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NVIDIA GTC 2025 - RTX 6000 Giveaway!
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Friday, 14-March-2025 15:06:47 (GMT +10) - by Agg
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I know you're here for Misc Pics, but remember we are giving away a special limited edition RTX 6000 (yes, 6000), signed by Jensen Huang:
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Thanks to mpot for a bumper couple of submissions this week!
     
     
     
     
Also here's a leftover set of Retro Misc Pics from June 2012 that didn't fit into last week's post:
     
     
     
     
AMD Ryzen 9 9950X3D Reviews
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Friday, 14-March-2025 00:01:57 (GMT +10) - by Agg
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AMD have released the Ryzen 9 9950X3D they teased at CES. This is the new high-end part, with 16 cores, 32 threads, a max boost clock of 5.7GHz and 96MB of second generation 3D V-Cache. Here's some reviews from the news box:
AMD Ryzen 9 9950X3D on StorageReview.
AMD Ryzen 9 9950X3D on LanOC.
Ryzen 9 9950X3D Review: A New Level of Zen for Gaming PCs on Guru3D.
AMD Ryzen 9 9950X3D CPU Review: Dominant, No Compromise Performance on HotHardware.
AMD Ryzen 9 9950X3D Review - The all-round X3D chip we've been waiting for on Tweaktown.
AMD Ryzen 9 9950X3D on Vortez.
AMD Ryzen 9 9950X3D Review - Great for Gaming and Productivity on TechPowerUp.
Discussion continues in this thread. Also, here's more AMD Radeon 9070 and 9070 XT video card reviews:
Sapphire Pulse RX 9070 & RX 9070 XT on NeoSeeker.
AMD Radeon RX 9070 XT on StorageReview.
Acer RX 9070 Nitro OC on LanOC.
Thursday Night Reviews
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Thursday, 13-March-2025 23:46:20 (GMT +10) - by Agg
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Input Etc:
Endorfy LIV Plus Wireless Mouse on OCInside.
HYTE Keeb TKL Keyboard on ThinkComputers.
Storage:
TeamGroup T-Force GC Pro 2TB SSD Review - 13,000 MB/s on the Cheap on Tweaktown.
Patriot Viper EV330 M.2 2230 SSD Enclosure on ThinkComputers.
Video Cards:
ASUS GeForce RTX 5090 TUF on TechPowerUp.
Palit GeForce RTX 5070 GamingPRO OC on Guru3D.
MSI GeForce RTX 5070 GAMING TRIO OC on Tweaktown.
Misc:
be quiet! Silent Loop 3 420mm AIO CPU Cooler on NikKTech.
Ubiquiti U7 Pro XG & XGS Review: WiFi 7 with a 10GbE Uplink on StorageReview.
XPG Valor Air Plus Mid-Tower Chassis on Tweaktown.
Dough Spectrum Black 32 monitor on TechPowerUp.
NVIDIA GTC 2025 Contest - RTX 6000 Giveaway!
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Tuesday, 11-March-2025 00:48:01 (GMT +10) - by Agg
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NVIDIA's annual GTC conference is just around the corner - and we have a limited edition RTX 6000 video card signed by Jensen Huang to give away to one lucky OCAU member:
See the thread for details!
Tuesday Morning
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Tuesday, 11-March-2025 00:44:22 (GMT +10) - by Agg
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Backblaze have released their 2024 Drive Stats report. At the end of 2024, Backblaze was actively monitoring 301,120 data drives, though 487 were excluded from the Q4 analysis due to insufficient data points. This left a dataset of 300,633 drives, which helped give a valid quarter-by-quarter comparison. The annualized failure rate (AFR) for Q4 was 1.35%, a noticeable drop from 1.89% in Q3, mainly due to the introduction of newer, high-capacity drives.
IntelInside sent word that Skype is going away - because Microsoft are going to kill it off. In order to streamline our free consumer communications offerings so we can more easily adapt to customer needs, we will be retiring Skype in May 2025 to focus on Microsoft Teams (free), our modern communications and collaboration hub.
