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NicoV

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    NicoV got a reaction from da na in Monitor With the Aspect Ratio of a Rearview Mirror   
    I'm pretty sure that is where this display is from: It seems like it is using the same panel as the duo's secondary screen. Same size, aspect ratio (31.41818/9 to be exact), refresh rate, advertised response time, and resolution. That said, you can buy kits with these duo panels and a controller board for about $80 a piece (Or both separately for about the same). In fact, most of those kits use 12V DC input from a power brick as power input, so they might essentially be selling those with a not-so-fancy enclosure.
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    NicoV got a reaction from Luscious in We Bought the CHEAPEST OLED TV… How Bad Could It Be?   
    Blade Runner 2049, highly recommended, especially if you've seen and liked the original Blade Runner.
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    NicoV got a reaction from Windows7ge in Gaming on a $60,000 Computer   
    7702. A lower power version of the 7742, which is a lower power version of the 7H12. Not to be confused with the 7702p, which is the exact same, but can't run on dual socket motherboards and is 463 dollars cheaper on amazon.
     
    If you set the video to 4K, it becomes possible to read the text in task manager because of the lower compression loss, even if you only have a 1080p monitor.
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    NicoV got a reaction from Morris_lee_9116 in From Sand to Silicon: The Making of a Microchip | Intel (video)   
    Nitpicks:

    "Pushing the limits of science"
    No sh**, they shot for the moon for the original 10nm, and totally missed. We just don't have the level of chemical control that they needed to get that cobalt trick to work. Maybe try something a little more reasonable this time.
     
    "give each Intel chip limitless potential"
    With enough volts and LN2, sure.
     
    "It's one of mankind's most complex feats"
    No argument there.
     
    "Intel has essentially doubled transistor density every new generation"
    -literally shows a graph of incremental yearly improvements- You haven't doubled transistor density in a single generation in a long time, neither has anyone else at that level of transistor size for that matter, and that isn't even what your graph shows.
     
    "Intel has devised several innovations to overcome fundamental barriers to continue transistor density scaling"
    How many years ago was 10nm supposed to be? Again, Intel pulls off a ton of amazing technological tricks, they just went down the completely wrong road 5 years ago. Also their sentence is worded in the past tense, so I'll give them that.
     
    "Innovation processor packaging has become a critical feature of advanced computing architecture"
    What was that about glued together chips?
     
    "2D and 3D packaging technologies are enabling new device form factors and additional boosts in performance and energy efficiency.
    Sooooo, EPYC?.. Admittedly AMD did mess up with HBM a bit before they figured out a more useful version of the multiple dies idea.
     
    "Adding more performance and features to each new processor generation"
    Thanks for the finally not quad cores I guess? I don't know, for some reason it feels like that was more reactionary than actual innovation, I wonder why... Oh right, 1700Xs.
     
    "Intel's integrated design and manufacturing capabilities have enabled humanity to innovate game-changing technologies that impact nearly ever facet of modern life." 
    Ok yes, computers are very important for almost everything we do now, and you did make a lot most of the consumer and datacenter chips for almost a whole decade, but that is some serious self congratulation. Also, you're only in this ridiculous situation because of your insistence on not releasing what is now a several year old architecture until you had a new process to make it on.
     
    -The next 30 seconds is copy-paste marketing speak about being powered by creators-
    ZZZZZZzzzzzzzzzzzzz
     
    Whoever is in charge of Intel's presumably enormous marketing team, please stop making stuff life this, and please start figuring out a new naming scheme that actually makes sense. Who knows? The engineers who design the chips might be able to give you some tips on the actual differences.
     
    Now time to find an AMD equivalent to this video and go on a similar nitpick.
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    NicoV got a reaction from Drama Lama in From Sand to Silicon: The Making of a Microchip | Intel (video)   
    Nitpicks:

    "Pushing the limits of science"
    No sh**, they shot for the moon for the original 10nm, and totally missed. We just don't have the level of chemical control that they needed to get that cobalt trick to work. Maybe try something a little more reasonable this time.
     
    "give each Intel chip limitless potential"
    With enough volts and LN2, sure.
     
    "It's one of mankind's most complex feats"
    No argument there.
     
    "Intel has essentially doubled transistor density every new generation"
    -literally shows a graph of incremental yearly improvements- You haven't doubled transistor density in a single generation in a long time, neither has anyone else at that level of transistor size for that matter, and that isn't even what your graph shows.
     
    "Intel has devised several innovations to overcome fundamental barriers to continue transistor density scaling"
    How many years ago was 10nm supposed to be? Again, Intel pulls off a ton of amazing technological tricks, they just went down the completely wrong road 5 years ago. Also their sentence is worded in the past tense, so I'll give them that.
     
    "Innovation processor packaging has become a critical feature of advanced computing architecture"
    What was that about glued together chips?
     
    "2D and 3D packaging technologies are enabling new device form factors and additional boosts in performance and energy efficiency.
    Sooooo, EPYC?.. Admittedly AMD did mess up with HBM a bit before they figured out a more useful version of the multiple dies idea.
     
    "Adding more performance and features to each new processor generation"
    Thanks for the finally not quad cores I guess? I don't know, for some reason it feels like that was more reactionary than actual innovation, I wonder why... Oh right, 1700Xs.
     
    "Intel's integrated design and manufacturing capabilities have enabled humanity to innovate game-changing technologies that impact nearly ever facet of modern life." 
    Ok yes, computers are very important for almost everything we do now, and you did make a lot most of the consumer and datacenter chips for almost a whole decade, but that is some serious self congratulation. Also, you're only in this ridiculous situation because of your insistence on not releasing what is now a several year old architecture until you had a new process to make it on.
     
    -The next 30 seconds is copy-paste marketing speak about being powered by creators-
    ZZZZZZzzzzzzzzzzzzz
     
    Whoever is in charge of Intel's presumably enormous marketing team, please stop making stuff life this, and please start figuring out a new naming scheme that actually makes sense. Who knows? The engineers who design the chips might be able to give you some tips on the actual differences.
     
    Now time to find an AMD equivalent to this video and go on a similar nitpick.
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    NicoV got a reaction from SnooPainting8310 in 3900x vs Dual Xeon   
    Not sure about the motherboard costs, but some of the first, and even second gen threadripper CPUs can go for really cheap. As in, 300$ for a 16 core CPU cheap.
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    NicoV got a reaction from panzersharkcat in Any Ryzen 4000 Laptops with user replaceable Battery, RAM, and NVMe?   
    I see that the Lenovo Legion 5 15.6" has been mentioned, so I thought I might poke my head in. The screen is fine. I don't want to call it great since I haven't had that much experience with really high end monitors, but it's good enough for video editing and color correction. The RAN, SSDs/HDDs and battery are all replaceable. The keyboard doesn't flex while typing, normally or quickly, and you have to press really hard to get it to flex (Harder than I would actually ever press, even while playing a game), but it is there. As for the GPU, I've found that if I set everything to APU only in the control panel, it basically turns off. With this, the battery life is somewhere around 7-8 hour.
     
    Just thought I might respond to a few things said since I have on off these slightly weird computers. They really shouldn't be selling it as a gaming laptop, it's more like a "You either need to render something but don't have much money, or you need a large amount of CPU power and ASUS keep messing up their cooling solutions".
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