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  1. Brian_B

    PC Hardware Manufacturers Answer as to Whether or Not Its Better to Use Bundled GPU Adapters or Native PSU 12V-2×6 Cables

    six of these bad boys and a willingness to mcguyver the wiring harness https://www.amazon.com/dp/B07QVXXGVR/?tag=thefpsreview-20 there is a hall effect version as well if you are worried about the shunt resistor, but it won't be nearly as accurate...
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    Free games thread

    I peaked at it, saw the reviews, and slowly backed away. Looks like it ~could~ be promising but not sure it's promising enough for me to want to light up what amounts to a subscription fee for a single player game.
  3. Brian_B

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

    That is fair
  4. Brian_B

    PC Hardware Manufacturers Answer as to Whether or Not Its Better to Use Bundled GPU Adapters or Native PSU 12V-2×6 Cables

    I don’t think it works that way with amps Voltage pushes. Amps pull.
  5. Brian_B

    PC Hardware Manufacturers Answer as to Whether or Not Its Better to Use Bundled GPU Adapters or Native PSU 12V-2×6 Cables

    I don't think an adapter can fix a current imbalance issue. You can make an adapter that normalizes the current coming from the PSU... but the card itself is still gonna pull unbalanced across the pins: and that's where all the failures seem to be happening. To fix the imbalance on the pins...
  6. Brian_B

    PC Hardware Manufacturers Answer as to Whether or Not Its Better to Use Bundled GPU Adapters or Native PSU 12V-2×6 Cables

    Funny if it does - that would be an easy thing to fix on the card
  7. Brian_B

    RAM == LOBSTERS???? OH CRAP!

    Nope. As long as the bubble is inflating it just means they will put out more racks
  8. Brian_B

    From Bad to Worse, NVIDIA Reportedly Will Cut RTX 50 Series Production by 30–40% in 2026 and Might Stop Providing VRAM to Its Partners

    Me too. Digital has its own set of issues, and I do miss physical media being available — but by and large I also prefer digital distribution. Cloud computing should be the next logical extension of that - but it’s been well covered here; the shortfalls are too steep with current technology
  9. Brian_B

    New Mozilla CEO Says Firefox Will Evolve into a “Modern AI Browser” with AI Features That Can Be Turned On or Off by the User

    You and I do.. but a lot of people any more don't have any use for a desktop at all... Hence the market for Chromebooks and such. Which are pretty much cloud-based platforms like you describe.
  10. Brian_B

    New Mozilla CEO Says Firefox Will Evolve into a “Modern AI Browser” with AI Features That Can Be Turned On or Off by the User

    Chromebooks and smart phones have been around for a good while now
  11. Brian_B

    Which CPU design do you think will come from the AMD Indian Cores team?

    Not opposed to it honestly. Some of Intels best stuff came from Israel. After all, they have all that experience from years of running all the call centers! (Sorry couldn’t keep that one to myself)
  12. Brian_B

    Pre-Arrow Lake Xe iGPUs abandoned by Intel

    You aren't wrong. But it sends a pretty strong message when you are sunsetting a product that's only a couple of years old. "What's next on the chopping block" is what I'm hearing.
  13. Brian_B

    Smoking hot deal! 32gb DDR5 for only $400! /s

    If I were a betting man, I would bet half this price increase is just people speculatively buying the run-up.
  14. Brian_B

    Pre-Arrow Lake Xe iGPUs abandoned by Intel

    Holy cow, didn't Raptor Lake just launch a couple years ago? Arc is older than that. (and I still can't believe it hasn't been axed or sold off...)
  15. Brian_B

    From Bad to Worse, NVIDIA Reportedly Will Cut RTX 50 Series Production by 30–40% in 2026 and Might Stop Providing VRAM to Its Partners

    Experience has shown me it's always worse than I expected.
  16. Brian_B

    From Bad to Worse, NVIDIA Reportedly Will Cut RTX 50 Series Production by 30–40% in 2026 and Might Stop Providing VRAM to Its Partners

    This is truth right here. Get ready to fall in love all over again with discrete video and gaming consoles.
  17. Brian_B

    Netflix Didn’t Attribute Any Value to WB Games in Its Deal Because It Was Considered Relatively Minor to the Grand Scheme of Things

    Indeed. And yet, Suicide Squad still exists. I can't think of a DC-based game since the Batman Arkham series years ago, if we exclude the Lego ones, although I'm sure some have existed. But you are absolutely correct - there's a lot of content there to mine and there ~could~ be some great games...
  18. Brian_B

    Industry-Wide Price Hikes Expected in 2026 as Manufacturers Begin Implementing Price “Adjustments” Due to Memory and Storage Supply Shortages

    I'm sure they would... but to your first point... people are brainwashed into Think Green, and tend to not even consider alternatives. It's crazy. How many times have we all heard "but AMD drivers" or started comparing cards solely on the merit of their upscaler or inclusion of some proprietary...
  19. Brian_B

    Buyout Deal Worth $82 Billion Could See Netflix Gain Access to Warner Bros. Game IPs Such as Batman, Harry Potter, and Mortal Kombat

    Different culture over in Europe, I'm sure you guys have your own set of golden standards.. some overlap, but I'd be shocked if there was a lot. I mean... Eurovision exists, and so does RHOBH - very different.
  20. Brian_B

    Netflix Didn’t Attribute Any Value to WB Games in Its Deal Because It Was Considered Relatively Minor to the Grand Scheme of Things

    Can say that about a lot of IPs though. There are a lot of great ideas out there, but the hard part is executing. Apparently WB Games makes more money off Lego than anything else. Which... oddly enough... is ~not~ one of the 4 pillars that WB Games announced they would be focusing on in the...
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