technology

[ivory creek]

i read somewhere ages ago that they were able to "teleport" some particles from one place to another and get it to some degree rebuilt correctly. ping me when teleportation is fully possible

[pale quartz]

sort of not exactly they were able to use quantum entanglement to transport a particle from earth to space faster than light

[wet notch]

that does sound pretty scary tbh

[pale quartz]

is what it was

[wet notch]

i think i would be unlucky and turn out like the guy in that movie The Fly

some horrible teleportation accident

[pale quartz]

We're already capable of teleportation, it's not just in sci-fi movies

getting a human to teleport, not so much

[ivory creek]

when i was younger i had this vision of a perfect resort where u used different type of sphere like greenhouses to regulate temps but that still let in sunlight and air to bring down different perfect temps in cities beaches or mountains alike depending if u wanted to shop, take a sunbath or go up into the mountains and go down slopes. that could be built no matter where u were on earth. could it work?

it was mostly because i was so tired of the horrible weather here in sweden lol

[pale quartz]

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eden_Project

[ivory creek]

someone beat me to it?

damn

[lost cargo]

Back well from Nvidia is wild asf. AMD and Intel got years to catch up.

Bruh. We are living in NVIDIA’s world for years now.

The Ai. Looks fucking amazing ngl

[ivory creek]

nvidia might get us so far, but what about when we need to leave earth behind

thats when elon got us

[lost cargo]

Nvidia is the reason why technology more advanced.

Nvidia have god mode

[ivory creek]

lol

[lost cargo]

It’s insane how far they push technology every generation. Intel and AMD should give up or team up to compete.

If they mash up it’s gonna be AmTel or Sum like that

[ivory creek]

did u read about elons project neuralink enabling a patient to play chess by only using his mind

[lost cargo]

Bruh, what? That’s narly asf

[ivory creek]

ye it was some online chess

google it

[modern ether]

anyone have any clue why I can't run battlefield games I've bought on steam? I seem to be able to run bad company 2 but anything after that won't launch, I've tried everything I can think of, from running as admin to completely reinstalling the games and both steam and the EA app. (although the EA app never properly uninstalls.)

[modern ether]

tbh, that in itself is nothing new tbh

I also can't seem to find any obvious way to contact ea support lol

[ivory creek]

!!support

[silent oasis]

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[modern ether]

that doesn't help

[ivory creek]

it does

[modern ether]

ok, so explain how I contact a support member?

[ivory creek]

contact the ea support chat

[modern ether]

how?

[ivory creek]

help.ea.com

?

[modern ether]

help.ea.com shows nothing relevant

[ivory creek]

wat

[modern ether]

it goes through BS and doesn't show any relevant way to contact someone

literally try for yourself

I don't want a refund I want the games to work

:/

like it should not be this hard to contact ea regarding an issue like this

[ivory creek]

https://help.ea.com/en/help-contact-us/?product=ea-account&topic=login-ea-account&category=manage-my-account

i found my way to a chat

say 8 minutes waiting time

[modern ether]

now why isn't this link in this

or on the help.ea.com page

[ivory creek]

u get there by selecting options from help.ea.com

[modern ether]

ah I see, but my issue isn't related to my account

it's the ea app being utterly crap

selecting EA app does nothing to contact.

[modern ether]

.

it only lets me put a subject on the issue too.

no description or anything

and I just got 3 emails saying congratulations on some EA anniversary thing

[ivory creek]

well theres no support here , so thats what u got

u can contact a support through chat or mail or the forums

[modern ether]

how?

the site shows nothing relevant to any of that

and if there's something it's hidden like a damn needle in a haystack

[pale quartz]

this channel isnt for tech support with the game

[modern ether]

point me to a place that lets me actually get any support on my issue. I'll wait.

[pale quartz]

not in this channel lol

[primal pier]

Through ea website

[modern ether]

so how do I contact them?

there's no obvious way

[modern ether]

I've been waiting for multiple hours

[modern ether]

not on the website either clearly lol

[modern ether]

still haven't heard back

so uh, this is clearly the only way to get any sort of support

[modern ether]

not really

kinda funny how a software engineer can't engineer some help

[midnight crypt]

Noone here is obligated to help you

Pro tip

Use google.com

[modern ether]

yet I've searched before asking here

[modern ether]

apparently not even the support team at EA

apparently 8 min's is more than a day

[midnight crypt]

They will reply eventually

[modern ether]

why's it say approximately 8 mins if it's not even under the hour

[primal pier]

gotta try it on the daylight

[modern ether]

you can calculate the time.

[modern ether]

that doesn't change the fact it said 8 mins from exactly when I clicked the button.

plus you'd assume EA would have multiple locations providing support

[candid flame]

ok

[eager egret]

Are there people that have a problem with thier HDR looks washed out on BF2042? I finally found a solution for me after more then a year. Anyone wants to try it out?

[ivory creek]

the hdr looks fine to me

but sure, say what you did

[eager egret]

1.Look up Battlefield2042 in file explorer
2.Right click BF2042.exe(not al have .exe)
3.Go to properties
4.Go to compatibility
5. Check the box "use legacy display ICC color management"
6. Then Apply

[ivory creek]

nice

[modern ether]

that's probably your monitor tbh

or a different hardware component

[ivory creek]

i read alot of people who complained about hdr not working in the ea forums a while back

[modern ether]

maybe contrast settings too idk

[eager egret]

i dont know, it is fine on every game except with BF2042 and i have red online i am not the only one

[modern ether]

not sure

weird

although it could possibly be an issue with the game, Afterall the entire game was rushed to launch

if that fixes it though it's pretty good

[eager egret]

yeah with HDR on it looked washed out and more greyish. Without HDR it looked fine but well not HDR xD went over al settings and checked my hardware and monitor. Its a wierd thing because it was fine everywere but not in BF2042. Other batllefields had no problems

[modern ether]

yeah, I guess it could just be a 2042 thing

they should have just delayed the games release by 6 months to allow it to release in the best possible state

rushing a games development never ends well

[ivory creek]

are you using w11 with hdr on and have a calibrated hdr profile? i did that at once when i got a hdr monitor and it seem to work fine

[modern ether]

I mean if it's just 2042 it's likely something related to the game rather than a setting elsewhere idk

even if it's just using an incompatible colour profile

[eager egret]

yes, win11 and HDR calibrated

[ivory creek]

im not sure about the calibrator tho, i could go up to over 2000 nits before the cross disspeared. they claim my monitor got quantum hdr 2000 but still. i set a lower value

[molten flame]

this RX 6800 is the best value GPU but beware, many people are getting defective ones

maybe why they're so cheap

[brave sundial]

Maybe it's because it's not from a well known reputable brand

I wouldn't care for ram or an nvme but I'd care where I'm buying my gpu from

[molten flame]

I think AMD is purposely giving XFX the bad silicon

I think they do that with Gigabyte too

[pale quartz]

they are not "given" silicon, AIBs need to buy it off Radeon and Nvidia

[quick locust]

or intel

https://www.pcgamesn.com/nvidia/rtx-4080-crash-cs2-pgl-2024

https://www.pcgamesn.com/msi/new-spatium-m580-ssd

https://www.pcgamesn.com/microsoft/phil-spencer-xbox-handheld

[pale quartz]

we already know they're planning to launch one lol

[quick locust]

ye

too bad windows sucks for it rn

microsoft skill issue

[radiant rain]

which phone should i buy samsung s24/s24 plus or iphone 15?

[ivory creek]

im waiting for google pixel 8a if u wanna save some money

[pale quartz]

depends on what you like, if you like the iOS ecosystem then get the 15, if you don't care the s24

[radiant rain]

i never had an iphone or anything from apple

[pale quartz]

just get the s24 then

[radiant rain]

i mean i know s24 is better, but still idk maybe i would like IOS

[quick locust]

Is nokia C13 decent?

