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    The Post Your Old/Retro Builds Thread

    In addition to the games that you already mentioned, Elder Scrolls Oblivion and Bioshock were a couple more games that I enjoyed from that time period. Thanks for asking and making me think about it. I had a lot of fun gaming then.
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    AMD Ryzen 8000 "Granite Ridge" Zen 5 Processor to Max Out at 16 Cores [Rumor]

    Sounds fine for gamers, at least until next gen consoles? Then maybe bump up the core count?
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    Are these gadgets GPUs or Graphics Cards?

    I recall display adapter but I always refer to them as video card or graphics card. It's a card, PCB with various chips, that I insert into my PC to display video and graphics. But if someone were to say, "I just got a new GPU," I would automatically think they are referring to a video card...
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    5800X3D.. How much will I miss SAM on a X370?

    The FPS Review has a nice write up about SAM with the 7900 series AMD cards. The FPS Review SAM article If I were you and were planning on a 7900 series card or newer in the future I'd be looking at upgrading my platform. If your just looking to stretch a couple more years out of an old x370...
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    What game made you a PC Gamer?

    Doom is what originally interested me in PC gaming, but my primary focus did not shift to PC gaming from console gaming until Half-Life 2 and Counterstrike Source.
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    What was your first emotional moment in gaming?

    Metal Gear Solid is the first game that I recall playing and feeling a sense of awe. It was challenging and for me had a depth of story that I hadn't experienced or connected with in any game before. Prior to MGS games for me were just something to do while bored, hack n slash, race in cars, run...
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    What's your favorite GPU comparison website?

    Techpowerup.com for a macro comparison, then specific card reviews from websites like theFPSreview.com
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    What game have you put the most time into?

    According to my Steam account it's CS:GO with 977 hours. But looking back I don't think Steam has always logged hours played? I mean I was playing tons of Counter-Strike even before Steam if I'm remembering correctly. Like CS 1.3 or 1.4. Anyone remember those jump maps in OG CS? For when you got...
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    Steam Turns 18 YO Today - Rolled Out: Sept. 12 2003

    LAWL, I was totally one of those Source n00bs with a Geforce 2 MX! Such fun times nonetheless!
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    Your CPU progression

    CPUs in my personal PCs: P4 1.3 Willamette Athlon 64 3000+ Winchester Opteron 170 Phenom II 940 Ryzen 1600
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    AMD EPYC “Genoa” (Zen4) to feature 96 cores across 12 chiplets, 12-channel DDR5 memory and SP5 (LGA6096 socket)

    That is one stout chip. What does a 400w CPU cooling solution look like? Custom liquid?
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    AMD 3rd Gen EPYC Milan ‘EPYC 7543’ CPU With 32 Cores & 3.7 GHz Boost Clocks Benchmarked, Faster Than Dual Intel Cascade Lake Xeon CPUs With 56 Cores

    Does this mean good things for Threadripper? Hopefully we hear more about it from CES on Jan 12th.
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    If you could have a 3080 or a 6800XT which would you rather and why?

    This given the current information I know of. The vram might be an issue in the future but who knows.
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    The 2020 Year in Physics

    Dark Energy is still the theory for the expanding universe exists? I didn't know black holes eventually evaporate? I thought they'd be around forever and eventually gobble up everything.
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    Intel Expands 10nm Manufacturing Capacity

    At first glance this sounds promising, but not sure it has much to do with PC desktop parts? Marketing fluff?
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