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curious Q here ... been playing Metro Exodus using no V-sync because when I turn on in-game V-sync it drops to 35 fps or less. With or without full v-sync my Asus Strix GTX 970 needs 80% fan to keep it under 70C, no other game in my arsenal comes near that kind of temp or fan speed. One day I...

"Activision Blizzard Inc. on Monday said it had agreed to pay $18 million as part of a settlement with the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission, which had been examining allegations of gender-based harassment and retaliation at the embattled videogame-publishing giant." oh well, whatcha...

"U.S. federal judge Leonie Brikema ruled this week that an AI can’t be listed as an inventor on a U.S. patent under current law. The case was brought forward by Stephen Thaler, who is part of the Artificial Inventor Project, an international initiative that argues that an AI should be allowed to...

"Alphabet's Wing to pass 100,000 drone delivery milestone this week" "Delivery drone company Wing will surpass 100,000 customer deliveries by the end of this week, the company said in a a blog post. Wing is an Alphabet subsidiary that develops technology for drone-based deliveries." "The...

"Kress pointed out that the deal has to close by September 2022, giving Nvidia roughly a year. Otherwise, ARM’s current owner, Softbank Group Inc. gets to keep a $1.25 billion breakup fee that Nvidia already made as a down payment." naw, Jenson will just send a box of black leather jackets to...

"The bot is 5 feet, 8 inches tall and weighs 125 pounds. It can carry up to 45 pounds and deadlift up to 150 pounds, according to a presentation about Tesla Bot. It can also move up to 5 miles per hour." Reminds me of the robot in The Day The Earth Stood Still...

"high-performance computer has added 12.8 trillion new digits to the number Pi, in a calculation that reached a record-breaking 62.8 trillion figures in total." Personally, I still prefer cherry to apple oh wait ... wrong pi :cool...

iPhone supplier Foxconn confirms US EV factory for 2023 "We knew Foxconn had its eye on a US production site to build electric vehicles, but the supplier confirmed during an investor call it wants to have an American production facility online come 2023. Nikkei first reported the news Thursday."...

"Buzz60’s Elizabeth Keatinge tells us about the world’s first robot kitchen" reminds me of the Jetsons https://www.msn.com/en-us/video/peopleandplaces/this-robot-does-all-the-cooking-for-you/vi-AANczLm?ocid=msnews

"How do authorities dispose of confiscated cryptocurrency mining rigs? In a city in Sarawak, Malaysia, authorities got rid of 1,069 rigs at once by crushing them with a steamroller, Vice reports. " and so it begins :LOL: those dummies, they should have sold all those GPU's here at [H]...

"Maxima pushed a green button that set the robot's arm in motion to cut a ribbon across the bridge with a pair of scissors." ... really? Could of fooled me (they posted no photo of the robot or the queen). I didn't know the Dutch had a queen. Anyways ... nice to see how 3-D printing is coming...

well, I guess it was just a matter of time for something like this to be brought up. "A gas-fired power plant being used to support a Bitcoin mining operation in upstate New York as divided local residents over the environmental toll of the energy-intensive process versus the economic benefits...

just had a Steam pop up window ask me to take a hardware survey so I did. Interesting thing is the OS install date it showed :eek:

just purchased Battlefield 5 from Steam, Summer sale for $13 (tax included on June 27, 2021) What a crappy game. Reminds me of a fancy version of a release game makers used to make 10 to 15 years ago. For $13 there's no complaints based on PRICE only but as a game, it sucks royally especially...

they're here :eek: In the video it shows one PIN being entered and then both doors open. I guess it's a buy one get seven free offer unless you're the first delivery :barefoot:

Here's a really well done lesson to learn how to play the Admiral's Song from Metro Exodus. Thought I'd post it here for any fellow Metro guitar players here at [H]

lowest price I've seen in quite some time for a MSI GTX 970 Gaming 4G card https://www.ebay.com/itm/294209363524?epid=1641140035&hash=item44803e9e44%3Ag%3A-dIAAOSwJSpguO7F&LH_BIN=1

here we go again. Just had a cyberattack that shut down ALL JBS beef/pork facilities today June 1, 2021 easy fix, just eat mor chikin https://www.foxbusiness.com/markets/jbs-cyberattack-shuts-down-one-fifth-us-beef-production

Though some here might like to know what the fix was for my ASUS GTX 970 that kept tripping the power supply. I got a hold of a Seasonic 750W Focus and things improved a bit but decided to re-paste the GPU and so I removed the fan assembly and thought "what the heck, I'll remove the backplate...

and the slide downhill continues. Note in the article how China is cracking down on cryptocurrency in it's Country and that the US is going to be doing the same soon: "Prices began to tumble last week as the US and China signaled potential crypto crackdowns" (from the same article)...

