tech-chat-1

[grizzled frost]

drunk, not high

[hexed sage]

I like fallout and skyrim

[spring latch]

same difference

[grizzled frost]

very different

[hexed sage]

RPG games

[spring latch]

they both impair you

[grizzled frost]

in completely different ways

[pulsar obsidian]

Maybe try the half life series idk

[spring latch]

whatever

[grizzled frost]

that's like saying meth and liquor is the same thing

[spring latch]

fair

[pulsar obsidian]

I dont play RPGs

[hexed sage]

its not like i can dump hundreds of hours into half life lol

[pulsar obsidian]

Fair

[hexed sage]

it depends on what you get high on

[grizzled frost]

it does not

high is inherent to stimulants

alcohol is a depressant

they are complete opposites

[pulsar obsidian]

Most far away from RPG games

[hexed sage]

bro never heard of indica

[grizzled frost]

single player games>

[pulsar obsidian]

Slightly similar interests wtf

Stormworks is peak

[spring latch]

and they are both made to supress just ofc in different ways

[grizzled frost]

satisfactory would be on there, but i bought on epic before it was available on steam

[grizzled frost]

i have a single save with more than 600 hours

[pulsar obsidian]

Amazing

[pulsar obsidian]

Disgusting

[spring latch]

people talking about games makes me realize how much i dont game

[pulsar obsidian]

Gta games suck

[hexed sage]

doesnt help that i havent played any games i dump thousands of hours into on steam

[hexed sage]

???

is this ragebait

[pulsar obsidian]

Im being honest

[hexed sage]

gta 5 has an amazing story

[pulsar obsidian]

There are 100% better games than gta

[spring latch]

ive never played GTA but i can tell it seems like it would be a fire game

[pulsar obsidian]

Even jar jar bunks has more character development

[eager mango]

guys i have a question

[grizzled frost]

blade and sorcery has better story than GTA

[hexed sage]

bro did not play the gta5 story

[spring latch]

such slander makes me think you've never touched it

[grizzled frost]

i have an answer

[spring latch]

dont ask to ask, just ask

[eager mango]

RTX 3060 12GB Graphics Card
Intel Xeon E5 2689v4 (Powerful server CPU performs like i9 9900k)
550W 80+ Gold PSU
16GB Quad Channel RAM
Adjustable RGB lighting throughout the whole case

430 USD, not sure on the psu name nor the motherboard. but is this a good deal?

also will powering a server CPU cost a lot

[pulsar obsidian]

Server cpu........

[spring latch]

pretty old server CPU

[grizzled frost]

"powerful server CPU" followed up by "performs like an i9 9900k" HAHA!

[spring latch]

it will work but server CPU isnt made for gaming really

[grizzled frost]

as someone who has 4 2690v4's in deployment, they're solidly mediocre

[eager mango]

so for 430 usd for the whole thing.. good or bad?

[plain cypress]

I am the galaxy watch7

[pulsar obsidian]

FOR FUCKS SAKS

Why dont i have these

Oh I see

[ebon marlin]

Performs like an i9 9900k doesn't mean much when even the 10400f outperforms it

[spring latch]

the CPU will bottleneck the GPU most likely, the server CPU has nowhere near the gaming preformance of the i9 9900K, only the server preformance

[pulsar obsidian]

Plex server material

[eager mango]

hm

[grizzled frost]

it performs somewhat close in multicore, but is 20% worse in single core

[eager mango]

i also would prefer not to have some server hardware. likely from aliexpress

[spring latch]

only buy for very light AI compute tasks on the GPU or if you are hosting something intense

[spring latch]

well the CPU doesnt matter price wise, old xeons are dirt cheap

[pulsar obsidian]

Any older cpu will bottleneck a newer gpu

[proper gull]

If you couldn't tell from the mocking, it's bad.

[eager mango]

i saw a 3060 build for 430, sounded good

[pulsar obsidian]

I know im getting a bottleneck by pairing a 9060XT with a 9400f

[grizzled frost]

i get 2690v4s for like 20usd a pop, they're cheap as hell

[ebon marlin]

It's a 3060 can be handled by many much older cpus

[spring latch]

though on the contrary, this actully might be a better deal, even if not for gaming, the boards that you still have to buy could be hundreds of dollars alone

[grizzled frost]

you can get a LGA 2011-3 board for like 90usd off ebay

[spring latch]

ive seen it for more expensive must just be me

[eager mango]

i could strip the parts and sell them. also 550w for a server cpu?

[grizzled frost]

depends how picky you are on the board

[eager mango]

i could throw my li lani 850w in there if required

[spring latch]

i would recommend 850W for much more breathing room

[eager mango]

i run a intel i5 4570 and a gtx 970 on the 850w lmfao

[pulsar obsidian]

Excuse me what

[spring latch]

also another reason u might not want it is because servers will sound like jet engines

[grizzled frost]

that thing isn't worth the shipping cost

[eager mango]

i bought it second hand for 200 usd

[grizzled frost]

you overpaid, by a lot

[eager mango]

??

[grizzled frost]

you can get a comparable machine for like 50usd

[spring latch]

I run an i5-7400, 16GB DDR4-2400 and an RX 580

was 700$ when my dad got it brand new in 2017

came with 8GB tho

[ebon marlin]

They're not buying a server just a server xeon that's been put in a gaming pc

[pulsar obsidian]

I run an i5-9400F, 16GB of DDR4-2400 and a GTX 1650, costed me 1200NZD when I got it in 2019

[grizzled frost]

there is nothing about server chips that make them loud, just server coolers

[plain cypress]

Not a 1650

[eager mango]

yo a kiwi, how are you brudda

[pulsar obsidian]

Pretty good mate wbu

[eager mango]

pretty decent

[ebon marlin]

Insanely ripped off even back then lmao

[pulsar obsidian]

New Zealand Dollars not USD

[eager mango]

yeah the 1650 is shit

[ebon marlin]

Oh wait nzd eh

[spring latch]

only complaint about my PC is that its the 4GB variant

[eager mango]

like 700 usd

[grizzled frost]

692.20usd

[ebon marlin]

Still feels a bit much

Especially for an i5 and a 50 series card

[pulsar obsidian]

Everything is expensive here

[spring latch]

damn i wish it was 694.20sud

[grizzled frost]

was it late 2019 or early 2019

[eager mango]

not on trademe

[grizzled frost]

Get out.

[spring latch]

nuh uh

[pulsar obsidian]

Middle of the year I think

I wonder if my mobo got ReBAR support with a newer bios version

I doubt it did because it has SLI

[eager mango]

to be honest, sure i overspent. that 150 dollars i can make back pretty easily. this is very good for what i need it for

we learn for mistakes lowk

[pulsar obsidian]

Rando strangers on trademe selling 64gb ddr5 for 2 bucks

[spring latch]

how to get scammed 101:

[eager mango]

nah trademes full of mums selling their childrens hardware

[eager mango]

they have to follow the consumer garuntee act on trademe. zero risk.

