I’ve seen people talk about issues but haven’t had them with my internet now atl
#technology-discussion
hazy frost
modern iris
I've used Netflix in the past
and while there's not proper quality option (at least not back then) it was still pretty alright for 1080p
I do agree the servers can be dog water from time to time tho
hazy frost
The worst offender for me was Disney+ I think
Netflix has been pretty consistent but the resolution on Disney used to drop a lot, I haven’t been using it as much recently but seems better
tepid gulch
Netflix hates anime fans
modern iris
they are investing quite a bit into the anime space
Disney+ is the one who hates anime as a whole not just the fans
hazy frost
Disney hates anything fun
Netflix has some decent anime as of recent years but like u can’t watch that many shows on it still, barely any seasonal stuff for sure
hazy frost
That’s why I.. pay for crunchyroll
It’s like £5 a month and works on my TV, phone, and switch and I don’t have to use vlc and download everything that way which is more time consuming
I’m not against doing it the other way if it’s not on there but it sure saves me a lot of effort atp
modern iris
I stopped watching anime a while ago
Too much effort for barely anything I'd find interesting
I'll eventually watch Frieren S2 tho
sly elk
crunchyroll is still cheap
hazy frost
Surprisingly now it’s owned by Sony
£50 a year for pretty much every anime released in that year without any delay
tepid gulch
I have hidive Crunchyroll Netflix and the 7 seas
sly elk
i used to have hidive but i stopped it because i wans't watching anything on there
tepid gulch
they are investing quite a bit into the anime space
One of the most hyped anime of the summer season, advertised it as a July 5th release, limits said release to Asia and pushed worldwide back to September
That's Netflix
Literally asking people to VPN or pirate it
You can be 2 months behind on talking about it with people or you can pirate it and stay up to date
That's the ultimatum
modern iris
I tend to sail the high seas when it comes to streaming services anyway
For some odd reason we don't have some of the good content
And it's just not worth it to sub for a whole month and watch one or two shows
tepid gulch
I watch most things on Crunchyroll
I try to use the services so I can actually give official support to the shows
But if one is being dumb
Or doesn't have a show
Then I'm out
To the seas
hazy frost
But if one is being dumb
I laughed when I found out the only people who were showing kill la kill in the UK was channel 4 lmao
I couldn’t find it anywhere else online and their streaming service was like 720p
tepid gulch
It's on Crunchyroll here
hazy frost
Yeah I’m pretty sure other places have it here now
It was quite a few years ago
Back in like 2019
UK had basically nothing until the last few years tho
tepid gulch
This is why piracy exists
hazy frost
True it was the way until crunchyroll got good recently
tepid gulch
For the most part Crunchyroll has everything
And anything not on there is assly region locked or inconvenient
So if it's not on Crunchyroll piracy is the way to go
carmine zinc
neon shell
Does anyone here have this keyboard? I’m curious about your opinion on it
Yes I did watch some videos but I would like to hear other opinions too
hot shadow
it's Amazon, just buy it then try and return within the month
then you'll really know
hot shadow
I've never used that sorry, I jumped straight to hot swappable switches
so I'm basically set for life until the board itself dies in a decade or never
most people did what I did after they're super done with the other ones, including steel series anything
I used their silver one for a time then felt like their switches were ass and getting sludgey after a time
you should be aware that their reviews for that one have some DoA and "break in 2 months"
neon shell
Sounds good ty
hot shadow
you may also wish to pay attention to how most of the top reviews seem to be /r/battlestations ego posters and office workers
they don't game
cause most enthusiasts will look at the OLED and pricing and scoff
hard drift
Does anyone here have this keyboard? I’m curious about your opinion on it
i have that keyboard assuming it's gen 1 it's an okay keyboard in all honesty
hot shadow
it does look a lot better than something you would buy a 16yo cousin tho (like a shitty razer)
you will likely be happy
hard drift
it's a bit noisy but put on some silencing rings and it becomes pretty nice
hot shadow
there are thin or thick O ring so you may have to trial n error
hard drift
the adjustable actuation is also nice if you're a hard typist so you can bottom it out instead of accidentally fat fingering a bunch of keys
hot shadow
if you wish to mod bottom you can also look up wadding or duct tape barrier or dense thin foam but it might be harder with this one, less hollow thonking
bido, what switches is this kb?
hard drift
it also has usb passthrough on it plus the dial is nice for volume and the screen can be nifty when it is integrated into apps you are using
hot shadow
ya USB passthru is great
hard drift
bido, what switches is this kb?
it's own switches
hot shadow
hard drift
optical magnetic or something like that
hot shadow
bido that's danger words to some of us
hard drift
bido that's danger words to some of us
oh i am well aware
hard drift
it's nowhere near as noisy as razer but like i said, i use silencing rings to make it sound decent
hot shadow
if you pop the key off is it like a cherry keycap tho?
hard drift
yeah cherry stems
hot shadow
o good
hot shadow
can't be as bad as that weird tall SA profile
hard drift
neon shell
Thank you both
hot shadow
like a fuckin 14yo went and did a second life terrain thing
np hope you enjoy your kb
neon shell
Have a melon Bido 🍉
hot shadow
if it sucks you can come back and tell us
neon shell
For sure
hard drift
For sure
if you're looking for a decent keyboard price aside, it's actually not terrible
neon shell
Anything that’s better than my red dragon honestly lol
hot shadow
well it's not 200!
