technology-discussion

[deep sapphire]

A win win all around

[modest moss]

the 5800x3d is better for gaming, can't dispute that, but it's not as far ahead as the intels are at basically everything else

so eh, I'm happy

[hard drift]

i mean 5800x3d beats a 12900k and rivals 12900ks

[hard drift]

given the price at msrp for 12900ks vs a 5800x3d it's pretty damn good 🙏

you literally just had to add 3d 😭

[hard drift]

go ahead 🙏

i'm ready

i just won't send you the thing lmao

[deep sapphire]

THATS A FELONY

[hard drift]

what felony

[modest moss]

I should have never bought these parts

and just bought a steamdeck

smh

[umbral moss]

I still want a small portable gaming platform to play vidya on when I go to gril's apartment 😔

[hard drift]

you would be getting horrible performance vs what you are now lol

you figure the steamdeck is 800p not even 1080

[modest moss]

but it's kawaii

cheap, kawaii, low effort

[sly elk]

IT IS NOT

[languid lava]

this was more hurtful than youd ever know

[sly elk]

interestingly, the z690 board costs $200 more, so you're paying a total of $300 more

but to even things out, I'd much rather cross-shop a 5900x and a 12700k

and I'm sure the z690 maximus hero is worth $100 more by virtue of having better parts?

[modest moss]

kyanche you could have saved a huge rant if you'd read the rest of the conversation

[languid lava]

LOL

[sly elk]

I am not rage ranting o_O

sorry

-gives everyone cookies-

[languid lava]

also hi shue

[modest moss]

Hank meant the 5800X3D

[modest moss]

hi hi

[hard drift]

[languid lava]

how did you find this

WHY did you find this

[hard drift]

i've had it lol

[sly elk]

https://tenor.com/view/cartoon-anime-ao-no-exorcist-disgusted-ew-gif-15129132

[languid lava]

and i dont regret it

[hard drift]

lmfao

[modest moss]

Bidori is a weirdo who keeps evidence

[languid lava]

keep your shues on in the shower

[languid lava]

[modest moss]

idk what he's got on me, but there'll be something

[sly elk]

to be fair

people do wear sandals in the shower

[hard drift]

i have nothing on you

[languid lava]

everyone has something on me

tbh i make it very easy

[modest moss]

I don't know if I'm relieved or insulted

[hard drift]

[sly elk]

like, if you use a public shower or at least a shared shower, yea shower sandals are actually recommended

[hard drift]

i wonder who has what on me

[languid lava]

i have a TON on hank

[hard drift]

same

[languid lava]

a lot

[modest moss]

I have this on you

[hard drift]

that doesn't count 😭

[languid lava]

ill have me on you

[hard drift]

go ahead

[languid lava]

cringeeeeee

[hard drift]

lmao

[languid lava]

jk im just moderately tipsy

[hard drift]

same 🙏

been drinking my wine

[languid lava]

im on one too many rum n cokes

[hard drift]

i don't have rum or coke 😭

[jaunty light]

bido the alcie

[hard drift]

i need to get some when i go to the actual liquor store

[languid lava]

me neither, cancun all inclusive is treating me well

[hard drift]

i haven't even gotten drunk since i became legal smh

even on my bday, i had one drink

[modest moss]

you're in Mexico at an all inclusive resort and you're in a fucking nerd MMO discord?

[languid lava]

LMFAO

yes.

its an issue

[hard drift]

send pics 🙏

[modest moss]

wow

[hard drift]

i want to see some fancy drinks

[modest moss]

go out and dance

[languid lava]

shue its a bunch of old@people here

[hard drift]

old people can be nice 🙏

[languid lava]

i came here to get drunk and massaged for free

well

[modest moss]

then why didn't you take bidori?

[languid lava]

kinda for free

[hard drift]

nobody ever takes me 😔

[languid lava]

the planning of this trip was a fever dream

[modest moss]

@tired quest do you know kaiyo is in Mexico?

[tired quest]

Yes

[languid lava]

he does

[tired quest]

He told me

[hard drift]

lmao

[languid lava]

[tired quest]

Hi tochi

They* sorry

[languid lava]

hi daisra

[sly elk]

https://tenor.com/view/that-time-i-got-reincarnated-as-a-slime-anime-fight-old-man-disappointing-gif-16027851

[modest moss]

they're getting massages from old people

[tired quest]

But theyre on an americanized resort do it doesnt count

[hard drift]

😔

[jaunty light]

yeah i like to live dangerously and go to the cartel resorts

[modest moss]

probably drinking the wrong tequila

[hard drift]

as long as it's not silver 🙏

[tired quest]

Not this again lol

[modest moss]

kaiyo just remember not to waste money on patron

[hard drift]

man, i'm failing to keep up with my blackmail folder 😭

i don't have many people in here smh

[tired quest]

Am i there

[hard drift]

nope i was just looking lol

[modest moss]

if I ever go Mexico I'll just hang out with Isra and his bf

[tired quest]

Good

Ty shue

[modest moss]

I bet they'd take me and my family to cool safe places

[languid lava]

long past this stage

[modest moss]

get some culture going on

[languid lava]

i was doing this at 16

[modest moss]

you were getting massages from old people at 16?

[languid lava]

that too

[modest moss]

yikes

[jaunty light]

sounds like a good time to me

[languid lava]

i meant patron

fuck patron

[hard drift]

[languid lava]

100% promise hank drinks patron

[hard drift]

hank probably drinks the cheapest of beer 🤢

[jaunty light]

tequila belongs in the sewers

[languid lava]

im ngl this was a huge mistake

the food here has been so fuckin good

but the culture lackin

[jaunty light]

@deep sapphire for sure is a PBR drinker

[languid lava]

if hank says he drinks PBR

that may be my last straw

[hard drift]

wtf is pbr

[jaunty light]

or worse, steel reserve.. or even worse.. rolling rock

[languid lava]

pabst blue rivbon

[hard drift]

i have 0 clue what that is

never even seen it

[languid lava]

shit shit ahit beer

like the definition of piss beer

[hard drift]

lol

[modest moss]

https://tenor.com/view/pbr-pabst-beer-drinks-alcohol-gif-10836453

[languid lava]

yeah rhat

[hard drift]

i mean i personally don't like beer at all

[modest moss]

Hank ^

[languid lava]

@deep sapphire come defend your beer of choice

[modest moss]

I bet he doesn't care

[tired quest]

Hank drinks bud light

[languid lava]

…ew

[hard drift]

piss water

[tired quest]

He told me

[modest moss]

I want his response to be 'a cold one'

[languid lava]

im hoping he’s lying

isra whats ur go to drink

[tired quest]

Im not lying

[languid lava]

oh god

ew

[tired quest]

@deep sapphire

[tired quest]

I dont drink

[languid lava]

based and smart decision

[hard drift]

shame

[languid lava]

i should prolly do the same

[tired quest]

Only way i can stay this pretty

[hard drift]

lmao

[tired quest]

Drinking affects me a lot

[languid lava]

you dont get beauty sleep?

