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Elijah: Oh god, get ready to cringe; 2 00:00:01.134 --> 00:00:03.570 because I already see a spelling mistake in the first paragraph. 3 00:00:03.737 --> 00:00:05.138 My name is Elijah, I'm a junior writer. 4 00:00:05.138 --> 00:00:08.441 I've been in the writing department for about nine months, eight and a half months now, 5 00:00:08.441 --> 00:00:10.844 depending on if you count the concussion or not, but- 6 00:00:10.844 --> 00:00:12.612 Sammy: When did you first apply for this role? 7 00:00:12.946 --> 00:00:18.885 Elijah: For the writing position, I first applied back in 2021? 8 00:00:18.918 --> 00:00:23.156 Elijah: I did not get hired because of this script; that's going to be the best part about this. 9 00:00:23.189 --> 00:00:25.692 Elijah: I sent this script in, James never replied. 10 00:00:25.725 --> 00:00:28.428 Elijah: So then I got hired in logistics, and then moved over. 11 00:00:28.461 --> 00:00:29.529 Elijah and Sammy: *Laughs* 12 00:00:31.197 --> 00:00:33.600 Sammy: And how much writing did you do prior to this script? 13 00:00:33.800 --> 00:00:35.668 Elijah: Oh, zero; I actually failed English. 14 00:00:35.769 --> 00:00:39.973 The only reason I graduated high school was because the teachers went on strike. 15 00:00:40.106 --> 00:00:43.309 Mandatory pass everyone, I was getting 32% in English 12. 16 00:00:43.343 --> 00:00:44.944 So even you can get a job here. 17 00:00:45.278 --> 00:00:46.846 Sammy: What was your tech savvy level then? 18 00:00:46.880 --> 00:00:49.983 Elijah: It was definitely higher than my writing ability; 19 00:00:50.016 --> 00:00:51.518 I was always building computers. 20 00:00:52.152 --> 00:00:55.955 At the time I sent this in, I was actually working at a tech shop. 21 00:00:55.955 --> 00:00:59.692 I was building computers for clients and troubleshooting printers. 22 00:00:59.859 --> 00:01:01.094 Just kind of the whole nine yards. 23 00:01:01.127 --> 00:01:03.430 Sammy: And did you know who Linus Tech Tips was then? 24 00:01:03.563 --> 00:01:04.097 Elijah: Oh yeah. 25 00:01:04.230 --> 00:01:07.700 Yeah, yeah; I've been watching Linus Tech Tips since NCIX, since I was in middle school; 26 00:01:07.734 --> 00:01:08.234 Sammy: That's a long ass time. 27 00:01:08.268 --> 00:01:11.438 Elijah: which is like wild to think about, that I was in middle school; 28 00:01:11.638 --> 00:01:14.741 and I've told Linus that and he's like, god damn it I'm old. 29 00:01:15.108 --> 00:01:16.342 Elijah: He says that every time. 30 00:01:16.376 --> 00:01:17.410 Sammy: Which prompt did you choose? 31 00:01:17.577 --> 00:01:20.080 Elijah: I chose to do my own, I think that was one of the options? 32 00:01:20.213 --> 00:01:21.781 Sammy: So this is 2021 Eli. 33 00:01:21.915 --> 00:01:23.349 Elijah: When you asked me to find this script, 34 00:01:23.483 --> 00:01:26.786 I booted it back up and immediately found spelling mistake in like the first sentence. 35 00:01:26.820 --> 00:01:27.320 Sammy: Hahahaha. 36 00:01:27.320 --> 00:01:27.987 Elijah: And I'm like- 37 00:01:28.321 --> 00:01:31.858 Let's face it, We have all dreamed about owning the latest and greatest computer. 38 00:01:31.958 --> 00:01:34.561 Oh my god, I'm already stuttering because the flow is so bad. 39 00:01:34.727 --> 00:01:38.932 Just so we can brag about it to our friends about how fast and perfect it is, 40 00:01:38.965 --> 00:01:40.433 even if your gaming skills aren't. 41 00:01:40.867 --> 00:01:42.102 I feel like that first line is okay. 42 00:01:42.268 --> 00:01:43.703 Elijah: But when is the perfect time to upgrade? 