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    The Apple Vision Pro goes on sale in the US on February 2 for $3,499

    I wonder how they hold up being dropped several times, rain soaked, freezes in subzero weather, hit by a ball, frisbee, fist etc. I want my terminator vision goggles!
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    The Apple Vision Pro goes on sale in the US on February 2 for $3,499

    Watch about 1/2, that was enough hysteria of world doom. Same story, hyperbole, from ages past on new technologies. What ifs. Yes, a knife can be a vital tool in preparing food or can be used to slice and dice people, it is how it is used that makes the difference.
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    The Apple Vision Pro goes on sale in the US on February 2 for $3,499

    Pretty cool, will wait until software, OS, bugs and maybe next version Plus night vision, lidar, back view window on display. Maybe target, oops, mean tracking of objects.
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    NVIDIA rumored to be preparing GeForce RTX 4080/4070 SUPER cards

    A good bump lower in price. Card is still over priced in the end
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    The Apple Vision Pro goes on sale in the US on February 2 for $3,499

    Naaa, just a bunch of rich kids getting one to hang on the wall to impress their girlfriends. Maybe never used. 😊
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    NVIDIA rumored to be preparing GeForce RTX 4080/4070 SUPER cards

    4090 at 4K Native, Alan Wake, High Quality Preset, High Quality Ray tracing -> 28fps. I really don't think in the near or somewhat distant future low end and mid range GPUs will have double the performance of the 4090 (basically double the transistors or clock speed) to make PT that common even...
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    NVIDIA rumored to be preparing GeForce RTX 4080/4070 SUPER cards

    I would think that was necessary in order to have better control over resources. Putting together, especially black box code, makes making optimize coordinated programs almost impossible.
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    NVIDIA rumored to be preparing GeForce RTX 4080/4070 SUPER cards

    In my experience, RT is good when it has a significant impact on image representation, realism when needed and not degrade performance to point of affecting adversely the game play. Also when choosing what looks better, as in lower resolutions with RT on, maybe with lower other graphics...
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    NVIDIA rumored to be preparing GeForce RTX 4080/4070 SUPER cards

    I would say any generalization misses the mark. Go by per game and then if RT even makes a meaningful difference in the IQ. Then the odds one will even care playing it. AW has software RT when PT is off and looks awesome in itself. PT in that title does add some more accuracy but is it ground...
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    NVIDIA rumored to be preparing GeForce RTX 4080/4070 SUPER cards

    Supers are turning out to be super disappointing. Only card interesting is the 4090 for this generation. BestBuy had several versions for less than $1800 last night. Not something I would want to get this late in the game cycle though at even MSRP.
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    Ubisoft Wants You To Be Comfortable Not Owning Your Games

    I’ve found just reading forum experiences, comments, images is enough for me to make a good decision or chance in buying a game I would like without having to try out multiple games, hours at a time to just feel like my hour glass of life is now less. Of course CP 2077 I thought I would love...
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    Ubisoft Wants You To Be Comfortable Not Owning Your Games

    My 2 cents worth or less. Subscription model does not work for me. Especially if the norm, death by a thousand slices. Had Ubi subscription for a period of time, I just did not use it enough to warrant the cost. It is like having a subscription to 20 different pay channels where realistically...
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    GeForce RTX 4070 Super reviews

    Not impressed with the 4070 Super, better than the regular 4070 which is still overpriced. The 4070 Super brings nothing to the table in performance/buck compared to what was already available from last gen AMD parts. The 4070 regular price should have been reduced to at least MSRP of the 7800...
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    AMD Ryzen 8000G Processors Launched for the AI PC Era + 5 series updates

    8700G has peaked my interest in an APU. Maybe time again to put the Commodore 64 case back in use. Would prefer Linux over Windows in this case. Downgrade to 45w, do what I can to maximize boost frequency with the lower setting.
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    The Apple Vision Pro goes on sale in the US on February 2 for $3,499

    Come on, Apple new Appleverse will be ushered in where you can buy land, build (for a cost), sell, trade, transact (for a small Apple fee) and so on. 😊 I think more inline with huge movie productions, artist, architects, design and engineering oriented. Remote avatar, for example doing a remote...
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    Intel CEO laments Nvidia's 'extraordinarily lucky' AI dominance, claims it coulda-woulda-shoulda have been Intel

    What ever happen to Meteor Lake, tile the world approach? 2021, oops 2022, well 2023 and well at least it competes with AMD current generation soon to be replaced by next, lol. Forget desktop, the 1490KS will make a rare occurrence instead.
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    NVIDIA rumored to be preparing GeForce RTX 4080/4070 SUPER cards

    The cutdown 4090D option for China, to bypass restrictions, makes any 4080 Ti, 20gb, 320bit bus card very unlikely. Nvidia can just make more money selling special lower tier 102 die version to China it appears. Obviously they were building/binning these 102 dies for something.
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    Avatar: Frontiers of Pandora

    Having a great time with this game. Love the battles where you move fast for different angles of attack hiding in the terrain, reminds me of Crysis on picking them off just different mechanics to stay invisible. Game when exploring Pandora is incredibly detailed, beautiful, fun and engaging...
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    More than 5 years since launch, the Epic Game Store has still not turned profitable

    Have zero free games from Epic, games I have are all bought. Not many, 4. As a gamer I don’t see anything EPIC store has that is better than Steam, except earlier access to the games I bought.
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    Alan Wake 2

    lol, rant, glad he does not make games where everything is predictable in a character or do what is logical. That makes the game for me very fun when the character do weird, unexpected things that I find illogical at times, more exactly put you in a situation way out of your comfort zone in the...
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    Alan Wake 2

