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”
Tag: graphics cards
Sidenote: Nvidia’s Branching Product Paths of Geforce and CMP, and The Bad Precedent It Sets
Earlier this week, Nvidia, clearly tired of weeks of headlines about how the current supply shortages and cryptocurrency mining craze had made their Ampere-architecture GPUs near-impossible to… Read more “Sidenote: Nvidia’s Branching Product Paths of Geforce and CMP, and The Bad Precedent It Sets”
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: 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: The Abysmal Supply of PC DIY Components in Late 2020
As I noted in my last Sidenote post about my own system build, I am at the point a lot of builders are currently – waiting for… Read more “Sidenote: The Abysmal Supply of PC DIY Components in Late 2020”
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: 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: Potential Pitfalls for the Radeon RX 6000 Series Cards
I spent much of yesterday being very excited for the new AMD Radeon RX 6000-series cards, making jokes about the RX 6900 XT (nice) and being very… Read more “Sidenote: Potential Pitfalls for the Radeon RX 6000 Series Cards”
Sidenote: Analyzing the Radeon RX 6000 Announcement
Just as I did with the Ryzen series announcement earlier in the month and the RTX 3000 cards last month, the Radeon announcement has come and gone… Read more “Sidenote: Analyzing the Radeon RX 6000 Announcement”
Sidenote: The Radeon RX 6000 Lineup Pre-Announcement Rumor/Predictions Post
Today is AMD’s second big news event of the month (third if you count their record earnings call this week), and one that is actually in many… Read more “Sidenote: The Radeon RX 6000 Lineup Pre-Announcement Rumor/Predictions Post”