43 00:01:43.736 --> 00:01:46.306 Seven years? Three years? How about one? 44 00:01:46.573 --> 00:01:52.412 That's what I did going from an RTX 2080 Ti to a 3080 Ti in just over one year. 45 00:01:52.445 --> 00:01:55.915 Was it worth it? I know it's worth checking out our sponsor. 46 00:01:56.249 --> 00:01:57.350 Sammy: "That's what is did". 47 00:01:57.383 --> 00:01:59.519 Elijah: I'm like cringing so hard reading this; 48 00:01:59.519 --> 00:02:00.086 Sammy: Hahaha. 49 00:02:00.086 --> 00:02:02.555 Elijah: because I think if I actually went into a script review, 50 00:02:02.589 --> 00:02:07.026 with this paragraph to Linus, he would read the first three words 51 00:02:07.927 --> 00:02:09.062 and then he'd be like, go away. 52 00:02:09.462 --> 00:02:10.029 Start over. 53 00:02:10.029 --> 00:02:11.297 Elijah: I'd be like, okay; yes, sir. 54 00:02:11.664 --> 00:02:14.200 So you notice how I struggled on the first sentence with the flow. 55 00:02:14.501 --> 00:02:17.971 That 100% is something that I didn't practice when I wrote the script, 56 00:02:18.037 --> 00:02:19.038 it's just reading it out loud. 57 00:02:19.439 --> 00:02:21.274 It's something I do my best. 58 00:02:21.274 --> 00:02:24.410 Even if I'm at my desk, I just try to pretend I'm reading out loud, 59 00:02:24.410 --> 00:02:26.446 because I'm in an office; I don't want to actually disturb people. 60 00:02:26.479 --> 00:02:28.348 You can actually see every writer does this now. 61 00:02:28.414 --> 00:02:29.516 They're just sitting at their desk; 62 00:02:29.549 --> 00:02:33.686 Alex beside me all the time is just miming with his hands. 63 00:02:33.720 --> 00:02:37.724 And written word versus spoken word is truly different. 64 00:02:37.757 --> 00:02:40.560 I think the intro gets a good length, 65 00:02:40.560 --> 00:02:43.863 but I don't think I gave the correct information 66 00:02:43.863 --> 00:02:47.233 and the kind of same golden rules we have now. 67 00:02:47.467 --> 00:02:49.869 It's actually not on this version of the script because it's so old. 68 00:02:49.869 --> 00:02:52.305 But the fourth one is the show, more you need to know. 69 00:02:52.338 --> 00:02:54.807 Ew, I sound like such a posh b**** with this next paragraph. 70 00:02:54.841 --> 00:02:57.977 I've been fortunate and been able... Oh, that grammar. 71 00:02:58.545 --> 00:03:01.214 And been able to have almost the latest and greatest 72 00:03:01.214 --> 00:03:05.084 NVIDIA graphics card for the past six years, starting with the GTX 980, 73 00:03:05.084 --> 00:03:06.486 which I received in 2015. 74 00:03:06.686 --> 00:03:09.422 After that, I had a 1080 Ti when they launched, 75 00:03:09.422 --> 00:03:11.624 followed by the 2080 Ti at the beginning of 2020. 76 00:03:11.925 --> 00:03:14.861 So trying to give a little bit of backstory of how I've been fortunate, 77 00:03:14.894 --> 00:03:17.630 which is good; that's part of the whole make it personable kind of rule. 78 00:03:17.630 --> 00:03:20.867 Now, just a year and a half later, I upgraded to a 3080 Ti. 79 00:03:21.334 --> 00:03:22.235 Was it worth it? 80 00:03:22.669 --> 00:03:26.873 Okay, I can already hear Linus in script review saying, 81 00:03:27.207 --> 00:03:30.076 you just asked the same question twice, you just gave an intro twice. 82 00:03:30.543 --> 00:03:32.045 I just gave an intro, we did our sponsors, 83 00:03:32.045 --> 00:03:33.613 and I literally just gave another intro. 84 00:03:34.147 --> 00:03:36.249 Wasted your time, so that's horrible. 85 00:03:36.282 --> 00:03:40.286 That's what I wanted to know, so I went back and plugged in my old 2080 Ti 86 00:03:40.286 --> 00:03:43.156 to see just how much of a difference there was in games between them. 87 00:03:43.156 --> 00:03:46.459 Because I still had my 2080 Ti, it was just sitting in a box in the closet. 