🔌│tech

[reef badge]

ur the goat

[gentle osprey]

https://wccftech.com/lg-showcases-multiple-primary-rgb-tandem-based-displays-at-coex/

https://wccftech.com/battlefield-6-runs-at-300-fps-with-ryzen-9800x3drtx-5080-combo-but-reportedly-suffers-nearly-33-loss-with-intel-core-i9-14900k/

[wheat plume]

Wait wait
An actually well optimised modern AAA game??!!!

[lyric hatch]

I was checking out the iPad pro in store the other day damn that screen is nice

[gentle osprey]

Yeah runs pretty good

[lyric hatch]

Tandem OLED is

[gentle osprey]

Yeah I bet, I look forward to the 5k2k one, once Monitors Unboxed reviews it

[lyric hatch]

Kinda made we want to get one, maybe one day

[distant tapir]

I'd luv a 34 inch 5k2k monitor

[nimble arch]

Waiting for the TVs to finally reach 4K 240Hz

Probably just in time for HDMI 2.2

[gentle osprey]

They showcased 3 offerings so far

I want this one possibly

[distant tapir]

delivering the highest resolution on an OLED panel
Dementia

1080p instead of 720p

[vapid ruin]

1080p 720hz going to be insane

just a few more step before 1000hz

[distant tapir]

1 000 Hz oleds within 2 years for sure

[vapid ruin]

ahh, just in time for 2he refresh

[lyric hatch]

Surely we can fit in another TKL refresh before we get one of those

[rough osprey]

it is 720p...

that full hd gonna look ass

[vapid ruin]

1366x768

you'll buy it, you'll love it

[rough osprey]

will it only use 1080p resolution of the 1440p panel (very small) or use non integer scaling which will look bad

this gen kinda a mid update anyway

where gen 5

[distant tapir]

Wait for CES

[rough osprey]

man i love ai google

asking when next ces is

january 2025

ty

dumb ahh hell

[umbral heron]

https://tenor.com/view/thanos-reality-reality-can-be-whatever-i-want-infinity-gantlet-avengers-end-game-gif-13852128

[rough osprey]

have there been any mentions of bfi

got any links

[umbral heron]

No fucking way
We blocked our cybersec team email - Outlook classifies it as phishing address - again

[young bough]

Lets be real who gonna benefit from this besides esports pros

Not only that you gotta run the game at 1000fps

[vapid ruin]

you can say the same thing about 8khz keyboard and 0.001mm RT. But either way, it's fun to see number go up.

[rough osprey]

the jump to 480 was pretty obvious

[vapid ruin]

6090 10950x3d setup with 1000hz monitor could be lit

[rough osprey]

we not in cope amount yet

[umbral heron]

Literally - it'd need well over 1000W
But if it's 2 CCD again then 10800X3D rule the world

I'm hoping for high-end UDNA
Please AMD, gib good Radeon

[rough osprey]

i think we will get the pc parts faster then a normal resolution monitor at that refresh rate

[vapid ruin]

10900XTX + 10999X3D

[rough osprey]

so the monitors will probably just get half refresh rate with bfi

if they not even talking about

maybe the qd oleds make a bigger jump

[lunar elm]

finally something to challenge the chads with 9800x3d 5090 builds in silver

[umbral heron]

v5 is a success

[rough osprey]

going from 240Hz->480Hz and 360Hz -> 500Hz (520Hz) to now only 480Hz -> 540Hz is kinda sad

[lunar elm]

moores law

4k 360hz when

i wanna see myself get shit on in 4k 360hz

[rough osprey]

we already got 240Hz with bfi tho

[umbral heron]

Does it really matter if all games nowadays have TAA?

[rough osprey]

😭

[umbral heron]

I already have sysadmin socks

[rough osprey]

its too warm for socks

[umbral heron]

It's a cost of grindset

I have like 10 pairs already

you got one the other day

[reef patrol]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ltgyS8oJC8g

Oh boy. Actually not clickbait 😄

But I called it - These bans don't have any real effect. People will find ways to get cards in.

[digital cliff]

cleaned up nicely

paid like 40-50€ for this or so

yeah this is like 500€ new lmao

no, just general purpose cleaner and water on a rag + IPA for the really stubborn stuff

[reef patrol]

Ah that's some real Chinese craftsmanship. Taking defective GPUs and reworking others with more RAM that is import legal 😄

Can't wait for their "full length movie" documentary about this. Gonna be juicy.

[old marlin]

The increased ram amount has nothing to do with legality

The die itself is banned

[reef patrol]

Details details.

If you can't buy a retail card with that much VRAM, it's "banned" in the practical sense - unless you're willing to go off-path.

[ashen spindle]

Uhh not quite there are workstation cars with the same die as desktop cars with double the vram

[old marlin]

The cards are banned by US sanctions not nvidia

[reef patrol]

Yes? Did anyone claim otherwise.

[old marlin]

That makes it sound like that

[reef patrol]

It really doesn't.

[old marlin]

Us sanctions don't care about vram amount

[reef patrol]

Doesn't make those specific cards any less illegal to import.

[old marlin]

But also not more

The mods are also done post "import"

[reef patrol]

🤝

[umbral heron]

v5 was a failure - the thread broke as I was screwing in the filter
v6 time... ordered aluminium one

[digital cliff]

yeah I thought it would not work, lens threads are tiny and the tolerances involved miniscule

[umbral heron]

Oh nonono, thread worked amazingly, lens side screws in buttery smooth
Problem is that 77mm became like 77.6mm after print because of cooling and that was enough to break it
And I can't scale it because 77mm on filter means it will be loose on lens and sheesh...

[digital cliff]

yes so tolerances involved are too small for printer to reliably replicate

[young bough]

https://tenor.com/view/two-people-laughing-on-table-laugh-laughing-lol-gif-3006610283817764608

[digital cliff]

.1 in one direction means it won't screw on or it falls through like a basketball through a hoop

[umbral heron]

If I'd modify stl model I could do that
But I spent 2 days on it already, so I'd rather just order one for 3€

[digital cliff]

for sure

[umbral heron]

NOI

nooooo

I don't want GRUB again...

[nimble arch]

Just don't use old hardware

Subscribe for more tech tips

[umbral heron]

I will make that Thinkpad I paid 4€ for work

I won't be playing with Libreboot, fwack no

You mean limine

I'll try it on the next one then
GRUB be already here, just needed to replace x86_64 with i386 and is happy

Nope, 64
GRUB just wants i386 for BIOS

But i forgot to change gpt to mbr

https://tenor.com/view/roller-coaster-under-the-sea-we-spongebob-patrick-gif-11296926851510580527

[umbral heron]

It's alive

This bad boy can fit so many DOS games
Also the Windows SSD I wiped yesterday found new home

[nimble arch]

I prefer to take my e-waste to the local recycling centre but I suppose Arch Linux does the job

[reef patrol]

Don't forget to install the MT-32 emulator for that super high end sound.

[unkempt lake]

If there's a will there's a way

Every time of banned/illegal good has a black market

[iron wave]

You can chainload.

[pale sigil]

The nipple is overrated

Sorry but it just is

[digital cliff]

nobody is forcing you to use it

[umbral heron]

I like it

[silver egret]

like a week ago maybe a bit more i was averaging around 30 ping in fortnite creative but suddenly average ping spiked to 40+ and hasnt gone down since. any recccomendations on what to do? i was thinking of maybe resetting the pc

[reef patrol]

This again? 10ping difference is meaningless and could be literally anything outside of your house.

