pc-gaming

[ivory drum]

Hello, everyone I’m new here!

[blissful wharf]

yeah, I also see this better for businesses and data centres.

[blissful wharf]

hi Lisa,welcome to the server!

[dusky wave]

and new pc gamers

[blissful wharf]

true

[cinder veldt]

If my computers offers sata i will USE sata

[vagrant bridge]

ok

[soft heron]

Try out WFC and FOC on PC!

[azure sierra]

Do you guys think I should buy Horizon zero dawn or Ghost of tsushima? Gonna play both on max graphics and ray tracing (if available). I want a good story, beautiful world design etc.

[icy orbit]

theyre pretty different

id choose tsushima personally

[blissful wharf]

I'd choose horizon zero dawn but just be aware there's the remaster too.

alot of people do love Tsushima

[normal plover]

They are both beautiful and well designed games. I personally like Tsushima

[formal trail]

guys

[cloud sentinel]

yeah its worth it!!

[pulsar cargo]

Stupid question -- how can a GPU driver degrade CPU performance? I'm getting low 1st 80FPS on the latest 26.1.1 but on an older driver 23.11.1 I'm getting 170FPS low 1st. On the latest driver the CPU score is 80ish FPS but on the older one it's 180. I can't figure it out 😭 How on earth can a GPU driver make my CPU performance worse?! Makes no sense. 😅

The CPU is the bottleneck on the latest driver 26.1.1 with 80ish FPS. But on the older GPU driver it's not. Min on latest is 80ish but on the earlier one it's 170+.

[hidden fox]

Does anyone know if I can get AC brotherhood achievements on xbox if I play it on pc gamepass?

[dusky wave]

No

[smoky flame]

Definitely makes no sense lol. Have you looked online to see of any similar reports with the same driver and game? I’m sure something like this would be noticed and widely reported by other users by now

[pulsar cargo]

Been searching basic terms, but not noticed anything. Will post on Reddit to see what others say 😅 weird as heck though.

[dusky wave]

Only games from 2020 and newer have cross progression. So once u finish on pc u need to load up the game like a Valhalla on Xbox for the achievement to unlock. But for older games u need to play on Xbox to unlock the achievements

[pulsar cargo]

I have my 6750XT/5600X on 26.1.1 and the perf is really good. But on this 11600KF/7800XT it's bad 😭 😅

[smoky flame]

Ok, now that makes it even stranger when the better GPU is somehow performing worse. Only thing I can think of asking is whether or not you changed any settings via config files that could have otherwise changed things for the odd performing system

[pulsar cargo]

Same config, same settings. I changed the exact same things + all run on low.

[smoky flame]

[dusky wave]

Let me guess it's cod ....again

[pulsar cargo]

I didn't try the GPU scheduling but can't see that making a massive difference

[hidden fox]

so ac brotherhood can't do that? i gotta play it on xbox... rip ;-;

[hidden fox]

how do i see what games can and cant do that

[pulsar cargo]

It's doubled from the older driver to the newer driver lol

[smoky flame]

I don’t think that would change much, only improve frame gen support if anything

[pulsar cargo]

Obviously I'm annoying @dusky wave so I'll just be quiet now 😅 will post on Reddit to see what others say. 👍

[dusky wave]

Its any Ubisoft game from 2020 I think fc6 and ac Valhalla were the first ones. Also isn't brotherhood MP has been shutdown

[hidden fox]

MP yeah but im playing story

[dusky wave]

Brotherhood is pretty good

[pulsar cargo]

Someone I know was selling a DualSense controller that's got upgraded TMR anti-drift sticks. So I bought it off him 😄 🎉

£35.50 - can't wait to try it out!

[dusky wave]

Nice

Let's see if it can withstand the punishment it will get in mp cod Luigi lol

[mellow lintel]

english only in server, for moderation reasons

[restive fulcrum]

Okay, sorry.

[smoky flame]

think I'm finally stopping using Frame Gen again 😄 Instead I'll now opt to run games at 4K maxed settings with DLSS (4.5) set to ultra performance mode and I'll be very surprised to see if there is games that can't maintain a good 60+ FPS at those sorts of settings on a 5080

[heavy marsh]

Why did you choose to stop, if I can ask? What are you gaining/losing by making this switch?

Frame Gen stuff is still a new thing for me that im learning about

[normal plover]

Interesting choice. I’d rather use a higher dlss quality supplemented with frame gen

[smoky flame]

just a preference thing really plus DLSS 4.5 seems to be really good, even on ultra performance - a mode that was previously recommended to be used only when gaming at 8K. May revisit frame generation again once Nvidia adds support for both 6x multi frame gen and dynamic multi frame generation but for now at least I'm not using it

[heavy marsh]

ah gotcha

i mean, i assume less latency overall but is it noticeably different?

[smoky flame]

feels about the same but with frame gen it will lower the FPS to smooth things out between a factor of 2-4x and ideally you want to try and keep the FPS at least 60 for it at all times, which becomes harder the higher that multiplier gets

[devout remnant]

@smoky flame Stop Gap till the 4K version is out

Will collect it over the weekend

Wanted the 540Hz one but I cannot do the Silver Bezels!

[smoky flame]

for example. 88 average FPS won't suddenly double with frame gen enabled and set to 2x that average FPS will likely show around 160 FPS instead of the expected 176 FPS if it did double seeing as there is some compute overhead

[smoky flame]

ooh, nice. You'll be getting a sneak preview of the Tandem OLED

[devout remnant]

Yesss I’m interested to see how impactful the colours and brightness will be on this!

[smoky flame]

I'm still going to see what releases this year and check reviews before potentially buying another monitor. Haven't had this one I have for 2 years yet (that would be coming up in July) and even though it lacks support for displayport 2.1 or Tandem OLED it could likely still last me a while longer yet. I don't even have 4000 hours in "total power on" time yet 😄

[devout remnant]

Yeah fair enough,
I’ve always wanted Glossy and the Tandem is a bonus!!!

[blissful wharf]

https://vxtwitter.com/digitalfoundry/status/2021619473757954505?s=46

Digital Foundry (@digitalfoundry)

We looked into reports that new DRM on Resident Evil 4 PC is impacting CPU performance and can confirm there are problems. The game doesn't run as well as it used to - and that's not acceptable. https://www.digitalfoundry.net/news/2026/02/tested-resident-evil-4-remakes-new-pc-drm-impacts-cpu-performance

vxTwitter / fixvx · Feb 11, 2026, 4:16 PM

[dusky wave]

let me test it. also a great game to play on friday the 13th

[blissful wharf]

[dusky wave]

it wont be something subzero will play tomorrow lol

i get around 80fps with max settings. around 60-70 with RT

[blissful wharf]

honestly I think most people won't care, consoles are usually 30-60 but when you have a high end GPU you're gonna want all that extra performance lol

that's a 4070 so I wonder how much worse it is for the 30 series

[dusky wave]

i have a 6800xt so 3080 equivalent and this is natively no upscaling

[dusky wave]

fr. its not like its COD that u need to squeeze every frame u can get

[blissful wharf]

that's pretty good then I think, I have the 3060TI so I would guess it's about 40-60

[dusky wave]

there about. u probably can get more on medium/high settings

[blissful wharf]

I could check as I own the game but it's currently on my HDD, my SSDs are full😂+ the transfer for HDD sucks

[dusky wave]

yeah. i was planning on playing village and 4 on friday for friday the 13th

[blissful wharf]

I actually remember running it on HDD and the experience is terrible, I got to a deadend at a door because it would not load in

[dusky wave]

my rule of thumb is to install anything that mandatory requires ssd on the ssd especially those that have RT

[blissful wharf]

hypee now you just need a spooky movie too

[dusky wave]

netflix scream movies

[blissful wharf]

100%

I do the same

[blissful wharf]

hell yeah

[dusky wave]

i could get away from installing games like the tales series remasters on hdd

[blissful wharf]

I've never played those

[dusky wave]

they are JRPG. very long though for full completions.

that reminds me i need to see if there any mods i want to use in re4

[blissful wharf]

yeah, honestly not my favourite genre of games, I do love trying something new every now and then so I don't completely avoid them either

[dusky wave]

its my favorite im working on ff7 rebirth its gonna be a long completion....

[blissful wharf]

wishing you the best on your quest to completion

[dusky wave]

i brought both remake and rebirth long before the xbox ports was announced

i just couldnt wait lol...

yeah just a tad bit worse in re4

[blissful wharf]

it seems pretty silly on their end to have changed it after three years, hopefully it gets sorted out again

[cinder swan]

I have always wanted a gaming laptop that is also touch screen Board of @steel sinew

[pulsar cargo]

????

[opal portal]

Ordered my gaming laptop.

Even though this channel is pc gaming.

[mellow lintel]

still counts

hope you enjoy it!

[soft heron]

Does anyone want a video game recommendation?

[dusky wave]

which? just curious

[devout remnant]

God of War / God of War Ragnarok

[devout remnant]

@smoky flame it’s home 😄🙏✨

[smoky flame]

How does it look compared to your previous monitor? Noticeable improvement?

[devout remnant]

Colours pop so much more

Blacks are somehow more intense and a lot deeper.

I was watching some 4K HDR videos and the brightness, colour and “pop” effect is unreal

Definitely a step up in class and quality imo

And it’s almost half the price of my LG (albeit lower Hz)

I’d say if you have an OLED but really care for Vivid colours, or have a QD panel and don’t like the purple haze/tint then maybe worth it if you’re selling / buying a 4th Gen Tandem OLED

If it’s your first upgrade to OLED then imo no other option at this price, size and resolution

[smoky flame]

Sounds really good

I had a look earlier to see what monitors are releasing that support Tandem OLED and Displayport 2.1 with max bandwidth and 4K resolution with 240Hz or greater. LG has one that is incoming, the 32GX870B

[devout remnant]

That’s the one I’m waiting for ASUS to release

Because LG is going with a Matte finish whereas ASUS uses the TrueBlack Glossy

And I prefer Glossy over Matte

[smoky flame]

I thought this one was a glossy finish from LG too? Kind of surprised they don’t release such a monitor before anyone else seeing as they are also the makers of said panels

[pulsar cargo]

Sure, go ahead

[dusky wave]

im wondering what flakk's recommendation is

[cinder veldt]

i hope flakk cooks with his recommendation

[soft heron]

War For Cybertron , Fall Of Cybertron , MP goes hard, discord called ReEnergized will direct you from there. Whole games to me are like a new dimension of Quake.

[soft heron]

It’s up

[soft heron]

That’s correct, I did.

[dusky wave]

u do know those been delisted on pc for like almost a decade right? we cant buy them at all

[dusky wave]

plus i play them on the 360 wasnt all that interested in them at all but thanks for recommendation. I thought u gonna recommend a modern game.

[devout remnant]

1). LG Display is not LG Electronics.

LG Display make the panels and LG Electronics make the Monitors.

2). There’s two options available, Matte or Glossy, and LG Electronics traditionally has gone with the cheaper and perhaps more “popular” Matte option since it’s a PC Monitor.
ASUS will go for its more Premium Glossy finish.

[smoky flame]

ooh, ok. Sorry about not being aware of that with the LG thing. I might wait and see what ASUS release then as I want to check out this glossy finish

ASUS monitors don't require the use of Armory Crate do they?

