technology-discussion

[deep sapphire]

EVGA at the time had some very talented engineers and made some of the best X58 boards

[hazy frost]

Oh this

lol

[deep sapphire]

Supported quad SLI

[hazy frost]

Didn’t LTT have a video on one of these ages ago

There was an all Evga build or something

[deep sapphire]

Could you imagine having 4 GTX 580s god that would’ve been a toasty ass PC lmao

[hazy frost]

Or a quad SLI video

[deep sapphire]

Probably yeah

[hazy frost]

That’s the only time I’ve seen one in use

[deep sapphire]

It was really pointless but 2 way SLI worked okay

I had 2 GTX 580s and battlefield 3 in particular scaled perfectly

[hazy frost]

Idk what my first gpu was but it was a lot newer than that lol

[hazy frost]

Might have been like a GTX 970 I got from someone

[deep sapphire]

Those were great for the price

[hazy frost]

But not in the year it released

So it was cheaper

[deep sapphire]

Aside from the whole 4GB meme

[hazy frost]

lol

All the Nvidia GPUs I’ve owned are 70 cards

I had a 970 I think, laptop1070 and now a 4070ti

[deep sapphire]

They were the best bang for the buck until recent times

[hazy frost]

I mean tbh 4070ti even was a good deal at the time I got it

[deep sapphire]

I had a 1070 before my 4090 and for I think 329 USD it was a champ

[hazy frost]

£740 for a 4070ti

On release

Compared to the rest of the options it was still a steal

[deep sapphire]

Yeah true that

[hazy frost]

I think a 7900xt was going for over £800

At the time

Bc funny release prices for xt and xtx

[deep sapphire]

Remember when they were gonna name the 4070 and 4080 as well

[hazy frost]

My 1070m was basically a desktop 1060 tho

[deep sapphire]

WTF were they smoking

[hazy frost]

I don’t find the 12GB vram an issue anyway

And by the time I do it will likely be upgrading time anyway

I’ve allocated 11.9gb for cyberpunk with path tracing in one area of the map so far

So idk using like 11 ish

And that dropped since I started using memory OC profile

Memory bandwidth the killer of 40 series RT performance

[deep sapphire]

It’s honestly a non issue for a vast majority of people yeah, they have tons of cache on the die and faster memory clocks which was intended to make up the difference only issue is most games aren’t designed that way

[hazy frost]

I got like 90% extra performance from memory OC with path tracing

Lmao

[deep sapphire]

Do the 70 series cards use GDDR6X or just regular GDDR

[hazy frost]

I went from lows at 20-25 up to 55

[hazy frost]

Idk I think the ti uses 6x and I imagine the 70 does too

My memory temps are questionable sometimes but it’s fine

Hitting too close to 100° for my liking but I only rly use it for cyberpunk

I think the temps of vram on modern GPUs last 2 gens for Nvidia haven’t been amazing

Ignoring engineering spec for the memory apparently

But I mean do u rly need ur card to last over 4-5 years with how fast stuff is developing rn?

[deep sapphire]

It’s usually the first thing that goes on a graphics card

I think they rate them at 120c TJ max but not 100 percent sure

[deep sapphire]

Guess that entirely depends on your budget. And being a lot of games still barely utilize the full potential of a GPU you could get plenty of miles out of them

Hell I used that 1070 for 7 years cause all I played was overwatch

[hazy frost]

I don’t think much is lasting over 5 years for the majority unless ur super tight on money

But those people are still on 1050s rn anyway

I do find it funny how people just ignore the power draw of some GPUs in Europe even tho the prices are high enough that within 2 years you end up spending more on the initially ‘better deal’ one

Like people who bought a 3090 instead of the 4070

[deep sapphire]

Yeah if energy prices are high and you game often it probably adds up

[hazy frost]

And then within 2 years you spend like $200 more on electricity bills

[deep sapphire]

Energy is dirt cheap here so nobody really cares

[hazy frost]

In the UK it’s the worst probably

30-40p per kWh

I’ve saved like £120 owning a 4070ti over a 7900xt by my estimates

I consider that a win

[deep sapphire]

I think I pay like 13 cents a kilowatt

[hazy frost]

That’s pretty good

In Europe I think some countries are around 20-30

So it’s an amount that can add up over the time u own a gpu if u play games a lot

Or u have it at 100% load for actual work it’s even worse

I thought England was just really depressing from my photos until I got my new phone, turns out it just made everything grey and desaturated

Not too dissimilar to this country most of the year ig

It’s crazy how much better mobile phone cameras have gotten over the last 5 years

[deep sapphire]

yeah

mine seems to not wanna focus on close up shots anymore though no idea why

its pretty old though like 5 years

[hazy frost]

Mines technically like2? Years ago model

So 5 years between last one and this one

But the current one is pretty much the same anyway

[hazy frost]

I feel like this happens whenever a company significantly changes the main sensor or something for the first time

To increase the general quality the macro shots end up worse

iirc happened with pixel and iPhones when they went to 50 and 48MP ones

[deep sapphire]

yeah makes sense

on the iOS camera app you usually just tap where you want it to focus and it should focus but now it does nothing so maybe something broke who knows

still takes photos fine just cant focus on close up shots

[hazy frost]

Hmm

Yeah idk

Might just be new iOS updates making camera funny

These are my comparison photos I used lol

The first image just has no colour lmao

[deep sapphire]

yeah looks nice

[hazy frost]

I think it’s cool a similar camera is gonna be on the new iPhone SE

Tbh

Albeit just one lens

48mp lens, A16, and OLED screen for probably $450 starting seems alright to me

So long as the battery is alright

[deep sapphire]

seems like a bargain of a deal

[hazy frost]

Yeah for people who care about photography less

So I see it as like an alternative to the plus

Tbh

Like ok camera good processor better value than the base model

But not huge

Finally updating to the iPhone 13 screen design is big too

No more home button lol

Apple making not shit products these days noway

[deep sapphire]

https://youtube.com/shorts/qq2uNGCw93I?si=SEIaMjbLN5pHW8sv

that frame literally twisting lmao

[hazy frost]

Oh yeah I saw that video

Lmao

It be crab walking down that strip after that launch

[deep sapphire]

[paper tusk]

[deep sapphire]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lZm3-t93if8 god damn look at the meat on them tires

[devout sluice]

“Hey maybe we should stagger updates to make sure nothing breaks before pushing to everyone on earth” - $75bn multinational corporation

Mind blowing

[dire viper]

The world wasn’t ready for the Chrysler 200S

300 something horsepower from the V6

Good automatic transmission making it get 36mpg

Same performance as an STi and EVO

[hazy frost]

But uglier than both

And didnt have the track record in motorsports the other two had

[dire viper]

Yea and STi’s and EVO’s are overpriced and you can get a mint 200S for under 6k USD

Especially the last two gens of both STi and EVO

Really heavy and no power increases

[hazy frost]

Yeah but there’s a reason people want those 2 and not a 200s lol

The 200s is ugly as hell and has no achievements at all

[dire viper]

I know for a fact from dig racing and roll racing that newer EVO’s and STi’s are slower than the E46 but the older cars stock are even or quicker in the quarter

[hazy frost]

I’d just buy a v6 accord instead

[dire viper]

Old EVO’s are nuts

One of my friends has an 03

[hazy frost]

Evo 5 was cool

[deep sapphire]

its kinda crazy just how old the 3.5 Honda V6 is

[dire viper]

Lmao

[deep sapphire]

super basic ass engine too, its only SOHC

[dire viper]

Yea if you can get an old Accord V6 coupe with the 6 speed it’s great

[hazy frost]

