technology-discussion

[lost python]

otherwise the NZXT C1XXX series seems popular

and very efficient

https://hwbusters.com/best_picks/best-atxv3-pcie5-ready-psus-picks-hardware-busters/9/ they have a list

[wraith agate]

ngl that picture gives me early 2000s PC magazine cover vibes

[hazy frost]

Aren’t they still rebadged seasonic ones hence why they’re still good

The lower tier ones got changed for the 650-850s I think tho

U can run a 5090 and the best gaming cpu on the market with 850w

I think you’ll be ok

[real edge]

what the fuck

the nzxt c1000 is 240euro

almost nobody has it

wat

the c1200 is 210 euro

the c1500 platinum is 280euro

[hazy frost]

All overpriced crazy

There’s the tough power, superflower leadex, and any of the Corsair RM variations too

I can’t remember which of the be quiet ones is the good one

And whatever the currently popular montech one is

[real edge]

tbh I want the lifeblood of my system to be top quality

a shitty PSU can make the entire computer go kaboom

or a poorly built one

[hazy frost]

Yeah but there’s a big difference between shitty and way overkill

[real edge]

its why I am looking at the top of the top

[hazy frost]

There’s a middle ground that doesn’t cost twice as much as it needs to

You’d basically be spending an extra 100 euros to never notice a difference between the regular high end stuff

[real edge]

I thought the way overkill was the Corsair AXi

[hazy frost]

That’s just ‘I have money to burn’ tier

Only people using it that i knew were people using professional rigs with HEDT stuff or multiple GPUs or back when u got like the real enthusiast Intel CPUs

The AXi and Evga T2 are both insane

[real edge]

I just wish the NZXT C1000

existed here

and id just get that

[hazy frost]

Be quiet pure power12M and dark power were the ones I think

From them

And the superflower leadex III

The Corsair RM, RMe, RMx are all as good as the HXi in practice really

And the montech titan and century II were the montech ones

There’s the whole spreadsheet with more specifics for PSU stuff that gets updated

[real edge]

groans

expensiveeee

[hazy frost]

What site are u using to look for them

Idk what the ones for Greece are still

[real edge]

bestprice and skroutz are the ones I use

even the rm1000x costs 200euro

brooooo

[hazy frost]

pure power 12m 1200w is 185

seasonic focus GX 1000 is 172 apparently

toughpower gf3 1000w is similar

id probably get the pure power 12m at those prices

like 160-180 for the 1000w one

the corsair RMe looks fairly cheap as well

[real edge]

I won't consider anything below A rating really

for the corsair one I mean

[hazy frost]

neither of those are

the RMe is still A tier

the 12M is better but its like 20 euros more

[real edge]

does the toughpower have 12v 2x6 cables

[hazy frost]

depends which one i think

u mean the thermaltake toughpower? or the bequiet pure power one

[real edge]

the thermaltake

[hazy frost]

the GF3 im pretty sure does

im not sure if the new GF1 has it

the spreadsheet probably says

id get the GF3 if not the 12M tho

the GF1 is worse than both anyway

[real edge]

bleh

all the gf3 in my country are atx 3.0

so they come with the old 12vhpwr cables

shit

[hazy frost]

12M then

Though the old cable isn’t really that bad if u don’t have a 4090 or 5090

Pretty sure I have the old one bc I got it when the 4070ti came out as well

It’s been good for 2 years

[real edge]

the 12m is atx 3.0 with old cables as well in my country

[hazy frost]

Still they’re fine tbh

My HX1000i has the old 3.0 cables

the 13M is 3.1 but its a worse psu

the montech century II is cheap

its 3.1

the RMe also still 3.1 and A tier

[brave oxide]

that bestprice site took a solid minute to load lol

are you not able to buy from other EU countries and just have it shipped?

[real edge]

looks solid but why is it only 120euro lol

[hazy frost]

Idk it’s cheap everywhere

I’d be inclined to say brand name

Nothing that I know of that’s actually wrong with it

It’s also not like the best A tier option it’s just still good and 3.1 not 3.0

[real edge]

I honestly do not know

only amazon I think

but idk

I have not tried

[brave oxide]

i had a friend buy stuff from amazon UK before and ship it to spain

because his options in spain were horrible

[real edge]

our GPU and CPU prices are pretty solid

[hazy frost]

Which country ur in determines which countries u can ship from anyway

[real edge]

here

[hazy frost]

Not all of them will

Tbh the psu prices are reasonable

There’s a load of good 850w ones too

Sub 200 for some of the highest quality within reason 1000-1200w psus is a decent price anywhere

[real edge]

I wanna get a 1000w-1200w one to have some headroom for future upgrades

[hazy frost]

What upgrades tho bc again unless it’s a 14900k and a 5090 ur fine

[real edge]

idk what the future will hold tbh

[hazy frost]

Mid tier and high end GPUs are using 200-350w and AMD CPUs are so efficient ur using 120w or less there

The combined power for the rest of the system call it like 100w even it’s still fine

[real edge]

my 750w hxi from 2017 was fine until it started blackscreening when playing very demanding titles, I had to lower its power target to 70% for it to stop doing that in demanding games

[hazy frost]

Well the ones I’m suggesting I’m pretty sure mostly have 10 year warranties

I can’t remember if the HXi ones are extended to 10 years or if they’re 6-8

The new ones are 10 now

[brave oxide]

I've met too many people who do this and end up never buying anything that needs 1k+ lol

[hazy frost]

The 12M, RMx and montech century do 10 years

[hazy frost]

Real

I use 500w with my 1000w psu now

[brave oxide]

i just told myself if im ever in a position of buying a xx90 ill buy the bigger psu then

[hazy frost]

I paid barely anything for it is the only reason I even got one

[brave oxide]

its not like psus are ever out of stock anyways

[hazy frost]

Tbh by the time you upgrade to an xx90 they’ll probably need more than 1000w lmao

[brave oxide]

can buy whenever it's required

[hazy frost]

The 5090 already used 600w or whatever

Though if u limit it u can just knock off like 150

[real edge]

the one that appeals the most to me is this one https://www.bestprice.gr/item/2160095539/corsair-rm1000x-2024-1000w-trofodotiko-ypologisti-atx-3-1-80-plus-gold.html?qo=rm1000x&from=search

[brave oxide]

i had a friend ask me a couple days ago if the 5090s were still melting

[real edge]

