"See you, space cowboy"

TVs Leds que não duram 2 anos, cabos de fontes que queimam mesmo encaixados corretamente, placas de vídeo bugadas, controles que insistem no drift, eletrodomésticos que queimam rápido! Em algum momento a indústria decidiu abandonar a produção com qualidade a favor do lucro rápido

the saga continues: testing suspicious amazon cables 👹

1/2 Nothing but XTremely fond and fruitful memories of Intel’s X58 chipset, which premiered their revolutionary “Nehalem” architecture, and enjoyed one of the longest reigns as Chipzilla’s HEDT platform, before Sandybridge E’s x79 finally usurped it in late 2011, some 3 years following its momentous release, and after the latter’s “mainstream” counterpart had proven such a smash hit amongst gamers with its unprecedented performance and efficiency compared to AMD’s aggressively priced but demonstrably slower, K10 based Phenom CPUs, which themselves formed the silicon brains within Team Red’s AM2 socket. The x58 felt like a breath of fresh air in 2008, when Nvidia finally decided to exit the chipset market, having become famous for their “Nforce” branded solutions, whose north and south bridges ran hotter than Satan’s sauna, and incinerated enough flaky DDR2 memory sticks to sink Hawaii, despite all leading vendors - not least G Skill Corsair, Kingston and Geil, guaranteeing their ultra high frequency kits would operate stably at hazardously high voltages, which were automatically configured by the industry’s earliest incarnation of XMP technology! The x58, partnered with its markedly augmented 1366 pin socket, germinated some of the most robust and feature rich MoBo’s of the era, including EVGA’s first ever “Classified”, some of Asus earliest ROG branded offerings for the uncompromising enthusiast, not least Rampage and Gene models which embodied the platform in ATX and MATX form factors…and Workstation styled alternatives like the P6T7 Supercomputer, which served me infallibly throughout several exotic Crossfire and SLI setups… The luxury of having the Northbridge effectively reincarnated as the CPUs integrated MC allowed for greater flexibility when OCing and invariably better results, on account of the reduced heat, tighter latency, and the CPU frequency being derived directly from its both multiplier and “B clock”, which functionally supplanted the less stable Front Side Bus, and could be used either in conjunction with the multiplier or independently with “locked” processors to boost speeds to well above stock. The 32nm “Westmere” based I7-990x that MPR references was the last in Intel’s line of Extreme Edition SKUs for the x58 and at the time, struggled to match an i7-2600k - Sandy BrIdge’s top mainstream variant - under gaming workloads, despite harbouring two extra cores and costing well over thrice the price, though when frame rates turned to timelines and exports, the chip justified its exorbitant bounty as a “productivity powerhouse”!

This is not quite accurate. This seems to be a 2080Ti 12GB, not a 2080Ti Super. Yes. They are very different cards. 2080“Ti Super” (10DE-1E03); Always 4608sp, 12GB Sammy HC16, stock VRAM 2000mhz, 768GB bandwidth 2080Ti 12GB (10DE-1E07): Either 4608, 4480, or 4352sp, 12GB Sammy HC14(?), stock VRAM 1750mhz, 672GB bandwidth (matching the description here) A 2080Ti 12GB is a regular 2080Ti 300A that isn’t cut down, à la 8-core 1600X, compatible with XOC BIOSes of Strix, Kingpin, etc. A 2080Ti Super is a truly never-released SKU with objectively better specs (VRAM). You can’t run Titan RTX/2080Ti BIOSes or even retail drivers with a Ti Super. Source: we have both cards. It’s good to see more of these surfacing regardless. These are 3080/5060Ti killers.

Just a wee bit envious...

CachyOS Proton now downloads DLSS DLLs for FSR4 through OptiScaler videocardz.com/newz/cachyos-…

The effect is real -- I was struggling with the NES game Lifeforce on one of the last LCD TV's that still had a composite input, and it got noticeably easier when I plugged it into an actual old CRT display. That would just be a couple frames of latency in the TV firmware. I had an X post a while ago measuring the "tap to flap" latency on one of the modern emulated arcade cabinets in contrast with a real one.

