public-chat

[undone mountain]

just the components i already have a case

[polar fern]

Which case

[undone mountain]

wrong reply

one sec let me get the link

[graceful burrow]

Bruh

[polar fern]

Sure

🤔

[undone mountain]

https://nzxt.com/product/h9-elite this one

should arrive by mid august

[polar fern]

Ok

[velvet stream]

Cybersec or devops?
What can be done in 4-5 months and lend a job?

[graceful burrow]

Brother 99% of this server doesn't know what a cpu is

Ask in #development lol

[polar fern]

That’s not a way to pick a career

[turbid falcon]

and the 1% that do, are shaking their heads at the 99%

[polar fern]

What board do you have?

Intel?

& you’re switching to and?

[graceful burrow]

Why would that even matter if he has a 3k budget

Lmao

[night heron]

did you get it in white or black?

[undone mountain]

black since im pretty much gonna leave it as it not botherin to clean it for 6 or more months

[polar fern]

What board are you using now?

[vapid zephyr]

Hm
You realize dust is generally gray though, right

So conclusion would be that you'd be seeing it very easily in black cases

[undone mountain]

rn im using my old pc thats why im planning to do an upgrade built it back at 2018 its kinda struglin now
anyways heres the specs
CPU-i7 7700
GPU rtx 2070
mobo Asus prime a z270
64 gbs 3200mhz ram

[polar fern]

Mhm ok

[undone mountain]

dont know what im goin to get as of now thats why i asked earlier for under 3k usd build

[polar fern]

Ok

There she is

[undone mountain]

yup thats my beloved girl still going on n alive since 2018 lasted longer than my 2 relationship with my exs

[polar fern]

What is the use for your new system? Just gaming or productivity somewhere in the middle casual bullshit?

[night heron]

woopz

[undone mountain]

work video editing and well i am trying to learn 3d animation on blender so... thats another reason why i need the upgrade

ive saved up 3k for it im hopping itll last twice longer than my old rig since the price is hefty

[night heron]

@undone mountain
full nzxt aesthetic: https://pcpartpicker.com/list/VKnHXk
price:performance: https://pcpartpicker.com/list/hNBb7R

the 9950x wont be out until mid august, but you said that you'll be buying your parts in about a month anyway

[undone mountain]

yo thx brother

yup il prolly buy em all by september 3 if i have the time

[undone mountain]

for the gpu you reckon what should be nice for its aesthetic

[night heron]

if youre going to be using blender then i would get a 4080 super or 4090

nvidia has a substantial lead over radeon in blender

[turbid oriole]

I kinda wonder why though

[undone mountain]

im def goin for this one

btw how much ram does that mobo support

[night heron]

192GB max, but you should get a 2x48GB kit if you want more memory

consumer ddr5 platforms get cranky if you use four dimms

[undone mountain]

ohh i need loads if possible davinci resolve is just hungry for ram if you have loads of files on one project

[polar fern]

@undone mountain https://pcpartpicker.com/list/8gq4xH

If you already have the case on a separate budget, I can adjust things

[undone mountain]

ohh one main question tho how many sata ports does it have since im using all 6 in my current one hopefully it isnt bellow 6 since im gonna have a hard time transfering files from hdd

actualy its also a question of mine for the b650e aswell

[night heron]

you gave them a worse cpu, worse ssd, and worse gpu for their usecase

[polar fern]

Sata?

[undone mountain]

sata ports the one you can plug ur hdd and those ssd not the m.2 slot

[polar fern]

Yeah I know what they are

Sorry it’s lunchtime gotta go

You can just tweak that list to fine-tune exactly to what you need

[undone mountain]

aigh take care cheers

[frail nova]

Thank you sir.

[night heron]

here is a build with a motherboard that has 6 sata ports and a 96GB memory kit https://pcpartpicker.com/list/9mRJh3

transitbiker laugh reacting but im just giving them what they asked for

[undone mountain]

thx brother ima save that hope i can build it by sept 3 if law school doesnt interupt my sched

[night heron]

[gray kiln]

Yo guys can people settle something between my mate and I. He says I do shooters weird. I have DPI set to 3000 and dont my arm just moving my fingers, wrist pretty much locked in place. I basically move my mouse like no more that 3 inches in any direction

[graceful burrow]

Go watch shroud for a bit and watch his mouse arm

[polar fern]

@gray kiln you do you

I play with an MX vertical

[covert cradle]

Pretty much all the fps pros use low dpi and big mousepads. I don't play fps anymore myself but there's probably a good reason for that. Who knows though, could be just coincidence

[gray kiln]

So looking at him it looks like he uses a mix of arm sweeps but at a (in comparison) crazy low dpi. I do good out of all my friends dont get me wrong but we were talking about how I can get better as against high end I am lousy

[gray kiln]

Yeah I am not taking it in a bad way we were talking about the best way to improve. I may try lowering dpi and using more movement but I think it will be a small lowering to start with rather than drop to 400 or 800

[polar fern]

🤔

I don’t really play competitive games but going from standard to the vertical was an adjustment but one I’m glad I made

I’m curious about the DPI

[toxic perch]

i need help my keyboard is opening up outlook when i press the windows button, and when i press a key it opens a app or it types two things like this: uy (i only pressed the letter y)

[polar fern]

👀

What keyboard?

[toxic perch]

What keyboard?
avertage office keyboard
somertimes opens shortrtcuyrts in google
like turn on carte brtoWsing

[polar fern]

New keyboard

https://www.logitech.com/en-us/products/keyboards/k120-usb-standard-computer.920-002478.html

[toxic perch]

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wAI]RT I] SP[I]LRT Warte i]n muy keuybo rtodauy

do rthart have

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[graceful burrow]

Did you spill water on it

[fair pebble]

@here What are are some lesser known tech news sites you follow?

[polar fern]

The onion.com

[toxic perch]

uyes buyrt i]rt wAS VERTUY SMALL AND I]N 1 AREA, BUYTR I]TR EFFECRTED ENI]RTRTE KE

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[polar fern]

<@&750150305383186585> @fiery crow rule 1, 2, 4, 9

Frankly, I’m not sure why I participate here anymore. People are extremely inappropriate towards me and it’s not really worth it.. sorry.

[hasty shoal]

Hey everyone

[karmic flame]

Please move this to #cars

No worries u may have better luck in the proper channel

[hollow pulsar]

It’ll make it harder to detect deepfakes because people will turn off their brain and rely on the good will of the image author.

[obsidian horizon]

oh

[worthy aspen]

I can't open this fucking screw

it's on my laptop I need to clean it pls help

[smoky badge]

damn

[craggy rose]

meat is faster than silicon

[alpine gale]

A clear, in-focus photo of the screw may help, however, if the head is stripped, there may be little we can suggest.

[pliant karma]

Stripped screws suck especially when opening the bottom panels of laptops

[harsh quartz]

They gotta make a living

[craggy rose]

drilling into it might help, sometimes a little bit of resin in the tip of the screwdriver could help too if it isn't that stuck

just make sure that the resin doesn't drip into the plastic pillar

if it is really stuck, just don't open it dude, you could with a very sharp razor blade cute the pillar and use uv resin to glue it, but it's not worth

it is what repair shops usualy do when the screw is absolutely destroyed

*in laptops

[muted relic]

I wonder if any of the Intel Extreme Tech Upgrades had 13th gen processors

Cause those gotta feel bad now

[tired glade]

There was reason why they suddenly drop from program

[mild jewel]

is it stripped?

[pliant karma]

lol and sometimes using force is the method. Aka cracking the plastic chassy

Had 4 hp elitebooks in a batch of 20 have about 2/3 stripped screws each so I just broke the bottom off and replaced the panel with a new one

[harsh pawn]

Hello

[tired glade]

Hi

[harsh quartz]

The other day I had to open a MacBook Pro for the first time, that shit is like a puzzle

[pliant karma]

Oh yea lol it was odd when I opened mines. Was use to the older 2015 ones.

