🔌│tech

[cursive summit]

It just worked, and really well lol

[umbral heron]

My rando Android TV box supports HEVC, most of the TVs nowadays do too

[cursive summit]

https://videocardz.com/pixel/intel-arc-b580-features-three-displayport-2-1-connectors-with-only-one-supporting-uhbr13-5

I am happy for you that Intel exists then I suppose

Intel is pretty nice specifically for media I guess

Does Intel excel in stuff like video rendering?

You know, Davinci Resolve, etc

That's good, the more niches Intel can win in, the more we get a good player 3

[umbral heron]

A310 can do 4K encoding and not even sweat

[cursive summit]

Yeah I remember people shitting on AMD's encoder a lot

It was really damn bad

I think it improved a lot since then though

Don't they have a new one with RDNA3 or RDNA2?

You know, one that at least competes with NVENC

[ashen spindle]

I transcode almost daily when cutting down clips from raids or other things, either to post on the group or save for myself and I’m glad I don’t need to have the cpu do that all the time lol

[umbral heron]

VCN it's called now?

[cursive summit]

That sounds right yeah

[ashen spindle]

What resolution were you running AV1 on

Okay so it’s not the 1082p issue hmm

Ohh you’re on Linux?

[cursive summit]

I mean, I'm noticing that AMD improved a lot in recent years based on some articles https://codecalamity.com/amd-improves-video-encoding-yet-again-this-time-with-pre-analysis/

But yeah I wouldn't buy one for streaming lel, that's Nvidia territory, or an Intel with a separate PC

[ashen spindle]

Yeah then not sure, it should run fine enough just that it can’t do 1080p av1

[ashen spindle]

Amf is the software vcn is the hardware block

Maybe rdna4 gets a Xilinx encoder ip block that would be quite nice and should fix all the issues they have

Nah I mean just the IP block itself instead of what they use not the full fpga

Or maybe they just moved some xilinx people to help the gpu team fix their shit lol

But it seems like the 1082p bug is gone based on driver commits so I’m hoping it’s a much better media engine

Different teams

[cursive summit]

How important is Xilinx really?

There's a lot of talk on how great FPGAs are, also how expensive they are lel, are they really that important?

[umbral heron]

AI and data processing, one of the segments that are really starting to boom right now

[reef patrol]

Do you want "precise" and "true" emulation of something? Then yes.

If you just want to play old consoles and don't care about super accurate emulation? Not in the slightest

[cursive summit]

What does that even mean, FPGAs aren't used in computers to my knowledge?

How's emulation related to FPGAs?

[umbral heron]

FPGAs are just dedicated circuits to do one thing, but do it really well

[reef patrol]

An FPGA is a processor where you can flip the bits to match one from a different machine.

[umbral heron]

They can do emulation as well

[reef patrol]

Someone creates a "core" - a preset of how to align the FPGA, so it matches that of a fully functional SNES.

[cursive summit]

Has anyone actually done that though?

[barren pike]

Almost matches. Never quite reached BSNES levels of accuracy.

[reef patrol]

Yes? For years mate.

That's why most people know what FPGA is in the first place 😄

[cursive summit]

Who has though, ain't FPGAs expensive?

[reef patrol]

The "Mister" is the most known one, and people are working on cheaper ones.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=shKwRz9MD-A

Case in point.

[ashen spindle]

Xilinx/altera are well known names

[cursive summit]

I am very much not in the sphere of emulation or retro so FPGAs I know nothing of

I know they are great, prolly better than contemporary silicon, and extremely expensive

[reef patrol]

180 USD for a machine that'll run accurate emulation of anything up to and including N64 is not bad imo

[umbral heron]

But AI hype is still going strong, so gotta capture that

[cursive summit]

I guess it's meant for "static" tasks that don't change

But I do remember reading a paper on how you can reprogram FPGAs nowadays via downloadable packages, so.. replacing the contemporary GPU anytime soon?

[umbral heron]

Well yeah, for static tasks* that's more ASICs
FPGAs are widely used in ASIC prototyping

[ashen spindle]

https://www.anandtech.com/show/18805/amd-announces-alveo-ma35d-media-accelerator-av1-video-encode-at-1w-per-stream

That’s Xilinx IP too

[magic minnow]

https://www.analogue.co/3d

[reef patrol]

Meh

[magic minnow]

250$

[ashen spindle]

Fpgas are also used as coprocessors on cpu or gpu sometimes

[modest bone]

How confident are people the Wooting 80HE issues can all be resolved with firmware updates? I want to order one but it is discouraging reading the support threads.

[cursive summit]

If FPGAs can do a task really well.. can't they use that for specifically real time raycasting?

[reef patrol]

250 USD for something that specifically runs N64 is... just silly imo.

[cursive summit]

What issues does the 80HE even have?

[ashen spindle]

Dunno have no issues on my 80he

[magic minnow]

They have a handheld that’s just for gameboy stuff as well

They’re always selling out

[umbral heron]

Almost all issues I had were resolved with updates, so...
Also keep in mind that support threads are only covering issues, so there will be strong bias there

[cursive summit]

*Issues that were already solved

[umbral heron]

Mostly, yeah, there are still some problems with 8k

[cursive summit]

People always ask the same questions that can be answered with a single answer already told a million times, just reset your board lol

[reef patrol]

There are a few.

• Issues with the stabilizer pads soaking up lube and getting the keycap stuck in some cases
• A few people are having issues with 8khz, which we are investigating and working on new firmware updates to help resolve (it seems tied to specific PC configurations, not the keyboard itself)

[modest bone]

Go to community support and just search 80HE there are a few critical issues

[cursive summit]

Pads soaking up lube sounds sus out of context

But those don't sound extreme

I don't expect Wooting to launch a product flawed lol, keebs always work well

Not even GPUs get that kind of support, I'd love AFMF on my RX 5700

[gusty kiln]

Oooo, impressions?

Also finally got all music on my plex server

[cursive summit]

https://www.notebookcheck.net/Intel-18A-node-yields-reportedly-at-a-dismal-10.927700.0.html

Oof..

That's... not good

[ashen spindle]

Yes also made up

[cursive summit]

Inlcuding the part with Broadcom?

I see a lot of people trying to cope with "koreans trying to discredit competition"

[ashen spindle]

The Broadcom part is unknown because we don’t know anything a out it. Could just be thy knew at the time it’s not good which is normal for months before production

And yes Korean media often hypes up SS foundry and shittalks others

[reef patrol]

TEN PERCENT.

Jesus. What is considered minimally viable? 😄

[ashen spindle]

Mansen it’s not even remotely real

They already announced 40% in the latest investor call

The SEC would find and kill the entire board in 20 seconds if they lie to that degree

[cursive summit]

Not seeing that investor's call with 40%

[ashen spindle]

Like this would be wayyyyy worse than their 10nm node in both results and how they sold it

He said it last or second to last idk one of the recent once

[severe phoenix]

https://images-ext-1.discordapp.net/external/gFqr4vxyGQRbm_LJk8_l120CpK52Kdjh4MZRid7Zpb4/%3Fformat%3Djpg%26name%3D4096x4096/https/pbs.twimg.com/media/GdoubDiW8AEdY1j

Intels new 190w card

[reef patrol]

No I was genuinely wondering what minimum Intel usually considers viable. 40%? 60%? 😄

[cursive summit]

I checked the last one and I can't see it

I don't think you're right on that

[ashen spindle]

It depends, because the normalized defect rate changes depending on the chip size

If you have a chip half the average size you need like less than 5% defect rate

We don’t know but the time they said it’s 40% is the same time that tsmc said 40% for n7 and n5

[reef patrol]

Let me rephrase. What is their lowest current minimally viable chip? 😄

Are there some high end server chips where they're running them at 20% success rate and just adjusting prices accordingly?