I can wait further, its not like my current psu is at any risk of dying

[brave oxide]

and didnt take long to find a recent post of someone's 5090 melting

[real edge]

just had to set power target to way lower

[hazy frost]

People should just power limit it

It’s really easy

[brave oxide]

yeah i told him to undervolt and/or power limit

[hazy frost]

They run the same at like 450-500w as 600w

[real edge]

nvidia app makes power limit very easy

[hazy frost]

The 5090 is just stupid unless ur going to play at 4K or need vram still

[real edge]

it is a bit of a feelsbad moment to go from plat to gold certification

but it doesn't make much of a difference

[hazy frost]

It just goes for efficiency

Doesn’t even mean u lose much tbh

[potent arrow]

It basically means nothing

as long as you arnt like going to bronze

[hazy frost]

Plus 80+ is eh anyway

Cybernetics ratings I somewhat care about

But the independent testing from others is always better anyway

[hazy frost]

Even then there’s good ones if ur going to buy mid range stuff

The XPG and msi ones

And seasonic

[potent arrow]

I only worry about efficiency past bronze on like... workstation computers lol

[hazy frost]

It matters to some degree but then some people buy gold rated ones that are worse than bronze ones

[real edge]

rm1000x is cybernetics platinum

but advertised as gold

[hazy frost]

Yeah it’s good just 200 is way too much for it

Should be like 150-160

The other options around that price are similar

[real edge]

its 177euro on amazon with free shipping

but I do not have an account there lol

[hazy frost]

lol

177 is still eh but it’s more reasonable

I still think 120 for the montech one is a steal tbh

[real edge]

price history on the greek website says that it used to be 179

so if I wait it will probably drop down again at some point

ohh I have 0 clue about who montech is

so I am a bit hesitant

[hazy frost]

another newish taiwanese company making pc stuff

everything theyve done so far has been pretty amazing

really good cases, decent fans and coolers and evidently top tier psus too

[hot shadow]

i need more family members to give stuff to

im running out of people

fuck

i already hooked up my mom in law with a gaming pc what now LMAO this is the end

[hazy frost]

i think their PSUs are made by the same people as corsair's and the new nzxt ones

[hot shadow]

somebody go marry into my family so i can give you things

[hazy frost]

bc half the good ones arent made by them anyway lol

only seasonic do

[brave oxide]

hey cousin~

[sharp star]

https://tenor.com/view/niko-gif-18981911

[hazy frost]

I’m always available when free stuff is involved

[inland mauve]

define "things"

[potent arrow]

Not a NAS

[inland mauve]

https://tenor.com/view/otter-otters-nutria-wait-gif-25748292

[potent arrow]

https://tenor.com/view/reaction-funny-fun-movie-hello-gif-2827276060397964451

[inland mauve]

I will shit yourself

[potent arrow]

As people who work in IT/Support we both know this will either end in you getting a NAS or you losing Data and getting a NAS. I get to bug you either way

[hazy frost]

Second option is the funnier one

[potent arrow]

[hazy frost]

I refuse to get one as well still

That’s mostly due to me being poor though

[wraith agate]

You can just give me stuffs

I wish I could own a NAS

Then again I still dream about having a portable SFF PC

[hard drift]

[sharp star]

I might get a portable SFF

[hard drift]

That’s probably going to be my next build assuming 60 series is viable with it

[brave oxide]

or 60 series will be so big it will push a new atx standard

[hot shadow]

my sister uses a synology and i have to use it and it's cool but idk why it randomly doesnt show me the file structure at times

[hard drift]

I mean i plan to slap a block on it anyways

But the new connector has got to go, it’s so shit

[severe flax]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tUnRWh4xOCY oh what is going on?

[tepid gulch]

Lmaooo

Fuck Bloomberg

[neon shell]

corruption

[lost python]

pewdiepie is living the life. he:
moved to japan
learns a new language
bought a house
makes cool videos
builds gunpla
becomes father
learns how to draw
builds his own pc for the first time
learns programming
moves to linux
turns steamdeck into server
abandons google & co
builds supercomputer with 8 GPUs to... he doesnt even know why
https://youtu.be/2JzOe1Hs26Q

[wraith agate]

Is this the PewDiePie redemption arc? (I don't know if we still hold that one bridge incident against him or not)

[hazy frost]

I think he’s still a questionable person though not as bad as that incident

I wouldn’t hold it against him but it’s still like eh I’m still a bit wary of how he acts about stuff

[hot shadow]

he's been better ya

least he is selfaware

rare trait for youtubers

[hazy frost]

Somewhat I feel like he still has a content creator air of superiority sometimes lol

He’s probably the least self aware of the somewhat sizeable ones who’ve moved to Japan recently

[odd talon]

He definitely grew and learned from that incident

[wraith agate]

Well that's commendable

[zinc sluice]

meow

re there any tools that i can use or do anything about for legion slim 5i to prolong the battery

im at 80% with 5 hours left on quiet mode + battery saver + display at 85% brightness ish

just like couple more hours would be awesome but hm

[lost python]

turn down the brightness further

not much else to do though

[zinc sluice]

aw..

what if i undervotled temporarily

[lost python]

if you can get that done while maintaining stability, then it could help

[tepid gulch]

He is retired technically

[zinc sluice]

i remember sarah mentioning soemthing about my models not having pwm control or something idk if i can do something about to gain more life but

o we ll

[hazy frost]

That sounds about right for gaming laptop with the smaller battery sizes

Not many options that get respectable battery life while being somewhat powerful and not a brick to carry

[hot shadow]

not significantly no

welcome to why everyone hates laptops

[zinc sluice]

eugh

i can survive this its okay i guess

[hot shadow]

can't just leave it plugged in?

