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    Retro build - What GPU's should I go with?

    GTX 470s can be had for like $30 bucks or less on Ebay so me I might just go hog wild on triple SLI GF100 for dubious bragging rights but all of em sound fun.
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    You're building a new PC this year, which platform do you choose?

    Haha yeah I actually have the parts to craft a couple of those interposers and it would be kind of amazing to get one of these PGA168 socket SXL2s going on a 386 board. The native PGA132 versions of the SXL(2) are almost impossible to find these days but as they are the very same chips inside I...
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    You're building a new PC this year, which platform do you choose?

    You're not wrong! But my jam right now is taking a particular system generation and dialing it to 11. Despite the fanciful names, all of those CPUs actually fit in 486 motherboards. I've been sniping Ebay for the past year or 2 for deals on things I couldn't afford when I was younger. And now...
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    You're building a new PC this year, which platform do you choose?

    I went with socket 3. I just got a Cyrix 5x86-120GP off Ebay and I'm looking forward to building out a nice baby AT mid tower. Gonna try a couple of VLB and PCI motherboards and see how well I can get it to run vs my AMD 5x86-133 and Pentium Overdrive 83 Mhz.
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    Nvidia GeForce RTX 40x0 rumors and speculation

    I have to agree as far as the current games are concerned. You have to really make an effort to find cases where 12GB is the problem. But to be fair longevity or expected future disadvantage has always been a part of that argument.
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    Nvidia GeForce RTX 40x0 rumors and speculation

    Computerbase has R&C numbers. 8.6% diff at 1080p with Raytracing, skyrocketing to 44.5% at 4K. It looks like DLSS Quality is used at both resolutions. So yeah, the extra 4GB can certainly make a huge difference under the right circumstances.
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    Nvidia GeForce RTX 40x0 rumors and speculation

    Techspot / HUB did the MSI Ventus and concludes that it is just 3% faster than regular 4070 Ti at 1080p and 1440p, 6% faster at 4k, and just 4% in raytracing. Then there's Computerbase looking at the Asus Super TUF and saying between 7 and 10% faster at 1080p to 4k, and 6-14% in raytracing...
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    NVIDIA discussion [2024]

    Yep you nailed it. The 4080 FE is a pretty sizeable card, and just about every OEM seems to have taken that as a cue to bring cards that are at least 2 cm longer still, with more than a few gaining as much as 6. And while thickness is likely less often the main issue when it comes to fitting in...
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    NVIDIA discussion [2024]

    I'd be ok with this if they were supported with normal Nvidia driver releases. But they seem to require hacked driver kits. Ugh.
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    NVIDIA discussion [2024]

    Totally agree with this. The Gigabyte 4070 Ti Gaming OC I brought home actually didn't fit in my case. Totally dwarfed the previous 2080 Ti which only had 35W less power draw. Ended up having to put it in another PC. Then I got an Asus Proart 4080 on a Black Friday deal. This card is only 30 cm...
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    Nvidia GeForce RTX 40x0 rumors and speculation

    I suspect it will still do alright as 16GB has been propped up as a bit of a psychological barrier vis a vis current gen console conversions. There will certainly be some real edge cases where the 12GB models will have a comparatively larger dropoff.
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    Hello again

    I'm basically just happy we're back. As always, much appreciation for Rys and Shifty and Brit. So I guess I might be part of the problem as I do send reports from time to time, and don't always try to keep to the most constructive tone in any given post. Like on most forums I participate on, I...
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    Musk bought Twitter, what hasn't gone wrong?

    That might be true or it might not. I for one wouldn't judge him if he did do drugs. However, I couldn't help but notice the way his response was phrased; 'I agreed [to] random drug testing. Not even trace quantities were found'. Which really does not qualify as outright denial of the allegations.
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    Network technologies for gaming - Wifi versus Ethernet *spawn

    I use a mix of 10Gb, 2.5Gb and 1Gb/s UTP and fiber Ethernet at home, and I have some legacy 10/100Mbit devices. I also use an Asus Wifi 6 mesh network with Ethernet backhaul. I don't think anyone could argue Wifi is ever better than wired networking. Good enough, I guess. Cables going bad...
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    Musk bought Twitter, what hasn't gone wrong?

    Controlled legalization and access to quality testing makes a ton of sense to me. A lot of harm could be prevented if there were safe spaces for use and the risk of accidently consuming something laced with fentanyl or other dangerous substances was minimized. That said, Musk's typical Twitter...
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