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    pas008 reacted to GOTSpectrum in Intel seeks to get inside Microsoft's next-gen Xbox console, potentially snatching away lucrative share from AMD   
    Funnily enough I always thought Xbox should have a windows mode...
     
    Imagine selling your console as a console that can be a relatively powerful PC for work and play
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    pas008 got a reaction from Deadpool2onBlu-Ray in A 4070 SUPER is better than a 3090? Wow. Nvidia showcase SUPER GPUs   
    i agree with most but the price thing i believe is here to stay, mainly because all tiers have gone up in price in electronic world
    also everything has gone up way too far in price as is
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    pas008 reacted to RejZoR in Norwegian consumer law makes all new electronics sold, required to have 5 years of software and app support   
    Everyone saying like Norway will get abandoned by tech giants. It's more likely that entire EU region will adopt this. Then it's near half a billion people market. Try abandoning that... Apple already doesn't have to worry about it, neither does Samsung and now also Google. Just maybe, everyone else should step up their lazy software support.
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    pas008 reacted to porina in Some regions saw price hike on Steam for Activision games few days after ABK Acquisition, including older titles (and HALO MCC)   
    There's always been regional variation in pricing on Steam, and it can be very significant. Without checking, I'm going to guess the list of countries mentioned were those who enjoyed lower pricing historically. This could be a move to bring them in line with more expensive parts of the world and they no longer get a massive discount.
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    pas008 got a reaction from jagdtigger in Valve urges AMD users to disable the Anti-Lag+ feature, due to causing VAC bans.   
    actually having private dedicated servers were more fun as long as admins were in game or reviewed them
    miss those days more
    edit even vote kick was fun lol
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    pas008 got a reaction from StDragon in Valve urges AMD users to disable the Anti-Lag+ feature, due to causing VAC bans.   
    actually having private dedicated servers were more fun as long as admins were in game or reviewed them
    miss those days more
    edit even vote kick was fun lol
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    pas008 reacted to Middcore in What mouse should I get.   
    We can't really answer something that's a matter of personal ergonomic comfort and taste so easily. You would be well advised to go to a store that has mice on display and see which ones you find more comfortable, and then either go with that or look for models that have a similar shape. 
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    pas008 reacted to williamcll in The First Room-Temperature Ambient-Pressure Superconductor has been found   
    Mmmmmm yes Lead based MRI
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    pas008 got a reaction from dizmo in Corsair acquires drop   
    dont think many, i'd like to actually see couple examples
     
    i'm not a fan of corsair personally
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    pas008 reacted to Arika in Intel officially announces "Core Ultra" rebrand   
    a lot of people must be substituting coke with soy sauce given how salty they are over something as inconsequential and boring as a rebrand...
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    pas008 reacted to GuiltySpark_ in Intel officially announces "Core Ultra" rebrand   
    Basically a non-issue. Its new and different so people are knee-jerk reacting but give it a generation then its business as usual. 
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    pas008 reacted to porina in Intel officially announces "Core Ultra" rebrand   
    I don't see this as a big change. Does the "i" add value still? It has had its time and I don't think the average person on the street (as oppose to people here) would even notice. The number is still there denoting the relative marketing positioning.
     
    The "Ultra" part I'm going to hold judgement until we see how it is applied to actual products. Is it just a "k" substitute or something more?
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    pas008 reacted to DrMacintosh in UPDATE: War Thunder removed Steam from its Website after Review Bombing   
    Is this really tech new? WarThunder has always been very difficult to progress in. I stopped playing regularly about 8 years ago, the process of unlocking new aircraft was not fast. 
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    pas008 reacted to cmndr in Confused about external soundcards   
    Rule of thumb, spend around 2-10x on your headphones as you do on your DAC/AMP unless you have a compelling reason otherwise. I'm running $1600 headphones on a $100ish DAC and a $100ish amp right now and if I had to do it over again I'd probably skip buying the DAC. 
     
    For context, the $10ish lightning to aux DAC used with iphones is "good enough" for most use cases. It's not 1980, pretty good is now pretty cheap for DACs. 

    If your external soundcard is giving you issues, see if the onboard one is adequate. It might be and it costs $0. 
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    pas008 reacted to starsmine in Intel Rebranding "Core i" Brand to "Core Ultra"   
    there is a major problem with it being use for so long. Yes its easy to know how things scale inside any generation. but cross generation gets confusing for the layman.
    People in businesses or schools are told reccomendations like "i5 or I7" for their laptop needs and people do go out and buy 4 generation old i5s thinking thats fine, when a new i3 is faster and not what was meant. 
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    pas008 got a reaction from Arika in Intel Rebranding "Core i" Brand to "Core Ultra"   
    i dont see problem here
    dont understand what all the negative nancy comments are
    i actually think they should change branding more
    think consumers would actually benefit more if they did every few gens so core i  to ultra to xyz to 123 then consumers would easily see how old those cpus are in prebuilts
    agreed
    kinda wish they would just use yr and then have short model number like 2023 xyz
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    pas008 reacted to Kisai in Intel Rebranding "Core i" Brand to "Core Ultra"   
    Maybe it'll be for a SoC offering and not desktop processors. The existing names have always been unrepresentative of what they are.
     
