after 10 years or so of using AMD GPUS in my desktop, enjoying my first AMD+AMD laptop

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All babies delivery drama this season, makes you appreciate how lucky was Catelyn Stark to have so many children

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one of my first bird photos, not particularly good, but always reminds me of that thanksgiving dinner guest that did not get the attire memo.. :)

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As RDNA3 news arrive, just to share my POV of 10 years of happy AMD gaming: from HD6990 to RX6900XT.

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is this a bluejay? (sorry for photo quality, it was far away)

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My continuous path toward work-life balance GPU style. Can we agree those blue shrouds are beautiful ?

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beginners' time line question, so if Rhaenyra's kids now in Dragonstone go and play in the caves, would they find the cave paintings Jon Snow showed Daenerys? also, who is the three-eye raven in the current timeline?

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I knew my loyal 1950X (Vega Frontier) was not a spring checking anymore, but did not expect to be left behind by Windows 11....

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From R9 390X to 6900XT, it has been a great ride and I am sure best still to come

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sapphires 7900s reunite after a decade

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hurry up I dont have all day to eat!

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hi everyone just joined, I captured three inverted ducks

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as in recent launches, my set of previous flagships line up to hear about their new peer. HD 7990 eager to meet descendant.

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just joined happy to be here. Heron over red water...

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Instead of adding to the 6500XT polemic, thought I rather celebrate 102GB-10year track-record with AMD GPUs. I have had a blast for both work and gaming, and lately recruiting daughter into gaming (bonus point: how many, if any, of these GPUs have 4GB Vram?)

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Somehow I find this one particularly scary, specially this time it seemed to be waiting for me to cross the street. name?

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the map at my kids school lobby is missing Florida!

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As I guess the launch of the Radeon Pro W7800 and W7900 marks end of the blue-shrouds GPU, here is just a token of appreciation of what I think are some of the most beautiful GPUs I have ever used (and ever created)

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happy to be here, my first post: Blue Heron over red water

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Lunch for two... afraid I dont know the exact name of these two ?

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what is in this Heron's beak? is it some form of shedding or is he eating something?

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Well it was bound to happen, lost my NUC to Roblox

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testing a few GPUs for a project. the NUC 12 turned out way easier to modify/upgrade than i thought. kudos to Intel engineering.

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These guys seemed to be having an intensive conversation

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tonight's project: my first Intel+Intel system

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G14 2022, eGPU testing has taken over dinner table.

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building my first Intel+Intel system tonight. Nuc 12 Extreme i9 plus A770.

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RX 7900XT: looking forward to extending my great stretch with AMD cards since HD 6990

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forget about walkaround cameras, I got the best walkaround lens!!

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Red cardinal among friends

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Like a kid in Xmas morning, the 699 model just arrived. Hope to set it up this evening. All advice welcome

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is it me or Apple did not include their M versus Intel CPU chart they used last time in today's M2 event? it did not show a good result maybe?

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Razer laptop with AMD GPU seen in the wild... Here putting a work GPU to good use during lunch break.

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Due to lingering fingerprint sensor issue, dell replaced my 6core/16gb/256gb XPS 7590 with a 8core/64gb/1tb XPS 9500: happy camper! Kudos to dell support

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Maybe the only bad moment of a family trip, when wife gives me a max of two lenses I can bring. any particular lens that you enjoy in family trips (part of it beach-destination)? I am considering 40mm f/2 Z, and 24-120 f/4 (with FTZ) on a Z6.

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realized the G14 (2022) is my first AMD+AMD laptop after 10+ years of using AMD GPUs in my desktop

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whoever put together this map at my kids' school seems to have taken a few liberties...to start, there is no Florida

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When the storage drive costs half of what you paid for the laptop. Happy camper with a Razer book and a Samsung 980Pro

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G14 triple 6800: 6800hs cpu, 6800s gpu, w6800 eGPU. Hope to post some benchmarks tonight

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Finally completed my F2.8 trinity, next to my F1.4 quintuplet... enjoying Nikon life (D850, Z7)

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Thanks to Nikon gear I got into birding... kit is almost complete; thinking of adding a pair of binoculars (suggestions welcome)

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Despite all positive media coverage, sorry to report Arc A750 lasted less than 36 hours in my desktop.... as I took delivery of a A770...happy Arc times ahead.

