Vintage 3dfx Voodoo 2 cards may inevitably fail due to pyroelectric capacitors — retrocomputing channel investigates and recommends preventive maintenance
Voodoo 2 cards will inexorably fail in time thanks to pyro-electric capacitors
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Category: Hardware & Gear
Overclocker uses camping freezer to push RTX 5050 to nearly 3.5 GHz, smashes world records — smallest Blackwell GPU gets 23% clock boost
Using a shunt mod and a freezer, Trashbench achieved a 23% boost in clocks on the smallest Blackwell GPU.
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Major Bitcoin mining firm pivoting to AI, plans to fully abandon crypto mining by 2027 as miners convert to AI en masse — Bitfarm to leverage 341 megawatt capacity for AI following $46 million Q3 loss
Bitfarm says that it will convert its Washington Bitcoin mining facility into an AI data center and exit crypto mining completely in a couple of years…
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Manufacturers reportedly delaying launch of new memory modules due to massive price crunch — products slated for 4Q25 now expected to arrive in 2026
Memory module manufacturers are allegedly postponing the launch of new kits because of the lack of supply.
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$10,000 RTX Pro 6000 Blackwell workstation GPU reportedly snaps under its own weight during transit, severs PCIe connector — lack of replacement parts renders card useless despite its modular design
A PC repair tech has detailed how a $10,000 RTX Pro 6000 GPU reportedly snapped under its own weight, breaking the PCIe connector and rendering the ca…
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