[silver sun]

216

[harsh quartz]

I just wasn’t ready for it. Luckily I had a suction cup on hand to use for it :p

[worthy aspen]

kinda

[alpine gale]

Ooooof yeah that seems really stripped. Might need a screw extraction kit. Was it like this when you bought it?

[worthy aspen]

Damn

Nah I was trying to open it but the screw wouldn't budge so I kept trying for like 30mins and I did that

put oil on it thinking it would work but it didn't lol

can you suggest a link to a kit

[random jolt]

why oil? isn’t that just gonna make it even more slippery

[fringe lily]

off topic but are brains just ones and zeros like 20 billion nerouns if 2 connected then its one if its not connected its zero then the brain establishes whats probably a binary system while growing up (this is just a thought i have done 0 thinking)

[earnest steppe]

bro😭

[smoky badge]

Drill it out

[spring ether]

So happy I pre-ordered the Watch 7 because the fabric band is a god send. It's so much more comfortable, my skin isn't begging for air after a couple of hours and it doesn't become slippery when I sweat!

Yes, t will probably need cleaning from time to time but that isn't a huge deal for me.

Now I just need a metal band for smarter occasions.

[pearl dawn]

Sitting under a concrete overhang waiting for the thunder and lightning to go away so Metallica can go on stage

[vapid smelt]

a real man would stay in the open

[pearl dawn]

They aren't letting us

[grim belfry]

You might want to check on your domain, buddy

[carmine merlin]

What's the difference between oled and amoled?

[vapid smelt]

strange how intel stopped doing ltt tech upgrade around the time people quietly started talking about failing cpus on forums

[grim belfry]

One has an “a” and an “m” at the start

Pretty much every OLED you find is actually AMOLED

Just stupid marketing

[old yacht]

not sure when the first report was, but we havent done an Intel upgrade for like almost 2 years

[vapid smelt]

last intel upgrade as feb 2023 and the oxidations was "addressed back in 2023" and now intel says its 2022

[worthy aspen]

thought it would loosen the screws lol

[pearl dawn]

Finally

[alpine gale]

Usually the times of the year when the parts are on sale. More seriously, winter holidays, boxing day / week, black friday, etc. There's no guarantee though. All depends on how the industry is doing overall.

[unreal coral]

Yo chat

Bos was not working

I got my pc to display

And I'm scared it won't do it again can I install build in wifi while it's running

[alpine gale]

What is "Bos"?

[unreal coral]

Bios my bad I have not slept in 2.5 days

[unreal coral]

@alpine gale

[manic torrent]

go to sleep

[unreal coral]

I cant

Not until my computer is fine and dandy

[near nymph]

Anyone here have experience with this LiCB brand of batteries?

[alpine gale]

Ah, yes, generic random brand name of batteries never fail and are the best! (Nope, can't say I have. I gave up on buying cheap batteries cause they either had no charge or didn't last as long.)

[near nymph]

They seem to be hot sellers on Amazon... Eh?

[unreal coral]

Guys look at tech chat real quick rate my first pc out of ten

[near nymph]

I usually buy Maxwell, and other name brand batteries

[turbid oriole]

Looks like it just fell straight off the AliExpress manufacturer's lines

[turbid oriole]

Over 190K ratings is incredibly suspicious, especially because it doesn't even ship to Europe seemingly, so it's likely US or NA only

There's a review that just says "Charge not included"

[alpine gale]

Maxwell or Energizer bulk packs are what I buy these days. Work bought 50x CR2032 Maxwell batteries for our Dell AiO fleet. (We were finding some that had been sitting for 2+ years in storage had their CMOS battery die.)

[turbid oriole]

So glad that they don't sell maxwell here

[near nymph]

Ive seen them on Amazon for awhile. I bought them to giveaway. There a product I sell that don't come with batteries. So I'm throwing them in as a bonus

[near nymph]

Energizers are Abit pricey. But they do last

[turbid oriole]

Where I live VARTA is regarded as the best namebrand for batteries but meh

[near nymph]

Maxwell CR2032 is what I use mostly. Keep one or two in the glove box. When the car key batteries eventually die lol

[near nymph]

Why?

[turbid oriole]

Cause this way I think of the funny spinning cat with the same name instead of a battery

[near nymph]

Oh

[turbid oriole]

The best battery according to a random UK test was supposedly renata, which I've never even heard of, then rayovac(never heard of this one either), then Duracell, Maxwell AND THEN Varta which just makes me sad

[alpine gale]

I have the unlucky issue of needing CR2016 batteries for my keyfobs 😛 but same - keep a couple in the car just in case. Worst case, I open the doors with the physical key, then turn ignition to ACC to silence the alarm.

[near nymph]

I saw Sony makes batteries. Or something

[turbid oriole]

Aren't Sony one of those Asian companies that just makes everything tech like Xiaomi?

[near nymph]

Oh God... One of my keys uses CR2025. I shoved a CR2032 and it works fine

[latent zealot]

i need help in #tech-chat-1

[near nymph]

Eh not rly

[turbid oriole]

Not the way to get help

also use the tech support forum

[alpine gale]

Create a #1027757333117415424 thread and await assistance. 🙂

[turbid oriole]

Oh, honestly I admire those companies tho cause if they had good enough of an ecosystem it'd be crazy

[latent zealot]

ty

[turbid oriole]

If Xiaomi had the ecosystem of Apple they'd be on top istg

[near nymph]

Eh... China tends to half ass shit

Apple like refining thing

[turbid oriole]

True

they just don't release something until they find it meet a certain quality level, even at the cost of... cost

[near nymph]

My Subaru key battery died when I was on a road trip. Conveniently I ordered a giant pack of CR2032 to an Amazon Locker for something else. 🤣 Ever since that. Keeping some in the glove box.

[manic torrent]

usually I take issue with "china" used like this, but "half assing" is not wrong 🙂

like... depending on the product it will either be a banger because they got it right, or shit, because of reasons.

[vapid smelt]

my car uses normal keys so i will never have the problem

[manic torrent]

or ... mid but fit for purpose

[manic torrent]

and you can steal it with a paddle pop

[vapid smelt]

but who would steal a 30 yearold car that is worth under 1k

when you can steal a newer kia or Hyundai

[manic torrent]

tweakers

[near nymph]

Oh. I have products that are a massive hit. And also massive disappointments

Like the knock off version of Aeropress the Yuropress is better in my opinion.

[manic torrent]

yeah, you roll the dice 😄

[near nymph]

Stuff that needs to be precise.
Both can be Made in Mainland China.

One owned by a PRC company. The other by a ROC company.

For some reason... Every hand grinder I've purchased from a PRC company has the issue of the burrs touching.

[alpine gale]

So hot take: If the automaker designs your vehicle in such a way that anyone with the right object to complete the physical turning motion that energizes the wires which start the motor... were the cars ever yours to begin with? Our vehicle, comrade. For the motherland! Seriously though... how it wasn't outright illegal for KIA / Hyundai to NOT be putting immobilizers into their cars is beyond me.

[turbid oriole]

Someone who knows that since it doesn’t have any trackers it’s very easy to sell illegally

Plus depending on what car it is it could be great for a getaway car, especially because it blends in so nicely

Why would they?

[vapid smelt]

0-60 in over 12 seconds

[grim belfry]

I'm still unsure what the original battery was in my remote, there's no marking and I've been switching between 2025s and 2032s
Still working fine so ¯_(ツ)_/¯

[turbid oriole]

To be fair in some ages you felt comfortable just putting out stuff for sale in front of your house and left it up to people to leave money there for it

[alpine gale]

Official Speedtest servers running from Internet Exchange data centers have the biggest bandwidth...

[turbid oriole]

Perfection

Tesla has some stiff competition

[alpine gale]

Oh for sure - in fact, people still do this in my neighborhood and some smaller towns adjacent to mine. Seems the larger the city, the less honorable people become.

[near nymph]

Hmm... KIA and Hyundai... Half assed their vehicles it seems.

