Coming from a 2060 Super, would this be a good upgrade? I dont really play newer high demand games, but i do enjoy my emulation. Currently on 2060 super and dont really have any issues with emulation.Ryzen 5 3600X / linux (of course :))
It'd likely be a side-grade, unless you care specifically for the exact features that were introduced with 30/40/50 series (such as increasingly elaborate upscaling, other AI-driven features.)
Although we don't know how 5050 will perform, 50 series have roughly ~same perf in render as models from 40 series at the same tier. 40 series in turn are only a mild bump over 30 at the same tier. And 30-series was a reasonable improvement over 20, but mostly in perf/$ measure and not raw perf. Extrapolating, 5050 is likely not going to give much of a boost if any, and spending money on a 8GB card in 2025 is just throwing money away at this point as software is now increasingly expecting to be able to work with >8GB of VRAM.
I was sooooo interested in Linux phones over the last couple years. Following the Pinephone and various other Distro that were tailored for mobile and it just didnt go anywhere.
Even with things like Waydroid that allows to run Android Apps on top of the distro. Im very hoping that in years, this will change. I love my OnePlus 9 + Murena OS with its built-in tracker blocker.
When i ship out collector / trading cards, common practice is to tape the card in between 2 slabs of cardboard to prevent bending (this ofcourse being inside of a sleeve / top loader plastic liner). Usually the protective case is taped to the cardboard with blue painter tape. It doesnt leave residue behind on the cardboard nor the plastic holder
I have bought ink-on-calfskin art and had it shipped to me, the artist wrapped it in parchment paper and taped the parchment envelope to the inside of a cardboard sandwich.
But for SD cards, I would expect affixing it to the inside of a cardboard sandwich with masking / painter's tape to be perfectly adequate, though not by any means pretty.
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