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    WTB: ASUS Xonar ESSENCE STX II

    we can lock this. got one pretty much brand new in a beat up box with the daughterboard and everything else for 170 USD. a little high considering it's an "old card", but specs remain class-leading. i now have TWO HDAV1.3 Deluxes and an STX II, all with H6s. i remember being disappointed...
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    Arctic Unveils the MX-6 High Performance Thermal Compound

    cool. are many of their formulas american? i assume there's no patent protection on stuff like this. it's probably a british company more than canadian, even though that should be the same thing. "back then" the people from the "little islands" would come here and start up, but the money was...
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    Arctic Unveils the MX-6 High Performance Thermal Compound

    i should add i have to give kyle props for plugging mg chemicals, a canadian brand. it's my go-to for all electronic solvents and solders. unsurprisingly, it was founded in 1955, when we used 'win' under a flag that was known to do only that. it's nice to see people respected our chops in...
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    Arctic Unveils the MX-6 High Performance Thermal Compound

    i remember that roundup. the days of arctic silver. that was like 15 years ago. sorry *13 years ago: Thermal Paste Shootout - Q209 i thought kyle was going to keep the reviews up. i guess not. things change, i get it.
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    WTB: ASUS Xonar ESSENCE STX II

    preferably with the daughterboard. need it to further test my ASUS Xonar driver for MAC (that's not a typo. i managed to port the alsa code lol). would appreciate a good deal instead of a gouge. thanks
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    The 16GB of HBM2 on the Radeon VII Is Needed for Real World 4K Video Production

    "fancy transitions" sounds like an increased number of outcomes, or states. if the computations are offloaded to the gpu, in this case to "crunch" the additional possibilities the "fancy transitions" invite, then obviously more memory is needed. where you at, senator GLOBAL ECKANAMY *cue...
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    PlayStation Classic Has Already Drastically Dropped in Price Following Middling Sales

    i also believe the reviewer stated the *hacked* SNES is running the same emulator with retroarch, which if i understood correctly he said is not available on the classic PSX. "RetroArch has advanced features like shaders, netplay, rewinding, next-frame response times, and more!" keep in mind...
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    Could Microsoft Release a Desktop Linux?

    while i understand most gamers use windows, please do not call it a 'gaming os' back when i was starting out, i took for granted the organisational superiority of the 95 GUI in comparison to its predecessor (3.1), which was similar to its contemporaries (file menu bar, at least, for both 3.1...
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    PlayStation Classic Has Already Drastically Dropped in Price Following Middling Sales

    easy: use an ARM processor to emulate a fucking SLOWER MIPS. when are people going to start caring about ISAs and how incredibly crippled ARM's FPU ISA is in comparison to MIPS? ARM is a straight up clusterfuck and it will never have the homogeneity MIPS offers across 32 and 64 bit offerings...
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    Could Microsoft Release a Desktop Linux?

    well, put it this way: no one has heard of ZDNet in 20 years until this pure-opinion piece, so he's definitely worth hanging on to for a little longer ;)
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    Nintendo Switch Outsells All Other Current Generation Consoles

    nice post. anyone remember the hype for SquareSoft's "The Bouncer" for PS2? graphics were the big draw, but the length of the game was so disappointing that it got mediocre reviews.
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    Microsoft Introduces Windows Sandbox

    where the fuck is the legit powershell? shitty NOOBuntu-in-a-black-screen isn't a native *nix shell. how bout you guys focus on that? or is the babyoil+dandruff brigade too busy plugging the holes they fucking created with, what seems like, each fucking winBLOWs 10 update? (10 earned this. i...
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    How Scammers in China Manipulate Amazon and Its Shoppers

    chinese farmers have to eat, too, guys!
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    Intel is Inside World's Largest 360-Degree Movie Set

    FINALLY!!! I'VE BEEN WAITING FOR THIS KILLER APP. LEGIT 4D MOVIES COMIN' IN HOT BABY!!
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