technology-discussion

[sly walrus]

there is now one (1) tech mod

[potent arrow]

welcome back captain

[potent arrow]

3

[sharp star]

https://vxtwitter.com/tomwarren/status/1796665196842201534

[celest violet]

only other discrepencies is like win 11 for him, win 10 for me

[paper tusk]

do you have anything like ROG Armoury Crate installed?

[sharp star]

Oh shit it's Computex

[wraith agate]

does it reduce internet speed?

[sharp star]

I haven't heard of Armoury Crate gimping network speeds but it's well-known bloatware so I'm leaning yes

[wraith agate]

asus forced it on me

should I uninstall?

[sharp star]

You didn't turn it off in BIOS?

But yes uninstall, then turn it off in BIOS

[wraith agate]

I see

just for the record

I do not need it to ensure my components are up to date, yes?

[cerulean talon]

No, most drivers come down through win update.

[wraith agate]

aight

gonna run a couple matches in world of tanks then I get to turn it off in bios

[sly elk]

https://old.reddit.com/r/battlestations/comments/1d52bpk/minimal_zero_cable/ doesn't it look like something out of an apple promo video lol

[celest violet]

No mobo bloat on mine

Unless you count the intel software that came with the driver

But I haven't messed with it

[sly elk]

imma using linux on my msi board! no bloat! 😄

unless you count the steam proton layer when I run games. but eh that runs pretty darn clean.

[sharp star]

the girls are fighting

[deep sapphire]

I gotta side with apple here

carplay really is that good

I almost wish all automakers just caved and made it the default because it just works

[paper tusk]

try this then: open powershell with administrator permissions
Disable-NetAdapterChecksumOffload -InterfaceDescription "*Intel*" -IncludeHidden -TcpIPv6 -UdpIPv6

check usable speed again

[dire viper]

Yea CarPlay is the better one

It just works

[deep sapphire]

https://hackaday.com/2024/05/31/intels-anti-upgrade-tricks-defeated-with-kapton-tape/

LMAO

[sharp star]

https://tenor.com/view/soldier-tf2-stblackst-unusual-troubles-outstanding-move-gif-18692067

[deep sapphire]

reminds me of that old AMD pencil trick

you could change what PR rating Athlon XP you had by bridging 2 contacts on the substrate with a pencil

[deep sapphire]

lmao

[sly elk]

i should put a google voice speaker thingy in my bathroom so I can play music from it

[cerulean talon]

I did that w/ one of the small homepods. Great decision.

[sly elk]

it's true though, and THIS IS WHY THOSE MULTI WEIGHT OILS EXIST

like bro i get it, you like to use Rotella T1 on your damn Corado Diesel

[cerulean talon]

Look at all that wasted power in that exhaust.

[deep sapphire]

thin oil was litearlly designed to meet EPA targets

its a bad oil

[cerulean talon]

Need to feed that thing some air.

[deep sapphire]

and it doesnt help that people are lazy with oil changes

engineers have never been good dealing with "average people" they can design something that seems perfect on paper

and it just fails in the real world

[cerulean talon]

That's what happens when your idealized vision hits the real world. xD

[deep sapphire]

Toyota use to be really good at that

which is why they were always considered reliable

they still make good vehicles but its evident with how competitive the industry is they cant rest on slow boring reliable vehicles anymore

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ASTqqvQo0dM

[sly walrus]

dot nes

[celest violet]

Download is still the same unfortunately

Maybe my OS is fudged somewhere

[paper tusk]

😐

[dire viper]

that box art goes so hard

https://youtu.be/F82Qp923KLA?si=7snwU0eiiwg4U31c

damn the F355 isnt actually that awfully priced, normally Ferrari's with gated manuals (most of them) have wack ass pricing cause the gated manuals feel so good to drive

Ferraris are kinda like Porsches where people think they are hard to work on but they really arent

engineers when left to do there thing will make sure failure points are in places easy to reach, and so thats what engineers used to do

[sly elk]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sCLvocTX2Ug

OOOO

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AxXsIQDafog

ooooo

i love how he gets pedantic to differentiate the sound from a desk phone and a trimline phone!

we had a trimline phone when I was a kid and yeeeep I totally recognize that single bell sound

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=o2WL-x-EGyE

[odd sand]

My friend has a Challenger scatpack and it takes 0W-40 oil. So strange.

[odd sand]

We had one of those we maintained in the basement, since it was pure POTS hardline. So even if the power went out, you could still make or receive calls as long as the phone company was still running.

I never want to look at BAT scripts ever again.

Spent the last 2 days overhauling the stock listening ports BAT script in Splunk bc 2 days before they want to go live with the new system, they come running to me saying their baselines aren't compliant bc they dont have UDP listed. So 3 different people were all riding my ass for updates the last 2 days as I tried to beat it into shape.

But I wanted to triple-check and make sure it would give accurate output, bc I didn't want them to have to do all the baselines a 3rd time if it was wrong.

Shit uses mfing GOTO statements... in 2024...

https://tenor.com/view/syaro-gochiusa-anime-tremble-shiver-gif-19127283

[sly elk]

the 0w is for max fuel efficiency x_X

i think**

idk

i've heard before that the manuals for cars with the same engine sold in other countries may call for 0w20 in the US but 5w30 or whatever in another country

i don't think it matters

[dreamy chasm]

You can get seperate ethernet drivers from the vendor's website if you know what the specific chipset it is

[sly elk]

ahh i installed noscript on firefox and forgot that I had firefox sync setup to sync my plugins everywhere lol

this is great hahhahaha

yay everything's broken

[golden stream]

my fox and its spins

I installed treetab across almost all the foxes (saved for wolf) and it breaks many

[eternal zinc]

the pain

[wide hill]

holy wtf, where is this from, and it works

like, it allows you to kill processes which is in use of that file

oh it's powertoys

[golden stream]

HOW

[eternal zinc]

not packaged properly

[pine thistle]

It's so dumb that it's not part of windows by default

I love the "Something is using this file" message

and then it doesn't tell you wtf is using it unless you use powertoys

[deep sapphire]

buy windows pro
doesnt come with any pro features

[devout sluice]

Hi all, so kind of a weird question. Occasionally during battles I'll have an issue where my graphics clow down/freeze for a second, usually when a LOT is happening on screen. It was worse and more frequent before I dropped my fps to 1/2 but it's still happening now and then, yet none of my resources are maxing out on my PC. Does anyone have any ideas? 6 core CPU, 64gb RAM, RTX 3060 with 12gb RAM.

