technology-discussion

[solid dirge]

Working on the 2nd

Nothing on there either

So it's clearly the one with WBM

Okay no.

So.. CSM probably doesn't work at all then.

That's progress I guess.

[potent arrow]

CSM is just there to boot legacy wise

if you werent using it before you shouldn't now

[solid dirge]

Disabling CSM kills all my boot devices. Just WBM now.

Fucking. Awesome.

[potent arrow]

I mean yeah that boot manager is what we want I’m pretty sure

Is it not booting into that?

[solid dirge]

Disabled it.

I'll reenable it in a second

[potent arrow]

I mean if you disabled that, that’s the only boot option so it wouldn’t do anything lol

[solid dirge]

Boot manager is just ye ol screen of blue options

[potent arrow]

ok so it's getting into windows...

[solid dirge]

Sort of.

[potent arrow]

can you take a picture of that screen

[solid dirge]

Nope.

Boot manager goes into inaccessible boot device.

Which reboots into system repair.

[potent arrow]

I thought you said it goes to a list of options Lol

[solid dirge]

That's system repair.

Not the boot manager.

[potent arrow]

...no this is most definitely boot manager

[solid dirge]

No wait I don't even get that far.

It definitely doesn't get into boot manager then

Whee.

Startup repair fails

[potent arrow]

don't change boot options, this is technically on an installed Windows option. Just not the part you want. This is what I was expecting

[solid dirge]

Yay? I think?

[potent arrow]

give me a second to think

early in the morning

I mean it means your drive isn't absolutely fubared lol

[solid dirge]

6:32am here

[potent arrow]

Ya it's 10 am when I'm not on call, I'm not waking up till 4Pm if I can help it usually lmfao

can you click start up settings and take a picture

[potent arrow]

try that

see if we can enable safe mode

[solid dirge]

Don't see it changing much but aight

[potent arrow]

man I'm just trying to help

[solid dirge]

I know, I'm not judging, just commenting

[potent arrow]

If you don't want help then take it elsewhere

being snarky like that is not appropriate

[solid dirge]

I'm not being snarky. At least not inten HELLO SAFE MODE

We have an OS.

No networking but we do have an OS.

[potent arrow]

that screen enables a flag that lets you enable safe mode and stuff

it's not a normal reboot

uhhhh okkk

[solid dirge]

Yeah did safe without networking

[potent arrow]

here's the thing, I don't actually know what mega borked your system

[solid dirge]

I am not taking a screen of my desktop. There are.. Things I need to remove.

[potent arrow]

so I don't know what to uninstall or disabled

[solid dirge]

Well I got event viewer

[potent arrow]

so what I'm going to have you do is back up your important shit to a drive in case we can't get back into this

that's usually what I do for clients

documents and game settings

I highly recc you do that before we do something and it doesn't even get back into this

[solid dirge]

Working on that

Anything to check in the meanwhile?

[potent arrow]

kk I'm gonna have to get ready for church soonish @lost python if ya around see if you can do something poking

[solid dirge]

Mm.

[potent arrow]

tbh my professional advice is focus on getting stuff backed up, nuke the install

the minute systems get into a state of uncertainty like this or touch booting

[solid dirge]

I was halfway to doing a reinstall anyways, that's why I was in system restore

[potent arrow]

I do not trust or bother troubleshooting, becauseif it reoccurs holy it sucks

so I usually focus on recovery lol

[solid dirge]

I might redo safe mode with networking and grab a win10 installer

[lost python]

unfortunately my dnd session is starting in 10min

[potent arrow]

go for it

lol

rob

[lost python]

hi yes thats me

[potent arrow]

[lost python]

[solid dirge]

Also device manager still doesn't show realtek.

[potent arrow]

orange names back at it

[solid dirge]

[potent arrow]

let's see if it comes back after your fresh reinstall

[solid dirge]

ALL THIS SHIT
JUST TO GET MY REAR AUDIO JACKS BACK

[potent arrow]

otherwise I legit think the bios somehow killed it lmao

[solid dirge]

Holy FUCK

[potent arrow]

if updating drivers didn't fix it, somehow on the firmware code it killed it lol

and because those forum posts are as recent as end of last month, that shit ain't fixed

[solid dirge]

I've literally gone into system32 on an old machine and systematically deleted shit piece by piece just to see how badly I could fuck the thing over

And I still didn't manage to have something like THIS happen

And we were THOROUGH when we did that

[potent arrow]

I mean you did worse then that hitting reset UEFI basically

I wouldbe been hesitant to click that

although that does not explain why you can only get into safe mode

seems like multiple things cascaded

maybe an incorrect driver borked your install or something, but I don't know the full timeline of things you did to try and fix audio

[solid dirge]

At one point I did DDU and bombed ALL the nvidia and realtek drivers, reinstalled the nvidia and the suggested realtek ones

But that was late last night, basically the last thing I said before going fuck it

[potent arrow]

....why ddu

ahhhhhhhhhhh just nuke your install LMFAO

[solid dirge]

One of the last options I had on my mind was nvidia audio conflicting with realtek.

[potent arrow]

....that's not how this works

[solid dirge]

Look, bottom line is, machine was working fine after that point

This is definitely a bios reset thing. Somehow.

[potent arrow]

it's not necessarily lol

[solid dirge]

Well 20 minutes to dump onto my m.2 and then restart into safe with networking

[kind rune]

Did u try turning it off and back on

[potent arrow]

not helpful, don't make that kinda comment when people are trying to troubleshoot

[solid dirge]

........ why did rebooting-

[solid dirge]

So you remember how I got into safe mode and all that

Well I rebooted to get networking and uh

[solid dirge]

Funny fucking enough about that one

Booting into safe mode did SOMETHING because we seem to be fine again after restarting????

But uh yeah seriously dude not funny or helpful

I think it restored a backup because there's a couple things on here I got rid of after I didn't need em. AAF stuff.

[potent arrow]

...weird

[solid dirge]

Yeah definitely a restore point

My nvidia app drivers are gone

So this was after I scorched earth'd that

[kind rune]

mhm

[frozen bolt]

Any specific moments besides holiday season to wait for hardware deals?

[sharp star]

Tariffs

[solid dirge]

Yeah.. that's possibly a thing.

[dire viper]

https://youtu.be/Ybz344JJJQ8?si=DwMsvjt_Om8SaaKq

[lost python]

wild to see cheap OLED monitors at 450$ now

not too long ago, even the most budget screens were 1k

[hazy frost]

It’s the first product I’ve seen get cheaper widely available in the UK than in the US or other places in Europe too lol

Usually the deals here suck

I don’t think the cheapest ones will go down much this year tho there’s no 1440p 240hz ones announced afaik

AOC, koorui, philips and some of the less premium brands are to thank for the current prices tho

[dull garnet]

https://www.overclockers.co.uk/aoc-agon-27-ag276qzd2-qd-oled-2560x1440-240hz-0.03ms-2-hdmi-dp-ha-spe-mon-aoc-02937.html this looks okay, I guess?

