are horrible
#technology-discussion
sly elk
mmm
sly elk
to be fair, I am one of those stereotypical nerds
I think that's more of a lifestyle problem than an interests problem. can't date people if you don't have time to go meeting people >>
dull garnet
kek
mine has the HD graphics text
but also all PAL units basically have the same hw which isn't shit
unlike the mishmash of NA hw variants
there are also mods to fix the sound these days
sly elk
oh mine's a mini, it's not a legit genesis lol
i do have a real one laying aroudnd but technically that belongs to my brother, it's a genesis 2, though.
dull garnet
I like how NA Genesis 2 look
Black buttons, black shell
Same for your guyses model 2 Saturn actually
odd sand
Vacuum your goddamn room /s
modest moss
aha game boy pocket
dull garnet
Vacuum your goddamn room /s
I keep that on my very top shelf, dust seems to accumulate up there
odd sand
I think the regular gameboy was 4xAA
astral ridge
Mega Drive Systems was a company in California that did some kind of data storage. There isn’t much information about them now.
The didn’t file for any kind of trademark until 1991 but they were supposedly operating under that name in the late 1980s.
I don’t believe there are any records of any kind of dispute between the companies but it’s possible. But since they didn’t file for a trademark until 91 it wouldn’t have been a trademark dispute.
Sega may have known about them and decided to not use Mega Drive anyway.
Or maybe they really did think Genesis would be a more appealing name for some reason.
We liked it because it had better sports games and less censored than Nintendo. Or maybe it was the advertising….
odd sand
I only had one friend with a Genesis. Everyone else I knew had NES/SNES
astral ridge
It was almost the opposite for me. Not many kids I knew had a SNES. Lots had the NES of course
Because of the light gun?
Yeah they changed the color to make it orange.
I don’t know how anyone could have considered the first version like a gun at all 
Our toy guns looked a lot like real guns then 
but everyone had a rifle and shotgun anyway so whatever
odd sand
Haha because of the stupid lightgun? Are you serious?
astral ridge
Yeah.
odd sand
I would have pulled it out and been like look, its a toy, it doesn't have any place for a clip or chambering ammo.
odd sand
That's probably why they redesigned it in red bc customs was having pissy fits
astral ridge
We used to have really popular toy guns that were kinda replicas of real guns. The more realistic looking the more they sold of course.
Then they passed some law about toys guns. That’s the US though, ah ok same thing happened
Those things were crazy
Oops
sly elk
TUNDRA
sly elk
TOYOTA LAST FOREVER
deep sapphire
TOYOTA CIRCLE JERK
sly elk
they're the obvious choice
which is why i hate them 😄
my 2020 wrangler has uh.. 5500 miles?
i really haven't driven much
derp
sly elk
lol I remember a toyota radio commercial where they were like "so my son just turned 16 and my husband i were like I guess that means it's time for a new toyota!"
odd sand
I bought mine in May last year and put like ... 2500 miles on it? Maybe 2k? I WFH, so the mileage is only around town and the one time I drove to sacramento and sanfran
sly elk
like people here equate car = toyota
and they don't even question it
s they're like "which toyota do you have?"
wait till you get it in your hands XD
jaunty light
because it probably has a 7.0 powerstroke
I power stroke it every day 
deep sapphire
I power stroke it every day <:penos:711687390410047558>
and then Cummins
early 2000s ford trucks were so bad lol
if you bought anything than a Silverado you were an idiot
even the Tundras werent that good
frames all rotted out
no trust me
this was next level rot
the frames snapped in half
after a few years
Toyota had to recall a lot of trucks
jaunty light
That's fine
Just jb weld
Useless consumers cant even repair a frame themselves smh
modest moss
@deep sapphire honey are you in Limsa?
deep sapphire
<@!54695380410966016> honey are you in Limsa?
I just logged off
need to sleep
gotta hit the gym early
modest moss
damn I was gonna get you to check MB for me
modest moss
I need a glam thing but it's like 4-5x regular price on cactuar
hard drift
what does kupobot report for the price?
hard drift
i'm not online
deep sapphire
hard drift
and you know for a fact i can't get in lmao
hard drift
Replica High Allagan Baghnakhs
!market aether high allagan baghnakhs
opal pantherBOT
!market aether high allagan baghnakhs
hard drift
shit
modest moss
replica
hard drift
!market aether replica high allagan baghnakhs
opal pantherBOT
204,749 
x1 [Faerie]
207,900 x1 [Cactuar]
208,425 x1 [Cactuar]
210,000 x1 [Cactuar]
262,500 x1 [Gilgamesh]
262,500 x1 [Faerie]
315,124 x1 [Jenova]
367,500 x1 [Adamantoise]
409,500 x1 [Midgardsormr]
472,500 x1 [Adamantoise]
204,749 
207,900
208,425
210,000
262,500
262,500
315,124
367,500
409,500
472,500
sly elk
!cookie
hard drift
there you go
modest moss
yeah see under 50k on greg
hard drift
jesus that cact price lol
modest moss
let's see if world hop takes long
ugh average wait time more than 30 mins
fuck that
jaunty light
gotta hit the gym early
only weaklings go to the gym
deep sapphire
Like me
modest moss
needs a bit from turn 2 coil 4, haven't done that far
hard drift
needs a bit from turn 2 coil 4, haven't done that far
can easily solo it real quick since you only need bosses cleared to progress
modest moss
well shit it wasn't showing on an MB search
I searched allagan and only the weapons showed, searched aetherstone and it's there
fml
quite pleased with that
wintry drift
positively frightening
modest moss
why thank you
wintry drift
anytime
modest moss
Left turn Clyde!