My PC keeps eventually shutting itself off but only when playing Metro Exodus. I can play Horizon Zero Dawn on High settings no problem, CPU temp never goes over 40C and GPU stays below 62C with 50% fan (Asus Strix GTX 970). Any game I play from Andromeda to the earlier Metro games run well...

They say, "whatever goes up must come down" :barefoot: "The statement from China's industry association said all members should "resolutely refrain from conducting or participating in any business activities related to virtual currencies. A week ago, Bitcoin was trading above $50,105 after its...

"When dedicated hardware does the job so much better, GPUs could lose their appeal. The Chinese mining firm, Bitmain, has released a teaser for its upcoming ASIC Antminer E9 Etherum mining box. This is potentially good news for PC gamers because the Antminer E9 is much better at mining Ethereum...

What's the real reason(s) for the GPU/CPU shortage? nice video, he covers a lot of different areas. Enjoy ...

"As you probably already know if you're visiting this article, there's a huge worldwide shortage of graphic cards right now due to a myriad of supply and demand issues. " What exactly are the "myriad of supply issues, who created them, Trump's tax on Chinese imports, etc. Anyone know what's...

there's a used MSI GTX 1660 Ti twin fan model currently listed on ebay for $285 shipped. It has 57 views per hour and it's still up for sale while ALL other used GTX 1660 Ti's list for $400+ R things slowing down? Does anyone really care besides miners?

"BEIJING (Reuters) - China’s factory activity grew at the slowest pace in five months in January, hit by a wave of domestic coronavirus infections" better hang on to whatever GPU you're currently using .... might become worth it's weight in gold before long :barefoot...

"The Federal Aviation Administration has approved the nation's first-ever fully automated commercial drone flights. . In documents posted to the FAA website, Massachusetts-based American Robotics Inc. got a partial grant of exemption on Jan. 14 that allows unmanned aircraft to fly beyond the...

just got a Blu-ray brand new and tried to play it and got the following error using PowerDVD 16. All other Blu-rays older, same year or newer all play no problem. I ran Cyberlink's Advisor program and it says all is well with my hardware. Anything you know I can check? Only setting I have in...

Just came from eBay where I was checking out prices and saw USED GTX 1660 ti GPU's listed and the lowest priced card (a single fan model) was $399 :eek: So I went to Newegg and saw page after page of GPU's that said SOLD OUT (whole pages of them). This makes what happened in 2017 look as though...

"A team of researchers at Yale University say they’ve built a single-molecule switch, a big step on the road to even smaller computers. Professor Mark Reed demonstrated the “single-molecule electret” on October 12, 2020 which was able to switch from one stable state to another. This involved the...

Microsoft Breached in Suspected Russian Hack Using SolarWinds "Microsoft was hacked as part of the suspected Russian campaign that has hit multiple U.S. government agencies by taking advantage of the widespread use of software from SolarWinds Corp, according to people familiar with the...

"Congressional lawmakers are questioning whether the cyberattack on the federal government is an act of war. According to The Hill, the cyberattack, widely attributed to Russia, may be the biggest in U.S. history." any truth to that report or is it just political spin? Interesting how this...

also fascinating :barefoot: https://www.foxbusiness.com/technology/google-backs-out-oil-gas-extraction-ai

"we’ve decided that we will not sell facial recognition technology to police departments in the United States until we have a national law in place, grounded in human rights, that will govern this technology.” a National law, yea ... that'll do it :barefoot...

Folks don't want to play buggy, incomplete or not made right games. For example, here's a screen shot from Metro Exodus / Sam's Story. Would be no problem except it's far from being the only such occurrence (with respect to graphics mishaps) and other such things like how a stalker will suddenly...

please remover this post ... thanks

bought this ASUS ROG Strix GTX 1660 Ti on eBay back in March 2020 then got a RTX 2070 Super so this card is up for sale. Has no Serial # tag - that's the way I received it from the eBay seller and they said it was the Advanced model but I can't confirm that without the serial tag. It runs as...

"The 'ILOVEYOU' virus caused billions of dollars in damage control, but all the author wanted to do was gain internet access." That's what his Lawyer said *but IMO someone must have been getting close to finding out it was him). Well, he cause BILLIONS in damages so what to do? Sign him up with...

I want to use the MoBo audio 5.1 OUT and run it to my Yamaha AV Receiver Multi Channel INPUT section. There's no info in the MoBo manual to tell me the cable pin-out (aka Left to TIP, Right to RING though I realize I can use trial and error to figure out Front and Surround speaker L & R) but the...