[pale quartz]

if you want to try the iOS ecosystem, don't use a new phone that's for sure

buy an old one

[molten flame]

iOS doesn't allow piracy or adblockers (unless using third party browsers) which is why I still use an android despite having an iPhone as my main phone with service

[radiant rain]

i dont care about that, i only use phones for calls, sms, social media and mail. Take pictures sometimes

have only a few apps installed

[ivory creek]

any phone can pull that off

[pale quartz]

get a old iPhone if you want to try the ecosystem it's a expensive investment otherwise

[ivory creek]

no need to get a flagship

[radiant rain]

i know

what does flagship mean?

[ivory creek]

best of the line

[radiant rain]

i have xiaomi redmi 10 note pro right now, its works perfectly fine..i just want a new phone i guess

[molten flame]

iPhone 11 is $199 new at Walmart, though iPhone 12 at $299 is a better option because of the brighter OLED screen

[pale quartz]

the one big con that may disway you either way is the iPhone still doesn't support 120hz

it's on the Samsung and has been for a while now

but make your own decision

[radiant rain]

i got it on my xiaomi too, but didnt even knew it for a year. Its was turned off

[molten flame]

Only the iPhone 13 Pro and above have 120Hz screen, regular 13 is just 60Hz

[radiant rain]

for me its more important how the phone looks on te outside. And both samsung and iphone are beatiful

[molten flame]

Standard iPhone 14 is a lot better than the 13 Pro and 13 Pro Max

[pale quartz]

not in the same way you'd expect, the Samsung uses a adaptive refresh rate where it'll switch by itself to 120 and then downscale on the fly etc, your current one is static

[ivory creek]

does refreshrate really matter if ure not gaming on them?

[pale quartz]

yes

[molten flame]

I like a static refresh rate tbh

[pale quartz]

it makes a significant difference to the quality of a phone

[radiant rain]

interesting

[ivory creek]

okey

[pale quartz]

animations and transitions are (2x) smoother and it feels much better to use overall

[ivory creek]

ah true

[molten flame]

Even 90Hz feels a lot better than 60Hz

Well feels/looks

[radiant rain]

how long is an iphone usable?

[pale quartz]

as in lifespan?

[radiant rain]

yeah

and with updates and so on

[pale quartz]

less than your current one, iPhone batteries are much smaller so they die faster, support though for updates you're talking over 5+ of support

[radiant rain]

cuz in my country we usualy buy phone trought biding with a phone company. So phone are much cheaper with that and you are playing every month for two years

and people usualy change phone after 2 years

[molten flame]

Best way to extend the endurance of a battery is by not letting it run out completely but also never fully charging it too

[pale quartz]

it will last 2 years, you'll notice a severe degradation in the battery life in that period though

if phone longevity is a priority then don't buy it

[molten flame]

Iirc screen brightness affects battery endurance

[pale quartz]

it doesn't

[molten flame]

[pale quartz]

higher brightness just consumes more battery life, which increases the amount of cells that needs to be recharged

it doesn't have a direct effect on the endurance

these are hardware limitations at the end of the day, the smaller the battery is the faster it dies

[radiant rain]

thank you. its good to hear from different people

[pale quartz]

[molten flame]

Also don't iPhone processors generally use less power than Android? And I'm sure iOS is more hardware-efficient than Android too

iOS has great optimization

[pale quartz]

yes it is

but this is charging, not the consumption of the hardware

[molten flame]

Fast-charging is the biggest issue for battery endurance

[radiant rain]

but why does this matter? like what are people doing it with it?

[pale quartz]

it's not

fast charging has a negligible difference to the health of a battery, they will all enact slow charging past 80/90% to maintain integrity

[molten flame]

Less likely to encounter glitches on iOS and apps might be optimized better for iOS especially some music ones

[pale quartz]

the biggest "issue" of how long a battery can last is the size (mAH) of the battery, nothing else or more

[radiant rain]

a glitch here and there, and i never have any problem with spotify on ma android. Do people just want too much?

[pale quartz]

there are instances where this is the case, but it's few and far between

[radiant rain]

i really dont understand. Its just a phone.

[molten flame]

One thing to add, my iPhone 11 gets much louder than my Galaxy S21+ when paired with JBL Bluetooth speakers and the Sony earbuds I use

[pale quartz]

that's because it has noise amplification, it's not a good thing

iPhones dont support LDAC for Sony headphones so the quality is inferior

[molten flame]

[pale quartz]

they used to on Mac but apple stripped that ability so good luck

[molten flame]

Apple trying to be more proprietary

[radiant rain]

are macs worth it?

[pale quartz]

the M1 yes definitely

[wet notch]

you're paying for the brand mostly i think : )

[molten flame]

M1 absolutely smacks for value rn

[pale quartz]

iOS doesn't support any BT codecs such as aptX/LDAC etc only SBC, because they want you to buy their earbuds lol

[molten flame]

Yep air pods lol

[radiant rain]

i think that for all apple products but still. im curious and want to learn

[pale quartz]

if you want to try then use the Mac, just beware it's not a nice experience if you don't own other apple gear

if you want to try the cool stuff anyway

if you want it for general use then get the mac

[radiant rain]

i just bought a year ago microsoft laptop go

but have kinda second thoughts about it

[pale quartz]

it's basically impossible to beat the M1 Mac in terms of battery life per charge at the price point it's at, I'd definitely recommend it

got one myself even for work

[radiant rain]

in my store they only have m2 and m3

[pale quartz]

basically the same just better if anything

[radiant rain]

im just scared cuz i used windows for 20 years

[pale quartz]

you can always use hackintosh if you really want to lol

[radiant rain]

what is that

[pale quartz]

essentially using Mac on non apple hardware

limitations* ofc

[radiant rain]

ooh wow

[pale quartz]

https://hackintosh.com/

[radiant rain]

thank you

[pale quartz]

np

[brave sundial]

Snapdragon X Elite could change that

Again, not out yet but the benchmarks show potential

[molten flame]

https://www.pcgamer.com/hardware/gaming-laptops/snapdragon-x-elite-spotted-running-baldurs-gate-3-at-around-30fps-supporting-claims-that-windows-games-just-work-on-arm-chip/

30 fps in a new game

[brave sundial]

Wasn't designed for gaming

Just like how the M3 isn't

[molten flame]

ik but it's got a powerful iGPU for sure

[brave sundial]

And it's arm too, MS is just starting to actually care about it

When they should have 5 years ago

[pale quartz]

?

they've been a holder and contributor to ARM for ages

windows got support about 5 years ago aswell

[brave sundial]

I mean windows 10X

Which turned out to be a nothingburger

They can't even commit to WSA

[pale quartz]

they still have supported ARM for ages, the windows phone was built on it

WSA is redundant now that Google have their own app launcher for windows

[brave sundial]

Wasn't that only for games?

[pale quartz]

yes, but there's link to windows for generic apps

and that's been around for eons now

[brave sundial]

Oh

[molten flame]

Is there any reason to get Wi-Fi 6/7 supported hardware even though my internet speed is only 50 Mbps? My motherboard is Wi-Fi 5

would there be improvements to signal integrity?

[pale quartz]

you need something which supports the standard lol, if there isnt it will connect via a lower protocol

[molten flame]

only a handful of people could really see benefit from Wi-fi 7 tbh

[median sequoia]

Any tech wizards here available at the moment?

[brave sundial]

Not many routers even support Wi-Fi 6

[lost cargo]

You don’t have WF7 bro 😎

It’s all about that WF8

[brave sundial]

Will it be 7E next, or 8?

[lost cargo]

WF9

[dry pike]

Wifi 6 and 7 can lower your latency in certain scenarios. So can in theory be better for multiplayer gaming and stuff like VR if you run that over wireless.

