Recent content by blade52x

If AMD ever had a time to be as relevant in the gaming market, as they were since the ATI 9800/X850/X1900 days... it's right about now.

As much as AMD is pushing toward AI too, I feel like this is the best opportunity they've had in a while to make some noise. We need something from them that can compete with a 5090. I honestly can't remember the last time I had an AMD card, but with the way things have gone I think the 5090...

So... when are we going to get to enter the 1/10,000 chance to purchase a 6090 at $3K MSRP?

Yes, but with how quickly AI has been advancing (and I've been hearing of the resource wall since 2024, which hasn't slowed it down but only caused massive price increases on parts all over the place) it's possibly that the few remaining that do very well, will require even more compute than...

My 9970X build (already have the chip and board) is on hold indefinitely, because it requires RDIMMS (about $4-$5K for 128GB). Instead, I went with a used 5995WX + WRX80 combo from China for $3K, because I've got the DDR4 RAM capacity from 5-6 years ago that I paid less for then, then what a...

I've got two workstations, a 3960X and 3970X that both have 256GB DDR4 each (8x32GB) - I believe both kits at 3200 rated. One set is Kingston Fury RGB, and the other is TidentZ RGB. I'll get the exact models later this weekend. I'm looking to retire both of those machines and get a 9970X build...

There's some kind of Astral Limited Edition in Microcenter right now... for $12K.

We can always hope. The color mods of Remastered just don't do it for me. Remastered looks great in its own way, but it can't reproduce those Oblivion greens without messing everything else up.

I heard similar spiel about machine learning 10 years ago when that was still in its public infancy. Now every company doing anything scientific has their own ML team - if not producing anything than at least for show, to claim they are on par and up to date with modern talent. You have no AI in...

The whole anti-AI sentiment is setting up people for disaster. They will be left behind. This is not a maybe situation. After using AI quite a bit in the last few months and really learning how to delegate agents, run workflows, etc - I now see this technology is as revolutionary as the...

Yup I still remember that... was it a Q6660? That might have been the first in-person transaction I did. Everything was so much better then with this hobby. GPUs actually available on Newegg, 50% overclocks on those Core 2 Duo/Quads. Etc. Sigh... well, just something to tell my own kid about...

Thanks and done. Any idea on how long does it take my account to show 2FA? For now everything is pending.

Sold!

So, it looks like these days I can get more for my 8x32GB of DDR4 that I purchased for a little bit over a $1000... in 2021. My high-end RAM upgrades from 2020-2021 are really the only reason I'm in any place to upgrade. I'm upgrading my 3970X workstation finally to a 9970X workstation, and it...

Some more recent play from Impulse Wars! This is the "silly mode" of the game - using ramps/edges etc to try to launch your opponents off of. You end up with really funny sequences of events that lead to a kill or death. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sezIMRlSVtw