[grizzled frost]

or gutted

[bold olive]

convince me why should i get a radeon instead of another rtx

[spring latch]

if thats what u want just goto facebook marketplace

[pulsar obsidian]

Nah not in nz

[eager mango]

trademes is new zealands fb marketplace. just better and less scammy

[pulsar obsidian]

Trademe is the shit

[grizzled frost]

no, you clearly are just looking for an argument, buy nvidia and begone

[eager mango]

not reallly. its got a lot worse with reselling but you can get deals

[spring latch]

i have to stay on the fence here, NVIDIA is not caring about consumers anymore, and modern AMD drivers are unstable

[pulsar obsidian]

We dont talk about intel

[eager mango]

intel for incels

[spring latch]

this is why I use old hardware, old, slow, no risk on new unstable shit

and even then my current rig isnt all that old, and it works 100% fine for my tasks

[pulsar obsidian]

Mine doesnt

Microsoft download simulator eats all my vram in one mouthfull

[grizzled frost]

i have my modern desktop with modern parts, and my server rack with ancient ass components that were cheap

[spring latch]

windows problems

[pulsar obsidian]

CPU and RAM arent hit hard at all

[pulsar obsidian]

No its the game lmfao

[spring latch]

ah

[pulsar obsidian]

Microsoft flight simulator is known for being gpu heavy

[ebon marlin]

Same although I just have an older office minipc for my server stuff

[pulsar obsidian]

You could use a core 2 duo and a 4090 and it would run well

[ebon marlin]

Takes up minimal space and is very quiet

[spring latch]

you said microsoft download simulator 😭

[pulsar obsidian]

Thats what you call it because Microsofts download servers are so shit

[spring latch]

got it

[pulsar obsidian]

And the new 2024 one

Is microsoft space heater 2024

[bold olive]

INTEL ARC-

pls dont it bad idea

[spring latch]

well i just use linux because why waste my hardware on windows when I can atleast let it sip power on linux while im doing normal stuff

[grizzled frost]

i love my rack full of ancient hardware

[pulsar obsidian]

I also need windows for compatability

[spring latch]

that being said, and this is worth saying, I agree that linux is not for everyone

[grizzled frost]

all my servers use linux, all my desktops use windows

my laptop uses macos

[spring latch]

both of my mains use linux, my N6000 gets peppermintOS, and my i5 7400 gets Arch Linux

[pulsar obsidian]

This is my home server

[plain cypress]

Tbh my main os is android

[grizzled frost]

peppermintos is also linux

[spring latch]

ya i know

[bold olive]

i have a gift for you for this christmas: sudo rm -rf /*

[spring latch]

but it sounds weird to say peppermintos linux

[spring latch]

thanks but if i wanted that to work id need --no-preserve-root

[bold olive]

apologies

[pulsar obsidian]

I would buy an iPad for stuff

[bold olive]

as a windows 11 pro license holder

[pulsar obsidian]

However I have so much samsung

[pulsar obsidian]

Rich

[grizzled frost]

i haven’t paid for windows on my last like 4 pc builds

[spring latch]

i would also never go with modern nvidia, if nvidia at all, a 1080 Ti or 2070 Super but not like a 3060+ or smth

[grizzled frost]

i refuse to pay for my OS

[ebon marlin]

Modern nvidia features are neat coming from a 5070 owner

[plain cypress]

I did buy retail windows 10 home

[spring latch]

clearly i dont need them if im doing just fine on an RX 580

[ebon marlin]

upgraded from a 6800xt

[spring latch]

i need customization features but whenever I use windows unactivated i just use the registry stuff to use dark mode

[grizzled frost]

modern nvidia feature are fucking awesome coming from a 4080S owner

[ebon marlin]

Difference between a casual and an end user

[grizzled frost]

i don’t use unactivated windows

my windows is very much activated

[ebon marlin]

Massive graves ftw

[bold olive]

long story short: it was cuz my laptop wont boot, technician needed a retail license after fixing cuz theres no way of getting the oem license back
and that retail license allowed me to activate windows on my new pc which the oem cant

[grizzled frost]

[bold olive]

im lucky

[spring latch]

what do i add to my os

[grizzled frost]

when in doubt, more storage

[spring latch]

huh?

[grizzled frost]

i also have win11 pro activated license

[bold olive]

but you refuse to pay-

[grizzled frost]

more storage

[spring latch]

i meant features dawg

[grizzled frost]

correct

[bold olive]

i understand for expensive games

[spring latch]

you see this amazing technical thing exists that may or may not be illegal but i plead the fifth

[bold olive]

i tried it before tbh

[grizzled frost]

oh i don’t pirate games

[bold olive]

jk

[grizzled frost]

too much work

media and OSes only please

[bold olive]

2tb hard drive over a 512 gig nvme

[grizzled frost]

depends on what you use it for

[spring latch]

believe it or not im running off of an HDD and its usable

[ebon marlin]

All my windows systems run Windows 11 Pro for Workstation that I activated for free

[grizzled frost]

usable, but far from enjoyable

[spring latch]

i meant usable as in it actually works good

[grizzled frost]

live laugh love piracy

[spring latch]

for reference windows 10 on the same drive also preforms quite well

[grizzled frost]

then you clearly haven’t experienced a nvme based device

because it isn’t comparable in any way

[spring latch]

i have but this PC used to be my dads and lets just say he dunno how to take care of it

[grizzled frost]

it’s like driving a moped and saying it gets you to work just fine, then upgrading to a maserati

[spring latch]

he just didnt want his shit gone so i transferred the nvme

[bold olive]

im grateful to have an open nvme gen 3 slot that i can use instead of sata

[spring latch]

well hopefully i get solid christmas money ill probably get an new ssd

[grizzled frost]

ssds are dirt cheap

[bold olive]

yes

[grizzled frost]

you can get a 512g ssd for like 50usd

[spring latch]

if u think thats cheat

[bold olive]

i can salvage my laptop for one

but i dont want to let it go that early

[ebon marlin]

Cheap for todays standards

[grizzled frost]

when you have a job, it is indeed cheap

[spring latch]

is january 2024 still modern standards

because a 1TB PNY sata SSD went for 50$ then

[grizzled frost]

that’s like 2 hours of labor

scuse me, you can actually get them as cheap as 35usd

[spring latch]

ill probably scoop up a SATA SSD if I cant afford NVMe

[ebon marlin]

We're in a recession for tech hardware currently so no

AI companies buying 40% of global supply of incomplete wafers that they plan on doing jackshit for just to jack up tech prices

[spring latch]

it is time to figure out what the fuck went wrong and how moving the mouse to the corner while running my voxel game caused this

[grizzled frost]

at least you got an actual error code instead of some modern “oopsie whoopsie the program went fucky wucky and died really bad, i’m so sowwy”

i can’t stand nondescript error codes

[spring latch]

yeah i designed shit this way

makes it easier for me and anybody else to debug

solution: ignore unless it becomes a serious issue

[grizzled frost]

if it can’t identity the exact problematic bit and crucify its entire lineage, what is the point of the error code

[spring latch]

yeah like if it was just Page Fault 0x0x3 error 0x0x0 without RIP RSP and CR2 and the excess shit that would make it insanely difficult to debug

[grizzled frost]

launching programs is seeing 400 “CRITICAL ERROR” messages, then pretending that never happened when it launches

[spring latch]

i mostly added it so i didnt have to wait 100 years for qemu to load the kernel while CPU logging on software emulation

[spring latch]

Yes

[ebon marlin]

Lovely

[spring latch]

cats can do anything

[grizzled frost]

my brain parasite approves

[ebon marlin]

Lovely

[spring latch]

my bed is falling apart
solution:
hold it together with a bunch of damaged cables

for instance a broke displayport cable is holding the right top leg to the frame

[grizzled frost]

i accidentally beheaded a couple ethernet cables when pulling out a server the other day

RIP (rest in pieces) to those cables

[spring latch]

im sure ethernet cables could be used to attach a hamic to the ceiling and it'd work

[grizzled frost]

there was a pic of an entire server rack being held up by a tied up ethernet cables

granted it was a 2 post rack, but still

[spring latch]

ethernet cables as the elevator cables when

im also sure this would work

for 10 minutes

im out of ideas for chucklesOS features now id just need to make drivers for everything but issue is i dont have everything

[sleek ibex]

[sleek ibex]

[cold skiff]

Frankenserver

[drowsy isle]

Held together by hopes and prayers

[livid perch]

Lowk 240hz oled is a game changer

Problem is now i cant buy a monitor cuz anything worse then that will js be a eye sore and if i want smth to matvh up to my laptops screen itll cost half as much as the laptop it self

[drowsy isle]

Oled in general is a game changer but 240hz is pretty damn good, I recommend giving those 500hz ones a try even as a demo. The latency is nuts.

