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[analog turtle]

You can do both

[silver topaz]

My idle temp is much higher than others only because of the fact that my cpu has crazy idle power draw lol

[blissful gust]

It's not that high

[analog turtle]

What cpu do you have

[silver topaz]

A 9800x3d is usually between 15 and 35 watts, mine is 25-50

[silver topaz]

9950x3d

[blissful gust]

Mine is over 9000

[analog turtle]

Mines a overclocked 9800X3D and my temps haven’t gone over 70 even

[wispy blaze]

I havent checked my temps since I rebuilt my pc with air cooler

It runs the same as it did with aio so its probably fine

[analog turtle]

I use a 360 AIO and have a push pull system with a X870e Taichi as well and it stays very cool

[silver topaz]

My cpu temps only really start to get high when I'm playing arc raiders which is kind of CPU heavy lol

[blissful gust]

I think them CPUs are picky. Because the first time I installed my 9800x3d temps were abysmal

[winged pewter]

I have an overclocked undervolted 9800x3d too

[blissful gust]

I removed the cooler, cleaned it and re pasted the same day and was fine

[obtuse dove]

do you have the windows high performance power plan enabled?

[wispy blaze]

5800x3d dont run too hot so im not worried

[silver topaz]

Good question, let me check lol

[analog turtle]

Have you gotten your pc optimized ?

[obtuse dove]

I got a 9950X3D but runs at higher power limits

[winged pewter]

for the games I played it would have worse performance sadly @obtuse dove

[obtuse dove]

and it usually idles at 10-15W

[obtuse dove]

for me its more than good enough after increasing the power limit and not touching the clocks and voltages

plenty for getting work done too

[winged pewter]

I meant the 9950x3d over the 9800x3d

[blissful gust]

After booting and logging into Windows

But tbh it's not warm in my office rn

[winged pewter]

Yea so thats quite low no?

[blissful gust]

9800x3d

Sure with nothing open

[winged pewter]

we're talking idle temps no? 🤣

[blissful gust]

People define idle differently XD

[wispy blaze]

What are the benefits to undervolting cpu?

Tempted to try it on 5800x3d

[winged pewter]

lower temps mainly

[wispy blaze]

Oh

[obtuse dove]

lower temps at the slight cost of lower clock speeds

and maybe less stability

[winged pewter]

wdym lower clock speeds?

[wispy blaze]

Dont think its really necessary for me then

[obtuse dove]

its like slighly lower

nothing crazy

[blissful gust]

Can't you gain actual performance

[winged pewter]

generally you can get higher clock speeds

cuz lower temps

[wispy blaze]

I heard it could give more stable clock speed across cores

[blissful gust]

Undervolting or is that GPU only

9800x3d gave my 3080 a second life

[obtuse dove]

GPUs can get away with it because they work in the megahertz range, not in the gigahertz like cpus

[blissful gust]

I've been living in bliss since I moved from my 5600x but I do miss my 5600x temps lol

My office gets quite warm when gaming

[obtuse dove]

like a gain or loss in like 100-200 megaherts will matter much less on a cpu than it does on a gpu

simply because of how they scale

[winged pewter]

ive never had clock speed losses with undervolting

[obtuse dove]

I've 100% had to drop clock speeds to not have it crash

when undervolting cpus

like I said though, its not like a crazy loss in clock speeds

[vital gorge]

Undervolting makes cpu less hot, so it has more room to boost. Faster cpu!

[honest geyser]

yeah depends on the gpu you getting but when you get to the 1.5K there is performance for sure its just that i will go performance for now then go for looks later, like my pc still gon look clean but with a simple case no real rgb

[winged pewter]

sounds like you have the opposite of a good silicon lottery chip

[vital gorge]

You undervolted too much...

[obtuse dove]

you're also giving it less power so it might be less stable trying to boost higher with a limited power budget

[winged pewter]

Yeah ngl sounds like or you dont know what your CPUs limits are

or you have a complete dogwater cpu silicon

[obtuse dove]

I never tried undervolting after a 14900K so maybe LMAO

undervolt I tried was Adaptive voltage mode at -0.15V

crashes after like 2-3 hours in OCCT

[winged pewter]

lol 14th gen + bad silicon

name a better combi

[obtuse dove]

this was on multiple 14900Ks btw

and 2 separate motherboards

[winged pewter]

the 100% failure rate chip

[obtuse dove]

oh yeah, its bad, 3 died on me in the 13 months I had 14900K in my system

ever since I switched to 9950X3D I never got any CPU issues ever again

[silver topaz]

Yeah I have a 14900k in my other system, I ain't touching that lol

[obtuse dove]

mine was an eariler 14900K, so like, maybe the newer ones fixed the issues that they used to have

[silver topaz]

No clue, all I can say is they run super hot for some reason

[obtuse dove]

thats normal, they can boost to 275W pretty often

LMAO

[silver topaz]

Still, hitting 80C on arc raiders was only a bit scary

[obtuse dove]

Tj Max of 14900K is 100C so 20C core distance away from Tj Max is still ok

90C is when I would start getting worried

[silver topaz]

I could not trust that damn cpu lmaoo

It's strictly the Minecraft cpu for my little brother now lmaoo

[obtuse dove]

real lmao

[vital gorge]

Modded Minecraft is very cpu heavy

[obtuse dove]

Unless you use C^2ME

Which basically makes the whole process of chunk and world generation and loading to the GPU rather than the CPU

It alleviates so much cpu load

[silver topaz]

Yeah, honestly as long as your use real optimized packs like atm 10 you're chilling

[vital gorge]

Never used it. Sounds to good to be true

[obtuse dove]

It really works, and it works well!

You should give it a try!

[kind elk]

What a good mouse you guys recommend for like 130 or under, lightweight preferably.

[hazy fiber]

X2 Crazylight

[kind elk]

Okay thank you so much

[viscid bison]

Scyrox V6/V8. Probably the best bang for your money if we're riding off YT reviews, but whether it agrees with your hand is another story

[kind elk]

Okay thank you

[plain schooner]

[lament siren]

bruce lee

[plain schooner]

@viscid bison https://x.com/ModsMouse/status/2006844916534759907?s=20

PMM (@ModsMouse)

PULSE W goes live January 10th

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X · Jan 1, 2026, 9:48 PM

@hazy fiber

[hazy fiber]

So heavy

[crude talon]

Holy brick

[hazy fiber]

Looks nice

Do you know if they're doing new superlight 2c mod kit ? @plain schooner

[plain schooner]

I don't

[abstract warren]

VV5 with new mod kit would go hard

[viscid bison]

looks decent but it ain’t no Razer Boomslang

[viscid bison]

Mchose L7 Ultra then

[quasi field]

https://youtu.be/RkLuBYzJdhg

[round lagoon]

Gimme tldr

[wheat lichen]

basically you need to spend like $330,-

[obtuse dove]

nah, its more like 270 bucks to be able to replicate what he is doing

which is not a horrible price

considering that some premium IEMs cost significantly more than that entire setup

[round lagoon]

Also counting EQ while some people want their IEM to sound close to perfect without software eq.

[obtuse dove]

Fair

[round lagoon]

Well, maybe just me

[round lagoon]

~$330

Mmm, seems to be your run of a mill planar headphone

Really not my preference lmao

[heady crystal]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fkWSX5z6-9I

[winged pewter]

just to be limited by windows HDR anyways

[proper vector]

Funny how in big '26 Linux has better HDR implementation than Windows
Well, Plasma at least, let GNOME eat glue in the corner

[thin zodiac]

Plasma!👍

[vital gorge]

Plasma, always beta

[past dome]

Plasma balls

Gottem

[thin zodiac]

I've been using KDE since 2002. What's supposed to be beta about it?