[tired quest]

Physically

[jaunty light]

have you tried working out extra hard

[languid lava]

i think isra is bigger than i am

[hard drift]

[modest moss]

drink tea with me

[tired quest]

Ok

[modest moss]

because we're cultured

[jaunty light]

don't lie to us

how many sugar cubes do you put in your tea old man

[modest moss]

none

[jaunty light]

how much milk

[modest moss]

just a dash

[hard drift]

Who tf puts sugar in tea

[tired quest]

Shue are ur teeth crooked

[jaunty light]

shameful shue

[languid lava]

is shue a walking british stereotype

[tired quest]

Yes

[languid lava]

fuuuuck

[jaunty light]

terrible people, terrorists, criminals, the english

[modest moss]

no tea for daisy

[tired quest]

Wtf

[modest moss]

bruh

shut up

[hard drift]

Shue saying bruh… I’m retiring 😭

[languid lava]

bruh

wait till shue starts saying brah

[modest moss]

seriously Honk, think before you say dumb shit

I'm not joking

[hard drift]

I’ll be dead

[modest moss]

Brahdori

[hard drift]

Time to die 😭

[deep sapphire]

Sleep tight, steeler

[languid lava]

hank you look young there

[odd sand]

That room...

[hard drift]

Wtf hank

[languid lava]

based degen room

[deep sapphire]

I bet he drives a Chevy

[languid lava]

at least the man has deodorant on his desk

[hard drift]

I’m leaving 😭 that pains me

[deep sapphire]

Voted more reliable than Mazda

Daily reminder

We’re kings

[languid lava]

but youre one of those problems

[deep sapphire]

Damn

That was pretty good

I’ll give it to you

[languid lava]

thanks

im on a roll

[deep sapphire]

Yeah no problem

[languid lava]

(a drunken bender)

[deep sapphire]

https://youtu.be/hVfvQ1mhTsE

[hard drift]

🙏 drunk club

[deep sapphire]

True

[tired quest]

Hi dad

See

[deep sapphire]

Hi son ilu

[tired quest]

I told you all

[deep sapphire]

Lmao his laugh gets me everytime

[hard drift]

You disgust me

[hard drift]

https://tenor.com/view/fordflex-ford-will-ferrell-wine-gif-13109778

[odd sand]

Ohno Truck-kun

[deep sapphire]

Found you guys a truck

[potent arrow]

I got it stuck

[umbral moss]

just get a breaker bar and unstick it

😮‍💨

[sly elk]

Oh god

Be careful with that

idk why but every other house I've lived in, the pipe the shower head attached to wasn't secured very well

so you kinda had to be careful to not rip the showerhead pipe off the main pipe >>

[sly elk]

ya know

The ASUS ROG Phone 6 has a ‘wireless’ thermoelectric cooler add-on

i'm impressed, they put more effort into that than they do their laptops. lol.

The company also provided some figures from more realistic scenarios. After a 60-minute session in the notoriously resource-intensive Genshin Impact (at 60Hz), "Frosty" mode lowered the phone's surface temperature from 44.8 degrees Celsius to 37.2, and "Frozen" mode took it down further by one degree. Under the same test environment, the ROG Phone 6 was apparently able to maintain an average frame rate of 59.7 fps while staying cool at 37.2 degrees Celsius in "Frosty" mode, whereas the iPhone 13 Pro Max apparently reached a lower 56.8 fps but higher 46.3 degrees Celsius, and the Samsung Galaxy S22 Ultra allegedly only managed 47.3 fps while reaching 47.9 degrees Celsius. This goes to show how cooling is key to maintaining a stable frame rate over a long period.

[sly elk]

ooof

https://www.reddit.com/r/techsupport/comments/vsd1i9/my_psu_just_exploded_i_need_help/

[dull garnet]

Lol

[buoyant wasp]

https://twitter.com/OneyNG/status/1544437637410279424?t=iyAre2_X_gkQkQNF3IBOSg&s=19

Chris (@OneyNG)

Fun fact: QR codes are 80% depleted and will run out around 2025

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[umbral moss]

poggin

I'm glad people are using them to spread covid/political misinformation then

good use of a finite resource

[deep sapphire]

@potent arrow I’m gonna make the Milwaukee Frankenstein with my impact driver

[potent arrow]

ohhh no LMFAO

[deep sapphire]

The guy who invented it tested it with bolts torqued to 500 ft lbs and it took them off in 3 seconds

Shit is insane

[hard drift]

[hard drift]

https://videocardz.com/newz/asrock-now-offers-amd-and-intel-wi-fi-6e-network-upgrade-cards-for-its-latest-motherboards this is pretty neat despite being asrock

[modest moss]

Sarah help... rtings says this is the best midrange 1440p monitor but you said don't buy LG

https://www.overclockers.co.uk/lg-27-27gp850-b-2560x1440-nano-ips-165hz-1ms-freesync-g-sync-compatible-widescreen-gaming-monitor-mo-169-lg.html

[umbral moss]

I didn't know there was a 1440/165 display

I thought the driver boards capped out at 144

[modest moss]

it's allegedly overclocked to 180

it looks kinda good though

[hard drift]

we already have 1440p 240 displays

[umbral moss]

maybe TN displays

[hard drift]

no, ips

[real edge]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ItPCOFR5xuU

helpful review video here

[hard drift]

https://www.amazon.com/dp/B08LR145ZY?tag=finaldesktopcom-20 this is just one of the big names but eve and such has 280 ones coming

[real edge]

if you want my opinion on the lg display

I tried a previous version of that same display years ago

I went from a very fast TN to that and it had tons of motion blur

[modest moss]

I'll watch that later when I don't have people running around

[real edge]

I couldn't handle it and I returned it

I have the samsung odyssey g7

and I am very happy with it

the curve ended up being a non-factor

but the key thing is

that your old monitor was already slow as hell

[modest moss]

curve makes me nervous

[real edge]

so you will not have the same problem as I did

[hard drift]

most of the time curved isn't curved enough to matter except for marketing

[real edge]

curve helps me see more of the games huds that are near the edges of the screen

[modest moss]

curved seem to have better prices, and interesting that you're suggesting samsung and bidori said steer clear

[real edge]

well

[modest moss]

I guess it's just another subjective thing, your eyes like one thing, his like another