[ashen spindle]

Ah fuck why did that edit my message instead of send a new one

Well I answered you above your question lol

That’s form tsmc

[reef patrol]

0.1... so 10%? 🤔

[ashen spindle]

And it was about 3-4 Q away form mp when he said it’s below 0.4 defect density

No it’s defect density not yield, opposite basically

So 90% yield on mass production start

[reef patrol]

I see. Just curious about how wasteful CPU production is. With the nodes getting smaller, I could easily imagine that 10% viable would be plausible 😄

[ashen spindle]

Apple made it work on N3 with much worse numbers

It it massively depend on your chip size

Since not every defect breaks something

So you could have 10% defects but all chips on the wafer work because it’s mitigated enough

Can find some stuff later when I’m not on my phone and have to summarize it with much fewer sentences lol

[astral haven]

I'm gonna have to do some listening on tracks I'm very familiar but for now I can't really hear a difference, it sounds transparent

[reef patrol]

Oh so defects include chips that are typically used in lower models? Because a core is dead or similar.

[astral haven]

Yea

[reef patrol]

Gooot it. Yeah I was definitely assuming a much more bleak outcome then. 😄

[ashen spindle]

Well it depends on the context

[vapid ruin]

1 core 1 thread for 15th gen soon

[ashen spindle]

But defect density is usually a industry normalized number so it’s comparable but not total failure

It could be for the entire node or for one layer or for one step etc.

But in investor calls and such it’s usually the normalized number for total defect rate on a wafer

If that means your yield of a specific chip is highe or lower depend on size, speeds you aim for etc.

[astral haven]

A 4090 can have quite a few defects, they disable 16 SMs on it

(Out of 144)

[ashen spindle]

Yup that’s one mitigation

[ashen spindle]

https://www.tomshardware.com/tech-industry/intel-says-defect-density-at-18a-is-healthy-potential-clients-are-lining-up

[gusty kiln]

That's good at least

[astral haven]

Yea
I'm also enjoying the non broken volume knob lel
Although the 789 knob is much more satisfying, the whole crackling whenever you change anything is annoying

[gusty kiln]

ADC volume control is pog

And they do it in a way that doesn't mess with the noise floor

Other than a full stepped attenuator

[astral haven]

Yea

And thankfully they allow you to disable the blinding indicator led

[gusty kiln]

Kek, it's not too bad on the k7

Diffused pretty well

@astral haven also holy shit, tailscale is like magic

[misty matrix]

I still wish I could turn it off though

[gusty kiln]

If your saved the packaging, the foam ring can block the ring led

[astral haven]

The LEDs are in the fiio logo for me and I can and did turn it off

[astral haven]

I'm a cloudflare tunnels simp but yea it's real neat

[astral haven]

As far as i can find, theres only 1 company making magnetic 3.5mm breakaway adapters, and they are $20 per side so $40 per coupling
this janky solution costs about $5 per coupling

[rough osprey]

you can turn off the led ring on the k7

if thats what u talking about

[misty matrix]

👀

how

aaah nvm I see

[rough osprey]

https://forum.fiio.com/note/showNoteContent.do?id=202304271057530523576

[misty matrix]

yis yis, I found

thanks

[rough osprey]

np

[unkempt lake]

https://videocardz.com/pixel/intel-arc-b580-low-profile-gpu-with-three-fans-also-revealed

[gusty kiln]

https://www.techpowerup.com/329521/arctic-launches-senza-a-passively-cooled-pc-powered-by-amd-ryzen-cpus

Bruh wat

[astral haven]

looks good, why wat?

[ashen spindle]

damn am4 really is going to live forever

[balmy vector]

am4 never die

[gusty kiln]

Just feels out of no where for arctic product wise

[cursive summit]

This but Strix Halo

[astral haven]

cant have your first product of a category be soldered soc unless you are only producing 1 or are super confident
a socket allows you to have multiple skus with only 1 pcb design

[reef patrol]

Like... what?

Arctic have been making GPU coolers for two decades.

Never heard of the Accelero?

[marsh pewter]

everyday, another person starts "lana posting"

none of us are safe

https://tenor.com/view/imposter-tf2-it-could-be-you-it-could-be-me-spy-gif-23428031

[astral haven]

Here I'll keep up the trend

[pale sigil]

ew oneui

[astral haven]

oneui is the worst phone ui except for every other phone ui

[old marlin]

[unkempt lake]

Wait until the moumouposting epidemic starts

[astral haven]

Samsung's new icons are interesting

[reef patrol]

Stop using your phone
No secret speakers behind the waterfall
Five bars of Wifi
You still don't have 5G
Your phone has 85 points of armour left - consider visiting Ammunation for a topup, or the body armour that spawns in the car park.

[astral haven]

nah im connected to wifi for data rather than cell

[reef patrol]

Man's got that 5Gucci

https://tenor.com/view/thumbs-up-gucci-mane-yeah-woah-song-well-done-good-job-gif-26328010

[leaden kiln]

I don't love that samsung adds another icon for battery saver mode, most phones just change the regular battery icon

[steady sail]

[astral haven]

is that true?

not even lte?

[leaden kiln]

single bar 🍺

[astral haven]

id be shocked if it was true 4g and not lte, apparently telekom was deploying lte already in 2013

ah dangit samsung, it also incorrectly reports as 4g if i turn off 5g

[steady sail]

[astral haven]

Rude

cause 4g is shutting down, but lte isnt

[steady sail]

Even tho im on iphone 14 im still not on 5g

[candid siren]

would u say steelseries apex pro tkl to woothing 60he would be an upgrade?

[steady sail]

Yes

[candid siren]

its the same speed in actuation points but i still bought one earlier

[steady sail]

Wooting is more customizable and has a better software

[candid siren]

i hope its worth buying it

i already have 4 keyboards all for around 180 each

[steady sail]

Im happy with my 60he

[leaden kiln]

751 in a month? Pretty good
I think I've been pretty close to that, definitely in the 600s

[steady sail]

Thats on mobile data

[scenic thunder]

Unlimited high speed data for 60$ go brrr

I have a plex setup so movies anywhere is lit

[steady sail]

I pay around 25$ for unlimited data

[scenic thunder]

What country?

[steady sail]

Hungary

[scenic thunder]

Ahh, Canada here

[leaden kiln]

yeah my unlimited plan is like 30 bucks in sweden, it'd probably be higher speed if I didn't live in the middle of nowhere, but its 5g at least

[scenic thunder]

Adjusted it's 42$, so not that much worse price wise than yours

Man canadian rubles are dead lol

[gusty kiln]

But this is a passively cooled am4 mini pc meant for your htpc tv

[gusty kiln]

[cursive summit]

https://www.tomshardware.com/pc-components/gpu-drivers/nvidia-bids-goodbye-to-geforce-experience-nvidia-app-officially-replaces-it-in-the-latest-driver-update

o7 to a Experience, nobody will miss you

[dapper bay]

How long does wooting take to respond it’s been 9 business days

[marsh pewter]

dont cross post between multiple channels

[dapper bay]

Why

[ashen spindle]

because spamming is not how you get a response

[dapper bay]

Not spamming

[marsh pewter]

why are you arguing this?

its easier to just not do it

as for why, its prohibited in this server

[cursive summit]

Also, constantly the same thing lol

You'll get your answer when you get your email, which will be hopefully soon

[marsh pewter]

https://tenor.com/view/discord-light-mode-light-mode-gif-18772320

[cursive summit]

Couldn't care less

[dapper bay]

So does anyone know how long?

[cursive summit]

Keep waiting

Nobody does

[dapper bay]

Ok

[marsh pewter]

most request can take up to 2 weeks

sometimes longer

just wait, you'll get a response eventually

you have to remember support is going to start getting busier and busier around this time with people ordering for the holidays

[gusty kiln]

https://www.techpowerup.com/329529/mozilla-rebrands-reaffirms-its-mission-to-protect-open-web-despite-advocacy-team-layoffs

[cursive summit]

Oh good lord, Mozilla is in its hippy phase

[marsh pewter]

when has mozilla not been in its hippy phase?

