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On 6/15/2020 at 1:51 PM, DrMacintosh said:

Apple got a custom sku gpu to fit inside the MacBook Pro form factor* 

 

ftfy. The 50W power limit is an engineered decision to make the system not die from heat. If you want to carry around a Big Chung laptop, the MacBook Pro is not for you. 

This would be right but you can get RTX 2080s in Laptops like the GS65/66 or Razer Blade. All similar weight and Thickness or even the G14 at 3.5lbs much smaller and lighter with a RTX 2060. you dont need to carry around a big chunky laptop to get a GPU with Higher Wattage/ speed. 

I Think apple decision isn't Terrible its not like many buying this care about the performance gain for more wattage, There buying a Mac Because its a Mac not because its the fastest option. but this decision is not because its too hard to fit more into a 16" laptop chassis  at a 4k ish price tag for an option youd buy they could engineer better.

On 11/27/2018 at 11:36 AM, GoodBytes said:

 

Last 3 months have been Crazy went from seeing a model 3 like once a month  To Multiple in a day Everyday ( I do drive a good amount)   Model S are very popular by me though and have been for a while. Interesting to see the 3 take over though. Im assuming ill see more 3s then S in a few more months 

On 11/26/2018 at 6:28 PM, Blademaster91 said:

Not very competitive when Tesla can't deliver on their promised output of Model 3's, lots of issues as mentioned with build quality, nearly impossible to get aftermarket parts,and their cars are still really overpriced compared to other companies EV's. Perhaps Tesla should do like Apple did and stop publishing their sales numbers.

I mean is there really any competition to the Model 3/ S / or even X. 

Even considering gas cars the model 3  Audi A4  Price, Performance and quality it stacks up Decently. Though each have there own advantages argubly 

On 8/11/2018 at 2:19 PM, DrMacintosh said:

Meanwhile Fortnight on iOS can run on iPhones all the way back to the iPhone 6s and SE. Those phones are running SoCs from 2014 and they run the game well. Props to Apple for putting so much effort into CPU and graphics performance and making Metal to take advantage of all of that performance. 

the s7 and the 6s are launched 5 months apart. While yes apple has put better GPU in almost all there phones then most android chip manuf  its not a crazy amount longer and most would consider it the same generation. 

39 minutes ago, valdyrgramr said:

It's called fraud and tax evasion, which you can go to federal prison for plus be fined out the ass over.

42 minutes ago, AnonymousGuy said:

Their fuckup was picking a dollar figure so absurdly low that it would never stand or even be considered remotely reasonable in any court.

 

And surely there has to be a criminal penalty for providing false information on government forms?  Once again they picked a number so low that they're exposing themselves here too where they can't claim "we just used a different accounting method!"

 it is not tax evasion and its not fraud . They were given a valuation of the building at a dollar amount and they dispute that dollar amount and argue what they think its worth.

its not the same as you filing your taxes this year and putting you made 30k income but Really made 120k and submited this to the government as a true statement. there's not arguement here you made 120k. The value of something can be argued though.  you can Argue the value of your house also with your own county 

2 hours ago, DrMacintosh said:

Let’s assume for a moment that Tim Cook, Apples tax department and income managers were all in on this and thought it would fly.......

That would be incredibly stupid. You don’t build the worlds most valuable company in the world and then squander it by committing tax fraud after you just hit $1 Trillion.....

 

Now lets also assume for a moment that there might be a disgruntled employee, a error when filing their paperwork, or corporate espionage.....

Now between those two hypothetical scenarios, which one do you think makes more sense?

 

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Or they figured out that keeping their tax litigations in court is cheaper than actially just paying taxes. In that case the blame is on Congress and the House for letting BS like that stand. 

 

Apple essentially has internal security and investigators, so once we get an official statement those people will have probably already been dispatched if the later case is true rather than the former. 

its not tax fraud if they dispute the 1 billion price that was what the county says its worth. Anyone can dispute there house or buisness building value to there county thats not illegal. Though the Price there arguing is dumb AF im sure there paying a ton to Argue there point of why. 

5 hours ago, samcool55 said:

So Jensen Huang lied about the fact that next gen is still far away...

