technology-discussion

[hazy frost]

And they STILL use that platform

[dire viper]

Infiniti actually does have some nice coupes but otherwise meh

[deep sapphire]

this is the exact same issue Mitsubishi faced

im old so I remember this but in the early 2000s

[dire viper]

Japanese cars aren’t it anymore

[deep sapphire]

Mitsubishi was on a sales slump

[dire viper]

[deep sapphire]

so they thought this was a genius marketing idea

they called it the 0-0-0 plan

[hazy frost]

Toyota and Honda are still cooking

[deep sapphire]

you could get any car for 0 money down, with 0 interest for 1 full year

and pay no monthly payments for that entire year

[hazy frost]

Especially next rendition of the GR86 will have a Toyota engine in it

[deep sapphire]

that was a real thing tey did

[dire viper]

Honda makes cars that have good numbers but no soul, Toyota has cars that explode engines and light on fire like a Fiat

[deep sapphire]

well guess what happened

[hazy frost]

No soul is something no one has said driving the current type Rs

[deep sapphire]

after a full year, they all returned them and mitsubishi was stuck with a ton of vehicles with no value

[hazy frost]

And Toyota has 1 car that had issues rn

[deep sapphire]

and they basically left america after that

[hazy frost]

Generalising like that is stupid

[dire viper]

Uh

[deep sapphire]

Toyota has a lot more than that lol

the Tundra and Tacoma/Land Cruiser have issues with their transmissions both manual and automatic

[dire viper]

https://www.motor1.com/news/729265/toyota-gr-corolla-warranty-claims-weird-reasons/amp/

[hazy frost]

Yeah that’s 1 car

[deep sapphire]

I just listed 3

nah see

WAFFLE MOMENT

IM NOT DOING THIS

GOODBYE

[dire viper]

https://www.caranddriver.com/news/a61708841/toyota-tundra-lexus-lx-engine-replacement-recall/

[hazy frost]

That’s not engine tho

[deep sapphire]

SHUE HELP

[hazy frost]

I knew he was referencing the Corolla

[deep sapphire]

DAD

HELP

DAD

[hazy frost]

He specifically said explode engines and light on fire

[hard drift]

There is no help you are stuck

[hazy frost]

That’s the Corolla

And it’s like 3 incidents

[deep sapphire]

the tundra engines did fail

a lot of them

[hazy frost]

The engine isn’t blowing up in the Yaris either

[deep sapphire]

why do you always just come out of literally no where

[hazy frost]

It’s a Corolla problem

[deep sapphire]

and then are never seen again

[dire viper]

The Yaris also had a fire issue in Japan from what I saw

[hard drift]

That’s how I am with most of discord right now lol

I enjoy life more than I do online these days

[deep sapphire]

true you got a wife and kids now

[dire viper]

All the GR Corollas that have lit on fire were during non hard driving

[hard drift]

I don’t have a wife or kids thank you very much

[dire viper]

Just putting around

[deep sapphire]

thats so funny

they were going 80 MPH that voids the warranty

my old ass truck can do that

oh look it didnt explode

[dire viper]

The legal posted speed limit on I-80 in Utah maxes at 80mph

[deep sapphire]

that also makes no sense, if you were going 80 MPH logically you would be in a higher gear/over drive which means the engine RPM would be at cruising speed

[hard drift]

I’ll be on discord slightly more when I go on my vacations though

[deep sapphire]

so where is toyota's logic

[deep sapphire]

okay say hi to your wife for me!

[hazy frost]

Yeah it’s something to do with how the Corolla is set up from factory tho bc the Yaris is using basically the same engine and not exploding at 80mph

[hard drift]

what wife

[deep sapphire]

[hard drift]

I don’t even have a girlfriend anymore. I broke up with her.

[deep sapphire]

the engine is exploding because they put 40 lbs of boost in a 3 cylinder engine and probably have insane fuel pressure

[hazy frost]

Perhaps

It wasn’t the wisest choice

[deep sapphire]

the manufacturing tollerances on that has to be very tight

and if done incorrectly, the fuel rail might be over taxed causing a massive fire

[hazy frost]

They’re pushing it to as much as it can do from factory already

It’s stupid

[deep sapphire]

its like the intel CPUs right, they are over pushing them from the factory

and now they are failing

[hazy frost]

The fact they’re not covering it as an issue is worse

But apparently they’re accepting some blame now

[deep sapphire]

consumers need to get off their fuckin high horse and stop expecting gobs of power from these smog motors

[hazy frost]

1.6 I3 making 300hp

[deep sapphire]

"uuuuh need 800 hp from my daily driver"

[hazy frost]

What could go wrong

[deep sapphire]

like fuck off lmao

[deep sapphire]

yeah forreal

its just a dumb design

[hazy frost]

It works in the Yaris bc it doesn’t need 300hp anyway

It’s not pushed as hard

Putting a small hot hatch engine into a big hot hatch and just running higher boost is genius

[deep sapphire]

its just like the ford ecoboosts they keep trying to push out all this power from an open deck aluminum block and they are always having issues with head gaskets, cam phasers, turbos failing like nobody needs 600 hp from a fuckin V6 bro just keep it reasonable

[dire viper]

@deep sapphire I work with my grandmas brother at this dealer and he’s back here helping with inventory, I asked him if I can drive his Coronet Super Bee and he was just like “you can’t even get too it” (it’s 6 cars deep in his garage) and I asked him when he last drove it and he said “I don’t wanna talk about.” Asked him when he last started it. “I don’t wanna talk about it.”

[hazy frost]

The fact they could make 300 and people would still be happy driving it

[deep sapphire]

lmao

[deep sapphire]

its all a marketing game, people circle jerk eachother over numbers they dont even need or care about

[hazy frost]

The Camry TRD is a 300hp v6

Not a light car

Still quick

[deep sapphire]

TRD more like TURD

[hazy frost]

V6 accord did the same thing

[hazy frost]

It’s not exciting but it’s not slow and it doesn’t explode

[deep sapphire]

I owned a 2000 camry

great car

0-60 in yes

[hazy frost]

TRD is 0-60 in like 5.7

[modest moss]

@hard drift you should come back and apply for tech mentor

[deep sapphire]

yeah we wanna retire

[hard drift]

I would rather not lol

[hard drift]

No grandpa, you’re stuck

[deep sapphire]

damnit

[modest moss]

nah but seriously bidori, glad you're doing well

[hard drift]

for the most part, fighting a battle with my boss and he’s about to lose

[deep sapphire]

do you still work at dick's sporting goods

[hard drift]

Dude wouldn’t bend the knee now I have a meeting meeting with his boss

[hard drift]

Yup

[deep sapphire]

heh

dick

you work for a dick

at dick's

[modest moss]

are you management yet

[hard drift]

Yeah, unfortunately

[hard drift]

No, I don’t plan to be

[deep sapphire]

that place sucks anyway

they charge you 50 dollars for a nike tshirt

[dire viper]

I don’t ever look at the numbers of a car for a consideration of if it’s a great car

[hard drift]

Not while this guy is the boss anyways

[deep sapphire]

yeah I just look at the name

Chevrolet

[dire viper]

Lmao

[deep sapphire]

already know its a great car

[dire viper]

Based

[hard drift]

I don’t know I stick to the storebrand or UNIQLO

[deep sapphire]

[modest moss]

this is the kind of guy who ends up with his own store

[dire viper]

But yea, if you want the quickest accelerating production car you buy a Dodge Demon 170 or a 911 Turbo S lightweight

[hazy frost]

Nike charges u $60 for a nike tshirt

[dire viper]

The Turbo S Lightweight does 0-60 in 2.3-1.9 depending on tire temp

[hazy frost]

I love branded clothing

It’s definitely not a scam

[modest moss]

just buy an EV if you want to accelerate fast innit

[deep sapphire]

I buy puma shirts off ebay

[dire viper]

