• inclementimmigrant@lemmy.worldOP
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    11 hours ago

    Yeah, those were the days when cost control was simply to use the same PCB but with just the traces left out. There were also quite a few cards that used the exact same PCB, traces intact, that you could simple flash the next tier card’s BIOS and get significant performance bumps.

    Did a few of those mods myself back in the day, those were fun times.

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          6 hours ago

          Ya I’m sad to see and exit. Maybe in a year or two I’ll get that sapphire 7900 xtx or whatever it is.

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          6 hours ago

          Mine too except for 3440x1440 with 144Hz possible. I hardly get that resolution and refresh rate on higher demanding games

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            5 hours ago

            Yeah same, but I only have a 1440p monitor, and I can barely tell the difference after 90hz, anyhow.