[pine thistle]

garbage os fml

[deep sapphire]

that sounds like compile stutter

[pine thistle]

even worse when it's on a smb share and you have absolutely no way to figure out whats using the file

[deep sapphire]

could be anything, failing drive or overloaded I/O on it, overheating or network spike

usually with XIV its an HDD issue though, make sure steam or something isnt updating in the background it likes to suck up all your HDD resources

[devout sluice]

At least I have something to go on now, thank you! Steam isn't running so it isn't that. Pretty sure my FF is installed on the SSD but I'll check. I never had this issue when I was playing Endwalker, been gone for about a year, only difference now is I'm running Windows 11

[hard drift]

are you using the ingame fps limiter?

if so, turn off the ingame limiter, it's straight garbage and causes more issues

[devout sluice]

Do you mean this?

[hard drift]

Yea

It will cause insane amounts of issues because it doesn’t work properly

[devout sluice]

So I should set it to none?

Setting it to 1/2 improved the issues, that's the only reason I did it in the first place

[hard drift]

Yup

[hard drift]

What graphics card do you have?

You should be able to limit frames per second in the actual control panel for most of them

[devout sluice]

RTX 3060 12Gb

[hard drift]

Yeah, go into the Nvidia control panel and there should be an option for limit FPS and you should be able to set it to whatever limit you want rather than using the one ingame

[devout sluice]

I'll give it a shot ty

[devout sluice]

Nope, limited FPS in nvidia and then disabled the in game one, immediately way worse

[potent arrow]

surprised you are having any issues running the game with a 3060

what cpu do you have?

[devout sluice]

i5-11600k

Like I said I didn't have any issues a year ago playing endwalker with everything on max

It's like a 3 year old machine

Not even, I built is end of 2021

[potent arrow]

I was using a 6 year old dumpster to play so

drivers all updated?

check for Windows updates etc?

[deep sapphire]

check your drive health

[devout sluice]

That's why this has been perplexing me. My CPU never gets anywhere near capping.

This is in Thaleia right now

[deep sapphire]

its not a CPU issue

[devout sluice]

All drivers up to date

[potent arrow]

yeah grab crystal disk info and see if there's any smart info

wait would a 3060 really be at 90% utilization for ff14??

[devout sluice]

I've looked in to it, that's apparently normal for 3D rendering

It sits right up there like all of the time

It did that from day 1

When I wasn't having issues

[potent arrow]

uhhh alright

besides what hank said, only thing I can think of that changed in a year is dx9 support

[devout sluice]

I bet W11 broke it

Why I hate upgrading

[hard drift]

did you do a fresh install or just upgraded windows?

[hard drift]

did you restart the game?

because i am pretty sure it won't kick in right away until you restart the application but i could be wrong on that one

[devout sluice]

Upgrade

[devout sluice]

I did not

Let me try that after this

And check again for updates

[hard drift]

yeah, try that and then next is uninstalling your drivers with ddu and then reinstalling i would say because sometimes windows can be a bit fucky with it 😭

[devout sluice]

Sorry, DDU?

[hard drift]

a complete gpu driver uninstaller to help potential driver related issues

https://www.wagnardsoft.com/display-driver-uninstaller-ddu-

[devout sluice]

Just don't say reinstall windows to me LOL

[hard drift]

nah, i wouldn't until an absolute last resort lol

[deep sapphire]

do nopt use DDU

on nvidia

stop giving that bad advice

you can just uninstall the driver right from windows

[devout sluice]

Those programs make me nervous anyway...

[deep sapphire]

here is my ultimate suggestion for you.

try to repair game files

make sure your system isnt overheating/thermal throttling,

make sure your drive isnt failing or pegged to 100 percent I/O

[hazy frost]

It’s not bad advice if they’ve previously messed something up that’s only becoming an issue now

[deep sapphire]

unless it has bricked your windows or caused massive issues brute force uninstalling a driver makes no ksense

[hazy frost]

It’s not going to make anything worse

Lol

[deep sapphire]

its a waste of time for 99 percent of people

[hazy frost]

It’s not bad advice

[deep sapphire]

yes it is

[hazy frost]

It’s not

[deep sapphire]

stop arguing with me

[hazy frost]

It only has the potential to fix things not make them worse

Takes like 5 mins

Where’s the problem here

[deep sapphire]

you can literally go to add/remove programs and uninstall the display driver

[hazy frost]

If that worked fine ddu wouldn’t ever be used lol

[deep sapphire]

it works fine and I've done it to my PC and several others

having minor performance issues doesnt warrant booting into safe mode to brute force a driver

[hazy frost]

I’m glad it worked for u but that doesn’t mean it’s the ideal way to do it

If the issue is related to the driver then the fact it doesn’t fully uninstall it won’t help to fix it in all cases

So yes using ddu is not a bad thing

[deep sapphire]

its a waste of time for most people

[hazy frost]

Ok cool

[deep sapphire]

stop arguing with me or im muting you

[hazy frost]

That’s not all people tho

U have no comeback besides ‘be quiet or I mute u’ because ur not correct

[deep sapphire]

!mute 702574403803807847 1hr

[opal panther]

Command Error!

An invalid command argument was supplied, Kupo!
Command syntax: !mute <user> <duration> [reason]

[hazy frost]

How can u not take criticism on advice even when u know it’s wrong

U already admitted this is for 99% of people which means u know it potentially is a solution

[modest moss]

!mute 702574403803807847 6h

[opal panther]

Success!

@hazy frost has been muted by @modest moss for 6 hours!

Warning issued for puffin.enjoyer on Final Fantasy XIV

Reason: Follow mentor instructions and don't be argumentative please
​

Issued By: 01010011011010000111010101100101

[devout sluice]

Alright well here was a new nvidia driver, so installed and rebooted, let's see how this goes

Gonna repair game files for good measure

Well....I didn't think "repair files" meant "completely redownload entire game" but here we are 😂

[modest moss]

You wanted to do it with the alternative launcher tbh

!faq repair

[opal panther]

File Repair

To repair game files using the unofficial launcher, download from this post; ⁠⁠#974369719987630150 message
After installation, open the launcher and right click the login button. There will be an option to 'Repair game files'

Please be aware this will reset your installation entirely so it is strongly suggested you back up your settings.

[deep sapphire]

yeah that launcher is way better

[devout sluice]

Yeah too late now LOL

[modest moss]

The official launcher is kinda suck

[deep sapphire]

thats alright, now you know for later

[devout sluice]

What's the unofficial launcher? Link?