Ye

[deep sapphire]

they are comfortable and like 10 bucks lmao

[hazy frost]

If u like going through tyres too

[hard drift]

Please no 😭

[dire viper]

I shoulda said that the Dodge Demon and the Porsche Turbo S are the fastest acceleration combustion engine cars

[deep sapphire]

https://tenor.com/view/tso-gif-27696577

[dire viper]

The Lucid Sapphire is the fastest EV in all aspects currently

[hard drift]

Go buy Uniqlo shirts they’re comfy and relatively well priced

[hazy frost]

The sapphire is actually a nice car

[dire viper]

The Porsche Taycan Turbo GT is a good track car

[modest moss]

like, my dad has a little renault zoe EV and that thing is nippy af when he puts it out of eco mode

[deep sapphire]

wait for the Corvette Zora

[dire viper]

Taycan Turbo GT Weissach package deletes the rear seats iirc

So you get a four door without rear seats lmao

[hazy frost]

That car is not quick

[deep sapphire]

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zora_Arkus-Duntov look at this bond villain lookin ass

[modest moss]

waffle moment incoming

[dire viper]

The actual GOAT

[deep sapphire]

WAFFLE MOMENT

[hazy frost]

The instant torque just makes EVs feel faster anyway

[deep sapphire]

WAFFLE HOUSE

[dire viper]

The current president of GM says he was peak

[deep sapphire]

WAFFLE HOUSE FIGHT

[modest moss]

https://tenor.com/view/chair-parry-waffle-house-parry-gif-27308104

[hazy frost]

EVs feel faster off the line but no gear changes feels slower to drive actually

[deep sapphire]

only problem with zora is he whined abunch about the C4 corvette

and I love the C4

[hazy frost]

If both were equal otherwise

[dire viper]

without Zora the corvette and Camaro wouldn’t have been as good cause of all the tech churned out for the vette

[deep sapphire]

he said the C4 looked soulless and boring

[dire viper]

He’s European so he wants a Ferrari so

C2 Vette is as good looking as a Ferrari

It’s actually so good looking

[deep sapphire]

I think the C3 was probably the most corvette looking corvette

[hazy frost]

I mean…

Compared to the C3 and C5

[deep sapphire]

look at them curves

[hazy frost]

True

[deep sapphire]

I never liked the C5 it has that ugly 90s blob look

C6 is sexy though

[hazy frost]

I hate the C7 and C4 and 5

I used to think the C8 was ugly too but it grew on me

[hazy frost]

True

[deep sapphire]

best corvette design

[hazy frost]

Best looking generation

For the lower models anyway

The c6 zr1 isn’t that interesting

[deep sapphire]

this is the worst

wtf were they thinking

[hazy frost]

That’s the only one I like from that generation lmao

[modest moss]

this is a car worth talking about

[deep sapphire]

looks like a fuckin squirrel with his cheeks full of nuts

[hazy frost]

The ZR1 looks fine

The others eh

The C8 is a good looking car but it kind of doesn’t look like a corvette anyway

[deep sapphire]

older cars just had that look

damn you safety and aerodynamics...

[hazy frost]

Forget about aero and just put a bigger v8 in it

Solved

[deep sapphire]

true the COPO 427 7 liter beast

[hazy frost]

Efficiency

[modest moss]

This car could get even @hard drift laid

[deep sapphire]

true but he still doesnt have a drivers license

[modest moss]

nor do I, my scheme would be to let her drive it

[deep sapphire]

if you wanna talk about ridiculous engine sizes this tops the scale

10.4 liters

its illegal to drive anywhere but a track

[modest moss]

probably like 1mpg

[deep sapphire]

[dire viper]

Probably way less

Probably uses a gallon or two over the quarter

[deep sapphire]

I bet it would get reasonable highway economy why it can just lob down the freeway at 200 RPM 😏

[dire viper]

10.4 liter V8 has a lot of fucking room to shove fuel and air in

[deep sapphire]

its like the corvette

you can get up to 34 MPG on the highway

[hard drift]

I get laid without a car smh

[hard drift]

I am working on it

I have enough for a car already lol

[deep sapphire]

Eugh my tendons are bothering me again in my right hand

Guess I need to step away from my PC for a little while

[hard drift]

Have you tried KT tape?

[deep sapphire]

I’m just wearing a wrist strap, I had surgery on my wrist a couple years ago so playing it safe

I’ll look into that though thanks

[hard drift]

Yeah, my buddy has problems, especially on the computer and that’s what he uses to help relieve some of it. Still, of course will have pain, but it allows you to go longer duration without it.

[modest moss]

damn, Hank's pixiv premium is playing up

get well soon honey

[sharp star]

I forgot how miserable cleaning a keyboard was

[deep sapphire]

Usually a can of air gets it clean

Mine is getting pretty gross lmao

[sharp star]

Using a small brush too

[deep sapphire]

I got an air compressor in the garage maybe I’ll take it out and clean it

[sharp star]

can't use an air compressor because it's 2 AM

[deep sapphire]

😏

[sharp star]

Also denture tabs work real nice for keycaps

[deep sapphire]

I’m dead

@potent arrow @dire viper

[inland mauve]

even one horsepower can be dangerous

[deep sapphire]

So accurate lmao

https://www.anandtech.com/show/21542/end-of-the-road-an-anandtech-farewell

They always had great articles on the depths of processor architecture

[sly elk]

Dang that is sad, but not surprising

the founder left years ago, and iirc they sold out to the company that owned tom's hardware

and at that point it was like... why?

and then the vast majority of attention shifted over to video producers like gamers nexus, linus, hardware unboxed, etc

which I still find an obnoxious and kinda hard to use medium at times

[deep sapphire]

Yeah he basically said the same thing. Tech journalism has changed and being a PC enthusiast isn’t really a thing anymore with things like overclocking basically non existent anymore

https://youtu.be/AXCWYKSjHnI?si=4nCAEi2pxXd6KIQJ ahoy is spoiling us with more video releases

[dire viper]

Me realizing I gotta take my whole bumper off to align it

Bumper comes off in like 10 minutes but putting it back on takes forever

If you want it to sit right

[deep sapphire]

That’s how it usually goes lmao

When I changed my oil in the Tacoma it has some stupid metal skid plate that I had to take off and Toyota uses both sheet metal and plastic screws which look very similar but aren’t

I should have just kept it off not like I’m off roasting

Roading**

[dire viper]

Lmao

Yea you can feel the design constraints with the M3 in the front end of the car

They had to fit way larger and more efficient radiators while reducing drag on the front

So the car would safely do 150

https://youtu.be/kRQiQA2BY0c?si=dTmnd7fenT3zyXvI

Holy shit new M539 restorations

He bought this car sight unseen on an auction site and rebuilt the entire car in 5 days for Monterey Car Week

Like it needed new subframes and a lot of mechanical stuff from what I saw him post on instagram

One owner 70k miles tho from what he said

Weather related car accident so not someone doing dumb shit

I should also mention he flew out from Germany to do this in Fresno lmao

[buoyant wasp]

https://x.com/girldrawsghosts/status/1829460154699456715?s=19

Miss Gender (@girldrawsghosts) on X

I’ve been sitting here trying to build a punchline around this but you can’t improve on perfection

Twitter · Aug 30, 2024, 10:04 AM

[deep sapphire]

It’s that high quality cast aluminum frame with its plastic clipped steel body!