[lost cargo]

we need that WF10 frfr with fiber

[lost cargo]

ngl 2k -> 4k dsr looks amazing at the same performance, thanks Nvidia

[pastel field]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=n6PUwpTY0pA

bro

portable PC

💀

[molten flame]

https://wccftech.com/nvidia-geforce-rtx-4080-crashes-during-million-dollar-cs2-tournament-despite-being-selected-as-gpu-of-choice/amp/

Nvidia driver crash botched a CS2 tournament

Team got eliminated because of it

[molten flame]

https://videocardz.com/newz/amd-zen5-architecture-is-allegedly-40-faster-core-to-core-than-zen4-in-spec-benchmarks

[brave sundial]

[dry pike]

I somehow doubt they will be able or interested in making a similar improvement as they did when they went from Excavator to Zen arcitecture

They are not far enough behind Intel for that

But surprise me AMD. I are you,

[pale quartz]

it's not happening, these fake rumours spur up every time we're close to a release

[dry pike]

They are "up to" rumours. So they can be up to not complete crap 😄

[pale quartz]

ad ignorantiam always applies whenever you say up to xyz infinite number

[modern ether]

would a dying hard drive cause games to not launch?

[midnight crypt]

It's a possibility

[modern ether]

it's probably why then

[pastel field]

👀

[granite kestrel]

rate the build https://se.pcpartpicker.com/list/NQpMQP

[digital hill]

It looks good, but isn't 850w pushing it for a 4080 super

[granite kestrel]

Pushing it on the low end?

[digital hill]

power wise I meant

[granite kestrel]

Meaning too few watts?

[digital hill]

Ah no it might be fine

It does look like a fine system but is it your new upgrade path or your new pc?

[granite kestrel]

it's a full system

My current PC is enough of a Frankenstein

[digital hill]

What you mean frankenstein

[granite kestrel]

HDD and PSU from 2014, etc.

CPU from 2017

GPU from 2018

[pale quartz]

build is fine, no changes needed, if you're looking for alterations the 7950x3d may be an option as the price class isn't that different from the 7800x3d, ATX 3 on the PSU could be an option as its a new build but not strictly necessary

[granite kestrel]

/19

[digital hill]

ah I see, you got a bunch of components from different era putting it together and it works

[pale quartz]

depends how expensive ATX 3 is in your region, but worth a look

for your case mozzy give the 7950 a serious consideration, but price vary accordingly, obv

I assume you're doing this for development related stuff aswell as gaming

[granite kestrel]

The extend of my dev stuff is just a glorified text editor

I don't game that much

[digital hill]

I did have a frankenstein before upgrading to my first gaming system, which was a hdd from 2013 I believe, with a psu from 2018, cpu from 2007, gpu from 2017 and the mobo from 2006

[pale quartz]

eh if that's the case then not needed

[digital hill]

The pc was from the curb because the ram was dead

[pale quartz]

your build is fine, if you're debating potential upgrades consider atx 3, if not then just stick with what you've got on that list

[digital hill]

Is it even worth for atx 3

[pale quartz]

yes

atx 3 removes the need to use the 12v adapter

[digital hill]

for what gpu?

[pale quartz]

any 40 series card lol or any 50 series card people are wanting to buy

if you're buying in 4090/4080 class territory it's a serious consideration

[digital hill]

Eeh doesn't seem to be worth it and the adapter is fine

[granite kestrel]

ATX3?

ELI5

[pale quartz]

I've discussed this before but the adapter is very sensitive to pc configurations and generally not suitable for most users on high end cards

in tight case fits*

[digital hill]

Here's an article , https://seasonic.com/atx-3-0-standard

but it seems more like

it can be more efficent power wise

[pale quartz]

tldr: support for handling PCIe gen 5 specification requirements from the power supply

aka 12vh

that is why you need the adapter as ATX 2 doesnt support the 12v power specifications natively

Dark Power 13 and others are atx 3 psus

[digital hill]

but how much will it add

mybe mozzy is limited budget wise

[pale quartz]

I have no idea lol that's why I said look for them

I don't think budget is a major concern if he's buying a 4080s realistically speaking

certainly not a price class difference between 3 and 2

[granite kestrel]

Apparently my selected PSU comes with the needed cable

[pale quartz]

yeah it will have the adapter, it comes with the graphics card

the 12v adapter converts 8 pin power to it, atx 3 isn't required, only consider it if you're planning a upgrade potentially in the future

[granite kestrel]

Seems to come with the PSU

[pale quartz]

it's atx 3? must have missed it

[granite kestrel]

https://se.pcpartpicker.com/product/4ZRwrH/corsair-rm850e-2023-850-w-80-gold-certified-fully-modular-atx-power-supply-cp-9020263-na

[pale quartz]

huh colour me surprised it is atx 3

well forget whatever I said

[granite kestrel]

Where do I even see if it is here

[pale quartz]

https://www.corsair.com/eu/en/p/psu/cp-9020263-eu/rme-series-rm850e-fully-modular-low-noise-atx-power-supply-cp-9020263-eu specifications are listed on the main page, it has PCIe 5 compliance, so it's atx 3 by native

[granite kestrel]

yes but no

[pale quartz]

very good PSU for that price considering, nice find

oh well guess there's no actual change

your build will look a lot cleaner removing the adapter so, gg

may actually pick up that power supply myself tbh

[granite kestrel]

fuck, I hate spending money

[pale quartz]

welcome to my world

buying the 4090 felt like swallowing a cyanide pill

what monitor are you using mozzy?

[pale quartz]

4080 will go well with it

[molten coral]

You have a list of what you’re planning to buy mozzy?

[granite kestrel]

yes https://se.pcpartpicker.com/list/NQpMQP

[molten coral]

The itch to replace my 2080ti is back

[granite kestrel]

don't do it

I'm being stupid

[pale quartz]

https://tenor.com/view/money-dollar-bills-count-rich-pay-day-gif-5618244

oh @granite kestrel you're missing thermal paste

remember that aswell

[granite kestrel]

True

But probably comes with?

[pale quartz]

it won't come with it no, you'll need to buy it separate

there may be paste pre applied to the cooler but you'll need your own as it's AM5 mount (the paste spread will be different for contact) tldr

something like the noctua nt-h2 or kyronaut thermal grizzly will work fine if you're wanting recommendations

[granite kestrel]

right

[storm osprey]

https://se.pcpartpicker.com/list/vRsgyg

imo

why the 64gb of ram?

[burnt coyote]

why not

[digital hill]

He does code

[storm osprey]

Pretty damn sure 32gb is more than enough.

[toxic wigeon]

Don't think it hurts to have 64 gigs anyways.

[pale quartz]

with DDR5 you do not want 4 sticks, only 2 to ensure compatible stability for certain kits, it's preferential to get 64 (32x2) under this circumstance

[molten flame]

Just get motherboard with 2 RAM slots

That way you also don't have to worry about what slots to install the DIMMs for dual-channel mode

[light basin]

I dare you to stand backwards on a staircase

[granite kestrel]

Why?

64gb because I'm a Chrome user

[lost cargo]

Fuck it, go a TB of ram

Plus virtual ram

[toxic wigeon]

You usually shove in HDD's in as well don't you?

[modern gull]

40k 🤡

[lost cargo]

4k usd worth

[granite kestrel]

notice the 2 GPUs inflating the sum

[granite kestrel]

Fuck HDDs

[modern gull]

Yeah was actually about to correct myself to 30k

[granite kestrel]

I will never use an HDD ever again

SSDs are pretty cheap anyways

[modern gull]

I currently have HDD for backup stuff but i will switch to m.2 next upgrade, it makes most noise than all in the pc while idle

[molten coral]

fr

Haven't had a HDD in my PC for years

[granite kestrel]

100% of my gaming is still done on an HDD from 2014

[lost cargo]

Oof

SSD is gonna be an upgrade for you

[granite kestrel]

I have Windows on an SSD

Just 256 gb though

[lost cargo]

Ouch

[toxic wigeon]

I'm just gonna say I'd get one 2 terabyte ssd but if that works out that's just fine.