[proper vector]

Consult the meme

Since 6.0 release it crashed on me exactly once, because of KDE Connect bug, which has been fixed since

[heady crystal]

You’re a bug

Yeah, take that

[proper vector]

https://tenor.com/view/love-hedgehog-sniff-gif-7174631

[oblique totem]

Have you tried it?
Both get wrekt by pretty much any streamer box, but windows is certainly closer

[proper vector]

Yeah, whatever Windows 11 was in August during BF6 Open Beta when I had it on PC and Plasma 6.5
At least in CBP2077

[heady crystal]

That's an odd way to shorten Cyberpunk 2077

We all know it's CP2077

Or if you're feeling really brave...

[bitter sapphire]

cp77

[proper vector]

Yeah, since AI filters are getting quite common I'd rather go with CBP version

[heady crystal]

The day I get banned from Discord for calling it CP2077 is the day that I'm very thankful that I've been freed from this platform

[jolly pulsar]

Buy some cod points and youll be banned

[heady crystal]

Deserved for playing Call of Duty

[ancient mantle]

Note to self: look at fixing the system freeze / crash when I connect a monitor.

I can tell you plasma 6 still has it's share of crashes

[thin zodiac]

No crashes here with Plasma6 since years.

[ancient mantle]

I have just used wonkey setups where there be dragons sometimes.

gpu + igp multi monitor, refresh rates, disconnecting monitors, reconnect with a different resolution (testing dual mode)

portrait

[obtuse dove]

weird

maybe it doesnt like multi-GPU setups

I wonder if its a display driver thing

[ancient mantle]

I mean I don't get crashes super often but I definitely noticed cases. It's just a lot of edge cases where things may go wrong, still perfectly usable.

this portable monitor crashed when I disabled some monitors then connected it, I think it may just be a broken screen layout fixed if I delete the file with those.

[obtuse dove]

yeah, those edge cases make me a little icky to switch

[ancient mantle]

Not like windows doesn't have it's own brokenness though.
For example the monitor layout on a mixed dpi setup makes no sense.
Why does a 4k screen have to appear bigger in the layout when they are both 27 inch, and the 4k one has 150% scaling thus functionally the same size.
But no windows ignores scaling for the layout here.

In general though it works fine and crashes sometimes just happen, part of using a pc. I certainly encountered issues back on windows too.

[thin zodiac]

I've tried quite a few things under Linux. I'm currently testing the plasma login manager as a replacement for sddm. I've tried Gnome, XFCE, Deepin, Enlightenment, and LXQT, but I always come back to KDE Plasma.

[obtuse dove]

crashes is something I want to avoid as much as possible

and it if happens more often on Plasma 6, I wont switch

[thin zodiac]

And I can't even imagine using Windows anymore. I'm completely done with it. I've always preferred something other than Microsoft products anyway. I used OS/2 Warp as my operating system for seven years.

After that, I switched to Linux.

[obtuse dove]

I will never be able to switch away from windows ever, all the apps that I work with to get work done relies on Windows

gaming laptop I was tempted, but the whole Nvidia optimus thing not quite working perfectly on Plasma 6 is a bit of an issue

[thin zodiac]

Well, if you need programs for work, it becomes difficult.

[obtuse dove]

extremely

some just dont work entirely

[ancient mantle]

Generally an old ssd or similar would be a way to find out, trying it out is the best way to get used, see if things break.

[bitter sapphire]

i do thinking about getting another sata SSD for linux stuff

[ancient mantle]

Personally still have old ones laying around, like a 256gb one and a 120gb one, those are enough for a linux install play around use it for normal use.

How I started on my desktop at least 120gb ssd tried to have an environment not distracted by games. until I got a bigger ssd and switched full time.

[bitter sapphire]

i mean i do have storage for games

[ancient mantle]

You do, on your windows partition, and 256gb enough to fit one or a couple in.

[bitter sapphire]

and overall i just want another set of SSD for games and maybe 1 more sata SSD for storage

as i wanna change my old HDD out finally

[ancient mantle]

Those are fair points too, should still reinstall my server to get rid of it's hdd's (just have not gotten around to but bought the ssd's knowing the prices were going up at some point)

[bitter sapphire]

yeah but im not gonna spend 700$ on SSD's

[ancient mantle]

My plan is to ditch raid in favor of extra backups but fair enough yea.

[jolly pulsar]

Good luck finding a sata ssd

[wispy hedge]

if anyone is into topre, got my ursa set in

[sonic flame]

I had a HHKB many moons ago. Then some alps thing that sucked.

[tulip tide]

looks good, hard to find anything for topre these days

[tulip tide]

you should check out tecsee tec hall effect switches, they feel very close to topre, but work in he boards

https://youtube.com/shorts/f09SdibD21k

[round lagoon]

Huh Performer 8S

Hopefully it's more than just performer 7 but more expensive

[quasi field]

They are all almost identical

[round lagoon]

their signature tuning you can say

flat like a loli's chest

[quasi field]

The difference between them is similar to just having unit variance lol

[round lagoon]

1DD+6BA+1PR+1MP

mm, interesting driver config, not sure what PR is.

[quasi field]

Planar magnetic?

[round lagoon]

From googling, Simgot EA2000 has the same kind of driver and it's called passive radiator

[crude talon]

my topre board has rapid trigger !

[gaunt flax]

Man wtf is going on with gpu market now. All the 4070ti are disappearing from stock now in Korea

People started stocking up on gpu suddenly and I guess most realised the 50 series is barely an upgrade over 4070ti

but soon all the 40 series cards will be gone since they stopped making them iirc so won’t have any choice but to buy 50 series

[tulip tide]

realforce gx1?

[crude talon]

yeh

[tulip tide]

sweet, seems like a nice board, i got the r3sd11 and my only complaint is the non-interchangeable cable

[crude talon]

yeah not able the change the cable on the gx1 either, nice that the sliders are mx keycap compatible though

[tulip tide]

that's nice, are there any 3rd party cases?

[crude talon]

nope, and the stock one is a bit ugly with the floating key design

[tulip tide]

rip

[silver topaz]

Supposed amd and nvidia reported that they'd be increasing GPU prices in January due to rising production prices, not sure how true that is and if that may be why

[gaunt flax]

yeah seems like a mad rush to suddenly buy any gpu upgrades you need

i'd be tempted if the 50 series wasn't such a poor upgrade from 40 series

[silver topaz]

Oh yeah, I never would have upgraded from my 4070 super if I didn't build a new system lol

[lament siren]

I have a 5070 ti for that reason

bought it a month before they announced it. Upgrading from 3080. Not a huge upgrade but its better than nothing. The pc market just going to shit

[silver topaz]

It's becoming a luxury

[heady crystal]

It wasn't a luxury?

[silver topaz]

I mean it always has, but ever since the whole crypto boom it's easily quadrupled in price to build a PC if not more

[heady crystal]

Price rises were happening to some components before then, especially GPUs.

Although it's funny that despite a decade of inflation etc, some people still think anything above $300 USD for a GPU is overpriced.

[gaunt flax]

people used to the early covid prices still before it went crazy

i remember building a $1800 pc then and it was really nicely specced with equivalent of a 9800x3d and 4070 now

then covid and crypto made everything go nuts and every year or two we get hit with new random thing like AI it seems lol

[heady crystal]

Steve from GN will probably wake up in a cold sweat but the DIY PC market isn't exactly large enough to deserve the pricing it thinks it deserves.

