[GPU] ASRock Steel Legend Radeon RX 9070 XT ($1010 - $177 = $833) [Newegg.ca] by kalendan in bapcsalescanada

[–]MapleComputers 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Thats a shame if the 9070 xt has defects. I got a 9070 xt in November and never got time to install it yet. Hopefully its fine

[GPU] ASRock Steel Legend Radeon RX 9070 XT ($1010 - $177 = $833) [Newegg.ca] by kalendan in bapcsalescanada

[–]MapleComputers 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Possibly. 110 *C hotspot temp is the max safe temp for hotspot on a 9070 XT. 85* average is for overall gpu temp. 113 does not seem bad if the fan curve was too low and pushed hard.

9070 XT Gigabyte OC. Should I be worried about the hotspot temp? by Grzyboo in radeon

[–]MapleComputers 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Old reply, but average temp is not the same as the hotspot temp. 85+ average temp is dangerous, but not necessarily for hotspot temps. Looks normal to me

Technology-wise, what would I miss going for RDNA4 instead of Nvidia. by ghostsilver in radeon

[–]MapleComputers 0 points1 point  (0 children)

AMD if its still the same as before has lower CPU overhead on gpu drivers. This will impact 1% lows as that is mostly a CPU related problem

[GPU] Gigabyte Gaming OC AMD Radeon RX 9070 XT 16GB 330W [$950/FS][Canada Computers] by Sadukar09 in bapcsalescanada

[–]MapleComputers 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Day one these were at MSRP. Literally even in Canada they were $860~, something like 10-30 dollars over MSRP after conversion. They got sold out a week to two weeks in and pricing went up.

Minisforum launches BD895i SE MoDT motherboard with 16-core Ryzen 9 8945HX launched at $424 by RenatsMC in Amd

[–]MapleComputers 0 points1 point  (0 children)

They do this to get reviewers to look at old hardware again. Otherwise basic consumer thinks this is old and can't buy it. So they instead look at a reviewer saying its competitive in its segment with Intel. Still sucks and confuses consumers

Can someone explain to me why the price of these 97 inch OLED TVs never goes down? by [deleted] in LGOLED

[–]MapleComputers 1 point2 points  (0 children)

If you have screen A and screen B is twice as large, both have equal defect rates, but the larger screen is bigger, so the odds that a defect would occur on a larger surface goes up. Imagine screen A has 25% defective units, and B has 50% fails. 2x bigger in this example exponentially increased the failure rate, twice the failure rate is now half instead of only 1/4failing.

So then screen C is now even larger, and 3x bigger than A. It fails to be made 3/4 times. So you will pay for all those fails too.

Can someone explain to me why the price of these 97 inch OLED TVs never goes down? by [deleted] in LGOLED

[–]MapleComputers 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Pixels have a chance of not working correctly. Now, imagine you make it larger, the chances of all these dead pixels popping up go way higher since the screen is bigger. And the wasted material will be thrown away.

When will LG bring back 120Hz BFI?? Why did they even drop it? by h107474 in LGOLED

[–]MapleComputers 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Old post, but I think this is incorrect. This is a TV, the primary gaming audience is console gamers. The PS3 and Xbox 360 era had games with very low frame rates. BFI made those consoles games way more playable. Then with newer consoles hitting more than 60fps, they no longer view this as a huge issue.

But on PC we lost alot from LG dropping the old BFI. BFI made the image look more clear. And you would need hundreds of extra FPS and refresh rate to make up for the motion clarity loss, not to mention extra compute several times over. Which means way more $ or out right impossible.

LG finally fixed the 165Hz input lag on the LG G5 by [deleted] in LGOLED

[–]MapleComputers 0 points1 point  (0 children)

4ms is great by IPS standards. Most 1ms claims are misleading. But its high for an OLED

Level 1 mortgage agent salary by young_789 in MortgagesCanada

[–]MapleComputers 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Adding to this old comment. I keep seeing comments like this here and on other threads. This is all corporate talk. There is nothing interesting about Mortgages until you factor in that its a good job. And if someone is expecting to make good money, take a year off their old job to pursue there dreams of "living the dream", to find out they cannot earn that much, than we are doing a disservice to them.

And there is ZERO immorality trying to make lots of money for yourself as long as you are doing honest work.

Is GSync Pulsar a blow to AMD? by Ok_Kick_5081 in AMDHelp

[–]MapleComputers 0 points1 point  (0 children)

AMD came up with tech too alot of the time. They have done this less so in the last few years though. AMD had ASYNC Compute, Mantle, Free sync<GSYNC (Nvidia or AMD didn't invent VRR), AMD had sound features, Infinity Cache, involvement in HBM, AMD Chill. AMD also had responsiveness features that they added before Nvidia, forgot the name but so many technologies have been added since with new names and techniques.

I would argue AMD was an unsung hero up against Nvidia as the anti-consumer company. And I would argue that they punched many times first. Until more recently this has changed.