Remember that recall saying... Yeah we are recalling cuz the cars will randomly spontaneously combust? Yeah we don't have a fix

[turbid oriole]

Yep, they somehow feel more fine with doing it I guess somehow

To be fair in such small towns they are only able to do it cause everyone knows everyone

[near nymph]

I shove 2032 in cuz it lasts longer

[grim belfry]

Oftentimes, your ISPs official speedtest server will be within their "core" network so the people running a test every 10 minutes aren't wasting too much bandwidth

Ish

idk ask the engineers

[turbid oriole]

Hot

[alpine gale]

Yup - can confirm this is exactly how it works at some ISPs who host Ookla's speedtest appliance hardware. Saves the ISP on the cost of people running speedtests via external servers.

[manic torrent]

and ironically.... doesn't actually test the internet speed 😄

[grim belfry]

Kinda

[tidal dawn]

Hello. ppl im new here and not very tech savvy i have a question. I just built a new comp and this is what is happening im having zero issues but this i have 128gb of dram and the computer wont boot at 6000mhz unless i only run 2 dram, im not understanding why? Here are the specs of my build. Microsoft Windows 10 Home, 64 bit, Build 19045, Installed 20220101021413.000000-360
Processor: AMD Ryzen 9 7950X3D 16-Core Processor, AMD64 Family 25 Model 97 Stepping 2, CPU Count: 32
Total Physical RAM: 64 GB
Graphics Card: NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4090
Hard Drives: C: 3725 GB (3496 GB Free); D: 3726 GB (3725 GB Free);
Motherboard: Micro-Star International Co., Ltd. MAG X670E TOMAHAWK WIFI (MS-7E12), ver 1.0, s/n 07E1211_O11E207268
System: American Megatrends International, LLC., ver ALASKA - 1072009, s/n To be filled by O.E.M.
Antivirus: Windows Defender, Enabled and Updated

[near nymph]

dram?

[tidal dawn]

wont let me post a pic of the problem

i had to post in tech 1 chat

[zenith yacht]

Hi

[manic torrent]

I mean it is still a worthwhile test, just a bit different

[grim belfry]

I mean, in general, I think speed tests are pretty pointless and a waste

[fiery crow]

ams ix and de cix has the greatest speeds centered in europe

[grim belfry]

Yikes

[opaque thorn]

my cherokee xj didnt come with a fob so i have to use a key

[full fossil]

what kidney should i sell to buy an rtx 4090
the right one
the left one
or the one i stole off a midget?

[pearl shell]

resist the urge for 7 months you might get something interesting

[full fossil]

i cannot

[pearl shell]

or 6 or 5

depends on nvidia

[full fossil]

if anything they get more expensive

[zenith yacht]

Wait even longer and you may get a ti/super varient

[pearl shell]

naaaaah not the first months after the new release

[full fossil]

sure then

[pearl shell]

or if you dont mind it look at the 2nd hand market

you could get it for a much better price once new gen is out

that is my plan xd

[full fossil]

i'm in europe the used market is still like 2000 euros

the cheapest i found it was like 1900 or smth

[keen edge]

is any one else having trouble with their playstation 5s

[rapid idol]

pc gangy

[manic torrent]

Could you be more vague?

[keen edge]

like my controller keeps muting my tv and itself

[terse umbra]

yes:
Problem?

[keen edge]

and some button don’t work in game but work in the menu

[manic torrent]

sounds like your controller is busted, how much mountain dew is inside it?

[keen edge]

200 gallons

i’ve only had it for 2 weeks

[manic torrent]

Have you done any troubleshooting whatsoever?

[keen edge]

like?

[grim belfry]

https://tenor.com/view/hello-it-have-you-tried-turning-it-off-and-on-again-telephone-on-call-gif-15495555

[manic torrent]

googling "playstation mutes itself" or whatever

[rapid idol]

https://tenor.com/view/help-the-gif-13401058

[near nymph]

Delicious

[vital oak]

what

[vital oak]

add 10 kg of salt

[zinc beacon]

Yo i want somme of that

[near nymph]

It's dope

[zinc beacon]

Langley man thinks it isnt .-.

[restive lion]

Look Langley (the city) doesn't have much cultured food

[harsh quartz]

Spaghetti is like, B tier pasta IMO, Very average.

[near nymph]

True. But the Bolognese 🧐

[near nymph]

Come over and try it. It's awesome

Wait... I mean @karmic flame

[harsh quartz]

Can’t judge sauce through a picture. I can judge noodles though. And the noodles can consider themselves judges

[vapid smelt]

you asking him out on a date?

[near nymph]

No. I just want him to taste my sauce

[earnest steppe]

BIRDS ARENT REAL🗣️🔥

[near nymph]

Hey. Can't get anything fancy. Life is expensive

[vapid smelt]

you want him to put your noodle in his mouth

[harsh quartz]

penne

[vapid smelt]

i dont see any motherboards or gpus

[earnest steppe]

weird am I right

[near nymph]

Shits too expensive

[vapid smelt]

also no ram

[near nymph]

Pasta used to be under a buck a box.

Now it's like $3+ and it's smaller quantities

[earnest steppe]

yeah.. pretty odd

[harsh quartz]

I still buy barilla, noticeably better than off brand

[earnest steppe]

wonder how do they store the footage they got

[near nymph]

100%. Or... The fancy pasta stuff

[vapid smelt]

you should try some temu pasta

[near nymph]

The special stuff from Costco

[near nymph]

Are you trying to kill me?

[vapid smelt]

https://tenor.com/view/maybe-perhaps-gif-25738848

[near nymph]

USA Costco has these fancy made in Italy pasta

[harsh quartz]

We ain’t got a Costco, Sam’s carries barilla in bulk and that’s the best I got :p

[vapid smelt]

still is

[near nymph]

Great Value pasta doesn't taste that great... But it's currently what I can afford

[near nymph]

It's a little more in Canada

[harsh quartz]

This tastes like shit

My family will eat my barilla and then replace it with this and it pisses me off every time

[vapid smelt]

fancy target

[harsh quartz]

Who shops at target?

[full fossil]

ppl

[vapid smelt]

my family cooks with gluten free pasta because of my mama 🤢

[harsh quartz]

You know how to find the gluten free section in the grocery store?

[zinc beacon]

Wait guys quick question

Why does my new ddr5 ram rated for 7200mts have so many errors but when i drop the frequency to 6800 the memtest has 0 errors?

[vapid smelt]

because your cpu and mbo also needs to play well with it

[zinc beacon]

Im testing 7000mts right now it had errors the first 8 minutes last night but right now im yet to get an error

[zinc beacon]

I see, my motherboard does infact state the ddr5 limit is 7200mts

[harsh quartz]

Just cause it “can” do it, doesn’t mean it will do it “well”

[vital oak]

13-14 gen intel cpu reference

[harsh quartz]

Amd has more trouble with high mem clocks in enthusiast level CPUs than Intel does did

[vital oak]

amd has red gpus

[zinc beacon]

true, tho i was wondering with the XMP profile on and dropping the frequency to 6800mts its completely fine right? I dont know much about ram overclocking but it says here the timings are 34-15-15-115

[harsh quartz]

I ain’t the one to ask about that

[zinc beacon]

Haha alright man thanks for your help so far though

[craggy rose]

Dividing irrational numbers mentally is surprisingly relaxing

[vapid smelt]

nerd

[craggy rose]

It's quite hard to keep focus

[long briar]

that explains why birds like sitting on power lines

[long briar]

No it isn't

it's like zooming into a limit in desmos

you just keep going hoping that it finally touches the line

[craggy rose]

Lol

[long briar]

just for it to never touch

(you're edging numbers and graphs)

[craggy rose]

I like desmos

[long briar]

I'm traumatized by desmos

[craggy rose]

What desmos did to you?

[long briar]

better question is what desmos hasn't done to me

[craggy rose]

[vapid smelt]

i hate it when windows throbber doesn't stop

[floral pewter]

[manic torrent]

Nothing worse than constant throbbing

[vapid smelt]

i agree! you just want it to finish but it keeps going

[full fossil]

time for low res linus

we yearn for low res linus

[polar fern]

👀 https://retrospekt.com/products/the-game-console-2-0-book

[vapid smelt]

a book for boomers

[regal tinsel]

A proper boom boom book

[idle nymph]

What happened to Intel ?

