MHLoppy

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[–] MHLoppy@fedia.io 21 points 1 day ago (6 children)

It covers the breadth of problems pretty well, but I feel compelled to point out that there are a few times where things are misrepresented in this post e.g.:

Newegg selling the ASUS ROG Astral GeForce RTX 5090 for $3,359 (MSRP: $1,999)

eBay Germany offering the same ASUS ROG Astral RTX 5090 for €3,349,95 (MSRP: €2,229)

The MSRP for a 5090 is $2k, but the MSRP for the 5090 Astral -- a top-end card being used for overclocking world records -- is $2.8k. I couldn't quickly find the European MSRP but my money's on it being more than 2.2k euro.

If you’re a creator, CUDA and NVENC are pretty much indispensable, or editing and exporting videos in Adobe Premiere or DaVinci Resolve will take you a lot longer[3]. Same for live streaming, as using NVENC in OBS offloads video rendering to the GPU for smooth frame rates while streaming high-quality video.

NVENC isn't much of a moat right now, as both Intel and AMD's encoders are roughly comparable in quality these days (including in Intel's iGPUs!). There are cases where NVENC might do something specific better (like 4:2:2 support for prosumer/professional use cases) or have better software support in a specific program, but for common use cases like streaming/recording gameplay the alternatives should be roughly equivalent for most users.

as recently as May 2025 and I wasn’t surprised to find even RTX 40 series are still very much overpriced

Production apparently stopped on these for several months leading up to the 50-series launch; it seems unreasonable to harshly judge the pricing of a product that hasn't had new stock for an extended period of time (of course, you can then judge either the decision to stop production or the still-elevated pricing of the 50 series).


DLSS is, and always was, snake oil

I personally find this take crazy given that DLSS2+ / FSR4+, when quality-biased, average visual quality comparable to native for most users in most situations and that was with DLSS2 in 2023, not even DLSS3 let alone DLSS4 (which is markedly better on average). I don't really care how a frame is generated if it looks good enough (and doesn't come with other notable downsides like latency). This almost feels like complaining about screen space reflections being "fake" reflections. Like yeah, it's fake, but if the average player experience is consistently better with it than without it then what does it matter?

Increasingly complex manufacturing nodes are becoming increasingly expensive as all fuck. If it's more cost-efficient to use some of that die area for specialized cores that can do high-quality upscaling instead of natively rendering everything with all the die space then that's fine by me. I don't think blaming DLSS (and its equivalents like FSR and XeSS) as "snake oil" is the right takeaway. If the options are (1) spend $X on a card that outputs 60 FPS natively or (2) spend $X on a card that outputs upscaled 80 FPS at quality good enough that I can't tell it's not native, then sign me the fuck up for option #2. For people less fussy about static image quality and more invested in smoothness, they can be perfectly happy with 100 FPS but marginally worse image quality. Not everyone is as sweaty about static image quality as some of us in the enthusiast crowd are.

There's some fair points here about RT (though I find exclusively using path tracing for RT performance testing a little disingenuous given the performance gap), but if RT performance is the main complaint then why is the sub-heading "DLSS is, and always was, snake oil"?


obligatory: disagreeing with some of the author's points is not the same as saying "Nvidia is great"

[–] MHLoppy@fedia.io 3 points 2 days ago

They thought they consumed the onion, but in reality the onion consumed them

[–] MHLoppy@fedia.io 20 points 2 days ago (2 children)

Do you not see any value in engaging with views you don't personally agree with? I don't think agreeing with it is a good barometer for whether it's post-worthy

[–] MHLoppy@fedia.io 1 points 2 days ago (1 children)

If the GN tests accurately map to whatever the navy's using, the difference in most games isn't that significant despite the suboptimal cooling, and if they're usually just playing TF2 and Halo 2 (as per article) then even 50% of full performance should still be plenty.

 

Happy July 4th! It’s time to celebrate America’s birthday for seemingly the final time. There are a lot of ways one can celebrate America. Fireworks, hot dog eating contests, diabetes and kindergarteners gunned down in finger painting class. While those are all fantastic ways to honor the American way of life, there’s no better way to celebrate everything America is than by committing some war crimes. In video games of course. After all, engaging in very illegal and abhorrent atrocities with absolutely no consequences whatsoever and bragging about how cool it was has been the American way since 1776. So to get into the July 4th spirit, here are the best war crimes you can do in video games. [...]

[–] MHLoppy@fedia.io 2 points 2 days ago

it's not good for us at all.

I personally think it's good to be considerate of others when it has essentially no negative effects, but you're welcome to do whatever the fuck you want

 

Following a surprise restaurant raid Friday in which dozens of employees were taken into custody, witnesses reported that on top of everything else, the Immigration and Customs Enforcement agents responsible for the violent arrests had the gall to leave a negative review. “It takes a lot of nerve to complain about slow service after kidnapping 75% of my staff,” said Benny Romero, the owner of Romero’s Bar and Grill, who described how the group of masked agents had burst into his establishment with weapons drawn, demanding an eight-top despite not calling ahead to notify the restaurant of their large party. “They left one star, claiming no one greeted them at the host stand with their immigration documents, but that’s only because they set off a flash bomb before walking in—in the middle of a lunch rush, mind you. [...]