[silver egret]

ik but thought time was the only fix and still hasnt gone down

and 10 ping is not meaningless

[steady sail]

u cant really do anything about it

live with it

[silver egret]

maybe yea but i might have hidden malware that could be causing this which makes me consider a factory reset

[steady sail]

no

[umbral heron]

99% that's servers' fault

[steady sail]

tbh its summer break soo more kids plays

[vagrant pagoda]

if you areant already a profressional gamer, there is zero shot you can actually tell 10ms difference

and even if you were, it wouldnt matter enough to care

[scarlet stone]

Guys not sure where to ask, just changed to 32" dual mode oled monitor from 34" and my cs2 shows up like this. How to fix?

[steady sail]

alt enter

[scarlet stone]

It doesn't do anything 😭

The mouse cursors does not align with the in-game pointer as well

Can't change the in-game settings like this lol

[steady sail]

try this

[scarlet stone]

It doesn't work and just shows black screen upon launching now 🥲

[steady sail]

..\steam\userdata<<yourSTEAMID>>\730\local\cfg try change it there

if u cant just uninstall the game and reinstall it

[scarlet stone]

are you referring to config.cfg file?

[steady sail]

yea

[scarlet stone]

like type -h 1920 -w 1080 directly in the file?

does the number there matter?

[steady sail]

idk

im not really playing cs

[scarlet stone]

lol okay, thanks for answering!

[steady sail]

i mean did u tried reinstalling the game

[scarlet stone]

No actually it seems to be working now. I input -h 1920 -w 1080 -refresh 480 in the launch option

But what to put there if I wanna try playing in 4K?

[steady sail]

i think if u change ur resulotion to 4k u can just change the res in the settings

[young bough]

Are you playing cs on a 32 inch monitor? @scarlet stone

[scarlet stone]

Yes first time. Just recently changed to this 32" monitor

[silver ocean]

Do you have any monitor recommendations? I mainly play Valorant.

[gusty kiln]

Are you a turbo sweat for valorant and don't play any other games? Also budget?

[scarlet stone]

for budget and non-oled, i highly recommend MSI G274QPX

[lunar elm]

clearly need a $1000 540hz zowie TN panel

[steady sail]

i would pick a 240hz Oled or a 360Hz IPS monitor instead of any TN panel

[leaden kiln]

I'm still using TN from 2016 👴 got it from my friend for $15
I was thinking I should get a new monitor but I've never gotten around to it

I didn't buy it in 2016 but I think it was made then
1080p60 and it won't overclock even a single Hz

🚬

[bright briar]

more like a nipple

the clit wouldnt be so high up forg

https://tenor.com/view/cat-kitten-handshake-deal-agree-gif-7134721403924803840

[nimble arch]

I remember telling some colleagues about how trackpoints on ThinkPads are often called a nipple on the internet.

[young bough]

Holy eye fatigue

I thought going from 24 inch to 27 was crazy in general let alone cs

[steady sail]

I had worse eye fatigue on 24" than on my 27"

much more better for my eyes than my 24"

[nimble arch]

I don't think I could game on smaller displays at this point

At least in terms of width

That would require switching from 42" 4K to a 21:9 of some kind

[steady sail]

im gonna stick to 16:9

im not into 21:9 ratio

[nimble arch]

I quite liked the 21:9 mode that Death Stranding: Director's Cut has on the PS5

If it's well implemented into a story game, it's a great way to enjoy them.

Huge if

Most games don't do a good job of it

[steady sail]

most games that i play on pc are not great on 21:9

but that just me

i dont like the look of UW monitor

[nimble arch]

I'm more excited by future TVs than any future monitor at this point

Although I'm wanting to build a home theatre setup of some kind in the next year or two

[silver ocean]

Just play Valorant and probably $500

I have a 240hz monitor but the response time is 4ms…..

[gusty kiln]

maybe you can find a PG27AQN for 500

[silver ocean]

I was looking at Alienware 25 Gaming Monitor AW2523HF

Or a ViewSonic XG2736-2K 27 Inch 1440p IPS Gaming Monitor with 240Hz

[gusty kiln]

you can probably wait and get a 360hz oled for 500

a lot of them are hovering around 600

[silver ocean]

Alienware AW2725DF OLED Gaming Monitor - 26.7-inch Quantom-Dot WQHD (2560x1440) 360Hz 0.03Ms

Yah this one is around 699

I’ll keep an eye out

[young bough]

rly? hmm maybe my eyes are just used to smaller screens

[young bough]

goddamn

4ms? when i thought most monitors are like 1ms or under nowadays

[silver ocean]

I got this one like 3 years ago

I just found out too

[young bough]

i bought my monitor thinking its true 260hz but turns out its 240hz overclockable to 260

but response time goes kaka so 240hz is enough

[distant tapir]

LCD monitors with strobing still have the highest amount of motion clarity sadly, beating any oled monitor. But at least it means they are not totally meaningless to buy now

[young bough]

overall love the monitor tho only 250 euros but insane difference compared to previous monitor

TN panel are fast yea but its so ass even for cs

i play better on IPS

[distant tapir]

Sadly not implemented in any oled monitors yet

[gusty kiln]

I'm personally waiting for a well implemented dual mode IPS

[rough osprey]

good luck

[distant tapir]

When oleds can have good (1 ~ 2 ms persistence) motion clarity at 60 fps is when I'll get one

[rough osprey]

what is u even doing

[gusty kiln]

yeah unfortunately most of them don't even use integer scaling

[distant tapir]

Using a monitor with better motion clarity than any oled on the market

[rough osprey]

what is u doing on your pc

[distant tapir]

Nothing. The CPU died so it is currently not usable

[rough osprey]

whats your usual thing that you want good performance at 60hz

[distant tapir]

It's so that I can get satisfying motion clarity and smoothness at modern games where I won't be able to reach 240+ frames, and it's for the plenty of older games I play that cannot go above 60 fps due to engine personalities

[scarlet stone]

What monitor are you using? I used to play cs2 in 34" lol. When switching to 24" i feel everything is too cramped and can never get back to that size

[rough osprey]

so retro gaming basically

[distant tapir]

Do you count games like ||Elden Ring|| as retro? Well I guess they are. But no not only retro

[young bough]

https://aoc.com/us/gaming/products/monitors/q27g4zr

[rough osprey]

for the second part of the message

[scarlet stone]

I just tried the 32" woled, the low brightness is really a big deal. Everything looks so dim

[young bough]

250 euros

thing is im really a fps guy and i just wanna focus on the middle of the screen then move my eyes to the sides to react quickly you know

so now ive tried 27 inch this is basically the max, anything over and my eyes gotta work overdrive lol imma be blind by 30

if you a casual cod,battlefield, single player person then yea 30-32 inch is fine

i just wouldnt recommend it for competitive games

[gusty kiln]

qdel is getting closer and closer

TCL got a laptop screen prototype atm

[scarlet stone]

Nah, you just have a wider field of view, which is actually an advantage rather than distraction

[marsh glade]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ltgyS8oJC8g
Full length Gamer's Nexus movie coming out next week 😄

[reef patrol]

Oi! We already had a rant about that earlier 😄

[marsh glade]

Thanks ChatGPT

[vapid ruin]

modified GPU with more vram is nice for AI

Vram is what matters for AI if it's big, so it make sense why they would add more

besides, I kinda want one. 5090 96GB of vram for $6k more than 5090 MSRP is soo nice compared to the workstation class nvidia card

[reef patrol]

SassyGPT

[rough osprey]

yall dont need a 6k gpu for Ai, just open chatgpt on yall phone 😅

[vapid ruin]

not soo much if you value privacy/forced to show your ID to use chatGPT

With your own GPU, you can run your own AI while being completely disconnected from the internet

[rough osprey]

privacy aint real

ty

for you i do it

[nimble arch]

What's stopping the AI companies putting the offline model downloads behind an ID check anyway?