[modest moss]

It's in the faq right there

[devout sluice]

Sorry I'm blind where's the faq

[sly walrus]

right here

[devout sluice]

Thank you XD

Wish SE's servers could upload at more than 53mb/s

[potent arrow]

the unofficial is slightly faster

[deep sapphire]

Nice

[devout sluice]

Ok well I've reinstalled the game, set my FPS to 60 in the nvidia control panel, and the game was still unplayable, now set the in game limiter to 1/1, not sure how that's different from "none" but I'm still getting occasional freezing. Guess next step is to reinstall drivers, can't find instructions on nvidias website for how they want that done and every article I find says to use DDU, just gonna go ahead and uninstall from windows programs first

[deep sapphire]

Go into add or remove programs

And you’ll see Nvidia display driver

I still don’t think it’s your GPU though usually GPU issues are like artifacts or hard crashing

Check out Reddit too read comments see if anyone has a similar issue and resolution

[devout sluice]

Heh you know how it goes in tech man, everyone's always got a similar issue, their fixes never work for you 😛

I'm at a loss what it could be, my GPU isn't maxing out, and CPU and RAM are not even close

[potent arrow]

ff14 is notorious for really fucking weird ass issues, so it's probably something incredibly obscure

[devout sluice]

I'm going to try closing as many apps as possible and see

I'll keep reporting back so if someone else has the same issue hopefully it'll help

[deep sapphire]

are you absolutely positive your CPU isnt overheating

not that its old per say but its got enough years on it the thermal paste might not be great

[dire viper]

ignore video games

return too

1960's British automotive technology

https://youtu.be/DSc3zIy6T_8?si=H66ln6p8mIcLxTSC

[devout sluice]

Pretty sure, max temp hit 70c

I think I've found the problem though, just want to do another run through thaleia to be sure

[devout sluice]

CPU spends most of it's time in the low 60's

[devout sluice]

Can confirm I figured out the issue though. Turns out after all that BS it's just running the game in borderless windowed mode

Set it to full screen and made sure the resolution setting matched my FPS setting in Nvidia and it's all good

FPS limiter in game turned off

[deep sapphire]

Borderless runs off whatever you have set in windows as your native

[devout sluice]

For whatever reason the game didn't like it

Setting everything back to 75 now, just curious

For whatever reason though, the refresh rate options in windows are not round numbers

¯_(ツ)_/¯

[sharp star]

lmao yeah

Windows be like that

[devout sluice]

Yep running at 75fps now no issues

Thanks for all the help everyone, sorry to have wasted your time 🙈

[paper tusk]

14 is usually ram speed/operations limited (when the player count increases on screen)

ps3 limitations

please understand

[devout sluice]

Thanks but not using a ps3

[dreamy chasm]

the joke is that the game was designed to run on ps3

[devout sluice]

Ah

[dire viper]

that engine he built runs 90hp over stock and he just did a 1500 mile round trip from germany to spain

that being said, any high revving engine will eat rod bearings

Porsche owners when nobody tells them their GT3 RS will need a full engine rebuild at 40k miles

[deep sapphire]

damn that poor engine

a whole 90hp

and it needed a rebuild

[dire viper]

90hp in that means it makes like

its at like 540~hp and it revs to 8000

engine needed a rebuild cause he wanted it to make power, otherwise its a shrug

the V8 and V10's like to make power but again high revs just cook the rod bearings

a few hundred G's of force on the rods and the oil cant really do its job as well

[potent arrow]

aight

car people

how the fuck do I put a kill switch on a modern car lol

namely a 2018 highlander

[dire viper]

fire bomb

[potent arrow]

LOL

I mean so people don't fucking steal it

Ive never worked on anything that has like push to start lmfao

[dire viper]

kill switch could be setup a few ways

it kills spark, kills starter

kills fuel

or some of them just disconnect the battery completely

only issue with that is I think that memory based stuff resets

[modest moss]

car nerds @deep sapphire in particular

[potent arrow]

that's what I'm thinking about

[modest moss]

my car is busted, ish

I need advice

[deep sapphire]

your fuel pump should already have one

[potent arrow]

idk how newer cars handle memory and shit lol

[deep sapphire]

what happened babe

[modest moss]

I don't drive it though so my wife is writing a description rn

[potent arrow]

my civics kill switch is wired to the starter relay

[deep sapphire]

okay

[potent arrow]

think I can just fuse extender and then interrupt the fuse?

so the pump doesn't run? idk

[deep sapphire]

you would wire a relay to your ignition switch

or a switch somewhere else

[modest moss]

I think the car may just need yeeting, it's 19 years old

[potent arrow]

lol

[modest moss]

only 80k miles but it's old af

[deep sapphire]

my truck is 34 years old its okay you can still throw parts at it

(I dont recommend it)

[potent arrow]

this is the kinda antitheft shit I'm worrying about now

kill me

[potent arrow]

me with my track shitbox

[deep sapphire]

just go on youtube

how to wire killswitch for battery

[potent arrow]

my parents are starting to do stupid fucking shit like parking on the street of Toronto late at night

so I'm not risking it

[modest moss]

would you guys avoid buying a category S btw?

[potent arrow]

I look now how to do it for older cars just not something newer

[modest moss]

I assume you know what that means

[deep sapphire]

whats a category S

nope

never heard of it

[potent arrow]

don't think that's an NA term lol

LOL structural damaged cars

fuck no

[modest moss]

it's a car that's been written off

Category S: cars with structural damage

The ‘S’ stands for ‘structural’, which means cars in this category have sustained damage to their structural frame, but they can still be repaired and resold.

A Cat S car could have a bent or twisted chassis, or a crumple zone that has collapsed in a crash, so it must be professionally repaired and inspected before being allowed back on the road. Insurers are legally bound to destroy the original logbook of a Cat S car, and the repairer or buyer of it must apply for a replacement document that will have ‘Cat S’ stated on it.

[deep sapphire]

no

[potent arrow]

nope

[deep sapphire]

absolutely do not buy a used car with chassis damage

unless its like

[modest moss]

ok

[deep sapphire]

800 bucks

[modest moss]

so

we were on a semi long journey

[potent arrow]

LOL

I'm stealing that

[modest moss]

When changing gear it struggled and stuttered for 5-10 seconds..engine light comes on and the check engine light would flash when changing gear and trying to go up a slight hill , struggling n stuttering more.. it was happy say constantly being in 60 but if have to go down to 50 (not changing gear) would struggle and stutter for 5-10 untill was happy again.

that's her description

[deep sapphire]

does the check engine light constantly flash

[modest moss]

so it still goes

[potent arrow]

[deep sapphire]

thats a misfire

when was the last time the spark plugs were done

[modest moss]

no it's on solid, and flashes sometimes like when she says

fuck knows, years probably

[deep sapphire]

im assuming it works the same as it does here but

you can go to any auto part store

and rent whats called an OBD-II scanner

there is a port under your steering wheel/dash

you plug it in, turn the key to on/acc

and then it will pull trouble codes for you on the scanner

[dire viper]

buy a ferrari

easy

[deep sapphire]

it will say like P-1022 misfire cylinder 4 or something

if its something like spark plugs you could do that on your own super easily and cheap

[potent arrow]

"Pulls up OBD scanner"

Ah yes the spark plugs are misfiring in Morse code for HELP

[deep sapphire]

Toyota usually uses Denso or NGK sparkplugs

like 8-10 bucks a plug

[potent arrow]

I've been doing the dumb broke college student thing of brake cleaning then soot off and regapping with a gauge

[deep sapphire]

bruh

[modest moss]

apparently nobody near me rents those out

[potent arrow]

lmfao

[deep sapphire]

damn really?

