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minus-squareundrwater@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·2 hours agoOk interesting. 4gb RAM. But they’re also requiring a GPU that supports direct x v11. So there’s some rendering happening at the client? That’s still going to make a dumb terminal quite expensive.
minus-squarejoe@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·2 hours agoNotably, the game data is not loaded into RAM. In case it isn’t clear, those requirements are very low, by 2026 standards. If it can display video on the monitor you have, then it can probably stream a game.
Ok interesting. 4gb RAM. But they’re also requiring a GPU that supports direct x v11. So there’s some rendering happening at the client?
That’s still going to make a dumb terminal quite expensive.
Notably, the game data is not loaded into RAM. In case it isn’t clear, those requirements are very low, by 2026 standards. If it can display video on the monitor you have, then it can probably stream a game.