[zinc sluice]

im carryin it around for classes

[hot shadow]

oooo

[zinc sluice]

and in evenings im on ff

[hot shadow]

idk I remember outlets everywhere for my classes

even in the cafeteria haha

I saw somebody carry an extra laptop battery tho for class, I did that too before

I even found like a fatter one

[hazy frost]

Tbf 6 or so hours on battery is

Good

[hot shadow]

yea that's pretty normal

[hazy frost]

I got 10 from my legion 7 but it’s the funny amd one they did with the big battery

6 for the smaller 5 with I think an Intel cpu pre ultra line is just reality for laptops

[tepid gulch]

I can't wait till I have to have a nuclear reactor in my laptop

[potent arrow]

this lmao

5-6 is cray for gaming laptops

[hazy frost]

Yeah only a select few get better and they’re usually real expensive for the spec

Would have to be a new core ultra or ryzen AI one which are all like 30%+ markup over other models with similar performance

And usually super heavy and big

[potent arrow]

my friends fuck ass laptop gets 10hours

but the ass is 6 inches thick

cuz I spot welded him a custom battery pack

[zinc sluice]

LOL

[potent arrow]

horrendous thing has a PD daughter board in it because I couldn't trick it into reading the cells

so it's technically a 75wh internal with the custom pack being basically a usb battery bank but also internal

[hazy frost]

Lmao

[tepid gulch]

No way

[potent arrow]

so when he charges it, he needs to use a seperate port I cut into the fuck ass bottom of the laptop

[hazy frost]

The only reason my legion 7 gets 10 is bc it has a 99.99wh battery as an option for that model

[potent arrow]

like the apple magic mouse

[tepid gulch]

Lmaooo

[potent arrow]

like it has to plug in upside down

[tepid gulch]

Peak design

[potent arrow]

PEAK

[hazy frost]

Lenovo put the biggest battery in their laptop that security won’t consider a bomb in airports

[potent arrow]

10hrs tho, worth it

[hazy frost]

I had to pay £700 for a 6800h and 6600s tho lol

On Black Friday

[potent arrow]

he's a stage engineer so he needs the 10hr battery life

[cold yacht]

I have to buy a windows laptop soon for my engineer classes

Can’t remember the last time I bought a windows laptop

[potent arrow]

I only blew through two cells learning to spot weld and causes a hole in my desk

[hazy frost]

Lmao

We just need more large battery options by default

[potent arrow]

literally buy the same thing that villy man bought

[hazy frost]

Most gaming laptops give u 40-75wh max as options

Give me more 100wh batteries please

[potent arrow]

isn't the max for airplanes 100wh

[hazy frost]

Yeah

That’s what I got LOL

[potent arrow]

LOL

[hazy frost]

The options were 75 and 100

I was like

Yeah I’ll do the 100 I think

[potent arrow]

ThinkPad usually are 25 internal and 75 removable

[hazy frost]

Really surprised me how long it lasts

Tbf

I can play games for like 3 hours

[tepid gulch]

Is it 100wh per device?

[potent arrow]

per pack iirc

[tepid gulch]

Just make a laptop with a bunch of slots and store the batteries separately while you fly

[hazy frost]

It’s one from the AMD advantage thing as well where it would pool power for cpu and gpu depending on what needed it so u would waste less power on stuff

I wish they made more of those

U only got ASUS and Lenovo ones

[potent arrow]

that's literally how ThinkPads worked for travel

[hazy frost]

Thinkpads were great

[potent arrow]

I had a suitcase with four 72wh for my t480

[hazy frost]

lol

[potent arrow]

well they were hotswappable

[hazy frost]

Dell make some cool workstation type laptops but the price is eye watering

[potent arrow]

never had to power down

[zinc sluice]

for some reason i can just imagine sarah ingame with the welding mask coming up with fuckass design like why is the magic mouse

LOL

nah

thats fucking great

[potent arrow]

the latitude work gave me is brain damaged, the bottom falls off so many times

[potent arrow]

my original PC was in a fucking milkcrate

[zinc sluice]

what does that mean

not literally right

[tepid gulch]

I'm diagnosing people with colorblindness now

[tepid gulch]

[zinc sluice]

dude.

oh my fucking god

[tepid gulch]

That's certain uhhh

Ingenuity

[hazy frost]

They’re garbage tbf

I mean like the XPS stuff more

[potent arrow]

don't talk to me about xps

[hazy frost]

Lmao

[potent arrow]

I'll summon a demon

[hazy frost]

The new snapdragon one is pretty good

[potent arrow]

with the amount of hatred

[potent arrow]

worked for many years

please note the only thing holding in the gpu is a PCIe bracket

[tepid gulch]

Based

[cold yacht]

At least you put your part into something, one of my buddy just have everything out on his desk no case no nothing

[potent arrow]

I just dremeleld a notch and rammed a screw into the gpu

[potent arrow]

I had to move this eve4y weekend so

[cold yacht]

Oh my buddy just too lazy to put it in a case so he just leaves it on his desk

Been a few times his cat turn off his computer

[potent arrow]

LOL

[hazy frost]

I’m nervous enough about my pc with the stuff inside the case lol

[potent arrow]

idk it's my ego

I have so much experience with computers I just know I can fix...whatever happens lmfao

[sharp star]

Yeah maybe I should get started on a travel SFF PC

[potent arrow]

and I run a small SI so I have inventory if anything breaks

[sharp star]

Laptops ain’t cutting it anymore

[hazy frost]

I can fix things if the actual hardware isn’t broken lmao

I’d spill something on it or whatever

Or step on something

[potent arrow]

inventory :)

not anymore tho, I sold my business

doesn't stop me from strapping my pc to the bottom of my desk tho

[hazy frost]

lol

I have no money to replace any of it atm

I have an unnecessarily large case I want to replace tho

[sharp star]

I think I need everything but the GPU though

That I can share between home and travel PCs

[hot shadow]

my dream is to put the pc into a statue that i can close then i dont have to hear or see it anymore

sometimes

[hazy frost]

Enjoy the markup on ITX parts

Lmao

[cold yacht]

I wonder if it just easier to remote into my desktop for engineering stuff at school

[hazy frost]

I just want that damn anime girl gpu and more pink/purple accented parts

My dream will be realised one day

[hot shadow]

i tried to get a pink case once and amazon sent me a black case so

idk

fate said 'be a man' i guess

[hazy frost]

lol

[sharp star]

yep

[hazy frost]

I want a white case and then white/black stuff with pink or purple accents which means I will probably be painting things realistically

But I’ll do it for next build in like 2 years

[zinc sluice]

ive done an all white buiold idk what next

but i personally really like the white aesthetics bc it looks just better under rgb

[sharp star]

all pink

[zinc sluice]

as if pink parts exist

even then its a plus 20000$ per

hm

this isnt so bad..?

