10 hours ago, electrosoft said:

Cracks in Nvidia's armor starting to emerge....

 

"Exclusive: OpenAI is unsatisfied with some Nvidia chips and looking for alternatives, sources say"

 

OpenAI wants to move to SRAM based inference (Like Apple uses FYI for their M architecture) and exploring alternatives...

 

Google is already turning inward using their own custom designed chips....

 

AMD is starting to chip away at Nvidia's AI marketshare....

 

Microsoft questioning the profitability of AI.....

 

I can smell that change in the air ever so slowly....

 

 

I can smell it, too. This gal lets a Jensen in the car. Or, is it a Nadella? They smell the same.

And, I can feel it.

I love Skillet. I remember going to their concerts as a young adult and they were very young (18 to 21) when they first started the band.

6 minutes ago, electrosoft said:

 

Your ambient temperature in this photo is 10°F cooler than mine. 

Congrats on the PSU upgrade.

On 1/31/2026 at 10:35 AM, Mr. Fox said:

AI is useful and I have used it for a number of beneficial purposes at work, even deployed some programs around it. Technology is like anything else. It can be used for good or evil purposes, and it can be abused or used in self-serving ways that do not benefit society. I am not against AI. I like it and support the proper use of it. What we are seeing with the frenetic moves by huge companies to turn it into a self-serving cash cow is wrong and needs to be ended through regulatory intervention. Profits earned by it should be capped or taxed at astronomical rates that effectively cap it to remove the secondary gain monetization incentive driving the unacceptable level of insanity we are experiencing right now.

With the circus of failures at Micro$lop and OpenAI circling the drain, and now (hopefully) NVIDIA standing to lose billions, the bubble might break sooner than later. Fingers crossed. I hope they all burn brightly. It would be great to see the Green Goblin, Samsung, TSMC and others suddenly sitting on a surplus of product that their AI mafia cronies no longer want. The timing of the bubble breaking would also be perfect timing for Micron's recent nasty-finger salute to consumers.

If this POS bill becomes law, 3D printers will be just the start. The brain cancer will metastasize and spread to everything that runs on firmware and software. I used to think blue was a pretty color, but now I find it projectile vomit repulsive.

2 hours ago, hfm said:

 

I think the reality will probably be somewhere in the middle. Even acknowledging the threat to my own field (been in software engineering and infra for 35 years) I see the benefit from a tool to be used perspective as much as I'd rather it didn't exist. Just like a lot of things, moneyed interests in its existence will cause the tool to be abused and allowed to flourish unchecked to the point that it's a major detriment to our society.

AI is useful and I have used it for a number of beneficial purposes at work, even deployed some programs around it. Technology is like anything else. It can be used for good or evil purposes, and it can be abused or used in self-serving ways that do not benefit society. I am not against AI. I like it and support the proper use of it. What we are seeing with the frenetic moves by huge companies to turn it into a self-serving cash cow is wrong and needs to be ended through regulatory intervention. Profits earned by it should be capped or taxed at astronomical rates that effectively cap it to remove the secondary gain monetization incentive driving the unacceptable level of insanity we are experiencing right now.

1 hour ago, hfm said:

I was watching my local microcenter when the news first broke about the 5070 Ti. At first there were still plenty available around MSRP, about 5 days ago there were some MSI models for $834 and $840 and the rest were $1K+. Looked today and the MSI model they have ~25+ of is $990 and the rest are $1K+. I fully expect within a few weeks you won't be able to get one at all. The DDR5 kit I bought in august is 4x the price.. thankfully I decided it pull the trigger on an upgrade at that point (got the 5070Ti at MSRP) .. i was waffling on waiting. At this point I don't think things are going to be a sane upgrade path until well into 2028.

It will take a big upset and collapse of the irrational AI grab-ass nonsense for this to correct itself. Hopefully the crash will be extremely hard, cost all of the bigshots hundreds of billions in losses and come sooner than later. I'd love to see them totally wipe out and burst into flames in time for Christmas sales in 2026. Would be awesome to see a massive dump of hardware surplus that bankrupt AI companies no longer want or need. I'm sure they already have stockpiles of GPUs, storage and RAM that are not even being used that they will need to dump.

4 hours ago, Papusan said:

The damn cold her in the north will continue... Minus 21C yesterday. Not good for  my briken lungs😒

 

Coldest winter in 16 years

Sorry to hear about the adverse weather. Your temperatures look to be about the same as Brother @Rage Set and a significant portion of the Eastern US (even the Deep South) is experiencing brutal and abnormal ICE and snow, downed power lines, etc. I suspect that Brothers @tps3443 and @electrosoft are also getting hammered pretty severely right now. The Arizona summer heat can be deadly, but Arizona (and most other states in the West) very seldom have severe or catastrophic weather events. Most of the horrible and catastrophic weather events occur in the Central and Eastern states. Brother @Raiderman and I do not see very many temper tantrums from Mother Nature.