[vapid ruin]

also local AI is nice if you just want something that wont disappear out of the blue. Like how people like GPT4O more than GPT5 but it's gone because OAI want to consolidate

[vapid ruin]

reuploaders

You can find quanted version of gated model

I call that 'tuned with the big model's output'

[wheat plume]

wait wtf I thoughth she switched to Fedora, right??

[wheat plume]

xd the video for context https://youtu.be/YboUDX6r-Tg

i know xd

but its a pain to do that even on seperate drives

[crimson wigeon]

Yeah people seriously exaggerate

Or I'm just lucky and it's a loud minority having problems

[wheat plume]

its fine and dandy until a major release of Windows comes along and breaks your GRUB bootloader

[crimson wigeon]

Currently dual booting bazzite and Windows 11 on a steam deck of all things

No problems except for the deck UEFI always wanting to boot windows if it sees it

UEFI has been the default since Windows 8, if you're still legacy booting that's on you for having vintage hardware

[wheat plume]

ryzen 5 3600 and gtx 1660 is vintage?

[crimson wigeon]

Why would you legacy boot with that?

[wheat plume]

I dont think I do

[nimble arch]

Isn't GRUB still the default bootloader on certain mjaor distributions?

Y'know, the ones normal people use because they're mainstream enough to have some brand recognition.

Counter point but many of these people wouldn't use Linux in the first place if Ubuntu or w/e only supported UEFI boot.

[ashen spindle]

huh why would that deter people

[nimble arch]

Linux was, maybe still is, the choice for many to "breathe new life" into a PC that Microsoft will no longer officially support.

[ashen spindle]

no I mean why would only supporting uefi boot deter people

[unkempt lake]

people are too lazy to disable csm in their bios and press eufi

imagine putting in the effort to run linux but being too lazy to do it properly

[unkempt lake]

i dont get it tbh like

just do shit properly if you're gonna put in the effort

[nimble arch]

It was more a thing for when XP and 7 support ended... but I suppose there's probably still just enough people that are still using hardware doesn't support UEFI boot... or certain systems with a 32-bit UEFI (ASUS had a few of these).

[ashen spindle]

theres like a vocal handful of people that complain about havin to turn on secure boot for BF6, if thats already only a few people, then UEFI loader-only for linux isnt going to deter anyone

[unkempt lake]

The complaining is mostly about having to do it in bios

had to do it on nico's rig that was up to date bios wise cuz apparently that wasn't on by default on his msi board

[nimble arch]

UEFI Boot and Secure Boot should be the default for anything with Windows 11 shipped officially anyway

[gentle osprey]

I feel bad for technically illiterate people having to turn on Secure Boot lol, some guy told me it took him 2 hours of messing with his BIOS

[ashen spindle]

yes hence the comment that that isnt going to deter anyone from using linux if grub was out of the picture

[nimble arch]

Plus pretty much eveyr major OEM released UEFI updates to enable this by default on older but still officially supported platforms as well

Pretty sure it was mandatory in the Windows 10 days for OEMs at well... at least in the laptop space.

[gentle osprey]

Yeah it’s on by default for most nowadays

[minor citrus]

I knew what I was doing, but turning it on took me quite a few attempts too with my gigabyte board.

[unkempt lake]

yeah some older hardware like msi's z390s boards even with an updated bios are set to CSM + no secure boot

[gentle osprey]

Yeah

[unkempt lake]

but most new stuff is welp on by default

[gentle osprey]

[gentle osprey]

Fair enough

[unkempt lake]

i hate gigabyte's bios

makes me want to blow my brains out

genuinely a piece of shit

they hire monkeys as ui designers

or some shit

[nimble arch]

I'd argue that you probably shouldn't have the option to disable UEFI and/or Secure Boot in 2025. It's not like multiple major distributions don't have a signed bootloader at this point.

[minor citrus]

they had a search, but it only shows you the toggles, not where they're hidden somehow

[nimble arch]

Would also force NVIDIA to finally get their shit together on Linux.

[unkempt lake]

everything is in a dumb sub menu

i hate it

[minor citrus]

so if you need an option toggled that belongs to something else, good luck finding it

[unkempt lake]

i just wish every company made their bios the way msi does theirs

[gentle osprey]

Yeah I’m used to MSI or ASUS bios

[unkempt lake]

oh god dont remind me

also the font they use is ass

[crimson wigeon]

Yeah my kernel is tainted cause I don't bother signing the modules

[unkempt lake]

the font they use on asrock boards is like

https://tenor.com/view/reaction-my-eyes-cant-unsee-burn-gif-7225082

[fair gull]

i see you missed the list of things not to do. clearly outlines to stop using grub

[unkempt lake]

Stop being lazy and set up your shit properly

We told you how to "fix" this

You gotta apply it now

[fair gull]

i mean its not "fix" its an actual fix

[unkempt lake]

XD

[fair gull]

its just dont use outdated shit

[unkempt lake]

True

[fair gull]

Trye indeed

[unkempt lake]

im having a stroke

send help

[fair gull]

sending yelp rn

[unkempt lake]

Why do people have such a... unhealthy attachment to AI

[steady sail]

the only AI that i have some attachment is Neuro

but even with Neuro Evil has more of my attachment

[marsh glade]

I saw an interview with Sam Altman the other day where he commented on people forming attachments with ChatGPT and what it means to them that the "make the user feel good about themselves" setting was dialed back. He noted seeing a testimony from someone who lamented that they had nobody in their life giving them affirmations and support. He made sure to qualify the statement by saying that turning down the setting was the right choice, but it does go to show that you can never know the life someone lives, what struggles they have, and where they can find joy.

[gentle osprey]

Sorry to interrupt but my guy using a pack of gum to hold his GPU up lol

[steady sail]

if it works it works

[ashen spindle]

I'm using chopsticks to support my 4090

[marsh glade]

What, truly, is more sad or worse? Having a ChatGPT AI be your best and only friend? Or having nobody?

[gentle osprey]

I respect that more than the gum lol

[ashen spindle]

also the right most red arrow, you want to flip that to an intake ideally

[gentle osprey]

I think I’d rather have nobody

Cause I got me

https://tenor.com/view/transcend-gif-22175938

[marsh glade]

Viktor 😍

[ashen spindle]

https://faqs.noctua.at/en/support/solutions/articles/101000530852-airflow-guide-weiterführende-schritte

[gentle osprey]

I told him the same thing

[ashen spindle]

heh

[marsh glade]

I don't know that there's a right answer to this. One might argue that having nobody could be the push someone needs to find real human connection, that by providing a placebo in the form of AI deprives that person of the opportunity to form that connection. Or one could argue that to minimize that person's suffering, having a shell of a relationship with a bot is better than none at all.