[livid perch]

Sooo no monitor for me any time soon

[livid perch]

I tried the 460hz at CES last year

It was wild

[shell sail]

ugly aahh pc jumpscare

[livid perch]

Ive had 3 oled laptops including the current one

[spring latch]

ive heard anything above a certain hz just gets terrible to look at

[livid perch]

The first one was only 60hz

1080p

[shell sail]

fun fact: the fan at the bottom is being lifted slightly by lego pieces, these 1x1 spacers

[livid perch]

Second was 1600p 60hz

The new one is 240hz 1600p

Its js crazy

[wheat torrent]

idk

ethernet cables are sturdy imo

[drowsy isle]

Seems like the PC case was a good chunk of the overall budget

[spring latch]

which gpu

[shell sail]

its my old one

thermaltake tower 200

[livid perch]

1660ti evo

Looks like it

[shell sail]

id like to point out i have a 4070 but this pc has a 1650

[livid perch]

Awee

I was close

[spring latch]

no need to flex

[spring latch]

I have an RX 580 save the bragging for the GT 710 people

[livid perch]

Welp

[shell sail]

i have a 1030 in a box somewhere

[livid perch]

I got a 5070ti but its a mobile

[shell sail]

then its not a 5070 its a 5070lite

[livid perch]

Well its still the same tech js not enough juice

[drowsy isle]

5080 I got for $800 open box

[livid perch]

I was fon buy a 5060 laptop

Smhw ended up w a 5070ti one

Still it performs pretty good

[shell sail]

[drowsy isle]

The more you buy the more you save

[livid perch]

At max settings in Hogwarths legacy I was able to get 120+ fps natively

[drowsy isle]

https://tenor.com/view/nvidia-jensen-huang-the-more-you-buy-the-more-you-save-keynote-2018-gif-12315008507302833354

[livid perch]

No upscaling what so ever

[spring latch]

[livid perch]

I even got 120+ at asetto corsa

In a heavy traffic map at full settingd with the CSP mod

Like comint from a laptop with no dGPU

Its lit going from 20 to 120 fps

20fps at min settings btw

[drowsy isle]

I still run upscaling even after hitting my monitor's refresh rate

no reason at all

Like seeing those high numbers I guess

[livid perch]

Lmao

Thats what I did at WT

I was gettinf 270fps but i hit dlss 4

I was gettin 320

[ebon marlin]

DLSS is better than traditional anti-aliasing

[drowsy isle]

Well yeah, it massively improves rdr2 too over taa

[thorny saddle]

DLAA 💪

[drowsy isle]

seems like 5090 never got to be readily available at $1999 and never will with the memory shortage and production cuts

[winter lantern]

Im pretty sure a top end gpu has never been

[drowsy isle]

4090 even went below msrp

[ebon marlin]

Production cuts won't affect the 5090 the 5060 Ti and 5070 Ti will be affected by it though

[drowsy isle]

4090 was $1549 at times

[winter lantern]

Like on online stores?

[drowsy isle]

yes

[drowsy isle]

4090s were easy to get in 2024

$1549 at times which is below $1600 msrp

[winter lantern]

Now they're that price on a good day used

[fringe prairie]

it was for a bit

especially at mc

you could find them for $2000

[drowsy isle]

Wasn't seeing them for $1999 at msrp

cheapest they went were $2199

[thorny saddle]

MC 5090 TUF non-OC were $1999 and in stock for like 5 hours

[winter lantern]

Microcenter overprices gpus what would it be cheaper there

[thorny saddle]

huh?

[lime grail]

i feel like i shouldnt use sata splitters for my 2 hard drives

[drowsy isle]

No microcenter charges less

[thorny saddle]

Micro Center charges manufacturer MSRP

[glossy veldt]

hmmm

[winter lantern]

No they dont

[thorny saddle]

Yes they do

[lime grail]

5k for a 5090

[glossy veldt]

closer to 3900

[winter lantern]

Well probably now because theres no shortage but when the 50 series came out nah

[thorny saddle]

That's simply not true

[lime grail]

oof still expensive tho

[glossy veldt]

yeah it's car territory expensive

[lime grail]

oh it's 32gigs

[winter lantern]

Seen videos and they were like 100$ more then msrp at microcenter must have been faked

[drowsy isle]

Someimtes they charge below msrp

[glossy veldt]

i only see the 32gb model being sold

[thorny saddle]

Trust me. I have bought a few. They are manufacturer MSRP.

[drowsy isle]

Every retailer was doing the same

[thorny saddle]

MC does not mark up. Period.

[winter lantern]

Is this your version of nvidia stock

[winter lantern]

Yep

[lime grail]

Yeah I thought there was a 24gb version

[drowsy isle]

Should have seen newegg they were bundling gpus in bundles filled with unnecessary shit

[thorny saddle]

Ya'll have no idea what you're talking about, but MC never charged more than the mfgr MSRP

I have prob bought like 40 GPUs from MC

[lime grail]

I still have 2gigs of vram bro

[serene python]

The Microsoft corporation and it's inventions have been a disaster for the human race

[winter lantern]

They do on release
Because theres a shortage on release

[thorny saddle]

They don't. I literally bought mine on release lol.

I literally camped the fuck out and got it at launch. For mfgr MSRP.

[winter lantern]

Like a week after release

[thorny saddle]

You can just say you're wrong and you have no idea

[winter lantern]

Well im not

[thorny saddle]

I know the manager of MC here, they do not mark up

[proper gull]

Don't confuse the more expensive partner cards with the actual MSRP options

[thorny saddle]

Show me an example of MC marking up

[thorny saddle]

They are saying like 5090 Master was +$100 from $2999 at launch at MC and that's not true

[winter lantern]

Who said that

Nobody did besides you

[thorny saddle]

What mark up are you talking about

[winter lantern]

Not for 5090s

[thorny saddle]

short term memory loss is a serious disease

MC DOES NOT MARK UP. Period. The end.

[winter lantern]

That has nothing to do with what you said

[thorny saddle]

It literally is what I said, and it referred to what you said

[winter lantern]

Might be the thing

[tulip depot]

You're telling me this msrp model for $749 going for $999 (no membership) is not marked up? 🤔

[thorny saddle]

What does the mfgr have it for on their site?

[winter lantern]

This must be what I was thinking because all the msrp ones were bought out

[tulip depot]

yeah gpus were $100 to $300 over msrp for a while

5070ti was $1000 before the actual launch date

[thorny saddle]

Oh... you don't understand "MSRP"

[tulip depot]

for the asus prime

[thorny saddle]

AIB MSRP does NOT equal Nvidia.com Founders MSRP

If you are talking about AIB vs Founders then you've lost your way

[winter lantern]

Ik

[thorny saddle]

MC does not mark up AIBs. Their prices, always, matched ASUS.com store or lower. I know, I have bought like 6

[winter lantern]

That means its marked up then if its over msrp

[thorny saddle]

What?

