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4070 reviews thread

I upgraded my 1070 GTX FE (2016 price - $450) to 4070 RTX FE. Performance improvement of ~3x over seven years according to benchmarks, power up 33% though (150W TDP vs 200W). I gotta say that the packaging is like 1000x improvement, unboxing the 4070 RTX feels like opening a mysterious artifact...
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- Post #193
- Apr 15, 2023
- Forum: Graphics Cards
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Worst CPUs ever, now with poll!

K5 does not deserve to be on that list, for shame! Cyrix 6x86 had worse thermals, worse FPU, more shady marketing, cache bug! Both were budget P5s, but the AMD part was actually respectable.
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- Post #607
- Mar 16, 2023
- Forum: CPUs and Overclocking
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The anti-crypto thread

And if things don't go as planned, Apple will build a fleet of iBattleships to protect their investment.
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- Post #911
- Oct 29, 2021
- Forum: OT Discussion Club
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The anti-crypto thread

Well BTC blockchain cost is < $3 these days so that's not true, but who knows what the cost will be a week from now if things get crazy. He runs everything through his Coinbase account so he accepts anything Coinbase will accept (I think), lastest info is that BTC, ETH, ADA, ALGO, COMP, AMP, LTC...
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- Post #577
- Aug 12, 2021
- Forum: OT Discussion Club
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The anti-crypto thread

This is a real example, I'm not making this up. The guy has a well-known YouTube channel (in this collectable niche), he makes money by buying large volume of product wholesale, breaking it down, and selling it off to hundreds or thousands of patrons in order sizes around a few hundred dollars...
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- Post #575
- Aug 11, 2021
- Forum: OT Discussion Club
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The anti-crypto thread

There's a guy that does $15MM per year selling collectables through his Patreon account. Goods are prepaid and shipped by mail, these are transactions between a trusted seller and mostly trusted buyers. Paypal just raised his rates in the middle of the night with no recourse. He's started to...
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- Post #568
- Aug 11, 2021
- Forum: OT Discussion Club
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The anti-crypto thread

Some claim that cryptocurrency has no practical use, but that's just wrong. It's a great way to hedge against GPU price increases. Let's say I want to build a new gaming PC two years from now. I don't know what the price of ETH will be in two years, but chances are if it's low then GPU prices...
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- Post #520
- Aug 4, 2021
- Forum: OT Discussion Club
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The anti-crypto thread

Anyone notice that the BTC transaction cost is now down to about $2 USD? That's still too high, but at least it isn't approaching $100 like a few months ago. It doesn't make sense for anyone to pay for their socks on Amazon using BTC, but it could work for some transactions. But what's going to...
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- Post #495
- Jul 26, 2021
- Forum: OT Discussion Club
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The anti-crypto thread

If you look at cryptocurrency as a giant R&D experiment then banning mining seems like really poor policy. Even if you think cryptocurrency is completely useless today, there may come a day where it enables something really useful. Humanity has spent time / energy / money on similar R&D...
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- Post #390
- Jul 11, 2021
- Forum: OT Discussion Club
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Question Asus repair facilities suck

My one experience with Asus RMA was fine. I ordered a new 1440p monitor with a line of dead pixels and Asus sent me a box with prepaid envelope. I got back a working monitor a few weeks later, which I am still using now, years later. But in general, RMA is terrible across the business. The...
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- Post #9
- Jul 11, 2021
- Forum: Motherboards
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Question Display cuts off after few minutes of use

After the hang, check /var/log/syslog on the next boot for anything logged around hang time. Also check temps (CPU and GPU). I know you checked fans, but that doesn't necessarily mean temps are fine (e.g., cooler could be mis-mounted, or no thermal paste). Are temps increasing up until the hang...
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- Post #2
- Jun 29, 2021
- Forum: Computer Building
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The anti-crypto thread

Some analogies hold true between your cryptocurrency-wallet and your physical wallet, likewise between your cryptocurrency and your cash money. If you have a wallet full of hundred dollar bills and you lose it in the street, they money is gone, you're never going to get it back and you have no...
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- Post #220
- Jun 27, 2021
- Forum: OT Discussion Club
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The anti-crypto thread

If you thought overpriced GPUs were bad, get ready for $1000 rib eyes and $50 Big Macs.
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- Post #190
- Jun 24, 2021
- Forum: OT Discussion Club
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The anti-crypto thread

3070 Ti sold prices on ebay are down $300-$400 from two weeks ago, now around $1150. I have a dream that one day I will be able to walk into BestBuy (not even sleeping in line overnight) to buy a GPU for RETAIL PRICE. Maybe it will happen when ETH crosses $1000.
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- Post #178
- Jun 24, 2021
- Forum: OT Discussion Club
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Question AMD Ryzen 5000 - AVAILABILITY

5950X back at Amazon... I opted for 5600X though. It looks like supply issues are OVER for CPUs. Wish I could say the same for GPUs.
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- Post #810
- Jun 24, 2021
- Forum: CPUs and Overclocking

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