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How do people feel about having a megacorp as their ISP? I'm not sure it's such a good idea.

High-end Z690 boards are killer. Can't go wrong with an ACE and MSI motherboards have been pretty good these past few years in my experience. Not to mention that the 690 looks better than the 790 in my opinion. You're going to need that network adapter because both boards come with shitty Intel 2.5 Gig networking. By going with the 690 you also lose "features" such as 5.0 M.2 support that no one really needs and you get worse memory support in theory. Of course, we know by now that the CPU's IMC is what truly matters most when it comes to that. An ACE board won't limit memory overclocking in any meaningful way unless you're doing XOC. Same goes for CPU overclocking. You could also try to find a Z690 Unify if you're looking to get the most bang out of your buck. It is basically a cheaper ACE with essentially the same features minus the bling. The ACE boards have never made sense where there's been a Unify model in the same lineup.

Some timeless classics.

Congratulations. You have found the joke.

Let's point and laugh at all the morons who bought regular 4080s.

I was on Android for 9 years from 2011 to 2020, when I got my first iPhone. Android is cool when you're like 15 years old and you're flashing a custom ROM or Kernel every week and you're adding custom icon packs and sh 1 t. As you mature a bit, your tinkering patience goes way down and you realize that you just want your tech to work. This is especially true if you're working in IT and you have to do lots of troubleshooting for other people. You just get tired of tinkering. That's where Apple comes in. No matter the situation, my iPhone just works. There is no lag or jankyness (lag is exactly what made me switch from the OnePlus 6T btw). The iPhone may not do everything a flagship Android phone does, but that's fine with me. This is coming from someone who has spent time tuning their RAM btw. It's about peace of mind, not about me being knowledgeable or not. My priorities have changed. I'd rather spend my time tinkering with my computer than my phone. Or better yet, play games or go out and not tinker at all. Wouldn't it be great if technology just worked? Imagine that! Apple understands that technology should not be an inconvenience. What I love most of all is the fact that you only have one choice: the iPhone, not 500 options like on Android. I can't be bothered to deal with that and I shouldn't have to. That's what the future should be like: You have a 'phone', you play games on your 'computer' and everything just works. No brand, no choice, everyone is using the same devices, everyone is connected in the same way. Devices adapt to each individual's needs, as they should, not the other way around. You need a new phone? No problem, just walk into the store and say "I'd like to buy a phone". Then they sell you the same phone everyone else on the planet has. Simple, not like the rubbish we deal with today. That's what an advanced civilization would do and Apple is the closest to achieving that. People are more divided than they've ever been and it's holding us back. Instead of using technology to enhance our lives and connect with people, we're arguing why our devices are better than the other person's.

Thanks. Lots of useful information there. Yeah, OLED is cool but I'm not spending $1200 on a display only to get burn-in within a few months. I use my monitor for work too and probably 14h+ each day so OLED is out of the question for me.

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Is your Neo G7 the 43" or the 32"? I was looking at the 32" Neo G7 as a replacement for my GL850. From what I read, Samsung QC is absolutely horrible but I'm willing to return a few until I get a decent one.

7800 is the way. Or 7950 if you need lots of cores.

If true, I'm not a fan of this decision. This will hurt their Radeon brand a lot. Casual shoppers already perceive Radeon as a cheap, low-quality alternative to GeForce, as they have for the past 15 years or so. Lack of high-end products will only make that worse. Not to mention that this could hurt innovation in the software department at AMD. What's the point of releasing FSR 3 and all that other stuff if you don't have any hardware to run it on?

Not too bad, actually.

They always try to downplay the issues that actually exist in order to defend their precious brand. That's the only reason why they type that. People who actually have no issues don't spend their time on forums defending tech companies. They play games because everything works.

Hover your mouse over my profile picture, see what pops up. Maybe read my signature too. I agree, they're not specific to one brand but AMD had way way way more of them.

I agree. So true. Plug an Nvidia card in, drag the sliders to the right, that's it. It just works whereas my AMD experience is as follows: - Random driver crashes and restarts (R9 270X) - Green artifacts in Chrome (RX 580) - Black screens, drivers crashes, low GPU usage for no reason, random downclocking to 300 MHz for no reason (5700XT)