hard drift
Anything that’s better than my red dragon honestly lol
red dragon honestly has some decent products
there's a keyboard they have that is killer bang for your buck
hot shadow
o ye redragon even tho we have soft spot for them, they're like something you move on from in your 20s
lol
I've seen that situation a lot now
neon shell
Yeah but my keyboard is reaching its life span at this point
hard drift
Yeah but my keyboard is reaching its life span at this point
time to bring out the soldering iron 
i am kidding please just let it die
neon shell
Unresponsive keys
hard drift
this is what the switch is called btw rab
hot shadow
this is what the switch is called btw rab
I showed it to my husb and he says he hopes it'll be good
hard drift
I showed it to my husb and he says he hopes it'll be good
better than razer but that isn't saying much when they have some of the loudest fucking switches known to man
hot shadow
he needs to stop fuckin with his kb I'm tired of having jars of switches n keycaps n none of them are candy
w t f
better than razer is like saying I'm better at baseball than a 8yo
hard drift
i wonder how the new one is though considering i have a first gen steelseries apex pro keyboard
hot shadow
I don't know how to bat
hard drift
I don't know how to bat
well considering a lot of people use razer and swear by it 
it's a decent bar when a lot know what a razer product is/sounds like
hot shadow
don't worry one day they'll turn 25
hot shadow
lolllll
hard drift
i turn 24 in 30 minutes 
hot shadow
happy birfdai
hard drift
my body feels so old already lol
hard drift
happy birfdai
ty
hot shadow
first you then me on the 3rd then somebody else somewhere on the 10th iirc
either 8 or 10
hard drift
hot shadow
idk I just ping him everyday until it's correct
hard drift
lets see what i fuck up this year 
hot shadow
pog
hot shadow
where does one buy a laser cutting machine that can cut rocks
asking for a friend
REAL TECH
hot shadow
the year before that was my shoulder <:Pog:533390478360444928>
boyo you need to eat more glucosamine and collagen supplements and stretch more if you're prone to injury
rly
hard drift
boyo you need to eat more glucosamine and collagen supplements and stretch more ...
it's not that it's because i'm stupid and do stuff i shouldn't be doing alone
like lifting 300 pound treadmills and shit
hard drift
asking for a friend
https://www.igoldenlaser.com/portable-handheld-laser-cutter-for-metal/ go send an inquiry maybe you can buy it 😎
sly walrus
alternatively find a gun that shoots diamonds at the rock
hard drift
you said cutting rocks... i assumed you wanted handheld
hard drift
ohhhhh that's for metal!
IT'LL WORK FOR ROCKS
hot shadow
YOURE a rock
hard drift
😎
sly walrus
metal is just a fancy rock
hot shadow
this is true
hard drift
YOURE a rock
what does that mean
hard drift
yeah, the kids 2 now
hard drift
hot shadow
I opened my tu condo once and then this dude started talking about like 40 different aircraft, I wish I had chatlogs
hard drift
lol what the heck
hot shadow
it was the most fascinating thing I couldn't remember
hard drift
i just remember that one time in your condo seeing your photos 
hard drift
when you said what they were i felt like i was seeing forbidden stuff lol
hard drift
true
neon shell
<:homg:1384131581022703719>
I love this emote. Imma steal it for my emote server
This is my current fav emote:
hot shadow
I love this emote. Imma steal it for my emote server
here this one too 
neon shell
lol
hot shadow
lol
it's all rednote emoji https://emojirepo.org/rednote-emojis
neon shell
sweet ty
sharp star
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vNO1lQrppkg I like how "waste of sand" has been a part of our lexicon since GN's Rocket Lake reviews
brave oxide
hazy frost
Lmao yeah but to be fair it’s been doing that every patch for me and I have no idea why
I do not want to use the thing making my latency this bad in a game that requires dodging
modern iris
Working perfectly fine for me
Just like they all do
Kinda like how Windows 11 is working well for me but most people are bitching about it
Oh well, it's the internet after all
inland mauve
that's great but who asked
hazy frost
lol
lmao even
faster than the 5070ti now bc of drivers
meanwhile new nvidia drivers just get u a black screen
hazy frost
is this one also broken?
and yeah
as per usual add new features, fix some stuff, break more stuff
hazy frost
I’m still on 572.83 I think now
I wanted to try the new driver for wilds DLSS 4 but oh well
Wishing I’d traded my 4070ti for a 9070xt now lol
lost python
https://youtu.be/aWfMibZ8t00?si=QAJhZpPTibM92yZ0
actually fascinating to see how this keeps happening
hazy frost
AMD have been doing really good with extra performance from drivers since the 500 series
brave oxide
Working perfectly fine for me
hazy frost
especially rn where nvidia is actually breaking stuff and intel also doesnt work properly half the time
like 10% performance uplift just from drivers is wild
and its only been a month or so
tepid gulch
Nvidia is great gotta glaze them
hazy frost
nvidia paid me $5 to tell u that the drivers arent crapping themselves
potent arrow
nvidia paid me $5 to tell u that the drivers arent crapping themselves
Intel is threatening to brick another generation to tell me that AMD has bad drivers
hazy frost
Intel is threatening to brick another generation to tell me that AMD has bad dri...
