Tag: Steam Shader Pre-Caching

How to Disable Shader Pre-Caching for a Single Game

April 23, 2026Dan0 comments

Shader pre-caching is a feature designed to improve your gaming experience by downloading and compiling shaders before you launch a game. This reduces in-game stuttering and loading times, especially in…

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Learn why your game compiles shaders every launch and how to reduce compilation times while keeping CPU temperatures

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Fix Repeated Shader Compilation and High CPU Temperatures

March 8, 2026Dan0 comments

Few things test a gamer’s patience like staring at a loading screen while shaders compile, especially when it happens every single time you launch the game. Even more alarming is…

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RPG Merchant Sells First Sword in a Decade

November 10, 2026Dan0 comments

A fantasy shopkeeper celebrates an unexpected sale after years of buying adventurers’ unwanted loot.

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Local Parents Blame GTA for Son’s Refusal to Have a Bath

November 3, 2026Dan0 comments

A local couple have identified the unlikely cause of their son’s refusal to have a bath: Grand Theft Auto: Vice City.

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“Deep Lore” in Multiplayer Shooter Revealed to Be Just Three Sentences on a Loading Screen

May 14, 2025Nerd Guest1 comment

The entire backstory of a multiplayer shooter whose fans have spent months reconstructing its ancient history has been confirmed to consist of three sentences on a loading screen. “The Great…

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Elden Ring Player Insists on Using Unique Build, Still Ends Up as a Strength-Faith Bonk Lord

April 30, 2025Adam West0 comments

Elden Ring player Greg Henderson has confirmed that his experimental poison-bow assassin is developing exactly as intended, despite now wearing heavy armour and carrying a hammer roughly the size of…

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