Tech is getting weird again.

Memory prices soaring, knock on effects causing GPU prices to soar, and now — apparently unrelated — CPU prices set to rise too.

The ostensible rationale for the memory and GPU rises is AI datacentre demand, but I'm beginning to think these are supply chain disruptions caused by Trump's tariffs.

I guess we'll find out in due course, but I'm happy I very recently did all my upgrades.

#tech #PC #amd

https://videocardz.com/newz/amd-rumored-to-raise-ryzen-9000-and-older-cpu-prices-tonight

GTW Highlight No.01: Last December, we recovered very early remains of Cult on the #PC. A third person zombie game due for release in 1997 by Argonaut Games that aimed to showcase the new Voodoo 1 3DFX card and BRender engine at the time.

https://www.gamesthatwerent.com/2024/12/cult/

I spent several hours today researching and comparing and testing different anti-aliasing modes in No Man's Sky with this new RTX 5080 GPU.

I have been using TAA for years in NMS and am quite familiar with DLSS, having read about it over the years. But, today I discovered DLAA (Deep Learning Anti-Aliasing) and that NMS supports it.

And it's just awesome!

“NVIDIA DLAA (Deep Learning Anti-Aliasing) is an AI-based anti-aliasing technology for NVIDIA RTX GPUs that improves image quality at a game's native resolution, prioritizing visual fidelity over performance. Unlike DLSS, which uses AI to upscale a lower-resolution image for better performance, DLAA renders the game at full resolution and uses AI to create smoother, sharper, and more stable visuals with fewer jagged edges and artifacts, such as shimmering. It is ideal for players with a powerful GPU who have extra performance headroom and want the best possible image quality”

#NoMansSky #NMS #graphics #GPU #Nvidia #DLAA #DLSS #TAA #AA #antialiasing #gaming #games #gamers #PCgaming #PC #Steam #RTX5080 #tech #pctech #HelloGames

Made an ASCII table for the #pc-emulation-book. The glyphs are drawn with a sprite atlas from the CGA font itself but Chrome apparently really struggles to render bitmaps this small for some reason.

Alt...

an ASCII table showing the CGA character glyphs for each character. Some of the glyphs are a oddly mangled, considering the source image is pixel-perfect

Sur un autre sujet vu ici, on parle de l'augmentation du prix de vente de #composants #pc.

Vu sous un autre angle, ça m'amène à une question que je vois peu discutée : pour quelle(s) raison(s) objective(s) avons nous besoin de toujours plus de #ressources sur nos #machines personnelles ?

Perso, je constate que mes besoins réels ont peu (voir pas) évolués en 10 ans et que je pourrais toujours fonctionner sur une machine fabriquée en 2012 (celle que j'utilise est à peine plus récente).

you can get a 75" tv for 380 bucks but 64gb of ram costs 479 #pc great depression #acme #nadir

PCs to review A.I. use in government-commissioned reports
#Deloitte #NL #Canada #PC #AI #Government #Health #Accountability #Politics #Healthcare #Policy #PublicFunds #The14 #The14Media #InvestigativeJournalism #ConsumerTech
https://the-14.com/pcs-to-review-a-i-use-in-government-commissioned-reports/