Microsoft is no longer a company that sells operating systems to PC owners, it entices users onto its platform to monetize them. 

https://www.pcworld.com/article/3102428/want-me-to-trust-windows-11-again-bring-back-local-accounts.html

On 3/28/2026 at 2:41 PM, Papusan said:

Windows 11 users have heard Microsoft's promises before. That's the problem

The trust is almost gone.

LOL @Mr. Fox

Latest Windows 11 update is being withdrawn

10 minutes ago, Mr. Fox said:

As far as I am concerned, any hardware "feature" that requires installing software to function is not actually a feature, but a stupid gimmick that should be regarded as worthless. If the feature only works in Windows it is even more worthless. Having to install software is an unacceptable joke, even if Linux support is provided for it. The PC tech industry is quickly becoming the domain of idiots and profusely littered with trash.

Software or huge driver packages to try fix their hardware to function properly is lame. In the old days you didnt have to install software or drivers to make Intel chips works. Even the chipset driver isn't an real driver. 

**** also feels like a workaround **** rather than a fundamental improvement in game performance. Instead of broad architectural gains, this approach selectively enhances individual titles through predefined profiles. The biggest limitation is support

https://www.guru3d.com/review/core-ultra-5-250k-and-7-270k-plus-processor-review/page-30/

On 3/23/2026 at 5:14 PM, electrosoft said:

Intel Ultra 5 250k review. Out of box is clearly a step up over the 245k in a meaningful way not just productivity but gaming even beating the 265k in many games and some productivity. We'll need a deep dive and I'm sure some will pick up the 250k to bin. I'm really curious about the 270k now more than ever....

 

 

 

Some rudimentary memory scaling results (XMP modes across the board):

 

 

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Micro$slop MAY be listening finally about draconian account requirements for installs and setups. As a reminder, Apple, to this day, does NOT require an account to set up MacOS.

 

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Deba8auer and the 270k price performance. Cheaper and faster than a 285k..... 

 

$299.99 is a killer price...

 

Definitely picking up a few to bin.

 

 

Hmm. Seen more info about this? Intel should stop make such changes within same gen Chips (to upsell the refresh as something new). Almost as Nvidia making new gen fake frames features as the new for new gen Graphics cards. Soon you'll pay extra for software features or slight tuned firmware/vbios versions to milk more money from the more expensive Gpu SKUs.

A popular benchmark, Geekbench, says it will issue a warning when Intel’s new “Arrow Lake Refresh” desktop chips enable Intel’s new IBOT feature. Why? Because the benchmark vendor can’t be sure that scores reported with it can be considered trustworthy.

https://www.pcworld.com/article/3099125/intel-new-performance-tool-casts-doubt-on-benchmark-scores.html

Regarding IBOT. NOT Intel APO. What will Intel brand the Optimizer software feature next time?

What buyers of Arrow Lake Refresh should know is that IBOT is not on by default, so if you want this performance boost, you must use Intel’s software to activate the feature. It also is only in 12 games as a start, with no concrete timeline for additional title support.

And yes, for those who’ve abandoned Windows: IBOT will eventually come to Linux. But Intel won’t say when—not just yet.

Windows 11 users have heard Microsoft's promises before. That's the problem

Nope, no compute can fix this. The bad weather we have in Norway follow me also down to my favorite place outside Africa. 10 days into my holiday and same bad awful weather every damn day. Someone really hates me🤕 

The icecoold from Sept to May in my home place under the North pole ain't enough, then this trash/winter storms in the spring  down south. I don't know what to say. Almost giving up. And the Bungalows and outside area isn't built for this type rainy weather/storms. Tiles on the floor everywhere can't drain the flood of rain.The climate is in change. The fix is building more AI slop running on more gas and oil. Sure. I living in one of the coldest an rainy places on earth. The weather being worse and worse. Rest of the world will follow same paths. Sad.

Tenerife hit by snow as Storm Therese brings wind and rain to Canary Islands

https://www.bbc.com/weather/articles/cr51n7yd7v5o

On 3/17/2026 at 5:49 PM, electrosoft said:

Nvidia owns 94% of the discrete GPU market.... they're clearly onto something or at least something consumers prefer.

And Microsoft have most of the OS market.... Not so sure a big market cap is what the consumers want or prefer. You can easily destroy your own brand name. Almost Monopoly is dangerous. But its what it is. Nvidia and Microsoft is exactly the same. Now we will see AMD try the same as well. We need alternatives. Not this greedy companies asking the corrupt governments for help to grow even further.

I hope this backlash/rethinks will help. There is always a max limit what consumers will accept. Both in mind and money spent on trash. 