[real edge]

my samsung g7 that I have is a unicorn

[hard drift]

^

it's really hit or miss lol

[real edge]

it had 0 of the issues people recorded

[umbral moss]

I still think you didn't have the framerate high enough, I don't see motion blur and my eyes are sensitive enough to detect line hum on a monitor

[real edge]

I went to the G7 and I did not notice any motion blur with the same specs

on the same games

[hard drift]

and i will say, my monitor is an LG panel although handled by a different company and it works fine 🙏

[real edge]

my advice would be for samsung displays, always buy from places with a no hassle 14 day return policy

cause their QA is questionable

my monitor is a unicorn

[modest moss]

the G7 is more than I want to spend really

[umbral moss]

samsung QA, good meme

[hard drift]

[umbral moss]

although acer isn't any better

[hard drift]

they have the g5 although idk if it's good or bad as i don't remember the specs on it

[umbral moss]

people were reporting getting XB270s with hair trapped between the panel and the matte screen

[modest moss]

my current acer is great tbh

[umbral moss]

[real edge]

may I see a list of displays that are on sale over there?

[modest moss]

https://uk.pcpartpicker.com/products/monitor/#F=685800000&r=256001440&D=120000,360000&P=2&sort=price&page=1

that's probably the closest way

can shop around a little

[real edge]

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

a notable thing I see on that list

the review I linked previously is for the non-b version of the monitor you linked

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PQoQMpkqOko&list=PL7m5C6_P_lnXb9cHwdo0Ct1TTZ7KUwm3e&index=2

another thing I see

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dDPq0uHNTyo&list=PL7m5C6_P_lnXb9cHwdo0Ct1TTZ7KUwm3e&index=3 this too

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=84LBVtBMLrU&list=PL7m5C6_P_lnXb9cHwdo0Ct1TTZ7KUwm3e&index=5 there is also this video

that is what I noticed through a quick skim through that list

[modest moss]

I'll skim through these later, I expect most of them will be fine lol

I am tempted by the LG, but also speedy recommended the dell he has, I do like dell monitors

[real edge]

I have not seen any notable dell displays as of late

[modest moss]

I might just go a bit cheaper and get an AOC or something, idk

[real edge]

I bought my monitor with the mindset that I am gonna be staring it a lot of the day so I might as well go for one of the better ones at a reasonable price point

ultimately anything would be better than what you currently have

but if you are planning on keeping this for a long time then getting a decent one would go a long way

there are some good cheap displays as well of course

the budget video has those

the ones I linked are cheap as well

[modest moss]

this is the one @dull garnet has, https://www.amazon.co.uk/Dell-S2721DGFA-Compatible-DisplayPort-Adjustable/dp/B08NFBKNMY/

[real edge]

so you should find something to your liking

that monitor is decent but its a fair bit old at this point in time

overall its good

but there are better ones nowdays

[dull garnet]

It is alright but tbh I'm not sure I'd recommend it. Had it nearly 2 years now and might consider a jump to a large 4K display for the desktop real estate. High Hz doesn't bother me so much, although g-sync is gr8

[hard drift]

do you have actual gsync or just gsync compatible?

oh wait nvm, that one says compatible

[modest moss]

I'll watch those videos later but I think the LG looks a good bet

[modest moss]

doesn't matter to me anyway, does it? my gpu says NVIDIA G-SYNC Yes

[hard drift]

Your gpu supports it yeah but the difference is how it’s done and certified

Gsync means it’s verified by nvidia, compatible just means it can do it

[real edge]

the review that I linked for the lg display is for the non-b version which is better than the b version, I will try to find one for the b version

[modest moss]

https://www.rtings.com/monitor/reviews/lg/27gp850-b

[real edge]

ahh yeah

there

[modest moss]

there's the rtings review, they ranked it best midrange gaming monitor

that's what's selling it to me

[real edge]

its good at first glance looking at the review yeah

[deep sapphire]

Milwaukee’s gen 3 impact driver is really leagues apart from the competition and it’s 3 years old

[real edge]

the contrast is garbage tho

but it should be ok for your needs

[deep sapphire]

Even with a socket adapter that fucker has 200 lbs ft of torque for a compact tool that’s nuts

[umbral moss]

poggin

[deep sapphire]

Milwaukee made a stubby M18 impact wrench and it’s pathetic lmao the M12 has more power and it’s smaller

So you can mod the driver and make a stubby impact wrench that is as powerful as a mid torque

How reliable it’ll be I dunno but the anvil is cheap so oh well

[odd sand]

I have the 1/2" drive M18 impact wrench from like 5-7 years ago, did I get the dud one then? heh

[real edge]

https://tftcentral.co.uk/recommendations/tftcentral-recommendations-list-gaming-monitors check out this website as well

its a QA thing that varies between each display, one person might get this and another one might not, its a gamble

the one I bought did not have such issues

[modest moss]

I wouldn't buy VA, I'd rather have IPS

[latent grotto]

microled when

[real edge]

most VA displays suck

only the odyssey line above g7 is good

and better than IPS

[hard drift]

They already have it, not cheap though

[real edge]

2k+ contrast with good colors

and amazing response times

[latent grotto]

wasn't it like $30k

[hard drift]

The best for cheap is like 2k usd

Oh wait micro

Not mini

Micro is still years out lol

[hard drift]

More than that

And it was short lived

That’s oled :p

[latent grotto]

hope you enjoy your free monitor with that warranty you're buying

[hard drift]

Lol

Yikes

Still no smh

Too much screen

[umbral moss]

not enough screen

just give me a 120 inch 4k/144 display so I can see it from my basement

[hard drift]

Wtf

[umbral moss]

https://tenor.com/view/hehe-raccoon-ornery-gif-10625001

[hard drift]

Git gud icehunter lol

Don’t use chrome

Yikes don’t use that either

[modest moss]

honestly

sounds like

a

skill

issue

yes

git gud

I can't wait to see what dumb minor issues I get

[hard drift]

I mean it is your fault lol

You setup the computer

Imagine using google instead of bing /s

🤢 google never

[modest moss]

oh

fans

I haven't ordered any

[umbral moss]

google sucks

[modest moss]

I've just ordered that noctua and the case

[hard drift]

Just get some cheap ones that get the job done

[modest moss]

should I buy extra

I have these https://www.amazon.co.uk/gp/product/B00NTUJRHK

pack of those

[hard drift]

How many do you have

More than fine

[modest moss]

5

[umbral moss]

I should buy a few more of those 140mm LED fans, you know, just in case

I got 19 of them for $5 a piece back in 2020

they're not the greatest fans but they're white LEDs with solid frames and good airflow/noise profiles

[hard drift]

