 XT to replace my 3080. I don’t need to be sold on its capabilities.

It is categorically not beating a 5080. It does however go toe to toe with the 5070 ti.

I don’t think AMD has. My understanding was that the next gen UDNA architecture has the full range. It’s meant to launch next year.

The two RDNA 4 cards were just to have something out at the same time as the 5000 series.

Lol. System requirements are 30, 40 & 50 series cards with 12GB of VRAM. Most of the cards do not have this due to Nvidia’s stinginess.

Just 5 days ago the same outlet was reporting that the A20 was going to remain on N3P

The “Remote playback with a Remote Watch Pass subscription” just sounds like IPTV with extra steps. I’m kind of ok with them requiring Plex Pass for remote streaming for the server owner, but then I have lifetime so it doesn’t affect me. Might feel differently I was having to pay.

I have both the Steelseries Arctis 1 & 7 headsets. I’d happily recommend either of them, though 7 might be out of your budget.

The 1 is my office pair. It has long battery life, the wireless range is decent, and the usb c dongle means you can use them with a cell. The sound insulation is good considering it uses mesh pads and as a glasses wearer they’re pretty comfortable.

The audio quality isn’t amazing, it’s a bit boomy for my tastes. There is also a physical mute button on the back of the cup that sometimes gets knocked to mute when I put them down which is a bit embarrassing in calls. Otherwise I haven’t had any issues with them.

Weird for some reason I thought it released closer to xmas. That might have just been when it started selling in NZ.

Found my copy of Wipeout 2097 and 3 over the weekend so might be an excuse to grab it out for old times sake.

Piper is a godsend. It’s better than Logitech G Hub and much more like Logitech’s old simple software that let you quickly remap buttons.

For certain high voltage applications , like public PA systems, 1kw+ light and lasers, there are a still cylindrical plugs pug they use pins a bit like the old ps/2 port

I would say same standard of living but the difference is they had a kid and my wife and I don’t. We simply could not have the same lifestyle if we had children.

Sweet can play this after the current PoeE 1 event, and then PoE 0.2 should be out after that.

Wipeout 2097 - Still one of my favourite racing games of all time and has a banging soundtrack

Gran Turismo 2 - Big enough that it needed 2 discs. A classic in sim racing.

MediEvil - Fun humorous story and great atmosphere.

Spyro - It was on the demo disc.

Final Fantasy 7 & 8 - RPG classics. Nuff said.

And a bonus game that sucked:

Command & Conquer port - Buggy, lots of lag and terrible controls

Not an RPG but has a lot of lore and a form of exploration: Talos Principle 1 & 2.

Hands down the best puzzle games I’ve ever played.

Pop OS worked straight out of the box with the Nvidia driver build BUT it’s using an old version of Gnome desktop environment so doesn’t have support for HDR or VRR. Pop is based on Ubuntu so all the Debian and Ubuntu terminal commands will be familiar.

Fedora is leading edge and so long as you opt in for non-open source drivers works with Nvidia and runs HDR and VRR in KDE (haven’t used the Gnome version).

Haven’t tried any other distros but Bazzite seems well recommended.

Lutris is the recommended software for non-steam games. If you search for that and Sims/EA you should be able to find out if it’ll work for you.

I only use windows now for sim racing and Vr, but I also don’t play online games with anti-cheat. Linux seems pretty stable and I’ve found it easy to use.

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Star Wars: Squadrons and BallasticNG spring to mind. They will definitely make you get motion sickness though if you’re not fully acclimatised to VR.

lol. I searched “nvidia 570 Linux” less than a week ago and nada. Just did it again based on you comment and it looks like it was released 2 days ago.

You’re an absolute legend! Thanks for the heads up.