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>If I decline, what happens to the item? Is it destroyed or sent back? Item would be destroyed. More info here: https://avalara.com/blog/en/north-america/2025/02/how-to-handle-us-china-tariffs-de-minimis.html Here's the relevant portion, in layman's terms: Starting May 2, 2025, all packages...

>Am I the only one to.think that the Chinese classification makes more sense than the American one? Anything would make more sense than the idiotic premise that if I buy more from you, thereby creating a "trade deficit," then you are ripping me off. The irony of the situation is that, just as...

>Puget Systems says it will absorb PC tariff costs for now, but will increase prices when it becomes inevitable I expect this will be the standard response for most US vendors. It's basic PR-speak to say "we're on your (the consumer's) side." The escape clause is the "when it becomes...

>All this irrational hate for a company has to have been triggered by something, cannot be just an Intel/Nvidia fanboy. Ragebait is not irrational, but a rational response to monetize irrational rage.

One thing THW can immediately improve (w/o costing money) is to fix the site layout. This piece, presumably of some importance to the OP, is already about to scroll off the frontpage and into the hinterlands, all within a couple of hours of its posting. This problem applies to every THW piece...

>This thing is getting blasted everywhere else but here it is 4 stars? No surprise. 5070 is getting special attention because of Huang's "5070 > 4090" CES blurb that had the cognoscenti gnashing their teeth. The throng is itching for payback, and this is their chance. >What a joke. Yes, it's...

>Seems a comparison to the current AMD flagship GPU (RX 7900 XTX) would have been more appropriate given a new generation of product. Comparison to 7900GRE looks better. Perception (read: marketing) matters. Why not then 7800XT compare? Answer: 7900 looks better than 7800. D.Owen gives a...

Listings shown in Videocardz piece, https://videocardz.com/pixel/xfx-radeon-rx-9070-xt-listed-at-750-rx-9070-at-650-in-leaked-amazon-listing 9070/XT per their moniker are positioned against 5070/Ti. Assuming (slight) opportunistic pricing from the 50-series' scalping craze, official MSRP will...

>Well Series 60 will benefit from a new process, so that one should be a good bump by default. That will only be true for the 6090, not for the rest. Starting with 4090, Nvidia GPU line-up has bifurcated into two distinct brackets: the xx90, which has morphed into a prosumer class, and is...

>For example, I don't see why inputs have to be hard bound to "real" frames and I am sure that eventually there will be a solution to this, where the "fake" frames will be treated as "real" for input. Yes, agree. This was the same point I made in an earlier debate re FG. But sadly I wasn't...

>I remember when video games were fun and accessible to everyone. Games are still accessible, even AAA games on $300 GPUs. You just have to manage your expectation and dial the details down. Black Myth Wukong on RTX 4060. Looks pretty decent to me. For a fun read on the state of gaming, from...

>As stated, the score is tentative based on other testing that I’m still working on completing. A numeric score will always be controversial regardless of how "accurate" it is. People emphasize different things. It's like movie reviews. Some review have a score, some don't. I suppose a score is...

>if you're only intending on modest gaming on a laptop, and you have good internet (with no data cap), you'd be better off with a thin and light laptop and an Nvidia GeForce Now subscription. It's an interesting option, but I don't think the premise (modest gamer) matches the conclusion...

Those interested in Intel's business issues should peruse Ian Cutress' Substack piece covering INTL's latest quarter call. It provides a more professional and comprehensive analysis than the clickbait hit pieces here on THW or typical blogs. (Yes, there's a reason why Gaudi 3 software was...

>It would instantly open up the audience for Microsoft's AI tools considerably if they included using GPUs like the NVidia RTX for AI support. GPU support is reportedly in a future update. In Wintel land, laptops come first, as desktops are a minority. Desktops w/ dGPUs (read: gaming PCs) are a...