tech-chat-1

[drowsy isle]

it's pretty nice but location isn't that great, a little outside the city but feels like quite a drive to get anywhere.

well I am riught outside the city

[plain cypress]

What's the footage

[drowsy isle]

1250 sq feet

[grizzled frost]

top 4k globally or just one map

[tulip depot]

That's when I'd actually buy into vr, when a headset like that comes and is not the price of a car

[vestal shore]

I think in the US. Just about top 10k globally

[tulip depot]

Lost interest in the steam frame after finding out it has no color passthrough and is only lcd

[plain cypress]

OG vive vibes

[tulip depot]

Literally a slightly worse meta quest 3(feature wise) just better software (most likely) and faster hardware

[drowsy isle]

Steam frame got me interested in VR, after it got delayed, I ended up buying the meta quest 3.

[tulip depot]

I'd be fine with a wired headset that has oled pancake lenses under $1000 or even $500 that does not require a base station and other sensors but no one is doing that

[plain cypress]

PSVR2 is pretty close

Mainly that it's OLED

[swift moss]

why does noone sell a 9,975,000 ohm resistor hmm

what about a 75,568.18 ohm resistor

[tulip depot]

fresnel lenses so it's almost pointless but not bad for $299

It's a good headset for the price

[drowsy isle]

nah I need it to be wireless

[drowsy isle]

https://the-gadgeteer.com/2026/02/26/everything-we-know-about-the-meta-quest-4-so-far/ oh well rumors of a micro oled meta quest 4 are still circulating around

rumors though but would be insane to use lcd displays on the meta quest 4, every meta quest iteration has had a major change

[tulip depot]

oh yeah completely forgot about it, too bad the ram market sucks

This would be very competitive to the steam frame

I'd 100% buy it over the steam frame just for PC vr

[drowsy isle]

valve might drop a micro oled version of the steam frame

although no leaks about it just me guessing

[tulip depot]

still black and white pass through

[native path]

Banger router

[grizzled frost]

is what happens when you only use low res infrared cameras to do passthrough

[native path]

I wish I had more vram in my computer, VR would be cool

[grizzled frost]

beat saber doesn't take much VRAM

[native path]

Yeah but other VR games

Plus beat saber was hella laggy when I tried it on my quest 2, dunno if it was my CPU but I’m assuming it was my 3070ti holding it back

[gleaming rose]

apple pisses me off so much
if only their products weren't so restrictive, their UI and UX design are excellent

[drowsy isle]

true their macbooks are great

Been thinking of buying a high end macbook pro but I no longer have an iphone so missing out on a bit of the ecosystem features

[gleaming rose]

their laptops are excellent too, if it weren't for macos

[native path]

Do yall think the MacBook Pro gets oled next refresh

[gleaming rose]

yeah

macbook pro, OLED, with Linux, kill every other laptop on the whole market

[native path]

Are we thinking all MBPs or just the higher end M6 Pro and Ultra

[limpid ivy]

Hope, but prob. I am holding out till then

[gleaming rose]

OLED will probably be optional

[native path]

FUCK

Optional sounds like more money

[gleaming rose]

certainly

[limpid ivy]

I wouldn't be surprised

[gleaming rose]

a lot of people have some not nice things to say about OLEDs

[native path]

I really want oled on my laptop

But I also kind of want a laptop LOL

[gleaming rose]

get any Windows laptop

[drowsy isle]

Seriously, only reason why windows laptop still get sales is due to software requirements, price, and games

[native path]

I’m still torn between getting a laptop this year or next year

[gleaming rose]

have you seen panther lake

shits nuts

[native path]

No but laptops are ridiculously priced in Singapore, ASUS had great deals while I was in the US at best buy but their shitty customer service with me and other people here have turned me off from ever buying proper products from them

[gleaming rose]

ahhhh

[native path]

Plus I wanna try macOS and the ecosystem with my phone, iPad and watch

[gleaming rose]

my fault, us defaultism strikes again

[drowsy isle]

Sometimes I regret swapping to the s26 ultra, missing out on the ecosystem

[sinful cobalt]

linux glazers try not to fit linux into every fuckin sentence:

[native path]

My G14 was a grand and worked like a charm will the GPU fan started rattling, and ASUS decided the right course of action was the replace the CPU fan

Fucking dickheads

[limpid ivy]

