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Well I'm at the point with my PC where the maximum that it can manage as far as gaming goes is Skyrim (I mean I could probably run GTAV if I pushed it but I'm not interested in reducing draw distance or spawns or anything). In Windows it runs between 30 and 60 fps depending on the location and situation. In Linux through Wine it runs at 10 fps at best (I haven't checked the exact value) and is pretty much unplayable. The same goes for any of the newer games I've tried in Wine. And any other PC games that I play are older and easily emulated in DOSbox or VirtualBox.
My idea is to set up a Windows partition dedicated to gaming and hopefully find a way of stripping it of it's ability to connect to the internet. Otherwise I just won't tether my phone to it and it won't have access anyway. Every other partition I have is Ext4, swap or EFI. Windows only gets what I give it, it doesn't even have access to my movies or music collection, save a few choice songs for use in San Andreas. I'll try Wine again when I have a newer, better computer.
Fair enough. I was thinking from the perspective of having a steam account or something. You definitely don't want to enter your credentials on a potentially compromised computer.
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[–] tehPenguin0fd00m 0 points 1 point 1 point (+1|-0) ago
Have you tried Wine instead of probably exposing yourself to a botnet?
[–] lawofchaos ago
Well I'm at the point with my PC where the maximum that it can manage as far as gaming goes is Skyrim (I mean I could probably run GTAV if I pushed it but I'm not interested in reducing draw distance or spawns or anything). In Windows it runs between 30 and 60 fps depending on the location and situation. In Linux through Wine it runs at 10 fps at best (I haven't checked the exact value) and is pretty much unplayable. The same goes for any of the newer games I've tried in Wine. And any other PC games that I play are older and easily emulated in DOSbox or VirtualBox.
My idea is to set up a Windows partition dedicated to gaming and hopefully find a way of stripping it of it's ability to connect to the internet. Otherwise I just won't tether my phone to it and it won't have access anyway. Every other partition I have is Ext4, swap or EFI. Windows only gets what I give it, it doesn't even have access to my movies or music collection, save a few choice songs for use in San Andreas. I'll try Wine again when I have a newer, better computer.
[–] tehPenguin0fd00m ago
Fair enough. I was thinking from the perspective of having a steam account or something. You definitely don't want to enter your credentials on a potentially compromised computer.