warm mesa
dull garnet
fresh flare
!market forgotten fragment of clarity
opal pantherBOT
!market forgotten fragment of clarity
sly elk
That’s why I like evga
They always have good prices on stuff. It’s true of their power supplies too
dreamy chasm
is it in stock tyhough
is the thing
prices from x vendor dont mean shit if it's bought and scalped the second its in store
jaunty light
$4999 strix where
modest moss
aw is the poor baby a bit cold?
potent arrow
I have a gas snowblower
hard drift
but they get the job done 😔
deep sapphire
Electric motors are becoming fairly viable assuming the job doesn’t need to be done over an hour
hard drift
yeah
they were okay the ones we had but the batteries of course being in the cold....
deep sapphire
My step dad has a kobalt electric lawn mower says it lasts him 45 minutes
Right
Snow blowers will be hard to electrify
Augers are more energy intensive too
hard drift
we just used an electric leafblower which helped but still did shoveling for a majority of it
deep sapphire
A good shovel makes a world of difference
I help my uncle plow/shovel and he got this really nice shovel that just cuts through iced up snow
hard drift
yeah, the real test of a shovel is always ice
anything can do snow but some of the ice is killer
deep sapphire
Fuckin hate when you’re shoveling and get jammed up on some ice
There goes my shoulder for the night
hard drift
yeah it really weighs on you vs the snow
deep sapphire
Back is already on fire just need to add more injuries to the list
hard drift
you sound like my dad
deep sapphire
When I help my uncle we do 14 properties takes about 7 hours
Your back feels it in the morning
hard drift
lol
deep sapphire
He plows most of the driveway so I only have to clean it up a bit and do walkways but yeah too much fun
hard drift
make that bank 
modest moss
Don’t tell shue
snowblow me
hard drift
hard drift
there is nothing that can save you from pf
modest moss
pf sucks for savage send help
I bet if you asked @dreamy chasm they'd help you
dreamy chasm
Yeah
dreamy chasm
I can probably whm/blm
I have experience with those classes in p2
Give me like, 10-15 minutes to take a break and I can help
old jetty
question, did anyone ever had trouble with discord and its microphone detection? I know my mic works perfectly fine, as I'm able to register my voice just fine, but discord barely pick up the sound of it
making me sound far away, or not at all
potent arrow
@dreamy chasm but wait I'm aether ;-;
dreamy chasm
I'm aether too
dreamy chasm
question, did anyone ever had trouble with discord and its microphone detection?...
Are you using the right microphone
old jetty
yes
dreamy chasm
Also, you can turn on monitoring on the voice sound panel if you want to hear what you're putting in
potent arrow
Wait ur aether but ur purple
dreamy chasm
the color is cute
modest moss
she's on cactuar like me
modest moss
I'm nice though, I haven't asked her to carry me through content yet lol
dreamy chasm
idm
Anyways I need a 10-20 min break
I was just in a p1s party for 2 hours trying to help them clear
but uh
potent arrow
I'm tired of people not knowing lim cut loool
modest moss
I'm too lazy almost all of the time to care about content anyway
dreamy chasm
potent arrow
....
dreamy chasm
me and the ast were in call
and we pretty much were the only ones with a half decent dps parse lol
potent arrow
Listen I'm bad
dreamy chasm
Well
The PLD was doing fine https://cdn.discordapp.com/attachments/917194754452770857/932681579699007629/unknown.png
potent arrow
But atleast I'm 5.9-6.5k dps
dreamy chasm
Yeah, that's acceptible for p2
potent arrow
on hippo
dull garnet
Pugging savage content sounds like a special brand of self loathing
dreamy chasm
really do be
hard drift
always has been
modest moss
I don't even do extremes, because I'm considerate of others
dreamy chasm
Sis, don't call me out here
potent arrow
Damn why u do this to yourself
hard drift
I don't know who hurt them
FF community
dreamy chasm
Idk man
potent arrow
Like
I weep for my opener
In pubs
Is it so hard for people to line up their damage up abilities at the start
dreamy chasm
Yes
potent arrow
with my static my opener has a sexy total 10k
dreamy chasm
What class?
dreamy chasm
Ahh.
Yeah
Mch plays into buffs really well
So if a group doesn't align them properly it's a huge fucking pain
lol
potent arrow
lol you guys are gods
idk how you manage to do anything
with the amount of movement
dreamy chasm
dreamy chasm
Can you crop the text box
potent arrow
lol
I joined
a pf that said overflow
but it was phoenix
and I was like?????
does phoneix have overflow???
dreamy chasm
LMAO
iirc my burst on drk hits 14k
potent arrow
potent arrow
<:oldriskyDerp:702381553472503849> iirc my burst on drk hits 14k
no
I need to figure out how to get obs to record act
dreamy chasm
Drk blows its load then needs a while to recharge
hard drift
I need to figure out how to get obs to record act
add another window for application
otherwise if you allow capture overlays it should allow it
humble cloak
Question : is there such a thing as a signal splitter that has both HDMI and Displayport inputs ?
