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Just as a curiosity, in terms of die size, RTX 5090 is 750 mm2, while RTX 2080 Ti was 754 mm2, 250 W TDP back in 2018, on a 12 nm process, priced at 999 USD (equivalent to about 1,299 inflation adjusted USD in 2025). Titan V was 815 mm2, 250W TDP, on a 12nm process in 2017, priced at 2,999 USD...

A quick ballpark reference is the GPU hierarchy chart here at Toms: https://www.tomshardware.com/reviews/gpu-hierarchy,4388.html Look at the resolution you play at, then check the chart for the GPUs and how they rank. You can see that 3070 ranks a good bit higher than 4060. In terms of...

I install various TV models at work, and I always configure them to be "not smart". Not only don't I configure the network options (wired or wireless), but I also remove all the apps and shortcuts from the main menu, on models that allow it. With Samsung for example, you can uninstall most apps...

I just wanted to see the last few generations of Nvidia GPUs in a table, with certain specs that I was interested in. Someone else might find this useful also. It's missing 16xx series and some other older variants. A lot of the data was copy-pasted from Techpowerup, some from Nvidia's own website.

Thank you for this interesting article.

The point is that if you are interested in buying a GPU in the 300 dollars range, then after reading this article, you are better informed about two available choices in that price category.

I've learned a lot from this news article, and from this thread of comments. I didn't know you could "3D scan broken bones in an operating theatre, I thought you'd need an x-ray or CT machine for that. Also I didn't know you can make windows out of concrete, iron or wood. No one is talking about...

It's great to see that finally they've put in a Noctua in an official capacity into a power supply. The only non-Noctua fan in my current PC is the one in the Seasonic PSU, I wish they sold lower end Seasonic models with Noctuas. I've gone all Noctua over the years, having used dozens of fans of...

Very well said. I wish everyone on the internet would think as sensibly as this.

Very well put Jarred, and thank you for clarifying the DLSS/FSR points as well. I would be of the same vein that not using DLSS 2 if it's an option just doesn't make sense. Until the AMD feature and software set improves, I can't see any viable alternatives to NVIDIA for the next couple of years...

I thought the article was interesting and fair. Yes, AMD wins in rasterization by a decent margin, but not all gamers are the same. Personally I value ray-tracing highly, and appreciate good power/performance ratio. Also for me, NVIDIA software features are a must these days, I use my gaming PC...

For the top two 7800X3D results, the first one is stated to be using 2 x 32 GB 505 MHZ RAM, the second best 2 x 16 GB 600 MHZ RAM. Factorio is known to love low latency memory, the timings in the scores were not specified.

Win 11 crashes are exceedingly rare, I don't think I've ever witnessed one, at home or at work. What kind of laptop is it?

I don't understand why it seems to be hard for many people to accept that the X3D chips excel in some workloads and are pretty bad in others. So what if it's faster than Intel's greatest in a couple of games, or that it sucks in some workloads? No one is forced to buy one! And no one is forced...

For all *practical* purposes, 8GB VRAM will be enough for the next couple of years for the vast majority of games. I wouldn't buy an 8GB card now and expect it to last for very long at max details. But then again, I don't think it makes sense in any case to buy a GPU and expect it to last well...