Osvaldo Pinali Doederlein
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Osvaldo Pinali Doederlein
@opinali.me
· Jul 3
DOOM: Path Tracing and Bechmarks
DOOM: The Dark Ages finally brought together all my computer hobbies: rendering tech, benchmarking, and killing monsters. The game at…
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New Blog! DOOM: Path Tracing and Bechmarks. Built-in benchs, RT vs PT, upscaling. The perfect fix for the long US holiday!
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Marjorie Taylor Greene has been hated by the left for years and never feared for her life. She’s been hated by the right for two days and had to hire security.
November 20, 2025 at 1:05 AM
Marjorie Taylor Greene has been hated by the left for years and never feared for her life. She’s been hated by the right for two days and had to hire security.
New Epstein/Trump stuff is so bad, I'm afraid Jeffrey needs tomb security before someone digs out his corpse to "suicide" the guy again.
November 14, 2025 at 3:20 AM
New Epstein/Trump stuff is so bad, I'm afraid Jeffrey needs tomb security before someone digs out his corpse to "suicide" the guy again.
This week couldn't be better for Dem progressives with Zohran winning and Nancy Pelosi now announcing retirement (...in 2027). And I don't care if she's 117 years old, I was big for Biden. I care that her politics is 50 years old and completely beholden to big donors.
November 6, 2025 at 5:33 PM
This week couldn't be better for Dem progressives with Zohran winning and Nancy Pelosi now announcing retirement (...in 2027). And I don't care if she's 117 years old, I was big for Biden. I care that her politics is 50 years old and completely beholden to big donors.
I finished Kamala's book. It's great, and easy read with a day-by-day account of her perspective of the election. The juicy stuff is now well known, she's critical of Biden's decision to run but much of that is directed to "Biden's team" extensive to her work as VP. 🧵
October 2, 2025 at 5:40 PM
I finished Kamala's book. It's great, and easy read with a day-by-day account of her perspective of the election. The juicy stuff is now well known, she's critical of Biden's decision to run but much of that is directed to "Biden's team" extensive to her work as VP. 🧵
The US just extended Magnitsky Act sanctions to Viviane de Moraes. Wait, who's that? Oh just the wife of a Brazilian Supreme Court justice who was already sanctioned in retaliation to the "witch hunt" (official wording) against Jair Bolsonaro. So that's our external policy now.
September 22, 2025 at 3:50 PM
The US just extended Magnitsky Act sanctions to Viviane de Moraes. Wait, who's that? Oh just the wife of a Brazilian Supreme Court justice who was already sanctioned in retaliation to the "witch hunt" (official wording) against Jair Bolsonaro. So that's our external policy now.
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what a humiliating way for don jr. to find out his dad sends birthday cards.
September 8, 2025 at 9:21 PM
what a humiliating way for don jr. to find out his dad sends birthday cards.
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Just heard Bill Kristol, former chief of staff for Dan Quayle, say he thinks ICE should be defunded and that the entire DHS should probably be disbanded, which puts him to the left of maybe the majority of elected Democrats. Truly wild times we’re living in.
July 1, 2025 at 11:03 PM
Just heard Bill Kristol, former chief of staff for Dan Quayle, say he thinks ICE should be defunded and that the entire DHS should probably be disbanded, which puts him to the left of maybe the majority of elected Democrats. Truly wild times we’re living in.
New Blog! DOOM: Path Tracing and Bechmarks. Built-in benchs, RT vs PT, upscaling. The perfect fix for the long US holiday!
cc/quotes: @xdadevelopers.bsky.social @techspot.com.web.brid.gy @digitalfoundry.bsky.social @dsogaming.com.web.brid.gy @pcghde.bsky.social
medium.com/@opinali/doo...
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medium.com/@opinali/doo...