[potent arrow]

that's really good for a gaming laptop

[zinc sluice]

yeah

[potent arrow]

there's my nightmare pc

[zinc sluice]

i was hoping to do something like just completely cutting off the dgpu and running it off of igpu

but i guess thats not needed

though a strange thing is

when im playing something

like val or ff

other tabs just dont render..

and i have to

grab the window

pull down and put it back up at top

[potent arrow]

yeah there's a reason why I pushed so hard for you to buy that laptop lmfao I'm just saying

[zinc sluice]

to make it render

thank u

[potent arrow]

I don't think any of the people I sold that laptop too was unhappy

[potent arrow]

did you update your driver's sounds like windows is mcfucky

[zinc sluice]

ohhhhhh

ohhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh

right.

[potent arrow]

Windows updates

and go to Lenovo

[zinc sluice]

erm

[potent arrow]

no

don't do it that way

[zinc sluice]

huh

[potent arrow]

run Windows updates

then go to lebovofod

[zinc sluice]

i thought you meant gpu drivers

oops

[potent arrow]

and put in your model number

and download all of their newest drivers

[zinc sluice]

i will after this class

also um

yellow ish screen

no bluelight settings

jus install a color profile?

[potent arrow]

uh

ask again after you

blow up your driver's lol

seriously, you be surprised how much shit just changes

[zinc sluice]

LOL

[solemn geyser]

I love Weatherstar 4000. But I wish the dude would find indie musicians instead of using AI for music.

I’m sure somebody out there plays Weather Channel Jazz ™ and would love their stuff on there.

[sharp star]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hLMTT7-rfeM

Nice box fort

[rich schooner]

Hello!
I have a weird bug with my PC since I got it (end of July) so I’m trying my luck here to see if someone know what I can do 😦
I have a Ryzen 7 9800X3D, and a RX 9070 XT
Thank you !

[sharp star]

Have you tried using DDU first

!faq ddu

[opal panther]

How to do a clean reinstall of your drivers

Step 1: Download Device Driver Uninstaller.

Step 2: Download the newest driver from your graphics card manufacturer's website: AMD, Intel, or Nvidia.

Step 3: Disconnect your PC from the internet and restart your it in safe mode.

Step 4: Run Device Driver Uninstaller and click on 'Clean and Restart' after you select your device type and GPU.

Step 5: After the PC restarts and you are disconnected from the internet, install the drivers you downloaded from Step 2.

Step 6: After you install them, restart your PC one final time and reconnect to the internet.

[rich schooner]

Hum no, I didn’t know about it
I just tried to update all of my drivers but nothing
I’ll have a look at it to know what it is
Thanks

My screen is 144Hz
Maybe… my GPU is too powerful and my screen can’t follow?
For now I’m at work

[sharp star]

No

Again, try DDU because that's usually the first option when you suspect that something is wrong with your GPU

Basically you start from zero with your GPU drivers

[rich schooner]

Ok I’ll try this

[wild wyvern]

turn off hardware acceleration

mine ahd this too

[rich schooner]

I wanted to try this…
If it works…

Now I can’t wait to go home

[wild wyvern]

it should

im not sure why my 9060xt has the same issue

on chrome and discord

[rich schooner]

I’ll try this
And if it works, I’ll spread the information where I asked previously, this could help more people

[wild wyvern]

until i found out it was hardware accel

[rich schooner]

I’ll look into Adrenalin and I’ll tell you 😄

[wild wyvern]

turn them off and see if the stuff disappears and tell me

My gpu drivers are up to date too iirc

[latent plank]

It's most likely just a chromium/electron rendering issue.

[sharp star]

probably

Chromium is all kinds of fucked so

[hazy frost]

Using chromium in 2025 lol

Actually tbf I use brave still on my phone bc it’s the only adblock that always works on YT on mobile

But that’s as not terrible as chromium based stuff gets

[potent arrow]

I use safari with Adblock and it works

[hazy frost]

I just really hate safari

[potent arrow]

it kinda just works for me

nice and simple

[hazy frost]

Firefox on iOS doesn’t let u use extensions lol

Drives me insane

So I use brave to watch yt on my phone a lot now

Or other sites

[potent arrow]

safari on iOS is what I'm mentioning

it's a huge case of it works and I'm not fussing my phone LOL

[latent plank]

I just use an invidious instance v.v

[hazy frost]

Yeah

I don’t think it works on YT sometimes

In fact sometimes the only thing that works on YT is the brave one even ublock doesn’t

Usually only for like a day or something but still annoying

[brave oxide]

pipifier is a funny name

[potent arrow]

never had any issues really

it is but it's a god tier extension

lets me lock the phone and BG playback

[brave oxide]

i honestly didnt know safari allowed extensions

[potent arrow]

pretty recent

is on the Appstore tho lol

Real pet peeve

youtube

ads

on discord embeded

holy fucking shit

[brave oxide]

Vencord has a plugin for that on PC but idk about mobile

[latent plank]

Aliucord might.

But that probably won't work with iOS

[potent arrow]

UGH

I love thirdparty discord but it breaks and uninstalls itself

so frequent

[latent plank]

o:

[potent arrow]

I just need to run it on a task scheduler at this point

[latent plank]

Vesktop.

[hard drift]

FRAMEWORK LAPTOP 16 GOT NVIDIA GPUS

[lost python]

aw

[hard drift]

they also finally introduced the 240w usb c power brick

and new mainboards with up to amd ai hx370

[rich schooner]

I'm at home, I'm looking into AMD Adrenalin where it is

[hazy frost]

Will probablyonly cost u $7000 given its framework

A steal

[hard drift]

I mean it’s expensive but i already have a 16 anyways

[hazy frost]

Framework prices are insane

[hard drift]

The hx370 is like 1k and the 5070 is 700

[hazy frost]

Wild

Irs almost at the point where it’s not worth buying one instead of upgrading another laptop every few years bc of the price imo lol

[hard drift]

The cpu upgrade is not worth it but i am glad the 16 lives on

[hazy frost]

Unless u really want to spec out specific IO

They’re cool for that

[hard drift]

The gpu is a pretty good upgrade

30-40% uplift plus nvidia features

[hazy frost]

Nvidia features? U mean black screen from drivers

[hard drift]

Especially since the 7700s isn’t exactly strong to begin with

[hazy frost]

Can’t get that anywhere else

[rich schooner]

@wild wyvern I'm not sure I can disable it

[hard drift]

i mean the same could have been said of amd not too long ago

But i also personally haven’t had black screen issues even with updating

[hazy frost]