But it’s pretty good

[dire viper]

But also FWD :(

[hazy frost]

Still fun

[deep sapphire]

its a honda, do they even make anything RWD

[hazy frost]

Uhh

S2k

[dire viper]

Understeer monster from when I’ve driven them

[hazy frost]

NSX

Uh

Yeah

[deep sapphire]

I mean like

2024

[dire viper]

The S2000, NSX and the original S cars

[hazy frost]

Then not really

[dire viper]

The very first cars they built were RWD chain drive

[hazy frost]

Yeah but engine sound good and go fast

[deep sapphire]

I suppose maybe the the ridgeline but thats AWD, probably FW bias I dunno

lets google

[hazy frost]

The real answer if u don’t live in a loser country like the US is an old civic type R

[deep sapphire]

btw have you ever seen the honda ridgeline wikipedia page

the author is a turbo nerd its amazing and hilarious at the same time

[dire viper]

I mean the Type R is even a little meh

[hazy frost]

Nah

[deep sapphire]

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Honda_Ridgeline_(second_generation)

just marvel in this please

[hazy frost]

Almost every Type R is great

[dire viper]

Old ones are cool cause they were modifiable from factory very easily

[deep sapphire]

its worth it

look at ll the graphs and shit

hahahahahaha

[hazy frost]

K20 is elite

[dire viper]

From the JDM importer/resto shop I worked with they said the Mugen Type R’s were the only ones perfect but it’s a Mugen from factory so lol

[hazy frost]

FK2s here are like 10k

[dire viper]

Owner of said shops Silvia Spec R

[deep sapphire]

Intelligent traction management—which offers different drive modes normal and snow for front-wheel drive (FWD) and adds mud and sand for all-wheel drive (AWD) that adjusts throttle mapping, shift points, power distribution, and Vehicle Stability Assist (VSA) responses—(all models):,

so I was right, its AWD FWD bias

and it uses that shitty ZF 9 speed

[hazy frost]

S15 the worst one fr

[dire viper]

No ZF 8 speed :(

[hazy frost]

S13 and 14 were better

[dire viper]

Also AWD is ass

[hazy frost]

And an s14a is super cheap

[deep sapphire]

ZF 8 is only for RWD bias sadly

ZF9 has had numerous issues

[dire viper]

The GT-R overheats its clutch based LSD instantly cause of its AWD system

[deep sapphire]

nice clean lines

[dire viper]

Yea the owner of that shop has a lot of cars

He almost bought an R33 400R

Back when they weren’t over a million

Just close

[hazy frost]

skyline prices are becoming ok here so long as it’s not a GTR now

[dire viper]

I did zinc plate some parts for a 400R they were restoring tho

It’s the blue one that went to auction a year ago

Not bayside blue

The dark blue

[dire viper]

Anything that’s not an R34

R34 is at 200k USD in Japan rn

[hazy frost]

The r32 and 33 GTR still aren’t cheap

[dire viper]

R33 GTR under 100k, R32 under 40

[hazy frost]

The r34 is just especially insane

[hazy frost]

Under 100k for a 33 is still expensive

[dire viper]

R34 GT-T’s cost 30k in mint condition and it removes all the problematic electronics that the GT-R has plus its RWD

[hazy frost]

I’d rather have the AWD

But yeah

I’d get a 33 GTT probably

Or 32

They cost nothing

But still cool

[dire viper]

The 34 GT-T is just so much better value

[hazy frost]

U can get a 33 GTR for £50-60k here now

Still insane

[dire viper]

It’s the same car without all wheel steering and all wheel drive

[hazy frost]

R33 GTS or GTT is like

10 grand

[dire viper]

But it costs 200k less

[hazy frost]

And a slightly different engine no?

But u could get work done and it would be the same for less money

I thought the GTT engines were smaller bore than the GTR ones

I think the 32 GTR is better value than the 34 GTT tho

The 34 doesn’t look nice particularly anyway

R34 GTT for 30k or r32 GTR for 33k I mean I know what I’d buy

[dire viper]

It’s a lower output engine but also it’s not powering 4 wheels

Less driveline loss

[deep sapphire]

every RWD vehicle needs a detroit locker

[dire viper]

Nope it’s the same official output

But it’s probably lower

What with the gentleman’s agreement

It’s a single turbo RB

Only difference lol

[hazy frost]

4 wheels means more fast

I would 100% take the older GTR over the more expensive GTTs out there tho

They look better stock as well

[deep sapphire]

true to an extent though thats more just associated with more grip

guess it depends on the application

lower to mid range powered vehicles I dont think it really matters

they would both do fine

[hazy frost]

More power and awd is going to be faster than the lower power rwd one still

Most likely

[deep sapphire]

yes, this is correct

you would have enough power to overcome the driveline loss and weight savings you would get from RWD

but RWD is still more fun

because I said so

[hazy frost]

lol

AWD is more fun when u can put the power down better

[dire viper]

AWD doesn’t always mean more fast

[hazy frost]

I wouldn’t want to drive anything more powerful that’s rwd

[deep sapphire]

RWD is fun in the winter when you cant stop because you have no traction so you just whip a shitty around the corner and look like a badass

[dire viper]

The reason why racing GT-R’s were so fast was because the AWD split was even less

So they hooked up in straights way better

[deep sapphire]

you just need good tires, like that 454SS truck I posted above look at them massive boys on the back

[hazy frost]

It was still not rwd

[dire viper]

You create lift by forcing a wheel to spin

[deep sapphire]

you got enough rubber on the road ur good

https://tenor.com/view/fast-street-racing-muscle-car-race-car-cars-gif-4550935

[dire viper]

Rotating mass also doesn’t like to turn, hence AWD and FWD understeer

[hazy frost]

The squat from AWD cars with good torque and power is fun tho

[deep sapphire]

only if its full time AWD and FWD biased

if its part time modern systems can disable it when cornering

though you still have CV axles

which suck

because I said so

speaking of which I think my passenger side one on the toyota tacoma is going bad I can hear some binding when taking sharp turns in the parking lot

that or maybe a ball joint

doesnt sound too good should probably get that fixed

[dire viper]

What year Tacoma

[deep sapphire]

2016

the worst year

it hasnt been all that unreliable I bought it used from a certified toyota dealer so it probably had all the recalls taken care of

but if you look it up on NHTSA oh boy 2016 was not a good year

[dire viper]

2016 and already having CV issues

Wack

[deep sapphire]

guess its better than the prior gen tacomas with rotting frames

[dire viper]

Lmao true

[deep sapphire]

that probably wasnt a fun recall for Toyota

having to basically rebuild your truck from scratch

lets go places

this is why I dont like boxed frames, sure they are stronger but they just dont hold up well in terms of corrosion

my chevy with its C channel still holding up 34 years later while this 10 year old hunk of junk rotting to the ground cause water gets stuck in it

[sly elk]

BRUH IIT SNOWS HERE GOTTA HAVE AWD

-drives over the speed limit in a blizzard and ends up in one of those videos-

[dire viper]

People who have AWD cars on summer tires and leave TC on

Your supposed to turn TC off

You just take shit slow

[sly elk]

all wheel drive doesn't mean all wheel stop

[dire viper]

My Chrysler Sebring would drift in the snow

[sly elk]

or all wheel traction on ice

the chrysler sebring was a product of hq being in detroit and getting too concerned about snow x_X

actually the sebring being fwd was kinda ok

[dire viper]

Also I feel bad for people who buy RWD only trucks cause they literally just can’t go anywhere in the snow lol

My 80/20 split vehicle

[sly elk]

idk what it was about american companies and making giant FWD cars that couldn't handle worth a shit