88 00:03:46.626 --> 00:03:48.828 But first, let's talk about the actual spec of each card 89 00:03:48.828 --> 00:03:52.665 and see the major differences between them... Between them are. 90 00:03:53.233 --> 00:03:55.301 "And see the major differences between them are". 91 00:03:55.802 --> 00:03:58.004 Oh, my god! Grammars. 92 00:03:58.071 --> 00:03:59.806 Elijah: I'm probably not showing it as much on camera. 93 00:03:59.839 --> 00:04:02.842 This is really hard for me to read, and it's very cringy looking back at it. 94 00:04:02.842 --> 00:04:05.044 And I know why James didn't hire me based on this script. 95 00:04:05.278 --> 00:04:07.146 I remember having a conversation with James about this, 96 00:04:07.146 --> 00:04:11.351 when he actually asked me to join the writing department again, 97 00:04:11.351 --> 00:04:13.453 in about August, just after LTX; 98 00:04:13.453 --> 00:04:16.589 and one of the things he said was he actually went back and found this script, 99 00:04:16.589 --> 00:04:17.824 and gave it a quick read. 100 00:04:18.157 --> 00:04:20.560 And he said, you were on the right track, 101 00:04:20.560 --> 00:04:22.462 but I can tell you've never written before. 102 00:04:22.729 --> 00:04:25.732 And so he said, and I quote, "I'll just beat that out of you". 103 00:04:26.332 --> 00:04:29.502 Clearly just talking about practice and repetition 104 00:04:29.502 --> 00:04:31.871 will make you better at writing. 105 00:04:31.938 --> 00:04:35.308 And I think it has, I think my script reviews now are a little bit better? 106 00:04:35.308 --> 00:04:36.943 I'm still a junior, so that's my excuse. 107 00:04:36.943 --> 00:04:41.481 Elijah: On paper, the 3080 Ti blows the 2080 Ti out of the water with the CUDA Core count; 108 00:04:41.481 --> 00:04:45.785 going from about 4, 300 to over 10, 000. 109 00:04:45.818 --> 00:04:48.621 Oh, that is the worst numbers to compare. 110 00:04:48.688 --> 00:04:50.857 You want to compare the same numbers; so I should have said, 111 00:04:50.923 --> 00:04:56.262 from about "4, 300 to over 10, 000" instead of doing "4, 300 to 10, 000". 112 00:04:56.262 --> 00:04:57.163 from about "4, 300 to over 10, 000" instead of doing "4, 300 to 10, 000". 113 00:04:57.196 --> 00:04:58.298 It's just like a little bit of wording, 114 00:04:58.298 --> 00:05:00.900 but it helps with the flow and people keeping track. 115 00:05:00.900 --> 00:05:04.737 With other specs also improving, such as one more Gigabyte of GDDR6 memory, 116 00:05:04.971 --> 00:05:08.508 PCIe Gen 4, and even higher boost clock on both the memory and the card itself. 117 00:05:08.508 --> 00:05:09.976 I probably wouldn't put it in a script now; 118 00:05:10.009 --> 00:05:13.046 I'd probably just have like a mogart side by side on screen. 119 00:05:13.279 --> 00:05:14.781 Eh, I don't think it was necessarily bad. 120 00:05:15.081 --> 00:05:17.850 So does this performance translate to better gaming experience? 121 00:05:18.117 --> 00:05:20.219 To find out, I ran both cards on a test bench, 122 00:05:20.253 --> 00:05:25.191 which included a Ryzen 3900X, 32 gigabytes of 3200 megahertz. 123 00:05:25.191 --> 00:05:27.794 That's bad, we do mega transfers now; I should have known better. 124 00:05:27.860 --> 00:05:31.631 ...memory and a Crosshair Hero 8 motherboard. 125 00:05:31.731 --> 00:05:32.799 Say that 10 times fast. 126 00:05:33.032 --> 00:05:34.600 To be honest, I really didn't expect 127 00:05:34.600 --> 00:05:36.836 as much of a performance improvement as we ended up getting. 128 00:05:37.503 --> 00:05:41.974 As you can see by our first benchmark being Red Dead Redemption 2 at 1440p ultra settings, 129 00:05:42.008 --> 00:05:44.677 we can see a 46% increase in our average frames. 