let them do it
tepid gulch
Amd just keeps winning
hazy frost
AMD does almost nothing and wins
tepid gulch
Yeah they just release whatever and do it decently and it's better than everything else still
hazy frost
all they had to do on zen 5 was make it slightly more efficient and not make retail stupid prices
then intel released theirs and it just sucked so they won
literally did nothing
except the redesign of x3d cache location
that one was cool
hazy frost
my 150w 7700x bc my motherboard mnakes it eat 1.4v all the time
one day ill solve this myself
too lazy
hazy frost
mine uses like
70 gaming
its solely asus motherboard stock voltage settings p sure
people have issues on their other ones too
the 7700x is faster outside of gaming atl
tepid gulch
I just put everything on auto except pbo which I put on enabled
hazy frost
also am5 cpus run hot which people mistake for power inefficiency bc they boost 100% if theres any thermal headroom
hazy frost
yeah
but people forget laws of physics mean its still dissipating the same amount of power as heat
hazy frost
the thing is AMD has headroom and goes full performance to hit the temps, intel hits those temps and cant get max performance instead
hazy frost
I just don't like Intel anymore
i dont like when company hides issues, doesnt refund, lies, lies again, and then 'fixes' it several times with people still having issues
it would be a hard sell for me to get o ne personally unless its leagues ahead of AMD next gen
or rather the one after that assuming they keep a socket for more than one gen this time
since im already on am5
tepid gulch
Am5 still has so much potential that can be gotten out of it meanwhile Intel makes you upgrade boards every generation because "the old one wasn't good enough"
hazy frost
i genuinely found it hilarious when they said 'yeah we just doing one on this socket guys' in 2025
its insane
AMD please put cache on 2 ccds so i can buy a 11900x3d
tepid gulch
Am5 will probs last till the 11000 series
hazy frost
yeah
plus refresh 12th and later binned 11th refreshes
more than long enough
its a 5/6 year guaranteed life time right
tepid gulch
The issue is honestly games are too resource hungry that hardware can't keep up rn
I can't think of many modern games you can truly max out graphically on current gen hardware
For example. The play test of borderlands 4. They were all on 7700x and 4080s and were only getting around 100 fps at 1440p medium graphics
That's absolutely terrible
hazy frost
For example. The play test of borderlands 4. They were all on 7700x and 4080s an...
meanwhile in wilds im getting like 60fps on high
wilds hate train continues
hazy frost
I can't think of many modern games you can truly max out graphically on current ...
cyberpunk phantom liberty, FF7 remake, ghost of tsushima, horizon, god of war come to mind
but not a whole lot
alan wake 2 maybe?
its within reason for mid range builds
assuming we dont count games that arent graphically impressive bc obviously u can max those out
(except wilds)
sly elk
also am5 cpus run hot which people mistake for power inefficiency bc they boost ...
tbh I barely notice a thermal difference between the 7800x3d and the 9700k it replaced
what I did notice was the 9070xt runs noticeably cooler than the 3080ti I had before since it uses about 100w less
hazy frost
Yeah 3080ti used way too much power
I don’t think the fans on my 4070ti ever even spin up really
Compared to my less powerful cards I’ve had
tepid gulch
I don’t think the fans on my 4070ti ever even spin up really
Mine too
They barely need to spin
kind rune
well picture by picture with the switch 2 doesnt work correctly on my monitor and of course i have black bars when its the only input so i need to get another monitor 
hazy frost
They barely need to spin
300w gpu with a heat sink the same size as 500w GPUs lol
sly elk
I don’t think the fans on my 4070ti ever even spin up really
-scratches his head- a 300w gpu is still going to produce a lot of heat
that heat has to go somewhere
tepid gulch
It's using the same heatsink as a higher tier card
And if you have good case fans
The actual card fans don't need to spin much
sly elk
mesh case?
idk
I definitely hear my 9070xt when gaming lol
though most of the noise is the case fans
tepid gulch
My pc is silent
sly elk
what kinda case/fans are you using?
I might have to change out my pc's case at some point
i like how it looks but it's not very good in the ventilation department
and what I'm realizing is that makes me less inclined to use it for gaming lol
hazy frost
I definitely hear my 9070xt when gaming lol
Uses more than 300w tbf
And some have smaller coolers than mine
My 4070ti is the size of the 4090 FE
Slightly thicker I think
hazy frost
I hit like 60° with my OC on and fans aren’t audible
hazy frost
When I had a more aggressive OC I could hear them under benchmarks and stress tests
tepid gulch
Oh nice
sly elk
And some have smaller coolers than mine
oh yea for sure, mine is a smaller 9070xt, it's about the size of the 3080ti ftw3 I had
tepid gulch
I have the gaming x slim
hazy frost
Big ass card tho
hazy frost
oh yea for sure, mine is a smaller 9070xt, it's about the size of the 3080ti ftw...
Oh yeah makes a bit more sense
They use like 350w and smaller
sly elk
there are bigger 9070xts
hazy frost
tepid gulch
I'm happy with my PC
hazy frost
I noticed the fans when I had like +800 core clock OC
But now it’s like 250 I don’t notice
I wasn’t really getting much benefit out of anything more than 2-300 in games I played
tepid gulch
I don't overclock my gpu I just let it boost to what it wants to
sly elk
yea my 9070xt is not an oc card lol
hot shadow
this guy working hard
sly elk
from what i've seen the gains from oc on these is not worth it at all
hazy frost
My problem was vram temps
hazy frost
this guy working hard
£3 Amazon special
He’s ok
MSI included a bracket that doesn’t fit lmao
tepid gulch
Mine didn't have a bracket
hazy frost
from what i've seen the gains from oc on these is not worth it at all
Undervolt + OC messing around for a while can net like 15% iirc
Which is pretty good
hazy frost
Mine didn't have a bracket
Maybe they stopped including them when people realised they don’t fit lmao
tepid gulch
From my testing the factory overclock on my card is about the max stable clock so I let it be after a day or so of testing
hazy frost
I think it was designed for a 4080 or something
hazy frost
From my testing the factory overclock on my card is about the max stable clock s...