[hazy frost]

I bought the woled one last week lol

The QD OLED one isn’t as bright as I’d like it’s the same panel as the 271QPX iirc

For SDR content it’s pretty dim considering its glossy

But it’s like $200 cheaper than a QPX as well

AOC have one of the better warranties on OLED panels despite them being the cheapest

They give 3 years so long as u use the panel care stuff, asus and Samsung don’t even give u burn in coverage officially

AW, MSI, and AOC have the best ones imo

Im not a big QD OLED fan anyway

[dull garnet]

i'm sure both are going to clown on my S2721DGF

[hazy frost]

Lmao that’s the exact same thing I upgraded from to that OLED monitor

Honestly the s2721dgf is pretty good so the colours aren’t an upgrade to me but the contrast definitely is

And the colours on the IPS are still more accurate for when I do art tbh

[dull garnet]

the fuckin ips glow and backlight bleed... its fine normally but in the dark on a black screen 💀

but yeah, its fine for what it is

basically no input lag would be nice though

as someone that appreciates that kind of thing

[hazy frost]

Yeah it’s kind of nice, the text clarity and colours being inaccurate but more vibrant is annoying as a main monitor for me

Also the VRR flicker every OLED ever has is a mild inconvenience

Overall considering the AOC ones are <$500 tho it’s pretty good

[dull garnet]

hmm, you know i've never noticed this vrr flicker thing on this monitor

i've heard about it tho

[hazy frost]

The s2721dgf basically has none

most good IPS panels don’t struggle with that

Mini led VA and OLED panels have it as an issue

Also the only two viable types of HDR displays tho lol

If u just cap frame rate to smth u can keep stable the flicker is ok tho

But the flaws with the AOC one aren’t bc it’s that model it’s just flaws of OLED as a technology

[solid panther]

Make sure if you're on intel 13th or 14th gen you have up to date bios

otherwise your cpu is likely slowly killing itself lmao

Thanks intel!

[inland mauve]

thanks intel

also thanks noctua for your amazing self-drying thermal paste

[dull garnet]

shame Hank was banned, would be funny to dunk on Intel's recent performance around him

[hazy frost]

It’s fun to dunk on Intels recent performance regardless

I was somehow hoping the b580 would redeem them but idk what I thought would happen they messed that up too

[paper tusk]

yeah they were like budget for driver development? nah

[solid dirge]

[solid dirge]

For the record

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EJIM_oqvXD8

That.. basically sums up the problem

Basically

And THAT'S why I've got problems now, wheeeee

[lost python]

damn, i need more ram

and more vram

[solid dirge]

Just download more ram

It's easy, y'know?

[pliant iris]

does 7700xt is good for 1440p?

[torpid kayak]

hm, wanna ask: my 165hz monitor has a factory overlock option to 180hz. While it is not much, I'm tinkering with Lossless Scaling app to deal with some 60FPS-locked games, so more hz = better base FPS for the app to work with, thus less latency and artefacts. My only grip is whether the option will hurt my screen drastically. It runs 2 years non-OC for now, no longer in warranty 🤔

[solid dirge]

I don't see any reason to OC a monitor but I'm anti-OC in general. That said, monitors aren't usually that durable, and I'd see them as especially prone to burnout these days. I'd easily say no to doing that.

[torpid kayak]

mid-to-high setting, I think, or even higher setting, depending on games. Well-optimized games like Doom will gives you a blast, for example.

[solid dirge]

Idk AMD processors IDs. If it's within the past 3 or 4 years or so it'll handle anything you can throw at it for performance without a care in the world. Assuming you have enough cooling and you're not getting the absolute barebones cheapest of that gen.

Usually.

[modest moss]

7700xt is a GPU not CPU

[torpid kayak]

install a 7700xt as my new PSU

[solid dirge]

Well clearly I stand rather well by my statement then, don't I?

Still applies tbh

[hazy frost]

Tbf they did say with the GPUs you’d need rebar enabled which was like yeah makes sense the last gen did too then it turns out the b580 doesn’t perform 100% unless u spend $100 more on a cpu at which point just buy a 4060 lmao

[muted spoke]

T-20 min, maybe. https://www.blueorigin.com/missions/ng-1

[kind rune]

Idk if it would be better to get the hyte y60 or the nzxt h9 elite

[dull garnet]

neither

[hazy frost]

Neither of them are actually very good

Actually almost every fish tank style case is bad unless it’s for custom loops to show off

[kind rune]

They look good to me

I'm not one of those people who sacrifice everything to get 2 c lower on stress tests

[dire viper]

L

[kind rune]

Well at that point why doesn't everyone go bald to lower the air resistance on their head when they run

[hazy frost]

It’s a bigger difference than 2c in real world usage and they cost a stupid amount more bc u need to fill it with fans

The best one is the O11 but it’s still meh

The H9 and Y60 especially are pretty bad

The H6 is ok as well but loud

[kind rune]

Okay give me one reason why this will matter given temperatures will be low enough regardless and unnoticeable if not looking at a temperature monitor

[dull garnet]

i like a wind tunnel

[hazy frost]

It’s more about it not being deafeningly loud to keep it at a certain temperature, good cases can keep it cooler but they’re also a lot quieter to keep it at a similar temperature to worse cases

[kindred brook]

https://packaged-media.redd.it/6cx189vciqce1/pb/m2-res_1280p.mp4?m=DASHPlaylist.mpd&v=1&e=1736809200&s=e8b19c1f52eaa24d98768c8f66d874d0aaa7a2fb

[potent arrow]

@vestal crane https://www.nbc.com/the-tonight-show look at mondays guests lmfao

[vestal crane]

Oh I know

And I am ready\

[potent arrow]

Did dbrand pick the photo

[vestal crane]

Oh they updated it

A few days ago it was just the LTT logo

[paper tusk]

"getting ripped off - it's what gamers want"
https://www.szyunze.com/jensen-huang-talks-rtx-5090-price-at-ces-2025-interview/#strong6-rtx-5090-targets-extreme-enthusiasts-5070-12gb-balances-memory-and-computational-power-strong

[vestal crane]

I have no sympathy for people who buy xx90 cards

[paper tusk]

"And that PC—where you’ve probably already invested around $10,000 in your monitor and sound system..."

I want to know what planet he's from (probably planet moolah)

[dull garnet]

I think you'd struggle to spend $10k on a monitor and sound system

$2000 monitor, $1000 sound system and $7000 of snake oil perhaps

[paper tusk]

I would struggle bus to spend just 1000 (main monitor, side tv monitor, dac/amp, monoprice 5.1 speakers)

[dire viper]

Buy an 8K QD-OLED TV

Then an actual proper sound system which is probably more than 10k tbh

If your doing a crazy crazy custom setup

Honestly you could run 100k up just in sound system

Especially with the cost of it all now

[dull garnet]

i was excluding snake oil

[dire viper]

I wouldn’t say it’s snake oil

[dull garnet]

i would

[dire viper]

Especially if you want it done correctly to the space your in

[dull garnet]

though i only care about stereo so

[dire viper]

👎

Anyways in stereo, Meze Empyreans will sound better than most of what you can buy

I don’t disagree what Jensen said is stupid btw

If you can get a 5090 and it’s just money to burn might as well

But also, STOP GIVING OUT 90 SERIES CARDS TO STUDIOS NVIDIA

Feel like studios don’t even bench mark anything other than the 90 series cards and then the “benchmarks” they post are just them adjusting the numbers based on the percentage differences NVIDIA claims

[odd sand]

customer has no dev environment
getting written up by my contracting company for not testing code before deploying to production
WELP. I can tell when I'm not wanted. Time to brush up my certs and start looking for a new job.