[vapid smelt]

dying cpus

[idle nymph]

Oh lol

They losing money or sum cause of that ?

[finite breach]

https://discord.com/channels/375436620578684930/1269920947037540353 can anyone help me with this issue?

[storm niche]

if i have a integrated graphics can i than update it to a better integrated one?

[finite breach]

I don't think so, but you can update the drivers

[storm niche]

how?

[finite breach]

google the graphics driver

[storm niche]

idk my graphics driver

[scarlet lion]

What’s your cpu?

[storm niche]

Intel(R) Pentium(R) Silver N5030 CPU 1.10GHz

[scarlet lion]

Just look up that drivers

[storm niche]

which website

[vapid smelt]

they are letting 15k employees go

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=b6vQlvefGxk

[idle nymph]

It's that bad ? Mamma Mia

[manic torrent]

Imagine if those graphs were part of a whole article with details about everything

And now, in extremely obvious stupid news by oblivious people....

[crude moat]

Hey!

[summer folio]

many such secrets

[gray ravine]

hi!

[covert cradle]

A computer is a... computer?! Unfathomable

[twin lion]

Is there a channel for video tips cause I love to make a video showing and explaining my setup.

[pearl shell]

I guess do it in tech chat ? idk

[mint yacht]

#1019713714968088586

[vital barn]

hi, new to server

[vital oak]

am i meant to remove the plastic on my keyboard thing

[snow cape]

hi

[austere shale]

Hey EU people you should take a look at this. The TLDR is; if a publisher has a live service game, or a game that needs to “phone home” in order for you to play it, goes belly up then this law would require the publisher/developer to make it so people can host private servers so you can keep playing your game. https://www.stopkillinggames.com/eci

If you don’t know why that’s important then you shouldn’t have an opinion

[gleaming harbor]

ubisoft needs to see this

[austere shale]

Be careful filling it out, there’s a guide online. You only get one chance and if you do it wrong your signature is invalidated

[hallow lintel]

hi

[shell hull]

I think Intel somewhat cooked

[brave nimbus]

the CEO is tweeting biblical proverbs, the company is cooked lmao

[pallid falcon]

me to

[zinc beacon]

I dont quite get the windows 11 hate ngl

I recently went to alderlake and i upgraded to windows 11, so far im liking it

There was funny moments like me tryna find how to refresh in windows 11 when it was hiding in plain sight hahaha

[fervent cedar]

I erased Windows 11 Home from my hard drive. Just have Nobara OS alone now. lol

My main pc that is.

[zinc beacon]

I see, im someone who went from win 10 to fresh install win 11

[fervent cedar]

I still have Windows 10 on my older pc.

[zinc beacon]

My friend was making a whole fuss about the ui and all yeah i found it confusing the first hour but after it was actually fine and i kinda like the middle icons for taskbar

[fervent cedar]

Have it for back up just in case I need to upgrade my Razor camera and some other things.

[zinc beacon]

Tho im no technical expert or enthusiast so i wouldnt really know why some people hate win 11

[zinc beacon]

Oo i see

[pale kindle]

i personally hate windows because it's basically turned into spyware

i only keep it for compatibility and games

[zinc beacon]

Oh, tell me more

[fervent cedar]

It lags my Razor camera. Works better on Nobara OS. lol

[zinc beacon]

I currently be cautious with what i have on my pc aswell, since i play valorant and have vanguard anticheat installed

[manic torrent]

I only install things that I download on days ending in y

[pale kindle]

i dunno if i can send links in this chat, but there are great videos on yt detailing how windows puts out a lot of web calls on a fresh install for stuff that doesn't need internet

specifically a video titled "how bad is windows spying?"

and now that they've installed copilot on windows 11 AND 10 pcs without the consumers' consent, it really just leaves a bad taste in my mouth

[zinc beacon]

I see, ill search it up when i get home later

[pale kindle]

also the fact that windows 11 essentially requires the basic user to have a microsoft account just to install the os, how it requires an internet connection and webcam and bluetooth, etc.

[zinc beacon]

Ah yes i remember the microsoft account part, had to type bypass nro on cmd

[pale kindle]

but the average user won't know how to do that, or worst of all, won't care

and that's a problem imo

[zenith marten]

Quick question; is 0.09 USD per kwh considered expensive for US/EU?

[lean niche]

for EU it's cheap

[zenith marten]

I am looking into hosting game servers as a side hustle because electricity isnt that expensive here, and we have a chance to get 1 gbit symmetric (non enterprise grade but still) for 15 usd per month.

[coral pulsar]

YALL

eh

half life 3 MIGHT be in development.

[manic torrent]

This has been true for literally decades

[coral pulsar]

But we got leaks just now

Dunno if I can send the vid here.

[harsh quartz]

It doesn’t matter, valve can keep it in development for the next 30 years if they want to

[strange elk]

Think bypass nro has been addressed and you won't be able to use terminal on install lmao

[tulip river]

howdy

gonna fuckin explode i swear down

did some recording for yt and ive looked at the res and speed, 4k 60fps

needless to say, davinci resolve is very upset

[grim belfry]

Just use a fucking Microsoft account

If you don’t want Microsoft account, use Linux

[tulip river]

whats wrong with microsoft accounts

[harsh quartz]

Yeah, cause everyone has a vr system

[grim belfry]

Problem solved

[tulip river]

just make one with fake info like the rest of us

[harsh quartz]

Why are you green

[dense solar]

oh my god

its polaris

[tulip river]

microsoft thinks im the oldest non-binary on the planet

[grim belfry]

My Floatplane expired

[harsh quartz]

Seems to be a fair amount of people not renewing this year

At least people active in this discord

[grim belfry]

Yeah, I’ll probably do it in a week or two

Idk

It used to be better

[tulip river]

genuinely upset i cant afford it, id love a platform that isnt yt

[harsh quartz]

I thought about doin it but I’m not even sure if I’ll renew my dropout this year

I let my curiosity/nebula expire and I just cancelled my prime

[grim belfry]

I haven’t paid for prime for like two years, but I still have it somehow

[tulip river]

what is actually on curiosity/nebula

[grim belfry]

They’re taking my money somehow

[harsh quartz]

I mostly used nebula. It had a lot of the people I watched on YouTube with extra/longer length/uncensored content

[dusky jacinth]

LowSpecGamer is there for all I know, which is where he puts his extra content that doesn't go into his YT videos that he makes nowadays about the tech industry in deep dives.

[harsh quartz]

Jacob geller, real engineering, curiosity droid, mustard

[full fossil]

Is there a reason for this?

[harsh quartz]

If they do another discounted lifetime subscription I’ll probably pay for that

[tulip river]

interesting

[grim belfry]

There used to be more exclusives I feel

Also there’s no early access anymore

[harsh quartz]

IMO the ltt content has become a little more meh in the past year

[grim belfry]

For sure

[tulip river]

running out of things to do cos nobody is releasing cool new shit

[harsh quartz]

I still watch game/tech linked and wan show and those, techquicky too, but LTT main channel is more meh

[tulip river]

i was gonna publish my 3d printing marketplace but i didnt have enough financial support, that would've been interesting content ngl

[harsh quartz]

I want to get a 3d printer but have no room 😦

[tulip river]

it is now scrapped if anyone was wondering

[grim belfry]

Rip thingiverse

[harsh quartz]

Wait what

Thingiverse is gone?

[grim belfry]

No it’s just shit

[harsh quartz]

Oh, well, yeah, you gotta sort through the shit. But it’s got some gems

[tulip river]

that was the beauty of my app, imagine being able to print and post anything either you create and upload, or anything someone else uploads, creators take their cuts and app takes 20% of transaction, printer provider can take a % and literally pick up print jobs for money

i had it all working, but those app store licenses and the hosting was so insanely expensive

(and then cancer)

[grim belfry]

20% is a little ambitious

[tulip river]

it would've dropped down to about 1-5% when enough users joined up

[harsh quartz]

Also 20% of what? Purchased STLs?

