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Maybe you should watch the entire video with the full reasoning before cementing your opinion

No. Time to dust off the Sherman Anti Trust Laws and pull out the fucking hammer they used on the Ma Bell and break Alphabet up. Along with all the cable and phone providers. 

Adds another reason to not purchase an Nvidia GPU....
 
I'm very happy with my 7900 XT, when I was looking to upgrade I wasn't prepared to let myself get shafted by Nvidia. Glad I picked my 7000 series card.

Adds another reason to not purchase an Nvidia GPU....
 
I'm very happy with my 7900 XT, when I was looking to upgrade I wasn't prepared to let myself get shafted by Nvidia. Glad I picked my 7000 series card.

Adds another reason to not purchase an Nvidia GPU....
 
I'm very happy with my 7900 XT, when I was looking to upgrade I wasn't prepared to let myself get shafted by Nvidia. Glad I picked my 7000 series card.

The reviewers will still review it and slam it even harder then. 
Large channels will likely manage to put out review on day one regardless with a lot of work and some contacts from retailers. 
 
I see it as a lose lose situation for Nvidia. 

Still say this connector is a solution seeking its problem to solve.  It just makes thing more confusing when a card doesnt perform as it should, not to mention the flawed design that allows it to melt like crazy. Just use the old connectors, or maybe manufacturers could switch to the EPS connectors thaat AFAIK can deliver more than the pcie variant....

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Finally an admission that the root problem wan't the user but a botched design.
 
Source: https://www.igorslab.de/en/rest-in-peace-12vhpwr-connector-welcome-12v-2x6-connector/

It's a free vpn.
 
You pay for it in some way.

Summary
 
Reddit has threatened to enact an end to subreddit blackouts by allowing users to vote out moderators and encouraging users to vote out Moderators that are continuing subreddit blackouts.
 
Reddit's CEO has refused to backpedal on the controversial changes and insists that most apps won't need to pay Reddit anything for API access.
 
Reddit's CEO has not stated whether Reddit will go through with the threat or not and what timeframe it would be implemented in if they do go through with it.
 
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My thoughts
 The beatings will continue until morale improves.
 
You will own nothing and you will be happy.
 
This is the Reddit that people who still use Reddit, in spite of these changes, deserve.
 
I almost can't believe Reddit's CEO is actually still going through with his terrible plans and has come up with an even more terrible plan to make the other terrible plans work.
 
I know Reddit's CEO won't read this but I have a message for him anyways: It's not too late to save Reddit from imploding. Just undo the changes and resign. Reddit can go back to being awesome and losing money. You just need to find a different way of making money that doesn't involve slapping your users or moderators in the face.
 
Sources
 https://www.techradar.com/news/reddit-has-a-terrible-plan-to-end-blackout-ask-you-to-vote-out-protesting-mods

this is kinda cringe

A lot of companies already allow anti-cheat (EAC/Battleye) to work.

The others like Bungie, who still refuse to have SteamDeck support, are just lazy blokes and blame it on "mah security".

Wine Is Not an Emulator
To properly port a game you need the development SDK for the target operating system.
WINE is not used and is not needed to make a MacOS port for your game.
 
I just looked at the source code from the project's github page - It's just good old WINE with DXVK, VKD3D, MoltenVK for DirectX translation.
 

I saw this mentioned the other day, very cool. I'm looking forward to seeing handheld manufacturers put these in their products 

Summary
EU warns apple Not to limit data-transfer speeds for NON-MFI certified cables/chargers
 
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My thoughts
Even if it is a rumor that apple was planning this, it is nothing but good news, that the EU is taking preventative measures against apple.
 
Why would Apple even think its OK to limit data speeds to a ridiculously slow speed, on "non-apple-certified" cables. since a cable is a cable.
What is apple's state of mind when they even came up with such a rumored idea anyway?
 
do they really think their 100$ usb 3.0 Type A to Type C cable is better than any other: usb 3.2 type C to type C cable, that can handle up to 20gb/s which cost 1/5th the price of their overpriced cable?
 
