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I believe Scott Herkelman was trying to draw attention to the fact that Nvidia was more than happy to use their Super launch to increase margins/pricing on the 2060 cards and not even bother to compete with the 5700XT on price. Then again, that's just how I saw it.

I believe you're looking at the wrong temps. I'd recommend using HWiNFO64 instead and looking at the (Tdie) readings.

Well the QVL is there as an indicator of what you might expect your memory to reach. Given that there are a significant number of kits tested it would suggest that 3400 is very unlikely. It's also possible that the board hasn't been updated to show validation for the 2nd gen TR so there's that. Out of the three I'd be looking at the other two you mentioned since it's probably more of a better match. I'm not sure how they compare though. One thing you might prefer is the Taichi since it uses a Lotes socket rather than Foxconn though. Should make installation a hell of a lot easier ? I really wouldn't worry about the RAM though. Just know that you'll most likely get 2933Mhz and maybe more if you're lucky with 8 dimms. Should still perform quite well, especially if you tweak the timings.

Because 8 dimms means 2 dims per channel. If you look at any Ryzen/Threadripper board you'll notice the supported speeds drops quite dramatically if you do that. My board for example has a handful of 8 dimm kits validated at 2933Mhz and those are all 3000/3200Mhz kits. So I'd say you're probably doing well if you manage to pull 3200Mhz off. Edit: So I looked at your boards QVL list and the only kits validated at 3400Mhz are done so with 2/4 modules installed.

A couple of things you could do. It looks like you need a lot of RAM which means TR is probably the better option (you also won't be getting 3400Mhz working with 8 dimms). So you could opt for TR but waiting for it to go on clearance or you could wait for Ryzen 3000 which might not actually launch with a 16 core part immediately.

Pretty sure there have been flying cars over a decade ago...

Well what I'm saying is that if this is a high effort application of the technology then I'd be having serious concerns over whether or not it's going to be relevant. Most companies won't have the skill or resources that Square Enix have either. So what good is it if 30% of the transistors on your GPU are there solely to produce an effect that is more cheaply done by alternate means on the rest of the GPU with almost identical performance and results?

The real game is trying to space out your hardware changes so that Origin doesn't lock you out of your account for 24 hours. Considering this game was heavily used to promote the Nvidia cards and Nvidia was even involved with it since one of the first trailers of the game I would say that it's probably not a low effort implementation.

It most certainly is. It might be showing you a limited version because you do not have an account? I guess we'll see how this affects them in the long run but with Navi on the horizon it sounds like an impossible feat for them to achieve the same levels of revenue because margins will be limited by the necessity to compete and sales will be reduced due to the supposedly huge inventory they still need to get rid of.

Here is the Quote: and:

Two quarters ago at an earnings call Jensen said he had approximately two quarters worth of inventory and in their target adjustment that this news post is based on they claimed that the inventory in the channel was depleting as expected. Now the news article I posted suggests that there is two and potentially even more quarters of inventory sitting in the channel still and I'm genuinely unsure how that would be possible if both of his statements are to be true. Jensen has shown a lot of reluctance towards answering inventory related questions and tends to stutter a lot when asked about it. I'm just saying that his communication hasn't been close to transparent when it comes to discussing inventory and that I think he's intentionally done that to mislead shareholders who would likely be very concerned if they saw the real inventory numbers. If inventory is still a concern come May then we'll know for sure.

Speaking of which. I guess I might have been onto something. These guys are suggesting that Nvidia has far more inventory than he has led investors to believe. https://seekingalpha.com/article/4237475-nvidia-strong-market-disguising-downside-potential?dr=1

He claimed that cryptocurrency was basically dead in the July earnings call and that was the reason for poor gaming market performance since the mining craze had driven up GPU prices. Then in the following earnings call in November he claimed that gaming market performance was still down because of the "crypto hangover" which had resulted in prices still remaining high, but he also remarked that demand for Turing products was "fantastic". Now we're hearing that just a little bit out from their next earnings call they're lowering projections citing that there is no problem with their inventory and it's depleting in line with their predictions, but gaming product demand and primarily Turing products are experiencing demand that is below expectations, even after prices had come down. What that says to me is that Nvidia has failed to read the market in a significant number of areas; something I find difficult to believe given how long they have been in the industry, or they lied in one or multiple of their prior statements.