Also from IntelInside, some COBOL news. If you've gotten cash from an ATM, you've interacted with a COBOL-based system. Here's why this old programming language will probably outlive us all. I did a bit of COBOL in a former life, along with MVS JCL.. *twitch*
Some news from Matt, worthy of congratulations: my data container, std::hive, made it into C++26 as of last week. Reference implementation here. More info in a trip report here. P0447R28 “Introduction of std::hive to the standard library” by Matthew Bentley is a major library addition that formalizes a widely-used high-performance data structure. Well done!
No idea where this video came from but it's an interesting one about building a retro Mac from new parts. What happens when you get a broken Macintosh SE/30 but it's not worth fixing? You go incredibly overboard instead.
Tuesday Morning Reviews
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Tuesday, 11-March-2025 00:21:41 (GMT +10) - by Agg
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Video Cards:
Zotac GeForce RTX 5070 Ti on ThePCEnthusiast.
XFX Radeon RX 9070 XT Mercury OC Magnetic Air on TechPowerUp.
ASUS TUF GeForce RTX 5070 OC on Guru3D.
MSI GeForce RTX 5070 Gaming Trio Review: Boosted Mid-Range Blackwell on HotHardware.
ASUS PRIME GeForce RTX 5070 Ti OC Edition on Tweaktown.
XFX Radeon RX 9070 QuickSilver OC on Guru3D.
Sapphire Radeon RX 9070 Pulse on Guru3D.
PowerColor Hellhound Radeon RX 9070 on Vortez.
NVIDIA RTX 5070 Founders Edition Review: Blackwell Architecture for the Masses on StorageReview.
Motherboard & CPU:
MSI MAG B850 Tomahawk Max Wi-Fi on TechPowerUp.
ASRock X870 Pro RS AMD AM5 Motherboard on OCInside.
Memory:
Crucial CT2K16G64C52CU5 DDR5-6400 2x16GB DDR5 RAM on APHNetworks.
Corsair Vengeance RGB CUDIMM DDR5-8800 48 GB CL42 on TechPowerUp.
Input Etc:
MechLands Vibe99 Wireless Mechanical Keyboard on APHNetworks.
HyperX Pulsefire Haste 2 Pro Gaming Mouse on ThinkComputers.
RAWM ES21M mouse on TechPowerUp.
Audio Visual:
Meze Audio 99 Classics Headphones on NikKTech.
AQIRYS SAGITTA Gaming Headset on MadShrimps.
EIZO FlexScan EV4340X Review - A Multitasking Powerhouse on TechPowerUp.
Majority D40X Bluetooth Bookshelf Speakers on NikKTech.
MSI MPG 321CURX Gaming Monitor on Tweaktown.
Storage:
Western Digital WD Black SN7100 2TB SSD Review - A Powerful Bargain on Tweaktown.
LaCie Rugged SSD Pro5 2TB - A First of its Kind Masterpiece on Tweaktown.
Power Supply:
FSP Vita GM 1000W Power Supply on APHNetworks.
Monster Hunter Wilds PC Benchmark @ HotHardware
Sharkoon Rebel C70G RGB PC Case on NikKTech.
be quiet! Light Loop 360mm AIO CPU cooler on MadShrimps.
Got a plane to catch so here's some early Retro Misc Pics from June 2012. Back to normal next week!
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Also - all the best to those affected by Cyclone Alfred.
AMD Radeon RX 9070 and 9070 XT Reviews
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Thursday, 6-March-2025 02:51:15 (GMT +10) - by Agg
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AMD have released their RDNA 4 architecture, starting with the Radeon RX 9070 and the higher-end Radeon RX 9070 XT. Broadly speaking, these compete with the corresponding GeForce RTX 5070 and GeForce RTX 5070 Ti.
AMD Radeon RX 9070 XT And 9070 Review: Competition Heats-Up For Gamers on HotHardware.
GIGABYTE Radeon RX 9070 GAMING OC Review - Fantastic Performance, Questionable Value on Tweaktown.
SAPPHIRE Pulse AMD Radeon RX 9070 XT 16GB Gaming Graphics Card on NikKTech.
Radeon RX 9070 XT review (ASUS TUF OC) on Guru3D.
