The Bull Shark

I see that SARS might have to plan on redoing their website. They are currently using Adobe Flash, and that has been discontinued. That will be a big rewrite as Flash is proprietary web tech which is very much different to current tech stacks such as Angular, React or Vue. The benefit once done is that we would not have to download or update Adobe Flash every year before filing our taxes.

BTW, Elite Dangerous is free from yesterday on Epic Game Store for a week. Must say I really enjoy playing ED. I love the fact that you can do anything you feel like when you log on, even if the game is a bit grindy.

Yes, I will probably be waiting for the 3080 Ti, which I think will have 20GB of GDDR6x memory. But then again, I only play Elite Dangerous and World Of Tanks. None of these high profile FPS games. My 54 year old eyes can't take the punishment from those games anymore.

Skollie I am stuck though since I have a G-Sync monitor, so I basically am locked into NVidia. And the prices for video cards in SA is ridiculous at the moment. If he can wait, wait. Or just get an old 9 or 10 series card just to get the PC working while he wait for the madness to settle. Even the 1060Ti was not a bad card just to get along. You should be able to get those second hand for around R1000 - R1500.

See if you can find a second-hand 1080Ti. Any of the 20 series cards are not worth it as they were horribly overpriced for what they offered.

I am running at 1440P and the 1080Ti is more than good enough for that when I play Elite Dangerous or World Of Tanks.

Yes. Talking of Tech Jesus, my Gamers Nexus mouse pad arrived in the CT post office hub yesterday. Hopefully I will have it before Christmas. BTW, I saw his DH run bitching and moaning about people bitching and moaning.

I have never understood fanboyism. But then I am very old skool. We buy whatever gives the best price to performance. Fanboyism must be a Millenial thing. I can understand the price difference between the 6900XT and the 3090 though. The 3090 has 8GB more memory and it is the better more expensive memory. If it is $500 worth, I don't know. And here is the thing; the 3090 was never targeted for gamers. I have no clue why gamers will want to buy a 3090. If they want better than 3080 performance then the 6900XT would be a better buy. On the other hand, if you really want team green, I would wait for the 3080Ti, which will have 12 or 24GB of GDDR6x memory.

I have a G-Sync monitor, so I have to stay with team green. But it will be a long while before I replace my ASUS ROG Strix 1080Ti. But I will probably get a 6800 for my daughter's PC. Whenever the prices get's to acceptable levels in SA.

The AMD GPU release announcement from Lisa Su was last night.

Staying away from Tech YT sites today. Way too many fanboyz having a fight.

Don't get your hopes up too much. This industry is driven by FUD.

Yes. The BMWs of the cycling world. They make it so hard to work on them for no reason at all. Think I will just leave this with Rockhopper Adventures. Just now I lose my cool and hit the frame with a hammer.

I tried shoving the new cable housing through, but it gets stuck about 90% through. OK, so I did not remove the frame guides. Removed the screws though. I did look at a way to remove those guides, but yes, I can see that this part of the job might be a challenge. I looked for ways to get something in there to dislodge those guides, but so far had no luck. And I did not want to force the issue and break them.

My LBS is closed today. They all out on the Brewery ride. I will see who else might be open.

2017 si

Busy replacing the gear cables on my son's Cannondale Scalpel. I need to find out where I can get that thin plastic sheeving that you get with new frames so I can route the cable through the frame internally. I currently still have the old gear cable routed in the internal channel. Any ideas?

Anybody around here purchased joysticks from Virpil Controls?

And this is why I am subscribed to that salty overlord, The Mighty Jingles. https://youtu.be/X00LroMveJs?list=PLSPT1I-KtyUGKgm1Y7W1crQQMRo0BOoxV The comentary on this video of his is comedy gold.

Now if you had a PC you could have sneaked in upgrades without her knowing a thing about it.

They all do that eventually. Our PS3's port was so bad that if you sneeze the HDMI cable would fall out or make no contact.

You are screwed dude. I wonder if she knows how much your bikes are worth.

I have one of those also. Did the first tutorial with it. But I really need one of these: https://www.evetech.co.za/logitech-g-x56-rgb-throttle-and-stick-simulation-controller/best-deal/4855.aspx or these: https://www.wootware.co.za/thrustmaster-tm2960720-hotas-warthog-pc-joystick-throttle-controller.html

Bought Elite: Dangerous this weekend with all it's current added extras. It's on special at Steam. Now I find that nobody has any stock of the better HOTAS Joystick systems.

Not too impressed with their pricing. For most people the current 3600 and 3300X will make much more sense. I expect the 5600X to sell locally for about R6500. And that will be the cheapest offering for Zen 3 as it stands. Most people will not pay that for a CPU.