[devout remnant]

No, although you can download “DisplayWidget” which lets you control monitor settings from your desktop however I chose to do it the old school way and did all my settings off the monitor itself 😄

[smoky flame]

same, though tbh on my monitor the software LG uses kind of has limited options so I'm left to use the settings from the monitor side but its no biggie really - though I do wish LG made it so this monitor could be controlled via a remote as one of the other ones they released about the same time does have that, which would have meant no touching the monitor lol

[devout remnant]

Interesting

Remote control would be cool but then it’s another app for something you probably do once and leave it unless you’re constantly changing I guess 😄

[smoky flame]

don't think there was any app involved in using the remote for this monitor. Let me see if I can find what model it was

ok, its older than the one I have. LG 27GR95QE-B and it seems having it in the same room as an LG OLED TV may be a bad idea as the remote uses the same frequency lol

[smoky flame]

@devout remnant I wish I didn't now but I watched some reviews of the ASUS PG27AQWP-W and I really like it! That but in 4K and greater than 240Hz and my wallet is in serious trouble 😄

[devout remnant]

That’s what’s coming but it will be 240Hz at least this year.

I’m sure 360/480Hz panels in 4K won’t too far behind that include the latest gen of OLED

[coarse yarrow]

Can anyone help me get games for windows live working on my pc please?

[dusky wave]

Wasn't that shut down years ago

Unless u have a working key u can't run them on ur pc

[coarse yarrow]

Theres a way to run it and get achievements

[pulsar cargo]

Wonder if these are safe to install 😂

[patent hound]

surely windows would never have issues with updates /s

[slate jolt]

I can help you out of it if you don’t mind

[coarse yarrow]

bot

[fiery violet]

I’m trying to go into Roblox but when I try joining a game it says I don’t have access to and I have an Xbox account on my Microsoft pc and it tell me to verify my age and when I have it my passport and Face ID for the verification it just says error something went wrong and can’t verify age so I can’t play Roblox at all and I need help

[pulsar cargo]

Something didn't go as planned 😔😕

Stupid updates

Idk how updates that are really, really..... broken get pushed to stable 😐

There's damn testers for stuff like this 😐

[blissful carbon]

personally I avoid installing updates as soon as they come out...

[pulsar cargo]

Cool but that shouldn't be the case when there's testing channels for updates!

[arctic axle]

whats a good game on premium

[blissful carbon]

I agree

[lyric cave]

My monitor exploded how do i fix it?

[smoky flame]

exploded? How?!

[dusky wave]

I highly doubt that lol

[lyric cave]

im not joking man

[smoky flame]

if your monitor really did explode then that sucks as I don't think there is a whole lot you could do about that in terms of trying to fix it. If the monitor is still under warranty you could try reaching out to the retailer or manufacturer otherwise you'll more than likely have to buy a new monitor

[dusky wave]

Agreed

[iron spindle]

Lol maybe you shouldnt have droped C4 onyour monitor. Keep the c4 for battlefield next time expolded

[lyric cave]

ok ill go buy another because there wasnt a warranty

[icy orbit]

monitors usually have a decent length warranty so must be pretty old

[old kayak]

I am so excited. I am finally going to get a decent gaming monitor for my Mac that is 165hz and HDR 10 Enabled.

[icy orbit]

nice

[thick hemlock]

wspppp

[deep python]

HELLO

[nimble palm]

hello

[real quartz]

I think we are doomed https://www.thegamer.com/western-digital-sells-every-hard-drive-2026-memory-prices-ram/

[dusky wave]

Yep. At least for the next few years

[lofty citrus]

Assassin's creed

[smoky flame]

https://www.techpowerup.com/346494/blind-testing-shows-gamers-prefer-nvidia-dlss-4-5-over-native-resolution-rendering-and-amd-fsr-4

kind of hard to argue native vs DLSS 4.5, epsecially if tied to the recommended DLSS modes after enabling it on the Nvidia app (Performance for Preset M and Ultra Performance for Preset L). Can override things further by targeting specific presets too but even at Performance (50% resolution, Preset M) you are going to get a much better experience than native. Higher FPS, less ghosting and artifacts. Easiest way to tell DLSS 4.5 from the rest is look out for ghosting movement. Things like sword swings or cars moving could leave a ghosting trail behind it but DLSS 4.5 reduces that almost to the point it is gone

[sleek turret]

hearing lots of stuff like this, i need to get another pc before it gets worse

[dusky wave]

Yeah u could see if u can upgrade what u have rn.

[sleek turret]

Might be hard. I have a legion go and a m1 Mac 🙂

[dusky wave]

Ouch. Yeah m1 probably need a windows PC to game effectively

[sleek turret]

Legion go does great on the smaller screen. But need something more powerful for larger screens that looks great. Holding on to my Xbox consoles until next gen conversion . So not in a big hurry. But want to before prices get even higher

[dusky wave]

Recommend getting ram gpu SSD asap over other parts

[green sluice]

This is cool.

https://news.xbox.com/en-us/2026/02/18/available-for-xbox-insiders-on-pc-postgame-recaps/

[cinder veldt]

it wont load, what it do?

[normal plover]

After a session it shows some highlights and achievement unlocks

[cinder veldt]

Oh so kinda like Medal

i know xbox had, that specifically bf1

[sleek turret]

Looking at various of vendors. Anyone have any favorites? For pc builds? Looking at microcenter and a few others

Found a couple others like sky tech and microcenter. Curious to what others have done. Looking at prebuilt or custom built. Dot have the time to build right now

[cinder veldt]

Ive never looked at pre-builts closely but microcenter would be a good choice

i wouldn't do amazon tho

[sleek turret]

i've looked a little at amazon, i'd assume their return policy would be good, microcenter seems to have the best prices although part brand varies depends on whats available

[dusky wave]

personally u would get whatever prebuilt fits ur budget even if its a ddr4 pc if u going a just a gaming pc

[arctic axle]

who plays mc dungeons

[obsidian bobcat]

If you're looking for someone to play with, please go to #1094715375884697600 or #lfg

[arctic axle]

Ok

[stable nest]

Yeah, I’m the type of gamer that likes to crank up all their settings in a story game, so whenever I play a game like black myth wukong for example, and I turn on DLSS frame gen.. I can EASILY tell it’s not actual frames. There’s really bad ghosting effects at the top and the sides of my screen which sucks honestly. I have started to just play through it at 30FPS as it doesn’t bother me much. It either runs at 30 or 50 on my pc at 1440p..

But then again 30FPS native is awful considering I’m playing off a 5080

[smoky flame]

Same with the 5080! I strongly suggest you give DLSS 4.5 upscaling a chance. Override it in the Nvidia app and select either Performance (50% res scaling) or ultra performance (33% res scaling) or you can choose a specific preset between L or M and from there select Quality or Balanced as that will still net you a very nice gain in performance

[stable nest]

Yeah. I tried it with 4.5. I tried model L and M

It looks fine on other games though

Just black myth had that ghosting on the borders of my screen

[smoky flame]

I haven’t noticed any of that tbh

[stable nest]

Ah, I mean I could try to record a video of it honestly as I can’t really explain it well in words

[smoky flame]

DLSS 4.5 should pretty much eliminate ghosting though. Which could leave two things. Frame Generation may still introduce some or depending on the panel type of your monitor ghosting may be seen, I think VA panels can introduce some ghosting at lower refresh rates (<240Hz)

[stable nest]

Yeah, I have a QD-OLED 360hz

[smoky flame]

Ooh then it definitely won’t be your monitor

Nvidia driver and app up to date?

[stable nest]

Yeah, it is

It only happens on black myth though which is the odd thing

Everything else works perfectly fine

[icy orbit]

depends on game implementation too mind

fsr is usually alright if dlss isnt available but in cyberpunk for example it just sucks

you also tend to see the opposite in amd sponsored games

like tiny tinas for example doesnt even have dlss

[dusky wave]

Im thinking on just playing it natively on cyberpunk

[smoky flame]

a lot of my frustration that led to me getting a 5080 instead of a 9070 XT came from how poorly implemented FSR was in some games while DLSS seems to be implemented well overall and has much better support, not to mention overrides for DLSS 4 and 4.5 while FSR 4 and Redstone requires an RX 9000 series or newer and in game FSR version 3.1.4 or better

[dusky wave]

im getting high 90s utilizations for both gpu/cpu between 93-99 %. at around 40-60fps at 4k not bad. on a 5600/6800xt with 32 gigs ddr4 ram

[sleek turret]

Thoughts on what to change from this that wouldn’t increase price much but increase performance? Graphics Card: AMD Radeon 9060XT 16GB
Processor: Intel Core i5-12400F
Memory: 32GB DDR5 6000 MT/s

[pulsar cargo]

Gotta look into replacing my 6750XT. It's artifacting in 1 map on Black Ops 7. Gonna test my 7800XT to see if it's the actual map instead of the GPU. I hope it's not. Great card this is.

[hasty burrow]

Armstrong is making me bloody break

[pulsar cargo]

https://videocardz.com/newz/geforce-rtx-5090-user-caps-power-at-500w-still-sees-burned-12v-2x6-adapter Another burnt connector. Will this ever end?

[dusky wave]

Probably never lol

[icy orbit]

shouldnt be allowed to include adapters on a card that can use 600w

[smoky flame]

can happen even with native cables too so isn't strictly adapters only

one of my friends who builds PCs suggested 5090 owners limit the power draw to 450W or less to reduce the risk of the 12v-2x6 connector melting. There is a slight loss in performance from doing this but worth it imo if it can save a precious 5090 or two from what is sure to be a lengthy RMA process these days

[devout remnant]

Cable plugged in correctly reduces chance of issues massively

[smoky flame]

that helps too, yeah lol though it really shouldn't be that difficult to ensure the connector is properly inserted as there has been a lot of reports 5090 connectors melting since it launched a bit over a year ago and I highly doubt most of them are caused by something I would deem so simple

[devout remnant]

Doubt all you want

It’s the main reason and well documented.

[smoky flame]

I'm still blaming the connector and not so much the user. 4090 had issues with 12vhpwr and that was a 450W GPU and 12v-2x6 on a 575W 5090 doesn't seem to be doing much better. Even heard of some much more horrific stuff like GPUs catching fire (elsewhere, not to do with the connector) but such instances seem to be very rare compared with the reports of melted connectors anyway

[devout remnant]

If the connector was solely at fault there would be the majority having issues.

That’s clearly not happening.

What is happening is reports linking user error and issues.

[smoky flame]

it can't surely be user error though for all. RTX 50 series connector seemingly lacks load balancing which no matter what way you look at it, even if the connector is inserted properly there is a chance that should any one of the 16 pins on that connector be supplied with too much power there is no failsafe to prevent it from burning/melting so I definitely don't think user error is entirely the blame either

[devout remnant]

Didn’t say for all or entirely. However as I said before, it’s well documented that a lot of/most/usually linked with user error.

Main points:

• cable not properly installed
• physical stress like bends or tight angles

[smoky flame]

while I do get what you are saying it just doesn't sit well with me, sorry. I would believe many people buying a 5090 are enthusiasts and know how to handle the GPU and all that comes with it. Odds of them inserting the connector poorly or incorrectly should be pretty low imo

[devout remnant]

https://tenor.com/view/facepalm-really-stressed-mad-angry-gif-16109475

[smoky flame]

what? was it something I said? Probably isn't worth going on about it. What is known about the 5090 and the connector is known

[mellow lintel]

people are people and should is ... yeah

i've had plenty of conversations with people who plugged things in poorly and i'm not even tech support

[surreal moss]

Very interesting topic to talk about

The connector is bad and should never have happened. MSI is currently shipping me back a new 5090.