Looking to find one so i can switch between my monitor and TV easier without having to switch cables all the time .
dreamy chasm
Look for a KVM with those ports
Looking for display switch specifically might bring results that show you what you want
potent arrow
modest moss
what resolutions and refresh rates are the displays?
dreamy chasm
lmk if you need a regen healer/blm fill in
humble cloak
hmm most i seem to find are for switching one monitor between 2 devices .
What i am looking for is one that can connect 2 different screens to the same PC and allows me to switch between the two .
dreamy chasm
Oh.
Is there anything stopping you from running both displays simultaneously off of your display device?
humble cloak
i tried but it has some issues .
But doing it like that seems to make HDR not work on my 4K display
modest moss
what resolutions and refresh rates are the displays?
humble cloak
Monitor is 1440p 144hrz and TV is 4K HDR 120Hrz ( but length of my HDMI cable limits it to 60 hrz max on my TV )
hard drift
rip
potent arrow
looooooool party leader is mad
hard drift
splitters will be pretty limiting on what you can do so best bet might be a receiver with atleast 2 inputs correct me if i'm wrong of course folks 
potent arrow
this is fine tho
hard drift
i originally got a splitter for the same purpose but getting it to do a lot of the things needed is hard/not possible from what i found
umbral moss
they make HDMI switches but they're always a crapshoot between what HDMI spec they actually support and the circuitry actually working even if it's supposed to support that spec level
hard drift
yeah, not to mention they limit features a shit ton
and will often lie/change often 👀
modest moss
umbral moss
not exactly "lie" about features, but the circuitry they put in the box is lossy as shit so it fucks up if you don't have a perfect source/sink with a near lossless cable
modest moss
then use a dp > hdmi adapter, but that might be shit
umbral moss
DP/HDMI adapters are shit, but that's because HDMI is a shit spec and adapting DP to HDMI is also dicey due to the way DRM is handled
modest moss
yeah, it's a 'should work' but a gamble if it actually does
umbral moss
because of HDCP, mostly
you need a way to handshake between source and sink with HDMI in order for it to actually work
this is one of the reasons that the wireless streaming feature for the xbone doesn't work
if you try to connect to your xbone remotely and stream a blu-ray it will tell you to eat shit because it can't HDCP with the wireless display
HDMI is a shit spec designed by dickheads who hate functionality and simplicity
(╯°□°）╯︵ ┻━┻
potent arrow
ELTS GOOOO
LETS FUCKLING GOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO
sex
@dreamy chasm https://www.twitch.tv/videos/1266877542 look how clean this wasss
dreamy chasm
Nice 
modest moss
people actually use windows backup?
dull garnet
I had the same thought
odd sand
Normally I just copy my user folder to another drive then wipe it
Since the rest of the stuff on C would be the OS and programs you need to reinstall anyways
green salmon
My game keep crashing when I go to inn room in crystarium for echoes of a fallen star
green salmon
o7 ty
green salmon
have you tried an integrity check using XIVlauncher?
Looks like I got some mismatch thx for the tip :^)
hard drift
what?
it should be more than possible on either side 🤨
why would you use dsr 🤨
it should be more than possible on that the problem is your using "rtx" shaders and using DSR
wait are you using dsr or the new one?
if it's the new one it'll drop your performance massively with the raytracing plugin since it utilizes the tensor cores for it
so try without the raytracing plugin and then your other shaders and see how it is
green salmon
it all worked out thank you very much :^)
hard drift
wait a minute
where are you testing
no, where in game
and that was me that tested
lmfao
dude.... you won't get 60 in limsa
especially not with all your shit at 4k
yeah but not at 4k
limsa is one of the worst case scenarios for testing in ffxiv
yeah but you're getting 40 fps with reshade... so what's the problem lol
hard drift
🤢
modest moss
it all worked out thank you very much :^)
glad it worked!
deep sapphire
glad it worked!
Thanks mentor
hard drift
well yeah 🤨 anybody could've told you that lol
it's 330+w
yeah that's normal
that's just a higher powerlimit/higher clocks can scale it back if needed
turn down powerlimits/undervolt
modest moss
imagine buying a 12gb 3080 and then undervolting or fps capping it
if you're going to gimp it why not just save the money and stick with the 1080ti?
sly elk
HOLY CRAP
ok that does it -goes to order 1000w psu-
although seriously I haven't had any crashes since flipping the switch to OC on 😄
yep
welcome to the club xD
you can set it to target a temp instead
but it will lower your performance
-looks at his computer- -shrugs-
?
i think they use the same shroud/backplate on all of them?
oh it has the notch for the sli connector
YEP 😄
approval?
approval from who? 😮
you married? XD
modest moss
his mum
sly elk
o that's fair
totally fair
i've been thinking about buying a 420mm aio and seeing if I can shoehorn it into my case
top
nah it's a really big case
but the top has room for 3x140mm fans
the hard part would be the side where the hoses come out
I'm not sure my case will accommodate it the way it accommodates a 360mm
are you going with an o11d mini?
modest moss
imagine running a 3080ti with a 10600k
sly elk
yea that case is a couple inches wider, mine's taller/longer lol
595 x 238 x 645mm (23.4" x 9.4" x 25.4")
hard drift
Could always go lga 1700 since it’s 12/13th gen
hard drift
Locking yourself into what lol
sly elk
apparently yes, but not for memory temps
more importantly it is much quieter for the same temp
hard drift
You don’t have lga 1700 though and zen4 will be Ddr5 and it comes 2h 2022
deep sapphire
hard drift
odd sand
i've been thinking about buying a 420mm aio and seeing if I can shoehorn it into...
