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  1. viscountalpha

    NVIDIA fined USD $5.5 million for hiding how many gaming GPUs were sold to crypto miners

    That's the frustrating part. How is any of this justice?
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    Intel ARC Performance and Pricing Speculation

    I think time will tell, But the drivers could be a primary cause of these GPU's not being up to par.
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    Upgrade to 3090 ti or wait for 4090?

    Nvidia may push up their time table to hammer on both AMD and intel. The parts shortage is letting up a tad but it's still really bad. My current estimation end of 2022, Provided taiwan doesn't become absorbed by china by force. My prediction, end of 2022 only because they want to try to keep...
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    Intel ARC Performance and Pricing Speculation

    I agree. A 4070 should be amazing for the price, but not if I have to drop an extra 200-300 for a new power supply. Power considerations are also a factor. If power prices spike, then those new nVidia cards will be spendy to keep using.
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    Intel ARC Performance and Pricing Speculation

    nVidia new offering is literally going to require so much extra power. it's sounding like a minimum 400watts to 800watts JUST for the card (I think it will be in the middle there). It sounds like a new power supply will be required. However, it's supposed to be a considerable step up in...
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    Intel ARC Performance and Pricing Speculation

    So they announced the low end products april 30th. They are supposed to be available very soon. I feel a little bit lied to because I want to know about the actual mid range and high end cards.
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    Retro 3dfx Voodoo1 and Voodoo5 5500/6000 Builds

    My boss sold a Voodoo 5500 AGP for $350, That stung because it was too cheap. He did make money off of it. But that hurt a tad. I also picked up a reproduced adlib card and I think it belongs in a 286 build honestly. I grew up with scsi on a 286. I think it was a nice 12mhz? I know my dad did...
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    Intel ARC Performance and Pricing Speculation

    When the market reaches saturation, I really do expect prices to plummet. All those people scalping will be wanting to get out all at once. *Edit* it looks like the demand is falling off. It's going to be an interesting few months.
  9. viscountalpha

    Intel ARC Performance and Pricing Speculation

    Q3, But I'm honestly skeptical. Parts shortages are really bad.
  10. viscountalpha

    so i finally won a newegg shuffle but lolz at the msrp

    Given what Newegg has done recently with their RMA, that speaks volumes of their business standards.
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    so i finally won a newegg shuffle but lolz at the msrp

    I hope Newegg gets bludgeoned by their own greed after this shortage ends.
  12. viscountalpha

    When will Video Card prices come down lower?

    Bullshit. Based on what? You need to cite evidence if you want to say "never". You're making insane remarks with very little supporting evidence. "Crypto will keep pushing" Is not evidence. You are trying to backtrack without any actual proof that this is a "never" scenario. I cited actual...
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    When will Video Card prices come down lower?

    That's not a realistic answer whatsoever. It's whatever the market will accept. Saying "NEVER" is almost guaranteed to be incorrect as your don't have any evidence to support your claim. The chip shortage isn't going to be around forever. Prices should come back to some sort of reason. It's to...
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    When will Video Card prices come down lower?

    Plans have to be adapted to match the marketplace demand. Long term roadmaps are kind of a sick joke because who could have predicted this shortage in the first place? There are obvious bad ideas like Itanium. The world wasn't ready and probably just barely ready to drop X86 compatibility...
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    When will Video Card prices come down lower?

    This is also coming from a man who is willing to buy an alchemist gpu and see how it is in the real world.
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    When will Video Card prices come down lower?

    i'm very close to people who work at intel. Intel also has a bad habit of not seeing things through and dropping projects before they ever bear fruit and spend literally millions to only break even. Larrabee is a PERFECT example of what should have been continued to be invested into since they...
  17. viscountalpha

    Fusion reactor actually put out more energy than it consumed for the first time ever

    We are still way too primitive to be allowed fusion technology. We would pose a threat to ourselves and anyone else essentially caught in the blast.
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    Halo Infinite becomes most-played Xbox game on Steam ever in under 24 hours

    343 industries aka Shitty bungie has been trying milk the halo franchise for years. This latest iteration actually seems decent. But it's more of a call back to halo 3/reach in many regards. There's some serious weapon balance issues (as there always is) TTK is way to low. default magazine...
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    Sony has formed the ‘PlayStation PC’ label for its PC games push.

    if anything I see a sharp uptick in mobile gaming that's decent. Consoles are easier to develop for (generally speaking) The catch is that an aging platform is harder to push new graphics for and that can directly impact sales. the advantage of pc gaming is enormous but Console gaming has it's...
  20. viscountalpha

    When will Video Card prices come down lower?