Leds 😔

[umbral moss]

when you have so many of them it doesn't matter that they don't push 350 cfm

I intend to tie up 12 of them on my dual radiator setup

the rest are going to be used for my intake/exhaust on my custom sheet

[modest moss]

https://www.overclockers.co.uk/cooler-master-27-gm27-fqs-2560x1440-165hz-1ms-freesync-g-sync-widescreen-gaming-monitor-mo-000-cm.html

£20 steam voucher

FREEBIES

[umbral moss]

I require maximum cooling

12x140 should be enough to keep the reservoir temp at ambient

[hard drift]

Fan curves are easy

[umbral moss]

I just hard wire my fans into the PSU and let them run at full power

who cares

[hard drift]

Why tf do you need help

[hard drift]

Same 🙏 full speed ftw

With headphones not like you really hear them anyways lol

[umbral moss]

I have two 230mm fans mounted externally on my current case

they're 26dB a piece

[hard drift]

Yes it is

[umbral moss]

that's because one fan is quiet

13 of them isn't

[hard drift]

^

[umbral moss]

[umbral moss]

with my single 2x230 I get to around 49C with ambient being around 22C

that's GPU temp

the radiator reading is fairly close, like 45-ish

I also don't have a dedicated AC unit venting onto the radiators

¯_(ツ)_/¯

I'm pretty sure one or both of the exhaust 230mm fans that push air into the radiator are dead too, because my temps have spiked quite a bit in the last few months

you want positive case pressure to push dust out of the gaps in your chassis

I used to run a slight negative pressure from too many exhaust fans and the case used to get filled with dust in no time

like a damn vacuum cleaner

who would want a kingpin card so close to 40 series release

[kindred brook]

https://www.newegg.com/Product/ComboDealDetails?ItemList=Combo.4504507

IS IT TIME

BITE OR WAIT

[dull garnet]

imagine buying a 3090 ti now

[kindred brook]

its going to keep dropping right

[modest moss]

Raz, just buy things

even I bought things before you

[dull garnet]

don't listen to him

someone hacked shue's acc

[modest moss]

[kindred brook]

HAHAHAHAHAHA

DAD

HOW

kind of waiting for prime day >_>

but this is tempting

[umbral moss]

https://tenor.com/view/burning-money-ha-danny-devito-its-always-sunny-in-philadelphia-gif-15954739

[deep sapphire]

No lmao this came out like a year ago

Normally Milwaukee impacts are great it’s just the stubby for the M18 platform is kind of a joke when it’s bigger than the M12 and doesn’t make anymore power

IMO DeWalt has the best stubby rn the new atomic they released earlier this year can do like 350-400 lbs ft and it’s really compact

Light compact tools are really nice, sure it’s fun to use the big boys but they kinda fatigue your hand after awhile

[odd sand]

I find most of the weight is the battery

[vocal mountain]

Anyone here playing ff on an ultra wide? And do you like it lol

[deep sapphire]

As long as you center your HUD elements it’s not too bad

I find ultra widescreen better suited for single player games that don’t need a lot of focus

[deep sapphire]

Should’ve dunked it in acetone and got Milwaukee

[vocal mountain]

I've been on the fence between like a 3/4 monitor setup or an ultra wide. The multi monitor would be cheaper by far though

[deep sapphire]

Multi monitor would probably be better

You can have a movie on or something while you do some endless grind in game

[dull garnet]

you're limited to 16:9 during cutscenes

look pretty dumb

[sly elk]

https://i.redd.it/0kovy0e6nz991.gif

[sly elk]

moon I usually don't have that problem

[hard drift]

This was me doing my senior project 😭

[modest moss]

@potent arrow you about?

[potent arrow]

I have 2 exams every day for this week

im

really not alive

[modest moss]

it's not that important, I just wanted to ask you about a monitor

I remembered you saying don't buy LG, but rtings then said this LG is the best midrange monitor and my brain is smooth

https://www.lg.com/uk/monitors/lg-27gp850-b

[languid lava]

im ngl i agree wholeheartedly with fuck LG monitors

[modest moss]

but rtings

smooth brain

[languid lava]

wait shue

whatre you looking for in the monitor

pretty pictures?

refresh rate?

[modest moss]

yes

my current monitor is 1080p 75hz ips

[languid lava]

oh jesus

[modest moss]

I bought 3070ti and ordered 12700k etc

so this monitor is a bit eh

[languid lava]

yeah we need to get you an upgrade

im gonna lightly gesture you towards gigabyte monitors, theyve become quite popular lately + have a nice range of features

as full bias disclosure: ive owned one, it came damaged with lots of screen tearing, told customer service, its been replaced and works well now

[modest moss]

I feel like gigabyte have fallen off a bit in general

they used to be one of my go to brands, but my mate has a gigabyte 3090 that's a bit jank, and that psu drama

[languid lava]

fair enough, just wanted to give them a +1 on customer service side

my issue with lg is ive heard nothing but bad things with viewing angles + their black levels

[modest moss]

https://www.acer.com/ac/en/GB/content/model/UM.HV0EE.020 is my current

and it's pretty decent tbh

just won't do justice to the new bits

[languid lava]

heyyy i used to rock an acer as welll

they still rank up there for me on cheap monitors

exactly what you pay for

[modest moss]

I could get an acer

[languid lava]

ew

no

[modest moss]

https://www.amazon.co.uk/Acer-VG271USbmiipx-Gaming-Monitor-FreeSync/dp/B08NCWCS3R/ is an option

[languid lava]

shue youve got big boy parts

you need big boy monitor

[modest moss]

I don't want to spend over £300 though

[languid lava]

thats fine ezpz

[modest moss]

that LG is 300 and rtings, etc

[languid lava]

do you play at night?

[modest moss]

I mean, I live on EST, so yeah lol

from UK

it's 1am now, I'll go bed 5-6am usually

[latent grotto]

https://tenor.com/view/rookie-numbers-matthew-mc-conaughey-wolf-of-wall-street-gif-6096185

[modest moss]

hush Levant, I'm not a trust fund kid like you

[latent grotto]

its all my own money tho

But I feel like a $400 budget would open more options

[languid lava]

wait wtf shue

why are you

on this schedule

[modest moss]

$400 is about £300

[latent grotto]

oh

[modest moss]

eh just have been forever

[latent grotto]

i read 300 as freedom dollars

[sly elk]

yea if we want pretty pictures, I know the prettiest

the next best thing being that alienware 34" OLED or an LG 42" C2

the LG might have better pixel density

[modest moss]

yes that's super helpful, send me 5k

[sly elk]

34" 3440x1440 isn't that good :\

like everyone's all like

KYA YOU'RE BEING RIDICULOUS

and they type that on their 5" phone that probably has at least a 1920x1080 screen