[tulip depot]

These are cards that use basic features, literally base spec. They are suppose to be at the msrp NVIDIA made, not $250 over

[thorny saddle]

An AIB 5090 is NOT an Nvidia Founders GPU.. they are different SKUs

[tulip depot]

It's been the same thing for generations were these aibs sell their cards at the msrp nvidia set

[thorny saddle]

Yeah you're all confusing yourselves

[winter lantern]

Well now we know what i ment

[tulip depot]

now since microcenter has an overstock they have actually started charging msrp

[ebon marlin]

https://stupidpenisx.com/i/status/2002851324312887625

Tech Bro Memes (@techbromemes)

https://t.co/Hge6EN87Ol

vxTwitter / fixvx · Dec 21, 2025, 9:19 PM

[thorny saddle]

Which is useless, a BMW is not the same price as a Toyota

GN/LTT "MSRP" talk has broken TC1s minds

[tulip depot]

No they didn't, asus site was charging $749 for the 5070ti prime microcenter had it for $999

[thorny saddle]

"MSRP" is what the manufacturer charges. In the case of an ASUS card thats ASUS pricing, not "$1999 Founders price"

[thorny saddle]

Show me

Maybe it was like a day lag while the site updates, but I am friends with MC management they quite literally are not ALLOWED to overprice

[winter lantern]

I thought msrp just ment the nvidia founder price

[thorny saddle]

In fact... my 5090 Master Ice was $2650 at MC a day before Amazon/Newegg/B&H dropped the price

[winter lantern]

And anything over that is upcharged

[thorny saddle]

No. Its whatever the manufacturer recommends, which on a PNY is PNY and on an ASUS is ASUS.

[winter lantern]

Pny always does msrp

[thorny saddle]

Nvidia is the supplier of the die - they can charge, and control, the release of their founders cards at $1999 (which was basically zero), but AIB cards are NOT Founders

[thorny saddle]

No

[drowsy isle]

I remember the cards costing more back in February

[thorny saddle]

I was literally in the line, you're wrong

[drowsy isle]

was 6 months ago but they were charging $1000 for the 5070ti

there wasn't a 5070ti cheaper than $900

I remember that happening

[thorny saddle]

That was MSRP from the manufacturer bud

[drowsy isle]

maybe it was just my location which is the dallas mc

[thorny saddle]

Whatever the price from the mfgr was, that's what MC lists

[thorny ingot]

is this comp

[thorny saddle]

No it wasn't your location it was the most tracked launch in history

[drowsy isle]

oh wait I remember what happened

[drowsy isle]

microcenter only had the aibs they hardly had msrp cards so it was the aibs charging high

so it was the aibs charging up

[thorny saddle]

See, you're hurting yourself here - "MSRP" is not a universal

What does M mean in MSRP/

[drowsy isle]

but microcenter does price up, they were charging over $2000 for a 6900 xt

[thorny saddle]

They don't

[drowsy isle]

well yeah I said aibs, aibs are the manufacturers of the cards

[thorny saddle]

Right and if PNY or ASUS or ZOTAC sets the price, thats what MC posts

[drowsy isle]

Ok I'll be more specific cards set at the $749 price point

[thorny saddle]

Look - when I was going for my 2nd 5090... there were Zotacs at MC ffor like $3800... but guess what? They were $3800 on zotac.com

[drowsy isle]

I'm saying msrp cardss meaning cards meant to sell at nvidia $749 price, the base spec ones

[thorny saddle]

Again, wrong.

[drowsy isle]

I know what msrp means as the manufactured set prices

[thorny saddle]

There was a price hike on ALL AIBs from the MANUFACTURER early on. That wasn't MC.

I know, because I returned one within price match 🙂

[sinful cobalt]

Manufactured Suggested Retail Pricing

[drowsy isle]

also why do you feel the strong need to defend microcenter

this was months ago prices are down

[thorny saddle]

Because you're spreading disinformation that's why

[thorny saddle]

Prices are not down, actually

[drowsy isle]

This was at my microcenter 4 years ago

[ebon marlin]

Why are we looking at wifi 5 cards in the big 2025

[drowsy isle]

although the height of the shortage still way more than competitors

[ebon marlin]

Wifi 7 cards are like 20-25 bucks

[drowsy isle]

this was this year

[sinful cobalt]

I’ve built myself a little box of parts, and damn the 5070Ti prime looks good

[fringe prairie]

yeah they do

[winter lantern]

I thought wifi cards were just part of the mobo

[thorny ingot]

my old pc wifi card

[thorny saddle]

Because that's what MSRP was. This isn't hard.

[thorny ingot]

i need to get a new wifi card cause i bought a motherboard without one but idk if wifi cards have cpu specifics

[thorny saddle]

Its nice and small

[drowsy isle]

At over a $1000 more than what amazon and newegg were selling them for at the time

[rose stream]

Damn... I went looking back in chat logs for the hell of it, looking up all the times I talked about consoles. Somehow ended up finding the whole debates noynad/D4nyon, realizing the hilarity and the severity in sanity loss those conversations caused, and not even the ones I was part of with him in it.

[drowsy isle]

amazon had the marked up like crazy too but far less than mc

[thorny saddle]

You can't provide receipts so I can't respond to that, but its simple - MC does not price gouge, period. You can argue it, but you'd be wrong.

[sinful cobalt]

i think its the best SFF card excluding founder’s

[thorny saddle]

No I like my SFF best

[sinful cobalt]

Goddamnit.

[thorny saddle]

30 lbs of shit in a 5 lb bag

[pale valley]

guys

[sinful cobalt]

How many litres big is that

[pale valley]

is there any good game i can play in windows 8 ?

[glossy veldt]

wh why dude good dude do you hate yourself

[rose stream]

Yes, we know your SFF is objectively the best here, Snail. |D

[pale valley]

i cant get a new one rn

[thorny saddle]

camel doesn't work because of 3rd party

[glossy veldt]

what do you mean just run the bloody updater

[winter lantern]

Paying extra for ssf sounds so silly

[glossy veldt]

get windows 10

[thorny saddle]

I didn't pay much more for SFF

[pale valley]

my laptop is rlly trash

[thorny saddle]

I think my PSU was like $80 more than an ATX sized

[cosmic idol]

❌

[winter lantern]

How's that wrong

[glossy veldt]

then there's not much other than indie 2d games like katana zero or whatever else there is

[pale valley]

i have 4gb ram i5 and an hdd

[winter lantern]

Nothing wrong with that

[pale valley]

damn

[rose stream]

It's not, but when done right, it is worth it.

[winter lantern]

Do u just play roblox

[glossy veldt]

roblox is surprisingly demanding for a crappy opengl game

[pale valley]

u cant play roblox in windows 8

[thorny saddle]

Ballingest anti-sag

[cosmic idol]

paying extra for sff aint silly if space is at a premium

[thorny ingot]

yo yall think bestbuy will do a motherboard trade?

[rose stream]

SFF is technically a dumb thing to do in most cases, but it is worthwhile as a challenge, a space saver, and has it's advantages with cooling and quality sometimes.

