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April 13, 2023

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Nvidia's RTX 4070 is here and it's not terrible. (Tom's Hardware)

It's as fast as the previous generation's RTX 3080 while being $100 cheaper and using 40% less power, or to put it another way, 20% more expensive and 30% faster than the RTX 3070.

It has 12GB of VRAM as standard which is enough in most cases, but I wouldn't buy an 8GB card for a system I wanted to use for gaming. (A cheap 8GB card for light gaming is a different matter.)

It's a regular two-slot card rather than the monstrous three-slot models that Nvidia and its partners have been shipping lately, and though Nvidia recommends a 650W power supply and it includes a 300W-rated 12-pin power connector, it should run in pretty much any system built in recent memory.

Paired with a Ryzen 7900 (65W based power, around 90W peak) it should provide a almost reasonably priced and very capable system for serious work and what was high end gaming just a few months ago while running happily on a 450W power supply.

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Something that isn't reasonably priced is Intel's new Xeon W-2400 CPUs. The 24 core model - which is the cheapest one in the range that has a chance of being faster than a Ryzen 7950X - costs nearly three times as much as a 7950X; four times as much as a 7900.

Scratch that idea.
The EU says Broadcom's proposed acquisition of VMWare could restrict competition... In the Fiber Channel HBA market. (Reuters)

Dire news for both the people still using Fiber Channel.
The liquidators sent in to salvage what remained of FTX have apparently actually been doing their jobs. (Reuters)

So far they've recovered $7.3 billion of about $10 billion that disappeared, which rather justifies the no doubt hefty fees they are receiving.
The ACCC (Australia's equivalent to the FTC, more or less) wants new powers to crack down on online businesses. (The Guardian)

Get fu-

That deliberately make it hard to cancel subscriptions.

Understandable. Have a nice day.
NPR has become the first "major" "news" organisation to leave Twitter, flouncing off the platform after being accurately labelled as state-affiliated media. (The Verge)

Lol, as the kids are wont to say. Lmao.

Disclaimer: To rofl, perchance to copter.

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It's a regular two-slot card rather than the monstrous three-slot models that Nvidia and its partners have been shipping lately, and though Nvidia recommends a 650W power supply and it includes a 300W-rated 12-pin power connector, it should run in pretty much any system built in recent memory. Paired with a Ryzen 7900 (65W based power, around 90W peak) it should provide a almost reasonably priced and very capable system for serious work and what was high end gaming just a few months ago while running happily on a 450W power supply. Tech News Something that isn't reasonably priced is Intel's new Xeon W-2400 CPUs. The 24 core model - which is the cheapest one in the range that has a chance of being faster than a Ryzen 7950X - costs nearly three times as much as a 7950X; four times as much as a 7900. Scratch that idea. The EU says Broadcom's proposed acquisition of VMWare could restrict competition... In the Fiber Channel HBA market. 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