I can’t get over that

A fuckin cast aluminum frame

[odd sand]

My friend bought an ultrawide monitor running @ 1440p so despite having a 7800X3D and 3080 he was talking about wanting to overclock it bc his frames in Darktide dip into the 40s
I was like, you wanted the monitor. Good luck with that: You can't do much in the way of OC these days that will beat what the firmware is already doing for you. Modern CPUs will generally keep pouring in juice as long as you have TDP to spare unless you change the BIOS to tell it otherwise.

https://www.reddit.com/r/gadgets/comments/1f4xi5v/anandtech_is_shutting_down/

[dire viper]

Lmao one of the techs clutch dropped a truck in gear in the shop

Crushed his tool box and now the whole front end of the truck needs to be pulled up

[sly elk]

yea modern CPUs already 'overclock' automatically for you 😄

[hazy frost]

GPU OC is not dead

CPU is for sure

I got a 20% uplift in raster with an OC and 50-60% in ray tracing with my gpu

RT is mostly bc of terrible Nvidia memory bandwidth

Small bus

But u can get a decent 20% out of a lot of modern GPUs still

It’s normally memory having the biggest impact

[deep sapphire]

4090s you dont really get much value, some you can OC the memory pretty good

the real trick is to set the power limit to 70 percent

performance only drops like 2 percent but uses significantly less power

[odd sand]

I'd have to monitor my GPU thermals to know if that would be worthwhile for me. I honestly never really bother looking at my thermals. I have a 360mm rad on the CPU and I call it good lol

I have the 3080 10gb

[deep sapphire]

I dunno why a 3080 would struggle with 1440P

can probably do med-high with good FPS at 1440P with it

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7GM4Lt5k24s

[buoyant wasp]

Oh Brazil suspended Twitter

[hazy frost]

It’s like 10% in gaming but it also has like no limit from factory

Funny gpu

[hazy frost]

I had to stop before I ran into instability bc of temps

My memory hotspot was getting too close to 95-100

I got enough out of it anyway

I only run it in like 4 games where I need it bc most games it’s overkill stock

[odd sand]

When it's 5120x1440 it's actually pushing 1440p x2...

It may have been slightly less like 1.8x, I forget the exact res, but it's essentially 2 monitors in one bc ultrawide

[hazy frost]

That’s close enough to call it 4K

It’s like 5% off 4K

[deep sapphire]

Oooh derp yeah makes sense

[modest moss]

Is it super ultra wide because 1440p ultra wide is usually 3440 * 1440

Only like 35% more pixels than standard 1440p

[dire viper]

https://apnews.com/article/brazil-musk-x-suspended-de-moraes-46c9d5c5c895e17d9adfac43e6ac20fd

[kind rune]

5120 x 1440 is not quite double since the vertical resolution is the same

[sly walrus]

it's double wide

nobody said it had to be double tall

[modest moss]

it's literally double

3,686,400 vs 7,372,800

[ocean frost]

Hi... Question for PC players..

I thought I would switch to a PC in terms of gaming.
What configuration can you give, what parts would choose for building a PC?

Thanks...

[potent arrow]

well you can start with a budget

and what you like to play generally

[ocean frost]

I would play FF14 first, Im more RPG, Adventure game fan..

[ocean frost]

Budget ....

Give a second...
2000 dollar/euro max..

[dire viper]

You can do a lot with that I think

The euro adjacent buyers can probably help with that

[inland mauve]

yeah can get a high end system with that

[ocean frost]

Some recommendations. What components?

[sharp star]

https://www.tomshardware.com/pc-components/cpus/amd-launches-ryzen-5-7600x3d-microcenter-exclusive-six-core-zen-4-cpu-with-game-boosting-3d-v-cache
ofc it's Microcenter exclusive

[wraith agate]

Hah, get fucked

[paper tusk]

I did a shits and giggles build with this (don't take it as must get since might need monitor, mouse/kb, gpu brace, windows license, etc) https://de.pcpartpicker.com/list/LXpvTY

also some here might recommend amd card for the mony over nvidia (I'm doing so because of less driver issues)

[sly elk]

that is also how samsung marketed them

the 49" is equivalent to 2 27" 1440p monitors put together

and the 57" is equivalent to 2 32" 4k monitors put together

[odd sand]

It's a 45" I think. not quite to Big-D Samsung G9 Neo territory

[modest moss]

chonker either way

[pine thistle]

its nice that the cooler without ARGB (whatever the A stands for with leds lol) is somehow more expensive

I suppose if I'm getting a new PC it's not really worthwhile getting a 5800X3D when the 7800X3D just costs ~60€ more

[potent arrow]

affedsabkea

adressa

boe

https://tenor.com/view/burger-cat-funny-cat-cheese-cat-bunger-funny-animals-gif-25121950

adressable

^

[pine thistle]

oh

for me argb is rgb with alpha lol

but that makes more sense yeah

[potent arrow]

CMYK

[paper tusk]

with a cheapo sata power rgb controller can also turn that shit off without harming the motherboard controlling fan speed

[paper tusk]

a lot of the list has long term in mind which is why it's a little overkill (especially that 4070 ti super since it's a big chunk of mony). same difference with the power supply (lots of overhead for a future upgrade in case power use increases)

personally I'm waiting for 9700X3D whenever it's out, eventually

(if want to use my quick suggestion build and save mony I would probably downgrade to a 1 tb ssd first since can always throw in another one for storage later)

[pine thistle]

was gonna go for the 4070 anyway, just didn't realise the CPU prices were so close together

my current PC is closing in on 10 years with almost no changes so gonna just go for a entirely new one that's hopefully going to last a while

only things I've upgraded were the GPU because I thought it was dying, and the PSU which is what was actually dying

[old jetty]

so question

I was planning to upgrade my pc

but also know nothing about what cpu is better overall atm

like, I was just thinking of switching both cpu and Graphic card

[paper tusk]

right now there's a lot of distrust of intel at the moment with a flaw in their current gen cpus (next gen of course not affected or so their lawyers say)

so amd is kinda the default recommendation for stability

[old jetty]

can't I go for older intel cpus too?

before the current gen that is

[paper tusk]

and in terms of AMD cpus generally speaking anything with a X3D after it is the one you'll want (for gaming performance)

[real edge]

just go for a 7800x3d

[paper tusk]

https://community.intel.com/t5/Processors/Intel-Core-13-14th-Gen-Instability-Update-Future-Products/m-p/1627440 yes you can get a 12th gen but that's outdated

[old jetty]

like, atm I have a Intel Core i5-11400F cpu

I also dunno if amd cpus is compatible with my motherboard, cause none appear when I use partpicker tbh

[paper tusk]

keep in mind going from i5(11th gen) to current will require budgeting for (ddr5) ram also

[golden stream]

oy keep it

the 12th gen and older are not affected w chip rot atm

so the more smart way is upgrade GPU and PSU if necessary

[paper tusk]

I second keeping that for a little longer. it's ok for what it's worth given graphics card prices are bullshit

[golden stream]

andddddddd ^

[old jetty]

As far as GPU goes, I have a 3060 ti with 8 GB of RAM, so I thought it was good enough already

[deep sapphire]

intel has new processors coming out in october

if you are upgrading hold off until then and see how the landscape looks

[golden stream]

a bit low in vram but then again, if you only want to game, that's gud enough

stream gaming? eh a bit struggling but still be fine

[old jetty]

Ye, but some games have started to struggle a bit

It is also worth mentioning I have a 1440p monitor, so that's also why

[golden stream]

ze monke game?

[deep sapphire]

what settings do you normally play at

that card is only really gonna be doing low/med at that resolution with good frame rates

[golden stream]

sowwy me either 1080p or a bit lower/deck gamer

[old jetty]

The monke game indeed

[golden stream]

like, if you want 1440p for that card, ye that's ouch

ze monke game has issue in opti, iirc UE5 issue

I mean, that's both UE4 issue as well tho

[old jetty]

But also FFXIV also dips a bit compared to before

[golden stream]

huhhhhh

[old jetty]

So I should swap graphic cards and not CPU?

[golden stream]

XIV is more in CPU side tho but if frame drop uncontrollable (to the point of obvious) it may be GPU side

[pine thistle]

in general or just in places like limsa?