[gentle osprey]

His CPU was hitting 90+ in CP2077

7600X

[reef patrol]

Just Aymdee thing

[gentle osprey]

Yeah I could understand both sides, but I’d lean more on the being alone and learning who you are and being comfortable with yourself , meditate in a cave and achieve transcendence

[marsh glade]

Transcend or die

[gentle osprey]

[distant tapir]

I have been tempted to get a Fractal Define 7 case for my PC

[unkempt lake]

I hope there's no gum in it

As a kid i once spat a gum out of my dad's truck's window

And the piece of gum stuck itself to the car because of the wind

Was a heatwave day and that side of the car the sun was hitting straight on

The gum just kinda... liquefied and made this giant trail of goop

And then it hardened

Was so fucking hard to get off i remember my dad making me scrub the fuck out of it and it was doing nothing

[unkempt lake]

start by making your pc work

again

[gentle osprey]

I feel like there probably is, because I feel like the empty package wouldn't hold the gpu up

[unkempt lake]

https://tenor.com/view/cat-scared-gif-27466237

[distant tapir]

I will

But if I found out the motherboard is the problem and not the CPU, I will just buy a new case and motherboard

I have sent the CPU in for warranty btw

[unkempt lake]

Remember to update your bios asap when you get it back

thanks assrock

[distant tapir]

I will. I have the latest update on a memorypen already ready to go

[unkempt lake]

There have been cases where both die

But generally just the cpu

[distant tapir]

Let's pray that isn't the case

If I have to get a new motherboard idk what to pick

Ideally a cheap one that isn't Assrock

[ashen spindle]

idk take whatever, update bios, dont enable xmp, all good

[distant tapir]

Don't enable XMP? Why?

[ashen spindle]

doesnt do much with x3d cpus, makes it so your idle powerdraw is quite a bit higher and seems to be the reason for most of the asrock issues so could also be just in general the problem

[unkempt lake]

Msi in canada is genuinely awesome

Gave me a free out of warranty replacement despite being out of warranty by 3.5 months on a motherboard

And they reimbursed the shipping cost

[distant tapir]

I had my CPU running at stock. I think I enabled a preset for my ram to make it run at advertised speeds

[unkempt lake]

By msi?

Damn

Msi australia be poopy

[ashen spindle]

yeah enabling XMP changes the voltages since you are pushing the ram out of jedec spec into the advertised speeds

[unkempt lake]

Msi canada was like

Painless just send the board to their facility in Ontario (also one of the only manufacturers to actually have a facility in canada)

A few days later boom free board

[ashen spindle]

usually not an issue not its not confirmed but it seemed that most or many of the people having issues wiht asrock had it enabled so hard to say if that alone caused the problems

[unkempt lake]

Technically it should be fixed so i'd use it

[distant tapir]

I'm not sure how much slower it is without enabling it. My ram is 6 000 mHz

[unkempt lake]

It would be slower but it also depends on what you do

[ashen spindle]

it still not really doing much more for x3d and it increases your idle draw so I'm still not using it

[unkempt lake]

I paid for 6000mhz i'm gonna use 6000mhz

If i hadn't planned on doing so i wouldn't have bought a 6000 kit

[ashen spindle]

cool I will pay less due to less powerdraw and less room heat and wont ever have crashes from it

[unkempt lake]

Powerdraw costs are whatever for me

And crash wise? Just do proper stability testing xD

[ashen spindle]

well you said you paid for it so costs must matter

how would testing change anything

[unkempt lake]

To know if you're actually stable

And don't just seem stable

[distant tapir]

I don't pay for electricity so that's a plus. I could run 50 5090s here without extra costs (though I assume I'd be thrown out)

[ashen spindle]

and if I'm not? and what test would even cover all the cases

also here is one of the biggest differences for ram speed and it still does like nothing for vcache cpus

[distant tapir]

Is the slower one without overclock?

[ashen spindle]

it shows the ramspeed on the left

the slower ones are stock jedec the others are xmp enabled

[distant tapir]

Ah okay so they are stock. Not a big deal true

[gentle osprey]

Yeah it really just raises 1% lows

[unkempt lake]

I will say at my resolution it is really a nothing burger

[ashen spindle]

cs2 example where you are more cpu bound

[unkempt lake]

Fps wise

[distant tapir]

4k?

[unkempt lake]

Hell my 7800x3d is just snoozing most of the time

[gentle osprey]

I use 6000 cl30

[unkempt lake]

5120x1440

[gentle osprey]

But I understand Quins point

[unkempt lake]

Basically 4k

[unkempt lake]

I do get it but i also think there's a valid reason to turn it on especially if you already bought the ram

If i didn't want to turn on expo or even do manual memory oc, i just would have bought bottom of the barrel ram instead of getting a 6000 kit

[ashen spindle]

how would I test btw, anything I threw at it worked until I played Deadlock, that would crash from xmp and nothing else

its not about the dram its that the IOD on am5 cant go into low power states when you run xmp so the cpu idles higher

[unkempt lake]

Y cruncher @ashen spindle

[ashen spindle]

y cruncher didnt break it

[unkempt lake]

Hci memtest

?

[ashen spindle]

im not going to try every single test under the sun to then still have something slip by

[unkempt lake]

I generally run like 3

[ashen spindle]

there isnt a single reliable way to test it for certain

y cruncher worked, 3dmark worked, games worked, furmark worked, up till I played one game where it didnt work

[vagrant pagoda]

linpack or bust

[wooden steeple]

You did the reliable test and it worked in everything but deadlock which i would point at being a game specific optimization problem at that point and report it to deadlock or whatever company but there's a difference between tuning for one specific game and well generalized so if deadlock is the only game that matters for you yeah do whatever works. One game doesn't really make your tests invalid though.

Do you have any other examples?

[ashen spindle]

a game specific optimizaiton cant crash your driver if it works without overclcoked memory

that just means it hits it in a way that others dont and clearly its not stable then

but clearly its not stable for everything then so might as well keep it at jedec if that also saves me powerdraw and costs me like 1% fps at best

[wooden steeple]

I'm just saying I've seen the game crash both XMP on and off so I'm not entirely convinced it's specifically that

[ashen spindle]

it was crashing the driver due to memory instability and only when xmp was on so its been quite a obvious repeatable result

[wooden steeple]

That would make sense if it didnt also crash with it off but hey whatever I'm not gonna argue with you.

[ashen spindle]

well it didnt for me

[iron wave]

Thoughts on

package lang.primitive;

public final class U64 {
    public static final u64 MIN_VALUE = 0x0000000000000000;
    public static final u64 MAX_VALUE = 0xFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFF;
    public static final u32 SIZE = 8;

    public static string toString(u64 value) {
        return value.toString(10);
    }

    public static string toString(u64 value, int base) {
        ...
    }

    public static Result<u64> fromString(string value) {
        return fromString(value, 10);
    }

    public static Result<u64> fromString(string value, int base) {
        ...
    }
}

?

?

I mean, it would have primitives this is just other stuff so you can do things like assert(0xDEADBEEFu64.toString(16).equals("0xDEADBEEF")) and it compiles to assert(String.equals(U64.toString(0xDEADBEEF, 16), "0xDEADBEEF")) .

[plush stirrup]

why does MSI show your IP in their footer 🥲

[halcyon moss]

It's weird, but doesn't really matter?

[young bough]

They are threatening you

[lunar elm]

threatens in binary

[wheat plume]

........... Wtf bs you gonna say now?

[umbral heron]

Eh, just talks about enshittification and that changing avatar is a cool idea

[ashen spindle]

idk if thats the thought I'd have about a video I wouldnt post it, wouldnt watch it and just move on with life

[umbral heron]

Some people just like drama

[reef patrol]

Which one?

Also at least have the fucking decency to link the video, if you're going to start drama.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TBiFGhnXsh8
Here's something infinitely more interesting in comparison.

How to make a save icon from scratch, and put stuff on it.

