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Great addition. ProtonDB had this for a long time and it is a useful information. Maybe in Linux it should list the Kernel (Linux version) too. And for Nvidia the driver version would be useful to have too. Protondb does that already for anyone who opted into sharing specs: https://www.protondb.com/app/379720
Who in the world has 30 GB of RAM? It feels like this should be illegal.
I suspect it may be bios level allocation of system ram to an igpu? I think that could affect how the system reports ram??
Many laptop-users I knkw, which fell for the “more is better”-strategy. A friend has 40 GB of RAM, because his laptop came with 16 GB preinstalled, and he added 24 GB more. Yes.
40, sure. 1x16+3x8 in the previously empty slots. Its silly and probably causing an issue somewhere, but it makes some logical sense. What insane person is installing 1x16, 1x8, 1x4 and 1x2
Kinda needs to be default. I mean, I’m a privacy buff, and I don’t care if you know my raw specs if I’m telling you how a game runs in a public forum. Because without the specs, that information is worthless.
Even if we anonymise the specs and just say “this user has a more powerful rig than you do,” that tells me I can disregard their claim the game runs good. But if it says “this user has a less powerful rig than you do,” I can take that review more seriously. And if I can hover over it and see exactly where my rig is better or worse comparatively, that matters too. I don’t need to know what the specs are because we have benchmarks that place numerical values on performance based on different parts. So we can directly compare the performance of my M2 Pro (Mac mini) with 16GB RAM to, say, a 10th generation i7 with 32GB of RAM and a 1080. They win on RAM, I probably win on CPU (at least single core, they might have me on multi), and the GPU is kinda up in the air. On one hand, they have a dedicated graphics card. On the other, mine’s way newer. So it’s hard to guess. However, I could look it up on Geekbench and tell you exactly which part wins and by how much.
Kinda needs to be default. I mean, I’m a privacy buff, and I don’t care if you know my raw specs if I’m telling you how a game runs in a public forum. Because without the specs, that information is worthless.
I’m against sharing privacy information by default. This has to be opt-in. Also a review without specs is not worthless. All the years I found the reviews without specs still helpful in Steam. Having specs gives a little bit information, especially important when you want to understand some performance or compatibility issues. But most reviews don’t need that.
I don’t care if you know my raw specs if I’m telling you how a game runs in a public forum
It may not be harmful by itself, but combined with other information it can definitely help identify you to your account. It could easily be the final piece of information that enabled you to be doxxed.
Loss of privacy is cumulative, like radiation.
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Opt-in approach is fine. With this implementation we can effectively ignore those crying about performance without disclosing their spec. We don’t really lose anything.