Genuinely wasn’t as bad as this from Nvidia still tbh

Not for a long time anyway

[hard drift]

True

I had to swap from amd because it was so bad

[hazy frost]

Idk how it’s even gone on this long from the ‘premium’ brand lol

[hazy frost]

I’m tempted to buy an AMD sidegrade just bc my Nvidia drivers keep causing issues lol

How times have changed

[hard drift]

[tepid gulch]

"it works enough" - Nvidia

[hazy frost]

Not working is enough these days

I’m pretty sure even Intels drivers are better rn

[hard drift]

Lol

Yeah probably

But they kinda have to because their gpus at this point are the one thing worth buying

[hazy frost]

AMD doesn’t make enough laptop GPUs tho

The RX7800M never even made it to a laptop iirc

Or it was in like

One

[hard drift]

Yeah, the igpu push is their thing now it seems

The hx ai max 395 or whatever the fuck

[hazy frost]

Their igpus are very good

But then the new Intel ultra stuff is also pretty good

Still amd winning on efficiency either way

[hard drift]

Eh it’s been hit or miss but intel has improved them in updates

Used to suck ass

Until they did the fixes

Still will not get intel in their current state. Sorry intel

[hot shadow]

I can't believe this 2k 200hz sansui monitor lets me see battlefield enemies at 300m clearly compared to the old one

it's like I fucking put on glasses

wth

games are pay 2 win

lmao

[hard drift]

Lmao

[hot shadow]

christ

[hard drift]

What did you have before

[hot shadow]

some bullshit my husb threw on me idk

[hard drift]

Lol

[hot shadow]

it was some AOC

[hard drift]

Aoc is good bang for your buck atleast

[hot shadow]

it was 144hz and I was playing at 1080p

[hard drift]

But for sure not the best unless you have an agon pro which are decent

[hot shadow]

yea I'm gonna give the aoc to somebody else now

[hard drift]

Yeah the jump from 1080 is pretty great

[hot shadow]

shit being passed down the Filipino conveyor belt

[hard drift]

[tepid gulch]

Lmao

[hazy frost]

They have good mid range ones as well

Just they make cheap crap too

As do a lot of companies

[hard drift]

I haven’t used them in a while, i was eyeballing an agon pro until i got my current one

[hot shadow]

I'm not a monitor otaku so idk the whole thing about TN and ips and whatever just fyi I'm too stupid to understand even if you tried to explain that

loll

[hazy frost]

I had the OLED one for a week

[hard drift]

The main thing i will always say is if you play at weird angles avoid tn

[hazy frost]

Had issues which is just unfortunate so it went back

[hot shadow]

hmm I play just straight on viewing angle

[hard drift]

Yeah then it’s not as bad

[hot shadow]

I set it up so main monitor is mostly centered and tilted toward on me and then second monitor is whatever the fk doesn't matter on side

[hard drift]

If you tried from a weird angle on a tn it becomes shit to see although supposedly there are wide angle tns now

[tepid gulch]

https://tenor.com/view/cat-flew-over-the-moon-gif-11120621191416102114

[hazy frost]

I need a new monitor but there’s so little that’s worth the price over what I have

Boring

Mini LED IPS still sucks

[tepid gulch]

I saw a review of a tandem OLED yesterday

Cool tech

[hot shadow]

when can we have monitorless gaming

I just want the pc to beam the game into my head

give me a mental illness

[tepid gulch]

There's high quality projectors already if you have lots of money

[hazy frost]

If OLED stuff goes under £400 I might get another one

I need a new tv for playing games from a distance tbh

I can play like 720p 60fps with the worst uniformity you’ve seen in your life

[hard drift]

Yeah mini led is just a one off imo

[hazy frost]

What

[tepid gulch]

I'm fine with my lg ultra gear I've had for like 3 years

[hard drift]

It seems like it won’t ever be good enough and is just there to fund better stuff

Too few zones even this many years with it being available

[hazy frost]

I mean it is good enough

[tepid gulch]

I mean OLED used to be in that same position

[hazy frost]

If 1152 zones not enough really tho

If u look at them in practice it looks almost perfect

[tepid gulch]

What are people doing with their monitors

[hard drift]

I mean it also depends on the person

[hazy frost]

The 256 zone ones are eh but the new ones are near perfect in terms of local dimming

[tepid gulch]

Why do I need perfect lighting

[hazy frost]

The problem is all the IPS ones have firmware issues

[hot shadow]

wtf is all this bullshit in the monitor setting

dcr

[hard drift]

Halos

[hazy frost]

So u have to have the VA ones

[hot shadow]

turn this shizz off

[tepid gulch]

Never seen one

[hazy frost]

I just need perfect colour accuracy

I’ll have to buy the tools to calibrate whatever I get

[tepid gulch]

My monitor is 99% dcip3

[hazy frost]

It doesn’t matter how much it covers if it’s calibrated like shit tho

That’s the problem

[tepid gulch]

My monitor is calibrated

[hot shadow]

thinking about that limsa cat I met where her monitor was so uncalibrated that her whites were light purple

[hazy frost]

And it’s hit or miss even with the same model

[hot shadow]

and she was just playing like this for years wth

[hard drift]

Basically it’s a lit ring around a brighter image because it can’t turn off the zones around it perfectly which is why oled is so nice

[hazy frost]

Again u need to look at new mini led bc it’s not like that

[tepid gulch]

I know what it is but I've never had a monitor do that

[hazy frost]

https://www.rtings.com/monitor/reviews/aoc/q27g40xmn

It’s barely visible unless u have large white on black objects on screen

In real scenes you would never even notice it

[hard drift]

Yeah i mean maybe it’s gotten better but i feel it’s too late given how affordable oled is becoming

[hazy frost]

OLED isn’t affordable tho really

The cheapest OLED one is 80% more expensive than these mini led options

[hot shadow]

why are so many monitors on sale rn it's fuckin crazy tho

shit is oversaturated lol

[hard drift]

That time of the year

[hot shadow]

imagine being a happy rock for millions of years on this planet then somebody digs you up violently only to refine you and put you into a bunch of monitors that nobody is buying

fuckin rude really

[tepid gulch]

Lmaooo

[rich schooner]

@sharp star I tried to disabled Hardware Accel as Yappyway suggested
It kinda resolve the issue, it still occurs but WAY less
This week I'll try DDU, kinda scared to do shit but no choice if I want to solve it at 100%

Or... I will try tomorrow

[hazy frost]

DDU is pretty easy

Can’t mess much up

[rich schooner]

!faq ddu

[opal panther]

How to do a clean reinstall of your drivers

Step 1: Download Device Driver Uninstaller.