Well I believe their last investor meetings were also less than honest. Remember when Jensen said that they were "masters of inventory management" and that cryptocurrency mining dying off would not affect their ability to meet targets?

They mentioned mid-range specifically as being the one that is in oversupply, but clearing out as expected (they didn't say Chinese inventory as far as I can tell). They also mentioned that Chinese market is performing lower than expected due to poor economic conditions. So it sounds like cryptocurrency is only mentioned to state that it's responsible for the mid-range oversupply but not the current poor performance compared to projections. Given that the Turing is cited as performing poorly across the board it sounds like they're suggesting that everybody who would have purchased that ended up purchasing Pascal cards, which would have resulted in the inventory levels clearing as expected.

Suburbia but I wouldn't say fringe at all. I'm approximately 7km from the city centre which is about 50% to 70% as far as the suburbs go. The thing is where I live the city centre and areas that are more central to the city have not yet got NBN whereas all the areas that are almost rural have had it for years.

I just got a 50Mbit connection recently and that's after 10 years of waiting. So I've been jealous for a very long time ?

That's the thing though. Apple has made its own bed and now has to lay in it. Their devices are hard to repair for both third parties and their own staff and that's why they outsource it in the first place. And because they made the things so damn hard to work on they aren't repaired properly by almost anybody, even when done by Apple officially. The irony is that Apple complains that repair quality is substandard when coming from a third party and their actions to restrict the abilities for those that are not certified repairers have resulted in their own repairs becoming substandard. This same move has also resulted in those third party repairers that were great at it to begin with becoming better than Apple since they were competent to begin with.

As far as I'm aware no other company behaves the way that Apple does and claims to be doing its darndest to improve living standards and working standards around the world. Have you actually seen this?

I'm not sure I follow you. So because everybody does something that is unethical/illegal It's perfectly fine since everybody is going to be just as screwed as the next person? The thing is Apple is probably the most profitable company in the world, or at least extremely high up there and they have become the company to follow. Other companies tend to do what the most successful company does, and if Apple can get away with shit working conditions in the U.S. and giving zero fucks about whether a refurbished product is on the verge of failing due to half-assed diagnosis because their consumers are happy to accept it, then everybody else has to put up with other companies following that trend. As far as I'm concerned Apple can continue to operate in the way that it does, but not if it wants to claim to be an ethical company as it does as part of the marketing. And if Apple wants to block third party repairs then it shouldn't be worse at repairing its own products than the companies that are supposedly providing repairs of "questionable standards".

That's all well and good but businesses aren't people and whether or not they actually benefit anybody other than the shareholders or ruin the lives of everybody else is of zero importance to them. Those are the exact reasons that we regulate them in the first place. Now I'm not saying that we need to go all out and regulate everything but a few key issues such as employees skipping lunch breaks and working 12 hour shifts are unspoken rules that were not disclosed when the job was advertised. I'm not 100% positive if it's illegal to not give your employees breaks in the U.S. but it certainly is here. Those are two things that certainly deserve some looking into, and at the very least Apple should be held accountable for their deceptive claims instead of being able to get away with boasting about how they're doing so much to improve the standard of living all around the world. The other point which nobody has touched on yet was actually supposed to be the focus of this news post and that's regarding the quality standards that refurbished products are held to. Considering that is ultimately the issue that directly affects the consumer I'd expect a great deal of concern over the fact that Apple themselves are choosing to outsource their repairs and in such a way that reduces the quality to such an extent that the people doing it are embarrassed by it. Not to mention the fact that Apple themselves go to great lengths to stomp out competing repair shops citing "quality concerns". Quite ironic I'd say.