DOOM: Path Tracing and Bechmarks
DOOM: The Dark Ages finally brought together all my computer hobbies: rendering tech, benchmarking, and killing monsters. The game at…
medium.com
July 3, 2025 at 1:10 AM
New Blog! DOOM: Path Tracing and Bechmarks. Built-in benchs, RT vs PT, upscaling. The perfect fix for the long US holiday!
cc/quotes: @xdadevelopers.bsky.social @techspot.com.web.brid.gy @digitalfoundry.bsky.social @dsogaming.com.web.brid.gy @pcghde.bsky.social
medium.com/@opinali/doo...
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Clinton, Clyburn, Summers, Palantir, Bloomberg, NYT, Wall St, AIPAC...all tried their best.
The entire establishment went full racist and Islamophobic in the end.
Still Mamdani won.
Biggest F U to the Democratic Establishment and 1% since AOC win.
Wow.
The entire establishment went full racist and Islamophobic in the end.
Still Mamdani won.
Biggest F U to the Democratic Establishment and 1% since AOC win.
Wow.
June 25, 2025 at 2:25 AM
Clinton, Clyburn, Summers, Palantir, Bloomberg, NYT, Wall St, AIPAC...all tried their best.
The entire establishment went full racist and Islamophobic in the end.
Still Mamdani won.
Biggest F U to the Democratic Establishment and 1% since AOC win.
Wow.
The entire establishment went full racist and Islamophobic in the end.
Still Mamdani won.
Biggest F U to the Democratic Establishment and 1% since AOC win.
Wow.
New blog! 9070 XT and RTX 5080: Overclocking
And that ends this dual-GPU series I guess. This one has a more limited scope since OC is very SKU-dependent, but the main goal was probing the limits of each GPU.
medium.com/p/9070-xt-an...
And that ends this dual-GPU series I guess. This one has a more limited scope since OC is very SKU-dependent, but the main goal was probing the limits of each GPU.
medium.com/p/9070-xt-an...
9070 XT and RTX 5080: Overclocking
This is Part V of a series of reviews: Part I for the RTX 5080, Part I for the 9070 XT, combined Part III with Microbenchmarks, Part V for…
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May 16, 2025 at 2:56 AM
New blog! 9070 XT and RTX 5080: Overclocking
And that ends this dual-GPU series I guess. This one has a more limited scope since OC is very SKU-dependent, but the main goal was probing the limits of each GPU.
medium.com/p/9070-xt-an...
And that ends this dual-GPU series I guess. This one has a more limited scope since OC is very SKU-dependent, but the main goal was probing the limits of each GPU.
medium.com/p/9070-xt-an...
New Blog! GravityMark Revisited. A refresher on this interesting benchmark with new GPUs (9070 XT and RTX 5080) and improvements in the benchmark itself.
cc/quotes: @chipsandcheese.bsky.social, and Sir Isaac Newton
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cc/quotes: @chipsandcheese.bsky.social, and Sir Isaac Newton
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GravityMark Revisited
One year and a half ago, and one GPU-generation ago, in Dec 2013 I published RDNA 3, GravityMark and Linux. TLDR: this new benchmark had…
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May 13, 2025 at 10:56 PM
New Blog! GravityMark Revisited. A refresher on this interesting benchmark with new GPUs (9070 XT and RTX 5080) and improvements in the benchmark itself.
cc/quotes: @chipsandcheese.bsky.social, and Sir Isaac Newton
medium.com/p/gravitymar...
cc/quotes: @chipsandcheese.bsky.social, and Sir Isaac Newton
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ALERT: I had not seen this article until this morning. It is a pretty big deal. Mike Waltz isn’t actually using Signal. He’s using a copy or third party version of Signal created by a company called TeleMessage the point of which is to allow archiving of messages. The app claims to preserve …
May 2, 2025 at 1:06 PM
ALERT: I had not seen this article until this morning. It is a pretty big deal. Mike Waltz isn’t actually using Signal. He’s using a copy or third party version of Signal created by a company called TeleMessage the point of which is to allow archiving of messages. The app claims to preserve …
Millions of Catholics waiting, again.