[gentle osprey]

https://tenor.com/view/steve-harvey-gif-18261896

[umbral heron]

somebody went too much monke

[rough osprey]

what the

[thick elk]

Well worth the watch

[umbral heron]

NO WAY
LibreOffice actually gets a UX dev

https://blog.documentfoundation.org/blog/2025/08/07/join-the-libreoffice-team-as-a-paid-developer-focusing-on-ui-with-initial-emphasis-on-macos-preferably-full-time-remote-m-f-d/

[ashen spindle]

its impressive how I saw the picture first and instantly thought thats gotta be some linux and/or FOSS project

[fair gull]

its because they look like any other linux/foss projects team

[ashen spindle]

but uh

Very good C++ development skills
yeah that means 99.9% of UX people are out

[vagrant pagoda]

And the hair isn't long enough for GNU

[thick elk]

I think it's more the way the photo is taken, out on some meetup territory, I think teams like that are not entirely uncommon in it.

[pale sigil]

@fair gull https://youtube.com/shorts/yZB1DLndlaY

This hurt to watch

[gusty kiln]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1jKmxZ4sLkM&

5800X3D still holding on

[pale sigil]

Ye haha

I really regret not getting one

The second hand market has taken the piss too

[gusty kiln]

shame I can't max out my monitor, but 150ish fps at 1440p will do

[gusty kiln]

not even a 5700X3D?

[pale sigil]

Again, they take the piss lol

I just can't justify it

[gusty kiln]

how much? like 250?

[pale sigil]

Around 200

5800x3d 250-280

At least, going off eBay sold prices

[gusty kiln]

ah

I bought mine at launch 450 USD

[warm ore]

mine was quite pricey, but was too interested to play with it at the time

[unkempt lake]

@pale sigil it doesn't matter tho since you're not upgrading your gpu

And don't actually play enough games tbh

[plush stirrup]

Imagine ram being stable on amd :3

[unkempt lake]

Run jedec then

[gusty kiln]

I'm pretty comfty with my 5800X3D and 32GB of 3200CL14

[warm ore]

It was quite stable on this chip, atleast the only B-die set i got for it was

[unkempt lake]

Your imc isnt guaranteed to handle the ram speeds

[gusty kiln]

B-die is bae

[plush stirrup]

Even that caused issues remember xD

[gusty kiln]

what are you trying to do?

[unkempt lake]

With the first kit yeah

[unkempt lake]

use his computer

But the man is also cursed tbh

[gusty kiln]

yeah like what CPU and ram speed kits?

[unkempt lake]

The rma king

[unkempt lake]

I think he got a 9950x3d and he was struggling to run 5600 cl 46

Dont remember the capacity

[gusty kiln]

rip, maybe mobo?

[unkempt lake]

or imc

[unkempt lake]

@plush stirrup

Hold up

I swear if you haven't reinstalled windows yet

And are complaining about ram

After going from intel to amd

Did you do it

[plush stirrup]

Why would windows make me get stuck on reboot :3

[unkempt lake]

I told you to weeks ago

[unkempt lake]

Memory context restore

Turn it on

You had turned it off while troubleshooting

I give you suggestions but you ignore them...

[plush stirrup]

I mean memory context restore would in my eyes make it even more unstable

[warm ore]

This set

[unkempt lake]

ugh

[plush stirrup]

This one only has 4800MHz JEDEC

[unkempt lake]

fine then figure it out on your own

Im convinced its just that this time

[plush stirrup]

That was my old kit yes, now CL35

[plush stirrup]

CL36 damn keyboard

[gusty kiln]

A-die?

[plush stirrup]

But memory context restore remembers it from when it did memory training right, I don't mind waiting for it to boot, but it could possibly boot, but wouldn't eliminate the root cause of the issue I'd say

And at this price I'd rather have the root cause eliminated 😅

[plush stirrup]

Samsung something 1sec

Samsung M chipset according to MSI

[pale sigil]

i would benefit greatly in bf6 rn

My CPU crying

[unkempt lake]

Not really

Anyhow you're not buying it

[pale sigil]

yes mom

[unkempt lake]

Nice blurry screenshot

[pale sigil]

i can see it fine

[unkempt lake]

But seriously even the 9700k is handling battlefield fine

[pale sigil]

its impossibe for me to get above 100

i drop to 60 in chaotic moments

on low

[unkempt lake]

tmw nico gets better fps than you

lmao

[pale sigil]

tbh

[gusty kiln]

some people say having the EA overlay on helps fps

[pale sigil]

even if my fps is high it feels less stable

[pale sigil]

i dont use the ea versio

[gusty kiln]

you still need the EA app even playing from steam

[pale sigil]

eh nol

?

[ashen spindle]

ea account not origin

[gusty kiln]

give the ea version a shot

[ashen spindle]

they dropped that

[vapid pike]

my 10900k hasn't struggled much at all either

which kinda surprised me since i expected a little worse performance but 1440 ultra does just fine

[pale sigil]

no perf overlay will work in bf6 for me

other than steam

not even nvidia

[fair gull]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TBiFGhnXsh8

dayum

[reef patrol]

Oi!

https://tenor.com/view/trash-gif-1390263106149930679

[nimble arch]

Having to reboot my iPhone for the mirroring function in macOS to work half the time has become a real annoyance.

Hopefully this is actually resovled in macOS 26 and iOS 26.

[sharp badger]

It's kinda the same on Windows when i connect the tablet to the desktop via Cast, usually one restart solves it though

[ashen spindle]

has reached the point, please this is old news

has been the case for years? now if you had competing kernel level ones

[unkempt lake]

Its funny tho

[young bough]

Lol

[covert ravine]

I mean, valorant clearly superior

https://tenor.com/view/itch-crack-head-drugs-drug-addict-addict-gif-5783847

[young bough]

Get out of here

[covert ravine]

😭

[placid dust]

my godam key ist workig

[ashen spindle]

replug the keyboard

if that doesnt fix it #1019755933959733258

[lunar elm]

explode

[vagrant pagoda]

invent time machine

[lunar elm]

patience is a virtue

https://tenor.com/view/gundam-virtue-gif-12231800700288105597

[gentle osprey]

Replaced thermal paste on 4090 with kyrosheet, idles at 25-26C now, also spent some time tuning fan curves for both GPU and case fans

Disassembled 4090

[distant tapir]

Money...

[gentle osprey]

https://tenor.com/view/it-is-quite-chilly-ttthefineprinttt-it's-fairly-cool-it's-somewhat-chilly-it's-cold-outside-gif-12516361530577090006

it hit 24C now

[distant tapir]

Too cold imo

Don't you feel bad for the components?

[gentle osprey]

no

ambient is ~20C for reference

[analog sinew]

are you in an igloo

[gentle osprey]

maybe

[umbral heron]

https://fightchatcontrol.eu/

https://www.techradar.com/ai-platforms-assistants/chatgpt/chatgpt-users-are-not-happy-with-gpt-5-launch-as-thousands-take-to-reddit-claiming-the-new-upgrade-is-horrible

[young bough]

Bro my room turns into an oven in like 30 mins what cooling do you have for gpu

[gentle osprey]

just stock air cooler and custom tuned fan curves

[reef patrol]

If your room turns into an oven, having better GPU cooling won't help 😛

You need that hot air out of the room.

[nimble arch]

Can't believe they'd kill my AI girlfriend

[raw zephyr]

Blowing 600W into your room must show somewhere.. 😅 If I play even anything slightly more demanding my PC room becomes Minercraft Nether and I need to run AC no matter the outside temp

[devout raptor]

are oled tvs worth splurging on or can I save a decent amount with a good mini led?