130 00:05:45.778 --> 00:05:49.716 The same continues to our next two games, which is a crazy... with a cra- 131 00:05:50.450 --> 00:05:51.150 Spelling mistake. 132 00:05:51.184 --> 00:05:51.951 Sammy: Hahahahaha. 133 00:05:51.984 --> 00:05:52.952 Elijah: Nooo! 134 00:05:53.353 --> 00:05:54.187 Sammy: You're hired here. 135 00:05:54.220 --> 00:05:55.922 They can't, they can't, they can't un-hire you. 136 00:05:55.955 --> 00:05:57.890 Sammy: Oh! Well I mean they can, it's called firing. 137 00:05:59.258 --> 00:06:05.231 Elijah: With a cray 42% buff on the 3080 Ti in Forza Horizon 4, 138 00:06:05.231 --> 00:06:07.867 and again another 35% gain in Borderlands 3. 139 00:06:08.501 --> 00:06:12.171 We also tested FurMark, that glorious fuzzy donut, to see- 140 00:06:12.171 --> 00:06:13.139 Oh, it's so cringe. 141 00:06:13.740 --> 00:06:15.641 To see our average FPS in that benchmark. 142 00:06:15.775 --> 00:06:19.779 The story continues with another 47% performance increase over 3080 Ti. 143 00:06:19.779 --> 00:06:23.383 Sammy: First part is uh- What is your mind state while you're writing the script? 144 00:06:23.383 --> 00:06:24.450 Did you have a mind state? 145 00:06:24.817 --> 00:06:25.618 Elijah: I didn't. 146 00:06:25.685 --> 00:06:26.586 I don't think I- 147 00:06:26.586 --> 00:06:28.788 Okay, so I think the reason I ended up choosing doing your own 148 00:06:28.788 --> 00:06:31.457 was because the other two options that James gave me at the time, 149 00:06:31.457 --> 00:06:34.193 I probably wasn't confident in; which is why I went with this one. 150 00:06:34.627 --> 00:06:36.462 But even this one, I was flying by the seat of my pants. 151 00:06:36.596 --> 00:06:39.432 I was really just like, I think I watched a couple of the 152 00:06:39.432 --> 00:06:41.367 GPU review videos we've done in the past? 153 00:06:41.801 --> 00:06:44.670 And so I tried to make sure I hit certain beats of talking about specs, 154 00:06:44.937 --> 00:06:47.473 talking about price, which I think I get into later; 155 00:06:47.473 --> 00:06:51.811 and then talking about the actual gain over last generation. 156 00:06:52.678 --> 00:06:56.716 So I honestly tried to frame this as more of a GPU review, 157 00:06:56.716 --> 00:06:59.118 instead of like a, was it worth the upgrade? 158 00:06:59.419 --> 00:07:01.120 It's honestly just spec jarble 159 00:07:01.120 --> 00:07:03.723 that I'm like throwing at your face right now, in this script; 160 00:07:03.956 --> 00:07:05.892 and sometimes those videos can be really daunting 161 00:07:05.892 --> 00:07:07.560 and actually make people turn off the video. 162 00:07:07.560 --> 00:07:08.594 Do you think this is interesting? 163 00:07:08.594 --> 00:07:11.030 Like from beginning to where you are now 164 00:07:11.030 --> 00:07:12.698 Would you have clicked off at some point here? 165 00:07:12.799 --> 00:07:14.734 Elijah: You know what? Not as it's written, 166 00:07:14.734 --> 00:07:18.571 but I think the concept of asking when you should upgrade your PC, 167 00:07:18.604 --> 00:07:21.908 is very enticing to a lot of people. 168 00:07:22.041 --> 00:07:23.709 We see so many comments on YouTube videos, on the forum, on Twitter, 169 00:07:23.709 --> 00:07:25.311 whatever it may be, “oh, well, should I get this?” 170 00:07:25.445 --> 00:07:26.546 What should I do next? 171 00:07:26.546 --> 00:07:29.749 The ultimate answer is, it's whatever you can either A, afford 172 00:07:29.749 --> 00:07:30.683 or whatever you want. 173 00:07:30.817 --> 00:07:32.118 No "so". 174 00:07:32.452 --> 00:07:33.820 You're not allowed saying "so" on set. 175 00:07:34.020 --> 00:07:36.956 So it's safe to say if you have a 2080 Ti, 176 00:07:37.089 --> 00:07:38.758 you should just go ahead and upgrade, right? 