[dire viper]

Cause

Most ppl don’t care

The Sebring was a great car ngl

Little power but it didn’t weigh much

FWD so it was fine

[sly elk]

i've never driven one but I imagine it unfairly earned a bad rep like most chrysler stuff does lmao

[dire viper]

Like mine never had an issue

I daily drove one for two years

tldr; it’s a normal economy car

It’s made of plastic so you can just replace everything

[sly elk]

coulda bought a focus/fusion from the same time and had a plethora of transmission problems

[dire viper]

And everything for it is dirt cheap

[sly elk]

though I think with cars in that class, the real winner is the altima lmao

[dire viper]

Also it was fun redlining the Sebring cause it would do it all day no problem

[sly elk]

except for the cvt I guess

[dire viper]

It’s a Nissan

[sly elk]

altimas seem to be indestructible

[dire viper]

Junk

It’s fine for 20k miles then it falls apart

[sly elk]

i'm talking about the famous pre-cvt model

with the altezza tail lighs

[dire viper]

My Sebring had 250k miles and ran like a champ

[sly elk]

yea not surprised

unless it had the 2.7 v6

[deep sapphire]

nah the sebring assuming its an early 2000s had the mitsubishi engine in it

[dire viper]

Mine was an 06 I think

[deep sapphire]

the intrepid (which is arguably the worst car ever made) had that shitty 2.7 in it

they even put in some of the chargers lmao

[dire viper]

I don’t remember a lot about that car besides I didn’t do any maintenance for 15k miles and it still didn’t have issues

Plus it didn’t run better after doing a full engine tune up service

[deep sapphire]

iirc the sebring and avenger are the same car and built by mitsubishi

well DSM

[dire viper]

All fluids and flushes, spark plugs, injectors (they were cheap) etc

[deep sapphire]

oh okay the sedan is the shitty one the coupe is the mitsubishi one

thats kinda weird they are almost entirely different cars made in different plants lol

[dire viper]

Yes

Yea shrug

My car never had issues

I want another one to rally

Cause it did drive great in gravel and dirt lol

Fat ass cast iron engine over the front, car was a basic steel frame with plastic panels

[deep sapphire]

[dire viper]

Modern Morris Mini???

Chrysler Sebring???

[dawn nimbus]

hey all, im currently looking into picking up a new cpu as ive been shifting towards xiv more as my "main game" and from what i gather xiv is definitely one of the more cpu-intensive games out there rn, especially with dawntrail somewhat upping the bar for appropriate specs.
my current setup is a 5600X with a 3080 and i play on 1080 ultrawide - i usually try to aim for high refresh rate gameplay but im contemplating maybe going up to a higher res somewhere down the line.
what's the best route i can take for upgrading? i've heard the X3D line of cpus perform quite nicely so ive mainly been looking into the 5800X3D and 7800X3D, but i recognize the non-X3D 9000 series is coming out very very soon.

my current board only supports AM4 but looking at prices between a 5800X3D and a micro center bundle with a 7800X3D, a newer board and a set of DDR5 only runs me about $150 more.

[deep sapphire]

there should be some benchmarks available for ffxiv I do know the X3D chips perform quite well in ffxiv though from my experience those bundles are shit cause I ended up with some DDR5 6400 ram that I couldnt even enable XMP/EXPO on lmao so take that with a grain of salt

[dawn nimbus]

even if the ram kit is total shit, the bundle price is still cheaper than the unit prices for the mobo and cpu lol

the ram is 32gb of ddr5-6000 btw

[deep sapphire]

I would compare how much better the 5800X3D performs compared to your 5600 but if budget isnt an issue then the 7800X3D would certainly help

thats good, im still kinda pissed they gave me that shitty ram kit I had to buy another kit on amazon

[dawn nimbus]

budget isnt necessarily an issue for the pricepoint im at. depending on the 9000 prices going up to that & getting a new board may prove to be an issue

[deep sapphire]

the 7800X3D will perform better in games than the current 9000 series lineup, they havent announced the X3D 9000 series yet

and I dont anticipate them coming out until next year anyway

[dawn nimbus]

the ram kit is from g skill which my current ddr4 kit is from. not sure if its changed at all since you got it but i'd expect it to be fine

[deep sapphire]

DDR5 6000 should be the good hynix memory I have gskill 6000 ram too

trident Z

the other shit was from samsung and they have terrible memory

[dawn nimbus]

yeah true. i also saw they announced a new am4 chip but idk how well it will stack up against the 7800x3d

[deep sapphire]

yeah just look up some benchmarks and compare to what you have, obviously in game the only real taxing areas are the major towns and the game engine is pretty outdated so its not like you'll be seeing efficient use of the CPU all the time

[modest moss]

5600x and 3080 should play XIV nicely at 1440p tbh

I don't think you need to spend any cash, unless you want to treat yourself

[dawn nimbus]

it handles the game okay for the most part, outside of like limsa (duh) but its been getting a bit harder to meet my full 200hz refresh rate in a lot of cases

[deep sapphire]

I honestly dont even think any CPU will constantly give you 200 FPS

I have a pretty good rig and granted I play at 4K but I usually only get 90-100 FPS in limsa and that was before DT

[paper tusk]

for gaming I would just go with X3D (unless you can wait until november-decemberish). the uplift in 9xxx isn't much aside from the fixes in multi thread and memory speed.

[dire viper]

Maybe a 13900KS

At full boost and gods best cooling

[hollow hamlet]

https://www.cnn.com/2024/07/24/business/crowdstrike-outage-uber-eats/index.html

Would you accept the 10$ Uber eats voucher as the apology? How hungry are you at the time of the offer?

[sly elk]

the 2.7 in the LX was hella slow lol

[dire viper]

Oh he posted pics of it on his Insta

[sly elk]

like iirc it did 0-60 in 11 seconds

[deep sapphire]

on paper the 2.7 had a pretty good power output for its displacement but it was still a piece of shit

[sly elk]

whoever thought that was a good idea hopefully doesn't work there anymore

on launch the v6 and v8 300s were two very very different cars

[deep sapphire]

Chrysler had a good V6 already they should've just kept working with the 3.3 and 3.5s

[sly elk]

the 2.7 charger was not sold at retail, it was a rental trim only

but even that seemed really strange

you run a car company, you know that rental cars are basically ambassadors for your brand

[dire viper]

Eh

[sly elk]

why would you sell a stripped out car that goes even slower than the version they sell publicly

it did hurt the 300 too lmao

[dire viper]

Fleet/Rental is just a way of making easy money

@deep sapphire have you ever seen a Primadonna Z

[devout sluice]

Good recommendation for double DIN stereos with wireless carplay?