[golden stream]

if just Limsa so you're ok

[old jetty]

In some specific zones

[golden stream]

like Limsa

[old jetty]

Like, the new zone at LvL 91 that is very open with the Pelu pelu, it chugs a bit

[golden stream]

hmmmm

[old jetty]

The rest is fine

And Limsa of course

[golden stream]

I'd say, better monitor it w some tools

like depend on how it is loaded, like cpu or gpu side

[old jetty]

Mhm, fair

But ye, I should at least swap the graphic card given I play on a 1440p monitor

[potent arrow]

I have a broken 3060ti and a 1440p monitor and it runs 14 fine so

I would look at making sure your drivers are updated and temps in the clear

[old jetty]

it is also a very hot season here, so probably doesn't help

also side note, does it matter which 4070 do I go with? ( seems the better option for an upgrade )

[wraith agate]

I'd say go for super

[old jetty]

cause the price swings are wacky

[sharp star]

I’ve had a good experience with Gigabyte cards this gen

funnily enough

[deep sapphire]

avoid the regular 4070 they just did a bait and switch and downgraded the memory

performance isnt that different but still

[wraith agate]

I use Asus but... I'd not recommend it

[sharp star]

Also yeah 4070 Super at minimum imo

[old jetty]

ye, saw the asus one

like, I'll just post the link

https://www.amazon.it/ASUS-GeForce-Grafica-192-bit-DUAL-RTX4070S-O12G-EVO/dp/B086ZS934X/ref=sr_1_3?crid=2MYZ4UZXXZ4C1&dib=eyJ2IjoiMSJ9.1Qas9BORAmEu8n_v3GxXVYj7r4WqCWwqhHHq3RrzRHV5iSngMNyxsV23NbpMsGY1dfpOWeVPnN81BQGn1KoKSOQmKGwA_SGE4vVckjTyNcFbHWQFGyZMaw0Wuc-ppeEqSLQ6wWczRJ8sX_b9p6rIrTD82HGX8P4NU4LY-3qZixa6u-KsHsKyb2YZI4lK8Wa_lPYxZ9fKm1FQzX90ltq0XCfatQwkS7DmUQGhV8e6J5sCOYowg2fGeov2TD4TUZsMmst0ghYzb0wEFiUxeeEtjL_Uj77hdb1d5NUHXUw7f34.RHv7VpznS4K153AYvqSmfyzoFUhiJPS8avE7vH2G_YI&dib_tag=se&keywords=nvidia%2Brtx%2B4070&qid=1725080811&sprefix=nvidia%2Caps%2C140&sr=8-3&ufe=app_do%3Aamzn1.fos.9d4f9b77-768c-4a4e-94ad-33674c20ab35&th=1

[sly walrus]

holy link batman

[old jetty]

ye, can't help with that, kek

[wraith agate]

amazon links

[deep sapphire]

get one of these

bfg the only brand to trust

[wraith agate]

Hank that's older than some people here

[deep sapphire]

[sly walrus]

find one with the dude from brute force on the box

that’s the good shit

[deep sapphire]

graphics card art was so bad back then its now a classic

[sly walrus]

god what were nvidia and ati smoking back then

[deep sapphire]

it either had some poorly CGI half naked anime girl on it or some random monster

like... can I just get a... normal? graphics card?

[sly walrus]

nyo

anyway here’s SOUND BLASTER

and also VOODOO

[sharp star]

holy fuck I love old GPU packaging

[old jetty]

people were on some shit back then

( also asus super and gigabyte super are like the same price tbh looking at it )

[deep sapphire]

Bahahahaha

I recognize that blue bottle

[sly walrus]

bawls!

[deep sapphire]

Hellllll yeah

I remember BFG, XFX and EVGA all had lifetime warranties too

[golden stream]

me crai, EVGA stopped making gpu

[deep sapphire]

Yeah 😦

[golden stream]

and now their name is like, kinda drowned

[sly walrus]

evgone

[golden stream]

EVGA ain't support or sold in my place

[deep sapphire]

Nvidia loves to piss off their partners

XFX use to only sell nvidia but they got pissed at nvidia too

[golden stream]

tfw EVGA was one of the most decent partner

their product was goat

wasn't their stuff be the only one can proper cool the 4090??

[deep sapphire]

Yeah, having (well for me) US based tech support that was 24/7 was really nice

Most 4090s are overbuilt I have a PNY one and it rarely gets above 72c

[golden stream]

prob gotta put em in a specific case to use all of such resources

wait

AV1 compiling

prob AV1 encoding/decoding?

some heavy lifting producting, maybe

[paper tusk]

for shorter amazon links delete everything after "/dp/B086ZS934X" (or whatever the product id is)

[golden stream]

tfw SEA version of amazon is also samey anyway
shopee/lazada link is hella long man

[deep sapphire]

It’s nice for being able to play 4K games at high frame rates but 4K gaming is more of a luxury and not really something anyone needs

1440P is more than plenty

[golden stream]

that, ye

[real edge]

I have a 4080super that sits at 64-66c when gaming and 69c under heavy load

[old jetty]

Ah, forbidden knowdlege

[sharp star]

You know what else is forbidden knowledge

Shift + F10, OOBE\BYPASSNRO

[golden stream]

Y E S

I should note it down, always forget that line

[sharp star]

It gets easier to remember lol

especially when Microsoft is forcing sign-ins on setup

[old jetty]

Anyway ye, bought a 4070 super, gonna try it and send it back in case it gives me problems

[sly elk]

LOL

[paper tusk]

n i c e

[sly elk]

https://martin.wojtczyk.de/2024/08/31/is-my-vision-that-bad-no-its-just-a-bug-in-apples-calculator/

[sharp star]

Gonna see if my laptop is actually borked

I'm gonna download an Unreal Engine game and see if I can produce some bad results

[sharp star]

It did not crash during Gears Tactics

Gonna try something newer

[golden stream]

WuWa
Thing is, WuWa and FF7R are UE4 games
Unsure abt UE5 tho

[sharp star]

I used the Black Myth: Wukong benchmark. That was the more immediate and brutal thing to use

[golden stream]

Like, UE is so nice to dev but hell to opti

Do we have any UE5 game beside Black Myth: Wulong?

[sharp star]

Fortnite or something

[golden stream]

NAHHHHHHH not count Fortnite

It's Epic Game's own territory, ofc they opti it

[sharp star]

And it still counts because Raptor Lake chips do exhibit issues running Unreal Engine games

[golden stream]

Tho it's an interesting case, if taking Fortnite mobile into account

[golden stream]

Now that's interesting

[hazy frost]

Ark and the first descendant

Are other big ones

Ark is basically impossible to run anyway bc wildcard sucks on top of UE5

First descendant is like a reasonable test for an average game but on UE5

[golden stream]

Prob First Descendant and Wukong be the current benchmark points then

[hazy frost]

There is no actually good UE5 game yet tho 😔

Only to be used as tech demos

[sharp star]

But yeah I tried a couple UE4 and 5 benchmarks and my laptop isn’t exhibiting issues

So that’s good I guess

[golden stream]

The engine benchmark or the game benchmark?

Bc engine sample file ain't game

[sharp star]

Game

[golden stream]

Hmmmmm

[golden stream]

https://youtu.be/KCpCjQ1_jNU

Wow, Zoom updated their h1/h1n
ALSO USB-C PORT YASHHHH
it's also a decent microphone and DAC if for linux btw

[old jetty]

Out of curiosity, are these two the slots where I need to plug my graphic card interchangeable?

