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Well, I'm more into the android/windows ecosystem, so NO AppleTV for me. Even after all these years I don't see a reason to get an apple TV, much less replace the shield TV

Nvidia isn't really known for f*cking things up. To be fair this was close to be a failed product as I mentioned it was released as an android gaming console, but it breathed new life as the best streaming console.

I've never seen sales figures of the shield, so I don't really know if it's a success or not. Better be after 10 years. Still, it's one of the best streaming devices ever, most of its competitors are either dead or have been replaced with newer models. Even today, most streaming devices can't...

You are talking about nvidia, right? seems more fitting.

I think it would make more sense for AMD to leave the pc gaming market. They already own the console market and will continue to dominate in the foreseeable future. Contrary to what fanboys may think, AMD is NOT doing well in the PC gaming market, it had like 20% market share in 2025, it costs...

Don't think for one second that AMD won't jump into the AI bandwagon. If nvidia bails on the consumer market, you can be sure AMD will follow.

Actually, full ray tracing is more taxing than path tracing. thing is that only a handful of effects are used for raytracing, mainly reflections, global illumination, shadows, etc. hence the lower performance hit.

why all the hoopla on a CPU that's not worth buying? It's only a little bit faster than the 9800X3d, but is more expensive, draws more power and generates more heat. I don't see any scenario where getting a 9850X3D over a 9800X3d makes sense.

I was hoping for Ray Tracing to be a non-issue by now. As in cards having enough horsepower that PathTracing would be the norm, not the alternative. Now I don't think it will ever come, I think RT will be replaced with realtime AI rendering.

Multiple problems with their manufacturing process + minimal performance increase + massive power draw and heat output= dropped ball.

Yeah, just like 1080p wasn't ever to be a market... :rolleyes: ;) 4K is quickly becoming the new standard if only because of consoles. There are lots of 4k gaming capable TVs with high refresh rates that you can use for pc gaming. I wouldn't touch a 1440p monitor if my life depended on it.

The thing with intel is that they dropped the ball too many times, till AMD met and then surpassed them. I don't see nvidia making the same mistake.

Unless you want raytracing and DLSS, there's little reason to get a 5080.

I think you can force framegen with AMD even in unsupported games, not that it looks good. I don't think you can bypass game developer support and do it via drivers, as you need motion vectors and other data for it to look reasonably good.

The thing is that Frame gen works best when you already have high fps (preferably over 90 fps), adding frames under say 40fps introduces terrible lag, visible artifacts and jerkiness. I don't see dynamic frame gen helping with that. I really haven't read much about it, so I may be wrong.

I recall watching a youtube video of that a while ago comparing FSR vs DLSS2, thing is streaming compression kills subtle differences and sometimes exacerbates more obvious ones.

AMD still has a long way to go with FSR, regarding IQ. When FSR came out, it went vs DLSS2, arguably, DLSS2 performance looked better than FSR1 quality mode. Fast forward to Redstone, vs DLSS4.1 the consensus is again that DLSS4.1 performance mode looks as good or better than FSR4 quality. I...

Everything looks great on paper, let's see what actual products can do. For instance, on paper the RTX5090 is twice the RTX5080, in reality, it's nowhere near twice as fast.

you know there are several NUCs with high end CPUs and discrete video cards. They are expensive of course.

Just a few years ago nvidia wasn't even in the top 5 of TSMC customers and was behind AMD. Today it's #2 (but still far from apple) and AFAIK are also going intel foundries.