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Never knew car batteries had such a lane. I've always just gone with batteries with the better "cold crank amps" rating. Been in a situation too many times where its -20C and welp, battery is out of juice.

I don't argue that, I simply disagreed that a 104 class die is a XX50 series GPU. I'm all for jumping on the Nvidia price gouging bandwagon because... that's what they're doing. They save those full 4090 dies for B2B sales as someone else stated here. Gotta get 5K a pop for "AI".

Nice! I have the same chair (white / grey) and been using it for almost 2 years. Holds up extremely well.

I haven’t played much at all since the winter holidays (which was dominated by my weird Avatar obsession) and I have a fairly decent backlog that borderline brings me anxiety. I also did purchase Alan Wake 2 and I have not even booted it up yet but there are a quite a few games I also want to play but I will prioritize a couple (if possible). One from last year (System Shock remake). Game looks great, I love Bioshock, and I like some of the Deus Ex games. This seems like a fun take on a classic PC game and hopefully will introduce me to the System Shock series. On sale, 50% off. Also in a few weeks time, Pacific Drive comes out and looks super fun. Survival horror is one of my favourite genres and mixing that with driving and roguelike elements like Hades, this has the potential to be one of favourite indie games. 10% discount (pre-order). Save 50% on System Shock on Steam STORE.STEAMPOWERED.COM A first-person fight to the death in the depths of space! Save 10% on Pacific Drive on Steam STORE.STEAMPOWERED.COM Face the supernatural dangers of the Olympic Exclusion Zone with a car as your only lifeline in this...

Good point (to help troubleshooting). I can't replicate it now but if it appears again, I will note the above.

Can confirm, appears on my end too. I thought it was just my phone (im usually on mobile) being weird. Pressing enter after typing my search query opens that review page in a new tab. Edit: 1:14pm EST, oddly enough, I cannot replicate it right now. However, this has been happening for the past (at least) 2 weeks. I was trying to dig out my gaming threads using the search function for context when I noticed this event / bug.

I know it's semantics but the 4070, 4070 Super, 4070 Ti, is still 300m2 die (AD 104). With the trade offs (cut cores, smaller bus etc.), they should have marketed as 4060 cards and priced accordingly. Either way, Nvidia plays a lot with the 104 series chips. Maxwell GM204 were 960 to 980 GPUs. Pascal 1060 to 1080 were GP104s. Turing TU104s ranged from 2060 to 2080S. Ampere GA104s ranged from 3060 to 3070 Ti. I don't believe the 4070 (AD 104) is an XX50 class GPUs given ~Nvidia's history over the past 10 years.

Agreed… it’s just that this class of card should not be $800. Honestly, $650 makes way more sense with the 4070 Super at $550. I think the 4070 TIS will sit on the shelves for a while. The $200 gap for the TI is absurd for that wider bus / 4GB of VRAM and minimal gains against the 4070 Ti.

Nice I'm not sure if this also matters and if I am just racking up your bill with the dev for all these changes, but within the threads, the "OP" is listed as "Topic Starter". Just more food for thought if you want to be more consistent across the board. Take these as suggestions, ultimately, I don't want you to spend too much time / $ on these items.

I can't help it... Also, wasn't this the 4080 12gb or is that the original 4070 Ti? I'm getting confused with all of their naming shenanigans. At least the 4070 Super seems like a good product and ultimately, the 4080 is finally getting a price cut. But it's too little, too late IMO. Hope they correct their product line with the Blackwell series after trying to take advantage of gamers.

2024-01-23 - Update Reviews are going live for another two major titles (when will the games STAPH?) Like a Dragon: Infinite Wealth (formally known as the Yakuza series) Metacritic score (PC) -> 89% (in progress, subject to change) Release date -> January 26, 2024 Systems -> PC, PS, XB Tekken 8 Metacritic score (PC)-> 93% (in progress, subject to change) Release date -> January 26, 2024 Systems -> PC, PS, XB

If your truncate the window, the text redirects to the next available row below. E.g., this is when I squish my chrome browser window on a 1440p monitor.

2024-01-22 - Update The list is now live! (second post) Now it may look sparse but throughout the week(s) it will be filled with content. I tried a new way to embed it into the forum by using the publishing function within Google Sheets. Font doesn't seem to match but it should be easier to navigate. *cracks knuckles* time to get at it A lot of games still to highlight but so far we have two large releases in 2024. 1. Prince of Persia: The Lost Crown. It's been 14 years since the last major Prince of Persia release (2010). Metroidvania / 2D platformer style. Fast paced. 2. Palworld. Openworld Ark survival type game that strangely resembles Pokemon. Sold over 5m copies in 3 days... A game worth mentioning that will be released in the next ~30 days. Pacific Drive. A "road like", it's a driving-survival game where you traverse the "exclusion zone" in the pacific north west. Looks super fun and creepy at the same time. I intend to buy this at launch (if reviews are good).

