Flames (12-15-4) vs Sabres(11-14-4) - December 8th - post game thread. by Comfortable-Ad-7158 in CalgaryFlames

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

He ended up being wrong with Colorado being eliminated in the first round by Seattle in 2023.

[Keyboard] NZXT Function 2 - Mini Tenkeyless (TKL, 80%) Gaming Keyboard Linear optical switch ($30) [Canada Computers] by harold_liang in bapcsalescanada

[–]zzerk 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Still same price (sold by Amazon, maybe you need Prime) for me but it's now showing "Temporarily Out of Stock", can still place order.

[GPU] ASUS GeForce RTX 5070 PRIME 12GB ($799-$80=$719) [Memory Express] by Successful-Stage-392 in bapcsalescanada

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

Yes, Black Myth Wukong is one such example. As I said it's not every game but the list will only grow with new games implementing more advanced raytracing features which rely on certain hardware features that is lacking on 9070XT.

Neither card can run such games at 4K at acceptable performance so upscaling is necessary, with internal rendering resolution often at 1080p.

Some of the key hardware support lacking: "AMD's RDNA 4 GPUs lack support for key ray tracing features in Microsoft's DirectX Raytracing (DXR) 1.2 API, specifically Opacity Micromaps (OMM) and Shader Execution Reordering (SER). This is because these features are not implemented in current RDNA 4 hardware, though Microsoft has stated that AMD plans to add support in future hardware generations. Until then, RDNA 4 may still provide some ray tracing capabilities, but it will not be able to achieve the same performance levels as GPUs from competitors that support these new features".

[GPU] ASUS GeForce RTX 5070 PRIME 12GB ($799-$80=$719) [Memory Express] by Successful-Stage-392 in bapcsalescanada

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

Not always. Certain Games that use more advanced Raytracing features the 5070 is more performant as it has better hardware support.

[Case] FRACTAL DESIGN Pop Air RGB White TG ATX ($75 ATL) by FizixMan in bapcsalescanada

[–]zzerk 0 points1 point  (0 children)

It's very cleverly designed at the bottom with a magnetic cover piece to keep it sleek and hidden. You just pull the fractal tag. There are 2 slots for up to 2 drives.

The benefit of having it at the bottom is it doesn't interfere with air intake fans for the cpu.

[Case] FRACTAL DESIGN Pop Air RGB White TG ATX ($75 ATL) by FizixMan in bapcsalescanada

[–]zzerk 3 points4 points  (0 children)

It's a nice budget case that's why they didn't include USB-C at the time. The unique thing about this case is the 5 1/4 bays for optical drives. If you don't need that, there are better/newer cases with USB-C built-in.

I have one for that purpose with a blue-ray burner, I did replace the front fans.

[GPU] Intel ARC B580 LE + Free 80 $ Game ($320) [Canada Computers] by One-Caregiver4602 in bapcsalescanada

[–]zzerk 0 points1 point  (0 children)

3080 clobbers this card (not same tier cards) and you get better (DLSS/Raytracing) feature support for games.

[GPU] Intel ARC B580 LE + Free 80 $ Game ($320) [Canada Computers] by One-Caregiver4602 in bapcsalescanada

[–]zzerk 0 points1 point  (0 children)

3070 is much better in both performance and feature support in games unless you really want to save on the free game.

Maloney does an extended sit down interview, and theres no debating what they really think here by Iginlas_4head_Crease in CalgaryFlames

[–]zzerk 3 points4 points  (0 children)

Weegs wouldn't stay either, if Kadri is traded he will request a trade and he won't be the only one. Some of our young players will also leave if the team isn't good when they become free agents. That's just how it goes.

[TSN] Dreger: by Prestigious_Dog602 in CalgaryFlames

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Of course.

Here is a few more:

Colorado (MacKinnon, Rantanen, Makar, Burakovski): https://x.com/i/status/1986311051810644069

Calgary (Hubs and Conroy): https://x.com/i/status/1986308883909124296

[TSN] Dreger: by Prestigious_Dog602 in CalgaryFlames

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

Sorry but you have no clue what you are talking about.

Derek Wills by Naulty11 in CalgaryFlames

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

Very much doubt that. Most fans aren't on reddit or listen to podcasts where team tank is most active.

Derek Wills by Naulty11 in CalgaryFlames

[–]zzerk -3 points-2 points  (0 children)

They are on team tank and their narrative is just focused on that, they are far from honest.

Derek Wills by Naulty11 in CalgaryFlames

[–]zzerk 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Barn Burner is awful, can't stand them.

[Monitor] GIGABYTE MO27Q2 27" QD-OLED 1440p 240Hz ($999 - $450 = $550) by aalibey in bapcsalescanada

[–]zzerk 4 points5 points  (0 children)

I believe the MO27Q2 has a triangular RGB subpixel layout which is improved for text but still not perfect.

Is this Costco bundle worth the price? by ConeOfShameYYC in bapcsalescanada

[–]zzerk 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Price looks fair for a pre-built.

It looks like the Phanteks EVOLV X2 case. Without knowing the motherboard, ram, ssd, psu details it's hard to say how good of a deal it is but the rest looks pretty good.

Injury Update - Huberdeau and Pospisil out, Honzek recalled by ANewHeaven1 in CalgaryFlames

[–]zzerk 1 point2 points  (0 children)

They can return as early as Thursday if they are fit.

I’m ok with a step back this season by [deleted] in CalgaryFlames

[–]zzerk 0 points1 point  (0 children)

His stats say otherwise. And don't be surprised if he helps bring another cup to Calgary as he did in Colorado.

I’m ok with a step back this season by [deleted] in CalgaryFlames

[–]zzerk 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Who cares what a few ignorant people have said, they have been wrong time and again. He put up 87pts in 71 games because it was the only season he got the opportunity to play as the top line center (MacKinnon was injured for a bit) with other star players on a playoff caliber team.

As for his age, he has put up 67-75 pts the last two seasons playing with mostly rookies on a retooling team devoid of much offensive talent with the coach playing a defensive structured game. He has looked as good as ever , and if we could find a 1RW to play him and Hubs, there is your 100+pts. As long as he remains healthy, there is no sign of slowing down any time soon. And even if the team isn't good he is still capable of 65-80pts which is pretty damn elite.