Radeon RX 9070 review (ASUS TUF OC) on Guru3D.
XFX Radeon RX 9070 XT Mercury Magnetic on Guru3D.
SAPPHIRE Radeon RX 9070 XT NITRO+ on Guru3D.
AORUS Radeon RX 9070 XT ELITE Review - AMD Strikes Back on Tweaktown.
Sapphire Radeon RX 9070 XT Nitro+ Review - Beating NVIDIA on TechPowerUp.
Discussion continues in this thread.
NVIDIA GeForce RTX 5070 Reviews
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Thursday, 6-March-2025 02:41:39 (GMT +10) - by Agg
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NVIDIA have unveiled the 4th in their 50x0 series - the cheapest so far, the plain 5070:
ZOTAC GAMING GeForce RTX 5070 Solid OC on ThinkComputers.
Asus Prime RTX 5070 on LanOC.
Nvidia RTX 5070 Founders Edition on LanOC.
GeForce RTX 5070 FE Review: NVIDIA’s More Affordable Blackwell Tested on HotHardware.
GeForce RTX 5070 Founders Edition on Guru3D.
NVIDIA GeForce RTX 5070 Founders Edition Review - DLSS 4 is Still a Game Changer in 1440p on Tweaktown.
NVIDIA GeForce RTX 5070 Founders Edition on TechPowerUp.
Also some straggler reviews of the more expensive 5070 Ti cards:
Colorful iGame RTX 5070 Ti on ThePCEnthusiast.
MSI GeForce RTX 5070 Ti VANGUARD SOC on Tweaktown.
Asus TUF Gaming RTX 5070 Ti OC on LanOC.
Discussion continues in this thread.
Thursday Morning Reviews
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Thursday, 6-March-2025 02:04:54 (GMT +10) - by Agg
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Thanks to MUTMAN for putting this post together!
Audio Visual:
Cooler Master GM2711S Gaming Monitor @ TweakTown
AOC Agon Pro AG276QZD2 Monitor @ OCinside
TRIBIT StormBox 2 Portable Bluetooth Speaker @ ThinkComputers
Corsair Xeneon 34WQHD240-C @ TechPowerUp
Corsair Virtuoso MAX Wireless @ TechPowerUp
Keyboard, Mouse, Etc:
ASUS ROG Harpe Ace Mini @ TechPowerUp
Corsair K70 PRO TKL Hall Effect Gaming Keyboard @ TweakTown
CHERRY XTRFY M50 Wireless White Gaming Mouse @ Madshrimps
Beats Powerbeats Pro 2 @ HotHardware
Cases and Cooling:
be quiet! Pure Base 501 DX @ TechPowerUp
Montech HyperFlow Silent 360 @ TechPowerUp
Storage:
PNY RP60 1TB Portable SSD @ TweakTown
KLEVV CRAS C930 2 TB @ TechPowerUp
Motherboard, Memory, CPU:
ASUS ProArt X870E-Creator WiFi X870E Motherboard @ aphNetworks
Gigabyte Z890 Eagle WiFi7 Motherboard @ TechPowerUp
Gigabyte X870 Aorus Elite WiFi 7 @ TechPowerUp
ANACOMDA G5 Python 32GB DDR5 8000MHz CL38 @ NikKTech
ASRock Phantom Gaming B860M Lightning WiFi @ FunkyKit
PSU:
Seasonic PRIME TX-1600 Noctua Edition ATX 3.1 @ NikKTech
Montech TITAN PLA 1000 W @ TechPowerUp
FSP MEGA TI 1650W PCIe 5.1/ATX 3.1 @ FunkyKit
Video Card:
MSI GeForce RTX 5070 Ti Gaming TRIO OC Plus @ guru3D
MSI GeForce RTX 5070 Ti Gaming Trio OC Plus @ TweakTown
Portable & Prebuilt:
Lenovo ThinkPad X1 Carbon Gen 13 Aura Edition @ HotHardware
ASUS ROG Zephyrus G16 (Strix Point APU + RTX 4070 Laptop GPU) Gaming Laptop @ TweakTown
AMD Ryzen AI 9 365 and Radeon 880M in the BeeLink SER9 Pro Mini PC @ guru3D
This month's "Retro Let's Play" for March is F.E.A.R. from 2005
You play as Point Man for the First Encounter Assault Recon unit, a military complex ghost busting squad essentially. You’re after Paxton Fettel, who is psychically connected to an army of clones and is seeking revenge on Armacham corporation for the abuse he and others suffered in the past. Meanwhile you keep seeing hallucinations of Alma, a little girl in a red dress who can melt peoples skin off.