[gusty kiln]

No, more like corpo phase

Classic "we actually need to make money now" move from a company that was a fan favorite

[cursive summit]

Tbf it's unlikely to impact my browser much

And even if it does, Mozilla is sadly one of those softwares for which I have no replacement, so I'm sticking

[gusty kiln]

I'm about to install pihole on my nas so no browser will be a problem

[cursive summit]

It's funny how I'd rather switch to Linux than Chrome

Firefox is just megapog, wouldn't replace this ever

[gusty kiln]

Mullvad browser if you're extra paranoid

[cursive summit]

I have no reason to distrust Mozilla, I think

[ashen spindle]

he says as he types on discord which is basically chrome in your pocket

[cursive summit]

okay, didn't ask

[gusty kiln]

Whoops, I've been streaming flac because tailscale was on

[cursive summit]

GPT 4.5 eh?

Sad that they are running into major hurdles with scaling on models, especially with training

The hops from 2 to 3 and versions 4 were gigantic, now we are just juggling minor improvements

Sure, they add up, but other models are better in other areas, Claude is incredible for coding

https://www.wepc.com/news/amd-reveals-moving-the-3d-v-cache-below-the-ccd-tackled-the-biggest-issue-with-x3d-cpus/

[ashen spindle]

yes they kinda said that on launch that is nothing new?

[cursive summit]

https://youtu.be/8qqeMWrrxMc

[reef patrol]

Well well well. Look at Jay trying to be relevant.

[ashen spindle]

yeah idk how he got in the building

guy makes watercooling videos, rants and false information videos lmao

[distant tapir]

He's almost at the bottom of the list of Tech YouTubers to me.

Everything he does he does second-rate I feel.

[unkempt lake]

I mean NZXT used to be one of his sponsors

And he had a collab product in development with them

A bit like when corsair made those jay edition waterblocks

[ashen spindle]

yeah but he really isnt someone who does journalism or anything like that

[unkempt lake]

Well still considering his relationship with the company its understandable he wants answers

[ashen spindle]

yeah but it doesnt matter what he wants lol

[unkempt lake]

I did watch his video actually and he had some issues with the flex program for a while and he had been ghosted by the ceo for like 2 weeks

Be ause he didn't want to go through with the product collab till he had answers

[ashen spindle]

yes because its normal for a CEO to not respond to some youtuber they just do collabs with lol

I dont see why the ceo would do this, not if jay wants to do it or not xD

[unkempt lake]

I mean... I'm not the biggest fan of jay he's... fine i guess he rants too much imo and he takes too long to get to the point but i like his warercooling content. What I'm trying to say is nothing wrong with him wanting to hold his biggesr sponsor accountable

Even if it's "hopping on the bandwagon"

[ashen spindle]

yes and I keep saying thats not what I complained/wondered about

[unkempt lake]

Also steve said he'd investigate and make a new vid in a few months

[astral haven]

because a nzxt mass email and post on their website will get maybe a thousand or so eyeballs vs the million (probably) that the gn got

[unkempt lake]

Considering it's the day after nzxt made their "apology" video i'd say this interview is relevant

[unkempt lake]

True who the hell follows hardware manufscturers on youtube

And well... the mass email is only for people in the flex thing

[ashen spindle]

this is the same point again that I never spoke against??????????

[ashen spindle]

yeah I guess I could see if they thought its a safer path to make a statement via jay's channel than direct talking to steve or a not so much seen mail/post

[unkempt lake]

Who says steve wanted to talk right away

we dont know

[ashen spindle]

doesnt matter this way they preempt that

[unkempt lake]

Are they all in LA?

I know nzxt is

And jay is

No clue about steve

Thought he was in like washington

[cursive summit]

HU is in Aussieland, GN iirc is on east coast U.S

[ashen spindle]

north carolina

[cursive summit]

That's middle top iirc

So, nowhereland

[ashen spindle]

its literally on the coast

[unkempt lake]

Thats nowhere near LA which is where jayz and nzxt are

[ashen spindle]

obviously?

[cursive summit]

Ah ffs, NC is on the coast yeah, I thought it was North Dakota

[unkempt lake]

I'm just saying convenience may have played a factor

[cursive summit]

Isn't a flight from east to west coast kinda.. cheap?

[unkempt lake]

Gn's not gonna next day fly to the other side of the country without having a proper roast planned

[unkempt lake]

In canada that shit's expensive

Assuming its the same for the us

[cursive summit]

I remember people buying plane tickets cause traveling otherwise is more expensive

[unkempt lake]

It's cheap to fly to europe compared to flying domestically lol

No clue about murica

[cursive summit]

Jesus christ they are semi sentient

[analog sinew]

on one side AI does shit like this on the other it cant count letters n stuff

its weird

is it super smart or dumb now

[cursive summit]

Both

[distant tapir]

The most human thing about it is that it makes mistakes.

[trim crane]

nvm i just saw someone

[latent mural]

i need more space on my pc but wanna keep it simple could i just buy a external drive like 2b and put games on it so my pc runs smoothly?

[ashen spindle]

Just add a 2 or 4tb internal

[latent mural]

don’t know which one to get tho but i have the money lol Im just tired of deleting shit so i can play games

[ashen spindle]

Check if you have a m.2 slot open on your board and just get whatever ssd is on offer or similar

[scenic thunder]

This man really showed up to call steve a liar and offer no real answers

NZXT ded

[cursive summit]

A liar with receipts? No...

[scenic thunder]

Like truly the wildest part of this whole thing was the CEO going "yeah we looked at it and told him about the price increases" when talking about the tech channel with the highest level of integrity around.

He could have came in and pitched a nothing burger of an interview, but saying gamersnexus lied is just PR suicide from the head of the company lol

[unkempt lake]

i like the part where he literally has his own business model described to him and he agrees it's a bad deal

17:49

Truly a meme

[scenic thunder]

The comparison of taking a daily rental car for 2 years vs leasing a vehicle was insane too lol

[halcyon moss]

Lease is renting

[scenic thunder]

In terms of his comparison to a similar service. The CEO compares their monthly rental service to a daily car rental service. Not monthly/yearly vehicle leasing. They're totally different business models for car rental.

[mild dome]

Googling I found the model was instructed to "scheme" in a test environment containing files about its replacement.

Seems to me they deliberately instructed it to perform actions to make it seem more alive then it actually is.

https://www.reddit.com/r/LocalLLaMA/comments/1h7g1ll/comment/m0lgj0w/?utm_source=share&utm_medium=mweb3x&utm_name=mweb3xcss&utm_term=1&utm_content=share_button

[latent mural]

any mice geeks in chat?

[final flame]

latest LTT video

oh the Tak role isn't piss anymore

it's diarrhea

[magic minnow]

frame gains

[tardy tartan]

no not really

[lost wagon]

i mean i know a little but not any actual ones iirc

[charred nexus]

windows, excuse me wtf is this time and date format

[charred nexus]

Which type of mice the pet one or lab one

[analog sinew]

real plants give more fps

[magic minnow]

They’d die :c here

[analog sinew]

:c

[violet charm]

The most normal format I’ve seen (idk if it’s saying 1pm or 1am but if it’s am it’s what Europe uses, also 6/12 is also what I think everyone but American uses DD/MM/YYYY)

[sturdy raven]

Where can I find these dudes

[analog sinew]

europe uses 24hr time because we can count that high

[violet charm]

And yet for some reason when it’s like 18 people still say 6

At least in Germany

Like we already have a clearer system why use the other one

[analog sinew]

🤷‍♂️

[umbral heron]

Least we don't use AM/PM

[magic minnow]

I got them off AliExpress let me get the links lol

[magic minnow]

@sturdy raven https://a.aliexpress.com/_mtzEEOL

https://a.aliexpress.com/_mqKs9o3

[umbral heron]

6-pack for a buck?

