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    Steam Ends Windows 7 and Windows 8/8.1 Support

    Well you should be able to install it if you install KernelEx. I doubt it will run on vanilla win2k.I don't have currently machine with win2k only w98se,xp64sp3,w7-32,w7-64,w8.1,w11 and Clear Linux. You might be joking but some of us on this forum support some retro gear either for fun or...
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    Steam Survey July 2024 Update: Windows 10 Usage Records Uptick, Windows 11 Drops

    I have 3 OSs on PC living on separate SSDs W7 , W11 , Clear Linux. From all 3 Clear Linux is the snappiest and W7 is the one that has always worked as expected for the past 8 years since it's last reinstall (this is the 3rd machine it got just migrated to from another one not installed , and I...
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    Steam Ends Windows 7 and Windows 8/8.1 Support

    Funny thing is that Thorium browser managed to make Chromium 122 engine work on both XP and Windows 7. Tested on Thinkpad T60 W7/32bit works perfect. So why is Steam mongering about dropping support do not know. They could just leave 1-2 devs to support backporting the Chromium to W7 but...
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    Cooler Master V8 3DVC CPU Cooler with Vapor Chamber Announced

    I'm curious about RAM clearance. Cause I doubt that you can plug anything rather than a low profile sticks under this brick.
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    Steam Ends Windows 7 and Windows 8/8.1 Support

    Made the jump on my personal desktop to Linux (Clear Linux) more than an year ago when Google announced that Chrome will drop support for Win7. If you are average user with NVIDIA don't use Clear Linux. If you don't mind tickling around it is the fastest distro out there. Even better my ancient...
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    EK Launches Reinforced EPDM Tubing for the EK Pro Line

    OMG just go to your local car parts or hydraulic repair shop and get real hoses like "Gates" ones for waaaaay less money.But if you are from the ones buying Audiophile pure copper USB and Ethernet cables you know what just buy the EK hoses and don't bother.
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    Intel Reports Fourth-Quarter and Full-Year 2022 Financial Results, Largest Loss in Years

    Well I don't expect anyone in the sillicon business to post any positive numbers this year. They got carried away during the global pandemic when everyone went home and started upgrading their equipment for remote working or just entertaining and plus the mining craze. Well that is over in first...
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    DFI Unveils ATX Motherboard ICX610-C621A

    Epox RDA3 still rockin here with Barton 2400Mhz OC it runs the latest and greatest titles for 2004 without trouble :D Yeah not that old since we are not arguing can DX4 beat a Pentium , I believe we are still good :D Nobody stopped anybody , last iterations of nForce from 400 to 900 series had...
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    AMD Ryzen 7 5800X3D

    You will get 5950x when you need both physics simulation and then rendering. Threadripper is slow for most physics tools cause they care more about core clock not core count. The best case would be a AL machine for the physics and a Threadripper for the rendering but then the budget skyrockets.
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    AMD Ryzen 7 5800X3D

    Like someone will get 12700f or 5800x3d for "workload" you will either get the big boys 5950x , Threadripper or the cheapest Celeron there is no "workload" in between.
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    AMD Ryzen 7 5800X3D

    You started with "AMD Fans" and then you are wondering why everyone is meeting you with "joy". "It's too effing expensive for what it offers" - Is it ? I could say the same for every CPU on the list , it is too freaking expensive for what they offer, they should be for free cause of the amount...
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    AMD Ryzen 7 5800X3D

    Well you all look Avg FPS , look at the framepacing this CPU is delivering the smoothest frametimes and has 99.9%th higher than the average framerates of most of the other CPUs. Which means it is delivering the smoothest gameplay with less hickups no matter the resolution or the GPU.
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    CD Projekt Halts All Digital & Physical Game Sales in Russia & Belarus

    Serbia ?? You mean Yugoslavia that was mass murdering civilians and doing ethnic cleansing??? For 6 months of bombing over Belgrad 23 civilians lost their lives 16 of them in the government TV Tower , the person who did not informed intentionally the personel there to evacuate Dragoljub...
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    Intel Not Happy About BCLK Overclocking of 12th Gen CPUs, Warns of Damage

    Reading the comments it is hard to miss how many people actually trust Intel marketing team. It is this kind of trust to the manufacturers excuses and warnings that led us to the era where every chip costs a kidney. Willing to pay premium for special unlocked CPU that can bareley overclock and 3...
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    NVIDIA's Custom RTX 3090 Ti Graphics Cards Reach $4,000 Pricing in Europe

    My last purchase 2 years ago 175EUR GTX 1070my previous 5 years ago 75EUR for Sapphire R9 280x Toxic Edition. My next purchase in a year or year and half a 200EUR RTX 3080 it might be even this year if the electricity costs stay the same and the ETH difficulty continues to race with that speed...
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