Oh frosty amp/dac is here

[gleaming rose]

sucks

[native path]

I want cool stuff like this but I won’t ever use it and it’ll just be a paper weight on my table

[gleaming rose]

whatever you say big boss

[gleaming rose]

real

[sinful cobalt]

https://cdn.discordapp.com/attachments/1055103856465428532/1489108393493921843/image0.gif

[gleaming rose]

I want a nice shiny laptop but all I've got is a fuckass 2017 Thinkpad I can't play persona on

[native path]

I bought a AT2040 and a Scarlett solo just for me to remember I only use discord it sounds the same in game anyway compared to my $30 maono usb mic

[limpid ivy]

It's a change at least. Realtek drivers I can avoid now

[native path]

I had a nice shiny laptop

[sinful cobalt]

my laptop has not seen the light of day except for exams

[native path]

https://cdn.discordapp.com/attachments/1446633266160603267/1479249668423553225/IMG_7438.mov?ex=69d58a1c&is=69d4389c&hm=9d8f38eaf8ffdc700cd76f2f50dff113af3afb5dbf892a9f4a5fe0d4e939743a& they fucked it up

[native path]

I’ve had to have sent this video in here like 10 times by now I’m going to forever milk this shit

[drowsy isle]

This is why I just slap a retail warranty on any laptops I buy

MIcrocenter and best buy are really good with their coverage

[native path]

I sent it to repair and Asus did not fix it

[drowsy isle]

yeah rma process is usually shit with companies, which is why I usually opt for the retail warranty plans

[restive plinth]

Isn't that the major reason for people to buy a laptop? To run software and games, for a good price

[native path]

The fact it sounds like this doesn’t really matter cause bad units creak through all the time.

However when I ship a unit back explicitly telling you what’s broken and what to fix, shipping it back broken just shows you didn’t read the note and didn’t test it after the fix. Telling me my warranty is void since it’s already been repaired is a load of shit

[sinful cobalt]

https://cdn.discordapp.com/attachments/381193840159358976/1429172046046433390/IMG_7512.gif

[restive plinth]

Asus is always a hit or a miss
Either their laptops will be amazing or it will have a lot of issues and their service sucks

[native path]

I bought the laptop through bestbuy and I had a 1 year warranty coverage, I went back to bestbuy and showed them the problems and they said “bet we can’t do this in house but we’ll ship it to asus’ repair facility in Kentucky”

Went smoothly but came back still faulty

[drowsy isle]

Yes it is which is why people still buy windows laptops if they need to run games, or certain software does not work with macos, and the price but macbook neo has been quite a hit.

[grizzled frost]

my philosophy for buying laptops is just "buy apple"

i'm not normally an apple shill, but by god are macs just nice

[native path]

To do it portability not for a good price, and by “software requirements” Ragnar means software that is only designed for and used on Windows

[grizzled frost]

Usually the biggest thing people buy a laptop for is portability

[drowsy isle]

They actually feel like premium laptops, you're not getting spammed with ads and bloatware, trackpads are always nice, good speakers, great build quality, and this is at all price points.

[native path]

On the condition all the software you intend to use is compatible with MacBooks ^

[sinful cobalt]

i had a dream/nightmare where i bought a mbneo

[grizzled frost]

ability to game is a very niche usecase all things considered

[sinful cobalt]

like last night

[native path]

These are my main reasons for why I intend on getting one

[restive plinth]

I'm still not onboard with the 8GB ram for it. Seems too less in 2026 for a laptop costing 500usd

[grizzled frost]

I actually just encountered an issue where the only option for a software was windows only, and it's a niche USB DMX controller

so i have to emulate a windows machine so i can use it with this laptop

[native path]

Feels premium with good speakers, trackpad, great build quality, Apple customer service has never let me down, and it’s efficient as hell

[grizzled frost]

Quite literally the only time i've had the issue where the software i want won't run on mac

[grizzled frost]

Speaking of, i'm replacing my keyboard for 100% free soon

[drowsy isle]

There's going to be a refresh for a 12gb model but seriously should have gotten 16gb

[hushed olive]

does anyone know how to fix Windows scaling so everything isnt so blurry and awful all the time when using 8k+ displays?