[charred nexus]

it's in 12hr format, but its missing the am/pm (in this case its pm) and its missing the year

[violet charm]

Oh yea that part is weird

[charred nexus]

normally it would be this

[violet charm]

Yea

[umbral heron]

[charred nexus]

sorry my date and time format is messed up

i use 12hr format but i dont use mm/dd/yyyy

[umbral heron]

https://tenor.com/view/nice-acceptable-alright-okay-nod-gif-10653491

[old marlin]

We don't do slashes for dates in Europe

[violet charm]

I live in Europe, yes on some digital clocks we do

[old marlin]

Or is that just a germany thing

[violet charm]

No

[umbral heron]

We do both slashes and dots
I mean officially it's dots, but a lot of people use slashes in writing

[charred nexus]

idk i dont live in europe nor usa

so like i use slashes

[cursive summit]

https://twistedvoxel.com/valve-working-on-steam-machine-that-runs-steamos/

My steam console hopes might actually be happening

[reef patrol]

Some of the European countries do though.

[old marlin]

Yes only realized that later

[reef patrol]

So many ISO standards 😄

At least we seem to agree on ddmmyyyy

[old marlin]

I should restrict myself from public discords until i have been awake for an hour

[reef patrol]

https://tenor.com/view/yep-yes-yeah-yas-nods-gif-17157483

[old marlin]

We actually often do dd.MM.yyyy

[umbral heron]

That kinda looks like it'd be perfect mini-console, streaming box and HTPC

[old marlin]

That is an old steambox concept

[umbral heron]

I mean 8540U box with SteamOS on it

[fair gull]

cant you just make your own steamos box

[mild dome]

Personally I am partial to YYYYMMDD
When ordered alphabetically it orders everything correctly

[pale sigil]

Neat, the steam machine returns.

[reef patrol]

Guess it kind of makes sense? The Steamdeck was a success, so there's a potential market for a desktop version of that.

[halcyon moss]

oh, what for?

like, coded from scratch?

nice

i'm setting up a kubernetes "cluster" with one node :p

its more to get some actual practice setting this up (and not lying on my CV)

[candid siren]

@halcyon moss is your role part of the wooting team?

someone asked for my order number so he can place my order on hold bc I can’t do it

but he doesn’t have the moderator role

so im skeptical

[analog sinew]

was it mansen?

[candid siren]

Yes

ohh ok ok good

[analog sinew]

he is an employee but he has no role cause he gets pinged too much.

[marsh glade]

then proceeds to ping him -_-

[halcyon moss]

darn i thought i got a useful ping

[reef patrol]

Ironically I still get just as many - if not more pings while not having the staff role.

[cursive summit]

It makes a lot of sense imo

Just stuff a Strix Halo into a small for factor and it'll be amazing for games

[marsh glade]

To be fair, you keep using the royal "we" when talking about Wooting, so you only have yourself to blame

Worst spy ever

[reef patrol]

I've stopped pretending. I kept tabs on the pings, and it doesn't matter if I do or don't.

People just love pinging me regardless

[ashen spindle]

Good to know

Okay 190 is maybe a BIT too much lool

[sturdy raven]

Much appreciated! 👍

[charred nexus]

Guys wtf

I just received a free sub from a random twitch streamer?

And I look at their chat and it seems like it's giving random subs out

But they have 6 viewers wtf

[minor citrus]

gifting random subs to a streamer works in a funny way. first someone random from the followers get's picked, then random twitch viewers that never even need to have visited them

[charred nexus]

what

[pale sigil]

Wtf Nvidia

[charred nexus]

Nvidia spying on you

[minor citrus]

if that streamer had for example 10 followers and someone gifts 20 subs. all 10 followers would get a sub and then completely random twitch users

[charred nexus]

That's kinda funny and messed up, it's like intentionally promoting the stream

[charred nexus]

Oh right, it's funny that it works like that

But I wonder who and why are they giving so many subs it seems like it has been going on for a while when I clicked on their stream

[unkempt lake]

Problem fixed

[charred nexus]

They have 400 something followers it probably needs to give at least a few hundred out of it to begin picking random twitch users

[ashen spindle]

It shows 309 gift subs from one person

[minor citrus]

if it wasn't working that way I don't know what twitch should do else 😄

[reef patrol]

I still see them. Doesn't matter if I get a notification or not.

[charred nexus]

idk refund the subs? Or just give the streamer money while not giving random people subs

[bold coyote]

no thats not how it works, if someone gifts subs to the channel (without specifying who to give it to) then anyone get them. think there's an option you can turn off to receive subs from channels you dont follow but Im not sure

what people sometimes do as welll is gift subs to people who have 'funny names' like "=name= has gifted a sub to YourMom" doesnt mean that the user follows or watches the stream

[charred nexus]

Wait there is? I never knew that was a thing that can happen

[ashen spindle]

well the exact order is people in the chat/stream->followers->random

for random gifted subs that is

[bold coyote]

I have deff seen people gift subs and the people who received it werent all in the stream

but yeh doesnt matter, you got a free sub, hope they got fun emotes for you to use

[ashen spindle]

the only way it would skip people in the stream is if they have gift subs off or use another tool to view the stream or something and that makes the system not fully realize they are there

[charred nexus]

lmao I never knew you can do that, gifting random people subs even if you aren't in the stream or even never watch their streams

[ashen spindle]

well it VERY rarely happens

[ashen spindle]

usually people that have enough money to splurge dont do that on small streams and you're not going to make 10k followers a sub and then have it overflow lol

[unkempt lake]

https://tenor.com/view/bongocat-banhammer-ban-hammer-bongo-gif-18219363

[charred nexus]

Right, but it led me to think of something, could someone who has perhaps a stolen credit card just dumps a bunch of subs on a small streamer to kinda "promote" the stream

[ashen spindle]

yeah that gets flagged quite fast

[gusty kiln]

@charred nexus anyway to reverse the time/date thingy yet?

[charred nexus]

wdym

[gusty kiln]

no AM and no year on taskbar

[hexed nebula]

Hello, I have a problem with my Wootinng 60He it writes automatically or when I set the Actuation point to 0.1. The keys trigger themselves at 0.3 - 0.5. Has anyone had a similar problem or knows a solution?

[sharp badger]

Has anyone here got the Fractal design refine chair?

[charred nexus]

idk I think my windows is just high or smth I restarted and it works fine

[gusty kiln]

damn mine is still the dumb way

[charred nexus]

what your windows did that too?

[gusty kiln]

yeah

[charred nexus]

lol is this thing like a new bug or whatever

[gusty kiln]

nah MS prob testing it

[bold coyote]

is it trying to force silly american date naming?

[charred nexus]

Nah I have mine on dd/mm

[bold coyote]

the correct way

[balmy vector]

🦅

[charred nexus]

Yeah and it bugged to be dd/mm and just the time without am/pm

It's looking real funny ngl

[gusty kiln]

it's like some weird experiment where they want to try an even more minimalist UI

[bold coyote]

i mean am/pm isnt really needed either

[charred nexus]

maybe, I thought it was the table mode taskbar or whatever that made it like that

[charred nexus]

meh but it still looks funny, cuz it's so short

[bold coyote]

[charred nexus]

my regional format don't use 24hr time

[bold coyote]

[bold coyote]

at least youre not calling it military time

[charred nexus]

cuz I'm not American that's why

[bold coyote]

couldve been influenced

[charred nexus]

Nah never

[bold coyote]

[charred nexus]

Cuz we do sometimes use 24hr time

But majority it's 12hr time

[bold coyote]

Ah I see youre from hong kong. I thought in asia it was more common to do yyyy/mm/dd. Atleast in Korea and Japan

[deft raptor]

12hr would be a problem if communicated via phone, they could hear as AM or PM time

[bold coyote]

hmm I think it depends on the language and culture right? Its hardly a issue here cause based context you can tell often if its am or pm

[charred nexus]

We have European influence (urm HK used to be a UK colony)

[ashen spindle]

If someone on phone tells me to meet up at 6 they better mean 6pm because I'm not waking up that early

[deft raptor]

Yes and no, there's countries where they foward/reverse by 30 minutes instead of usual 1 hour or some stupid shit.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-5wpm-gesOY

[bold coyote]

yeah so thats obvious right ;p unless youre planning a trip and are depating a time to meet up at an early plane flight or something haha

[deft raptor]

And there's countries where they SKIP days on calendar

[bold coyote]

wait 30 min skip only?