[potent arrow]

hank felt that one in his bones

[deep sapphire]

all the autopart stores here just let you use one rq in the parking lot

[potent arrow]

tbf they don't rent them around me.either

[deep sapphire]

what really!?

wtf

[potent arrow]

yeah

[deep sapphire]

you guys have autozone right

up in canada

[potent arrow]

no where near me, I've never seen one

[deep sapphire]

damn

napa?

in america auto part stores are as common as mcdonalds rofl

like 8 of them near me

its kinda wild tbh

[potent arrow]

there's two in my province

tons of nappa tho

i have an ancient snap on obd tablet

it works

[potent arrow]

man these are gold

[modest moss]

hmm, I wonder if the line "✓ Dashboard warning light check" in this https://www.atseuromaster.co.uk/services/vehicle/free-vehicle-checks means they'll actually check the codes and not the LED in the dash

[deep sapphire]

yeah that would do it

80,000 miles with that age spark plugs would probably start wearing out

usually 80-120,000 miles

[potent arrow]

....80k....and no plug changes.....

[deep sapphire]

thats a pretty common and cheapl fix

typically you do the plug wires with it

[potent arrow]

i

[modest moss]

no they've probably been changed like 30k miles ago with a service? maybe?

[potent arrow]

replaced mine at 80k km lol

oh

[deep sapphire]

you can go 100,000 miles on factory plugs

[modest moss]

I'm just concerned it's the gearbox dying and the car is dead

[potent arrow]

I forget I drive shitboxes with mega blow-by

[modest moss]

and then I'm like, can I get a cheap EV lol

[deep sapphire]

I doubt it, toyota has pretty reliable powertrains

more so than other automakers

specially of that era

my first car was a 2000 toyota camry

I got 280,000 miles out of it and it ran like absolute shit near the end rofl

[potent arrow]

it's kinda hard to kill an older Toyota drive train if ur not doing stupid shit

[deep sapphire]

just have that free diagnostic done

[potent arrow]

even then my 2012 civic refuses to fucking die

[deep sapphire]

they can pull the codes

and you'll know more

[potent arrow]

gonna put apple carplay into the civic

[deep sapphire]

my fuckin truck has OBD-1 and finding a scanner for it is impossible

[potent arrow]

and a back up camera

OBD-1 LOL

[deep sapphire]

OBD-II was a requirement by the US government for all the automakers to use the same diagnostic system

and was mandated in 1996

before that all the automakers had their own shit

and you needed a specific scan tool like one for GM vehicles

really annoying

[potent arrow]

I didn't think most cars had obd-1, seemingly most skipped it

[deep sapphire]

GM had it since 1980

they technically invented it

OBD-I operates very similar to OBD-II its just OBD-II checks far more parameters

OBD-I only checks things like oxygen sensors, rich and lean conditions etc

very binary

[potent arrow]

https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=QpbDgv1edPI

oh my fucking god I didn't realize these were obd-1

[deep sapphire]

yup

anything pre 96

[modest moss]

how many plugs does a car even have?

[deep sapphire]

typically 1 per cylinder

some vehicles use 2 but thats pretty rare

your car has a 4 cylinder engine so only 4 plugs

and they are right on the top of the engine

super easy job

[modest moss]

so even with VAT and labour, it should be no more than £100 if you're right

that'd be sweet

[potent arrow]

I was gonna show you mine for fun and then realized I tac welded the hood on the civic shut

[modest moss]

thanks besties, I booked the thing for wednesday morning

[deep sapphire]

yeah, you will need a spark plug socket (well I highly recommend one) because it comes with a rubber piece to keep the spark plug held in the socket

[potent arrow]

yeah plugs would be cheap if that's the only issue, the harness be a bit more but eh I don't think it'll be much

[deep sapphire]

plug wires are pretty cheap

like 20 bucks

[modest moss]

this place are decent, they've fixed it before and not been dicks, so we'll see what they think

[deep sapphire]

nice

[potent arrow]

unless it's the fucking shitty square body that I did a few summers ago and they wanted some unobtanium silicone ones

[deep sapphire]

SHUE YOU CANT SAY THAT WORD

[modest moss]

oh shit

[deep sapphire]

im dying

[potent arrow]

is that banned now?

[deep sapphire]

its always been banned

[modest moss]

see you in an hour

[potent arrow]

ah

[modest moss]

!mute 365232500517371914 3600

[opal panther]

Success!

@modest moss has been muted by @modest moss for 1 hour!

[deep sapphire]

BRO THEY MADE THE NEW TIMEOUT SYSTEM SO I CANT EVEN TALK IN STAFF

[potent arrow]

I want to post my boiler suit here but I'll get banned

[inland mauve]

https://tenor.com/view/played-yourself-dj-khaled-gif-11099992

[potent arrow]

it's got the mechanic term for transmission embroidered on it lol

[dire viper]

did shue say a funny

[deep sapphire]

he said the c word

that brits and aussies use

[potent arrow]

Aussie word

[dire viper]

wait you cant say that

[deep sapphire]

nope

[dire viper]

erm

[deep sapphire]

thats considered highly offensive in north american dialect

[dire viper]

thats average shop language

[deep sapphire]

I dont say it much but I say "mother fucker" a lot

[dire viper]

they say everything where I work

its a mix of ppl from around the globe so

[deep sapphire]

do you work at donut media

WE BOUGHT THIS CLAPPED OUT WRX

[dire viper]

hank buy me a Bentley Turbo RT Mulliner

it has literal Formula 1 engine management and turbos

[deep sapphire]

im not buying any euroshitbox

cant get parts for that

those are sweet headlights though

[dire viper]

afraid of real cars

[deep sapphire]

yeah

so I drive a clapped out chevy

[dire viper]

https://youtu.be/MRaQ1ysBRYc?si=vc3k7_q0M8DpB0zB

I like Tyrell's Classic

they work on some crazy cars

Miura's, F40's etc

[deep sapphire]

every other car "you need to max the boost with the fuel ratio mix and thiasdhoiahsdoasihd"

chevy

"lol put a tall camshaft in it and it goes vroom"

