technology

[dry pike]

Sounds like what it costs in power and wear and tear :p

[quaint sleet]

ye lol im mining for no reason

i dont pay electric tho

free chicken sandwich every once in a while

[dry pike]

At this stage, wouldn't selling the hardware at this point make more money than the mining would?

[heady bear]

nope, only draws 88w max

[lime raft]

Ooof the 3080 ti i ordered yesterday dropped 300 again today

So 800 in 3 days

[molten coral]

If it dropped that much I would honestly just cancel it

[quaint sleet]

yes but i dont want to

[proud trellis]

any news on the specs for new BF ?

[quaint sleet]

mega

i heard 60gb install size

not bad

we'll see about that

I expect ~100gb

[lime raft]

@molten coral was 1 day shipping so i already have mine

[quaint sleet]

3080ti at 800 is dummy worth

[lime raft]

3080 ti is atm 100 more then a 3080

[quaint sleet]

at 1200 its a scam

[strong fjord]

60gb is a placeholder size at least on the xbox store

it says the same for other upcoming games like far cry 6

[floral tinsel]

where windows 11

[jovial crater]

How does everybody like Windows 11?

[timber bough]

Very minimalistic

[cobalt lagoon]

wait what?

[supple bane]

Its fine

[jovial crater]

I'm honestly very content with Windows 10 still

[floral tinsel]

win10 support going off in october of 2025

[timber bough]

Wish I could share the image but no image perm, RIP

[supple bane]

I'll upgrade to it the moment it releases

[jovial crater]

https://www.theverge.com/2021/6/15/22535123/microsoft-windows-11-leak-screenshots-start-menu

[timber bough]

^

[jovial crater]

I'm scared Windows 11 is form over function

It all looks very pretty

[floral tinsel]

oop

[jovial crater]

But does it work well?

[supple bane]

I just BEG its not more "locked down" like mac is.

[floral tinsel]

the question is

is it optimized for gaming

[timber bough]

This is like Windows 10X

[jovial crater]

My biggest fear is they drop control panel fully now

[floral tinsel]

sameee

[jovial crater]

They'll make sure it's not worse than current OS as they're really trying to drive gaming through PC as well (along side Xbox)

[supple bane]

Like with windows 10 you can basically have full and unrestricted control over every detail with with hardware

[floral tinsel]

i hope its not like
enter password 3 times + parental control
gets access to the basic control panel

[supple bane]

If they remove those advanced functions I will be angy

[timber bough]

I mean, it’s not the final build

So, hopefully they can change it

[jovial crater]

I'm very happy with Windows 10, StartIsBack+ and DisplayFusion.

Perfect OS for me.

[quaint topaz]

didnt they say 10 is the last version?

[floral tinsel]

yeah ive seen microsoft push win10 with gaming as much as they could but i think they probs took the opportunity to make it better for win11

[quaint topaz]

which will just keep getting updates

[timber bough]

Yeah, not so much anymore

[floral tinsel]

yea a few years ago lol

[supple bane]

This is what they said yes

[jovial crater]

They did and now they're doing an uno reverse card on that statement

[floral tinsel]

smh my head microsofty

[quaint topaz]

oh so its official?

[timber bough]

Yeah

[floral tinsel]

yeah

[timber bough]

It’s official

[floral tinsel]

just leaks tho

[timber bough]

Tablet UI

[floral tinsel]

yeah

[timber bough]

Good thing you can change that, thank goodness

[jovial crater]

I quite like my current gig. If anybody asks, I had centred task bar before it was cool

[floral tinsel]

i hope it doesnt take like 10s to open task bar

[floral tinsel]

is that windows 7 task bar?

[quaint topaz]

graphic design is my passion

[jovial crater]

Someone at Microsoft: bUt aT lEaSt It LoOkS gOoD

[timber bough]

Also, the iso for the Windows 11 been leaked

[floral tinsel]

is that a mousepad? a poster? a box?

[timber bough]

So, anyone can give it a try on VM

[jovial crater]

It's a juicy little program that gives you old start menus back on Windows 8 and 10 ▶️ https://startisback.com/

[floral tinsel]

it surely does... but at this point even being an aesthetically living person on this planet, i would rather have it open a bit faster lol

[floral tinsel]

pre alpha hair phyx sheeeesh

[supple bane]

Its a program called taskbarX

[floral tinsel]

i had it before

i think... lol

[timber bough]

Wait, Windows 11 launch on next week?

[floral tinsel]

jeez these leaks and news are so new

there are only 3 images on google img

others are all "win11 concepts"

[timber bough]

And the iso been leaked

[floral tinsel]

probs some dev build tho

i doubt any stable releases are even made

[timber bough]

Probably, it’s not final

Though, it’s set to launch next week

[floral tinsel]

HUH?

HUHHHHHHHHHHH?

but how? they havent even announced it yet lel

[timber bough]

They have their own event on next week

[floral tinsel]

o

[timber bough]

Probably gonna say “Release today” or something

[digital hill]

Problem is they literally said windows 10 is the last windows

But I bet windows 11 will be free for all windows 10 users for a certain time.

[floral tinsel]

hmmmm

[timber bough]

Inb4 it’s free forever

[supple bane]

I don't think it will come next week

[floral tinsel]

hope its like windows 10

where u dont need a key

[supple bane]

They said its still in early development

[floral tinsel]

u can just yeet along years for 10 yers

and most itll do is restrict background change

[supple bane]

Wallpaper engine

[digital hill]

Oh no

[timber bough]

Hah

Well, least I’ll get the pro version for free, so yay

I kinda like the startup sound of it

[floral tinsel]

i like how microsoft never fixed the lil 5s easy to remove the restrictions to the key-less windows version (gotten from their own store)

[timber bough]

Hah

[supple bane]

Its funny, yanno how changing too many pc components means you will have to buy a new key

Well, it was the opposite for me

I didn't have a verified windows account, I got a new gpu and then suddenly I did

[floral tinsel]

https://tenor.com/uDot.gif

Windows 10 key was stored in the GPU's VRAM

Someone was able to run Doom from 3090's VRAM using it as actual secondary memory loll and it ran super fast
I was wondeirng if it's possible to run Windows off of a graphics card's VRAM

is VRAM volatile?

[quaint sleet]

are you selling this? how much

[quaint topaz]

im not lol

not mine

[quaint sleet]

ill give you 1k

[latent light]

@floral tinsel or just solder a large pool of GDDR6 memory to the motherboard rather than use the memory that's dedicated to the graphics card

Like PS5 and Xbox Series

[quaint topaz]

I still have my Geforce 7200 GS

i will keep it forever

I bought it to play GTA San Andreas, cutting edge graphics

[floral tinsel]

true!!!

Why don't they do that?

[latent light]

They are in China

Look at the AMD 4700S

It's an APU that was designed for Xbox Series but didn't meet the specs so they laser off the iGPU and just sell it as an OEM PC

Anyway, the APU has 16GB GDDR6 RAM built onto motherboard

[quaint topaz]

Here's my GTX 960 Strix 2GB. First time I was able to play COD BO3 at 60 fps

[latent light]

I had a GTX 770 4GB and now use RX 580 8GB

[quaint topaz]

I now use a 2080 Ti

[latent light]

That's like a 3x rasterization jump

[quaint topaz]

My first significant upgrade was a GT 730

Was able to play BF3 at 60fps

it felt like a totally different game

i5-3840, 4GB ram, GT 730 gpu

can never forget that build

or was it a 3840? I'm not quite sure. Turns out I can forget it

[prime jasper]

I have a rtx 2060

[haughty loom]

Hey do current BF's block players if they're using a vpn? Anyone know?

