Hm. Not that they're wrong, but this has a strong touch of self-promotion. The "list" of options is a bit sparse, and it doesn't look like they have actually looked into finding more options before launching this page. For example, you can buy DRM free ebooks with ease. At least in Germany, the big online stores do have books without DRM.

I don't mind that they omitted Steam from the list, because you can't see which game doesn't have DRM on Steam in the store page. But that they didn't include Humble Bundle really makes it look like they want to act as if they are the only ones selling DRM free games online.

Everybody knows about Humble Bundle. Don't act like you didn't know, GOG.

Or does that mean that only shops are accepted that are 100% DRM free? If that is true, I demand a shop where you can't buy Windows games.

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Quoting: Whitewolfe80Its not the voltage thats the problem its the 24/7 running until they stop working thats the problem now it can be minor and you can solve the issues by taking the card apart cleaning the gpu and applying fresh thermal paste and you could end up with fully fuctional card or you could end up with a card that keeps cutting out everytime you start to game.

Running a card 24/7 is way less stressful on those components, because you don't have changing temps and therefor no heat expansion/contraction all the time.

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Quoting: Whitewolfe80Yeah check youtube budget channel focused F7GOS talks about how damaged a mining card could be and overclocking does damage the card long term because you are pushing it above its limits they arent set to the factory speed they are set to for shits and giggles.

As I said, miners don't overvolt, they undervolt. As far as they can. That is the key point to make money with mining. Frequency alone doesn't kill anything as far as I know.

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Quoting: GuestAnd i doubt that many miners are tech savvy enough to undervolt correctly their cards. I know some are.

I bet if gamers can follow a guide to get more fps, a miner can follow a guide to get more money. I think money is a better incentive to maximize - in this case lower voltage, which doesn't cook any component of the card.

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Quoting: GuestI wouldn't buy a card which has mined. (Anyway miners are so greedy they try to sell their second hand cards at absurd prices so mining or not i am not interested.)

I think miners are aiming for the highest frequency at the lowest voltage, because that is how they make money. A gamer overclocks purely for the highest frequency, regardless how much power it will take. Shouldn't a used GPU from a miner be a better choice regarding electromigration?

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Wow... I just took a short look at the keynote from Nvidia. Well... I tried. The amount of pretentiousness, scripted acting awkwardness and salesman bullshit is really unrivaled. Absolutely unnerving to watch.

I zapped around in it a bit. I came to the segment where they show yet another version of "RTX On/Off", or how I would call it: "It looks this shitty if you don't buy the latest GPU from us! The pictures are absolutely not faked, I swear!!1" They showed soft shadows in Tomb Raider. Point lights. RTX off: No shadows. RTX on: Soft shadows. From a point light. A fucking point light. A fucking tiny candle light in the hand of a child throws a big dark shadow in a (dimly) lighted environment, which is already on its own stupid, but it also throws a really soft shadow with big fuzzy edges. Way to go, Nvidia.

This is really what I meant before. You can have all the computing power you want. If you use it wrong, it will look like shit. Having those very pronounced and colorful shadows wobbling around the dancers in the scene is not how it would look. It's an effect turned up to 11. It looks stupid. And then they even manage it to demo an effect that isn't even physically correct: Soft shadows from a point light.

What a joke. A very expensive one.

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Quoting: TheRiddickWhen there is no alternatives then boycotts are VERY hard to do, your asking people to accept a more expensive and MUCH slower option (Vega)!!!!

If a fast GPU is more important than all other things, then there is indeed no alternative.

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Many seem to be afraid of getting used cards that got overclocked. Personally, I think computer parts have no moving parts (fans excluded), so this rule doesn't really apply to them. They either work or not. Computer parts generally stall themselves if they get too hot. Is it known that GPUs die earlier if they are overclocked? I never heard about that. Are there sources?

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I'm still getting by with a Nvidia GTX 760. I really think devs should spend more time with the visual design of the graphics and the world, instead of just using bigger textures and more polygons. What good is it when the technical quality of the graphics is high, but it is just a computery copy of the real world?

(And my pet peeve: Why are so many games still look like everything is painted in shiny clear coat? Dear devs, you don't have to turn those effects up to 11.)

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Didn't know about the Linux version! Very nice! I'll take a look at this.

as natural resources are running low, crime is on the rise and there's a lot of pollution in the air and water.

I bet in the year 2048 it will be even more so, but it is sadly already true today. :/

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