Oh that’s crazy
I got +650 and +1750 memory stable
sly elk
hmm that's nice though
hazy frost
Don’t ask what my memory temps are
tepid gulch
hazy frost
I got a 35% performance uplift in path traced cyberpunk tho
And my lows went up like 80%
Memory bandwidth sucks on 40 series fr
sly elk
the hard part is if i wanted a new case, i admit i'd be tempted to get a y70 lol
and those aren't really the best at thermal performance iirc
hazy frost
Near the worst lmao
O11D if u want that style is still the go to
Just get an aftermarket LCD display and stick it in there
I’m still waiting for something in a black + white colour option
If I didn’t have white hardware I’d go antec flux tho
hot shadow
is it super asshole if I go carve some marble then shove it with some LEDs in the power shroud area
might look nice
hazy frost
I’m sure someone’s done it and got bullied and had to take down the post
hot shadow
lollllllll
sly elk
is it super asshole if I go carve some marble then shove it with some LEDs in th...
why not?
you do see stuff like that sometimes
that or water distribution blocks
hmmmmmm
i have a 2013 macbook air laying around that's been laying around for a while with a busted resistor on the motherboard
do I ewaste it, or do I toss a 2017 macbook air motherboard in it :3
on the plus side, it appears I'd be able to sell the laptop off for whatever I put into it, as long as the battery works
hehe ok i bought that one, found one as cheap as the 2013 motherboards that is still advertised as working
hasty harbor
anyone is a expert in monitor, whats the benefit of having curve
if so, is it worth getting or nah
sly elk
looking cool
hazy frost
if so, is it worth getting or nah
Nah if it’s standard aspect ratio
If it’s ultra wide it helps the viewing angles be more comfortable
sly elk
i think the 16:9 monitors look really silly with a curve
hazy frost
Yeah and they always use a crappy VA panel too
hasty harbor
tepid gulch
True
hazy frost
There’s literally no benefit to it for 16:9
sly elk
on a 21:9 or 32:9, sure
tepid gulch
I don't see the need for a curved monitor tbh
sly elk
the curve is cool but it's not needed on a 34" ultrawide at all
hazy frost
I don't see the need for a curved monitor tbh
I mean if ur looking at ultra wide it’s way more comfortable to have it
hasty harbor
at that point, you might as well use a tv
sly elk
but even on a 34" it looks cool so
hasty harbor
the monitor im looking at is
Dahua 34" WQHD 21:9 Curved
tepid gulch
I use a 26 inch monitor
sly elk
if you're doing design or art things that curve may be an issue
tepid gulch
That's plenty
sly elk
yea 34" curved is fine
hasty harbor
this is the info of the screen, it is va
hazy frost
if you're doing design or art things that curve may be an issue
Most pro/semi pro artists I know use curved for theirs
lost python
if you're doing design or art things that curve may be an issue
i got a curve and its actually fine once you get used to it, your brain kinda starts to compensate for it
tepid gulch
The specs look alright
sly elk
honestly i think it's kinda disappointing how quick i got used to the curve lol
hazy frost
I feel like non curved is more of an issue for creative stuff almost in terms of viewing angles sometimes
hasty harbor
i got a curve and its actually fine once you get used to it, your brain kinda st...
the only problem is going from curve to flat from one of my friend said, took him a while to get back to flat again
hazy frost
Depends on panel type as well
tepid gulch
1500r curve huh, I forget what the best is
tepid gulch
It's whatever matches your eyes curve
hazy frost
VA isn’t terrible but most VA monitors are terrible
sly elk
let's go with that
hazy frost
Mini LED VA is awesome
sly elk
I get it, the $800 asus VA were nice 😛
sly elk
but if you made me list the things I have about my 57" samsung
tepid gulch
Mini led is great but is still relatively new tech
sly elk
VA would be #1
hazy frost
Mini led is great but is still relatively new tech
IPS mini led still has a lot of issues I see
tepid gulch
Yeah
tepid gulch
It's hard
hazy frost
HDR with local dimming is fantastic
sly elk
yea see I don't give a fuck about deep blacks or backlight bleed \
hazy frost
And it’s got good colour coverage
sly elk
because I don't play dark games in a room with no lights on
tepid gulch
New monitor tech usually take years to get consistent
sly elk
and VA color rendering is just wrong
hazy frost
yea see I don't give a fuck about deep blacks or backlight bleed \
More like peak brightness, contrast, and colours
sly elk
and the way the colors shift when i move my head
hazy frost
Deep blacks alone whatever but in games where grey and black start to look the same in certain lighting it’s very annoying
Contrast on IPS is still garbage mostly
hazy frost
I have a 1440p 165hz IPS
I got that 950:1 contrast
I do need a new monitor bc even for IPS it’s pretty lacking
hazy frost
3000:1 on IPS without mini led local dimming would be impressive
hasty harbor
here is what it look like
tepid gulch
Id have to look it up
hazy frost
The most I’ve seen recently is like 1700:1
The average is like 1100 to 1400
Which makes my 950 look pretty bad
sly elk
you know that reminds me of the msi i have
hasty harbor
this one is 3000:1
hazy frost