I can only connect to BF4 servers if my VPN is on, but most servers kick me for using it...

[quaint sleet]

then you cant connect

i get the boot with my vpn

[fierce karma]

How to fix error code 1 in bf4

[short pier]

Do you guys think fsr is going to be in 2042

FidelityFX

[quaint sleet]

probably

unless nvidia buys in

could be RTX dlss exclusive

[latent light]

Thing is

FSR is available to thousands of different hardware, including consoles and smartphones

It's easy to implement too

But it definitely needs ironed out since its quality is comparable to DLSS 1.0

[quaint sleet]

im hoping its a nice rtx game

rtx has been sucha gimmick in some games

[latent light]

I'm sure all triple AAA studios will at least try implementation to give performance boosts to that wide userbase

[solar kestrel]

@supple bane you have the Fifine K669 right?

[pulsar smelt]

So guys, here in my country the hardwares are too much expansive, and its really worse with theses pandemics prices… I have a gtx 1660 and the ryzen 5 2600. Im not sure if I’ll upgrade my setup so shortly…

Im afraid about games like bf 2042 or something like that… I mean, my pc will be “compatible” with the next gen games?

[quaint sleet]

tuf is mid bin so not great

evga youd have better luck imo

take what you can find tho, most cards overclock fine

[copper laurel]

Rtx 2080 super with ryzen 5800x and 32 gb of ram. That should do 4k on 2042 yeah?

[quaint sleet]

maybe probably not

not with rtx

[storm osprey]

3080, 10700k, 16gb of ram, can I run 2042 at 1080p 60fps on low?

[quaint sleet]

not even close

[storm osprey]

Do I need a better psu?

[hidden schooner]

unfortunately you'll get more than 60fps

[quaint sleet]

yeah get at least 1k watts

[hidden schooner]

looks like you should downgrade to get 60

[storm osprey]

60 just feels right.

[loud lotus]

Trying Bf5 in 4K with a 3070 but having issues with stuttering on ultra settings. Is it too much to push 4K in BF5

FPS drops to 25-30. Render latency 80-200

[hidden schooner]

how much vram is it taking up?

[loud lotus]

I need to check that

[storm osprey]

I can FPS cap right? No vsync

[hidden schooner]

Ye

There’ll probably be max fps option

Or as always there’s the console command that works through all battlefields

[storm osprey]

Hopefully I can make my game run polygon mode like bfv

[hidden schooner]

Possible through setting lod bias 🙂

[fallow aurora]

Is Bf 2042 going to have the same requirements like Bf 5?

[hidden schooner]

nah

[timber bough]

Maybe not exactly the same

[hidden schooner]

new game with updated stuff

[fallow aurora]

The side im watching on said that it's the same xD

Yk the side canyourunit

Idk if my pc can make the game I guess it's a little bit too bad

[timber bough]

Well, as long as your PC can run BFV, it should be able to run BF2042

[earnest vault]

I am not a PC players but this is the worst time to be one. The price of everything skyrocket. Unless you are rich, you cannot build a great PC without selling your soul.
A friend of mine in Manilla, bought a XSX instead. Too much money involved to get a PC

[timber bough]

Good thing I bought my GPU at its earliest MSRP

[earnest vault]

A humble 3080 was easy AUD1k back in the day.
The basic models are what AUD2.5k up to AUD3k

( trying to find the currency bot converter )

[fallow aurora]

At the moment pc isnt cheap BC the Reccourses are empty

But that is hitting the other consoles in future too

Not rly BC ppl are using it for mining. Theyre doing it since years and no one cared

[earnest vault]

well, console uses its own dedicated graphic card. Sure, not enough resources coz COVID, delays, no enough stock and etc, but you won't have a XSX costing you AUD2k (AUD749 currently) because of that.
While PC, the way things are going, a basic 3080 will cost me AUD2.5k today, and AUD3k tomorrow.

[lofty light]

Rn is a terrible time to be buying a PC

Used cards are basically the only ones you'd have a chance to get for anywhere near an affordable cost

That said if you're in AUS then prebuilts from PLE or PCCASEGEAR are very good and you know what you're getting

[earnest vault]

I used to be PC player and against console
But man, PC is so fragile when it comes to price. If anything happens there goes memory, SSD, 3D, you name it.

I got a XSX instead of building a PC for that reason.

[lofty light]

Consoles have similar issues with parts, they just downgrade production numbers if they can't get the parts cheap enough

[ionic hearth]

Bruh, used cards after mining might die in weeks or years if you are lucky enough

[lofty light]

Mining cards are normally pretty good actually

[ionic hearth]

I'm talking about GPU resource which is never infinite

[lofty light]

Miners run them 24/7 yes, but they run them underclocked so as to save power and extend life

What?

[fallow aurora]

When you buy already used parts for pc (not all) and good pc costs you like 1.2k euro. That's like 2 PS or Xbox Gens. When you want an esay to handle console with less Hacker and you don't want to play over years, then Xbox or PS is better. But when you want to play long time then Pc is better. You can have more games, games are cheaper, you don't need to pay for online playing,... But the prices are insane atm. Not only BC Corona. The Reccourses are empty for an special part. Hope they can fix the problem but it was obvious, that the Reccourses are dying some time

[ionic hearth]

If you know what you are buying then yeah it may save your money
But random one with price of brand new one without overpricing is not a good deal

[fallow aurora]

Yes

For PC you need experience

Luckily, I have a good friend and I got an pc that can run Bf1 for 100€ xD

[tall bramble]

I’m curious to see how much I will get in terms of FPS with an 8700k 2070super and 32gb ram + streaming, should get around 100fps at medium without RTX

[lofty light]

Hence why reputable prebuilts are the go to currently if you're not a PC whiz

[fallow aurora]

Never buy already build PCs. Alone the fact that all the parts are already build in costs 100€

Get a friend or something that can build it for you

[lofty light]

Dude, I know the drill

[ionic hearth]

How much you pay overhead for good prebuilt? 'Cause in Russia (country where I live) it's like robbing. Almost always it's 2 times price of its parts

[lofty light]

Hence why I add "reputable"

There's a couple of Aussie places I mentioned before that sell prebuilts at part cost plus ~$100 on top for the building of it

That's actually real real good

[ionic hearth]

Yeah

[fallow aurora]

Use ebay for good prices of used parts. But be careful

[lofty light]

Most big companies that make them suck though

[lofty light]

I wouldn't buy parts like memory off eBay though

[fallow aurora]

Some party I never would buy already used

[lofty light]

CPUs are fine and maybe GPUs at a pinch

[fallow aurora]

But on eBay there are rly good prices some times

But I already said you need to be careful

[earnest vault]

My personal fight between console vs PC stopped where what I can run on XSX at 4K HDR on my my TV, will require a great investment to run the same with a computer. Not just overall performance but it takes me what 10-20 seconds from a cold start to be ready playing.
The other day I tried running GTA5 from my external NVMe (USB3.0) from a cold start and damn.

Console is not perfect, you cannot upgrade but you make the most from the money you invested on it.
Again, I am not here to start the PC vs Console fight please, just sharing my opinion from a customer perspective.

[lofty light]

eBay is a poison chalice, it looks great but often it's too good to be true

[fallow aurora]

What fight? XD. I just got some arguments for both sides. Every console has good and bad things on it

[lofty light]

I've bought multiple crappy parts off it in the past

[fallow aurora]

Where do u live?

