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  1. Brian_B

    Intel Has Seemingly Bowed Out of the Consumer Discrete Graphics Market, for Now

    Clearly. Explains why they have done so well since Broadwell, and Broadwell+, and Broadwell+++, Broadwell Refresh, and they are now outsourcing their production to TSMC... Intel has had some brilliant moments, no mistake there. But they very nearly lost the company, and it still remains to be...
  2. Brian_B

    Intel Q1 2026 Earnings Obliterate Expectations; Stock Posts Best Day Since 1987

    Easy to shoot up when you fell all the way to the gutter Glad to see the turn around but not exactly excited about the future with Enterprise/Data Center sucking all the oxygen out of the room
  3. Brian_B

    The FPS Review Weekender Roundup – April 25, 2026

    Is it really February again?
  4. Brian_B

    Apple to Drop Support for Intel-Based Macs Following “Tahoe” macOS 26 Release

    I still have a few Intel Mac Minis deployed - Core was a great architecture when it was new
  5. Brian_B

    FPS Reviews Round Up – Week Ending April 18, 2026

    Love these summaries
  6. Brian_B

    Microsoft Is Force-Upgrading All Windows 11 24H2 PCs to 25H2, and You Can’t Opt Out

    I’ve got a lot of years with Fedora / Slackware distros. They are certainly well rounded. Mostly just looking for something that runs Stream and some decent hypervisor so I can virtual sandbox a copy of Windows for work related stuff that needs the 365 suite
  7. Brian_B

    Microsoft Is Force-Upgrading All Windows 11 24H2 PCs to 25H2, and You Can’t Opt Out

    I am about this close from dropping in CachyOS and just tinkering around for a while.
  8. Brian_B

    ASRock Develops HUDIMM: A New DDR5 Standard That Cuts Module Chip Count in Half

    Isn't that name from Game of Thrones or something
  9. Brian_B

    Can’t Keep a Good Processor Down, AMD Rumored to Bring Back Ryzen 7 5800X3D for AM4 10th Anniversary

    All the rigs in my house are still Zen3/DDR4 rigs. Haven't really felt that I'm missing out on anything, all these years later.
  10. Brian_B

    New Xbox CEO Reportedly Told Employees That “Game Pass Has Become Too Expensive for Players”

    Not wrong. When it was $9 for one device, or $15 for ultimate - it was fine. I subbed on and off, and enjoyed it on both my PC and Xbox. I always found the rotating menu annoying though - games kept rolling off and that just doesn't seem like a great idea, but anyway, was nice to be able to try...
  11. Brian_B

    Denuvo Has Been Broken: Hypervisor Bypasses Enable Day-Zero Cracks, Irdeto Promises a Fix

    DRM is just there as an insurance policy for share holders of the publisher. You want your money as a developer? Then you gotta play by the publisher's rules. And nothing scares an investor more than losing out on money. They just consider it a form of risk management. At least until it's...
  12. Brian_B

    FPS Reviews Round Up – Week Ending April 11, 2026 – OLED, 5500X3D and More

    Ooo I like this newsletter-style roundup. Well done.
  13. Brian_B

    Thermalright Announces AI HydroNous R1, a Custom-Designed Mini PC Featuring a Liquid-Cooled AMD Ryzen AI Max+395 Processor

    The amount of ammonia I'm around at work is ... significant. A small leak from a compressor doesn't bother me a bit That, and ammonia compressors = well below zero °F if you want them to.
  14. Brian_B

    Thermalright Announces AI HydroNous R1, a Custom-Designed Mini PC Featuring a Liquid-Cooled AMD Ryzen AI Max+395 Processor

    I'm disappointed it didn't include an ammonia chiller Being a word play on Anhydrous (I'm assuming) - which means "no water" and commonly associated with ammonia
  15. Brian_B

    Microsoft Is Force-Upgrading All Windows 11 24H2 PCs to 25H2, and You Can’t Opt Out

    I don't really mind forced security updates I absolutely despise forced content updates.
  16. Brian_B

    Update your firmware for your home class devices!

    I can't think of a single US-made router to be honest, except maybe the Starlink proprietary one
  17. Brian_B

    Amazon, Google, and Microsoft Are Under Pressure from Investors to Release Information Regarding Data Centers’ Water and Energy Usage

    Only because DEI is out of fashion now. It won't be long before it comes back around as full ESG again - it's only because they are making insane levels of money on it that people are mostly turning a blind eye to things they once rallied against.
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