[raw zephyr]

I like my OLED TV a lot

[gentle osprey]

Yeah ever since I got my OLED 2 yrs ago, I'm never going back lol

[raw zephyr]

But I'd say it depends on how much you watch or play anything on it, if you launch it like once a week then I would not say it's worth it..

[lunar elm]

cooling doesnt matter, that wattage/heat still needs to go somewhere

[umbral heron]

Yeah, if you game on it and it's quite dark in room, then OLED is worth it
If you want it in a sunny room for watching movies... just get a good ol LED and be done with it

[lunar elm]

blasting a 600w 5090 in my room in singapore without AC is going to heat it up

[nimble arch]

OLED panels are a game changer for watching or playing anything

[lunar elm]

Therefore I did a UV and power limit

[nimble arch]

Once you start using them, it's difficult to go back.

[gentle osprey]

Lol yeah, my room still heats up

[lunar elm]

ngl some fast IPS panels with good colour accuracy still can somewhat keep up in the colour department

for example, my m27qx

[nimble arch]

OLED monitors are kinda ass though IMHO

In terms of HDR performance etc

[lunar elm]

?

for windows HDR you need RTX HDR

and if possible, HDR10+ in games

windows base hdr sucks

[nimble arch]

Even if you're using RTX HDR, OLED monitors perform worse than the OLED TVs using the same panel tech.

[lunar elm]

because the TVs have better HDR accessibility like dolby vision unlike fuckass windows

[umbral heron]

Depends which one
W10 HDR kinda sucks
W11 and Linux HDR and inverse mapping is quite good right now

[nimble arch]

As a HDR gaming enjoyer, I'm just using a 42" LG C2 as a monitor.

Windows 11 has Dolby Vision support by the way. Games on the other hand...

[lunar elm]

I know, but its fucking complicated to use

Source: Several people way more experienced than me in this space

[young bough]

I dont know how i got 1 window and 1 door but my room still a sauna

[lunar elm]

Like they’d just say slap RTX HDR and call it a day

[young bough]

Its also like 5 square meters

[reef patrol]

https://tenor.com/view/hatsune-miku-ac-funny-air-conditioner-hatsune-miku-miku-gif-4970056766708436603

[nimble arch]

This isn't #🎮│game

[young bough]

Cpu is around 60-70 degrees and gpu like 75-80 degrees not sure how effective it is

[marsh glade]

Johners for mod!

[young bough]

Oh ok

[lunar elm]

when I got my 9070xt yeston my room started smelling like it

the fragrance died down tho

[young bough]

https://tenor.com/view/money-wallet-broke-gif-7855913

[lunar elm]

I highkey wish they sold the modules

[umbral heron]

[reef patrol]

Someone's begging for a perfume allergy I see.

[lunar elm]

god ur tempting me

but the 9070XT isnt in use rn

it might have some left in it but not strong enough

whatever’s the case I’d need to use it and heat it up lmao

those temps are well within standard

tho I’d wish for AM6 they stop with the cpu cooler shit

like its cool and all but I’d rather bigger performance uplifts

[umbral heron]

Hm?
AM6 will be compatible with AM5

[lunar elm]

they really lose to intel’s IHS because they have been keeping the same standard

I want better IHS for AM6

[umbral heron]

What IHS has to do with cooler?
It's metal touching metal at the end of the day

[lunar elm]

if they do bigger IHS they’d probably need different standoffs to suit it

My guy’s results on his 7700x and 14900k at 140w has the 14900k having lower temps

[umbral heron]

Thermal medium in the IHS matters more than size of it

[lunar elm]

anyways I want them to change smth

[umbral heron]

Best thing would be to work on efficiency, so CPUs generate less heat that has to be removed

Still, 170W on 9950X3D is nothing short of amazing really

Yeah, and at this point it's the same as having slightly bigger CPU cooler

Copper IHS

Or Diamond ones

Lab grown diamonds are quite cheap nowadays

[rough patrol]

Easy, just use carbon nanotubes

[umbral heron]

https://80.lv/articles/this-isn-t-real-3d-artist-did-such-realistic-job-that-he-had-to-prove-it-s-not-photo

[pale sigil]

Literally begging my sister

There's only one left

And it's 20 min from here

[magic minnow]

https://youtu.be/tJP0G5211rM

baby pc

[pale sigil]

I got one

Convinced mum to drive me there when I go to my hospital appointment

[ashen spindle]

if you refer to that article a few weeks ago, no that guy had no clue and was just looking at a server socket

we got no clue about that yet

[umbral heron]

Oh

[pale sigil]

I really hope they don't cancel the collection, literally got the last one within 100 miles

I tried everyones address I knew across the country.who could pick it up and ship it

[frozen ingot]

am not following

whats special about a gpx

[vapid pike]

probably it being 50gbp

[umbral heron]

Nothing
And it's quite a shite mouse on top of it
For £50 you can get DAv3 which is way better

But you can't really reason with Callum when it comes to tech
He is quite of a contrarian when it comes to this

[magic minnow]

Or get Viper V3 Pro

[umbral heron]

But Vv3 costs twice as much

[frozen ingot]

on sale its passable I guess

but if you want a fake ambi there's so many better options

[frozen ingot]

and trade one datamining bloatfest software for another

[magic minnow]

Synapse 4 just came out a few months ago

[umbral heron]

You know you can install software, configure your mouse and then uninstall it?

[lunar elm]

thank god my beast x was manual configuration

and not whatever software kek

[devout raptor]

i have a woled monitor

but ive never seen what a good tv looks like

samsung s90d might be what id buy if it goes under 1000€

[lunar elm]

go to those known brands for household tech and look at the display oled tvs

yk what fuck the IHS they should grow some balls and give us the direct die

[pale sigil]

You can't tho

And it's wired no?

[umbral heron]

Yeah, but still better than Logi

[pale sigil]

No lol

£70 for wired, no thanks and razer is a horrible company when it comes to warranty.

Also I got £5 off so £45!

Even so idk if I like the style anyway, I love my curve.

I'm super picky with mice, I've only ever liked two which are just the same. (G403/G703)

Oh come on

It's a no brainer

[warped fern]

why is the gpro 2 so badfor everyomne?

[pale sigil]

Why the fuck would I get the death added v3 wired for £20 more?

[misty matrix]

mid compared to other options currently available

[pale sigil]

Wired vs wireless is night and day lol

[pale sigil]

Like what

Tell me other options for £50

Genuinely show me

£45

[misty matrix]

45 on sale with added coupons

[pale sigil]

Especially wireless

[alpine patio]

when a mouse baits you and break down and fixes itself just before u go in for a replacement and repeats it 2 more times

[pale sigil]

I'll buy in a heartbeat

[alpine patio]

[misty matrix]

also, I'm not talking abt u buying your dex 2 or whatever, just superlight 2

[warped fern]

but the product is good is it not, also how did he buy one for 50 pounds mine was like 120 or smt

[pale sigil]

Price error probably

[warped fern]

amazon

[pale sigil]

It's been delisted but loads have gotten theirs via collect haha

Mine is still ready for collection

[warped fern]

we are talking about the superlight right

[pale sigil]

https://amzn.eu/d/0ngxGrF

But black

[misty matrix]

its not that the mouse is necessarily bad, just that you can get better specced, lighter, better made... and so on mice at that price point

[warped fern]

yea

[misty matrix]

120 quid is a decent bit for a mouse

[pale sigil]

I would never ever pay more than £50 for a mouse

Most I've spent was £40 before this lol

[magic minnow]

Squid

[warped fern]

tbf i did just ask for it on my birthday

[misty matrix]

5 squid

[frozen ingot]

well am in agreement here at least

[warped fern]

so it wasl ike fine

[umbral heron]

Problem is Logitech
Either switches or wheel will die after 6 months or so
I had it with 3 Logitech mice, I'm not touching them again
Meanwhile my Deathadder v3 works still like new one after over a year using it

[pale sigil]

I can't entirely deny this happens

But it took years for me to happen

[warped fern]

how do people face wheel issues?

