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    spongiemaster replied to the thread News AMD Ryzen 9000 pricing freefalls, hits all-time lows — Micro Center slashes up to 28% off Zen 5.

    Most US customers pay taxes on PC purchases as well that isn't included in the prices that vendors list. Anywhere from 0-9.5% depending...

    Tuesday at 8:36 PM
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    spongiemaster replied to the thread News Nvidia introduces a new merged CPU and GPU AI processor — GB200 Grace Blackwell NVL4 Superchip has four B200 GPUs, two Grace CPUs.

    Looks like Nintendo Switch 2 dev kits are starting to ship to developers.

    Tuesday at 6:21 PM
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    spongiemaster replied to the thread News Intel Arc B580 "Battlemage" GPU boxes appear in shipping manifests — Xe2 may be preparing for its desktop debut in December.

    You've never heard of RGBHV because everyone called them BNC connectors. I had a Samsung 900NF CRT back in the day that had them. Just...

    Tuesday at 6:14 PM
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    spongiemaster replied to the thread News Intel celebrates the arrival of MRDIMMs — a plug and play solution for ultrafast memory that offers double the memory bandwidth of standard DRAM.

    Yes. Micron said right from the initial announcement, that the memory was available to everyone...

    Tuesday at 12:32 AM
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    spongiemaster reacted to Eximo's post in the thread News Intel celebrates the arrival of MRDIMMs — a plug and play solution for ultrafast memory that offers double the memory bandwidth of standard DRAM with Like.

    That's DRDIMM to you. He didn't spend all those years at memory school to be called MR.

    Tuesday at 12:27 AM
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    spongiemaster replied to the thread News The PS5 Pro is surprisingly efficient — 30% performance uplift while operating at nearly the same power draw as the base PS5.

    When he said the PS5 is about to enter the final phase of its lifespan, he meant sales are going to enter the decline phase, not that...

    Tuesday at 12:23 AM
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    spongiemaster replied to the thread News The PS5 Pro is surprisingly efficient — 30% performance uplift while operating at nearly the same power draw as the base PS5.

    The GPU feature set, specifically the ray tracing performance, is what we're supposed to see with RDNA4.

    Tuesday at 12:16 AM
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    spongiemaster replied to the thread News GPU cooling supplier claims Nvidia RTX 50-series GPUs will "seize the whole market starting in December" — Auras says key components like cold pl....

    History tells us you're wrong. 3090's are still selling for $700 on the used market which is the same price they were selling at the...

    Tuesday at 12:01 AM
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    spongiemaster replied to the thread News Nvidia's data center Blackwell GPUs reportedly overheat, require rack redesigns and cause delays for customers.

    Musk just purchased 300,000 Blackwell GPU's. He's certainly not the only one with 10's of thousands of Nvidia GPU's in a single...

    Monday at 9:11 AM
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    spongiemaster replied to the thread News Nvidia's data center Blackwell GPUs reportedly overheat, require rack redesigns and cause delays for customers.

    Enterprise hardware is never clocked like that. Efficiency and reliability are significantly more important to enterprise customers...

    Monday at 12:43 AM
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    spongiemaster replied to the thread News Musk's concerns over Google DeepMind 'AI Dictatorship' revealed in emails from 2016 — communications released during the recent OpenAI court case.

    His concerns weren't about AI, they were about Google dominating the AI market. He wasn't being altruistic, he was concerned about his...

    Sunday at 4:01 PM
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    spongiemaster replied to the thread News AMD dominates chip sales on Amazon — top ten best selling CPUs all come from Team Red, Intel’s highest entry sits at 11th place.

    Despite continuously punching themselves in the face for years, Intel's Client Computing Group is still generating more profits than...

    Sunday at 3:47 PM
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    spongiemaster replied to the thread News GPU cooling supplier claims Nvidia RTX 50-series GPUs will "seize the whole market starting in December" — Auras says key components like cold pl....

    You not knowing what an investment is doesn't change the fact that's what you were talking about it. If you're spending money on...

    Sunday at 12:55 AM
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    spongiemaster replied to the thread News MSI MEG X870E Godlike motherboard drops at an eyewatering $1,099 — AM5 motherboard unleashes DDR5 9000+ RAM, five M.2 slots, 10 GbE, and Wi-Fi 7 al....

    Bull. The surge in million dollar plus super cars is not an indication that the general public is willing to pay more for a Ford or...

    Sunday at 12:34 AM
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    spongiemaster replied to the thread News GPU cooling supplier claims Nvidia RTX 50-series GPUs will "seize the whole market starting in December" — Auras says key components like cold pl....

    That makes even less sense. Outside of crypto bubbles, GPU's are not investments. You don't buy something you don't need for better...

    Saturday at 5:56 PM

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