177 00:07:39.192 --> 00:07:40.693 Well, I think it's more complicated than that. 178 00:07:40.760 --> 00:07:43.696 If you purchased the 2080 Ti at MSRP back when it came out, 179 00:07:44.030 --> 00:07:46.799 you would have spent roughly around a 1000 American. 180 00:07:46.966 --> 00:07:48.835 Elijah: Okay, I think in my head, this is again, 181 00:07:48.835 --> 00:07:50.837 goes back to the written versus spoken. 182 00:07:50.970 --> 00:07:52.839 I put the dollar sign in front of 1000; 183 00:07:53.005 --> 00:07:54.440 so subconsciously, when you read it, you read it as 1000 bucks American, 184 00:07:54.440 --> 00:07:57.510 so subconsciously, when you read it, you read it as 1000 bucks American, 185 00:07:57.677 --> 00:07:58.878 however you wanna interpret it. 186 00:07:59.078 --> 00:08:01.047 But when you're speaking it on a teleprompter, 187 00:08:01.314 --> 00:08:04.350 all you would really see is the number 1000, American; 188 00:08:04.383 --> 00:08:06.919 and so you would probably read it out like I just did there. 189 00:08:07.019 --> 00:08:12.091 Instead, I would probably write "1000 USD", or "1000 American dollars", 190 00:08:12.091 --> 00:08:13.493 or "freedom bucks", whatever. 191 00:08:13.993 --> 00:08:16.128 The 3080 Ti was 1200 dollars at launch. 192 00:08:16.128 --> 00:08:17.363 See, I wrote dollars there, damn it. 193 00:08:17.463 --> 00:08:18.598 Sammy: Hahahaha. 194 00:08:19.098 --> 00:08:21.501 Elijah: So- I wrote another "so"! Ugh! 195 00:08:21.634 --> 00:08:24.070 So it is 20% more expensive. 196 00:08:24.070 --> 00:08:27.740 But if you're gaining more than 20% average FPS, it must be worth it. 197 00:08:28.040 --> 00:08:29.842 But then- Oh my god, I'm bouncing back and forth. 198 00:08:29.976 --> 00:08:32.512 But then again, you just spent $1, 000 on a GPU 199 00:08:32.545 --> 00:08:34.714 to spend another $1, 200 on a 20% upgrade. 200 00:08:35.281 --> 00:08:37.617 So that's $2, 200 in a year and a half. 201 00:08:37.984 --> 00:08:39.852 That's more than most people's entire PC. 202 00:08:39.919 --> 00:08:41.053 Damn, humble flex there. 203 00:08:41.754 --> 00:08:45.958 That's more than if you bought one of every item on LTTStore.com. 204 00:08:46.158 --> 00:08:48.261 Once again, I ask, was it worth it? 205 00:08:48.294 --> 00:08:49.061 Elijah: Oh god! 206 00:08:49.161 --> 00:08:49.729 Sammy: So many questions 207 00:08:49.729 --> 00:08:50.563 Elijah: Oooh! 208 00:08:50.563 --> 00:08:52.398 Sammy: Hahahahaha. Elijah: Oh, I'm cringing so bad! 209 00:08:52.999 --> 00:08:54.400 Elijah: I got the merch plug though. 210 00:08:54.500 --> 00:08:56.135 Sammy: *Laughs* Elijah: I got that merch plug in there. 211 00:08:56.135 --> 00:08:57.803 Sammy: Was that one line worth it, 212 00:08:57.937 --> 00:09:00.673 for the amount of time it took you to add everything? 213 00:09:00.840 --> 00:09:01.774 Elijah: Oh, I think it's worth it. 214 00:09:01.807 --> 00:09:03.376 I think- I've still done those jokes. 215 00:09:03.409 --> 00:09:05.611 I forget which video it was, but I think I even did, 216 00:09:05.878 --> 00:09:09.515 I think it was the Mac killer part two video I did? 217 00:09:09.582 --> 00:09:12.919 I made the joke that you could have bought every LTTStore screwdriver twice; 218 00:09:13.085 --> 00:09:15.121 and I like went back through and like counted just to make sure. 219 00:09:15.187 --> 00:09:16.155 And I was like, yeah, you can. 220 00:09:16.455 --> 00:09:19.258 I think the joke's fine, but the delivery was horrible. 221 00:09:19.292 --> 00:09:24.130 And I've asked seven questions in this fricking paragraph that make me want to die. Sammy: Yeah I was gonna say 222 00:09:24.196 --> 00:09:26.165 Elijah: And so many so's, ugh! 223 00:09:26.265 --> 00:09:27.934 Sammy: Well, you didn't know back then. 224 00:09:28.100 --> 00:09:31.203 Elijah: Yeah, because that's naturally how I speak. 