[pale valley]

ima try megabonk

[winter lantern]

I think its for probability usually

[glossy veldt]

i love sff i plan on making my uttermost compact computer using my A2000

[cosmic idol]

id say this is pretty accurate

[sinful cobalt]

You have the SF1000 if im not wrong?

I got my SF850 same price as say, corsair RM1000x

[glossy veldt]

i would love a sff computer it would save SO much space on my car

[sinful cobalt]

SF1000 is also about nother 80

[glossy veldt]

especially when me nd my fam go over to grandma's

carrying a big ass desktop isn't cool

[rose stream]

That's....
I don't think that's the right word for what you're going for.
Then again, I'm not too sure what you were going for there, sooo...

[cosmic idol]

neither

[winter lantern]

Autocorrect got me smh
Portability

[drowsy isle]

I wanted to do sff but found my o11d evo rgb for only $87 and could not resist buying it

[thorny saddle]

ya

[rose stream]

Well that is one of the advantages with the size, yeah.

[winter lantern]

I think thats the only reason for it

[sinful cobalt]

What case is that? I'd guess its about 15L or so considering you could fit a 5090 TUF and a DH12 inside

[rose stream]

Eeehh I'd also throw in cooling advantages... Well, with an asterisk.

[sinful cobalt]

Only 5090s I could realistically fit in mine is like... ventus and fe

[rose stream]

Also, design and creativity that not many larger form factors would match, let alone anyone would go out of their way to design to match, especially within a fixed budget.

[ebon marlin]

Why not get a gaming handheld or a laptop

[pale valley]

yo im pretty sure i can run tf2 but i cant use steam to download it since steam stopped support for windows8 , is there any otehr way to download it?

[ebon marlin]

Why are we using outdated windows in the big year of 2025 and soon 2026

[rose stream]

For an SFF builder, it technically costs more, but there is a ceiling and a floor and we can still find ways to not exceed either direction, so as long as you're to try hard enough.

[winter lantern]

Because then youll be using 2 systems

Actually most people with sff do anyways

[rose stream]

Really, it's just the stupidity in sff building and design is the fact you can do so much with it, even if it makes less sense than just sticking with standard cases.

... And that's why we don't, specifically on the keyword "standard".

[winter lantern]

My case is 40lbs 🥀

Very big 🥺

[cosmic idol]

what in the fuck

[rose stream]

In practice, you don't build in a small case because it makes sense to, unless your build has a strict size requirement. You do it because you actually want to.

That's why they still exist.

[winter lantern]

What u wtfing to

[ebon marlin]

He has the whole table for himself and is still angry

[ornate harbor]

hehe brown car

[cosmic idol]

40lbs case

[winter lantern]

Its a normal ass tabby

[ornate harbor]

Huh

[rose stream]

It's STUPID, but like ANY OTHER NICHE...

It's worth it if all you really wanted was just a full mesh case that's a tiny box for maximized airflow, while taking up a fraction of your deskspace.

[ebon marlin]

It's a british shorthair tabby

[winter lantern]

Just piss yellow lighting

[cosmic idol]

I love it
it an angy baby ❤️

i love tabby cats

[ebon marlin]

I like my lighting to be warm

[winter lantern]

So you agree

[ebon marlin]

Eh it's more so orange

[winter lantern]

Mhm

[cosmic idol]

what case is that

[winter lantern]

7000d

[ebon marlin]

Oh wait no nvm it's a tabby scottish fold

[ornate harbor]

Is the car orange or is that only the light

[ebon marlin]

I mixed them up

[rose stream]

Interesting choice. What was the thought process into buying that size exactly?

[cosmic idol]

why buy such a big case for such small parts

[winter lantern]

Well there was a 4090 in it before

[ebon marlin]

Orange lighting aka warm lighting

[glossy veldt]

looks eerily close to this thing i found on marketplace

[cosmic idol]

OH
is that an evga 1650 super???/

[winter lantern]

Yeah

Some kind soul in this server gave it to me out of pity

[rose stream]

Damn, what happened? It looks like your system had gone on a diet and only it's insides shrunk. Lol.

[ornate harbor]

Luxury

[ebon marlin]

Luxury? It's a 10€ LED lightbulb

[rose stream]

And a smart bulb too.... I don't like.

[ebon marlin]

I mean, can't really control a LED lightbulb properly without it being a smart bulb

Not a big fan either but it needs to be smart bulb

[winter lantern]

Still looks stupid with the 4090 in it

[bold olive]

the noctua helps

[ebon marlin]

Would get an incandescent light bulb but those suckers eat so much energy

[glossy veldt]

i prefer my lights to be incandescent

[rose stream]

Damn... I just regular LED lightbulbs with dimming really. Well aside from my room.

[winter lantern]

Ig

[bold olive]

guys hear me out

assetto corsa evo with dlss-

[glossy veldt]

don't there come some pseudoincandescent bulbs

[rose stream]

My room's fan uses a propriety LED board.

Meanwhile, my main lights are actually the rope and stand lights on my desk.

[cosmic idol]

hehe matching

[cosmic idol]

you still have the 4090?

[winter lantern]

Mhm

[rose stream]

Both... Well, come from different brands and use two different remotes to control.

[cosmic idol]

dell optiplex my beloved

[winter lantern]

Intel stock cooler

[ebon marlin]

It's just a LED lightbulb

[glossy veldt]

they try to mimic incandescent

[winter lantern]

Why is only 1 screw in 🥀

[cosmic idol]

mine are the lights that are on my ceiling 🙏
they're really bad actually, every time one of them goes, I need an electrician to replace it

[ebon marlin]

My regular ass smart LED bulb already does that

[glossy veldt]

i honestly was so bummed when they changed the lights in my neighborhood for some shitty leds

[cosmic idol]

wdym..?

[cosmic idol]

dell cooler* 😔

[formal sonnet]

There are 4x screws...

[pale valley]

yo guys

[glossy veldt]

I MISS THESE LIGHTS

SO MUCH

[pale valley]

i feel like someone hacked my steam account that i havent used in like 2 years

it looks weird now

[ebon marlin]

Cool tone LED lights are better for streets where lots of cars drive by

[thorny saddle]

@verbal prawn

[glossy veldt]

sob...

[verbal prawn]

goop goop goop

[glossy veldt]

also

for some whatever reason the sodium lights that were where i live

lasted since the neighborhood was built over 15 years ago

they installed leds a couple of months ago and a few weeks after that they burnt

like a whole 300 meter long strip of where there's supposed to be "better lighting" is pitch black after 7 pm

[pale valley]

is this normal for an old unused steam account?

[ornate harbor]

dayum I only found a pink one like 2 times

[ebon marlin]

Yeah

[pale valley]

ah alr

[ebon marlin]

Steam support sometimes does that

[glossy veldt]

wdym steam support sometimes does that

[pale valley]

but it looks like some womans link to smth

[glossy veldt]

will we all get turned to chinese

[ebon marlin]

They sometimes turn ur account chinese

[glossy veldt]

dear god

[pale valley]

damn thats

[thorny saddle]

once you get going its rapid

[pale valley]

weird

[formal sonnet]

No, that screams the account has been compromised as a way of directing people to a scam, malware, or some other kind of nefarious off-platform activity.

[pale valley]

but its been offline for 550 days so is it safe to use now?

[ebon marlin]

Xia hong shu

[ornate harbor]

I tried killing a bastion yesterday

[pale valley]

the user says call me if u disagree

according to google translate

[formal sonnet]

Impossible to answer. I'd perform a password change on your account. This should cause all other logged in sessions to end, preventing someone else from continuing to access the account. Then change the profile info so it's not scammy.