There can't be more than a handful of cases that fit something that size... even 360mm is hard to fit in a lot of cases
hard drift
https://youtu.be/lYMnT3onrhg
😔 hank not reading my endorsement for intel 
odd sand
That viewpoint or w/e is such bullshit I still haven't gotten it
modest moss
imagine buying a current gen gpu and waiting 6 months+ for a cpu/board/ram instead of getting a 4080 with it later
modest moss
the arctic 420 has a 458mm long radiator >>
your pc is fine, save your money
odd sand
?
Oh nm I thought he was standing on that light pole in Kugane that you have to Jump King your way across half the city and YOLO leap down onto it
sly elk
your pc is fine, save your money
still tempted to get a 3-fan aio sometimes 😄
one thing I wonder about when using a 2 fan with the way my case is, is if the fan pushes the hot air and it reflects off the glass and gets sucked back into the radiator
ya know, someone had the 360mm galahad for $105-ish recently
ahhhh I found the thing
i've been trying to find out the name of that thing
potent arrow
I want it
potent arrow
Why : (
modest moss
because you have a midget pc
and you're not foolish
I'm surprised you RGB nerds haven't put one of those galaxy lights in your cases
trash like that
wintry jacinth
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Qwh8h98a7dY
I have one in my setup but my case is a micro atx
not fitting it in my case
modest moss
kids these days, idk
in my day we had beige computers and sat our monitors on top of them
wintry jacinth
Back in your day you had spaghetti monsters under your desk
modest moss
cable management hadn't been invented
didn't check temps
'is the fan spinning' 'yes' 'it's fine'
modest moss
Hildibrand's mum is top tier
sly elk
in my day we had beige computers and sat our monitors on top of them
In my day we had beige computers that used black fans inside. If you were lucky they might be panaflos.
those things were an absolute nightmare to work on.
admittedly, that kinda computer was 'before my time' hahaha
sly elk
so the way those work is the case consists of a frame (seen in the picture) and a U shaped steel shell that slides on top and screws into place in the back
usually the metal shell had sharp edges
and various metal parts in the case also had sharp edges
modest moss
you'd probably get at least 2-3 minor wounds on the case though
sly elk
yep!
and on AT cases like that one, the case usually came with the PSU (I think) since they were kinda hard-wired in I think
maybe not? but the ones I messed with I recall being like that
modest moss
I've been taking things like that apart since 486 days
modest moss
47 now
sly elk
my first computer was an 8088 in like 96, second was a 486 in 97, 3rd was a cyrix 266 in 98
my school district had tons of old donated 486s and I fixed them in elementary in middle school lol. or at least got them into usable condition
modest moss
we had atari STs before we moved to PCs with 486s in my family
sly elk
that's the era I missed
I've used plenty of Apple IIs because my schools had those in their "computer lab" but never used a commodore 64
i also somehow missed out on Be and NeXT and OS/2 and all that great stuff
and the Amiga!
modest moss
well, the first computer I used was a commodore pet
sly elk
although our city public access channel ran slideshows on an amiga for ages
sly elk
i think it was cool how the early 80s machines were mostly geared to use a tv as a monitor
sly elk
not as cool that a lot of cheap monitors were literally a tv without a tuner
yea that was the thing i kinda missed out on lol
the 8088 and 486 were quite old tech when I had them
even the cyrix was a bit outdated
modest moss
typing in games that were printed in computer magazines
sly elk
that must have been horrible
modest moss
not really, it was incredible when it actually worked
sly elk
for me it was digging up stuff in aol's fileshare thing, or on angelfire or whatever
modest moss
OG piracy was copying tapes, that was dope
sly elk
i'm old enough to have done that 😛
modest moss
ok boomer
sly elk
though it was fair use to do that off the radio
modest moss
no I mean games on tape
sly elk
i wonder how much in common the tape encoding had with dialup modem stuff
since it's the same principle
except probably a lot more bandwidth
afaik using cassettes was slow af though wasn't it? wonder what the bitrate was
modest moss
yeah it took ages to load anything
sly elk
seems like 300 baud
sly elk
hey icehunter what program were you using to get wattage
I wanna see what my 3080ti is doing hahahaha
ahh it's just gpu-z isn't it
right now my computer is chill
I am running 2 dp, one hdmi
3440x1440@120hz and 2x 1920x1080@144hz
ooo ffxiv actually let me on
how were you using so muchh power in ffxiv
i'll try to see what FH5 uses for power
though I notice gpu-z likes to quit on me
ohh yea fh5 does it 😄
nice toasty 359w
i saw it hit 375w...