Pushed it in the whole way until it clicked, and zero yellow was showing

It’s simply a product that should not exist

Do with that what you both will

[devout remnant]

The end looks severely bent

Like you’re holding it and it’s at a complete angle which is a big issue.

Two main causes usually are:

• Not inserted correctly
• Physical stress on the cable

[foggy vigil]

I was literally just talking to a friend about this and how questionable the connector is.. I'm so nervous with my 5090....

[surreal moss]

Camera angle

[surreal moss]

Good news is they’ll usually send you a new card. Once you pay like $100 in shipping and insurance to get the truck of a card there

This is the angle

[foggy vigil]

which 5090? I went with the Astral because I heard it'd be best for minimizing the risk

I don't know if there is any real science behind that though because like... the connector is the connector...

[surreal moss]

MSI gaming trio OC. Middle ground sku

Figured I’d be safe if I didn’t buy the barebones suprim lol

[smoky flame]

5090 really is a monster of a GPU 😮

[foggy vigil]

I'm not convinced any are safe at this point lol

I look at my 5090 daily through the glass like "not today, right buddy?"

[surreal moss]

The electrician in me alone genuinely despises the connector. It should not be legal to sell anything with this much power going through this little wire

[smoky flame]

even though I kind of went on about it last night I'm sure they are safe enough but having to be cautious like that really can be awkward like I want to game on a £2000+ GPU without having to look over my shoulder if it caught fire or having to occasionally check the connector for burn marks or signs of melting during or after an extended gaming session where it may be drawing over 450W

[surreal moss]

Schematically the connector is safe and tested safe. But it’s a time bomb once it’s connected

A 1mm shift from moving your PC, heat cycling causing tension loss, all sorts of dumb things.

[smoky flame]

I've heard of cases where melted and burnt connectors happen on other GPUs too. 9070 XT and 5080 though to a much lesser extent

[surreal moss]

It can happen yeah. Less common for sure

[smoky flame]

I've had a Zotac Solid Core 5080 for about 6 months now and so far been really happy with it, to the point I'm no longer scared of the connector but I do keep myself aware of it and it doesn't really help when certain sites post almost weekly about new incidents lol

[devout remnant]

It’s the best Air Cooled 5090,
After that you’re going into the AIO ones.

[smoky flame]

I like the Astral design, looks really premium

[devout remnant]

Oh you mean the 24K Gold Premium one?

[latent gate]

gotta use the angle adapters for those unfortunately

any type of bend or pressure's been causing them to melt

[smoky flame]

do you mean the Dhahab edition? That looks very nice too but meh. I only meant the normal Astral lol

[icy orbit]

that cable is bent as hell there is no funky angle here

[foggy vigil]

Is that cable really "bent like hell"?

I didn't use that cable adapter, I bought Corsair cables dedicated for my PSU to the card, and they don't bundle them in the the shield like that.

I'm struggling to imagine how anyone is avoiding a bend like that

[smoky flame]

even the adapter on my 5080 is bent I'm afraid to even take pictures of it because of how ugly it makes the front of my case look now but maybe I will do it just this one time...

[foggy vigil]

I'll have to pull the side off my PC and take a picture as well

[smoky flame]

Redone it as it looked a little blurry lol but the included adapter for the 5080 being 3x 8 pin to 12v-2x6 already looks pretty bad imo

[foggy vigil]

I feel like.. you slap the side of the case back on, and that makes more of a bend, no? Or do you think is free hanging?

[smoky flame]

I don't think there is much room for the cable to really move once the case door is closed so pretty much sits like it is or maybe moves a little further back

[devout remnant]

The dust

[smoky flame]

btw, I've seen some builds where people will bend the cable towards the RAM though idk if that is using the native cable or the adapter (maybe both) but that I would have thought is an aggressive bend just so it can be somewhat hiddenby popping it out from the same sort of place you'd maybe have the motherboard 24 pin cable come out from

[smoky flame]

I know, I gotta sort that some day but I just wanna game!

oh, something else. Looking at the image I posted above, would you say that GPU is 2.5 or 3 slot? On Zotac's website they claim it is 2.5 slot but idk lol

[foggy vigil]

The thing is an actual TANK

This is the cable I purchased https://www.amazon.com/dp/B0BLY1B362

[smoky flame]

had a chance to play around with DLSS 4.5?

[foggy vigil]

Dare I say.. I don't know, so I'm going to guess no 😅

[smoky flame]

needs to be enabled via the DLSS Override option in the Nvidia app. Worth it imo seeing as the 5090 has so much performance to offer and DLSS 4.5 improves even further on what DLSS 4 done. Some time in Spring there will also be support for 6x multi frame generation and dynamic multi frame generation too (again via the Nvidia app)

[latent gate]

yeah. generally

[latent gate]

I thought the higher end corsair psu came with that cable

[foggy vigil]

The PSU I purchased was before the 50 series

(or before this pin layout was decided, anyway)

[pulsar cargo]

I'm guessing you have fans underneath the GPU but what's the purpose of the top fan on the GPU? Never have I saw that before!

[foggy vigil]

Yeah 3 fans below! The fan on top was the first I've seen too!

[smoky flame]

I think on top of those 4 fans ASUS also used PTM rather than thermal paste on the GPU die. Shame not every GPU has it as standard as PTM seems to be a much better choice with the only thing better than it being liquid metal, which can be tricky to say the least but would offer the best cooling performance of the three

[latent gate]

yeeee. that's fair.

those adapters are just super rough and dangerous.

so having just the standard 2v6 cable straight from psu solves so many issues

[foggy vigil]

oh yeah that's what I purchased. I didn't want to use the adapter that came with the card

[cinder veldt]

It was a new design they did for the 50 seriea

I like the design imo

[elder dust]

does anyone have experienced audio output dissapearing from the win11 audio menu, my nvidia control panel still detects my TV speakers but windows refuses to look for it

[smoky flame]

https://www.guru3d.com/story/yellowtipped-16pin-cable-may-back-out-over-time-msi-calls-affected-units-defective/

I doubt they will at this point but honestly just ditch this 12vhpwr/12v-2x6 connector and find an alternatve that is reliable as 8 pin was. Hell, I'm sure there is an alternative version of 8 pin that allows up to 300W through it instead of 150W. EPS 8 pin or something like that? I know it isn't used for GPUs but perhaps they should consider it if it means running a 600W GPU requires 2x 8 pin EPS rather than 4x 8 pin or the rather dodgy 12vhpwr/12v-2x6 connector

[green sluice]

This is dope.

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[green sluice]

Death Stranding 2 PC specs

[foggy fossil]

Guys

Looking for RE9 offline actvition

[pulsar cargo]

Yes?

[ruby spear]

That’s going to look gorgeous on PC.

Already is on ps5

[latent gate]

indeed

[foggy fossil]

Any one can help , looking for RE9 offline Activetion

[smoky flame]

can't wait to crank up all the settings on Death Stranding 2

[obsidian bobcat]

For more information on what constitutes fraud, check out the Xbox Community standards. https://www.xbox.com/en-US/legal/community-standards

[foggy fossil]

Iam so sorry iam not in the right server 🤣 i thought iam at Anti Denovo server sorry

[latent gate]

If you continue to ask you will receive a harsher punishment than a warning.

[foggy fossil]

Wait a min

[latent gate]

We are not going to discuss cheating/hacks or fraud in this server.

Wait until the game releases like everyone else.

[dusky wave]

Just buy the game from steam or something

[foggy fossil]

We all not the same
U can buy 60$ game
And i am getting 60$ as salary

[dusky wave]

Then wait til it goes on sale

[latent gate]

cleaned my desk off yesterday

also cleaned my pc inside and out

my cpu cooler was gross. unfortunately I'll have to deep clean it but I need to pick up more paste

[mellow lintel]

you need more glitter and snacks smh /j

[latent gate]

completely redid all of the wiring and cableing though. need to eventually look into an RGB hub so I can get that fan rgb cable routed properly. it's just too short if I dont have it running across. but that'll be way way way down the line. it's not critical

[latent gate]

you can see my refreshment table off to the right there with my kettle and creatine. my water filter's next to it too

the lint that came out of my cpu cooler was absolutely rank though

living with a cat and a dog

it wasn't even grey, it was just pure black lol

[mellow lintel]

yuck!

[dusky wave]

how long since u cleaned ur pc?

[latent gate]

a bit longer than typical honestly

was really busy the second half of last year so at least since may 2025

[pulsar cargo]

I need a thorough clean of my desk tbh. I literally have no space!

[latent gate]

usually tip for spatially constrained. swap monitor orientation

[mellow lintel]

i need to clean mine out soon

when i have time

[latent gate]

it'll let you move your mouse more freely

in my desk pic the black pouch for my headphones, and heaphones are on the right but I usually have them off to the left of my tablet leaning against the wall

[pulsar cargo]

Can't move my monitor too much because the back of it is a PS5/router/modem 😭

[latent gate]

mm. fair

I’ve tapped out the available space there myself

My switch and splitter then speaker are all snug

Need to do a second round of dusting though. A lot of the extra dust from cleaning yesterday is starting to settle

[pulsar cargo]

Under my desk is even worse! Old monitors everywhere!

[latent gate]

I am not taking a pic of underneath my desk

it's a nightmare and my cat makes his home on my subwoofer

also it's just my pc, subwoofer, and trash can

nobody wants to see that

[pulsar cargo]

Side of my bed has a PC too.

[latent gate]

I have two pc's outside my bedroom door

One of them

Ancient workstation

Kepler architecture Quadro

[pulsar cargo]

I need a good clearout and try to sell some stuff 😅 but.... I like what I have 😭

[latent gate]

problem with tech enthusiasts

we know the old stuff comes in handy

so we dislike getting rid of it

[pulsar cargo]

💯

[latent gate]

so many times I've gotten rid of stuff only to need it like 3 months later

especially true for cables

[smoky flame]

I need to clean up my PC sometime but honestly all I want to do is game so its like "oh, I'll do it later" and that later becomes months 😅

[dusky wave]

same. i just cleaned my mechanical keyboard like a week ago. pc probably like 6-9 months ago

[blissful wharf]

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vxTwitter / fixvx · Feb 25, 2026, 4:49 PM

[smoky flame]

anyone that uses Nvidia GPUs and tends to update their drivers might want to hold off with the latest version (595.59) as there is a bug that stops fans from being detected and monitored on software like Zotac FireStorm, fancontrol, hwinfo etc

[last dagger]

Unfortunately, there are only problems with these Nvidia GPU drivers for Win 11 lately:(

[smoky flame]

other than racing to update to the 595.59 driver a bit too fast only to notice the issue with the GPU fans I didn't have any issues with the previous version, 591.86 if anything it may have fixed a few things from a driver or two before that sounded pretty important fixes

[pulsar cargo]

Ohhhhhhhhhhhh! @smoky flame I finally fixed the issue on the latest AMD driver in Black Ops 7! Even though in the config I disabled resize bar, it was still being applied. I had to turn it off in my BIOS!