Sounds about right assuming they’re not lying about it it’s reasonable
If u play a lot of fast paced games avoid the VA panel tho
tepid gulch
I lied
hazy frost
Black smearing sucks
tepid gulch
It's 1000:1
hazy frost
It's 1000:1
Join the club
hasty harbor
hazy frost
I need a good IPS for colours still so can’t go VA as my main display probably
Which sucks
Mini led IPS is my ideal but none of them work properly
tepid gulch
When we getting micro led monitors
hazy frost
So it looks good
Yeah most IPS panels are reasonably good out the box now anyway
hazy frost
When we getting micro led monitors
I think they had these at one of the tech shows
Recently
tepid gulch
Nice
tepid gulch
Just gotta wait 5 years
hazy frost
Hell OLED is cheaper than some mini led now
tepid gulch
Oled has issues of its own
hazy frost
They’re far apart enough in use case they don’t need to get cheaper
tepid gulch
I've had friends get bad burn in
hazy frost
But they have a lot of overlap as well
hazy frost
I've had friends get bad burn in
Yeah early ones sucked bad
Newer panels are way more resistant to it
And built in protection got better
If ur on excel all day i still wouldn’t recommend one tho
The early QD OLED especially was bad for burn in
tepid gulch
Reee
inland mauve
I think I might have no choice but to update my drivers
my video card has been having a lot of issues lately
dire viper
Physical buttons
Power up from the Roma
I like it still
We are supposedly going to get a hard top convertible model of the Amalfi
sly elk
Physical buttons
I don't understand why that wouldn't be the first priority in a high end car
dire viper
they are selling kits for customers that replace all the haptic with buttons also
sly elk
knobs and buttons that feel amazing to interact with
Like fuck dude if I'm paying $300k+ for a car I want knobs that are as addictive as a fidget spinner
like the knob on my k65 keyboard is amazing and I love it
and i'm easy to please. the knobs in my jeep & chrysler are great. The buttons are OK. The cadillac has lovely steering wheel buttons and they're just plastic LOL
I especially like the cruise control thingy
that toggle bar
if you push up/down on it it speeds up or slows down, right
but if you push it harder it clicks again and increments by like 10mph
which is amusingly absurd
tepid gulch
why's it look like a lucid air
It does doesnt it
neon shell
Is there anytime where it is legitimately useful to run more then two gpus?
sharp star
Is there anytime where it is legitimately useful to run more then two gpus?
When you’re a 50 series owner and need a separate card for PhysX
neon shell
So theoretically would a game even recognize two gpus
tepid gulch
In moder times i don't think you even can
neon shell
Oh so I'm sounding like a zoomer lmao
tepid gulch
I'm out of the loop since nvlink
hot shadow
there are definitely enthusiasts who are doing dual gpu in 2025 but you require a brain to make it work
yea
so they have a 4000 series running game or w/e then their old 1070 is just doing something else
theyre doing it for AI frame generation i think mostly
tepid gulch
Realistically the most you'll get out of it is a larger vram pool
neon shell
I'm lacking a functioning brain so that's out of the question. All that brain rot
hot shadow
there's some kinda steam program rn to help with it
tepid gulch
The gpus gotta share with each other and it gets messy
Unless you're doing fancy workstation stuff
hot shadow
basically it's for lossless scaling
tepid gulch
Haven't heard about that
hot shadow
it is quite niche, almost nobody is bothering
tepid gulch
Makes sense
hot shadow
it's basically the pipedream of all fanboys who just want their old gpu to have a job again i guess
so i understand
tepid gulch
Just get cheap parts and put old gpu in a second pc
I have a dual pc setup
I control both pc's with a free windows software called mousewithoutborders and i have an audio mixer
Its essentially a dual monitor setup but with a pc on each screen
And you can seamlessly go between them
It's pretty neat
wraith agate
Right question time, I got Conflict: Desert Storm for $1. One itty bitty problem, the framerate is at like 4500 and the game brakes at any fps higher than 30, magical 2001 game
How can I simulate an ancient PC without building one
hot shadow
then you must limit your fps in your settings
forcibly
that's what we have to do with kotor cause same issue
tepid gulch
How can I simulate an ancient PC without building one
Vms
hot shadow
you're gonna run into that issue with many many old games
hot shadow
everytime we cap it ya
tepid gulch
Too many frame can be bad
wraith agate
I might try VMs because the screen resolution is also pretty small
Unless there's a way to force 600×400 to stretch
wraith agate
I suppose
sharp star
Interesting
The latest Radeon drivers dropped and there’s already substantial performance improvements to the 9070 XT
sly walrus
Right question time, I got Conflict: Desert Storm for $1. One itty bitty problem...
more often than not, the answer is dgvoodoo2
wraith agate
darn
neon shell
windows 11 is pretty good imo
brave oxide
I had to use win 11 for work a month ago and it made me appreciate 10 more
waxen relic
Anyone willing to help me with something between my laptop and tv?
