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    spongiemaster replied to the thread Review WD Gold 24TB HDD review: The highest capacity hard drive you can buy right now.

    So, they're discontinued. If no further new models are being released, and there is no reason to buy one of these drives unless you're...

    Today at 9:22 AM
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    spongiemaster replied to the thread News PlayStation 5 Pro Enhanced requirements allegedly leaked — upscaled 4K at constant 60 FPS with ray tracing is the new target.

    It doesn't appear to matter how many times this is stated. The definition of most efficient is not the one that uses the least power...

    Apr 2, 2024
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    spongiemaster replied to the thread News PlayStation 5 Pro Enhanced requirements allegedly leaked — upscaled 4K at constant 60 FPS with ray tracing is the new target.

    The math I learned in grade school taught me 450 ≠ 350. Fully path traced AAA gaming does not qualify as a typical gaming scenario...

    Mar 30, 2024
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    spongiemaster replied to the thread News PlayStation 5 Pro Enhanced requirements allegedly leaked — upscaled 4K at constant 60 FPS with ray tracing is the new target.

    You need to learn what efficiency means before you criticize products for not being efficient. 4090 is the 2nd most efficient GPU ever...

    Mar 30, 2024
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    spongiemaster replied to the thread News Repair shop offers 2TB SSD upgrades for M1, M2 Macbook Air — solders on bigger flash chips.

    Doubt it. How much demand do you really think there is for something like this? Even as an enthusiast, I would never even consider...

    Mar 10, 2024
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    spongiemaster replied to the thread News GPU sales saw 32% year-over-year increase in Q4 — AMD's market share rises to 19%.

    I doubt there has been any point in Nvidia's history when they have cared less about the gaming market than right now. The 4090 isn't...

    Mar 10, 2024
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    spongiemaster replied to the thread News HDMI Forum rejects AMD's HDMI 2.1 open-source driver.

    Active adapters are $15 which still qualify as dirt cheap. I don't see why you are wasting time arguing this.

    Mar 2, 2024
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    spongiemaster replied to the thread News HDMI Forum rejects AMD's HDMI 2.1 open-source driver.

    Dual mode display port is part of the DP 1.3 spec which is 10 years old. Anything that's been bought remotely recently will work with...

    Mar 2, 2024
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    spongiemaster replied to the thread News HDMI Forum rejects AMD's HDMI 2.1 open-source driver.

    No, you don't. Display port to HDMI adapters are less than $10 on Amazon.

    Feb 29, 2024
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    spongiemaster replied to the thread News Believe it or not, Windows 11 doesn't support Wi-Fi 7 and USB4 2.0 yet — but it soon will.

    Believe it or not? I didn't even know there was a USB 4 2.0. What is wrong with the people responsible for USB standards naming? It's...

    Feb 25, 2024
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    spongiemaster replied to the thread News US Commerce Secretary calls for CHIPS Act 2, says American semiconductor giants need more funds for fabs.

    And yet my daughters teacher was asking parents for donations of copy paper in January, barely half way through the school year, because...

    Feb 23, 2024
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    spongiemaster replied to the thread News US Commerce Secretary calls for CHIPS Act 2, says American semiconductor giants need more funds for fabs.

    You're asking the wrong question. What you appear to be asking is how 10nm chips does the average American need to own. The answer to...

    Feb 23, 2024
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    spongiemaster replied to the thread News Nvidia expects next-gen Blackwell GPUs to be supply constrained.

    You managed to pick the only "gaming" card from either Nvidia or AMD whose pricing has nothing to do with gaming. China wasn't stock...

    Feb 23, 2024
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    spongiemaster replied to the thread News ASML warns that more U.S. sanctions against China could have a major impact on its business.

    Meteor Lake was released last year.

    Feb 17, 2024
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    spongiemaster replied to the thread News Intel's CHIPS Act award package exceeds $10 billion, payout expected within two weeks: Report.

    I have never heard about anyone complaining that other countries shouldn't payout subsidies. They happen all the time in many...

    Feb 17, 2024

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