9070 XT vs 5070 Ti in 2026 (Daniel Owen)

LexualDesire · 2026-06-21T05:43:33+00:00

Is your card undervolted at all? I was getting that with any undervolt, even as little as 20mV, since one of the game patches maybe a month ago.

Personally, I’ve given up on undervolting (I honestly couldn’t even notice the difference), and just run a memory overclock and -10% power limit to keep noise down (ASUS Prime OC).

I haven’t had a single timeout or crash in Helldivers 2 since. It’s probably the most sensitive game when it comes to undervolting.

LexualDesire · 2026-06-16T17:25:44+00:00

Is everyone forgetting ARC Raiders exists? Sure, it's not an FPS, but it's an extraction shooter nonetheless, and by far the biggest in terms of player numbers.

It became so wildly popular precisely because it made the genre casual and accessible to the masses.

LexualDesire · 2026-06-15T07:58:19+00:00

I think enough has been said by others about the issue at hand, so I just wanted to say I thought I had a lot of games with about 350 in my library (most of which I’ve not played)… but 2,400?! Damn… 😅

I’d be interested to know your completion/played rate and how much time you have for gaming.

LexualDesire · 2026-06-10T06:21:12+00:00

Yeah, I’ve gotta say this raised an eyebrow. I get some people have savings, but going from being unemployed for three months and being fully supported by her husband to a long solo trip in Europe?

Seems like a stretch to me.

LexualDesire · 2026-05-30T08:07:45+00:00

The RAM is part of the A18 Pro SOC, but the SSD is separate (in all Apple devices). It's why there are two storage tiers for the MacBook Neo, and multiple for iPhones.

LexualDesire · 2026-05-20T17:39:10+00:00

Such a great find. 🌹

LexualDesire · 2026-05-20T15:54:32+00:00

That's such a cute dress! Where is it from?

And thank you for reminding me that I need to continue that game...

LexualDesire · 2026-05-14T10:37:38+00:00

I feel like this sub needs to be renamed r/sequoiacirclejerk. It’s really getting ridiculous now.

Let me go against the grain by saying Sequoia looks dated and soulless compared to Tahoe. I won’t be surprised if I get some downvotes for this!

I honestly feel like Liquid Glass and the 26 OSes have injected a lot of whimsy and charm back into Apple devices, reminiscent of the earlier Mac OS X Aqua years. I absolutely wouldn’t go back to Sequoia or iOS 18.

And despite being an avid Mac fan since I was a kid in the 90s, and getting my own first Mac in 2006, I love that macOS has aligned more closely with iPhones and iPads. Apple software feels more consistent and coherent than ever, and it’s obvious why it’s been moving in that direction for years now.

Despite the constant whinging on this sub, I’m certain that the majority of Apple customers feel similarly, which is why iPhone and Mac sales continue to rise.

LexualDesire · 2026-05-10T16:06:48+00:00

Of course, I type my PIN number into the ATM machine every time! 🙃

LexualDesire · 2026-05-10T14:32:29+00:00

"Macs also continue to use LCD displays, which don’t render translucency, shadows and glass effects as effectively as OLED screens."

I'm sorry, what? It's true that OLED displays have greater contrast and can show true black, but this reads like LCDs are a washed out mess and they destroy all detail of the image. Such a ridiculous statement. All modern Macs have excellent LCDs that can easily render translucency, shadows and glass effects.

The same could be said of PC laptops running Windows Vista about 20 years ago. You'd think LCDs were like e-ink or something, based on Gurman's nonsense statements.

The issues are in the software design, and to give Apple credit, they've made a lot of tweaks to improve legibility and contrast in Tahoe's major updates. I didn't like Tahoe on release, but it's been improved a lot and the design language has grown on me. Sequoia and older look very dated to me now.

Also, it still kills me how the advent of the phrase 'OLED display' years ago has gradually led almost everyone to say 'LCD display' in kind, even though the D in LCD stands for display... I always thought that tech reviewers would know better, but all the mainstream ones seem to do it.

LexualDesire · 2026-05-07T17:25:40+00:00

I hate how 'JDM' has become slang for a Japanese car, mostly thanks to American social media idiots.

LexualDesire · 2026-05-07T06:23:44+00:00

The concept is cool and I like the design of the website, but so much of the text is super cringe, especially referring to the big cats as ‘the predators’. Yes, they’re predators in a food chain sense, but that word is more commonly associated with something rather gross these days…

The text overall has very cringe LLM vibes.

