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    I'm debating whether to do exactly that for my nephew's 1600AF build. Maybe wait until the new 3D vcache chips come out, see it get another good price drop, and swap it out alongside a BIOS update. It makes me slightly upset that his is the only Ryzen build in the house; the other kids' are recycled Intel computers. One of them has even greater need of an update, but he's of the age now where he wants to work and pay for his own stuff, and he's dedicating more of his money to fixing up a car. Maybe I'll get him some parts for a Christmas gift...
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    Considering the "punishment" he received, I'm not surprised at all. Child sex abuse just isn't quite the faux pas in Japan that, say, smoking marijuana is.
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    Digging into DLSS 3 some more, it seems it IS basically the same type of interpolated frame generation tech that already exists - it renders two frames, then generates one or more frames that get inserted between those two frames, then outputs the result. So while strictly speaking there ARE more frames being sent to the screen, in practice the game will actually be LESS responsive as you'll always be playing one or two frames behind the real game time. I suppose that's where Nvidia Reflex comes in, as it'll presumably minimize this delay. Still, input latency and responsiveness won't actually be any better than if you played with the frame generation turned off. I imagine in fast-paced competitive shooters players will eschew the tech, but it'll probably be nice for leisurely games like Flight Sim.
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    Aside from artificial segmentation reasons, I have to wonder if there are actual hardware reasons for the exclusivity. The "frame generation" part, which seems to be basically all that sets it apart from DLSS 2.X, seems... iffy. Frame interpolation has always been a double-edged sword; I'll be interested in seeing how it compares to other, non-AI methods, and how configurable it is (ie whether it can be turned off entirely). Looking at some of the slides/graphs, I noticed there was a lot of typical Nvidia number-fudging to get those results. Basically, there were rarely if any actual just straight up head to head performance comparisons. The "4x performance" claim in Cyberpunk 2077 especially and immediately triggered my skepticism switches. And sure enough, when you look at the fine details you see that the base 30-series data is using DLSS 2.X performance mode versus the 40-series using the DLSS 3.0 "frame generation" interpolation. This sort of stuff is exactly why I don't pay attention to Nvidia press releases, announcements, etc.
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    Yeah, if these power draw figures are anywhere near what the rumors claim, tomorrow's high-end PCs will be demanding more wattage than a frickin' microwave... running for hours on end... every single day... From what I've heard, AMD's Radeon 7000 cards will be more focused on power efficiency, but even then their "7900 XT" or whatever it will be called will be drawing up to 400, 450 watts as well, so... I mean, I guess if it can get 85%-ish of the 4090's performance at 70% the power draw, that's certainly better than not, but still. Yikes. Did Nvidia have anything actually interesting on show?
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    Came across this while perusing Metal Gear remake rumors: a Subsistence-style third person camera mod for Metal Gear Solid 2.
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    *snort*
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    Up for preorder, must have been shown off recently somewhere. HLJ: https://www.hlj.com/1-72-scale-vf-171ex-nightmare-plus-ex-alto-machine-wavmc-074 Amiami: https://www.amiami.com/eng/detail/?gcode=TOY-RBT-6785
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    Eh.... Now my initial excitement has been dialed back a fair bit. I was hoping it would be all three modes separately, but alas, it seems they're going for a transformable kit instead (whether partsformer or perfect). Hopefully seeing it will change my impression.
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    More info to be shared Oct 1 and 2.
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    Noel, any idea what that "Realistic Model Series" guff is about? Just new marketing slang, or denoting new tech/a new lineup/etc.?
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    The Hasegawa kits are now 20+ years old. Oy vey... Those can be considered old now. What do these count as, then? Museum pieces?
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    By the by, the entire movie is basically available on Youtube now, both officially and in chunks. I have a feeling that "split throttle" is going to be the next Thing that people latch onto. Watch it become a major game mechanic in the next Ace Combat or go-to trick in the next blockbuster movie, like thrust vectoring and Cobras before it.
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    I know I've shared this before, but if the forearm design bothers you, there's a conversion kit that returns it to a more anime accurate look: https://www.shop2000.com.tw/GK-M/product/p37717039 Otherwise, great job as always, on the photoshoot as well as the modeling itself.
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    Honestly, it takes a while to get going. The same thing is true of the comic - the first few issues are decent if slightly aimless gothic horror, and then it begins to find itself around the diner chapter, I think six issues in or so. IIRC, that number corresponds to the same episode of the TV show, which is also the point in the show that it starts to find its identity. Finished this last week-ish. Overall I enjoyed it, and I was surprised that they managed a decently successful transition from the comics; Sandman to me felt the most ill-suited to an adaptation, more so than other constant namedrops like Watchmen. I'm most interested in seeing non-fans' reactions to it, and I'm glad to see it's pretty positive. Me, I think it could have stood to be a less literal adaptation at times. It drags in some parts, the music is overly grandiose sometimes, and some of the acting/directing decisions aren't how I imagined they would be. Dream isn't pale enough for my tastes. The narrator being his voice took me off-guard for some reason. There are points in the comic where he's clearly the one narrating, but even then... I dunno, something about it struck me as odd. Some of the special effects are remarkably cheap, like the low-res green screen of Rose and Gilbert in the car. Some of the scene compositions are remarkably cheap, like John Dee and Rosemary... in the car. That bit got particularly boring, with what felt like ten whole minutes spent just switching back and forth between two static camera angles. As mentioned above, the diner episode mirrors the diner chapter in the comic, being a major highlight and the beginning of the Sandman truly coming into its own... but it dragged a bit between major turns of events. It also omitted some of the more extreme content of the comic, which, while I complained about it being too literal before, I felt did it a disservice. That all said, it's still a far more competent adaptation than I ever expected. It's literal enough, it's non-literal enough, it's creative enough that I had a good time with it. I would still highly recommend the comics above the show, but the show serves as a good introduction to them and/or if the show is the only way you get to experience the Sandman, it's a good enough experience on its own.
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    Arcadia VF-5000G

