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”
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Sidenote: The Sudden and Wholly Predictable Failure of Google Stadia
Stadia is something that I think we all knew had a sort of expiration date on it from birth. For over a decade, I’ve seen services that… Read more “Sidenote: The Sudden and Wholly Predictable Failure of Google Stadia”
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: Backlog Woes
I own a lot of games. I mean, A LOT of games. Here is the storage situation on my new machine as of this very moment, with… Read more “Sidenote: Backlog Woes”
Sidenote: Observations After One Week of a Custom Loop Watercooled PC
Last week, I wrote in detail about the build and setup of my entire new rig, from the desk to the PC. With a week of use… Read more “Sidenote: Observations After One Week of a Custom Loop Watercooled PC”
Sidenote: My Long, Sometimes Frustrating Weekend of Building My New Desk and Watercooled PC
You may have (possibly!) noticed I have been rather quiet the last few days. That is simple enough to explain – as I mentioned in a post… Read more “Sidenote: My Long, Sometimes Frustrating Weekend of Building My New Desk and Watercooled PC”
Sidente (Sort Of, I Guess?): My New Desk/Office/Streaming Setup Planning and Parts
This one is kind of just a fun personal story, because I spent most of the day fending off our dog as deliverypeople came one by one… Read more “Sidente (Sort Of, I Guess?): My New Desk/Office/Streaming Setup Planning and Parts”
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”