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    Galax is the new Galaxy

    A shame. I fondly recall rocking three Galaxy 480 GTXs in SLI circa 2010. The Galaxy models were the only ones I could find in stock at launch. That rig was an absolute furnace, but extremely fun to play with. More recently, I had a Galax 4080 HOF that was a superb design.
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    Is it worth changing an RX 9070 XT for an RTX 5080?

    The 5080 is not worth the money, in my view, when compared with what 9070 XT offers. However, if you have the money, and you value ray tracing and path tracing, it's a valid choice. The $400 difference in price is still enough to make even a rich man sick.
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    Is it worth changing an RX 9070 XT for an RTX 5080?

    Same exact situation and assessment here. Performance above the 9070xt is right at the the precipice of diminishing returns. I love my 5090, but my 9070xt gave me 90% the same experience... for nearly 1/4 the cost. Conversely put, paying nearly 4x the price for a card that delivers 10%...
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    Review the game you finished recently.

    Definitely a 9/10 for me. I really enjoyed the first one, but KCD2 is bigger, better and tighter. It gets pretty much everything right for a 1st-person RPG. I don't have much more to state than you outline. It looks staggeringly good with everything cranked on my 5090. I've been to a few...
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    DRAM Pricing Jumps 50%, Only 70% of Orders Getting Filled

    Agreed. I had five AM4 DDR4 builds with not a single issue. Of the three AM5 builds (different mobos)... Two had the long mem training cycle issue, the last completely inoperable. I've been building for 30+ years now and never saw memory compatibility issues like I've seen with DDR5. I would...
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    Review the game you finished recently.

    Noting both Styx 1 and 2 are free on Epic over next two weeks. Never played them myself but have been in my cart at times to buy.
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    ZOTAC RTX 5090 12V-2×6 connector completely melts with below-recommended 850W PSU

    I would need to bent cables considerably to fit the panel on -- not worth the risk. I've got a Corsair 4000D which I consider pretty big. I suppose I could get one of those fat-boy cases, but call me old fashioned, I think a proper desktop PC is rectangular, not square.
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    Is this at all legit?

    I've "bought" (rented) a few games on accounts over the years. They're normally good for a month or two, you can't really use them with online games, and it's a crap shoot if they'll work after that. It's a somewhat viable option to effectively play a demo (since "demos" aren't really a thing...
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    AMD Launches Ryzen 7 9850X3D, The World's Fastest Gaming CPU

    No and extremely little. AMD marketing is frotting their greasy little hands at the fact that 9800X3D owners are even posing this question. Please let's stop the madness.
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    ZOTAC RTX 5090 12V-2×6 connector completely melts with below-recommended 850W PSU

    There's also no reason to spend $150 to replace a perfectly good 5 year-old PSU because nV and PSU companies colluded to change to a negative net-gain "feature". I have a relatively little-used ROG Thor 1200w that is using the 4x PCI-E 8-pin to 12v-2x6 on this same Zotac 5090. Works just fine...
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    Review the game you finished recently.

    Last of Us is a prime example that a good amount of ire people level on "woke" games is not due to assinine predjudice (although this is certainly the case for some). Most people's distate is more due to "woke" stuff being shoehorned in an already bad game for the sake of soapboxing. Make a...
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    Nvidia, AMD, will significantly increase GPU value from next month

    This continues to be my take on EVGA leaving the market. Founder and exec basically said they're done with nV's shit and they yeeted out. They foresaw the dynamic that was coming and decided they didn't want to operate like that. Much respect to them. And by all accounts, the employees were...
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    Deus Ex : Mankind Divided

    Fantastic game. I've gone back for multiple repeat play through over the years and there's always something new to find. And it still looks fantastic, especially Prague city areas.
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    What are you nerds playing this weekend?

    As someone who was way too into The Division 2 and hasn't touched it for years, that sounds more like OCD than fun 😊 I might need to reinstall.
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    What are you nerds playing this weekend?

    Going back to HL2 in anticipation for the pending announcement. It's been so long since I've played it, originally installing from disk. I was surprised to see I have "0 hours" on my steam license, so must have picked it up there in a bundle at some point and never run it.
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