sharp star
hazy frost
I linked someone to this on Reddit yesterday and they said ‘i don’t believe it they’re just shilling AMD’ lol
Surprised how many people are still spending over $1000 on a 5070ti
lost python
there was weeklong drama because people on twitter were convinced hardware unboxed is just shilling for AMD and refused to accept evidence in favour of AMD from other trustworthy sources
its the kind of people that keep userbenchmark alive
hazy frost
If anything hardware unboxed is the most Nvidia biased testing of all the reviewers which makes it funnier
At release everyone else showed AMD being even better compared to Nvidia than they did
brave oxide
i do like that GN has 14, most reviewers wouldn't include an MMO benchmark
hazy frost
GN as well, mainly FF14 and Wukong
Ray tracing being skewed like 20% on every review bc people keep using wukong now
The game runs at like 20fps on Nvidia cards too idk why it’s even there
sharp star
Yeah lmao
hazy frost
I feel like there’s much better games to include in a test suite than this
I stopped looking at new HUB reviews bc it’s always weirdly Nvidia biased even in raster despite having similar games to toms hardware
potent arrow
ff14 is such a shit benchmark imo
hazy frost
Ff14 is a cpu benchmark tool
potent arrow
like the actual benchmark is kinda whatever lol
hazy frost
But atl it’s a relevant game because so many people play it
How many people are actively playing wukong now after the first months of release
I don’t wanna know how it runs
I’ve seen 5 posts today already arguing about why HUBs amd better video is fake news
sharp star
Wukong is a tech demo game
sharp star
lmao
potent arrow
I would love to make a benchmark suite that just runs your of through the top 15 worst performing games of the year
and sees if your gpu becomes an arsonist or something
hazy frost
Especially the lack of ongoing live service games with huge player bases who are actively going to upgrade
hazy frost
Tech demos are useful up to a point
We only need 1 and reviewers have like 5 for every review atp
I don’t think I’ve even seen BG3 be in many test suites recently which makes no sense if we’re going by popularity
They should replace wukong with oblivion tbh
I love how there’s also still no 5050 reviews allowed
sharp star
I feel like GN should review it because it will be funny
sly elk
there was weeklong drama because people on twitter were convinced hardware unbox...
who was it when the 40 series came out, tomshardware? That posted something along the lines of "just buy it"
there were a fair number of salty comments in the reddit post about that hardware unboxed video
talking about how AMD drivers are shit 😄
dapper nymph
what does it mean to have over 100% cpu usage, is that even cpu usage by the steam performance detail
sly elk
tends to mean use of multiple cores
hazy frost
I would recommend using other monitoring software regardless
tepid gulch
I recommend sending me your gpu
hazy frost
U have the same gpu as me
tepid gulch
Did I stutter?
dire viper
DK always has the best cars
also they have like 20-30 Ferrari F40's just in their storage garage
sharp star
9800X3D
sly elk
trying to decide between a 9800X3D and something else
intel for the wintel!
/s
sharp star
Careful, don’t let Hank hear you
odd talon
sharp star
https://bsky.app/profile/wario64.bsky.social/post/3lt44gbcrt62o
How in the actual fuck do I not see 512GB or 1TB variants here
odd talon
Region difference maybe
sly walrus
amazon doesn't like phillipines, ig
odd talon
Time to dive into amiibo nfc cards
radiant dagger
once [the LLM maintainer] has located the desired Luigi, it's much easier to summon the Waluigi"
cerulean talon
Time to dive into amiibo nfc cards
Get a flipper zero. nods
odd talon
Get a flipper zero. *nods*
Das over $400
cerulean talon
Das over $400
Cripes they got that expensive?
sly walrus
aussie dollars
cerulean talon
Ah
odd talon
The dollarydoos
Also that's what some of them cost on Amazon
$347 on site that flipper zero redirected to for AUS
paper tusk
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Waluigi_effect WHAT
I've been looking pretty hard lately into reducing how much bullshit my personal llm model can produce. feels like it's more than a slight problem (even with temperature reduced).
my body is ready for the popcorn when the closed source model hallucination rate is just as bad as qwen.
paper tusk
waahhh
sharp star
wahs seductively
sly elk
Careful, don’t let Hank hear you
paper tusk
my motherboard was chosen in advance so the "choice" was really between different flavours of amd
odd talon
Get a flipper zero. *nods*
Funny how there are similar devices designed specifically for amiibo nfc are cheaper
cerulean talon
Funny how there are similar devices designed specifically for amiibo nfc are che...
Yeah, I’ve looked at getting some in the past, but flipper zeros are pretty common around my house so that was the easy answer
sharp star
Ha
If he says he’s taking an AMD GPU over Nvidia then I might as well watch for the nearest group of pigs to sprout wings
sly elk
pigs aren't sprouting wings
i think he has a 4090?
yea he does. if you had a 4090 you probably wouldn't go amd either lol
a 9070xt would be a downgrade. but selling a 4090 would make some money I guess. And it'd run quieter and use less power.
sharp star
Yeah
odd talon
Yeah, I’ve looked at getting some in the past, but flipper zeros are pretty comm...
Reviews for some of them are non-existent or fake
hazy frost
a 9070xt would be a downgrade. but selling a 4090 would make some money I guess....
Unless u want to play with the newest drivers that is 
I wouldn’t upgrade from a 4090 if I had one, hell I can’t upgrade from a 4070ti bc the 9070xt is still pretty close so
paper tusk
Let's a go
hazy frost
Gl with the 64GB kit on AM5, even with zen 5 it’s a pain in the ass hopefully ur one of the people with no issues, first boot time probably gonna take forever too so don’t be alarmed by that lol
tepid gulch
Memory training
Pain
Make sure memory context restore is on in bios
Helps preserve memory state and reduce load times after first training
sharp star
Yeah DRAM training always sucks
paper tusk
yeah I know it'll take a couple minuets
going with a safe build (qvl memory) so nothing bites me in the ass
paper tusk
hopefully 
hazy frost
Make sure memory context restore is on in bios
I had to turn that off when I first used mine bc it kept giving me issues and it takes like 40s to boot sometimes
Pain in my ass
$500 motherboard asus says
Can’t even boot 32gb of ddr5 at a normal speed
tepid gulch
paper tusk
paper tusk
old mobo out, just need to transfer the heatsink and put on the perfect amount of thermal paste™
sly elk
Can’t even boot 32gb of ddr5 at a normal speed
at normal, or expo OC?