[granite kestrel]

I might cave and do 2x2 TB SSDs

[lost cargo]

I have a 4TB M.2 kek

[modern gull]

I wouldnt have myself if that damn ssd i had didnt die like it did. Lost soo much valuable data. So kind of been scared since not having HDD for backup but was bad brand i guess. Now i just use micron m.2 which i feel safe with

[granite kestrel]

But for now, 1 + 2 TB is enough

[toxic wigeon]

Ye

[granite kestrel]

I don't plan on doing a lot of gaming anyway

[toxic wigeon]

1+2 is what I would suggest.

[lost cargo]

I also have 2 more M.2 slots left out of 4

[modern gull]

Next upgrade i probably gonna do 4 on storage/backup drive and keep 1tb for Main

[granite kestrel]

This mobo has 3 slots

[dry pike]

Gotta fill all the slots

this is the way

[granite kestrel]

Should I just do 2+2

[toxic wigeon]

It was super fun just shoving a new ssd into my computer the other day.

[molten coral]

eh tbh, it helps that I've a media server that I also use to storage important things on.

[toxic wigeon]

May as well.

[molten coral]

• I've 1TB of storage on google drive which I use a lot

[granite kestrel]

Google Drive for life

[molten coral]

[granite kestrel]

That capacity is a lie though

'

[toxic wigeon]

Ledigt

[lost cargo]

One drive is life

[toxic wigeon]

I'm thinking of doing a wipe just to get rid of crap.

[molten coral]

ye mine doesn't say 1tb

[willow schooner]

Just ordered a new monitor. An Alienware AW2725DF. 1440p OLED 360hz. 😄

[molten coral]

Nice

I want a new monitor as well but I'm gonna have to upgrade my PC for it

so for now i cba

[willow schooner]

My PC is as upgraded as I can really do for now. But my main monitor has a dodgy power supply

[toxic wigeon]

I need to save up a bit of money before I go out buying things again.

[modern gull]

Fair enough

[pale quartz]

always where possible do a single drive per capacity

the TBW of a drive is defined by its size, tldr a 1 4TB drive will last 2x longer in write capacity than those 2 drives individually

[modern gull]

They are not the same size

If that's what you meant 🤷

[pale quartz]

same point

[modern gull]

Oh i was blind lol

[pale quartz]

main issue is the cost factor with size for nvmes once you approach 4 and above TB the cell size requirements outweigh any TBW difference most of the time

[granite kestrel]

Keeping 1+2

[toxic wigeon]

I'd only for 4 teras if I was super desperate.

[modern gull]

I'd say it don't matter if you use them equaly much though

[toxic wigeon]

2 teras isolated is MASSIVE.

[pale quartz]

if you use them equally as much it matters, it doesn't if you dont

[modern gull]

Yeah i just wanted to correct my mistake lol

Nobody saw that

[pale quartz]

easy to say now, give it 2 years

[toxic wigeon]

I forget you're Swedish.

[toxic wigeon]

Eh you just work with it.

I dunno

I just feel like if you just clean up shit you're not using you can make it last. Like with RAM. Sure the requirements increase but I don't believe it will be such a spike.

I also know it differs between users too.

There are people who need more ram and storage than a regular person.

Man 500 gigabytes xbox one how did we cope.

[pale quartz]

HDDs are reaching consumer capacities of 20TB in size now for mass buying (per drive), the distinct difference between a game which takes up 100GB and then 200GB isn't broken down till you tell people that they go from storing 20 games, to 10 on that

[toxic wigeon]

Ye.

[toxic wigeon]

Or one cod game.

[pale quartz]

I fully expect GTA 6 to be in the 200GB region roughly realistically once it comes to pc

[toxic wigeon]

Nvm the future patches.

That'll be insane.

God the jump from x360 to xbox one in terms of game size was something to behold.

From 8 to 10 gig games bumping to 50.

Now 100 is the regular size.

Not regular but.

100 gigs isn't so rare anymore.

[pale quartz]

ironically it made them less, relatively speaking all things considered from that console generation

[molten flame]

GTA 6 should have better character models/animations, face details/expressions than RDR2 but I still think RDR2 will hold its own when it comes to environmental details across the game world

[molten flame]

https://videocardz.com/newz/asrock-launches-radeon-rx-550-low-profile-based-on-7-year-old-polaris-gpu

[digital hill]

Will it have 16gb of vram

or is it going to be 2gb

[granite kestrel]

Why would anyone buy an AMD GPU?

Genuine question

Isn't it basically a monopoly at this point?

[molten flame]

this question is why there is a monopoly

[granite kestrel]

Maybe

It is what it is

I wouldn't buy something inferior just to help out the non-monopoly company

[digital hill]

The question isn't why there is a monopoly, its why are there still monopolies

[molten flame]

personally I've only had issues with Nvidia GPUs. My RTX 3060 (still have it in the box) has checkerboard artifacts when watching videos on youtube and the fans spin even when idle for some reason

I've only had 1 AMD GPU with problems

funny enough it was a Gigabyte one

[lost cargo]

PC buying club

Who is tryna buy a PC?

[digital hill]

Mozzy

[granite kestrel]

status

[digital hill]

oof

[dry pike]

It seemed expensive, but then I realised it's probably Swedish kr.

[granite kestrel]

ye

About 2,650€

[digital hill]

What about in good old freedom dollars

[granite kestrel]

~2,9

[digital hill]

Which one of orders is held off though

[storm osprey]

niceeeeee. id love oled but i gotta upgrade main tv to oled before my monitor

[digital hill]

but do you use your main tv more than your monitor

[granite kestrel]

backup GPU

[storm osprey]

price to performance as long as you dont care about streaming or dont particularly care for ray tracing/dlss

[digital hill]

Ah

Why buy a backup gpu?

[granite kestrel]

Because the one I ordered is not in stock

[digital hill]

Ah ok

[granite kestrel]

(yet, hopefully)

[digital hill]

What is the backup gpu?

[granite kestrel]

Gigabyte WINDFORCE V2 GeForce RTX 4080 SUPER 16 GB Video Card

[storm osprey]

theres a reason the asus isnt in stock, they are killer for the price

[digital hill]

ah ok, its another rtx 4080 super

[granite kestrel]

The one I "ordered" https://www.inet.se/produkt/5414013/asus-geforce-rtx-4080-super-16gb-tuf-gaming

[digital hill]

ah ok

but what else are you missing

[granite kestrel]

CPU is not in stock

But it says they have more on the way

[digital hill]

Ah ok

Seems like, your going to wait a long time for the parts

[granite kestrel]

Yeah

Not in a rush

[tame sundial]

Don't forget to buy a lot of rgbs

[granite kestrel]

As little RGB as possible

[willow schooner]

I barely use my Console/TV. So it makes sense for me to only upgrade my monitor 😄

[storm osprey]

because of work i use my monitor more, but for gaming and watching tv its about even

[digital hill]

So why not upgrade the monitor for "Work" purposes

[storm osprey]

eh, i dont need oled for drawing cabinets

[digital hill]

oh is it a different rig?

for work?

[storm osprey]

same pc for gaming and work

[primal pier]

Pc buying club

[pastel field]

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

[granite kestrel]

I went for the TUF OC edition

Because it's in stock

[tame sundial]

sek pa

[midnight crypt]

seks

[ebon yarrow]

swedish pesos!