[pale sigil]

Thankfully I repaired it though via printing a new bit

[misty matrix]

take apart and deep clean, can sometimes help

but that is a bit of work

[frozen ingot]

don't want any wired mice again

[pale sigil]

You can also just replace the wheel cheap

[pale sigil]

No?

[misty matrix]

afaik their encoders are just prone to gobbling up dust

[pale sigil]

The problem is razer have problems too and their support I don't remotely trust.

[misty matrix]

there were dustproof versions of that encoder made, but afaik they weren't put into superlight 2

[warped fern]

so what would you guys say is the 100% best wireless mouse then?

[pale sigil]

Logitech thankfully just replaces shit no question at least...

[misty matrix]

no such thing

[pale sigil]

And rarely ask for the old one back

But ye I've looked into mice and I just cannot justify replacing my g703 till now, I simply cannot go back to wired... I tried, I have a stupidly super light mouse I got via price error in the past, it feels incredible but I just cannot go back to wired.

Could barely even justify my g703 back when I got it for £40! 🤣

[warped fern]

maye i shouldnt of bought this one then

[steady sail]

its just me but i just would not touch a logi mouse

[pale sigil]

But I will say.... If I was actually looking for one at it's normal price I would probably look at alternatives.

[warped fern]

how dou guys feel about the blue yeti?

[pale sigil]

Many better options

Many

[warped fern]

why

[ashen spindle]

because there are many better options?

[warped fern]

what makes them better

[umbral heron]

Blue Yeti is really not good for the price

[ashen spindle]

blue mics are just bad for how much they cost relatively

[umbral heron]

Fifine mics cost about the same and sound so much better

[pale sigil]

^

Fifine are great

[steady sail]

shit

[warped fern]

do i return the blue yeti for that then but im not someone who cares that much

[umbral heron]

And if you have audio interface with XLR you can get a proper Shure mic for the price of Yeti

[pale sigil]

If it works for you and you don't care about the cost

It doesn't matter

[ashen spindle]

I mean you can either get something cheaper for the same result or get something costing the same and other people will hear you better/nicer

[pale sigil]

Ye

[ashen spindle]

mics are a thing where its nice for everyone you talk to if its good

[steady sail]

https://www.maxgaming.com/en/microphones/t688-microphone-bundle-k688-usb-xlr-microphone-dynamic-mic-black im happy with this mic

[ashen spindle]

not as much for yourself since you usually dont listen to your own mic xD

[pale sigil]

This is the one I considered

Great mic

[warped fern]

cuz i ordered the yeti, i could get that one

[pale sigil]

However now I just don't care and downgraded my ancient snowball mic to a hyper x duocast that was £18 on clearance lol

[warped fern]

like it hasnt even arrived

[misty matrix]

hm did you pay for it

[warped fern]

no its a gift

[misty matrix]

uh

I see

[warped fern]

but i could just

yk get something else, im only asking for a mic because my current one cuts out when i speak

as long as this mic im getting works then im not that bothered on the quality

[devout raptor]

I got these two and the mic was so quiet so i sold it and got some shitty hyperx mic

[steady sail]

its pretty loud at my side

[warped fern]

ah its fine lads, i stick with my mouse andthe mic il get

[devout raptor]

with usb?

[steady sail]

yeah

[devout raptor]

thats odd

atleast the boom arm is good imo

[steady sail]

i set my mic sound to 100% in windows and i change my sound lvl in discord/teamspeak

and with the knob on the back

[misty matrix]

they needa make usb cloudlifter

[steady sail]

never understood XLR stuff so

[frozen ingot]

what's not to understand

its just an analog audio connector

[steady sail]

yeah idk

all i know that xlr is sounds "better"

[frozen ingot]

xlr does not have a sound, its just a connector

[steady sail]

okay i dont care

[frozen ingot]

well hopefully others reading that won't think the same

[steady sail]

[ashen spindle]

hm time to set up my vm again now that im on win11, might as well try hyper-v

now im stuck on cant hear sounds because I cant figure out why enhanced session isnt available despite it being active everywhere

[ashen spindle]

everything is on and froma google search everything should be in since debian 11 so debian 13 should work? trying ubuntu now

[raw zephyr]

I never tried Hyper-V, tell me how it goes

[vagrant pagoda]

Linux guests on hyperv are still ass

[ashen spindle]

simple so far.. except I cant get sound to work because the enhanced session things doesnt work

[gusty kiln]

Is the vm w11 pro?

[ashen spindle]

no linux

[pale sigil]

Why not just use um

Windows Linux subsystem

[fair gull]

the main caviat is running GUI apps

[vagrant pagoda]

why not use wsl2?

[gusty kiln]

https://youtu.be/cXVQVbAFh6I?si=ibNOpYcFNJyTefOv

[ashen spindle]

because I assumed hyper-v could just be normal and not a mess to get sound working

and idk how well wsl2 does for video/audio

[nimble arch]

https://fixvx.com/Jukanlosreve/status/1954747195930128792

Jukan (@Jukanlosreve)

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vxTwitter / fixvx 💖 2 · Aug 11, 2025, 3:30 AM

[crimson wigeon]

Yeah if your goal is to run graphical apps well then WSL2 is the solution

[fair gull]

should work fine.

[ashen spindle]

well it doesnt

[fair gull]

does that do x11 forwarding now?

without running extra apps on the host

[vagrant pagoda]

gui works with wsl2

[crimson wigeon]

No idea but Wayland clients should work well, and if you need legacy apps just chuck Xwayland in there

[vagrant pagoda]

idk about sound

[fair gull]

the sound issue quin has is hyperv

[ashen spindle]

hyperv is already removed again and im trying wsl2 now

[vagrant pagoda]

wsl2 is hyper v

[fair gull]

under the hood yes

but i meant a fully fledged hyperv vm

with display out etc

[vagrant pagoda]

yeah

but wsl uses one kernel in hyper v for all wsl instances

well wsl2, wsl1 was the nt kernel one

[ashen spindle]

well doesnt show me audio devices when I rdp into wsl either

[vagrant pagoda]

you have to install pusle audio

[ashen spindle]

that helped thanks but now shit justn isnt working on this desktop, I give up for today this is too frustrating

[silver egret]

should i select the highest number of proccessors on boot options?