    kajnrig replied to daBlah!'s topic in Toys

    Pfft, you have to manually attach/remove the booster, it's not integrated into the transformation mechanism. PO canceled.
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    Macross figures

    kajnrig replied to CF18's topic in Toys

    Correct me if I'm wrong, someone mentioned a couple pages ago when these were first announced that "Shibuya Scramble" = limited in some way? Like event-/location-specific and/or lottery system?
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    Arcadia VF-5000G

    kajnrig replied to daBlah!'s topic in Toys

    I think it's just the name, really. The VF-4 Lightning III (retroactively) shares a name with the F-35 and P-38, and zero of their design features. Actually, now that I think about it, I wonder if the VF-4 was originally called Lightning II and then changed to III after the F-35 took the name...
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    From what I've heard about the project, the KF-21 was designed to have a stealthy airframe with external pylons, with an (eventual) ability to internalize weapons should the need arise. If that's the case, it's a neat design decision, though I'm not sure about the feasibility. Either they're expecting to be able to miniaturize a LOT of stuff, or that prototype is flying around with a lot of empty space.
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    Does anyone know the anime "NANA"? Because... Hot damn, emphasis on HOT. I think I might check it out now... Edit: Dang, seems the manga has been on hiatus for a decade+ at this point. That's a shame...
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    Would you frakk that or be fraked by that? Yes.
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    Decent movie, still miss Shakespeare Thor but fine with this, agreed that slapstick humor feels like a chore rather than organic. Two credits scenes as is the norm for MCU films now - mid-credits scene, then post-credits scene. Did not see the latter as I had to get to work but had it explained to me by my cousin who went with. A clarifying question:
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    Just a quick note that I picked up from the press release: "...will be made available for fans for the first time in English on Blu-ray..." New dub? Old Cranston dub? New dub keeping Cranston on? Hm...
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    We had a pretty good turnout of around 20-30 people. I was pleased to see that many fans/prospective fans.
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    Positively vibrating with excitement.
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