cusideabelincoln Posted January 8 Share Posted January 8 29 minutes ago, stepee said: cmonnnn 2026 8k LG oled with nvidia gsync pulsar! 1440p 360Hz pulsar would be a great eSports/do-it-all monitor. Also I don't think OLEDs require half of what Pulsar does (dynamically tweaking the overdrive function). OLEDs just need to increase their native brightness to counteract the dimming from Black Frame Insertions. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stepee Posted January 9 Author Share Posted January 9 2 minutes ago, cusideabelincoln said: 1440p 360Hz pulsar would be a great eSports/do-it-all monitor. Also I don't think OLEDs require half of what Pulsar does (dynamically tweaking the overdrive function). OLEDs just need to increase their native brightness to counteract the dimming from Black Frame Insertions. Mostly I just need some reason to replace my living room oled so I can replace my bedroom tv with my living room oled Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brian Posted January 9 Share Posted January 9 Finally some OLED gaming laptops. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Spork3245 Posted January 9 Share Posted January 9 8 hours ago, stepee said: cmonnnn 2026 8k LG oled with nvidia gsync pulsar! I think the current requirements for Pulsar limit it to LED/Micro-LED. From what I understand it’s essentially backlight strobing (or black frame insertion for OLEDs) but without affecting screen brightness and removal of other negative effects - so, essentially a “better version” of that tech. 8 hours ago, stepee said: Mostly I just need some reason to replace my living room oled so I can replace my bedroom tv with my living room oled G4 might be 144hz and have MLA on the 83” (we’ll find out this week). Is that enough of a reason? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Spork3245 Posted January 9 Share Posted January 9 Looks like the iGPU in the AMD 8xxx Ryzen CPUs competes with a GTX 1650. That’s pretty impressive for an iGPU tbh Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Spork3245 Posted January 9 Share Posted January 9 New Alienware 4k QD-OLED monitor announced: 32”, 240hz, FRL support, and Dolby Vision support (there’s only like two other monitors with DV but they’re limited to 60hz and are meant for 3D/Art work). Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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Spork3245 Posted January 11 Share Posted January 11 Govee just announced a partnership with Corsair to make Govee lights compatible with iCue. I assume this will work via wifi/bluetooth. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AbsolutSurgen Posted January 12 Share Posted January 12 12 hours ago, Spork3245 said: Govee just announced a partnership with Corsair to make Govee lights compatible with iCue. I assume this will work via wifi/bluetooth. I know I should have bought them in the Black Friday sales. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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Mr.Vic20 Posted January 12 Share Posted January 12 I'm gonna need a bigger wall! 1 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AbsolutSurgen Posted January 12 Share Posted January 12 Apparently the solution to local dimming zones, is just to make the TV bigger. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Spork3245 Posted January 12 Share Posted January 12 10 hours ago, AbsolutSurgen said: Apparently the solution to local dimming zones, is just to make the TV bigger. This is actually true. I can’t find it now but awhile ago I watched a video review of the Sony flagship miniLED TV, they reviewed the 65” and the 75” vs an OLED (can’t remember if it was Sony or LG) and the 65” in dark scenes was notably worse with blooming than the 75”. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Remarkableriots Posted January 12 Share Posted January 12 One of the world's largest SSD makers has just announced something that could make SSDs obsolete one day — Micron's FeRAM technology is faster, sturdier than NAND but consumers will miss out for now | TechRadar WWW.TECHRADAR.COM NVDRAM is Micron's take on a type of memory called Ferroelectric RAM (FeRAM) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AbsolutSurgen Posted January 12 Share Posted January 12 Clickbaity headline. It really should be something like -- "Micron presents paper on technology that could supplant NAND in future". An SSD with FeRAM instead of NAND is still an SSD. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nokra Posted January 12 Share Posted January 12 Before I saw that it stands for Ferroelectric RAM, I read "FeRAM" as "Iron RAM" and now I'm disappointed. 1 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
