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  1. Brian_B

    Valve Could Ditch Using a Custom Processor for Steam Deck 2 in Favor of One That Might Outperform the PlayStation 6/Xbox Project Helix

    You are not wrong. I predict, if it gets that bad, the market will turn parallel to the mobile phone market - where they are just upgrading the camera for some rediculous reason and nothing else ever really changes generation over generation. Sure, probably won't be a camera, but it'll be...
  2. Brian_B

    Cyberpunk 2077 Trading Card Game Crowding Breaks Multiple World Records

    What was the Witcher game? Gwent? That went over pretty well if I recall, but I'm not really into that scene. I guess this one is physical cards?
  3. Brian_B

    Fortnite Save the World Goes Free To Play on April 16, Launching on Switch 2 for the First Time

    The good ole' days. When almost no one played it and the game was good.
  4. Brian_B

    Early Canadian Listings for AMD Ryzen 9 9950X3D2 Suggest It Could Fetch $1000 in the U.S.

    Honestly I think if my computer shat the bed right now, I'd just get a Mac Mini so I could get work stuff done at home and call it quits. Between Mining Bubbles 1 and 2, Covid, and now this AI crap, and the market continually getting smaller and more exclusive and expensive and pushed by both...
  5. Brian_B

    Valve Could Ditch Using a Custom Processor for Steam Deck 2 in Favor of One That Might Outperform the PlayStation 6/Xbox Project Helix

    I don't think it's a bad strategy honestly. Graphics and FX can only get you so far, it's the games (and the communities that spring up around the games) that drive revenue and engagement. I mean, honestly... who would have thought the top money-making entertainment IP in the world ... not Star...
  6. Brian_B

    Intel Pays 14.2 Billion to Buy Back Full Ownership of Ireland’s FAB 34 from Apollo

    Ireland was a hotbed for manufacturing for a long while. They are EU-backed, and had (have?) some very generous tax rules. Kinda like Delaware.
  7. Brian_B

    Geekbench Flags Intel iBOT Results as Potentially Invalid, Investigation Finds Vectorized Instructions Behind 30% Gains

    When you are behind in the race you do what you can to kneecap whomever is ahead of you. I mean, as we used to say in the Navy: if you aren't cheating, you aren't trying.
  8. Brian_B

    Stormgate is Shutting Down Its Online Modes at the End of April

    I downloaded it just to see, since it's free. It had some decent cinematics. But the game itself felt kinda stale. I didn't get very far though.
  9. Brian_B

    Valve Could Ditch Using a Custom Processor for Steam Deck 2 in Favor of One That Might Outperform the PlayStation 6/Xbox Project Helix

    I have a feeling they only did "Custom" because AMD gave them a deal on some wafers that binned out too low
  10. Brian_B

    Intel Pays 14.2 Billion to Buy Back Full Ownership of Ireland’s FAB 34 from Apollo

    That is kinda what investment groups do - invest in things to make a return. Looks like they probably hit their return target.
  11. Brian_B

    Stormgate is Shutting Down Its Online Modes at the End of April

    First I've heard of it actually
  12. Brian_B

    Valve Could Ditch Using a Custom Processor for Steam Deck 2 in Favor of One That Might Outperform the PlayStation 6/Xbox Project Helix

    I mean, anything is possible really. Current Steam Deck was custom but it wasn't a huge deviation from anything you could buy off the shelf.
  13. Brian_B

    Rumored Specs for NVIDIA GeForce RTX 60 Series Emerge with up 2x or More Performance Gains over RTX 50 Series

    I could very well see them spinning off GeForce as an independent company or sell it off. Not sure it would make a ton of sense, but I'm not an accountant or business major so I don't know why companies do that in the first place.
  14. Brian_B

    Intel Core Ultra 9 285K & Ultra 5 245K CPU Review

    Oddly enough, standing underneath a Barber Shop sign, the difference in hair was what drew my eye first. It looks a lot more detailed on the right - but that could just be an artifact of the particular screen shot - can't see it in motion or anything It is also interesting the CPUs appear to be...
  15. Brian_B

    NVIDIA Could Debut Its Arm-Based N1 SoC Mobile Processor at Computex 2026

    Hmm.. it would be interesting. AMD has flirted with it, but they own x64 IP so they don't really want to give that up. I don't know that Intel would unless they are facing another existential crisis - Most of Intel's corporate identity is wrapped up in x86 With Microsoft putting out some...
  16. Brian_B

    Rumored Specs for NVIDIA GeForce RTX 60 Series Emerge with up 2x or More Performance Gains over RTX 50 Series

    2 years from now when they get around to actually releasing it in 2028
  17. Brian_B

    NVIDIA Could Debut Its Arm-Based N1 SoC Mobile Processor at Computex 2026

    I dunno, we'll see nVidia tried this once before, and other than the Nintendo Switch, didn't exactly see a lot of traction. And still hasn't. Snapdragon hasn't exactly taken off either. Apple seems to be the only one pulling off ARM outside of phones/mobile, but they are also the only company...
  18. Brian_B

    Ryzen 9 9950X3D2 Dual Edition is Official: AMD Puts 3D V-Cache on Both Chiplets, Launches April 22

    No no no, you have that all wrong. You release the weaker part first, and let everyone jump on it. Then 3 months in, you let the rumor drop about the "better" part. Then 6 months in, some benchmarks start to "leak". Then 9 months or so later, you release the "better" part, and watch all...
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