Recent content by merlinq

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    News Minecraft players outraged as Microsoft deletes accounts that weren't transitioned

    The only thing that pissed me off about the migration was I had a bunch of Alpha Gift Codes bought to support development of the game, about a half dozen of which were still unclaimed, when I migrated, they were not migrated with the account, with no warning of this. And though I had record of...
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    News Epic Store Unprofitable, but Keeps Giving Away Free Games

    Trillian was the bee's knees. I miss ICQ. But yes, this is what gaming needs. And platform-transferability, even if charged a small fee. GOG used to offer limited platform transferability, someone with more funding could manage it I am sure.
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    News Amazon AWS To Charge for Public IPv4 Address Next Year

    I have 2.5 Gb cable service, and still no IPv6 available
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    News Get This EVGA Mechanical Gaming Keyboard With Swappable Switches for Under $50

    You don't mention it for some strange reason, but you can get this keyboard direct from EVGA.com for the same price, with free standard shipping... With the speed silver switches or the bronze ones, out of the box.
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    News Steam Deck's SSD May Be User Upgradeable

    That link shows USD 319.99 for the 1tb though? Even the straight from China, "genuine©", no warranty, no returns for any reason ones are over 200 on ebay. And that's before customs duties and fees.
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    News Ryzen 7 5800U Handheld Gaming Device in the Works

    They mention the GPU increase in the same paragraph, close to half of the paragraph is about it. It has 33% more compute units, operating at 33% faster speeds, than the 4500u in the Aya Neo.
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    News Adata Switches to Slower Controller, NAND on SX 8200 Pro

    Theoretically, AIDA64 might let you see. I know my recently purchased 2TB reports as the 2262ENG, and that does agree with what the actual chip has printed on it. (Note, the 2262 ENG is the 2262EN, the G is often left off when saying it.) From what I've seen, it looks like the 512GB, and the...
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    News Crucial P1 Features 1TB of Storage For $106 Through Newegg

    Amazon.com. There is a $15 coupon on the 1TB, and a $20 coupon on the 2TB
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    News Crucial P1 Features 1TB of Storage For $106 Through Newegg

    The P1 is only a deal at well under $100/TB (less than $95 at max) It's a competitor to the Intel 660p, with QLC write speeds dropping to spinning rust speeds after cache exhaustion. Right now, you can get a true competitor to the Samsung 970 Evo Plus, for $120. The Adata SX 8200 Pro is...
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    The First Nvidia Big Format Gaming Displays Are Here

    I really hope it includes integer scaling, it would be a perfect display.