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    Haswell-E/x99 coming September confirmed

    If the 5820K comes in at $350 for 6 cores and 3.3GHz, that's a steal compared to the older 4930K. Especially if the 5930K comes in at $500 ($499?), that's even better than the $550 to $575 4930K beforehand. Will Intel drop the price for the 4790K if this happens? Unlikely, but that would be...
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    When creating a character, do most people just make a white person?

    I usually try to make a character that resembles an anime character. For the majority of anime characters drawn to date, they're usually light or fair skinned.
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    Mantle pushes FX-8350 to beyond i7-4960X performance.

    ... In Mantle, yes. This is basically what the API is doing-- freeing up the CPU and letting the GPU do most of the work. Re-run this test in DirectX and tables will turn showing the 4690K in the lead and the other processors rearranged down the chart. ... Which leads to this... At...
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    Best Start Menu for Windows 8.1

    I use Start8 and have been for quite a long time. My sister uses the ClassicShell since it's more familiar to her like Windows 7 and XP beforehand.
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    GTX 880 and 800 Series to be More Powerful But Cheaper than the 700 Series

    I keep seeing GM204, GM207, and GM210 thrown around, which one is the highest end Maxwell card that Nvidia is planning on releasing? The GM210 is the 8GB VRAM engineering sample shown on VideoCardz website? And, the supposedly 2GB VRAM GTX 880 is the GM204 or GM207 with 3200 cores?
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    will windows 9 be free for windows 8.1 users?

    You have a good point.
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    will windows 9 be free for windows 8.1 users?

    Yeah, I've been wondering about it myself in an older forum post here. Not a troll question. I would like it to be a free update for Win8.1u2 users, and if not, heavily discounted upgrade.
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    Divinity: Original Sin

    I should have bought this during the Summer Sale. It's been on my wishlist since Early Access. I grew up on these type of RPGs like Baldur's Gate and Icewind Dale of yore. I'm tempted to go with the Collector's Edition since it has the DLCs and an extra copy.
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    PSA: No-IP got shot by Microsoft's Nerf Cannon

    This would explain why my personal web address (uses .bounceme.net) I use for Minecraft and Starbound servers won't connect. Dammit Microsoft. I think it might be worth it just to pay the $30-$35/year for a registered web address to not go through this hassle.
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    [TweakTown] (First?) Consumer 6TB Hard drive from Seagate

    And to think, one or two years ago 4TB hard drives were $299 to $399 as well.
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    [TweakTown] (First?) Consumer 6TB Hard drive from Seagate

    That I did not know, the consumer or enterprise version?
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    GTX 880 and 800 Series to be More Powerful But Cheaper than the 700 Series

    If those specs are real, and let's say they are for now, how much faster would it be compared to the current 770 or 780 if using the Maxwell-based 750Ti as a base? (Even if it's possible to speculate and scale it up from the 750Ti.)
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    Haswell-E/x99 coming September confirmed

    In other words, you get what you pay for especially if going for an 8-core CPU from Intel. You're paying for the level of performance that CPU offers, and that is more than what is currently available. And, there will be people willing to pay for it.
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    Mantle pushes FX-8350 to beyond i7-4960X performance.

    Regardless whether the processor is from Intel or AMD, Mantle has shown us inefficiencies in how gaming graphics are currently done today through DirectX. Hopefully, DX12 brings a more efficient API. When I first read this, the first thing that came to my mind is that Mantle allows...
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    Haswell-E/x99 coming September confirmed

    Yeah, an 8-core 5930K would have been nice, but all leaked slides and graphs sadly point to a 6-core processor. I guess if we wanted an affordable 8-core consumer CPU, we'll have to wait for AMD's new architecture in 2016. Excavator sounds like it'll be another APU release. :(
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    [TweakTown] (First?) Consumer 6TB Hard drive from Seagate

    http://www.tweaktown.com/reviews/6473/seagate-desktop-hdd-st6000dx000-6tb-hdd-review/index.html Currently available in kit form for $299.99 and not found in retail packaging at common e-tailers online at this time. The only other 6TB hard drive I know of is from Toshiba and is their...
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    4K TV Prices Are Falling Fast, Fueling Rapid Adoption

    Imagine if Crossover or QNix entered the 4K market with an affordable 4K IPS display with DP 1.2a or 1.3 in 2015... For under $800.
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    ECC & Athlon 5350/5150

    Ignoring the lower memory bandwidth issue, this may make for a low powered file server alternative to those Atom-based file servers. I'm still deciding between going Mint with ZFS on Linux or FreeNAS with ZFS. What file server OS are you running?
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    4K TV Prices Are Falling Fast, Fueling Rapid Adoption

    I'd like to see a 32-inch IPS 4K LCD monitor with DP1.3 and HDMI 2.0 be under $700. It'll be wishful thinking to see that happen any time in 2015, sadly. 2016-2017 seems like a possible timeframe for that to happen. Since that is a long way out, I'd probably end up getting a TN 4K LCD monitor...
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    Haswell-E/x99 coming September confirmed

    That is what I'm figuring with my last post here if I went the "midrange" route on the board and processor. The 5820K should cost somewhere closer to $400 so as to not cut into the 4790K pricing. Likely $375 to $399 for an "entry level" 6-core CPU with a base speed of 3.2 GHz to 3.5GHz. 5930K...
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    Broadwell-K & Skylake-S on track for Q2'15

    I would have to say the biggest things with Skylake are power efficiency improvements and the DDR4 memory support. Very, very likely they're going to retain the FIVR especially for the mobile versions of Skylake. Unfortunately, if sources are to be believed, Skylake-EP (likely become...
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    Plants vs. Zombies: Garden Warfare, What if TF2 and COD had a baby?