Step 2: Download the newest driver from your graphics card manufacturer's website: AMD, Intel, or Nvidia.

Step 3: Disconnect your PC from the internet and restart your it in safe mode.

Step 4: Run Device Driver Uninstaller and click on 'Clean and Restart' after you select your device type and GPU.

Step 5: After the PC restarts and you are disconnected from the internet, install the drivers you downloaded from Step 2.

Step 6: After you install them, restart your PC one final time and reconnect to the internet.

[rich schooner]

ok step 1, done

[rich schooner]

We agree I download the second one?

GPU driver for RX 9070 XT

Now I must restart my PC in safe mode… hum

Step 4 now

Do I need something in particular to install back the latest driver?

Or I just need to double click on the driver downloaded ?

[hot shadow]

nothing special needed, just ddu then you install the appropriate one

[rich schooner]

Yes, so I just install the new driver by double clicking on it and follow the instructions

Cool

Oh no

Oh no… something went wrong it says

I knew I’ll struggle

Maybe I must download it outside the safe mode

Shit, panic moment

I think it was that

[rich schooner]

I succeed !!
Now I must wait and see if the problem come back

[wild wyvern]

No its on the discord app look for the hardware acceleration thingy

Mine completely went away after i disabled the hardware accel thingy

But my drivers are on the latest

[rich schooner]

Oooh ok

It will work for my internet pages and so on I guess

[hot shadow]

mfw rainmeter causes my cpu to be 3 Celsius hotter

worth it for cinnamoroll dancing gifs and a visualizer and a nut button i can slam

another day another looking at good headsets that dont make my damn ears itch

[sharp star]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KhfqhCxqpQ8 say it ain't so

[hot shadow]

and maybe not 300 dollars

really hard to figure out what does or doesn't make my ears feel too hot

[sharp star]

I feel like Razer hardware breaks if you just look at it funny

But then again this is largely my experience with the stuff

I tried looking for mice to supplant the G600, primarily for availability reasons and the fact that the only country I've seen them readily available in is Japan

In the end all roads led back to the G600 because handling Razer hardware with the force of anything greater than what's needed for a baby hummingbird just breaks it, so my Japan trips also include getting a new G600

[real edge]

I have a razer naga v2 pro and it works fine I have no real complaints

but now I wish another brand existed with the same-ish mouse and same customization with macros and stuff

[potent arrow]

I think their mice and their huntsman stuff are fine

everything else is omega dog shit

I will pay my life to rid the planet of their laptops

[sharp star]

Synapse is a big fat stinker

[real edge]

no complaints about my razer mouse so far

[potent arrow]

They are fine

on par with logitech if not better imo

they dont have the omron double click shenanigans

Thanks logitech

very cool

[sharp star]

lmao

I could solder a different switch onto my existing G600

[potent arrow]

I did that to my gpro lol

[potent arrow]

theres currently negative competition in the mmo mouse space

I wish logitech would get their heads out of their asses

and make a good one again

[sharp star]

yeah lmao

[hot shadow]

yea cause they suck and weigh a whole star

[sharp star]

as I said the G600 is readily available but only in Japan

[hot shadow]

and the trend went into 40gram mice

[potent arrow]

Rab not everyone is like us who are gamer tiny asian woman

[hot shadow]

mice so fucking light that you can sneeze and it accidentally shoots the gun

it became too light

go back to 60gram mice

[potent arrow]

I need my ultra light mouse my hand weak

[hot shadow]

i beg of these people

[sharp star]

https://tenor.com/view/simpsons-speedholes-krusty-gif-10380917

[real edge]

but then again I also bought a samsung odyssey g7 that also works fine for whatever reason so maybe I am not the best judge when it comes to purchasing hardware cause in the 15+ years ive been getting electronics for my computer the only thing that was faulty was the Ram I was whining about here some months ago

[hot shadow]

well maybe they should reroll their birth then to be like us

[potent arrow]

I think the only competitor to the naga is the Aerox 9 lmao

[hot shadow]

i still like those mmo mice that dont have 20 buttons or 12 but it's like 6 more only on side

that one is ok

[potent arrow]

Its is

[hot shadow]

i quite like that one

[potent arrow]

just ok

[hot shadow]

it works at least

[potent arrow]

Idk the sensor pissed me off

but I have omega tism

[sharp star]

Yeah the Aerox 9 is... okay

[hot shadow]

why did the sensor piss you off

was it shit

[real edge]

that was incidentally also a mouse that was in my radar but I did not buy it because wtf is that honeycomb cover, all the dust and small garbage is gonna fall in there

[potent arrow]

I can feel the jitter lol

[hot shadow]

oooooooo

that would bother me true

that means sensor is not good enough

maybe it doesnt poll high enough

[real edge]

if it was fully covered I would've considered it more

[potent arrow]

Just dont eat at your fucking desk ez

[hot shadow]

ya alot of trend rn is hole mouse and you need a brush and to clean it every month or two

yea if you eat at desk then put a cloth down or mat down first like i was doin

protects your pad so much

[potent arrow]

[hot shadow]

my friend has a coffee stain on his expensive japanese mousepad and he's fuckin boneheaded for doin that

bro just sets his drinks down ON THE MAT why

[potent arrow]

Look at how narsty my mat is

[hot shadow]

get a fucking coaster you pigggg

[potent arrow]

blood and grease

[hot shadow]

[potent arrow]

literally

[hot shadow]

that mat being loved

[potent arrow]

no

[hot shadow]

it will create a spirit at this rate

hahahahhahahah

it'l be the dirtiest lil kodama spirit that will be born from a dirty mouse pad

[hot shadow]

it'll have crumbs stuck to its face

and stains

my god

i just want to take a cloth and clean that for you as a service to the human race at this point

[potent arrow]

It wont come out

its stained rab

[hot shadow]

i have stain remover

im the person they come to to get blood and wine and baby vomit and shit stains out of stuff, it'll be fine

[potent arrow]

Come clean it then LOL

[warped siren]

i have a model cutting mat on my desk that i put my drinks on

[hazy frost]