Recently Louis Rossmann reached out to a CSAT Solutions employee who made complaints about the working conditions and repair quality at his place of employment as a U.S. based repair facility contracted by Apple. After verifying that the person was indeed an employee of CSAT Solutions Louis asked numerous questions to ascertain some of the key complaints and gain a better understanding of why the employee was claiming the repair standards to be dubious. Firstly, CSAT Solutions is a U.S. based company which is contracted to repair Apple devices and has to meet quotas set by Apple. Allegedly these quotas are unrealistic if the employees are to work no overtime or complete the repair work properly which leads to 12 hour working days, something which is not mentioned by the employer. Other concerns raised are about overcrowded facilities such as cafeterias which employees need to fight over due to the limited number of tables and also the restroom which is allegedly the only one serving around 500 employees. There are also complaints made regarding low wages, poor quality of air, the inability to bring mobile phones on site, no possibility of career advancement and also the incredibly large proportion of the workforce that are Vietnamese and who do not speak English. Presumably the latter is because the Vietnamese have a culture of being hard working and also because they would be less likely to complain about the working conditions. The other set of allegations being made are that company policies enforced by Apple such as meeting their quotas to get repairs done in a timely manner lead to poor repair standards. As mentioned above the quotas are unrealistic without overtime and half-assing some jobs which means that some employees who do not wish to work the overtime and don't care as much about the product will take the latter option. One such example is the practice of calling boards faulty because it takes too long to obtain the firmware password, which results in perfectly good boards being thrown away and added cost to the consumers. On top of that the company is happy to employ people who have no past experience with computers or repairs and has only a short introduction/training period which is mostly about the company processes (which are outdated) and only has a small portion on product disassembly but nothing in the way of troubleshooting it. Finally the employee also raised concerns about the dubious quality of refurbished components they received to replace the faulty ones with, stating that it was not uncommon to receive another faulty component amongst the refurbished parts. Do note that all of these statements are mostly from one employee that was interviewed by Louis Rossmann although the sentiments seem to be largely mirrored here, here.and here (they changed their name due to poor reputation). Louis has also said that numerous others have reached out to him about CSAT Solutions and that he will potentially come forward with more information if he can confirm that the employees are legitimate. Apple: Personally I don't think many people will find the above allegations surprising as that's exactly what we have known Apple to be doing for years now. But it's a shame to see that the repair facilities which are set up in the U.S. in order to provide a fast turnaround time for customers fall victim to the same ruthless cost cutting measures that seek to push out products as fast and cheaply as possible that are typically what you would see in third world countries. The same can be said for the working conditions which are appalling considering the location, which should in theory make it easier for Apple to validate for the "fair working conditions" that they pride themselves in striving for. It's also amusing to see that their ambitions of reducing waste and saving it from landfill are also far surpassed by those same cost-cutting measures.

TR2 is also 180W compared to this 105W chip. So assuming the whole of those 7nm improvements went towards 50% power at the same clocks then this would be about in line with what you'd expect (barring whatever overhead quad channel memory would add to the power numbers).

I'm seeing a lot of similarities between what Google does and how default search and browsing apps work on the Windows platform. Most people already have audio gear that they invested in and/or are already happy with so having to use a dongle to support it is already absurd (extra bulk on a mobile device) and the fact that such a dongle isn't included in the box for a $1000 device is fucking insulting to be completely honest. Being able to charge the device and use the headphone jack is also an absolute necessity for me (not sure about others) so that would certainly have pushed me to purchase the Airpods. In any case I'm not a fan of the wireless approach either because that's just another thing that has to be charged and conveniently for Apple, they're easy to misplace.

Well I was specifically referring to stuff such as parts being confiscated when people are trying to make repairs, the constant denial of hardware faults, removal of features to try and force users to purchase accessories and also them blaming their users for issues with the product. That said, I was not aware of that, but I would still rather give Google a small cut of the money as opposed to all of it as would be the case if I had purchased Apple.