     
    You forgot that the Core, Core2 and Core2Quad stuff before it. Going all the way back to I think 2006.  So that's 17, not 15.
     
     
    Overall, I've always hated Intel's naming scheme because there are always too many numbers that don't mean anything, and the mobile end is even worse, with part names to indicate different graphics cores.
     
    Just, Intel, get with the program, produce 4 chips and nothing else. 3,5,7,9 There was never any need to differentiate these with three-digit numbers and letters. Produce just the "best part" for those tiers, and make the 9 part de-facto core unlocked.
     
    Those additional numbers have been absolutely no help in determining the clock speed or cpu cores or any other performance metric. Throw in GPU performance metrics, and you have this lovely problem where people never know what the heck they are buying.
     
     
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    pas008 got a reaction from dogwitch in Microsoft's Activision takeover blocked in UK   
    do you realize, along with any media, this has more to do with what people prefer
    you cant just slap call of duty on a game and it will sell like hotcakes
     
    how does microsoft even come close to monopoly in gaming please explain this
    sony sells more consoles if you want to argue console sales
    mobile there are too many games to count
    fortnite roblox gta etc etc that keep generating money today
     
    it has nothing to do with competition and monopoly
    this is should be looked at as media
    if disney cant acquire all that media why cant someone else
    at the end of the day if they make shit product after spending shitload of money they lose like they should
     
    should we get involved with music, tv, movie, books etc because end of the day they still have to produce a product the people like
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    pas008 got a reaction from Holmes108 in Microsoft's Activision takeover blocked in UK   
    do you realize, along with any media, this has more to do with what people prefer
    you cant just slap call of duty on a game and it will sell like hotcakes
     
    how does microsoft even come close to monopoly in gaming please explain this
    sony sells more consoles if you want to argue console sales
    mobile there are too many games to count
    fortnite roblox gta etc etc that keep generating money today
     
    it has nothing to do with competition and monopoly
    this is should be looked at as media
    if disney cant acquire all that media why cant someone else
    at the end of the day if they make shit product after spending shitload of money they lose like they should
     
    should we get involved with music, tv, movie, books etc because end of the day they still have to produce a product the people like
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    pas008 reacted to mr moose in Blizzard Puts Together "Crisis Map" Of Games It Cannot Ship Due To Staff Losses   
    There's always 2 sides to every story and the media usually only tell us the side that sells their articles.    Is it no wonder we think every company is run by a sexist racist megalomaniac greed driven narcissist dinosaur? 
     
     
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    pas008 reacted to 191x7 in Need to replace my Philips SHP9500s with something, need recommendations   
    I did not mean wearing them for 12 hours straight, I was going to suggest having multiple options that you could switch between per use case or to improve comfort.
    Switching things up. Having multiple headphones and IEM-s. Different shapes, sizes, tuning, sound signature and different use cases.
    Usually changing things improves comfort but also helps with the durability and even hygiene.
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    pas008 got a reaction from GuiltySpark_ in 4080 - Low frames on Warzone 2.   
    14nm and 5 yrs dont mean anything
    9900k shouldnt be giving this at all yeah he will be losing percentage of performance at 1080p but 1440p and 4k hardly any
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    pas008 reacted to rice guru in Looking for closed back headphones for casual/competitive gaming and music. 150 euro budget   
    M50x and m40 not gonna lie suck for gaming their lack of any soundstage at all makes it sound too intimate and tracking footsteps or any overall immersion sucks. 
    The 770 is pretty good for gaming wide soundstage for a closed back and very good imaging for tracking. I just think their tuned kinda bad but built like tanks. I would got for the 250 ohm.  Other alternatives are the akg k371 and k361 both are great sounding cans overall. In terms of soundstage they are not too wide but certainly wider than audio Technica as well as tuned better than 770 for music and overall enjoyability. If you can find a Sony mdr1 am2 for that duget I would pick that up over all of these as it is well tuned , soundstage is pretty ok still not as wide as 770 but has pretty good stereo imaging
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    pas008 got a reaction from rikitikitavi in Having a hard time with choosing keyboards   
    none
    trust me you will regret all those
  25. Funny
    pas008 got a reaction from A_Mediocre_Kangaroo_Farmer in Plex does not support A770 (intel arc)   
    so you expecting them to go full reign on newer products(that might not make the cut)? serously ?\
     
    give it time this is why we have the term early adopters fee
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