I did not realize that my gpu was such a power consumer lmao
i wonder what my cpu is doing
the good news is even with all that I'm not even pushing 600w
dreamy chasm
Cpus generally don't use much power stock until you push all the threads
dreamy chasm
Can't disagree
dreamy chasm
What cooling solution do you have on there
potent arrow
Static disbanded......I think I'm about to become a pf whore@dreamy chasm
Is p3s hell
modest moss
or instead of you both suffering pf, you could make a static
dreamy chasm
Static disbanded......I think I'm about to become a pf whore<@169372319934840832...
Ouch
P3s is indeed hell
I've taken a break myself
dreamy chasm
lmao
If you arent hauling ass to carry a bunch of shmucks through the dps check it's going to be even harder
p2s dps check is 42.5kish party dps
p3s is closer to 45kish
modest moss
Hank will tank
dreamy chasm
modest moss
let's be real though, he's a Limsa fuckboi now so he's in the cheer squad with me
sly elk
i'm not even sure what you're talking about.
potent arrow
Savage is fucking violent
sly elk
modest moss
i'm not even sure what you're talking about.
endgame shiz, they're competent players who do the tough stuff
sly elk
oh wow i still had sapphire trixx installed
sly elk
good news, after lots of tweaking it's not getting hot anymore 😄
turns out the place i went wrong was not running my intake fans 😄
running those at a more aggressive profile made the aio and gpu way quieter
sly elk
and this is the nice thing about those 38" IPS monitors
they may suck at HDR stuff but who gives a shit
or! a 34" since those have been around forever now and are generally really reliable (I hope)
i'd just own it
how are you seeing scan lines on an lcd o_O
i'll say
-checks his phone to see if his screens do that-
fwiw phone cameras will do weird moire things to the pixel grid when you hover over a lcd
if we're talking about stuff like this
geez why the hell is that 27mb
wait are your 4k screens dells?
or LGs?
i feel like we had that convo once before lol
for some reason most newer dell monitors flicker at 60hz
and IT DRIVES ME NUTS
yea I see some videos of it on youtube too
it looks nasty
i actually can't see it in that video but i saw it in otherrs
i wonder if it's the backlight doing it
i used to want a g9 >>
ahh that makes sense
that makes a lot of sens elol
probably by running at a lower refresh
i like this 😄
sly elk
o_O
you could probably also just force it out using a displayport adapter that breaks it 😄
i'm guessing like any other brand it's a model-by-model basis
historically, if you look for the cheapest monitor in the store, sceptre would be one of the brands
but cheap doesn't necessarily mean bad
dreamy chasm
I wonder
if I can get a portable monitor
with a vesa mount
oh
p2414hb's still in stock
the uh
used one
I want one
odd sand
That's ironic, we got a bunch of those at my last contract
When we were in the office it was two of those for each workstation, but when we went WFH I only brought one of them with me
Only 60hz, but they're fine for productivity uses.
Actually we had the 27" ones not the 24". 4K is kinda overkill for 24"
dreamy chasm
That's ironic, we got a bunch of those at my last contract
I kinda wanna buy a used one
It's like
90 bucks on sale rn
The condition of the stands are shit according to some reviews but the panels are perfectly fine
and im planning on getting a vesa mount for it anyway
odd sand
Yeah, at work we had them on adjustable arms clamped to the edge of the desk
dreamy chasm
mhm
thats my plan too
i dont think they need external adaptors either
which is part of why im interested
i have another dell monitor i got for 40 bucks and its been working surprisingly well lol
odd sand
The stands aren't shit per se, but they are quite basic. You get like 30-45 degree swivel and then the monitor can tilt like 20 degrees
odd sand
Oh that way
dreamy chasm
mhm
odd sand
My new contract gave us 2x 1080p panels, which is pain peko when used to 4K
So I'll probably buy my own 4K panel for docked mode.
dreamy chasm
understandable
The one I have rn is an e2311h
I'd buy another one like it if I could but
the listings have dried up x.x
odd sand
Either a 38 or 48" ultrawide. My friend has the G9 Neo and I think it might be too wide lol
odd sand
Hmm apparently LG is the only one offering a 4K panel in ultrawide, and it's 34" so 21:9 compared to other ultrawides that are 32:9
I just thought of something funny: When I move back to WI maybe I can try to find a Microcenter to stop at and see if they have some of these monitors there to see in person heh
I've never lived anywhere near one, so in most cases I would have to buy it and return it if I didn't like it
grim arrow
so i've run into a reoccurring problem with ff14 which i resolved by asking about it here last time so i'll do so again now.
my client will sometimes just disconnect from the servers altogether and until i restart my router. last time however, i unchecked some boxes in windows firewall which fixed the problem for some months. now however, it's back and no matter what i do it won't let me get in. does anyone have any idea as to what could be the problem?
potent arrow
Are you using the official launcher?
dreamy chasm
I used to have those issues
Turning a vpn on fixed them for the most part?
I think
grim arrow
Are you using the official launcher?
yes
potent arrow
!faq quicklauncher
opal pantherBOT
potent arrow
Idk I've had weird server connection issues till I switched to this
grim arrow
i'll try it out, ty!