[orchid folio]

Wise words

[lofty light]

Australia

[earnest vault]

hahahah just saying. Nowadays is so easy to start a fight for no reason.

[fallow aurora]

I guess eBay is in some country's a little bit difficult. Here in Germany it's all okay. Obvious fake offers are too good to be true so never buy from it. But here is all right with eBay. It's rly good for PC party but yes idk how it is in other country's

[earnest vault]

Same. I have moved to Amazon tho. Next Day or even The same day with Prime. It is sooooooo damn good

[fallow aurora]

said noises

[lofty light]

Amazon seems a bit better, gumtree is normally what I go with so I can pick up personally

[fallow aurora]

But watch out on Amazon are much fake products (but idk about pc components)

[lofty light]

Amazon is fairly new to Aus

[fallow aurora]

I have a side and that filters fake Amazon reviews. Many ppl on Telegram groups or something get they're money back and can keep the product, when they give 5 stars

Let me search the site gimme a moment

[earnest vault]

The fact that Amazon allowed me to cancel some purchases that I made stup1d mistakes was awesome. Anywhere else it would have been a nightmare to return.

[fallow aurora]

https://reviewmeta.com/

[earnest vault]

I am not saying that cannot happen but Amazon AU seems to be somewhat more serious than Amazon US when it comes to fake products, sellers with wrong intentions, etc.

[fallow aurora]

Yes but watch out on Amazon too. There are many fake products on Amazon that are horrible. Most of them you can't return. (mostly from Asian or some country's you never heared off)

[earnest vault]

I buy from Amazon like crazy and that was my impression

[fallow aurora]

Ah k

[earnest vault]

yeah

[fallow aurora]

If an product doesn't have a review, don't buy it

And use the side https://reviewmeta.com/

[earnest vault]

I usually give preference to local sellers almost always

[fallow aurora]

It helped me alot

[fallow aurora]

👌

The sad thing is, I can't use Amazon prime

[earnest vault]

Why?

[fallow aurora]

Would be illegal to say it here I don't want to get banned

[ionic hearth]

What if anyone would never buy products without reviews?

[fallow aurora]

That's how it works. It's too risky

[earnest vault]

I have a crazy approach lol

[fallow aurora]

And firms that are publishing good products on Amazon are buying it to make good reviews

So good products start with good reviews and bad too

Bit if they have no one it's an risky deal

[ionic hearth]

Got your point

[fallow aurora]

You can't do it but in my experience it's not that good

Just trust in reviews from other ppl with this filter side xD

[earnest vault]

Usually, I search YouTube and tech forums ( I am from the IT field) before buying any tech device. Then unless the seller account looks weird on Amazon, I don't buy.
On eBay, only from high score sellers.

[fallow aurora]

Smart ^^

[earnest vault]

haha I always do that and it pays off.

[fallow aurora]

On cheap products with many reviews I'm using the side I already sendet. It helped me by choosing my earphones xD

[earnest vault]

Few cheap things I go with the reviews, no bothering much

[fallow aurora]

But only the reviews with text and that doesn't sound like copy paste stuff

[earnest vault]

hell yeah

some reviews should have a box "I am an 1d10t, click here"

😂

[fallow aurora]

YES HAHA 🤣

[earnest vault]

so again, we get back to Youtube, tech info checks

[fallow aurora]

Yt is good

Never use stuff like TikTok or something like that for it

There is so much fake tras öhm I'm meaning stuff

[ionic hearth]

Remembers me when I tried to get my Xperia device that is not available for sale in Russia
Tons of reviews and shitty markets were reviewed before I made a decision where to buy

[earnest vault]

That reminds me a guy from Canada who bought an XSX from Russia or some crazy story like that coz it was the only place the dude found stock without selling his soul.

[copper laurel]

My mate is a rather rick individual, he has 2 3090s and has them in SLI, does anyone know if 2042 is going to have SLI support?

[lofty light]

I wouldn't assume so, bfv didn't from memory

Besides SLI is almost completely dead nowadays

[ionic hearth]

DX12 may figure this but it will be around 30% performance boost

[umbral pulsar]

as someone who's run minimum dual cards since voodoo 2 - the benefits of SLI are no longer applicable in this day n age - performance is minimal and newer games dont support it out of the box

[lofty light]

Only good thing about sli is filling your case with two sexy cards honestly

[umbral pulsar]

indeed

i still have the sexy cards - just not in SLI

[supple bane]

Yes I do

[molten bramble]

Heh, I had the 3DFX Voodoos myself.

[umbral pulsar]

indeed - first dual card was the voodoo2 orchids - loved them - 12mb of ram each - w00 !

[plucky token]

[prime jasper]

i have an Xbox 360 E, people say its forgotten, i wonder how much it would be nowadays

[terse steeple]

this video is so fucking funny

https://cdn.discordapp.com/attachments/793258199179460660/849789273203802123/redditsave.com_noooooo-0de2nvfc5p271.mp4

[prime jasper]

r/makemesuffer

[prime jasper]

ok

[supple bane]

https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PL8mG-RkN2uTyVqLN5OSZxn3Z4t1_xFunu

thats the playlist for the whole room watercooling project

[prime jasper]

so many

videos

[supple bane]

yeah its a big project :)

[prime jasper]

i bet like 90% of the video were sponsers or talking about something other than the project itself

[supple bane]

nah

[prime jasper]

bro why did they put linus in an honey ad

like why

[stable mountain]

because they're a channel sponsor?

[prime jasper]

i tried using honey, but it was malware

like literally

[stable mountain]

currently most videos are 2 or 3 merch mentions, a openign sponsor spot, and the 1 minute long one at the end

[supple bane]

the merch mentions are just a meme at this point i think

and i dont mind them, he doesnt stop the video for them he just slips them in and some times its pretty funny

[prime jasper]

hey whats the desert role?

[supple bane]

!!regular

[silent oasis]

ℹ️ The Regular role is granted to active, positive, courteous, and resourceful guests of the server. This role is earned, not given, and is conferred at the discretion of the server staff. With this role guests can post/embed images, execute a selection of bot commands, and change what color their name appears as in chat.

[prime jasper]

i mean linus was good, he just yknow

the ad was pretty awful

[supple bane]

i imagine he earns bank from the 1 minute sponsor spot on a channel with that many subs

[prime jasper]

lol

remember when linus saw a linus pillow

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GT3Cg7dmWxE

[supple bane]

probably the most ive laughed at a ltt video

[prime jasper]

bruhhe watercooled a chair like why

[supple bane]

his views seem to be dropping off.

[prime jasper]

yea

[supple bane]

i think its because he has moved away from actually getting hands of with tech and doing cool stuff

[prime jasper]

yeah

[supple bane]

now its just product show cases that no one cares about.

[prime jasper]

i loved him reviewing bad products

like the bad ones are funny

nowadays hes been making pcs to like

"look" cool

one of his vids said something like this "running windows on my ps4" and its so clickbaity

like he just replaces the ps4 with an pc

[supple bane]

ive started watching jayztwocents more than ltt now because its crappier and i like it

his videos have a lower production value

and it makes them feel less "corporate"

and he still actually plays around and does stupid stuff with hardware, and i like that

[prime jasper]

same

Gamers Nexus is a funny channel

he reviews products and bad walmart ones

he also puts in those little whats its called

time period things

chapters

[supple bane]

ltt produces probably some of the highest production value content on youtube, they most likely have the best camera setup (they shoot in 12k) they have really well built sets and impressive camera operators, but it all makes it feel like a documentary and not a yt video

[prime jasper]

the first seconds of his videos is him talking about ltt store

[quick locust]

STH is a decent channel too

And ExplainingComputers

[arctic crag]

Is Linus joke to you?

