Recent content by XacTactX

I see the point you're making, it's possible that production costs have increased so much that nVidia is making the same profit margin on the 4060 Ti compared to the 3060 Ti, even though it came out 2.5 years ago. Without knowing the BOM for all of the GPU's we can't say for sure. I think the...

I think it's easy to see that nVidia is trying to nickel and dime gamers, especially when you look at the die size of this GPU compared to the previous card. RTX 3060 Ti = 392 mm^2 die for $400 in December 2020 RTX 4060 Ti = 190 mm^2 die for $400 in May 2023 If nVidia wanted to give a proper...

IMO it's natural that a company might need to change flash chips or controllers over time, especially for an entry-level or midrange product, but it should be clearly marked on the SKU, or the packaging should say "WD SN550 V2" instead of "WD SN550 V1". The other problem that makes this issue...

Has anyone found a way to add controller support to this game? I love action RPGs but I don't like to play them with mouse only, either controller or KBM is more fun for me

I'm going to get some of this paste in the next few weeks so I can repaste my GPU and hopefully it will improve my temp by 1-2* C. But the real reason I'm commenting is to talk about Arctic Silver 5, since other people are talking about it. I can't believe that company is still in business and...

I miss the old days of tech too. Windows 10 is so overbearing with advertisements and forced updates. I click the Start button and I see icons for apps that I haven't installed on my PC, and I have no idea what they are, but of course the maker of the app paid Microsoft for ad placement and now...

This comment made me curious so I decided to benchmark my Dell XPS 8940 and Intel 10400 to see how much power limits were affecting my PC. I left the default power limit of 120 watts because I wanted to see the stock behavior of the CPU / motherboard. It's holding around 3.86 GHz after 45...

The pricing on the K-series chips is kinda high but the regular processors seem like good deals. The 11400 costs $182 and the 11700 costs $323. If the performance on those two is anywhere close to the 5600X and the 5800X they will be winners. I just don't know if Anandtech's review of the 11700K...

Thank you for taking the time to write this. Do you have any experience with high end LCD gaming monitors? I wonder how CRT like the Sony FW900 compares to high end monitors like the Samsung Odyssey G7 or the Viewsonic XG270QG.

In my opinion GPU prices have gone to shit but since you can mine crypto, the GPU will pay for itself over time (assuming that crypto prices do not change and the difficulty of mining stays the same). In that context, you can make roughly $6-7 per day mining with a 3070, so it's not bad. I would...

I agree with your point that this card might be good enough for light gamers, but I just want to point out, the RX 570 is faster than this card, and before the GPU shortage you could find RX 570 4GB for around $100-110. Now you have to pay $200 for a card with slower performance (power...

I think you have a neat perspective about the FW900 vs. new monitors. Everyone who sees the FW900 says the motion clarity is better than any LCD, but I think to myself, is it really true that we can't beat 20 year old technology with the best screens of today? I would love to see a comparison...

The Intel 10400 and 10100 have taken the place of the Ryzen 3600 and 3300X as the best budget gaming CPUs. About 6-9 months ago when you could find the Ryzen 3600 for $170 it was great, but now it's hard to find and Intel has slashed prices to rock bottom. I think anyone building a PC for up to...

Don't you get worried about the longevity of a PSU when its 13-14 years old?!?! :sick:

I was just watching this video about the Radeon HD 6990, 10 years after launch and I realized that both nVidia and AMD haven't released any dual GPU cards in almost 10 years. On top of that, the marketing for SLI and CrossFire has disappeared and hardly anyone discusses these techniques. When I...