[grim belfry]

Enough users would never join at 20% :)

[tulip river]

so there's a model fee, and a printers fee, u pick the model and u pick the print provider from a list of approved providers, and then it is added together and 20% is added

[grim belfry]

Shapeways

[tulip river]

whatways

[grim belfry]

Much better QC, and industrial grade printers

[tulip river]

but, doesnt support small creators like mine did, especially after moving to the 1-5%, 1% for orders over 100 GBP and 5% for orders under

maybe ill revisit it when im not dying of cancer

maybe not tho

[harsh quartz]

Idk, for me having a printer is the better option

So I can fuck around with it

[tulip river]

which one would u get

[harsh quartz]

Probably an entry-mid level extrusion bambu printer. I’ve played with Enders before and they were nice but wore down pretty quickly and always had to be worked on between prints

[grim belfry]

Enders are such a pain

Mine became more of a chore than a hobby so I sold it

[harsh quartz]

They’re nice cheap ones for schools and such, but they take a lot of time to get everything right

[grim belfry]

Someone else’s problem now

A lot of time

[tulip river]

there was one making waves when i was setting up, they offered to send us a few on a payment dea

prusa, that was the one

i liked the prusa but we didnt commit

[harsh quartz]

Prusa are neat but expensive

I was using prusa slicer when messing around with the ender though, and I used prusament

[calm dagger]

How do I get a free product key

I know I got one awhile ago cause someone just sent one

[strange elk]

I got a Neptune 2, its served pretty well for the few times ive used it. Software is kinda trash though.

[broken obsidian]

hi

[polar fern]

@calm dagger like windows? Because that’s illegal.

[thorny badger]

no discord automod on this discord? 😂

[polar fern]

Oh there is

[thorny badger]

mhh then such messages shouldnt even touch channels 👀 if setup properly

[polar fern]

No, that’s too heavy-handed because of how different questions might be worded

[wary moth]

[polar fern]

Plus, it would quash any conversations on the topic

[thorny badger]

i mean... why should we able to use @ everyone and @ here
its being used by 99.5% of all scam messages - so just block those two from being used, profit for all of us

[polar fern]

Nah

We good

[full fossil]

should i buy s23 in 2024

[mint yacht]

Those pings are disabled in this server

[polar fern]

@full fossil which spec

[strange elk]

me on a Pixel 4

[full fossil]

128 gb snap8gen2

crazy deals rn

around 530 usd

[polar fern]

That chip came out in November ‘22 as far as I can remember? As long as you can accept that it’s not a flagship product I think you’ll be pretty happy with it.

[full fossil]

its the second best snap chip rn

[polar fern]

And it’s on sale as you said

Sounds like you’ve made your decision 😎

Hmmm

I wonder what’s going on with Linus and his server rack at home

[harsh quartz]

You can use it but it doesn’t work

[warm vessel]

im gonna put a mATX in a mid tower case lmao, im gonna have so much space

i dont even know what to do with all of it

[gilded quest]

@grim belfry green name L

[strange elk]

Breadless L

[versed timber]

Just doing the new member things
Hey hey yall!

[tired current]

[harsh quartz]

I read this as beardless :p

[graceful burrow]

Also L

[harsh quartz]

I wouldn’t know

[hearty spear]

who cares if someone uses them if they don't ping anyone

[harsh quartz]

They probably thought they worked

[hearty spear]

they should have it just ping the MOD tag instead.
That'd be hilarious.

[harsh quartz]

Can that be done?

[hearty spear]

never looked into it, but Discord does seem pretty flexible

[harsh quartz]

Yeah, and some bot could probably do it

[graceful burrow]

It can definitely be done

It wouldn't even be hard

[harsh quartz]

The mods get enough pings as is

[graceful burrow]

Yeah they'd just ignore it like the rest 🤷‍♂️

[harsh quartz]

Yeah

[hearty spear]

but it'd be funny. Dipshit rolls in and tags everyone / here and... pings mods instead

[harsh quartz]

Yeah but half the time it’s just an actual dipshit

[ionic abyss]

Does mouse dpi matter

I see high end ones claiming 26k - 48k dpi not sure how much it matters

And what difference does 1000hz poll rate make

No clue if a 48000dpi mouse is better than a 26000dpi one

[strange elk]

Should I use Guilikits controller or joycons to play skyward sword?

[umbral jackal]

Polling rate is like refresh rate with monitors
More Hz = smoother and more accurate movement
DPI more or less equates to sensor accuracy

You probably won't notice that much of a polling rate difference between like, 500 and 1000, but going from like, 100 to 1000 is big

[night heron]

yes it does have an affect on sensor latency and consistency

but diminishing returns going above 3200dpi are steep

[austere shale]

For the male audience out there

I give it a solid 8/10 could’ve been faster but it started to burn my fingers

[smoky plinth]

Nice

[wise pumice]

well this is a first lol

never had epic games crash before

[vital temple]

hi

[harsh quartz]

It’s the sign to stop using it

[graceful burrow]

You've never seen ue4 crash?

How lol

[strange elk]

The launcher tho lmao

I know people that have basically bought their games exclusively on Epic

I dont get it

Ah wait, free games duh.

[wise pumice]

ye i got btd6 on it for free

[strange elk]

The ninjakiwi launcher is free

[wise pumice]

is btd6 free on it?

[strange elk]

Not 100% sure, but it was originally a flash game

[wise pumice]

i highly doubt its free since you have to buy it on every launcher even on mobile

and i dont think btd6 was ever a flash game

[graceful burrow]

It wasnt

The og's were

Btd6 came out after flash died

[strange elk]

Ah my bad.

I was thinking 5 I guess

[river solstice]

imagine not paying 16€ for pc + mobile

[strange elk]

Worth it

Its borderline masochistic on Linux (or if you do modding at all), and Windows is getting worse but its worth it

[harsh quartz]

Btd4 was the goat

[strange elk]

Ah I see..

Yeah its starting to get to the point where thats not even viable anymore in many cases :/

[strange elk]

Agreed.

[wise pumice]

i bought it when it came out on mobile i am not wasting money on the pc version

[river solstice]

yeah i paid 6€ for mobile and 10€ for pc

[harsh quartz]

Buying physical games is actually difficult sometimes. I had to hunt and scavenge for a physical copy of hollow knight after being told by 3 stores that it didn’t exist.

[strange elk]

lmao

[calm swan]

wiimote

[strange elk]

yeah it sucks. Ive started to buy games off GOG starting last year just to ensure I keep a good copy, eventually Ill end up adding all my games to a NAS

[strange elk]

Did that already

[harsh quartz]

Unironically I love joycons

[strange elk]

Eh theres still Sony titles I like. Most of which are on or are coming to PC anyway

[harsh quartz]

Yeah but it’s like 1 every 2 years

[ionic abyss]

im looking at trying a mx master mouse this time round

or do i realy need a 20k+ dpi sensor for gaming

[pliant karma]

Light or heavy gaming? Mainly the weight gets to you fast if you do heavy gaming not to mention polling rate etc. Even though the 3s dpi goes up to 8k now.

[graceful burrow]

The new ratchet and clank is pretty dece, as someone who grew up with the og's

But that's also not an exclusive anymore

[harsh quartz]

Returnal and horizon zero dawn were both great

[graceful burrow]

Too bad about forbidden west tho

[harsh quartz]

Not too bad, not too great. It just became another meh

This dudes been typin for 20 minutes

[graceful burrow]

Aloy talks so much she interrupts herself

It's wild

[uncut torrent]

Thankfully lol, I was able to play without having to buy a ps5

Pretty cool game made by Sony

[outer gale]

Hi

[bright heron]

its a finsh baby, love story has just ended
im already tired, going back to who ive married

[bleak crow]

I may just be OOTL, but when’s the next scrapyard wars episode?

[bleak crow]

Hello Link

[outer gale]

Hi

[smoky badge]

Yes

[zenith shuttle]

Gt is pretty good not this update tho it needs fixing

[vital oak]

whar

[long briar]

Watch for free games on Epic

not too sure how the rotations work but I got BTD6 for free on it

I never played the first two on pc, though.

[harsh quartz]

Returnal?

