✧✦Catherine✦✧so i got a steam deck (i wanted one for a while & the threat of them running out of DRAM because of AI demand is looming)
it's... it's really nice. someone actually gave a shit while designing this PC hardware and software. rare and pleasant
i'm going to install Vivado on it
David Chisnall (*Now with 50% more sarcasm!*)Installing Vivado is the end boss for the Steam Deck.
Using Vivado is the end boss if you turn the difficulty down a bit.
@david_chisnall tbh i would expect the main problem to be "Vivado is enormous" but i did get the 1 TB version for exactly this contingency
@whitequark My install seems to be 'only' 79 GB.
Mind you, I run Vivado in a Docker container on macOS with Rosetta2, which turned out to be easier than installing it on Windows.
@david_chisnall yeah so you need at least twice that amount unless you're installing it through the 'online' installer (i usually don't)
i think the latest version is closer to 120 GB
@whitequark I think I used the online installer.
It's a bit of a blur, I tried repeatedly to install it on a Windows machine and failed before I went to Docker on the Mac.
Their export control thing is the worst UI I have seen in a long time.
@david_chisnall it's quite absurdly bad, yes.
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@david_chisnall Which is not all that unusual a size for a game these days... I guess the Steam Deck is a suitable enough device for it.
I have my Steam Deck upgraded to 2 TB with a 1 TB SD (SanDisk now has a 1.5 TB card too). Gotta have as much space as possible to buy games on sale, install them, and not play them.
@ids1024 @david_chisnall i am in the UK which has real internet (1 Gbps down) so i don't worry too much about downloading every game possible
@whitequark @david_chisnall Yeah, until the fiber company decides to grace this side street with their benevolence, I can't really start a download on a modern game and expect to be running the game on the same day.
We have stone age infrastructure here in... err... the San Francisco Bay Area. Presumably all the money is going to AI instead.