[grizzled frost]

I spilled tea on it and totally fucked a couple switches, but it costs me nothing to get it replaced

[restive plinth]

If you spend 10 minutes customising stuff and turning off everything in settings, you won't get ads anywhere
Yes, we shouldn't have to do this on a premium machine but the situation is not as bad

[tulip depot]

meh an 8gb macbook neo will most likely feel snappier than a 16gb $600 windows laptop 5 years down the line

[sinful cobalt]

They wont give you up, let you down, run around nor desert you.

[native path]

I think that’s just the nature of the field you’re in, in my industry there’s so much crap that only works on Linux or Windows that running a Macbook isn’t really viable unless you have another laptop you’re ready to use at work

[sinful cobalt]

Only make your wallet cry, they also wont say goodbye

[grizzled frost]

As much as people shit on that one apple engineer for saying "8gb on mac is like 16gb on windows", it's sorta right, but it's more like 8gb on mac is like 10gb on windows

[grizzled frost]

Yeah I work in theatrical audio/lighting, which is very mac centric

only reason the software i'm using is windows only, is because it's so fucking old

[native path]

Yeah half the services I’m running is just outdated old shit that nobody maintained

[grizzled frost]

modern hardware with the new software runs on mac just fine

[restive plinth]

A system with 8GB RAM, old processor, in 2031?

[grizzled frost]

but i cheaped out cause it's a tool i'm going to use infrequently

like i can either buy a 500usd tool and use it natively on my mac, or i can buy functionally the same tool for 25usd and just emulate windows to get it to work

[tulip depot]

I need to reword it

I meant a current $600 16gb windows laptop

[grizzled frost]

It's dumb and kind of annoying, but it's saving me 475usd, so i don't care

[native path]

People are just doing anything to get a quick buck LOL

[grizzled frost]

Welcome to the world of theatrical technology, where they make old hardware completely obsolete so you have to buy new hardware that is almost identical in function, just so you can have better software support

[native path]

ASUS has finally gotten me to start thinking about the customer service side of a product before my purchase

[grizzled frost]

They come up with a new generation every 4-5 years and try their best to force everyone to upgrade

And there's nothing you can do about it, because there isn't enough competition in the market

[sinful cobalt]

@native path theres 500 sgd 2x32gb d5 on taobao btw

[restive plinth]

A current 600USD Windows laptop would definitely be better than the neo 5 years down the line, except for battery life and the premium software experience

[grizzled frost]

Absolutely not

[native path]

Don’t worry same here, either run it on windows xp for free or pay an unreasonable amount of money to run it natively on windows 11

[native path]

You are smoking crack

[grizzled frost]

you're forgetting that the MBNeo beats the base M1 air in single core

[grizzled frost]

Yep, so i will cope with my 475usd savings and an emulated version of windows

Look, i'm not the biggest fan of the MBNeo, but it is unbeat at the price point for new laptops

[native path]

$600 USD 2026 laptop would be very fun to see in 2031 when windows 12 is out

[restive plinth]

8GB RAM vs 16GB RAM in 2031?
Even smartphones are going towards 12/16GB RAM now

[native path]

You’re focusing too much on the ram aspect and forgetting it’s unified memory

It’s literally built into the chip

[grizzled frost]

MBNeo also uses a quite fast Apple SSD, so it benefits a lot from it's fast pagefile

[restive plinth]

I would love to continue this discussion but I have to get to my class soon. I'll be back after class

[sinful cobalt]

I lowk want like at least 16GB MB config

[grizzled frost]

Good, pay attention in class and make sure to learn as much as you can

Education is incredibly important

This sounds really sarcastic but i promise it's not

[native path]

People said this in 2021 talking about “what if Apple still makes Macs starting at 8gb in 2026, they’ll be atrocious compared to the windows 16gb counterpart”

Look where we are now

[native path]

MacBook airs start at 512/16

[grizzled frost]

I'm running a 256/8 M3 air rn without issue

[native path]

Unfortunately I don’t need more ram :(

[grizzled frost]

I don't think at any point i've encountered an issue relating to ram capacity

[native path]

8gb in 2026? What a peasant

[grizzled frost]

the 256gb ssd is unfortunate though

[sinful cobalt]

lowk i wouldnt mind buying that shit

[sinful cobalt]

whats the price in sgd tho and what chip im too lazy to serch

[native path]

How about you buy it and trade it with my ram + cash

[native path]

Do you have edu discount?