I done a run with resize bar (81fps) and without (191fps) 😄 😄

Something to do with explosions in the game that resize bar doesn't like 😅 I found a YouTube video and someone mentioned disabling it in the BIOS. 😅

26.2.2 is out also! Not sure I want to try yet lol

[smoky flame]

interesting, first time I've really heard of Resizeable Bar being a problem for games. Usually it allows for better performance or pretty much no change and afaik AMD's implementation, especially when used with an AMD CPU (Ryzen 5000 series or newer) and GPU together allowing the use of Smart Access Memory (SAM) acts like a global on toggle. Nvidia on the other hand have a whitelist of supported games where it is seemingly tested and if it has something to gain is enabled otherwise is off (even if the option is enabled from the BIOS)

[pulsar cargo]

https://www.amd.com/en/resources/support-articles/release-notes/RN-RAD-WIN-26-2-2.html

Gonna try on my 6750XT soon to see what happens. But for now I'm happy 😁😊

[smoky flame]

I know you want to do things a certain way and stuff but I don't understand why you run with a 6750 XT when you have a 7800 XT iirc? That should be the better GPU as it is newer, has more VRAM and so on but I won't go on about it as I know your stance on these things. Just curiosity was all, I guess

[pulsar cargo]

There's quite a story behind it! I have a 5600X/6750XT & 5600X/7800XT. I however, got my hands on a case, mobo and PSU for really, really cheap. So I ordered a CPU from AliExpress and a GPU from CeX because I traded in some stuff and put it towards the 7800XT. (basically 3 pcs) I wanna keep the 5600X/7800XT and plan to sell the i5/7800XT/5600X/6750XT. It's just..... I'm lazy and haven't listed it anywhere; yet. I have a few NVMEs/SATA SSDs I could swap over etc. I just need to fit a WiFi/Bluetooth PCI-E and I should be ready to list 😄 I did try and get my brother to talk to his EX about me giving my nephew his first gaming PC (5600X/6750XT) but she won't allow it. 😭

[lofty mica]

Hello

I am back

[pulsar cargo]

So yeah. I could actually keep the RAM/SSDs (4TB Samsung QVO) and 2TB NVMe and 32GB RAM which would allow me to run 64GB for my main PC and sell the rest. It's just finding the time to list. 😭

I did want to upgrade to AM5 but then the prices went sky high lol

[smoky flame]

small update on the latest Nvidia driver (595.59)

[pulsar cargo]

LESGOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO

[smoky flame]

how much of a performance loss do you see if you were to turn FSR 3 off or set it to native (100%)

[pulsar cargo]

Ugh, idk.... I can try; however..... there's a shader bug that makes my whole screen go white if I don't use FSR 😅

https://steamcommunity.com/app/1938090/discussions/0/3777994239408179355/

If I use FSR1/3 it doesn't do it 😅

It's a very very old bug lol

No FSR3

Highly tweaked config. Forgot to copy it over!!!!!

[smoky flame]

should still be possible to enable FSR and run it at 100% if that still counts as a fix for that bug but between your first screenshot and last I'm not seeing a whole lot of difference in the results. I'm guessing both of those runs used the highly tweaked config while the middle run didn't?

[pulsar cargo]

Yeahhh 🙂

I'll try and see 😅 the bug only happens in 1 map because of all the white in it, the white is what triggers it. Haven't tested on newer drivers though. Happened a lot on older ones.

We'll see, but for now I'm quite pleased! 😄 ❤️

[smoky flame]

idk how the latest drivers are. Since switching to an Nvidia GPU back in August I've kind of lost touch with AMD drivers 😭

most times people recommend not to update them unless a new version fixes an issue you have or adds support for a new game you plan on playing but idk, personally I'd rather keep them up to date. I won't update however if a driver or any other update is maarked as preview, beta, canary or dev. I'll happily wait for what should be the most stable version whenever it is released

[ruby spear]

https://x.com/tomwarren/status/2027095502039154805

Tom Warren (@tomwarren)

Nvidia has pulled its new 595.59 WHQL drivers after releasing them earlier today. Some users have been reporting issues with fans not being detected if they use fan control software

X · Feb 26, 2026, 6:56 PM

[smoky flame]

I posted similar from their Nvidia driver release page a little earlier. Kind of frustrating for many waiting on drivers for RE9. I don't even think High on Life 2 (PC Game Pass version) is properly supported yet either on the Nvidia app, which 595.59 might have offered

[glass mural]

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[obsidian bobcat]

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[blissful wharf]

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Wario64 (@Wario64)

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vxTwitter / fixvx · Feb 26, 2026, 7:11 PM

[smoky flame]

seeing the fallout from Nvidia's latest driver and its issues on their Geforce forum page ouch but there are some good points to be had and maybe some lessons (even for Nvidia) to take onboard from this. 595.59 should have never released. Seemingly there was issues with what was an earlier dev build of 595 driver branch that somehow didn't get noticed until this driver and this now has some questioning the whole WHQL process as that driver would have been better off marked as beta or kept in dev. Oh and can't forget the constant back and forth about AI. Apparently Nvidia use AI to help with their drivers?

[devout remnant]

https://www.pcguide.com/news/ryzen-x3d-processors-offer-up-to-50-faster-performance-than-intels-best-in-resident-evil-requiem/

[smoky flame]

AMD and their X3D technology strikes again!

I believe the biggest problems Intel have currently is no response to AMD 3D V Cache technology and with their latest Core Ultra 200 series CPUs they lack hyperthreading which if it released some 10+ years ago when games didn't make much, if any use of multithreading likely would have been a top performer but where needed now it may get swept aside by rival AMD CPUs though outside of gaming is where that CPU can shine. Core Ultra 200 series, just like 12th up to 14th gen also uses P cores and E cores which I often see people say are great for mobile platforms like smartphones or laptops but not so good for a desktop processor

[devout remnant]

Didn’t Intel announce next gen will have V Cache?

They’re due soon no? - haven’t really been keeping up with their products as of late

[tepid crow]

make sure you play it with PATH TRACING, its INSANE

https://youtube.com/shorts/DS-GGOIjWOY?feature=share

[smoky flame]

don't think any of that has been confirmed, still in the realms of rumours and whatnot. Same with Zen 6 stuff. Would rather just wait on official word on these things than go by what rumours say as it could be very wrong

[smoky flame]

unsure whether or not I'll play RE9, it is tempting but me being a big scaredy cat of certain types of horror stuff may not go well but yeah, path tracing on a game like RE9 looks great from what I have seen on videos already, it is also very demanding on performance and I would only recommend those with a 5080, 4090 or 5090 to enable it as it will likely also require the help of DLSS and Frame Generation to achieve good FPS. Not even sure if the 5090 could handle that at native resolution. I think this may be a little controversial but the days of native resolution gaming are over when DLSS, FSR 4 and XeSS can give you close to native image quality with major gains in performance

[tepid crow]

PS5 PRO RTX is insane

[pulsar cargo]

The PS5 Pro does not have RTX though...

[smoky flame]

Latest gen consoles do support ray tracing. RTX though is part of Nvidia’s GPU naming. Next step beyond ray tracing and path tracing I believe is neural rendering

[pulsar cargo]

See near the end, the glitches on the screen. Is that a dying GPU? Or how exposure map is meant to be? Only map that does it 😭

[devout remnant]

I’m sure they did confirm it

I’ll try and find their official roadmap.

[smoky flame]

could be a dying GPU but is there any effects players can pay for that could trigger like that? Could also be a texture related issue. Doesn't really narrow it down a whole lot but hope its something 😅 when you say it only happens on that map I would even rule out the GPU dying tbh

[pulsar cargo]

"Yeah I get flashing lights sometimes. It looks like the paparazzi is after me lol"

Not only me! Thank the Lord!

[pulsar cargo]

Clearer picture

It seems the map is bugged. And is happening to others too.

They removed the map flagship because of issues, wouldn't surprise me if this gets removed 😭

[smoky flame]

sounds like that might happen if it is random and doesn't really follow any pattern as such. If it was a dying GPU you'd potentially see artifacts like that all over the screen and may textures bugging out across the games you play

[blissful carbon]

one time a game I played would render in inverted colors on Radeon GPUs. It was weird.

[smoky flame]

think I may be changing my mind on frame generation again 😄 Mostly because of the whole "oh, its a feature so might as well make use of it" sort of thing

[icy orbit]

you can always just turn it off if you dont like it

[tardy rune]

is this normal

[icy orbit]

probably

[smoky flame]

its not that I don't like it. Just been so on the fence about the setting for a while. Might as well just enable it though. I barely notice the latency it adds, even when using 4x in supported games.
Found an issue when overriding 4x on Stalker 2 though (in game Frame Gen support is limited to 2x) where after enabling 4x on the Nvidia App textures may bug out. Kind of difficult to describe what it looks like but it may be similar to how a dying GPU could show certain textures. First time I spotted it I won't lie, it scared me lol but upon further searching it is a known problem so I'd rather keep the Frame Gen overrides off for now with that game

Stalker 2 does have a major update incoming some time this year where the devs have been working on upgrading the engine version, so hopefully they upgrade the upscaling solutions, frame generation etc too so there is native 4x support or fix whatever is causing the weird graphics glitch with FG override because otherwise it is sure to happen again when 5x, 6x and dynamic multi frame generation become available some time in Spring and afaik that will all be done as overrides via the Nvidia App too

[icy orbit]

switched from endeavourOS to bazzite and its actually not as bad as i thought it would be

might just keep it tbh its just a lot more simple

all i really do is game so ive just logged in to steam and thats it done its got everything else for me

[old kayak]

I am playing Minecraft Story Mode on my new PC. I never thought in a million years i would play this game again!

[surreal moss]

@foggy vigil my RMA is in, looks like they’ve updated the cabling

Left is obv the burnt and destroyed one

Right is now all one sealed piece, cables are more flexible and independent

Also quite a bit longer

[smoky flame]

new cable definitely looks a lot better. Fingers crossed for you that it doesn't burn or melt 🤞

[foggy vigil]

New cable looks like the cable I bought, so I think they were on to something with individual wire freedom / flexibility

[surreal moss]

I’m using one that came with my new power supply, has an extra fused in stabilizing cable

Mostly just because it’s 2x6 to 2x6

[smoky flame]

I've seen that before but never really read much into what it did tbh. Really is becoming a bit ridiculous how far some are going to try and prevent it with solutions like active cooling the connector and adding some kind of load balancing hardware onto the cable itself

[surreal moss]

Connector shouldn’t exist 🙂

Plain and simple

[smoky flame]

agreed, gotta be some way the 300W 8 pin EPS (usually used for CPUs iirc?) could be used for GPUs. Doesn't quite solve the problem for those wanting a one cable build (unless its a GPU 300W or less) but 8 pin is tried and tested and seems to be far safer and more reliable than this... abomination of a connector

and yeah, I know the 8 pin connector can melt and burn too but I'm fairly certain you'd have to do a lot more to it to successfully manage that or buy dodgy cables which is avoidable

[latent gate]

the adapter is the issue, not the connector

especially with the ATX 3.1 revisions over 3.0

[smoky flame]

I don't think it is specifically the adapter as there was a survey sent to board partners of RTX 50 series GPUs asking them what the preferred connection was native or adapter and it was pretty much split with no clear winner - though I probably would still opt to use a native 12v-2x6, ATX 3.1 cable over an adapter any day. If only tearing apart a PC wasn't so annoying to have to do for that to be done, not to mention I only bought a power supply back in late 2022 so I plan on making the most out of that before buying another one. Used to be power supplies could outlast multiple PC builds. Now with this 12v/16 pin connector and its various revisions each new GPU generation may require aa new power supply with the revised pins because something tells me 12v-2x6 won't be the last revision

[latent gate]

I'm not talking about preference

I'm talking about the physics of it

from an electrician-standpoint the adapter is flat out dangerous

[smoky flame]

oh, yeah 100% but sadly it is the only real compromise some can use without having to spend extra on a new power supply. I know they wouldn't likely do such a thing but if this 12vhpwr/12v-2x6 cable was to become forced on the user where no adapters were provided with future GPUs I think there would have to be some kind of option to trade in your old/recently bought power supply (if it lacks 12v-2x6 native support) towards one that supports a native cable and good luck then dealing with the e-waste that will come from that, along with the hit power supply companies would take from having to reduce prices on such a trade in scheme

[blissful carbon]

I'm curious as to how.

