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These are CPU benchmarks, upping the resolution only increases the chance of encountering a bottleneck somewhere else in the system. For GPUs or full system benchmarks 1440p+ makes sense but if you're doing direct CPU vs CPU comparisons then the lower the resolution the better (within reason).

And more importantly since when does more code mean a better game? If anything, an identical game done with less code is probably a sign it's better optimized.

Probably, but then is it crypto's fault for continuing to be successful or is it the semiconductor companies' fault for continuing to hedge their bets and not even try to meet increased demand? If Eth2.0 gets up and running on schedule over the next couple years it should eliminate a huge portion of this issue overnight. Until then people just need to accept that GPUs are a bit scarce and to accept they won't be able to get one day one.

Because people are salty that they need to wait a few months for a GPU upgrade.

Bitcoin is backed by all of the people invested in it, as well as the block chain that underlies it. The fact that it doesn't rely on any one nation enforcing its value under threat of war is its biggest strength, not its weakness. If you want to argue that BTC is an inefficient and less than ideal cryptocurrency then I (and most people involved) would probably agree. However a currency is as valuable as people believe it to be and currently people seem to feel Bitcoin is pretty damn valuable.

Did you miss the part where PayPal accepts BTC? Literally anything you can buy with Paypal can "earn" bitcoin.

Yeah, but is this new card substantially shorter than other 3080 models? If it's the same length plus the rear connectors, then we're back at square one.

Back in the day we had these things called "disk drives". Filled the whole front of the case with slots for them. Hard to believe, I know, but back then we could only fit one air choked intake fan instead of three.

1) Assume every launch is 6 months away from product availability. 2) Never pay more than MSRP 3) Start complaining to AMD and Nvidia to stop doing paper launches and release new products with supply. Congratulations, you solved the issue. Scalpers would stop overnight if people stopped buying their product.

First of all, do we even know they have a product? While I wouldn't be surprised if one shows up, as far as we know it looks like some guy wrote a fun ghost story and posted it on the internet. Secondly, if we think ARGs are abusive marketing then you need to lighten up and learn to have fun. A well done ARG is a fantastic way to tell a smaller story while engaging a large group of fans to actually play a part. Of all the millions of varieties of marketing out there I can't think of many less abusive than an ARG.

War of the world's was broadcast in public radio and made it sound like there were cities being leveled. This is a handful of small YouTube videos implying that there's an evil video game that I guess killed someone?

Why is it irresponsible? Again I can't comment on OP's specific ARG, but generally these are very well hidden puzzles. The only people getting marketed to are those actively looking for it, and that's not even accounting for the fact that the ARG is itself a free game. I participated in the Halo 3 ARG and it's one of my most fondly remembered "gaming" memories, even if the gameplay is more along the lines of a scavenger hunt than a traditional game. No one with half a brain thinks these sorts of things actually depict real world events, and even if they did what's the issue? As far as I can tell there's currently no money being made outside of getting basic clicks, and in the event that a real product comes out at the end it doesn't invalidate the ARG as marketing any more than a story trailer would. It's just a fun, engaging thing that tells its own story and maybe adds depth to a bigger product.

ARGs are a sort of meta puzzle game often used as marketing for a "real" project. The Halo franchise, for example, had significant ARGs for several of their games. The movie Cloverfield did as well. The ARGs typically take the form of little clues or strange things posted online that on the surface have no relevance to the project that they are promoting. Curious users investigate those initial posts of websites and find clues - phone numbers, addresses, hidden metadata or cryptographic cyphers that once once unscramble lead to another clue, either online of physically located IRL. The ARG itself will usually have a plot of sorts, and over time it becomes clearer that it ties into a bigger story. A successful ARG can build up a ton of user engagement so that when it eventually ties into the main franchise, you get a bunch of hyper enthusiastic fans who might otherwise just "meh" at another trailer or whatever. I'm not familiar with the this Crow 64 thing but from the OP's info I wouldn't be too surprised if at the end of this there winds up being a real "Crow 64" that is released that uses the ARG as a metanarrative to drive sales. Purely speculation, though, and it could just as likely be some guy with a lot of free time who wanted to put together a creepy, obscure story to entertain people.

Isn't the 3090 barely 5% faster than the 3080 in most gaming tasks? A 3080ti seems like a complete boondoggle.

Does it say what cooling was used? I don't want another chiller situation.

As opposed to now, where they don't even need to do that.

I don't understand why back ordering isn't more common. Take everyone's payment/shipping info in the order it was submitted, then when supply is available charge the card and ship it to the next in line. Limit 1 or 2 per credit card/shipping address/IP address and suddenly who cares if the bots get in line, at best they're only going to get an extra card or two.

I'm specifically referring to Alder Lake. I may have misinterpreted, but I was under the impression that Alder was still monolithic.

I don't know that we can assume that automatically. AMD is able to churn out 8 core chiplet at an absurd rate on a well established, high capabity node. No matter how small the small cores are, you're still presumably looking at a monolithic die on a node that has been a complete trainwreck in terms of yields. There's a decent probability that an Intel 8+8 core could wind up costing more than an AMD 16 core where the production cost is split across the two chiplet + IO die. Maybe they'll be willing to take a cut to profits and sell at near-cost just to keep themselves in the game while they bang their heads against 7nm for another indeterminate number of years.

If Intel could be trusted on new-node-based products then we would have been 10nm parts 4 years ago. At this point I would just take 2H 2021 as "we'll wait until then to announce the next delay".

Basically just guaranteeing that Starlink will have an immediate market desperate for decent internet.

Intel had Turbo 3.0 that theoretically did this where you could lock programs to the fastest core to ensure the best performance. Issue being that it was 100% manual on the user end, only worked on a single core and was just generally a boondoggle that required a PC restart any time you added a new piece of software to the list. The fact that this isn't integrated into every major OS at this point is pretty sad.

If they were to stick with 7nm for another gen or two then I'd assume all core 5ghz would be within reach. With them presumably going 5nm next gen, who knows how far that'll set clocks peed back.

As a single core boost it seems totally reasonable. Not guaranteed by any means, but 3xxx was the first gen on 7nm. With over a year of refinement on the node plus whatever architectural upgrades they've made, a couple hundred mhz doesn't seem at all out of the realm of possibility. All core boost, almost certainly not (maybe with a golden chip on a custom loop).

Of course its gonna be regulated on a country by country basis in terms of allowing the ground stations and user terminals. However that's on the local government and I'd imagine that SpaceX is interested in making sure that every man woman and child on the planet is a potential Starlink customer. Those Mars rockets don't pay for themselves.