[ivory creek]

oh inet, they might not always be cheapest, but they got splendid support

[granite kestrel]

I moved my entire Amazon order to Inet just now

I also switched the PSU @pale quartz

https://www.inet.se/produkt/6906064/seasonic-focus-gx-850w-atx-3-0

I saw a ton of negative reviews for the Corsair one on Inet

All complaining of faulty fans / silent mode

[pale quartz]

fair

[granite kestrel]

Updated list https://se.pcpartpicker.com/user/MozzyFX/saved/68764D

[pale quartz]

the 4090 upgrade awaits

[granite kestrel]

I'll get the 6080

[lost cargo]

9090

[brave sundial]

10100

[molten flame]

https://videocardz.com/newz/u-s-revises-chip-export-rules-to-china-geforce-rtx-4090d-likely-to-be-affected

oof

USA doesn't want China to have any variation of the 4090

[modern ether]

after how many power on hours should you replace a hard drive?

[modern ether]

they should release the 4085 for china

[modern ether]

my external hdd has 13456 hours or around 1.5 years power on hours

[molten flame]

https://www.androidauthority.com/android-15-new-status-bar-3430578/

Android 15 interface looks like iOS

[molten flame]

https://videocardz.com/newz/amd-to-open-source-more-of-radeon-software-provide-more-hardware-documentation

[ebon yarrow]

Imagine them going with hexadecimal afterwards... A090, B090, C090 etc
Nah, wouldn't work

[modern ether]

it always has more options

[molten flame]

RTX 10090

[brave sundial]

That's Intel's naming convention, isn't it?

[molten flame]

https://videocardz.com/press-release/asrock-launches-z790i-and-b760i-mini-itx-motherboards-with-ddr5-8600-oc-memory-support

[brittle meadow]

Give me everything in here for free

[smoky hawk]

Hello, Is the game playable on Arch Linux?

[round ruin]

Idk which game you mean but ea anti cheat doesnt work on linux

so bf5/2042 wont work

[smoky hawk]

bf 2042

why not?

[round ruin]

because ea anti cheat does not support linux.

[candid flame]

the game isn't supported on linux

[round ruin]

Bf5 did/does work but since ea anti cheat is now coming it will not work in the future

[pale quartz]

correct, specifically its already added, so it wont work on linux, neither will 2042

[smoky hawk]

too bad

[candid flame]

just install windows

[round ruin]

i mean when playing multiplayer games i would nearly always use dual boot

[quick locust]

Just reject kernel module anti cheats

[torn jasper]

anyone know a aim trainer code that works#

[candid flame]

https://www.westerndigital.com/products/memory-cards/sandisk-ultra-uhs-i-microsd?sku=SDSQUAC-1T50-GN6MA

why is this so cheap

1.5tb for 100$

[midnight crypt]

cause its slow as shit

[candid flame]

ah

[lost cargo]

I have the extreme ultra sandisk 1tb microSD card in my steam deck

[candid flame]

how fast can you load games on it

[lost cargo]

Wym?

Like loading up games?

[candid flame]

yes

[lost cargo]

Fast like on PC.

First time loading up game is always the longest, after that it’s fast

[frigid condor]

Should I buy the Samsung Odyssey G9 Neo or the OLED version? I’m mainly doing gaming, sometimes working on some documents for assignments

They’re priced about the same

[pale quartz]

OLED always

[frigid condor]

You’re sure? I heard Samsung doesn’t really do anything to prevent burn-in on their products

[lost cargo]

Which oled? Steam deck or what?

[pale quartz]

its nonsense, they make the panels that other manufacturers use lol

QD-OLED, is their technology

[lost cargo]

OLED is beautiful

I wish I have an OLED

[frigid condor]

Yeah, that’s why I was asking. I’d love an OLED display, but I’m really afraid of burn-ins. Miniled on the other hand, has similar colors, and no chance for a burn-in

[pale quartz]

there is no such thing as no chance of burn in, LCD panels, themselves, have "burn in" too, if it's a concern just get a monitor which has warranty protection for it on OLED, most if not all the manufacturers offer it

[frigid condor]

Alright, thank you. I'll probably settle for the OLED then.

[pale quartz]

https://www.msi.com/news/detail/3-Year-Burn-in-Warranty-for-MSI-OLED-Monitors-143207#:~:text=MSI's Pledge%3A 3-Year Warranty for OLED Monitors&text=In a commitment to our,against the burn-in issue. e.g. for MSI, just Google for it for the manufacturer and you'll see if they have it

[frigid condor]

Checked on the internet rq and found out samsung has a 3 year burn-in warranty here in europe. Definitely gonna settle for an OLED.

[pale quartz]

there you go

[real hamlet]

870 evo FTW

[storm osprey]

samsung supplies qd-oled, lg w-oled, id say lg supplies more panels then samsung, at least for tvs. per rtings, samsung oleds are more susceptible to burn in compared to lg. lcd can also have burn in, but its not nearly as prevalent as oled

mini led still doesnt have the same image quality as oled either, there is still a lot of blooming with those (at least early models when i was reading up the tech and reviews)

also, not certain if samsung makes the entirety of their oled panels, or still buys from lg and adds their qd layer to it

rtings is also running the latest tests between the two companies, they claim the latest samsung qd oled panels are way more resistant to burn in than their first panels, but its still too early to make a call which is better

https://www.rtings.com/tv/learn/qd-oled-vs-woled

on the topic of supplies

https://www.theverge.com/2023/5/16/23725160/samsung-lg-oled-tv-panels-deal-supply-report

[brave sundial]

It isn't really 2020 anymore, OLED has gotten very good with not burning in

[storm osprey]

https://youtu.be/snh6KcRCgok?si=s3vqeFQ1N_EMcrsQ&t=300

timestamped

[toxic wigeon]

Hardware unboxed did a video on OLED burn in on the monitor he's looking at.

[storm osprey]

i knoew they did a review, but a monitor burn in video?

[toxic wigeon]

https://youtu.be/ShRbArSGq1U?si=pXYYTtqJdIIBkLbI

He plans on of course doing more testing.

I would love it if he did a larger sample size of different monitors.

[molten flame]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oho0QzrfxWc

say what you want about MLID, he's more truthful than AMD's marketing team

[storm osprey]

kind of like what rtings is doing? though i dont know if they are doing monitors or not

[toxic wigeon]

No idea.

[storm osprey]

ah wel rtings is doing an ongoing burn in test for a lot of oled tvs

they have started a monitor section

theres a ton of tvs

https://www.rtings.com/tv/tests/longevity-burn-in-test-updates-and-results

[brave sundial]

Still much better than 2020

[molten flame]

https://videocardz.com/newz/amd-begins-development-for-rdna4-based-navi-48-gpu-on-rocm-platform

[molten flame]

https://videocardz.com/newz/qualcomm-claims-superiority-over-apple-m3-intel-meteor-lake-and-amd-phoenix

[round ruin]

Did you know that this slide was entirely made up by other people who trolled him?

[molten flame]

Yeah basically people wasting their own time creating fake slides because they have nothing better to do lol

Though not first time he or many other leakers have pulled info from fake sources

[storm osprey]

yea, i wonder if qdoled on gaming monitors are the more burn in prone ones still

[misty rune]

yo, my razer headphone drivers makesmy bf2042 crash after 20 secs of running

i disable my drivers and i can play bf2042

[arctic crag]

typical razer

gaming headsets suck

i would get a budget headphones from akg,sennheiser,etc instead of that junk

[misty rune]

TY

[lost cargo]

lol 😂 I never had an issue with razer

Bad luck tbh

[arctic crag]

no offense

[storm osprey]

i generally agree with getting quality headphones over gaming headsets, but there is a place and i imagine that problem is pretty obscure

[brave sundial]

[brave sundial]

https://9to5mac.com/2024/04/05/app-store-guidelines-music-apps-game-emulators/

[molten flame]

gg apple

https://arstechnica.com/gadgets/2024/04/amazon-ends-ai-powered-store-checkout-which-needed-1000-video-reviewers/

[toxic wigeon]

GOOD.

