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I tried that. Now, instead of smelling like tobacco, it smells like beer. I did use an IPA known for extra hops. Is that okay? ;)

Hmm...if they had workable GPUs in them, I would've made a bid. ;)

Glad to hear that the 5800x3d seems to be another AMD hit. See my sig: I have a forlorn 2700x that is just begging to be replaced. Obviously, using the Trickle Down Upgrade Path (TDUP), I'll drop a new 5800x3d into my 5800x rig, use THAT in one of the 3700x, and then the 3700x replaces the...

Look at my sig: I am very happy to do a drop-in replacement/upgrade. I'll be buying more of these. That gives AMD a huge advantage, to me, over Intel.

Which one, and was it in stock or did you use N.E. shuffle?

Exactly. How many crotches are burning? How many times has YOUR crotch been on fire? What color is the smoke? Details, man, details...

Well, Fire Crotch, after being roasted by this hot reception, have you warmed up to this crowd yet? (I'll be here all week. Try the veal and tip the waitresses.)

Am I thinking about these cards? Yes. I have new motherboards and processors, and old gpus. One is a GTX670. (See sig.)

Jim at AdoredTV came back online within the last few weeks and produced a video documenting his outlook on Intel...and it's optimistic.

Right now? My GTX 670, rocking the extra vRAM: 4GB, baby. Oh, you noticed I said, "GTX 670"? Yeah, that's right. It's running my basement streaming rig...because the prices on new GPUs are ridiculous. So, it's my oldest GPU that's still running and it's doing a fine job.

Thanks. I saw that on my Newegg email and grabbed one. I had wanted a Gold, but that Platinum deal makes it even cheaper than a Gold...no brainer. Waiting on the UPS man.

LOL... I literally had to shove a still-boxed MX518 out of the way of my G502 to open a new window for that ad. I may have a mouse fetish...

While this seems correct, there are some additions/factors. A "basic American car" now has more speakers than the highest home stereo used to have. It has satellite navigation, lane-keeping, etc. It's performance, even for a minivan, exceeds what a muscle-car or high-performance car of that era...

I'd love to see a link for that at $210. (Not being snarky. I've used 3 of them for builds.)

Your card is destroyed. If you keep using it, it'll short out your mobo, send a current into your cpu, and then back-fry your psu. Send it all to me. I'll dispose of it properly. ;) Seriously...like the above guys have said, a little smoothing of the backplate wouldn't hurt. As for that...

I'm waiting for the shortages and price-jacking to end. Supply and Demand is a thing. I'm removing my Demand.

Ditto. I have a 2-4 gpu replacement/upgrade need. I'm sure not throwing money at them right now. I'm happy to wait another year or three. I've got enough unplayed games to last me until then...

I have decided to build my own. Obviously, I cannot use nanometer scaling. Hell, I can't even use lithography. Instead, I bought a sheet of plywood (you think GPUs are expensive? Try lumber!!!), and I opened an account with Mouser.com. I've got boxes of transistors and diodes and spools of 20...

Look, these other guys are not being helpful. Those pics clarified things. Here's what you need to do... 1. Repair the card. 2. This is not that hard (conceptually: your skills/toolset is what may not be up to the task). 3. Put the GPU on a flat surface. 4. You've got some damaged substrate...

I'm not sure if that's funny, sad, ironic, or...something else. Imagine the scene at the smuggler's cove: a shanty town, dark, torches and lanterns flickering. We move inside the wooden hut where mandolin music, accompanied by off-pitch Mandarin crooning is heard (because mandolins and...

Thanks. Doing a search on Newegg of "shuffle" gives nothing but ipod hits. How do you access it?

I've been buying from Newegg for over 20 years. I've never even heard of this "shuffle". WTF.

Yeah...great. If only they were (wait for it...) AVAILABLE.

I got my email from Newegg, promising "great pricing" on 6700XTs. Silly me: I thought the "great pricing" comment was referencing consumers, not retailers. Gah. Nearly 60% markup? (No, I didn't do the math. $479 MSRP vs. there up to $800.)

$1250??? Another card of the current generation which I won't be able to buy.

LOL...we all know that AMD is watching you and, VPN or no, opened the "golden portal" for you as soon as your machine pinged their server. ;)

That was funny. Yesterday, I just ran my 36th and 37th Cat6e ethernet cable to my patch panel in my basement. Gotta laugh at the "wifi" is better. I may have gone overboard with hardwiring my home internet, but my LAN all my devices love it.

Gents, I've been poking into the current gen AMD 6000 series, hoping to pick up one or two...or three. Sigh. No longer. Instead, I'll spend my money on other hobbies and continue using the GPUs I have. Perhaps this fall the supply situation will ease. Kinda frustrating that there are good...

I had an i7-6700k that exhibited an odd crash or two, especially when stressed in certain games. I had run the usual suite of tests after building, and all had seemed okay. It took a year (or two?) to figure it out, and I got lucky to do so. Running the entire Intel cpu test suite took ~45...

A few more months and they'll bring back the 970 GTX line...then I'll be cutting edge again. This is not what one would call "progress". :(

When I did my basement and set it up for a home theater, I left allowance for newer cables, etc. I did not run conduit: instead, I laid the wiring from the AV to the projector on U brackets. I ran 2 hdmi and one component video cable. (Lol...component video was a thing then. ;) ) I tied them...

Bake it. /s ;)

Huh. These Australian qubits won't work north of the equator: they spin the wrong way.

Well, duh: the only reason this math works out like this is because I went back and fixed it. Then, my time machine was destroyed and I've been stuck here with you lot ever since.

Someone with more business acumen and who is more tech savvy than I am will be able to analyze this move. Me? Reopening an "obsolete" product line reeks of being the precursor of large-scale economic problems. Supply chain, spending ability, market demand...something's broken.

I'm thinking any video card that can actually be purchased is in the running. But, GOAT? My 8800GTX and my GTX970 both gave me far more years of good (great?) service than I'd hoped for. Buy a card for a three-year life and still have it running for double (triple?) that time and it looks...

Hmm. I wonder how much of that is due to the Trillions of $US being printed? (Not trying to start a flame-fest!) A lot of that inventory is manufactured in countries foreign to the US/Europe. I don't know what's going on with the Euro atm, but I do know that the US government has been flooding...

Ah...Ryzen for GPU? Meaning, Chiplets scattered about on the PCB? Much more yield per wafer and thereby lower prices, AND higher performance? Hoping the 7000 series come out soon. ;)

Uhh...this is tech beyond my understanding. Does this mean I can find an AMD video card soon? ;)

Why is it in any company's interest to seed samples to reviewers before public availability? Glad you asked that. Here are some reasons: 1. It shows the company's confidence in their product. 2. It allows reviews to be posted that are not from the company. (These have varying levels of...