[quick locust]

Linus is a bit too mainstream

Which he knows he is

But earns the most

[leaden swift]

Linus is good but i don't base my purchases off that channel

instead if I was actually interested in a product, I would watch a Gamers Nexus review

[azure quest]

Anyone hear do any programming for fun? Looking for some potential info

[toxic wigeon]

Is the 2060 worth it?

[neon current]

It’s a hilarious card. But I don’t think any 20 séries is worth it unless it’s a big upgrade for you and insanely cheap

[arctic crag]

At what price?

[neon current]

Id honestly sit and save for a 3080 because it’s the best possible performance for your buck at MSRP. It’s like 700 dollars for a card that tops even the 1500 dollar 2080ti card line

[toxic wigeon]

Ahhh

[neon current]

It will take a whole like 9 months for the stock to stabailize

[ember bolt]

2060 is like 1000 euro here now

[neon current]

But the 3080 is absolutely the best card

[arctic crag]

Rtx 3060 ti is

[toxic wigeon]

Im just looking for something that's powerful but isn't excessive.

[neon current]

Ehhh is it though?

[arctic crag]

The best value

[neon current]

What’s the MSRP

[arctic crag]

400$

[neon current]

Because a 3060ti is either even or slightly above a 3070 in some games

[arctic crag]

Nah rtx 3070 is better

Rtx 3070 is 8-10% better than rtx 3060 ti

[neon current]

On everything? I’ve seen borderlands, Valhalla benchmarks that places 3060ti ahead

By 5 frames

Im wondering if it’s specific differences

[latent light]

3060Ti Aorus Master matches the Founders Edition 3070

[arctic crag]

Maybe it’s a founder edition 3070

[neon current]

Okay so it’s basically even like I said or it’s teetering on certain games

[stable mountain]

MSRP is Manufacturer's Suggested Retail Price or something

ie, what the manufacturer thinks the item should cost

[arctic crag]

Rtx 3070=1100$ here msrp my ass

[neon current]

LOL

Yeah that’s like almost the MSRP for a 3080ti

Right now if I’m going to get a new card

Im going to be waiting

[stable mountain]

the manufacturer thinks the card should cost like 600-700 dollars. resellers think "nah man, fuck you. it's worth 1200"

[neon current]

I have a 1080ti and it’s a great card and I really only feel like switching it out for a 3080 or a 3080ti

Especially since like I don’t want to take a dip in VRAM

[arctic crag]

Yes

[arctic crag]

1080 ti pretty nice

[neon current]

It’s the EVGA FTW3 so I def like it

[arctic crag]

You don’t even have to upgrade this gen

Skip this gen in my open

[neon current]

I skipped 20 series

[arctic crag]

Unless you need a gpu for your work

[lofty light]

Manufacturers actually had to raise the prices of the 3070's a little while after launch

[ember bolt]

I got 2070 super, but I upgraded from 770, skipping 3000 series deffo

[lofty light]

Which made things worse

[neon current]

And my comp is getting around 5 years old now so I’m just wondering what I should do. Either get one end of this year or next year

[arctic crag]

Manufacturers can go suck d

[lofty light]

Imo wait it out as long as possible at this point

[neon current]

If my comp can run BF2042 at 80+ fps I’ll be fine

Yeah I might just wait

[stable mountain]

my video card is 8 years old at this point. and i still don't have money spare for an upgrade

[arctic crag]

What resolution you use?

[stable mountain]

gotta pay rent as well

[neon current]

I don’t plan on ever buying anything past MSRP ofc

[neon current]

1440p

[lofty light]

The important part bring had to; the memory market was so expensive that they had to raise to so as to not lose money

[neon current]

1440p to me is the new 1080p

[arctic crag]

You kinda have point

[lofty light]

There was a month or two of warning so I bought a 3070 nearish to RRP

[arctic crag]

Gtx 1080 ti is like rtx 3060 ti

[neon current]

Are they really that close in performance?

[lofty light]

Ultrawide 1440p is my new 1080p

[stable mountain]

the 1080 is apparently way to much of a beast

like how the titan X stayed relevant for waaaaay to long

[arctic crag]

I heard some leaks about Nvidia new chipset they say their nex gen will be 2x the performance of the current gen

[lofty light]

The leaks always say that

[ember bolt]

^

[arctic crag]

Yeah

[neon current]

Thats what they said about the 20 series

[prime jasper]

which android phone 300-400€ range?

[neon current]

Look how that turned out lmao

[lofty light]

I've still got my 1080, it's dead though

[neon current]

[arctic crag]

1080 dead?

[toxic wigeon]

So one may as well stick to the 10 series?

[neon current]

10 séries is great

[toxic wigeon]

If not going for the 30

[arctic crag]

Oh you mean the card it’s self isn’t working anymore?

[neon current]

Imo yea, keep waiting until price normalizes

[toxic wigeon]

Cause im not gonna go for a super powerful computer I just want something that is powerful

[lofty light]

I bought a 1080 FTW, which was the model that had an infamous issue of the capacitors exploding

[toxic wigeon]

But not top top

If that makes sense

[arctic crag]

Oh god

[neon current]

Personally I just don’t think the 2060 is all that special. What 10 series do you have

[lofty light]

Didn't happen to me until the warranty expired

[neon current]

Haha I have the 1080ti FTW3

[toxic wigeon]

Wait me?

[neon current]

Yea

Which 10 do you have

[toxic wigeon]

I dont have any

[lofty light]

Ftw3 is the fixed version

[toxic wigeon]

Im literally looking at computers to buy lmao

[prime jasper]

im happy with my gigabyte 5700XT

[neon current]

Ahhh okay

[arctic crag]

Oh are you the guy that wanted to upgrade to rtx 2060?

[lofty light]

Get a PC with a 6800XT

[neon current]

Honestly I still think 10 series is good. I just simply wouldn’t buy a 20 series, id either but 10 or 30. But 30 only for MSRP

[toxic wigeon]

But if you wanna know the specs of my pc... I cant remember the graphics card but its got an amd phenom 2. Its that old lmao

[supple bane]

eh?

[arctic crag]

Holy moly

[neon current]

Thats old

[toxic wigeon]

I just want to play new vegas and sims 4 without much of an issue lmao

[lofty light]

Tbh I've still got a PC with a phenom and a 970 in it on my bedroom floor

[neon current]

New Vegas

Based

[toxic wigeon]

So in your guys's opinion. 1080ti or 2060. Which one should I really aim for.

[stable mountain]

the sims 4 runs pretty easily. try to run the sims 3 with everything installed

[ember bolt]

1080ti is better

[arctic crag]

My 2012 laptop is still working lol

[stable mountain]

game doesn't even have 64bit mode

[neon current]

Hmm?

[toxic wigeon]

Cause the 1080ti sounds good because it sounds powerful but not too excessive.

[arctic crag]

I would say neither

[neon current]

1080ti is a true gamer card

[stable mountain]

unless you own amac. they fucking patched it to 64 bit for mac os and will be porting it to the M1 macbooks

[supple bane]

that is such a broad statement and isnt really true.

