SkyHound0202

I reckon modern operating system can utilize the sleep function quite well so there's not much need to shutdown.

"Currently, there's only *one* device that supports WiFi 6: Samsung Galaxy S10."
 
Fast WiFi, Slow Start.

Chronologically: Borderlands 1 - Pre-Sequel - 2 - Tales from the Borderlands (Spin-off set after event of 2)

One thing to note is that not all Type-C ports are equal. Some phones might have a Type-C ports but they only carries data and power, not the crucial display signal.
 
Plus, HDaRen't.

Speaking of 8K...
 
Have you put that 8K camera back together?

Speaking of 8K...
 
Have you put that 8K camera back together?

Chronologically: Borderlands 1 - Pre-Sequel - 2 - Tales from the Borderlands (Spin-off set after event of 2)

Chronologically: Borderlands 1 - Pre-Sequel - 2 - Tales from the Borderlands (Spin-off set after event of 2)

Chronologically: Borderlands 1 - Pre-Sequel - 2 - Tales from the Borderlands (Spin-off set after event of 2)

1050 Ti does not support DirectX Ray-tracing, according to Nvidia.

Don't get me wrong, I was talking about the generational performance increase (the evolution of "flagship"), not the time-dependent (relative) performance decrease (the devaluation of "flagship")
 
This phenomenon is more pronounced in the Android world. For example: a 2016 flagship sporting Snapdragon 820 will become the mid-high end when a similarly priced Snapdragon 835 comes out in 2017. In this case, the price of a phone has not changed, but the performance has increased to some extent. (Apple is less prone to such problem since their A-series processor was following a conservative dual-core design, until 2016 when the quad core A10 Fusion launched alongside iPhone 7)
 
As for the latter, think of it this way: the 2016 Snapdragon 820 flagship is nearly matched by a mid-high tier 3017 Snapdragon 660 handset. Now the performance is roughly the same, yet the price has come down. (Apple also does not have such problem since they has a much leaner product line, even its cheaper 5C, SE and XR share largely similar specs with 5, 6S and XS)
 
In both cases the changes can be attributed to the development in technology, improved manufacturing node and yield, etc. This is a universal technological trend, regardless of which perspective you choose.
 
Generalization:
Assuming the product is technology dependent:
A newer product will have higher performance at the same price point.
A previous generation product can be match with a lower-priced current generation product.

Remember, the phone you bought back in the days won't magically upgrade itself to support future technology (unless they were built to be future-proof or had reserved functions to be enabled). How's ARkits on you iPhone 6 or Vulkan on G3 working out for you?
Yet a flagship is always flagship, but only at its time. Old flagship is at best a mid-high end product when the newer generation comes out. (Remember GTX 680 re-branded as GTX 770)
That said, their price-for-performance has improved dramatically compared when it first launched, due to their drop in value and surge of second hand market. The will still works great for the legacy workloads it was used to doing, but they will not cut it for the newer, more demanding tasks.
My stance is buying a (second-to-) last gen product is great, like getting 8th gen Core in 2019, but going too far back just not even worth pay such low price for them since they were long unsupported and will not work well anyway (Sandy Bridge does not even have proper Windows 10 driver support)
 
On a side note, why not track down one of those HTC One M8 with Windows Phone to complete your comparison? 

Remember, the phone you bought back in the days won't magically upgrade itself to support future technology (unless they were built to be future-proof or had reserved functions to be enabled). How's ARkits on you iPhone 6 or Vulkan on G3 working out for you?
Yet a flagship is always flagship, but only at its time. Old flagship is at best a mid-high end product when the newer generation comes out. (Remember GTX 680 re-branded as GTX 770)
That said, their price-for-performance has improved dramatically compared when it first launched, due to their drop in value and surge of second hand market. The will still works great for the legacy workloads it was used to doing, but they will not cut it for the newer, more demanding tasks.
My stance is buying a (second-to-) last gen product is great, like getting 8th gen Core in 2019, but going too far back just not even worth pay such low price for them since they were long unsupported and will not work well anyway (Sandy Bridge does not even have proper Windows 10 driver support)
 
On a side note, why not track down one of those HTC One M8 with Windows Phone to complete your comparison? 

Smart phone? Nice.
Smart wristband? Cool.
 
A smart phone on your wristband? NO!!!

Smart phone? Nice.
Smart wristband? Cool.
 
A smart phone on your wristband? NO!!!

One thing to note is that not all Type-C ports are equal. Some phones might have a Type-C ports but they only carries data and power, not the crucial display signal.
 
Plus, HDaRen't.

One thing to note is that not all Type-C ports are equal. Some phones might have a Type-C ports but they only carries data and power, not the crucial display signal.
 
Plus, HDaRen't.

One thing to note is that not all Type-C ports are equal. Some phones might have a Type-C ports but they only carries data and power, not the crucial display signal.
 
Plus, HDaRen't.

AI? Have you tried Windows 10 Game Mode?
 
/s

AI? Have you tried Windows 10 Game Mode?
 
/s

The Mac users send their regards.

The Mac users send their regards.

The Mac users send their regards.

I have an Unraid server built on an Asrock Z370 Killer SLI with a passively cooled QQC0 (i9-9900T Engineering Sample, 8C/16T, 35 W, 1.7-3.8 GHz), a KalmX fanless 1050 ti and an LSI 9300-8i HBA with a bunch of cheap decommissioned (has several hundred terabyte writes on it) Intel DC SSDs (eight 3.8 TB S3500 to be precise) connected, all powered by a Seasonic Platinum 520 Fanless PSU. Extremely power efficient and makes no noise.
 
Primarily uses as a NAS, but also has a Windows 7 VM on it only to play some legacy games like Red Alert 2 (please don't judge) and remote in to see if anything went wrong.
 
Honestly, the idea of streaming with a VM on a local server is an idea with great potential for a single house hold. But there's much problem to this.
 
In my use case (NAS), I wasn't expecting triple-A titles to play on this thing anyway, so that gaming VM is merely an "add-on" for the system. All I need it to be is super efficient and quiet (hence the all low-power, fanless component), running any higher end hardware defeat its purpose of being a proper NAS. There's also not enough expansion slot or power headroom to accommodate a second GPU (lower PCIe x8 slot taken by LSI card to utilize full bandwidth), so upgrade is a no-go for me.
 
If I were to upgrade, it means at least I need to move to a HEDT or server platform, which is expensive. Sure I can get some older parts like X79 platform with E5 v2 for cheap, but then its power consumption is again too high to be a NAS.
 
Finally, consider this: you will not be in two place at the same time (unless there's multiple people gaming at the same time), so setting up dedicated gaming VMs for each room is no better than streaming from your main PC.
 
So in a word, no. Stick with a low-power NAS and a performance main (streaming) PC is the right way to go.

AIDA64 Extreme -> System Stability Test