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In your recovery there should be a backup option. Pick that and back up everything.

Then make sure you copy that backup off the phone in case you really hose things and have to start completely fresh.


I’m guessing they’re all just behind an internal hub.

https://www.amd.com/en/products/processors/chipsets/am5.html

The x870e chipset only provides 2 20gbit ports (type c only) 12 10gbit and 2 5gbit ports. No idea how the USB 4 ports fit into the equation, but I think the 2 are mandatory.


That article is a year old and is missing the latest generation of cards. Neither AMD nor Nvidia produce those GPUs anymore. AMDs best GPU from their 9000 series competes with Nvidias 5070/5070ti. The 5090 and 5080 are unmatched.


Nvidia is the only real option for AI work. Before Trump lifted the really restrictive ban on GPUs to china they had to smuggle in GPUs from the US, and if you’re Joe Schmo the only GPUs you can really buy are gaming ones. That’s why the 5090 has been selling so well despite it being 2k and not all that much better than the 4090 in gaming.

Also AMD has no high end GPUs, and Intel barely has a mid range GPU.


Those 200gb games take a while to download, even on a gigabit internet connection.


A chance? It 100% doesn’t.

A surprising number of websites still work with these old devices though. I have an OG HTC Dream and it will go to more websites than I’d think it should.


Why would you read the article when you could just complain in the comments?


I loved the servers that were 24/7 metro, no drags etc. some of those were (and still are) my favorite. Or pistols only, no Glock 18. When you get rid of custom servers you get rid of that custom experience.


Anyone know if CP2077 runs better on Linux than Windows?

That’s entire dependent on a whole host of things. CPU, GPU, distro (mostly kernel version), open source vs proprietary drivers, proton version etc. Also some numbers can artificially look better if the feature is just straight up ignored by proton, or just broken. If you’re looking for some bleeding edge features then probably not.


Considering their fallout I don’t think Trump would be all too happy to approve a bailout for


You can’t hold a gaming laptop in your hands (and actually use it)

Of course a larger device will cost less/provide better performance. You’re paying a premium for the handheld formfactor. Just like how with a gaming laptop you’re paying a premium vs a 50+ pound desktop.


since I like using it for movement.

At least the basic movement from that video could easily be done with a regular joystick, it’s just the developer chose to not implement it.


Mac OS dropping 32 bit support made me realize just how bad the situation is. And that was over 5 years ago.

The fact that any software being made in 2025 is still 32 bit is ludicrous.


Games run faster on SteamOS with proton than Windows 11, Ars testing finds

FTFY. I hate all these articles that downplay the heavy lifting proton (and all the tools that make it up) are doing. But “Proton makes games run better” doesn’t get the same attention.


The themed icons are even worse

Over time I hate themed icons more and more. In like 2013 when I still used Android as my main phone I used to use them. But shortly after that I realized any customization I do myself is just… hideous? And ever since then I’ve hated all of it.

iOS recently added tinted and “dark” icons and they’re all horrendous.


https://www.xda-developers.com/material-you-monet-theme-engine/

Apparently it’s officially called material you, but that name is so stupid I think I’d prefer to call it by it’s code name too.



It’s a negative feedback loop.

The less time you can spend optimizing games the less you know how to optimize games. The less you know how to optimize games the more time it takes to optimize games. Optimizing games becomes too costly for management. Goto 10.



You could replace the caps if you wanted to keep that board around. Through hole caps are SUPER easy to replace. Just spend some time identifying the specs of all of the blown ones. The replace all of them (including the non blown ones) as long as they’re all the same manufacturer. I used to do this to old machines and it’s honestly quite fun.

Otherwise if you wanted a retro machine I think those machines are still getting thrown out. But maybe they’ve already reached the bottom of their value curve and are starting to go up. I’ve seen some whack ass prices.


  1. Yes ATX is a standard. That said airflow and build ability have dramatically changed in the last 20 years. I would probably find a new one.

  2. Yes ATX is a standard.

  3. Depending on what you’re going for it would be cheaper to buy just a whole ass PC. Used office PCs or ancient gamer computers can be pretty cheap.

Honestly I’d keep it for playing older games if that’s your jam. Then find something new because you wouldn’t want to reuse almost any of it.




With a good mounting mechanism that’s normally not a problem.

But between Intels classic plastic clips that never go in, and AMD’s unbendable steel beam that never wants to clip It’s pretty fucking dangerous for both you and the components.

Noctua’s mounting system is pretty good. It’s a little awkward aiming the screws into position but MUCH easier than almost any other system I’ve used.


less dust accumulation during PC assembly.

Is that really that much of a problem?


Don’t worry guys, they’re serious about it this time.

They’re totally not going to do something to piss off everyone developing games for them in like 6 months.


The performance gains are from all the tweaks people have done to proton to fix the games. Running regular programs through wine will only be slower.


That’s the magic of proton, and all of the tools that make it work.

DXVK alone is incredible.


Sapphire has been building/designing their reference cards for a long ass time.

AMD’s website has a picture of what I assume is the reference 9070 and sapphires pulse looks pretty different.

I wish they’d bring back the reference cards. They look so much better than the aftermarket ones, even if the coolers are usually some of the worst.


AMD and Intel both need to be launching FEs and pushing the price down and making these board partners look bad.

They do.

https://www.amazon.com/Intel-B580-Limited-Graphics-Card/dp/B0DPM9923G

Looks like the 9070 might not have a reference design card, but previous gens you used to be able to buy a reference design directly from AMD.


Uh, why?

That’s like the opposite of what I try to do with my purchases. I won’t buy something unless I’ve wanted it for a while (at least a week) that way if I do buy it, I know it’s something I truly want. VS if I impulse buy it I might not ever get around to it.


Well the alternative is PC gaming, and building a competitive PC aint cheap. I remember on launch people were building computers with similar performance to the xbone/ps4. But now that entry level dGPUs aren’t a thing, and even mid range GPUs are expensive you get fucked either way.

The PS5 is at least powerful on launch. The 4 was on par with like a regular APU.


TBH I’m kinda surprised the game doesn’t run maxed out without problems. I know the IGPU wasn’t the greatest back then, but it wasn’t that bad.

My current laptop has a 96 eu iris Xe IGPU and it runs a LOT of games very well.


Does anyone say it looks better than native? Or do they just accept the lower resolution + scaling is “good enough”.

That said I hate it. Give me perfect integer scaling or nothing at all.




That’s the biggest reason I went with a proart board instead of any other gaming board. It had all the features I want, but (almost) none of the gamer cringe.

At least this board has actual 10gig Ethernet unlike their other ROG board I was looking at that only had Realtek 5 gig for some unholy reason. No board costing almost $500 should be afflicted with Realtek anything, but only 5 gig?



And the process of dealing with it sucks ass. You’re probably more likely to buy at least one second set of joycons while you wait forever for them to replace your own.


A Deck has two touchpads that work as mice.

And they suck trying to use them for an FPS.