BRUH, running it in administrator fixed it this time. still don't see the reason in disconnecting me from the game mid session though 🤷♂️
deep sapphire
let's be real though, he's a Limsa fuckboi now so he's in the cheer squad with m...
True
deep sapphire
Do you sniff the bench
Yea
potent arrow
deep sapphire
Uuuuuh Chevy bros???? Actually I’m not surprised the interiors in the Silverado are hilariously bad compared to Ford and Dodge
modest moss
Dodge Ram is a p.good truck name tbh
late basalt
Tfw all 4 tires give off low pressure alarms at the same time
after a 40 minute drive 
odd sand
Dude...
The big thing in that pic you aren't even addressing: ATVI being sold to Microsoft?!
hard drift
overwatch might get content 
sly elk
Lol
odd sand
I never in a million years thought ATVI would sell itself... or was it a hostile takeover?
jaunty light
Dodge Ram is a p.good truck name tbh
The RAM RAM
odd sand
Kotick would rather give up autonomy than step down as CEO?
How much you want to bet Kotick is gone after this deal goes through?
hard drift
How much you want to bet Kotick is gone after this deal goes through?
probably likely but not until 2023
still a lot of hurdles to go through
deep sapphire
They said he will be once it’s finalized
I gotta wonder how the FTC isn’t raising an eyebrow over this
hard drift
honestly hope they stop the copy and paste bullshit for games like cod and such
start a change
odd sand
Honestly, ATVI is pretty damaged goods at this point, so I fully expect it to clear.
deep sapphire
Say whatever you want about activision, corporations shouldn’t be allowed to purchase large players like this freely
But hey it’s Microsoft
They’ve been doing it since they beginning of time
odd sand
Especially since the Fed doesn't seem to give a shit about anti-trust anymore.
hard drift
i mean it's not uncommon for companies to do it be it sony or microsoft
deep sapphire
They cared a lot about the t mobile sprint merger and frankly that made more sense than this
Sprint was on a one way ticket to fucked
odd sand
Nvidia/ARM is the only failed merger I've heard of in the last 20 years next to Sprint/Tmo having all those troubles was it?
But lets look: Still in the middle of the scandal and seemingly unwilling to clean up their act, Blizz in dev limbo with all projects for awhile after killing their golden goose in WoW, ATVI unable to do anything but a handful of remasters and COD ... which they fell on their face with Vanguard. Can't handle cheaters in Warzone. The only successful thing they have atm is COD Mobile which was developed by Tencent. 5 years on and DI still isn't out...
sly elk
Good old m$ being a monopoly again
The hard part is we’re getting to a point where everything will be owned by MS or tencent
… or maybe apple
deep sapphire
But lets look: Still in the middle of the scandal and seemingly unwilling to cle...
I do agree with this
They really needed a complete overhaul of its leadership
sly elk
Though apple doesn’t really but companies they just imitate what they do and then delist the competition from the App Store
deep sapphire
Nobody is gonna want to work for blizzard if all they hear is horror stories and constant talent dropping like flies
Ehhh apple is 50/50
They do buy companies but I’d say they do a lot of internal shit mostly
deep sapphire
They’re very aggressive when it comes to poaching talent though
Which is how they got so good at designing chips
But I figure they pay their engineers very well
sly elk
Or at least, there’s almost enough ammo for a blizzard style scandal at apple
But lawyers and work activists haven’t been able to take it down yet
Possibly because they have too much money
Possibly because they’re not actually evil
odd sand
Their stock price is certainly unsustainable.
sly elk
I wonder between ms, google, and apple, which is more evil
hard drift
odd sand
They jumped from $1T to $3T in ... 2 years?
hard drift
google is probably the biggest evil of the 3
odd sand
From a surveillance perspective? Google is now a more competent MS
MS wishes they were as effective as Google, but their internal divisions never know what each other are doing.
sly elk
Everything they get their hands on seems to go to shit after a few years
deep sapphire
Microsoft is just such an odd company all around, I don’t think they’ve ever been really competitive in any field other than desktop.
odd sand
Hell, seems like even within divisions they don't know what each other are doing: Ever seen how much shit randomly moves around and changes week-to-week in O365?
sly elk
I’m still amazed windows mobile failed
deep sapphire
Zune flopped, MSN is dead, Skype has been lapped 3 times over, windows mobile died. Xbox until gamepass was basically dead
sly elk
Especially because prior to the iPhone it was one of the biggest platforms
deep sapphire
I guess Azure?
odd sand
I'm surprised Teams is doing decently given how bad their multimedia is
deep sapphire
Right but the iPhone came out because they saw how fuckin awful smart phones were to use
Windows mobile was terrible
hard drift
or the UWP that never got used really
sly elk
Lol I wonder how much MS has lost on teams
deep sapphire
The iPhone literally changed technology overnight
odd sand
The only decent features IMHO are the calendar integration and the meeting recordings/automatic transcription
sly elk
It works a lot better than webex for that
And yet here I am sitting in a webex right now
odd sand
Why they refuse to offer Push to talk or voice activation I'll never know
And drop-in voice rooms like Discord would be nice.
sly elk
Ooo
Maybe we’ll get overwatch teams integration
And a teams panel to replace the discord panel
Errr Xbox
hard drift
i'm just imaging not having to buy cod now
gamepass for pc coming with cod 
0 risk for me
sly elk
Lol
odd sand
I mean, they want everyone in Warzone at this point. Vanguard is just a $60 advertisement for Warzone the way it was designed.
hard drift
warzone just sucks because there's no multiplayer like a lot are used to without paying
but the integration with other games is nice since you get to play with guns from others
odd sand
Another bright side: I can't see MS jumping into the NFT shenanigans anytime soon.