In any case, I won't be buying GPUs with that connector until I am satisfied that it won't just get immediately changed again.

[smoky flame]

I wish I could say the same but I'm on a 5080 now. If only there was 3x 8 pin options I would have picked that over using the provided 3x 8 pin to 12v-2x6 adapter. Really is the only regret, if you could call it that I have about owning this 5080. Everything else about it is good

[blissful wharf]

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[queen steeple]

lebron

[grand panther]

Does anyone here still play Elite Dangerous?

[obsidian bobcat]

If you're looking for someone to play with, please go to #1094715375884697600 or #lfg

[grand panther]

Nah, I was just wondering

Because I’ve been playing Elite Dangerous since I used to play it on my Xbox back in 2021. Then a year later, I moved to PC

[boreal ledge]

i cant open the xbox app and i dont know hy i think i checked 10 tutorials anywone pls help

[grand panther]

#1091756150644555946

[obsidian bobcat]

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[smoky flame]

ooh https://www.techpowerup.com/346921/microsoft-shader-execution-reordering-brings-90-performance-increase-on-intel-arc-b-series-80-on-nvidia-blackwell-gpus

[icy orbit]

cuz intels memory system is nuts

[smoky flame]

do you mean the VRAM or the cache they have because I don't think the VRAM on Intel's Battlemage GPUs is anything special. GDDR6, which compared with Nvidia and their GDDR7 already looks somewhat dated. Wonder if AMD GPUs see any gains like this, the lack of mentioning them doesn't make for good reading

[icy orbit]

yea they just use gddr6 but battlemages memory architecture is just freaky like that

specific uses which scale well with memory throughput do pretty nice with battlemage

no idea how it works though i just know it works

[quasi sage]

yo can i get a staff member

or someone

that works in xbox

i have smth to report its an issue

so pls any staff member respond

its iportant

[ruby spear]

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While this is an official server, there's no official support here.

[quasi sage]

this is what happeened i got hacked on my microsoft acc so i madee a nw one and bought minecraft again and when i tried to login in the launcheer xbox givs me this pop up "sorry something went wrong try again in a while (0x80004005)" and i think i just wastd 30$ on minecraft that doesnt work and its abt xbox almost everything eelse of microsoft works also on this sitehttps://support.xbox.com/en-IN/xbox-live-status mmy games and gaiming is set to limited

i cant sign in mincraft

[quasi sage]

hello?

this is a big issue can anyone help mee solv it so it doesent turn out i just wasteed 30$ on minecraft that doesent work

[quasi sage]

WHY IS NO ONE REESPONDING HELLO?????

[brazen junco]

#pc-gaming message

[quasi sage]

I CANT IN COMMUUNITY SUPPOT IT DOESENT LEET E

FOR SOME REASON

CAN YALL JUST HELP ME FIX THIS

[brazen junco]

Chill with the caps. As already mentioned, this is not a place for official support. If you need help faster you'll need to contact support. http://support.xbox.com/contact-us

[quasi sage]

weell i did i repoted it 2 times BY NOW AND NO ON RSPONDS

[obsidian bobcat]

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No one here has access to account information. No one here can help with self-repair.

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[smoky flame]

looks like Nvidia fixed the issues with 595.59 and released an updated version. Can report fans are detected as they should be with this version

[old kayak]

Man, now I know how it feels to be a PC gamer. This is amazing.

[dusky wave]

I thought u were on a iMac or something

[old kayak]

So on Friday last week, I bought this service called Shadow PC and it gives me a full blown Windows gaming PC in the cloud. I can do anything i want with it. I can install any game or app on it. Like I am talking to you on Discord right now from it. its USD$ 29.99 a month but the pc it gives you is about USD$1,780.58 to build on a PC Builder website. Its nuts

its a AMD Epyc CPU at 3.5Ghz, Nvidia RTX 2000 ADA Generation, 16GB of DDR6 RAM, 1GB Ethernet (connected on their side through the server), and a 256GB SSD.

[icy orbit]

wow we in the future

[dusky wave]

It looks like it uses a server/workstation gpu

Wait a sec I thought ddr6 isn't available commerically yet

[pulsar cargo]

4060/3070..... 🤣

[dusky wave]

And that CPU is also workstation as well

[normal plover]

They might have meant GDDR6

The 2000 has 16gb gddr6

[dusky wave]

Or ddr5

[normal plover]

Maybe

But I think 32gb+ would suit the rest of that build better

[dusky wave]

I wonder how a workstation CPU and gpu does compared to a pure gaming pc

[normal plover]

The RTX 2000 is not too great afaik

Outclassed by the 3060

[dusky wave]

Really?

[normal plover]

Yep it’s about 5-9% slower

[dusky wave]

So at low to medium settings at 1080p

Those gpu and CPU probably cost more than a 5090 launch price

[normal plover]

It might be a lot more than 9% according to some benchmarks

[icy orbit]

yeah its an old server gpu

well "old"

[dusky wave]

Like 20 series old?

[icy orbit]

nah its only like 2-3 years old something like that

[dusky wave]

When I see 2000 I thought 20 series lol

[old kayak]

Im sorry, you were right, its DDR5 RAM.

But regardless, it works perfect for gaming. I have had no issues, on my PC. My about screen on Win11 says the CPU is a 32-Core cpu.

[dusky wave]

Hope u enjoy gaming on that workstation pc then.

[smoky flame]

uhh, another interesting issue may have come to light with the release of the 595.71 driver for Nvidia GPUs. Some people have been reporting lower than usual voltage on their GPU. Mine was doing that even before this driver so it may be worth monitoring voltage if you updated to the latest driver as the GPU could be operating under 1.00v even under a gaming load and this could also result in some overclocked cards becoming unstable due to the lower voltage

[silent barn]

Is the crew motorfest worth buying?

Ultimate year 3 edition is £30 on steam

[outer remnant]

So I’m not as familiar with the season passes over on The Crew games but in racing games these extra passes and DLC are mainly just head start boosts with a better range of cars. A lot of the time they’re essentially just time savers sometimes they’re even the same cars you can earn just by playing anyway.

Personally I’ve never really bought them but £30 for the Ultimate Year 3 Edition sounds like a good deal. Just be aware there’s always the potential of another Season 4 pass later down the line. I had a quick look and some people have said they regretted getting previous passes because future ones weren’t included.

[obsidian bobcat]

#rules 📢 9. No self-promotion or advertisements. This includes unsolicited references and links to other social media, servers, communities, and services in chat or direct messages.

[icy orbit]

freedom of speech when consequences walks in

[obsidian bobcat]

#rules 🗯️ 12. No racist, sexist, anti-LGBTQ+, xenophobic, or otherwise offensive content. We have zero-tolerance for hate speech.

[icy orbit]

yeah ping me with some stupid command that doesnt even apply to me

thanks

[mellow lintel]

we can see deleted messages

[icy orbit]

yeah and

basically every server ever keeps logs of messages is that supposed to surprise me

[mellow lintel]

this you?

[icy orbit]

yeah thats me

whats up

[mellow lintel]

so that was me reminding you of the rules

[icy orbit]

yeah i didnt break any

[mellow lintel]

i could have just banned you

[icy orbit]

yep aight

something something ai is revolutionary

[smoky flame]

seeing as KCD2 only just released on PC Game Pass I doubt the AI will know the answer to that. Might not even be aware that it was added to game pass seeing as that only happened yesterday iirc

try asking Google's AI Mode (if you are in a supported region). I'm not particularly fond of AI myself but found that to be somewhat more helpful with getting a response I can learn something from

[outer remnant]

idk why you would even say that in the first place

[mellow lintel]

https://tenor.com/view/typing-keyboard-gamer-gif-12476510786061547962

time to game

[outer remnant]

I'm about to

[blissful carbon]

Galunga ||Half Life joke||

[green sluice]

This is a dope build.

https://vxtwitter.com/nvidiageforce/status/2028900164971250110

NVIDIA GeForce (@NVIDIAGeForce)

The Raccoon City Police Department bids you welcome! 🧟

Check out this insane Resident Evil custom PC build by Czuga featuring a GeForce RTX 5080 Founders Edition. 🤯

Resident Evil Requiem is out now with Path Tracing & DLSS 4.

#RTXOn

▶ Play video

vxTwitter / fixvx · Mar 3, 2026, 6:27 PM

[old kayak]

I freaking love my PC. I am so happy.

[pulsar cargo]

Wait until you try a better GPU that can handle native 4k. It's a game changer

[old kayak]

There is a tier that gives me a RTX 4090 equivilant gpu but its like 38 to 40$ a month.

[smoky flame]

Got my new SSD installed and been having a run around trying to find a driver I need for Intel ethernet that I didn’t think would have been needed lol

[dusky wave]

which one?

[smoky flame]

Intel i255-v I think it is (still getting used to being on Ethernet lol)

[dusky wave]

i was talking about the ssd

[smoky flame]

Oh 😅 my bad. WD Black SN8100

4TB

[dusky wave]

nice. how much did it hit u im guessing 300-400

[smoky flame]

More. £550

[dusky wave]

ouch

thats probably close to 600-700 for me

[smoky flame]

Nowhere near what it shows for on Sandisk’s product page (£1285.99!!!) 😱

[dusky wave]

wait amazon shows at 880

ouch way outside my price range. i dont need storage that bad

[smoky flame]

When I saw it at £550 I pretty much jumped at the chance to get it lol

[dusky kestrel]

excuse me, is sharing permissions only available on rog ally?

my uncle is tryna find it on his desktop pc but the options not there, only “offline permissions”

[odd chasm]

does anyone know how the xbox game bar works

[wary dome]

what do you mean

[lunar elm]

Can anyone get snow runner for me?

[obsidian bobcat]

#rules 💵 15. Do not attempt to buy, sell, or trade items or codes in this server or via DM with server members. Do not ask for handouts, free codes, or other freebies either. If a user has a spare code they wish to give away for free, they may do so.

[dusky wave]

I have disabled game bar on pc.

[old kayak]

The game bar is used for PC Xbox Socializing features as well as various access to things such as Spotify (if installed and opened on pc) and various widgets to control things like iCUE for Lighting and other things.

