As I said...
"It's called educated guessing and reliable rumor sources, plus nvidia's typical roughly 2 year release cadence."
That, obviously, is based on their history and how ampere launched in September 2020.
I got my rtx 3080 10gb hybrid...
Oh... I will be trying this.
I'm bracing myself for this new dungeon haha. I need to unlock Classy Restoration.
Just tried the new dungeon. Yikes. I have a lot to learn and prep for this thing.
I've personally been underwhelmed by the seasonal format of the game. Excluding the stuff Bungie time gates, you can basically do all there is to do in a couple of weeks. After that, there just isn't a lot going on. It felt like we actually had...
Want a top of the line GPU?
2002 = 9700 Pro for $399 MSRP
2012 = GTX 680 for $499 MSRP
2022 = RTX 3090 Ti for $1,999 MSRP
Add to that, buying two cards (not necessarily at the same time) and going the SLI/Crossfire route is no longer an option...
Nah..
At 10 years the PSU is becoming a risk -> PSU needs upgrade
GPU upgrade for a 2012 PC means there's something like a 1070-1080 bought around 2017 -> GPU needs upgrade.
Modern GPU's/CPU's require a high airflow mesh case -> case needs...
The cost savings isn't even worth it in the case of the 5800x, for example. I'd have to drive a total of 6 hours roundtrip to go to Microcenter just to save $50 - Not worth it. Would rather just pay $350 on Amazon with same day shipping for free.
I just built a 5800x rig for my brother in law. While AM4 is end of life, he still has the option to drop in a 5900x years later really cheap if he needs more threads. Got the 5800x for $329 and an asus x570 tuf for $180. Id say the biggest...
I built a 5800X system the same week that Alder Lake came out- even knowing all the specs/performance/price details about AL ahead of time from the leaks. I could have waited literally one day and gotten a 12700K instead but I went with the...
It's a combination of factors. Alder Lake-S requires a fairly expensive motherboard platform even compared to X570. Additionally, all the nicer boards are DDR5 and you really need to run Windows 11 with it. DDR5 availability and lack of...
I think of the 5800x3d as AMD's third encore for the crowd that brought them back to prominence. They're producing one last CPU for a platform that could stretch back 5+ years for some users, that could raise their game performance to the...