[deft raptor]

Yeah, they exist

[bold coyote]

[charred nexus]

And Macau uses the same regional format as HK, dd/mm/yyyy as they used to be portuguese colony

[balmy vector]

The world is a silly place

[marsh glade]

If I encountered this situation, there would be a miriad of different problems. First, contacting me with a phone call? No way. Second, meeting up in person? Two strikes. Third, 6am is sleep time and 6pm is dinner time. Three strikes and you're OUT.

[charred nexus]

We say it's "morning 6 o'clock" or "night 6 o'clock" in spoken Cantonese

Sometimes if the speaker didn't say it's morning or evening it would be based on context

[deft raptor]

Yeah, that's one of ways to tackle. Note, I am not used saying this.

[charred nexus]

I'm not used to saying 2230 or whatever

it's weird saying it in Cantonese for twenty two thirty, it would be 二十二點三十分 and the 二十二 would kinda a tongue twister lmao

It's mostly because the language and how time is spoken out

[leaden kiln]

speaking in military time is weird
most people I know talk in 12 hour time, maybe people that exclusively use digital clocks prefer the opposite

[bold coyote]

no one 'speaks' in 'military time'

we just 'lets meet for dinner at 7' and not 'lets meet for 7pm/19:00'

[leaden kiln]

some people will say 19 or 1930 instead of saying 7 or half past 7

[charred nexus]

I have heard people speak in 24hr format before

[leaden kiln]

not most people I know though

[charred nexus]

And it's weird ngl

[bold coyote]

perhaps but its not the common way, atleast not here in EU

like you sound very obnoxious if you do

[charred nexus]

right

But it wouldn't be a problem then?

[bold coyote]

its not a problem cause everyone knows what they mean. like if someone says 'shall we meet at the seventeenth hour' people will be like 'ok so at 5' like why are you saying it like that

[charred nexus]

i would imagine that would be a very obnoxious way of saying it

[bold coyote]

yeah exactly so thats why no one uses it in speaking term, but in writing its the norm to use 24h system

but thanks to globalization people in general know both am/pm system and 24h

like some stores wanna be fancy and display their open hours in am/pm like sure you do you

or maybe its for american tourists I dunno

[charred nexus]

I mean for use who's in HK we know both and use both on a daily basis

[leaden kiln]

I wouldn't say it's uncommon to use 24h speaking, at least here, you're exaggerating to make it sound ridiculous, but I don't think there's much difference between 'lets meet at 17' and 'lets meet at 5', here both are well accepted, still 12h is definitely more common

[marsh glade]

Society should use "degrees that the sun is above the horizon" as opening times

[bold coyote]

Thats why I said earlier it kinda depends on the language/culture. Im speaking for my country (NL)

[bold coyote]

damn winter time hours are gonna be short af ;p

[leaden kiln]

No hours at all

[marsh glade]

Which aligns well with the amount of time that I want to be out and about xD

[bold coyote]

Scandinavia shuts down completely

[leaden kiln]

yeah I'm in Sweden

[marsh glade]

Probably in everyone's best interest

[charred nexus]

I'm not waking up at 5 in the summer

No way gonna use sunrise sunset as the opening time lol

[bold coyote]

just hibernate like the bears

[leaden kiln]

I'm waking up at 5 all year

[marsh glade]

https://tenor.com/view/milk-and-mocha-milk-mocha-bear-milk-mocha-bedtime-tucked-in-gif-16204362100503313995

[charred nexus]

I haven't yet slept at 5

[leaden kiln]

sun rises at like 9 30 here rigt now lol

[bold coyote]

waking up at 5 means I wouldve had like 3-4h of sleep no thank you

[marsh glade]

According to my sleep tracker, during the summer I get an average of 5 hours a night and during the winter 8 hour s

[bold coyote]

sounds about right

[charred nexus]

lmao the latest sunrise time of ours is 7

[leaden kiln]

suns down by 14 30 too
haven't even gotten to the shortest day of the year yet

[charred nexus]

Damn

[sharp badger]

It's so damn dark without any snow & the rain don't help

[charred nexus]

My messed up sleeping times gonna let me sleep for like 2-3hr if I need to wake up at 5

Sometimes not even that, I'm gonna sleep at 4

[sharp badger]

21 of December is the shortest day and then it'll finally start getting brighter

[bold coyote]

united in tiredness

[charred nexus]

Fr

[leaden kiln]

That fixes itself
If you can't wake up at 5 from sleeping too little you lose the job and then you can sleep longer
or you wake up at 5, then get tired earlier and sleep more

[sharp badger]

Just choose the latter and take a 15min daynap

[charred nexus]

How cold is it over there like 1 or 2?

Idk it's like 20 over here

[sharp badger]

Not that bad currently

[charred nexus]

oh wow

[sharp badger]

I do like it when it's -5°C and sunny & snow on the ground!

[charred nexus]

Nah, i still won't fix itself. I would enyded up tired all day and awake asf in the night

[charred nexus]

I still haven't seen real snow in my life

[sharp badger]

I do recommend a 15-20min daynap, works wonders and don't disturb the night sleep

Especially if the night before wasn't that good

In the military i learned to sleep wherever for short periods because the nights where very short

[charred nexus]

Ngl I want to try the everyman sleeping cycle a while back

But never get to it

[analog sinew]

man the 9800x3d prices arent getting any better

maybe i should just wait a month

wanna snag the other parts tho...

[sharp badger]

Christmas sale might be where it's at this is the 7800X3D

Do have to find the right deal quickly though usually sells out quickly

[ashen spindle]

mindfactory has them at msrp just you wont get it this year anymore

[analog sinew]

oh the listing is back now thats cool

[sharp badger]

CES will just be around the corner then so new GPUs will be very close to be revealed

Probably higher than last gen though but the last gen should drop in price

[unkempt lake]

Idk about that one chief, that's too expensive

I just really struggle to see the point the time to buy was this summer right before 9000

At the ATL

[sharp badger]

Maybe, time will tell

[ashen spindle]

just like I did so now I can sell it at a profit

[sharp badger]

Vats have changed at a lot of places but there's usually better deals during Christmas sale than Black Friday but again we'll have to see that once that time comes

[hasty thunder]

i've actually tracked the price for several things

and funnily enough the price is lowest at January

Dyson vacuum cleaners i.e.

the v5 was under 300€ at January and February, then the price got raised to 330 in March and to absurd 400€ at march

then dropped to 330 again as 'Black Friday Sale'

funnily enough the price staid at 330

[sharp badger]

Yeah when i bought the Maxwells they where €349 on the 3rd of January, they where cheaper now during Black Friday

Have been extremely happy with them though

Also wtf is up with all these ad blocks?

[haughty vector]

anyone have thoughts on rx 7700xt?

currently have a 9800x3d but only play cpu intensive games

[deft raptor]

Ah, with 9800x3d. You will always be gpu limited in some games.

[gusty kiln]

depends on the refresh rate you're trying to hit

[haughty vector]

480hz

[deft raptor]

PvP FPS games ?