NVIDIA RTX Remix Open Beta Available Now - Remaster The Classics With RTX WWW.NVIDIA.COM Modders: Download the NVIDIA RTX Remix Open Beta to remaster classic games with full ray tracing, DLSS and generative AI tools. Something a little off the main path...

Noice! In my mind, "Op" should be "OP" but now I'm just being fussy Edit: It also may be worth harmonizing the date format across all types of posts. Reviews still follow the full date (E.g, January 4, 2024) whilst all other posts and threads follow (MM DD, HH:MM)

If you have the passion for tea, just go for it My inventory is now stocked for the next 3-6 months so I know I won’t place a (larger) order anytime soon. I am also unsure if I can order those specific teas here in Canada. Still doesn’t prevent us from chatting about it or to inform others Personally I can’t tell quality by looking at the leaves… but they sure look pretty XD

Thanks Yea it was a little more effort than my espresso routine but ultimately it's a tea with frothed milk I need to add more leaves I think, steep it longer, and maybe a bit more honey. It was good but not 100% perfect. Certainly interested in trying a Chai Never had one.

Tried making a London Fog with Tealish’s Earl Grey Cream tea leaves. Recipe (first attempt) for two cups London Fog: - 1 heaping tablespoon of earl grey tea leaves - ~250ml boiling water - Steep for 5mns. - 1 heaping tablespoon of honey - 2 drops of vanilla extract - Pour batch into two separate cups. - Froth 250ml milk however you prefer and pour evenly into both cups

You can't find a link for the "tea" labeled "Gunpowder" ... lol I kid! Thanks for sharing the spread! I'll need to check them out. I am curious if there is a local distributor so I can to my list of preferred vendors.

2024-01-18 - Xbox Developers Direct Avowed Developer: Obsidian Release date: Fall 2024 Senua's Saga Hellblade II Developer: Ninja Theory Release date: May 21, 2024 Visions of Mana Developer: Square Enix Release date: Summer 2024 Ara: History Untold Developer: Oxide Games Release date: Fall 2024 Indiana Jones and the Great Circle Developer: MachineGames Release date: 2024 Source: https://www.eurogamer.net/indiana-jones-in-2024-and-everything-else-announced-in-xboxs-developer-direct

Exactly, that's why I bought it too. Look, some may tolerate frame gen more than others and I won't argue that. I just didn't like, even in the game that has really good implementation but isn't that popular (Avatar). Ultimately, it's a feature as you described and I love my 7900 XTX. It's the least amount you can pay today for the absolute most amount of raster performance. I didn't want to wait 3 years for Blackwell so I jumped in immediately (day 1 purchase) and I am glad I did because, time has value too, ya know So I will ride this card out, as long as I can until Blackwell approaches and then sell it for as much as I can to reinvest into being a day 1 buyer on the next gen.

Same but I wouldn’t buy one for framegen. Even in Avatar, where it’s been reported to be the best implementation yet, it’s not worth committing to. Maybe if you have 80-90fps baseline in your preferred game but there are not enough games that support FSR3 where the 7900XTX can blast it at 4K. Their driver level implementation is not good. Too much judder when you move around.

There is an interesting doc, not sure if on a streaming service or youtube, but it went into details how native species within the contamination zone have spread radiation all across Europe. One of the examples was reindeer / deer, which I believe migrate from Ukraine to Finland. Don't quote me on that but the whole story was rather interesting. E.g., Radioactive Reindeer Roam Norway 30 Years After Chernobyl | WIRED WWW.WIRED.COM Long after the radiation that blanketed Europe dispersed, herders in Norway are living with the effects of the worst civilian nuclear disaster in history.

Thanks for sharing I came across a video last year which I thought was pretty interesting: The presenter is very good at communicating and explaining the whole process. The AI can’t complete Pokemon but they demonstrate how the AI can be trained to learn in a way that is digestible. I have not opened most of those articles but I read about Google layoffs for tomorrow reported by Ars. I’m not entirely convinced that article is accurate. They’re correlating PMAX (AI solution) to LCS (Large Customer Sales) and personally, I think the answer is more simple. Larger customers are spending less (larger trend) and they [Google] need to reorganize their groups and teams internally (trim the fat) to either manage more clients with less or reprioritize smaller clients. I could be entirely wrong but it seems incredibly risky for large clients to switch to AI so quickly at such scale that it’s already resulting in layoffs at Google. Seems sus.

Chicken strips. Just breast cut into strips, pattered with flour, egg, and Italpasta “Italian” seasoned breadcrumbs. Cast iron with canola oil at 350f. 2-3mn per side. Throw on a wire rack and sprinkle salt.