And the senior engineer I have to report to on the contracting side is the most acerbic controlling hothead I've ever worked with. So there's no winning this for me bc he thinks I'm the communications problem.

When he's the type where if I don't respond to his Teams message within 1-2mins he's getting heated with me when I have 37 windows open doing work...
But it's perfectly acceptable for him to not respond to my DMs on Teams for 6 hours.

Protip kids: DON'T WORK FOR CONTRACT COMPANIES. YOU HAVE TWO OF EVERYTHING for mgmt nannying, and/or when they don't have proper mgmt in place, they act like they do and blame you for it.

IT WAS A MISTAKE...

[modest moss]

Oof

[sly elk]

sorry to hear that shinon 😦

[inland mauve]

not a big fan of this

[sly elk]

lol

is that a fractal case, too?

based on the shiny feet i'm guessing it is

[inland mauve]

yeah looks like the Define R6

issa good case

[sly elk]

i bet the owner of that called a lot of people idiots for not using noctua/fractal

lol jk

[lost python]

[kindred brook]

what about those that spend xx80 cards

[vestal crane]

xx80 are fine

[kindred brook]

https://tenor.com/view/denzel-washington-relief-anxious-man-relieved-fallen-movie-gif-20959269

[solid panther]

xx80 are borderline acceptable

xx80 ti and or super are over the line tho

xx90 users should be burnt at the stake

[dire viper]

https://tenor.com/view/transformers-transformers-one-megatronus-orion-pax-d-16-gif-1212958912190315010

[torpid kayak]

it is not a mouse

it is a R.A.T.

named Mad Catz, lol

[sly walrus]

madcatz is the people making the mouse

[inland mauve]

that's a transformer

[torpid kayak]

I tried to find an MMO to replace my G502 Hero
Both Razer Naga and Corsair Scimitar is either cost me an arm or not available :/

[sly walrus]

if you have an mmo mouse, do you really need that other arm

[torpid kayak]

how am I supposed to press, lol? 😄

[sly walrus]

make a macro

[torpid kayak]

wrong answer. Should've told me to buy a dance pad 😛

play Dancer on a dance pad :3

[sly walrus]

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

play dancer on this

[sly elk]

they missed a whole market with that thing

i suppose because it was way before its time LOL

[sharp star]

You can probably achieve the same result with candles and a Wii Remote

[sly elk]

imagine that with a VR headset and some.. attachments... today

what you can't emulate with a wiimote is the motorized recoil stuff

[sharp star]

Oh right

[sly elk]

at the very beginning of the video you can see what i'm talking about lmao

it can move on its own

[sharp star]

Yeah I saw lmao

It simulates recoil and all

[sly elk]

yeaa

but this thing was about 15 years ahead of its time

imagine that paired with any vr headset and.. stuff... lmao

https://tenor.com/view/kopa22-anime-anime-girl-isekai-spider-gif-23152688

but yea as a 3d input device it's pretty crappy lol

huhhh mazda is making a mazda 6 again?

[sharp star]

So many things getting introduced that were way ahead of their time

Like the Xbox One's initial game policy

People weren't ready to give up disc copies, now here they are

[sly elk]

idk

i still still prefer the license being tied to a physical token for the sake of being able to resell stuff later

[torpid kayak]

grow eight legs and skitter away

[sly elk]

especially on the principal that if you buy a single player game, and stuff it into a not-internet-connected console, it should still just play the same today as it does 20 years from now

and also it shouldn't need a special launcher or signing in to an account or anything

or losing your games if your account gets nuked for whatever reason

[sly walrus]

i mean

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

it gave us the greatest instance of anyone shooting themselves in the foot ever

[sly elk]

but with the nintendo switch a lot of people prefer the digital downloads because they don't need to swap cartridges

and tbh all of my nintendo games are physical and I can totally understand this sentiment

[sharp star]

And now Xbox is still suffering because of it today

[sly elk]

?

[dire viper]

everybody is

[sly elk]

because they made physical games a thing?

[dire viper]

we love bloat we love bloat

[sly elk]

i remember sony roasting ms

[sharp star]

Nah, because they absolutely blew it during the initial reveal

[sly walrus]

tv!

[sly elk]

going like "here's how you share a ps5 game" -first person hands disc over to second person-

[sharp star]

Sports!

[sly elk]

oh

[sly walrus]

that was a fucking shotgun blast in 2013

[sly elk]

yea i'm not familiar at all with game console sales dynamics lol

[dire viper]

they dont exist

ur either sony or nintendo or ur not

[sly elk]

i thought MS "blew it" by making everything "not exclusive" which "killed the exclusivity" or whatever special vibe

and xboxes were just easier to get most of the time than ps5s

so that also killed the vibe

[sly walrus]

i mean

[sharp star]

Nope, they blew it during the Xbox One era, not the Xbox Series era

[sly elk]

OH RIGHT

[sly walrus]

if your console doesn't have exclusives

[sly elk]

I FORGOT ABOUT THAT SHIT

[sly walrus]

why should people buy it

[sly elk]

"xbox one x" and then "xbox series x"

[solid panther]

The funniest thing ever about the xbox one fumble is uh

they weren't even wrong

they were just too early

[sly walrus]

the naming shit was a fresh layer of salt on that stub where an arm used to be

[solid panther]

We're like one generation away from digital only consoles

I mean we already have them, but they're still a choice atm

[vestal crane]

Microsoft stumbled at the worst possible time, the generation when simultaneous digital and physical release was 100%

So people built their digital libraries on PS, and MS had basically no chance of getting them back

[vestal crane]

https://vxtwitter.com/FallonTonight/status/1879039226487984526 @potent arrow

It wouldn't be Linus if he didn't work in multiple references to small penises

[wraith agate]

I still dunno why he shaved the beard

He looked so good with it

[vestal crane]

He got a facial thing where they inject needles into your face, and they refuse to touch any area covered by facial hair

And he's keeping it off for the moment because the beard got in the way of forming a clean seal when spray painting

[odd sand]

Which wouldn't be as big of a deal if the cover didn't feel like it was going to get ripped off easily.

[solid panther]

Linus did look good with a beard

So hopefully he gets it back once everything calms down

[sly elk]

i think he looks fine without, but that flat hairdo doesn't idk lol whatever

[vestal crane]

He's never getting it back

He said he'll grow it back once he finishes painting his bike

Its been 2 years

[modest helm]

so after some googling, i got this notification at work bc one the tv my bosses use apparently allows for remote control with android/chromecast devices. anyone happen to know how to turn this off on my side?

the solution i found involved turning off the settings from the tv itself, which i have no access to

ok finally found a solution, turning off media control under cast options works

[sharp star]

Don't tell your coworkers that, have them surprise your bosses with the raunchiest shit they can find

[wide hill]

i took off my headseat and stopped watching the video once he started talking about waifus

and i wondered, "who wrote this script"

[potent arrow]

https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=IKbFBgNuEOU&t=1961s

a second lawsuit has hit honey

[kindred brook]

does my 4080 super

take a bvig hit from this

[paper tusk]

only if you don't believe in swag upscaling (and maybe fake rendering)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=doKULU2W8P4

[kindred brook]

hmmm thanks

[wraith agate]

Tell me when a third one happens, we can call it a third impact

[dire viper]