[dire viper]

most cars just need cams

even my car will take cams, its just the car can infinitely adjust the cam timing so it gets a bit more complex

have to get weird ass lobes

[deep sapphire]

nah that aint true at all

DOHC shit is WAYYYY harder to tune

also here is a meme

[dire viper]

yoda

that being said, euro performance parts cost a small fortune

1600 dollar cam shafts

[deep sapphire]

exactly

so im not going to do it

1600 dollars for one bank for cam shafts

you have to do the okther side for a V config

[dire viper]

although Shrick make stuff for E46 one make

[deep sapphire]

bro

you could fuckin

build

the most clapped out 6.2

for that

and make 1600 bhp

[dire viper]

so their stuff is exceedingly expensive cause its pushing the limits of whats allowed in in the E46 one make series

like Miata racing where they build 50-100k engines

and the only difference is a few hp

[deep sapphire]

modern overclocking in a nutshell

[dire viper]

i kinda want an e60 M5

the V10 car

america was the only place you could get these with a manual

so people import manual ones to germany and the UK

[deep sapphire]

its all plastic

[dire viper]

yea the intake box is

its 10 throttle bodies

[deep sapphire]

and the rest of the car

[dire viper]

same with the V8's

the entire engine is covered with an airbox cause it has as many ITB's as cylinders, hence why they make so much power N/A

[deep sapphire]

lets bring back aluminum cast intakes

[dire viper]

true

[deep sapphire]

oh yeah thats hot

[dire viper]

my car has the i6 slanted pretty hard top accommodate the massive airbox

we love 50/50 weight distribution

[deep sapphire]

until you need to do the last 2 plugs

[dire viper]

they arent hard

that cowl above comes off

thats the cabin air filter housing, its like 6 screws and it all comes off

I wanna work on one of the newer BMW engines that doesnt even have throttle bodies

[potent arrow]

come fix the latch on the civic

tack welded 🙈

[deep sapphire]

JB weld

[deep sapphire]

https://videocardz.com/newz/amd-ryzen-9000-zen5-desktop-series-confirmed-to-launch-in-july

It’s literally no different than the 7000 series

[modest moss]

I'M FREE

Used EVs are scary but I kinda want one

[deep sapphire]

https://youtube.com/shorts/PUKu4RyNQ8g?si=vSwyA6utX4nycRsr

That’s wild it looks like piss it’s not even thick LOL

[deep sapphire]

Get the new Chevy equinox EV

Like 28,000 after the federal tax credit

[modest moss]

I'm too poor for that lol

[sly elk]

well that explains the ridiculous air filter setups those german cars ALWAYS have

where it's like

"no you can't delete the engine cover, the air filter is integrated into it"

and then you go open up a dodge charger engine bay and it's like 90% of the horsepower for 10% of the price lmao

and the cover is just held on with suction cups

[zinc sluice]

dude what the fuck

ok nvm its bc of this thing

[cerulean talon]

As long as the device isn't rated to draw more power than your outlet can supply, it should be fine.

[paper tusk]

it doesn't use a lot of power (n i c e standby) so you should be fine

[sly elk]

the outlet won't supply more power than it can

plugging a 0.5A device into a 1A outlet is fine. Plugging a 2A device into a 1A outlet wil give the device 1A (depending on what kinda USB power switching scheme they use, it might even only give 0.5A because that's standard for USB-A?)

and then it depends on the device lol

like raspberry pis will complain a lot but still turn on

[dire viper]

Usually dodges are just slower even with more power, the high revs really help when it comes to the “important” numbers

My car is faster than most of the hemis and it’s 20 years old

[deep sapphire]

hemis arent high rev engines they are push rod engines

[dire viper]

Yuh

You can make high revving push rods but it’s expensive

So there is no point unless it’s for racing, like trans am

[deep sapphire]

low end torque is better for the streets

[dire viper]

8000rpm push rods are goofy and also require engine rebuilds every 30 hours so lol

[deep sapphire]

nah thats only BMW I guess

[dire viper]

Nuh I’m talking actual race engines

[deep sapphire]

LS7 made it happen

granted they had valve seat issues

[dire viper]

LS7 is based tho

[deep sapphire]

Peak output is 505 bhp (512 PS; 377 kW) at 6300 rpm (72.0 BHP/L) and 470 lb⋅ft (637 N⋅m) of torque at 4800 rpm with a 7000 rpm redline.[65] During GM's reliability testing of this engine in its prototype phase, the LS7 was remarked to have been repeatedly tested to be 8000 rpm capable, although power was not recorded at that rpm level, because of the constraints of the camshaft's hydraulic lifters and the intake manifold ability to flow required air at that engine speed.

lmao thats wild

I dont really see the point there is no kway those springs could hold up

[dire viper]

meanwhile BMW engines making peak power at 7950rpm

the V10 and S model number V8's make peak power at the literal redline

same with my engine

[dire viper]

aftermarket bros time to shine

[deep sapphire]

they do make stiffer springs but then you need a high torque converter stall and it struggles to idle

[dire viper]

yea that sounds about right

[deep sapphire]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sbTki7PeE5c

[dire viper]

lambo always loses

thats a rare as fuck lambo thats a spyder huracan, its not a rare limited production thing its just nobody buys them

[deep sapphire]

that launch was so bad

LOL

toyota prius takes off from a stop faster

[dire viper]

yea idk what bro was doing

[deep sapphire]

looking at his phone

[dire viper]

maybe the TC was kicking in, it can do that with excessive grip

which is goofy

[deep sapphire]

cant you turn that shit off

[dire viper]

you can but it will force itself on to stop you from grenading the transmission or engine sometimes

its why all modern Ferrari's/Lambo's/Porsche's turn themselves off if you slam the throttle on cold start

[deep sapphire]

interesting

I know automatics usually disable TCC until it gets warm enough but you would think the engines would be more than warm enough by then

[dire viper]

Ferrari specifically has an aggressive system, it wont let the engine rev past like 3000 on cold start in park or neutral and if you hit that line more than twice it shuts off, some models require a dealer visit to turn off a forced limp mode to make sure the owner doesnt blow up their 3 million dollar car

[dire viper]

yea idk, from what I know the Lamborghini TC isnt anywhere as good as the Porsche stuff so it kinda freaks out, Car wow does drag races and stuff and usually things like Lamborghini's and McLarens take a few runs to get a good launch cause launch control and TC just dont wanna work half the time

McLaren designs their cars around TC being on tho cause they have intentionally unstable cars

[deep sapphire]

https://youtu.be/qPMgyvmxPgI?t=96 yo I have those same bench seats

[dire viper]

mustangs not much of a challenge LOL

if you wanna go fast you buy a chevy

[deep sapphire]

buy a 1969 C/10

https://tenor.com/view/gigachad-chad-gif-20773266

[dire viper]

F Body Camaro with the biggest engine possible crammed into it

I love them so much

[deep sapphire]

they put the 632 in the latest COPO

thing looks ridiculous

the fact you can get this FROM THE FACTORY

[dire viper]

yea thats wild

its a drag car isnt it?

