Yesterday, a surprising announcement came down from Nvidia. Surprising both for its content but also the braggadocio on display – Nvidia is “unlaunching” the RTX 4080 12GB… Read more “Sidenote: Failure To Launch: The Abrupt End of the Geforce RTX 4080 12 GB Model”
Tag: gaming tech
Sidenote: The Insane Sanity of the Geforce RTX 40 Series Graphics Cards
This week, Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang announced the next generation lineup of Geforce cards, starting with the top 3 for the launch – an RTX 4090 with… Read more “Sidenote: The Insane Sanity of the Geforce RTX 40 Series Graphics Cards”
Sidenote: The Low-End Graphics Add-In Card Market Finally Got Current Gen Cards, And They Suck
(Radeon RX 6500 XT teardown image is courtesy of TechPowerUp.) In the last few weeks, two major launches have defined the GPU space on the desktop PC… Read more “Sidenote: The Low-End Graphics Add-In Card Market Finally Got Current Gen Cards, And They Suck”
Sidenote: The Nerve-Wracking Tedium of Finally Flushing My Watercooling Loop for Maintenance
On Monday this week, it was time. New coolant had arrived in the mail, I had a fresh roll of shop towels, my excess tubing and fittings,… Read more “Sidenote: The Nerve-Wracking Tedium of Finally Flushing My Watercooling Loop for Maintenance”
Sidenote: Thoughts on Two Years of Audiophile Hardware for Gaming
Two years ago now, I finally made a move away from gamer-focused sound cards, headsets, and the like, and made a fairly large move to audiophile/pro-grade audio… Read more “Sidenote: Thoughts on Two Years of Audiophile Hardware for Gaming”
Sidenote: Six Months With A Custom Loop Watercooled PC – Some Thoughts And Observations
To kick off Blaugust 2021, I thought I’d write not directly about gaming…but about something gaming-adjacent. Six months ago, I wrote about finally having completed my first-ever… Read more “Sidenote: Six Months With A Custom Loop Watercooled PC – Some Thoughts And Observations”
Sidenote, Sorta: The Technical Enhancements of Final Fantasy XIV Patch 5.5
Instead of a spoiler-laden post about the content of patch 5.5 (it’s pretty good!), I wanted to start with the nerdy stuff I was unironically more excited… Read more “Sidenote, Sorta: The Technical Enhancements of Final Fantasy XIV Patch 5.5”
Sidenote: The Early Retail-Sample Review of the Intel Core i7-11700k and Interesting Low Results
Yesterday, I saw something really quite fascinating. Anandtech, one of my formative technology review outlets, had secured Intel’s newest 8-core via an early retail sale and benchmarked… Read more “Sidenote: The Early Retail-Sample Review of the Intel Core i7-11700k and Interesting Low Results”
Sidenote: Intel Rocket Lake, Core 11th Gen Benchmarks, and a Better Intel
WoW fans – I have a post in the works about the game for later this week. It dives into the concluding lore of the Kyrian covenant… Read more “Sidenote: Intel Rocket Lake, Core 11th Gen Benchmarks, and a Better Intel”
Sidenote: Discussing Ray-Tracing Implementations and Why RT Faces an Uphill Battle
Last time I discussed ray-tracing, it was largely to discuss if RTX, as implemented by Nvidia, had been a bust. That post and its conclusions all focused… Read more “Sidenote: Discussing Ray-Tracing Implementations and Why RT Faces an Uphill Battle”
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