That’s insane

I get nervous having drinks on my desk in general but I have coasters at least

I never eat at my desk tho

Unless it’s like candy that doesn’t make a mess lol

[sharp star]

I have a coaster on my desk

[hazy frost]

You’re normal

I have like 3 puffin coasters people keep buying me puffin related items every time it’s a holiday

[rich schooner]

@wild wyvern I tried to disable it in Discord, well, shortly after, same issue but it correct itself immediately 🙁
Maybe my GPU is defective x((

Wait, my AMD Adrenalin software disappeared

[hot shadow]

I like how everyone hates windows 11 but the moment I installed it could get rid of everything slowly unraveling my 10

and

I quit voicemeeter

turns out win11 sound devices panel is superior

taskbar grief is just solvable with start11 anyway for me so I stopped caring since I already was using start10

god bless quitting voicemeeter

[hazy frost]

There’s still the problem of having to click through 2-4x as many menus for some things

From when I use it on my laptop

It really drives me insane

U can fix a lot of things and it has some benefits but like the basic user experience parts are such a downgrade it’s insane to me

[hot shadow]

this is true

but ultimately I'm kinda finding it first world problems so I stop caring as much

haha

[hazy frost]

true i mean if ur getting a new device that has to come with 11 its not awful and id use it but out of choice i cant be switching to it still lol

[brave oxide]

The actual insane is these things were pointed out before it was officially released, it's been years and we still have things nested within menus without at least a setting to change them

They just don't give half a fuck anymore

They will remain market dominant no matter how much people complain

[tepid gulch]

Fuck you nvidia

(Even though your latest driver on my card has fixed performance issues for me)

Still fuck you

[hot shadow]

oh fuck me i have to get a mic arm now

all of them are black WHY

[solemn geyser]

What color did you want?

[hazy frost]

I’ve seen a lot of white or metal (grey) finish ones

They’re just not the dirt cheap $5 black ones from temu

[hasty harbor]

what happned

[severe flax]

Nothing specific recently

[hasty harbor]

https://www.reddit.com/r/ultrawidemasterrace/comments/jzh3y8/new_monitor_occasionally_displaying_weird_static/
this is not mine, but i have the same problem with my ultra wide, idk what causes it, i when back to my 1080 acer monitor and its not there at all
maybe my pc is not meant for ultra wide

plus its putting to much stress on my gpu so i might go back to normal size monitors

[hasty harbor]

Is there a monitor brand I should get and what I should avoid

[lost python]

avoid samsung

as for what to get: depends on requirements, budget and availability

[hasty harbor]

I can buy up to 600

What I use before was Acer I think

Or was it asus, I’m at work.so I can’t remember on the top of my head

And why should I avoid Samsung

[lost python]

bad build quality, non-existant QC and bad customer support

[sharp star]

Generally avoid their products all around

[sly walrus]

https://www.pcgamer.com/software/windows/after-4-500-hours-of-testing-ssd-controller-specialist-phison-rules-out-allegations-that-a-windows-11-update-is-bricking-drives/

well fuck

[hasty harbor]

Alright fair and what about the one I should look at or get, let day I hve infinity money

[hasty harbor]

Thx for the info

Oh wait my ssd is from Samsung

Meh It has serve me well for over a year

[sharp star]

I think some of the older drives are fine

[sly walrus]

words to live by

[tepid gulch]

I've had my 990 pro for 3 years now

[lost python]

ok

[tepid gulch]

When do I start having issues

[hasty harbor]

A fellow 990 user

[tepid gulch]

I see articles about them failing after a couple months

But I've had mine way longer and written over 100 tb of data to it

So uhh

[hasty harbor]

Skill issue I guess on the other people

[tepid gulch]

Looks like it was caused by a bad firmware that's since been patched but who updates their drive firmware

Not me

[hasty harbor]

Anyway back to my question, what brand o monitor should I aim for aleast, if I have infinity money

I always wait for stuff to be tested out before buying to aleast make sure it work

[tepid gulch]

Honestly it's dependent on a lot of things

[sharp star]

I think you got lucky

[tepid gulch]

I'm probably on the origin firmware

Original

[hasty harbor]

I have wizard

[tepid gulch]

Alienware unironically has the best 1440p monitor rn stats wise

The Samsung Odyssey, LG ultra gear, and Asus rog monitors also have some great ones

The best 4k monitor rn is

[sharp star]

Asus makes some good stuff but holy shit do they charge a premium

[tepid gulch]

Yeah

Personally I use LG

I've been rocking a color calibrated 1440p 144hz lg ultra gear for 3 years ish

No issues

I think it's an ips

That's the model I have

[hasty harbor]

It should say

Also how good is ASUS TUF Gaming VG279Q3A

[tepid gulch]

1080p

[hasty harbor]

I always use 1080, I just try out ultra wide, it wasn’t for me

[tepid gulch]

I prefer 1440

[lost python]

if you really dont want to spend money, then the asus TUF is fine

if you want anything decent and fun and use your budget, then there are way better options

[hasty harbor]

I can use that monitor for a while until I hve enough money for the fat one

The location that sell it has it on a big discount since it’s they 10 year birthday

[tepid gulch]

For $160 that's a great deal

1080p 180 is great for most games

[hasty harbor]

Where I’m getting it’s 120

[tepid gulch]

Even better

That's a great deal

Looks to be a good monitor panel wise too

Go for it

[hasty harbor]

Gonna get it on Saturday since that’s when they birthda is

Better get it before other plebs get it

[hazy frost]

$120 is what you’d usually pay for the low-mid range 1080p displays lol, the TUF isn’t super amazing but it’s a whole lot better than anything else at that price

[hazy frost]

This is awful by modern standards just bc of the contrast

It’s even worse in that respect than mine and mine is already pretty bad

The LG one is like 850:1 or something and mines 950:1

[tepid gulch]

My eyes aren't good emough to care anymore

[hazy frost]

Any half decent 1440p display rn is 1100/1200 or higher

[tepid gulch]

I can't tell the difference

[hazy frost]

I definitely can

It’s my main issue with my monitor

[tepid gulch]

Let me get better eyes

[hazy frost]

The colour is slightly off but contrast is painful

[tepid gulch]

Mines color calibrated and looks good to me

[hazy frost]

