general-chat

[sinful blade]

If anything, go Xfinity

[nocturne flicker]

Or Visible

Xfinity Mobile makes most sense if you already have internet with them cause I think they give you an extra discount with a high enough tier package

[lone mango]

Not sure if this will ever happen because of how many maneuvers the satellites have to make to avoid getting ripped to pieces by space trash

It has gotten so bad that now the satellites have their own onboard ai trained for this purpose

This article in july 2025 says they performed 144000 maneuvers in 6 months

The number is more than doubling each year

[misty sparrow]

Speaking of Verizon, they are trying to raise my bill again

https://cdn.discordapp.com/attachments/132349439506382848/1376032873622011914/OysArnf.gif

[lone mango]

T mobile for me has been pretty good

[dusk knot]

https://tenor.com/view/let-the-hate-flow-through-you-sidious-palpatine-star-wars-gif-15849844

[rancid juniper]

Left: No RT
Right: RT - Ultra
Bottom Right: PT @dusk knot

[dusk knot]

you lost me at no RT

https://tenor.com/view/adenecon-gif-17701479084652429535

[dusk knot]

lol. there are better spots to display the diff

[rancid juniper]

just wanted to show lighting diff

[dusk knot]

i hardly see a diff

[dense locust]

Honestly losing half the fps isn’t worth it for the visual upgrade

[dusk knot]

not according to these screenshots.

[rancid juniper]

true

[dense locust]

Rt does well in reflections

And anything isn’t worth the performance cost

[nocturne flicker]

Also it will still be extremely expensive compared to practically any other service

Probably even more

Even compared to pepeg Verizon prices

Star Link's slower residential plan is the same price as one line of Verizon's fastest plan iirc. And Verizon does the more lines = cheaper per line thing, Star Link is just a set price for the entire house

[dusk knot]

h.m.

[nocturne flicker]

Though it is comparing internet to mobile data so...

I imagine a sat phone service would be similar pricing

If you compare internet to internet Star Link is still way too expensive

$120 for 400mbps

And they guarantee a range of 170 to 320

[lone mango]

[nocturne flicker]

Even comparing to traditional ISP prices Star Link is trash

[lone mango]

Then europe internet prices…

French 8 gig up and down for like 50 euro

[nocturne flicker]

Which is good for them because they take advantage of the fact that they offer service in areas where there is literally nobody else

[lone mango]

Or maybe it was a little more

Still cheap

[lone mango]

Correct

[nocturne flicker]

And that is the primary reason they don't expand to 100% coverage. In any other environment, they will never be able to compete with big name ISPs or only rarely compete with local ISPs

[misty sparrow]

Starlink is good for workplaces that are remote or if you’re in a camper though

It’s just hard to set up + entirely dependent on where the satellites are combined with weather conditions

[nocturne flicker]

Or if you live in a car

Slap the thing on the roof with some magnets

Major consideration point as housing becomes a luxury

[dense locust]

https://creepylink.com/

Time to get banned from a few servers/j

The embed ruined you

[slate fractal]

bruh

how do i get rid of the embed

[dense locust]

<link>

[slate fractal]

oh ty

https://linkedin.web-safe.link/OUuNxz_free_money.xlsm

[icy ore]

Verizon down hmm

[nocturne flicker]

Yeah that sounds about right

That first Fallout was for the longest time on a shoe string budget

At first it was just a side project for some of the employees and then Interplay threw about $3mil at it

[nocturne flicker]

Though actually $3mil at the time was a fairly large budget, especially for Interplay

Wasn't AAA money tho

[grand wasp]

reminder~ poll for today is up :3

[dense locust]

Will it give me newegg token?

[lone mango]

Fr

[opaque sedge]

I wasnt able to grab a single 5080 today thx to goddamn bots

[spiral grail]

Can 320 hz monitor fry my laptop?

[lone mango]

No

[nocturne flicker]

No

[dense locust]

But YouTubers say 5080 is trash and e-waste!

[nocturne flicker]

Even if your laptop itself was 320hz, it wouldn't fry itself. Regardless of what you do your device's components have safeguards in place to prevent themselves from burning out unless you go out of your way to disable them

[dense locust]

Buy a 9070xt for $800 and be happy

[opaque sedge]

if im gonna upgrade from my 4070super i think i wanna get like a 50% performance uplift atleast, the 5070ti and the 9070xt are like a 30-40% uplift

[worn night]

https://twitter.c1ic.link/urgent_ir3n2y_bank_xss

what the flip lol

[opaque sedge]

too bad the 5080s that are available most of the time are like 1300 bucks minimum

makes me wish i went with a 4090 back in 2024

[dense locust]

Meanwhile I have two

Maybe I’ll build a second pc

[worn night]

can i have one

[opaque sedge]

do use em both tho?

[worn night]

[dense locust]

About a run a 5080 with a 5600x

[opaque sedge]

oh yeah that would be cool, a living room pc sounds nice if u live alone

[dense locust]

It’s 2.5 slot

[opaque sedge]

ur second one's a msi trio right? how much was it?

[dense locust]

Yes

1430

[opaque sedge]

jesus thats nearly what 4090s used to go for in 2024

😭

we're getting less for more money

[dense locust]

Now 4090s go for 2000

Because if vram

I got Screwed on the gpu but at least I didn’t get screwed on ram

[opaque sedge]

.... i might just get this... 1400 sounds mega unreasonable for an 80 class card which is still behind the 4090

[dense locust]

What happened to the msrp 5070ti that was in stock yesterday

[opaque sedge]

not in stock at the store near me

i think the board partners are cutting supply for msrp cards

[rancid juniper]

new batt image?

[dense locust]

They probably are losing money on msrp cards now

[opaque sedge]

yeah but 13 hundies for a msrp model that's just slightly overclocked is robbery

[dense locust]

Nvidia’s margins make it so they don’t lose money on fe cards

But they are still scaling back

[dense locust]

[opaque sedge]

tech demo for ai tech bros?