Graphically the game has dated slightly, but don't let that put you off, its no slouch by any means and the AI is still a lot better than some of the newer titles coming out these days.
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Retro Misc Pics
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Friday, 28-February-2025 14:27:32 (GMT +10) - by Agg
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Working overseas currently, so here's Retro Misc Pics from May 2012:
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iMic's Windows ME Update CD
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Thursday, 27-February-2025 20:37:11 (GMT +10) - by Agg
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iMic has been working on this for a few years and recently released a new version - an update CD for Windows ME. So if you want to run this legacy version of Windows for retro gaming or other nostalgic reasons, check it out.
The Windows Me Update CD is a community-sourced collection of official Microsoft updates, security patches and hotfixes for Windows Millennium Edition, including: An automatic installer for over 140 separate updates, security patches and hotfixes, including the System Restore Update, Windows Installer 2.0, Data Access Components 2.8 SP1, Jet Database Engine 4.0 SP8, Active Accessibility 2.0, and Windows NetMeeting 3.01 SP2. Options to update preinstalled Windows components to Internet Explorer 5.5 SP2 or 6.0 SP1 and Windows Media Player 7.1 or 9.0 during the installation process, along with updates and security patches for each. A collection of recommended and optional component updates for Windows Me.
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Palit RTX 5090 GameRock Review
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Sunday, 23-February-2025 12:59:31 (GMT +10) - by Agg
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Forum-goer jjjc_93 has posted a detailed review of the Palit RTX 5090 GameRock video card, with some 4K game testing vs an overclocked 4090, DLDSR 2.25x game testing, undervolting and more. Check it out:
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5070 Ti Reviews
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Sunday, 23-February-2025 12:01:57 (GMT +10) - by Agg
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NVIDIA have unveiled the GeForce RTX 5070 Ti, the mid-range card of their new Blackwell series. Here's a pile of reviews from the news box:
MSI GeForce RTX 5070 Ti Gaming Trio Review: Hot-Clocked Blackwell GB203 on HotHardware.
ASUS TUF GeForce RTX 5070 Ti OC on Guru3D.
MSI GeForce RTX 5070 Ti VANGUARD SOC on Guru3D.
Palit GeForce RTX 5070 Ti GamingPRO OC on Guru3D.
MSI GeForce RTX 5070 Ti Gaming Trio OC Plus on ThinkComputers.
Palit GeForce RTX 5070 Ti GameRock OC on TechPowerUp.
MSI GeForce RTX 5070 Ti Gaming Trio OC+ on TechPowerUp.
MSI GeForce RTX 5070 Ti Vanguard SOC on TechPowerUp.
ASUS GeForce RTX 5070 Ti TUF OC on TechPowerUp.
ASUS Prime GeForce RTX 5070 Ti on StorageReview.
Asus Prime RTX 5070 Ti on LanOC.
GALAX GeForce RTX 5070 Ti 1-click OC White on Guru3D.
MSI GeForce RTX 5070 Ti 16G VENTUS 3X OC on Guru3D.
ASUS Prime GeForce RTX 5070 Ti Review: Midrange Blackwell Tested on HotHardware.
MSI GeForce RTX 5070 Ti Ventus 3X Review - The GPU to Get (if the price is right) on Tweaktown.
Galax GeForce RTX 5070 Ti 1-Click OC White on TechPowerUp.
MSI GeForce RTX 5070 Ti Ventus 3X Review - Beating RX 7900 XTX on TechPowerUp.
Discussion continues in this thread.
Sunday Midday Reviews
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Sunday, 23-February-2025 11:58:00 (GMT +10) - by Agg
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Audio Visual:
Dell UltraSharp 40 5K IPS Black 120Hz Monitor on HotHardware.