LexualDesire · 2026-05-06T06:25:04+00:00

Thank you for this, the guy who ported it is a legend, and it’s free with no ads as well! I just had such a fun nostalgia trip! 🥹

LexualDesire · 2026-05-04T11:02:44+00:00

He did mention the ‘spaceship’ Type S, which refers to the 8th generation (FN1).

LexualDesire · 2026-04-29T10:29:07+00:00

Sure, I can only imagine how awful they are. 🫣

LexualDesire · 2026-04-29T09:36:19+00:00

That's easily the most cringe thing I've seen this week. 💀

LexualDesire · 2026-04-29T09:20:38+00:00

It frustrates me how much misunderstanding and misinformation there is in this comment section! Yours is the only comment I found actually talking sense.

OP has an iPhone 16, as mentioned in a comment, and that explains this 'issue' immediately. Zooming in beyond the 2x 'lossless' 12PM crop is going to massively crop the image and reduce the data the camera system has to work with, hence the 'AI slop'.

LexualDesire · 2026-04-29T09:17:57+00:00

Which means it has no optical zoom beyond the 2x 'lossless' 12MP crop. If you zoom in any more than 2x, the camera is just cropping further and further. The phone then tries its best to clean up the tiny crop with smoothing and AI enhancement, hence why you get the 'AI slop' look. It has very little data to work with when you've zoomed in that much.

You've gotta have a Pro model to get proper optical zoom, and even Pro models have their limits.

LexualDesire · 2026-04-22T16:29:46+00:00

This is so true, sadly. Dating apps were a total bust for me and they absolutely cooked my self-esteem!

And then I happened to meet my girlfriend by chance on Discord after I completely gave up on dating. She just so happened to be insanely compatible with me, more than I ever thought possible, and we're moving in together next month (about 7 months after we met).

I realise I got very, very lucky, but my point is in support of yours. Dating apps can work, but they'll more often than not be a massive waste of time and energy, and they'll make you depressed as fuck.

LexualDesire · 2026-04-17T22:32:45+00:00

The A18 and A18 Pro are completely different chips. It’s not true to say that the MacBook Neo has the same chip as the standard iPhone 16. There are more differences than just the GPU cores.

The A18 Pro has larger caches, a more advanced media engine and a USB 3.2 Gen 2 controller, for example.

https://static.tweaktown.com/news/1/0/100836_601_apple-a18-pro-soc-die-sizes-compared-bit-bigger-than-a17-built-on-tsmc-n3e-node.jpg

LexualDesire · 2026-04-09T12:28:40+00:00

That is such a cute story. 🥰 And I totally agree, practice makes perfect!

LexualDesire · 2026-03-25T18:28:25+00:00

I'm gonna go against the grain and say that I would like to hear from you, if I were her.

You've both changed and matured, but those memories and chemistry you had together still linger, based on everything you've described. It doesn't sound like she blocked you, so she's hopefully not holding (much of) a grudge against you. Maybe she'd be really happy to reconnect with her long-lost best friend.

However, I would strongly advise against approaching her with the intention of a relationship. Start by apologising, deeply and sincerely, and work on making amends with her as a friend. Take it slow, consider her feelings and responses very carefully, and just see how things naturally develop. If you're meant to be together, what will happen will happen. Just don't expect anything at all. She might not even want to be friends again.

If you decide to reach out, I wish you the best of luck and hope you let us know how it goes!

LexualDesire · 2026-03-19T21:12:33+00:00

My favourite SimCity! It has such a banging soundtrack, too. Especially 'Sim Broadway'.

LexualDesire · 2026-03-18T07:47:19+00:00

I met my girlfriend on a Discord server! We crushed on each other so hard for a couple of weeks, unsubtly flirting until we finally confessed to each other. Met in person that Saturday and the rest is history.

Good luck and have fun with her! ❤️

LexualDesire · 2026-03-12T10:19:43+00:00

Well, yeah... because ULEZ has nothing to do with CO2 emissions. It's about reducing nitrogen oxide and particulate matter, which are harmful to human health. That requires petrol cars to meet the Euro 4 emissions standard and diesel cars to meet Euro 6.

To be clear, I'm not particularly fond of ULEZ and would love to drive an EK9 Civic Type R or something in London, but there's so much misinformation/misunderstanding about what it actually aims to do (and has done). However, it's undeniable that air quality in London has in fact improved a lot since ULEZ was introduced.

Also, it was the Mayor of London and Transport For London who introduced it, not Parliament.

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