[rancid juniper]

nah just ai slop

[dense locust]

Ai slop guys

Just a week away

Wow

https://tenor.com/view/can-you-believe-guys-christmas-one-week-until-christmas-im-so-thriled-about-this-information-christmas-christmas-meme-gif-24202287

[opaque sedge]

https://www.newegg.com/asus-prime-rtx5080-16g-geforce-rtx-5080-16gb-graphics-card/p/N82E16814126776

out of stock

[dense locust]

Damn

1300 is really the cheapest

[sinful blade]

I have it in stock

In my heart

[dense locust]

https://www.amazon.com/dp/B0DQSLHSP2

This is slowly becoming the launch of 50 series again

Only a single 5090 in stock

And it’s 3700

[lone mango]

My reaction

[rancid juniper]

lol

[opaque sedge]

it sucks man... makes me miss the 4090

[lone mango]

Pixel 9 pro xl or oneplus 13

Hmm

[chrome mirage]

Honda wants to charge me $600 to program my new car key

[lone mango]

Dealer tek

[craggy shoal]

Sounds like a normal price tbh

Idk why programming a key is so expensive, but a lot of dealers charge about that much, $600 being on the higher end

[chrome mirage]

That's without the price of the key

[craggy shoal]

oh

yeah that's overpriced wtf

[chrome mirage]

They have to add an extra module because I don't have an old key with a working immobilizer chip

I had to drive it into the shop as well because nobody even knew how to start it

[dusk knot]

https://tenor.com/view/professor-utonium-sad-ppg-the-powerpuff-girls-head-shaking-gif-16720971

[chrome mirage]

Don't worry, they will be making 3060s again soon

[craggy shoal]

idk man I think a 5080 is better than a 3060. I could be wrong though tbh

[chrome mirage]

My 1660Ti in my media PC still gets 58fps in cyberpunk even though it's paired with a first gen i7

[velvet summit]

Because the vehicle manufacturer charges per key programmed to the shop
Vehicle specific scan tool: -4k USD
Software license: ~1.5k USD/year
Each use of the key programming in the software (excluding physical key): 20 USD/key

[dense locust]

Nah that’s just marketing

[velvet summit]

This is for toyota

[chrome mirage]

Who needs an immobilizer key anyways. I'll keep using the key I had cut for my door.

[deep parcel]

yea I think ill be preordering it

[tranquil pebble]

Cyberpunk is well optimized at this point

[chrome mirage]

I don't need it anymore because I have Japanese Drift Master

[tranquil pebble]

I have seen a 50 class Nvidia do RT in it

[opaque sedge]

Runs on igpus 💀

Pretty well now

[rancid juniper]

I got Tokyo Xtreme racer with me so I got them content

[rancid juniper]

Nooooo don't preorder

[deep parcel]

I work and have job I can afford

its worth 🙂

[rancid juniper]

Fair enough

[chrome mirage]

I have to work weekends now to afford the $3500 I just spent on car parts.

[rancid juniper]

there is nothing going on this goofy laptop and its pulling this much

[chrome mirage]

Might just be Microsoft borrowing some processing power to run their AI stuff

[rancid juniper]

Ai crypto bot in the background

[chrome mirage]

Waiting for my Chinese phone to start doing that.

[dusk knot]

china

[opaque sedge]

https://tenor.com/view/smile-monkey-orangutan-smiliong-orangutan-ape-gif-21939747

[opaque sedge]

How abt u be pulling deez nuts to yo chin instead

https://cdn.discordapp.com/attachments/500102940078505984/1454011057927356552/image0.gif

[dusk knot]

https://tenor.com/view/gross-disgusted-yuck-eww-seriously-gif-15885934

[lone mango]

@elfin mural ok so im finally gonna sell that craptop

Should I sell it without replacing the touchpad

Actually that sounds stupid after typing

Never mind

I will replace it

It’s like $25

But the thing is, the laptop is beat and the space bar also doesn’t register after a few presses, so it isn’t worth much at all anyways

So idk if it is worth or not

[opaque sedge]

Is tyr on?

@dusk knot @rancid juniper u guys should play arc raiders

Its so peak rn

[dusk knot]

I dont like it

[opaque sedge]

Join me in a raid sometime

[dusk knot]

i have it. wasnt hooked

[opaque sedge]

I’ll make u like it

[dusk knot]

what on earth is that THING?

[opaque sedge]

A peanut

[lone mango]

https://cdn.discordapp.com/attachments/1205855714795593769/1461126295239917733/G-AwFBqaIAEG0km.png?ex=69696b67&is=696819e7&hm=46fbc194f1bb5b2034e88f276a8d71eba47cee9b919a183e44bf0f774fb92ac2&

Lmaooo

[opaque sedge]

WAIT

[dense locust]

Vtuber

[opaque sedge]

https://tenor.com/view/theburntpeanut-bungulator-twitch-stare-got-em-gif-13218764415226663824

[dense locust]

I don’t watch any vtubers

[opaque sedge]

u mean Peatuber

[dense locust]

They are either anime girls or crazy

Sometimes both

[dusk knot]

HUH

[opaque sedge]

This guy’s genuinely funny af tho

[rancid juniper]

No

[opaque sedge]

@dusk knot https://youtube.com/shorts/5ZFj_MkvEuA?si=bMThIgQYR-Ad1c02

[opaque sedge]

Yes

[lone mango]

That option in the razer companion came from this picture of her that blew up online

[dense locust]

https://tenor.com/view/vtuber-kizuna-ai-gif-21719670

[lone mango]

So she fed into the joke by standing next to it

[dense locust]

Fortnite girl

[rancid juniper]

I do not like extraction shooters

[lone mango]

Same

[opaque sedge]

This one’s different

[dusk knot]

ah

[rancid juniper]

Different under the same genre, no

[opaque sedge]

Its not tarkov

Very accessible

[dense locust]

“This one’s different”

“Very accessible”

[dusk knot]

https://tenor.com/view/brotherhood-gif-22994469

[dense locust]

I might hit bingo

[opaque sedge]

Its fun

And toxic

And fun

[icy ore]

Don’t forget fun

[dense locust]

Next you say it’s underrated

[rancid juniper]

AAA games be like graphics and price premium

[opaque sedge]

Yes it is

[rancid juniper]

Noticed that I never said fun?