[brave sundial]

If the EU didn't bother then Apple would've still used lightning in 2026 with no sideloading allowed

[red storm]

Hey, do you think I'm stupid if I get a 24 inch monitor instead of a 27 inch?
I sit pretty close to the screen and used 24 inch for a long time.
When I used 27 inch I felt like it was a little bit big. Will it grow on me? Will I grow into it?

plz helap

[pale quartz]

thats because youre literally at the screen lol, adjust to looking at a monitor from a healthy distance

youll screw up your back if you dont

[red storm]

Alright thanks

[little comet]

@red storm I think you should go with the 27 inch monitor and adjusting it back a little bit but just remember you’ll take a slight performance hit depending on your specs

[digital pebble]

is bf2042 blocking RTSS overlay by any means? i cannot get rtss to show in-game

i get it successfully in other applications

[candid flame]

yes the anti cheat blocks it

[storm osprey]

for 1080p go 24" , 1440p 27"

[red storm]

I tried a 27" 1440p monitor that was like not usable outside of gaming. I didn't try turning the OS zoom level up, though. That would've probably made it better. It looked really nice, super dense and crisp.

[storm osprey]

its weird no one mentioned that, the ppi on 27" 1080p monitors is atrocious, no matter how far you sit from them

plus you can also sit close to a monitor and not screw up your back..

posture really doesnt have a correlation to distance from monitor...

now if its bad for your eyes is another question, though i doubt anyone here is an optometrist

[pale quartz]

it does, sitting very close to a monitor distance wise means your back has to be angled rather than straight, desk width means to have a closer fov to the screen you can't be straight (and not)
https://www.mdpi.com/2673-7078/1/2/18

Consistent with the literature [49,51,53], this research found that participants spent a significant amount of the 4.5 h sitting period in a slumped sitting posture, evidenced by a kyphotic curvature of the lumbar spine. This result may be explained by almost inactive spinal muscles during slumped sitting posture. Related research has shown that muscle fatigue occurs when erect postures (such as upright sitting) are sustained for as little as 30 min, even if contractions are as low as 2% to 5% of the maximum voluntary contraction [7]. Thus, participants might have preferred a slumped sitting posture because it is perceived as less physically demanding.

https://www.researchgate.net/publication/274666133_A_Research_on_Curved_Display_Comparing_to_Flat_Display_Regarding_Posture_Tilt_Angle_Focusing_Area_and_Satisfaction

[storm osprey]

Or you could bring the monitor closer to you… crazy

[pale quartz]

there's a finite amount of room on a desk, yes you can with higher dimension monitors, but it's a diminishing effect with smaller ones

the smaller the dimension the more you need to do that for the same effect, it doesn't work very well

and even if you do that you will never reach a position where you can still be straight, it is impossible to have a 1:1 posture ratio with a closer fov, unless you lift the monitor off the desk, best of luck with that

[storm osprey]

can be done for 20 bucks

also finally skimmed throug the articles linked, none of those are talking about posture to tv size, its just talking about general bad posture, time spent at a computer, and angle display...

a bit anecdotal but at least directly comparable, like 90% of fps pros sit within 1 foot of their 24" monitors...

now most of them probably do have neck pain since the way they sit usually means they are looking down

even though, im sure these pros making money for a living doing this probably have coaches to help with their posture and performance

but ignore that, deco and his irrelevant research about a different topic knows what he is talking about

(i love how the first links intro talks about truck drivers and their sitting posture, totally relevant to distance to monitor and back pains)

[pale quartz]

clearly didn't skim through good enough lol

it's in the second section, takes 2 seconds to look, but cool I suppose

(would be wise to do the bare minimum of skimming yk)

[storm osprey]

did read this.. this talks about posture, not distance to monitor

[pale quartz]

you want to mention eSports, there's studies on that too (spoiler: they don't work in your favour)https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC9138953/

More than 40% of esports athletes have reported musculoskeletal pain [17] that could become tendinopathy [18]. In addition, esports activities were considered sedentary behavior [19] that manifested similar health risks to those of office workers with prolonged occupational sitting [20

[storm osprey]

Simple Summary
Professional ***mobile ***esports athletes may suffer from occupational health risks to their spine because of prolonged sitting with poor posture.

cant even read the first sentence correctly...

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

[pale quartz]

that changes anything..?

lol

you know they use monitors connected to mobile right?

also, as said before you are always going to be angled if you want a closer fov to your monitor, this is a simple concept to understand, distance on the first study doesn't matter

[storm osprey]

i mean.. if you read the 2nd paragraph you would know it changes..

"Mobile esports may exacerbate potential postural problems because of the closer and unsupported arms and because athletes spend more time in a forward-/flexed-head posture."

[pale quartz]

...

right

[storm osprey]

do you just google shit and post the first link you find and dont even read it?

[pale quartz]

what?

you just said pros usually sit that way lol

[storm osprey]

gonna chalk this up to ESL problems again

though you do also just never accept you can be wrong about anything, even when directly proven wrong otherwise

[pale quartz]

I'm sure

whatever floats your boat lol

[storm osprey]

i mean, i have receipts that im sure you will also ignore

[brave sundial]

Just another day in #technology (Nyphon and Deco arguing)

[pale quartz]

there's no arguing

just ones apparent self entitlement

not the first time he's done this

[brave sundial]

[pale quartz]

won't be the last

[storm osprey]

generally i just point out the times he is wasting other peoples money, but theres just questionable shit like "if you sit close to monitor you will fuck up your back" and then links studies about general posture that includes truck drivers and then links mobile esports research and doesnt even know it...

[pale quartz]

no you read a introduction, didn't bother reading the rest, obviously, until pointed out, even when the methodology is on section 2, it's lazy critique

and can conclude that mobile eSports, use external monitors too

taking a character assassination (high ground) when you skim through something and can't get the basics is lazy cc, do it right

[storm osprey]

pointed out? section 2 mentions nothing about distance to monitor at all

hell the word DISTANCE in the research doesnt even come up at all

[pale quartz]

yes because it's about, angled posture, the thing you do, when you want a, closer fov of the monitor

you get this premise correct?

[storm osprey]

"adjust to looking at a monitor from a healthy distance
youll screw up your back if you dont"

angled posture =/= distance to monitor

[pale quartz]

because he's already up close what part do you not get

it's not rocket science

[storm osprey]

neither is english.. and yet here we are

[pale quartz]

right apparently it's not possible to understand the guy is already angled at his monitor, when he already said he plays up close, put two and two together, it's not that difficult

he has been here before lol

[storm osprey]

example, pretty sure this is supposed to read "and CAN conclude..."

because what you wrote wouldnt help your case at all..

[pale quartz]

oof you got me there

not like you're still wrong on the you know, bigger conclusion to the topic here

swerve and redirect ig

[storm osprey]

except im not... i just dont think you fully know what you say most of the time and cant even own up to that

[pale quartz]

??

you say that when you jumped to a total wrong conclusion and sat in here for a day trying to get at me? lol

[storm osprey]

how that is relevant to anything is beyond me

wouldnt matter if i spent a week, you were wrong with your original statement

[pale quartz]

you know nyphon, introspection is your worst enemy, why do you think you're here in the first place

because you wouldn't be had you just asked

[storm osprey]

then followed up with articles that have very vague connections to your point and borderline no correlation, but insead of owning up your goal post change or just sit behind "what i said isnt what i means"

[pale quartz]

uh huh

are you done or

[storm osprey]

nope, dont think you have any sort of 'power' over anything but your own actions

[pale quartz]

power over what? lol

[storm osprey]

because people dont say 'are you done or' without suggested they are telling you to stop

another one for ESL?

