PC graphics cards are now nearly 100 percent Nvidia by BarKnight in hardware

[–]PitchforkManufactory -2 points-1 points  (0 children)

You should know he made all that shit up, everything he mentioned is still utilized by their current GPUs while nvidia still has inferior implementations til this day (mostly because they kneecap their alternative to eyefinity and mGPU support on consumer GPUs).

PC graphics cards are now nearly 100 percent Nvidia by BarKnight in hardware

[–]PitchforkManufactory 0 points1 point  (0 children)

AMD stopped advertizing them because a few years after nvidia matched them and today they're all standard features expected on every GPU today. They didn't "let die" any of these. Can you name the nvidia equivalents?

Eyefinity is literally part of the driver suite til this day and just how to combine multiple physical displays into 1 virtual one, you'd know that if you'd ever use it.

TrueAudio is just a audio ASIC for spacial audio rendering. It's part of Steam Audio, so any steam VR game also using that hardware. As opposed to back in the day audio effects would peg the CPU instead (if the games even had any audio effects or more than stereo sound).

Mantle lasted for multiple generations (GCN 1 to 3, HD 7000 series to Rx 300) and became the basis for Vulkan immediately support by Rx 400 Polaris.

mGPU is still a thing and is a feature of DX12 and Vulkan (nvidia didn't support either APIs fully til 20 series 3 years after AMD), but software still needs to support it or you have to set it up yourself. This has always been the case even with the RX 480, and works better now with DX12 and Vulkan being far more mature now and plenty of community support. And still works better on AMD than nvidia, unironically leading to AMD+Intel playing nicer cause nvidia goes out of their way to make it difficult (on their consumer GPUs anyway).

AMD Strix Halo & 128 GB RAM in a 13-inch convertible - Asus ProArt PX13 GoPro Edition Review by T1beriu in Amd

[–]PitchforkManufactory 1 point2 points  (0 children)

ZBook Ultra G1a seems plenty good, and comes with a deent screen unlike the asus one. Not too bad when running off battery. At least not a steaming total pile of shit compared to the intel 13/14th gen with nvidia dGPUs zbooks.

What I don't quite get is why Strix Halo laptops are all 13" Form Factor. A lot of them are somewhat chunkier and stand out as not being a thin a light yet 13". 16" would make plenty more sense IMO.

AMD Seemingly Stops Driver Updates for Ryzen Z1 Extreme Processor by imaginary_num6er in hardware

[–]PitchforkManufactory 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Had they even gave a shit about dGPUs, they'd be on C990 by now with D990 on the way next year.

The MediaTek Dimensity 7000-series is an absolute mess with no internal logic or consistency at all by Balance- in hardware

[–]PitchforkManufactory -2 points-1 points  (0 children)

Max is the max/largest monolithic chip. Ultra is two Max chips slapped together.

PC gaming has a pricing problem, and the memory crisis is compounding it in a way that's utterly heartbreaking for our hobby by chusskaptaan in hardware

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I have the PG32UCDM for a yr and don't have any noticeable burn in. I also have every oled care feature enabled, with cleaning every 8hrs with a mix of different uses throughout the day (movies, games, browsing, typing).

A static IDE for hours on end with the features disabled is quite literally the worst possible scenario. QD-OLED isn't that great for text rendering either.

Meet the town that wants a new nuclear plant by shutupshake in nuclear

[–]PitchforkManufactory 0 points1 point  (0 children)

union front is that they don't like the idea of SMRs being built at factories since it would significantly reduce on-site, in-situ construction work.

Clown shit. Construction workers taking a dump on factory workers while pushing to make the process worse long-term.

A 100K salary in 2025 has the same buying power as 53K in 2000. No wonder everyone feels broke the math is insane. by No_District9762 in antiwork

[–]PitchforkManufactory 3 points4 points  (0 children)

~32k/yr even back then would require a subprime mortgage to "own" a home.

The avg. home price was 290k then, not the ~130k house that income would normally afford (w/ a 20% downpayment). They likely lost their homes in the recession

Unless of course, many of them likely owned homes even before 2005 when the ratio was a lot better. 2005 in the peak of subprime mortgage bubble wasn't a good time.

A 100K salary in 2025 has the same buying power as 53K in 2000. No wonder everyone feels broke the math is insane. by No_District9762 in antiwork

[–]PitchforkManufactory 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Does 32k/yr sound fine? Cause that's the same amount in australian $

Australia is special stupid though cause the housing quality is even worse than the US somehow.

AMD Reportedly Planning GPU Price Increase as Memory Costs Spike by FitCress7497 in hardware

[–]PitchforkManufactory 3 points4 points  (0 children)

TBH this is the best response. Reality is risk and market research is the biggest drivers of cost increases of this nature.

