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Francisco Pires

EXPLAINED: Ampere opens the door for 192 core linux gaming machines | Rare Historical Photos

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If you ever wondered whether it would be possible to game on one of Ampere's "Altra Max" 192-core CPUs, you'll be glad to know the company has just released a "Gaming under Linux" guide. It aims to empower users in setting up Steam AArch64 platforms for Linux - alongside Steam Play (Proton) itself - within the open-source OS, with Ampere's 192 cores serving as the proverbial cart pushers.

This is not just any old PDF guide, either. Instead, Ampere is maintaining a GitHub repository meant to ease users into configuring a system based on the company's Ampere Altra, Altra Max, and Ampere One CPUs. It should also be applicable to other (generally less-powerful) 64-bit Arm platforms offered by Ampere's competitors. 

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