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Blademaster91

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    Intel i7 7700K 4.7Ghz
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    GIGABYTE Aorus GA-Z270X-Gaming 5
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    Gskil Ripjaws V 16GB (8GB x2) 2400Mhz
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    Nvidia GTX 1080 G1 OC
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    Samsung 860 Evo 500GB, Crucial MX300 1TB
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    Noctua NH-D15S
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    Logitech G502
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    Onboard, Headphones- Sennheiser HD569, ATH-M50, Speakers- Klipsch promedia 2.1
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    Windows 10 pro 64 bit

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  1. Because Microsoft would rather people replace their system instead of being able to do the upgrade on otherwise decently capable hardware. I'm not surprised people are defending MS for this, I remember plenty of people did when MS made the dumb decision of requiring newer hardware even though Ryzen 2xxx and Intel 7th gen are fine with running windows 11. The average user doesn't know what rufus is so Microsoft is simply unnecessarily forcing people to throw away a system when MS could push OEM's to release updates or list drivers compatible with windows 11.
  2. I don't trust HP's claim of losing money on printers, given how crap most of their printers are, they have to be making money on them.
  3. The problem with the 12VHPWR connector isn't plugging it in all the way, because its just a terrible connector design, as not all cables will plug in with a click that can be felt and heard, the 8 pin PCI-E cables didn't have this problem. Another problem is there is very little room for error with the connector, the cable can't be bent at all or you risk melting the cable or a fire.
  4. If the 4070TI Super is only a bit faster than a 7900XT, then IMO the 7900XT is still the better value as you can find those for less than $800, more VRAM is a nice feature as well. I doubt the 4080Ti S is going to be available at $800 on AIB models, as Nvidia doesn't allow their partner brands to design cards with much room for margins.
  5. That is a defective battery if the battery cannot provide the necessary voltage so the phone can function as it was designed to, if it has to be throttled then the device no longer functions as it was advertised to the consumer. Throttling doesn't make it work any better as its now slower, you only get a device that works longer even though it might be painfully slow to use, that isn't a viable ownership experience if the device is suddenly slower for no reason. The average consumer isn't going to realize their phone needs a new battery which is why the communication is important, a suddenly slow phone is going to get people to buy a new phone, not replace the battery which is an anti-consumer move. The failure to communicate is the main reason apple got sued for it, yet people here still want to insist apple did nothing wrong. Ah yes, when apple does something wrong, it's a "media pile on" not the media doing their job to report on the news. /s As for a toggle being in the settings, of course no apple user would actually use it as apple users don't go poking around in the settings.
  6. Throttling the phone would help the phone last longer if the battery is so degraded it doesn't last a whole day, although IMO the lack of communication was very anti-consumer and consumers deserve the class action from it. And as weird as it might sound I'd rather have a phone that just shuts off if the battery is bad than my phone getting throttled with no indication of why it is suddenly running slowly. Because at least the phone crashing or shutting down tells me something is wrong with the device. I would rather buy something else because of the anti-consumer tactics apple has on repair, but buying something else doesn't always work when other companies are copying apple on a lot of things like non-replaceable batteries.
  7. Throttling devices with no communication to the consumer isn't consumer friendly at all, and yes they do deserve to be criticized for slowing down phones when that isn't a fix for a defective battery. Throttling doesn't make it work better,just longer, which again isn't fix as the batteries still needed replacing.
  8. I think if the 4000 series launched with those prices, with more VRAM it would've been better but IMO these GPU's are still too overpriced compared to past GPU's, like the GTX 10 series for example. These launches just don't seem exciting at all since Nvidia has increased their prices far higher than the rate of inflation.
  9. I find it interesting that people are still defending apple on this, even though they were proven wrong and lost the lawsuit over it. It doesn't matter if the phone throttled or shut down because there was no transparency of phones being throttled down due to the batteries being defective.
  10. Neither is telling people to "just use rufus" as most people don't know how to install windows, let alone making a USB boot installer.
  11. Well its more of a safe option to assume all ads are bad, because these companies don't care as it is with scam and malware ads, I wouldn't expect that to change any time soon either so I leave an ad blocker on for everything. And I struggle with how people defend these corporations as if they need your money while they want to force intrusive and dangerous ads onto everyone. Ad blockers are simply a solution to the problem these companies have caused, people don't want to view ads and have lost trust with seeing ads at all given that even allowing them is a security risk. Most companies are going to sell your data no matter if you pay or not, especially with Youtube, so IMO people should have no issue with using an ad blocker, just support the content creators you watch if you feel like you want to support them. Except youtube/google will still collect data regardless if you pay for it, so it isn't free as a user. Also as Rossmann points out in the video ,YT/Google wants to verify your home address after you sign up for YT premium, IMO that sounds like an invasion of privacy. But YT/Google won't ask for that if you use an ad blocker instead of paying to remove ads. The point of the video is people shouldn't be so accepting of paying for things and still getting treated like crap or getting an even worse service than you could for free.
  12. I missed that, looking at the tweet again yeah they weren't signed it I guess it wasn't obvious the first time I looked at it. I've been using an ad blocker for a long time so i'm not used to seeing an ad on youtube at all.
  13. I'm reading it as they have YT premium but still get an ad below the video anyway, I don't see how people are reading that otherwise except wanting to defend youtube/google. So not only do you pay and google still takes your data, now you get an annoying ad below the video. It wouldn't surprise me if youtube is testing a paid with ads tier by throwing in ads even if you pay.
  14. I agree upscaling makes games look worse once you notice the artifacts or weird glitches, it has its uses like on lower end cards or games with terrible optimization. But IMO it shouldn't be pushed on $1200+ GPU's just to run games in 4k yet Nvidia seems to be pushing the marketing really hard that every gamer needs DLSS in order to run games. Full featured until Nvidia wants you to buy the next new card, because Nvidia made upscaling features exclusive to the RTX 4000 cards, I would expect Nvidia to do it again with the next series. Nvidia is more of a software company nowadays, they're pushing software features on excessively expensive cards you'll have to replace if you want to use the latest features.
  15. I agree, the article does seem very one sided, when first party repair has been caught violating user privacy. The other problem I have with this article is no mention of recommending people to remove the storage drive, or backup and do a fresh install.
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