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  1. Zarathustra

    The Z Build(s) 3.0 - Go Big and/or Go Home

    Planned Loop Routing I know this is still somewhat controversial in PC cooling circles, but I did it with my current build and it has worked really well, so I am going to do it again, just on steroids: The final loop will consist of 4 separate smaller loops that all mix in two reservoirs. I...
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    The Z Build(s) 3.0 - Go Big and/or Go Home

    3.0 Build plans So, the plan is for there to be a dedicated game system and a dedicated workstation, both in the rack, with external cooling in the form of two MORA IV 600 radiators hanging from the side of the rack. The Workstation (Phase 1) This system will take the motherboard, RAM and...
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    The Z Build(s) 3.0 - Go Big and/or Go Home

    The reason for Build 3.0 This project kicks off for a few reasons: 1.) S.T.A.L.K.E.R. 2 I have been waiting for S.T.A.L.K.E.R. 2 for **** near 15 years, and I want to play it in all its glory, without "fake pixels" or "fake frames" at 4k Ultra. The 4090 can almost pull this off, but really...
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    The Z Build(s) 3.0 - Go Big and/or Go Home

    So, it has been about 5 years and two moves since the Z Build 2.0 project kicked off. Time for yet another overkill build. Note 1: All the pics in this thread will be uploaded at the max resolution the forums allow, but for layout purposes, I will scale them down to where the largest...
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    NVIDIA App May Reduce Game Performance by up to 15%, New Benchmarks Suggest

    Lovely. Wasn't everyone saying that this was going to be positive for system performance, as the old app was written poorly? :p
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    Crucial Discontinues One of Its Most Popular SSDs After 7 Years

    I haven't used a SATA SSD in years...
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    Cyberpunk 2077 Update 2.2 Is Now Available, Delivering New Character Customization Options, Photo Mode Functionality, Additional Gameplay Improveme...

    To each their own. The Johnny story and the environment of this title sucked me in like few others have. I'd rank it up there as the best title I have played in the last 5 years at least. Possibly even 10.
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    Google Unveils State-of-the-Art Quantum Computing Chip: Less Than 5 Minutes to Perform Computation That Would Take Frontier Supercomputer 10 Septil...

    Here Hector entered, with a spear eleven qubits long in his hand; the bronze point gleamed in front of him, and was fastened to the shaft of the spear by a ring of gold. -- Homer (The Iliad)
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    Cyberpunk 2077 Update 2.2 Is Now Available, Delivering New Character Customization Options, Photo Mode Functionality, Additional Gameplay Improveme...

    I mean, they were supposed to be done wit updates for this title after the last one, right? So I guess I see this as an unexpected bonus. When I tried to play Phantom Liberty late last year, I was disappointed to find I had key binding issues I didn't have during my initial playthrough of...
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    Eradicate the Human Resistance in Terminator: Dark Fate – Defiance’s First DLC: “We Are Legion”

    The words first AI generated game title? Played from the perspective of the AI? ?
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    Windows 11 Can Now Be Installed on PCs That Don’t Meet Minimum System Requirements, Microsoft Says

    This seemed inevitable to combat poor Windows 11 adoption. People will be fuming if they later push an update that breaks it on those systems though, so it is a risk.
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    CD PROJEKT RED Surprises Cyberpunk 2077 Players with Update 2.2 Announcement: “The Team Still Has Some Gas in the Tank”

    Right. That one. That one was abandoned and will not be coming back. It was a bad idea, and I should never have pursued it :p So, I wanted to lead heat out of my office and make the PC quieter by running really long tubes and stashing all of the radiators, fans and pumps in another room...
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    CD PROJEKT RED Surprises Cyberpunk 2077 Players with Update 2.2 Announcement: “The Team Still Has Some Gas in the Tank”

    Maybe I am losing my mind, or maybe I am getting too old. I have had high level plans kicking around my head for some time, but I don't remember mentioning this one before. (That doesn't mean I haven't) ?
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    CD PROJEKT RED Surprises Cyberpunk 2077 Players with Update 2.2 Announcement: “The Team Still Has Some Gas in the Tank”

    Maybe that is something they changed later? I started my playthrough with v 1.31, and it updated to v1.5x (can't remember exact version) about 2/3rds of the way through my playthrough, so when I did the secret ending it was in v 1.5x. In that version I was definitely able to save, but it was...
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    CD PROJEKT RED Surprises Cyberpunk 2077 Players with Update 2.2 Announcement: “The Team Still Has Some Gas in the Tank”

    I played through all endings. Oddly enough when I re-loaded the game after phantom Liberty was released, I found that all of my save games from the secret ending (there were lots of them, due to how difficult it was) were missing. It was really quite strange. All of my save games from...
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    Google Unveils State-of-the-Art Quantum Computing Chip: Less Than 5 Minutes to Perform Computation That Would Take Frontier Supercomputer 10 Septil...

    Yep, it's already possible with existing quantum computers, but those are rare enough, and sufficiently limited in capacity that they can only be used in targeted attacks. It becomes a real problem when they get faster, and there are more of them. But yeah, we are really already in a period...
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    ViewSonic Will Unveil an OLED Gaming Monitor with 520 Hz Refresh Rate at CES 2025, It’s Claimed

    I remember Viewsonic being a decent brand back in the 90's. But that was a long time ago now, and I'm not sure the brand is as highly regarded as it once was.
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    ViewSonic Will Unveil an OLED Gaming Monitor with 520 Hz Refresh Rate at CES 2025, It’s Claimed

    Look, if someone wants this, that's cool I guess. Let them waste their money.
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    CD PROJEKT RED Surprises Cyberpunk 2077 Players with Update 2.2 Announcement: “The Team Still Has Some Gas in the Tank”

    I guess it has been a while huh. I played it in late 2021. Feels like I just finished it though. I'm not sure I have been away from it long enough to re-play it yet. Heck, I usually never re-play story based games at all. When I know how the story ends, I wind up not caring for it...
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