So maybe ATVI IPs will be spared that hellscape.
hard drift
the only acquisition i dread is the day sony tries for SE
modest moss
buy this, convert to EV
odd sand
If it weren't for 14 and 16 I'd kinda welcome it. S-E are super incompetent at IP mgmt and development otherwise.
hard drift
yeah, it's the major franchise titles i don't like being limited in terms of like pc
the exclusivity wars is a console thing i don't want it on pc 😔
odd sand
Epic already brought it heh
hard drift
yeah
odd sand
Although at least it's usually relegated to Early Access deals.
hard drift
sadly
dreamy chasm
Anyone know why the system process is saturating my download speed on windows?
it isnt constant either
spikes to max bandwidth and then down
modest moss
preloading windows updates maybe?
modest moss
but are they off off?
dreamy chasm
does pausing still preload shit
modest moss
I think it might, not sure tbh, it's a mystery to me since 7
modest moss
probably preloading 21H2 or something
odd sand
Poor bastard
odd sand
I guess they do have a decent back catalog
Maybe Toys for Bob will be allowed to do their own thing again
sly elk
I am sad that I’m happy ms is buying blizzard lol
odd sand
Star Control 4 anyone? /s
He kinda was kinda wasn't. He tried to deny knowledge, but it's since been shown he had to have known.
He's almost certainly going to be gone once the deal closes. MS will buy him out and he'll get a boatload of undeserved cash again, but at least he'll be gone finally.
upper goblet
yeah, im sure he has some outrageous golden parachute that would trigger if they just fired him before his contract is done
odd sand
It was already linked. He's guaranteed $250-300M USD no matter what happens almost.
The only way he gets nothing is if he's fired For Cause ... which IMHO this scandal should be Cause but probably won't be considered that.
upper goblet
they will just let the deal close, and quietly let him go, or he moves on after
odd sand
He already got that $200M bonus for basically doing nothing bc it was supposed to be unobtainable ... then Covid happened and all entertainment sales skyrocketed
buoyant falcon
Has anyone ever noticed long-term disuse of optic disc drives to lead to some initial issues with sudden frequent use?
Could be I suppose.
Because a few weeks back Is started using the Blu-ray drive on my PC, something I haven't done in so long that the last time I used it to play movies it was in a different PC.
But when I started using it, I had so many issues that I honestly thought it was starting to brick and I would need a new one, this was after exhausting several Blu-ray player software options.
Which lead to me dropping $70 on CyberLink. Though I suppose that was for the best because all the others were either ad-heavy or had terrible UI.
Or required an annual license fee instead of a one-time payment.
But anyway, after spending all night struggling with it, I got it working for awhile, but I was sure I'd have the same issues next time.
But I didn't!
And it's been working fine since then.
untold onyx
Well it IS a mechanical device despite the reading being laser based. It wouldn't surprise me if it started to sieze up from lack of use.
hard drift
Blu ray support in Windows is just plain crap
Truth, it sucks
Good
The odyssey is bad
Lol
lost python
My first one had it on the entire screen too
hard drift
We told you to avoid it
lost python
My current one only top left corner
hard drift
Lmao no
The issues varying but overall problematic
Why is it crazy?
They don’t have the best reputation for monitors lol
It’s samsung, it’s implied
buoyant falcon
Blu ray support in Windows is just plain crap
Good luck trying to get a Blu-ray to work through VLC on Windows.
I've followed every guide out there. x.x
dull garnet
There was like one free piece of software that worked okay when I tried it
The Leawo one
Or my PS4 or PS3 ig
iron kiln
why do some games use GPU Copy instead of GPU 3D? at least that's what task manager states
hard drift
sly elk
erh my left leg feels funny this morning. I was worried it was something wrong with me but now that I sit at my desk, I think I know what it is.
deep sapphire
erh my left leg feels funny this morning. I was worried it was something wrong w...
AMD?
deep sapphire
<:namazuconcern:685268305275256852>
Hi
hard drift
hi
sly elk
AMD?
nah i think i was hanging my leg over the side of the chair
which is a hard plastic handle
it looks exactly like a giant half of a scissors handle
sly elk
no that's my embody chair
night leaf
sly elk
none
jaunty light
None cuz they never work
potent arrow
Crackling static noises
sly elk
the only time I ever saw those speakers was in school
potent arrow
As I jingle the single end at the back
potent arrow
the only time I ever saw those speakers was in school
I was poor
sly elk
honestly those were much better than the ones that came with my computer at that time hahaha
potent arrow
Lmfaaaooo
potent arrow
I bought the way after their time in 2011 for my pc
potent arrow
Now I have a job I drop hundreds on audio
sly elk
they were the cheapest piece of junk speakers imaginable
like, if you found speakers at the 99 cent store, they'd probably sound better.
potent arrow
sly elk
but MuLtImEdIa!
dull garnet
I bet those are better than most pc speakers under $50 now
dull garnet
I actually had those harman kardon ones
that's pretty renowned brand lol
dull garnet
i've noticed nothing of the sort at 165Hz
hard drift
Just avoid samsung
dull garnet
gladly
hard drift
Anything is beautiful compared To 60
jaunty light
Scanlines? No. Inversion as in what, ghosting/overshoot?