 

In short:

Japan has seen a decline in tourists, especially from China, with some citing a disaster prediction in a manga (Japanese comic book) that was first published in 1999.

The manga The Future I Saw details the dreams of the author, including one that some believe predicted Japan's tsunami in 2011.

What's next?

The manga's reprint in 2021 triggered rumours a catastrophic event would occur on July 5, 2025, which has sparked concerns from some superstitious tourists about travelling to Japan.

 

Pixiv source (has losslessly compressed, separate images)

[–] MHLoppy@fedia.io 1 points 2 days ago

last-generation Alienware (Dell) machines

I noticed that too, it might be a case of military procurement delay ¯\_(ツ)_/¯

 

For those like me who have been investigating childcare for almost a year now, the news was horrifying but not a surprise.

[–] MHLoppy@fedia.io 32 points 2 days ago

Well, yes

The MoD sees embracing gamer culture as a way of attracting and retaining young people, particularly for roles in cyber defence and technology-focused positions. The UK government launched a recruitment plan this year to fast-track gamers into cyber defence roles.

 

Fearsome trash-talker and Halo matchmaking enthusiast Timmy Dobbins has lost a valuable online trump card this week as his father has reportedly lost his job at Microsoft, Dobbins confirmed.

“Okay so I guess Microsoft fired a bunch of people this week, and it looks like my dad might’ve been one of them,” said 12-year-old Timmy. “Which is total bullshit cause, like, my dad worked really hard for them and he was really good at banning all the people who were mean to me in Halo. But also, I’m not even really that worried because my dad still has some really powerful friends at Microsoft who can definitely still ban all these fucking griefers.”

Timmy’s father, Randall Dobbins, expanded upon his responsibilities with the company as well as his feelings on the company’s recent staffing changes. [...]

 

In a nutshell: While modern aircraft carriers are gigantic vessels packed with amenities one might not expect to see on a warship, the UK Royal Navy's HMS Prince of Wales has something unique: a full eSports/gaming suite for the crew to compete against each other.

In February, permission was given to set up the suite on the 1,600-crew carrier as part of a partnership between the Royal Navy and the British eSports Federation.

The gaming room includes 12 high-end Alienware Aurora R15 gaming desktop PCs, featuring RTX 4080 graphics cards and Core i7 CPUs – the systems are capable of running far more than just low-demand eSports games. The room also has LED lights, a widescreen TV, and office chairs.

[–] MHLoppy@fedia.io 2 points 2 days ago (3 children)

https://aussie.zone/post/252773

I don't personally care so long as the meaning is still obvious, so I try to keep it in mind for the sake of those who do

 

In short:

Princeton Consumer Research carried out tests for certification for at least eight sunscreens that fell short of their advertised SPF50 claims in a recent review by consumer group Choice.

Several industry experts have raised concerns about PCR's testing methodology and calculations.

Both the Cancer Council and the Therapeutic Goods Administration said it was important people continued to use sunscreen as protection against the harmful effects of ultraviolet radiation.

[–] MHLoppy@fedia.io 1 points 3 days ago

That might be your reason for the voting system. That doesn’t make it everyone else’s reason.

The software does, where the vast majority of all lemmy/mbin/piefed users will have their feeds and pages affected by how people vote. I don't think you can escape the reality that regardless of what your opinion on voting is, there is a tangible effect independent of your beliefs.

[–] MHLoppy@fedia.io 2 points 3 days ago

Five nodes in four years is being stretched awfully thin lol

 

As more Americans contemplate their employment prospects during a time when it’s becoming increasingly difficult to retire, experts stated Wednesday that it’s not too late to change careers at 50, despite the fact that they sure as fuck wouldn’t. “If you’re finding your work increasingly unfulfilling and always dreamed of doing something else, there’s nothing wrong with making that career switch, even if you’re over 50, although that personally sounds like an absolutely stupid-ass idea to us,” said Stony Brook University economist Clare Ewell, adding that there are a few notable examples of people who pivoted career paths late in life, but statistically your chances of succeeding are abysmal, which would definitely prevent her and all other employment experts from even considering something so goddamn shortsighted. [...]


(self-censored title for the sake of instances that want that)

 

The editorial team at a major news outlet has celebrated in the office today, after successfully publishing their 15th consecutive story on musicians protesting about Gaza without mentioning that icky “genocide” thing.

“Here at Balanced News Daily we strive for bipartisan reporting on all the big issues, which is why we have a ratio of 56:1 on coverage about protesters to coverage about genocide,” said the editor.

Thanks to recent political statements from Kneecap and Bob Vylan at Glastonbury Festival, journalists met their outrage-bait KPI’s in record time. [...]

[–] MHLoppy@fedia.io 4 points 5 days ago (2 children)

She already has 1 mil subs lol

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