[dense locust]

I hit bingo

[opaque sedge]

Arc raiders ain’t like cod

[dense locust]

It uses ai

I mean sure they paid the voice providers for it but you can’t have the pure emotion real voices have

[opaque sedge]

Ai enemies are insane

[rancid juniper]

But it is an extraction shooter, and that is something I'm bored of no matter how "fun" they can get

[dense locust]

Let’s all play mobile gacha games instead
Forget all your trouble and be broke

[rancid juniper]

I think Not

[dense locust]

(I don’t like gacha games)

[lone mango]

Good

[dense locust]

They only good thing about gacha games is the art

I currently have a $4k pc to play Minecraft times are good

[lone mango]

They fixed the rendering issues with 1.21.11

It is actually faster than .1

[dense locust]

[lone mango]

By a bit

My test

[nocturne flicker]

Mmmmmmmmm

Numbers

What do they mean

[grand wasp]

what a great reference

we've been saying the numbers one for a while

i think that's MW2 right the original

[worn night]

he tested different minecraft shaders on different game versions and found that the newer version gets more fps

[grand wasp]

i played that one so much

https://tenor.com/view/what-do-they-mean-random-numbers-gif-10654449

[grand wasp]

Let's goooo!!! that's sick

[worn night]

Thanks for this info bro

[worn night]

https://tenor.com/view/stranger-things-fire-flame-gif-14920648

[proud jackal]

@grand wasp day ??? Asking Mr newegg to go to pax east

[dense locust]

Gacha

[worn night]

Blegh

https://cdn.discordapp.com/attachments/971904116144095292/1298312105069514812/media-iv-text.gif

[dense locust]

Pa east

[worn night]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=faoDlV3YlFE Fire

[lone mango]

[sinful blade]

https://tenor.com/view/cat-gif-27084790

[worn night]

https://tenor.com/view/cat-nuh-uh-meow-sniff-incorrect-gif-11442321997337963097

[sinful blade]

https://tenor.com/view/the-voices-meme-cat-gif-23917781

[lone mango]

https://tenor.com/view/angry-cat-furious-cat-cat-angry-fury-gif-23071861

How his brain not rattling inside there

[worn night]

https://tenor.com/view/cat-tickle-cat-tickle-dan-hentschel-cocky-gif-2033168244661104906

[lone mango]

What??

[tranquil pebble]

Reminder that Windows 11 start menu uses JavaScript

[lone mango]

I did not know that wtfffff

[tranquil pebble]

https://winaero.com/windows-11-start-menu-revealed-as-resource-heavy-react-native-app-sparks-performance-concerns/

[lone mango]

Very glad I do not use that anymore

[proud jackal]

Are you going

[tranquil pebble]

Microsoft stopped caring about efficiency years ago

[proud jackal]

https://tenor.com/view/karma-akabane-anime-assasination-classroom-gun-point-gun-gif-17236719

[tranquil pebble]

the OS wasn't swiss cheese of security problems enough so they decided to step it up ig

[dusk knot]

you liked the show?

[worn night]

all the star wars movies

the normal saga

and mando

and rogue something

but i didnt watch many other things

[dusk knot]

good

[worn night]

rogue force one was it

[dusk knot]

you could watch Andor, but the vibes arent the same

its dark and bleak

dont bother with anything else imo

[dusk knot]

rogue one

[worn night]

yeah

[worn night]

alr

[nocturne flicker]

Rogue Force One sounds way better ngl

[worn night]

real

[dusk knot]

sounds too much like the presidential plane irl

💀

[worn night]

💀

[nocturne flicker]

It sounds like a cheap knockoff of the movie Air Force One

[dusk knot]

lol

the one with Harrsion Ford?

i might have to rewatch that again

hmm...whuch streaming service

[nocturne flicker]

Yeah the one with the really extremely bad cgi at the end

[tranquil pebble]

https://tenor.com/view/azumanga-azumanga-daioh-azumanga-osaka-osaka-ayumu-kusaga-gif-13569108542064050599

My honest reaction to Windows 11 in a nutshell

[worn night]

the 3300x is just a 4790k with ddr4 support

[sinful blade]

I need a cpu that’s cheap and better than a 3600

Need to upgrade the wife’s pc

[worn night]

Ayo

[lone mango]

Fr

[worn night]

You did it

Again

[sinful blade]

[worn night]

LOL

[sinful blade]

No idea what you’re talking about

[worn night]

Get a 5700

[sinful blade]

Need to find a cheap one

[worn night]

No point in getting a faster ryzen 5

What is cheap

[dusk knot]

[sinful blade]

Also isn’t a 5700 Alienware locked

Same with 5800

[worn night]

No like whats your desired price point

[sinful blade]

Less than $90

[worn night]

you're cooked

[sinful blade]

Yeah I know

[worn night]

spend some more for the wifey is my advice

[sinful blade]

Doug has a 5500 but that’s barely anything of an upgrade

[misty sparrow]

whos doug

[sinful blade]

I’d bring her to ddr5 but RAM is garbage

@olive plaza

[worn night]

yeah

[worn night]

a trusted sigma

[sinful blade]

Doug is a G

[misty sparrow]

i don't remember seeing doug here a lot

[sinful blade]

He is

[misty sparrow]

did they change their name

[sinful blade]

Used to be dougthegamerdad

Or arsenalPC

[misty sparrow]

the profile picture is familiar

[worn night]

https://www.ebay.com/itm/176323493508 3800x for 108

[sinful blade]

Interesting

[worn night]

https://www.ebay.com/itm/365851997490
https://www.ebay.com/itm/174505141645

16 threads at 4.5 ghz is still very good

[dusk knot]

🤔

[worn night]

https://tenor.com/view/do-it-star-wars-emperor-palpatine-palpatine-gif-799657800635657398

[sinful blade]

I need to get her up from a 5700XT and 3600

That’s my only concern

[worn night]

5700xt will still pair well with it

https://www.ebay.com/itm/127330945959

[sinful blade]

I only have one issue

When I play oblivion on medium, with my 5700x and her 5700XT, I do not crash.