One of the biggest winners i ISRAEL. That speaks numbers. 

Report: Microsoft rethinks AI ambitions in Windows 11 after pushback

And it seems Microsoft is finally listening. The stubborn forcing of Copilot down the throats of Windows users has (perhaps permanently) damaged the operating system’s reputation. 

Msi nowadays...

The company is hoping to profit on premium products and AI data centers

https://www.techspot.com/news/111720-msi-plans-raise-prices-up-30-amid-memory.html

On the way for early 1 months vaccation outside Africa - Canary Island. Me and my lovely wife leave Norway today🙂 Finally we can have some warm and heating sun after many months in the cold and the dark here home in the North. But I will follow my good friends on the forum. I will use an phone and an tablet. So @Reciever bear with me. Not easy posting with the tiny trash. So please merge posts into one if needed. But I'll try my best. 

Double up. Nice with native 12V-2*6 cables. Can't beat double the stupidity on one single cable.

On 2/27/2026 at 2:15 AM, Papusan said:

Surprised @Mr. Fox🙄

On 3/3/2026 at 4:40 PM, Redneck_Randy said:

Saw  Youtube video that Windows 12 might be a subscription service

CM's Premium custom cables. Sure. And no thanks.

On 3/6/2026 at 6:41 PM, Mr. Fox said:

I wonder how much "strategy" actually exists in the AI space. Maybe NVIDIA finally realized they were sinking too much into something that would provide no return ii the money spent

Strategy doesn'tmatter if the money running out. But the waste of money on AI could continue if the government continues to subsidize the tech for mass surveillance.

Money for AI is running out: OpenAI and Oracle cancel expansion of Texas data center for Artificial Intelligence

The billions of dollars that have been put on the table are sometimes not enough. Just a year ago, money for Artificial Intelligence seemed inexhaustible, when tech giants, sovereign wealth funds, and banks...

Going blind into the future.... 

One in four CEOs say AI is a bubble but will continue investing

On 2/24/2026 at 5:57 PM, Papusan said:

"The Land of the Free". Soon almost gone. Now you see the country being more and more like China. What next from the US lawmakers(legislators)? What a sad direction. Freedom At Stake😒. Now all your privacy/data is collected in the government's servers. Yep, same servers paid by your tax bill. On top you'll have to pay more for consumer hardware due the governments need to store everything of your privacy to control you... Nineteen Eighty-Four is more true than ever.

 

 Our beloved hardware/computers has become a huge threat for the humanity (in allways).

The US wants to implement an age verification system integrated into the operating system

Good luck. "The Land of the Free". Soon almost gone. You always get what you ask for. It's for a reason etc Microsoft want that you only can sign in into your pc with an M$ account. Also why some states will ban Linux as your preferred OS. Forced  on you by the current government. Sad! Same also happens from the different US States policy. Freedom will vanish and be something forgotten from the past. And China lead the way.... The free world will just follow after the bell sheep (China). 

Yupp, AI have its advantage. Government will use it to keep the citizens under their thumb. Exactly as China have done the last two decades. 

AI company Anthropic sues Trump administration for ban Anthropic is at odds with the Trump administration, which wants to use AI technology for mass surveillance and autonomous weapons systems. The case is now going to court.

Anthropic Sues Pentagon, Argues Blacklisting Violates Free Speech

The San Francisco company wants a US district court to intervene and lift the 'supply chain risk' designation, which bans those working with the Pentagon from working with Anthropic

Microsoft CEO jokes with Jensen Huang that NVIDIA wouldn't exist without gaming

NVIDIA addresses the memory crisis: “I think the fact that everything is scarce is fantastic for us; when things are scarce, you choose the best.”

22 hours ago, Reciever said:

Couple of new additions to the roster.

 

Traded one of my 5700 XT's to a coworker for his 6500 XT. It'll act as my frame Gen mule on the TV and main gaming monitor. 

 

The second was my first real GPU. Anyone care to guess what it is? 

The black and red in front? Not sure it's the TOP sku you have from Asus. 

https://www.techpowerup.com/review/asus-eah4890-top-super-ml/4.html

Not everything you buy is gold standard... "All that glitters is not gold". Yup, the fancy screen on the Lightning ain't gold that glitters. Just some fancy unnecessary gimmick to increase the already sky-high prices. And I shouldn't start talk about the new web based trashy software to make it work (which not work at all). 

All that glisters is not gold—
Often have you heard that told.
Many a man his life hath sold
But my outside to behold.
Gilded tombs do worms enfold.
Had you been as wise as bold,
Young in limbs, in judgment old,
Your answer had not been inscrolled
Fare you well. Your suit is cold—

On 3/1/2026 at 12:30 AM, Rage Set said:

Another reason why I want to live part time in Norway @Papusan besides the Snow and Cold.