Cause (excuse s
The shitty photo) the current graphic card is set up like this, and I was wondering if all I needed to do was plug in the new one on the motherboard + plug those cables in the graphic card

[hazy frost]

Why are u trying to plug 2 GPUs into it

[old jetty]

No, not plug two

I'm replacing this one with the new one

[hazy frost]

Put it back in the same place

There is a different in PCIe slots

Idk what board it is so can’t say exactly what each one is

There’s not many boards where both PCIe slots are both connected to the cpu, and also both the same standard

[old jetty]

I see, gotcha

[dire viper]

You can check the motherboards manual and it will tell you the kind of PCIe slot it is

Typically top spot is the high speed but on some mobos they are the same PCIe iteration

[hazy frost]

If they’re the same iteration one is normally chipset and not cpu

Unless u have a ridiculously expensive board from that time

[old jetty]

Ye, I checked, but also incurred in the problem I probably need a new psu

[hazy frost]

Why

What gpu did u get, what cpu do u have and what psu do u have

[wraith agate]

Tech CEO needs to shut the fuck up

[sly elk]

for reals

[random marlin]

[pine thistle]

dumb question, what are "gaming light bars"

do they just...glow and thats it?

[celest solar]

So, planning on buying a new laptop, if I drop the specs here could one of you tell me if it can run ffxiv?

I don't really know anything about the techie stuff

[deep sapphire]

sure

[celest solar]

AMD Integrated Graphics
Radeon RX Vega 6
Ryzen 3 5300U
8 GB Ram.

[celest solar]

dunno if there's something more I should add

[old jetty]

Forgot to answer, but I got a 4070 super. But I have a static 650 V Corsair bronze PSU, which doesn't seem to have any leftover cable for the 12 pins cable needed for the GPU and also I heard more than 650 V is better for a 4070

[deep sapphire]

that laptop will not run the game well

[old jetty]

Also getting a new psu means reconnecting everything which is outside of my knowledge

[deep sapphire]

you should be aiming for something with a minimum of 16GB of memory and an AMD 7000 series CPU or higher. also AMD GPUs in the laptop space are pretty much non existent so I cant really help you on that front but nvidia I would aim for a 4060 or better

[old jetty]

So I need to find a technician first

I'm just kinda scared NGL of touching and handling my pc

[golden stream]

you actually can do it w relatively ease
gotta need some handcream tho, those plugs are a bit arse to pull out

[old jetty]

Oh, ye, I know I can do it myself, I just don't want to mess with it as it is about replacing the whole psu

[golden stream]

the PSU replacing is also ez lol
Corsair has some nice PSU btw, I have a 750 SFX size one, plat btw, barely hear fan spin even under relative load
just some of their PSU are meh

[old jetty]

Ye, was planning to get a 850 one

[golden stream]

niceeee

actually, do you remember if your PSU is modular or non-modular?

if modular so the replacement is even easier

[old jetty]

It is static

With all cables shooting out essentially

[pine thistle]

its honestly not that bad, I did it without much prior knowledge

[old jetty]

The one on the right

Well, I guess it is just regular, not static, kek

[golden stream]

modular = the cables plug into the motherboard could be removed in the PSU end while the ones on the motherboard could stay there
non-modular = if u want to remove the PSU u have to remove the plugs on the motherboard

[old jetty]

Also I checked, I bought a Corsair rm850x modular psu

[golden stream]

oh NICE

[old jetty]

Also I assume cables don't come with it

[golden stream]

nope, cables come w PSU
sauce: I have a modular Corsair one

[sly elk]

be very very very careful about that

only in very specific scenarios can you reuse the cables

https://www.corsair.com/us/en/s/psu-cable-compatibility

though i don'

t think redoing cables is a big deal

[golden stream]

yeah, and considering Corsair may change design of the plug/cable

then again, redo the cable (esp modular one) isn't quite a big deal big to one who care abt cable management tho

[sly elk]

i care! to an extent

i don't really have a 'cable management' kinda case though

see how i wire mine? XD

i try to keep it neat and organized

if I didn't, the door wouldn't close. XD

[golden stream]

that's much better than mine
wanna see?

[sly elk]

sure!

[sly elk]

i hope earthquakes don't happen out there

[golden stream]

context: the case is only ITX
the motherboard is mATX
dw the system is disassembled and collecting dust in my wardrobe

[sly elk]

aw

what er you using now?

[golden stream]

laptop + steam deck, mostly laptop bc I move around a lot
I let my friend borrow my smol boi up there yes it's SFF, APU only

[sly elk]

ohh ok

my desk cable management is

a little less chaotic than my case? but it has its own issues LOL

[golden stream]

still, no plan to give up my rig's hardware, gotta repurpose it to be a NAS, but after be my cousin's minecraft machine

[sly elk]

i have an adjustable height desk so over the years i've spent plenty on long power/usb/hdmi cables

[golden stream]

I will NOT let that golden silicon of GPU of mine go without its use

[sly elk]

one of my desktops does actually sit on my desk1

[golden stream]

dem nice

ngl I'm thinking vchuba streaming

stream from phone for now

may get a rig just for stream, and another one for actual game/fiddling things

[sly elk]

it's hiding between my 2 monitors lol 😄

err to the left of thta speaker

little trashcan mac pro :3

[golden stream]

niceeeeeee

idk what should I think abt macs and Apple stuff tho, my friends and collegues are kinda pressure me to use an apple product
like, um, productivity, maybe, like I only want Garageband
the rest is like meh, multitasking is eh, Apple Pen be janky af

[sly elk]

-shrug- I think you should use what you feel best using

i do like using garageband when playing around with my guitar

so the way that setup works: during the workday it's connected to my work computer (the macobok pro sitting to the right of my tower)
at night it's connected to my pc (which these days is running fedora linux mostly, windows 11 sometimes but rarely)
the mac pro powers the left screen and that's pretty much all ti does. it shows the house cameras so we can easily see what's going on outside lol (my brother loves that). adn then I have my email client and take care of other stuff on there

it's pretty much the computer I can count on to always be available to do stuff when I break the OS on my tower LOL

[golden stream]

AYO FELLOW FEDORA ENJOYER

[sly elk]

i have another tower i used to use for sim racing but for now it doesnt' do much LOL

my laptops are also macs though

[golden stream]

oy u can use it for almost all kind of driving/flying sim

[sly elk]

fedora? yea it works fine for almost everything

the only game i ever bother to reboot into windows for is overwatch LOL

[golden stream]

hmmm the only thing I may use a mac laptop is prob for battery life
the rest are on either windows or linux

[sly elk]

i like mac os x a lot.

[golden stream]

mac os x just confuses me

[sly elk]

more than windows?

[golden stream]

yeah

[sly elk]

to me, linux and macos feel pretty similar and windows is the weird ass one

[golden stream]

my place is mostly windows, then I use linux more, mostly on gnome, sometime kde

kde ain't support my language as good as gnome so gnome then lol

[sly elk]

i am ok enough with gnome on my personal machine at home

but linux vms at work errghghhhfgh xfce ftw

[paper tusk]

tempted to take a pic of mine as a hold my beer moment

which is more a fair warning

[sly elk]

DO IT

honestly as long as I don't see cut up vacuum cleaner cords in there

it's probably fine enough

[compact pine]

cables of shame

[sly elk]

there isn't much going on there, so I think it's fine

[wraith agate]

wtf is that monitor, that's like gigawide

[sly elk]

57 inch Samsung odyssey g9

[celest solar]

Would this run FFXIV?