[dire viper]

Guy who made these did them in an apartment parking stall lmao

[dire viper]

Any decent brand, Pioneer, Alpine etc

[deep sapphire]

Nope

[dire viper]

CarPlay is very picky

[deep sapphire]

Pioneer but they are more expensive

Some no name Chinese brands on Amazon take it with a grain of salt if they are good or not

[devout sluice]

I've been looking at this https://www.sony.com/lr/electronics/in-car-receivers-players/xav-ax6000

[sly elk]

like in the interior there was a massive difference lol. and then the brakes, suspension, transmission were all different too

[dire viper]

https://forums.hybridz.org/topic/53266-the-primadonna-z-story-56k/

[deep sapphire]

Mmmm American plastic

[sly elk]

the exterior was dramatically different too

[dire viper]

A Z called ZBAIT cause nobody could catch it in street races

[deep sapphire]

The Chrysler 3.3 was a good reliable engine I wish they stuck with it longer

[sly elk]

the 2011-2023 were way less different, at the end they all used the same front and rear

[sly elk]

i like american plastic tho XD

could be worse

could be acura plastic

or honda paint... or honda transmissions

wait why do people buy hondas anyway

[deep sapphire]

because they think all japanese makes are good vehicles

what they should be thinking is only Toyota has a fairly consistent track record for quality

Honda isnt bad but they sure have had a troubled history

[devout sluice]

Got a 2014 CRV with 115k miles on it right now, I'll run it in to the ground

Assuming my mental health doesn't run in to the ground first

[dawn nimbus]

i just watched a benchmark video from an italian youtuber that allegedly got their hands on a retail 9900x, the results were nearly identical to the 7800x3d in pretty much every game across all resolutions

[paper tusk]

yeah (I saw that)

some of the 0.1% fps are a lot better but some are worse

th average is for the most part similar enough

(that the money you'll spend on the cpu can be better put on lower latency ram)

[devout sluice]

In fairness I didn't buy the Honda it's a company vehicle

But it's pretty solid

I'm a Mazda guy, I miss my MPS...

[sly elk]

it's all good, I did wonder! but buying a honda is valid lol

when my mom pondered if we should buy an suv i did kinda like the mdx.. kinda ... *

[devout sluice]

This was my baby when I lived in South Africa 🥰

[deep sapphire]

When Honda makes a good vehicle it’s really good, when they make a bad vehicle it’s really bad

That’s the annoying part

Throughout all of the 2000s they had terrible automatic transmissions paired with the V6

The automatic transmission they made was basically a manual transmission lmao it wasn’t a typical torque converter one

[golden stream]

Also appliable for motorcycle side as well

Tho in that field they are both affordable and reasonable

you may see Honda rampant in SEA

[sly walrus]

https://tenor.com/view/ricky-trailer-park-boys-money-im-giving-you-this-thanks-gif-17130900

[hollow hamlet]

[deep sapphire]

Let’s go, smokes

https://youtu.be/tGuwIWhM6FE?si=pCYi3K-SryV5uwRg

[kindred brook]

https://www.reddit.com/r/nextfuckinglevel/comments/1eb2r3k/breaking_down_the_difference_between_cpu_and_gpu/?utm_source=share&utm_medium=web3x&utm_name=web3xcss&utm_term=1&utm_content=share_button

[sly elk]

this is a really really stupid question

but why don't they make portable ac units that you put outside your window and then just run a duct to blow cool air into your room

[sly elk]

ahhhh seems my joy with fedora was short lived lmao

i seemingly fixed the nvidia driver issue and then it updated the kernel and broke it again

but what's really fucking frustrating is that when it boots everything's fine until suddenly blackscreen and no ctrl+alt+# switches me to a tty ><

WTF

[torpid kayak]

hm. a friend got a LG 27GL850-B cuz I used one and liked it.
Turn out he is not very pleased
https://i.imgur.com/HJnJAlL.png
basically, he tried every mode and slider, but he still dislike how the LG screen (left) has weird contrast compared to his old screen (right).
personally, I like color popping out so the LG screen works for me 🤔

I wonder if there is a remedy or just tell him to trade for another one

[sly elk]

so the first thing I'd ponder is if one of those is using displayport and the other is using hdmi

also if that one on the right is ips, which I... think it probably is since it's an lg screen and even their cheap ones usually are

because sometimes va screens look faded like that :S

[hazy frost]

I mean he’s just not used to it looking decent lol

I feel like if he used it for a week and went back to the old one he’d think it looks awful

[sly elk]

yea the new one looks way moer saturated

[torpid kayak]

😄

oh well, hope he will get one he likes more :d

[zinc sluice]

https://cdn.discordapp.com/attachments/96028420848230400/1265956432428273758/explorer_EtXkq3LbDi.gif?ex=66a3654d&is=66a213cd&hm=653f0c28180ce413f4bda51433587f6bec6983a41751549820ed6ffe1edb4a19&

all my pins disappeared, now i cant pin jackshit

whats the counterplay

[deep sapphire]

https://youtube.com/shorts/8-RlA9G21lI?si=WsDINKvDW9zLDYv-

[torpid kayak]

how to: not owning any vehicle :3

[deep sapphire]

Where tiny floof

[lost python]

well my chair aint arriving after all. probably not before next week either because the company tasked with delivering said their van broke down

[golden stream]

That part is frustrating yeah
Usually I set in power save mode (laptop only iirc??) which is iGPU (intel) while updating things
FFxiv having some tearing issue but unknown if due to driver or whatnot hmmm

[golden stream]

I present: COLOR CALIBRATOR yeah your pal really need it

[torpid kayak]

is it the monitor buttons or a software way? :d

[golden stream]

It is a real dedicate unit hol up lemme pull the link

[golden stream]

Something something like dis
https://www.amazon.com/Datacolor-SpyderX-Pro-Calibration-Photographers/dp/B07M6KPJ9K

[dire viper]

We stay winning chat

Means someone replaced the rod bearings at some point

[outer sand]

should I buy S22 ultra or S24 ultra now?

S22 is cheaper by $1k lol

new

[golden stream]

Wait for black friday if u could

[dire viper]

Also my piston rings are still great cause I have basically zero fuel vaporization bypassing them, 0.1% fuel content in oil that’s been driven on for 3k miles vs the average of 2.0%

[pine thistle]

S23U should be quite close to the S24 and probably cheaper too now

but I guess it depends on what you want

[golden stream]

Also recommend to check the price from le website itself

[outer sand]

is s23 any good? 😂

[outer sand]

https://m.gsmarena.com/stats.php3 S23 isn't even reach the list

[pine thistle]

I mean it's basically the S24U with a slightly different camera and a bit less battery I think

and S22U is presumably just a worse 23

and idk why you're using search rankings for figuring out if something is good or not

According to yourself, you should get an A55 instead :D

[outer sand]

I'm using a15 ._. I'm buying one for my dad

I need something with 3.5mm jack

but he doesn't need it, soo

[outer sand]

ty ty

ill consider it haha

[deep sapphire]

I’m kinda amazed my 383 still has great oil pressure after so many years

Nothin beats the simplicity of an old Chevy small block

[potent arrow]

I have so much blowby that I no longer have blowby

[dire viper]

Call that a blowjob

[dire viper]

@potent arrow I want a Volvo V60 polestar :(

Transverse mounted inline 6 with 345 horsepower

Came stock with adjustable Ohlins dampers and brembos

[potent arrow]

god

hot take

[dire viper]

AWD also

[potent arrow]

but thats sexy lol

[dire viper]

I think it’s an awesome car

[potent arrow]

I like that over a super exotic sports car.

thats my mega hot take

[dire viper]

The first Polestar cars like that are so good

Back when polestar was just barely bought by Volvo and was still just a Motorsport company

[potent arrow]

I want

okk

I want this

the interior is kinda cute

[dire viper]

Practical quick daily that isn’t offensive to look at so yes

Oh they only sold 120 of the damn things in North America

https://www.motortrend.com/reviews/2015-volvo-v60-polestar-first-drive-review/

[sly elk]

turned out, the problem si whenever the kernel updates i have to wait a little bit for akmods to rebuild the nvidia driver for the new kernel

but fedora is trying to do updates windows style

wher ei go to shut down and it's like OH YEA KERNEL UPDATE, HERE!

and for whatevre reason that doesn't trigger the driver rebuild lmao

and yea for wahtever the (*@#% reason, the nvidia driver on fedora is hacky bullshit

[golden stream]

LOLOLOLOLOL ye that's why

However am looking forward nvidia be more open sauce their driver

No not Nouveau

[golden stream]

Ye that's the bruh style of fedora, as it treats drivers as something else but not include in the main package then it's linux

[sly elk]

i am so salty about it

i'm tempted to grab my other machine's 6650xt and stick it in my machine instead of the 3080ti

[deep sapphire]

https://www.reddit.com/r/Corvette/comments/1ebumm5/the_new_2025_chevrolet_corvette_zr1_leaked_ahead/

if true holy shit

[cold yacht]

Jesus that’s big

[sly elk]

man

WAIT WHAT

oh they had me for a second ;_;

a corvette showed up at less than msrp but when I clicked the link it was over msrp

[sharp star]

what in the sweet mental gymnastics is this
https://www.euronews.com/next/2024/07/22/microsoft-says-eu-to-blame-for-the-worlds-worst-it-outage

[sly elk]

admittedly i'd rather pay the extra $7k to get it in blue

(they don't have any poverty trim corvettes in stock in blue)

ok extra 10k x_X

[dire viper]

1000hp vette??

