People aren’t buying 5090’s for game features

People aren’t buying 5090’s for game features

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After 18 months, graphics features like multi-frame generation are working really well, but only a handful of games support path tracing to use it. How few? 7 titles. Even worse, the Steam list of top 100 most anticipated titles – only 1 has path tracing that allows multi-frame generation.

And yet, the price of 5090’s continues to remain sky high and selling better than ever.

It’s no wonder when AI chips sell for 10-100x and are driving all the sales. Graphics has taken a back seat.

New UI trends?

New UI trends?

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We’ve gone through glass-morphism, squircle-morphism and lots of other morphism. These changes by a bunch of UI designers chasing whatever is cool looking is why the web site that was working just fine for you gets re-designed every 6 month.

Malewicz talks about some of these trends and the design languages used to describe and classify them.

Domestic modification of 4090 with 48gb of ram

Domestic modification of 4090 with 48gb of ram

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4090 graphics cards came with 24gb of memory. As the AI boom sucked up everything on the market, some modders (mostly in China) learned you could upgrade the VRAM on a 4090 from 24GB to 48GB. These mods were often done poorly and had high failure rates; but more quality modders come online – including these guys in Michigan that seem to be reputable and stand behind their modding.

Still, it’s an odd world – the world is quickly aligning to standards of fitting their models into 32, 96, 128, or 256 of ram so these might not be as interesting as they once were. Still, someone locally was selling one of their cards recently.

Microsoft quietly extended Windows 10 Consumer Security Updates

Microsoft quietly extended Windows 10 Consumer Security Updates

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In other announcements, Microsoft has quietly extended Windows 10 support for another year to 2027. You can enroll in Extended Security Updates (ESU) program any time until the program ends on October 12, 2027.

This is totally not an admission that Windows 10 is still over 25% of the install base even 5 years after Windows 11 released.

To enroll, make sure your device meets the following requirements – most notably they want you to use your Microsoft account and not any local accounts:

  • Devices need to be running Windows 10, version 22H2 Home, Professional, Pro Education, or Workstations edition.
  • Devices need to have the latest Windows update installed. Learn how to install Windows updates.
  • The Microsoft account used to sign in to the device must be an administrator account.
    • The ESU license will be associated with the Microsoft account used to enroll. You may be prompted to sign in with a Microsoft account if you typically sign into Windows with a local account.
Compute! (Gazette) magazine is back

Compute! (Gazette) magazine is back

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Edwin “James” Nagle decided to see who actually owned the COMPUTE! magazine trademark. It turns out, nobody did. The name and assets of COMPUTE! were traded and sold and eventually put up as collateral which when the loan failed, reverted to a company that no longer existed.

He stepped in and got the rights from the US patent and trademark office and now officially has revived the Compute! Gazette magazine – complete with type-in programs!

Here’s his excellent talk on the subject.

Oh – and he considered the old print versions of the magazine he now owns the copyrights for as ‘free and open source’.

Claude Design to replace the UI marketplace?

Claude Design to replace the UI marketplace?

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Claude Design has hit the scene – and Figma stock dropped 7.7% the same day.

A small team with access to a frontier model can reach “good enough” on a design tool in a matter of weeks. The question being priced in isn’t “will Figma die?” It’s “what is Figma’s moat, actually?”

Learn more about Claude Design here or read a step-by-step walkthrough in this Medium article.

VibeOS – the fully hallucinated AI operating system

VibeOS – the fully hallucinated AI operating system

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While this was a parody/joke – it’s actually pointing in the direction software is likely headed. You can tell some of the folks in the video are seeing it. What if you just type in the application you want and it’s generated for you? Sure this is flaky now, but given the advancements as well as putting guard rails on things to guide it – this is all very much a possible future. You don’t buy software anymore and SaaS companies don’t exist either – you make the software you want by asking for it and the system generates exactly the app you need.

Download it here: https://vibeos.sh