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Weird thing is, looking back at my posting history on these forums I've gone off on the Volaris at least twice prior. Something about being promised a legitimate third contender in the GPU space back then and being handed trash that worked with...

https://www.neowin.net/news/new-version-of-tiny11-builder-lets-you-debloat-any-windows-11-build-or-version New version of Tiny11 Builder lets you debloat any Windows 11 build or version That about tells you all you need to know there...

Well… other than the hallmark reputation of being Nvidia’s biggest faceplant release so far, the FX series did support a few things later cards didn't that were useful for specific legacy 3D tasks. It was the last line of cards that supported...

Bump for a killer deal.

It’s somewhere between a 1050 Ti and an RX 570 in general, has a hell of a video encoder and generally modern feature set, and has the option of running without a PCIe connector, though the models that have one are certainly faster under...

Not really. Apple doesn't make products that are comparable to the shitty parts bin laptops, at any price point. You can look at just the memory spec and try to compare 8GB vs 8GB, but there is more to a computer than that. At $1400, you get...

Great to hear the memories of experiences like this. Without posts like yours, the history of these devices will vanish as there's nothing in print that will stand the test of time offline.

Ah, yeah, I remember the Volaris. I was in touch with someone in their U.S. office and had the opportunity to beta test drivers on hardware they'd have provided me free of charge, but I passed on the opportunity after an extended family member...

One small exception… x1900/1950xtx cards did achieve that level of success. They didn’t top the charts for as long but they did top the charts.

I think I'm coming to the end of "modern pc" gaming after 30 years in the hobby. This trend of possible 2500.00 gpu's combined with "modern games" that really don't target my age bracket is forcing me to reevaluate my priorities. At least I have...

space heaters. ;) You should get some of those shadow boxes for them.. I used these for my collection: https://www.containerstore.com/s/office/craft-hobby/ballqube-race-car-display-cube/12d?productId=10001594 I prop them up with little stands...

If you run them all at once in the same room do your eardrums explode or does it herald the apocalypse

TRADED FOR A 16GB ARC A770. THANKS FOR LOOKING! What it says - I want to sell this immense slab of an RTX 3070. It is in good working order and a stalwart, capable performer. I’d like $290 shipped within the continental U.S. This was never mined...

Looking to sell an old Apple iMac 27". The thought crossed my mind to convert this thing to a standalone monitor, but I just don't have the time and desire for a project like that right now. Model A1319 (Late 2009) Intel i7 860 (Quad-core...

I'm pretty sure I remember finding some planetary alignment of multiple rebates on a 260 right after it got discounted and I got it for like $200 or something silly. I might have even found the deal on these forums Served me well

I’m pulling for Intel at this point - AMD’s GPU development may have been intractably stunted by their starvation days, and their software team just hasn’t been able to scale to broad competitiveness. I’m not downplaying how good their hardware...

If you’ve ever been “fortunate” enough to crack open an E1.L (Ruler) cartridge then you are met with a long ass board just slathered in memory chips and controllers. If it’s multiple logical drives you would be hard pressed to know where one...

is that the large wave of blind rage going around for a single sub-point on a list of several areas on an optional set of guidelines that says something like "Consider if they [female characters] have exaggerated proportions?" oh yeah that's...

Quoting, because I had an MSI-manufactured one that I flat-out adored. Within its limits the card was rock solid, and I loved running all my old games with angle-independent anisotropic filtering and antialiasing forced on. I think I sold it...