My hot take on PC hardware pricing, especially GPUs.

The consumer GeForce and Radeon cards went from being completely useless outside of gaming to now overlapping with budget workstation cards at the high end.

Wouldn't say this is a unique trend to PC GPUs that typically gamers buy either. The hardware and software that companies ship across their entire product line up has slowly been converging. Apple use the same chips from their smartwatch all the way up to their high-end desktops for heavy video production. The three remaining console companies have gone from bespoke hardware to semi-custom SoCs that largely just track with desktop hardware.

[wispy hedge]

👍 let me check that

[cerulean stratus]

would anyone reccomend the turthear x crinacle zero iems for siege pairing with 60he v2 and superlight 2 with pro sleeve

?

[bitter sapphire]

i use zero:reds daily not just for siege and i do love them

[cerulean stratus]

ty

reckon thats a good esports set up

[round lagoon]

Yesh, it's a nicely tuned IEM.

[cerulean stratus]

great ty for the recomendation this will be my first steo into iems

do i get this monitor

[bitter sapphire]

what do you plan to use your pc or play ?

[obtuse dove]

Also EUV machines are expensive which the cost was passed down to consumers

And now high NA EUV machines are going to make chips even more expensive really soon

Like the ASML Twinscan NXE EUV machines costed 190-230 million dollars, the Twinscan High NA EXE EUV machines cost 500 million dollars

And who is going to be eating that cost? Customers of those chips!

[cerulean stratus]

fps and the odd story game or ac

[frank wagon]

@quasi field i got the dl200

The one you were talking about

[quasi field]

Cool! Just connect it and plug in headphones. It's that easy. Make sure the volume is turned all the way down by the way

[frank wagon]

On windows?

And then turn up the volume through the fax

Dac

[quasi field]

No opposite

Turn the amplifier all the way down (to the left), set Windows to 100

[silver topaz]

I was thinking of getting that one or the fosi zh3

[quasi field]

The SMSL is more powerful but depending on what you are listening to it won't matter at all. The choice will really just come down to price and design/feel

[silver topaz]

Yeah, I think the zh3 is a bit more situated for a desk setting, bit more compact

[frank wagon]

So like

What does the dac do

[silver topaz]

Eliminates static and generally cleans up audio you may hear from plugging a iem or pair of headphones directly into the mobo

[frank wagon]

Can I also turn my headphones louder

[silver topaz]

That's what a amp will do

Usually a amp is sold as including a dac built into it

[quasi field]

Converts digital to analogue. Then the amplifier amplifies that analogue signal into listenable levels

And what a good dac and amplifier does is do this without any audible changes to the original signal. No noise, no distortion, no frequency response issues

The one you bought does this

This is not a problem at all by the way. That's why it's considered a «solved issue». Most dacs and amplifiers I see do this without any audible artefacts

Even shittier technology like R2R typically do it well enough for people to be very unlikely to tell the difference unless they are doing something silly like NOS

[frank wagon]

Awesome

The one problem I was having was that my headphones couldn’t get turned up without becoming really quite

Cause they would go over level

I love the ones u recommended tho they sound so good so I can only imagine with the dac

[quasi field]

What do you mean with the dac? It has a dac built-in

[frank wagon]

I meant the amp*

[obtuse dove]

Who uses R2R anymore lmao, Delta Sigma is so much better

I haven't seen R2R in the wild

Only in textbooks LOL

[quasi field]

I see many audiophiles buy it now because they fall for memes like it being more «analogue sounding» or «warmer» etc.

And many companies like FiiO are now making dacs with that technology

https://tenor.com/view/poe-dameron-heavy-sigh-star-wars-sigh-sighing-gif-26030273

Somehow R2R has returned

[obtuse dove]

That's so so dumbbbbbb, my EE professor will probably slap me across the face if I said using R2R is a good idea

[quasi field]

I see people on r/headphones say R2R with NOS is «more analogue sounding» which makes absolutely zero sense to me

[frank wagon]

I wish I understood this much about sound

😭

Prob one of my more lacking knowledge

[obtuse dove]

This is very much EE territory lmao,

[proper vector]

All you need to know is that if you are happy with your current setup - you've won

[frank wagon]

I finally completed my setup so

Other than a mousepad

[quasi field]

https://www.reddit.com/r/headphones/comments/1plcvkq/fiio_k13_r2r_first_impressions_from_a_casual/

I kept seeing rave reviews about the FiiO K13 R2R and how much more musical it supposedly sounds compared to solid state DACs
«Musical» is probably the dumbest descriptor out there

[proper vector]

Ah yes, my music sounds musical, height of sophistication

[obtuse dove]

Lmao oh god

[obtuse dove]

It's not special, it's objectively shit compared to Delta Sigma

[quasi field]

There's an unfortunate trend among audiphiles where old outdated technology has a resurgence and is viewed as the better or more «musical» alternative

[obtuse dove]

Vacuum tubes

[quasi field]

Vinyl, valves, R2R etc.

[proper vector]

But of course vinyl is better quality than FLACs, I ripped it to 24/96 so of course it sounds better

[quasi field]

I have heard very good vinyl rips by PBTHAL etc. but ultimately CD or any other digital version just sounds higher fidelity to me assuming same master

[obtuse dove]

See if you were in a clean room then maybe, just maybe, it is better, but vinyl will pick up on every single piece of dust and dirt on vinyl

[quasi field]

Yeah the maintenance etc. makes it horrible

Even if vinyl actually had superior sound quality I wouldn't bother

It's so inconvenient

Vinyl also suffers from «unit variation» where some pressings have more pops etc.

[frank wagon]

Electrical engineering?

[obtuse dove]

Yeah

[frank wagon]

I’m considering ece rn

[crude talon]

I was thinking of getting a vinyl or two while I was at tower records, not to listen to but it would be kind of neat to display, but I didn't end up getting any

[obtuse dove]

Not bad! If you're into those kinds of things I don't see why not! I will say though the math workload is a lot for any engineering degree.

[crude talon]

got a bunch of cds and I don't listen to them either

[quasi field]

Nothing wrong with buying vinyl records. They look cool and are a much better way to support the artist

[frank wagon]

I love circuits and the computers stuff a lot

It like is so interesting to me

[proper vector]

With vinyl is that it crushes stereo sound into vertical and horizontal wobble separating channels by 45°, so you will lose a bit of quality regardless
But yeah, it doesn't matter since maintenance is a pain

[frank wagon]

Grew up around electrical work

[quasi field]

But just don't be convinced by someone that the format is higher fidelity

[obtuse dove]

How good will you say you are at math?

[quasi field]

https://archimago.blogspot.com/2017/06/musings-measurement-thoughts-on-vinyl.html

[proper vector]

If you say that 𝑒=π=3 then you are good fit for an engineer

[quasi field]

The other problem with vinyl is that you actually have to spend a bit to get peak performance out of vinyl records since gear matters far more here than elsewhere. And in the end you are essentially just trying and failing to get the quality up to CD standards

[obtuse dove]

Yeah a lot of things are approximated to whole numbers, it only gets hard when you work with really tiny values

[frank wagon]

I’m decent I lack a little bit because I left hs early to go to college a semester early so I wasn’t able to progress too far in calc

[proper vector]

Even better

Fuck calculus

[obtuse dove]

If you are willing to learn more math, you will be just fine in engineering school!