this is the latest amd rma email regarding the rma of the "swelling on the back" 7950x3d - rma accepted now - dhl pickup and shipping to singapore (from taiwan) - free of charge ptt ptt.cc/bbs/PC_Shopping/M.178… ============================ AMD Global Customer Care Your service request: 00858303 has been reviewed and updated. Response and Service Request History: Dear customer. Thank you for submitting the warranty claim through AMD Consumer RMA portal I understand you wish to claim warranty on your AMD Ryzen 9 7950X3D with S/N: 9KS2420030014 After reviewing your claim, we are glad to inform you that your warranty claim has been approved. If you agree to request warranty directly from AMD and we will require you confirm and agree the information below: 1. Once the RMA been approved, we will provide a DHL shipping label for you, which can help you return the faulty unit to our Singapore warehouse free of charge. 2. It will take about 14 workdays to process the warranty progress after we receive your faulty unit. (The actual process time will also relate to the replacement stock situation). Please let us know whether you wish to request warranty directly from AMD. For the direct warranty from AMD, could you kindly confirm whether your contact information is correct?(refer to the attached) Your contact information will be used to receive the replacement Should you have any other question or concern.please let us know. Thank you for contacting AMD. Looking forward to your response! … Best regards, Middle AMD Global Customer Care

I’m convinced that old games feel “hard” because modern emulators have like 30 layers of abstraction between the input and the screen. Today you’ve got controllers going through bluetooth driver stacks, on general purpose operating systems, with all sorts of thread coordination, GPU APIs, not to mention display latency… Much easier for the brain to learn when the original hardware is extremely deterministic!

I’ve said it before and I’ll say it again… Distributing BIOS updates via the abomination that is Windows Update is a TERRIBLE idea.

1/2 Hmm…scarcely the “game changing” package that it represented when originally launched over four years 4 as AMD’s debut V-Cached Ryzen…for a minor markup of $100 on its present “inflated” MSRP. Realistically, this canny embodiment of “up-cycled silicon” could only constitute a worthy investment to terminally late adopters, still zealously hoarding their AM4 systems…and holding AMD to their solemn pledge of “platform longevity”. The CPU’s immensely broad compatibility with MB’s harbouring (A320 through to X570) chipsets should not be overlooked, especially for those with an older Zen 2 based R5/7/9 3xxx/XT processors or a less powerful 3rd Gen (and 2 dimensional) 5xxxx series chip…who might be seeking the supreme drop-in upgrade to max out their “self-assembled” gaming rig’s “console crushing” potential. Though one should also not disregard the inherent advantages of migrating to AM5, a B650 motherboard for example (many of Asus and Asrock’s midrange work/gaming branded models are currently available for well under $200) would provide native support for PCI 5.0, 16 fifth Gen lanes allocated to the host systems primary GPU slot(s)…together an increased quota running off the chipset HUB, to service extra on-board USB/storage controllers alongside higher speed WiFi Ethernet NICs and/or additional/faster LAN ports. Add to plethora of “platform bonuses” integrated accommodation for at least one of the latest and swiftest NVME drives! If paired with say, a $250 R7 7700x, such a “budget friendly” synergy would provide superior performance under almost all “productive” workloads…and only fall behind in a handful of heavily “cache dependent” games! Prolonged future proofing is also assured, with your upgrade path to Zen 5/x3d and beyond being one bios flash away. The only potential deal breaker remains the exorbitant DDR5 tariff, which for a half decent 16/32gig dual channel 5600mhz kit, is roughly 50% over what you’d pay for the equivalent DDR4 package (or around $300-$500 in monetary. However, a substantial proportion of this could be recovered through selling off your old rig’s unwanted parts.

MINISFORUM puts AMD B650 chipset on PCIe card for M.2 and OCuLink expansion videocardz.com/newz/minisfor…

AMD B650 expansion cards hit retail starting at $199 tomshardware.com/pc-componen…

I just want to see (now, banned) China-only 5090D and 5090Dv2 in US, Euro, and Oceanics' hands. -don't really care what they call it. RTX 5080 - 5090 is a ginourmous performance (and price) gap. tomshardware.com/tech-indust…

AMD B650チップセット搭載の拡張カード、M.2スロットやOCuLinkを増設 pc.watch.impress.co.jp/docs/…

B650チップの拡張カード MINIS FORUM インテルマザーでも動くってよ。

VoodooX project 3Dfx- starting to ship the first orders to 3Dfx fans.

"They canceled it because it would appeal to Stargate fans" AND THAT WASN'T ENOUGH. The Stargate cancelation is a full mask off moment for modern TV, and this is why everyone should care. It's indicative of why all of our series keep getting screwed up.