hazy frost
Expo OC lol
I say ‘normal’ bc it’s just a 6000cl36 kit now
I burned through a couple other cl30 and 36 ones
On the bright side I do have like 20 USB ports
sly elk
mine can somehow actually do the expo rating on 4x16 😄
but it takes forever and a half to boot when I do that so I don't
hazy frost
Understandable
I haven’t updated bios In a while
Probably should try a newer one
And while I’m at it finally get my cpu to run at a more normal voltage under load
paper tusk
first boot is going as well as you can expect. no news (debug leds) is good news. I also forgot to plug in rear case fan
sly walrus
do not sear your gpu
paper tusk
my twerk work van
tepid gulch
paper tusk
of course i can't have an upgrade without something fucking up. sound card only works for front panel connection (ditched it) and capture card doesn't want to work at all anymore
tepid gulch
Did you try checking the bios to see if the slots for the cards were enabled properly?
paper tusk
yeah. now it doesn't see the cap card at all. I suspect the reseatting gpu is biting me in the ass so I'm going to see if the case risers are faulty
paper tusk
spacers, whatever you call them
tepid gulch
Hmm
paper tusk
I can try putting some cardboard washers under it as a quick fix
paper tusk
I give up for now 😐
paper tusk
even tried removing the io shield (make sure it's in there) and setting pcie lane speed to gen 3. either it's a dead device or it hates 24h2/my new mobo
going to fuck around more tomorrow
rule out dead hardware with backup system (r7 3600)
paper tusk
put cap card in backup pc while waiting for late dinner to cook and it's 100% cooked
rip
paper tusk
think I found a suitable replacement capture card. just need SDI converters
paper tusk
out of morbid curiosity i put the sound card back in now that the cap card is deligated to the graveyard. now that works perfectly
sly elk
https://www.reddit.com/media?url=https%3A%2F%2Fi.redd.it%2F58upzutaj1bf1.jpeg
i like the yellow speakers, it gives it a vibe
hazy frost
Every time I see that yellow now I just think of cyberpunk though
It’s an underused colour for sure
hazy frost
I’d like to have more yellow and green in my setup but would involve redoing a lot I already own so we have to wait 5 years for my next time completely redoing it lmao
sly elk
aye, mine has a lot of red accents
started that way by accident and I just kinda rolled with it
solemn geyser
How's the iPhone 16 Pro? I did the upgrade deal with Verizon.
sly elk
yay my old macbook air lives again!
but also, seems I ruined a flex cable causing it to short and get super duper hot
fun times
it was what I figured it was all along, charging circuit capacitor went boom
zinc sluice
tryuing to find a god damn laptop to buy again
LAMO
AUGHHHHHH
THERES NOTHING GOOD BELOW 2K
HP omen 16-xf0052AX
is this trollbait
but its heavy as shit
zinc sluice
wait what
omen bad?
Lenovo Legion Slim5 14APH8 R7 4060 (SSD 512GB)
Lenovo Ideapad Pro 5i 16IMH9 ULT9 4050 Plus
MSI Stealth 14 AI Studio A1VFG-U7
HP Omen 16-xf0052AX (SSD 1TB)
you said ideapad trash
legion slim5 is out of stock in korea
stealth has shit battery
dude is there truly no one solution to ts
💔
asus coolers fail
SARAH HELP
IS IT JUST GO BACK TO LEGION 5 ANGLE
😭
FUCKKK
cerulean talon
Just accept that laptops suck, and move on
zinc sluice
i just need it to
- use it for classes during the day
- play games in the evening
...
cerulean talon
You either get a workstation replacement which has actual power and costs real money, or you get an ultralight and use it as a shell to real hardware
zinc sluice
my ass is NOT carrying my setup im going from korea to the states
cerulean talon
Then you’re always going to be unhappy
zinc sluice
ia m in so much fucking pain
cerulean talon
The two things you want to do are highly opposed
You might want to look at a non-traditional laptop, look at a Clevo or something
zinc sluice
like surely running a 4060 machine at low perf/battery saver mode whatever lets it last for like 5-6 hours
cerulean talon
Hahaha, no
zinc sluice
i have a razer blade stealth 2016 that dies in an hour
i t cannot
be worse than this
cerulean talon
You’d want to get something that has a switchable igpu
cerulean talon
Just carry a battery pack tbh
Or just accept that what you want falls into the ultralight category and go egpu
So when you want to game, you dock up and egpu it
cerulean talon
That’s what my roomie does because he can’t build a stable desktop to save his life xD
zinc sluice
okay say i get like some fucking
idk whatever decent laptop is
that doesnt have dgpu
i pull my 3070 in my setup out and take to the states
and get a egpu casing
does that fucking work???
cerulean talon
As long as the laptop supports egpu? Yes
zinc sluice
i mean of colurse i have to take bottlenecking and shit into accounting
cerulean talon
You won’t bottlneck on a 3070 on a modern egpu setup
I’d probally get an xps or something (I’m partial to them, and the smol ones charge off usb-c and I’m never far from usb-c)
zinc sluice
im so sad.
cerulean talon
?
cerulean talon
Unfortunately, what you want is a workstation replacement, which will be waaaay out of your budget xD
It’ll also weigh 10+kilos due to all the batteries
cerulean talon
You need batteries, which is the issue
Tbh, the other answer is find a 4060 laptop that charges/rubs off usb-c and carry a power bank
Which is what I’d probally do
But I’m more of an ultralight type, I keep all my big render hardware at home
The only thing I need a laptop for is to shell into the big boxes
hazy frost
like surely running a 4060 machine at low perf/battery saver mode whatever lets ...