Also the first horizon had a pretty good story

[graceful burrow]

Someone said it was up on floatplane already but I haven't actually gone and checked

[long briar]

Yea it is

[harsh quartz]

….?

Those are not 2 words the vast majority of people would use for Returnal

Horizon fine whatever, but Returnal?

[graceful burrow]

I also didn't enjoy what I've played of returnal

Spittin

I form my own opinions

I'll never call a game bad because I don't enjoy it tho

Me not enjoying it isn't the same thing as me thinking the game is bad

I don't enjoy castle crashers
Game's pretty fuckin good tho

[long briar]

Don't diss Candy Crush

literally goated game

[vapid smelt]

https://store.steampowered.com/app/1265780/The_Lord_of_the_Rings_Gollum/

Steam

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[graceful burrow]

I never said I'd never call a game bad

That game fuckin blows

My horrible bad game that I love is sonic 06

That game is a fucking travesty, it's so fun to play

I've heard the actual dreamcast version isn't that bad but I haven't played it

As far as I'm concerned sonic 06 is a sonic adventure spiritual successor
It's structured the same
Its a fuckin mess the same too

Better than sonic heroes

I do not enjoy that game in the slightest
Neat idea, I'll give them that

Sega nails the music always

I can't wait for the crazy taxi reboot

They're doin a lot of reboots

[harsh quartz]

I’m not saying you should, I’m just talking about the games in general.

[hidden saffron]

Hi guys, one question, do you think the Asus TUF A16, Ryzen 7 7735HS, Radeon Rx 7700s graphics, 165hz screen would be the best laptop to get for the price range? was for 979usd on amazon
Or do you know of any that would cost around the same with better specs?

[long briar]

do you need battery life?

[hidden saffron]

not at all

[long briar]

How important is screen colour gamut to you

and accuracy

A16 is literally a barebones gaming laptop

good performance, and that's about it

mediocre build quality, mediocre speakers, mediocre input devices, no Windows Hello Facial or Fingerprint, etc.

[hidden saffron]

is it? from what I saw in a video a guy said it has 96% srgb or whatever

[long briar]

96% sRGB to me is pretty poor

but I do some colour work that requires dcip3

[hidden saffron]

don't most laptops have like much lower?

[long briar]

only cheap laptops are lower

some sit around 60%, there are midrange laptops that can do 100% and part of DCIP3

[harsh quartz]

If you don’t do work with color it really doesn’t matter to most people

[long briar]

exactly, so it really depends

[harsh quartz]

I have no idea what my panels are

[long briar]

though to me, Display P3 just looks much better

more vibrant colours, sRGB just looks washed out

(Display P3 uses the sRGB Gamma Curve with DCIP3 colour space)

[hidden saffron]

1. as long as it doesn't break from normal use in not too long is fine for me
2. personally don't care about speakers
3. not sure what you mean about mediocre input devices
4. I don't care about windows hello or finger print

[long briar]

mediocre keyboard and trackpad

[long briar]

If you don't know, it's probably sRGB

[harsh quartz]

Probably, I don’t go out of my way to get good ones :p

[hidden saffron]

about the screen quality, I don't really do graphics design or something that would require highest strict color accuracy, I would just like a screen that looks decently good as I watch a bunch of movies and stuff

[harsh quartz]

Panel colors is the one thing I’ve never looked into, I know the qdled looks nice and I would love to have an OLED panel for my next one though

[long briar]

a P3 display will look better no matter what you're watching

but if decent is your criteria, sRGB will do just fine

Display P3 will just make it look more vibrant but not oversaturated

[hidden saffron]

so, can you think of a better alternative to the a16 for around that price?

[long briar]

1k USD?

[hidden saffron]

yes

[grim belfry]

:(

[hidden saffron]

i'm scared about oled for the pixels dying thingy but from what I understand doing proper practices with your oled, being responsible it shouldn't give problems

[long briar]

wait send me the listing for the A16 you're looking at

1k might be a FHD panel which will suck at 16"

[harsh quartz]

Modern OLEDs have less of a problem due to automatic software built in that protects it. Also for MY use case, it’s fine, I wouldn’t have a burn in issue.

[hidden saffron]

https://www.amazon.com/TUF-A16-Gaming-7-7735HS-Graphics/dp/B0CG6HGRWN

[harsh quartz]

Specifically I like to think of that OLED switch that was left on for a year straight

[hidden saffron]

yes it's fhd

[long briar]

oh yikes it's a 1920 x 1200 panel

I'm not a fan

[hidden saffron]

i mean are there better res panels for gaming laptops for around this price?

[harsh quartz]

Do you normally game at 1080,1440, or 4k?

[hidden saffron]

just 1080

though the a16 is 1920x1200

[harsh quartz]

(You won’t notice it)

[long briar]

not gaming, daily tasks like word processing and such

[hidden saffron]

i won't game at higher resolutions if i could anyways

i prefer more fps

[harsh quartz]

Yeah but that’s the fun part, once you get enough performance you can have both high fps and high resolution 😉

[slow karma]

this is not a zen4 chip
its zen3+

[hidden saffron]

even if high res gamers will go eww at me i'm a 1080p 100fps andy xd (i know more expensive cards would do 100+ at 4k)

[long briar]

I don't care about hi res games

but having the extra pixels when I want to multitask on the go

[hidden saffron]

so?

[slow karma]

its ass but aight

[long briar]

Zen 3+ is fine?

[harsh quartz]

Pfft, I pull 100fps on my 3070 at 1440p in cyberpunk :p

[slow karma]

the naming scheme would make you think it is zen4 as well

[hidden saffron]

you have any possible better options you could think of?

to recommend

[slow karma]

i dont mess with gaming laptops, theyre all quite bad

[harsh quartz]

https://gaminglaptop.deals/

[hidden saffron]

is that mobile or desktop

[long briar]

nothing in 7735u says zen 4

[harsh quartz]

L take

[slow karma]

7000 series

[long briar]

that doesn't say zen 4 does it?

[harsh quartz]

Desktop, god I wouldn’t touch cyberpunk with a mobile chip

[slow karma]

ur braindead

[long briar]

if you knew the naming scheme, 7 just means 7000 series, 7 (high tier), zen 3, 5 = upper model

[slow karma]

all 7000 desktop chips are zen4 so youd assume the same for laptops, but no its not the case, it confuses many people

[harsh quartz]

I mean, you might assume that, doesn’t mean we will

[slow karma]

i dont assume that

many do though thats the point

[long briar]

You either know what Zen 4 is and also know AMD naming schemes, or you don't care and a CPU is a CPU to you.

[hidden saffron]

I would prefer something more specific

[long briar]

if it performs good then it's fine

and for all intents and purposes, 7735 is fine.

[harsh quartz]

That’s the best deals I know of, you can look if you want but I’m not looking through every laptop deal :p

[hidden saffron]

cuz yeah I can look at another one for the same price but then we're back at point 1 to me they look just as capable

[hidden saffron]

its not about the deals though

its about, should I look at a different model?, if so, what better does that other model have than the a16?

[long briar]

it absolutely is about the deals

NEVER buy a laptop full retail price

[harsh quartz]

1500$ laptop knocked down to 1000 is probably better than a base 1000$ laptop

[long briar]

laptops depreciate in months

[night heron]

ryzen has made it so that you can get a pretty decent basic laptop for like $200

[hidden saffron]

yeah but was just saying, I could get a different model for around the same price but without knowing if its really better or I'm getting a lower quality product

so, if you guys know, of something with higher quality, panel, cpu, gpu, build quality, than the asus tuf a16, i was saying for you guys to recommend it to me, otherwise i might just get that one

[long briar]

Get too hot - Efficiency depends on what you're doing. My laptop's fans don't turn on if I'm not doing anything intensive.
Never get as good performance as a desktop - Your desktop won't perform if it can't come with you to places.
Unneccesarily bulky - Thin and lights exist

[hidden saffron]

here they test it with god of war, in silent mode too and it still gives decent fps I think, while staying at around 73 degrees https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=er4kNHZLC_E&t=2s&pp=ygUXYXN1cyB0dWYgYTE2IGdvZCBvZiB3YXI%3D

[hidden saffron]

soo, if you know of any other laptop model, that you would consider of higher quality in any aspect to the a16, you can let me know:)

[long briar]

I don't see any immediately....