[sinful cobalt]

its turd sticks at like 5200C42 or smth

yes i have edu discount

[native path]

Starts at 1600, M5 Air with 16GB/512GB

[grizzled frost]

my bad, i'll use this instead of my 8gb mac

[sinful cobalt]

thats

not bad tbh

[grizzled frost]

ikr

[native path]

Or you could get a used M4 base config, those come at 16/256 but are probably like 1.3k

[grizzled frost]

the ram/ssd apocalypse has made apple pricing seem reasonable

[sinful cobalt]

could probably be running cp2077 for gaming or smth

[native path]

Wait for the back to school sale and you’ll get free AirPods (if they run the sale back)

[grizzled frost]

who thought that we would be calling apple price competitive

[native path]

I’ve been calling it competitive since they boosted the base memory config to 16GB

[grizzled frost]

if you told me that apple had reasonable ram/SSD pricing in 2021 i would have slapped you across the face

[sinful cobalt]

considering the battery life and competition being pantherlake X5 338H or X7 358B I’d take the M5 actually

[grizzled frost]

The base config has been super competitive for a good couple years now

[sinful cobalt]

x7 358h is like what 3k sgd here

thats bonkers

[grizzled frost]

used to be that any step up in storage or memory was atrocious, but now it's down right reasonable in comparison to desktop pricing

[sinful cobalt]

I’d consider if its airpods pro 3, rn on pro 2s

[native path]

256/8 while still good I wouldn’t call it competitive for it’s price, it’s close but the 16GB pushed me the edge

[grizzled frost]

the fact apple has barely raised prices is insane

[native path]

You’ll need to pay extra for the pro 3s

[sinful cobalt]

yeah no

[native path]

$100 extra

[grizzled frost]

My biggest requirement in a laptop was portability, battery life, and software stability with audio/lighting software, so the MBA 13" 256/8 was the best choice in my budget

900usd with the education discount

I also wanted a silent laptop, i hate hearing my laptop

[native path]

I really should be buying my mac in the US because those prices are ridiculously competitive

[grizzled frost]

Everyone is a bit different, but for my specific use case the MBA is great

for audio/lighting there flat out is nothing better

[sinful cobalt]

my 8945HS honestly sucks- Only the 1TB/32GB config and OLED screen is what made me get it xdd

[native path]

@sinful cobalt back to school deals

[grizzled frost]

windows and linux machines just do not compete for stability

Part of that is the industry has fully committed to macs, part of it is mac silicon just handles it far better

[native path]

^^ I want a silent laptop that stays relatively cool, after my experience with the G14 a ridiculously hot laptop and loud one at that just isn’t for me

[sinful cobalt]

god forbid the magic mouse

[native path]

My fingers literally burned

[grizzled frost]

My MBA 13" does get quite warm when running super intensive workloads, but i don't notice it often

[native path]

I’ll be getting the AirPods then selling it

[grizzled frost]

Nothing painful, just mildly uncomfortable to bare skin

[gritty panther]

what year is your g14?

[native path]

My G14 actually hurt lol

[native path]

2022

[grizzled frost]

That sounds horrible

I could never imagine my laptop getting hot enough to be painful, my god

[gritty panther]

2023 has the vapor chamber cooling

2022 didnt get it yet

[mighty harness]

Hye

[native path]

That’s cool but I’m not buying from Asus again

[native path]

They shipped my laptop back to me like this telling me it’s all good

[sinful cobalt]

I’d be down to really get a MB air if it somehow gets a VC lol

[grizzled frost]

The audio switching with my airpods pro 2's between my MBA and iphone is incredible

[gritty panther]

they honestly all equally suck. I dont know who to recommend

[native path]

Same between my phone and iPad, love it on flights

[gritty panther]

ASUS has decent deals on black friday at bestbuy if you're in the US

[grizzled frost]

The apple ecosystem is great if you just want to use items within it

[native path]

I’m getting a MacBook next, I think it’ll be a good experience but I just wanna try it out

[gritty panther]

it's probably gonna be a much better laptop lel

[grizzled frost]

Like it's a walled garden, but also it's a damn nice garden

[native path]

I got my G14 for $999, 4060 R9 7940HS 512/16 version

[sinful cobalt]

I wanna replace my 8945HS laptop in like 2027/2028 lol

[gritty panther]

not bad

[grizzled frost]

I'll likely replace my laptop in the next year or two

[native path]

Get the MacBook Pro next year those are rumoured to get oled

[gritty panther]

bye bye dgpu though

[grizzled frost]

I'll probably go with another macbook though, likely something in the 1tb/16gb range

[gritty panther]

not like gaming on laptop is priority

that 4060 laptop still slaps even in 2026.

