Recent content by crystaldragon141

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    AMD Radeon VII to Support DLSS Equivalent

    Let me start by saying that I am an AMD fanboy so I don't get raked over the coals for what I'm going to say next. The entire premise of this article is misleading. DirectML is not an analogue to DLSS. It is a machine learning api that could be leveraged to create a platform agnostic equivalent...
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    1080 Ti and Ryzen 7 Giveaway!

    I also need this :D
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    As Prices Soar, Graphics Card Manufacturers Appeal To Cryptocurrency Miners

    @PROBLEMATIQ Part of why this became an issue again is that the algorithm for Etherium is intentionally designed to be difficult to process with an ASIC due to the high memory bandwidth requirements.
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    Microsoft Aims To Create World's First Topological Quantum Computer

    Yeah I know right? I mean heck only 90% percent of computers in the world run Windows....
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    Seagate Innov8 8TB External HDD Review

    FYI USB-A 3.1 supports the higher power requirements of this drive.
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    USB Type-C Authentication Protocol To Allow Blocking Of Uncertified And Malicious USB Devices

    USB devices not cables. The cables have nothing to do with it.
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    Epic Games Launches Early Access Season For 'Paragon' On PC, PS4

    You realize the "developer" is Epic Games who make Unreal Engine right?
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    Intel Unleashes NVMe SSD 750 Series For Consumer PCs

    No they have a pool of lanes that they divy up between the actual slots. Graphics cards are designed for x16 (read as: by 16, it means 16 lanes) this SSD only requires x4 or 4 lanes. Many motherboard chipsets provide between 28 and 40 lanes. So even if you are rocking crossfirex at a cost of 32...
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    CoolChip Technologies Demos Innovative All-Aluminum Heatsink-And-Fan CPU Cooler Design

    Here's the url for the forum page. http://hardforum.com/showthread.php?t=1721802
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    CoolChip Technologies Demos Innovative All-Aluminum Heatsink-And-Fan CPU Cooler Design

    I just found this forum post online. Apparently this isn't the first time cool chip has tried this. "I wrote a magazine article about the Sandia Cooler and its inventor last year. Having seen the technology first-hand in prototype form, I can (I hope) disabuse some misconceptions about what I...
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    CoolChip Technologies Demos Innovative All-Aluminum Heatsink-And-Fan CPU Cooler Design

    All I have to say is this looks like a pathetic imitation of the Sandia cooler. Notice the complete lack of optimization on the fan versus the prototype Sandia. There is a team member dedicated just to optimizing the airflow! Also the lack of the near frictionless air bearing, and what the heck...
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    Samsung Brings Curved Screens To The Living Room With New HDTVs

    In response to damian^ (cause I can't get the flipping quote to work). The real benefit to curved displays is that when you are at the epicenter of the arc the screen is equidistant from your eye at all positions. This means greater immersion and more importantly better peripheral vision and...
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    Samsung Brings Curved Screens To The Living Room With New HDTVs

    The Kindle Fire HDX 7" uses quantum dots. The 8.9" uses a LTPS screen as does the 2nd gen Nexus 7 released about the same time.