crispy4000 Posted January 12 Share Posted January 12 Would it be worth buying some ddr5 2x16 6000mhz ram now for $90 if I’m planning a build in (late) 2025? Reading some stuff about prices on memory likely to go up. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AbsolutSurgen Posted January 12 Share Posted January 12 29 minutes ago, crispy4000 said: Would it be worth buying some ddr5 2x16 6000mhz ram now for $90 if I’m planning a build in (late) 2025? Reading some stuff about prices on memory likely to go up. It's almost never advantageous to buy technology in advance. If it costs 30% a year from now, is the $30 risk worth buying something now? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cusideabelincoln Posted January 12 Share Posted January 12 1 hour ago, crispy4000 said: Would it be worth buying some ddr5 2x16 6000mhz ram now for $90 if I’m planning a build in (late) 2025? Reading some stuff about prices on memory likely to go up. Definitely not worth it for DDR5. There will surely be improved memory chips by then, either faster speeds or higher capacity, which will counteract any price increase. NAND for SSDs and other flash storage will probably see a bigger impact to pricing from the upcoming planned supply reduction. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
crispy4000 Posted January 13 Share Posted January 13 2 hours ago, AbsolutSurgen said: It's almost never advantageous to buy technology in advance. If it costs 30% a year from now, is the $30 risk worth buying something now? Figures. There’s good odds that the next gen AMD chips better utilize faster DDR5 speeds. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Remarkableriots Posted January 15 Share Posted January 15 AMD's new mobile AI processors were just announced at CES 2024, and Intel must be kicking over water coolers in frustration | TechRadar WWW.TECHRADAR.COM The AMD Ryzen 7 8840U might be its last great mobile processor for a long time. Quote The new AMD chips are based on AMD’s Zen 4 architecture with some very important additions, namely AMD’s XDNA AI neural processor unit (NPU), and AMD RDNA 3 integrated graphics, making the new chips a potentially formidable challenger to Intel Meteor Lake’s hybrid, multi-chiplet module architecture built with Intel’s own NPU and integrated Intel Arc graphics. While we don’t know a whole lot about the new chips beyond the fact that they are primed to power a number of major laptop launches in the coming weeks and months, AMD claims that its new AMD Ryzen 7 8840U processor — which, by it’s model tier and number, would be squarely aimed at the more serious professional consumer — is about 1.35x faster than the Intel Core Ultra 7 155H at AI workloads like MobileNetv3 (1.04x faster), Volov8 (1.43x time faster), and other similar AI tasks. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Spork3245 Posted January 15 Share Posted January 15 This seems like a really good deal for a mid-level gaming laptop with these specs (I don’t follow laptops religiously so I could be wrong ) https://us-store.msi.com/Laptops/Gaming-Series/Crosshair-Pulse-GL-Series/PULSE-GL66-12UGKV-464 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Remarkableriots Posted January 16 Share Posted January 16 Lexar readies four portable SSDs for release in Q1 2024 | Tom's Hardware WWW.TOMSHARDWARE.COM Flashy options. Quote The SL500 Ultra Slim is a prototype with a compact metal enclosure with a mag-safe enclosure meant to be attached to iPhones or any Android device like Samsung Galaxy flagships. It also comes with a rubberized casing and a wrist strap. Lexar says the SL500 delivers up to 2,000 MB/s read and 1,800 write transfer speeds with 1TB, 2TB, and 4TB options. This drive is useful for devices like the iPhone 15 Pro, which uses the ProRes RAW format for videos. The Armor 700 is the new iteration of the Lexar Armor series drives. As the name suggests, the Armor 700 has a rugged design for added durability. It has an IP66 rating (the IP65 labeling on Lexar's presentation isn't up to date) that's not seen with any other rugged drives, providing a higher level of protection against dust, liquid, and drops. This drive is advertised to provide up to 2,000 MBs in both read and write speeds, giving plenty of throughput ability to use as an external source to record 4K 60fps videos from any device. This resolution and refresh rate in RAW format consumes a lot of space and requires high write speeds. Since iPhones don't have MicroSD expandability, high-performing portable SSDs fill the gap. Apple allows recording to an external drive, making portable SSDs like the Armor 700 perfect for this application. Meanwhile, MagSafe helps the drive stay where it needs to be. Could you use something like this for Steam Deck? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AbsolutSurgen Posted January 16 Share Posted January 16 Why would you want to? Steam Deck supports SD cards. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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Spork3245 Posted January 16 Share Posted January 16 https://www.techpowerup.com/review/nvidia-geforce-rtx-4070-super-founders-edition/ 4070 Super reviews are up Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Remarkableriots Posted January 17 Share Posted January 17 Computer RAM gets biggest upgrade in 25 years but it may be too little, too late — LPCAMM2 won't stop Apple, Intel and AMD from integrating memory directly on the CPU | TechRadar WWW.TECHRADAR.COM LPCAMM2 is a revolution in RAM, but it faces an uphill struggle Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Spawn_of_Apathy Posted January 17 Share Posted January 17 5 hours ago, Spork3245 said: https://www.techpowerup.com/review/nvidia-geforce-rtx-4070-super-founders-edition/ 4070 Super reviews are up well, Nvidia really threaded the needle expertly there. Price and performance exactly in the middle of the 4070 and 4070 Ti. I assume that will be similar for the 4070 Ti Super being just above the 4070 Ti and well below the 4080. The one that makes me the most curious though is the 4080 Super which on paper looks to be a bit faster and more powerful than the 4080 but actually cheaper. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Spork3245 Posted January 17 Share Posted January 17 8 hours ago, Spawn_of_Apathy said: well, Nvidia really threaded the needle expertly there. Price and performance exactly in the middle of the 4070 and 4070 Ti. I assume that will be similar for the 4070 Ti Super being just above the 4070 Ti and well below the 4080. The one that makes me the most curious though is the 4080 Super which on paper looks to be a bit faster and more powerful than the 4080 but actually cheaper. It’s a bit better than that believe it or not: it’s 14-15% faster than the base 4070 and launching at the same $600 MSRP, which is only $50 more than the “slashed” current base 4070 price of $550, while the current “slashed” 4070 Ti price is $750 and the Ti is only 6% faster than the 4070 Super. The 4070 Super is giving you ~15% more performance than the 4070 for ~9% more money, while being within ~6% of the 4070 Ti’s performance for 20% less money. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Remarkableriots Posted January 17 Share Posted January 17 8 hours ago, Spork3245 said: It’s a bit better than that believe it or not: it’s 14-15% faster than the base 4070 and launching at the same $600 MSRP, which is only $50 more than the “slashed” current base 4070 price of $550, while the current “slashed” 4070 Ti price is $750 and the Ti is only 6% faster than the 4070 Super. The 4070 Super is giving you ~15% more performance than the 4070 for ~9% more money, while being within ~6% of the 4070 Ti’s performance for 20% less money. But who's on 3rd? 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AbsolutSurgen Posted January 17 Share Posted January 17 40 minutes ago, Remarkableriots said: But who's on 3rd? I don't know Who's on first 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stepee Posted January 17 Author Share Posted January 17 On 1/16/2024 at 6:40 AM, AbsolutSurgen said: Why would you want to? Steam Deck supports SD cards. And also you can attach a portable ssd of which there are much slimmer 4tb ones available to the deck already. The deck doesn’t have magsafe obviously so that part wouldn’t work but that thing looks bulky so you’d be better off getting a t7/t9 shield and using double sided electronic tape. I like just sticking microsd cards in my dock though because then I can always swap them around if I want. I have room for one more microsd in my dock so I might grab one next sale on the 1.5tb to have a total of 4.5gb extra when plugged in (8tb total). 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Spork3245 Posted January 17 Share Posted January 17 5 minutes ago, stepee said: And also you can attach a portable ssd of which there are much slimmer 4tb ones available to the deck already. The deck doesn’t have magsafe obviously so that part wouldn’t work but that thing looks bulky so you’d be better off getting a t7/t9 shield and using double sided electronic tape. I like just sticking microsd cards in my dock though because then I can always swap them around if I want. I have room for one more microsd in my dock so I might grab one next sale on the 1.5tb to have a total of 4.5gb extra when plugged in (8tb total). Nah, you’re best off just putting some wheels on this and dragging it around with your steam deck: 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stepee Posted January 17 Author Share Posted January 17 1 minute ago, Spork3245 said: Nah, you’re best off just putting some wheels on this and dragging it around with your steam deck: It’s the only way to be more ridiculous than what I’m already doing! 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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