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    News Frantic manufacturers are pushing RTX 5090s out the door to beat tariffs — MSI and Gigabyte lead race to get ahead of 'the biggest uncertainty for...

    mfg's can do anything they like, at $3000+ I will NEVER buy another nvidia card.. my 4080 is it.. and that was like $1450 us/with tax over 2 years ago (6 mos before super came out :P)
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    News China launches HDMI and DisplayPort alternative — GPMI boasts up to 192 Gbps bandwidth, 480W power delivery

    192 bps LOL.. yea and what a max cable length of 0.01 meters? hehe
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    News This scent-dispensing RX 9070 assures at least one GPU launch this year doesn't stink

    scents are chemical compounds... like cigarette smoke adhering surfaces, I would not want my $1000+ gpu gunked up over time with fragrence leftover lol.
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    News Nvidia confirms it is investigating RTX 50-series BSOD and black screen troubles, no timeline for a fix

    it's things like these why I switched over to studio drivers years ago. studio drivers do not get updated alot and also get all the bug fixes from the game rdy drivers. studio drivers are usually WAY more stable then game ready.
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    News Intel's Arrow Lake fix doesn't 'fix' overall gaming performance or match the company's bad marketing claims - Core Ultra 200S still trails AMD and...

    massively happy back in nov' 23 I switched to AMD for my 1st AMD build ever.. was using a 7 yr old intel 5960x 8c/16t HEDT x99 platform.... my amd 7950x3d, nvidia 4080, 64 gigs of dd5 cl30 memory and 2x 4tb Gen 5 nvme's are kick'n ass. was using INTEL exclusively since early 80's (outside my...
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    News Benchmarking Blackwell and RTX 50-series GPUs with Multi Frame Generation will require some changes, according to Nvidia

    screw frame gen... only numbers I want to see between the generations is raw power.. ie turn off frame gen and DLSS.. I want to see RAW fps between the gen's.. I have a 4080.. I want to see raw 5080 and 5090 to compare to my raw 4080 data.
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    News LG to showcase 'world's first bendable 5K2K gaming monitor' at CES 2025

    *drools*.. but but.. what is the subpixel layout? is it RGB (good) or BGR (bad)? BGR sucks for text clarity.
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    News Indiana bakery still using Commodore 64s originally released in 1982 as Point of Sale terminals — Hilligoss Bakery in Brownsburg sticks to the basics

    fond memories of my C64 back in the early 80's. also had a C128 then an Amiga 500. did TONS of early gaming on the platforms.. was really sad when Commodore went belly up in 1994 :(
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    News Zotac accidentally lists RTX 5090, RTX 5080, and RTX 5070 family weeks before launch — accidental listing seemingly confirms the RTX 5090 with 32GB...

    have a regular 4080 (bought before super's come out)... not even interested in a 5080.. looks like a weak sidegrade... now if I can get a 5090 for $1599 (4090 msrp), I might be tempted, else ToTaL pass on the 5000 series.. F. NVIDIA!
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    News Polysoft offers $849 8TB SSD upgrade module for Mac Studio — reverse-engineered SSD vastly undercuts Apple's $2,220 price

    Apple's behavior hasn't changed in decades, it's why I'd N E V E R consider buying anything made by Apple.. E V E R :)
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    News Graphics card repairer laments 'catastrophic failure' of customer's RTX 4090 volt mod and thermal paste overdose

    but he punts all cards when the pcb is cracked or bent (ie bent so much that leads inside the pcb are severed).
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    Review AMD Ryzen 7 9800X3D Review: Devastating Gaming Performance

    even though already built my 7950x3d system a year ago... if the 9950x3d has 3d cache on both ccd's, I'd be tempted to upgrade lol. Else I'd prolly just upgrade from my 4080 to a 5090.
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    Review Intel Core Ultra 9 285K Review: Intel Throws a Lateral with Arrow Lake

    Sooooooo happy I made the decision last november to switch from intel to amd for my 1st new system in 7 yrs (was using an Intel 5960x 8c/16t hedt x99 intel system). my Gaming is SOOOO silky smooth. ----------------------------------- Fractal Design Meshify 2 RGB Black TG AMD 7950x3d CPU...
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    News AMD unveils industry's first Ultra Ethernet ready network card for AI and HPC

    400 Gbit? ouch.. is that over fibre? seems rj 45 cables would ne to be really really short lol