Intel Core i3 12100F 4.3GHz Turbo Socket 1700 Alder Lake processor
Motherboard Asrock H610M-HVS S1700
Kingston DDR4 16GB 3200Mhz Fury CL16 Memory
ASUS Dual Radeon RX 6600 8GB GDDR6 V2 Video Card
Crucial 240GB BX500 540MB/s SSD Solid Disk

[paper tusk]

it'll run it but that's very much on the low end. that ssd is going to be problematic

since just xiv is 100 gb (up to patch)

[sharp star]

I would personally bump the DRAM up to 32GB as well

[sly elk]

https://old.reddit.com/r/battlestations/comments/1f5x8vk/atlas_headrest_added_to_embody_chair/

i have the same chair, monitor, and mouse LOL

[paper tusk]

making the assumption it's a budget build, i would put the buckazoids into a better cpu first (i5-12400F) for $30 more (6c12t instead of 4c8t), TEAMGROUP MP33 512gb m2 ssd ($36), and an ASRock B660M Pro RS ($95) to actually be able to use the m2 ssd

[sly elk]

oh wow that h610m doesn't have a m.2 slot does it

[paper tusk]

yeah, barebones

[sly elk]

honestly sometimes a tight budget is a tight budget

[paper tusk]

yeah I'm not going to judge

I'm not exactly in a position to do much about my system because of budget 😐

[golden stream]

Actually dram 16 is ok, but there'll be barely anything else running at the same time

If you're extremely tight, try secondhand market

[sharp star]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=L7C_x5EI-fQ

[hazy frost]

A good 650w one is fine for the 4070 but the one you have is not a particularly good one, u need the new cable anyway

It’s a 220w card that doesn’t have any really bad spikes

If u wanna save money u could just buy an actually good 650w or if u don’t care about the extra $30 buy a 750w lol

Only reason to get it is so u don’t need to buy another one next time u upgrade

[potent arrow]

@dire viper there's a c330 in my future

they got back on my counter offer, 20 000 for a sub 90k Km C330

cheap because it needs new paint

clean report

[dire viper]

Oh pog

Why buy something reliable when you could buy something that explodes

If only you were in the US and a C5 Z06 Corvette was 20k for a nice one

@potent arrow @sly elk earlier me and a Purosangue got stuck behind slow traffic :C

Also they aren’t lying about that active suspension on the Purosangue

Could literally watch it counter lean in the curves

What an absurd vehicle

[potent arrow]

yoooo

[potent arrow]

listen if it explodes, it would've still outlasted any of my other cars besides the civics

[dire viper]

Lmao

[late basalt]

alright, any Android nerds lurking at the moment? I'm having an idiot moment and for whatever reason google is failing me as well

[golden stream]

Androididiot here, may I count?

[late basalt]

no clue honestly, but i'll ask

galaxy tab a7 lite, does it have a download mode key-combo, or if OEM unlocking is enabled in dev tools, does that unlock the bootloader already?

because everything i'm finding on google is "when off, hold vol+/vol- and plug in and wait until download mode shows up"

yet it's not working for me ¯_(ツ)_/¯

[odd sand]

Hmm what do you guys think? I'm taking a trip to Japan soon and Abroad in Japan had an ad bit for the action cam he uses. Normally I don't care about ads, but it did make me think about getting one bc I could get nice images/video of my trip while being inconspicuous and not needing to carry around a bulky camera everywhere like I have on previous trips.

Wondering if the 4K version is worth it over the 1440p:
https://www.amazon.com/Insta360-GO-Hands-Free-Stabilization-Waterproof/dp/B0D3WLV9Q1/

Can get the GO 3S for $400 or the regular GO 3 for $300

[dire viper]

https://youtu.be/X-Vcx3zRE-0?si=ysi7op6qnFa2_mX6 @potent arrow holy shit this popped up in my recommended I forgot about this

[sly walrus]

racing lagoon 2 when

[dire viper]

I miss the old old days of car modding 😔

the 80's and 90's were so absurd

back when you could talk your way out of getting pulled over for doing 250mph

and when executives would spend millions making the fastest cars in the world even faster

https://youtu.be/BLsI1hsKu08?si=b8aoEI2WZ6ArpkKD

[potent arrow]

lmfao what the fuck

[celest solar]

Ok got some laptop specs.
Intel Core i7-13620H
NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4050 Laptop GPU
16 gb ram( two 8gb)
16GB 512GB SSD NVMe W11
Would this run FFXIV ok?

[dire viper]

do you not know about Top Secret?

Supra is still around

this photo is from 2002 but all the cars they've built are still kicking

their most recent car, an R35 GT-R, was sold within minutes of them unveiling it at a japanese motor show

guy bought the car for 1 million USD in cash

had an entire trunk full of bags of yen

not even exagerating

oh yea and the Mid Night 930 Turbo

Porsche Motorsport built that car

about a million or so spent on it, fully loaded with factory racing parts, one off parts just for the car

straight pipe dump off of a Porsche 935 Turbo

gearbox designed to be unstressed at 300kmh

this random ass guy from japan helped porsche refine their motorsports engines by letting them test whatever they wanted on his car

2300lbs, 650~hp

[wraith agate]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tg--L9TKL0I

this is interesting

[sly elk]

😄 technology connections

man why'd he fill his video up with stock clips X_X

[wraith agate]

how else do you want to showcase stuffs?

[golden stream]

1. Is the ram soldered or modular? If modular, GREAT
2. Storage should be upgradable if gaming lappy so it should be fine
3. That line of CPU is defected/have issue so you may consider/reconsider
4. The GPU is a-okeh if 1080p mid-ish gamin and ye still rockin w XIV btw
   HOWEVER PLS REMEMBER XIV IN FULL IS LIKE 100GB

[sly elk]

man this mouse sounds different

[sharp star]

https://www.theverge.com/2024/9/2/24234003/lenovo-leak-copilot-plus-pcs-ifa-2024

[hazy frost]

I wouldn’t buy it unless it’s exceptionally cheap, even tho it would probably run FFXIV

That gpu performance would’ve been considered mediocre years ago

[celest solar]

Honestly, computers get so complicated for me, at this rate I am just gonna buy a ps4

[hazy frost]

If u don’t need to take it places don’t buy a laptop anyway

[celest solar]

Tru

[hazy frost]

Ur paying more money for worse specs

[sharp star]

https://www.amazon.com/dp/B0BBHHT8LY

$220.78

[hazy frost]

alas the 7600 is $180 so still not rly worth it

unless u explicitly need 8 cores for smth

[dire viper]

Me seeing a lotus emira

It’s automatic :<

[sharp star]

https://store.steampowered.com/hwsurvey/Steam-Hardware-Software-Survey-Welcome-to-Steam
it's so fucking over, Windows 11 is now the most popular OS among Steam users

[shy iron]

anyone know a good vented monitor stand? I need to raise my laptop up to make room for a keyboard and mouse

everything i find tends to be to small

[inland mauve]

how do I stream to more than one streaming service at the same time

I can't figure it out

[dreamy chasm]

Aren't there obs plugins that smooth out the process for you

[inland mauve]

there probably are but I'm having a hard time finding useful information on search engines nowadays

it's so full of AI generated crap

[dreamy chasm]

Mmh

Fair

[lost python]

did you add "reddit" to your search query

seems to be the only way to get actual humans answering these days

either way, restream apparently works for that exact purpose

[inland mauve]

restream does look like a popular option

[dire viper]

When is Windows 10 end of service

Cause I do not wanna fucking upgrade

Is enterprise even an option

[hazy frost]

1 year left

I think enterprise is an option and it’s like 2 or 3

[buoyant falcon]

Okay, am I crazy or did the Windows Photo app, for some, reason patch out that feature which allowed you to quickly crop and do other minor edits to images?

Instead it's forcing me to use this cloud-based photo editing app on my browser. Who the fuck asked for this? <_<

Oh Jesus fucking christ...

So when you try to crop an image in their shitty cloud-based photo editor, instead of cropping the entire image, it just leaves the removed parts of the photograph in the image as a white space.

[paper tusk]

[buoyant falcon]

Seriously... Why? Fucking why?

[paper tusk]

probably as an excuse to delete ms paint

[buoyant falcon]

Well that's the thing, I wasn't using MS Paint. The Windows Photo app had a very simple editor that allowed you to crop pics without having to mess with opening another app like MS Paint, Photoshop, or GIMP. It was a simple but convenient feature.

[paper tusk]

although that can't do anything beyond crop/resizing/background removal (in terms of photo tools)

[pine thistle]

Management asked for it :)

Same reason a bunch of other shit got changed for no reason

like the taskbar being replaced with something that has less features

[buoyant falcon]

Guess I'll just open images with Snipping Tool from now on when I want to quickly crop an image.