[pale quartz]

no I'm asking if you're done because this topic is boring and I want to talk about a interesting topic

but you seem disinterested I suppose

[storm osprey]

which circles back to "dont think you have any sort of 'power' over anything but your own actions"

your own actions being you can just stop talking at any point

[pale quartz]

dude I'm just asking if you're wanting to talk about something productive

stop taking everything personal

[storm osprey]

this is discord, nothing is productive

[pale quartz]

I'm not out to get you I don't care about you lol

[storm osprey]

cool? should i say me too so we are on the same page?

[pale quartz]

yeah that works

[storm osprey]

cool i dont care about you either... ill see you next time you try to waste someone elses money or give bad advice/information

[pale quartz]

well, guess that was to be expected ig lol

[storm osprey]

i mean, stop doing those things above and you wont see me call you out 🤷

[pale quartz]

dude I'm trying to have a actual interesting conversation with you because you're the only guy here

but you seem to want to continue down this path of assassination lol

[storm osprey]

circle back to not caring about you

if anyone else says this weird shit they would get called out for it

dont think because you consistently say weird shit that means im looking at the name attached to those statements

[pale quartz]

must be a sad purpose lol

[storm osprey]

the only time i consider that those words are attached to you is for context that you seemingly dont know what youre saying a lot of times and that you consistently do this and never own up to any faults

[pale quartz]

right

[storm osprey]

separate situation to me just saying 'thats not right' to you all the time

[pale quartz]

eh oh well, you're an interesting guy, I tried making useful conversation, but you don't seem interested, suit yourself

tried ig

[storm osprey]

irrelevant but thanks? either way, im gonna play some games

[pale quartz]

enjoy

[granite kestrel]

https://fxtwitter.com/MozzyFX/status/1777069516746362896?t=OdOIDa3PfpFcaFKaGAlxnA&s=19

[pale quartz]

furballs incoming

[brave sundial]

no rgb?

[granite kestrel]

Hell nah

[brave sundial]

https://tenor.com/view/my-man-my-man-hd-my-man4k-gif-23532578

[molten flame]

gonna buy an aquarium and get 3M Novec fluid

aquarium PC

https://videocardz.com/newz/amd-ryzen-9000-granite-ridge-desktop-es-cpu-with-8-zen5-cores-has-been-pictured

[storm osprey]

beautiful, no rgb FTW

[toxic wigeon]

I know it's a leak. But huh. That tdp.

[pale quartz]

170W is listed for the socket, not the processor, specifically this will be the z5 950x one

[toxic wigeon]

My bad

But yeah.

I looked around and saw that that counts for the lowest to highest.

[pale quartz]

7950x tdp is 170w at stock, just a placeholder for that sku

[quick locust]

maximum watts

[limber trench]

Can someone decode my bf4 lantern? I have a video of it

[molten flame]

https://videocardz.com/newz/amd-ryzen-5-7600x-6-core-zen4-cpu-drops-to-179

[storm osprey]

LIES

[molten flame]

https://tenor.com/view/ladder-ladder-cult-ohparaa-originations-vqporized-gif-21018531

[molten flame]

https://videocardz.com/newz/intel-launches-first-core-ultra-cpus-for-lga-1851-socket-featuring-meteor-lake-architecture-for-the-edge

[willow schooner]

Did they fix this PC case? IIRC, they had to be recalled due to a potential fire hazard

[granite kestrel]

[willow schooner]

https://www.fractal-design.com/important-message-regarding-torrent/

Seems they fixed it. Just be sure where ever you buy it from is a unit with the issue fixed I guess 😄

[molten flame]

https://vxtwitter.com/NVIDIAGeForce/status/1777412835490025718

[molten flame]

If I buy iPhone 15 with eSIM, what do I do with my physical SIM? can’t they be converted?

[toxic wigeon]

You'll have to contact the provider for it.

Provided they actually do e sims.

[molten flame]

I’m gonna get an unlocked one, pay full price

[molten flame]

https://videocardz.com/newz/amd-apus-rumored-to-use-rdna3-gpu-architecture-until-at-least-2027

RDNA3+ gonna be around for a while

basically the new Vega

[candid flame]

so no rdna4 apu until 2027? that seems, uh, silly

[molten flame]

Strix Halo APU with 40 CU will be unstoppable for the next 3 years anyway

best reason to support RDNA4 is for the new features but I think RDNA3.5 uses some of RDNA4 features

RDNA4 not much faster in IPC or clocks afaik

[pale quartz]

new features which won't ever be used lol

[arctic crag]

Any news about whatever chip nintendo is gonna use in the switch 2?

[pale quartz]

it's using the tegra239

[arctic crag]

Is that ps4 lvl of performance?

[pale quartz]

roughly yes

[molten flame]

Intel Xe drivers are so terrible I can't even play old school runescape

[midnight crypt]

what did you expect

its an ancient game

[patent mango]

I fixed my PC after a month of it blue screening

Then I see a ram stick start smoking about a day later

Fun...

[arctic crag]

That's unfortunate

Were you using a cheap psu?

[molten flame]

https://videocardz.com/newz/getting-closer-to-9-ghz-v-color-launches-manta-xfinity-ddr5-8600-oc-memory

timings aren't great

[willow schooner]

So I have the option to upgrade from a 7900x to a 7950X3D for 400 EUR. Mate fo mine is swapping ti Intel platform and wants to sell me his CPU for that cost. I think its a pretty good idea and deal. Any opinions?

[pale quartz]

2 routes generally:
1: price is very good for that, it's normally a 7800x3d base cost, just vaguely be aware that you may need to reset the CPPCD assignment as swapping processors is finicky for dual CCD allocations via the chipset
2: wait for zen 5, it's announcement is very near, next few months at a maximum, prices are unknown on that, so if you don't feel like you're going to want to buy the 9950x3d at base MSRP then just pull the trigger on option 1

[willow schooner]

7900x already has 2 CCDs, so I dont see much issue there

And Zen5 wont be for another 5/6 months.

[pale quartz]

the 7900x doesn't have the chipset integration for split cache assignment which the 7950x3d does, it isn't a dual CCD cache chip, one side has cache and the other is scheduled for tasks which require frequency, the chipset when switching zen 4 processors can be buggy though with this and not schedule correctly (if you swap for the x3d), there's ways of getting around it but just beware

[willow schooner]

Yeah, I can just disable one CCD also lol

[pale quartz]

the 7900x is a 6 core cache part so it reads differently

would defeat the point, why would you want the 7950 if you disable a ccd

just get the 7800x3d in that case

[willow schooner]

Im just saing if I wanted to avoid 3D cache scheduling issues...I could, and effectively it would behave like a 7800X3D

[pale quartz]

don't see a reason not to get it, if you're aware then go ahead pull the trigger imo, have the processor myself

you'll probably want to cap the tdp but that's about it

[molten flame]

https://videocardz.com/newz/nvidia-recommends-intel-raptor-lake-cpu-users-to-consult-intel-in-case-of-stability-issues

[mild bough]

NewYork Presbyterian Hospital

[storm osprey]

... no idea what that has to do with my comment or anything...

[mild bough]

What happend to mod role

you used to have that name in this server

[storm osprey]

ive never been a mod here

[mild bough]

no way

you used to have orange role

i swear on my entire family

[storm osprey]

lol nope

[mild bough]

i swear

like 5 years ago

[storm osprey]

closest to orange i ever got was brown when you were able to select 3 colors for regular role

but ive never been a mod here

[molten flame]

https://videocardz.com/newz/repair-shop-continues-to-replace-200-rtx-4090-power-connectors-each-month#disqus_thread

yikes

[midnight crypt]

according to Novideo this problem isnt real

[dry pike]

It's easy to think it's not real until it burns your house down

[molten flame]

ATX 3.1 PSUs coming out just for the cables tells you all you need to know

The one-piece Cablemod 90-degree cable (whole cable, not just the 90-deg adapters which were trash) works. The stock NVIDIA adapter is garbage.

Also, why does a fucking $2000 computer component need an adapter???

