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  1. DejaWiz

    MSI X570 Tomahawk review: possibly the best $200 X570

    I haven't installed it yet. Maybe later this weekend. Just updated to Win11 a week ago and no problems with a previous BIOS revision.
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    MSI X570 Tomahawk review: possibly the best $200 X570

    Anyone give the latest BIOS revision a whirl yet? 7C84.1B0
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    Digitaltrends Top 6 Nvidia Cards of All Time List. Agree or disagree?

    TnT2 256 8800 GTX 980/Ti 1080/Ti 3080/Ti The way I see it, the TnT2 was the first real threat to the Voodoo lineup, the 256 was the nail in the coffin since they were on shelves months before 3Dfx had anything to answer with and, by that time, the GeForce2 was a big middle finger to the Voodoo...
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    Intel rumored to announce Arc A750, A380 desktop cards in late May/early June for 350/150 USD respectively

    That's the historical norm of corporatism. There is a difference. nVidia had the ever-deepening pockets along the way to start buying up various IP and eventually entire companies...not one peep from the taxpayer funded government administrations that are supposed to be watchdogging and...
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    NVIDIA fined USD $5.5 million for hiding how many gaming GPUs were sold to crypto miners

    I'm pretty sure *most* people are using their own vehicles instead of stealing them when speeding, driving recklessly, or DUI, which vastly outnumbers the amount of vehicles stolen to be used in other crimes.
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    NVIDIA fined USD $5.5 million for hiding how many gaming GPUs were sold to crypto miners

    This is frivolous and ridiculous on the SEC's part. It's like blaming the auto makers for not saying how many of their cars were sold to people that used them to commit crimes: speeding, reckless driving, DUI, getaway vehicle, etc. That info doesn't exist in their databases! Does the SEC expect...
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    Dear MSI, thank you for leaving the solder pads for the 2nd m.2 location on my laptop...... PS, you're cheap, and F warranties!

    This is great - as an EE that focused on electronics and computer theory/repair doing all sorts of solder work in the classroom and as a hobbyist at home, this warms my [H]eart.
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    Should I upgrade? 3700X/X470 > 5950X/X570

    Eh, you're current setup is likely not bottlenecked at all. The differences between the 3700X and 5950X with the 6800XT being put under proper load will be negligible...
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    ASUS RTX 3080 TUF 10GB LHR - unpleasant RMA experience.

    Have you tried underclocking the core and vram around 5-10% to see if it makes a meaningful difference or not in regards to the load temps? If you're going to sell it anyway, then just sell it since it'll be the next owner's potential concern. You have proof from ASUS that they tested it and...
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    Cyberpunk 2077 (Playstation/Xbox) is $5 at Best Buy - Today Only

    SPARTAN VI are you able to update the thread title to reflect that this deal is for console only?
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    Cyberpunk 2077 (Playstation/Xbox) is $5 at Best Buy - Today Only

    Console only? - don't see a PC version available
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    Wolfenstein 3D secrets revealed by John Romero in lengthy post-mortem chat

    Loved all three of those series. BC:QFT and Sierra On-Line Boxing were a couple others that I have many, many hours in.
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    Wolfenstein 3D secrets revealed by John Romero in lengthy post-mortem chat

    I have fond, fond memories of Sierra titles from yesteryear. They were one of those staple brands that really helped mold PC gaming back in the golden era.
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    Wolfenstein 3D secrets revealed by John Romero in lengthy post-mortem chat

    I totally forgot about Catacomb 3-D! Which is probably why Wolf 3D gets the bigger piece of the attention pie...because a lot of others forgot about it, too. The Descent series really sticks in my mind, since it took FPS style to another level (on a grand scale) using X-Y-Z axes for movement...
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    Wolfenstein 3D secrets revealed by John Romero in lengthy post-mortem chat

    Such a game-changer. Wolf 3D laid the pavement for other great FPS's to follow: Doom Quake Duke Nukem 3D Half Life ...etc etc etc
  16. DejaWiz

    5800X3D official specs listed on AMD web site

    Love the Ryzen 5000 series, but this is about as worthless an entry into their Zen3 product portfolio as they can get right now. Zero discernable real-world benefit outside of synthetic benchmarks. For those that play benchmarks all day, then grab one and more power to you...
  17. DejaWiz

    MSI X570 Tomahawk review: possibly the best $200 X570

    Thanks for the heads up. I'll be staying put with the BIOS that I currently have on my Tomahawk since my DDR4-3600 and 5800X are running like rockstars right now.
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    Crucial Ballistix is officially dead