225 00:09:31.237 --> 00:09:34.373 Personally, I don't believe the average person needs this upgrade. 226 00:09:34.907 --> 00:09:35.808 I'm not average. 227 00:09:36.609 --> 00:09:38.811 Linus did this re... 228 00:09:39.478 --> 00:09:41.447 Wait, is it Linus hosting or is it me hosting? 229 00:09:41.647 --> 00:09:42.615 Okay, now I'm confused. 230 00:09:42.949 --> 00:09:44.183 Sammy: Yeah, well, you wrote in the next paragraph. 231 00:09:44.350 --> 00:09:46.552 "So why did I do it?", so I'm assuming. 232 00:09:47.920 --> 00:09:51.324 Elijah: That's also bad, we're supposed to write videos as if Linus is hosting. 233 00:09:51.324 --> 00:09:53.793 Sometimes we'll get into a script review and he'll be like, 234 00:09:54.026 --> 00:09:55.361 oh, you can do this paragraph. 235 00:09:55.494 --> 00:09:57.597 And I'll be like, yay, I get to speak in front of the camera. 236 00:09:57.597 --> 00:09:59.899 Linus did this recently also with his computer upgrade, 237 00:09:59.932 --> 00:10:03.369 when he wanted to have a crazy fast SSD speeds in this video here. 238 00:10:03.469 --> 00:10:06.138 Okay, that's not bad, I'm trying to throw away to another video. 239 00:10:06.405 --> 00:10:07.373 That sentence was horrible 240 00:10:07.373 --> 00:10:11.611 But spending over a thousand dollars for a 20% to 35% upgrade, depending on the title, 241 00:10:11.944 --> 00:10:16.616 that's way different than if you were going from my first GPU, a 980, 242 00:10:16.616 --> 00:10:22.221 and spending $1,200 to get almost a 300% upgrade, according to GPUbenchmark.com. 243 00:10:22.688 --> 00:10:23.589 Don't use that website. 244 00:10:23.623 --> 00:10:24.790 Elijah: Again, more numbers, man. 245 00:10:24.824 --> 00:10:26.592 Man, I'm throwing a lot of jargon at your face. 246 00:10:26.692 --> 00:10:29.095 This is really cringe for me to read, I'm struggling here. 247 00:10:29.228 --> 00:10:30.096 So why did I do it? 248 00:10:30.229 --> 00:10:31.530 god damn it, another question! 249 00:10:31.864 --> 00:10:34.600 Why would I spend so much just to only get little performance upgrade? 250 00:10:34.834 --> 00:10:36.869 The main reason I did it was because of the microchip shortage... 251 00:10:37.069 --> 00:10:37.837 I just wanted one. 252 00:10:38.004 --> 00:10:40.740 We're all aware of the shortage and scalper crisis that's going on. 253 00:10:40.873 --> 00:10:43.976 This was during, again, pretty much the peak of the GPU shortage. 254 00:10:44.076 --> 00:10:46.946 I know articles are saying microchip shortage will be ending 255 00:10:46.979 --> 00:10:51.083 and we could have a chip oversupply by 2023. 256 00:10:51.317 --> 00:10:54.854 Okay, so I was trying to cite some articles; not bad. 257 00:10:55.121 --> 00:10:58.357 Sammy: Sorry I was going to mention, there's 11 question marks in this script. 258 00:10:59.592 --> 00:11:01.093 Sammy: Hahahahahaha. 259 00:11:01.460 --> 00:11:02.995 Elijah: It's amazing I got a job here at all 260 00:11:03.062 --> 00:11:04.797 I don't believe it; don't get me wrong, 261 00:11:04.964 --> 00:11:08.034 I wanted it to end as much as the next gamer or manufacturer, 262 00:11:09.001 --> 00:11:12.872 but I worry that this shortage will continue for much longer than people are letting on. 263 00:11:13.539 --> 00:11:14.340 So... 264 00:11:15.307 --> 00:11:18.077 I wanted to upgrade and get the latest while I could, 265 00:11:18.077 --> 00:11:20.212 because I was fortunate to get it at MSRP. 266 00:11:20.279 --> 00:11:21.947 Sammy: There's 24 uses of so. 267 00:11:23.015 --> 00:11:24.316 Elijah: So in conclusion. 268 00:11:24.316 --> 00:11:25.351 Sammy: Hahahahaha! 