Ain’t no way

Oh shit it actually does

And 1200lbs of downforce near V max

[deep sapphire]

thats almost double what the Z06 makes

[dire viper]

It’s a Z06 with insane power and downforce apparently

[deep sapphire]

thats fuckin insane

[dire viper]

Same suspension

Same chassis tuning

Just all the power

It’s like a Shelby Super Snake sorta

GT500 but even more fucking power

[sly elk]

that sounds great and all

i wonder how effective it all is

vs focusing the effort on making a good all around regular price sporty car.. aah wait nvm

[dire viper]

I mean it’s a GT3 RS competitor

[sly elk]

i assume that part of the reason for not giving the people who have $60k to spend on a car that much love

is the dodge charger effect

[dire viper]

More power, less downforce means it’s more like a GT2 class car

[sly elk]

the stereotype ppoor people shouldn't be allowed to drive fast cars

and to be fair poor people aren't gonna have good insurance LOL

[dire viper]

I mean expensive engineering means expensive end product

Corvettes have always been a bargain tho

The C8 especially

[sly elk]

for sure

if you can find one

[dire viper]

C8 base is comparable to a Ferrari 488

[sly elk]

then again that situation appears to have gotten a lot better lately

[dire viper]

488’s cost 200k minimum lol

[sly elk]

like looking at that inventory page

[dire viper]

I see a lot of C8’s

[sly elk]

it sounds like one might be able to just call a dealer up and have a corvette in a short amount of time

[dire viper]

Not every dealer is authorized to sell Vettes tho

It’s like getting the Shelby permissions

Only one dealer group in Utah is allowed to sell Shelby’s

Think it’s sorta the same deal with the Corvette where only high performing dealers get allocations

[sly elk]

yea i think the base corvette is the best one just because how much you get for the price :3

but to be totally fair

seeing that 1064hp model made me go look at what a normal one costs xD

[late basalt]

@deep sapphire

[dire viper]

https://youtu.be/Nw02-o04Qho?si=kbu3DT4WlUAGXz0m

over 800ft lbs of torque

the turbos reach 2/3rds the temperature of the space shuttle on reentry

so they are probably nice and red when driving super hard

[deep sapphire]

Supposedly after this they are gonna make this mixed with the hybrid system

That’s just insane

[dire viper]

that would be 1800F or 985C

[dire viper]

without hybrid it has more output than a Ferrari SF90

which is another twin turbo mid engine V8 car

and the SF90 is a twin turbo V8 and a full race hybrid system and it makes under 1000hp

it also costs like 500k base

[night leaf]

Is the jump from a R5 3600 to a R7 5700x3d reasonable enough at the moment when sticking to AM4?

[sly elk]

i think that the 5700x3d and 5800x3d are very close, and the 5800x3d is still a very compelling cpu even now.

[lost python]

yes

its a very significant jump in gaming performance especially if you have a decent gpu

[sharp star]

The 5800X3D is getting harder to find so I would get the 5700X3D

[paper tusk]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DznKg1IjVs0 (fair warning: 2 hours long)

looks like glorified undervolt (it "behaves better" but may hardware degrade still if it's a byproduct of oxidation of via process)

[sharp star]

https://x.com/EasyBakedOven/status/1816696187765838146

Kimmy Bestie of Bunzy, Co-CEO Execubetch™️ (@EasyBakedOven) on X

Twitter just activated a setting by default for everyone that gives them the right to use your data to train grok. They never announced it. You can disable this using the web but it's hidden. You can't disable using the mobile app

Direct link: https://t.co/lvinBlQoHC

Twitter · Jul 26, 2024, 4:44 AM

[hazy frost]

Only if ur GPU is good enough that it would make a difference

Otherwise you’re throwing money away for nothing

The 5700x3d in general is good tho its basically on par with the 7600 but cheaper for am4 users

[night leaf]

Got a RX 6600xt

[lost python]

the performance uplift wont be that huge then unless you plan to upgrade the gpu anytime soon or really play CPU bound games

[night leaf]

Or unoptimized games where you need specs above the listed up ones to be playable

[odd sand]

So as expected then: It's basically a small perf hit overall, and if you have oxidation it's obv not a silver bullet for those issues.

[hazy frost]

You’ll notice little to no difference then

In a game that needs much better than a 3600 for high settings it will more than likely need better than a 6600xt as well

[night leaf]

I'll still get it, though. It's something to work on down the line towards next year.

[sharp star]

https://www.igorslab.de/en/search-for-the-solution-to-raptor-lakes-instabilities-continues/ yeah Raptor Lake is kill

[inland mauve]

that AI-generated art

[lost python]

Wow I did not except the embody to be this small

[golden stream]

Also considering both are top choice of AM4 DDR4, yep

[golden stream]

well prolly a bit diff on linux heheh

[sharp star]

https://www.theverge.com/2024/7/26/24206727/microsofts-latest-blue-screen-cant-be-blamed-on-crowdstrike

[hazy frost]

Why would it be different

[golden stream]

Mostly in windows bloating may affect some resources here and there plus driver shenanigan

Then again gaming on linux is also weird bc mostly are wine/proton shenanigan

[hazy frost]

Not enough to change hardware requirements for games when ur using a half decent PC

It gives u an edge of ur using ewaste to play games it barely wants to run

[inland mauve]

it is deceptively small yeah but the seating surface is huge

[lost python]

the seating area is smaller than my ikea markus

my butt also feels every one of these plastic things in the seat

[inland mauve]

does it??

[lost python]

yeah

doesnt feel very comfy. but the backrest is great. it cups my back very well as long as i dont move my arms to the back

[hazy frost]

I feel like when people get an actually decent chair they got used to sitting in bad positions in their old crappy one and think the new one sucks

But it’s just designed to support u with good posture

[inland mauve]

yeah it took me a little while to get used to it as well

but I quickly realized that I didn't get the back pain from it that I got from the chairs I had before it

[hazy frost]

Mfs will say their secret lab chair is ‘more comfortable’ bc it lets them sit in a position that will lead to crippling back pain

I still think the aeron is the best chair

[sharp star]

don’t forget the swamp ass

[lost python]

My complaints aren't about posture though

[hazy frost]

You’ve had it what less than a day and are talking about whether it’s comfortable

You are the type of person I was referencing when I was talking about that

[lost python]

im sorry for noticing right away that i would prefer the armrest to be further on the front i guess?
and sorry i didnt know that my ass needs 2 business weeks to reliably feel the plastic points under the seat, guess its just pretending to feel it rn

[potent arrow]

kinda Curious how big your butt is, I have problems getting out of the aeron lol because I'm so small

[sharp star]

https://x.com/InfernoOmni/status/1816492686087508174 lmao what the fuck

Omni ☕️ (@InfernoOmni) on X

guys this is actually INSANE. a former employee of a multi-billion dollar company, Runway, confirmed that they mass downloaded YouTube videos in order to feed their AI. there's a spreadsheet with NOTES showing HOW they swiped videos. Nintendo was on the list.