[deep sapphire]

yeah

its not street legal

and they make you sign abunch of waivers

like you cant get it registered

and it must be trailered to all events

im sure most people dont care and dont do that

[dire viper]

you could register it in the UK

[deep sapphire]

damn im moving in with @modest moss

[modest moss]

bring your tools and fix my car and it's a deal

[dire viper]

yea UK MOT just passes shit as long as it meets the very loose safety standards

[modest moss]

you can drag me to the gym and we'll get buff

[deep sapphire]

hell yeah

we'll fix your spark plugs and head to the gym

and drink beers on the treadmill

[modest moss]

we have no chipotle or dairy queen tho

[deep sapphire]

thats alright we can make our own

im all about self sufficiency

[modest moss]

my wife will bake a cake

[dire viper]

they have corned beef

the best protein ever

[deep sapphire]

true

corned beef hash

amazing

[dire viper]

why tf is corned beef seasonal only here

[deep sapphire]

wym you can get it at the deli year round

here you can at least

[dire viper]

yea and its usually kinda pricey

or you gotta go to a butcher

[deep sapphire]

is it? I got some at the deli for like 11 bucks a pound not horrible

[dire viper]

tbh I just buy like 8 giant slabs of corned beef every saint patricks cause its dirt cheap at costco

[dire viper]

damn Utah prices moment then its usually like 15-16

[deep sapphire]

gotta come to the midwest

all the cows out here

[dire viper]

real

also I think the best engine ever made was the porsche 2.0 and 2.2 liter race engines from 67 to 71

9000rpm redline, twin plug flat 6's

the engines they used to set world endurance records, like 78 hours straight and that bad boy didnt burn any oil

[deep sapphire]

were they air cooled back then

[dire viper]

yuh

[deep sapphire]

were they ever liquid cooled I feel like thats been a thing with porsche forever

[dire viper]

they didnt go water cooled in a 911 until 98

the 924 was the first water cooled production Porsche

well, they made some tractors before that that were

[deep sapphire]

was that the "american" porsche everyone hated

[dire viper]

but I dont think that counts

[dire viper]

I mean the 924 was a commission project from Audi and then Audi said nah and so Porsche built it anyways

so sorta

the 924 out handled almost every other car in production, including the 911, and it used VW Beetle and Bus suspension parts lmao

engineers just had to get creative

924/944/928/968 are the only cars that Porsche made other than the 911 from 1964 to 1998

928 has the fat Porsche V8 that was very good

oh well the 959 was another car they made

that had water cooled heads iirc?

yea it did, thats the crazy one from the 80's that started the modern super car craze

was supposed to race in group B rally but only ended up racing in Paris-Dakar

[deep sapphire]

I dont like the side flares

[dire viper]

yea its a weird ass car

it was designed purely for rally, then group b got disbanded, so they sold them anyways with some adjustments which is why they are almost all "Komfort" models

[deep sapphire]

https://youtu.be/wDru-fc6dMQ?t=384

damn dude dragged a fuckin funny car

[dire viper]

what a chad

street outlaws is so goofy looking back

its fast and furious for middle aged men

I kinda wanna go full fast and furious with my car

it would be a little funny

[deep sapphire]

too soon junior

https://tenor.com/view/toosoon-junior-driving-inthecar-fastandthefurious-gif-4557842

[dire viper]

that Jetta and S2000 are still rolling around

those were staff cars lmao

[deep sapphire]

DONT DO IT JESSE HES PROBABLY GOT 100 GRAND UNDER THE HOOD OF THAT CAR

[dire viper]

god Fast 1 is just so iconic

that movie is probably one of the biggest factors behind car culture in the US

[deep sapphire]

https://tenor.com/view/fast-and-furious-danger-manifold-gif-15265171

at least for that era yeah

[dire viper]

Dude I almost had you

[deep sapphire]

DSMs were so hot in the late 90s

saw eclipses EVERYWHERE

[dire viper]

oh hank did you see the Eclipse tribute car I saw at a show today

[deep sapphire]

no

[deep sapphire]

haha nice

is that your car?

im standing next to it

man thats wild looks just like the car in the movie

[dire viper]

Fast 1 is the only reason I want an F-150 Lightning

it kinda goes hard with a shop decal on the side

yea this is the ACTUAL eclipse

it is almost 1:1 they did a great job with it

same wheels even

[deep sapphire]

https://tenor.com/view/dodge-intrepid-dodge-intrepid-gran-turismo-polyphony-gif-23964687

LOL

that car was such a piece of shit

[dire viper]

every time I see an Intrepid its like in mint condition

[deep sapphire]

no way anyone would hold onto one

[dire viper]

old people

[deep sapphire]

but its funny you bring that up the last time I saw an intrepid which was years ago it was in mint condition

which is rare up here for a 90s car

let alone a fuckin intrepid

assuming it had the 3.5 V6 it could stand a chance surving maybe

the 2.7 which was in the base model was horrendous

[dire viper]

ok that kinda goes hard

[deep sapphire]

these were cool

[dire viper]

which Viper models were these

were these part of the GT1 class era

GTS-R?

https://youtu.be/Bj_-BiW3RJI?si=D0WzWlnZrEgtGFnY

its funny to think the Dodge Viper and the Mercedes CLK GTR were in the same class

[deep sapphire]

3rd gen

competition coupe

[dire viper]

god the viper was such a good platform

[dire viper]

I miss it already

Lamborghini making a truck engine into one of the best sports car V10's

Chrysler was wilding in the 90's

[deep sapphire]

the V10 was actually an all new design but it was heavily based on the Chrysler LA 360

Chrysler LA became the "Magnum" engines

only difference was Magnum engines had port fuel injection

LA was the old 60s era V8s with carburetors

still funny how GM made the small block have port injection in the truck engines

that stupid spider injection system

[dire viper]

ya apparently Lamborghini shipped over a few engine designers to Dodge cause Chrylser, ya know, bank rolled the Diablo and let Lamborghini use their brand new CAD system

[deep sapphire]

putting plastic tubes down the intake runners

😂

[dire viper]

https://tenor.com/view/huh-cat-gif-26460616

[deep sapphire]

yes

this sent fuel into each intake runner

[dire viper]

what the hell

[deep sapphire]

🤣

all chevy trucks from 95 to 2000 (GMT400) used it

it was fairly reliable but after 160,000 miles they tend to break and are kind of a pain in the ass to fix

[dire viper]

ah at least its fine to like

when it should start needing some overhaul stuff

[deep sapphire]

it was a pretty ghetto setup but I guess they didnt wanna spend the money machining an all new block design

I really dont get it when the F body cars had port injection just use those small blocks

its also kinda wild just how much internal changes happened in the same generation trucks

the whole generation lasted from 88 to 98 (2000 for HD trucks) but 95 and up it was almost completely different

[dire viper]

why there a whole ass extra spot for another engine once you pull the airbox off my car

[deep sapphire]

means you got room to work

[dire viper]

