(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”
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Sidenote: The AMD Radeon RX 6600XT And The Insanity of the GPU Market
Last week, AMD made a big announcement at the Chinajoy festival – a new GPU. RDNA 2 continues its march down the product stack, moving from the… Read more “Sidenote: The AMD Radeon RX 6600XT And The Insanity of the GPU Market”
Sidenote: The GeForce RTX 3060, Radeon RX 6700 XT, and The Growing Midrange Gap
When I got into PC gaming, there was something really great, almost magical about the hobby. Sure, the high-end was up with $1,000 CPUs from Intel, exponentially… Read more “Sidenote: The GeForce RTX 3060, Radeon RX 6700 XT, and The Growing Midrange Gap”
Sidenote: My Hilarious, Awful, But Amusing Experience Trying and Failing to Get a Radeon RX 6900 XT
This last Tuesday, I had a mission. On Monday night, I took a sleep aid, passed out at 7 PM, and waited to awaken early on Tuesday… Read more “Sidenote: My Hilarious, Awful, But Amusing Experience Trying and Failing to Get a Radeon RX 6900 XT”
Sidenote: My New Gaming PC For Late (Hopefully) 2020 – The Parts, The Current Build, The Wait For An In-Stock CPU/GPU
Upgrade fever has hit, and with black November/cyber week deals, I’ve managed to snag pretty much all of my system upgrade with 3 key exceptions – the… Read more “Sidenote: My New Gaming PC For Late (Hopefully) 2020 – The Parts, The Current Build, The Wait For An In-Stock CPU/GPU”
Sidenote: The Radeon RX 6800 XT and RX 6800 Review Roundup Part 2: The Future and Matching the Consoles
So with the actual reviews out of the way, now is a good time to jump into pure, unabashed speculation, rumormongering, and looking ahead to the future… Read more “Sidenote: The Radeon RX 6800 XT and RX 6800 Review Roundup Part 2: The Future and Matching the Consoles”
Sidenote: The Radeon RX 6800 XT and RX 6800 Review Roundup Part 1: The Current State of Play
AMD made a big promise at their October 28th Radeon RX 6000 series unveiling – roughly equal performance to the Nvidia Geforce RTX 3000 lineup at better… Read more “Sidenote: The Radeon RX 6800 XT and RX 6800 Review Roundup Part 1: The Current State of Play”
Sidenote: Is Now The Perfect Time for Upgrading or Building a New PC?
Let me start this post off with a simple question. Are you happy with your current PC gaming experience? I ask because before I dive into what… Read more “Sidenote: Is Now The Perfect Time for Upgrading or Building a New PC?”
Sidenote: Comparing GPU Software Kits Between Nvidia and AMD
I’ve been talking a lot about GPUs lately. A LOT. A big part of that is that the market is really fascinating to me for the first… Read more “Sidenote: Comparing GPU Software Kits Between Nvidia and AMD”
Sidenote: The Review Summary of the Ryzen 5000 Lineup
For all of the hype leading up to the actual launch today, a lot of people, I think, expected some degree of disappointment, however mild. AMD’s Zen… Read more “Sidenote: The Review Summary of the Ryzen 5000 Lineup”