    When Crucial/Micron spun them off into their own sub-brand, I always kinda hoped to see some diversification of their product portfolio such as cases, PSUs, maybe even delve into the GPU AIB realm. As far as the company, all I own and recommend for RAM and NAND is Micron/Crucial/Ballistix...
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    WD/Kioxia lose 6.5 exabytes of NAND

    Just in time before everyone gets tax return back for shopping sprees. The timing of nature of this is... suspect.
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    Your CPU progression

    Figured it was time to add to the list: Intel "Ivy Bridge" i7-3770K AMD"Vermeer" Ryzen 7 5800X
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    Intel Building New 7nm Chip.... to mine Bitcoin

    Ah, I understand now...thank you! Always thought best BTC mining results was with the strongest GPUs.
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    Intel Building New 7nm Chip.... to mine Bitcoin

    Can you clarify this, please?
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    Intel Building New 7nm Chip.... to mine Bitcoin

    There's definitely gouging going on. I got lucky and was able to snag an MSI 3080 Ventus at MSRP $750 shortly after launch. Today, that same SKU now has an inflated MSRP of almost $1100.
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    Intel Building New 7nm Chip.... to mine Bitcoin

    Price these right and pump them out in abundance, Intel will make billions while solving the global GPU shortage (and price gouging). Hope this works out!
  25. DejaWiz

    Google replaced the White Noise on Nest speakers so people can't sleep

    You're speaking my language loud and clear!
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    Google replaced the White Noise on Nest speakers so people can't sleep

    FFS, just buy a cheap stereo alarm clock that can play media files/CDs and blare some Anthrax, WASP, Static-X, Megadeth, Pantera, and White Zombie...if they can't fall asleep to such comforting sweet sounds, then that's not the problem.
  27. DejaWiz

    3dfx Voodoo5 6000 Clone

    And then there was one. One brand of 3Dfx based video card. One brand still clinging to the hope and dream that 3Dfx will come back and reclaim the crown. LOL All jesting aside, this is so cool! My absolute most memorable "wow factor" with PC gaming was when I fired up some Glide wrapped games...
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    Quantum3D Obsidian2 - S12MB - 3DFX Voodoo2 (RARE) Retail BOX (PCI Version)

    Wow now that is a blast from the past! I remember seeing these on shelves of my local Best Buy, CompUSA, and various independent computer shops. Quantum3D was *THE* brand to have, back in the day. Had a buddy that went to work for them sometime between 98-99 then moved back about a year later...
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    Star Citizen and Squadron 42 are still years from launch, CIG confirms

    Meanwhile, there's more exploration and discovering of new systems in the actual galaxy happening faster than SC is cranking them out...
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    news!

    Is it dusty in here or is someone chopping onions?
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    JOHN WICK 4 AND MATRIX 4 THREAD (All Keanu)

    I don't care if both of the dudes wanna duct tape their weenies to their taints and walk around in public with makeup and styling looking like they are out of the Hunger Games capitol...as long as they do their jobs writing and directing movies while not injecting a bunch of political agenda...
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    JOHN WICK 4 AND MATRIX 4 THREAD (All Keanu)

    Took my kids to see it Christmas Eve. Thought it was pretty good. Story had a bit of an inception feel to it and it was cool to see many of the key characters (both original and recast/"re-coded") in various parts and sequences. I feel that it was a bit more tame than the original trilogy, but...
  33. DejaWiz

    Nintendo, Super Ninendo Console designer, dead at 78

    Rest in Peace, Sensei Masayuki-san.
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    Halo Infinite becomes most-played Xbox game on Steam ever in under 24 hours

    Same for me. I still see/hear "Xbox" anything = console ecosystem.
  35. DejaWiz

    The Intel 4004 turns 50

    My first (well, my family's first) IBM PC/compatible was a Packard Bell with an 8088 and 640k RAM soldered onto the MoBo. Sprung for the Paradise EGA 480 video card and a 14" 640x480 EGA monitor. No HDD...only 5.25" 360k and 3.5" 720k FDDs. Booted DOS 3.31 off of the 5.25". Many, many hours...
  36. DejaWiz

    Windows 11 Will Soon Block All Default Browser Workarounds

    As an Enterprise field repair tech that images, deploys, and supports systems for a huge power company, I have to care about Win11 because it will be in use at a corporate level sometime within the next couple of years. I've had it running on one of the hot spares for a while now: I think it's...
  37. DejaWiz

    Retailers Paywall Consoles, GPU's, Black Friday Deals Behind Expensive Annual Passes

    Modern day company store, complete with script (sub-script-ion). Federally unlawful since 1938.
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    Outcast 1.1 on GoG

    Snagged it. Thank you, prime2515102!
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    Samsung tells Apple to hold its beer

    Tell him about the Twinkie.
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