[native path]

I never ran my laptop with my dgpu anyway because of the fan noise it made

[native path]

There was so many issues with it (I’m sure it’s just a bad unit) but it was sent for repair and came back still shitty

[gritty panther]

I havent used a mac in my life.

[grizzled frost]

If i had to choose a laptop right now, it would be the MBA 13" 1tb/16gb

[gritty panther]

I probably will stick to windows laptops

my only apple device right now is an ipad a16 base model and an airpods pro gen1 that I bought years ago

[native path]

The weight of the air intrigues me but I really want the better speakers, promotion, and the extra inch of screen from the MacBook pro

[grizzled frost]

I don't ever use the speakers in the MBA, i always just use my airpods

What do you mean by promotion?

[native path]

120hz screen

[grizzled frost]

Ah, yeah i honestly never notice it

Though nothing i do with my MBA is very refresh dependent

[native path]

Yeah I mean you don’t really need it on a laptop anyway

[grizzled frost]

i could have a 30hz screen and i likely wouldn't notice much

[gritty panther]

my 2023 laptop still works fine. dont see myself upgrading anytime soon

[native path]

But all my displays are >=120hz except my laptop

[native path]

Yeah I set my work laptop to 45hz for battery and I forget

[gritty panther]

I have 2023 laptop, 2023 handheld. 2023 gpu.

[grizzled frost]

I'm going into Uni for engineering, so i want something a bit beefier for that, as well as more storage and ram

[native path]

Don’t know anything about engineering but are Macs fully compatible?

[grizzled frost]

Vast majority is compatible, rest i can run in a VM

[gritty panther]

my laptop has a 4TB SN850X that I bought for $230 2+ years ago. I thought it was a bad deal lol

[native path]

I see

[gritty panther]

"not $200 I paid too much money"

[sinful cobalt]

2028 either between intel or a mac tbh

[grizzled frost]

Several of the recommended laptops for my Major are Macs, so it should be just fine for me

[gritty panther]

Windows forever

[grizzled frost]

From the website of my Uni, mind you

[native path]

Ah

[grizzled frost]

I'm OS polylingual, I use Linux, Windows, and mac on a daily basis

[native path]

My school recommended at least an intel i9 or Ryzen 7

Whatever the fuck that means

[gritty panther]

99.9% im on windows. my only Linux experience is my Deck OLED

[grizzled frost]

That means your school has no idea how tech recommendations work

[gritty panther]

get a i9 9900k

tell school still an i9 dumbasses

[native path]

Nah I got my G14 for school

[grizzled frost]

Nah, I9 7900

[native path]

I’m not going to sacrifice the quality of my education to prove a point

[native path]

😅😅😅

[gritty panther]

im just saying your school are idiots for just saying ryzen 9 or i9

[grizzled frost]

I love when people come in here and i ask for specs, and they just say "Intel I7"

[gritty panther]

that doesnt mean anything

[native path]

Yeah I’m aware

[gritty panther]

an i7 7700k and i3 10100 is the same

😆

[grizzled frost]

in their defense, schools are famously underfunded

[native path]

Oh they updated it, you only need an i7

[grizzled frost]

especially as far as tech goes

[native path]

This school is not underfunded

[gritty panther]

i7 920 let's go?

😆

[grizzled frost]

Dedicated NVIDIA Geforce 2 go

Compute of a 1mm^2 IC of today

[gritty panther]

8GB vram. what's the suckiest gpu with 8gb vram

[native path]

That gpu requirement means fucking nothing considering I ran an iGPU for my entire time in school

[gritty panther]

you're probably fine with a modern chromebook

anything else is just a luxury

[grizzled frost]

Geforce 980M

on par with a 1650 non-super

[native path]

Someone probably ran it off this

We needed to use VMs for sure everyday but nowhere close did we ever need a dGPU

That storage requirement was real tho my prof one day just dumped us with 440GB of VMs to use for the rest of the semester

[sleek ibex]

Speaking of GeForce2

I have a 2 Pro (Pro was basically a GTS with higher clocks) in my Slot 1 build

[sharp ivy]

2 GT 710 4gbs

well

not the worst I guess but it'd be terrible AND janky

[sleek ibex]

Oh this hits hard for me

[empty quartz]

Im at a movie theatre for the first time in probably 3-5 years

[bright surge]

anyone know of any HDMI 2.2 switches?

