This week, Intel launches their 12th generation Core CPUs for desktop, marking an interesting point in their technological movement. For the first time since the 6th generation… Read more “Sidenote: Intel’s 12th Generation Core CPUs and The Forward March of Tech”
Tag: gaming technology
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: The Disappointment of the Current Era of Graphics Cards
Availability is starting to open up, and more people are getting their hands on Nvidia’s RTX 3000 series cards and AMD’s Radeon RX 6000 series cards. As… Read more “Sidenote: The Disappointment of the Current Era of Graphics Cards”
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”
Sidenote: CES Week Rumors and GPU Hell Gets Worse
CES is the first major milestone for the year in tech, and while 2021 is going to be a virtual event, that doesn’t mean that there aren’t… Read more “Sidenote: CES Week Rumors and GPU Hell Gets Worse”
Sidenote: The Hilariously Simple and Dumbfounding Way In Which I Now Have a Geforce RTX 3080
It was a Friday like any other in the COVID-19 world. At 12:32 PM PST, one of the technology inventory tracking Discords I follow went off. An… Read more “Sidenote: The Hilariously Simple and Dumbfounding Way In Which I Now Have a Geforce RTX 3080”
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