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    spongiemaster replied to the thread News RTX 5090 FE unboxing reveals eco-friendly packaging — an inkless box made of "paper fibers.

    24/7 peak power draw is not a relevant home user scenario. If we're talking about the business world, then power efficiency is the stat...

    Today at 4:07 PM
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    spongiemaster replied to the thread News RTX 5090 FE unboxing reveals eco-friendly packaging — an inkless box made of "paper fibers.

    Meanwhile, your average hair dryer pulls 1500-2000W. 575W peak draw is not very much compared to many common household appliances.

    Today at 3:25 PM
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    spongiemaster replied to the thread News RTX 5090 FE unboxing reveals eco-friendly packaging — an inkless box made of "paper fibers.

    Even the fancy packaging probably doesn't cost more than about $20. It's an irrelevant amount compared to the overall cost of the...

    Today at 3:01 PM
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    spongiemaster replied to the thread News AMD says Intel's 'horrible product' is causing Ryzen 9 9800X3D shortages.

    The OS does get the final say on where a tread goes. However, you think Intel developed Thread Director if it didn't actually do...

    Today at 10:14 AM
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    spongiemaster replied to the thread News Nvidia's Huang enjoys 'trillion dollar banquet' with 35 Taiwanese semiconductor industry chiefs.

    None of these are the goal. The highest court has already ruled that the service can be blocked in the US and we already saw it was...

    Today at 9:40 AM
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    spongiemaster reacted to bit_user's post in the thread News Intel outlines plan to break free from TSMC manufacturing — 70% of Panther Lake at Intel fabs, Nova Lake almost entirely in-house with Like.

    I did read the whole thing, but apparently too fast and I ended up misreading it. I thought you were saying they used TSMC to fab CPUs...

    Yesterday at 9:38 PM
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    spongiemaster replied to the thread News Custom RTX 5090, RTX 5080 listed for up to $2,800 and $1,400 overseas — initial pricing exceeds MSRP.

    What does that have to do with what I said? Where is the $1000 dual gpu Titan you were telling us about?

    Yesterday at 8:09 PM
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    spongiemaster replied to the thread News AMD RX 9070 XT allegedly tested in Black Myth Wukong and Cyberpunk 2077 — RDNA 4 flagship purportedly lands 4% faster than the RTX 4070 Ti Super pe....

    Simple. You don't compare it to the competition. You compare it to your own previous generation. Is AMD mentioned anywhere in...

    Yesterday at 7:55 PM
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    spongiemaster replied to the thread News AMD says Intel's 'horrible product' is causing Ryzen 9 9800X3D shortages.

    Intel doesn't have any special relationship with Microsoft. When Alder Lake was released, Intel released their own driver to address...

    Yesterday at 3:10 PM
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    spongiemaster replied to the thread News Intel outlines plan to break free from TSMC manufacturing — 70% of Panther Lake at Intel fabs, Nova Lake almost entirely in-house.

    My post was 4 sentences long. You couldn't even make it to the 2nd one?

    Yesterday at 2:58 PM
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    spongiemaster replied to the thread News Custom RTX 5090, RTX 5080 listed for up to $2,800 and $1,400 overseas — initial pricing exceeds MSRP.

    When I was a kid you could get a can of soda from a vending machine for 25 cents. Time moves on, join the rest of is in modern times...

    Yesterday at 2:31 PM
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    spongiemaster replied to the thread News Intel outlines plan to break free from TSMC manufacturing — 70% of Panther Lake at Intel fabs, Nova Lake almost entirely in-house.

    Intel has been a major client of TSMC for years. As recently as 2019, before TSMC was fabbing CPUs for Intel, Intel was still a bigger...

    Thursday at 12:54 AM
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    spongiemaster replied to the thread News Nvidia Blackwell RTX 50-series Founders Edition graphics cards — Details on the new design, cooling, and features of the reference models.

    The 5090 FE's triple PCB design looks like a no-go for water cooling. Alphacool is the only company that has announced waterblocks so...

    Wednesday at 3:57 PM
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    spongiemaster replied to the thread News EU protests new US AI chip restrictions — some countries face GPU caps.

    Most of ASML's EUV technology and research comes from an American company they purchased, SVG, located in California. So, good luck...

    Wednesday at 6:48 AM
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    spongiemaster replied to the thread News AMD RX 9070 XT allegedly tested in Black Myth Wukong and Cyberpunk 2077 — RDNA 4 flagship purportedly lands 4% faster than the RTX 4070 Ti Super pe....

    Whatever it ends up being, it will be better than the negative performance increase AMD is going to release with RDNA4.

    Jan 13, 2025

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