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Stuck in the middle with you (lemmy.world)
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[–] count_dongulus@lemmy.world 23 points 3 weeks ago (2 children)

I'm glad that many kids are into PC gaming, at least. That's still a decent vector into computer proficiency and a little hardware knowledge.

[–] Zanz@lemmy.world 4 points 3 weeks ago (1 children)

I'm not sure how many kids will be into PC gaming when a low end Nvidia gpu is currently $550. I know that everything comes pre overclocked, and the 4070s still a good card even though it's got a low and die in it it's just depressing in the principle of it.

Maybe things like the steam deck will push kids into Linux since the mid-range gaming desktop is like two grand now.

[–] andxz@lemmy.world 6 points 3 weeks ago (1 children)

I built a decent rig at the time 2 years ago for a 10 year old for less than 600€. Sure, some parts were used and it's obviously no monster but he's still using it daily. He's learning how to upgrade it every time I have money for it, too.

You don't have to buy all new Nvidia GPUs for $550 a piece to play games, ya know?

[–] count_dongulus@lemmy.world 3 points 3 weeks ago

Yeah my first gaming pc was like...a crappy HP desktop with an Nvidia 6600 that I plugged in. Worked great for Age of Mythology lol

[–] rc__buggy@sh.itjust.works 2 points 3 weeks ago

I made sure our kids got introduced to PC gaming. It sort of worked, they are more adept with windows then thier peers, but 0/3 have used thier shell accounts. They were into the persistent Minecraft server for a minute, but barely learned any console commands.