Recent content by flashflood101

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    News Old-school Creative Sound Blaster cards repaired and demoed

    I had a SoundBlaster card in my first ever PC. It had an amplifier on the card and could power passive HiFi speakers. I loved it.
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    News We need your help to shape the future of Tom’s Hardware

    Why is your survey asking me for sensitive personal information, including about my finances? Utterly inappropriate. You are delusional if you think anyone is paying for a membership.
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    News China semiconductor patent applications skyrocket amid US export restrictions — country sees a 42% increase in patent filings

    This won't help them in the face of a collapsing economy, stagnating population, and ever-more restricted access to first world markets in which to sell their technology products. They won't have the resources to bootstrap themselves for much longer. Their opportunity to eclipse the West has...
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    News Samsung Unveils LPCAMM: up to 128GB of DDR5 in 60% Less Space

    It's an truly worthy solution to become the next standard. As for your comments on pricing, it hasn't been invented to save you money, though in any case the prices will be reasonable enough once volume ramps-up.
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    Info HammerBot Feedback Round 2!

    How about not taking-up the whole screen with your unwanted "feature".
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    News Loongson Begins to Enable CPUs That Could Rival AMD and Intel Offerings

    What nonsense. Loongson is years away from producing anything to rival leading CPUs. Tom's Hardware should be careful what it allows certain contributors to post - credibility, once lost, is difficult to regain.
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    News Despite Sanctions, Russians Still Obtaining Latest PCs From Major Brands

    Imagine the price premium those grey-market imports would be attracting...
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    News Tested: Default Windows Setting Slows Games Up to 10%, Even on RTX 4090

    It's incredibly irresponsible to promote disabling important security features.