[gusty kiln]

1440p? or the 32" ?

cuz 32" is 1080p

[haughty vector]

im just looking for a gpu that can actually support higher refresh rate as my 1080ti rn is capped at 240

1440p

[gusty kiln]

yeah would definitely at least like 4070tisuper/7900XT

but wait for new GPU

literally next month or so

[deft raptor]

We are quite close to CES 2025, I think

Plus tons of 7000 series gpus was bought out after being heavily discounted

[gusty kiln]

I would easily get 300+ in Apex with my 4070ti super + 5800X3D

[haughty vector]

would i realistically be able to get those cards or would i just see if the price lowers on previous gen

[gusty kiln]

AMD most likely will but nvidia prob not

[deft raptor]

If you go nvidia, you also need new PSU with ATX 3.1 AND GPU

[haughty vector]

wtf

[gusty kiln]

new nvidia? cuz GPU comes with adapter

[deft raptor]

Ah, yeah. I thought it was a needed from psu itself

[gusty kiln]

only if you care about looks

I'm using the adapter and it looks like a cancer

[deft raptor]

My pc case doesn't have a window panel

[analog sinew]

next gpus will have a built in diesel generator

[gusty kiln]

I can't even close it

luckily it's a swinging acrylic door

[deft raptor]

Ah, I see.

[gusty kiln]

Corsair 400C

[deft raptor]

My Fractal Define R5

[gusty kiln]

nice case before the glass took over

I want the North whenever I build new again or North V2

Mesh side panel

[deft raptor]

Ah, I don't know if I should continue using silent PC cases

[gusty kiln]

why

[steady sail]

Just build a loud pc

[deft raptor]

Dunno, wanted to listen music and use voice chat if I even bother to.

[sharp badger]

https://store.nfc-systems.com/pages/skyreach-4-tiny I've been eyeing this case with some LP GPU and having it connected to the TV

[deft raptor]

What you are asking is possible with some exotic CPU cooler hardware and they get very loud.

[analog sinew]

this image hurts my brain

[steady sail]

Yes

Just use intel cpu cooler fans on everything

[unkempt lake]

Aaa

[haughty vector]

7700xt has been acquired

i think my fps is more stable now and i can actually run 480hz

[rough osprey]

nice

[deft raptor]

Huh, I thought you are gonna order it online. Well, that's quick getting one in a store.

[analog sinew]

the only computer store i know here recently closed

but tbh they had more peripherals and general shit anyway

[deft raptor]

Yeah, the computer store has too much peripherals and they tend sit being unsold

[analog sinew]

they didnt seem to know what they wanted to be. They had these spinny LED clocks in the shop window. I mean they are funny, but that's not really a noteworthy product is it

[deft raptor]

Oh boy, rip no.69420 computer store

[analog sinew]

yea

but it is handy having one nearby

one time my hard drive was suddendly dying

so i went there and grabbed a new one to save my data

was a busy tuesday evening i was chilling on the pc when suddendly 33000 sectors failed simultaneously

at 11pm :D

[deft raptor]

Oh, no extension of lifetime with freezer trick ?

[fair gull]

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

[gusty kiln]

turbo write on unraid

easily over 100 MB/s now rather than 50-70

https://www.techpowerup.com/329584/maxsun-designs-arc-b580-gpu-with-two-m-2-ssds-putting-leftover-pcie-lanes-to-good-use

glad someone regcognize that ARC is at best a media GPU

[fair gull]

let the descent into madness begin https://wiki.futo.org/index.php/Introduction_to_a_Self_Managed_Life:_a_13_hour_%26_28_minute_presentation_by_FUTO_software

[unkempt lake]

how is 10% faster than a 4060 a "media gpu"

[ashen spindle]

because its only one sku that comes out 3 weeks before CES where amd and nvidia show next gen

so its a 1 month limited "good deal*"

[unkempt lake]

At least 9 till nvidia releases a 60 series

Only thing that could kill intel next month is amd

If they make a good budget card

[ashen spindle]

or idk, the fact you can still get a 4060 for cheaper than a b580 so you get maybe a few % lower performance but dont have to deal with whatever driver issues

[unkempt lake]

Cheapest 4060 i've seen is more expensive than a b580

I'll say tho

I have not seen any b580s at canadian retailers yet

[ashen spindle]

b580 LE has 250 pricetag but thats limited amounts and every AiB model costs more

rn I can even get a 4060 at two shops here for 20-40€ cheaper than the b580 models we get

[unkempt lake]

250usd=350cad
Cheapest 4060 i can find atm is 400cad flat

But most are around 430-440

[ashen spindle]

and as I just said 250 is limited and wont really be available if at all outside of US

[unkempt lake]

If they sold it for 350cad here i'd be a pretty nice deal i'd say

[ashen spindle]

they wont

or very limited

[unkempt lake]

moumou reaction

[ashen spindle]

newegg intels LE stock is already coming later than the AiB models too

[shy flicker]

Which buttons do I use to change the brightness?

[unkempt lake]

Fn + print screen
fn + pause

[steady sail]

Bc nvidia

[proper warren]

It's a hard no on CUDA. That's the proprietary driver only.

Unsure about NVENC.

Ah, would make sense.

Nvidia being shit? Who would have guessed.

[distant tapir]

https://youtu.be/DAANNGvMANM

The url lol
"Daanng man"

[gusty kiln]

[latent mural]

did youtube do that

[steady sail]

wallhack gonna drop a new glasspad soon

[magic minnow]

Wowowow

This looks cool

[magic minnow]

Had a play date preordered and it was meant to ship out in December; company changed the shipping date to Q1 2025 on the website. Not an email or anything made me upset

[balmy vector]

Wooting if it was evil evil

[magic minnow]

Literally though I got spoiled by Wooting on transparency

[balmy vector]

Tell me about it, i got some shoes i ordered that still haven’t arrived since they got shipping delayed without notification

[sturdy raven]

Pulsar x DJMax

[balmy vector]

[lyric shoal]

I need help I just got my wooting 60he and after a few hours this started happening with my “1” key

[analog sinew]

did you replug like i told you to

[vapid ruin]

Looks nice

[lyric shoal]

Yeah didn’t work tho hold on video taking a while to load

[magic minnow]

https://videocardz.com/pixel/asus-teases-pg27ucdm-the-worlds-first-27-inch-4k-oled

[pure dune]

200 euro un clavier qui fonctionne pas apres 1 an falicitation

[magic minnow]

Is that French

[analog sinew]

yes

[mortal apex]

Il a quoi

[cursive summit]

ASUS teases uselessness

[leaden kiln]

damn that's awesome
Are there any other 27" 4k oleds currently?

[distant tapir]

Not high refresh rate ones.

This would have been by dream monitor a few years back.

[leaden kiln]

yeah seems like it would be great

[charred nexus]

I think something is dying inside

Either it's the crappy motherboard SSD fan or the PSU fans

I have no idea ngl

[analog sinew]

mobo fans, those lil ones? they are evil

[charred nexus]

yeah

this is a cheap ass board by colorful i think

idk why it have a mobo fan

i think its the mobo fan dying

cuz no way my cpu noctua give up so quickly

[magic minnow]

https://videocardz.com/newz/viewsonic-to-launch-27-inch-1440p-520hz-oled-gaming-monitor-at-ces-2025

[charred nexus]

which pixel layout tho

[distant tapir]

2k
Aaaaaaaaarrrrgggghhhhh

[distant tapir]

While technically true it almost feels misleading since it's more accurately 1,923 ms (discounting pixel response times).

Real 1ms is at 1 000 Hz.

[old marlin]

oui oui

[raven grove]

what's good with this site removing user-select on the text bruh

weird ass people

what does 1ms MPRT mean and how does that compare to my 480Hz OLED 2K 🤔

[ashen spindle]

videocardz is a bit annoyed about other sires just copy pasting their posts

which is funny when they just report about leaks themselves yknow

[distant tapir]

Basically MPRT is how long a frame (or pixel) is visible for.

At 480 Hz on a sample-and-hold monitor like yours pixels will be displayed for a minimum of 2,08 ms.

(assuming 480 fps too)

Lower MPRT, higher motion clarity on eye-tracked objects.

That's why 120 Hz oled has quite a bit eye-tracking blur. Depends on the speed of the moving object too. The faster it moves the blurrier it gets.

https://blurbusters.com/gtg-versus-mprt-frequently-asked-questions-about-display-pixel-response/

[raven grove]

confused about this test 🤔

left is PC, right is phone

Animation of GtG Versus MPRT

[astral haven]

what is the confusion?