Yeah u can do that if u don’t mean gaming
zinc sluice
yeah no im not playing ff in middle of lectures
hazy frost
My 6600s goes 8-10 hours on battery if I’m not gaming
Courtesy of big battery and AMD cpu
hazy frost
Ideally you just want something with an igpu where u can not have the dgpu running while doing other tasks
zinc sluice
7840hs
hazy frost
Cuts down on how much power u use by a lot
hazy frost
7840hs
I’ve got the 6800hs so similar thing
Can’t remember if the dgpu is always on for the 5 I’d imagine it doesn’t but would check anyway
And which battery size
They usually have two options from Lenovo
U have a link for it?
zinc sluice
its korean
hazy frost
Ah
What year is it then
I’m not sure if I’m looking at the same one lol
Is it the OLED one
hazy frost
Ok yeah I think it’s the same one
hazy frost
maybe unupdated price
It’s probably high bc it’s still new and OLED model
hazy frost
I mean $1500 is a lot but it’s probably exactly what u want as well
Not sure it’s worth it necessarily
I think it has an igpu only mode on the 7840hs which should get u decent battery life out of the 75wh battery
Only semi reputable test for most laptops on YT
zinc sluice
mmk
hazy frost
But generally the legion slim series is my top pick for being actually semi portable and decent battery life on the AMD models
wraith agate
did Youtube change its algorithm again? I keep getting recommendations to channels that don't interest me
lost python
they keep doing that all the time
hazy frost
i think they did something recently bc ive been getting way more of what i really have 0 interest in the last week or so
wraith agate
same
potent arrow
or you search for a channel and the top result is a 4 year old video unerelated lol
zinc sluice
i hate the "related" and its just complete bullshit dont give me this tell me theres no super specific niche video that i wanted to look up
potent arrow
stealth has shit battery
you can't really buy a gaming laptop that's slim, battery life and gaming
it's just the shit triangle
you pick 2 and be happy
hazy frost
legion slim:
potent arrow
slim is the middle that's kinda there
hazy frost
the downside is a new contender being that the fans are loud
zinc sluice
surely
potent arrow
BAHHAHA
potent arrow
LOL
hazy frost
its silent
yes
zinc sluice
dont fucking lol rn bruh
hazy frost
pretty much
its not going to jet engine in excel
it would get audible when i was running stuff in VS for my classes but like below talking volume so no one would care
potent arrow
you can run word and it'll sound like a turbo prop because you didn't let it sit on a pencil after a year of use because Lenovo cooling solutions is a coin flip
hazy frost
i think theyve made big changes since like early 2020s
potent arrow
let's be real, it's a shit hawk
hazy frost
the quality really went up
hazy frost
im mostly happy with mine now like 95% is what i want
potent arrow
HP omen and Acer Predators just haunting my periphery
potent arrow
then you have ideapads that just don't do anything but take people's money
hazy frost
true
potent arrow
base models still suck
base models is all that's available here most of the time
potent arrow
Good gaming laptops are always 3-4k$+ or none existent
hazy frost
the helios is one of the best value higher quality options
potent arrow
everything in the bracket below you may as well treat as disposable 
hazy frost
id take it tho, thats pretty much the price they are
hazy frost
idk what people say, the 4060 is omega ewaste on mobile
its more the plague of putting unnecessarily high res displays on laptops killing their performance completely
idk who thinks they need a 4K 13" display for gaming
potent arrow
there's that too LOL
hazy frost
so many 4060 laptops are slightly over 1440p or something
and then surprised when it runs badly
wraith agate
my current laptop is a 1920x1080
hazy frost
mines 1440p with the rx6600
my 99.99whr battery is carrying
throw bigger battery at all ur problems
hazy frost
i had to have s omething for my classes when i bought it not rly for gaming
i j ust happen to have it still now
potent arrow
and plug the fucking dock into my friends PC or monitor or the monitor at work 😭😭😭
Yeh my laptop died in the last semester of school
I thugged it out with some random laptop I borrowed
hazy frost
if i had £1000 just for gaming id probably get that msi claw 8AI thing now
kind of wild for handheld at the price compared to laptops
potent arrow
it could be good
hazy frost
seomhow they got decent battery life out of it too
potent arrow
but I rather you blow my balls off with a 20 guage then buy MSI
wraith agate
y'know if my laptop died rn I'd probably just hang myself
wraith agate
this thing cost 1500 EUR
hazy frost
mine was like £850 on black friday
potent arrow
Nope I've have enough of MSI in my lifetime just explode. Multiple times in this channel we've said don't buy MSI and then they do and then it breaks in a few months 😭😭 Or someone asks for help with motherboard issue or gpu issues and it was FUCKING MSI
it may be anecdotal evidence but the vibe ain't there for me
hazy frost
ive been using MSI for years and with friends wiithout issue too tbh
wraith agate
Asus?
potent arrow
that shit is haunted bruv
hazy frost
all my issues have been corsair or asus
wraith agate
my asus stuff so far were working flawlessly
hazy frost
how many ram kits made by corsair have i had to replace in the last few years
potent arrow
All of my issues have been HP and MSI, I have more support cases open with MSI then any vendor though