And even the unfaithful among us... photo by my wife from our travel in 2015, Piazza San Pietro.
And even the unfaithful among us... photo by my wife from our travel in 2015, Piazza San Pietro.
April 24, 2025 at 2:09 AM
Millions of Catholics waiting, again.
And even the unfaithful among us... photo by my wife from our travel in 2015, Piazza San Pietro.
And even the unfaithful among us... photo by my wife from our travel in 2015, Piazza San Pietro.
Here's one term that aged like milk. It's curious the all-time peak is early March, 2X previous peak of Jul'18 but collapsed already.
We folks with "TDS" have been calling Trump a criminal, Fascist, autocrat, incompetent, Putin's puppet, etc. since 2016. And we were 100% right.
We folks with "TDS" have been calling Trump a criminal, Fascist, autocrat, incompetent, Putin's puppet, etc. since 2016. And we were 100% right.
April 23, 2025 at 1:51 PM
Here's one term that aged like milk. It's curious the all-time peak is early March, 2X previous peak of Jul'18 but collapsed already.
We folks with "TDS" have been calling Trump a criminal, Fascist, autocrat, incompetent, Putin's puppet, etc. since 2016. And we were 100% right.
We folks with "TDS" have been calling Trump a criminal, Fascist, autocrat, incompetent, Putin's puppet, etc. since 2016. And we were 100% right.
New Blog! 9070 XT and RTX 5080: Undervolting.
Warning: GPU gore. Some long rants (skipping allowed).
cc/quotes: @techspot.bsky.social @gamersnexus.bsky.social @techpowerup.com
medium.com/p/9070-xt-an...
Warning: GPU gore. Some long rants (skipping allowed).
cc/quotes: @techspot.bsky.social @gamersnexus.bsky.social @techpowerup.com
medium.com/p/9070-xt-an...
9070 XT and RTX 5080: Undervolting
This is Part IV of a series of reviews: Part I for the RTX 5080, Part I for the 9070 XT, combined Part III with Microbenchmarks.
medium.com
April 23, 2025 at 2:23 AM
New Blog! 9070 XT and RTX 5080: Undervolting.
Warning: GPU gore. Some long rants (skipping allowed).
cc/quotes: @techspot.bsky.social @gamersnexus.bsky.social @techpowerup.com
medium.com/p/9070-xt-an...
Warning: GPU gore. Some long rants (skipping allowed).
cc/quotes: @techspot.bsky.social @gamersnexus.bsky.social @techpowerup.com
medium.com/p/9070-xt-an...
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Larry David writing a NYT guest essay as a man having dinner with Hitler, just to roast Bill Maher as a smug, self-important clown, is the stuff of comedy legend.
www.nytimes.com/2025/04/21/o...
www.nytimes.com/2025/04/21/o...
April 22, 2025 at 12:15 PM
Larry David writing a NYT guest essay as a man having dinner with Hitler, just to roast Bill Maher as a smug, self-important clown, is the stuff of comedy legend.
www.nytimes.com/2025/04/21/o...
www.nytimes.com/2025/04/21/o...
New blog! AI Hardware vs. AI Software: Here, I take a look at the @Amuse_AI app to check how much RDNA 4 moves the needle in general AI performance for Radeon. Spoiler alert, things look very promising for AMD here. 🧵
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medium.com/p/ai-hardwar...
AI Hardware vs. AI Software
RDNA 4 is a big milestone for AMD’s efforts in AI on client: for gaming with FSR 4.0 and more coming later, but also for general AI…
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April 18, 2025 at 11:36 PM
New blog! AI Hardware vs. AI Software: Here, I take a look at the @Amuse_AI app to check how much RDNA 4 moves the needle in general AI performance for Radeon. Spoiler alert, things look very promising for AMD here. 🧵
medium.com/p/ai-hardwar...
medium.com/p/ai-hardwar...