[frank wagon]

I love math

It’s my favorite

I can’t stand writing tho

Them essays are so ass

[crude talon]

I think most people could tell that those non oversampled waves aren't very accurate sine waves though 💀

[frank wagon]

I’m between eve and comp sci rn

Ece*

Job market for comp sci is so ass tho

[obtuse dove]

I'd go ECE in this job market LMAO

[frank wagon]

Only problem is I’m also an athlete

[obtuse dove]

I'm doing MechE

[obtuse dove]

That's fine, just don't fall behind

[proper vector]

To solve calculus you:

1. read the problem
2. go to https://www.symbolab.com/solver/integral-calculator
3. paste the problem there
4. get the answer and move on with your life
   That website carried my advanced algebra

[obtuse dove]

Until you have to do an exam

Then you're screwed

[frank wagon]

I think I’ll be straight cause I took a harder comp sci clsss and made an A while in season

[proper vector]

Two first years I passed half of the classes with "help" written on several parts of my body

[obtuse dove]

Nice nice

[frank wagon]

EE is so interesting tho

[obtuse dove]

It is, I don't take as many EE classes since I am a MechE major, but I do like the EE classes that I do have to take

[crude talon]

planning on getting a new one soon?

[frank wagon]

Yes

Any recommendations?

[crude talon]

if you want endgame and cloth artisan is the easy recommendation
their whole range is very high quality

[proper vector]

Artisan for cloth, Wallhack for glass

[quasi field]

I have an Artisan mousepad and it's excellent

It sticks to the desk very well, is still in peak condition and feels very high quality

No I don't know which I have

[crude talon]

it says in the corner 🥀

[rain turret]

Can only confirm, i have a Key 83 and it's very high quality and been a blessing

[frank wagon]

I asked for a artisan for Christmas but they lowk couldn’t figure out the Chinese like paying system

😂

[quasi field]

It says Ninja FX

[crude talon]

their website isn’t hard to use at all 💀
If you click global it’ll show everything in english
shipping is expensive but I wouldn’t say it’s difficult at all

[crude talon]

I think that means you have stitched edges
Pretty nice

Mine have a logo and one or a few Japanese characters too

[abstract warren]

Try again, their website looks to be recently updated. Their old site was pretty archaic but it looks good now

[quasi field]

I think I have the Hatsune one or whatever it's called

[crude talon]

I would buy the hatsune

hayate otsu maybe?

[crude talon]

that’s not how it’s written on the pad though
Except for some

my zero doesn’t have any katakana on it

[frank wagon]

Which one should I get

Mouse pad wise

[crude talon]

I like my hien but it’s very textured, zero soft is usually a safe recommendation if you don’t know exactly what you’re looking for

[hazy fiber]

Hated Hien, love Raiden

[crude talon]

I haven’t used a raiden but hien peak

[frank wagon]

Maybe I should swap to glass

Lowk

[quasi field]

Yes

[abstract warren]

If you want something speedy/very rough then probably otsu, Key83/zero are safe/versatile options that will feel good in whatever fps/title you put em in

[abstract warren]

I’d try raiden first before going to glass imo

Depending on what you’re already running

[crude talon]

I have three glass pads and I still use an artisan 👴 just my opinion doe

[frank wagon]

Running that glorious mouse pad 3xL

😂😂😂

[abstract warren]

Yea try Raiden first

Even going from raiden to kazemi felt like a different universe in terms of speed

[hazy fiber]

Raiden

[frank wagon]

Idk if I should do glass or normal cop Rh

Cloth

Is there a better one

Of the two

[abstract warren]

Probably cloth for overall versatility, with glass imagine you’re on a marble hockey rink with no stops

Glass is completely alien to your usual cloth experience, even on the faster ends of cloth

You’re going to need multiple weeks or even months to get up to speed on glass so to speak and will require relearning

[frank wagon]

Is it even worth it

[abstract warren]

You can make both work, but going to glass off rip I wouldn’t advise

[frank wagon]

I already have good aim

Always have

Is it worth relearning

[hazy fiber]

I was tired of babysitting glass and went back to cloth

Just get a good clothpad

[frank wagon]

If I’m like a flick heavy type guy

Would I get the Croft

Xsoft

[tight bear]

I like glass that’s just me tho

[frank wagon]

What makes it so good

[tight bear]

Have the wallhack sp004 prob going to upgrade to the sp005 or va005

I just like the feel

[abstract warren]

I havent tried XS, but no real reason to since you can just get soft if you want and then factor in slower skates if thats what you want

from Mid to Soft is like 1mm more all around which is noticeable, XS would be even more

[rain turret]

Gonna try out glass in january/february, just to see how it is finally.
Although mostly positive i'll stay on Artisan after.

[frank wagon]

@quasi field bro ever since u got me to eq the hd560s I eq every headphone I get

i never realized how much of a difference it is

[quasi field]

It's almost essential imo if you are serious about high fidelity

If it's essential or not really depends on the headphones

[frank wagon]

im not on my normal setup atm so im using my old pc37x at home

i wanted to test the eq

i might also use my amp to see if i can hear a difference

[silver topaz]

Elgatos xlr dock needs to restock already so I can do a xlr setup lol

[tight bear]

Tell me about it

I got the stream deck+ and tried to buy the xlr dock and nope back ordered….

It’s okay tho I can’t even use the stream deck w my ps5

[lunar holly]

i lowk wanna get a glasspad from glsswrks

or howeevr you spell their name

[silver topaz]

Why do you have one lmaooo

[obtuse dove]

ngl, the Truthear Pure looks temptinggggggggg

[autumn minnow]

What are good fast mousepads that arent that expensive?

[quasi field]

https://www.reddit.com/r/Monitors/comments/1q3d65r/i_modeled_360hz_vs_144hz_using_physics/

Are his replies AI?

[tulip tide]

seems like it to me

nobody ever uses em dash (—)

[quasi field]

The dashed are only part of the suspicion. The way he writes is also very ChatGPT-like

«You're right, (the thing you said but restated) is correct.»

[round lagoon]

Yes. Yes. And yes

[obtuse dove]

erm, wat

I dont think ive ever seen such ragebait LMAO

[gaunt flax]

i don't know why he's targeting fps and motion clarity separately

well i mean i know why, because it makes for better youtube title and topic, but no one buying a monitor is saying 'ah great it's about fps number going higher only, i don't care about the motion clarity gain'

[quasi field]

I haven't seen the video but since he mentions it talks about the «Critical Flicker Fusion (threshold)» I don't want to

It's always brought up by people that don't know MPRT

[gaunt flax]

entire thing is honestly a good example of why doing a Veritasium video is harder than it may seem. Everything from the science and theory behind it, to how you present it and simplify the problem into a way people care about while making video digestible is hard

he just threw up a topic, made science about an argument that isn't really what people care about and then spammed it everywhere

all while lacking the editing to make the initial topic interesting in the first place

[quasi field]

Probably had AI make half of it

[round lagoon]

Uses AI on his replies, 2 of em exactly have the same sentence structure. I can't really trust somebody who doesn't even make their own sentence.

[obtuse dove]

or just, any science video made for a more general audience.

[gaunt flax]

the entire premise is dumb to begin with since he's saying fps doesn't matter, but only if we talk about fps outside of the motion clarity effects lol

whole thing is just trying super hard to make something sciency and into an argument no one is making or caring about lol

[quasi field]

The Blurbusters blind test cannot come any sooner so these videos have less reason to exist

[gaunt flax]

your eye definitely tracks the increased clarity too, as I can now notice the mouse movement on 540hz vs. my old monitor where it was blurry during a flick

the irony is if he just made a general video blind testing hz it would have done better because it actually tests what people care about

[obtuse dove]

yeah, like maybe an ABX blind test

[gaunt flax]

it's why the linus tech tips video did so well

[obtuse dove]

which one?