You can use that to get quick access to party invites, game invites, as well as check friends that are online or make a looking for group posts for PC Games to play with other Xbox Live based PC Enthusiasts, or check your achievments in that Xbox network enabled PC Game.

[fading hearth]

okayyy so i have a xbox wireless controller that literally only works while plugged in

icant even see the battery level of it when its plugged in and updating it didnt change anything. when i hold the xbox button down whiel its unplugged it simply just doesnt turn on. pressing it with the sync button does nothing either

[mellow lintel]

please dont post in multiple channels

[normal plover]

Sounds like it needs new batteries

[devout orchid]

Anyone here a sea of thieves player on pc

[obsidian bobcat]

If you're looking for someone to play with, please go to #1094715375884697600 or #lfg

[pulsar cargo]

Update failed and now it says this lol wth

[pulsar cargo]

I dislike the new start menu.

[smoky flame]

it confused me at first but slowly getting used to it

[cinder veldt]

is it just the entire screen?

or did you screen shot it like that

[zenith matrix]

Hello! Do you think Project Helix will support Steam? Since I got my base Xbox Ally I got some games on Steam and none on Microsoft store. I don’t want my library to be all over the place.

[real quartz]

Still work lol

[dusky wave]

We just don't know. It probably won't be til late 2026 or 2027 about that tbh

[pulsar cargo]

Screenshot.

[outer remnant]

https://vxtwitter.com/i/status/2030643442590884348

HIDEO_KOJIMA (@HIDEO_KOJIMA_EN)

The PC version of “DEATH STRANDING 2.” Releases next week on March 19. 🙇🏻🙏🫶😍👍🐈‍⬛

QRT: HIDEO_KOJIMA_EN
https://t.co/faS6LyhCM0

vxTwitter / fixvx 💖 1.79K 🔁 122 · Mar 8, 2026, 1:54 PM

https://vxtwitter.com/i/status/2030678058248904803

Culture Crave 🍿 (@CultureCrave)

Valve now confirms it will be releasing Steam Machine in 2026 🎮

vxTwitter / fixvx · Mar 8, 2026, 4:12 PM

[wary dome]

good if you only game on steam

[dusky wave]

Or don't have a PC or laptop

[wary dome]

it runs linux and the majority of people use windows

[cedar smelt]

Hard to be sure right now. They said "It plays PC games" but that can mean a lot of things.

[dusky wave]

Agreed. Does that exactly mean that pc games also need to meet certification like consoles for next gen for example

[cedar smelt]

Does it mean "Only MS Store PC games"?
Soooo many questions hidden behind "it plays PC games."
The ultimate answers will be exciting, but the questions are endless right now.

[dusky wave]

Yeah with so many rumors and stuff people r thinking of

[normal plover]

Linux is still usable for a pc

[devout remnant]

https://wccftech.com/user-reports-noticeable-performance-uplifts-with-the-latest-nvidia-hotfix-driver-595-76/

@smoky flame

[smoky flame]

Going to wait for the next non hotfix driver before updating

[green sluice]

Oh, this is very cool.

https://vxtwitter.com/sciencegirl/status/2030674240437879046

Science girl (@sciencegirl)

The new laptop from Huawei.

Pay attention starting at the 13th second.

▶ Play video

vxTwitter / fixvx · Mar 8, 2026, 3:57 PM

I've never seen a PC with two operating systems.

[smoky flame]

closest I've come to a PC with two operating systems is dual booting Windows and Ubuntu over the weekend but it didn't last long as Cyberpunk 2077 was being strange and after I uninstalled Ubuntu I was trying to get rid of the Ubuntu boot entry and GRUB or whatever you call it and gave up so fresh installed Windows. Not likely to be installing Windows and Linux on the same SSD again lol

[sturdy plover]

What should I do if I get the following message when logging into my account:You are not connected to the network

[ruby spear]

Connect to the network.

[ruby spear]

Isn't that just the phone mirroring mode, rather than it running Android as a separate OS?

[green sluice]

I'm not sure.

[normal plover]

This is actually sick

[smoky flame]

hmm... Got a bit of a decision to make having a closer look at how much my case upgrade may come to and it threw in a couple of interesting things. I could stick with the same D30-120 fans that are included with the AIO cooler I plan on getting and even use reverse fans (that I'm completely new to!) meaning I only need to buy 4x D30-120 fans and save a bit of money or go ahead with 7x T30-120 fans. D30-120 fans (including reverse) are all RGB but I'm sure I don't have to connect those RGB headers if I really don't want to and if I do later on I could then do so

[sleek turret]

You can also put windows on it if you want. Or install other stores

[cedar smelt]

I have, but it's incredibly rare. So rare that it was an experimental device that didn't sell well. I have only seen it on YouTube, not IRL.

[iron spindle]

When i did GCSE IT at school we had PCs that had windows 95 and Mac OS on one PC that was 30 years ago

not really new

[ashen bison]

hi

normal play fortnite on xbox pc?

[zenith stream]

hi

[wary dome]

how long would a rtx 3060ti last me if i played every game on low?

[real quartz]

you could play it all on high and it will last a long time MY 1080 ti still going strong befor i upgraded and its 9 years old I got a gtx 950 that still works well on another pc still going

they are built to last a long time so don't worry I am on a 3060 and run a lot of stuff on med / high

[wary dome]

ah i see, that's a relief ty

[real quartz]

I do get why you wanted to know but all good there just make sure you take care of it and the pc clean out the dust every month or so that will help it a lot

[hexed citrus]

while playing on pc is there any good gaming chairs that wont get uncomfy after playing a bit
been looking for one that wont sink or break within months of buying

[dusky wave]

I just use a regular mesh office chair. I don't think gaming chairs r worth it

[hexed citrus]

i have an office chair but it keeps sinking over time

[blissful carbon]

this has to be one of the funniest Intel Inside parodies I have seen in a while

[pulsar cargo]

Gaming chairs are a rip off. Get a nice comfortable herman miller.

They're comfortable after hours of use gaming.

Pretty expensive though so do your research

[normal plover]

Idk about a Herman miller (too expensive imo) but a good office chair is the best option

A lot of stuff that’s ‘gamer’ branded is just low quality but rebranded and unfortunately that means they sell well

[dusky wave]

Or the looks sell it but don't last long

[hexed citrus]

i go though and look at reveiws and see that alot of problems and i end up rethinking

[smoky flame]

https://videocardz.com/newz/nvidia-says-dlss-4-5-dynamic-multi-frame-generation-arrives-march-31

this was an article posted earlier today but Nvidia has since announced and confirmed it during their Geforce On stream that just finished. No new hardware announcements

[smoky flame]

Crimson Desert PC requirements in full

[pulsar cargo]

Not bad.

[normal plover]

Reasonable requirements in this day and age? I could cry

[dusky wave]

Seems reasonable. Not that it requires an AMD 9000 series cpu

[ruby spear]

Gamesharing with people outside of your home violates the Xbox Terms of Service and our server rules. #rules

[ruby spear]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nB294XzNKWg

Shame that's not a Play Anywhere title.

[summer notch]

Ok ? Is window defender the only thing you need for PC security.

[iron spindle]

in terms of software windows defender and windows secuirty will be okay, but I would advise you use a Anti Viris program has well. But you also need common sense is most of it, it also depends what your doing with your PC.

[blissful carbon]

Windows Defender has antivirus as part of it. You do not need anything else on top of it. Most users are fine leaving Defender as is tbh.

[normal plover]

Yep, as long as you have your wits about you windows defender is more than enough

[maiden echo]

hey

[devout remnant]

https://tftcentral.co.uk/news/tcl-unveil-new-2026-oled-and-mini-led-monitors-including-a-1040hz-mini-led-gaming-display

1,040Hz new highest Refresh

[blissful carbon]

an entire kilohertz... amazing

[smoky flame]

getting some much needed upgrades out of the way with now while I can. SSD upgrade to a Gen 5 one was very optional but got case, cooler, fans and power supply ordered and should arrive some time tomorrow! Which leaves on CPU, RAM and GPU which I'm already planning. CPU I have two plans. See what Intel announce with the incoming Core Ultra 400 series (this will be more expensive as I'll need a new motherboard) or see what AMD announce for Zen 6 and wait for the successor to the 9800X3D. RAM: This time I'll be going 64GB (2x 32GB kit) and GPU I really only see one option and that is to go for the successor to the RTX 5080

[devout remnant]

I wouldn’t change CPU

[pulsar cargo]

I want to go AM5 but it's just too expensive right now.

[devout remnant]

if my GPU is a 100% bottleneck at 1440p makes no sense to change the cpu at 4K

But hey your money so your choice 😄

[smoky flame]

I don't think its a bottleneck as such, just a 5090 is so powerful and really has 4K in mind but 1440p should still be a somewhat happy middle ground. CPU can still play a part and GPU can do its thing. At 4K you'll be leaning heavily on how powerful the GPU is rather than the CPU

[dusky wave]

Agreed

[smoky flame]

something I'm a bit unsure of is when using upscaling if that brings it down to say 1080p or 1440p internal resolution if it can bring the CPU back into question or does render resolution being 4K mean its still going to be GPU heavy?

[smoky flame]

Hopefully you can upgrade some time soon! 🫂

[pulsar cargo]

Same but gonna keep what I have now for as long as possible.

[dusky wave]

I have changed my mind. As long my games can play at least 1080p native then I won't upgrade

[devout remnant]

GPU has been a bottleneck in every game I’ve tested.

The games even say so in the tests!

[wispy pike]

just reached 41,331 Port royal score

[devout remnant]

Nice you’re just a little over mine!

[wispy pike]

yur

[devout remnant]

I’m sure the Astral can squeeze out a little extra juice 😄

I got 41,198

My OCD was going off missing 2 points to crack 41,200 but it is what it is 😝

[wispy pike]

yea i was at 400+ core value and maxed out the memory at 52k but not sure why

prob was my cpu

sum basically just wanting to not push it further

[devout remnant]

What’s your CPU average?

I had to get mine to 5.8 GHz

[wispy pike]

my cpu averages at 5.4 to 5.5 ghz

on the b650-p socket

[devout remnant]

Well, I say mine like we have the same, I have a 9800X3D

[devout remnant]

Ahhh could be my motherboard helping a little

[wispy pike]

cause i have my curve shaper on 0, -25, -15, -10

[devout remnant]

I got X870E with ASUS.

[devout remnant]

I don’t get my fastest with curve

I just change the Core Multiplyer

[wispy pike]

seen someone do 5.9 ghz on 9950X3D on the x870e asus crosshair hero board

[devout remnant]

CO can limit the scores.

[wispy pike]

pretty much

[devout remnant]

That’s my board and yeah I could push to 5.95GHz but I left it at 5.8

[devout remnant]

Just try and do a 5.7 on the MP

[wispy pike]

im on the msi pro b650-p wifi board so there are limits to it where it cannot handle so most likely just at 5.4 and 5.5 is the board limit

[devout remnant]

Ahh interesting

What’s your GPU mem + ?