Hey NVIDIA where's my bugfixes
Hey AMD where' my next batch of FSR4 enablement
Bonus 1: Hey Microsoft where's the promised DX12 update with DXR 1.2, Neural Rendering, DirectSR
Bonus 2: Hey MachineGames where's promised Indy patch with RTX Hair, was that just Blackwell vaporware
Hey AMD where' my next batch of FSR4 enablement
Bonus 1: Hey Microsoft where's the promised DX12 update with DXR 1.2, Neural Rendering, DirectSR
Bonus 2: Hey MachineGames where's promised Indy patch with RTX Hair, was that just Blackwell vaporware
April 14, 2025 at 7:07 PM
Hey NVIDIA where's my bugfixes
Hey AMD where' my next batch of FSR4 enablement
Bonus 1: Hey Microsoft where's the promised DX12 update with DXR 1.2, Neural Rendering, DirectSR
Bonus 2: Hey MachineGames where's promised Indy patch with RTX Hair, was that just Blackwell vaporware
Hey AMD where' my next batch of FSR4 enablement
Bonus 1: Hey Microsoft where's the promised DX12 update with DXR 1.2, Neural Rendering, DirectSR
Bonus 2: Hey MachineGames where's promised Indy patch with RTX Hair, was that just Blackwell vaporware
PREDICTION: Before the end of 2026 / midterms, there will be public school districts in red states forced to teach children that the 2020 election was "rigged" against Trump as the Dear Leader continues to insist, claim publicly, and demand agreement as fealty test from everyone working for him.
April 14, 2025 at 6:21 PM
PREDICTION: Before the end of 2026 / midterms, there will be public school districts in red states forced to teach children that the 2020 election was "rigged" against Trump as the Dear Leader continues to insist, claim publicly, and demand agreement as fealty test from everyone working for him.
I ignore engagement-spam "Likes", but this one gave me pause. Someone selling Tarot stuff.... not really the focus of posts🤣 BUT it's Tarot with AI and Quantum Software! Maybe they genuinely like my gaming/tech content.
(Nah, just spam triggered by keywords like "magic" in my last post.)
(Nah, just spam triggered by keywords like "magic" in my last post.)
April 13, 2025 at 4:34 PM
I ignore engagement-spam "Likes", but this one gave me pause. Someone selling Tarot stuff.... not really the focus of posts🤣 BUT it's Tarot with AI and Quantum Software! Maybe they genuinely like my gaming/tech content.
(Nah, just spam triggered by keywords like "magic" in my last post.)
(Nah, just spam triggered by keywords like "magic" in my last post.)
This is a good reminder that AI ≠ magic, the Transformer models (both DLSS4 and FSR4) are awesome but not perfect. I was recently playing TLoUp2 at 4K with DLSS4/Quality i.e. "easy mode" for any upscaler, and I could see minor issues like ghosting and moire, both on snow:🧵
DLSS 4's transformer model dramatically improves upscaler quality - but what happens when we put the new tech to the test up against key failure points in existing games using the CNN model? Testing at 1440p, Alex has some fascinating results. youtu.be/iK4tT9AHIOE
April 13, 2025 at 4:17 PM
This is a good reminder that AI ≠ magic, the Transformer models (both DLSS4 and FSR4) are awesome but not perfect. I was recently playing TLoUp2 at 4K with DLSS4/Quality i.e. "easy mode" for any upscaler, and I could see minor issues like ghosting and moire, both on snow:🧵
This is great, Fabio has a great piece with a similar approach as my last/updated blog plus previous posts about each of RTX 5080 and 9070 XT. This is very supplementary to my tests, for example the Procyon AI tests that include TensorRT confirming some of my notes.🧵
www.youtube.com/watch?v=SBnp...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=SBnp...
April 13, 2025 at 12:59 AM
This is great, Fabio has a great piece with a similar approach as my last/updated blog plus previous posts about each of RTX 5080 and 9070 XT. This is very supplementary to my tests, for example the Procyon AI tests that include TensorRT confirming some of my notes.🧵
www.youtube.com/watch?v=SBnp...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=SBnp...
