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Noctua Updates Product Roadmap; No More White Fans

Image Credit – SFF.N Noctua has released its latest product road map. Sorry to all you fans of white fans; they’re off the list. What is on the list though is still quite interesting. There will be a slim 60mm fan in Q4 of 2023, and a next-generation 140mm fan in Q1 of 2024. …

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Retro SFF: PhilsComputerLab Builds SFF Windows XP Machine

Time for a little Retro SFF. Phil from PhilsComputerLab put this Windows XP retro machine together a few years ago. This is a very nice low power but fast Windows XP retro rig that has an Intel Sandybridge CPU, Nvidia GeForce 750, and Creative X-FI sound card. What’s interesting though, and something I hadn’t noticed …

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Rumor: Sony Playstation 5 Pro In Late 2024

Tom Henderson, a known and apparently reliable leaker has released an article on Insider-Gaming.com stating that Sony is well into the development of the PS5 Pro. The console would have a mid-to-late 2024 release date placing it squarely in the middle of the PS5’s expected lifespan. It may shock you to realize that come …

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Opinion: Star Wars Jedi Survivor is a DRM Dumpster Fire

Well, here we are with yet another terrible PC port of a potentially great game. Star Wars Jedi Survivor launched today and it’s been a complete mess. A large part of the problem is the heavily restrictive DRM (Digital Rights Management) via the Denuvo. Denuvo is a highly aggressive and controversial system that PC players …

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Asus GeForce RTX 4080 Noctua OC Costs as Much as RTX 4090

Do you have $1,650 US Dollars to spend on a GPU? Neither do I. However, for those that want to pay RTX 4090 prices for an RTX 4080 you can now buy the 4-Slot Asus RTX 4080 Noctua OC. I’m not going to list this as a news post because there is absolutely no …

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Tom’s Hardware Finds Up To 10% Performance Loss in Games From Windows VBS

Tom’s Hardware recently discovered that Windows Virtualization Based Security was automatically activated on their Windows 11 test platform. Thankfully, they took the time to test the performance difference with and without it on. With modern GPUs pushing more bottleneck to the CPU, it turns out that there was a pretty substantial hit to performance. …

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Creative Launches Sound Blaster X5 External DAC aka External Sound Card

Creative Labs has launched the X5; a new external DAC for $279. Featuring dual Cirrus Logic CS43198 DACs, a balanced headphone amplifier, and customizable DSP EQ functions, the X5 looks like a nice audio upgrade to SFF users on paper. Rear connectivity includes unbalanced RCA input and out ports, USB input, and optical input …

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Atlantic Writer’s HP Printer Disabled Remotely For Canceling Monthly Ink Subscription

Image Credit – HP via Wikipedia Commons Fudzilla has posted an article about the a problems of tech subscriptions and service contracts that happened to Atlantic writer Charlie Warzel. It would seem that Warzel’s printer, which he paid $200 for, stopped working because he unsubscribed to HP’s Instant Ink program. More specifically, because …

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Noctua Updates Product Roadmap; No More White Fans

Retro SFF: PhilsComputerLab Builds SFF Windows XP Machine

Rumor: Sony Playstation 5 Pro In Late 2024

Opinion: Star Wars Jedi Survivor is a DRM Dumpster Fire

Asus GeForce RTX 4080 Noctua OC Costs as Much as RTX 4090

Tom’s Hardware Finds Up To 10% Performance Loss in Games From Windows VBS

Creative Launches Sound Blaster X5 External DAC aka External Sound Card

Atlantic Writer’s HP Printer Disabled Remotely For Canceling Monthly Ink Subscription