Recent content by bp_968

It could be useful but I agree, bigger battery would be more useful. And dual track pads like the steam deck. I think going back to a handheld without TouchPads like the deck would be really tough for a number of more PC centric games and game genres.

I find that super unlikely. The steamdeck is larger and has a fairly robust cooling setup and at full power it puts out a massive amount of heat. Nintendo is pretty hung up on user experience with their hardware (not so much with software and UI, but I digress) so I don't see them being...

Got to say, I would much prefer an 16:10 OLED at 800p at 120hz with VRR capabilities, and matte. The fact that someone is coming out with a replacement upgrade already gives me hope someone else will eventually offer an OLED replacement (even if it doesn't do 120hz or VRR just OLED and matte...

So about those infographic warnings.... they call that "sarcasm". I realize it's a bit difficult to parse for the younger generations now for some reason, but that's what it is. If you need some lessons on sarcasm a good place to start is older British comedies like Monty Python.

Mine has the 256gb SSD and a 1TB mSD card and honestly i can hardly tell the difference. 90% of games load so fast its not really a relevant issue. Some gamer like RDR2 are a bit pokey and slow to start but its honestly stretching things a bit to play rdr2 on it anyway (that said, it plays...

Write speed is great but its rarely relevant in a consumer workload, especially a steamdeck. Honestly id prefer a drive half as fast but cheaper. Id seriously consider 100$ for a 1TB SSD swap in my deck since im a digital packrat. But you and I both know it won't be 100$. As for SLC cache...

I agree, though you can just check a bag and put whatever you need in it. I carried my glock on a trip a few years ago. Its honestly a giant PITA though. The thing that surprised me was how the airline and TSA acted about it. I had to carry the gun in case to the counter and they tagged it...

I agree about using a 5v MC. Especially if their programming it with arduino anyway. If someone wants to build one of these and can print a nice box/case for them ill send you a couple microcontrollers (i have the arduino mini, micro and a handful of other types in my drawer of micro...

The author mentions that the usb connector being on the top is a design "oversight" but its not. Its a "fix" compared to the switch. Ever tried to play the switch in portable mode while it's charging? It sucks. With the cables all coming out of the top its a much slicker design. For a dock...

The problem here is nvidia and AMD are design houses. Its like having a shortage of book making supplies and claiming the fix is to pay the authors more for writing novels. Sure you might get more great stories but you won't be able to read them due to a shortage of book making supplies. The...

This will do more than create a leasing system for CPU features. It will create an entirely new revenue source from used hardware. Before this I could buy a couple generation old xeon if I wanted to have a machine doing server specific stuff. With this it will force SMB and hobbyists to...

Well I hope Intel and Samsung get themselves in gear and competitive. What concerns me about Taiwan is its location and its cultural importance to China. China could seize the country and strangle a large majority of tech to the world (AMD, Qualcomm, Apple, some Nvidia, etc). Something like...

Its sad and disappointing that more manufacturers are not building their SSDs with power failure protection built in. We are talking a tiny, cheap, super capacitor added to the the device to protect against complete and total data loss. Lame that its not already standard on all SSDs.

So I know he gave up already but the suggestion were moderately interesting. I've known for decades that you can't buy "future proof" components, you can only spend to much for tomorrows "mid grade " equipment. But it did get me thinking, given an unlimited budget what areas could you improve...

Someone mentioned SSDs having a very high MTBF (published by the drive makers) but that number is just a (slightly) scientific guess made by the manufacturer. Take a look at OCZ drives from a year or two ago if your curious how much weight that number should hold for you. MTTDL is the number...