269 00:11:27.620 --> 00:11:30.389 Elijah: No, I don't think the upgrade was worth it in terms of a performance upgrade, 270 00:11:30.423 --> 00:11:32.291 but I do think it's worth it in the long run, 271 00:11:32.291 --> 00:11:35.227 because who knows if I would ever be able to get a 40 series card, 272 00:11:35.227 --> 00:11:37.897 or whatever comes out in- After the current generation. 273 00:11:38.564 --> 00:11:42.334 Elijah: Do you want to know the worst part? A month later, I bought a 3090. 274 00:11:42.401 --> 00:11:48.174 Elijah: because I sold that 3080 Ti for double what I paid for it, and bought a 3090 at MSRP. 275 00:11:48.574 --> 00:11:50.609 Elijah: Guys I scalped the 3080 Ti. 276 00:11:50.776 --> 00:11:51.177 Sammy: *Laughs* 277 00:11:51.177 --> 00:11:52.712 Elijah: I'm part of the problem. 278 00:11:52.845 --> 00:11:55.314 Elijah: Oh, I'm going to request the audience to do something. 279 00:11:55.414 --> 00:11:57.216 I do want to make a request. 280 00:11:57.316 --> 00:12:00.419 If you are looking for an upgrade from a newer card to a 30 series, 281 00:12:00.820 --> 00:12:04.857 do your fellow gamer a favor, and pass your old card down, 282 00:12:04.857 --> 00:12:07.593 either by selling it at a fair price or giving it to someone who will appreciate it. 283 00:12:07.626 --> 00:12:08.994 Sammy: Damn, you didn't follow your own advice. 284 00:12:09.295 --> 00:12:10.563 Elijah: Yeah, I didn't follow my own advice, dude. 285 00:12:10.563 --> 00:12:12.098 I immediately scalped my card. 286 00:12:12.398 --> 00:12:15.434 We can all do our part in this shortage by recycling or reusing our hardware, 287 00:12:15.434 --> 00:12:18.471 creating less e-waste and keep hardware alive and running. 288 00:12:18.471 --> 00:12:20.339 I don't think that necessarily is a bad message. 289 00:12:20.372 --> 00:12:21.841 I just think I could have worded that better. 290 00:12:21.874 --> 00:12:25.144 We've always been big advocates here for trying to help reduce e-waste; 291 00:12:25.144 --> 00:12:28.981 which I think I was definitely channeling here, because I'm also very against e-waste 292 00:12:28.981 --> 00:12:31.417 and especially how companies are so careless with it; 293 00:12:31.517 --> 00:12:33.719 but I could have followed my own advice and not scalped it. 294 00:12:34.587 --> 00:12:36.322 Sammy: So it looks like you didn't do a segue here; 295 00:12:36.355 --> 00:12:38.791 if you were to write a segue today, what would you write? 296 00:12:38.791 --> 00:12:40.993 Elijah: I would have probably had Linus stand up and be like, 297 00:12:40.993 --> 00:12:42.661 speaking of running, I'm going to run to our sponsor. 298 00:12:43.195 --> 00:12:44.430 Sammy: Hahaha. Elijah: Something stupid like that, I don't know. 299 00:12:44.430 --> 00:12:48.200 We shoehorn in segues, like people think we creatively write segues; 300 00:12:48.367 --> 00:12:51.237 I swear every single one of my segues is shot day of. 301 00:12:51.570 --> 00:12:54.440 I write something and Linus just does something completely different. 302 00:12:55.141 --> 00:12:57.376 Elijah: Oh, I even included graphs! I did my own testing! 303 00:12:57.710 --> 00:13:01.647 Elijah: I would have never done this today; I would just be like, Labs do it. 304 00:13:02.681 --> 00:13:03.616 Yeah, ok. 305 00:13:03.682 --> 00:13:06.619 These are the ugliest graphs to look at; but to be fair, I had zero experience in Excel. 306 00:13:06.619 --> 00:13:08.254 These are the ugliest graphs to look at; but to be fair, I had zero experience in Excel. 307 00:13:08.554 --> 00:13:10.022 Sammy: So what do you think is the strongest, 308 00:13:10.022 --> 00:13:12.591 and what do you think is the weakest point of this script overall? 