Not on my alienware.
On normal overdrive levels theres almost no detectable ghosting/trailing or overshoot
Ofc I run it at extreme because i am a HARDCORE GAMER
dull garnet
oh right, that stuff
rtings found that the most modest setting on my monitor was actually the fastest lol
mine has settings for fast, super fast and EXTREME
i just keep it on fast
odd sand
So you had a greater than 60hz panel for several years and was using it at 60 the entire time?
Have you tried running it at 120hz and does it have the same issues?
I assume you're using a DisplayPort cable?
hard drift
We literally told you to avoid samsung monitors
dull garnet
well
hard drift
And consumed the copium hoping drivers would fix it
dull garnet
probably everything leading up to it
hard drift
Wouldn’t help
glossy timber
so uh
lemme be a pain real quick
i've been having two weird issues with my mouse(logitech G604 lightspeed) and before retiring it to the bin i figured i'd ask for help
first is the mouse darts across the screen with seemingly random sensitivity, this used to happen when low on battery but now happens on fresh ones, seems like it's dropping connection, fixes for a while after turning off/on
second, which is more annoying honestly, sometimes the side keys do both my custom bind and the default one, namely the one on the back bottom which i use for ] also does the default bind of 3, swapping to onboard memory mode and off fixes this, but again temporarily, and it's really fucky when it happens mid pull
potent arrow
dreamy chasm
deep sapphire
so uh
Have you tried the obvious steps like cleaning the laser and your mousepad? Do you have multiple mice connected or a game pad plugged in?
Also holy fuck it’s windy out, driving home from work felt like an arm workout
jaunty light
jaunty light
Also holy fuck it’s windy out, driving home from work felt like an arm workout
Weakling.
glossy timber
Have you tried the obvious steps like cleaning the laser and your mousepad? Do y...
no gamepad connected, but it might be worth trying to forget the bluetooth on that as it has been fucky in the past, theres only the one mouse but there is a trackpad as well, i've tried cleaning the laser but i'll give my mousepad a good clean soonTM
dull garnet
sly elk
time for the 200 hr burn in period
-immediately puts on the most gangsta rap he can find-
dull garnet
still sceptical of "burn in" but these were the most noticeable headphones ive owned for it
sly elk
you get a colorful card!
dull garnet
sly elk
huh
iirc my step up price was like $900
and I was like hell no
does it let you step up to a 3080ti? 😄
it's so not worth it
potent arrow
Yall fuckin nerds
dull garnet
imagine dropping 4 figures on a video card card lmao
dull garnet
forbidden lube
jaunty light
Yes how is the colorless, tasteless, somewhat skin melting forbidden lube sarah
hard drift
civic pond
Is it safe to say my graphics card is fucked?
jaunty light
Mayhaps your display padawan
dull garnet
or a bad cable
civic pond
I was getting some crashes and I assumed it was something with windows itself and when I booted into the installer it just did that. Its fine now that its in the installer now but its still concerning to me
Is this something I should actually be worrying about? Should I swap out my gpu?
Well if it helps figure out whats going on I've been having issues with crashes when playing games on this computer ever since I swapped out the cpu and motherboard
I do have some other things that may point to a dying card. Stuff like random crashing on games like among us(doesn't just close out of the game, crashes the whole system)
dull garnet
that's too hot you fool!
civic pond
- Can't do anything lower because my oven is fucked too
civic pond
I at least have a spare graphics card i can use.
jaunty light
This man has a forge
civic pond
It just a gtx 770 eats power
dull garnet
and has no vram
jaunty light
Enter, sand and solder, you join in my 700c forge to create rtx 3090
dull garnet
good enough for fainaru fantaji xiv though
civic pond
Ehh. Not really a problem for me since 14 is pretty much the only game I play that requires a graphics card and thats able to run on my laptop
As long as that card doesn't die too I should be fine.
fathom cradle
I am looking to upgrade my pc is the new 12th gen i7 good?
or should I get the i5 instead
dull garnet
may as well go i7
fathom cradle
I see
modest moss
depends what you want to do and where you'll overclock and your budget, etc
fathom cradle
I would like to overclock if possible, but I will mainly use it to play ff14 and other 3A titles
modest moss
might as well go i7 if you're not trying to keep the budget low then
void dove
even a i3-12100 can run Cyberpunk 2077 on 1080p medium and get 120+fps
with a 3080 that is
fathom cradle
alright I think I will go with i7-12700k
modest moss
I use a fiio headphone amp with wired headphones because I like loud music and lots of bass... if I were to move to bluetooth headphones, that's no longer an option, am I going to find them annoyingly quiet? what's the deal?