[modest moss]

I mean, when I say my budget is £300, suggesting an £1100 monitor is pretty unhelpful

[sly elk]

sorry I was not being serious in my suggestion

you know I have a thing for that stupid monitor I will never buy

-checks what shue is looking at-

so you have a 1920x1080@75hz and want to go to a 2560x1440@170hz? that acer is even IPS. I don't see a problem

[modest moss]

as it is I'll probably buy the LG, but idk

[sly elk]

the LG has a height adjustable stand and the acer doesn't.. hmm what else

i'd take the LG as well

[languid lava]

but shueeeee

[modest moss]

I usually have the light on

[sly elk]

it has 10-bit color, as well

so the only reason I tend to not suggest LGs is in the US, dell/alienware monitors cost about the same and usually have 3 year warranties

[modest moss]

2 years on the LG

[sly elk]

yea it's not a night or day difference. IMHO LGs have better antiglare coatings

and all the new dell monitors have a really annoying 60hz flicker for me

i also like that dell/alienware had the 4 button thing with programmable hotkeys for say, switching inputs

but they dumped that for the joystick thing just like lg

that interface on my 8 year old 34" is awful and laggy. but I had a newer LG 34" at work that had a way more usable (faster) UI so, that's probably been resolved by now.

[modest moss]

hmm there's this dell at the same price as the LG

https://www.dell.com/en-uk/shop/dell-27-gaming-monitor-s2721dgfa/apd/210-axrq/monitors-monitor-accessories#techspecs_section

3 year warranty

[sly elk]

another thing to consider

LGs almost always use external power bricks

I find this very annoying

there's also a tradeoff between dell's ports-on-the-bottom and LG's ports-on-the-back

nothing really important or exciting, but worth considering if that matters to you XD

[modest moss]

this Dell is quite tempting actually

I do like Dell monitors

have an ancient 23" dell ips that's still working

[sly elk]

hehe. in my house there are 5 dell monitors and 2 LG monitors

[modest moss]

that's interesting, I've just realised this Dell is actually the one @dull garnet has

[sly elk]

oooo

[modest moss]

he likes it but eh doesn't sound like he loves it

[sly elk]

wonder why

[hard drift]

😭 this struggle is real, my monitor uses one and i bet it's because it's an lg panel

but it's still lovely 🙏

[umbral moss]

my LG monitor occasionally just doesn't wake and I have to unplug it for it to power the panel back on properly

[hard drift]

wtf lol

[umbral moss]

yeah, it's wild because it doesn't tell windows that it's not responding

[hard drift]

you updated the firmware?

[umbral moss]

so you can move the mouse into the dead monitor area and windows considers it as "active"

nah, it's a cheap $180 display I bought like 6 years ago when my last LG died

[hard drift]

rip

[umbral moss]

¯_(ツ)_/¯

I just use it to have afterburner diagnostics up

it doesn't need to be fancy or have 9000 hz refresh rate

turns on, displays diagnostics, perfect

[hard drift]

yeah, that's understandable

i still need to update my damn monitor smh

[umbral moss]

I still wonder why the LG just refuses to turn on out of wake sometimes though

such a weird issue

[hard drift]

idk, i've had issues like that before but mine was all fixed with a firmware update

this new firmware version is nice 🙏

[umbral moss]

I don't think this monitor even supports that, it's old and pretty no-frills

[hard drift]

could always check, i know there's communities out there that if it's a common problem write their own firmware

[modest moss]

this LG still seems likeliest winner

did I tell you guys I fucking hate tech?

[hard drift]

it's probably not terrible, idk if it's the same panel of the ones eve is using but the lg panel i have is okay

[hard drift]

nope, never /s

[modest moss]

fuck it yolo balls deep etc

[hard drift]

lol nice

[modest moss]

I'll build it by September

[hard drift]

[modest moss]

it's effort, because it's a knock on effect

repurpose existing hardware etc

move shit around

set things up for the kids, blah blah

tidy a desk

[hard drift]

lol

https://www.digitaltrends.com/mobile/android-lock-screen-ads-glance-coming-us-report/ another reason ios is superior @deep sapphire lets go iphone bros

[deep sapphire]

KEK

[analog aspen]

suggestion please

i only play FFXIV and Guild Wars 2.

[potent arrow]

tldr: ive had so much bad luck with them and shit I dont rec them to any of my clients or use them anymore

[odd sand]

FF14 is CPU-bound not GPU heavy, so you want a CPU with high single core boost speeds and AMD works best with 3600mhz ram AFAIK

New Intel and AMD CPUs are coming out this fall that are supposed to turbo up to 5.5-5.8ghz so maybe wait a little bit?

[umbral moss]

new CPU generation should also come with a new AM socket, right?

we're finally going to AM5?

[hard drift]

yes and no

they haven't said fully what they plan to do with am4, they just said "we still have plans for am4" or some shit

[umbral moss]

yeah, with the 5800XDDDD or whatever

[hard drift]

nah, there is a rumor of more x3d products

[umbral moss]

I know

that's going to be on AM4 because it's zen 3

[hard drift]

so maybe 5600x3d or 5900x3d

[umbral moss]

zen 4 will be going to a new socket

[hard drift]

lets hope it stays there

there was a rumor of zen4 on am4 smh

[umbral moss]

you don't want another hamstrung CPU release on a socket that came out 7 years ago

[hard drift]

the absolute only cpu i would ever want to see on am4 from the new gen is 5600g but with rdna igpu

[odd sand]

Although not sure about the GPU. With crypto eating shit atm it's hard to say whether it will be cheaper to get a 30 series card that is dropping in price now or wait for the 40 series

[hard drift]

but that likely won't happen lol

[hard drift]

we will likely see 40 series slot in around the same prices as this gen was supposed to be

[umbral moss]

yeah, and 40 series will be the card we expected to get with the 30 series

[hard drift]

at the low low cost of a huge electricity bill

[odd sand]

Was 30 series disappointing? I thought it basically just made up for 20 series being disappointing bc it had like "2 gens of power gain" to it

[hard drift]

i mean it was for sure disappointing, they failed by having one architecture of gpus basically

40 series will be gaming and server architecture

[umbral moss]

I just want to get a clean 2x my 10 series GPU

[modest moss]

Lol the timing, I ordered the LG a few minutes prior

[hard drift]

hey now, it's hit or miss just like samsung 🙏 each person has their own experiences 😭

[hard drift]

the problem with that is a clean 2x your gpu is going to 100% take a lot more power 😔

[modest moss]

If it sucks I'll go full karen

[hard drift]

remind me to block you if they suck 🙏

[analog aspen]

this will probably expensive at release my 2k'ish budget wont be enough

[modest moss]

You won't block me

[hard drift]

you're already going super overkill for ffxiv and gw2

[umbral moss]

I mean, I took a power penalty going from 2x780 to titan xp

[hard drift]

a 3080 for ffxiv and gw2 is a waste

[umbral moss]

I expect power consumption to go up, but I get 2x perf so it's worth it

[umbral moss]

pin the needle at 144 fps

[hard drift]

i mean going up sure, but basically doubling nah

[hard drift]

it'd pin it higher than that 😭

[umbral moss]

based

[hard drift]

what resolution do you game at?