 

When a government agency can produce an entertaining video that also points out a serious consumer issue, you got to give it to them.

 

"The memories may be yours, but the photos are mine" WOW. The Norwegian gov took shots at all companies. 

 

 

The rats abandon ship and pull up the ladder.... Just can\t wait for the bubble to burst @Mr. Fox 

Nvidia says its investments in OpenAI and Anthropic are likely its last

The chipmaker signals a strategic "retreat" from circular investments shaping the AI boom

On 2/26/2026 at 4:09 PM, kojack said:

We can only hope. Microslop et. Al are screwing everything up.

Ready to share your life in real time? 

Ray-Ban Meta: Employees in Kenya may be viewing the photos and videos you take with your glasses.

The seriousness of the issue has gone largely unnoticed, but Ray-Ban Meta sunglasses have started causing the company more than a few headaches.

On 8/31/2025 at 8:45 PM, Papusan said:

Maybe Zuckerman will be one of the few stupids walking around with AI smart glasses @Mr. Fox Its so easy to spot the morons on the streets. They are so few in between so you''ll easy see them. 

 

 

https://www.techspot.com/news/109274-gen-z-pushes-back-against-smart-glasses-over.html

 

Among young people as smart glasses equipped with cameras become more common in public spaces. The Washington Post reports that devices like Meta Ray-Bans are drawing backlash from Generation Z, who see them as a serious challenge to personal privacy.

 

Smart glasses are not new. Google Glass debuted more than a decade ago but attracted mainly a niche of tech enthusiasts, while the broader public largely ignored it.

On 2/26/2026 at 3:36 AM, Mr. Fox said:

He does not seem to be into that nonsense. Cherry-picked CPUs, GPUs and RAM seem to be more plentiful in China and neighboring Far East nations... 

The old estimate that China and neighboring countries gobble up 1/3 of the Geforce market seems wrong... This needs to be adjusted upwards. Half of the market is probably more correct. China is an major reasons for shortage and hence higher prices globally. 

China has once again made its mark, with 54.6% of Steam users coming from there... 

Hero’s welcome for Nvidia CEO! Jensen Huang delivers love letter to China, says nation leads in EVs and innovation
 

Nvidia’s Jensen Huang praises Chinese tech, seeks deeper collaboration in Beijing

NVIDIA releases 3rd driver in a few days... When will we get the 4th? 

NVIDIA releases 595.76 hotfix driver addressing OC voltage issues on RTX GPUs

Nice. Nvidia never fixed voltage issues for Maxwell. As you can see... Nvidia have all possibilities to manipulate their hardware with drivers in all ways if needed. 

• When the graphics card is overclocked, GPU voltage may become capped, preventing it from boosting to expected levels [5934973]
• [Resident Evil Requiem] White glowing light/dots may appear in game when Subsurface Scattering is enabled [5915673]
• Improved path tracing performance in Resident Evil Requiem [5938207]
• [Star Citizen] Game client crashes when launched [5935027]
• Intermittent application crash or driver timeout may be observed when playing multi-key DRM content in a browser on HDCP 1.x monitors [5934450]

Could be that Nvidia continue bet on the gamer market and not only on the more expensive server chips. Great job if this bear fruits and not just are rumors. Anyone that will give Nvidia cred for this? Remember nvidia works damn hard for the gamers...

NVIDIA will create its own Frankenstein to solve the memory crisis: RTX 5070 8GB and RTX 5050 9GB with GDDR7

The NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3060 will return to stores later this month.

17 hours ago, Mr. Fox said:

Edit 1: the way the new Imgur UI is made totally sucks. Changing to the old style only fixes the look and feel, but not the degraded functionality. Very lame

Everything avesome being destroyed. Everything has to be turned into garbage. The tech trend continue. Whatever it's hardware, firmware, OS, drivers or software. 

Msi follow Asus paths. MSI suddenly increased your chances to buy the Lightning cards. Are you prepared to open your wallet bro @Mr. Fox?😀 It's a collecor item as you know. So don't bother with the dreaded Dv2 moniker. And the 24GB vram limitation just means more power available for the cores. 