I also hesitate on double AMD

but it's fine

[hidden saffron]

why's that

[long briar]

Nvidia has some features that can come in handy

[hidden saffron]

you think their duo technologies like smart access memory and stuff are not good enough?

[long briar]

plus 7735u already has the 680M

which is not actually that efficient, but performs pretty well for an iGPU

[hidden saffron]

yeeeah i would consider getting nvidia for dlss and frame gen

but are those features really worth it?

[long briar]

SAM and ReBar are the exact same thing

[hidden saffron]

are they a good experience compared to gaming on raw gpu performance?

[long briar]

and all new laptops with Nvidia gpu will have resize bar

so that's the thing, Nvidia will also probably be costlier

AMD will have more vram

[hidden saffron]

can address this?

[long briar]

but nvidia you enjoy things like dlss cuda and their nvenc encoder

[hidden saffron]

can you address this?

[long briar]

40 series is more efficient than any AMD GPU, but they are worse value

performance completely depends on which one you get

and the cooling + power allocation the GPU gets, which is decided by the laptop OEM

that's why a good 4050 may outperform a 4060, 4060 to 4070, 4070 to 4080, etc.

and for that, you'll need to consult reviews

[hidden saffron]

again

[hidden saffron]

can you address this?

you said nvidia features like those come in handy but then I ask you to expand on these and you keep yapping about without listening to what I'm saying xd thats not very nice

[manic torrent]

how to make friends and influence people

[hidden saffron]

"asus tuf a16 doesn't have very good quality",

"ok, do you know of any better alternatives?"

"go figure it out"

like ok xd

[hidden saffron]

what you on about

[long briar]

.

[long briar]

Laptop prices change day to day

I said I don't see any immediately

[hidden saffron]

Ok so the a16 its the best option for now right?

[long briar]

not for me, maybe for you.

[hidden saffron]

ok then whats a better one?

[long briar]

I'm not you, it's your money, spend it however you'd like

https://rog.asus.com/ca-en/laptops/rog-zephyrus/rog-zephyrus-g16-2023-series/

this is what I have. Happy?

QHD 500 nits display with full P3 coverage, has all the IO and is relatively thin and light

but it's not as performant as many other laptops

[hidden saffron]

I mean sure yeah, thats what I meant, thanks

[hidden saffron]

hmm ok so there's a situation

and that is that i live in south america

[long briar]

thanks for proving my point.

[frail socket]

hi

[long briar]

What's best for me is not the best for you, I got mine for under 1k USD

[hidden saffron]

so here they do a funny thing where they keep increasing the price but the specs don't move xd and just then for almost 1k more money you can get something with 1 tier more

[long briar]

that's. Exactly. My. Point.

Different markets, different availability, different needs

[hidden saffron]

so the rog zephyrus here with a 4060 is 2.5k here lol for ref the a16 is 1.2k

[long briar]

You probably want more FPS rather than a better screen

[long briar]

and that 4060 model actually comes with a 1080p screen

not the 1440p one.'

[hidden saffron]

yep, rog zephyrus laptops seem to be hella ovepriced

[frail socket]

Isn't everything overpriced? 💀

[hidden saffron]

but i meant rog zephyrus ones are specifically even more overpriced

[frail socket]

Dam I agree

[hidden saffron]

the zephyrus g14 here with the qhd screen and 4050 is 1.7k

I think my best bet if not for the tuf a16 may be the acer nitro line

[frail socket]

What processor?

[long briar]

4050 G14 is likely a 7745hs

[hidden saffron]

same as the tuf a16, ryzen 7 7735hs

[long briar]

35*

yea that.... it's a really common model

[hidden saffron]

there's also one for around the same price(1.7k) with the i7-13620h, but this one's fhd 💀 so yeah rog zephyrus won't do it for me

[frail socket]

A bit expensive for that

[hidden saffron]

so yeah i may be getting the tuf a16 all amd

at best there's the aours 15 with i5 12500h rtx 4050 as alternative, its got 360hz refresh rate but thats about it

and well, there was the gigabyte g15 for the same price with the rtx 4060 but supposedly that one's not very good and its out of stock now

[deft void]

man i wish i could run city skylines 2 but its so demanding

[hidden saffron]

yeah? what specs you got

unless that was like an inside joke

[deft void]

I7 4970s 12gb ram and a rx590

even on the lowest settings its unplayable

i play so many other games that are more demanding and run good

but city skylines 2 doesent

See below for the official Cities: Skylines 2 recommended spec requirements set out by developer Colossal Order: CPU: AMD Ryzen 7 5800X / Intel Core i5-12600K. RAM: 16GB. GPU: AMD Radeon RX 6800 XT / Nvidia GeForce RTX 3080.

crazy

im sure i can run cyberpunk better than 30 fps

[hidden saffron]

thing is, i don't know what they're called

rts games, those games with a huge map that has stuff going on in them are naturally going to be more demanding I think

[turbid falcon]

tbh, i wouldn't touch a gigabyte laptop

[deft void]

yeah but there should be a feature to turn it on or off

[hidden saffron]

yeah? can you explain?

[turbid falcon]

it's a simulator tbf

[hidden saffron]

turn what off?

[turbid falcon]

main issue is thermals

[deft void]

idk make it run better

[hidden saffron]

i guess siumulators they would be yes, like sid meier's civilizations ones too

games like that

[deft void]

ig ill be playing city skylines 1

[turbid falcon]

after this, it's the bios, quality and then customer service also

[hidden saffron]

have u tried lower res? some low spec mod maybe, I think people make them for some games to increase fps even though game looks worse

[turbid falcon]

cities skylines is basically a more cpu intensive simcity

[hidden saffron]

I don't know, CS2 might just be unplayable with that rig

hopefully there's more luck with CS1

[long briar]

cpu and ram

[turbid falcon]

also, the cpu is more their issue for city skylines

[long briar]

it's kind of like msfs actually

but msfs looks good even at 24fps

[hidden saffron]

hmm i see i see, do you know of any sayings the bad tongues have bee circlying around about the asus tuf laptops? xd

[deft void]

im at 1080p and game already look choppy

[long briar]

Aorus laptops are actually alright

[deft void]

i ran that at stable 72fps locked

[long briar]

Especially if you can buy through bigbox like bestbuy

in fact I'd recommend buying everything from bigbox tbh, their warranty service is better than any oem

[turbid falcon]

the tuf a15/a16/a17 are actually the decent ones from the tuf line of laptops

[long briar]

I was saying they're good for gaming and that's about it

keyboard and trackpad is mid, no biometric unlock and build is also just fine

[hidden saffron]

was thinking of getting this one https://www.amazon.com/EXCaliberPC-Gaming-FA617NT-A16-R77700-7735HS-Windows/dp/B0CPS3LNBY?th=1

[turbid falcon]

nah, can be good as a cheap rendering laptop

[long briar]

mmm true

portable workstation, but I'd want CUDA with that

[hidden saffron]

this would be the alternative to the tuf a16 for me https://www.amazon.com/GIGABYTE-KF5-i7-12650H-Bluetooth-Backlight/dp/B0CQ7W86VC

[turbid falcon]

the 7735hs is good, would prefer a 7840hs/8845hs instead tbf but it's still a good mobile cpu to use

zen 3 vs zen 4, with a 680m vs 780m on the igpu side

[long briar]

neither iGPU are particularly efficient in my experience

780M performs better

[hidden saffron]

what you guys think about this one

[long briar]

but I don't think it's a dealbreaker to have 680M

[turbid falcon]

you do realise the 780m = gtx1650/1060(3gb)

[long briar]

but... it's an iGPU

[turbid falcon]

though the 680m = gtx1630 in performance

[long briar]

it performs like a 1060 3gb if you give it power

great for thin and light laptops

less great for when the goal is to save power and avoiding the dGPU

[turbid falcon]

there's also ddr5 in play here

[long briar]

yea... so?

