Recent content by Walter Smith

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    News AMD vs Intel 2020: Who Makes the Best CPUs?

    I understand the reasoning of why all reviews are done on a clean install. Only way to compare apples to apples. However, no one games or does anything this way. So, a useless case scenario where someone is going to spend thousands on a top CPU, GPU, Whole system. And pair it with a 1080p...
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    News AMD vs Intel 2020: Who Makes the Best CPUs?

    Intel actually has another reason for what they do with their low base speeds. Ever got an i5 that just wouldn't over clock? If you do one of the cores will crash? They get to sell a certain percentage of silicon this way that otherwise would go to a lower product stack or the garbage bin.
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    News New AMD Ryzen 3000 Firmware May Cut Boot Times Considerably

    Sooooo.....where exactly were these firmwares deployed to? Cuz I ain't seeing em at the MSI website for the godlike or the ACE.
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    News Trump's Tariffs and Tech: Everything You Need to Know

    dies this even deserve a reply? if you can't do the time, don't do the crime!! AND they get far more than 5 cents an hour, they get to defray the cost of room and board that they are provided. 3 hots and a cot!!
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    News AMD Starts Direct CPU Sales With the Ryzen 9 3900X

    Sunday morning I had a 3900x in my cart at AMD.com. I went back and put a 5700XT Gold in my cart and when I went to pay it told me that they were sold out of the 3900x and it would be removed from my cart. It then let me replace it with a 3700x. I ended up removing the 3700x from my cart...
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    News AMD Unveils 5 Third-Gen Ryzen CPUs, Including 12-Core Flagship

    The real focus here, performance-wise, falls to the Core i9-9900K versus the Ryzen 9 23900X. Should be Ryzen 9 3900X. Also, in the price per thread chart, the 9900K is divided by 8 not 16....math a lil but fuzzy on that. Great article tho!!!! Can't wait for some early benchmarks!! waltsmith
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    Microsoft Pushes Out Back To Back Windows 10 Preview Builds, Promises Surprise

    Just a heads up. Build 10162 just dropped.
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    ViewSonic VP2780-4K 27-inch Ultra HD Monitor Review

    And yet be sure we will soon be seeing 4k resolution being common in our 5" or 6" screen smartphones. As an all purpose, everyday main monitor, at this price point, this screen bears some serious consideration.