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    https://videocardz.com/newz/nvidia-geforce-rtx-50-super-reportedly-slips-to-q3-2026-rtx-5060-ti-16gb-in-short-supply-soon https://videocardz.com/newz/nvidia-geforce-rtx-50-super-refresh-faces-uncertainty-amid-reports-of-3gb-gddr7-memory-shortage Again, the likely scenario. Q1 2026->Q3 2026. 2GB chip demand are are eating resources for 3GB chips causing shortages for 3GB chips, driving up demand for 2GB chips, increasing the cost of 2GB chips. All because of AI demand. 🙄🤦‍♂️
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    Rumor. But seeing RAM and NAND chip prices suddenly jump because of AI 🙄, it wouldn't surprise me in the least if Nvidia decided to delay the Supers in favor of AI production. 2 or 4GB chips are probably easier to produce in the quantities people (read; AI) want right now. https://videocardz.com/newz/nvidia-geforce-rtx-50-super-refresh-faces-uncertainty-amid-reports-of-3gb-gddr7-memory-shortage
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    Discord has it's roots in messenger apps. For us corporate folks, it's like Teams/Zoom/Google Meet for (originally) gamers. Or maybe like Slack. But folks use it for all sorts of communities. Those of us who spend all day on Teams, I don't think I want to spend even more time on yet another messaging app after my 9-to-5. Perhaps that coldness comes from the fact you are using another form of (corporate) messaging.
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    That's the point is it not? It's why we call it the black hole (i.e. Doom scrolling). It sucks you in and works aggressively hard to keep you there. Same topics to continue drawing you down the hole, topics to create anger so that you engage more. The more time you spend THERE the more "engagement" they get from ads, the more data they can mine about YOU, etc. Remember, YOU are the product. You generate money for the social media company by spending time there.
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    As another old-timer, yes I do find myself enjoying forums more than any other social media platform. I haven't used Twitter in ages. Beyond checking a few accounts, I stopped posting there. Facebook? Stopped posting ages ago. Only check for occasional posts from family but otherwise dormant. Every social media platform is in one form or another, slop. The closest I can get to a forum is Reddit and even that has slop to the point where I don't engage beyond reading and going 🤨. Every platform, save for good olde forums, has been enshittified. Bots, spam, AI slop, are all manageable, but it's that damn "For You"-algorithm. Nothing screams enshittification louder than "For You". Just because I look up one recipe video, does not mean I want to see 10 other videos on the same thing. Just because I see one video on current news, DOES NOT mean I want to watch more or heck, an opposing viewpoint. I also don't want to see ads littered all over my screen or 2 minutes worth of UNSKIPABLE ads to watch a 3 minute music video. That's the problem with this enshittification. Almost every content creator I watch has posted about "pleasing the algorithm". Flair-Rage-bait-titles? Check. Meme-Seizure-inducing-thumbnail? Check. Second seizure-inducing thumbnail for A-B testing? Check. All this just to encourage engagement. Just to get more clicks. If they don't do it, the algorithm punishes you for not "driving up engagement". You have to watch everything in incognito-mode if you don't want to be tracked.
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    The 9070 XT hasn't seen any significant price changes and there isn't any product updates on the horizon from AMD, so my stance on that is neutral. If your game works better on the 9070 XT vs the 5070 Ti, then get the 9070 XT. Whether it be now or later probably won't make a difference. Once that clock rolls over to November, the sales will start pouring in from Nov. 1 thru Christmas. However, if your upgrades include more RAM or a larger SSD, those 2 items are either a BUY NOW or wait till next year. A report came out last week with the CEO of AData mentioning demand for RAM and NAND flash chips was seeing sharp increases due to AI demand/data centers.
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    I would look at the new monitor first. Nvidia will likely debut the RTX 50-Supers in January at CES 2026. If a good deal for a 5070 Ti comes on Black Friday deals, it may be worth it but again, you’re right on the heals of the Supers coming out.
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    I think, eventually, there will be a use-case where goggles will excel at and purchasing one will be unavoidable. But we’re still a ways away from that point.
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    Same. Of the use cases I noted above, a tablet/phone/laptop can be used as a content consumption device and more. VR/AR goggles are good for the private experience, but I'm sure kids and even adults will want to do more with a less cumbersome device. XReal and Viture-platforms are better, but are tethered to your phone/tablet/portable device so it becomes yet another device to carry. That may be where the Vision Pro and Galaxy XR are better as standalone devices, but unfortunately, those make it up with added weight.
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    Seeing that the Z2 Extreme is only a modest improvement, that's probably for the best. Already mentioned Content Consumption. Long duration usage is a tough pill to swallow because having that thing on your head gets tiring (2-3 hours, max).