it's an iGPU for a laptop with a dGPU. At that point the goal should be efficiency, not performance

and neither of those iGPUs are particularly efficient for an iGPU

[turbid falcon]

not the same as ddr4 when it comes to an igpu due to a higher bandwidth

[long briar]

Intel has inefficient CPUs but their iGPU are hella efficient

[hidden saffron]

any thoughts on this one? over the tuf a16 with the ryzen 7 7735hs and rx 7700s gpu https://www.amazon.com/GIGABYTE-KF5-i7-12650H-Bluetooth-Backlight/dp/B0CQ7W86VC

[turbid falcon]

i'd go with the tuf a16 when comparing the 2

though with lenovo, the legion 5 slim would be a good shout

[hidden saffron]

I think i did see the g15 having temp issues on a video as you said

[thorn berry]

How much would you pay for a Gigabyte Aorus FO48U like listed here https://www.rtings.com/monitor/reviews/gigabyte/aorus-fo48u-oled

got a guy willing to part ways for around 600 or less and im pretty hyped to potentiall add it to the set up

[hidden saffron]

slim? doesn't slim mean = no no, in terms of temps / performance? xd

[turbid falcon]

not with the legion 5 slims, you can get a 7840/8845hs + 4070 for 1.5k and it still stays cool, plus you get a fair few discounts on top

[ancient ocean]

hey guys i really need help i dont know what to do. its that bad that i came here for help

[turbid falcon]

#1027757333117415424

[ancient ocean]

ok ok yeah i get that but its like serious like i need help kinda now

[hidden saffron]

yeah thats not happening im from south america not the us xd

[turbid falcon]

wonder if the lenovo loq's are available to you

or a few thinkpad lines

[ionic abyss]

hmmm

time to play some fallout london

[manic torrent]

it's pretty good. It's hard, but good hard.

[graceful burrow]

Good for you
Anyway

[graceful burrow]

Have you played much?

[manic torrent]

a decent amount, up to level 11, I killed the germans in the submarine after the quest because they have the best guns I've found by far

[grim belfry]

If I was immature, I would make a joke

[graceful burrow]

Haven't even looked at the install process for it
Debating on playing it at all because I have steam not allowing updates for fo4 so I can play it offline without my mods breaking because of the stupid fuckin update Bethesda did to their decade old game for no reason

[graceful burrow]

You are immature, make the joke

[manic torrent]

I bought it again from gog and installed in a different location, did the fo:lo install from gog launcher, added buffout4 and Loading fix manually.

A+++ runs well now

[graceful burrow]

Not a fucking bad idea

[onyx heath]

Google likes iOS users better. Google one is cheaper on iOS compared to android

[graceful burrow]

Did that update not come to gog?

I could prolly find a torrent of the right game version tbh

[uneven stirrup]

Random thought, why don’t they make a gpu with X3D v-cache modules?

[manic torrent]

you could probably find a torrent of the entire thing with mods pre-applied

[graceful burrow]

It's heat sensitive, which is why the x3d chips are so easy to cool

[grim belfry]

The opposite is true for me
$2.99AUD on iOS
$2.49AUD on the web

[hidden saffron]

thinkpad? for gaming?

[grim belfry]

Yes

[manic torrent]

because people that literally spend their whole lives building chips decided it wasn't worth it, and/or couldn't be done, and/or couldn't be done in time, etc

[hidden saffron]

how so

[uneven stirrup]

I see, so would it be good on say a laptop then?

[graceful burrow]

No that would be even worse

Also what Bob said

[grim belfry]

https://rog.asus.com/au/laptops/rog-strix/rog-strix-scar-17-x3d-2023/

[graceful burrow]

[onyx heath]

It's 2.49 cad for me on iOS and 2.79 on the web

[grim belfry]

lol

[uneven stirrup]

4090 with a 175 watt TDP

[onyx heath]

If it wasn't for the fact that I was switching to android I'd be using the iOS pricing

[manic torrent]

laptop 4090

[graceful burrow]

Which is a 4080 core iirc

[hidden saffron]

there are lenovo loq laptops here yes

[onyx heath]

Surprising that google would make iOS cheaper since apple also takes a 30% cut of that

[onyx heath]

Rip to the Australians

[manic torrent]

If you ever have a question that is "why don't X just do Y" and it's a field you know nothing about, ASSUME that it's because you know nothing about it, and literal experts in the field have good reasons - and START from there. It's not that you can't have a good or original idea - it's that you probably don't.

[grim belfry]

idk who is buying Google One on iOS lol

[uneven stirrup]

I think the RTX 5050 sounds funny

[graceful burrow]

Bob that makes no sense come on
I know better even about the stuff I don't know about

[manic torrent]

unless the "expert" is a woman. Then she obviously knows nothing, and you should refer her to books she literally wrote.

[graceful burrow]

Oh god
I've actually seen that more than once

If you listen and look, people will tell and show you exactly who they are

[manic torrent]

it's almost like I see and observe the world and reflect it 😄

[harsh quartz]

What kind of leap is this?

[graceful burrow]

I could see the connection between that

[harsh quartz]

But if it’s sensitive to temps, laptops would be the worst environments due to the quick and violent swings in temps and tendency to run much hotter than a desktop counterpart

[graceful burrow]

Yeah I mean that's the realistic reason you shoot the idea down
But the reason one might think that is laptops are lower performance typically

[harsh quartz]

Yeah, that’s understandable, lower clocks and whatnot. But at the same time there’s a reason you have to have those lower clocks

But that’s 2 stage thinking

[graceful burrow]

Yeah
It was a genuine question I think
You don't know what you don't know til ya know it, and you gotta learn somehow, asking a question is a valid way

[harsh quartz]

That’s fair. It’s just a strange leap IMO

[graceful burrow]

I've seen stranger

So have you kek

[harsh quartz]

Yeah, hence my toned down response

[onyx heath]

Yo what your Australian pricing is cheaper than the Canadian one. Converted that to cad

[vapid smelt]

Practically the same currency

[grim belfry]

Localised pricing 😉

[onyx heath]

Almost

1 Canadian dollar is only 1.11 aud

Close

[frail socket]

Why does LTT but USD as the pricing in the shop if they Canadian

So rude to us Canadians

[onyx heath]

Would more Americans watch LTT than Canadians?

[frail socket]

Nooooooo that would 100% not be the reason

[onyx heath]

More population ≠ more viewers

[frail socket]

Atless give the option 😒😭

But LTT store product actually good quality

[onyx heath]

Does a desk pad actually make you better at games?

[frail socket]

That depends

[onyx heath]

I got a free 4 dollar temu mouse at a party

[frail socket]

lol

I love temu

There’s a reason I never use it

[onyx heath]

Was shit at first but after finding out it was 4 dollars better than I expected

Basically to me it's a basic mouse with RGB marketed as a gaming mouse

[frail socket]

The fuck? Aren’t we talking about a desk pad? How did we go into the subject of mouse

[wide hinge]

I used to buy Lego sets from wish. Wonder how they are from temu

[frail socket]

Oh god

[hard stirrup]

Man I miss the colourful gear, I wish I could've owned red LTT gear (thanks Wayback Machine)

Man 😩

[placid hearth]

has the linus dyes his whole head sponsor spot popped yet? i saw the dying a small spot sponsor spot

[harsh quartz]

I do miss the water bottles 😦

[placid hearth]

but i've seen clips here and there with whole head blonde

[grim belfry]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5R-_UfIoLvA

[placid hearth]

i love you

[grim belfry]

:)

[hollow veldt]

Hey everyone I'm new into this discord sever .

[placid hearth]

hi new into this discord server, i'm gwen

sorry had to do it

[hollow veldt]

I apologize it

[placid hearth]

it's a good thing dbrand gave a big bag of money, luke and linus tried hard to demonetize that bit

[eager dome]

hi!

[wispy marsh]

Hi

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[full fossil]

I like it

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😃

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[opal thunder]

What are you guys counting for lol?

[full fossil]

shits n giigles

not got be a reason for everying

[distant wren]

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[distant wren]

Guess I found someone just as stupid as I am

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