A capacitor ‘mix-up’ is causing some mini PCs to fail and it’s giving me flashbacks to the great capacitor plague of the early ’00s

Some Minisforum mini PCs are being recalled due to incorrect capacitor materials, but let me ease at least some people’s concerns right away. This problem doesn’t apply to Minisforum mini gaming PCs. It applies only to a specific batch of NAB9 mini PCs. Minisforum explains (via VideoCardz) that the “potential issue” affects “some NAB 9…

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Interview: “It Felt Very ‘Computer-y’ To Give English Names To Things” – Hitoshi Sakimoto On Creating His Famous ‘Terpsichorean’ Sound Driver

“I’d get all excited just seeing something like ‘syntax error’ pop up on the screen”. In the world of video game music, Hitoshi Sakimoto holds a truly unique position. He began his career in composition at the tender age of 16, and in the 40 years which have passed, he has scored over 400 different…

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Intel’s fancy new AI tool measures image quality in games in real time, so upscaling artifacts and visual nasties have nowhere to hide

Image quality perception, I’ve often found, varies massively from person to person. Some can’t tell the difference between a game running with DLSS set to Performance and one running at Native, while others can easily ignore the blurriness of a poor TAA implementation while their peers are busy climbing the walls. Intel’s new tool, however,…

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‘Cease this behaviour immediately’: Marvel Rivals is finally punishing smurfs by forcing them—and some innocent players—to smurf

There’s been a serious smurf infestation in Marvel Rivals for some time now, and sadly, I’m not talking about the little blue guys. I can’t remember when it all started, but it’s one of the many problems that came over from Overwatch, as streamers started doing bronze to GM trend videos. This saw everyone and…

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