[pale valley]

yeh i just got the account back since i forgot the password.

aight im gonna change the stuff then

[thorny saddle]

lol solo?

[ornate harbor]

nah trio

[pale valley]

when ur changing ur avatar , theres smth called your avatars

does htat just exist or is it from games youve played or smht?

[thorny saddle]

ah - its not bad if you have the right setup

[ornate harbor]

bastion camped us in a corner then another team came from above and threw grenades at us

We got cooked

[thorny saddle]

i just got matriarched

do not recommend

[ornate harbor]

Whats that

[vale lotus]

Which cpu version of legion 5i seems better/best

[cosmic idol]

The one with the best cpu

[cosmic idol]

What options are there?

[vale lotus]

Hahaha

[thorny saddle]

the big MFer

[vale lotus]

Amd ryzen 7 260 Amd ryzen ai 7 350

Intel core ultra 7 and Intel core i7

There are many and that isn't the full name for them obviously but lenovo makes it so hard to see every full processor name

[cosmic idol]

[ornate harbor]

Huh

[cosmic idol]

Kind of like how those eBay pcs lure people in with “core i7 gaming pc”
And it’s like an i7 3rd gen lmao

[vale lotus]

Fr

[thorny saddle]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sxr8NWSrrE4

[vale lotus]

It's hard to see all the processors at once for the legion 5i

[vale lotus]

The hecks the difference between 5 and 5i

I'm guessing the 5i has intel processors available and the 5 has only amd processors

Lenovo creates models like apple making iPhones

They have like 20-30 different configurations just from the cpu gpu and ram maybe just from cpu and gpu

[ornate harbor]

Google

[vale lotus]

Ah yes why talk about tech in the "tech chat" when I can speak to a search engine about it 🫩✌️

[ornate harbor]

fr

[high elm]

Google

[ornate harbor]

No need he send me a video

[pale valley]

GUYS

I DID IT

i got steam running in my old window s8 laptop

[ornate harbor]

https://tenor.com/view/laptop-gif-26065254

[pale valley]

absoluetely

wait

idk how

but i tried playing genshin impact b4 cuz someone reccomended and it was rlly smooth

i got 60 fps

[ornate harbor]

https://tenor.com/view/roblox-meme-gif-26540500

[pale valley]

but the graphics were glithvcing a lot cuz im in integrated graphics

[pale valley]

mate i hav a 14 year old laptop 😭

[proper gull]

I'd sure hope a game designed for mobile was easy to run

[pale valley]

?

how is it designed for mobile

[ornate harbor]

https://tenor.com/view/computer-gif-21610643

[ornate harbor]

Dawg your laptop is nearly as old as me

[pale valley]

lol

thankfully it was pretty high end when my father bought it

it works pretty well

if i get a new ssd and more ram then it should run a lot of game pretty well

[ornate harbor]

Doenst need a new SSD or RAm needs a full rework

[pale valley]

i would buy a new pc if i could 😭

[viscid helm]

is mac mini m4 256GB 16GB good for $580?

or I should find cheaper?

[ornate harbor]

No money?

[pale valley]

kinda. im pretty young so i cant do much. where i live , under 18 isnt allowed to work , at all.

[ornate harbor]

Dang and im here searching a apprenticeship at the age of 15

[pale valley]

whats apprenticeship?

just googled it

good luck man

[pulsar obsidian]

Dafaq

Google assistant thinks my phone is a galaxy watch7

[tranquil sentinel]

Anyone know of an good slim 120mm white RGB fans?

[glossy veldt]

ts dumb ah hell

[gilded harness]

lookin thru techpowerup review and sees the worst possible fan getting 5 stars

🥀

[ebon marlin]

I owned those fans b4 they were pretty poop

[shy olive]

Guys my friend is using window 7 on a latop, and he’s getting really really low amount of fps in some games and he wants to basically get more fps, would him switching to ubuntu or other light weight Os be worth it?

[winter lance]

pluh

time to buy a 4090

[gilded harness]

whatchu need 4090 for vro

[random gyro]

roblox

duh

gotta grind out blox fruits or steal a brain rot

🙄

[gilded harness]

blox fruits in 2026 💔

the forge clears

[winter lance]

Compute rent

I wanna make some passive income

It’s either 1 4090 or 2 3090s

[sinful cobalt]

I gave the forge a try… got angel at level 10- quit the game and started ragebaiting the level 120 friend about the class system ever since

[gilded harness]

i enjoyed the forge for a bit before it go big

it gets boring after a while

maybe because i dont have any objective to do, its just getting best stuffs

unlike fisch tho

[sinful cobalt]

its just another braindead bandit beater and grinding system

[gilded harness]

yeah

[shy olive]

What are the chances this 2009 pc turns on

[sinful cobalt]

its just perfect for kids who cant tolerate watching videos more than 1 minute long

[ebon marlin]

https://stupidpenisx.com/i/status/2003057940950077785

Shitpost 2077 (@shitpost_2077)

https://t.co/Rblg5D9cIz

vxTwitter / fixvx · Dec 22, 2025, 11:00 AM

What manga could this possibly be

[shy olive]

I need it for the monitor

Oh shi my feet

[shy olive]

Guys i lost this what do i do now

[gilded harness]

corsair aio in big 2026 💔

got it for $45 btw

the only reason i bought this because i need the fucking corsair commander hub

i am NOT going to buy that shit for $75

[ebon marlin]

Corsair aio 💔

Brand new aios for same or similar price are miles better

[cold skiff]

You’re paying for that shiny Corsair name to rebrand someone else’s product.

Then they add on some stupid proprietary RGB crap just so you really know it’s Corsair

[fickle ivy]

How does this type of failure even happen to an LED bulb

[gilded harness]

i jsut said ts 😭

[ionic peak]

Dark with light

Horro movie

[wispy spindle]

Peepers, I have a problem where my secondary monitor blanks out pretty often whenever I play a game. I've tried reseating all the cables to the monitor and gpu, tried reseating the gpu itself and I've tried uninstalling and reinstalling the gpu drivers

Nada

Also tried just a simple driver reset when I've playing but surprise surprise, didn't work

[remote remnant]

Does it like turn the actual monitor off or does it just go black? Because i had a issue with weird resolution on a couple of my games.

[sinful cobalt]

What a great way to drag the brainless into our ecosystem and say “fuck you!”

[wispy spindle]

Just goes blank for like, a second and then it turns back on

I'm just using my native resolution on both monitors

[remote remnant]

That might be either a power issue or something to do with the display connection of either your monitor or computer.

[true stirrup]

Just randomly or when you for example change what window is in focus?

[fair dock]

I just found this...

Why do they hold the CPU like that

[wispy spindle]

Randomly

[true stirrup]

Looks like a completely normal way to hold it

[wispy spindle]

Like faulty PSU or just insufficient power

[remote remnant]

If im honest could be either but if your monitor is just outright going on and off I wouldn't be too far to suppose insufficient power so I would check on maybe a different monitor or screen if it does the same thing if possible

[wispy spindle]

Imma try some different cables and stuff and get back to you

[remote remnant]

Ill be blowing up my bucket full of capacitors one by one meanwhile.