1 hour ago, Reciever said:

Sadly it appears that my aorus x570 itx is dead. 

 

Came home yesterday and I can't get it to even turn on anymore, tried multiple psu's and powered them on before and after but when plugged into the motherboard just won't turn on 😞

 

Anything I look at will take a week or more to arrive unless I find something local. 

 

I still have the z490-h but what ever I do it will take a lot of time to set up. Not happy about the situation. 

 

For now I'm just streaming media from unraid until I figure out next steps, likely replacing as I'm not keen on getting anything with the prices the way they are. 

That sucks. Sorry to hear that. Did you try removing the RAM and inserting one known good stick to see if it will power up?

Brother @Papusan it looks like there is a solution to use the Matrix BIOS on your Astral. I am using it on my Solid OC and it is the best one.

https://www.overclock.net/posts/29553948/

9 hours ago, electrosoft said:

Almost 2 out of every 3 people live paycheck to paycheck in America now. It's a somber reality.

The cliché expression that failing to plan is a plan to fail directly applies here. Accumulating stuff is more important than having a plan for many. Unfortunately, most try to pin the blame on other things when, more often than not, it is a problem with personal perspective and priorities for most. 

Murphy's Law. More dead RAM kits when RAM prices are at their worst. This seems to be happening freakishly often.

On 1/23/2026 at 7:52 AM, MyPC8MyBrain said:

 

Having rich people pay the way of the poor is always a stupid idea and a plan destined for failure.

AI is a stupid "investment" because consumers do not need it or want it bad enough to pay for it. The crazy people sinking billions into it are going to lose their butts and it will bring a smile to my face when they begin to collapse like the Hindenburg and fall from the sky in flames. I use AI, but I won't pay for it. If it is not free then I will not use it. That is the majority sentiment and there is not enough need for it in business for them to be able to charge enough to make a profit.

It is causing first-world problems for consumers, system builders and consumer-focused hardware manufacturers with limited supply and stupid GPU, RAM and NVMe prices, but this will pass and all of the money spent to ramp up production to feed the AI pig that collapses will leave those companies in the same dire straits. We will just have to wait for stupidity to runs its course. How long it will take remains to be seen. It will happen when they run out of other people's money.

1 hour ago, Papusan said:

 

The first sign of the coming crash. In the old days they used canaries to warn in the mines. ASML is the first in line to sniff the bubble. Can you smell it bro @Mr. Fox🙂 

 

Despite AI chip boom and record high stock price, ASML to lay off employees

Employers that do not value their employees often view them as a liability or overhead expense rather than an asset. Companies like that do not deserve to be profitable or successful. They deserve the same treatment as the employees they abuse.

2 hours ago, jaybee83 said:

dayum! whats he got planned?

 

edit: funny to see hes basically sitting on top of GN Steve in NC 😄 

He mentioned it in the post linked by Brother @electrosoft

2 hours ago, tps3443 said:

Someone used the wrong screw and drilled through the card @Mr. Fox lol what the heck. People are something else man. I’ve had mine apart like 4 times now. You would have none of these issues though. That’s not a screw that would be included with it either. All the screws in that section do not look like that at all, and they all match. 

Best wishes on your new family business venture, brother.

6 hours ago, electrosoft said:

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Zotac first out letting us know massive price hikes coming specifically to the 5060 and 5090 and kind of throwing Nvidia under the bus but they are the reason so.....yeah.....

I am glad they did. I hope more AIBs start throwing them under the bus. Maybe even do a burnout on their head, then back over them a second time for good measure.  That is better than what they deserve.

1 hour ago, electrosoft said:

More Sapphire Nitro+ burning issues yet the Taichi with the same 12v2x6 connector seems to be ok?

 

One problem with the Sapphire is the rear back mounting which has no choice but to twist and bend the cable in all scenarios. It is unavoidable. Another is it is directly in the line of fire of exhausting heat.....

 

https://videocardz.com/newz/sapphire-rx-9070-xt-nitro-adds-two-more-burned-blue-tipped-12v-2x6-adapter-reports-and-issues-with-rma

 

It is a great example of an outcome where novelty and the importance of aesthetics triumph over intelligence. There will always be a market where stupidity flourishes.

21 minutes ago, Papusan said:

 

There is no point upgrade/downgrade Windows to different versions. Even with less points in 3DMark with the newest version I refuse to upgrade to the latest and greatest. Microsoft destroy their OS with AI. The sad part... They don't even understand why it goes the wrong way. Ai RUN THE GAME SHOW! THANKS MR. JENSEN. Even a fool could have predicted this would be the outcome from AI.

 

Windows 11 KB5074109 update now linked to boot failures

Microsoft admits it accidentally crashed apps like Notepad, Paint, Snipping Tool on Windows 11,...

Hopefully the idiots like Jensen, Lisa Su, Nadella and the rest of the AI cartel will be the first robot-murdered human beings when the machines take over.