Twitter · Jul 25, 2024, 3:16 PM

[lost python]

you are tiny

[hazy frost]

I sit low enough so it’s easy to get out of mine

I’m not super small tho I’m like 5’5 small

[lost python]

lol

pirated anime for it

[sharp star]

Nintendo and Ghibli would absolutely wipe them off the map

[hazy frost]

Lmao

[lost python]

i hope they do

[potent arrow]

I fall out of my seat lmaooo

[pine thistle]

for once Nintendo being overly litigious may be useful

[wraith agate]

I just aged visibly after reading this question

[sharp star]

okay but how about this

[deep sapphire]

I had the rare luxury of actually needing a dual dvi cable

when I owned the U3011 cause it was 2560x1600

[sharp star]

e-SATA holy shit

I remember that interface, that got dropped fast

[deep sapphire]

yeah I dont recall anyone ever using it lmao

[pine thistle]

wtf is micro dvi

[deep sapphire]

I think apple used it briefly

[pine thistle]

I bet it was dropped because people jammed usb cables in there

[sharp star]

It just never really took off and USB 3.0/USB-C did the same thing and more iirc

[deep sapphire]

reminds me of my GTX 580 if you wanted to use HDMI it used mini HDMI and the fuckin heat melted the end of the cable causing it to fail

[pine thistle]

and I guess the image is so old that USB A 3.0 was still "the future"

[potent arrow]

micro dvi I see frequently in weird places

aka netbooks

[deep sapphire]

netbooks should be tossed in the trash

[potent arrow]

they were

LOLLLLLLL

[deep sapphire]

good

[sharp star]

I owned a netbook once, it was awful

[deep sapphire]

https://tenor.com/view/done-smile-goodjob-cleaning-hands-ohyeah-gif-7979904

[sharp star]

Even when playing old DOS games

it was awful

[deep sapphire]

fuckin intel atom

[odd sand]

...Is it though? Companies can and will get away with anything they can, including illegal shit as long as they know the penalty is less than the profit derived from it. Then it's just a cost of business.

[sharp star]

the insane part is probably stirring the hornets' nest

[deep sapphire]

multi billion yet never heard of them once

who tf is runway

AI startup

[inland mauve]

sounds like an investment scam

[sharp star]

yeah, literally who, they're definitely gonna get scorched earthed

[deep sapphire]

probably what it is

[inland mauve]

one of those tech startups that managed to get a lot of money from investment companies by waving "AI" in front of them

[odd sand]

Nah they won't bc there aren't enough laws on the books about AI training models yet

[deep sapphire]

daddy works at blackrock

[gritty belfry]

USB?

[wraith agate]

no wif, it not USB

[inland mauve]

https://store.steampowered.com/sale/simfest2024

yo

[sharp star]

https://www.theverge.com/2024/7/26/24206529/intel-13th-14th-gen-crashing-instability-cpu-voltage-q-a

[deep sapphire]

so are they gonna offer a recall or do we need to contact daddy in washington to force them to issue one

[sharp star]

They better do a recall because they'll have a bigger mess on their hands if they don't

[inland mauve]

[sharp star]

Will Intel issue a recall?

No.

welp, there's your answer

[deep sapphire]

granted they did offer me an RMA I just turned it down because I dont feel like being out of a processor for who knows how long

why cant companies take a playbook out of EVGA and offer an expedited system like wtf

like w/e I'll pay the 350 buck deposit I just dont wanna be out of a computer lol

[inland mauve]

if they make it hard for you to RMA stuff then you won't RMA it, that's why

it's a dark pattern

[deep sapphire]

normally I would agree but intel literally kept contacting me at regular intervals even when I didnt respond to them

most companies dont even bother to contact you back in general

[inland mauve]

oh

yeah that's weird

[deep sapphire]

like every 5 days they would send me another email asking me what the update was if I shipped it out etc.

I dunno maybe its because I told them I've been using their CPUs for 20 years as a system builder they felt bad or something

[inland mauve]

but Cablemod does the same kinda thing, where I have to provide them with photographic evidence that I destroyed my old 90 degree 12VHPWR adapter before they'll send me the new one

[deep sapphire]

shit happens, I get it but like they need to make it right their brand loyaly is on the line here

[inland mauve]

and it's like why do you think I bought that thing, I can't close my case without one

you guys swore high and low that you tested it and it wouldn't pose a risk before I bought it, and now you're telling me that you lied to me

[deep sapphire]

haha right, I lucked out and bought an O11 mini didnt even think anything of the whole cable thing but its wider than most mid towers so that gave me clearance

really stupid design

it should have been put on the backside of the card

[inland mauve]

it sucks

[deep sapphire]

the 30 series had theirs recessed at an angle and I've never heard of any 30 series owner having them fail

[inland mauve]

maybe I'll just order a replacement adapter, swap it out, and then destroy the old one and provide evidence of it and get a second one

adapters like that will stay useful in the future because 12VHPWR looks like it's going to be the new standard for gpu power going forward

[deep sapphire]

on one hand I like the idea of a small simple interface but it clearly wasnt designed with any user error at all

there is literally zero tactile when inserting it

which is like ???

[inland mauve]

it's just so much power now

so little margin for error

[deep sapphire]

I dunno if you've ever worked on cars but all the connectors they use thats literally the only way you can tell if its fully inserted

[inland mauve]

I haven't worked on a car directly but my dad used to be a car mechanic and he knows a lot about them

he taught me a bunch of stuff about what goes on under the hood

so that I'm not completely clueless

[deep sapphire]

a lot of them use a buckle style latch and makes a very audible click when its fully recessed in, the old molex style used the hook system but even that was sufficient its not like those were failing at record numbers

companies have dedicated teams to try and make the product fail and design it in a way thats nearly impossible for anyone to fuck it up

guess nvidia forgot to hire a team

knock on wood mine still holding up fine but neither the PSU side or the 4090 had any tacticle feel when I inserted it

[inland mauve]

I imagine it's also because if a car fails people might die

although that didn't stop Tesla

[deep sapphire]

yeah they have to account for vibration and what not

[gritty belfry]

it USA wif?

[wraith agate]

no wif, it is not

[deep sapphire]

GM used these for awhile but I think most automakers moved to the german designed connector cant remember the name

the rubber boot kept moisture out and also helped insulate the connector from vibration

they worked pretty good

[deep sapphire]

[gritty belfry]

it a amphenol wif!

