Recent content by diminishedfifth

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    News Nintendo Switch 2 developers confirm DLSS, hardware ray tracing, and more

    Glad I'm not a Nintendo fan, I'd be so disappointed with how things went lol
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    News Motherboard dies after marathon 100-hour BIOS update process, vigil attended by thousands online

    Thanks for the response, I was thinking I missed a previous article or it was an inside joke of sorts lol
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    News Motherboard dies after marathon 100-hour BIOS update process, vigil attended by thousands online

    I don't get it, why was it a "marathon"? Shouldn't a BIOS update take a few minutes?
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    News Gigabyte pokes fun at Asus’ GPU-scratching quick-release mechanism — undamaged GPU connector even after 100 insertions

    Oh no, reaching in the PC case to push the release button! How will I ever manage with these sausage fingers!?!!? What's next, telling us that bending over to tie our shoes is the most difficult thing?
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    News Some RTX 5090s are shipping with missing ROP units, leading to less gaming performance: Report

    You know they're just gonna deny anything and everything. Looks like getting a 4090 last year was a good idea l
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    News Nvidia's GeForce RTX 5070 at $549 — How does it stack up to the previous generation RTX 4070?

    What a joke 5070 is comparable to a 4090. We all knew AI was going to be big for the 50 series, but I dunno. Using AI tech as the biggest selling point, rather than featuring hardware points, this generation is going to be bad...ok bad might be a poor choice of wording but I don't think it'll...
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    News Nvidia's latest DLSS 3.8.10 version features only two presets: Preset E and Preset F — chipmaker trimmed the DLL file size by more than 50%

    What's the difference between Present A, C, & D? It's the exact wording for the three of them...
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    News Intel announces Arrow Lake fix coming within a month — Robert Hallock confirms poor gaming performance is due to optimization issues

    If all these "third party reviewers" are coming to the same conclusion, which does not align with Intel's conclusion. Maybe it's an Intel issue with how they test their products, cause we all know third party reviewers. All have the exact same setups and do everything in coordination with each...
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    News Chinese chipmaker's new 7nm CPUs reportedly outperform Intel's Raptor Lake — Loongson adopts "tock-tock-tick" strategy to close the gap with Intel

    Besides China and China friendlies, who's going to use these CPUs, actually better question, who in the Western market would actually buy in them in any quantity? Beating or matching Intel these days should not be a talking point lol With the amount of IP theft that happens in China. I'd hope...
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    News Intel CEO is "frustrated" with CHIPS Act payout progress — Intel has received $0 from the $8.5 billion that the US government promised

    And people are frustrated with Intel because of their sketchy actions but they're still there doing it.
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    News Core Ultra 9 285 65W CPU beats Core i9-14900K in early Geekbench benchmark — Arrow Lake chip shows 15% better-multithreaded performance than predec...

    Excuse the ignorance but why would you want power efficient desktop CPU? I built a gaming PC about a year ago, so that's my baseline for things. I always assumed the purpose getting a desktop was to push maximum values, with little to no care for efficiency?
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    This surprising tool saved my PC build and my sanity -- now it's on sale for $16

    Are you only building PCs in the dark or a poorly lit room? Lol