 

yeah he was Lying i always thought that comment from him was awkward like everyone knew it was at most 6 months out and he sold it as eh maybe 2019 sometime.  All leaks pointed towards now and that was his answer 

14 hours ago, Drak3 said:

Here's a secret.

 

The price of games and memberships haven't risen with inflation.

 

Added monetization in gaming is not just additional profits. Companies are using them to also fund future products, maintain servers, and make updates.

Buttttt.

There's many ways of looking at this,

Computers used to create video games are way faster

The Amount of people who have the Skills to make video games is more so Cheaper staff

The programs are way more advanced and speed up the process.

Digital distrbution leads to more profits

Larger population of people and Developed countries means scale is larger so youll sell more copies wont have to charge as much.

Games as service being a thing now.

Its very confusing area games havent risen with inflation but Theres legit 100s of reasons they should have and shouldnt have. 

Activision and EA stock prices are both BY far the highest theyve ever been even with games at the same price of $60

10 hours ago, Demonking said:

once again Steam is free and superior to all of them origin as well. " steam only as of this month started offering chat partys something consoles have had for years" That's is not true steam has had that years. 

Alright " Steam just launched a usable team voicechat" Exactly why something like discord is able to succeed is steam sucked at it.  but its Something xbox had 10 years ago. Paying did lead to a better online experience. If that difference is worth it to you or not is your own personal value but  to disregard it has some benefit at all is wrong. 

Even the fragmentation on PC can be a headache Steam Orgins Windows Store Uplay. When you want to invite a friend to play or join a party Xbox handles all these companies games with a single account  on PC you need 4 different Friendslists  and then a discord type app with another 5th friends list. Invite on discord then  invite on game.  you only had steam up and your friend only had orgins up so you cant even see each other are online to invite em to play together. 

There is a convenience factor as well  as many other things from Free Monthly games

Steam is awesome  But that doesnt disprove paying has always lead to a better Experience overall for most people 

On 8/6/2018 at 3:37 PM, Dan Castellaneta said:

People always argue that Steam is free, but they tend to miss a big part of why it's free. Where Valve gets you is that they take a cut of every game sale, and if it's a Valve game they take 100% of that, basically, and use it towards their company. Steam's servers are maintained through Valve's cut of the purchase they get from every game sale.

Now, the difference between Steam and, say, Xbox Live, is that not everyone buys digital games on Xbox Live, while almost everyone buys digitally on Steam. They gotta charge otherwise they can't competently keep the servers running.

Uhhh PS and Microsoft get money from every copy sold in stores also ( Its less though they get the Retailer $ when sold online) 

On 8/6/2018 at 2:51 PM, Demonking said:

It's sad to see so many on here accepting this anti consumer bullshit, This is not ok steam, GOG, origin, and even the trash uplay offers free online.

Your trashing them for charging but honestly  back when Xbox was the only paid service its Online was vastly superior then the free consoles, Then PS4 came out and had paid online and now it has good online and nintendo has lagged behind sucking at online. if $20 a year gets decent online features then im okay with it. 

Steam  and other PC types of digtal games are set up differently, and steam only as of this month started offering chat partys something consoles have had for years and the others dont offer..... I agree PSN and XBL are over priced currently they do bring something to the table over the free alternatives over the years. 

future Driver Support, Power Draw and Noise are the 3 Reasons to Use the 1060. Reasons to use titan ? None reallly. 

Though the Real Answer is Sell Both and Buy a 1070  Or sell One and keep the money for another part / when new GPU comes out.

On 7/2/2018 at 12:58 AM, AskTJ said:

Wonder how many will sell.

they have like a 400,000 Car Pre Order list with money down. Pretty sure not a chance all dont....

Microcenter had GTX 1070s 8 in stock by me for $284 last week. Crazy considering thats lower then before the crypto phase that made them 500+ 

On 6/30/2018 at 7:10 AM, mate_mate91 said:

Thanks god i sold 2 of my 3 GTX 1050 ti for good prices.