[haughty vector]

should i get a 4070ti super, 7900 xtx, or 4080 super? i would straight up get a 4080 super at 1k usd but they’re so hard to find

[rain quiver]

Why not wait for 5080

[analog sinew]

i wouldnt get any gpu rn

[haughty vector]

i probably should

i kinda want a 5080 but i’m not paying for 1000usd for a gpu

when i barely even play gpu heavy games

[rain quiver]

Then why did you say you were gonna get a 4080 at 1k😂

[haughty vector]

oh shit i meant over 1k

i’ve heard that the 50 series will be dropping at some outrageous prices

[sharp badger]

We've heard rumors of it but time will tell what the prices are

CES is around the corner so just wait

[analog sinew]

even if the 50series is priced badly, 40 series might become more affordable

[sharp badger]

Yes

[analog sinew]

rn we just dont have much info soo

[sharp badger]

Can just save more until then too

Need a new chair but will just wait for the christmas sales

[haughty vector]

valid

[sharp badger]

I've had my current chair(Dx racer king) for 8 years i think, nothing wrong other than the material is starting to fall apart so it's not as nice looking

[analog sinew]

yeah but it is possible

also buying used

[rain quiver]

We dont know 50 series pricing yet, if you’re not gonna play demanding games then why are you even wanting a high end gpu

[rain quiver]

Also this

[haughty vector]

i play 1440p 480hz fps drops and 1% lows have been pretty bad

[rain quiver]

We dont know, but they think that cause AMD gave up on competing with high end cards

[rain quiver]

What games

[haughty vector]

overwatch 2 val and cs2

[rain quiver]

You need a better cpu

Whats your cpu and gpu anyway

[haughty vector]

i have the 9800x3d

[rain quiver]

You have the best gaming cpu with most of its improvements over the 7800x3d being the 1% lows and you still have issues 😳

[haughty vector]

its my gpu

[rain quiver]

What gpu do you have

[haughty vector]

i have a 7700 xt that i recently bought just to test out my monitor

gonna return it soon just got it to see ifmy monitor works

[rain quiver]

Thats weird 7700xt is plenty for fps games at 1440p

But you also really shouldn’t go all the way up to a xtx or a 70 ti super for fps games at 1440p

Maybe a 7900gre or something

[haughty vector]

true but the other options dont seem to have as good value

[rain quiver]

I doubt your issue is hardware but oh well

[haughty vector]

its when i do other things than just playing the game

like if i want a few tabs open or screenshare or stream my fps drops pretty bad

[rain quiver]

Oh ok i had issues like that on my xtx too

Thats an amd problem

Thats why I returned it

[haughty vector]

bruh amd wtf

[rain quiver]

Yeah not great when it comes to alt tabbing / multi tasking

[haughty vector]

alt tabbing is suprisingly fine for me but once i open up youtube and play a video it shits itself

[rain quiver]

I guess just get whatever nvidia gpu that is appropriately priced in your country

[haughty vector]

yeah

im thinking a 4070ti super but people say to wait for the new gpus

[rain quiver]

Its gonna be a little while before the other gpus come out

I think feb-march for the ones other than 5080 and 5090

[rain quiver]

Kinda overkill for your usage but oh well

[haughty vector]

yeah but i dont really want to get a gpu and second guess it

[sharp badger]

It's always a good or bad time to buy anything

If you need it now then buy it but there is new GPUs coming quite soon

[boreal coyote]

Random question; I bought my bf one of Wooting a keyboards, but now I’m trying to find him the best mouse and headset to go with it. Any recommendations? Price isn’t an issue, just want to get him something that will have the best functionality.

[haughty vector]

buying mice for people is tricky because u have to know what they like

[sharp badger]

It's down to preference with both

I like the G502X LS & Audeze Maxwell

[balmy vector]

Was just about to recommend the maxwells for wireless headset lol

[boreal coyote]

Those are nice. That’s perfect. Ill look into the G502x ls, I was also looking at the endgame xm2w, I read that it has a fast reaction time.

[haughty vector]

xm2w is good slightly aggressive shape though

what mouse does your bf have currently

[rough osprey]

superlight 2 🗣️

[haughty vector]

lamzu maya better

[rough osprey]

no

[haughty vector]

Yes

[rough osprey]

lamzu mano

[sharp badger]

Endgame is nice too it all depends on what one want

[boreal coyote]

Razer death adder pro. I feel like he buys cheap stuff for himself and ends up replacing it all the time.

[sharp badger]

Ninjutso/Lamzu is nice too, it also depends on what type of game one plays

[rough osprey]

does he like the shape

[boreal coyote]

He seems to. He always gets the ones that don’t have a lot of extra buttons.

He plays everything, but mostly tarkov

[rough osprey]

maybe deathadder v3 pro

[haughty vector]

i recommend the lamzu maya x

[boreal coyote]

Okay, I’ll look into all of these. Thank you so much! You guys have been great!

[compact relic]

anyone know any cheap 15.6" displays with vesa mount compatibility?

having some issues with my monitor setup. I want my main monitor to be in the middle of my desk but then I cant fit anything larger than 21" on either side, even vertically

thought about getting two 15.6" monitors and having them vertically on both sides of my main monitor on a 3-monitor arm to solve this but its kinda hard to find those kinds of monitors

[trim crane]

i got the Maxwells and the G502 Hero for now, just waitong for my pathfinder by orbitalworks

[sharp badger]

That mouse looks interesting, sadly no infinite scroll wheel lol

[trim crane]

VieeSonic VA1655

[compact relic]

doesnt seem to have vesa mount compatibility

[trim crane]

dang it

[compact relic]

any 15-19" monitors would be fine as long as it can be attached on a monitor arm

[mossy prawn]

Is Anker a good brand for an Apple power adapter and cable replacement?

[rough osprey]

ye

[mossy prawn]

I was looking at https://www.anker.com/eu-de/products/a2337-30w-usb-c-ladegeraet?ref=select_your_product&variant=43532638912675#!

[rough osprey]

oh i have that one

seems to work 👍

[mossy prawn]

I've read on reddit that they apparently have issues with some "smart" chargers?

[rough osprey]

hm

i use anker for like everything and didnt have problems yet

[mossy prawn]

https://old.reddit.com/r/iphone/comments/16l2z8l/besides_apple_what_are_some_quality_usbc_cables/

In the comments

[cursive summit]

Old.reddit detected, opinion discarded

[rough osprey]

ye they probably mean products that get like personal data from you

like the cameras

but it's just a charger and cable so

[mossy prawn]

Why?

[unkempt lake]

a usb c is a usb c...

[unkempt lake]

anker's fine imo it's a brand like any other

as long as you get a good deal on it and it respects usb c standards... you're fine

[mossy prawn]

Any other good brands?