[gritty belfry]

hey hank if USA so good, whyd they make USB

[wraith agate]

no

it's DVI+VGA

[gritty belfry]

Digital Video something + video something somthing

[wraith agate]

also known as DMS

[deep sapphire]

true

https://tenor.com/view/cole-cassidy-overwatch-fuelecbyramen-gif-1409604676970241634

[wraith agate]

no

Digital Visual Interface

and Video Graphics Array

[deep sapphire]

DVI was the high bandwidth version of VGA basically, D-DVI allowed twice the bandwidth up to I think 2560x1600 maybe a little higher

HDMI wasnt very common on monitors at the time nor was display port

[wraith agate]

well DMS-59 was used as VGA-VGA or D-DVI

[deep sapphire]

VGA-VGA-VGA

8K

400hz

[wraith agate]

https://tenor.com/view/bocchi-the-rock-oomfie-bocchi-the-rock-bocchi-shake-head-hitoribocchi-gif-27010676

[deep sapphire]

the best connector is TOSLINK

prove me wrong

[wraith agate]

tbh DMS port is quite obsolete nowadays

[deep sapphire]

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Molex_connector

https://tenor.com/view/gagging-gag-gross-jim-carrey-gif-13338718

god when HDDs and fans used these terrible abominations

[gritty belfry]

https://cdn.discordapp.com/emojis/1037230221880999956.gif?size=96&quality=lossless

what

[sharp star]

it's the Molex centipede

[sly elk]

lmao i remember people whining about macs not having it too

[wraith agate]

I hate molex

[gritty belfry]

not related to rolex

[sly elk]

I hated pulling a seized molex out of a hard drive

[wraith agate]

glad they were on the way out when I learned about them in school

[deep sapphire]

wait the ATX connector is called "Mini-Fit Jr"

[sly elk]

especially when it was the kind that had the flat back and you tried pulling on it and the back came off

[wraith agate]

wait

who calls it so

[deep sapphire]

https://www.molex.com/en-us/products/connectors/wire-to-board-connectors/mini-fit-connectors

[sly elk]

this in my old g4

you had to pull back on the power connector

[deep sapphire]

the notebook IDE slots were HORRIBLE

[lost python]

this is how i set fire to a PC once

[sly elk]

and it wouldn't come out all the way

IDE was awful hahaha

[deep sapphire]

god old drives were so loud

[sly elk]

also the older it got the worse it was

[deep sapphire]

kinda made me laugh that steve jobs was so obsessed with a quiet computer and made all these fans and stuff run really quiet but then you got this loud ass HDD anyway

[sly elk]

like i killed my 8088 because the motherboard hard drive connector didn't have a plastic surround on the ide (probably mfm or something shit old like that) connector lol

and when I tried to put the cable back on one of the pins broke off XD

[deep sapphire]

https://tenor.com/view/pout-kiss-blowing-a-kiss-suspense-christian-bale-gif-16931550113965916217

[sharp star]

speaking of old HDDs

[sly elk]

it was sad

[deep sapphire]

I fried a brand new AMD board because I forgot to put a single stand off in a case and it shorted out the fan controller IC

[sharp star]

Remember when a Janet Jackson song could crash laptop ones?

[sly elk]

but i had my stupid moment. never should've taken it apart.

[deep sapphire]

yes

[sly elk]

that happened to a lot of people

[deep sapphire]

thats a good song

[sly elk]

remember that era in the 2000s when cases had these awful standoffs

like instead of using jack screws

[deep sapphire]

case makers didnt even put the stand offs in from the factory

like wtf

[sly elk]

they used these folded metal clips

[deep sapphire]

god

people today have no idea how good they have it

[sly elk]

hahahah i just remembered these ones too

[deep sapphire]

powder coated, rounded edges

[deep sapphire]

standoffs from the factory

EUGH

PUSH PINS

[sly elk]

though at least the plasti ones don't short your motherboard out

[deep sapphire]

intel still uses those fuckin things on the stock cooler

AHHHH GET RID OF THEM

"sup bitches my PC has 300 drive bays"

[sly elk]

also thankfully motherboards don't usually do the 'we decided to not put a hole here where practically every case has a standoff' thing anymore

[sly elk]

apple did, too

oh wow even the legendary case used those awful standoffs ;_;

[deep sapphire]

my favorite apple story is that they used dexcool on the G5 watercooling and because it did dexcool things it leaked and corroded everything

[sly elk]

that giant ass heatsink on the powermac g5 motherboard

was held on with plastic push pins

[deep sapphire]

oh yeah, I think that was pretty common on a lot of boards

[sly elk]

if you ever find a powermac g5 that crashes a lot

it's most likely because a push pin came loose

[deep sapphire]

lmao

[sly elk]

as you can see there's only 3

and that thing weighs a good amount

i bought my g5 used and 'broken' because that fell off

iirc it was hanging by 1 push pin lmao

[deep sapphire]

I had an X58 board where the SB and NB were held down by that same system

[sly elk]

yea sadly still done a lot i think

also on that note

the #1 ssd slot on my motherboard uses a neat clip-in system for both the ssd and the heatsink

but I must've put it on wrong the first time or somethign because the heatsink fell off lmao

[deep sapphire]

Dell used that system sorta on their slim PCs

[sly elk]

well not quite fell off but it unclipped

because i went to do something and noticed it was kinda halfway leaning on my video card LOL

[deep sapphire]

we can all give Dell shit but I gotta give them props for the tool less design

apple was good about that too on their older workstations

[sly elk]

steve gives them props for how complicated they are

[deep sapphire]

they can be kinda janky but depends on the tower

I had to refurb a lot of older precision workstations usually wasnt too bad

these bad boys

[inland mauve]

molex sounds like a brand of dentures

[sly elk]

i just hate their swingarm power supply cases

everything about them is flimsy and they like slicing off cables too

[deep sapphire]

ha yeah thats true

fuckin shitty sharp edged steel

I always joked that anytime you build a PC one of your fingers will be bleeding 🤣

[sly elk]

hehe

[deep sapphire]

https://youtu.be/asdQSll4OaE?si=3q2L6MutOB2NEfJL

[sharp star]

So uh

I have a 14900HX laptop I bought in Singapore

Fucking hell.

It hasn't experienced any instability issues (yet) so I'm keeping it off until the microcode update reaches laptops

If it happens after the update I will contact Lenovo

[sharp star]

https://www.tomshardware.com/pc-components/cpus/game-dev-adds-in-game-crash-warning-for-13th-and-14th-gen-intel-cpus-link-provides-affected-owners-instructions-to-mitigate-crashes

[wise hatch]

quick question is anyone here familiar with OBS (or rather video recording in general I guess)

[inland mauve]

I have some experience with it

I spent an hour troubleshooting it last Tuesday

[wise hatch]

I see, so I record at 1920x1200@60FPS and since I dont really care too much about video quality what would be the ideal settings to use to keep file size on the lower end

I had a 13 second video take like ~80mb and while I know next to nothing about encoding i'm not entirely sure its supposed to take that much space

[late basalt]

lower recording framerate/resolution honestly

[inland mauve]

oh uh, idk tbh

I use this

which causes pretty big file sizes tbh

[late basalt]

it's the same reason a large high-res .png image would take up more space than a low-res .bmp

[inland mauve]

but I don't want it to get too low quality because I am teaching myself how to edit videos

[late basalt]

ideally there should be a utility you can run a video file through to reduce the resolution/framerate without too much loss, but i havent fucked about with recording in uh... i dont know how many years

unless it's visually cluttered, i dont see why having the recording quality be 720p shouldnt be fine

[inland mauve]

yeah can also just lower the canvas size

or lower the output size

[wise hatch]

[inland mauve]

my canvas is set to 1440p but the output is 1080p when I'm streaming

and that's usually also when I'm recording

[late basalt]

i mean, most people i watch streams of on youtube arent going to be recording/upload max res/fps videos because it's going to play hell

they might be playing the games on those settings, but certainly not recording. but overall it just depends on what your end result is for wanting to record videos

[wise jay]

ya and youre going to be streaming and recording at different settings depending on the game.

[modest moss]

it's an option to record at high quality and then run it through something like handbrake

[wise hatch]

tbh im only recoding short minute clips to show people things on discord

[modest moss]

pretty sure handbrake is still relevant

[wise hatch]

is handbrake a better encoder than obs ?