[gaunt flax]

they did that test with shroud ages ago

got 10 million views

the problem is this guy is trying to link his testing to a random idea of 'oh for 99% of non competitive gamers it won't matter' - which is a dumb subjective argument

it's like people who try to say rapid trigger doesn't matter if you don't focus on mechanics first

[quasi field]

I found that video bad when I watched it

Can't tell you why right now since I don't remember it. I just remember finding it poorly done

[gaunt flax]

probably wasn't done as well as it could be. A lot of their testing is like that

the point is more that the topic and theory behind the video topic matters

the guys just trying to go viral on youtube clearly from his youtube channel and what he's doing, but he's starting from the wrong point

that video idea from linus will always do well regardless of how well/not well the testing is done because the topic and theory tested behind it is super interesting

[gaunt flax]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=c90FLTWQiSY

normal subpixel looking good

now they just need that with 500hz woled

at 1440p

[past dome]

Wait a few years for 500hz 4k

[gaunt flax]

too hard to run. I think 5k 240-280 with option to go to 1440p 500hz would be neater

then you have your work editing resolution and 500hz gaming option in one

[heady crystal]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tN9P2TaU0vg

[gaunt flax]

i think i'd still go woled unless they start making a glossy true black version like the asus one

[tribal shadow]

AW3426DW when ig?

[tribal shadow]

I think I'd like to go WOLED IF LG DIDN'T MAKE THEIR MONITORS FRIGGIN 800R

[gaunt flax]

ah i don't buy ultrawides anyway so doesn't impact me lol

[heady crystal]

LG's 800R annoys me

[gaunt flax]

Sander loves his ultrawides though, but it’s only normal 27” flat for me

[astral musk]

Ultrawide is love.

https://tenor.com/view/yakuza-yakuza3-kiryu-wide-walking-gif-17737705

[bronze salmon]

Yo guys

So i got the sennheiser momentum 4s and its supports 24bit 96khz but i dont get that option on pc. Its set to 16bit 44khz any idea if possible to increase it to what my headphones support?

In hardware my motherboard is gigabyte aorus X670E Pro X and amd 7950x3D

[viscid bison]

something to do with usb limited to 48khz https://www.reddit.com/r/sennheiser/comments/16g6iv7/cant_set_senheiser_momentum_4s_to_24_bit_quality/

[bronze salmon]

Its bluetooth headphones so i dont think usb plays a role unless they do?

Wait lemme check

[bronze salmon]

Doesn't answer the question really but okay

[short solstice]

i couldn't tell you what USB standard they're using.

not all headphones support that over USB

[blissful gust]

Why do you need this

Nvm

I just remembered your past

[surreal rock]

Someone knows any cheap alternatives to a SecretLab Magnus Pro?

With a similar hidden Cable Management

[gaunt flax]

Just get any desk and you can buy under table cable management to add to it pretty easily

Long as you pick a nice thick tabletop it’s easy to grab tons of options

[surreal rock]

So there isnt really an alternative?

Shit

[gaunt flax]

well i mean for the price you pay for that you can probably pay a friend to install it for you if you're worried

heck, if you wanted magnetic there's those linus tech tips magnetic cable management options

and if you install it yourself you can make sure no magnets near keyboard area

[elfin kayak]

leetdesk pro maybe

[vital gorge]

I'm looking at desks atm, and I'm eyeing the flexispot desk 4 legged ones https://flexispot.co.uk/4-leg-height-adjustable-standing-desk-E2Q.html

[gaunt flax]

yeah the 4 leg ones look pretty nice

much more stable than the other 2 t shaped leg designs

[quasi field]

You're not losing out on anything by not using 24 bit 96 kHz. 16 bit is enough dynamic range for realistic listening scenarios and higher than 44,1 kHz sampling rate will not make any audible difference assuming the filter isn't terrible

[vital gorge]

Exactly my thoughts as well. And no gamer tax :p

[elfin kayak]

if flexispot the e7 pro is nice

[quasi field]

True. This is what I will upgrade to

[vital gorge]

I'm not set on flexispot.. But it's one of the better ones I've found available in NL

[patent patrol]

can they auto balance if the floor is not perfectly straight

[bronze salmon]

Tue but im tryng to get my headphones to function at its given specs so thats why i want to understand if its normal or my pc something needs to be enabled

[vital gorge]

Uhh don't know. Doubt it. 2 of the 3 versions only have 2 motors

[quasi field]

Are you using it wirelessly?

[bronze salmon]

Yup

[quasi field]

Just bluetooth or is there a dongle?

[bronze salmon]

Just bluetooth no dongle

[quasi field]

I don't know why it doesn't work then. Can you set it to 48 kHz? Is that an option?

[bronze salmon]

Yup

[quasi field]

Just do that and forget the 96 kHz nonsense

[bronze salmon]

It lets me go till dvd quality but not higher

[bronze salmon]

The part is not about forgetting if im paying for it i might aswell use it at its highest potential

Im looking for an answer not dismissal

[quasi field]

It makes no difference though

[bronze salmon]

Probably not but i get satisfaction that its working at its best

[quasi field]

This is a very attractive list of specs

[heady crystal]

Dolby Vision

[round lagoon]

Actually, does hifiman even made a good closed back? Iirc their recent closed back release FR are quite terrible.

Mmm, makes me even more worried about their upcoming headphone with Asus

[quasi field]

They are all bad yes

[proper vector]

It has a good DosplayPort

[quasi field]

It might be good if it's wireless since it might have DSP. And it's not known if it's open- or closed-back yet (unless new info came out in the past hours I'm unaware of)

[round lagoon]

We'll see in 2 days

[proper vector]

Why did monitor need proximity sensor

[round lagoon]

Please don't fuck up the DSP

[gaunt flax]

it's actually one of best parts lol

i love the proximity sensor on mine

[proper vector]

but what for

[gaunt flax]

auto turns off oled when you walk away without turning off whole computer or going to sleep mode

then it auto turns on again without waiting when you sit down again

[proper vector]

https://tenor.com/view/ryan-howard-confused-wtf-wtf-blink-shocked-gif-864361852039415172

[plain schooner]

What’s even the link to this thing I just see DM

[quasi field]

Seeing that they are working with Hifiman does not fill me with confidence since I think of large bright mediocrely-built resonant headphones when I think of Hifiman. But this might be a departure from that similarly to how the Audeze Maxwell is the only Audeze headphone with a good tuning

[proper vector]

But OS can do just that for years now? You just come back, move mouse and it's back up and running
Is there a benefit to using proximity sensor instead

[gaunt flax]

os has a delay

[quasi field]

I guess audiophile companies teaming up with mainstream brands will be a thing from now on. Hifiman x Asus, Audeze x Sony (though Sony did buy Audeze)

[round lagoon]

Nice nice.

[proper vector]

Quite cool feature then it seems

[round lagoon]

I mean, assuming they can reduce the spike with DSP, you can kinda just eq the brightness down

[quasi field]

My problem with the Hifiman headphones I owned was that the EQ results were never satisfactory

It seemed to have really uneven spiky upper treble that you can only really EQ down using wide-band filters since the location of the spike changes very easily based on how you wear the headphones

But doing imprecise wide-band adjustments like that hurt overall tonality since you are then also reducing frequencies that you might not want reduced

So I have always sold mine unhappy with the product

[round lagoon]

RIP

We'll see, since it's a colab from Asus, I could prop demo it at my local tech store without having to fly.

[quasi field]

In the vague preview video the shape of the cups seem round and not egg-shaped

[heady crystal]

Sony hasn’t really used Audeze as icy as I thought they would.

