I Hope you HATE Buying Graphics Cards - WAN Show January 8, 2021 The WAN Show

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Timestamps (Courtesy of SirTobiGoodboy)

0:37 Recap of topics 

2:00 Intro

2:13 Carmen Sandiego

4:46 GPUs getting more expensive

 5:16 Import tariffs increasing prices 7.5% to 25%

 6:20 Tariffs implemented in 2018 and exemptions expired

 7:00 Shipping costs increasing

 7:50 Canadian computer prices falling

 11:12 General tariff and trade discussion

 11:52 Foxconn US factory

        15:40 Price Creep of GPUs

 17:40 Now is the time to pick up gaming laptops

18:20 RTX 3080 MaxQ far slower than desktop

 18:43 RTX 3000 power efficiency is not enough for laptops

 19:45 GPU prices will never be competitive again due to the shortage debacle. 

 21:06 GTX 1080ti performance equivalent for RTX 3080 MaxQ

 22:02 Performance parity gone between desktop and laptop

 24:49 Detailed specifications

 26:40 Potentially confusing marketing and nomenclature

29:19 GPU rating system proposal

39:20 Sponsor Spots

 39:24 Kite

 40:07 Squarespace

 41:05 Vessi

42:27 LTTStore

47:05 WhatsApp Facebook data sharing 

47:54 Video calling tangent

51:19 Self image and body modification tangent

1:11:11 WhatsApp Facebook data sharing

 1:11:16 Data to be shared

1:12:34 Ikea created mockups for new consoles (unclear validity)

1:13:11 Trump permabanned on Twitter

 1:13:45 Many other apps and websites banning Trump

1:15:47 Switch Pro leak/rumor

1:16:49 Superchats 

1:18:17 Outro

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