I should just put velocity stacks on with a fat filter

get more throttle response

[deep sapphire]

nice try K&N filter salesman

[dire viper]

wack

[dire viper]

K&N doesnt make anything worth using

[deep sapphire]

96 vs 88

[dire viper]

idk why but apparently velocity stacks on ITB's increase throttle response cause you dont have a vacuum in your intake system so air doesnt take extra half second to be pulled into the intake

[dire viper]

godddamn

Vortec

[deep sapphire]

VORTEC MAXXXX EXTREME

[dire viper]

https://youtu.be/Ev6vXg-d_5U?si=ZeHL2lKtS2Eor5Dw the 50's and 60's F1 cars were way cooler than modern ones

god the Dino V6 just sounds fuckin good

[deep sapphire]

The whole dino story is wholesome

[dire viper]

yes

it also shows that it was kids, relatively speaking, that have been at most of the major turning points of automotive history

20 year olds designed the Miura, Dino was also in his early 20's and designed the Dino V6 which went on to influence ferrari engines for the next two decades

if Horacio Pagani didnt build his first race car as a 20 year old we wouldnt have modern Formula 1, he went on to make the company that supplied nearly ALL of the composite parts for F1 for like 20 years

dude bought his own autoclave at Lamborghini to make the fully carbon fiber Countach, he got fired, then went on to make more money than Lamborghini did for like 3 decades cause Lamborghini was going bankrupt and was constantly being bought by different people

https://youtu.be/io0zK9Kb9gQ?si=rkzf9tSSLQuoU1Sv

[sly elk]

https://old.reddit.com/r/battlestations/comments/1d5lqym/weekend_vibing/

i like this case

hmm was next to a 360 modena at a red light today

stereotypical red one

sounded nice

maybe i'm not really a car guy lol

hmm wait

no it wasn't a 360 modena

it had a little side decoration that said portofino on it but it wasn't that new...

wish I had my dashcam on me in that car because that would've helped. really can't figure out what it was now lol

whatever lol

[eternal zinc]

https://youtube.com/shorts/egZjER5pqpQ?si=T0ENmrcjv5Gvc_rn

[eternal zinc]

https://youtube.com/shorts/er7JhYM6HCE?si=RYLU_pmUycQEFmPE

[royal forge]

https://higround.co/products/minecraft-x-hg-base-65-keyboard-inventory

My sister wants to buy a minecraft keyboard

At age 17

Is anyone familiar with this company?

All i see is statements that its essentially razer

[modest moss]

@potent arrow @dreamy chasm keyboard nerd alert

[potent arrow]

idk what that is

but it's overpriced a tad

not to mention il cost a fortune to get out of the states basically

I would just make your own keycaps and buy a cheaper or decent board

https://www.wasdkeyboards.com/104-key-custom-cherry-mx-keycap-set.html

https://www.wasdkeyboards.com/104-key-custom-cherry-mx-keycap-set.html

use an image editing software to make it minecraft

choose some colors

go for it

[wraith agate]

you can even do better than that

make it redstone themed instead of just listing the in game items

[royal forge]

Gotcha

Nah. My sis is one of those uh

Do first think later

So she was trying to get my parents to get it for her

I told her I'd rather I buy a MKB for her if she really wants one

Rather than just for looks

[golden stream]

F the just for look keebs

Hella annoying to clean and also janky stuff mannnn

[deep sapphire]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9WNiIaKMoMk

[dire viper]

https://youtu.be/X4rbE-QfiPI?si=43-77Og9JmW_puia Auto Garage TBK just be making some of the nicest looking cars

964 with the RSR style bumpers

[odd sand]

I think there's also a big difference between doing that with a truck and a normal passenger car

[potent arrow]

@dire viper our group is about to get a new hoist

https://tenor.com/view/ff14-ffxiv-final-fantasy-xiv-final-fantasy-14-pandaemonium-gif-3866963843970080849

[dire viper]

free????

[potent arrow]

pick up later today, hope it's good

yeah

[dire viper]

tf they mean free

[potent arrow]

free

[dire viper]

what they do to it

[potent arrow]

they are just replacing it

we have a pump too

so it's actually free lol

[deep sapphire]

Well that and that generation of trucks were easily the best GM ever made

Arguably the most reliable truck platform among any brand

[paper tusk]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MCi8jgALPYA

live in 3 hours (edit: 8:30 NA central)

[deep sapphire]

9000 series doesnt look too good they better have some compelling performance lifts

anyone on a 7800X3D much better holding off

[wise hatch]

is cinebench supposed to take forever to extract

i've never had my SSD extract something this slow before

[sly elk]

Only a true pendejo would upgrade from a processor that came out last year or so lol

also the new ones are OVER 9000

https://tenor.com/view/vegeta-its-over9000-gif-14419267

[paper tusk]

it's looking to be standard generational lift. most improvement is in addressing infinity fabric issues in 12-16 core skus and memory controller stability

[sly elk]

an improved memory ccontroller would be nice

[paper tusk]

yeah bios updates helped but I want to wait for those 2 before upgrading (from 6 to 12 core) since it'll be a long time before I can upgrade after that (house hunting next year)

[deep sapphire]

https://youtube.com/shorts/yGDkiUAwxRs?si=ChCTRvazWbHp6tHL

[dire viper]

people should eat lithium

[hallow scaffold]

I mean some people do don't they? It's in depression meds, iirc

[cerulean talon]

It is in some, but it's not in it's metallic form so it's not quite as so comically reactive.

[paper tusk]

(amd presentation is live)

not on stage yet

of course they are going double down too

[inland mauve]

they have no choice

if AMD announced they wouldn't do anything with AI, their investors would pull out

[dire viper]

I think the investors will still pull out the second the market dips

[inland mauve]

tech hypes are a double edged sword for the tech sector

[inland mauve]

they'll just create a new hype then

like NFTs

[dire viper]

that wasnt actual investors

we're talking groups with hundreds of millions

billions even

AI obviously wont be as crazy as it has been, not just gonna disappear

[paper tusk]

yeah. everyone else is doing it

no sense in NOT taking the investment cash since amd consumer graphics division is bleeding money

[inland mauve]

I just don't think AI will be as revolutionizing as fast as everyone thinks

we're just kind of tripping into all of the mistakes right now

and filling the internet with generated garbage

the tech needs time to mature

[pine thistle]

of course, but saying that is bad for making money

[inland mauve]

and we need to learn how to use it

[inland mauve]

can't have sustainable growth and development anymore

[paper tusk]

(imagine a scene transition glitching the audio)

[dire viper]

none of the investors are delusional

well, very few actually are

mostly cause the investors arent individuals but rather companies

[paper tusk]

keynote starting

I'll take 15% average

the camera swoop in the presentation sucks

rip pricing

[odd sand]

I am le tired https://cdn.discordapp.com/attachments/163886330454081538/1247006082690191400/Screenshot_20240602-2055322.jpg?ex=665e746a&is=665d22ea&hm=3e48ee10f5a6bca9abaac28c986f7dddc0499f537f9de2760c820f2fb6e3abec&

[paper tusk]

the cake is a lie

[inland mauve]

is that a reference to that really old flash animation about nuclear war

[paper tusk]

https://tenor.com/view/come-on-dont-bullshit-me-arnold-schwarzenegger-gif-24655030

[paper tusk]

asus rep: "ai will be one of the most destructive innovations of our lifetime"

single chip ai process seems a lot better sell sheet (since it's a good incentive to bean counters to reduce BOM)

192 cores should be enough to play kerbal space program 2

(epyc 5th gen)

[odd sand]

Mebbe. Ze missiles won't fire themselves!