They’ve got two mid-range PlayStation headsets using the planar magnetic drivers and that’s it.

Didn’t even rebadge the Maxwell with a premium PlayStation SKU

[quasi field]

Using planars is their disadvantage imo and why I don't care much for Sony acquiring Adeez. Imagine if the maxwell had a similar tuning but a lighter and smaller dynamic driver with the headset being under 400 grams at least as a result. Would be so much more attractive

[heady crystal]

Aren’t the Maxwell still regarded as one of the best gaming headphones?

[quasi field]

The fact that they bought Audeze of all companies and Asus teaming with Hifiman seems to just capitalise on people believing transducers have inherent sound qualities

[quasi field]

Yes because it has a good tuning, unlike basically every other Audeze headphone

The tuning is fairly similar to Harman 2018 so the popularity is not surprising. Follow the research into what people like = people like it

But people will of course misattribute it to the driver technology!!!

The problems people have with the Audeze are weight, QC, microphone and sidetone related. Never see complaints about the sound

Oh and it has loud annoying pops every now and then. The implementation of the transducer is not the best

Just another reason why I wish they wouldn't use planar magnetics

My unit produced a constant crackling noise when sidetone is on and apparently all of them do that so that feature seems borderline useless

The microphone sounds really shoddy. Lots of room for improvement there

[wheat lichen]

will the res be blurry if you put it on 2k?

[quasi field]

Depends on if you mean 1920 x 1080 or 2560 x 1440

[wheat lichen]

2560x1440

[quasi field]

2560 x 1440 will have scaling issued yes

[wheat lichen]

aww imo 2560 is the sweet spot

[quasi field]

Get a 5k (5120 x 2880) monitor. It scales with 1440p

[wheat lichen]

upgrade to downgrade

5k tandems are pretty expensive no?

[quasi field]

If a game runs poorly enough that you want to lower the resolution from 4k, it is probably modern enough to support upscaling anyway

[quasi field]

It doesn't exist yet

[wheat lichen]

the struggle of a 2k enjoyer

[proper vector]

1080p?

[quasi field]

2k is 1920 x 1080

[proper vector]

Why the ones with sub are cheaper than the ones without?

[round lagoon]

economy of scale, the bigger the object the cheaper it is

[quasi field]

Some bulk sale maybe?

[bitter sapphire]

no thats 1080p

i love my 1.2k monitor

[proper vector]

I dunno, the only difference is that the 2.0 have bluetooth, and these have sub
Still, 30 bucks

[proper vector]

1280x720?

[bitter sapphire]

yes

[wheat lichen]

oh noo i sparked the 1080 debate

[bitter sapphire]

even tho its not right but for me 2k is always gonna be 2560x1440

1080p is gonna be 1920x1080

[bronze salmon]

2k price point?

[proper vector]

2K is a stupid designation and should not be used

[bitter sapphire]

yeah

[quasi field]

1920 x 1080 = 2k
3840 x 2160 = 4k
5120 x 2880 = 5k

[bronze salmon]

Isnt 1920x1080p just 1080p

Or 1k

[bitter sapphire]

it is 1080p

[quasi field]

No no no

[bronze salmon]

Like the normal

[proper vector]

You take horizontal, not vertical

[burnt sail]

are these good specs?

[quasi field]

Overpriced CPU

[proper vector]

2K DCI is 2048x1080, cropped down to 16:9 2K is 1920x1080

[wheat lichen]

jesus 3.4k for a 5070 ti?!

[quasi field]

Rather get a cheaper CPU and put more money into GPU

[burnt sail]

mhm thx

[bronze salmon]

Whats DCI?

[burnt sail]

what would you recommend for a prebuilt

[proper vector]

Also not good for gaming CPU
Either 9800 or 9950
9900 has 6-core CCU, 9800 and 9950 have 8-core CCUs

[bronze salmon]

Laptop

[wheat lichen]

a 9800x3d is fine

[quasi field]

The 4 in 4k refers to 3840, not 2160. So for 1920 x 1080 the 2k refers to 1920

[bronze salmon]

That

Makes no sense

[bitter sapphire]

ppl gonna referr to 2k with 1440p all the time soo

[proper vector]

You split both dimensions of 4k in half, you get 1920x1080, so 2k
You split both dimensions of 5k in half, you get 2560x1440, so 2.5k

[bronze salmon]

Ive always that 1440p is 2k

[quasi field]

It does just not that intuitive. These are 16:9 resolutions instead of 17:9 so horizontal pixel count is slightly lower

[wheat lichen]

the 64 gb ram probably bumped up the price by like 800-1100 dollars

[bronze salmon]

Your onto something

[quasi field]

That's just marketing nonsense that sadly caught on

It doesn't hold up to scrutiny

[bronze salmon]

So what is 1k then

Is it 720p?

[bitter sapphire]

thats 1.3k

[bronze salmon]

kill me

[proper vector]

WSVGA aka Widescreen PAL - 1024x576

[quasi field]

I'm not aware of that being a term

[bronze salmon]

Same

[bronze salmon]

Noooooooo

This is a lie

[proper vector]

https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/0/0c/Vector_Video_Standards8.svg

[bronze salmon]

Its all just a bad dream

[wheat lichen]

https://tenor.com/bnB0T.gif

[bronze salmon]

Exactly

[quasi field]

If I were a big reviewer I would call 1920 x 1080 2k in hopes of overturning the idea that 2560 x 1440 is 2k

[bitter sapphire]

that would take too much effort

[bronze salmon]

Brain still not braining

[quasi field]

It would cause hundreds of comments with people saying «I thought 2k is 1440p?» and I would make sure I respond to every single one (with a copypasta of course)

[bronze salmon]

Copypasta is indeed tasty

[bitter sapphire]

either that or they would just don't care about it and still call 1440p 2k

[quasi field]

Banned from commenting then

[proper vector]

Woooo

[bronze salmon]

Why did 1440p become 2k in the first place anyways

[proper vector]

As usual - because marketing people

[bronze salmon]

Isnt it cuz total pixels are double of 1080p?

[bitter sapphire]

even if u its true for some reason that 2k is 1920x1080 everyone just gonna stick with FullHD anyway

[bronze salmon]

Why

[proper vector]

https://tenor.com/view/right-question-question-i-robot-irobot-good-question-gif-8521678417083678954

[bronze salmon]

Who hiring these people for markting in the first place

[quasi field]

Because someone probably thought it means nothing beyond sounding like a middle point between 1080p and 4k. 2k (2000) is a larger number than 1080 and smaller than 4k (4000). I think that's what the person (and many others still) thought/think and how it caught on

Even BenQ is calling it 2k sadly

[proper vector]

BenQ is holding on to TN still

[bronze salmon]

Who stood up and said that 1440p is 2k

And how did others agree

[wheat lichen]

sounds like a good way to rage bait on reddit

[bitter sapphire]

it just got stuck from the early reviews

[bitter sapphire]

the thing is he would be banned first from that reddit sub

[wheat lichen]

reddit mods are something else

[wet coral]

when 5k1440p dual mode oled

[bronze salmon]

If 4k is actually more than 4k

Then what is 8k really

Is 8k 10k?

10k price it is

[proper vector]

4k is 3840x2160

[bronze salmon]

Im bad at maths

[bitter sapphire]

8k is this

[proper vector]

Comes from 4K DCI in cinemas - 4096x2160
Crop to 16:9 and you get 3840

[wet coral]

480p bestest, you cant see more than that

[bronze salmon]

Why is 8k in 32inch

[wet coral]

[proper vector]

Same with 8K - 8K FF in cinemas is 8192x4320
Crop to 16:9 - you get 7680

[bronze salmon]

Why we cropping all to 16:9

[wet coral]

when 16:10

[bronze salmon]

Lets go above and beyond lets make it 32:18

[bitter sapphire]

bc 16:9 became the norm with 720p

[wet coral]

sounds like 16:9 with extra steps..

