Ask GN 29: Why GN Doesn't Re-use Bench Results, Pump Life, Scalers

This episode 29 of Ask GN was shot in the Irvine, California area while we were touring hardware manufacturers. The original shot was in front of a fountain -- but then an angry golf cart operator chased us away.

Timestamps:

00:54 Terrance McCann: "Hey Steve, when a graphics card is outputting a 1600x900 signal to a 1920x1080 monitor, what handles the "stretching" of the pixels so that it fits the whole scale of the display, the monitor or the GPU? Also, what is the process of that called??"

02:40 RepsUp100: "Hey Steve, Is it true that GPU reviewers use 'already existing' results for newer benchmarks? I came across this from another site, and I was curious to know if there is any truth to it:

'What you have to realize is that most big youtube channels they keep all their previous results. Say they benchmarked rx480 in Witcher 3 on day 1 of RX480's release. 3 months down the line they are testing a gtx1060 3gb they will get that number and plug it into their post "already existing" results (to save time is the usual reasonings used by those sites) and publish the results. And since nVidia cards typically have better Day 1 preformance everything pretty much makes nVidia cards look better since AMD tend to do their improvements "over time". Computerbase re-bench everything for every article or benchmark if there's a significant driver updates to their older results.'?"

09:07 Sergio Eduardo Flores Mena: "Wouldn't integrated RAM drastically boost performance on integrated GPUs??"

10:20 Matt McGregor: "Love these in depth Q&A videos!

Q. Can you damage an AIO water cooling 3 pin pump, or 4 pin for that matter running non-PWM, with voltage control through SpeedFan? Currently starting when SF loads at 50% pump speed (showing 1021RPM (100% is 1433 RPM) if measured correctly by SF).
Q. If no damage is caused from voltage reduction, would it help prolong pump life at all running slower most of the time?"

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