@potent arrow one of the fastest cars in the world in the 90’s was a factory 300ZX only sold in the US under option name “SR-71”

[dire viper]

Are there any full in depth benchmarks yet that aren’t the NVIDIA numbers

Oh well no there wouldn’t be

Cards were just announced

[paper tusk]

none I'm aware of. 5070 non ti was 14.8% uplift if the napkin maths is to be believed (4070 ti ish maybe super, and vram limited). 5090 gains 19% on raster

[sly elk]

also they're not radeons so there aren't people speculating that they're 10x better than they would actually be 😄

nvidia cards = people setting aside money to buy the new xx90 and people whining about not enough vram

i bet there's already a person or two in here that has $2k sitting aside for their 5090 purchase

[paper tusk]

at least 9070 xt has leaks behind it

https://cdn.discordapp.com/attachments/981956547666120744/1328114908692353104/image.png?ex=6788d2a5&is=67878125&hm=6d3e61521beffc08eabc020e8ba81248913e52d7cd4679beac8669cc03365ac3&

[sly elk]

wow that sucks

[cold yacht]

Wow that naming sucks

9070

[real edge]

so they are gonna release a 2024 gpu in 2025 with less features

[paper tusk]

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

[paper tusk]

if talking amd it'll be priced for the segment - 480 usd for OEM (made by amd), to 550 tops for 3rd party

[real edge]

I sure do hope the price is not dogshit

they botched the prices of the previous releases

[sly elk]

yea to be fair

amd is trying to kinda sorta rekindle the rx580 fire

but that was a $200 gpu

[cold yacht]

I keep seeing prices around $500 point from leaks

[sly elk]

i'm sure the 9070 will pretty quickly be something you can get for $350 though

unless it becomes good for farming some obscure crypto BS coin or AI stuff

[paper tusk]

probably yeah if the leak is correct and the only difference is clocks (between it and xt). edit: which sounds like low yeld chips get in the non xt bin and might be able to be reflashed if stress tested proper

[hazy frost]

Doubtful bc then they’d have to make the 7800xt or 7700xt incredibly cheap so soon

And Nvidia isn’t improving much so they have 0 reason to decrease any of it by that much in price

The 9070xt could launch at $650 and still sell atp

[sly elk]

at some point they'll run out of 7700xt/7800xt to sell

[hazy frost]

In a years time yeah

It’s not gonna be a soon thing

[sly elk]

yea i guess we'll see how they sell

when it comes to gpus amd is still not like

idk it's not quite like cpus lol

[hazy frost]

The 6700xt didn’t hit $300 for a long ass time

[dire viper]

https://youtu.be/f9cIUfzQv00?si=FOi5XfTQT6hlGfDD

[sly elk]

it's more like if you talk about buying a server with an IT dude and suggest a server with epycs they'll laugh at you

and possibly take away your admin access

how dare you suggest something that isn't a xeon

[cold yacht]

I just stick to nividia cause rendering

[sly elk]

i mean even in cpu land there's people who will tell you right now that they're still buying intel just because

[hazy frost]

Yeah people are dumb

It’s slowly changing tho

Even prebuilts have a lot coming with AMD CPUs now

[dull garnet]

lmao intel

[hazy frost]

Intel good at exactly 0 things now

[lost python]

thats objectively wrong because they have just proven that they are really good at tanking stock value and laying off people

[dire viper]

Lmao

And making low cost GPU’s

I think tanking stock value rn isn’t even a good indicator of a companies health

It’s just what the investors think, which doesn’t really amount to much when you supply such a large amount of the worlds commercial processing power

[hidden forge]

How the tables have turned.

[kindred brook]

damn are we actually going to see

Thorium reactors

that are generating electricity

for people

in my lifetime?

https://spectrum.ieee.org/chinas-thorium-molten-salt-reactor

[dire viper]

Hahahahahhahahahaha

No

Molten Salt is unbelievably corrosive

Requires absurdly expensive materials that also have to be replaced fairly often

[dusky magnet]

Isn’t that the one that Mihoyo is also investing in? Or was that a different project?

[dire viper]

Mihoyo was not directly investing in, but they were backing a university that was building a teaching reactor

Molten Salt isn’t a teach reactor

Or was it a fusion reactor company that mihoyo invested in

I can’t remember

But yea, Bill Gates is investing in alternative nuclear and it’s gone nowhere

I thought molten salt was gonna be a big thing until the maintenance reports were shown

Lots of interest fell after that from public investors

[kindred brook]

Well I hope that the Molten Salt reactors will be sustainable and profitable enough that we can see this as an alternative energy source

[dire viper]

Current stance: don’t get your hopes up

[kindred brook]

well atleast the penguins are safe right

[dire viper]

Who do you think is in the reactor riding the super short bicycle making power?

🐧

[kindred brook]

😄

[dusky magnet]

Oh Mihoyo put forward some funding towards research on Tokamak fusion reactors. The funky glowing donut kind.

[dire viper]

Yes

Also wow

The Fractal Pop Air is nice as hell

I understand the hype even if they do he copying other ppls homework

I’m devious and bought my little brother a 2TB NVME from a brand I have never heard of

"Silicon Power"

only one that wasnt like 2 weeks out

[sly elk]

Those are ok

[dire viper]

Me giving my little brother my old case cause it’s giant and ugly heheheheh

Pop air gon be MINE

[sly elk]

pop airs are cheap.. just buy another one?

[sharp star]

Good afternoon

[wraith agate]

This is terrible

[dull garnet]

Oh no

[torpid kayak]

4090 brick is essential for a PC

[sharp star]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=m9uK4D35FlM

[golden stream]

This may be a dumb af question
Should I order a bunch of generic maybe-sussy usb drives for making OS boot drives?

[modest moss]

Why do you need multiple boot drives

[golden stream]

Kali, tails, mostly distros

And also just in case like for legacy system lile w7

[potent arrow]

ive done it myself but on none sussy drives for support. SanDisk Cruz are super cheap and I buy them at Costco lol

[golden stream]

Bc the cheapest rn I can find with some brand is Kingston SE9 8GB, lower would be sussy brands

[dull garnet]

Buy a big one and use something like ventoy to mount multiple install images

The price/GB sweet spot for USB sticks and micro SD is 128GB now too

[dire viper]

Never

[odd sand]

Belated response, but counterpoint: If they don't practice with them, they won't figure out how to make them better.

[dire viper]

Yes

The issue is now it’s a matter of materials

Which from what I understand is a very fun game that takes forever

Cause there are a million things you can try in different combinations and composites and alloys and-

But conservative estimates are 6-8 years for a commercial molten salt being a thing

At least that’s what it was last year

[odd sand]

At this point, I'll take anyone willing to put R&D into it. Feels like nuclear has been going nowhere for 50 years now bc of NIMBY crazies

[dire viper]

Yup

The main thing I was trying to convey is that molten salt is just not that great. It’s fantastic because it’s super negative coefficient so it won’t run away

So it would be great near cities

They can eat more fuels than standard reactors also

Plutonium, U-238

That’s probably why china wants one, they can put in radioactive materials otherwise not fit for typical reactors and make energy and get reduce waste on top

We also have no idea how they react with said random fuels

So lots of testing!

Cool reactors tho

[odd sand]

That's one of the few areas where China's heavyhanded approach is better: They do certain things bc it's better for them in the longrun, even if it doesn't make money.