[shut eagle]

hi guys, just need a quick bit of help if that's okay!

my partner has been trying to use a psvr2 on their pc, and we need to reconnect the controllers, but one of them is stuck on "remove failed" and we have tried everything, including editing the registry... is somebody clued up enough on this?

okay wait i think the registry thing worked :D

[wispy spindle]

Sounds very fun and safe

[remote remnant]

I have one from a microwave

[wispy spindle]

Good news, I switched to HDMI on the secondary monitor, it seems to be totally fine now. So guessing it was just a faulty or flakey DP cable, or a bad connection between that cable on this monitor specifically, more testing shall be conducted once I can be arsed

Bad news, I can only do 8bit and 144hz instead of 10bit 165hz on my secondary monitor. I have called the whambulance and it's on its way

[remote remnant]

Okay glados from portal.

Speaking of tech stuffs does anyone else know what a hot soldering iron feels like on their skin.

[wispy spindle]

Yes, yes I do

[bold olive]

you can do 10 bit on DP???

[shut eagle]

there's another joe...

[remote remnant]

Oh no the joes

[wispy spindle]

I think y'all should fight for the rights to be the real Joe

[wispy spindle]

And yes, yes you can

[bold olive]

how?

[bold olive]

im superior

prove me wrong

[remote remnant]

You dont have the cool line in the o

[bold olive]

thats why im superior

[wispy spindle]

Well, for 1440p 165hz 10bit specifically, you'd need a DP 1.4 connection

[remote remnant]

This is like arguing which is better root beer or cream soda.

[bold olive]

lemmie rephrase, how to turn on 10 bit color

cuz uhh

[remote remnant]

Personally I like tea a lot better than those two.

Totally tech related conversation by the way

[bold olive]

bruh i have to turn on hdr for 10 bit

it looks ridiculous especially for daily usage

[bold olive]

ok

[shut eagle]

nvm

anyone got any clue at all??? 😭

[remote remnant]

You people are just struggling i use a crt and a hd whatever touchscreen something monitor its over 1080 im not checking it rn

I use the crt for gaming because cool retro

I don't need your high quality gaming I play quake.

[bold olive]

crap i dont see the difference between 8 bit and 10 bit color

either im dumb or colorblind

[wispy spindle]

No it's just pretty subtle

[remote remnant]

Im a little of both.

[wispy spindle]

I'm just dumb luckily

[bold olive]

im more dumb i guess

i tried putting cpu clock control to 105 mhz and i had to clear cmos overnight by removing the battery cuz shorting the pins didnt clear enough

[remote remnant]

Am I the only one who wired one of those metal flick switches in where my power button should be?

[true stirrup]

You probably didn't short the pins for long enough since that should work
Otherwise taking out the CMOS battery for 30 seconds is already enough

[ebon marlin]

Windows display settings

[ebon marlin]

Not noticeable if you sit in menus

[swift moss]

Intruiging

[next hill]

anyone know a way to control brightness on windows desktop? linux seems to have ability to just simply work and adjust it from software, windows somehow is idiots and dont have such option. its not that i cant change it physicaly on the monitor control thingy, but it feels soon to break off given buttons arent a standard and many use knob.

[ebon marlin]

Display settings

Google exists

[next hill]

no option there

[ebon marlin]

It's under brightness and color

[next hill]

none

[ebon marlin]

https://youtu.be/4EV40aRKsLo?si=afIp8L_Cj71oHhYl

[eager mango]

do i get an actual desk and a chair

[bold olive]

i shorted it for 45 seconds

[bold olive]

i could see my enemies better in fps games in 10 bit

[rigid fjord]

you be better off mowing lawns, washing windows, walking dogs or doing a paper round

[winter lance]

I live in the uk plus I’m too busy with university

I can easily make like 100-300 a month passively

[rigid fjord]

i live in the uk also, you can make more than that with the combo of what i mentioned

[winter lance]

Yea igu

[rigid fjord]

you also won't be passively making anything from 3090's or 4090's

[winter lance]

Why not

[left dove]

because offering your compute services with no frontend is nigh impossible to make work

just go shovel snow or something

[rigid fjord]

initial cost, then power costs, after this, it's internet cost and then no proper front end

[left dove]

also creating a business like that requires tax forms and payment processor integration

[next hill]

0 options

[rigid fjord]

i doubt he's where it's cold enough to actually see snow here

[left dove]

use the monitor osd.

[next hill]

read message above the one i replied

[rigid fjord]

other than the osd of the monitor

[left dove]

no he wants brightness control

[next hill]

that only shows some info

[left dove]

I'm aware of what you said

[next hill]

only thing to change is refresh rate which ofc i set to max

[left dove]

have you considered just

using the osd

[cold skiff]

Your refresh rate is called Max? Cute name.

[left dove]

if its not a laptop windows isnt going to have brightness control integration w/o 3rd party software.

[cold skiff]

OSD and nvidia / adrenaline controls

[next hill]

and you are aware what i said, but seems like you arent. I literally said the knob feels soon to break from the brightness needing to be changed

[left dove]

soooo stop adjusting the brightness?

[next hill]

i literally asked for options, bruh, you literally read nothing

[cold skiff]

You have no options

Done

[left dove]

yeah im literally giving you options

[next hill]

no thanks, i want to save eyes. even 0% is blinding at evening

[left dove]

f.lux

[cold skiff]

You can take your eyes with you but not your sight when you are dead. Just enjoy you sight now, don’t worry about it

[next hill]

im not 50, theres many years that need sight

[rigid fjord]

colour calibration it and then adjust the gamma

[next hill]

i know nothing about that stuff

[cold skiff]

You could get hit by a bus tomorrow. Don’t count your chickens, buster.

[left dove]

https://tenor.com/view/special-eyes-gif-20145220

[rigid fjord]

time to learn

[left dove]

have you considered to stop whining to us about your light sensitivity & to just, idk, use google?

[next hill]

linux somehow knows magic to change the brightness even to the monitor level, but windows is a piece of shit idiot and acts like a first grade student

[next hill]

google told nothing

[left dove]

google better lmao

[rigid fjord]

don't promise a good time without actual guarantees

[left dove]

I also explained this to you earlier but i guess you don't wanna read now huh

HOW THE TURNS HAVE TABLED

[next hill]

im already at my skill limit, just like i am at shooter games

[next hill]

no mention of linux in your messages BTW BRUH

[left dove]

[next hill]

and thats why im saying that microsoft and windows is a bunch of piece of shit idiots what should be not payed, but have to pay themselfs

billion dollars and cant implement simple bs

[left dove]

what does that have to do with your issue

like can you keep one train of thought pls

i also gave you a suggestion for light intensity mitigation

f.lux

lol get fucked

[bold olive]

use your graphics control panel to change

[distant frigate]

-48F and “snow” in the city of Yakutsk, Russia.

More like diamond dust. Too cold to snow

-48F is -44C

Also lmao at the frozen pipes thing

[solemn pewter]

😬

[left dove]

its a legit thing, any time its under 30f I'll turn my sink faucets on to a very small trickle to keep water from stagnating and freezing

[distant frigate]

I think the city is ready to prevent this literally like all winter

[left dove]

residential piping, bro.

anything not below the frost layer or insulated is at risk

[long blaze]

Hey all

[left dove]

$5 this is a scam

[shell bay]

Hello

Has anyone tested the low light arducam starvis 2 imx678?

