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    News Nvidia's RTX 40 Series GPUs land shockingly near MSRP pricing - Here's all the models we can find so far

    What's shocking is that this is 15 MONTHS after the first 40 series release ( October 12 2022 ). Usually you used to have great bargains way below MSRP by that point in a gen lifecycle.
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    News NYT: Bitcoin Using More Electricity Than Finland Each Year Is Kinda Intentional

    Check this out: https://digiconomist.net/bitcoin-energy-consumption There are plenty of comparisons there that will put it into clear perspective. For example... How much carbon is released to mine the equivalent of 1 bitcoin worth of gold VS how much carbon is released mining 1 bitcoin? You...
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    News NYT: Bitcoin Using More Electricity Than Finland Each Year Is Kinda Intentional

    I am often in stunned wonder at the way some people can almost sound reasonable while essentially just trying to push their own interests and ideologies that would not only ultimately solve none of the root causes of the problems their alleged solution would allegedly solve, but let those root...
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    News PS5 Revision Has Smaller Heatsink and Fan, Possibly Higher Temps

    Gamers Nexus found that some ram chips were already in the red zone ( while the others were fine ) with the previous better heatsink... So it'll definitely have an impact on longevity and also maybe performance if throttling occurs. Unless they fixed that ram chips overheat issue, which would...