[sly walrus]

aaaa motherland

[glossy ravine]

AMD is still supporting AM4. Absolute W move

https://youtube.com/shorts/boMc2591kBE

UFD tech tldr for those who want it

[odd talon]

I got a interesting dilemma

How do you force a a specific game to run on the gpu

[deep sapphire]

UFD are clickbait AMD shills nobody cares

Just buy a 7800X3D

None of these CPUs are worth buying

[deep sapphire]

You can try to use nvidia inspector if you have nvidia

You can force profiles and what not

Are you on a laptop?

[odd talon]

Pc

This is my performance normally in a lot of games

[deep sapphire]

Are you saying a game is trying to use IGP?

[odd talon]

This is my performance in this one specific game

Like it's not detecting properly

[deep sapphire]

So the GPU isn’t detecting a 3D profile

Try forcing max performance in NCP

that should force max clock rate regardless if you are idle or in game

[odd talon]

I've looked in task manager and the game doesn't have "gpu 0 - 3d" next to it

sometimes it does but only for a few seconds

[deep sapphire]

What game is it

[sly elk]

ahhhhh

tweaked my scroll speed in firefox and now i'm happy with the thing that was bothering me most in linux lol

[odd talon]

dragon ball xenoverse 2

And I'm not the only one with performance problems with it

Plus no one has found a solution

[deep sapphire]

https://www.windowsdigitals.com/force-chrome-firefox-game-to-use-nvidia-gpu-integrated-graphics/

Try this

[odd talon]

Welp

[deep sapphire]

Otherwise I would check Steam community forum and see if others have same issue

[odd talon]

Oh there's quite a few people. With no solution as well

[lethal dune]

Hello I got some tech question

I heard from a friend that FF14 Benchmark is used in the industry to test out PC performances

Is that true?

[potent arrow]

sometimes

it's not the default choice but it can be

benchmark is a benchmark

ff14 doesn't really say what it's testing either so its more useful to see how ff14 would run

something like cinebench it spymark is better for benchmarks because it tells you where the score is coming from

[paper tusk]

the only thing 14 benchmark tells you is how many total frames are rendered (score), the total load time in scenes (whoopie) and a graph that's pretty meaningless if you're having frame pacing issues

it's nice for the game itself but it doesn't tell you why a build performs the way it does given any settings

[paper tusk]

tried new benchmark and this is honest to god shit programming

I don't know how they fucked up so bad that borderless windowed is broken

(it's not full screen)

[inland mauve]

what are you talking about

[paper tusk]

the updated dawntrail benchmark

(v1.1)

[inland mauve]

it is fullscreen

but you have to update the settings

[paper tusk]

I started from scratch (removed old folder in my games folder)

[lost python]

yeah have to redo the settings or it launches in windowed automatically, at least it did for me.
but borderless works just fine for me after switching to it

[paper tusk]

it is in borderless windowed

proper res for display also

I think it's a dpi settings bug

pointer is below the create character icon

[golden stream]

the benchmarck itself vs Limsa Lominsa

[paper tusk]

of course the full screen setting acts now like borderless windowed

[inland mauve]

works fine on my system

[lost python]

hmm interesting

during the benchmark at some scenes, my VRAM usage went as high as 8.1gb

[paper tusk]

redone with modded dlss

absolute pain

(to get working)

[paper tusk]

it seems to attempt to load the entire thing every time now regardless of the user setting

or my laptop is cursed

[inland mauve]

wtf

[wraith agate]

cute

[royal forge]

Is that... the xiv benchmark?! And miqotes look... kinda plasticy now?!

[lost python]

yet it is and wdym now?

[royal forge]

Well

Plasticer

Ya know what i mean

[lost python]

you should see the eyes of the other clan

[frank trout]

which version? 3.7?

btw, how do you set DLSS to quality mode? Do I need to use DLSS tweaks?

[inland mauve]

I don't think v1.1 is an improvement over v1.0 for my character

I preferred her eyes in the previous version

[lost python]

unrelated but

https://videocardz.com/newz/amd-introduces-ryzen-9000-zen5-desktop-cpus-granite-ridge

[buoyant wasp]

https://x.com/tomwarren/status/1797577757171532059?s=19

Tom Warren (@tomwarren) on X

Spotify is increasing its US prices again. Premium, Duo, and Family plans are all getting price hikes — the second in one year https://t.co/uvR9wHIDpm

Twitter · Jun 3, 2024, 10:35 AM

[inland mauve]

man sucks to be those guys

[lost python]

and still no fucking hifi

[dreamy chasm]

i hope youtube doesnt hike the price of red up anytime soon

[deep sapphire]

I think they did not that long ago

I pay 14 bucks a month that’s not too bad been with it since beta so not sure if I get a discount

[inland mauve]

I pay 12 eddies for Twitch Turbo

which is the same price as three subs

it's worth it because I watch more than three streamers

[lost python]

i pay 25€ for youtube

netflix is cancelled because they just decided to go up to, i think, 22€ now

[inland mauve]

it's all too damn expensive

[lost python]

yeah

[dreamy chasm]

i pay 3 usd a month

but i also live in a shit country

[lost python]

imagine constantly raising the prices but still canceling every good show and yeeting others out of your library

[inland mauve]

and then asking yourself why your subscriber count is going down

[lost python]

unfortunately, netflix is having more than ever

[inland mauve]

they got a lot of subscribers by cracking down on account sharing

but that's a move you can only do once

video game adaptions are probably going to be big in the next few years, after the success of Arcane, The Last of Us and Fallout

I just hope they learned the right lessons

IE try not to estrange the audience of the video game (cough Halo cough)

[lost python]

its gonna be terrible

[inland mauve]

oh I forgot Cyberpunk

like, you can tell an original story set in the same universe, Cyberpunk and Fallout proved that

as long as it stays faithful to the setting

[lost python]

the problem is

they will see popular video game based shows and think "oh people want video game based shows" but not "oh people want good shows"
we are going to get mass produced trash, just like with every other genre that became popular

[inland mauve]