I was able to get + 1,800 Mem stable but others can get 2,000+

[wispy pike]

cause ive done it aggressively at 0, -30, -25, -15 and things were fine lol until like soon freezes cause it cant sustain more voltage

on the board

only like those x870e sockets can handle it

[wispy pike]

lemme show

[devout remnant]

Oki

[wispy pike]

dont think image works here so

ill just add

ima try 375 value and see

huh now its 41,030

sum is weird going on

[devout remnant]

If you push too high, it’ll get too hot and throttle down

You need to push it to where it’s consistent not just hitting peak and then coming down harder.

[wispy pike]

yea im noticing my gpu speed being limited

now doing 375 and doing at 3152 mhz

[wispy pike]

what core value would u recommend

[devout remnant]

There’s no recommendation tbh, it’s all GPU specific, I can’t go above 380

You can also manually boost your GPU fan speeds to 100%

Gives it a heads up in cooling

Same for your case fans

Just while benching

[wispy pike]

always had the fans at 100%

and same for gpu fans

prob it might be the limit

on the PCIE 4.0

[devout remnant]

Yeah then you want to try and monitor clocks for stable clocks

But CPU is holding back unless you run TimeSpy

And then you can separate the scores

Steel Nomad is GPU heavy so you can try that as well

@wispy pike

This is my best

@smoky flame right hand column, half way down 😄

[wispy pike]

how did u get image perms

[devout remnant]

You have to be active and then you get it automatically

[wispy pike]

oh gotcha

what steel nomad u runned on vulkan or

[devout remnant]

Just default

[wispy pike]

igh same for time spy?

[devout remnant]

I didn’t change it and didn’t know you could 😄

Yeah standard everything

[wispy pike]

alr ima rq close this out and bench

[devout remnant]

Oki

[devout remnant]

Time to get a new network card 😄

[outer remnant]

https://vxtwitter.com/i/status/2032153045828608138

Wario64 (@Wario64)

STAR WARS Jedi Bundle is $9.16 on Steam https://buff.ly/mT4fcO2

-Jedi Fallen Order $3.19
-Jedi Survivor $6.99

vxTwitter / fixvx · Mar 12, 2026, 5:53 PM

This is surprisingly cheap, still need to play the second game but really enjoyed the first. I watched my partner play the second

[dusky wave]

Damn. I already owned them

[smoky flame]

looks like games are starting to implement DLSS 4.5 support in game and not only as an Nvidia app override option. Looked through Diablo 4’s latest update notes and it mentioned DLSS 4.5 support

[jolly basalt]

hello everyone : i have a question regarding Helix Project

what's keeping me to buy a real PC put Full Screen Exeprience and then use the pc as a Custom Console ?

[ruby spear]

Nothing

Buy whatever you want.

[jolly basalt]

do you think Helix will provide something extra that only her would bring to the table ?

[ruby spear]

Right now we don't know in what capacity the Helix will run PC games.

We have very little info right now, so no one can say. We need to wait until they announce more details.

[jolly basalt]

i had a dream build a console pc moved by a RTX 5000

and use it with controllers as any console lover would

rumours has it that Helix and Pc Portages will be rigouresly the same and unique

so no extra cost ....

[dusky wave]

like they gonna use a 5k workstation gpu lol

[jolly basalt]

maybe a 9070XT ?

[dusky wave]

we just dont know nothing except it will use AMD and can play console and pc games for helix

[ruby spear]

Well, we don't allow discussion of rumours and leaks in here, so we just need to wait for Xbox to announce how things will actually work.

[jolly basalt]

but what will make us pc users want to buy an Helix

if you had to guess ?

[ruby spear]

Again, we don't know until they announce more.

[jolly basalt]

of course sorry : i didnt know about the policies here : but i was curious of your arguments / feelings on the matter

[dusky wave]

it all depends on the helix or whatever its gonna be called specs and price point which we definitely dont know rn

[jolly basalt]

as someone try and daily use FSE by Windows 11 ?

[ruby spear]

There's too many possibilities. I'd rather spend the time playing my games and wait to see what it actually does than come up with theories and guesswork.

[jolly basalt]

i would love to have some feedback on this

[dusky wave]

i thought xbox mode dont come to pc til april

[jolly basalt]

you know rumours can be invigorating

[dusky wave]

nah its misleading

[jolly basalt]

im not saying that helix would be that or that : just wondering : if we gamers are gaming on pc

why choose or want Helix ?

[ruby spear]

You can't make that kind of decision until you know what it does and doesn't do.

[dusky wave]

#pc-gaming message

its just too early to decide when we know nothing

[finite kiln]

Glorious GMMK 3 is on a discount at currys rn, £89.99 down from £189.00 if anyone fancies a new keyboard

It is white though

The black one is something like £140

[vale plover]

why when i try to install any call of duty game like modern warfare 2 or 3 its just a loading screen where it doesnt acctually let me install it

[outer remnant]

J9FJ3-5BCXB-K33S6-XTBTB-XKFXW

Borderlands skin, I don't play that so giving it away to anyone who wants it

Let me know if you claim it

[iron spindle]

https://x.com/ROGAllyLife/status/2032596363481854452

ASUS ROG Ally Life (@ROGAllyLife)

You can finally add any app or game to your my library section inside the #Xbox PC App, Xbox Mode formerly known as Full Screen Experience. You can customize artwork and change the game name too. Learn how to do it here. #ROGXboxAllyX #ROGXboxAlly #ROGAlly #ROGAllyX

X · Mar 13, 2026, 11:15 PM

the custom artwork is only for manually added games witch is a bit disapointing

[green sluice]

Dell sent this tech reviewer a 52” monitor. I didn't even know they came in that size.

[finite kiln]

I've seen 42" ROG ones but damn

[smoky flame]

6K monitor but seems very wide

6144x2560 resolution 120Hz refresh rate

Looking further into the specs of that monitor and considering its resolution I’m really surprised it doesn’t have Displayport 2.1 support

[finite kiln]

I'd play roblox on that bad boy

At 6K

[smoky flame]

I think the biggest monitor screen size I’ve seen is 57” Samsung Odyssey Neo G9 springs to mind almost immediately and that also has a 32:9 aspect ratio and 1000R curve iirc

[finite kiln]

Curved monitors are weird

I had a 32" one and after a while it made flat screens look mad weird to me

[smoky flame]

Yeah, I didn’t like that haha. Had a Neo G8 before going flat OLED and I think it is two things I won’t go back to in a hurry (curved and non OLED)

[finite kiln]

I rock an R27QE right now it's hard to let go lol

1440p 180Hz IPS 27"

[smoky flame]

New case!

[finite kiln]

Post build when it's done 💯

I want the Cougar CFV235 or a HAVN BF360

That's an Evolv X2 right?

Bougie af

[pulsar cargo]

A what now?

[outer remnant]

I think I know what he's trying to say but I can't spell it myself😂

[finite kiln]

I think the context shown there is completely wrong tho

Because where I am atleast it just means "ooooo, fancy"

[outer remnant]

Yeah I was thinking fancy

[finite kiln]

Evolv X2 is a very snazzy case, floating chassis etc

[outer remnant]

That's just Ai making it's own response of other sources lol

[finite kiln]

Idek if my gpu will fit in a CFV235 though 😤

Haven't looked at dimensions

I wish I could post images

[dusky wave]

then look at the specs sheet of the case

[finite kiln]

I will closer to the time I buy

[devout remnant]

Ay congrats 😄

[smoky flame]

Hasn’t been as easy an experience as I thought it would be. Got front and rear fans in so far that’s about it. Still have to sort the power supply and then go over to my old case and get the motherboard out of that and so on. Managed to break one of the Phanteks connectors so I’m a bit upset and frustrated with that 🙁 but I’ll get there!

[normal plover]

That’s basically the same as the Google result

[finite kiln]

Yeah but the context makes it sound condescending/negative

[normal plover]

It says often not always 🤷‍♂️

[finite kiln]

You must be really easy going and not nit-picky at all

[finite kiln]

When it's done it'll look so sick dude keep going

[normal plover]

My bad I’m not trying to argue I was just giving my opinion

https://tenor.com/view/paz-white-flag-wave-waving-flag-gif-15666633

[finite kiln]

👍

[smoky flame]

I REALLY dislike the native 12v-2x6 connector. Didn’t realize it needed so much force to insert it properly into the power supply just to hear the clip click and I’m still not 100% sure about it 😱

[finite kiln]

What gpu do you have again?

[dusky wave]

He has a 5080

[finite kiln]

Rip I am very glad I don't have to dance with that connector

[dusky wave]

What gpu do u have?

[finite kiln]

9070XT

[dusky wave]

Bro has that

Was on a 580 8gb

[finite kiln]

I've had a 3060, 7800XT, and a 9060XT until I got this

My mrs pc is a 5700X+9060XT

[dusky wave]

Nice. Built my pc in 2023

[finite kiln]

Got into pcs early 2025

Like feb I think

[dusky wave]

Lucky u got that early otherwise ram shortage lol

[finite kiln]

Just kept building and upgrading lmao

[finite kiln]

REALL

[dusky wave]

I'm still on ddr4 was gonna upgrade to ddr5 this year but shortage killed that plan. New plan wait til I can't play natively at 1080p60 then full system rebuild

[finite kiln]

I wanna re-case mine though tbh

[dusky wave]

I don't like using frame gen unless it's needed. Regular upscaling is fine

[finite kiln]

If it's a casual looter shooter type game i like to cap my fps at 90 then enable FG so I get a clean 180

[dusky wave]

I usually play single player games.

[normal plover]

Personally I use fg on single player but on multiplayer I always turn it off for the latency (the latency is what’s keeping me in gold in every game 100% for sure)

[smoky flame]

Got a pic of the connector. Really not happy with seeing the light blue showing and the force I’ve had to exert on the connector just to get it to where it is

[livid sierra]

anyone know why i cant play msfs 2024 i could play it before on my laptop but now i cant after it finishes loading it just goes to a black screen

[smoky flame]

the wonders I can perform at 2-3am in the morning! This looks a lot more like how it should and I don't see any blue/turquoise poking out now

now just to hope the GPU end isn't as much of a nightmare as that was...

[devout remnant]

In shouldn’t be, out is a different story 😄

[twilit umbra]

Guys
Does death stranding 2 have denuvo anti tamper?

[sullen trellis]

It's not saying anything denuvo related on the store page, but it's also not out yet.

[latent gate]

https://youtu.be/SlRpJ553RzE

[finite kiln]

I'm seeing an awful lot of second hand Corsair RM1000X PSUs popping up, is there something wrong with those?

For cheap too, £50 or £60

[normal plover]

Second hand psu 😬

[finite kiln]

Yeah it's strange

[finite kiln]

Anyone got good webcam recommendations?

Budget £0-£250

[sullen trellis]

The Budget £0 option would be mounting your phone to your PC

[finite kiln]

I have seen that phones like the Pixel 8 and on are good for that

But i have an OBSBOT Meet 2-4K rn

[normal plover]

Logitech Brio

Or obsbot tiny

[smoky flame]

Finally be getting somewhere with this rebuild but still motherboard, AIO cooler and GPU to sort and the frustrating thing is once the motherboard is removed from my old case its kind of like a point of no return. So I hope everything is alright 😓

[gleaming sleet]

can someone please help me

i got hacked and my entire email got removed from my account

[ruby spear]

https://support.xbox.com/en-GB/help/account-profile/manage-account/compromised-account-solution

If you can't get access with those steps, you'll need to contact Xbox Support. https://support.xbox.com/contact-us/

[gleaming sleet]

the guy completely removed my email from the account

he removed me from all my accounts all i want is my world i can buy all the games again

i spent so much time on that world but whatever

[pulsar cargo]

You got this!

