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    Notton replied to the thread News Dell's $35 AlienFX cable kit makes Alienware Area-51 desktop compatible with third-party motherboards.

    I think it's a good gesture and good direction for dell. Who knows what the next 10~20years of desktop PCs will look like, but at least...

    Today at 4:01 AM
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    Notton replied to the thread News PC prices up at least 15%: Trump Tariffs may hurt U.S. system integrators most.

    Ah, so this is what it must have felt like to live with the Zimbabwe Dollar and it's hyperinflation causing uncertainty.

    Yesterday at 4:56 PM
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    Notton replied to the thread News Nintendo Switch 2's support for MicroSD Express standard is going to hurt your wallet: Here's why.

    Back in 2020, a 1TB NVMe SSD would have cost $100. But if you're talking about a Gen4, 7000MB/s capable drive, like the WD SN580, that...

    Yesterday at 4:31 PM
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    Notton replied to the thread News Nvidia confirms Nintendo Switch 2 SoC's AI, ray tracing features, keeps real specs to itself for now.

    AFAIK, the chip has been in production for at least a year and a half. Nintendo has been stockpiling the chip, presumably to polish the...

    Yesterday at 4:17 PM
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    Notton reacted to rambo919's post in the thread News Windows 11 local account workaround discovered just as Microsoft closes previous loophole in Insider Build with Like.

    It boggles my mind that anyone would think requiring an internet connection to make your computer usable is a good idea.

    Yesterday at 2:11 PM
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    Notton replied to the thread News Nvidia confirms Nintendo Switch 2 SoC's AI, ray tracing features, keeps real specs to itself for now.

    The rumored chip specs: Chip name: T239 (Tegra/Ampere) Process: 8nm (Most likely Samsung) CPU: 8-core Cortex-A78AE at 2.0Ghz...

    Yesterday at 12:10 PM
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    Notton replied to the thread News Nintendo Switch 2's support for MicroSD Express standard is going to hurt your wallet: Here's why.

    $60 can get you a 1TB Gen 3 NVMe drive of the 2230 variety.

    Yesterday at 11:49 AM
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    Notton replied to the thread Nintendo Switch 2 Hands-on: Bigger, faster, and with mouse controls.

    As an unfortunate owner of an RTX2050 equipped laptop, it'll do 1080p/60fps, DLSS-performance, RT-off, in Darktide (up to difficulty...

    Yesterday at 11:27 AM
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    Notton replied to the thread News RTX 5080 laptop GPU beats RTX 4090 counterpart — delivers 10% less performance than RTX 5090.

    Well yes, both 5090 mobile and 5080 mobile use the same GB203 die. 112 ROPs vs. 96 ROPs respectively, or 16% more ROPs in the 5090 mobile.

    Thursday at 11:31 PM
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    Notton replied to the thread News President Trump's 25% tariff on aluminum sparks concerns over rising PC enclosure and GPU costs.

    But alumina refining is not "off-shored". It's literally still in North America and refined in Quebec and B.C. Most of the bauxite is...

    Thursday at 11:19 PM
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    Notton replied to the thread News Nintendo details the Switch 2 in a Direct livestream.

    I made that comment during the live stream and before the price was announced. You can check the timestamp.

    Wednesday at 7:12 PM
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    Notton replied to the thread News Arm aims to capture 50% of data center CPU market in 2025.

    I said that because the article was posted on April 1st.

    Wednesday at 7:11 PM
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    Notton replied to the thread News President Trump's 25% tariff on aluminum sparks concerns over rising PC enclosure and GPU costs.

    USA has minimal bauxite mining. Even if USA did go large scale, the USA isn't sitting on massive deposits of bauxite to begin with. USA...

    Wednesday at 12:12 PM
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    Notton reacted to helper800's post in the thread News Retailer clarifies RTX 5090 'B-stock' listing with missing ROPs was a system error with Like.

    I would even argue Occam's Razor in this instance.

    Wednesday at 11:56 AM
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    Notton replied to the thread News Nintendo details the Switch 2 in a Direct livestream.

    yeah, and $500 for the bundle. That's a tough pill to swallow when the games almost never go on sale.

    Wednesday at 11:55 AM

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