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    I'm still trying to determine what the use scenario for AR is. Industrial Design & CAD. Content consumption. Medical conceptualization. That's about all I can see for AR goggles. Those things are just too big, distracting, and silly to wear outside of building/controlled setting.
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    Consensus seems to be, it's good, But is it $999 USD good? The battery life is better, close to but slightly less than Legion Go 2. The Ryzen Z2 Extreme is a good (not great) generational update to the Z1 Extreme. The downside is Windows is still running below the Xbox overlay along with ArmoryCrate. And in the end, the price tag is probably gonna be the red flag for this handheld.
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    I know I should get it but ya know...Time.
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    Probably cuz this movie was , essentially, Season 4, condensed. Targeting younger audiences is fine. I can't expect them to push Andor-targeted audience out every time.
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    Graphics looks good, but stealth mechanics....🤦‍♂️
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    MOD REMINDER 1) Maximum uploads of 3 pictures of a toy even if you bought two. That means if you bought DC Batman you can post a combination of boxed and opened pics of up to three here. Anymore than three will get the post deleted. If you bought another copy of the same DC Batman toy that does not constitute as a different toy and does not earn you three new photos. The moderation team considers that spamming and will be deleted. Text link to an external photo gallery if you have more than three pictures to share. 2) Image size: Height maximum per toy will now be set to 2400pixels for 3 pictures combined. That means one high resolution picture at 2400pixels or three decent resolution picture of 800pixels each.
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    At relative distances. The average viewing distance of desk workers is ~2 feet from the screen.
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    Arguing about fictional stats from a work of fiction....Only in sci-fi does this happen. 🙃
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    If AMD is in play, maybe look at the non-X3D CPUs. Because this scenario is a 50/50 work/play, I'd probably lean Intel for the core-count since you mention LLMs. I'd mentioned Threadripper but that's probably outside of anyone's budget. Starting with the Ryzen 7000-series, AMD change their CPU usage so that it jumps to 95C as the CPU comes under load. Go and watch reviews when the 7000-series came out. It came up as a talking point because the CPUs would immediately spike to 95C and stay there before dialing up or down. We're use to the traditional ramping up as load increases not the immediate spike then hold. If you are planning on doing 32", I'd do 4k. 32" 1440p might feel like you are looking at you 24" 1200p but oversize. The PPI of a 32" 1440p is 94ppi. That's about the same as that 24" 1200p screen you have. The idea sizes are with 100% display scaling are 24" @ 1080p 27" @ 1440p 32" @ 4k When you go outside these ranges, things look... weird. I use 24" @ 1440p and 27" @ 4K resolutions for work and while text is absolutely clear, it's also looks eye-straining small (like, I should not be looking at these screens with this high of pixel density for as long as I do if I want to preserve my eyesight), especially 27" 4K.
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    The Core 9 285K is a mixed bag for gaming. It does about as good as the 14900K; anywhere from 1-5% uplift from the 14900K. There aren't any major drawbacks (it's not going to self-destruct like the 13900K and 14900K) but it's not a performance topper either.
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    What's your budget? The only boards that seem to still have 5.1 audio are the Asus TUF Gaming B850 line. One way you might be able to get around the lack of 3.5 audio jacks is to use a DAC and pipe the audio that way. I mentioned this way back ☝️but most folks are no longer using 5.1 systems because more folks are using headsets and a good pair of monitors(speakers) do much better than a 5.1 system. Yes, some people like the immersive sound, but in most current markets, folks are just not using multi-speaker sets anymore. 2.1 systems are more than enough. Whether you go with a 5070ti or wait for the Supers is up to you. The Supers, at least according to leaked specs are the same GPUs but with more and higher clocked memory. The Supers will get you farther but there is no real spec bump beyond memory. Nvidia is lowering prices of current GPUs to make room on shelves for the Supers. Rumor has it they might be the same MSRP-ish (we all know MSRP doesn't exists with any GPU). So if you buy now, you might get it for a decent price (i.e. MSRP 😱). If you wait, you will get a slightly better card for roughly the same price...roughly.
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    Maybe it was ChatGPT-5 being retrained after the laughable release this week. AI companies love data and their bots will scrap from where ever, how ever. There was a report out this week that Meta has a new lawsuit for training their AI on torrented p0rn (probably to train their filter 🤷‍♂️). You can bet AI companies are just flat out ignoring and bypassing htaccess and robots.txt.
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    There are only 3 maps in the open beta. They all look like urban combat zones. It would have been nice to see at least 1 large-scale or open map. Graphics look OK but, yes, BF1 and BFV graphics looked better.
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