When she plays with her 3600 and 5700xt, she crashes every few minutes

With a vram error

[misty sparrow]

which version of oblivion

the OG or remaster

[olive plaza]

What's up

[sinful blade]

Remaster

[rancid juniper]

WHHHHHHHAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAATTTTTTTTTTT!????????????????

original source: https://www.reddit.com/r/MonsterHunter/comments/1qcy3hn/mh_wilds_bad_performance_mystery_solved/

[worn night]

lol

literal pay to win

[nocturne flicker]

https://tenor.com/view/joel-haver-playing-an-rpg-for-the-second-time-playing-an-rpg-no-you-are-lying-joel-haver-lying-gif-23134251

[royal crow]

Not intentional my butt cheeks

[nocturne flicker]

Actually insane

[rancid juniper]

read the entire post, its absolutely absurd that on the same pc they went from 20-25fps up to 80fps in the hub world

[nocturne flicker]

Also how much you wanna bet that mod gets taken down because it 'acts akin to cracking the game'

[rancid juniper]

all because they emulated that they have all the dlc

[misty sparrow]

No, I can see it being a mistake on the developer's part

The game constantly checks itself to the point where it causes lag

Still, this is Aliens: Colonial Marines bad

[nocturne flicker]

It isn't hard to just have a single check when you launch the game and it is loading up

[rancid juniper]

They mentioned that the mod they've made only makes the game think that the player has all the dlc, it is NOT a DLC giver by any means. But i fear capcom will think its a problem somehow

It's legit similar to the GTA 5 online (infinite loading) situation, some dude fixed their mess

[nocturne flicker]

I honestly don't see how having frequent DLC ownership checks would be useful. Is it supposed to be an antipiracy feature?

[rancid juniper]

Can't tell, but knowing these corporations are hellbent on gaining as much money as possible it isn't far fetched

[nocturne flicker]

And if it is an antipiracy feature, they'll be all over that guy's mod in a heartbeat, because that'd cause problems for them checking for piracy

[rancid juniper]

Some people say that this situation is similar to CoD black Ops 3 and their dlc checks

[misty sparrow]

And they got paid for it

I wonder if this guy will get paid too

[nocturne flicker]

5 cents and an ingame award

[rancid juniper]

Doubt it, this person mentioned nothing about payment from Capcom as this is not the first time they've helped them fix performance issues (dragons dogma 2)

[misty sparrow]

Crazy

Rockstar went out of their way to pay the GTA modder

It was a few thousand or hundred I think

[dusk knot]

Better be a few thousand

They already make billions

[sinful blade]

@dusk knot

[rancid juniper]

should've been like 10k+

[sinful blade]

@dusk knot

[proud jackal]

[rancid juniper]

because they make the same amount in like a couple minutes

[dusk knot]

Yes, Roomba. I'm here

[sinful blade]

First line

[dusk knot]

Deadpool is great

Wow

[proud jackal]

Grok make Deadpool a vangaurd

[dusk knot]

My favorite game

The team at NetEase nailed basically every hero so far

[sinful blade]

For real

[dusk knot]

Great team. I have no doubts that they'll release more bangers and a ton more heros and villains. I have a whole list.

Though......they only area they're failing at is

[sinful blade]

Balance

[dusk knot]

MATCHMAKING

Brain dead teammates

Broken team comp

Cracked enemy players

It's unbelievable

But my love for Marvel since before it went big with ironman in 2008 will endure

[midnight helm]

👋

[dusk knot]

Hi

[dusk knot]

Love this

4 times already

[royal crow]

Hippity hoppity

Jp is now my property

[dusk knot]

Hippity hoppity you're posting privileges on my property

Muted

[rancid juniper]

@dusk knot

[dusk knot]

That hits tho

[rancid juniper]

it really does, gotta pull up and show em

[dusk knot]

Lmao

Yes

[cosmic adder]

Where do people go to request customer support?

[dusk knot]

good question. DM one of our wegg staff on your right

Neweggservice

[worn night]

die

[dusk knot]

not sure how long it will take for them to respond

[cosmic adder]

Thank you

[dusk knot]

👍

[sinful blade]

@digital thunder

Available most business hours

[dense locust]

Another broken newegg link

That makes 5 now

[sinful blade]

Wym

[dense locust]

Blank link

[worn night]

No it's not

[dense locust]

https://www.newegg.com/p/2YM-002J-000F3

I think this is the newest one

[worn night]

hah what the heck

[dense locust]

_ _

Yup doesn’t match any of the others

I like seeing how many are piling up

[worn night]

600 dollars

bruh what

[dense locust]

I’m pretty sure they are all supposed to be the miku aio

[nocturne flicker]

I read this as the brain terminates

[dusk knot]

Yes, these matches do terminate their Brains

[acoustic palm]

https://cdn.discordapp.com/attachments/1448723655516487962/1460137387232333916/togif.gif

this song is so peak

[tranquil pebble]

2030: RAM prices increase to $1000/GB

[acoustic palm]

https://tenor.com/view/traewockhardt-sad-jjk-jujutsu-kaisen-gif-16591014784735052511

[tranquil pebble]

I just gotta hope the prices will be back to normal when I eventually do a rebuild with DDR6 and AM6(?)

[dense locust]

[dusk knot]

https://tenor.com/view/mahito-jjk-jjk-s2-mahito-mahito-scared-anime-scared-gif-6256141653869631072

[acoustic palm]

idk man

im starting to regret my pc

ugh

im selling this thing soon

man

AHHHHHHHHHHHHHH i want this car so bad

[tranquil pebble]

I am just happy to finally have hybrid graphics on a desktop

[rancid juniper]

perfection

2 gpus

[tranquil pebble]

and monitor plugs into the mobo, but can still fully use the 6900 XT

its fire

which also keeps idle dGPU VRAM usage to 0

[opaque sedge]

@proud smelt https://www.newegg.com/asus-prime-rtx5080-16g-geforce-rtx-5080-16gb-graphics-card/p/N82E16814126776 can u reserve one of these for me when it comes back in stock

[rancid juniper]

seems good!

my laptop does the same, uses IGPU for display and DGPU for heavier stuff

[tranquil pebble]

yep, slightly more VRAM for the games

[rancid juniper]

and lower power consumption too on idle???

[tranquil pebble]

yeah you will notice that it wont use dGPU VRAM for the Windows UI too

[opaque sedge]

Man ngl i’m worried that if i manage to snag one of these at msrp and i get a defective model that I wont be able to get an exchange that easily

[elfin mural]

i just force my laptop to use dgpu all the time unless i need the battery life

[tranquil pebble]

hybrid graphics on a desktop is pretty new though

[elfin mural]

then i switch to igpu only

[rancid juniper]

too much of a hassle ngl, i just leave it on hybrid mode

[dusk knot]

2045: companies have now far exceeded the amount of RAM that can be manufactured and have coerced global governments to create private task forces to repossess ram from the average private consumer to satisfy growing demands.

