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it all goes in the bin and bet the new ones will cost 55k buy then ;)
that's just inflation. Why would you need that many cores?
 

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that's just inflation.
If they unlug their money printing machines, it'll have more chance of slowing down - buoying everyone owning assets has increased spending and demand, at a time when supply chains have been disrupted. Quite honestly, I think disaster may well be around the corner, again.
 

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Are you interested in infra red astronomy? deep space stuff?
Not terribly deep space, much better telescopes than I could afford to buy outright, and far better situated:

 

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so i can play the new gta ;)
You can play it on your Sempron, what would you need for HD settings?

 

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Not terribly deep space, much better telescopes than I could afford to buy outright, and far better situated:

I am curious about the location of the Big Bang. The JWST project may hint at a possible answer.
 

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I am curious about the location of the Big Bang. The JWST project may hint at a possible answer.
There was too much rapid expansion far further back in time, than JWST was designed to see.
 

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the days of the aaa bat are gone now, just charge it via usb and in 3 years when the batt dies pay 100 quid if you can find one or buy a new tv :rolleyes:
 
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There was too much rapid expansion far further back in time, than JWST was designed to see.
I watched the Stargate series ever since it debuted (1994), yes that long ago. In the last series, Stargate Universe (SGU, 2011), their mission was to find the origin of intelligence or where was the Big Bang or God. Ever since, I have been fascinated by Big Bang. Brian Cox, in his last TV series 'Universe', featured GN-z11. That was the furthest galaxy that Hubble (HST) can see. That record will probably beaten soon by the new JWST that astronomers hope will extend to z15 or more. The next generation 'Origins' may even reach the CMB.
 
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I watched the Stargate series ever since it debuted (1994), yes that long ago. In the last series, Stargate Universe (SGU, 2011), their mission was to find the origin of intelligence or where was the Big Bang or God. Ever since, I have been fascinated by Big Bang. Brian Cox, in his last TV series 'Universe', featured GN-z11. That was the furthest galaxy that Hubble (HST) can see. That record will probably beaten soon by the new JWST that astronomers hope will extend to z15 or more. The next generation 'Origins' may even reach the CMB.
You might enjoy this Science Fiction novel, written by a physicist - he updated the science before reprints, until his death:


 
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the days of the aaa bat are gone now, just charge it via usb and in 3 years when the batt dies pay 100 quid if you can find one or buy a new tv :rolleyes:
If such things contain generic lithium packs, they should be easy to replace? The one in my 22 year old mp3 player died, but I was able to source a compatible battery - it's a rubbish but still useful bit of kit, saved chucking it into a landfill.
 

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Obsession gone too far. Someone should tell him about VSTs


 

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not got my new pc yet prob build it next year now and only game id want to play is the new gta and that wont be here for a while yet imo.

128gb of ddr5 is over 1k atm so will come down over time so the longer i leave it the better price wise bike comes first atm ;)

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GTA is playable - or was playable last time I looked - on quite modest setups. Unless there are very damanding ray-tracing options in GTA now? Seems ray-tracing real time is the newest innovation, apart from AI game rendering from Nvidia. I don't play games, so really don't keep up.

Intel will be offering lower cost discrete graphics cards soon, but they're not terribly high-spec atm.
 

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