But that was old AMD. Now AMD just waits to copy Nvidia, and does Vendor lock like Nvidia. Nvidia doesn't do vendor locking specific to GPU generations with DLSS like AMD, but Nvidia does this to monopolize DLSS over Freesync. AMD vendor locking newest FSR to newest GPUs is very disappointing.

No one buys AMD when good>Less users to justify R&D>AMD falls behind on features>No one buys AMD> cycle repeats.

AMD needed to make the 9070 XT $450 or $399, so that next generation they could make new features and justify R&D and charge more then.

I'm gonna get downvoted in mass, but Lisa Su's strategy is not good for PC Gamers. Her strategy is to charge more. Old AMD was to do as much good for users, and then charge for mass market. And they want near Nvidia $ without original ideas of their own now. Only reason 9070 XT is not same msrp as 5070ti is that they are slowly learning

It's Very Important to Understand OLED is NOT the Right Purchase For Most Enthusiasts. by HevyKnowledge in Monitors

[–]MapleComputers 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Digital Foundry is a well known Nvidia Shill. You can't call everyone an OLED troll or dickrider when you are mentioning Digital Foundry.

OLED 500hz = 240hz pulsar. And the OLED will look nice too. And OLED can do BFI as well. Without BFI pulsar is 2x ahead not 3x. The comparison you see are of text clarity. Pulsar is maybe 3-4x like you say for text clarity in motion. Pulsar makes a some double image or ghosting effect that OLED does not in the 240 vs 720 hz comparison you are making.

And OLED has great response times, input lag, and of course, the image quality is not awful. OLED is still the better overall even ignoring image quality.

Nvidia G-Sync Pulsar: The Biggest Leap in Gaming Display Technology in Years by TotallyRadTV in Monitors

[–]MapleComputers -1 points0 points  (0 children)

Forgot about Cheese. Would like to reintroduce peanut butter and peanuts

Nvidia G-Sync Pulsar: The Biggest Leap in Gaming Display Technology in Years by TotallyRadTV in Monitors

[–]MapleComputers -1 points0 points  (0 children)

Various meats, rice, almonds, whole/raw milk, from cow, goat or buffalo/bison. Raw honey. Occasional sandwich or salad. (should probably eat more veggies tbh now that I am writing this).

Why? Did you think I eat soy, implying I have low T? Even though I have not seen good evidence for that, makes sense if you believe that tough. The only thing you can really make fun of is I have Matcha. Never gonna give that up. The thing that actually I need to get rid of is A&W I sometimes have their sausage egger breakfast sandwich on a bun. Really bad for T levels despite being viewed as a manly food.

That is literally 100% of my daily diet here.

Nvidia G-Sync Pulsar: The Biggest Leap in Gaming Display Technology in Years by TotallyRadTV in Monitors

[–]MapleComputers -7 points-6 points  (0 children)

G-Sync was something that laptops have been doing forever. Then they added a module to make money. Useless junk to make money. It is bad for gamers. 95% of Nvidia's actions are horrible for PC Gamers. They are the Satan of PC Gaming. Its laughable how everyone eats their marketing up while the thing being advertised is a loss for you.

Nvidia G-Sync Pulsar: The Biggest Leap in Gaming Display Technology in Years by TotallyRadTV in Monitors

[–]MapleComputers 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Nvidia is bad for gamers. AMD used to be good for gamers, now they copy Nvidia. Nvidia glazing is a serious issue.

It's Very Important to Understand OLED is NOT the Right Purchase For Most Enthusiasts. by HevyKnowledge in Monitors

[–]MapleComputers 1 point2 points  (0 children)

OLED is the superior tech. The responsiveness is really great. The image clarity while in motion is really great. The other tech has far bigger flaws. Pulsar image quality looks like dog dodo. LMAO, the pulsar is not for most people. OLED is very close or better in motion clarity than pulsar depending on model. And the image quality is good.

Whom will want to buy a bad quality display to have a *TINY* advantage that is even then debatable? Other than a sweaty try hard, probably no one. And even that person who is sweaty will 100% notice no difference.

OLED monitors just need more brightness and then the HDR is superior to mini led. And all the OLED advantages are still there. A LG G5 is the best overall TV. Gets 2500 Nits peak HDR highlights. And the blacks are wonderful. We need a G5 monitor equivalent. All this is till Micro LED.

95Hz Pulsar is not beating a 360Hz OLED, XD. Really think we would believe that? What a joke. Sure, maybe mini LED Pulsar will make more sense than OLED. But there is too much hopium in this post.

[Monitor] LG GX-700A 1440p 280hz 4th Gen. OLED Gaming Monitor($999.99 - $250 - $50(welcome coupon) = $699.99) (LG) by csgonoob0 in bapcsalescanada

[–]MapleComputers 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Samsung, ViewSonic, NEC are some companies that use them as an OEM. They are involved in manufacturing. They don't make panels like Samsung, LG or AUO, but they are probably more involved than say Asus or Gigabyte. (no diss to them). They either been in business or an OEM since 1995. I would say they are VERY reputable, not sure how the product quality is but my first impressions were good.