They can spin up a lot of regular nuclear plants, then use those salt reactors to reprocess the waste right?

[dire viper]

Yes sorta

We don’t KNOW how the salt reactors will react with certain materials

Currently rod reprocessing is already super efficient

So I think this is more for materials that typically cannot be used in fuel rods

Plutonium is a big one

The RTG’s they use for space craft are big on plutonium but otherwise I don’t believe plutonium really has a big demand in the energy sector?

I am most certainly wrong tho cause nuclear stuff is just… vast

[kind rune]

this aio looks very cool

[dull garnet]

I guess? I'd rather look at my monitor

[kind rune]

its not a one or the other thing

[dull garnet]

https://tenor.com/view/hitomi-eyed-cross-cross-eyed-vesga-gif-8996206820356130821

[kind rune]

if u put a painting on ur wall did u choose to look at a painting over ur monitor

the answer is no because its just a decoration that you glance at sometimes or when you enter the room or someone else sees it etc

[dull garnet]

well yeah, that's art to be appreciated

which is why you put it at eye level

PC goes on the floor

[hazy frost]

Not for everyone

Also people spend money on a nice case, nice gpu, nice cooler in general, or a nice desk and you see them only in ur peripheral realistically yet still spend money on them

[kind rune]

ur pc is on the floor?

[hazy frost]

Mine is on the floor but I’m pretty sure atl half the people who have a decent interest in PCs have it on their desk now

[dull garnet]

Where it belongs

[modest moss]

PC on the floor out of sight, on carpet

[solid dirge]

Exactly one yike.

[sly elk]

inside a cubby of a desk purchased from an office supply store, of course

this one has a "CPU cubby" with vents 😮

[dire viper]

https://youtu.be/b2I-ZYLtQvg?si=hKlHIZ4I_qjcUSLa

this is what peak performance looks like

[dire viper]

@potent arrow also, Stay Tuned is probably one of the best car youtube channel, the guy who runs it used to do Formula Drift and had a show on Motor Trend

https://youtu.be/Pe8fG2Qe7NU?si=2fhphcL-sE6ZC81L

they just do bullshit

[kind rune]

https://pcpartpicker.com/list/Mk98HW any objections

[modest moss]

would probably go 64gb if you're spending 1900 anyway

not essential though

[kind rune]

It's a microcenter bundle I'd have to just buy more ram later

[modest moss]

wouldn't bother then probably, it's pretty nice as is

[wild wyvern]

reeen lmao

[kind rune]

https://tenor.com/view/taiga-toradora-fast-slap-slap-baka-gif-11264049955690132886

[wild wyvern]

@modern iris doent help if i want an amd gpu here its hard to find one

only an nvidia gpu

[modern iris]

Have you checked pcpartpicker?

[modern iris]

And where are you based? EU?

[wild wyvern]

MYS

so south east asia

[modern iris]

Ah, that makes sense. Well, if you can’t get ryzen then you may as well stick with intel - the 9700k cpu is still a decent cpu for its time

i7-9700k is still good rather

[wild wyvern]

i can get ryzen

just that not amd gpus

[modern iris]

Can you get prebuilts there?

If so, may be better off getting a prebuilt

[wild wyvern]

yes but some are expensiiiive

[modern iris]

Worth it though as an investment

[wild wyvern]

some give no gpu

[modern iris]

And that’s fine, just use yours

Until it’s time to upgrade it

[wild wyvern]

and the best amd gpu i can get is 7800xt

but its soo expensive

[modern iris]

Why would you want an expensive card?

[wild wyvern]

rx 6660 is soooo rare in here

[modern iris]

You can have things shipped internationally can’t you?

[wild wyvern]

yes but prices are gonna be high lol

[modern iris]

Fair, but what you have to think about is what’s within your budget. If you can’t afford it, then go lower

Sometimes we can’t get the latest and best, and that’s fine too

[wild wyvern]

rx 6660 is what i can afford

[modern iris]

If you have to, at least get a amd cpu with integrated graphics (like a PC with a r7 5700G) and slap your gpu in there

The APU from the 5700G is really good for Ryzen, and is a huge competitor for intels apu

[wild wyvern]

hmmm is rtx 3050 ok?

[sharp star]

No

Don't

Anything less than 12, maybe 10GB of VRAM isn't okay

[wild wyvern]

look

i have a budget

[modern iris]

For what though? Casual gamers don’t even need that much vram

You can get by with 6gb of ram as a casual player

[sharp star]

I guess

[wild wyvern]

im not really casual

[sharp star]

But games nowadays love that yummy VRAM

[modern iris]

True - if you care about max frames

[wild wyvern]

i play aaa games sometimes

[modern iris]

But if you’re on a budget, then maybe something like the 3060 would do you good

Not the 3050

[wild wyvern]

3060 isnt even here anymore

xD

[modern iris]

Oof

[wild wyvern]

too late for an upgrade tbh

[modern iris]

Can you afford the 5700XT

It’s comparable to the 3060 from what I’m reading and pretty cheap

[wild wyvern]

5700xt isnt here anymore

but 2nd hand is gonna be bad

[modern iris]

Well, then you’re gonna have to work with what you got, unless you’re willing to shell out money for international shipping

[wild wyvern]

my rx 580 is 2nd hand

[modern iris]

So? Most mid-tier gpus aren’t even being used for ethereum mining so you should be good

If it’s been gently used then why not?

Now, if you are thinking of getting anything higher than a 3060 used, I would tell you that’s a hard no, not unless it’s a LHR

[wild wyvern]

lol mine was used for mining i think

[modern iris]

How long have you had it?

[wild wyvern]

1 year ish

[modern iris]

And no, I doubt it - most miners use 3060-4090s, they wouldn’t bother with a budget card

[wild wyvern]

rx 580 are used for mining lol

rx 7600?

thats 1.3k

[modern iris]

It’s GDDR5, not even GDDR6. If you’ve had it for a year I really doubt someone’s used your particular gpu as a mining gpu

Like this is more than likely all 3090s at the bare minimum

[wild wyvern]

i had an rx 480 disguised as rx 580

[modern iris]

Especially since it’s based off of proof of work, not proof of stake

[wild wyvern]

and that card went kapoof

[modern iris]

Either way, your hugest bottleneck right now is your RAM

You really need to upgrade to DDR4 RAM sticks

Which means you need to upgrade your motherboard first

[wild wyvern]

rn my card isnt an rx 590 but an 580

[modern iris]

So? DDR3 came out in 2007

It’s time to upgrade your motherboard and cpu

[wild wyvern]

they switched bios

[modern iris]

Before you even think about getting a new video card

[wild wyvern]

cpu yes

ofc

[modern iris]

And motherboard

Current motherboards don’t even support DDR3 anymore

[wild wyvern]

b550m is ok right?

[modern iris]

Yeah that’s a decent one

Gigabyte makes good ones, so does Aorus iirc

[wild wyvern]

do i get 2tb nvme or 1tb

im thinking of getting the asrock one

[modern iris]

Here, check this site out and see if it’s compatible https://www.pcpartpicker.com

[wild wyvern]

huh mobo update?