[long blaze]

anyone know how to set C drive as boot drive and D drive to run all applications? Ive got 2 sticks of m.2 nvme and I want to dedicate C just for boot cause its a tiny capacity compared to the 4TB D drive

[left dove]

yeah, just install to D when prompted lol

[distant frigate]

Also yeah the faucets there are pretty much dripping 24/7 during the winter

There’s also some specialized technology used to prevent frozen piping because it’s just so fucking cold outside

[long blaze]

how do I get prompted, it always got to C and the AI models dont fit there

[left dove]

so you're using ollama

its in program settings

[long blaze]

yes and when I pull in command, I keep getting error msg

sorry not error msg but it just stays at 0%

I think Ive confused the system by putting in 2 sticks of m.2 sdd

[left dove]

thats not how that works

like, at all

the system isn't "confused"

[long blaze]

my motherboard has 3 slot for the m.2 sdd

[left dove]

and?

[long blaze]

my old PC had only 1 slot

[left dove]

Aaaand?

[long blaze]

so I booted and used all apps on the one sdd

[left dove]

yeah thats normal

[long blaze]

now I have two and Im not sure how to use it

[left dove]

its not going to just auto-move everything to a different drive

reinstall windows on the 4tb and just use that.

take out the tiny thing

[distant frigate]

lol

Oppressovka

[long blaze]

any chance I keep two on and change the settings?

like in disk management

[left dove]

there is no "magic migrate" button

[long blaze]

ok if you dont have GPU whats the best way to get fast local LLM?

[gloomy sleet]

rpcs3 not supporting extremely popular ps3 games like gran turismo 5 is just insane to me

[long blaze]

Ill uninstall the tiny C drive

[gloomy sleet]

doesnt even support gta4 fully insane

[solemn pewter]

Mac Studio

[long blaze]

no I mean should i use llama.cpp instead of ollama

[solemn pewter]

It won't change what the models need to use. You can run local LLMs on anything, but the GPU is what makes it fast.

[long blaze]

apparently depending on your hardware, theres different ways of going about getting local LLM

yeah I agree, Im waiting on my second hand GPU to arrive but in the mean time just curious to see if llamaa.cpp is better purely on CPU

[rigid fjord]

this sounds like some poor insulation done in the home previously

[rigid fjord]

literally what peyton said, but if steam is being used you can default the D:\ drive to be the one to install to

[rigid fjord]

deepseek and a ras pi

[solemn pewter]

I think it's more that he's struggling to select where his LLM models get installed to

[distant frigate]

Yo what this is so cool

[long blaze]

Ive got an EPYC CPU

[distant frigate]

Specialized piping for the city of Yakutsk. That would make sense

[rigid fjord]

so, deepseek and a ras pi and never have this issue

[solemn pewter]

Is a ras pi really the solution for the guy who can't figure out how to install a program to a different drive on Windows?...

[long blaze]

my models are mostly on D the 4tb

[solemn pewter]

I guess I'm confused as to what you're fighting then, other than trying to run LLMs on CPU

[long blaze]

well with the C and D drive, some how the command is not able to pull anymore models which never happened before when I only had one drive

Im just not sure if the settings wrong or what

dont worry guys Ill pull the tiny C drive out and go back to a single drive

[solemn pewter]

If you are comfortable with it, you can always use an online LLM to help you troubleshoot until you get the local one back up again

[thorny saddle]

heat tracer

[minor lake]

Heyo, it seems my GPU has bricked itself (going to troubleshoot with a friend soon, but im like 90% sure its the GPU, computer boots and i get the boot up noise, i can type in my pin and i hear the fans spin up like they do when it normally boots).

It was a 3080ti and its looking like im going to need to replace it, so i was wondering roughly what I should aim for if i want similar performance? I'm not in a position to do a full upgrade atm and the PC isnt even 3 years old at this point. Rest of the PC is a 5800x, 64gb DDR4 3600, ASUS b550-f and a corsair rm850x. Pretty sure i'd be CPU bottlenecked if i upgraded the GPU so that isnt really the goal, and I dont much have the cash atm so even a slight downgrade would be fine as long as its the same ballpark.

[abstract wigeon]

changing any option in bios freezes it? any ideas

[solemn pewter]

I mean, if you want similar performance, a used 3080Ti would be similar.

Test with integrated graphics though to make sure it actually is the GPU.

[minor lake]

wait does the 5800x have integrated graphics i thought it didnt?

[solemn pewter]

Oh, I missed that part... That's unfortunate

[minor lake]

yeah no it doesnt

[minor lake]

unfortunately i cant get any video to see into the bios 😭

im going to be troubleshooting with a friend soonish and he has an old GPU that ill use for that but just wanting an idea of how much im gonna have to spend here

sadly this was also a second hand card so i cant RMA it

[solemn pewter]

Just look at 3080 Ti on eBay in your area. Or whatever your equivalent is

[rigid fjord]

probably not

[rigid fjord]

nope, unless it ends with 'G' no am4 cpu/apu has an igpu

[rigid fjord]

it won't be bottlenecked but upgrading the gpu will be fine, and a 4070s/ti or better is what you'd want to look at

[swift moss]

Fixable?

[signal jay]

what's a good benchmark software for my gpu? i just ran a userbenchmark and it says my card is underperforming when it use to say it ran pretty well

Im trying to figure out if something is wrong or if userbenchmark is just comparing it to the better cards

[minor lake]

Alrighty thanks for the info

I wish i had gone for the 5800x3d when i was building this lol, i think i didnt understand the distinction when i was buying parts

[solemn pewter]

It's always helpful to have integrated graphics. Everyone is excited to save 10 bucks until their video doesn't output

[minor lake]

x3d doesnt have an igpu either haha

its just a better cpu for gaming i wish i had got that one

cuz theyre hard to find now and i only have an AM4 motherboard

[rigid fjord]

well, am4 x3d's don't, but am5 x3d's do

[minor lake]

oh right thats nice

i built it right as am5 came out so all the am4 stuff was going real cheap

[iron glen]

wsp rauko

if i want to compare parts userbenchmark is a solid choice right

😔

[rose stream]

Nope. Lol.

[iron glen]

damn
what do i use then

[minor lake]

also silly question maybe but whats the distinction of the super? is the 4070s better than the ti? im assuming the super ti is the best?

[rigid fjord]

kill me, right now

[rigid fjord]

4070s /4070ti is basically the same performance, where as the 4070 super ti is the better of them

[solemn pewter]

I like Passmark, personally. But generally an individual, reputable reviewer is going to be your best bet. Tom's Hardware is decent, and there are a few YouTube channels that directly compare real world performance across software

[rigid fjord]

like 12 gauge to the dome

[iron glen]

ty

[minor lake]

lol okay gotta love gpu naming convention lmao

why does the super exist then? if its basically just the same

[solemn pewter]

It'll never stop, sadly. Not after you're dead, not after the site goes down... Gamerbros will always find a way to use that site.

Your soul will know it

[wheat torrent]

You know what I was talking with my friend the other day about Minecraft

And I came to the realization Minecraft is built in such a way that bugs are not really a thing (Java) at least from my experience

I cannot recall any game breaking bug only maybe minor visual bugs?

[rigid fjord]

nvidia and their ways

[minor lake]

oh but the 40 series is much more power efficient than the 30s right? with the 3080ti and an 850watt i very rarely had a power problem so the 40 series might be a good shout

[rigid fjord]

yesn't

[solemn pewter]

You might get better information searching for "30 series vs 40 series power draw" on a website such as Google or Duckduckgo

[rigid fjord]

you could never call a ##90 as power efficient

[wheat torrent]

Super and ti is like a effect modifier that also stacks

[minor lake]

hm right yea okay thanks how helpful