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Getting Z-Image-Turbo Working in RuinedFooocus (AI)

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Getting Z-Image-Turbo Working in RuinedFooocus (The Settings That Actually Matter) If you’ve been following AI image generation tech, you’ve probably heard about Z-Image-Turbo: a 6 billion parameter model from Alibaba’s Tongyi MAI team that’s been making waves. It generates photorealistic images with impressive prompt adherence, runs on consumer GPUs with ~10-16GB VRAM, and does it all in just 8 steps. Pretty wild stuff! šŸ”„ I’ve been testing it in RuinedFooocus and wanted to share some tips because, spoiler alert, the

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RTX 5080 vs. RTX 3090: Is It Time to Upgrade in 2026?

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Is the Upgrade Actually Worth It? The internet loves a clean upgrade narrative: Old card bad, new card good, spend money. But the reality of the NVIDIA RTX 5080 era is messier and more interesting. If you are currently rocking an RTX 3090, youā€™re still packing serious heat. That card remains a 24GB monster. The big question: Is the 5080 a meaningful leap forward, or just high-end hardware FOMO? Letā€™s break down the data. Raw Gaming Performance: Faster, but is

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Minecraft not using dedicated GPU [SOLVED]

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How to fix the issue of Minecraft not using dedicated GPU If you’re having trouble getting Minecraft to use your dedicated GPU, there are a few steps you can take to try and fix the issue. NVIDIA First, open the NVIDIA Control Panel and select Manage 3D Settings. Then, select Program Settings and add javaw.exe to the list of programs (if you are not using the Java edition, then select your applicable version of Minecraft). Finally, choose High-performance NVIDIA processor

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Best Ethereum mining GPU [Sep 20th, 2016]

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Currently, as of September 20th 2016, the bestĀ GPU for mining Ethereum is the AMD RX 480. The criteria are cost, hashrate (in MH/s) and power usage. My current top pick is the Sapphire Radeon NITRO+ RX 480 8GB model with 1342 Mhz core clock speed, for approx 27-29MH/s. At current rates this $279 card should mine about $750 USD of Ethereum a year. 4GB or 8GB? 4GB models of the RX 480 offer a lower initial cost, but resale value

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AMD Radeon R9 M375 2GB, with DDR5 and specs

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Some exciting news about the Lenovo IdeaPad Y700 14″ laptop, its GPU uses DDR5 memory. Woot! NOTE: For best performance I highly recommend upgrading the standard HDD to a SSD. You can find complete steps here: Lenovo IdeaPad Y700-14 SSD Upgrade Here is the DDR5 GPU memory screenshot: My specific Lenovo Y700-14 model: PS thanks to commenter Fee for asking the great question whether it utilized GDDR3 or GDDR5 šŸ™‚ PSS as the specs show, I have the 2GB version

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New video card for 4K UHD and Starcraft 2 SC2 HotS

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Every four years or so I invest in a new video card. The latest edition, ordered today, is the GIGABYTE GeForce GTX 650 Ti OC 2GB card. I actually meant to order a BOOST edition but somewhat mistakenly ordered the ‘OC’ edition. šŸ™ However, I like the overall features of the card and if it performs well enough I will keep it. šŸ™‚ Otherwise, I may return it and look at a GTX 760. My general usage scenarios will be

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Intel Isis Pro 5200 (Crystalwell) review roundup

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News and reviews on Intel’s latest and greatest graphics solution have been quite hard to find šŸ™ By latest and great I am of course referring to the Intel ‘Isis Pro 5200’ Crystalwell Haswell based GPU /CPU combination. So to make info a bit easier to find, this page will serve as a review roundup and will be updated as new reviews come out: Isis Pro 5200 Review Listing (in roughly chronological order) Intel Iris Pro 5200 Graphics Review: Core

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[HOWTO] upgrading M4400 (RAM, CPU, SSD, BIOS)

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NOTE: you can also view all the entries in this Q & A series… I received the following question on my previous post aboutĀ upgrading a Dell M4400 laptop: Q. Great J.D. Thank you. I also have an M4400. I purchased it a year or so ago so that I could have a portable solution as I explore 3D graphics programs such as 3DSMax etcā€¦Based on your above post (and a few others) I have purchased a qx9300 quad core processor,

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