[modern iris]

Don’t worry about that - if you have to update motherboard you can get the update file put on a USB

And load it in that way

It’s just a general warning

Honestly I’m surprised you can even play ffxiv with DDR3 ram

[wild wyvern]

1tb or 2tb nvme

[modern iris]

Well

Honestly you don’t even need the nvme

I would go with 500gb boot drive (nvme or even just a regular SSD) with a 2 TB HDD

You can even go as high as 4TB with 7200RPM

[wild wyvern]

i have an 118gb ssd

for OS

[wild wyvern]

some games need SSD

[modern iris]

No they don’t

[wild wyvern]

some newer ones

[modern iris]

Like literally you can run any game with 7200RPM

https://pcpartpicker.com/list/WgvZ2x here’s an example of what I’m talking about - a nice budget build but it gives you everything you need

[wild wyvern]

i have an 500gb HDD and its shite af

thats cuz its 11 years old

unused

[modern iris]

Okay I stand corrected. There’s only like a handful of games that require a SSD

And it’s also shitty because you have DDR3 RAM

that RAM is slow af

[wild wyvern]

why is 2tb hdd so cheap lmao

[modern iris]

It’s so outdated the only reason why you would have a PC with it anymore is for basic stuff or a workstation that doesn’t need computing power

[modern iris]

Because they are easier to make I’m guessing?

Cheaper to mass produce

[wild wyvern]

but i thought NVME is better?

[modern iris]

I mean

Subjectively it is

But objectively unless you’re going for a 4.0 nvme slot, a HDD that has 7200RPM will be comparable to a regular SSD

[wild wyvern]

pcie 3.0?

not good?

[modern iris]

They have 4.0 now

And 3.0 is fine

But 4.0 is more on the high end scale which will be out of your budget right now

[wild wyvern]

i on;y have one rx 6660 available rn

which is the gigabyte eagle oc

[modern iris]

That GPU is going to do squat if you don’t have regular RAM to help

[wild wyvern]

yea

but its 3 fans

[modern iris]

And the RAM you got now is going to bottleneck you super hard

[wild wyvern]

not 2

[modern iris]

And? That doesn’t mean a thing

[wild wyvern]

my case wont fit a 3 fan lol

cuz its a smol case

[modern iris]

Sigh

Stop focusing on the GPU

and worry about your motherboard and CPU

[wild wyvern]

ohhh k ok

[modern iris]

That’s your #1 priority right now

[wild wyvern]

yes that was mine

but

people are sying my rx 580 wont do me good smh

[modern iris]

And you’re gonna be spending quite a bit to upgrade your RAM, CPU and motherboard

Well, it is an old gpu tbf

[wild wyvern]

and storage

[modern iris]

There you go

Worry about your gpu last

If your gpu can play ffxiv right now then don’t even bother looking to upgrade

[wild wyvern]

so i dont reall need nvme?

[modern iris]

No

It’s nice to have

But if anything you’d only need 1TB if you’re gonna play games that require it

[wild wyvern]

i might play some games that need em

[modern iris]

Then I would go with a 500gb boot drive and 2tb storage drive

Make the boot drive nvme and your storage just a regular SSD

[wild wyvern]

my boot drive is an ssd atm

[modern iris]

That’s fine. If the new motherboard can handle your hard drive, then keep it

But you may have issues, unless you’re going for a clean install. Then I would just buy new anyways

[wild wyvern]

my 500gb HDD might be failing tbh

[modern iris]

Anyways, I’m gonna head out. It’s late and I wanna play some

[wild wyvern]

okei

[wild wyvern]

i might not do a clean install

maybe cloning

[paper tusk]

replace ps3 cmos battery and decide to be productive and change my jp ps2's also. since it's running hot I replace the thermal crap at the same time.

discover at the factory nobody removed the plastic from the thermal pad

https://cdn.discordapp.com/attachments/981956547666120744/1329690569819033674/rn_image_picker_lib_temp_48336b87-004e-49c5-ba89-745f2f09750b.jpg?ex=678b4258&is=6789f0d8&hm=cf84cbeabce897850992881efc12dd29e9aaf399d55d393a5416007c74ddb25a&

[kind rune]

What are you taking about

[modern iris]

Dude wanted to build a PC but has a budget, so I recommended some things

[wraith agate]

Jesus. How long was that happening? 20 years?

[sly elk]

so i think the really annoying thing about avis' tesla rentals is they turn on sentry mode and you can't turn it off.
Which is great for them! BUT IT SUCKS FOR ME! If I park in the street (busy street) it chews through battery processing all the cars driving by lmao

[sly elk]

maybe the plastic layer was part of the thermal pad and just delaminated? idk

it's funny but it kinda doesn't matter

as long as (most of) the heat from the chip was making it to the heatsink

wow

"Rivian outpaced Ford, with nearly 4,400 EDVs sold compared to 3,354 E-Transit sales."

that's it?

that's less than I thought lol

[wild wyvern]

hmmmm

[kind rune]

Get an ssd they make a big difference in games

Don't listen to this guy

[real edge]

do not spread misinformation please

[modern iris]

Uhh

[sly elk]

wow that's quite a doozie LOL

[modern iris]

It literally makes 0 difference between a SSD and a HDD for games

[sly elk]

i'm not sure what the data rate is on a 7200rpm say, 10tb hard drive

[modern iris]

I can play most games just fine with a HDD

[paper tusk]

[real edge]

thats just flat out wrong

[modern iris]

Oh?

[sly elk]

but like, going from a 2tb 7200rpm hard drive to a 250gb sata SSD 10 years ago was like... going from a yugo to a v8 mustang or something idk

it was definitely a night and day difference

[paper tusk]

it's 100% wrong even with sata ssd's

[sly elk]

the difference between a sata ssd and any pcie nvme is small, the difference between a pcie3 and pcie4 nvme is probably not even noticeable for most people in most use cases

[modern iris]

Take ffxiv for instance. How much faster is load times going to matter?

Not much if at all

[real edge]

going from an HDD to an SSD is like, one of the biggest QoLs you can ever do

even in games

[modern iris]

Not really - and I’ve played with both SSD and HDD

[sly elk]

shit, I run sata SSDs in my NVR 😄

it makes scrubbing through recordings a pleasure

[real edge]

going from 1m+ loading times to a few seconds is huge

[modern iris]

One minute?

Lmao

[real edge]

or worse

[sly elk]

(i also dislike the noise and heat and power usage of HDDs)

[modern iris]

That’s an over exaggeration and you know it

[real edge]

in the case of AAA titles

theres a reason why most latest AAA titles ask you to play the game on an SSD

[modern iris]

It literally does not take one minute + to load a game with a HDD

[real edge]

even the PS5 has an SSD

everyone should use an SSD for their games nowdays unless the game is super old

[modern iris]

Why? They’re more expensive and I can play AAA games just fine with a hard drive - there’s only a handful that require SSD right now as a bare minimum

[real edge]

thats just you, please do not recommend your standards to others when giving advice here

if your standard is HDD is fine for games

[modern iris]

And don’t tell me I’m flat out wrong when I’m not. You want to spend an extra $100 for something that is a little faster? You do you, but don’t tell me that I’m giving false information when I’m clearly not

[real edge]

people who do not know any better following wrong advice is just something I cannot tolerate

[sly elk]

$100 more for what?

if you're building a computer, you can afford $100 more for an SSD

[real edge]

500gb sata ssds are like 50-60$ lol

[dusky magnet]

SSD's are cheap af these days.