Sold my used GTX 1080 for $800 - some shipping and ebay fees netted around 720-740 not exactly sure off the top of my head. Bought it for $400 used. Have a wedding coming up so the $700ish helps and now ive been using a 780ti not great but still gets every game going at 1080p 60fps. I got a good 6 months before ill have the cash to rebuy So Fingers crossed for lower demand and New GPUS! August rumor sounds nice for a launch 

Theres already a lot of cool USB Battery Banks with Either a Regular Wall Outlets to charge anything to more specific like high wattage USB C for things like Laptops and Switch to even the non universal type laptop chargers.  and come in Crazy big sizes that would all work better. 

120,000 Mah Battery that can power a shit ton of stuff. 

https://www.amazon.com/Anker-PowerHouse-120000mAh-Alternative-Rechargeable/dp/B0196GQAKM

1 minute ago, Max_Settings said:

Ohh got it. Yeah he’s not running PUBG.

yeah one of thoese weird 1 off skus  that AMD made with a Crap CPU good GPU ( Compared to intels IGPU)  

1 minute ago, Max_Settings said:

Which R7?

i think that Processor has an "R7" Built in its a APU not Dedicated card 

I would guess 1280x720 Very Low everything and 30-45fps so i would consider it a no. The game requires higher frames and resolution imo for an Experiance that you could actually win with  1080p verylow and 45-60fps is bare minimum to me. 

But you should youtube other people playing on something similar to find a better answer. 

A easy and fun game to run that i was even able to get playable on my core m Was ironsight Its a free to play game similar to COD its not on steam have to download off there own site. If your looking for something easy to run to enjoy some pc gaming. 

Budget # to start with Obviously we can reccomend a $600 CPU thats awesome but if your budget is $200 for CPU it wont matter

Also need the GPU you use now so we know what PSU youll need

2 hours ago, Deli said:

A 30% faster Atom CPU is still very underwhelming......Maybe after a few more generations. It'll reach the point becoming "usable".

Or even if they get the emulation Problems better on top of faster Chips performance will Greatly improve

On 6/2/2018 at 3:47 PM, Cole5 said:

Did it though? Or did people just realize PuGB is trash?

 I Think PUBG players are Quitting i don't think there all going to Fortnight though some might.. Its not like If you stop playing pubg your only choice is Fortnight.... Weird Assumption Personally i just play PUBG a lot less as it seems they'll never fix its Technical Problems. They are launching a 3rd map and balanced all the guns lately but When my FPS drops crazy and lag is terrible at times. 

19 hours ago, valdyrgramr said:

It is kinda obvious since it is a feud, and I believe PUBG considered legal action over this in the past.  This isn't some random case that came out of nowhere.

yeah obviously the only 2 guesses are First they complained Fortnight Used there name to promote them selves then That they coppied. so thats going to be the speculation either of thoese. Regardless they could be suing for anything no one actually knows at this present time. They could have almost no case to win or they could have a solid case again its all speculation at this point.  Either way its like apple suing Samsung both are going to make a shit ton of money regardless and both are 1st and 2nd in there category. 

22 minutes ago, valdyrgramr said:

This is an ongoing feud though, and PUBG has been making claims out the ass about how they made battle royales and what not.  It's pretty clear that what they're suing about.

 

https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/technology/pubg-creators-sue-epic-games-over-fortnite-battle-royale-mode/ar-AAxYFDb

Its pretty unclear What they are suing for these documents have not been released. This Article doesnt show any statement by PUBG Corp but is the first to directly claim that they said it. 

2 minutes ago, valdyrgramr said:

PUBG was arguing that they created the Battle Royale, and that's what they were suing over.

The article linked in the OP post Even notes. what there suing for is unknown right now its all speculation. 

"The report does not mention any specific claims in lawsuit"

47 minutes ago, valdyrgramr said:

Even that's a stretch since he was modding DayZ and H1Z1.

i wouldnt say so. THey paid and gave money to Epic who then helped and got involved in making PUBG. If they used this Info and insight as reason and benefit from the relation ship into making fortnight and somehow its provable its a pretty decent chance they get something. From what i read this is more so on the Advertising side when EPIC/ Fortnight used PUBG name to advertise without permission.