[umbral moss]

I'm only getting 1440/90 out of my titan

[hard drift]

yeah but that titan is how old now?

[umbral moss]

uh... 6 years?

[hard drift]

exactly

almost 3 generations old

[analog aspen]

FFXIV 7.0 and GW2 trying to update their graphics just want my rig to be able to play smoothly.

[hard drift]

the graphics update won't be that much

they're still keeping the damn ps4 around smfh

[analog aspen]

currently my monitor support 144hz but only 1080p.

[hard drift]

that 3080 is extremely overkill

do you plan on going up?

[analog aspen]

might get a higher resu with 144hz or more after a year.

[hard drift]

i'd only go 3070/3070ti for 1080p/1440p

[umbral moss]

4k/144

[hard drift]

😎 hell yeah

i want 4k mini led 😭

[umbral moss]

although I don't know if I want 4k while windows hidpi still sucks shit'

[hard drift]

i need a good multimedia monitor

[hard drift]

my 4k 144hz monitor works just fine :p

[umbral moss]

opening mirc on my surface has these teeny little buttons everywhere because windows doesn't scale it correctly

[hard drift]

mirc?

[analog aspen]

ah so we are tied to console.

[hard drift]

also if the 5800x3d and 5800x are the same/close in price go for the x3d

[hard drift]

always have been lmfao

we've been tied to the console pretty much since the game was (re)created

[analog aspen]

hmm since i doubt any new mmo can be as good of ffxiv and gw2 cough ashes of creation.. 3070 hmm.

[hard drift]

you figure if they plan on keeping the ps4 around, you could get by gpu wise with even a 3050/3060 since a ps4 basically is an rx 480 or some shit

[hard drift]

the highest i would go if you plan on playing ffxiv/gw2 is 3070/3070ti and that's 100% because it will still be overkill for the graphics updates

[analog aspen]

only 8gb of 3070 ti is available 1080p or higher needs more vram correct?

[hard drift]

for those games no

even at 1440p you'd be fine for most things

4k is where it would be questionable but depending on the game you could get by

[analog aspen]

im happy to get a stable 60 fps in populated areas in 4k xd.

[hard drift]

lol, at 4k especially if you go max, you'll be lucky to get 60 fps at times for populated areas

[umbral moss]

I should really finish my stupid fuckin case

[hard drift]

what's wrong with it?

[umbral moss]

it's a pile of raw wood boards and not a box

lmao

[hard drift]

wtf

[umbral moss]

I bought a board tray and backplane support, oh, uh, at least four years ago

shortly before caselabs went under

[hard drift]

jesus smh

[umbral moss]

I didn't have a real work area to do the cuts with

was always a "you're going to need a house to finish this" project

[hard drift]

how much is the 5800x3d in your area vs the 5800x?

[analog aspen]

their lower the psu watts to 750 and swap the ram to 3600 couldn't find a cl16 in other brands mostly cl18.

[hard drift]

that's fine, CL won't matter too much for most users

[umbral moss]

CL doesn't really matter under anything short of benchmark conditions lmao

[hard drift]

yeah lol

[umbral moss]

like the dorks who benchmark their nvme drives

[hard drift]

my CL 19 ram i got for 200 bucks is still chugging

[umbral moss]

"this one is faster by 250MB/s"

[hard drift]

and my ram has lifetime warranty

[umbral moss]

great, you literally never use your SSD like a benchmark will

[analog aspen]

340 - 5800x
465 - 5800x3d

[umbral moss]

the average user's use case is like, "load a game for 30 seconds, idle for 23 hours"

[hard drift]

ah, nvm then

[hard drift]

gotta afk in limsa

[umbral moss]

I mean, SSDs don't really get any use lmao

it's one of those things that people made a big deal about having m.2 PCI-e 4x raid 0

just to use it like 0.00002% of the time

[modest moss]

Don't tell ed I bought a 980 pro then

[hard drift]

[modest moss]

I didn't buy 2 though

[umbral moss]

I mean, they all come in m.2 now

my point is that people freak out over how fast it is when those speeds are only realized with sustained IO like you'd find in a data farm

the performance delta between a SATA SSD and nvme SSD is pretty small

[analog aspen]

USD 1680.50

compared to my 1st build which is 2k USD.

[hard drift]

should be good 🙏

[latent grotto]

looks good but a m-atx board is gonna look small in that case, also whats the cpu cooler

[hard drift]

probably reusing their old one

[analog aspen]

Not using cpu cooler atm.

Do ryzen 7 runs hot?

[hard drift]

wtf you mean

All cpus need a cooler 😭

[latent grotto]

[analog aspen]

Im using a gaming laptop rn xd

And never use a cpu cooler other thn the stock.

[modest moss]

you need one

something like beQuiet! Dark Rock Pro 4 or similar

[hard drift]

Ah you said previous build so i assumed desktop

[sly elk]

ryzen 7s don't come with a cooler in the box anymore, right?

[hard drift]

I don’t believe so

[sly elk]

yea I have bad news, the 5800x in particular runs quite hot.

or at least, afaik it only uses the cores on one chiplet, so the heat is concentrated in one spot, and that makes it harder to cool

maybe I'm parroting bad advice but the thing I heard was to either do a 5700x or a 5900x

[real edge]

5800x here is 280 euro and x3d is 480euro

[dull garnet]

5600x

[analog aspen]

im new to this cpu cooler because i never buy one before and just use the stock of intel when i was using my desktop 10 years ago.

[sly elk]

https://www.thedrive.com/news/stellantis-designer-wants-to-delete-all-screens-from-car-interiors

❤️

there is a mighty big catch here

Among the latter is one of Stellantis' top designers, who has declared a plan to eliminate all screens from cars he designs in the future.