[elfin mural]

i have a mux switch so i might as well use it

the laptop does it on its own

[tranquil pebble]

SCP MTF for securing RAM

[nocturne flicker]

I'm glad it is coming about. It's been a long time coming

[tranquil pebble]

B650 Tomahawk supports it, which is nice.

idk if a bios update added it, but its neat

[elfin mural]

so far BOM cost hasn't hit laptop makers as much as i thought it would

[dusk knot]

tsk

[elfin mural]

2026 is here and it isn't even too bad for laptop pricing

they're absorbing the costs

[rancid juniper]

is hybrid graphics also available on intel based platforms? my igpu is just idle

[tranquil pebble]

Check BIOS if desktop

if laptop, if it has it, it is already doing it

[rancid juniper]

what about the latency tho

since you're using IGPU

[nocturne flicker]

I imagine it is more that they've stocked up

[opaque sedge]

Mane what are these prices https://a.co/d/9vT2ZBO

[tranquil pebble]

I have not noticed any change

[elfin mural]

new launches aren't that bad either

[rancid juniper]

i see

[nocturne flicker]

Sodimms aren't as bad off as Dimms currently on the market, but it is still 200-300 for 16gb Sodimms

[elfin mural]

fair enough

i imagine oems get like a bit off?

like 150-200 for bulk orders

[tranquil pebble]

so glad I got the 24 GB SODIMMs for my laptop while it was $100 for the two of them

[acoustic palm]

stop looking at them youll only feel worse

[nocturne flicker]

I wouldn't be surprised if somebody at some point remembers Sodimm to dimm converters

[rancid juniper]

Going back to the monster hunter dlc shenanigans, the OP published this video: https://youtu.be/uf5cICpDXX0?si=j0C_TZTTZR2uWrTj

[nocturne flicker]

And then it goes boom

[opaque sedge]

I was a fool back in november

[elfin mural]

those are selling well rn

[opaque sedge]

https://tenor.com/view/prempdr-fc-mobile-fifa-gif-16778760554072111618

50 supers my ass

[acoustic palm]

lotm reference

[elfin mural]

but yeah the performance sacrifice is..

not good

[dusk knot]

Not happening

[acoustic palm]

https://tenor.com/view/klein-klein-moretti-the-fool-fool-lotm-gif-3217707127230736860

[dusk knot]

We don't matter

[elfin mural]

you're sacrificing signal integrity

and speed

[tranquil pebble]

signal integrity moment

[nocturne flicker]

50 Super 60 series gpus

[tranquil pebble]

on a memory standard that is already squeezed in the regard no less!

[dusk knot]

The 6080 better than a 5090...please no frame gen times 10

[opaque sedge]

Ngreedia is a hundred percent gonna make the 60 series to have 50 super specs

Maybe not the 6090 but the rest

Def

[tranquil pebble]

RTX 6000 series will have AI generated VRAM

[elfin mural]

isn't 50 series just 40 super

but tweaked a lil bit more

[dusk knot]

Internet connection required

[rancid juniper]

XDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDD

[opaque sedge]

And technically lower msrp for the 70 and 70ti

[nocturne flicker]

Internet connection to ensure you meet the AI Use Quota

[elfin mural]

50 series is pretty much 40 super with gddr7

[rancid juniper]

Novideo about to make a 6070 be better than 5070 but not the ti

[dusk knot]

All the vram is actually in some server farm far away

[nocturne flicker]

Rent VRAM

[opaque sedge]

Its prolly not even produced

[nocturne flicker]

Geforce VRAM Now

[opaque sedge]

Its in some contract papers likely

[elfin mural]

gpu with no vram, you gotta get vram and solder it on your own

[nocturne flicker]

But it voids your warranty

[worn night]

https://tenor.com/view/peanut-butter-funny-gif-19249884

[elfin mural]

precisely

[acoustic palm]

https://cdn.discordapp.com/attachments/1448723655516487962/1460137387232333916/togif.gif

[nocturne flicker]

If you help anyone solder VRAM on they'll sue you for selling gpu mods

[dusk knot]

And you have to sign a user agreement that warrants that some of your VRAM could be allocated for eternal tasks being hosted privately by Nvidia. So advised VRAM may vary.

[rancid juniper]

THIS CRITTER HAS RAM, GET HIM!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[acoustic palm]

https://tenor.com/view/traewockhardt-sad-jjk-jujutsu-kaisen-gif-16591014784735052511

[worn night]

https://tenor.com/view/skeleton-mad-skeleton-gif-10886506202898815019

[rancid juniper]

https://tenor.com/view/skeleton-mad-skeleton-gif-10886506202898815019

[dusk knot]

I've been seeing this more often now lol

Much be the gif of the month

[rancid juniper]

RAHHHHHHHHHWRRRRR

[dusk knot]

Lol. Hilarious

[rancid juniper]

there was another meme with a screaming chicken

[dusk knot]

So some days you'll have your full 16gb of Vram, and the other only 8gb.

[dusk knot]

Never seen it

[rancid juniper]

type chicken inflation

[dusk knot]

You're trying to silently lobotomize me with these videos?

Slop

🗿

[worn night]

My bad bro

Here is satisfying

[dusk knot]

[rancid juniper]

this is just your average instagram reel

laced with 250% Brainrottium

[worn night]

who is making these

[opaque sedge]

GONNA RAM DEEZ NUTS INYO

[opaque sedge]

That’s… actually quite a good question

I think they might be coming from a group of sorts

[worn night]

yeah

[worn night]

its this cursed place

[velvet summit]

Freak fantome

[worn night]

did starfroggo get banned

[rancid juniper]

no

[worn night]

shocked-black-guy-gif

[velvet summit]

https://tenor.com/view/mint-fantome-maid-mint-freak-fantome-gif-13194000197004358620

[nocturne flicker]

https://tenor.com/view/shocked-haskell-star-trek-the-next-generation-mind-blown-gif-23507466

[nocturne flicker]

I think the Star Trek one is actually funny

[dusk knot]

goated meme

everlasting

[acoustic palm]

https://cdn.discordapp.com/attachments/1448723655516487962/1460137387232333916/togif.gif

[opaque sedge]

https://tenor.com/view/tugcekulas-monkey-tugce-ceku-gif-19479077

[chrome mirage]

The tire shop order me 16 inch wheels when in the same order I was getting 17 inch tires.