[neon current]

I still think a 1080ti is better than a 2060

[arctic crag]

Wait for the prices to go down and get rtx 3060 ti and higher

[lofty light]

1080ti is the best card NVIDIA have made in a long time for power over time

[neon current]

You think the 20 series was a good leap from the 10 series in comparison to the 30 series?

[toxic wigeon]

Ahhh. The most powerful game I want to play is planet coaster and that should be well enough right?

[arctic crag]

That’s true but we’re talking about 5 years old gpu

[ember bolt]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=V2HKm6B9EsY&ab_channel=NikTek

[supple bane]

its not necessarily a good upgrade, but it offers raytracing, dlss, rtx voice, and more performance for cheaper.

[toxic wigeon]

The most powerful proc i plan to get is a ryzen 5600

[supple bane]

so for a new pc 20 series is better im afraid

[arctic crag]

5600x is a beast

[ember bolt]

not the best time to upgrade gpu or build a pc tbh

[arctic crag]

That’s what am talking about

[toxic wigeon]

Im just gonna buy a pre built for harveys. I tried looking into making one but the thing looks so delicate to do I dont want to mess it up

[ember bolt]

building a pc isn't that hard as it might seem

[supple bane]

oh believe me, pc parts arent delicate lol

[ember bolt]

^

[lofty light]

Please for the love of God don't do that

[supple bane]

ive stabbed a motherboard with a screwdriver SO many times trying to install cpu coolers

[neon current]

Eh not all of those cards were cheaper though. Premium 20 series cards have really nothing on even the normal 30 line

[arctic crag]

Awww

[lofty light]

If you need to buy a pre-built get one from PCCASEGEAR or ple

[toxic wigeon]

Eh why so manic? Ahh

Can you send me a link

[lofty light]

https://www.ple.com.au

[toxic wigeon]

Whats so bad about Harvey's?

[supple bane]

lmao i dont see your point, obviously 10 series is slower than 20 series, and 20 series is slower than 30 series

[lofty light]

https://www.pccasegear.com

[supple bane]

you cant say 10 series is better than 20 series because its just a lie

because its.. not

[molten coral]

[arctic crag]

Why can’t you just wait some time and build a good pc

[lofty light]

Harvey Norman only stocks the big brand prebuilts which are filled with nasty parts, bad designs and are filled with planned obsolescence

[molten coral]

dayum aussieland is expensive

[toxic wigeon]

Im just concerned about fucking up, cause if I do its lots of money lost

[lofty light]

I mean our money ain't worth much

[neon current]

It’s about the performance jump

[supple bane]

im not talking about an upgrade

im talking about in general

[neon current]

If I had a 970 or something, a jump to something like a 2080ti would be fantastic. Probably worth it too

[lofty light]

I get ya, tis why I reccomend buying a prebuiod from a computer parts shop as they know what they're doing and are open about how much they charge for stuff

[ember bolt]

jumping from 770 to 2070 super was good stuff 👌

[supple bane]

20 series isnt always a good upgrade i agree. but its still faster, cheaper, and offers more stuff

[toxic wigeon]

Yeah thats fair manic

[neon current]

But just jumping from a 1080ti tô a 2080ti which was 1000 wasnt worth

[lofty light]

And you don't get proprietary parts

[ember bolt]

1080ti is still a good card

[toxic wigeon]

Whats the 1660 like?

[neon current]

Yeah see like depending on where you start and where you land matters

[ember bolt]

1660 is a good value budget card normally

[neon current]

My point was if I’m going to upgrade from a 1080ti, I personally would rather skip the 20 series and go for a 30 series

[arctic crag]

I have a friend that always upgrade to xx80 series when release.He had a 1080 and upgraded to 2080 ti but then he wasn’t able to upgrade to 3080 lol he’s upset

[toxic wigeon]

Also manic holy shit that store is cheaper than harveys

[neon current]

Im going to go for the 3080ti this time around

I already skipped the 20 series so I’m ready for the 30 line

[toxic wigeon]

Then you're gonna skip the 40 and go for the 50

I bet

[neon current]

Ofc by the time the price stabilizes the 40 series will be there

[neon current]

Most likely yea

Either way there’s only so much that game developers do based also on the limitations of consoles

And since consoles have massively improved since last gen

[toxic wigeon]

They optimise their games pretty well

[neon current]

Developers have more options

The only reason why upgrading around now is good because we are entering the next generation of game development

[toxic wigeon]

Its a new gen

Really that's it

[neon current]

Pretty much yea

Which is why upgrading is just good idea. Hell the 30 series will get you through for years to come

[toxic wigeon]

The 1080 has lasted you this long too soo

[neon current]

Yeah about 5 years

But even then like newer games it’s age shows

[toxic wigeon]

If you think of it. Thats actually really good.

Yeah

[neon current]

It’s just not able to keep up as much but it’s still going well ofc

It’s a nice card but by 2022-2023 it will just be too slow I think

[toxic wigeon]

It may not be keeping up but its still kicking

[neon current]

Yeah it still plays the stuff I play well

[ember bolt]

by 2022-2023 we should have rtx 4000 🤔

[supple bane]

its every 2 years usually

so 2022 yeah

[toxic wigeon]

How does amds cards stack up? I know they're more budgety but still

[digital hill]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0frNP0qzxQc

[neon current]

AMD cards are getting better but I still think they’re Eh

But AMD processors?

Based

[ember bolt]

april 1 lmao

[olive zephyr]

Amd cards have come a long ass way

[neon current]

Intel is absolutely asleep for some reason because they never seen to do anything interesting

[supple bane]

if all you are going to do is play games at 1080p and just want as many frames as possible and thats it, rx 6000 out performs rtx 3000 by quite a bit

how ever with nvidia you get better raytracing, better apps, dlss and nvenc

[toxic wigeon]

Ajhhh

[supple bane]

so it depends what you want

[digital hill]

4090ti leak

[toxic wigeon]

The resolution on my monitor is 1920x1080

[olive zephyr]

yeah i feel like people who play in 1080p shouldnt really complain about graphics card since a toaster can run at least 100 frames in games these days

[neon current]

nvidia has more bells and whistle stuff

[toxic wigeon]

Soooo i dont think thatll do me well

[supple bane]

rx 6000 does outperform rtx 3000 on 1080p

[ember bolt]

absolute beast of a card

[supple bane]

weirdly rtx 3000 performs quite poorly on 1080p

the lower resolution the worse they perform

when i say poorly, i mean its slower than amd cards

[olive zephyr]

1440p 27 inch is where it's at fellas, crisp asf visuals and a big enough screen

[neon current]

If you’re gaming like 1440p 144hz —> 4Kish range I’d start using nvidia. But then use a AMD processor

[olive zephyr]

^Thats my setup rn

[toxic wigeon]

I've got a massive ass msi monitor for the series x and its beautiful

[neon current]

Based

[toxic wigeon]

I think mines 27inch as well?

[opaque saddle]

I got a 34”

[quartz vault]

Hello, Can I run BF 2042 on 1050TI , Core i5 8300H, 8 ram ?

[neon current]

24-27 inch monitors are sweet spot monitors

[olive zephyr]

plus with nvidia you get all these features like nvidia broadcast and geforce now

[opaque saddle]

!!specs

[silent oasis]

Currently there are no official PC specifications released by DICE for Battlefield 2042.
Any specs floating around the internet are just assumptions or rumors.

[toxic wigeon]

!!specs

[silent oasis]

Currently there are no official PC specifications released by DICE for Battlefield 2042.
Any specs floating around the internet are just assumptions or rumors.

