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    Every GPU I owned since 2007 (Fun Topic)

    Voodoo 2 Trident 3D 16mb piece of shit in my HP Pavilion Geforce 2 4400 4600 ti 5800 GT 9800 Pro 6800 (unmasked to GT) SLI 7800 GT SLI 7800 GTO SLI 680 SLI 4870 512mb x-fire 4870 1gb x-fire 8800 gtx SLI 5870 (had a bunch of these for mining) 7900 9800 gtx SLI 480 gtx SLI 290 xtx 295x2 980 ti...
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    What is the worst chair you ever purchased?

    That's funny considering the best chair I've ever used is the Steelcase Please 2. I'll likely be buried with this thing it's so nice.
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    Nvidia ACE, generative AI dialogue in games

    Like most LLM-based AIs, it will get to a point where it's somewhat passable for instanced character interactions. It will be a looong time, however, for it to emulate the multi-layered semantics, character development, and overally plot arching only humans can write. For this, you need a...
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    ASUS GPU's cost more then alternatives

    In my experience, Asus cards are no more or less issue-prone than any other AIB. Further, their after-market support is on the same level as others. You're really just paying a premium for the brand(ing), and likely shoring up R&D and other failing segments e.g. phones. On the other hand...
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    Will the RTX-5xxx series have a brand new power connector?

    My view is they'll likely make the 12VHPWR connector more robust and attach than change the entire connection/cord standard. They simply need to make the connection more secure, and easier to tell if it's not seated correctly.
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    Asus ROG Ally $399 @ Best Buy

    I thought the battery would be an issue as well, but I’ve found it it super rare you’re sitting somewhere for over two hours where you can’t plug in. My two primary reasons for getting this were a) commute where I take a nice high-speed train with plugs in a few days a week, and b) on long-haul...
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    What is the worst chair you ever purchased?

    Some generic "gaming" chair my wife bought me as a gift, bless her. The thing started falling apart within two months. I bought a Steelcase Please Operator's chair after and have had it four 4+ years now, singularly the best office/gaming chair I've ever owned.
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    Starfield: Let's see Your Ships!

    Reminds me very much of a Veritch Beta fighter in fighter mode from Robotech.
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    Amazon CEO Andy Jassy threatens employees to return to office or "things are probably not going to work out for you"

    The bald-face rational and sociopathic psychology of execs so obvious here for all those points, it's laughable. The other laughable aspect among this littany of chicanery is the ecological impact of making people commute into work 5+ days a week. My firm has a target to go near-carbon neutral...
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    Assassin’s Creed Mirage

    Looks quite impressive. Also looks like they unsurprisingly avoided any religious imagery.
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    $1160 4080 vs $910 7900 XTX???

    I've said my piece here, but unless you're doing AI/ML, 7900 XTX. I've owned cards with both GPUs and they're both very close, so it comes to other variables secondary to performance. The 7900 XTX is marginally faster in rasterization than the 4080, has more VRAM, you can normally find better...
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    AI Takes over Hollywood

    You just know they're going to bias the AI all to hell. I've been working on de-biasing tools for the past four years, but maybe there's more money in actually doing the opposite: introducing and inducing bias in AI. As for the Cleopatra thing, that's the worst kind of garbage of this sort...
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    Any happy 4080 owners here?

    Between the return of my stock 7900 xtx that had the vapor chamber issue (bought on launch day), and the purchase of my 7900 xtx Red Devil which I couldn't be happier with, I had a PNY 4080 XLR8. Good card, but the extra $200 I paid over the 7900 was really stuck in my craw (much more over...
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    This is "getting too hot" deals on Powercolor 7900xtx

    We're getting closer to where these cards should be priced. The market should always win. Unfortunately, both nV and AMD have the cash reserves to hold the line on exorbitant prices until the market is artifically pulled along. It's a battle of wills at this point: consumers refusing to pay...
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    $1160 4080 vs $910 7900 XTX???

    That's a good deal for an XTX. I paid $1000 for mine on release day and still feel raw about it, but it's been a fantastic card (I had to return the first as it was a first batch had the heat plate issue) and will last me a good while. As for the 4080 vs 7900 xtx, it's all about how much you...
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