    Unfortunately that's the nature of the beast. Politics and backdoor deals. People in exclusive clubs that get better deals then others. When the Americas broke away from Britain. I will say there was some significant advantages that the Americas had over Britain, but the end result was the same...
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    Deals on cyber monday / black friday?

    I'm not sure prices will ever return to normal. There's no guarantee of that. I just want a new card at msrp and i'm willing to wait in my EVGA que.
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    Chip or not

    I once had a nightmare that intel fully pulled out of oregon, specifically my hometown. It left oregon in shambles as it once depended on that tax revenue. (not that it isn't close to shambles currently) But It made things much, MUCH worse since the fallout from that loss affected all sectors in...
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    When will Video Card prices come down lower?

    There's a chance we could have a glut of silicon and then a crash of price of chips which, would be great up to the point that companies start going under because of it. We've created this house of cards, expecting things to be a certain way and it's no longer that case. I forsee great hardship...
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    Deals on cyber monday / black friday?

    Don't expect much on the deals. It sounds like there's not going to be enough of everything to go around this year.
  25. viscountalpha

    **It's DEAD, Jim!** Logitech MX518 $19.99 and more on sale at Best Buy

    I loved my mx518 and i kind of miss it tbh. I may snag two!
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    Activision's new anti-cheat system for COD includes kernel level driver. driver already leaked.

    I'm unwilling to risk my computers stability or use for a game. From the article: "Besides, those concerns are more than hypothetical. In 2013, the ESEA revealed that a rogue employee was using their kernel-level software to turn users’ computers into Bitcoin mining machines. Valorant‘s...
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    Intel alchemist possibly delayed. to late 2022

    https://www.techpowerup.com/275153/wafer-prices-rising-by-up-to-40-in-2021-report In the end of 2020 is when a spike happened. https://www.sourcetoday.com/supply-chain/article/21867044/expect-silicon-wafer-tags-to-rise-through-2019 That is what I heard in 2018.
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    Intel alchemist possibly delayed. to late 2022

    There's so many different factors. Semiconductor wafer prices jumped by 20% even before covid hit. It was on it's way to a bottleneck even before all this nonsense. The physical limit of silicon and literal droughts decreasing the available water to help process the wafers is another massive and...
  29. viscountalpha

    Twitch Majorly Leaked

    You have no idea what your talking about. Twitch streams are like a chatroom where you hang out and interact with the streamer. A chatroom with a host. Some are pre-planned. Some aren't so much. Some are comedians while others are far more serious. There are pro streamers like LordBBH who...
  30. viscountalpha

    Intel alchemist possibly delayed. to late 2022

    https://www.techradar.com/news/intel-arc-alchemist-desktop-gpu-could-arrive-disappointingly-late-in-2022 I was personally looking forward to this. I'm not expecting anything amazing, but even 3070 performance for 400-500 would be nice right now. I figure by late 2022 the chip shortage should be...
  31. viscountalpha

    Graphics Card too Cheap to be true

    There's plenty of us fighting against planned obsolescence. The world doesn't need more garbage, it needs less waste and less low quality items.
  32. viscountalpha

    3080 Ti EVGA Notify Queue

    I have no real hope of getting a card at msrp for the near future.
  33. viscountalpha

    FS: Buttkicker Advance 400w tactile transducers.

    I got mine. Thanks! Looking forward to this install on my computer chair! (I know this is going to be omega overkill, but it will be awesome)
  34. viscountalpha

    FS: Buttkicker Advance 400w tactile transducers.

    When I get paid again, I think i need one of these. I'll let you know in a few days.
  35. viscountalpha

    Windows 11 May Not Run on Early Ryzen, Threadripper, Skylake-X, or Any Pre-2016 Intel PC

    Given the windows 11 cpu restrictions, I don't see very good adoption for this latest windows variant. It looks like a huge bust for both hardcore and casuals alike.
  36. viscountalpha

    Windows 11 May Not Run on Early Ryzen, Threadripper, Skylake-X, or Any Pre-2016 Intel PC

    Windows 10 is acceptable but this kind of nonsense gives me the urge to wash my hands of all this garbage. At what point do you say "ok, This is gone too far!" ?!?
  37. viscountalpha

    Windows 11 May Not Run on Early Ryzen, Threadripper, Skylake-X, or Any Pre-2016 Intel PC

    I'm really feeling this. I'm hoping this launches to very poor reviews and is poorly received. I'm already disenfranchised with the way Microsoft handles business.
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