[sly elk]

yea

[modern iris]

I can get a 4TB HDD for way less than a SSD

[sly elk]

sure...

[wild wyvern]

im on a damn budget

[sly elk]

.. ok

tell me what GPU you're buying?

I want to judge you :3

[wild wyvern]

dont call me to get stupidly expensive parts wehhn i cant

[paper tusk]

this is the system requirements for indiana jones and the great circle, please tell me the storage requirements

[modern iris]

Here you go

Read it and weep

Don’t tell me I don’t know what the fuck I’m talking about

[paper tusk]

now tell me that a spinny disk is perfectly ok

[modern iris]

Literally $200 cheaper for a HDD

[sly elk]

i'd pay that $145 in a heartbeat lmao

[modern iris]

Now again, the dude was on a fucking budget and can’t get parts very well from where they’re at

[real edge]

a big M2 SSD is practically a mainstay in gaming pcs nowdays

or even sata

[sly elk]

yea but also, my pc has a 1tb and a 2tb in it right now

[wild wyvern]

loook

cuz thats you buddy

[sly elk]

ya know

-rubs hands-

i want to cuss this guy out 😄

[real edge]

dont

[sly elk]

considering the machine's probably gonna have a $500+ space heater GPU in it, why?

god forbid it has any parts labeled ASUS

[real edge]

I am frustrated but I try to keep it respectful regardless

[paper tusk]

don't remind me of my mistake

[sly elk]

anyway, if you are trying to build on the cheap and NEED 4tb of storage, well, I guess that is probably what you'r;e going to have to do but

[modern iris]

They’re in Malaysia- they can’t get the best parts for their budget. Apparently people can’t read

[sly elk]

it's an interesting balance I suppose. I'd rather have an ssd and a cheaper gpu

Right. i can't read

[wild wyvern]

every thing is just flat out zzz

[modern iris]

You’re the one being disrespectful and saying I’m lying. Now that I proved you wrong, I can get it cheaper, you still want to be a dick

[sly elk]

you know what @real edge it's not worth it being here

[real edge]

holy shit

[sly elk]

huh

did i miss something lol

[real edge]

nothing

kupo is down apparently

[paper tusk]

https://tenor.com/view/problemastecnicos-los-simpsons-technicaldifficulties-thesimpsons-gif-18336698

[sly elk]

oh lol

i was going to say you have a hella fast reaction speed

[real edge]

https://www.lazada.com.my/products/western-digital-wd-green-25-sata-ssd-internal-solid-state-drive-ssd-240gb-480gb-1tb-i4404489536-s24731094626.html? 1tb for about 100 usd

I do not factor in the ridiculous and fake discount

[sly elk]

1tb still some decent room for some games

[wild wyvern]

yeah i might just go sata

[paper tusk]

that plus a 8tb wd blue (only high cap with normal recording) should be good for ssd main + bulk storage

[real edge]

sata is still good

if ur on a budget

99% of games

will be good

99.9%

[paper tusk]

(bot is back)

[sly elk]

yea hard drives are great for lots of cheap storage, and I don't really see the point in a $$$ big ssd anyway

you can always just add more storage later

[opal panther]

Warning issued for gamercurtis6041 on Final Fantasy XIV

Reason: Spreading blatant misinformation while trying to give purchasing advice is a gross violation of our misinformation rule.
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Issued By: nhadalaa

[solid panther]

Pretty much. I still use HDD for storage of like non important things that Im not accessing often. Like files, pictures, etc etc

[wild wyvern]

oh

[real edge]

yeah

1tb is all ull ever need for games

and if u need more u can get more

I got a 500gb ssd in my country for like

50-60$

[solid panther]

I still remember when SSDs were like pretty new and kind of expensive

but storage drops in price pretty quickly

so its really not too bad these days

Unless you go like, super high end

[sly elk]

i feel lik eit isn't as cheap as it was at one point lol

[real edge]

I got a PCiE 4 2tb m2 ssd for like... 200$

a year ago or so

back during the crash

where for some reason storage was really cheap

[solid panther]

Tech prices have gone up in general

iirc the top end nvidia card used to cap out at like

[real edge]

I thought it was a good opportunity

[solid panther]

500 or so

Then the Titan came around and I think that set the record at like a grand or something back in the day

And now we have the 5090 which iirc is like 2 grand

[real edge]

if u get a 4090 or 5090 u probs wont need a gpu for the next 4-5 generations lol

[solid panther]

Pretty much. A xx90 card should last you fucking ages

I have a friend who got a 4090 but only plays games in 1080p

And that drives me up the wall

Mfker is going to be using a 4090 next decade

[dusky magnet]

Rad lol

[wild wyvern]

kinda

[sly elk]

so if i leave the tesla parked in the street it eats the battery because the camera mode.. which I can't turn off because the rental car company forces it back on LOL

[inland mauve]

use a 4090 to encode 5 videos simultaneously

[sly elk]

afaik it's doing a little more than that, it's trying to detect people/things touching/approaching the car when it's locked

[odd sand]

tbf a 4090 will only get 120fps full path tracing on 1080p atm it seems ;\

[solid panther]

Tbh at this point Im surprised anything short of a super computer powered by a black hole is capable of running path tracing

[wraith agate]

I would just cover the camera lmao

Get fucked rental company

[sly elk]

I was thinking of that earlier lol 😄

just get a roll of gaffer tape

[hot shadow]

NO

ILL BUY ANOTHER IN 3 YEARS

somebody else can have mine when i do

[sly elk]

@dire viper

they're getting around XD

i like the color of that one anyway

[wraith agate]

Hmm

Why all the electric cars look like they are from Cyberpunk 2077

[paper tusk]

designing them involved alcohol and raiding each other's parts bin

[hazy frost]

Tbh I think it looks decent still

I think the previous one is somewhat ugly too anyway

[modest moss]

damn, I missed tech drama

[potent arrow]

I was working lmaooo

[hard drift]

Real, that’s what i am doing

[dull garnet]

https://tenor.com/view/how-it-feels-when-you-meme-nanami-jjk-gif-10683277372535996893

[dire viper]

This color isn’t bad but the design is still dog doo doo

the charger will always sell well

Because muh American car

Stellantis misstep imo

They’re the largest anti EV proponent but haven’t offered any good alternatives :)

Literally just do fucking hybrids like everybody else and make good cars

Keep the old Charger interior, throw in a smaller displacement V8 or large V6, throw on some electric motors on the front axle and call it a day

[lost python]

god damn it, i should have bought a new fanatec wheel back in the day when they were still 150€ for a good one on ebay

they really exploded in price since then

[dire viper]

Lmao

Yea

They can’t make them fast enough

It’s like the whole HOTAS shortage for a few years

[potent arrow]

isn't it more so because Corsair bought them

so people are buying old stock

[dire viper]

I think the margins went up but that’s it

[potent arrow]

I still play iRacing, apparently Evo is shit so I'm living on iracing

[dire viper]

Haven’t heard of anything wrong even in the big sim racing community I’m in

Some of these mfs have half a car in their living room for muh immersion

[potent arrow]

lmaooo

I've been doing indoor karting as practice instead

20$ for 5hrs of track time

[dire viper]

I hate sim racing

No amount of hardware can replace actual feedback

Like the vibrations and shit in my pedals are something I use to understand what my tires are doing