[finite kiln]

It's getting to around that time again.

I want to upgrade le pc 😂

[dusky wave]

gl with the prices of gpu, ram and ssd lol

[finite kiln]

Parts I'm looking at seem unaffected so I think I'll be alright

[dusky wave]

lucky some ddr5 ram kits are like 500 if not more

[finite kiln]

Yeah I'm not looking for ram

[dusky wave]

but gl with the upgrade what r u current on and going to?

[finite kiln]

Currently just running a 7800x3d/9070XT build rn with 32gb ddr5 6000MHz CL30 on a MSI B650M so my plan is to get a B850 micro ATX so I have a 2nd x16 slot that I can slot a low profile 5050 into 👍

[dusky wave]

lucky. still on ddr4. my bro is running 9070xt as well

[finite kiln]

It's literally just so i can abuse NVENC encoding so just doing some research on whether or not I'll have to upgrade the PSU

[dusky wave]

i kept putting ddr5 upgrade off cause my system can still play games. i dont use pc outside of gaming and regular pc stuff like web browsing etc.

[finite kiln]

I do some gaming and I'll stream in the evening so would be nice to have a 9th gen nvenc engine

[smoky flame]

Might be some limitations on the RTX 5050 with certain specs like the nvenc engine

[finite kiln]

It's a single nvenc encoder which is more than enough for 1080p60 at 6000kbs

It'll have virtually 0 other overhead usage in my rig

[smoky flame]

Ahh, my bad there. Was double checking as I remembered seeing it had some changes but otherwise should be alright, yeah

[finite kiln]

I could experiment with LS too sometime 😂

Have my main gpu render, the 5050 gen frames etc etc

[pulsar cargo]

It's rubbish, don't bother. Unless you're really bored

[finite kiln]

Really in the dual gpu way?

[pulsar cargo]

Yes

[smoky flame]

as you already have a 9070 XT I would probably just stick to using FSR4/Redstone where possible as it should be better than Lossless Scaling

[finite kiln]

Although, experimenting is fun

Trying new things and learning shouldn't be hampered by having good stuff by default

[pulsar cargo]

???

[finite kiln]

As in, it really wouldn't hurt to try it out as I haven't run dual gpus before and it will be fun

[pulsar cargo]

You do you. Don't expect miracles though

[finite kiln]

It's not my original plan for it anyway.

[polar badger]

Does anyone of u has Xbox game pass

[finite kiln]

I do but I don't use my xbox anymore

It's a glorified TV box now

No.

[polar badger]

Bruh

[obsidian bobcat]

#rules 💵 15. Do not attempt to buy, sell, or trade items or codes in this server or via DM with server members. Do not ask for handouts, free codes, or other freebies either. If a user has a spare code they wish to give away for free, they may do so.

[wicked tiger]

Additionally, please don't ask to access the accounts of other users

[polar badger]

Sorry I am stuck at cracked

[pulsar cargo]

:/

How's your build going @smoky flame ?

[smoky flame]

that is true. I was curious about Lossless Scaling too for a little while as I heard it has a feature that works similar to Nvidia's upcoming dynamic multi frame generation and wante to try it but backed off as I heard that feature will soon become available to all Nvidia RTX 50 series users from March 31st. Should be able to set an FPS target (so in my case 240 FPS) and then as long as Frame Gen is enabled in game and this feature is enabled from the Nvidia app a game should reach 240 FPS even if it has to use all 6x or as little as say 2.1x

[smoky flame]

I stopped building it and called in help as I felt I was out of my depth and would rather make sure it is built properly by someone who knows what they are doing. They are coming out on Wednesday

that 12v-2x6 connector really messed with my confidence in building this PC 🙁

[dusky wave]

Ouch sub zero

[pulsar cargo]

Have some faith in yourself!

[smoky flame]

really hope Nvidia backtrack on adopting this connector but I don't see that happening as there will probably be yet another revision of it whenever 60 series is announced but on the power supply end the force it required I was worried I'd somehow break the power supply internally and that would have held everything up while waiting on a replacement

[finite kiln]

That's absolutely fair it's a temperamental connector so

[pulsar cargo]

Don't think I've ever built with Nvidia so no clue there. I loved doing my intel/AMD gpu one though. I ended up cutting my fingers because of screws and using the wrong mobo screws haha

Had to use plyers to ger the screw off lol

[finite kiln]

I saw some 9070xt models with 12v connectors but I avoided them anyway, even the ones with optional connectors so I don't become tempted lol

[pulsar cargo]

Didn't realise the proper screws were in a bag for the case lol

Took like 2 hours getting the wrong screws off the mobo lol

Pure pain

[smoky flame]

pretty sure all GPUs with 12vhpwr or 12v-2x6 connectors on them have an optional adapter that will require 2-4x 8 pin but it is quite the eyesore to look at seeing that adapter and in some cases may not be possible to use due to limited space or certainly on the 5090 I would recommend native 12v-2x6 600W rated cable

[finite kiln]

I'm on about the ones with the hidden connector on the mobo side

[smoky flame]

that would have been a horrible experience 😱

ahh, like the Sapphire Nitro+ 9070 XT?

[finite kiln]

Yeeee

They're more for the "zero" builds arent they though?

[smoky flame]

that isn't optional, pretty sure it is 12v-2x6 but there is a zero cable model that requires a supported motherboard to use, yeah

[pulsar cargo]

It absolutely was but I got there in the end lol

[dusky wave]

Let's hope the next gen 6090 won't burn the connector I doubt though ...

[smoky flame]

next gen 6090 probably going to need the user to have a power supply that supports 2x 12v-2x6 cables with no adapters present in the box - which would be absolutely bonkers but there are some very special models of 5090 that already have that

[pulsar cargo]

Although I'm half tempted to pay the current ram prices and just go am5 anyway

[dusky wave]

Spend like 500 on the ram kit lol

[finite kiln]

My mate did, bought 32gb kit for £250

Got mine for £60 before the ramageddon

[pulsar cargo]

Yeah £250 ain't bad yeah

[dusky wave]

Probably close to a grand upgrade

[pulsar cargo]

£250 for 16gb?

[smoky flame]

I bought my 32GB 6000 MT/s CL32 kit back in 2023 (would have been about 3 years ago to the day I think) for around £150. Pretty sure that same kit now if it is still out there for purchase costs more than £500

[pulsar cargo]

Didn't see the 32gb lol

[smoky flame]

my next RAM upgrade is sure to be 64GB but ideally at a time when pricing comes down

[pulsar cargo]

I don't even utilise 32gb so 64gb would be overkill for me haha

[smoky flame]

will also be dependant on what CPU I look at upgrading to next seeing as Zen 6 and Core Ultra 400 series won't be too far away and are sure to demand faster RAM. Perhaps a return to Intel for me on the cards. Last Intel CPU I had was a i7-6700K that lasted from 2016 to 2020

[dusky wave]

Guess that depends if the next core CPUs are any better than the zen 6 cpus

[smoky flame]

idk if I'm thinking a bit too much into it but its funny that I've gone back to using an Nvidia GPU and will soon be using an AIO cooler again for the first time since my original 2016 gaming PC build 😅 May be nothing and I continue on with AMD haha

[pulsar cargo]

I wanna get the 5700X3D. That might stop me going to AM5.

[smoky flame]

Intel have some serious catching up to do with Zen 5 X3D so idk how that will go but with Zen 6 imminent any time Intel can spend as the leader again before AMD swoop back in may help them a bit as Intel really have had a pretty horrid time of things lately

[pulsar cargo]

Wish I would've got it when it was cheap on AliExpress 😅

Seen someone selling a 5700X3D for £280!!

[dusky wave]

How much would it cost to upgrade to am5 for u?

[smoky flame]

5700X3D makes some sense but I'm really not a fan of that socket. AM4 really doesn't have much in ways of preventing the CPU coming away with the cooler if you are not careful. LGA on Intel and AM5 boards though seems much safer imo

[pulsar cargo]

Anyway gotta stop talking and cook 🍽️ dinner lol

[finite kiln]

I saw the path shorten and jumped from 5700X to 7800X3D :p

[green sluice]

I don’t remember seeing or hearing of this Alienware monitor from back in the day. It’s an absolute unit. 😅

2008

[smoky flame]

heh, look how far monitor tech has come since then. Bezel-less, super thin etc. I've seen that picture on a few other servers

[smoky flame]

oh damn, DLSS 5 got announced at GTC. Forgot about the Nvidia keynote (though I partly avoided it thinking it would be AI AI AI)

https://videocardz.com/newz/nvidia-reveals-dlss-5-powered-by-neural-rendering-launches-this-fall

[ruby spear]

Oh no, it looks horrible.

That's not even upscaling. It's completely changing the faces and making them weird.

It just makes her look like an AI generated fake face. That's not Grace.

[smoky flame]

I believe it is using some neural rendering techniques in order to generate these faces and improve lighting etc

also supposedly required Nvidia to use not one but two RTX 5090 to render these so this neural rendering requires some SERIOUS graphics horsepower

[ruby spear]

Even some of the background stuff is being changed too much, like the ivy/plants on the building in the last slider comparison. They're not upscaled, they look completely replaced with what the AI thinks real plants would look like.

If it was just upscaling, fine, that's the way everything is heading. But this is completely changing what the developers made into something different. That is not Grace's face.

[smoky flame]

this is something else. All I know is Blackwell GPUs (RTX 50 series) support neural rendering and it uses AI a bunch to recreate elements of a game with various elements improved - this is where we're headed and I won't be at all surprised to see this on next gen consoles too. IIRC RDNA 4 supports Neural Rendering too but to what extent is unknown

[ruby spear]

It's pushed it into uncanny valley territory, where you can see it's clearly an AI generated face and makes it weird.

[smoky flame]

yeah 🙁

[dusky wave]

Like those ai yt vids

[smoky flame]

I can see where it attempts to generate stuff though and while the faces are very AI generic looking there is other improvements but what I'd be curious about is the computational cost of this seeing as the jump from DLSS 3.5 to DLSS 4 was said to be big, followed by DLSS 4 to DLSS 4.5 being something like 5x so DLSS 4.5 to DLSS 5 looks set to be even larger than that 😱

this is sure to be an RTX 50 series only DLSS version, unlike DLSS 4.5 where all GPUs were supported but 20 and 30 series suffered significant FPS loss if it was used due to the lack of FP8 support on such GPUs

[blissful carbon]

This had better be optional

[smoky flame]

not sure tbh, got a feeling it will be similar to how DLSS 4 introduced CCN and Transformer models on some games but that could well vary game by game seeing as some games today don't even give the model type toggle like Cyberpunk 2077 does which either means it detects the hardware you run and sets the model accordingly or simply defaults to the transformer model, even on older GPUs where it will reduce performance somewhat (even more so if DLSS 4.5 is also implemented either by devs or Nvidia app override)

[pulsar cargo]

Lol, don't shoot me but:

Gave me a giggle

[smoky flame]

lol

[outer remnant]

https://youtu.be/4ZlwTtgbgVA?si=U-1LG_kwXj4_t-Nj