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  • It will depend on the power upgrade offered by the 50XX and the game development studios appetite for more power.

    But TBH I don’t see Nvidia able to massively produce a 2 times faster chip without increasing its price again

    Meaning, nobody will get the next gen most powerful chip, game devs will have to take that into account and the RTX 4080 will stay relevant for longer time.

    Besides, according to SteamDB, most of gamers still have an RTX 2080 or less powerful GPU. They won’t sell their games if you can play it decently on those cards.

    The power gap between high-ends GPUs is growing exponentially. It won’t stay sustainable very long







  • Of course there are unreleased 0-days, but you can’t do anything about it.

    And that’s exactly my point.

    Using a different browser until a particular issue is fixed when you are e.g. a journalist still helps with getting hacked.

    Actually no. Because you never know what currently unfixed 0-day is actively exploited in any browser. Using Gecko or Chromium today because Webkit had a security flaw yesterday doesn’t make anything safer. It might comfort you, but that’s it.

    The only important metric is the number of 0-day discovered per year per engine. It’s a matter of probability.

    Changing engine would be like changing dice because you had a bad number, without knowing how many side you’ll get with the new ones.








  • joneskind@beehaw.orgtoAsklemmy@lemmy.mlWhat laptop to buy?
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    You won’t play BG3 comfortably on a MBA, otherwise it’s a good general purpose laptop.

    MBP is more expensive but more powerful and comes with 16Gb of Ram and a much more powerful GPU.

    There isn’t a big difference between M1 and M2 on the CPU side, but M2 GPUs are significantly more powerful.

    Finally, Pro models have better sound system, 120Hz ProMotion display, and more battery life.



  • Macs are not good for gaming because it wasn’t delivered with a proper graphic card for years, so game developers left the platform.

    Apple silicone Mac are pretty good for gaming now, if compared to similar form-factor PCs. Besides, Macs doesn’t lose any power when unplugged, contrary to PCs.

    But the catalog is still lacking. There are good games (BG3, Metro Exodus, Resident Evil Village, Lies Of P, World Of Warcraft if it’s your jam) but nothing merely enough for a true gamer.

    You could play Escape From Tarkov on a Mac using virtualizing software like Parallels Desktop, CrossOver or Game Porting Toolkit, but it won’t run natively, and I can’t make any promises on that subject.

    You’ll have to do some research if you want to play some games on a Mac.

    Otherwise it’s truly the best computer you can get. Not necessarily the most powerful (depends on what you’re doing) but definitely the best user experience.