[pine thistle]

Photopea exists altough probably a bit overkill

[potent arrow]

I use sharex to clipboard lol

[pine thistle]

same tbh

[dire viper]

Ferrari FXX-K

[odd sand]

Aren't most luxury sports cars automatic these days I thought? Technically speaking even F1 is an automatic

[dire viper]

Formula 1 is where sequential automatics, CVT’s, and dual clutches come from

Usually they are, but Lotus is famous for always having built manual cars

They put very expensive transmission setups in there cars, at least compared to other makers

[hazy frost]

The emira comes with like 3 options

It has the DCT or manual

[dire viper]

It’s a very purist and dumb thing to hate automatics but in an analog sports car why would you get a DCT.

[hazy frost]

Apparently it’s still nice to drive as an automatic

[dire viper]

Modern sports cars are designed around the DCT, engine mapping etc

Most manual only sports cars have a throttle setup made to make it easier to rev match etc

[hazy frost]

I know people who daily drive the emira who just don’t care that much bc it’s good enough and comfortable

I don’t think it’s that weird to offer the automatic as a DCT

Like u can get the manual one if u really care about that part of the experience

[dire viper]

Oh also DCT’s sound like the car is farting

Single clutch automatics are bad but they have good sound cause they’re slower

Get the distinct on and off

[hazy frost]

Probably but the only upside of automatic for driving is literally that it’s faster than 99% of drivers in a manual

Tbf

It goes fast well

If they offered a CVT u might as well get the manual one

[dire viper]

Yea but numbers shouldn’t be the reason you buy a car. If they were you’d just buy a Turbo S

Especially with how much the markups on the Emira are

[hazy frost]

Its not just numbers

Going faster does feel better

I don’t think what u lose with a DCT is more than what u gain

Especially when it’s a good one

[dire viper]

Shrug ig

[hazy frost]

If u want the rest of the driving experience u just buy the manual imo

[dire viper]

At least an Elise is way cheaper and does the lightweight sports car thing better

[hazy frost]

CVT is just sitting in the middle offering mediocre from both worlds

[dire viper]

Extruded aluminum chassis that’s bonded with marine adhesives my beloved

[hazy frost]

Pretty much any older car is better value than a brand new one realistically

The emira is about 60-70k with super low mileage still

I don’t think it’s outrageous

[dire viper]

I would say it’s just newer cars don’t provide a good enough experience

[hazy frost]

Everyone who’s driven the emira says it’s a great experience

That’s why people are buying it

[dire viper]

Going fast is already easily done in 20-30 year old cars

I haven’t driven an Emira yet but I’ve been told by Elise owners they like the Elise more

And I do like driving the Elise

[hazy frost]

The emira is still just under 1500kg

It’s not heavy either

[dire viper]

It weighs as much as an E46 slick top

[hazy frost]

Yeah

[dire viper]

More than a CSL

[hazy frost]

The CSL is not a sports car either

[dire viper]

Wh

[hazy frost]

It also lacks a majority of the modern comforts in the emira

While being slower

[dire viper]

Coupe Sport Lightweight

It’s a good enough sports car to go around the Nurburgring faster than a 996 GT2 of the same time

Which is absurd

996 GT2’s are riots to drive

And they’re impressively fast around a track still to this day

[hazy frost]

Yeah the 996 GT2 is a proper sports car

The e46 was still just trying to be one as best it could imo

But it’s not the same as an Elise or 996

[dire viper]

I mean I would say the E46 is a proper sports car in coupe form considering that the E46 sedan was designed for racing at the get go

[hazy frost]

It’s still a more practical take on what a sports car could be

[dire viper]

BMW didn’t like how not stiff the E36 was, so they made the E46 70% stiffer to eek out as much as possible from the suspension geometry and to minimize flexing of the chassis

In the canyons here my E46 convertible regularly has a wheel off the ground in right turns

I’ve had two corners off the ground before lmao

[hazy frost]

I don’t think the e46 is that great

[dire viper]

Even all the way back to the Ferrari 308 GT4, it was a two door full 4 seat car

And it still drove better than any of Ferraris prior cars

[hazy frost]

Aren’t those mid engined as well tho

[dire viper]

Including the 206/246 which was a homologated race car

[dire viper]

Yes, which does not make a great sports car automatically

[hazy frost]

It certainly helps

[dire viper]

It does, but it makes the car much harder to drive

Forces the car to spin like a top

Like how rear engine causes the car to load up weird

[hazy frost]

Harder to drive, more fun

Depends how u feel about it

I’d still like to buy an MR2 if they weren’t also incredibly impractical for everyday use

[dire viper]

Porsche did all three, and it’s cool to see that the 944 was the best driving car out of the cars they made during the time

Which I didn’t come up with, car magazines did back then and so did Porsche

914 was better in racing than the 911 cause purpose designed from the start to have a race car built out of it

944 wasn’t the same way but Porsche already knew how to design world beating race cars and had been doing so for 3 decades so that helps when doing front engine/rwd layout

[hazy frost]

The ability to spin ur car at any moment makes it fun

Tbh

No more safety

[dire viper]

Yuh

I can do that in the E46

Car wants to spin rubber in first gear

[hazy frost]

Garage I worked at had 2 SW MR2s that were rarely actually running

But they were fun

[dire viper]

And DSC is the only thing that keeps the car from spinning out lmao

SW20’s are fun to drive

[hazy frost]

I know someone selling one but not sure it would work to daily anyway lol

[dire viper]

I have a friend with a big turbo one

[hazy frost]

They’re asking for like 6k in good condition

[hazy frost]

Too much power feels like it would ruin it to a degree

I’ve only driven stock ones

AW MR2 is just too expensive

Is there actually any mid engine sports car cheaper than the SW20

I guess a really shit boxster maybe

[dire viper]

in the US, a good SW20 Turbo is as much as a Cayman S

the MRS is cheap as hell tho

cheaper than the prior two generations

https://youtu.be/ITgiFp_l01A?si=YvWwTq_v7WGH5dhS

[sharp star]

https://x.com/justinboldaji/status/1830789099948748997

Justin🦩Boldaji (@justinboldaji) on X

Lol lmao etc

Twitter · Sep 3, 2024, 2:05 AM

[sly elk]

that video nicely showcases why I don't really have ambitions to own a car with overly complicated wheels

cleaning them is a bitch

lol scrubbing the gap with a credit card jammed into a towel

i oughta try that!

i just fold the towel and jam it into the gap

i love how totally chill they are about leaving the car wet and not drying it lol

and.. yep that's how i drag the towel too... except i use an absorber for that stage

aaand! I have a new trick I haevn't used yet :]

an electric leaf blower xD

also that paint looks too nice to need wool pads o_O

i guess they werre seeing stuff you can't see on camera but damn

oh ok scratches

nice and slick and shiny in the end!

[hazy frost]

Rip there’s loads for like 5-10k here

10k for a lower mileage one

[old jetty]

Mhm, I'm pondering whatever yo go for a 4080 or a 4070 super

[hazy frost]

Depends what ur going to use it for

I think the 4070 super is better value for 1440p and the 4080 doesn’t rly cut it for 4K either

[valid bough]

hi i just upgraded my monitor to 1440p and 27", but i feel like ff is quite blurry now, is there a way to adjust the game settings? I'm playing in borderless windowed 100% HD Standard UI settings, and UI resolution at High(WQHD/4K)

[lost python]

what is blurry exactly? the game or the UI of the game?
and what are the rest of your settings? screenshots would be good

[real edge]

are things getting blurry when you are moving?

motion blur?

[old jetty]

Future proofing and 1440p gaming

[deep sapphire]

does the game still have that DLSS bug where you have to set it to 99 percent scaling?