[toxic wigeon]

Dammit LOL

2quick4me

[neon current]

BF specs need to release before beta most likely

[opaque saddle]

I got 2x 27” and a 34”

[neon current]

There’s no way they let anyone play a beta before having PC specs

[opaque saddle]

The 34” ultrawide line up with the 27” perfectly

[olive zephyr]

Man i wish i had a freaken 3080 pandemic really made demand rise like a mother f*****

i have a 2080 super but those 3080 fps on 1440p games is just midn numbing

[leaden swift]

hopefully 2042 supports DLSS as well

[neon current]

2042 Will be powered by “Intel” when we see the advertisements. Just wait

[olive zephyr]

I hear theres only 2 companies in the world able to manufacture silicon chips, like how crazy is that?

[neon current]

Their funds booming

[quick locust]

well intel sponsors a lot of things

[quick locust]

wrong

but it's not that many

since it's very expensive

[olive zephyr]

oh yeah you right

[prime jasper]

I need help in recommending gaming laptops.

Which brand is most reliable.

MSI
Asus
Acer

[olive zephyr]

i think im confusing that with soemthing else

gaming laptops, the best is the Dell alienware

It's the most Aesthetically pleasing and has great performance

[quick locust]

intel, samsung, tsmc, global foundries, hynix, micron, and a few others

all have fabs

[olive zephyr]

Does intel sell to nvidia?

[quick locust]

no

intel pretty much only uses theirs for their own cpus

but they are going to change that a bit

nvidia uses samsung rn for Ampere

and Turing was tsmc

[olive zephyr]

you think things will get better in time for the 40 series launch?

[quick locust]

AMD uses tsmc

[prime jasper]

MSI or Asus?

[quick locust]

Mostly

Depends on the laptop, not the brand

[olive zephyr]

yeah dont focus too much on brands, brands do certain things better than others

[prime jasper]

Alright like don't worry since all brands can be assured reliable already?

I need something that has 11-13 in monitor I like compact but then they offer old gen GPUs in it.

Alright I go for the brand Razer since it has support and would you guys recommend it to.

[weak girder]

what?

[prime jasper]

I was looking for 11-13 in laptops but then they might be outdated soon because they use older graphics card.

[weak girder]

11-13 what?

[prime jasper]

Inch

[weak girder]

for gaming or ultrabooks?

[prime jasper]

Gaming

[weak girder]

dont you wanna go for bigger?

there are a ton of budget gaming laptops

for example the acer nitro 5 is like 15 inch and the base model costs like 600 usd

[near rune]

11 is too small

[prime jasper]

Alright I found a Laptop

Razer Blade 13

[weak girder]

its expensive as fuck

there are better options for cheaper

[stable mountain]

Maybe a few generations old is cheaper

[prime jasper]

Well whats the average budget?

[weak girder]

there is no "average budget" it just depends on what kind of specs you want

but the razer blade 13 is too expensive for the specs

personnaly, I think the acer nitro 5 is best for budget

[plucky token]

Razer is like apple, you pay for the name on it

and the razer bloatware is insane

[prime jasper]

So what is the Samsung of Gaming Laptops?

[weak girder]

their peripherals I think are pretty good

[stable mountain]

Samsung is also to expensive

[plucky token]

keyboards yes, mouses.. i dunno. Headsets, never touch em

[prime jasper]

Your right lol I think the specs are better for budget even more RAM.

https://www.acer.com/ac/en/PH/content/series/nitro5

[prime jasper]

Mouse just need to be a white and wired no rgb gimmick.

[weak girder]

(my peripherals):

blackwidow v3: great mechanical keyboard for the price, rgb looks great, doesnt feel cheap at all

basilisk v2: good grip imo, price is ok and I just like how it looks and feels

firefly v2: idk how the price conpares to other mousepads but it looks great and is a pretty good mousepad: doesnt create input lag and feels smooth

yes my peripherals are full razer because the shop is pretty close

[plucky token]

just got an Corsair K100 rgb / Logitech g903 / Thermaltake mousepad

[proud trellis]

@weak girder have you seen the new blackwidow mini ?

[weak girder]

nope

btw

[prime jasper]

Why keyboard when there is the one for laptop?

[plucky token]

imagine using a laptop keyboard

[weak girder]

[prime jasper]

Wait so laptop keyboard bad?

[plucky token]

[weak girder]

mhmm: cool rgb mechanical keyboard thats awesome to game with and feels satisfying to use, or shitty membrane laptop keyboard. Boy oh boy what a hard choice

[stable mountain]

Bad in the sense of tiny key travel

It's why I also hate mac keyboards

[prime jasper]

Oh nice keyboard though imma use the one in the laptop since I'm on budget.

[weak girder]

mac keyboards are the best membrane one out there imo

[plucky token]

if you had a mechanical or optical, you will never give up on those

[weak girder]

ofc

[stable mountain]

I have a cherry mx red keyboard

[plucky token]

opx switches

[weak girder]

I have the clicky razer green keys, problem is it annoys everyone

except me

[stable mountain]

I like it, everyone that uses it for a moment thinks it's weird as hell

Isn't there a even noisier version of the cherry mx blues?

[weak girder]

its good for gaming but not my go to for work or typing

[plucky token]

https://youtu.be/ABbvWpsJOlY

thats my keyboard

[weak girder]

Im not the biggest corsair fan

[plucky token]

that thing is nuts

[weak girder]

but expensive as fuck

[plucky token]

ye

250€ ish

[prime jasper]

Okay Nitro 5 is my go to wishlist.

Hope the new BF:2042 will work.

[weak girder]

tip: upgrade the ram if it has 1 stick of 8 gigs

[prime jasper]

64 ram every slot.

But then since as a teen gamer.

I live with parents who don't respect gaming but collects whatever tf they want.

I'm stuck with the upcoming mobile, never touched a BF Game thanks to them.

F@

[proud trellis]

rip

[quick locust]

https://videocardz.com/newz/amd-launches-radeon-rx-6900-xt-liquid-edition-with-330w-tbp-and-18gbps-memory

[stable mountain]

Uhw, another card that won't be available

[quick locust]

Which AMD can't do anything about

[supple bane]

The pipes exit on the wrong side

What is the purpose of that

[storm osprey]

people were acting like AMD were going to have stock before the 6000 series launched

[latent light]

It's supposed to go on the back of your case as an exhaust

You don't want a 330W GPU as your intake lmfao

[quaint sleet]

rgb mousepads are lame

[inland goblet]

RGB itself is meh imo

[quaint sleet]

the only rgb i have is the static white leds in my case

ik i lose 5fps by turning rgb off but idc

[supple bane]

that is so obvious i now feel stoopid :(

[storm osprey]

good

[proud trellis]

bad day again ? dayum

[supple bane]

:(

and people think warzone is bad

[quaint pebble]

Will dlss be available at launch?

