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  1. XFX Swift AMD Radeon RX 9060 XT OC Gaming Edition 16GB Video Card Review

    Just for fun, I checked up Newegg's inventory on this specific card: out of stock ;) Other RX 9060 XT 16GB are easily available both there and at Micro Center, though. As a fun note, I just read TechPowerUp's review on the top-tier Sapphire Nitro+ OC RX 9060 XT, and it's amusing to see that for...
  2. AMD Radeon RX 9000 Series GPUs & RDNA 4 Architecture & FSR 4: Announcement & Info

    Oh, I hear you (I grew up in the Apple ][+ days of monochrome greenscreen, just so you know where I'm coming from) -- but a ton has changed in GPU-land since the pandemic! I took these two comments below from a Microcenter subreddit thread: Comment 1 How many people do you think there were...
  3. AMD Radeon RX 9000 Series GPUs & RDNA 4 Architecture & FSR 4: Announcement & Info

    Blame big-box stores like Best Buy for not wanting to sell cards in person. I know, I know, BB hates the idea of having halfway decent employees actually help their customers, or doing actually fun or interesting events (they have long chased away their best employees in search of short-term...
  4. AMD Radeon RX 9000 Series GPUs & RDNA 4 Architecture & FSR 4: Announcement & Info

    Lined up earlier today @ my local MC at 6am (I was #8 on line) and got the Powercolor Reaper RX 9070 XT @ the MSRP of $599 (I used a MC store credit that I had to drive the price down to $499 (including taxes). Was out of the store by 9:20am (and got home around 10:30am). The line really started...
  5. NVIDIA GeForce RTX 5070 Founders Edition Video Card Review

    AI priority, of course (nVidia shareholders would revolt if Jensen dedicated TSMC GPU inventory to the VASTLY less money-making gaming market), but once nVidia chases the AIBs into bankruptcy (of their GPU divisions, a la EVGA), Jensen will provide more inventory, but at increased prices, too...
  6. AMD Radeon RX 9000 Series GPUs & RDNA 4 Architecture & FSR 4: Announcement & Info

    Update: my (aging) case can only support up to 11.4" (289mm) in length, so that limits me to one option from the RX 9070 XT list, five options from the RX 9070 list, and (worst comes to worst, but not too likely) a whopping 17 (theoretical) options from the (gasp) RTX 5070 list. I'll swallow my...
  7. NVIDIA GeForce RTX 5070 Founders Edition Video Card Review

    It's also a way for nVidia to screw over their AIBs by dumping the burden of selling a "not too hot" card onto them (and having them shoulder the costs -- and projected losses). It's noteworthy that the "desired" custom AIB cards of the 5070Ti/5080/5090 class all came with very hefty premiums...
  8. AMD Radeon RX 9000 Series GPUs & RDNA 4 Architecture & FSR 4: Announcement & Info

    Pretty good prices: if I can find a halfway decent 9070 XT late next week @ MSRP in MicroCenter, I'll go for it. It'll be a very nice upgrade over my (aging) RX 6700XT ...
  9. ZOTAC GAMING GeForce RTX 4070 SUPER Trinity Black Edition Video Card Review

    It's NVIDIA: they're all-in on AI (in terms of their revenue stream), these "Super" releases are just to keep AMD roughly "at bay", and given their market dominance, they are likely to continue doing just that (let's see what Intel has cooked up w/Battlemage late this year) -- although it seems...
  10. NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4070 Founders Edition Video Card Review

    Priced about $50-$100 too high (vs AMD's RX 6800 XT, which offers better raster at a lower price point), but at least it's quite compact, with good power efficiency, good temps & 12GB of VRAM, which is "ok" in this day & age (not to mention other NVIDIA tech like DLSS 3). Edit: it's of note...
  11. VA Monitors Dominated the Market in 2022, Followed by IPS, TN, and OLED: TrendForce

    Thanks for the article -- what I'm curious to see is when more of the "improved" IPS panels hit the market, like the 'Agile Splendor' IPS monitor here or the "IPS Black" panel monitors slowly hitting the market like this one here. The only annoying thing about my LG OLED TV (used as a monitor)...
  12. Rumored NVIDIA GeForce RTX 40 Ada Laptop GPU Specs Leaked Showing the RTX 4080 and 4090 Capable of Up to 200-Watt TGP

    My incoming Lenovo Legion Slim 7 Gen 7, AMD Advantage Edition, (due to delays, not gonna get it until a few days after tree-hugging day) hit the markers I was looking for: Good Relative Compactness/Low Weight Good Looks (at my age, being seen with a blatantly "gaming laptop" w/disco lights...
  13. AMD Radeon RX 7900 XTX and XT Smart Access Memory Performance

    @Brent_Justice Your data in the review got a brief mention here on the TPU forums, where SAM was asked by a forum member to Wizzard (posts #65 & #66).
  14. AMD Radeon RX 7900 XTX Video Card Review

    @Brent_Justice, will you be reviewing the custom AIB editions of the 7900 XT/XTX in the near future? From what I've seen from some of the other review sites, the amount of OC potential left in them (via 3 8-pin, instead of 2 8-pin) can be quite substantial, especially on the top-end customs...
  15. Show of hands.... who still uses add in sound cards?

    I've been using an external DAC/AMP in the SMSL M500 since early in the pandemic (summer 2020 -- decided it was about time), paired with an Audeze LCD-GX as my headphone & an AKG Lyra as my mic. I do use my Creative SXFI Gamer headset (which has a USB sound card built-in) occasionally, simply...
  16. NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3080 Ti Rumored with 9,984 CUDA Cores

    The 6900 XT pricing was definitely AMD's forearm jerk @ NVIDIA (middle finger wasn't enough), for sure!
  17. What GPU(s) are you running in your main rig?

    Got myself a Sapphire Pulse Radeon RX 5700 XT from my local Micro Center about a week ago -- so far, it's been working great as a solid upgrade over my EVGA GTX 1080 FTW.
  18. 5700XT 50th edition

    That leads me to think that the upcoming custom 5700XTs from AIBs should be pretty good -- keeping my fingers crossed (wondering about 4K performance, since I play @ 4K). This also gives grounds for a bit of cautious optimism: 5700XT
  19. More OLED on the way

    I understand -- I still wasn't happy with "lack of blacks/contrast" on IPS panels, so I "sidegraded" from my Alienware AW3418DW (IPS, 3440x1440p@120hz) to a LG 32UD59-B (VA, 4K@60hz). Good thing Freesync on my new toy is now (somewhat) supported by NVIDIA (holding off on upgrading my "aging" GTX...
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