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  1. Brian_B

    This is how badly Intel screwed itself over

    The good ‘ole days when Intel CPUs went for four figures
  2. Brian_B

    This is how badly Intel screwed itself over

    Yeah the fact that Intel drove Optane into the ground is flabbergasting. That was a great tech. There were a lot of missteps by Intel - the massive bloat of the 00/10's followed by the inevitable divestiture of those techs. McAfee was a good example. The Drone division, remember that?
  3. Brian_B

    NVIDIA Denies EOL Rumors for GeForce RTX 50 Series, Lays Blame on Memory Supply Shortages, While AMD Says It’s Working to Keep Its GPUs at MSRP

    Well, nVidia isn't TSMC-exclusive either. For instance: Samsung made the entire 3000/Ampere series, and a good chunk of 1000/Pascal series.
  4. Brian_B

    NVIDIA Denies EOL Rumors for GeForce RTX 50 Series, Lays Blame on Memory Supply Shortages, While AMD Says It’s Working to Keep Its GPUs at MSRP

    I hit this point about 10 years ago. It's saved me a ton of money on computer parts (which I then went and blew on car parts)
  5. Brian_B

    CDPR Exec Confirms That Total Sales for the First Three The Witcher Games Have Exceeded 85 Million Units Sold

    Kinda surprised CP is so low (relatively)
  6. Brian_B

    NVIDIA Denies EOL Rumors for GeForce RTX 50 Series, Lays Blame on Memory Supply Shortages, While AMD Says It’s Working to Keep Its GPUs at MSRP

    cash talks
  7. Brian_B

    Marathon Is on Track to Launch in March, but Thanks to Its Anti-Cheat Solution, It May Not Be Playable on Steam Machine or Linux

    I loved that game but it was glitchy
  8. Brian_B

    Marathon Is on Track to Launch in March, but Thanks to Its Anti-Cheat Solution, It May Not Be Playable on Steam Machine or Linux

    Marathon was a good game back in the ‘90s — the Mac equivalent of UT or Quake really. But, you know, since it was on the Mac (in the 90s no less) only like 15 people ever played it. Kind of a precursor to Halo, before MS bought them out and made it exclusive
  9. Brian_B

    KX-7000: The perfect CPU to punish your kid with for not doing homework

    I mean, it works... it booted and ran all that stuff. So that's a big something right there. Maybe not "serious contender" something, but it's more than I've done in my garage with silicon, for sure.
  10. Brian_B

    Marathon Is on Track to Launch in March, but Thanks to Its Anti-Cheat Solution, It May Not Be Playable on Steam Machine or Linux

    A shame they are looking at ruining the original game's legacy here
  11. Brian_B

    MSI MPG X870I EDGE TI EVO WIFI Motherboard Review

    My new leading question in motherboard reviews: But how is the CMOS battery mounted? And it does get answered here in this review folks!
  12. Brian_B

    RX 9xxx Owner's Thread

    Nice. I was thinking about upgrading a couple of the computers in my house but.... nope. Not any more. I think you got a decent deal considering today's climate though. Kid is still rocking an old AMD 5600XT - but he has a job now and doesn't care about graphics, like... at all. He would play...
  13. Brian_B

    NVIDIA Denies EOL Rumors for GeForce RTX 50 Series, Lays Blame on Memory Supply Shortages, While AMD Says It’s Working to Keep Its GPUs at MSRP

    This is what I feel is happening. I have no data to prove this.
  14. Brian_B

    I have seen vertical CMOS batteries but THIS is ridiculous

    That does suck Looks like if you cut the heat shrink off, the leads will probably be tack welded to the battery... You can get (or make) conductive epoxy (often sold as "window defogger wire repair") to reconnect the leads to a new battery if you don't wanna splurge on the tack welder, then...
  15. Brian_B

    CDPR Exec Confirms That Total Sales for the First Three The Witcher Games Have Exceeded 85 Million Units Sold

    I'm kinda surprised it's not more, with W3 being so well regarded.
  16. Brian_B

    PNY GeForce RTX 5060 Ti 8GB Overclocked Dual Fan Video Card Review

    i think a lot of folks are doing a 180 now that more RAM requires a credit check and reverse mortgage Maybe Ram Doubler will make a comeback.
  17. Brian_B

    Unreal Engine 5.6 Makes Its Debut with New Footage from the Witcher IV Tech Demo, Showcasing Improved 60 FPS Ray Traced Global Illumination

    In their defense... very very few developers get to work on projects that are actually their idea. Even/Especially If you get successful, then your ideas get co-opted by board rooms who are investing money. Sure, it may have started as your vision, but there are strings attached to that...
  18. Brian_B

    This is how badly Intel screwed itself over

    How big is the market for local large language models?
  19. Brian_B

    Latest Rumors Suggest That NVIDIA Is Delaying Its RTX 50 SUPER Series Indefinitely, and the RTX 60 Series May Not Arrive Until Mid-2027

    First, my attempt at sarcasim obviously failed here Second, I think your example is an excellent one and is indeed what I’m trying to convey - but I don’t think is where industry executives are heading
  20. Brian_B

    Latest Rumors Suggest That NVIDIA Is Delaying Its RTX 50 SUPER Series Indefinitely, and the RTX 60 Series May Not Arrive Until Mid-2027

    I never thought streaming would supplant physical media either, but here we are. Convenience always seems to trump quality. I wouldn't be surprised to see that developers specifically start to target the latency issue.. I mean, AI can fix anything, right?
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