New blog! OK, refurbished 😀 – 9070 XT and RTX 5080: Microbenchmarks
This replaces a previous post focused on the RTX 5080 with updated data for my own tests with the 9070 XT and mostly-rewritten text. Worth a second look if you're interested in RDNA 4.
medium.com/@opinali/907...
This replaces a previous post focused on the RTX 5080 with updated data for my own tests with the 9070 XT and mostly-rewritten text. Worth a second look if you're interested in RDNA 4.
medium.com/@opinali/907...
9070 XT and RTX 5080: Microbenchmarks
This replaces my previous post "RTX 5080: Microbenchmarks". I now have also a 9070 XT for testing, so I updated my charts with first-party…
medium.com
April 13, 2025 at 12:23 AM
New blog! OK, refurbished 😀 – 9070 XT and RTX 5080: Microbenchmarks
This replaces a previous post focused on the RTX 5080 with updated data for my own tests with the 9070 XT and mostly-rewritten text. Worth a second look if you're interested in RDNA 4.
medium.com/@opinali/907...
This replaces a previous post focused on the RTX 5080 with updated data for my own tests with the 9070 XT and mostly-rewritten text. Worth a second look if you're interested in RDNA 4.
medium.com/@opinali/907...
New Blog! The 9070 XT and FSR 4.0. First impressions with the hardware, games, app, FSR 4.
cc/thanks @digitalfoundry.bsky.social @hardwareunboxed.bsky.social @pcghde.bsky.social @highyield.bsky.social @gamersnexus.bsky.social
medium.com/p/the-9070-x...
cc/thanks @digitalfoundry.bsky.social @hardwareunboxed.bsky.social @pcghde.bsky.social @highyield.bsky.social @gamersnexus.bsky.social
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The 9070 XT and FSR 4.0
This is Part I of a series that will cover RDNA 4 and FSR 4.0. My testing and general experience are based on the XFX Mercury Radeon RX…
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April 11, 2025 at 1:38 AM
New Blog! The 9070 XT and FSR 4.0. First impressions with the hardware, games, app, FSR 4.
cc/thanks @digitalfoundry.bsky.social @hardwareunboxed.bsky.social @pcghde.bsky.social @highyield.bsky.social @gamersnexus.bsky.social
medium.com/p/the-9070-x...
cc/thanks @digitalfoundry.bsky.social @hardwareunboxed.bsky.social @pcghde.bsky.social @highyield.bsky.social @gamersnexus.bsky.social
medium.com/p/the-9070-x...
New blog! RTX 5080: Games & DLSS. Last of this series, now with a more narrow focus of upscaling/FG performance.
cc/thanks @3dcenter.bsky.social @techpowerup.com @digitalfoundry.bsky.social
Next: switch back to red team, look at RDNA4 & FSR4 with the 9070 XT.
medium.com/@opinali/rtx...
cc/thanks @3dcenter.bsky.social @techpowerup.com @digitalfoundry.bsky.social
Next: switch back to red team, look at RDNA4 & FSR4 with the 9070 XT.
medium.com/@opinali/rtx...
RTX 5080: Games & DLSS
RTX 5080: DLSS
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April 4, 2025 at 9:40 PM
New blog! RTX 5080: Games & DLSS. Last of this series, now with a more narrow focus of upscaling/FG performance.
cc/thanks @3dcenter.bsky.social @techpowerup.com @digitalfoundry.bsky.social
Next: switch back to red team, look at RDNA4 & FSR4 with the 9070 XT.
medium.com/@opinali/rtx...
cc/thanks @3dcenter.bsky.social @techpowerup.com @digitalfoundry.bsky.social
Next: switch back to red team, look at RDNA4 & FSR4 with the 9070 XT.
medium.com/@opinali/rtx...