[willow schooner]

Apart from the fact that it had to be recalled? I also bought a custom cable mod 12VHPWR cable and it constantly crashed my system. Cable mods solutions arent all that better

I wish it was better, as it looks much nicer in my system...but I had to go back to the one nvidia provided for stability

[storm osprey]

depends if its within margin of failure i guess..

[molten flame]

wouldn't be surprised if the 4090 is the most returned/refunded GPU ever

[brave sundial]

I thought they already fixed the issue last year

[lofty light]

They marked it as user issue

[molten flame]

might as well say skill issue

[candid flame]

"hurr you didn't plug in the connector correctly, all thousands of you"

[willow schooner]

The fact that popular custom cable brands ALSO released faulty cables and connectors for the 12VHPWR makes things even worse.

[dry pike]

Points towards a design issue now doesnt it

[midnight crypt]

Novideo cant do anything wrong

[molten flame]

they should do dual 10-pin connector

though that would lower OC ceiling a lot

personally I wish GPUs never went beyond dual 8-pin design (350W max power)

[dry pike]

True. PC's should not get any hotter.

I can heat my place most of the year just by gaming. It's getting silly.

[pale quartz]

that isn't the max power of 2 8 pins

one PCIe plug can handle up to 300 watts by its specification, the reason more than one is used is to split transients specifically

[toxic wigeon]

I feel like we've gotten to the point where 4k is the best most sensible Max solution for home monitor PC's.

4k is amazing already.

Why do we need to push it any more?

[willow schooner]

GPUs are getting very efficient. The issue is that as they gain efficiency, GPU manufacturers push them to be 10% faster, but use 40% more power.

The 4090 is insanely efficient and performant at a 65% power limit

CPUs are also getting a lot more efficient. For example. The 7950X is a 170W CPU, while the 7950X3D is a 120W part. At way less power, the 3D part is a lot faster in most games

[toxic wigeon]

CPU wise I'm not concerned or annoyed.

[willow schooner]

They could make GPUs more efficient...but then they wont be top of the charts...and people will buy your competitions overclocked parts.

[midnight crypt]

they would still be at the top is the funny thing

[molten flame]

https://videocardz.com/newz/forget-msrp-multiple-radeon-rx-7700-xt-cards-now-available-at-399

https://tenor.com/view/spongebob-ice-water-i-dont-need-it-gif-14272849

[toxic wigeon]

Fuck me that's amazing.

[storm osprey]

your last deal didnt work.. ims us

7700xt have been around 400 for at least a couple of weeks too..

[molten flame]

It was $420

7700XT has the lowest sales of the generation so it’s the only mid-range GPU seeing price drops in increments

[storm osprey]

at least the 7700xt sapphire pulse has been 400 for a few weeks

[molten flame]

best one of all the options too

[bleak vector]

Just setup my new LG C3 42" as my monitor, and omg...it's mind-blowing! 10/10 recommend!

[pale quartz]

remember to update your firmware

[willow schooner]

I received my Alienware AW2725DF yesterday also. Had to do some tweaks to get HDR properly working in 2042, but it looks great

[midnight crypt]

it sure does

really makes the game pop

[willow schooner]

Pity it's so broken by default tho, even with calibration.

[pale quartz]

use rtxhdr, auto HDR is very bad

[willow schooner]

RTX HDR kinda sux too. I run multiple screens and it doesnt work

[pale quartz]

yeah the limitation rn unfortunately, support for multi monitors is coming in a future driver version

[pastel field]

there's a crosshair in the middle of my screen

How do I disable this

nvm i found out

[pale quartz]

powertoys iirc?

[pastel field]

don't think so it's just my monitor

[pale quartz]

gotcha

[pastel field]

I just had to press a button on the underside of my monitor to switch it off

It's just weird that it happened a while ago. Maybe I pressed it by accident

[dry pike]

Posting cheats not allowed. Now I have to ban you

[pastel field]

💀

that crosshair won't help me improve my aim

[dry pike]

It's quack how you use fowl play

[willow schooner]

There are ways to get around the limitation...but its SUPER jank...and im not in a rush to use it.

[molten flame]

ultrawide master race

[pastel field]

:C

[molten flame]

https://videocardz.com/newz/qualcomm-teases-snapdragon-x-launch-for-april-24th

Windows x86 based operating system running on ARM CPUs

or is it a variant of Windows designed for ARM?

[quick locust]

Windows arm bad, use linux

[candid flame]

nooo, windows arm good

buy arm

buy arm so their shares go up yeah

[molten flame]

https://videocardz.com/newz/galax-launches-all-white-geforce-rtx-4060-low-profile-gpu-with-three-fans

👀

everything is white, even the power connector

[coarse nimbus]

Until the connector gets fried and turns black

[pale quartz]

you're not ever going to be able to draw enough power on below a 4080 for the connector to matter at all

[turbid verge]

tasty burned plastic

[vapid latch]

yeah i bought one got it $370 with the coupon code, mine shows up tomorrow cant wait

[brave sundial]

risc-v better

[vapid latch]

guys i need a 3rd partyy tool to capture clips when im gaping something similar to AMD adrenaline

what would yo recommend?

[quick locust]

OBS

[pale quartz]

OBS

[midnight crypt]

SBO

[brave sundial]

Streamlabs

[vapid latch]

can it do like 30-1min clips?

OBS?

[quick locust]

Yes

Any length you want as long as you have the storage space lol

Its the most commonly used software for it (On PC anyways)

[vapid latch]

yeah i have a 2tb ssd can handle alot

alright thanks

So guys if you're running a AMD GPU and is suffering from stuttering when ADS or randomly lagging when playing 2042, uninstall the adrenaline software get rid of all the gpu drivers use the amd cleanup tool. I then reinstalled andreniline MINIMAL feature. Boom hardly any lag as before.

[pale quartz]

this is a driver feature issue specifically, adrenaline will enable it's features by default which cause this, specifically anti lag and others

switch them off and it won't happen

[vapid latch]

i tried all majority of the fix i see is the use the minimal feature of adrenaline, not the full installation

Update 7.1 did help alot but still had the stuttering

You're talking about driver 24.1 i did rollback to 23.21 had same issue, clear the cache everything nothing worked

[storm osprey]

what a deal

[vapid latch]

yeah replacing this 6600

hopefully it will be enough to play GTA6

[brave sundial]

I have a 6600

7700xt for 370 is an insane deal too

[pale quartz]

yup especially given the market

[vapid latch]

yeah the coupon -48 dolalrs off

[molten flame]

https://videocardz.com/newz/all-radeon-rx-7000-and-geforce-rtx-40-cards-are-now-below-msrp-in-germany

[obtuse dirge]

why is it everytime i load into a match theres a lot of stuttering then it gets better as i play, I know that it happens when the map loads for the first time playing it but it happens every map, everytime, ever gamemode, on low-med settings

[fair ermine]

AGI is coming

[digital hill]

The sierra online engine?

[dry pike]

My current anti-RGB computer. Mesh case, with a little wood in it he front - 9 boring fans running at ultra low speeds.

[molten flame]

https://videocardz.com/newz/gigabyte-launches-3l-mini-itx-system-with-up-to-ryzen-7-8700g-apu-at-81

miniPC with AM5 socket so you can upgrade APU

https://videocardz.com/newz/asus-adds-intel-baseline-profile-to-its-z790-motherboards-amid-core-i9-stability-issues

i9-14900K(S) loses up to 13% multi-thread performance in new BIOS update on ASUS Z790 boards

If motherboard vendors shipped their products using Intel's official stock settings to begin with, this wouldn't be an issue

[vernal pendant]

we're blaming the mobo manufacturer when new cpus are unstable at previously used power limits?

seems kinda backwards

[midnight crypt]

they run outside intels spec

[vernal pendant]

🤷‍♂️ intel's word is worth nothing to me after they tried to cover up performance hits from meltdown/spectre patches