Yeah the colour was fine on it just contrast and brightness are pretty bad for IPS panels now

It was good when it came out

[tepid gulch]

I'm on 40% brightness

So

[hazy frost]

When I got mine the only real other option was the gigabyte M27 which is like

1000:1

That was as good as it got without spending over $300 or so on it

[hazy frost]

I use mine at 70-100 depending on time of day

[tepid gulch]

Yeah so I don't see brightness

Need

Not see

[hazy frost]

lol

I have a window right next to it so it’s hard to see if I don’t have it

[tepid gulch]

I have curtains

And this side of the house doesn't get direct sun

[hazy frost]

Mine gets direct sun all day after like 10/11am lmao

It’s pretty bad

I don’t want to just sit in the dark so I have to have brightness up

[tepid gulch]

I also have a lamp next to my PC

And brightness isn't a prob still

I need darkness

Everything screen I use is dark

[sharp star]

https://videocardz.com/newz/geforce-rtx-5090-capacitor-goes-pop-tries-origami-with-its-heatsink dawg what

[tepid gulch]

Damn

[sharp star]

A capacitor just popped and dislodged the heatsink

incredible

[tepid gulch]

Capacitor go boom

That's funny

[lost python]

it truly is multi-flame generation

[tepid gulch]

Nvidia keeps getting worse

It's honestly impressive

[sharp star]

Nvidia isn't hated enough

[tepid gulch]

Amd keeps winning by doing nothing

They do the bare minimum and it's somehow better

[sharp star]

Not entirely true because Frank Azor can’t shut the fuck up

[tepid gulch]

Who

Haven't heard that name

[sharp star]

AMD dude

[tepid gulch]

Oh

[sharp star]

He said that 8GB and 16GB 9060 XTs have no meaningful difference

[tepid gulch]

It seems every figure head is like that noe

Now

Talking nonsense

[hazy frost]

Idk bare minimum the FSR redstone stuff is a bit above what they need to do

But mostly

[old jetty]

Btw since I thinking of changing my CPU, any suggestions? And anything I need to look for?

[hot shadow]

yea dont put thermal paste in the socket

[old jetty]

I'm gonna let a tech person do it, so not an issue

[lost python]

what do you have rn and what is your budget? what will you use it for?

[old jetty]

An intel core i5-11400F

Mostly for gaming and some rendering

Aside that, I'd say 500-600 top? But tbf depends on what it is available

[lost python]

you could get a 7800x3d for about 350, a decent board for 150 and 32gb ram for 100, depending on how good or crappy your local prices are.
over here you can also get the 9700x for 250€ rn as a cheaper alternative, or the 7600x3d for like the same price but mildly faster in some games
9800x3d is unfortunately still expensive enough to take up almost your entire budget

[old jetty]

I already have two 32 gb of ram

Dunno if my motherboard is also good too

[lost python]

intel mainboards are not compatible with AMD cpus

[old jetty]

Ah, I see

Didn't know that

[lost python]

if the ram you mentioned is ram you are currently using, then it wont be compatible either because its DDR4 and the newer gen CPUs need DDR5

[old jetty]

Oh, didn't know that either tbh

[sly walrus]

pcpartpicker is handy for this

[old jetty]

Mhm, is 9800x3d like the best available option btw or something?

[lost python]

pretty much the best gaming cpu on the market rn

[old jetty]

Oh

Also heating is another concern of mine, since I have a cooling fan on the CPU, so would that be an inssue?

[lost python]

you would have to buy a new cooler either way

[old jetty]

Mhm

I don't mind spending the extra money for the cpu, but I guess I need to find a technician to do the job and suggest accordingly then

[hot shadow]

why do you need a technician to install the pc for you if a 14yo boy can do it

you guys need to believe in yourself a lil more cmon

really

you are smarter than a teenage boy

they wipe their yucky sweat into the pc and shit lmao

dont wear static-y clothing, do it topless, no socks

boobs out

[inland mauve]

cock out

[odd talon]

Do nude PC building streams

[wise jay]

sounds like a fun way to get cut or scraped in sensitive places

[hazy frost]

Boobs out pc building new content idea

Cannot possibly fail

[tepid gulch]

Boobs where

Power density is scary

[neon shell]

now this will be funny out of context

[real edge]

what is a good simple office mouse? I need to get a gift for my family and their mouse broke

[sharp star]

Are they elderly or

[potent arrow]

for a nine tech person? 20$ Logitech special

[real edge]

50s, more tech savvy than normal ppl their age

[real edge]

ahh ok ty

[potent arrow]

a Logitech wireless is perfectly fine, that shit don't die

[real edge]

what am I missing

[potent arrow]

...

I didn't mean literally

like I just mean any cheap Logitech

[real edge]

ohh lol

[potent arrow]

fucking throw a m310 at them for all I care

m240

uhhhh

yeah it's kinda whatever get one that looks fine

[real edge]

they did say they want one thats wired but

I assume all these mice come with cables

[potent arrow]

uhh no

lol

all cheap Logitech office style ones are wireless

all are at the average office worker

[sharp star]

yeah

[real edge]

ohh do they all need batteries and shit

[sharp star]

I was asking in case they had any motor problems

[potent arrow]

yes but they literally last a year or more

[sharp star]

like if their hands hurt or they don’t have their full range of motion

[real edge]

no health problems at all AFAIK

[potent arrow]

what does a m500s cost nhadala

[real edge]

26 euro

not bad

[potent arrow]

go for it

can't beat that

[old ingot]

Never heard back from square about the email I put in

Its been a few weeks

To disconnect from my old user and connect to my current

[potent arrow]

gotta keep badgering them, we can't do anything about it

[old ingot]

Oh figured id heard back was more curious the proper procedure

Didnt wanna pester or feel harassing

[potent arrow]

it's support, sometimes they just suck lmao

unfortunately

[old ingot]

Got ya

Gonna go tend to hygiene did a morning diety veneration and had coffee so be around not always active here

[hot shadow]

i wouldve killed for my 2010 earlier sony bravia cause that shit was 160 dollars WITH the soundbar we're still using

that tv was just good at the time, somebody in the family still has it

[sly walrus]

https://www.pcgamer.com/hardware/gaming-mice/new-logitech-leak-points-to-an-mx-master-4-with-haptic-feedback-and-i-think-it-could-actually-be-useful/

important questions are being asked

[tepid gulch]

I don't