With the launch of the RTX 3080 and PS5 pre-orders going live today, I just wanted to say that until castration of scalpers and the people who enable that behavior becomes legal, I fully support disappointed honest customers fucking with them as much as humanly possible.

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This week, Dragonfire Blah Blah Xmas Edition.

More adorable Misty shenanigans.

On a gaming note, I tried the free RTX update to Portal today.

Long story short, very pretty, but not worth the strain on the hardware.

Portal (2007 version):
Native 4K resolution.
Buttery-smooth 120 frames per second.
3080 Ti holds steady at 42°C.

Portal with RTX:
Native 4K resolution.

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This particular GTX 2070 prototype is a very late sample, with the main (and possibly only) differences being that it has "GTX" instead of "RTX" on its cooling shroud and is missing the "RTX 2070" lettering on the black area between the fans. It's also got an earlier BIOS than retail cards which I've since backed up and uploaded using GPU-Z.

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