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Is there a proper way to stack lenses and bodies? I am reaching the limit of my one-shelf limit set by my wife

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Find myself deciding between a NUC 12 extreme and a Mac Studio base model for photo editing; interested in opinions from anyone has used both

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A side effect of Arc A770... i find myself looking down toward my feet more often...not good for my gaming success but worth it

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This youtuber decided to return his perfectly functioning Blade 14, just because he saw this subreddit battery issues post... is that reasonable? I mean to me it sounds, like a recipe never to like any laptop

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do you also enjoy the big lens VIP pass? whenever at the park trying to photo birds or such, almost all other visitors either jogging or walking their dogs nearby, stop not to block my photo. after a few seconds I feel guilty.

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weekend ahead; excited to go hiking with this quite portable combo....and leave behind monopods and huge backpacks.

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no wonder some consider herons, modern day dinosaurs... who said that sushi has to be sliced?

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In good company while waiting for RX 6000... I wish they release one in all silver or blue shroud.

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So far happy with transition to 12th gen Intel. As an example, 3DMark CPU profile shows 1260p very close to my old threadripper up to 8 threads, and 12900 dominating threadripper even only having 3/4 of threads.

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After 10 years, proud and happy to have done a full naming cycle from 6000s to 6000s (HD 6990 to RX 6900XT) Photo

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Work-Leisure setup taking shape. Thinkpad and a pair of keyboard/mouse for work and then NUCi9 A770 for fun

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Enjoying my NUC+A770 for photo/video editing. Quite speedy except for Lightroom AI denoise.

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I lost a staring contest today... (z9, 200-400 f4)

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Early Xmas present for me, 85 1.2. this and the 50 1.2 should be the perfect portrait combo

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upgrade path after W6800? are there any planned 7000s GPU dual slot? I cannot fit more than dual-slot inside NUC.

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I am still to find a Sigma lens i don't like, the 120-300 f/2.8 my latest addition (or addiction according to my wife) using a D850 & Z7

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just placed order for the $699 model. after considering a $2k razer blade 14, it was a no brainer. I hope to be one of you guys later this week.

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In champions league weeks, great to sneak some FC24 while having morning coffee

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after 10 years with AMD gpus, I am finding difficult not to sell previous cards with the crazy prices now... any reason I might be missing not to sell? (I dont have the energy or patience for mining myself).

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my first encounter with a bat (besides seeing Robert Pattison at a distance)... Fairfax. any special precautions to take as this was next to a walking path?

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Giving a XPS Plus a 3090 graphics boost. testing ongoing.

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Arc A770 looked at from the prism of an eGPU. It just looks awesome regardless of how you use it

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The z 400 has made very difficult to justify dragging the 500 or 600 when deciding what to take during lunch stroll. Anyone else has abandoned long F primes for this tech marvel?

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XPS 9500 4k + 64GB ram kit + second 1TB nvme= Great Davinci Resolve Workstation (in my case, with an optional Vega Frontier in an eGPU for additional VRAM).

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Have to downsize, considering keeping either MacBook Pro 14 (10-core CPU, 16gb, 1TB) or Razer Book (i7, 4k, 16gb), anyone done or doing move across those two laptops that could share their experience? what criteria should I focus on?

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Work life balance combo. G14 2022 for casual Pro art Studiobook for more intense tasks

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I might be coming a lens junkie... I blame Nikon’s 45.7mp sensor

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I never thought I would use an Intel GPU in my thread ripper machine (1950x) but glad support for ReBar was two bios clicks away. AMD=good wine

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ordered a midnight snack, photo showing delivery location is pitch black

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For anyone considering how much RAM to get for Premiere; just scrolling a 20 second timeline with 3x4k ProRes 422 iPhone clips, premiere pulls near 50GB of RAM.

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what focal lengths lenses you used the most during 2022? it seems for me it was the 200mm, 500mm and 70-200mm

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last minute bowling photo opportunity, what lenses more commonly used? bringing the z50 1.2, 105 1.4 and 70-200 2.8

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Happily migrating from my 2019 MacBook pro to a Razer Blade 4k OLED 3080 10th gen (sup up to 64gb ram and 1tb+1tb)

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gradually completing my Sigma Art kit, latest addition 24-105 f/4. All have proven quite good for my uses. now only the Nikon 200mm f2 to buy, and then I promise to stop.