THIS SOUNDS LIKE WHEN CAR DESIGNERS DELETE MIRRORS FROM THEIR DESIGNS

and then the actual mirrors are uninspired shit

so it probably means excellent dashboard with an ugly af tablet sticking out

[umbral moss]

https://i.imgur.com/H12Qfyr.png

I do not enjoy those dips in GPU utilization while I'm playing overwatch 2

because they correspond to a complete client lockup

[sly elk]

that sucks 😦

[umbral moss]

to be fair, I'm using a driver from last year so maybe it's just a driver issue

[paper tusk]

current nvidia ones suck so not a big loss

[umbral moss]

sometimes a game comes out that actually requires updated drivers 😔

[odd sand]

Just saw the GN video about the Thermal Grizzly cpu mount. I wonder if something like that will be necessary for the Raptor CPUs or if they will have addressed it

[hard drift]

It’ll 100% be necessary if using a current motherboard

[odd sand]

And they mention LGA1700/1800 ... the 13th gen are supposed to have more pins but fit in the same dimensions I take it?

[hard drift]

And let’s be honest, not everyone is getting a new motherboard

[odd sand]

Maybe, but how many ppl replace a year old CPU usually?

[hard drift]

People who went budget for this reason

[umbral moss]

people who wanted to use windows 11

[hard drift]

Pfft nah

Windows 11 just needs tpm 2.0

That’s easy to get without going that recent

[umbral moss]

reminder you can still buy microsoft branded products that can't install windows 11

[odd sand]

You can technically semi-officially run Win11 on ones as old as 3rd gen bc some of those boards have TPM 2.0 headers on them

[umbral moss]

the notable failure is the surface book 2

which hasn't been refreshed yet, costs $2500, and can't run windows 11

because of stupid ass TPM compliance

[odd sand]

And you can unofficially run Win11 on whatever you want almost, because if you do a small registry tweak and copy one DLL from a Win10 install into the Win11 folder you can install Win11 even without TPM at all etc.

[umbral moss]

and microsoft wants to go even further with pluton, which literally nothing supports

https://www.motortrend.com/reviews/2022-acura-nsx-type-s-first-test-review/

even motor trend knows that american auto companies suck at designing cars

spend $15 designing a car, it's a sales flop

see cars don't make money

[odd sand]

I'm still convinced american auto companies intentionally neglected their car platforms to pump SUV sales. Then use that to justify cancelling the cars bc the SUVs have higher margins

Bc Japan and Korea has no problems still marketing cars (even though they do offer quite a few SUVs these days as well)

[umbral moss]

I'm 200% certain that's the case

GM hasn't designed their own small car in, uh, 50 years?

it's either holden or daewoo

and since daewoo was a shit brand like hyundai in the early 90s, you can guess why GM cars are garbage

[deep sapphire]

The Camaro ZL1 says otherwise

Probably the most badass looking car in the modern era

[umbral moss]

I like the challenger more 😮‍💨

[deep sapphire]

obb

[hard drift]

https://videocardz.com/newz/intel-nuc-x15-alder-county-reference-laptops-to-feature-core-i7-12700h-cpu-and-arc-a730m-a550m-graphics

[modest moss]

yay my wifes pc is fucked, I get to do a fresh install

I hate technology

it sucks

I should return everything

just buy a new phone

play mobile gachas

[odd sand]

What did she do

[sly elk]

pretty

this kinda thing makes me not want to own a jeep :S
https://jalopnik.com/jeep-driver-gets-misdemeanor-after-trying-to-hit-a-cycl-1849147215

every other fuckwad that does that shit seems to have a jeep now

[modest moss]

wish I knew, but it's a mess so it's better this way, start over

[odd sand]

Although that seems far more likely to be hate-crime related than bc he didn't like him biking.

Although it is Texas so it could be both

[wise oriole]

would se ever add DLSS to the game?

does that even work with mmos?

Or FSR whatever

[hard drift]

buy an rog phone 😎

[hard drift]

probably not

FSR would work better more than likely but even then not worth it

the game takes nothing to run anyways

[wise oriole]

yeah but aren't they going to overhaul the graphics eventually?

or so I have heard

[hard drift]

not that much

they plan on having ps4 still

the game won't be much better anyways

ps4 is dirt compared to a lot of pcs these days

[wise oriole]

yeah and in japan no one has a pc

good point

[sly elk]

yea but it's like the 3rd time some jackass in a jeep did something like this 😦

[inland mauve]

what makes someone go "I will murder you" at a cyclist

making the decision to take someone's life because they're on a bike

imo someone who decides that is not fit to have a driver's licence

[sly elk]

yea for sure

[sly elk]

i like

[modest moss]

I think that's ugly af

[sharp star]

Alright in need of a bit of advice for Steam Deck microSD cards. 512GB fine for the 512GB model or can I push it to 1TB

I can go for 1TB but I don't really wanna install that many games on it

[umbral moss]

because bicycles are always where they shouldn't be and don't give a fuck about following the rules of the road

catch them on the sidewalk going 30mph on those fucking e-bikes and cursing at pedestrians

catch them in main car-only roadways running stop signs and red lights

and cutting through traffic

fuck bicyclists

[modest moss]

[bitter girder]

lucozade

[umbral moss]

give me that face all you want, I've almost been run over by gig delivery drivers on e-bikes and scooters doing car speeds on the sidewalk

then they give you the finger because you're on the sidewalk

[sharp star]

https://twitter.com/GraphicallyChal/status/1436057664706924562 lmao

Graphically Challenged (BAN MINING) (@GraphicallyChal)

RTX 40 MSRP Price predictions. Miners & gamers voted with their wallets.

RTX 4090 - $2,999
RTX 4080 Ti - $1,999 (late release)
RTX 4080 - $1,199
RTX 4070 - $799
RTX 4060 Ti - $499
RTX 4060 - $399
RTX 4050 Ti - $329
RTX 4050 - $279

I hate this.

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[umbral moss]

fuck you, go in the bike lane, that's why we had to waste half the street on it

[sharp star]

idk if this still holds up

[modest moss]

those aren't bicycles

[umbral moss]

boring ass foot powered bikes aren't any slower

messengers on bikes used to be doing 15-20mph if they were in good shape

[modest moss]

sounds like you need a bike

[umbral moss]

and they also rode wherever the fuck they wanted

sidewalks aren't bike lanes

and if you're in the road you can't just run red lights because "eh, I'm on a bike, those rules are for cars"

I considered getting an ebike lmao

[hard drift]

i highly doubt it'll be that much of a jump

[umbral moss]

30mph top speed plus you can get exercise and a 62 mile electric range

could go to gril's apartment and fold that shit up to recharge

but it's $3500

[umbral moss]

I believe it, between dipshits paying gouged prices ez 👏 and the fact that the 40 series will be more complicated on a different node

give me that 4090 ti though, 2x titan xp performance

[hard drift]

nah, i wouldn't because if that's the case people will just buy 30 series stock since nvidia has too damn much of it anyways lmao

[umbral moss]

oh, you mean like what happened with the 10 series?