    I am honestly may consider getting this game. I enjoy the PvZ games, and for what looks like an innocent game of plants versus zombies, it's looks quite good running on the Frostbite engine.
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    Good video card that'll work on 300W PSU?

    So, a friend has this little computer he does some light gaming on besides using it for work. It's old and is running an A4-3400 APU and 4GB RAM with Win 7 on it. The problem is that the PSU is one of those cheap ones that came with the case-- 300W. He would like to know if there is an...
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    ZFS Stability: Linux vs Solaris

    Have you tried upgrading to 0.6.3? http://zfsonlinux.org/ Original post in Linux/BSD forum: http://hardforum.com/showthread.php?t=1822512 devman's post on how he upgrade his on CentOS: http://hardforum.com/showpost.php?p=1040902386&postcount=9 Feature list...
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    Watch Dogs

    http://www.pcgamer.com/2014/06/25/watch-dogs-mod-updated-with-ultra-texture-stuttering-fix-and-patch-support/ [/LIST]
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    Why do phones need to be so big?

    Having been critical of large phones before, and my current contract with ATT on my iPhone 5 ends this December, I may go for the 5.5-inch iPhone 6. So long as I can still put in my pocket and isn't cumbersome to hold in one hand or two hands. Why? Though I use my iPhone less for calls and...
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    Haswell-E/x99 coming September confirmed

    Thinking it over, if I go for this (very likely I will), I'm looking at the following: $399 for Core i7 5820K (6 cores, 130W) - estimated based on current -E series pricing; doubtful Intel will price it closer to Core i7 4790K at $340. $350 for two 8GB DDR4 sticks (if 16GB DDR4 stick is $350...
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    New FX chip?

    What could have been... http://hothardware.com/Reviews/AMD-Kaveri-Mobile-Launch-FX7600P-Performance-Preview/#!4an0Q It is practically neck-and-neck with the 4200U and 4500U in terms of performance. Imagine the following for a desktop FM2+ platform: 95W or 100W instead of 35W for the FX...
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    Next version of Android to be previewed at Google I/O

    http://www.bubblews.com/news/3963577-htc-volantis-new-nexus-tablet-htc http://hothardware.com/News/HTC-Volantis-Could-Be-The-New-Google-Nexus-9-Powered-By-NVIDIA-Tegra-K1/#!2Rffc
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    What exactly does AMD get out of continued mantle development post dx12?

    Definitely agree, Brent. It's great to see it likely led to DirectX 12 and improving the API.
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    New FX chip?

    That's what I hope so, too. If there was an AMD 750K for FM2, it'd be great to see a quad-core Steamroller without a GPU on the FM2+ platform with an FX moniker.
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    [PCWORLD] Intel approached AMD about access to Mantle

    Only a few things I can say about this Intel-AMD-Mantle brouhaha, in my own opinion: Only one other near-low level API will possibly be available on Linux and OSX platforms, the other will not-- DirectX. Only one other near-low level API can have games be ported to DirectX 12 with minimal...
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    Next version of Android to be previewed at Google I/O

    http://hothardware.com/News/Heres-A-Glimpse-Of-What-The-Next-Version-Of-Android-Might-Look-Like/#!3lBXR
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    iPhone Air ( iPhone 6 ) September

    If Bloomberg is to be believed, the new iPhone 6 in 4.7 and 5.5 inch sizes will begin production in July, and ship simultaneously in September of this year.
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    Upgrading my Sandy Bridge, for what? When?

    Yup, non-embedded Broadwell (non-K and K) versions will work on existing Z97 boards. This is similar to how 32nm SB and 22nm IVB were supported on Z77 boards before Haswell came out. The only new boards with new chipsets are for the embedded Broadwell chips-- HM86, HM87, QM87, a new HM97 and...
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    New FX chip?

    Same, my disappointment was confirmed, unfortunately.
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    New FX chip?

    I think, all in all, a lot of us here that post on the AMD forum regularly would like to see a high-clocked Steamroller in a 2 module (4 core) or 3 module (6 core) processor that isn't held back by the power envelope of having an on-die GPU. Unlikely it'll be on AM3+ if this happens, but on an...
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    Most Reliable 3-4TB HDD?

    If I could afford the 4TB HGST NAS drives or even the WD Blacks, I'd go for it over the Toshiba, but so far-- knock on wood-- they are working just fine. As with everything being posted here so far, the saying still holds: "Your mileage will vary." There are a lot of factors to consider that...
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    New FX chip?

    I'm hedging my bets it's an FX APU with the GPU cut out or disabled, and clocked high. To me it would make sense given there is an FX line for laptops, and there have been "divorced" APUs before like the 750K. So, likely there'll be an FM2+ version of such. On the other hand, the downside is...
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    290x successor close to release?

    Put this in perspective: R9 290X has a 512-bit memory bus, a maximum of 320GB/s memory bandwidth, and 4GB GDDR5. If the R9 290X is using SK Hynix memory such as the one in this review from XbitLabs, it is the following model: 6.0Gbps H5GQ2H24AFR-R0C FBGA(170ball) 16Bank 1.5VThat's 16x...
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