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Someone told me the ZFC was a great walk-around camera... I think I will return mine :)

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Not sure if this type of post is welcome, but just to share my 10year old Radeon-AMD GPU path. I accept sometimes I look at CUDA with envy, but AMD has been solid and reliable for me gaming and work.

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It might not get a lot of recognition, but the Core X is maybe my best Razer purchase ever. Now testing an Arc A770 as eGPU.

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Just to share, just came back from a Disney cruise and when downloading paid photos realized that staff used mid-tier gear. In my case a Nikon D7500/18-140mm lens. I guess this shows you dont need the most expensive or latest gear to generate income.

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why Legion 5 pro specs says max memory 32gb? I installed 64gb and it seems to work fine.

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After upgrading to Aurora R10, daughter inherited Area51 for her room’s VR sessions... a win win #alienware_runs_in_family

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Slowly realizing my wife might have a point; at her let's take the kids to the park, i grabbed my kit and said ok i am ready... It seems i forgot to help with all other prep steps

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The importance of cooling in laptops. I returned by thin/light 12900hk+3050Ti, after realizing my gaming 11900H+3060 crushes all my relevant applications (gaming and video editing). 11th CPU scores higher despite having fewer total threads.

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Encouraged by beta_version I also want to confess I might have a prime addiction... what can I say? big fan of Nikon color science: these are 24, 35, 40, 50, 58, 85, 135, 105 and 200...

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a chart that might get downplayed in the media coverage but for my main need Adobe Premiere, 12th gen still king

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RB 17 as my photo/video editing station. Just got it from microcenter ($1300, 12800h/3070Ti/QHD); happy camper.

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I have always loved how the z system brings more life to legacy primes by providing eye detect, EVF and IBIS. From right to left 28 1.8, 50 1.4, 24 1.4, 58 1.4, 35 1.4, 50 1.4, 85 1.4, 135 1.8, 40 1.4, 105 1.4 and 200 2 with a Z7+FTZ II... anyone agrees?

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after 2 years of daydreaming about owning a Nikon ProBody, finally took the plunge with a Z9... one week and 6000 frames later even more inlove with photography and I have not even finished the reference guide, I am sure I have not scratched the surface of this beast.

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what you guys think of my hobby photo editing station, any suggestions?

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When watching the kids, XPS Plus comes to the rescue to get some FIFA 23 -this is the 1260p model (and yes, my training for Qatar has started)

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6900XT has surprised me and taken me back to the excitement when I started gaming with R9 390X and older cards

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My Nikon companion: Sigma Art kit is now complete. Started with versatile 24-70; as I become more familiar with my camera I ventured into traditional (35, 40, 50) and longer portrait lenses (85 and 105) and then the more niche portrait (24, 135). And now with IBIS, they are all stabilized!

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my local microcenter had an open box Z7 for $1350 and I could not resist...hard part: wait 24 hours for a Z-adapter to use it! (so far I could only update firmware!).. any recommend steps to check for defects given it was openbox?

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My favorite Nikon gear: FTZ adapter; it will save me a lot of money

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The importance of cooling in laptops. I returned by thin/light 12900hk+3050Ti, after realizing my gaming 11900H+3060 crushes all my relevant applications (gaming and video editing). 11th CPU scores higher despite having fewer total threads.

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After a year of lurking around, treated myself to my first full frame camera D850, so far loving it but I have a lot to learn to fully use it.

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Gear ready to visit the local (22030) drive-by zoofari; hope to have some close to encounters

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RX 7900XT as eGPU for Mac? my iMac does not recognize it, would it ever? has apple stopped supporting new AMD cards ?

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from my smallest (50m f1.4) to my biggest (500m f4) happy how to the Z9 has brought new life to F lenses

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my little one likes to put her toy cameras next to mine...I would love to introduce her to the Ninon world, what would be a good kid (7 years) entry camera that could last a few years?

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Got my first f4 lens today, so far pleasantly surprised by my copy of the 24-120G but it could be my biased for gold-ring lenses

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Openbox microcenter RB14 2023 came with a 330watts adapter instead of 230w. Is there any reason for concern/battery health?

