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2D performance in reverse? A Comprehensive Analysis | Retro Part 2 of 2

Over 13 years ago, I was concerned with the elimination of 2D hardware acceleration in Windows Vista and XP and made no friends for life with the driver team at (then) ATI in Toronto. The good thing about the two articles that hit like a bomb back then is that both AMD and NVIDIA started reacting frantically back then and also took remedial action [...]


The never-ending story: NVIDIA’s GeForce RTX 4090 and the 12VHPWR connector – New data from CableMod and open questions

The problems around this connection do not stop, but exact numbers about real cases of damage are always rare. Even lists in social networks, forums, or collective threads on Reddit do not accurately reflect the real damage that has occurred. The number of people who do not speak out publicly could be much higher. Unfortunately, retailers and [...]


Creative Sound Blaster X5 in long-term test with teardown – Plastic sound with highs and lows from a dark plastic box

What goes around comes around, and I was already a bit torn during the test 5 months ago, so I decided not to judge the Creative Sound Blaster X5 on my first impressions, but to run it in parallel with my HIFIMAN EF 400 for a longer time with various headphones alternately. In principle, not much has changed in the acoustically oriented judgment [...]