![]() One final question to While it’s true for now that Win7 will run the vast majority of games, DirectX 12 will eventually supplant DX11. I may have to get something like a GTX 1060 to meet its power restrictions. The main problems I face is that GPU options are limited for my Dell workstation, and it’s using an older, slower Westmere Xeon. And I can also run Linux in a VM if I want to set up services, or just play with different distros. So based on what I’ve read here, I think I’ll be setting up a Windows VM on ESXi (assuming it doesn’t phone home) and filtering it through pfSense once I do some research on the proper ports and sites/addresses to block. I’m not an ideologue I just want to be able to have some fun and enjoy the eye candy without all my data getting snarfed up. Just abandoning AAA games altogether is not an attractive option. Plus if I actually want to run some services with Linux, they vanish every time I want to play a game. I’ve dual booted in the past, and while it works with less up front effort than VMs, it’s annoying to reboot everytime I want to switch from daily driver to gaming machine. I’m not sure if it was something with my systems (Nvidia proprietary driver, maybe?) or if I was doing something wrong. I saw that on two or three different systems. The problem is that after 10 - 15 minutes of gameplay, textures started vanishing and the meshes started turned purple. I have managed to get Wine sort of working with Skyrim in the past. I suppose I can set up a pfSense VM, but I’m not sure what ports/sites to block, or how to configure pfSense to do that. What I have gotten working nearly flawlessly is Windows VMs on VMWare ESXi (free version.) Now I know that’s proprietary software, but does anyone have any info about ESXi phoning home? I could set up a Win8 VM with GPU passthrough, but I think even Win8 has telemetry issues. Sound isn’t quite right (pops, clicks, distortions) and certain games won’t run. I’ve managed to get Windows VMs working on Linux with GPU passthrough, but there are always gotchas. I’d want to try before I buy, and I’m not sure that would be possible. KB+M on a console is a neat concept, but based on that video looks like it’s rather fiddly. When I have a bit more cash, I may get one anyway. I’ve authored a few mods myself, and going without would seem restrictive. (I’m not really a Mario fan, so that stuff isn’t going to draw me in.) BotW looks genuinely interesting, but Skyrim without mods is half the experience. The main attractions for me would be Breath of the Wild and Skyrim. The Nintendo Switch is a really interesting device. ![]() Perhaps I should’ve known that would happen, but I’m relatively new to this forum and didn’t think I’d get that strong a reaction. First let me apologize for inadvertently starting a flame war.
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