[supple bane]

no one knows

[proud trellis]

wtf was around 200 when i installed it like 2 months ago

[quaint sleet]

zip bomb lmao

[maiden gulch]

deez

[quick locust]

compiling shaders go brr

[quaint sleet]

i7 space heater edition

5ghz not a bad temp actually

[supple bane]

tak always flexing that he won the silicon lottery

[quaint sleet]

my 4790k would lick 5ghz until it actually had to compute something

4.9 was stable tho, v impressive for a basic water cooler

that cpu was certified poggers

[supple bane]

i should be able to get my cpu to 4.2. but i cant get off 4. i really lost the lottery with it

id have to push 1.45v to get stable at 4.1. people say they can do 4.2 at 1.35

my 1060 thoooo

that card. that card was such a good overclocker

my 2070 barely gets 50th percentile

[quick locust]

i run 1.30V

5.0

[supple bane]

does anyone have or have experience with a pcie usb expansion card?

one that they could recommend to me

https://www.amazon.co.uk/YEELIYA-PCIE-Card-4-Ports-USB-C/dp/B08PP4Y737/ref=sr_1_2_sspa?dchild=1&keywords=pcie+usb+card&qid=1623879842&sr=8-2-spons&psc=1&smid=A3KJFD24IOFAWX&spLa=ZW5jcnlwdGVkUXVhbGlmaWVyPUExSTg2MERWVTE1SUtSJmVuY3J5cHRlZElkPUEwOTQ2MDQ4M001N1o1V0IwRkxLNCZlbmNyeXB0ZWRBZElkPUEwMjYzMjg4MUJJUlQ0Rlo5QUVDNSZ3aWRnZXROYW1lPXNwX2F0ZiZhY3Rpb249Y2xpY2tSZWRpcmVjdCZkb05vdExvZ0NsaWNrPXRydWU=

im looking at this one atm

[opaque saddle]

I have one but I know some of them may not be able to utilise all slots at the same time

[supple bane]

well i only need 1 slot so thats fine heh

[opaque saddle]

USB c?

[supple bane]

A

[opaque saddle]

Right

[supple bane]

needs to be either 3.0 or 3.1

[opaque saddle]

Why won’t you get an adapter?

[supple bane]

and preferably doesnt require supplemental power

because im trying to diagnose a problem with my vr headset

and most people say this is the way to go

i believe its some kind of weird incompatibility between the rift s and the usb host controller with my system,

so an add in card would include a different and separate controller.

and i know its a hardware problem related to my pc as the headset works on my other machine

[opaque saddle]

Which USB Slot do you use for VR?

The USB C slot from GPU

[supple bane]

ok more paragraphs incoming

according to gigabytes website, the front usb 3.0 ports use a different controller to the rear usb io ports. and if i use the rear ports the headset simply doesnt work, however front io does work with some minor tracking issues.

my gpu doesnt have a usb c port on it, and its a type A port for the rift s anyway

[opaque saddle]

Right

So adding an additional PCIE USB expansion slot will be adapted with the additional (new) USB controller

[supple bane]

sorry?

[opaque saddle]

The device connected to the new PCIE card, will be using the card’s onboard controller?

[supple bane]

i believe thats how it works

[opaque saddle]

Hmm

I have purchased one of the PCIE card for USB. It required additional power from the PSU

So one of the cable goes to the cable that connects your SATA drive*

[supple bane]

yeah the thing is, i believe i am out of sata power connectors and its gonna look oogly :(

[opaque saddle]

And it won’t draw power from the PCIE card for some reasons

[supple bane]

my biggest concern with the one above is im not sure how the drivers would work

as i couldnt find a website for the brand and would basically just be hoping windows automatically installs the right thing

[opaque saddle]

The one you are looking at has stated not required additional cable

[supple bane]

drivers arent required ?

oh.

[opaque saddle]

I think they will give you a disc or windows update

I can’t remember how it works. It was 5 years ago

[supple bane]

if only i had something to read the disk with

[opaque saddle]

Or if you can talk to the seller who can send you the software via email

[supple bane]

ill root around and see if i can find another sata power connector, if i can find it i have my eyes on a silverstone card, much more reputable for sure heh.

[opaque saddle]

Have your tried updating the motherboard firmware?

[supple bane]

yes

[opaque saddle]

Manually tho

[supple bane]

and the usb drivers

[modern gull]

@shy quail

[supple bane]

ive been trouble shooting this for months heh.

[opaque saddle]

Good luck I guess…

[quick locust]

https://www.tomshardware.com/news/700000-gpus-shipped-to-miners-first-three-months-2021

[versed pecan]

Windows 11 has been leaked on 4Chan.

Try it at your own risk, not an .iso from Microsoft themselves.

[opal burrow]

Can some PC enthusiasts help me out real quick

I’m wondering if going from:

16 gb ram/i7 10700f

to

32gb ram/10700k

Will make much of a difference?

Specs are:

1TB ssd
RTX 3070 Ventus
i7 10700f
650 watt psu
16gb ram

[mellow lion]

what is this?

[opal burrow]

I’m wondering if it’ll make much of a difference in FPS

[mellow lion]

U mean storage?

[opal burrow]

16 gb ram/i7 10700f

to

32gb ram/i7 10700k

^

[mellow lion]

how much total space of the storage?

[opal burrow]

1tb

[mellow lion]

idk how but i think it will can fit in. or u can delete some app or stuff in your console u dont wanna use it anymore

[opal burrow]

Oh the storage is fine, I was talking about the CPU and Ram upgrade

Or if it’s unnecessary

[mellow lion]

ohhh that, that i dont know how. Sorry @opal burrow

[opal burrow]

All good

[mellow lion]

ok

[storm osprey]

Not a big difference

Over clocking 10700k get a few FPS in most cases, 32gb will probably gain about the same in a few titles.

[prisma talon]

i have 4gb ram and a i3-3120M, what should i upgrade first

[digital hill]

@prisma talon Both

[distant oar]

i really need help cuz this problem bothers me so bad , okay so my headset it just works fine until suddenly it disconnects like sound is gone even if im playing a spotify song it will stop in order to get my sound back i have to unplug it and replug it again and the sound is back again and i have to like press like 1 sec back on spotify to play the song i tried power settings i tried different USB ports but it's still the same i really need help
i even went and replaced it and got another one and still the same problem
Red Dragon H510 Zeus V2 , my friends got it as well for a year and nothing like that happens with him it's only me

[frank iron]

16 gb of ram is the standard and I haven’t noticed a difference switching from 16 to 32

[prisma talon]

usb port for headset ??

[distant oar]

yea

[prisma talon]

ok

[frank iron]

You might need to mess with some of the settings in device manager

[distant oar]

any help if you are free?

cuz i did some stuff already in that device manager

and same still happens

[frank iron]

I wouldn’t really be able to tell you how to fix it, but all I can really say is to keep messing with it

[distant oar]

oh alright thanks for trying to help tho

[frank iron]

From what I saw looking it up it seems that it comes with multiple types of connections

If so you could try the auxiliary cord and the splitter and if none of those works it’s just the headphones

[distant oar]

i mean

i did replace it with a new one

same for my 2 friends they never faced a problem like that before

[frank iron]

Make sure there are no Bluetooth headphones connecting while listening and idk if Spotify lets you change the output but if it does make sure it is connected to the right output source

[distant oar]

so im sure it's something in my PC im not sure what is it cuz im not good with Audio stuff

[frank iron]

Yeah I’m more of a hardware guy lol

[distant oar]

i'll see tomorrow ig im gonna sleep now , thanks again for helping

[frank iron]

You’re welcome

If anyone knows any good DACs that won’t drain my bank account I would appreciate recommendations

[sharp pollen]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MnIiRygj-nY

I was surprised my motherboard supported 600ohm headphones so I didn't get one.

I am not sure that it would help or not. They go fairly loud.

So that makes me wonder if recommending a new motherboard over a DAC is a better idea or not.

[unique lynx]

did you manage to fix it ?

[weak girder]

its useless

[opal burrow]

How so?