[bronze salmon]

Indeed

[wet coral]

[heady crystal]

3:2 is best for productivity

[proper vector]

We need to get back to 4:3

[bronze salmon]

I like my screens square bruv

4:4 we should go

But isnt that 1:1

[bitter sapphire]

32k 32:25: 32768×25600 32∶25

[quasi field]

Give me 8:5 monitors again please

[bitter sapphire]

im fine with 16:9 monitors im to used to it

tho for laptops i prefer 16:10

[proper vector]

16:10 is great
I like it on Deck - you have space for 16:9 game and mangohud on top

[bronze salmon]

That is 720p or 1080p let that sink in

https://tenor.com/view/let-that-sink-in-gif-11785532389901559578

[bitter sapphire]

looks like a TV

[quasi field]

Too high up

[bronze salmon]

Is technically a display

[bronze salmon]

Im just short

[proper vector]

Pebbles 2.1 with woofer or T100s?
It's all confusing
I dunno which speakers for PC to pick under like a hundo

[quasi field]

Your phone set to max volume

[proper vector]

Can't connect that to PC

[twilit flame]

My HUD

[bronze salmon]

Just turn your headphones up all the way

[bitter sapphire]

tbh another product from logikek that im okay with

[bronze salmon]

Logitech makes good speakers?

[proper vector]

Right now I have this piece of junk as a speaker, but it interferes and when it's plugged in all the time to PC via USB to charge it starts to play random radio stations

[bitter sapphire]

this was our family speaker set before that one

[bronze salmon]

Imagine your sleeping at night and suddenly it starts playing

[proper vector]

I have to plug it to charge, but when it's fully charged then it's starts to play radio, then I unplug it and battery holds like 30 minutes, then I have to plug it back in and uh...

[bronze salmon]

Sounds

Fun

🥀

[quasi field]

Maybe maybe not

They make some of the best headsets at least

[bronze salmon]

Huh

Wdym

[bitter sapphire]

idk i hate logi's headsets,mice and keyboards xd

[bronze salmon]

G502 is decent in comfort wise

I got big hands so again it could just be preference tho

[proper vector]

Great for office
Not so much for gaming

[quasi field]

Astro A50 (Gen 5)

[bronze salmon]

I guess yea gaming wise you dont want much weight which makes sense

[quasi field]

Both my keyboard and mouse happens to be Logitech

[proper vector]

TRAITOR

[bitter sapphire]

i hate ghub

[proper vector]

where your Wooting

[bronze salmon]

What did ghub do to you

[quasi field]

Don't like it either

[bronze salmon]

Wooting makes mice?

[bitter sapphire]

its a shit program that crashed all the time when i had their wheels

[quasi field]

I cancelled my order before it arrived (still got the role though)

[bronze salmon]

Wheels idk much but mice wise i dont got a problem till now

Also what all sims you play?

[bitter sapphire]

for me neither of their mouse is uncomfy to hold

[proper vector]

Synapse beats everything
Installing Windows 11
It's on the "we doin important stuff"
Synapse pops up on top of everything

[bronze salmon]

Makes sense some like the shape some dont

[quasi field]

They really need to make Synapse a browser thing...

[bronze salmon]

Ive tried the razer viper v2 even that shape feels off for my hands

[bitter sapphire]

im an EGG enjoyer

[proper vector]

Thankfully I didn't have to configure anything in Synapse
No RGB on Deathadder

[bronze salmon]

Egg? What

[bitter sapphire]

Endgame Gear OP1 mouse

[bronze salmon]

Nvm

How good is endgame gear?

And price

[quasi field]

I found the OP1 uncomfortable

[bronze salmon]

Might go for it if this chonky g502 ever dies

[bitter sapphire]

me with all logikek mouse

[bronze salmon]

Btw what sims i need answers

We going vroom vroom? With wheel?

[bitter sapphire]

i don't own sims

im not a sim player at all

[bronze salmon]

I meant like game s

Why do you have a wheel

Then

[bitter sapphire]

i had a wheel

[bronze salmon]

Oh did you mean scroll wheel?

[bitter sapphire]

reading

[proper vector]

I have G29

[bitter sapphire]

mate NO

[bronze salmon]

How are you reading with a wheel-

What are you on then whaaaaa

[wet coral]

for the price of a g29 you can get a moza r3

[bitter sapphire]

wheel

i had one used it 3 times sold it

[bronze salmon]

And you dont play any sim games?

[bronze salmon]

Blasphemy

[bitter sapphire]

i don't

[bronze salmon]

Not that you sold it but that you didnt get a moza

[wet coral]

g29 is complete ass and i wish i could return it

[bronze salmon]

Or thrustmaster

[bitter sapphire]

im not gonna spend money on a wheel that i don't use

[bronze salmon]

Ill buy it for 30dollars

[wet coral]

moza wasnt a thing yet

[bronze salmon]

Jk i wouldnt curse myself with that

[bronze salmon]

Sad

[wet coral]

i really only use the wheel for 3 games

[bronze salmon]

Ets?

[wet coral]

ac, forza motorsport, and f1

[bronze salmon]

Interestin

[bitter sapphire]

my hours in Assetto

[wet coral]

tho since motorsport is EOS’d ig 2 games

[bronze salmon]

[proper vector]

Forza Horizon 4 with force feedback set on max and old Corolla wheel bolted to G29 hits different

[bitter sapphire]

[bronze salmon]

They shouldnt have ended service

It was fun

[bitter sapphire]

im soo happy that i own the game

[wet coral]

its really the only competition gt7 has and its not on pc

[bronze salmon]

I just use my friends acc for it

[wet coral]

gimmie

[bronze salmon]

You should try gt7 or ac competizone

[wet coral]

i feel like blowing up my pc with beamng, ultra crash realism

[bitter sapphire]

im pretty much a controller player when it comes to Racing games

[bronze salmon]

Iracing is up there but idk how good it is

[proper vector]

PG Games can go suck a lemon for not letting us migrate saves from MS Store to Steam

[wet coral]

ive been thinking about getting ACC but im not really that competitive

i mostly drive for the fun of it

[bronze salmon]

Just slam people

[bitter sapphire]

yeah that was an ASS move from MS

[bronze salmon]

Ive done it

[proper vector]

You gotta be rich like professional driver to afford subscription and cars in iRacing

[wet coral]

i dont do that either

id like to finish a race

[bronze salmon]

I see

[bronze salmon]

I sre

See

[wet coral]

$7 a car btw

[heady crystal]

It’s not really expensive

You just have an odd price curve of needing to buy most content after you get out of rookies

[wet coral]

i can get a cast model of said car

[bronze salmon]

Id buy a car for 7$

[heady crystal]

It’s cheap once you commit long term

The subscription fee gatekeeps most assholes out as well

Which is handy

[bronze salmon]

Its basically a netflix and spotify subscription

[wet coral]

when hating is no longer free

[bronze salmon]

Competitive hating

[heady crystal]

I’m fine with the business model

[bronze salmon]

Tho i do wanna try out ac evo

They got a rally mode in there too but ive heard its not that good

Tho improving

[wet coral]

[wet coral]

they shouldnt have made AC:E and AC:R seperate games but it is what it is

[bronze salmon]

I agree

[bitter sapphire]

we should just play terraria

[bronze salmon]

But less money out my pocket so i cant complain

[proper vector]

Wawae? How many of these Assetto Corsas have been released already?