[modest moss]

should have more options and presets

but it's been a bit since I touched it

[wise hatch]

that makes me think actually on the note of recording does 30 vs 60 fps make a noticeable difference in the smoothness of the video ?

[late basalt]

honestly? i think it would depend on the content of the recording and resolution

[wise hatch]

oh yeah that worked

[modest moss]

yeah depends what you want it for

[wise jay]

just go all out and watch your drives fill up

[wise hatch]

seems like H265 reduces file size by quite a bit

though I guess I shouldve checked whether or not discord supports that

looks like I can upload the video though so im going to assume it does

[modest moss]

h265 is very efficient compression but it can be fussy about playback on some devices/apps

[inland mauve]

just don't do what I did

last time I'm recording at anything other than 1080p

it's also hell to edit, DaVinci is constantly loading video and it slows down the process so much

[late basalt]

just get a terabyte's worth of RAM in your pc

[inland mauve]

that is not the issue!

[late basalt]

sure it is, just load the entire video up in RAM instead of a weak ssd

[sly walrus]

just buy a raid array

[glossy ravine]

I have amd ryzen master up. Is 75 Degrees C a normal/safe temp?

Its betwen 55 to 70 or so depending on if im playing xiv

I do have like. A dozen chrome tabs up too

Along with discord of course

[dire viper]

@deep sapphire @potent arrow hmmm, I wonder if these two dark spots in a brand new cars headlights are for bypassing the regulatory and safety tests that keep headlights from being overly blinding hmmmmm surely not

[potent arrow]

wtf

lol

[dire viper]

yes

thats literally how they get away with it

its just two spots during tests in the US that they can dim the headlights in and just get a free pass on headlights that are BRIGHTER than the laser headlights they banned years ago lmfao

its so stupid

[deep sapphire]

I don’t think that’s what that’s for, it’s probably so they can level them properly and have a guide

[dire viper]

That is actually what those are for

It’s to cheat

[deep sapphire]

I mean wouldn’t a normal person see this???

[dire viper]

No cause it magically disappears on actual production cars

That’s a pre production car

[deep sapphire]

I mean that’s literally what dieselgate was about was it not

[dire viper]

Yes

But headlights don’t matter as much as diesel emissions

[deep sapphire]

Then you need to report them to NHTSA

[dire viper]

The NHTSA knows, that’s what the deal is about

The NHTSA is full aware there is cheater settings for headlights but they also can’t anything cause it sounds like the testing they use is standardized and can’t be changed

[deep sapphire]

I thought they changed the ruling in 2020

[dire viper]

Like, for example, Dieselgate for VW was a huge deal cause VW lied about it, but Cummins has done the same thing but told the government lol

So they just pay the 2 billion dollar fine and don’t get sued

It was part of a few lawsuits but they just said “yea” to everything

[dire viper]

Idk, I just know that this is just a thing cause the NHSTA can’t do much

[deep sapphire]

Incredible

Why do I even pay taxes

[dire viper]

Lmao this is so true!

But yea

The Audi R8 with the laser headlights got banned from sale in the US when the R8 first came out but now those headlights aren’t as bright as standard high beams on new cars, and low beams are very close to the bright setting of laser headlights

[deep sapphire]

I’m so tired of white LEDs they’re not good for you at all and are even linked to cancer why tf do we use them

What good is brighter headlights if I can’t see a fuckin thing period from oncoming traffic

[dire viper]

Idk if you’ve seen the laser headlights but those are the ones that are a panel of very high out out LED’s iirc and they can actually turn off segments, so say a car is coming head on, it turns off all the light cells facing the car

So you can watch as the lights “walk”

No auto low beam needed

[deep sapphire]

That’s what I am confused about NHTSA approved those back in like 2020 or fairly recently

[dire viper]

Oh did they

[deep sapphire]

I could have sworn they did

[dire viper]

Back when the R8 came out they super hard banned it

And a lot of Mercedes/Audis had them in Europe but not in the US

[deep sapphire]

https://www.nhtsa.gov/press-releases/nhtsa-allow-adaptive-driving-beam-headlights-new-vehicles-improving-safety-drivers

I know they’re late to the party but yeah

[dire viper]

its kind of funny tho cause the Audi with the adaptive headlights was a limited model

the first year one

Audi R8 LMX?

only 99 were produced

I think its cause it was the first gen car that was just out going, and the second gen car had it as a fairly cheap option you could tick

ah ok Audi calls it Matrix now

its the lights you see on the new cars that people tune so you can have funny ahh videos playing on a wall in front of your car

its a cool system that should have been allowed from the start cause it probably would have made it so nobody wanted to have stupidly bright lights all the time and instead wanted the cool lights that could turn themselves on and off

especially the newest version of it, it can turn certain cells into highbeam output

so when you are lane changing, only the cells facing at the ground to the sides turn to high beam to see the road better and see any debris in the lane you are changing too

https://youtu.be/hDJi240E_ZA?si=wHMZNttv_HrboQ9f

yea 1.3 million pixel fidelity

could play doom on these headlights fr

oh apparently no, a lot of new cars DO have the dark spots in the production headlamp now lol

thank you funny man Jason Cammisa

for talking about playing dumb in front of car company engineers who admit it

https://youtu.be/MkwjMV2of_8?si=zWwH1mvELb5TGI6z&t=383

they have a new guy for the podcast that actually does editing so there are funny pictures and clips in the podcasts now lmao

[sly elk]

even when lighting tech is approved for use in the US (see auto-leveling headlights) it tends to not get adapted for the US market cars because it's cheaper to not use it 😄

think about how many brands don't sell cars with amber rear turn signals in the US

(including Audi)

[dire viper]

auto leveling was a thing as soon as xenons were allowed

[sly elk]

hehe there's still lots of cars that are sold with it elsewhere, but not in the US

[dire viper]

yuh

euro cars also had xenon auto leveling

my M3 does it

[sly elk]

i sometimes forget how expensive computers used t obe

[paper tusk]

lenovo released a security update (bios/IME) a couple days ago so might be worth updating until then

[odd sand]

I can't see any way the microcode update isn't a perf downgrade, so I won't bother since I haven't had any crashes or bluescreens

[potent arrow]

but like that's the point of the update...to prevent degradation and stop current degradation....why wait for the damage to be done before doing anything about it

[odd sand]

...Because it only affected like 25% of all CPUs and I've had literally no instability issues the entire 2 years I've used the CPU?

The Via oxidation was also only an issue for a portion of the early CPUs if you believe them

[potent arrow]

lmao I just don't like taking the chance personally, I hate downtime and if there's anything to ease my mind I would do it

[odd sand]

I'm planning to upgrade in another 1-2 years so I'm not that worried. I'll just flip it to my niece and nephew again or maybe use it as a homelab

And by flip I mean I pretty much give the hardware aware to them

[torpid kayak]

he decided to keep it now after enough tweaking :d
https://i.imgur.com/uVSok2G.png

glad for him lol

[sly elk]

okie dokie

if i had a 13/14900k i'd take it and get an evga board and oc the shit out of it

[odd sand]

I was tenatively interested in the 15th gen, but if it's a shitshow, I could lean towards the 9800X3D or w/e possibly

Don't plan to upgrade my 3080 until 60 series though

[sly elk]

i have no gpu ambitions atm

honestly no computer upgrade ambitions atm

[odd sand]

I do vaguely want an HDR capable monitor at least. I bought a 240hz IPS panel when they first came out, so now the new hotness is being able to do that but in HDR

Friend just bought an OLED display and it's tempting

Though realistically I could use a 2nd chair for my work PC instead of moving my one computer chair between both rooms everyday.

[sly elk]

sometimes I still think about trading this in for a nice apple 27" lol 😄