[nocturne flicker]

https://tenor.com/view/why-mad-hockey-gif-13247833

[rancid juniper]

i put too much water in my soup

https://tenor.com/view/gordon-ramsay-angry-gif-2492986610922167116

[opaque sedge]

https://tenor.com/view/bepalzo-monkey-computer-typing-stress-gif-16909901

[worn night]

Who tf put ai bundle

[opaque sedge]

Those 8% gotta be bots

[worn night]

get these guys banned

[worn night]

the ai's want the bundle

💀

[rancid juniper]

fr

[proud smelt]

I can reserve it for about $2k

[opaque sedge]

Thats the msrp of the 5090

Wait

[worn night]

holy reserve upcharge

[opaque sedge]

I can just grab an astral for that money

Microcenter still has astrals

[proud smelt]

D:

[opaque sedge]

Wildly overpriced tho

[proud smelt]

HOW DARE THOU INVOKE THE NAME OF MICROCENTER HERE

OF ALL PLACES

[opaque sedge]

What microcenter doesn’t have rn is msrp cards

[worn night]

if i win the lottery im lowk giving everyone a 5090

[proud smelt]

bruh

[lone mango]

Yes

[proud smelt]

same

SAME

[opaque sedge]

MICROCENTER MICROCENTER MICROCENTER

MICROCENTER MICROCENTER MICROCENTER

MICROCENTER MICROCENTER MICROCENTER

[worn night]

dang for what

[proud smelt]

i love MicroCenter

[pliant berry]

I love microcenter

[opaque sedge]

They wont stock up on those msrp cards

[worn night]

i wish I had a microcenter near me

[pliant berry]

i only actually shop at microcenter like 2-4 times a year

[worn night]

closest one is hours away but at least not out of state

[proud smelt]

i go once every couple years

it's nice

[lone mango]

He posted pictures of guns, a mod said no, he fought back saying the rules didn't specify for his scenario, which is true, then the rules got updated, then he owned the jannie and then got banned

[pliant berry]

last time I went was for keyboard. didn't feel like waiting for shipping

[opaque sedge]

What would u get? A 5080 priced nearly as much as 4090s were bfr their eol

[lone mango]

Truly the jannie moment of all time

[worn night]

owned the jannie?

[lone mango]

Lmaoo

It is a bad word for forum moderator

[worn night]

so he owned the moderator

like talked to them dominantly?

[lone mango]

Like how people call people reddit mods

[pliant berry]

I can't say I've ever heard that term before

[worn night]

Me neither bro

This might be some elite redditor ball knowledge

[pliant berry]

then again I rarely ever open reddit so idk

[lone mango]

It took me a while to figure out what it was but it originally came from 4chan

[pliant berry]

ofc it's from 4chan

[lone mango]

People would call the moderators jannies after they clean up a forum

[worn night]

ohh

[lone mango]

[worn night]

he must be lying or something cause he said quote
" I posted guns when there was no rule stating not to post guns, then they made a rule AFTER saying you cant post guns

They told me not to post guns, then told me it was OK, then I come back to a 7 day mute saying I broke the rules. I DM a mod about it, and then got banned with no response"

is this excluding facts or smth

Im guessing the "dm a mod about it" was owning the jannie

[lone mango]

I don't actually remember the whole thing ima be real

[dusk knot]

oh this again. we all finally agreed that it wasnt ok

[pliant berry]

the rules stated no controversial subjects, that topic very easily and quickly gets controversial due to political reasons

[worn night]

I wasn't even there I just felt bad cause he needed a new place after leaving amd

[worn night]

Oh

Did he post guns again after yall told him not to

[dusk knot]

I misjudged. good thing we didnt outright ban you

[pliant berry]

we don't need to discuss this further

[worn night]

hUh

[dusk knot]

yeah

[worn night]

Bro i'm confused

[lone mango]

From what I remember he posted them, they said no, but then said he could because all it is was just a picture of them. Pretty sure that is what it was, and then they all decided no gunposts allowed at all

[worn night]

thats reasonable

[dusk knot]

you dont have to think about it no longer, youre in the here and now

[proud smelt]

no more thinking, just answer the poll... XD

[worn night]

https://tenor.com/view/dexter-james-doakes-surprise-mf-can't-prove-it-gif-7408854170742055240

[pliant berry]

my ny resolution is dead and buried

[worn night]

I didn't make a resolution

[dusk knot]

god. i cant read

ugh

my brain's all over the place

[worn night]

what were you about to ban me for

[dusk knot]

i saw the quotation marks. nvm

wasnt you

[worn night]

ah

I have never posted pew pews

I mightve said i have one before but yeah

[dusk knot]

[worn night]

[lone mango]

[worn night]

You know I have the suspicion

But I won't proceed

[proud smelt]

soooo... how's the weather

[worn night]

Dark cloudy with a hint of mystery

[proud smelt]

i have a question, can someone explain this one for me?

https://x.com/Newegg/status/2011201251267264567

Newegg (@Newegg)

Tap to see magic

X · Jan 13, 2026, 10:18 PM

I honestly don't understand

[lone mango]

[proud smelt]

what is this "tap to see magic" thing here

[worn night]

well when you put the images together they form a bigger image

is that a cooler master monitor holder?