[bronze salmon]

Sushi cat

[wet coral]

2 new ones

4? total

[bronze salmon]

2?

[heady crystal]

There’s always Le Mans Ultimate

[bronze salmon]

Ah yea that exists i forgot

[wet coral]

AC, AC:C, AC:E, AC:R

[bronze salmon]

Who even plays that anymore 🥀

AC:R is in evo no?

Or they launched it separate?

Oh shit its separate

[wet coral]

ac vanilla, ac comp, ac evo, ac rally

[bitter sapphire]

tbh the 5k ROG display is still interesting but i wish it isn't FastIPS

[quasi field]

Wish it were oled instead?

[bitter sapphire]

yeah

[bronze salmon]

Once you go oled there is no looking back

[wet coral]

@proper vector

[bronze salmon]

People that have oled are just black enjoyers ( i mean the backlighting)

[quasi field]

There is however a going forward to better technologies soon

[bronze salmon]

Yessirr

[proper vector]

Rally
Last time I played rally game was Colin McRae Rally 04

[bronze salmon]

I wonder how lcd displays taste

[bitter sapphire]

my last "rally" game was Dirt 4

[bronze salmon]

Interestin

[bronze salmon]

Mine was dirt rally

[heady crystal]

I tried DiRT Rally before EA killed it

[bronze salmon]

On friend acc

[heady crystal]

Was alright

[bronze salmon]

He has it

Was fun really

[proper vector]

Oh wait, I played Dirt 3, but I think everyone and their mother has Dirt 3 in their Steam libraries

[wet coral]

broken mirror on the 400r

[bronze salmon]

Ah yea the 2.0 ive played

[bitter sapphire]

still my favorite Dirt game

[bronze salmon]

Bro got the games and had the gear and said nah

🥀

[bitter sapphire]

all of that game can be played on a controller

[proper vector]

Gymkhana stuff was peak

[bronze salmon]

Not wrong

[bitter sapphire]

i don't see a reason to get a wheel for those games

• i don't really enjoyed using a wheel

its just not my playstyle

[heady crystal]

I miss iRacing special events

[bronze salmon]

Force feedback would be my go to answer but since its not circuit racing i guess it doesnt matter much

Controller is better playstyle i see

More affordable to break too

[bitter sapphire]

im still using my PS5 controller that i bought in 2023

[quasi field]

I want the new Steam controller

[bronze salmon]

I have a ps5 controller but forgot where i kept it

[bitter sapphire]

its always on my desk LOL

[bronze salmon]

It was on mine too and then suddenly its not there

From then on ive not seen its face

🥀

[proper vector]

I'm still using my old steam controller for racing games

[bronze salmon]

Anyone wanna suffer with me?

[proper vector]

Ideal gas equations

https://tenor.com/view/kitten-fearsome-hiss-spit-fluff-gif-27025955

[bronze salmon]

Exactly

WHO NAMED THEIR CHILD BOYLE

Boy legacy

🥀

@proper vector what does this mean

[quasi field]

It's a last name

[bronze salmon]

WHAT DOES HE DIAGRAM MEAN

😭

[astral musk]

Gas molecules go boink and push each other away in specific patterns ? 😄

[twilit flame]

The typical random pattern a molecule of gas takes when pushing against its neighbors

[bronze salmon]

Why

[proper vector]

PV = nRT and carry on

[twilit flame]

You can say the molecule has no rizz, so the other molecules run away. So the molecule chases after them

[bronze salmon]

Okay

[quasi field]

Is this part of high school curriculum?

[bronze salmon]

Ye

Final exam is next month

[quasi field]

I never had anything remotely similar

[twilit flame]

I’m sending you to the PV and FV chamber, we need to appease the shareholders

[bronze salmon]

I wonder why molecules like to move so much

[proper vector]

The warmer it is the faster they move

[twilit flame]

Heat move fast

[bronze salmon]

What if we freeze them

[proper vector]

Then they go slower

[bronze salmon]

When do they stop

[proper vector]

When it's absolute zero
That's why -273.15C is the lowest possible temperature - particles just don't move

[bronze salmon]

What if the particle was just sleeping

And getting ready to move again

[proper vector]

Defrosting?

[bronze salmon]

Indeed

[twilit flame]

Then if they defrost that means that they are gaining heat

Thus they will move again

[proper vector]

Ayo, Kelvin https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lord_Kelvin

[bronze salmon]

Something dont seem right

[quasi field]

I assume the brother was named after the father

[proper vector]

Then it'd say James Sr. and James Jr.

[bronze salmon]

Br.James probably

[proper vector]

That's if he was a priest

[bronze salmon]

Hmmmm

Si.James

Sibling james

[bitter sapphire]

i might just gonna get a 3rd gen OLED and not care about it

[bronze salmon]

What did the poor oled do

[bitter sapphire]

nothing

[proper vector]

You have to care about it

[bronze salmon]

Why must you make it suffer

[bitter sapphire]

i just don't gonna care about the newer stuff

[bronze salmon]

Tbf newer gen oleds are quite durable

Besides the scratchy part

[bitter sapphire]

im just gonna get the 360hz ASUS OLED

[gaunt flax]

Why not that 280hz tandem one

that one seems the nicest of the not insane priced ones

[bitter sapphire]

its on pre-order

for idk how long

[bronze salmon]

Insane

[bitter sapphire]

sure its a good one for 660 euro

[gaunt flax]

That one should be real soon, since it was announced together with 540hz one and 540hz one is already out in some regions

[bitter sapphire]

i don't have a good enough PC to get 540FPS in games

[gaunt flax]

Yeah I mean more the 280hz one should be coming same timeline as the one out now

[bitter sapphire]

in siege i have like 300-360fps
CS2 i have 300fps stable

[gaunt flax]

So I assume 280hz tandem woled is coming really really soon

[bitter sapphire]

i mean i can pre-order the 280hz tandem one

[gaunt flax]

I think it’s supposed to come this month-ish for release date in most places

Although it’s already been released in small quantities in some of EU iirc

[bitter sapphire]

like i said i can just pre-order it and wait for it to get it shipped

[gaunt flax]

Don’t want that over the last gen stuff?

feels like it’s nicer than the 3rd gen stuff unless you don’t care about the glossy black coating I guess

[gritty swift]

But a Q Oled colours are better no?

[obtuse dove]

they usually have more saturated colors yes

but that might be changing with 4th gen WOLEDs

[gritty swift]

Let's see, but I can't understand what they bring new tbh. Should be 0 latency lol

Just more bright ?

[obtuse dove]

4th gen WOLEDs are both brighter and have better color volume

[crude talon]

peak first world problem but it annoys me a little when the active area on my oled moves

[gritty swift]

I see

[bitter sapphire]

@proper vector

[crude talon]

I wanted to get the diva psp or psvita but they are quite expensive second hand(not shocked)

[heady zenith]

is that why they made those colored psp

i borged mine

so i had to shell swap

https://jp.mercari.com/en/item/m16858808379

only 600bucks

[crude talon]

plus import

I was gonna look for just a regular vita in any color while I was in Japan but I kinda forgor

[frank wagon]

My friend gave me a 1660 super for free lmao

Idk what ima do with it

But hell yea

[proper vector]

Jellyfin box/HTPC

[crude talon]

sell it and give ur friend 5% of what it sells for

[winged pewter]

2nd gpu for lossless scaling

[frank wagon]

What’s it worth

Not familiar with this GPU