Summary of the week of October 31, 2022

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The floppy disk is still alive

Although floppy disks are no longer manufactured, this company keeps the old format alive by buying used disks and testing them before putting them up for sale.

How to properly assemble the 12VHPWR connector

In this post, they explain that if instead of soldering the pins of the 12VHPWR connector, they are crimped, the problems of excess temperature on the GeForce RTX 4090 disappear.

Xeon Silver 4208

Krampak brought us a Xeon Silver 4208 the other day. It is an 8-core Cascade Lake-SP that has been put into operation from an HP ProLiant ML110 Gen10. It gets the 80th position in the overall ranking.

From console to GIF

VHS is a tool that makes it possible to create a GIF of the procedures followed on the console. It is practical for making program demonstrations.

Xeon E5-2651 v2

jordiqui has brought us a CPU with 12 Ivy Bridge cores. In reality, its result comes from a ProLiant DL360p Gen8 with a dual Xeon E5-2651 v2 with which he gets the 49th position in the overall ranking despite the veteran architecture.

Microsoft loses €200 for each console sold

The head of Xbox has said that consoles are sold at a loss. Specifically, for each Series X they sell, they lose €100 and for each Series S, they lose €200.

First images of an RDNA3 GPU

The first images of the Radeon RX 7900, an RDNA3 GPU, have been leaked. It has two 8-pin PCIe power connectors and is sized to consume 300W.

KDE for Creators

KDE has presented its new portal where it shows programs aimed at graphic design, video editing, photo retouching, and other tools focused on the creative field.

Core i7-1280P

Someone has brought us a low-power Alder Lake with 6 P cores and 8 E cores. The Core i7-1280P doesn't get a great score and, in fact, ends up in second-to-last place of the 9 micros of the architecture we have. But despite its TDP of 28W, it manages to sneak into the 91st position in the overall ranking.

2TB SSD drives for €46

On eBay, you can find 2TB SSD drives for €46 from sellers with an impeccable reputation. But they are a scam. The accessible capacity is half of what is advertised.

GF75 Thin 10SCSXR

conundrummer has brought us a gaming laptop with an i5-10300H and an 8GB RAM upgrade. The GF75 Thin 10SCSXR from MSI slightly improves the average performance of the i5-10300Hs we have.

Meta's audio format

After the disappointment of its metaverse, it seems that Meta has developed something with some interest: a format that achieves audio quality similar to MP3 at 64kbps with a rate of 6kbps.

Testing 44 GPUs with Call of Duty Modern Warfare 2

In this analysis (video), the durability of PCIe slots has been tested by pinching 44 graphics cards to use Call of Duty Modern Warfare 2 as a benchmark.

Intel introduces its on-demand processors

Intel will begin to offer extensions of its CPUs upon payment for their use in the fourth-generation Xeons with the code name Sapphire Rapids. The list of features for which you will have to pay is not yet known.

Ryzen 5 3500X

Someone brought us a Ryzen 5 3500X yesterday that comes with 6 Zen 2 cores. The CPU is mounted on an ASUS PRIME B550M-A and two Kingston HyperX Fury DDR4 modules of 8GB. It gets the 58th position in the overall ranking.

Scaling in Linux remains problematic

Scaling to present windows on screens with different pixel densities in Linux continues to be a problem. In this post, they explain what happens when a 4k screen is mixed with a 2k of very different sizes.