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Patch Tuesday

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Windows Updates
Security updates only this month.
20H2 & 2004 – December 8, 2020—KB4592438 (OS Builds 19041.685 and 19042.685)
1909 & 1903 – December 8, 2020—KB4592449 (OS Builds 18362.1256 and 18363.1256)

AMD Radeon Software Adrenalin 2020 Edition 20.12.1 Optional (WHQL)
Support For: Radeon RX 6900 Series, Cyberpunk 207, 5 other fixes, 11 known issues.
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Speaking of the RX 6900 series…
It’s a new release. MSRP is $1000. Nobody has it in stock.
Tom’s Hardware, “Impressive Mainstream Appeal“. Really, a card that MSRP’s at $1000 (U.S.) is mainstream?
Guru3D, “If you are less interested in what Raytracing and DLSS bring to the table, then the 6800/6900 XT with it’s 16GB graphics memory is a recommended choice over the $699 USD GeForce RTX 3080 and that expensive 1499 USD 3090 (not that you can purchase any atm).”

My Football Team Stinks
And it’s been a great season!

My O&O ShutUp10 Settings – 03DEC2020 – Win10 20H2

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Download O&O ShutUp10
This is meant to be a starting point. You must use your head.
I don’t use the Microsoft Store and I only use the basic default apps like camera, calculator, video, etc.
This program can break things if you don’t pay attention.
All these settings are available somewhere within the Charlie Foxtrot that is Windows Settings. The advantage of this program is it puts everything in one place.
My settings (right-click > save link as). You can use this for reference if you like: https://www.tweakhound.com/win10/ooshutup10_TH_mainrig_03DEC2020.cfg
Pretty much “Recommended” settings plus or minus a few things.
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Tuesday News

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PowerToys v0.27.0
A few fixes and improvements.
Download & Release Notes

AMD Radeon Software Adrenalin 2020 Edition 20.11.3 Optional (WHQL)
Support For: Immortals: Fenyx Rising, Vulkan Ray Tracing Extensions, 10 other fixes and a dozen known issues.
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iVerge – Nvidia GeForce RTX 3060 Ti review: impressive performance for $399
Except, you’re not gonna get it for that price…
Notebookcheck – Leaked prices suggest that custom NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3060 Ti will be absurdly expensive
For instance Techspot says, “MSI’s RTX 3060 Ti is selling on Amazon for £490.18, which works out at around $655.”
Reporters, it would be nice if all of you (especially the big guys) could do your fracking jobs like Techspot and Notebookcheck has. It looks for all the world like some of you big guys are in the business of selling products instead of informing your readers.

Wednesday News

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Google Chrome 87
33 security fixes and is supposedly faster and has better power saving.
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Chrome for Android updated too.

Firefox 83
Over 20 security fixes and supposedly faster.
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Tails and Tor Browser updated too.

AMD Radeon Software Adrenalin 2020 Edition 20.11.2 Optional (WHQL)
Support for Radeon RX 6800 Series and World of Warcraft: Shadowlands. A few fixes. I’ve learned to stay away from the “Optional” drivers.
Download | Release Notes