What does the MFI chip even add to value to a cable, or even the USB standard?
 
Sources
https://www.zeit.de/digital/mobil/2023-05/eu-kommission-apple-ladekabel-einschraenkungen-warnung?
https://www.macrumors.com/2023/05/04/eu-warns-apple-about-limiting-usb-c-iphone-cables/
 

Why? Seems stupid to me to rename something which everyone already knows about. Thats like if McDonalds stopped putting Mc before burger names or changed the letters, just dumb. Makes no sense.

Why? Seems stupid to me to rename something which everyone already knows about. Thats like if McDonalds stopped putting Mc before burger names or changed the letters, just dumb. Makes no sense.

I saw this mentioned the other day, very cool. I'm looking forward to seeing handheld manufacturers put these in their products 

I saw this mentioned the other day, very cool. I'm looking forward to seeing handheld manufacturers put these in their products 

I saw this mentioned the other day, very cool. I'm looking forward to seeing handheld manufacturers put these in their products 

Summary
 
AMD has officially announced their new Ryzen Z1 series APUs for "Next Gen" Handheld PC Gaming Devices/Consoles.
 
The series thus far consists of two models:
Ryzen Z1 - 6 Core 12 Thread Zen4 CPU + 4CU RDNA3 GPU Ryzen Z1 Extreme - 8 Core 16 Thread Zen4 CPU + 12CU RDNA3 GPU  
The Z1 APU is reported to be:
Up To 55% faster than SteamDeck APU Up To 7x faster than Nintendo Switch in TFlops  
The Z1 Extreme is reported to be Up To 21.5x faster than Nintendo Switch in TFlops.
 
AMD says this is not a rebrand of Zen 4 laptop APUs but a modified version with different power characteristics and other differences optimized for handhelds.
 
AMD has also stated that Asus's ROG Ally pricing and other information will be announced on May 11th though leaks reported on by The Verge suggest that the MSRP is $699.99 for the Z1 Extreme model. No pricing has been leaked for the standard Z1 model.
 

 

 
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My thoughts
 These APUs look cool although the scaling from Z1 to Z1 Extreme doesn't look encouraging tbh. I think AMD would have done better to disable a few CUs on the Z1 Extreme model and ramp up the clocks more instead. It will be interesting to see how much power these use compared to SteamDeck's "Aerith" APU. I suspect the Z1 uses a similar amount of power to "Aerith" and that the Z1 Extreme probably uses a lot more power.
 
Though I also have to wonder why Valve chose to have AMD make "Aerith" if they knew AMD was going to release the Z1 series. It also begs the question why Valve went for a Zen2 based approach instead of Zen3+ which was available at the time.
 
If Asus' handheld gaming PC is anywhere near $499 or $599 for the Z1 model I would say it's DOA. $699 for the Z1 Extreme is more than a bit much for many people and I think part of Steam Deck's appeal is it's price point. I don't know that a 1080p 120Hz screen can save Asus' handheld.
 
Sources
https://arstechnica.com/gadgets/2023/04/amds-ryzen-z1-chips-could-power-a-new-wave-of-handheld-steam-deck-clones/
https://www.theverge.com/2023/4/25/23696722/amd-ryzen-z1-z1-extreme-rog-ally

What were you in a hurry for? If you actually read it you'd see that it's all a nothing burger.

...how can you share it without having read it first?

Sorry, I don't mean to be rude but did you read the article?
 
No where does it say that it increased performance of the GPU itself.  It says it has decreased the simulation time but that also comes with the caveat that it's not properly simulating the quantum effects.  They likely just switched what used to be CPU simulation to GPU acceleration.
 
So unless I'm missing something, it has no effect on Bitcoin or any other crypto.  All it seems to be is a "training" for when quantum computers become a thing
 
 

This the same guy that said RX6000 cards dies were cracking due to drivers? 
 
IMO this is a non-story. These cards have been out for over two years and preventing sag has well known prevention options. 
 
Fake drama is boring.