[hard drift]

yeah

[umbral moss]

the 20 series arrived at some stupid fucking price regime and everyone was like "fuck that, we'll just buy 10 series cards"

[hard drift]

yup

[umbral moss]

but nvidia still raised prices to the 20 series level anyway

so ultimately the consumers will complain but their vote doesn't matter

[hard drift]

i mean 20 series was stupid anyways lol

it brought basically nothing for actual gains

not to mention 20 series was what started these prices

[umbral moss]

because a third of the die is tied up in non-gaming functions to enable all the compute functionality nvidia intentionally removed from their geforce series to drive prosumer users towards the tesla product

if only nvidia had used a unified compute architecture like fermi

[hard drift]

we don't want the grill back 😭

[umbral moss]

member when FP64 GPGPU calculations were 1/3 in fermi, and 1/64 in turing?

pepperidge farm remembers

[hard drift]

lmao

i have hope 40 series will actually be better than the gains they've been bringing recently but if those are the prices, it's a moot point since 20 series didn't do too well and this would be another 20 series basically

[umbral moss]

if it brings 1:1 RTX on/off at 4k it'll be worth it

[hard drift]

it won't

[umbral moss]

with a boost clock of 2.5GHz it better lmao

[hard drift]

i mean yeah it better but it 100% won't lmao

[deep sapphire]

You don’t want FP64 it does fuck all for gaming and takes up more die

A good gaming GPU is designed to do 1 thing, push pixels as fast as possible

[fallow yoke]

Anyone have experience running XIV on Steam Deck? I can get past launcher, but after selecting data center I get stuck on black screen with loading circle

[deep sapphire]

FP32 is better around that

[umbral moss]

that's all the tensor cores do lmao

it's just re-adding the compute functions nvidia removed

[hard drift]

might want to ask in #952326072542847016 there might even be some threads in there already

[umbral moss]

RTX is all computational, it's not pixel pushing

[hard drift]

they do have a point on this one hank sadly 😔

[fallow yoke]

is there a way to search thread titles or something?

[deep sapphire]

RTX uses a different chip on the card

[umbral moss]

all the whiz-bang "machine learning" and "AI" stuff nvidia is hyping is just compute power from the tensor cores

[deep sapphire]

The main die is primarily rasterization

[hard drift]

then type after that what you are looking for, this case being steamdeck

[fallow yoke]

that got it thanks

[umbral moss]

I know, but it's tying up die space with nothing but compute functionality

imagine if the whole die was capable of compute or pixel pushing

[deep sapphire]

FP64 is why AMD never had any decent gaming GPUs until they introduced Navi

[hard drift]

you leave vega alone 😭

[deep sapphire]

But they did great in heavy computation

[hard drift]

vega was great considering that people no longer give a shit about powerdraw anymore /s

[umbral moss]

AMD's GPGPU approach is why they can still use raytracing even though it's not optimized for their uarch

[deep sapphire]

Vega was dog shit and you know it lol

HBM was a meme

[umbral moss]

nvidia would just be like "ugh, compute" and eat shit

[hard drift]

but nvidia is doing the same shit now basically

pushing the power for more performance

[deep sapphire]

Yeah

More performance

[hard drift]

instead of creating a good architecture

[deep sapphire]

[hard drift]

vega had more than gcn and you fucking know it lmao

[deep sapphire]

Well yeah it’s a tok architecture

They always do this

[hard drift]

i mean it still was a lot better

[deep sapphire]

Vega had high bandwidth computational power which translated to no gaming benefit

[hard drift]

amd really had nothing except vega for high performance because gcn is so shit

[deep sapphire]

Computation has no relevance to rasterization performance

[hard drift]

and that's why gcn failed as well

[hard drift]

and yeah it doesn't but it'll be needed to work with rasterization since raytracing is compute heavy

[deep sapphire]

Ray tracing in its current incarnation wasnt a thing during that time

And even then that’s a niche feature few care about

[hard drift]

true, it's still too taxing to really care

[deep sapphire]

A CPU is designed to compute, a GPU should be designed to push a lot of pixels

That design works and should continue the trend

Nobody gives a fuck about GPGPU except niche industries and schools

[hard drift]

https://videocardz.com/newz/forspoken-the-first-pc-game-to-use-microsoft-directstorage-has-been-delayed-to-january-2023 😔 we will never see directstorage at this rate 😭

[deep sapphire]

Handicapped by AMD chipsets I’m sure

[hard drift]

nah this is what they said

[umbral moss]

it will be a relevant thing in the future though

raytracing makes a lot of back-end game development a lot easier

because you can just set physical rules and let the engine do the lightmaps in real time

instead of having to bake them all as part of the map

I would be very surprised to see games using non-RT lighting schemes in the future, it's just easier

[potent arrow]

@deep sapphire

[umbral moss]

I bought a milwaukee drill and my junior engineer was like "nice, spending money on the good stuff" when I gave it to him

¯_(ツ)_/¯

I have a dewalt at home

dewalt routers have an OK reputation, they're cheaper than festool so I make do

[potent arrow]

My hot take is that festool is pretty much only good for their cutting implements and specialty joiner tools

[umbral moss]

is that a hot take?

I don't know from tools, I just buy whatever I can afford

I'm not a brand apologist

[deep sapphire]

LMAO

[hard drift]

If only hank was the same :p

[umbral moss]

is dewalt good? who knows

it's cheap and I have a few batteries so that's what I use now

[potent arrow]

I mean, jokes aside unless you a real hard ass power tool user it's fine. Just use whatever ecosystem you have.

[hard drift]

Lol i was more talking pc stuff but also applies to that

[potent arrow]

I do however like Milwaukee, they are expensive but I know at the end of the day they'll get the job done and not crap out on me

[umbral moss]

even if you are a hard power tool user you'll end up breaking shittier ones anyway

[potent arrow]

Y'all fuck around with PCs I just buy whatever is good price to performance : P

Which in the last two years or so has been amd.

[umbral moss]

I just build one top of the line machine every decade or so

[hard drift]

Same 🙏 even gpu wise

[potent arrow]

For personal builds, yeah that's about what I do : P

[hard drift]

Hope intel can actually compete 😭

[umbral moss]

the performance depreciation begins as soon as you click "buy" so you may as well get the most life you can out of the parts

I have so many pumps and reservoirs for my new build lmao

[potent arrow]

I mean I complain a lot but uhm, I don't think I need to replace my computer anytime soon

[hard drift]

You need to actually maintain it 😭

Did you ever do the fans?

[umbral moss]

I put this together in a hurry because I killed my pc in 2016

so this is weird unoptimized junk other than the light OC and watercooling adapter