Philips Evnia 34M2C6500 34-inch OLED Monitor on OCInside.
AVerMedia X'Tra Go GC515 capture dock on TechPowerUp.
FiiO FT1 Pro Open Planar Over-Ear Headphones on NikKTech.
Video Cards:
Civilization VII Performance Benchmark Review - 35 GPUs Tested on TechPowerUp.
MSI GeForce RTX 5080 VANGUARD SOC on Tweaktown.
Gigabyte GeForce RTX 5090 Gaming OC on TechPowerUp.
ASUS ROG Astral GeForce RTX 5080 OC Edition on Tweaktown.
ASUS ROG Astral GeForce RTX 5080 OC Edition on ThinkComputers.
Motherboard & CPU:
BIOSTAR Z890 VALKYRIE LGA1851 Motherboard on MadShrimps.
ASRock Phantom Gaming B860i Lightning WiFi Motherboard on FunkyKit.
ASRock B860 Steel Legend Wi-Fi on TechPowerUp.
ASRock Phantom Gaming B860 Lightning WiFi on FunkyKit.
MSI MAG Z890 Tomahawk Wi-Fi on TechPowerUp.
ASRock B860 Steel Legend WiFi Motherboard on FunkyKit.
MSI MEG Z890 Carbon Wi-Fi Motherboard on Tweaktown.
ASRock Phantom Gaming B850I Lightning Wi-Fi on TechPowerUp.
ASRock B850 LiveMixer WiFi Motherboard on FunkyKit.
Potable & Prebuilt:
ASUS ROG Flow Z13 Review: AMD Strix Halo Is A Potent Beast 2-in-1 tablet PC on HotHardware.
OnePlus Watch 3 on HotHardware.
Kingdom Come: Deliverance 2 Handheld Performance on TechPowerUp.
Cases:
darkFlash DY470 dual-chamber case on TechPowerUp.
Ocypus Iota C70 Dual Chamber Chassis on Tweaktown.
Corsair FRAME 4000D RS ARGB Modular Mid-Tower Case on FunkyKit.
be quiet! Light Base 600 LX Computer Case on APHNetworks.
be quiet! Light Base 600 LX Chassis on Tweaktown.
Storage:
Micron 4600 2TB SSD Review - The New Sheriff in Town on Tweaktown.
Lexar SL500 Portable SSD on StorageReview.
Micron 4600 SSD: The Ultimate Gen5 OEM Storage for Next-Gen Computing on StorageReview.
Klevv Genuine G560 2TB SSD Review - A Genuine Badass on Tweaktown.
Input Etc:
Fantech Aria II Pro mouse on TechPowerUp.
Epomaker Alice 66 Mechanical Wireless Keyboard on MadShrimps.
Ducky One X Inductive Keyboard on TechPowerUp.
Endorfy Thock 75 Wireless Pudding Onyx White Keyboard on OCInside.
DAREU A980 Pro Max mouse on TechPowerUp.
Epomaker Tide 65 Mechanical Keyboard on APHNetworks.
ASUS ROG Harpe Ace Extreme mouse on TechPowerUp.
Power Supply:
GameMax GX-850 PRO ATX 3.1 PSU on Vortez.
BLUETTI Elite 200 V2 Power Station on APHNetworks.
ALLPOWERS S2000 Portable Power Station on NikKTech.
EcoFlow RIVER 3 Plus Review: Compact Power Station with 600W Output & UPS Support on StorageReview.
Lian Li EDGE GOLD EG1000G ATX 3.1 Power Supply Unit on NikKTech.
Memory:
Lexar ARES RGB DDR5-7200 32GB Memory Kit on ThinkComputers.
Crucial Pro Overclocking 32GB (2x16GB) DDR5-6400 White Kit on MadShrimps.
Misc:
SIHOO Doro S100 Ergonomic Office Chair on Tweaktown.
NVIDIA Jetson Orin Nano Super: Powering DeepSeek R1 70B Inference at the Edge on StorageReview.
Ubiquiti U7 Outdoor Review: High-Performance WiFi 7 for Outdoor Connectivity on StorageReview.
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