[hazy frost]

Future proofing isn’t real

Buy what’s good for you now and upgrade when u need to

It’s actually better value to buy the mid range stuff more frequently than buy the highest end gpu to try and make it last longer

Like if u bought a 4070s now it would last then bought a 6070 or whatever in a few years it would cost likely similar to buying a 4080s but you’d end up with better performance upgrading more frequently

[old jetty]

I see, gotcha

[hazy frost]

4070 is more than adequate for highest settings on basically every game at 1440p anyway

[pine thistle]

I only saw people say that for fsr...which isn't true, it just makes everything super sharp which kinda looks bad

[sharp star]

you can mod the game with DLAA and it’ll look a lot less blurry

also why do we even have to mod DLAA

it should’ve been a default feature

[hazy frost]

Happens in a few games

Kind of annoying

[deep sapphire]

I heard DLSS too but I don’t own DT so can’t confirm or deny

[hazy frost]

I don’t think it was ever a thing for DLSS

Not the same way FSR is

[dire viper]

@deep sapphire my mf UPS driver has a 1970 911 with a built 2.7 race motor, it runs the race version of the continuous injection system and he had it built 30 years ago by the guy who rebuilt all the race engines in the 70’s

What da fuc

He just told me that cause we were talking about part prices and he said his 911 is cheaper to maintain than his Chevy Colorado lmao

He’s honestly the best UPS driver I’ve had, he’s been working there his whole life (he’s 60 now) and he always has death metal blaring in his truck when he pulls up

[sharp star]

it's a thing for DLSS sadly

the only way to make DLSS not blurry is to mod in DLAA

[deep sapphire]

God I hate TAA it’s just some lazy bullshit to get free performance

[hazy frost]

It’s worth it so that games actually run

People are upset with the state of optimisation already

It’s better than FXAA

FXAA is the real lazy shit

MSAA is just not efficient enough but it should be an option in more games tbh

[deep sapphire]

not everything needs it, Halo Infinite is a shining example that you can make a good looking game that still performs well

[celest solar]

So, got me a ps4, currently playing Bloodborne, it feels a bit slow on the frame rate side of things, is there something wrong with my console or did I just get used to PC :p

[deep sapphire]

most PS4 games basically run at 30 FPS

[deep sapphire]

https://youtube.com/shorts/D1gVYnRx99A?si=Dcog1xdBZRLD9wTy

[hazy frost]

It’s 30 fps, the PC version that’s not actually legitimate is 60 supposedly lol

Take it as part of the challenge

[sly elk]

wtf

i can't even think of why they'd possibly want to do that

i am even more confused why they would want it to break

they have no incentive for the radio to break easily

[dire viper]

https://youtu.be/8-QGuI2Wi7M?si=qqVU_ZjreT4nEXwG

back when Motorsport actually meant Motorsport 😔

[dire viper]

https://youtu.be/6uIC_coQF_E?si=5dOXvuaRSMahJ_oV @potent arrow 4 into 1 equal length header CBR1000 swapped miata

sounds like an actual F1 car

[cold yacht]

https://videocardz.com/newz/nvidia-geforce-rtx-5090-reportedly-targets-600w-rtx-5080-aims-for-400w-with-10-performance-increase-over-rtx-4090

Yeah seeing 600 watts is a lot for a card

[paper tusk]

[sly elk]

too much lol

[late pier]

That much power, in era where Xbox series S exist to limit game development

[cold yacht]

Boutta trip the breaker trying to game

[wise jay]

Put your desk next to the breaker box like me. Quick and easy fix

[lost python]

https://videocardz.com/newz/nvidia-geforce-rtx-5090-reportedly-targets-600w-rtx-5080-aims-for-400w-with-10-performance-increase-over-rtx-4090

well... lets hope it stays a rumor lmao

[hazy frost]

To be fair the 4080 to 5080 is only 80w difference

Which is about what it was from the 2080 to 3080

[zinc sluice]

my superlights side button started double clicking

wtf

[sharp star]

https://x.com/thesarahyork/status/1831058818253586507

Sarah York (@thesarahyork) on X

Probably a better way to combine the words “portable” and “monitor”

Twitter · Sep 3, 2024, 7:56 PM

https://www.amazon.com/Extender-Monitors-Portable-Extended-Computer/dp/B0D45LM2S7/ oh yep it's real

[hazy frost]

That’s definitely the best way to combine those words

[sharp star]

https://www.theverge.com/2024/9/4/24235413/acer-nitro-blaze-7-handheld-gaming-pc-specs

[sharp star]

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

[hazy frost]

This is like the monitor equivalent of a lifted truck

[odd sand]

How long before we need a 220V wall outlet to power our PCs? 💀

[lost python]

dunno but 230v is standard here already

[hazy frost]

UK W

230V as standard

[odd sand]

I'm in burgerland where standard is 120V @ 15A (1800W) and then kitchen appliances are 220-240V @ 30A

[hazy frost]

eu on top

[odd sand]

Err I'm sorry 110V/220V is most common.

These are the 3 common ones in the US. There is also a 220V 30A where both top prongs are sideways

The bottom one is the one you see most commonly for things like electric ranges, dishwashers, or electric washers/dryers

Going above that gets into 3-phase territory, which is very rare outside of commercial applications

I think it's common for garages for houses to have at least 1 220V plug, but if not, more are being installed now bc of people buying EVs

Can charge twice as fast, obviously.

[hazy frost]

Pretty sure we just have the 230v one here

Or the 2 prong ones in bathrooms for like shaving stuff or toothbrush chargers

Which are like 250v or something

[odd sand]

Yeah a different picture I saw showed most of the world goes with 230v single phase, and then 400v 3 phase

[hazy frost]

But lower current

[hazy frost]

It’s one thing America does weirdly imo

I don’t understand the need to have so many variations

[odd sand]

America loves their own standards /s

[hazy frost]

lol

Well the UK plug is also different to EU

To be fair

It’s just still 230v

[sly elk]

huh i've never seen the 220v 20a

[odd sand]

Realistically the average person will never see a plug that isn't the 110V one.

[sly elk]

I thuught those were 110v 20a

oh nvm these are

[hazy frost]

Goofy plugs

[odd sand]

They don't touch their own appliances, and the 220V is only generally found in garages where ppl use power tools

[sly elk]

the 220v 20a is really stupid and shouldn't exist

[lost python]

230v/16A are the usual plugs over here.
we also have 400v lines but they are almost exclusively for stuff like stoves etc

[sly elk]

but what can I say

you go to europe and people casually use 220v for everything

220v iphone charger XD

[lost python]

good old schuko

[sly elk]

meanwhile here we're like

[odd sand]

Some of these are very rare these days. So they could just be for legacy appliances.

[sly elk]

OMG 220V I GOTTA BE CAREFUL WITH THIS GIANT SCARY PLUG

[hazy frost]

The best

[odd sand]

It's grounded so it doesn't matter that much. I'm more surprised Japan still doesn't use ground at all

[hazy frost]

Basically all my sockets also have the USB on them that’s like 5V as well

[lost python]

japan has both 50hz and 60hz too depending on where you go

[odd sand]

Electrocute myself, you say? /s

[sly elk]

i have a few of those in my house lmao

[odd sand]

Thankfully my current laptop only has 2 prong so I don't have to carry the goofy converter for trips anymore

[lost python]

these are so weird to me. barely any protection and they hang in the sockets with hopes and prayers

[dire viper]

Different kind of grindset

[sly elk]

? they're basically just american outlets?

[potent arrow]

American outlets are actually the worst socket lmfao, especially compared to the other counterparts in Europe and other places in the world

the prongs are energized even if it's like half ass sloppy in and it's easy for people to touch a prong while shoving it in

[dire viper]

Ur just mad you can’t stick a fork in there real easily

Hahahaha

[sly elk]

the japanese ones are the worst because they're still using 2 prongs lol

but germany has those too

and these are 220v aren't they

but to be fair it's america

you're lucky the americans haven't decided to just cut the plug off and tie the wires to the ones in the wall lmao

[potent arrow]

the sockets are recessed so you don't have the American problems tho