Gaming

You can run Forza Horizon 6 on an unsupported AMD RX 400/500 series GPU on SteamOS

Compatibility layers can work in more ways than I thought.

SteamOS on a ThinkPad P14s gen 4 (AMD) is quite nice

This is the year of the Linux (gaming) desktop. Or laptop.

Oops, I accidentally built a Steam Machine

I was longing for a Steam Deck that had more oomph. Guess Valve felt that way, too.

About the time my ThinkPad T430 ran with an external GPU

I had dumb ideas during my university days as well, but the budget was smaller.

Steam Deck: I like it

It runs Linux and you can peek under the hood if you want to, but that’s not the point.

Control - how to make a game enjoyable for casual audiences

How one toggle in the game settings allowed me to enjoy a notoriously difficult game.

Steam local network game transfers are a game-changer

Setting up a Steam LAN cache has never been this easy, so I went ahead and did some testing with different configurations.

HoloISO: the unofficial Steam Deck experience on your PC

I tried out HoloISO, the project that brings the Steam Deck experience to PC-s, on my ASRock DeskMini X300. Perhaps gaming on Linux isn’t dead after all?

Trying out VR on an AMD Ryzen 4000 series APU

A quick and dirty experiment: can the integrated graphics on an AMD Ryzen 4000 series APU run Beat Saber?

VR, VFIO and how latency ruined everything

Alternative title: “Honey, I completely changed my server setup again!”

DIY cloud gaming: NVIDIA and Moonlight

Comparing the experience that AMD and NVIDIA can provide in a DIY cloud gaming setup.

DIY cloud gaming setup with VFIO, Parsec and AMD

A build log of how I set up my own ‘cloud gaming’ setup, including all the issues I faced and attempts to fix those.

Testing GPU passthrough on AMD Ryzen 7 5700G APU

A quick overview of my experience with setting it up on a small PC box and things to consider when attempting this yourself.

Turning leftover PC parts into a decent gaming PC

Putting the ‘reuse’ in ‘Reduce, reuse, recycle’.