MSI GeForce RTX 5090D v2 Lightning Appears with 24 GB VRAM

On 6/6/2025 at 12:42 AM, Papusan said:

This... Nvidia can just stop the card from function properly afterwards with just the geforce driveres.... I look at you Maxwell (Nvidia killed voltage tuning with newer drivers and the voltage slider is greyed out/not working anymore even with kingpin cards and their own XOC software). And people want/need newer drivers as months goes, so.... Isn't that nicly done by Nvidia? And I'm 100% sure Nvidia could easly open up the max vram cap for 5000 series cards with their drivers if they wanted (this will overide any firmware lock). Both for desktop cards and those castrated soldered chips (better word for BGA) for Jokebooks.

On 12/17/2022 at 8:48 AM, Papusan said:

It seems Nvidia treating desktop cards equal bad as Mobile graphics nowadays.

Just hope Nvidia don't cripple the latest gen cards as they did with Maxwell (see bolded text above in my old post). Easy for nvidia to cripple their cards with new driver updates. They have done it before!

On 3/1/2026 at 1:14 AM, Papusan said:

Same can be said about MSI.

 

What are MSI affraid of? Nvidia? Or to try to prevent increased RMA requests?

 

MSI is actively taking down leaked 2500W Extreme OC BIOS files for GeForce RTX 5090 Lightning

 

MSI reportedly asked for the removal of a leaked 2500 W “XOC” BIOS file for the GeForce RTX 5090 Lightning Z, and the file no longer appears in TechPowerUp’s BIOS collection. 

 

That said, MSI taking down these BIOSes is unusual, because almost every XOC BIOS that I can think of has eventually been leaked, and no one has had an issue with it. 

 

So far, MSI has not published a public statement detailing its takedown requests. 

Was it just a coincidence that nvidia came up with the garbage right after MSI's ugly chess move?

What to expect from Windows 12

Avoid buy anything from Silicon Power. Greed is god.

Silicon Power allegedly deducted 15% from refund after DDR4 memory RMA

According to the user, the kit was purchased for $54.97 and Silicon Power’s message listed a refund of $46.72. That difference matches a 15% deduction from the original purchase price. The user also claims the same kit now lists for $140.97, which would make the refund insufficient to buy a...

On 3/1/2026 at 12:30 AM, Rage Set said:

Another reason why I want to live part time in Norway @Papusan besides the Snow and Cold.

 

When a government agency can produce an entertaining video that also points out a serious consumer issue, you got to give it to them.

 

"The memories may be yours, but the photos are mine" WOW. The Norwegian gov took shots at all companies. 

On 3/1/2026 at 12:30 AM, Rage Set said:

 

Soon one mill views 🙂 Not bad. Clearly popular topic.

Above 225K views in 1 day. See the whole video from Louis Rossman.

Avoid buy anything from Silicon Power.  @Mr. Fox @electrosoft++++ 

Silicon Power allegedly deducted 15% from refund after DDR4 memory RMA

According to the user, the kit was purchased for $54.97 and Silicon Power’s message listed a refund of $46.72. That difference matches a 15% deduction from the original purchase price. The user also claims the same kit now lists for $140.97, which would make the refund insufficient to buy a...

On 2/27/2026 at 8:35 PM, electrosoft said:

Jay disappointed in the Lightning.....and also experiencing the disappointment of a 1000w BIOS meets a 1.030v bin......

Same can be said about MSI.

What are MSI affraid of? Nvidia? Or to try to prevent increased RMA requests?

MSI is actively taking down leaked 2500W Extreme OC BIOS files for GeForce RTX 5090 Lightning

MSI reportedly asked for the removal of a leaked 2500 W “XOC” BIOS file for the GeForce RTX 5090 Lightning Z, and the file no longer appears in TechPowerUp’s BIOS collection. 

That said, MSI taking down these BIOSes is unusual, because almost every XOC BIOS that I can think of has eventually been leaked, and no one has had an issue with it. 

So far, MSI has not published a public statement detailing its takedown requests. 

On 2/27/2026 at 8:35 PM, electrosoft said:

I'm fine with most FE cards being the baseline for its price and they can afford to be trash voltage bins for the most part, but $5500? Fail MSI. Fail.

Same can be said about Asus. The FE clone from Asus will probably cost nearer $4000

1 hour ago, Rage Set said:

Another reason why I want to live part time in Norway @Papusan besides the Snow and Cold.

 

When a government agency can produce an entertaining video that also points out a serious consumer issue, you got to give it to them.

 

 

Spot on. All to much trash being made nowadays. And not only hardware/electronics.

Consumer rights are highly valued here in Norway, so.... Etc 5 years free warranty is the norm for goods meant to last more than two years. Yet, Dell try to push consumers to buy their overpriced premium warranty. Greedy stupids. 

• Complaint Deadline (Reklamasjon): Generally 2 years, but extends to 5 years for products intended to last significantly longer, such as furniture, electronic devices, and household appliances.