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Alex_The_Hedgehog said:

I have a question for you guys (Please don't laugh if it sounds dumb):

So, I have a jurassic 500GB SATA HDD, and I'm seriously thinking about upgrading it to a SSD. Will I need a new motherboard, or some kind of adapter? Or I can just purchase an SSD and install it?

As Pem said, a regular SATA SSD will do the job fine. Crucial is the band to go for, but nowadays most drives are limited by the SATA interface, and so there'll be no difference between brands.

And you only need an SATA cable, the same one that your mechanical drive or even optical drive, if you have any use, plus the SATA power cable that your power supply should also have.

Jizz_Beard_thePirate said:

NVIDIA GeForce RTX 5080 “Blackwell” Graphics Cards Review Roundup

https://videocardz.com/195437/nvidia-geforce-rtx-5080-blackwell-graphics-cards-review-roundup

To the surprise of no one, it's garbage

An ok/good option for those still with 3080 or older cards that want or need to upgrade now, but only if the card they can found is at MSRP or very close. Those with 4000 series can skip this card entirely.

Jizz_Beard_thePirate said:

Japanese store to hold lottery for a chance to purchase GeForce RTX 5090/5080

https://videocardz.com/newz/japanese-store-to-hold-lottery-for-potential-geforce-rtx-5090-5080-buyers

So who will be the winners, the ones that get to buy them or the ones that don't?

Darc Requiem said:

I'll take this chance to roast AMD. Once again they've taken the opportunity to fail an opportunity. The miniscule Blackwell uplift left the door wide open for them. However they stumbled into the door causing it to slam shut in their face. Everything 80 class and below was there to be had. Depending on the die size/CU count, they could have had a 6900XT vs 3090 scenario again, only with less of an RT handicap.

It's a shame and a missed opportunity, yes.

But, in fairness, none of us thought Nvidia would offer something so underwhelming before we got the first spec leaks. I'm sure even AMD is surprised that the 7900XTX can beat this card in some tests.