[astral haven]

Yes

[ashen spindle]

what are you even doing in your boot options

I swear if you are messing around in your bios settings because of the 10ms ping difference in an online game

[astral haven]

Boot options is in windows

[silver egret]

unrelated to the ping bro let it go

and its not in bios techincally its in msconfig lol

[fickle ore]

@gusty kiln this ai company has been treating me well lately

[gusty kiln]

Kinda wanna invest in energy though

Just find a nice etf and call it a day

[fickle ore]

ye not bad call

Im in some energy companies that pay like 10% div lol

and Uranium etf

[gusty kiln]

All this ai need so much power

[fickle ore]

ye

mby ura is the play

[gusty kiln]

If nuclear ever shake off the stigma

Maybe go hydrogen

[fickle ore]

I took a small loss from hydrogen etf this year lmao

was in from 2021

its long term play for sure

[gusty kiln]

Kek

[unkempt lake]

https://www.techpowerup.com/339805/amd-ryzen-7-5700x3d-disappears-from-the-market

[ashen spindle]

wow big news

old hardware isnt made anymore

[analog sinew]

dashi is a nintendo fan this is news to her

[vagrant pagoda]

more like zen3 x3d yieds are really good

[ashen spindle]

no the 5800x3d has been end of life before this xD

[warm ore]

basically deadge since end of 2024

[vagrant pagoda]

ah havent looked at am4 in a while

likely x3d stacking is the same equpiment so they moved it all to 4/5

[warm ore]

i'm still rocking mine, it only saw a slight degradation to the CO offsets, holding since

Pretty cool that 9800X3D is basically the same price now that i got this for

[gusty kiln]

Hoping to skip am5 entirely by the time my 5800x3d starts struggling

[warm ore]

I already struggled in some newer titles, but just gonna build when i have the cashe in hand, wether its this or the next one is not sure yet.

[gentle osprey]

You most likely can

Esp depending on what res you’re playing and what you want out of your games , it still holds up very well

[steady sail]

in 1440p the cpu is still goated

[gusty kiln]

I already can't get 240 fps on BF6

I could on 2042

Or at least 200+ most of the time

[warm ore]

It is great, and the titles that struggled i don't really play anyway, i think it was a good value considering everything

10950X3D + 6090 HOF next trust

[steady sail]

i hope for a next gen High end model from AMD

[gentle osprey]

I’m pretty sure 10950 will still be AM5 , unless you’re not saying otherwise then disregard

[steady sail]

tbh am6 might come with 11800x3d or 12800x3d

[gentle osprey]

Yeah

[warm ore]

Yeah i didn't assume either way, it's just really about when i have the finances aligned for the new build

[gentle osprey]

Ah yeah fair enough, I wanna possibly get 6090 too (if 60 series is actually good)

50 series left me in disappointment

[warm ore]

It's expected to be closer to the leap of 4090 from 3090 (which was insane), rather than the small leap of the 5090 from 4090

[gentle osprey]

Yeah that’d be great if true

And if they kept same or lower prices like they did during the 30 > 40 leap too

[warm ore]

Hopefully not samsung VRAM heh 🤞

[gusty kiln]

6080 will be barely faster than a 4090 and slower than a 5090

And only get 6090 getting a jump

[ashen spindle]

nah there is no expectation for it so far really, nothing remotely credible at least

[gentle osprey]

Yeah I haven’t seen anything yet that suggest that

[steady sail]

but the 6070 gonna be 5090 speed

[gusty kiln]

[warm ore]

Nothing i could really forward to you, i guess we will see when something more accessible releases

[gentle osprey]

For half the price

[warm ore]

but my vote is in for it ^^

[gentle osprey]

With 8x FG

[vapid ruin]

ngl, getting am5 MB for cheap with a used 10800x3d could also be the play

[steady sail]

i just hope for a High End AMD gpu

[ashen spindle]

look if even the unserious leakers like MLID dont even post shit about it I just doubt you have actual infos on it

[warm ore]

The more wishy washy for me what board and memory i will get at the time, thats a bigger questionmark

[gentle osprey]

48GB 6090 with double the performance of a 4090

[steady sail]

with the same performance

if u dont use 8x FG

[gentle osprey]

Lol

[warm ore]

It comes down to the process, you can project some realistic expectations from that, nothing more concrete for now

[steady sail]

tbh i could see them do that

[ashen spindle]

yeah and we dont even know what process node they will use

[gentle osprey]

Dual die

[ashen spindle]

its probably some N3 variant but even that is just some speculation

[fickle ore]

I just want P5800x 1tb for 300$

[warm ore]

If it's worse or equal improvement than 5090 was at the release, feel free to at me.

[steady sail]

tbh i dont really have any exeptation for nvidia

[warm ore]

Other than their excellent ability to empty your pockets

[steady sail]

as someone who uses an AMD gpu not really

my only nvidia card was my old 1070

[warm ore]

Sorry my bad, applies to me or whoever then

[steady sail]

nah its fine

[young bough]

No throttle no

[gentle osprey]

Yeah I've never owned an AMD card myself but it would be nice if they gave Nvidia some more competition

[steady sail]

i have a great time on my 9070

[gentle osprey]

Yeah, I'm not saying they're bad or anything, just never owned one

[fickle ore]

I have a 7800xt and next card will be nvidia or intel depending

Stupid crashes in OW at lowest settings

[gentle osprey]

Yeah idk how Intel gonna do lol

[fickle ore]

Shouldnt be happening

[gentle osprey]

Big man made their ceo resign

[fickle ore]

Not yet

they're having talks today, so today evening should be in news what will happen overall

[gentle osprey]

yeah not yet

[fickle ore]

LPT went to white house to talk with trumperino

[warm ore]

I'm just too used to NVIDIA features at this point, but objectively competition would be nice

[ashen spindle]

what features

[fickle ore]

My wild prediction: Intel walks off WH with 100B $ US gov investment over x years that will never happen in exchange for majority stake XD

[steady sail]

u mean cuda ?

[warm ore]

basically all NVIDIA exclusives

[ashen spindle]

like what

give me an example

[steady sail]

so cuda cores i guess

[unkempt lake]

Imagine playing overwatcg

[tribal dirge]

I think it's only now that TSMC has available 3nm nodes for other partners like AMD, Intel, and Nvidia

iirc in 2022 Apple bought out TSMC's entire production of 3nm nodes for like 2 whole years

[ashen spindle]

no?

[vagrant pagoda]

appl has done that with every node

[tribal dirge]

true

[vagrant pagoda]

maybe not 2 years but they get all the early fab

just like tsmc has helped amd dominte over intel, it has helped apple do it to samsung/qualcom

[tribal dirge]

maybe it was for like one year

[tribal dirge]

yeah

[ashen spindle]

N3 wasnt great on release so most people aside from apple dodged it for later version

even apple moved off of early N3 nodes

and later N3 nodes got used for intel and amd cpu when they got ready to released quite soon

[vagrant pagoda]

n3 was good for lowpower, n3e was even better

n3p is better for high clock

[ashen spindle]

N3B was riddled with yield and thus cost issues which is why apple jumped off quite fast

[vagrant pagoda]

3p is what i belive 5c is on

[ashen spindle]

think so yeah

[vagrant pagoda]

which is also what a18 is

m4 is 3e

[reef patrol]

Ooooh. Scrapyard wars is back - And this time it's a combo gaming/MOVIE setup.

[halcyon moss]

Does a modern gpu have issues with streaming?

[ashen spindle]

no but streaming would include a decent enough mic, maybe webcam etc.

and depending on budget you might not make a modern gpu in the build

its scrapyard wars not buy last gen wars

[reef patrol]

Ah I see the mistake. They're doing a combo gaming and MOVIE watching room - Streaming is my brain accidentally spoiled it a bit.

[pale sigil]

This cracked me up

[unkempt lake]

https://www.theverge.com/news/757461/microsoft-github-thomas-dohmke-resignation-coreai-team-transition

[serene ruin]

Stronger foundation

Thats a W

[young bough]

[umbral heron]

Welp
Time to finally move to GitLab

[plush stirrup]

damn, my ISP broke something 2days in a row now xD