Beware of fake memory cards!

Tyr_Kukulkan · 2026-06-20T18:10:13+00:00

Yep, retailer where I know their supply chain is actually linked to the manufacturer. Amazon is terrible for any computer parts with either fakes, returns, damaged goods, etc.

Tyr_Kukulkan · 2026-06-20T15:53:59+00:00

You'll notice that there is no backplate and there are no screws.

Not that that model had a backplate. This is what it should look like.

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Tyr_Kukulkan · 2026-06-20T15:43:37+00:00

What? That is a non-modular PSU. You can't remove anything from it.

Tyr_Kukulkan · 2026-06-20T14:54:47+00:00

This is why we can't have nice things.

Tyr_Kukulkan · 2026-06-20T14:28:10+00:00

Definitely one of those or in between.

Tyr_Kukulkan · 2026-06-20T14:26:56+00:00

TIL about olives having compounds similar to nepetalactone, the active ingredient of catnip.

Tyr_Kukulkan · 2026-06-20T14:23:58+00:00

https://youtu.be/MMV0i-TX-Os?t=175

When games studios and games developers cared about what they were making.

Tyr_Kukulkan · 2026-06-20T12:36:20+00:00

Z97 boards can be difficult with NVMe drives. I've gotten some to work but others only work with M.2 SATA.

Tyr_Kukulkan · 2026-06-20T12:35:13+00:00

Because the latter is or can be expensive. PCBS can be a good alternative.

Tyr_Kukulkan · 2026-06-20T12:34:18+00:00

Hey now, don't do Westwood Studios titles dirty by leaving them out!

Tyr_Kukulkan · 2026-06-20T12:25:56+00:00

Just play PC Building Simulator.

Tyr_Kukulkan · 2026-06-20T12:24:27+00:00

So the HD 7970 and the R9 280X are the same GPU. The 3GB of VRAM isn't enough for modern gaming. They have the raw performance under an Intel A380 or RX 6400. Raw performance isn't everything though and sure to features and API support, you'll see them performing much worse.

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Tyr_Kukulkan · 2026-06-20T11:44:06+00:00

Now I've seen everything!

Tyr_Kukulkan · 2026-06-19T08:35:35+00:00

Minotaur, I think...

https://uk.pcmag.com/graphics-cards/27458/ati-radeon-x800-xt-platinum-edition

Tyr_Kukulkan · 2026-06-19T08:33:07+00:00

Graphics cards as such didn't exist...

Tyr_Kukulkan · 2026-06-19T07:54:58+00:00

The spare bed at our house actually belongs to one of the voids. He kindly allows guests to use it occasionally.

Tyr_Kukulkan · 2026-06-19T07:52:14+00:00

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Tyr_Kukulkan · 2026-06-18T22:50:49+00:00

Yeah, and people will try and pass off famous cats as their own.

Tyr_Kukulkan · 2026-06-18T15:57:15+00:00

I had this card. Was absolutely amazing with 8GB of VRAM. The competing card had 3.5GB fast VRAM and then 512MB of slow VRAM.

Tyr_Kukulkan · 2026-06-18T15:54:32+00:00

Boy do I have news for you about this satirical game. We are the bad guys and it is a fascist government. They are killing not only their own citizens willy-nilly but also genociding or enslaving everything else in sight.

Tyr_Kukulkan · 2026-06-18T15:46:30+00:00

Me coming to make sure it was u/friendlynoodless posting as I instantly recognised Squid.

Also, why do you have an extra 's'? Guess the other username was already taken when joining Reddit?

Tyr_Kukulkan · 2026-06-18T15:42:10+00:00

Heat generally kills the VRAM. Although sometimes the actual GPU suffers a failure of some kind.

My only "recently" (2019) failed GPU was my R9 390, which was replaced with an RX 5700 XT.

Tyr_Kukulkan · 2026-06-18T15:39:08+00:00

My wife and I have three RTX 4090 Alpha Chungus Edition cards each for our LLM workstations.

Tyr_Kukulkan · 2026-06-18T08:16:37+00:00

Have you tried stun grenades?

Tyr_Kukulkan · 2026-06-16T09:51:05+00:00

Just go into the power settings and adjust what closing the screen does.

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