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nixuris
@infraflakes
18 years old self taught platform engineer
Hanoi, Vietnam Katılım Ekim 2025
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@DonkFast @riotgames > do you even know how modular the PCIE standard is?
This is literally word salad, its like saying "English is modular", its a communication standard, that is not related to the argument at all. You're a larper
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@infraflakes @riotgames You're spouting that memory debugging cards, used by actual engineers, do not have signed windows PCIE drivers. You just lump every single device as "Muh cheating hardware", when in reality they work the same as any other device in the system that uses DMA.
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Well, that escalated quickly.
There’s been a wave of claims by cheaters about Vanguard “bricking” their PCs, so let’s clear that up: Vanguard does not damage hardware or disable your devices.
The photo we posted is a picture of cheat hardware devices that are sold explicitly for cheating in VALORANT (not normal PCs or PC components). Through our latest updates, Vanguard now makes those devices worthless for VAL, but does not in any way brick PCs or PC components or PC software.
Our latest update enforces standard platform security features, like the Input-Output Memory Management Unit (IOMMU), on accounts identified as using Direct Memory Access (DMA) cheating devices. These protections are already part of modern systems and when enabled, they block DMA cheat devices (such as those shown in the photo) from accessing memory in downstream applications, like our games.
If a cheat setup continues attempting to cheat after those protections are enabled, the system may generate hardware faults or instability. This is expected behavior under IOMMU when attempts are made to read protected memory.
Disabling IOMMU allows the cheat device to function again, but IOMMU will still be required to play our games. This means the cheat device won’t work with our games, but your PC isn’t “bricked.” We would not, and cannot, impact your PC’s functionality in any other fashion.
This functionality only applies to systems attempting to use DMA cheat devices, and players who are not using DMA-based cheat setups are not affected.
We’ll keep investing in anti-cheat to protect competitive integrity, and we’ll keep being as transparent as possible about how those systems work.
Riot Games@riotgames
congrats to the owners of a brand new $6k paperweight
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@DonkFast @riotgames > when in reality they work the same as any other device in the system that uses DMA
Its like saying a crowbar and a key is made out of metal so it functions the same. You dont know what you're talking about.
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@DonkFast @riotgames > You're spouting that memory debugging cards
If you are doing kernel debugging or hardware verification, you do it on a dedicated test bench or a virtualized target debugging environment over serial/NET. Not playing Valorant with an active ring-0 AC client in the background
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@DonkFast @riotgames Legitimate hardware uses proper ACPI tables and standard, signed kernel drivers to requests specific, isolated memory pages. Cheating hardware doesn't. Your paragraph above is just nonsensical ranting, you're assuming you know any better than the engineers at riot
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@infraflakes @riotgames >Larping knowledge is insane
Maybe you just don't bother to understand or research into what i stated? Or you're just a Riot glowie defending your trojan.
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>"does not in any way brick PCs or PC components or PC software!!"
Me when i spread disinformation on the internet for damage control LMAO. Every PCIE device linked to the cpu (or even chipset) is classed as a DMA device. PCIE devices directly interact with the system memory. That's how they work.
>"and when enabled, they block DMA cheat devices (such as those shown in the photo) from accessing memory"
AKA, bricking the PCIE device. AKA making pcie hardware components useless remotely from your HQ by removing the functionality that actually makes modular pcie devices work.
>"this means the cheat device won’t work with our games, but your PC isn’t “bricked.” We would not, and cannot, impact your PC’s functionality in any other fashion."
Funny how you say "Cheat device", do you even know how modular the PCIE standard is? Do you even know the breadth of the amount of devices that are going to trigger your stupid AI detections? Class action waiting to happen. You also forgot to mention that your trojan "anticheat" runs in the background of the system even if you aren't playing a riot game, so at any time, from your HQ, you can brick anybodies system. Stop spreading disinformation that DMA devices are "cheat devices", it's PCIE standard.
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@LaubeQ28 @christitustech For me I like their installer, the hardware detection is good and the "No desktop" option is actually balanced
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@christitustech So this is going back to the question: Why recommend cachyOS over other arch-based distros or at all even?
There has to be something Cachy does, at the performance/optimization level that has to be the turning point to go to that one (or get their stuff) instead of base.
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Great youtube video showing 1%s and frame pacing.
DHH@dhh
Turns out Cachy didn't do anything conclusively for 1% lows in gaming either (only Doom better / Returnal worse). And it's worse in frame pacing. So most Linux gamers clearly don't need a custom kernel. Linus already did very good optimizing the stock one! youtube.com/watch?v=qdvdZU…
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