309 00:13:13.359 --> 00:13:17.229 Elijah: I honestly think the weakest point is just my grammar; 310 00:13:17.663 --> 00:13:19.932 also not practicing reading it out loud. 311 00:13:20.833 --> 00:13:22.768 Again, I was not a writer before this at all; 312 00:13:22.768 --> 00:13:23.769 The word "so". 313 00:13:23.803 --> 00:13:27.273 I mean, I didn't know again that we weren't really supposed to use it; 314 00:13:27.273 --> 00:13:29.308 but it's one of those things of I should have just, 315 00:13:29.308 --> 00:13:32.278 if I had taken writing in high school, I probably would have done better. 316 00:13:32.278 --> 00:13:33.579 Elijah: I think even though the wording sucked, 317 00:13:34.146 --> 00:13:37.616 I think the intro being as tight as it was is strong. 318 00:13:37.817 --> 00:13:40.753 There's times where I've gone into script review and we've cut out 319 00:13:40.753 --> 00:13:42.555 90% of what I've written for an intro, 320 00:13:42.555 --> 00:13:44.256 and we've gotten it down to like three sentences. 321 00:13:44.690 --> 00:13:46.625 Right? So I think that's pretty strong. 322 00:13:47.526 --> 00:13:52.298 And I would even say, my merch segue was fine; I actually kind of liked it. 323 00:13:52.298 --> 00:13:53.165 I think it was funny 324 00:13:53.165 --> 00:13:55.167 Sammy: How long did this take you to write, 325 00:13:55.167 --> 00:13:57.469 versus do you think you can write this much faster now? 326 00:13:57.469 --> 00:14:00.072 Probably, if I had all the numbers already crunched by Labs, 327 00:14:00.072 --> 00:14:03.108 like all the test results and everything, it'd probably be a day and a half of writing. 328 00:14:03.108 --> 00:14:05.177 So I would say honestly, probably close to like eight hours, 329 00:14:05.244 --> 00:14:07.213 six hours, against maybe 10 hours? 330 00:14:07.913 --> 00:14:10.583 But I would have been able to get a lot more done, 331 00:14:10.583 --> 00:14:13.552 because I'm just way more efficient and like know how to write our videos now. 332 00:14:13.686 --> 00:14:15.888 I wonder what the word count on this even is. 333 00:14:16.222 --> 00:14:19.859 Sammy: It says 1, 026 , but I don't think that's including- 334 00:14:19.859 --> 00:14:21.994 Elijah: That doesn't- Oh, that's really short then. 335 00:14:22.027 --> 00:14:25.264 Elijah: Like if I selected... yeah, it's 900 words. 336 00:14:25.364 --> 00:14:27.132 Elijah: That's like half a video, roughly. 337 00:14:27.132 --> 00:14:31.537 The Sound Jammer video was 1800 words, and that ended up being a 12 minute video. 338 00:14:31.537 --> 00:14:34.173 So this would have been like a 4 minute video. 339 00:14:34.373 --> 00:14:36.342 Sammy: If you had one advice for anyone that 340 00:14:36.508 --> 00:14:38.677 is looking to write in general, what would it be? 341 00:14:38.844 --> 00:14:39.645 Elijah: Read a lot. 342 00:14:39.778 --> 00:14:43.682 I am someone who struggles to read because of just attention, 343 00:14:43.782 --> 00:14:47.353 but having that knowledge of like reading and knowing how things are written, 344 00:14:47.419 --> 00:14:51.523 watching speeches, seeing how people actually take written word and present it. 345 00:14:51.557 --> 00:14:55.361 I think that would be a huge contributor and would have probably improved my script 346 00:14:55.361 --> 00:14:58.364 way more than any amount of computer knowledge would have, 347 00:14:58.364 --> 00:14:59.732 Well, thanks for watching Floatplane. 348 00:14:59.832 --> 00:15:01.533 Hopefully you enjoyed it, and hopefully it was 349 00:15:01.634 --> 00:15:03.535 less cringy for you than it was for me. 350 00:15:03.636 --> 00:15:06.171 Let us know in the comments what other writer you would like to do this. 351 00:15:06.305 --> 00:15:07.940 It was actually kind of fun; reminiscing, you know?