    FSR seems relatively good or usable for me. At 4k I get more frame stability with FSR quality over native? HUH. DLSS has its pluses and minuses, but overall the superior upscaling tech. As for frame generation, unless Remedy uses FSR3 frame gen I won’t see it in action. Can consoles support...
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    AMD vs nVidia Colors - Concrete proof of differences

    Don’t know, they use to have the setting in the past. Also AMD for some time now, supports VRR on my Sony TV.
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    Alan Wake 2

    Just remember, when next generation of Nvidia cards hit, next gen Nvidia titles and updated ones will play like shit on your current gen hardware. And you may have to pay over $1000 for a 70 series card. Actually this game plays good in even lower end cards, just turn off the RT options, game...
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    Alan Wake 2

    Great game, atmospheric with Remedy typical twists and turns. Visually stunning even without any RT settings turned on. Only frustrating part is climbing over trees, up rocks, not really obstructions is very limited, invisible barriers everywhere. No problems running it at 4K on 7900 XTX without RT.
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    Alan Wake 2

    I would think so, if you angle down the reflections go away, as in if not in screen space there is none for this area. Now the RT ones look too bright while the non-RT ones look more natural to me. RT shadows are also hard and less soft, which is better or more realistic??? I've come to the...
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    Alan Wake 2

    Do the optimize settings from Digital Foundary, you probably be faster than that.
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    Alan Wake 2

    Digital Foundary, above video said when RT is off it uses software ray tracing??? Don't know about that. Game looks awesome without raytracing, if one has the hardware and can get performance, then course use RT. Mesh shaders with some of the most detailed objects I've seen in a game...
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    Alan Wake 2

    lol, what ever you say. Huge, not so much. I can play it without FSR by the way.
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    Alan Wake 2

    WTF, article is dead wrong "To play Alan Wake 2 on an AMD graphics card, you're left with only one real option: turn all the settings down a notch or three." 7900 XTX at 4K, FSR quality, Ultra no RT, HDR In town, less taxing -> 85 - 90 FPS In Forest, if I remember right, 70 - 75fps W/O FSR...
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    Any point to using 2 video cards nowadays?

    There were exceptions, Shadow Of The Tomb Raider and Rise, at 4K scaled over 90% with two 1080Ti's. Just not enough games in the end where it was effective.
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    4090s will be in short supply for the next 2 years

    Who cares if the 4090 becomes unobtainable? They have been out for about a year now, those really wanting and could afford one should have one already. Now of course professionals that would like to stick four or more on a high end rig for AI/Rendering etc. will be out of luck so maybe I...
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    NVIDIA rumored to be preparing GeForce RTX 4080/4070 SUPER cards

    The coolers are excessively large for the most part for zero reasons, the 4080 does not need a 4090 cooler and so on down the stack. It is stupid and causes problems not only in fit but also blocking pice slots and space for other stuff in that box. Plus why pay extra for something not really...
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    In a 1st, AI neural network captures 'critical aspect of human intelligence'

    Cool beans, except how much processing power, space needed for such capabilities? The more human the more one gets human problems as well, especially dealing with conflict.
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    In a 1st, AI neural network captures 'critical aspect of human intelligence'

    Cool! When can I order my Stepford Wife? One trick turns into many.
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    NVIDIA rumored to be preparing GeForce RTX 4080/4070 SUPER cards

    I would say if Nvidia and AIBs reduce the stupidly big cooler sizes for cards that don’t need it, virtually all of them, so normal people with normal size cases have less issues. Increase ram sizes some and reduce cost, Nvidia would do extremely well. Also, a 102 die that can be sold in China...
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    AMD Counter-Strikes Itself, Pulls Driver After Anti-Lag Feature Causes CS2 Bans

    Nvidia has big pockets stuff with cash. :D For non networked or non-multiplier games, this feature can be very useful. As for CS Go, obviously don’t use it until a remedy or method to allow is available. I rather have a non game specific mechanism if available vice current more restrictive way...
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    AMD Could Tease DLSS 3-rivaling FSR 3.0 at GDC 2023

    Well needing a 4090 to have something useful as in a quality improvement is not good. Hence FSR 3 to get lower resolution upscaled + frame generated frames to play smoothly basically for RT is bla. Just because it has ray tracing does not mean automatically it is more accurate. The more samples...
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    AMD Could Tease DLSS 3-rivaling FSR 3.0 at GDC 2023

    Yes, ray tracing has been used for awhile in making game contact. Real-time does not equate to real good. just because RT is used in frame to frame rendering does not magically make it super specially eye popping. In many cases it looks off, contrived, low quality, blurry in motion, poor...
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    AMD Could Tease DLSS 3-rivaling FSR 3.0 at GDC 2023

    Well if AI can come up with approximate lighting with less processing needed, yep, keep it rolling along. RT is brute force method, be prepared to pay Peter for it. Nvidia and others are constantly experimenting and pushing ahead. See what happens.
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    AMD Could Tease DLSS 3-rivaling FSR 3.0 at GDC 2023

    RT model can be effective on lighting calculations or somewhat more natural to real lighting. Real lighting, Mother Nature type has virtually infinite number of photons scattering around, being absorb, emitting light. Jest is real time RT (laughable at this stage) is a gross, not even close to...
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