[weak girder]

you wont notice any difference except in your wallet

[supple bane]

yeah thats a very bad upgrade

[opal burrow]

Lol

Oh thanks

[supple bane]

you might get like 5 fps

you really dont need to upgrade those specs atm

[opal burrow]

Would I be able to run battlefield at 165fps/hz with those specs?

At 1080p

[supple bane]

no one knows

bfv yes

[opal burrow]

I have the pc but it’s not opened yet

Waiting for 165hz monitor

I didn’t get 1440p because I wanna be able to run my games at 165hz

[supple bane]

those specs would run games at 165hz at 1440p too

[opal burrow]

I’ve always had shitty pc’s, so I’ve been paranoid

It’s my first decent PC

[supple bane]

"decent"

[opal burrow]

The amount of times I’ve ran games on older pc’s and had terrible experiences even after taking the time to make sure everything is optimised at its best for the game and still getting shitty FPS

So I felt like 1440p would juts be too much

And if it’s not I’ll get a 1440p monitor next year

[pulsar sentinel]

So

[supple bane]

you probably made a mistake going for 1080p tbh

[opal burrow]

Really?

[supple bane]

im on a 2070 and play on 1440p

very comfortably

120 fps on bfv

[opal burrow]

I felt like I did because 1440p 165hz was only $100 more

I think $259 vs $299

So not $100

This is the one I got

https://computers.scorptec.com.au/search?p=R&srid=S1-1SYD-AWSP&lbc=scorptec&w=165hz&url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.scorptec.com.au%2Fproduct%2Fmonitors%2F25plus-inch%2F83734-g27fc&lgsku=G27FC&rk=7&uid=756097253&sid=1&ts=custom&SLIPid=1623922214536&rsc=vnzoSu9F0i0vDVII&method=and&isort=score&view=grid

This is the 1440p one

https://computers.scorptec.com.au/search?p=R&srid=S1-1SYD-AWSP&lbc=scorptec&w=165hz gigabyte&url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.scorptec.com.au%2Fproduct%2Fmonitors%2F25plus-inch%2F83733-g27qc&lgsku=G27QC&rk=2&uid=756097253&sid=1&ts=custom&SLIPid=1623922246902&rsc=DIK4pntuDcF2DpdQ&method=and&isort=score&view=grid

[supple bane]

yikes, 200 dollar sale

is that AUD?

[opal burrow]

Yep

And that’s the pc I got

https://www.scorptec.com.au/product/branded-systems/gaming-systems/86956-mpg-trident-as-10td-1453au

[supple bane]

holy fuck that monitor is cheap

that is such a good deal

[opal burrow]

Yeah

1ms response time too

[supple bane]

bro id say get that on sale before it runs out

[opal burrow]

Curved

[supple bane]

and run 2 monitors, they are the same frame so it would look right

[opal burrow]

But I just got the 1080p one 😂

[supple bane]

162 pounds... i paid 350 for my budget of the budget 1440p 144hz

[weak girder]

@modern gull

ditch that fecking 1080p monitor

[opal burrow]

Dang

I guess I made a mistake

But I’ll upgrade to the 1440p one next year

[supple bane]

yeah it wont be on sale then tho, thats the reason id say get it

[opal burrow]

I’ve already spent over $3000 on all the new pc stuff

[supple bane]

yeah i know the feeling

[opal burrow]

Well

Since it hasn’t arrived

I could refund?

[supple bane]

you should be able to yes

[opal burrow]

And if it’s 1440p

It’s also 1080p

But 1080p isn’t 1440p

[supple bane]

no not really

you cant really run 1080p on 1440p

it looks really fuzzy

[opal burrow]

You can still run 1920x1080 on it?

Oh

[supple bane]

you CAN

but it looks terrible

[opal burrow]

Then I won’t refund

[supple bane]

why?

[opal burrow]

1080p is fine if I’ll be able to run 165hz more consistently

And there might be a better deal later on

It’s just a tax time deal

Christmas deals etc are better

I’m happy with the pc tho

Was the last one in stock all over aus

[supple bane]

with a 3070 on 1440p low you would get around 180 fps

[opal burrow]

I can’t send pics

Rip

[supple bane]

on ultra its 130

[opal burrow]

I’d be happy playing on medium settings lol

Medium to high

I juts want it to be consistent 165

Those are the specs

It is a prebuilt, but a 3070 in aus is $2000 alone

MSI MPG Trident AS 10TD Black Gaming PC, i7-10700F, 16GB (1x 16GB) RAM, 1TB M.2 PCIE SSD, GeForce RTX 3070 Ventus, GBLAN, WiFi 6, BT 5.1, MSI Gaming Keyboard GK30 and MSI Gaming Mouse GM11, Win10 Home

[supple bane]

oooh. its single channel ram

[opal burrow]

Dual Channel

[supple bane]

its not

(1x 16GB)

thats single channel

[opal burrow]

It’s dual channel with only 1 stick included

I can’t send pics

2 slots

Lemme see

[supple bane]

eh?

if its only got 1 stick then its single channel

that will basically cut your fps in half on bfv#

[opal burrow]

Yep you’re right but I meant slots

[supple bane]

yeah its all good have 4 slots, useless if there is no ram in it though lol

[opal burrow]

2x ddr4 2933mhz u-dimms

Up go 64gb

That’s what it says in the spec sheet

[opal burrow]

That’s very subjective

It’s more prominent on AMD

I’ve seen comparisons with systems with my specs and it’s not more then a 10fps ish gain

Not like I’d be playing on ultra settings

[supple bane]

that is on an intel system above

[opal burrow]

It’s bottlenecked

[supple bane]

bro its the same computer

on both sides

just the left has single channel ram and the right has dual channel

[opal burrow]

I’ve asked around and people said it’s a bad idea if I put in another 16gb ram stick

Which would make it dual channel

[supple bane]

they are saying that because 32gb is unneeded for gaming

but dual channel is basically a must

[opal burrow]

I get that

But I’m not buying 2x 8gb

I’d rather just get another 16gb card

[supple bane]

its mostly a problem in bfv. some games are fine

bfv REQUIRES dual channel ram

[opal burrow]

So

Does it have to be the same ram?

Like brand and everything

Or can I get any ddr4 ram

[supple bane]

doesnt have to be, but its recommended

you should at least get the same speed

[opal burrow]

I’m not sure what comes with the pc

It doesn’t say anywhere

[supple bane]

because if you buy something with a lower clock speed then the other ram will be brought down to match

[opal burrow]

Oh

But what about xmp

I heard the speeds advertised are over clocked ram speeds

That have to be enabled in the BIOS

[supple bane]

kind of, thats misleading though

when a ram stick says "3200 mhz " thats mean its rated to be stable at that speed

the ddr4 speed is 2133mhz. but different sticks have different capabilities of what they can go to

[weak girder]

oh, I thought you already had dual channel

then in that case, yes

upgrade the ram

[opal burrow]

So let’s see

You’re saying I absolutely can’t use the pc with only 1x 16gb ram?

[supple bane]

no

[opal burrow]

If that’s the case I’ll look into getting another one

[supple bane]

it will still play all games perfectly fine

but even in the best case scenario id expect a loss of 30 fps

[opal burrow]

I’m pretty new to pc gaming so this shit is complicated

[supple bane]

it is

its overwhelming

but once you get used to it, its fun

[weak girder]

@supple bane actually without dual channel I had 100% cpu usage and with I had about 80% in bf5 but I dont see that in your comparison

that single channel increases cpu usage

[supple bane]

if i didnt have to take my radiator out to remove the ram id do my own science right here rn