[proud smelt]

it's the orb X

[pliant berry]

i am probably the worst person to ask about social media trends

[proud smelt]

https://www.coolermaster.com/en-us/products/orb-x/

[worn night]

so it IS cooler master

[pliant berry]

maybe because it only shows one image preview on main feed. clicking reveals the whole image

[worn night]

oh

[pliant berry]

kind of like that side scroll trend on insta where 2 separate images in a carousel make a wide image

[worn night]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9sSKFhai_Sk

[worn night]

Sent already

[icy ore]

Oh woops

[worn night]

Nah it is even FUNNIER the second time

[icy ore]

Lmao I just couldn’t believe it

[worn night]

https://tenor.com/view/it-is-even-funnier-the-second-time-spongebob-spongebob-meme-meme-impact-font-gif-20058612

[rancid juniper]

EA: "that was a brilliant idea! Why didn't I think of it"

[icy ore]

Just a matter of time now 💀

[proud jackal]

i need a heatgun recommendation

[sharp charm]

As of today I officially have enough money to buy a low-end gaming pc

Of course I'm saving up more though

[dense locust]

the market decided you can no longer afford ram

[velvet summit]

soon it will decide that you can no longer afford gpus or something

[sharp charm]

https://tenor.com/view/crying-emoji-gif-21922016

[velvet summit]

cant afford storage
cant afford ram
cant afford gpu

[sharp charm]

Can't afford mouse

[dense locust]

cant afford house

no wait, that isnt new

[worn night]

cant afford spouse

what else rhymes with mouse

[sharp charm]

I don't think it's possible to afford that

[worn night]

real

[velvet summit]

just need an affordable one

[pliant berry]

more than a house

[sharp charm]

Nuclear fission power supply

Just build a Dyson sphere to power your pc smh

[worn night]

build arc reactor in a cave with a box of scraps

[sharp charm]

How about we use Argent energy

[dense locust]

how much is "enough money"?

[sharp charm]

Well 840 dollars

[dense locust]

[misty sparrow]

Let's say you were going to get a low-end gaming PC

What specs would it have

[sharp charm]

Idk I'd probably get a pre built

[dense locust]

[sharp charm]

Honestly I'm probably just gonna save a little extra and get the steam machine

[misty sparrow]

You probably already have enough for it

[dense locust]

allegedly

[sharp charm]

Right but I also want money left over

[misty sparrow]

The leaked price was posted in Czech Republic, and that place has marked up prices compared to US

So realistically you are looking at like $700 USD

[sharp charm]

Is it bad it took me like a few months to make this much money

[wraith fern]

no

[sharp charm]

I mean I'm 16 so I wouldn't think so

[wraith fern]

took me a while to save up

same as my monitor

[elfin mural]

for your age in the US i think it's actually not bad

[sharp charm]

Actually I'm gonna be 17 real soon

[misty sparrow]

That's great

I'm guessing you make minimum wage right?

[sharp charm]

Oh yeah I work for 10 hours making 9 per hour

[misty sparrow]

That's still good

[sharp charm]

One day a week for some reason

[dusk knot]

10 hours

[elfin mural]

part time work

[dense locust]

we still dont know the launch date for the steam machine

[dusk knot]

Oh

[sharp charm]

It's a gas station I basically do nothing but sit there

[dense locust]

Oh

[elfin mural]

in most states it's compulsory part time for ppl below 18

iirc

not legally allowed to work full time

[dense locust]

minimum wage here is 15

[misty sparrow]

That was essentially my job, but not in a gas station

I had less hours but more pay

[sharp charm]

I just sit there trying to catch up on one peice,but the episodes I'm watching are still in 4:3 aspect ratio

[misty sparrow]

My coworker did that too

[nocturne flicker]

Pog, fellow Gas Station Club member

Exact same starting wage too

[sharp charm]

I'll go get my doctorates in gas stationing

[lone mango]

Better than me

[nocturne flicker]

You'll get a promotion to manager with that, you'll get 10 an hour with that

[lone mango]

I wasn't doing shit at 16

[sharp charm]

Nah in reality I'm trying to be a pilot

[lone mango]

My parents always did everything for me, and I don't really know why

I assume it's to use it against me or something

[elfin mural]

jensen just recently told ppl that hating on ai is bad for society

hell nah man, more like ai is bad for society

[nocturne flicker]

Jensen is bad for society

[elfin mural]

real

[lone mango]

Yo

did u see what i was saying earlier

[elfin mural]

oh?

[sharp charm]

My asvab actually said aeronautical engineer is a job that is in my skill set

[lone mango]

here

[lone mango]

.

idk if it is worth or not

[elfin mural]

thanks for the link lol

i'd just not replace the touchpad

fixing it doesn't seem worth it if the keyboard is still broken

[nocturne flicker]

Bad keyb is going to tank the value anyways

[misty sparrow]

what's an asvab?

[lone mango]

yup

[sharp charm]

https://tenor.com/view/finger-tap-tapping-keyboard-tapping-trackpad-still-tapping-select-gif-15248312

[nocturne flicker]

Armed Services Vocational Aptitude Battery

[sharp charm]

It's pretty much a test you take

[lone mango]

I read battery as bakery i am done for bruh

[nocturne flicker]

A test used to determine what job you'd be good at in relation to the military

[sharp charm]

To see what your good at

Supposedly

[lone mango]

so brutal

[pliant berry]

I myself also enjoy a good bakery

[lone mango]

idk what the price should be

150?

[elfin mural]

a broken keyb is a big deal

150 sounds about right to me

[sharp charm]

Actually I enjoy bad bakeries

[nocturne flicker]

It is really just a test used to determine if the military should bother trying to get you to enlist

They just translate it to you as jobs to make it less on the nose

[sharp charm]

So I got a high enough score to join any branch I want actually

[misty sparrow]

Connect the dots using the provided crayon
-# dont eat the crayon

[elfin mural]

nvislop is the new nvidia company name confirmed

[sharp charm]

They ginna draft me smh

I can serve the country in other ways

Like piloting

[nocturne flicker]

Nah it is actually a serious test

[sharp charm]

I scored top of my class in mechanical comprehension

[nocturne flicker]

There are different portions that honestly make no sense to ask High Schoolers because it is also a test used for those who enlisted

[misty sparrow]

Solve the maze using the provided green crayon

-# seriously please dont eat the crayon

[nocturne flicker]

Ask 10th graders about how engines work

[sharp charm]

I loved those sections though I only did average in the stuff I'm used to but excelled in those section

[nocturne flicker]

I don't remember what they gave me. It honestly doesn't matter for most people

[sharp charm]

Are you kidding I scored pretty good in the auto and shop

It asked me how many crankshaft are in a v8

[lone mango]

Jenslop

[sharp charm]

And I almost put 8 until I remembered what the crankshaft was

[lone mango]

[elfin mural]

8 crankshafts, damn boy that's some eldritch typa engine

[lone mango]

[sharp charm]

https://tenor.com/view/car-lore-car-lore-gif-23361460

[elfin mural]

microslop is about to let ppl remove copilot

but only if the user hasn't used copilot for at least 28 days

[lone mango]

Too bad, I have already freed myself

Oh wow

That is pretty bad

[elfin mural]

i have never used copilot myself

but that's still a big catch

[sharp charm]

It probably helps that I am a f1 fan and play with legos all the time

[misty sparrow]

you can hear "somebody that i used to know" playing through the gif

[sharp charm]

Sped up version

[lone mango]

[misty sparrow]

i dont know if this is real

but it was made months ago and there haven't been ads yet

still funny

[worn night]

lol

[sharp charm]

Let's go back in time and invest in bit coin during the great depression

[chrome mirage]

No mention of horizontally opposed engines. Incomplete lore.