[potent arrow]

it's the pedals that fuck with me

I really want active pedals

but it's expensive

I drive shitboxes with limp pedals lmao, so whenever I use a nice car even that fucks me up

[lost python]

evo has lots of issues yeah. bit disappointing because they seem to not have learned anything with the other 2 games

and yeah simracing is expensive.
i got those vibrating motors on the pedals to simulate it a bit at least. bought a used pair of clubsport v3 pedals with all addons installed so its alright

i cant wrap my head around manual downshifting though, i always fuck up and take too much time

[potent arrow]

lotta practice

aaaaaaalooot of practice

[lost python]

my wheel is so scuffed tho, because the original backcover broke so the dude who sold it 3d printed one, but the holes are too small so i have to squeeze real hard to use the shifter paddles, which hurts my wrist

[potent arrow]

off yeah thats not great

[lost python]

so i am stuck to automatic or H shifter

[potent arrow]

h shift is my prefered

but my irl project car is a sequential stick lol

[lost python]

i like the pedals on cars where it makes sense, but i prefer the H on cars that dont have paddles

[dire viper]

Omfg I cannot even drive new Mazdas I’m so used to vibration rattle can sports cars

The Miata has a lot of feedback tho

Just the rest of the lineup is dead

[brave oxide]

https://www.reddit.com/r/GamingLeaksAndRumours/comments/1i3jdbm

[lost python]

ah cool

overpriced garbage with fomo

[kind rune]

garbage?

[gentle star]

Nothing like artificial supply limiting

[spring raven]

remember, the more you spend, the more you save

aka GIVE US YOUR MONEY FUCKERS

[dire viper]

Is it artificial or is it because they’d rather not have the entire stock disappear in a few hours

In addition, the source claims that NVIDIA has implemented a tiered system for retailers based on specific criteria. For example, Amazon may not receive stock in the first shipments, perhaps not even in the second or third wave, with availability expected weeks later,. More importantly, he claims that customers who are registered as companies wishing to buy graphics cards for their own use or to resell will need to look elsewhere.

The Imgur link shows the moderator saying that NVIDIA is prioritizing retail sales over commercial also

Which is odd

That I do not actually believe

Unless they need to make bigger margins on limited stock which maybe makes sense

[brave oxide]

Is this just founder cards that would be affected by this?

[hard drift]

All cards

[devout nexus]

they are not all that easy to make and its always like this at launch. they ramp up

[sly elk]

they'll send 100% of stock to MICROCENTER IN STORE PICKUP ONLY

https://tenor.com/view/laugh-giggle-anime-happy-gif-17180898

[modern iris]

If you want to start streaming, at minimum what do you need? A second monitor and a mic?

[dull garnet]

you need to dl obs

[modern iris]

I have OBS already. 🙂

[dull garnet]

that's it

[gentle star]

2nd monitor and a mic can help if you intend to speak onstream since you can monitor chat on 2nd window and stuff. It's not absolutely necessary tho, some people use overlays and stuff

Decent Internet connection (upload speed) obviously helps

[inland mauve]

the bare minimum is anything that can stream

I think that some consoles have Twitch integration now

the easiest way is OBS yeah

[brave oxide]

https://tenor.com/view/ricky-bobby-gif-3479536

[inland mauve]

there's a lot more to streaming, like there's a ton of softskills that you need to develop, but you do that as you go

[modern iris]

You mean like learning how to talk on stream?

[sly elk]

imma guess they just wanna have a press spectacle of people camping outside best buy/micro center/whatever

like the good ole days

some people get off on "people showing up"

that's a good chunk of the whole wfh vs rto thing right?

[paper tusk]

https://cdn.discordapp.com/attachments/847682523256455169/1329640430534656052/FB_IMG_1737077903572.jpg?ex=678bbc66&is=678a6ae6&hm=09192f140812fc236acb706f66d64092f1feb0433f3bbe1c037c9619f715b502&

[random marlin]

[dire viper]

Gluing down the NVME with thermal paste u know how it is

[random marlin]

Should i upgrade my ssd to 2 or even 4tb

idk if i’ll need the space

[paper tusk]

how much money do you want to start on fire?

[random marlin]

500

hmm but maybe not

thats my gunpla budget

I need to get a swe job so i have 3x the disposable income to spend on model kits

[paper tusk]

https://www.amazon.com/dp/B0CK2TC9XQ?th=1 has dram cache (edit: the variant with heatsink in box is same price: $146)

plenty of money leftover for models/paint

but upgrading is up to you if swapping out games is a problem (or can't install at all because of low free space)

[dire viper]

hittin this 2700X with that 4 year old thermal paste

I really did just give my little brother everything laying around my room

I never even took the fucking CPU out of the motherboard

one of my brothers friends gave him 4 sticks of 4200 for some reason so we just gonna rock with that when he gets here

[sly elk]

I've decided that the regular style handheld shower head holders are the best

less likely to fall on me

[dire viper]

Me asking my little brother if he knows what the gold rating on the PSU means and he goes “it won’t fry your circuits?”

Good enough

[potent arrow]

Damn

LTT killed GN on Wan show today lol

[inland mauve]

are the girls fighting again?

[potent arrow]

Nah I think LTT is correct here

and he doesnt want to start a drama war

He called GN out for investigative integretiy lol

murdered

[paper tusk]

https://www.youtube.com/post/UgkxhaFZmuIn9Ty0xDhfXMT9i4gxggCvqlzF

[dire viper]

Spent 3 hours building the worst PC known to man

But it works

This PC has a 2700X, 2060 Super, 4 sticks of 3600, and one singular 2TB ssd

And like I partially stripped some of the threads in the cooler backplate but it’s whatever

It works :)

It’s for my little brother so whatever

I bought a pop air for myself but I’m so lazy I just gave him that and am keeping the 20 dollar full tower I absolutely despise

[sly elk]

you should buy another tower XD

[dire viper]

Not until I full upgrade

[sly elk]

just do whatever ^^

[dull garnet]

B450 Tomahawk mention 🗣️

[sly elk]

hmm neat

didn't realize the reason for the big box some ev charging stations have is likely batteries

[cerulean talon]

Yeh, has to be for the DC direct charing.

The voltages and amperage is all wrong for AC -> DC live conversion.

Tesla's at what? 200kw fast charging now? That's a tremendous load on the AC grid. xD

[sly elk]

yep, totally didn't realize that before

[cerulean talon]

Yeah.

EV's are fun, we carry our own AC -> DC converters. xD

[sly elk]

i find the popularity a double edged sword lol

[cerulean talon]

Oh?

[sly elk]

yes

more chargers being installed but more likely to be full

[cerulean talon]

Oh yeah.

[sly elk]

the mall has 20 super chargers, the hotel across the street has 10

one of the vons also has like 6 or so

[cerulean talon]

Now that I've got my main charger at home, I'm much less likely to charge outside the house.

[sly elk]

the mall has.. a bunch of other non-tesla chargers lol

for sure! why would ya wanna do that anyway. home charging is for sure where it's at

home charging has the benefit of your car always being ready :3

[cerulean talon]

So, I had to when I moved here because I couldn't get a 220 charger installed.

So I was limited to 1.5kw charging (120/15a), which means a full charge of my battery was 30 hours. xD