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when life gives you PCIE lane, you experiment with 7 nvme drives and two GPUs (oldie 1950X system)

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Giving my loyal partner in photo/video editing and gaming some spring cleaning. 1950X + Radeon VII. Close to 2 years problem-free run

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Find myself often swapping between RIV (16gb for creation) and 5700XT (for gaming)... looking forward to Big Navi to become all-around leader

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Thinking to downsize my lens kit at 300mm, what should be my criteria? (e.g. should I test them all at same F stop and ISO?) -if it matters, I use these (300 2.8 VRII, 300 4 PF, 120-300 2.8) on Z bodies.

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is the new XPS 17 really only offered with a 3050? so the 3060 available in 9710 is not available in 9720? it is making the buying decision more difficult than I anticipated.

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Trying to decide Surface Laptop Studio (i7,16gb,3050Ti) or Macbook Pro 13 (M1, 16gb) for photo editing and general productivity. all suggestions welcome.

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Found a key piece of my wildlife kit in an usual place: Pro-form dumbbell. Now I can handhold for a little bit longer (behind it 200, 120-300, 200-400 and 500mm)

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maybe a petty issue, but why I cannot use Arc Control side-by-side other apps? it seems it works over all other apps you have running but if you click to other app, the arc control disappears. I am testing setting a higher power limit and it is a bit annoying. am I missing something?

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XPS 7590, Sabrent 2TB disk is reported as Samsung 256GB PM981; should I be concerned? how to fix?

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Intel Arc A370M: is there a setting to allow more system RAM to be used? -Using Davinci Resolve with 4k NikonRaw footage, computer struggles to do intermediate effects and I see video ram is almost always below the dedicated 4GB leaving a lot of unused RAM. is there a setting I should explore?

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Just got home from microcenter with an HP envy 16 12th gen RTX 3060. HP website does not recognize the laptop for drivers and keyboard seems to have a secondary language, eg. Home key also says debut. which country/language is this laptop for? should I return it because of this?

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At the end of week fulled of critical reviews of 6500XT, just to share my combined 10year 102GB worth of happy AMD-GPU gaming...and recently another vehicle to connect with my daughter as she starts into gaming.

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for wildlife with long lenses, are camo skins/lens coats mostly for real Safari type of settings, or are they also useful in day to day birding activity in the city (which is what I do mostly)?

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deciding between RB17 and Aero 16 (both 12th i7; 3070Ti; 64GB ram)

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this map at my kids school is missing Florida and Hawaii (at least), I guess the authors spent too much time drawing random submarines

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can we bring back the full blue shrouds of the Polaris and Vega I Pro GPUs? those are my favorites!

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Packing for first family summer trip; went for the 2.8 trio and a 24-35 F2 for low light/evening activities: being a water park I hope I don’t get to test weather seals.

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Thinking to downsize my lens kit at 300mm, what should be my criteria? (e.g. should I test them all at same F stop and ISO?) -if it matters, I use these (300 2.8 VRII, 300 4 PF, 120-300 2.8) on Z bodies (z9, z7ii, z6)

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Got my first fan failure message in a QRTR004. opened it up to clean and message went away and has been working fine for a few hours.. are intermittent fan errors common? I ordered a Nuctua fan just in case.

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Giving the base MacStudio a test for my photo editing; keeping my MacBook Pro 14 underneath such in case :)... eager to hear other's experience with it for PhotoEditing...

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this map at my kids school is missing Florida and Hawaii (at least), I guess the authors spent too much time drawing random submarines

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Consider adding Asus 3 year ADP to my G14, $250 on a $699 laptop is a bit expensive, so thought of first asking, how is your experience with Asus warranties? asus stands behind them? do they offer onsite service (I saw it mentioned in the marketing but not sure)?

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is this a bird or a bat? -North Virginia USA

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I could not make this DDR5 Crucial 32GB 4800 work on my XPS 9520. Dell logo would cycle endlessly at boot. I got 4 white flashes followed by 3 orange/amber flashes. was it my installation fault? which RAM modules work with XPS 9520?

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I have been slow in migrating my F-mount primes (from 20m to 500m; except 400mm) to Z glass. in your experience, in which focal length you have seen the largest gain from Z glass?

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Happy found a 300mm f/2.8 VR II... a long-time target for me. Interested in hearing experiences using TC on this one.

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Considering adding dry cabinets to my closet of long lenses. any dry cabinets recommendations?

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