Computer & Internet Related Hardware Thread

[cjöcker]

I noticed that there's no hardware thread so I'll start one.

Here's some topics that you can flame war about:
- Ray tracing: is it a meme? (I've seen ray tracing first hand on the PlayStation 5 and in its current state it is nothing to be excited about)
- Apple's M1 chip
- Will Big Navi save AMD and show those Nvidia shills?
- Will Intel come back to its former glory and re-conquer the desktop CPU sector?
- Is 21:9 a based aspect ratio?

 

[wtfeasymode]

Is spending over 2k on a new computer a good idea if your computer is less superior to the PC you want to buy?

 

[cjöcker]

Is spending over 2k on a new computer a good idea if your computer is less superior to the PC you want to buy?

What you want and what suits you are two completely different things. If the computer fits your needs I think that you should go for it.

 

[Need For Sneed]

- Ray tracing: is it a meme? (I've seen ray tracing first hand on the PlayStation 5 and in its current state it is nothing to be excited about)

I remember when nerds used to jizz their pants over the Amiga's ray tracing abilities, only back then it was quite cool because nothing else this side of a 6-figure supercomputer could do that kinda stuff.

 

[cjöcker]

I remember when nerds used to jizz their pants over the Amiga's ray tracing abilities, only back then it was quite cool because nothing else this side of a 6-figure supercomputer could do that kinda stuff.

Computer graphics have achieved the point where any innovation isn't that big of a leap so it isn't impressive. It's not like PS1 to PS2 for example where the difference is night and day.

 

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[A Weddell Seal]

• Raytracing is not something that can be taken seriously until it is almost as fast (or even as fast) as rasterization in terms of rendering an entire real-time scene on its own; right now the former is only supplementing the latter and the difference is not significant considering how realistic raytracing can look (albeit not in real-time, but I digress).
• The gains in Apple's M1 chip are great; it just sucks that Apple is not allowing you to update your OS if you do not have a computer that uses one. It makes sense for them to build computers entirely out of their own parts, but I think they should ease the transition for consumers in terms of support for software.
• AMD just needs to maintain a good price-to-performance ratio (compared to NVIDIA) and be able to produce enough cards for consumers (i.e. not scalpers) to buy them. I think they can pull it off.
• Not until Intel get offs of 14 nm++ or whatever iteration they are on by now, and even then AMD is projected to be at 5 nm before they are. If the past is any indicator: AMD will continue to hold a better price-to-performance ratio over Intel. I would say that they have a lot of work to do before they can even consider matching AMD again, but only time will tell.
• Only for media that is designed with it in mind; the scaling can be iffy otherwise.

 

[Lumin]

Something I never really mentioned about myself on KF is that I'm actually the person who looks over the Kiwi server, sexually physically. I was just thinking about upgrading the thing for Josh, and finally bumping that baby up to 8GB of RAM, so I figured to take a picture of the beut while I was in there, for anyone who's ever wanted to see the Kiwi server.

Spoiler: The Kiwi Server Unveiled

To avoid shitting up a new forum and a nice thread, I am actually finally updating my machine from like 2010, lol. I've been running 4GB of RAM + some virtualized RAM, because I'm ever so slightly insane, and am also thinking of finally investing in literally multiple GBs of VRAM. Talk about a string of power plays, WOW.

 

[cjöcker]

To avoid shitting up a new forum and a nice thread, I am actually finally updating my machine from like 2010, lol. I've been running 4GB of RAM + some virtualized RAM, because I'm ever so slightly insane, and am also thinking of finally investing in literally multiple GBs of VRAM. Talk about a string of power plays, WOW.

How the fuck have you been living? We live in an age where every website is a 400k LoC React JavaScript abomination that uses more memory than some AAA computer games.

 

[cybertron]

Something I never really mentioned about myself on KF is that I'm actually the person who looks over the Kiwi server, sexually physically. I was just thinking about upgrading the thing for Josh, and finally bumping that baby up to 8GB of RAM, so I figured to take a picture of the beut while I was in there, for anyone who's ever wanted to see the Kiwi server.

Spoiler: The Kiwi Server Unveiled

To avoid shitting up a new forum and a nice thread, I am actually finally updating my machine from like 2010, lol. I've been running 4GB of RAM + some virtualized RAM, because I'm ever so slightly insane, and am also thinking of finally investing in literally multiple GBs of VRAM. Talk about a string of power plays, WOW.

Nice retro setup, with floppy drive and all.

 

[Plateletpheresis]

• Atom CPU
• 1GB of RAM
• Windows XP
• Bear on the chassis

 

[Saltimbanco]

Something I never really mentioned about myself on KF is that I'm actually the person who looks over the Kiwi server, sexually physically. I was just thinking about upgrading the thing for Josh, and finally bumping that baby up to 8GB of RAM, so I figured to take a picture of the beut while I was in there, for anyone who's ever wanted to see the Kiwi server.

Spoiler: The Kiwi Server Unveiled

To avoid shitting up a new forum and a nice thread, I am actually finally updating my machine from like 2010, lol. I've been running 4GB of RAM + some virtualized RAM, because I'm ever so slightly insane, and am also thinking of finally investing in literally multiple GBs of VRAM. Talk about a string of power plays, WOW.

I wish this was real

 

[Syrup]

I wish this was real

Yes this is a massive step up from the current KF server.