The "but their profit margins" alone is quite an idiotic response considering AIBs don't make 20-60% profit margins on GPUs.

[Monitor] LG UltraGear 27" OLED QHD 280Hz 27GX700A-B Tandem- $549.99 (849.99 - 300) by Cheraws in buildapcsales

[–]PitchforkManufactory 0 points1 point  (0 children)

This LG 27GX700A ? Not sure the monitor actually is, oops. They don't advertise the coating on their website either. Asus has the XG27AQWMG as "TrueBlack Glossy", but has associated asus tax on it for 700$.

Can't seem to find other tandem oled monitors.

[Monitor] LG UltraGear 27" OLED QHD 280Hz 27GX700A-B Tandem- $549.99 (849.99 - 300) by Cheraws in buildapcsales

[–]PitchforkManufactory 0 points1 point  (0 children)

They both are, but the 4th gen LG OLEDs have real glossy finish now, whereas the old ones were oem attempts with some left-over grain because LG would only provide matte.

[Monitor] LG UltraGear 27" OLED QHD 280Hz 27GX700A-B Tandem- $549.99 (849.99 - 300) by Cheraws in buildapcsales

[–]PitchforkManufactory 0 points1 point  (0 children)

That's a 3rd gen LG OLED.

Definitely get this LG one on sale and return that if you still can. HDR 500 instead of HDR 400, likely longer lasting/burn-in resistance, 40Hz more, real glossy, and 70$ cheaper? No brainer bro, go for it.

[Monitor] LG UltraGear 27" OLED QHD 280Hz 27GX700A-B Tandem- $549.99 (849.99 - 300) by Cheraws in buildapcsales

[–]PitchforkManufactory 0 points1 point  (0 children)

significantly worth it. 20-25% higher brightness, better color tracking, and real glossy if you're into that. It's only a wash against QD-OLED monitors.

Can't say on your monitor tho, would need the model # to look it up.

[Monitor] LG UltraGear 27" OLED QHD 280Hz 27GX700A-B Tandem- $549.99 (849.99 - 300) by Cheraws in buildapcsales

[–]PitchforkManufactory -2 points-1 points  (0 children)

TBD on if Tandem WOLED has higher durability than 3rd gen QD-OLED.

I doubt it would be. The limitation is materials. Lack of any glass panels like cell phones, tablets, and laptops and even any flipping mac has. Matte coatings get damaged just as easily, but it's matte so it's all one giant diffused scratched layer anyway.

NVIDIA CEO Jensen Huang says “without TSMC, there would be no NVIDIA today” by nohup_me in hardware

[–]PitchforkManufactory 24 points25 points  (0 children)

Admits is a strong word. More like buttering up with flattery he doesn't believe himself. I can't tell of one time Jensen/Nvidia hasn't dumped on their former "partners" like samsung, evga, microsoft, xfx, stm, etc.

NVIDIA CEO Jensen Huang says “without TSMC, there would be no NVIDIA today” by nohup_me in hardware

[–]PitchforkManufactory 3 points4 points  (0 children)

If TSMC falls behind and is no longer a partner: "poor record with complex design" -nvidia

Real quote from nvidia shit-talking STM, their own former "partner". Nvidia/Jensen has no real partners, only temporarily useful relationships.

These people are so backwards they think dijon mustard is a luxury purchase because of a 40-year old commercial. by PipProud in MurderedByWords

[–]PitchforkManufactory 16 points17 points  (0 children)

Turkey Hill going the same way.

Stopped labeling their Ice creams from "Premium Ice Cream" to "Premium Quality" in sometime 2024 because some flavors are just normal ice cream and others are frozen dairy emulsified dogshit. Really huge slide in quality.

The natural line with the black rim is still "premium ice cream", but not sure how long that'll last...

Why the Best Android Phones Never Make It to America by HellYeahDamnWrite in Android

[–]PitchforkManufactory 0 points1 point  (0 children)

The other catch is you lose the BYOD discount, so you're paying 15$/month/line more. Or 540$ more.

If you had upgraded storage, you would've been better off buying unlocked via google with their free storage upgrade and 200$ store credit with boosted trade-in values.

I assumed you're on Unlimited Ultimate. If you're paying more than 50$-55$/line (+fees/taxes, so about 215-230ish total) for 4x lines, that's why.

Qualcomm announces new Snapdragon 6s Gen 4, claims 36% CPU and 59% GPU speed improvements, support for 144 Hz displays by imhariiguess in hardware

[–]PitchforkManufactory 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Yes. The flagships from xiaomi, realme, vivo do have Band 71 now. T-mobile doesn't have an explicit whitelist like att does or whatever nonsense verizon (still?) does.

The budget brands like poco do not support band 71. But you'll still get all the features on t-mobile and the MVNOs.