[sharp charm]

Funny enough I think the great depression would be a great time to invest in stuff

[chrome mirage]

No rotary engines either

[dense locust]

You gotta have money tho

[sharp charm]

https://tenor.com/view/engine-engineer-gif-26539581

[chrome mirage]

My friend's dad threw out a hard drive with a couple hundred Bitcoin

[sharp charm]

https://tenor.com/view/engine-rotative-mazda-rotative-initial-d-gif-26494409

I always get the names of these two mixed up

[velvet summit]

the wankel engine

[chrome mirage]

I should have been more specific. A wankel engine

[lone mango]

radial

[lone mango]

rotary

also called wankel

after the fella that made it

[sharp charm]

Yeah I know

[chrome mirage]

Glad there are so many wankel enjoyers here

[lone mango]

nobody says wankel tho

[sharp charm]

It's like I have to stop and think cuase they both start with r

[velvet summit]

me:

[dusk knot]

Hhmm

[lone mango]

errbody sez rotary

[velvet summit]

🤓

[sharp charm]

Inline 1

[lone mango]

lawnmower

[worn night]

still no one has told me what to sell my ocs for

[worn night]

pcs

[worn night]

"who put these silverware in here"

[velvet summit]

on gah

[sharp charm]

https://tenor.com/view/rolls-royce-rolls-royce-engine-gif-18265937

[sharp charm]

This is in my hellcat

[nocturne flicker]

My mind went somewhere darker

[chrome mirage]

I want this car

[misty sparrow]

average gta online car

[velvet summit]

chrysler once made a turbine car

well, it didnt make it to market

though they did make like 2 dozen or something like that

[chrome mirage]

Doesn't some rich guy run it off alcohol

[velvet summit]

idk

[worn night]

someone came after showering

[velvet summit]

though most of them were turned to scrap when they decided not to put it on the market

[chrome mirage]

In the 1960s the Mexican president ran it off tequila

[velvet summit]

amazing

[chrome mirage]

Jay Leno has one

[proud smelt]

😭

[nocturne flicker]

I was thinking more pet but this works

[worn night]

don’t dry ur pets in a dryer guys

[dense locust]

I bet it’s missing the core and vram

[proud jackal]

https://tenor.com/view/chomusuke-growling-annoyed-growl-reee-gif-13315388

[gleaming sedge]

what would be a good solution so powering a optical drive? I want it to be wired to a switch and the idea i had does work but it does not look the best. a smaller psu would work currently using a SFX one

[nocturne flicker]

They make SATA to USB and wall power adapters

Dunno if they can power optical drives though

https://www.amazon.com/dp/B00GLL41MA?th=1

[gleaming sedge]

like it but sadly wont work with out extra connectors as i have a sata data cable coming out the back of the pc and plugging into the optical drive outside of it

[nocturne flicker]

I mean, connecting them via USB works. It basically turns it into a normal external drive

[gleaming sedge]

true

[nocturne flicker]

It is the same principle as an enclosure. Just without the added protection of an enclosure

https://www.amazon.com/KINGWIN-100-240V-SATA-Power-Adapter/dp/B0FFQG9CQQ

[gleaming sedge]

down side is ive already bought the nvme to sata and its very funny to have the sata coming out the back but i will keep that in mind. cut the power cord maybe and wire in the switch

[nocturne flicker]

Your mileage may vary

Wuh. Someone makes a USB to SATA power cable

https://www.amazon.com/ELFJMZP-2-Pack-Charger-Transfer-Devices/dp/B0FLXBTJZT

Actually going to blow something up

[lone mango]

ELFJMZP

fr

[nocturne flicker]

Look at their store page

They all look the same to me

My brain confused

[nocturne flicker]

Trust the pepeg cable

Surely nothing'll go wrong

Actually the Kingwin power adapter may actually be a legit solution

They make a bunch of stuff

Just plug it into the sata power slot, plug it into a surge protector and maybe it'll work

[lone mango]

Wow

"ai" slop marketing

crazy shit

[gleaming sedge]

woah how did you make bad work here

[nocturne flicker]

Yeah, okay Kingwin seems legit, so maybe trust the pepeg sata power to wall adapter

[lone mango]

Bro says nothing fancy and then posts peak
https://www.rxddit.com/r/sffpc/comments/1q2jkt8/just_swapped_into_a_new_itx_case_nothing_fancy/

[proud jackal]

[elfin mural]

what are ya gonna do with that

soldering stuff?

[elfin mural]

ai moment

[spring stone]

Do u know why my Asus tuf monitor is black screen? I can't play my Xbox series s @elfin mural

[lone mango]

could be on a different input

maybe only a specific input is selected

rather than auto detect

[elfin mural]

like cloud said

[lone mango]

or off

we all had those moments before

[dense locust]

[dense locust]

Solder stuff

(I assume)

[pseudo raven]

holy crap having a monitor arm is nice

feel like ive practically doubled the working space on my desk

[lone mango]

They out here selling literal trash on aliexpress lmaooooo

Every single time I go on here there is some random ass junk

[gleaming sedge]

Want to see the server? It's setup in its v2 glory

[pseudo raven]

worst thing you can do is browse crap there aimlessly lol

there are a few gems

i got a really cool charger

[gleaming sedge]

Looking pretty good, works until can upgrade more

[elfin mural]

5070ti is end of life so soon

bruh

at least according to asus

they stopped making 5070ti's

[opaque sedge]

UM WTF