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  1. Brian_B

    Memory and Storage Components for the PlayStation 6 Reportedly Cost More than $680, Making Its Price over $1,000 Almost a Certainty

    I have noticed nothing appreciably better on my iPhone since the original jumped from Edge to 3G. Everything else - slightly incremental with an equal possibility of making things worse rather than better
  2. Brian_B

    Project Helix Could Cost Up to a Whopping $1,800, but May Also Offer Flagship-Tier PC Graphics Performance

    that’s what Sony thought too, and Microsoft proceeded to eat their lunch for several years. And the Wii became the biggest selling console ever despite potato technical capability. Also don’t forget MS and nV are still trying to push “your smart TV is a console just let us run ads while you...
  3. Brian_B

    Project Helix Could Cost Up to a Whopping $1,800, but May Also Offer Flagship-Tier PC Graphics Performance

    Console folks would do well to recall the PS3 when thinking about pricing what the market will bear. It is not an infinite well you can draw from, especially when the competition is stiff
  4. Brian_B

    End of an Era as EA Shuts Down BioWare, Closing 30-Year-Old Studio amid Latest Round of Layoffs and Cancelling Next Mass Effect Game

    As sad as it is to see them go, I have to admit, it's been a long time coming...
  5. Brian_B

    AMD’s Helion Rack Packs 32,768 Zen 6 Cores, and Lisa Su Shows Off the First EPYC with LPDDR Memory

    Sweet baby Jesus.... that die must be about 10 feet square.
  6. Brian_B

    Epic Counters an Analyst’s Claim That Players Only Use It for Free Games, Stating That It Hit an All-Time Sales Record of $400 Million in 2025

    On one hand - that is good news - more diversity the better But this is Epic - the company that went so far as to pull their software off everything except Windows because they didn't want to pay commission fees, so ... I would take news of linux support (especially Steam OS) with some healthy...
  7. Brian_B

    NVIDIA GeForce RTX 5090 on Lockdown at Micro Center as It Is Reportedly Requiring Customers to Provide ID and Sign a No-Export Declaration

    And now this: https://www-techpowerup-com.cdn.ampproject.org/v/s/www.techpowerup.com/353578/nvidia-reportedly-ending-the-rtx-5090-reserves-gb202-silicon-for-workstation-gpus?amp&_js_v=0.1&_gsa=1#webview=1&cap=swipe
  8. Brian_B

    AMD Ryzen 7 (Zen 4) vs Ryzen 7 (Zen 5) 8-Core CPUs – 2026 Review

    I hope this is the case, but I'm afraid younger generations have just went "meh, i got a phone" and call it good.
  9. Brian_B

    AMD Ryzen 7 (Zen 4) vs Ryzen 7 (Zen 5) 8-Core CPUs – 2026 Review

    I hate to say it, but honestly, I think the question is "Are socketed CPUs still a thing" I hate to be Debbie Downer, but I really am just not very optimistic about this hobby moving forward. Feels kinda like HAM radio or 35mm photography - it may never die out entirely, but the spark seems...
  10. Brian_B

    German Power Company Is Selling Monthly Flat-Rate Plans Aimed at Gamers and Power-Hungry PCs

    Hmm.. 5,000 kwh / year really isn't all that much... I imagine most of us here are blowing well past that. I use about 1,000/month and I don't have 24 hour mining or DC projects or multi-hour gaming, or even air conditioning running. Some states do allow you to buy wholesale power directly -...
  11. Brian_B

    NVIDIA Shield TV Pro Gets a $100 Price Increase Bringing It to $299 as the Non-Pro Version Ceases Production

    I'm an Apple TV fan. Tried a Shield, didn't care for it. I had the weenie version though.
  12. Brian_B

    Strap Yourselves In and Prepare a Restore Image Because Windows 11 26H2 Has Arrived

    Gotta admit that caught my eye too and I haven’t touched an MMO is years
  13. Brian_B

    NVIDIA CEO Jensen Huang Confirms Blackwell Successor, Rubin, During Unannounced Trip to TSMC

    This has been the case for … over a decade now But AMD keeps playing that $1 less crap
  14. Brian_B

    Sony Wants to Make It Easier for You to Pay by Adding Credit Card Processing to Its Controllers

    Well, it's already been possible on the phone for years now. Why not your game controller too? Guy at work recently got hit for $300 on Roblox because his 5 year old held his phone up to his face while he was sleeping on the couch to unlock some payment there. Or at least that's the story, and...
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