[rough osprey]

love that they make small and light products

[unkempt lake]

ugreen is pretty good off the top of my mind

[rough osprey]

although i lowkey fw apples own cables

[unkempt lake]

i hate them

[rough osprey]

why

[unkempt lake]

the sleeving is minimal on them

i rip them to shreds

[rough osprey]

howww

[mossy prawn]

They cost double of Ankers price tho

[unkempt lake]

im rough on my cables

[unkempt lake]

and dont last

[sharp badger]

The base Apple cables are so bad

[rough osprey]

the 240w is thick

[mossy prawn]

The one I got with my iPhone 11 is still working fine

[rough osprey]

but i like the small ones

[leaden kiln]

cable abusers smh
the included apple cables have always lasted for me, and they are pretty nice and compliant, do discolor a bit though

[unkempt lake]

i'll admit i'm a notorious cable abuser

i twist them bend them

literally me owning a cable is torture for that poor thing

[rough osprey]

😔

[unkempt lake]

they all die eventually but

anything thicc and with nice sleeving tends to last longer

like those can last a year

anything else i break in 3-6 months

[rough osprey]

are your wooting cables alive

[unkempt lake]

i never unplug my wooting

and i dont move the cable

[rough osprey]

would expected you to still find a way

[trim crane]

mine are

[sharp badger]

The current cables I've got are quite good tbh

[leaden kiln]

stiff braided cables my behated 💢

[rough osprey]

real

[unkempt lake]

i still manage to break those

just slower

[trim crane]

i use the black wicked cushions and headbandz

[unkempt lake]

like the anker i have in my bedroom is at it's 6th month today

and isnt broken yet

[rough osprey]

i had a cable with metal on the outside at one point

so dumb

[trim crane]

they are really nice

[leaden kiln]

think I've had one of those too

[sharp badger]

I've got those too as replacements, WC are really nice except the headband started to peel it's like the outer layer

[unkempt lake]

ugreen 90 degree cables are nice

i can't accidentally bend them like an idiot

because they're already bent

[rough osprey]

imma switch to magsafe now

[leaden kiln]

I have one cable that I think would be difficult to hurt
It's kevlar reinforced I believe and fiber optic at 5m long

[rough osprey]

still using cables rn (like a peasant)

[unkempt lake]

i have a wireless charger with a battery in it thats magsafe

made by esr

its nice when its plugged in it behaves like a magsafe charger and just passes the charge over and when you unplug it its a standard battery pack

[rough osprey]

i ordered one of these for the night stand

[unkempt lake]

got it on sale for like... 30 cad?

[leaden kiln]

cheap

[rough osprey]

haha

[rough osprey]

interesting

[unkempt lake]

10000mah

[sharp badger]

https://sharge.com/products/icemag-2 Sharge has some quite nice ones

[rough osprey]

having a small magsafe powerbank might also be a good move for me

seems much more practical when still using the phone

[rough osprey]

not da rgb ...

razer gonna buy them

[unkempt lake]

Its been practical for times where i had to leave the house in a hurry

[sharp badger]

https://sharge.com/products/carbonmag-10k Get the Carbon then

[unkempt lake]

I plop this on my phone and leave

[rough osprey]

hm do people buy used powerbanks

i got 3 rn

😬

[sharp badger]

Probably somebody

[leaden kiln]

3 pipebombs

[sharp badger]

Powerbanks do have their use case but with PD chargers it's just kinda eh

[rough osprey]

i have one that gets like super hot when charging

but its also super small

[leaden kiln]

I got new iems on black friday but chifi shipping always has to be so slow 😔

[marble sorrel]

Did you see the benchmarks of the amd new gpu? 8800 I believe it is same as 7900xtx but better raytracing so pretty much a 4080 for approximatly 5-600 euros. So half the cost of what nvidia asks

I am also planning on buying a new PC, but definetly wait till January because if the rumors are right amd's release of its gpus will be fire price wise and perhaps will sway nvidia to lower their prices (probably not lol)

A man can dream though

[haughty vector]

it does look pretty good

[sharp badger]

Which ones?

[leaden kiln]

KE4

[haughty vector]

early next year is a very good time to build a new pc

[marble sorrel]

Yeh a 7900xtx with 45% better raytracing and way less power consumption too

[sharp badger]

Nice

[leaden kiln]

Only want something that fits
I really hope they do

[marble sorrel]

100% Wait because the rumored price is awesome

[haughty vector]

too bad i dont use ray tracing at all

[sharp badger]

Yeah that just sucks with getting IEMs

[marble sorrel]

Still, nontheless than amd would definetly be better for you than nvidia\

Unless you stream/edit

[rough osprey]

intel 😄

[marble sorrel]

Ive been planning and saving to buy a pc for a while now.
I got a 1080ti and a ryzen 7 2700x and Ive just not pulled the trigger because im waiting till january

[leaden kiln]

Yeah I think my ears are just bad, but anything that uses exclusively the eartip to stay in just never works well for me

[haughty vector]

i would wait but tbh most of my time playing will be in the next month and then it will fall off because of school

[marble sorrel]

Their new gpus are supposed to be quite good to for the price yh

[sharp badger]

🕵️

[marble sorrel]

What do you play and do on PC?

[haughty vector]

play comp games like cs2, val, overwatch, apex, might get back into fortnite and i stream sometimes for my friends to watch

[sharp badger]

Yeah had some KZ IEMs which just didn't want to stay in my ears which sucked

[marble sorrel]

Like what range/price range are you looking foir, also whats ur cpu no point in buying an expensive gpu if the cpu you own bottlenecks it

[marble sorrel]

Then definetly amd should be good enough man

I would recommend waiting for their new gpu line but if you cant wait I would suggest getting the 7900xt instead of xtx since the price difference is quite large

At least in the netherlands it is, im not sure if it is for you

[marble sorrel]

Ive been waiting for lik0e 6months man, my motherboard died recently and psu went out last year. This pc is likle7 years old so i hope it keeps going for the final strech

My gpu is still quite good tbh 1080ti goated but 16gbddr4 + ryzen 7 2700x is a pain in the ass especially when running multiple larger docker imgs

[sharp badger]

Yeah sounds like you need a new PC lol

[leaden kiln]

I hope next gen is good but I'm still eyeing an xtx, those 24GB 🤤

[marble sorrel]

Fairrr, 24gb for 1k is a really good deal

[ashen spindle]

there are no benchmarks yet and prices are never known before

[marble sorrel]

Yh man, its been slowly dying on me

[marble sorrel]

Yh they are rumors/leaks

[ashen spindle]

and price rumours are always educated guesses at best

[marble sorrel]

I accidentally used the term benchmarks\

my bad

[ashen spindle]

ah I see

[marble sorrel]

Very true, ive seen a relatively reliable source though so I feel like it is quite accurate

[ashen spindle]

nope

[marble sorrel]

Still I would recommend waiting till jan before buying

[ashen spindle]

prices are something only people high up in the chain even know at this point there is nearly no chance that being leaked anywhere

[sharp badger]

Hmm, Jimm's don't have any 4090 anymore?

[astral haven]

insiders at amd themselves got things super wrong for 6000 series, and current 8000 rumors are much less than that

[astral haven]

they stopped making them a decent bit ago

[ashen spindle]

rtx 20 series was famously changed in price by jensen at the event

[marble sorrel]

Prices are indeed very variable I was relating to the 45% raytracing increase and less power

[sharp badger]

Ah ok

[marble sorrel]

We will see what happens in jan \

[astral haven]

yea but depending on how you benchmark, amd raytracing is between 10% and 3000% slower than nvidia

[marble sorrel]

But I think anyways it wont be too smart to buy a gpu now

unless you find a good buy

[marble sorrel]

Fair

it was said as a 45% increase on the 7900xtx

But who knows it can all be a load of crap at the end of the day

[ashen spindle]

that number likely is just from the ps5 pro numbers as that is likely using rdna4 RT ip

[marble sorrel]

I believe indeed that was part of the rumor/assumption

I am expecting the gpu not be too expensive especially since they were planning on targeting mid-tier gpus\

But we will see maybe nvidia will make mid-tier cost 1500 euros if they charge 3k for the 5090 lol

[cursive summit]

Apparently Intel's XeSS-FG (and LL) has leaked ahead of time https://www.mediafire.com/folder/ajsk8k2n4aq2u/GPU+DLLs#0375xd0hrl5kh

How would you even implement this if no game even supports this feature

You'd need engine level access which to my knowledge virtually no game ever provides

[unkempt lake]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xbvxohT032E

[cursive summit]

I saw a lot of RTX 4060 users being unhappy with "poor optimization"

More like, how about Nvidia should stop scamming people with 8GBs of VRAM and default to 12

We take any Nvidia L's we can get

[unkempt lake]

its insanely well optimized

4060 users shoulda paid a little more for a gpu with more than 8gb

They didn't think

[cursive summit]

It plays well on cards with 10GBs or above at FHD, 12 at QHD

It's just Nvidia are assholes with their 8GB models

[rain quiver]

No its not insanely well optimized if you need a 4080 super to get 60 fps at 1440p