[solar moat]

not a thing?

[bright surge]

im struggling to find one

[solar moat]

since there not a thing

[bright surge]

want it so i can have SOME level of future proofing for my streaming side

[solar moat]

do you need more then 4k 240hz?

[clear canyon]

8k 520hz

[solar moat]

5090 is sweeting

[bright surge]

im planning to have an ultra wide as my main monitor, and would LIKE to feed it with one cable, and probably will need to feed it through HDMI, plus a capture card which is HDMI itself

[lunar axle]

2.2 cables are barely a thing

[clear canyon]

you gonna need prob a 7090 for that lmao

[sinful cobalt]

dp 6.9 needed

[clear canyon]

https://tenor.com/view/bornskywalker-dap-me-up-woody-woody-handshake-woody-toy-story-gif-26021440

[restive plinth]

Lmao alright
I wouldn't have gone if I didn't have a quiz to attend

[restive plinth]

Using 8GB in 2026 is fine
Buying a system with 8GB ram in 2026 while having a budget of >500USD is what I'm not too happy about. 256 gb storage is also a big issue. It has to be upgradable or 512 should be the minimum.

[restive plinth]

Macs are significantly more stable. But that is due to focusing on few number of machines with close interaction between hardware and software, and not having to support software my grandfather made.

That is an advantage for macs that other OSs definitely can't match.

[restive plinth]

I would be on linux a lot more if it gave me better battery life than windows.

[clear canyon]

8 gigs sucks ngl, ur limited to light web use

[bronze summit]

hey creaperhead

[clear canyon]

hi

[bronze summit]

can you help out rq, I need someone with a different speaker to check the mic test for me

I'm testing out my new AT2020USBXP+ and I need a second opinion on how it sounds

[clear canyon]

lol

"hey shitass" type mic

[bronze summit]

idk if its recording properly I'm using Audacity

[restive plinth]

I'm sure mac os can get you a little bit more than light web use for 8GB

But 8/ 256 for 500usd in 2026 is not that great imo. 512 atleast or even upgradable storage would be better.

[clear canyon]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LLioV0tGYjw

[clear canyon]

yeah that is a good move from apple, and yeah apple devices are better at ram usage vs windows

[wheat torrent]

I want 6k Samsung g7 40

[thorn escarp]

i didnt realize how significant of an improvement a good office chair could make to my setup

my posture is so good now 😭

[serene pumice]

[wheat torrent]

I was typing on my phone and I was typing android gives me a notification to update now or remind later And as I was typing I click restart now

[wheat torrent]

Ewaste

[restive plinth]

lmao
which android is that? It sounds like something one UI would do

[wheat torrent]

Mi ui

No, color Os

[native path]

Dreaded 3pm has come

[restive plinth]

Understandable
Such a shitty design choice
Atleast have a 3 second pause before you are allowed to click "Restart" 😭

[native path]

If you’re using the laptop for what it’s intended for at $600, browsing the internet, editing documents, watching some Netflix here and there, 8GB unified memory and 256GB of storage will be perfectly ok in 2031

[wheat torrent]

Or have a button that allows me to say fuck off

Restart or remind me later!

[restive plinth]

I kinda agree, but I would still like for companies to offer atleast 512GB storage in 2026. Not even that, just make it upgradeable. Allow me to add an SSD and increase the storage. Being locked down with 256GB in the 2030s is not a good idea

[restive plinth]

You might still accidentally press "restart now" even if they add other buttons

[wheat torrent]

Yeah but it keeps popping up over and over again

[sinful cobalt]

https://tenor.com/view/humbled-cat-gif-bie-gif-17493722235118145820

[native path]

It’s the first iteration of the Neo, but upgradable storage likely isnt going to happen in the future either. Soldered NAND chips allows for better performance and without that it may not be as good 5 years down the line

I’m sure in maybe 2 years the Neo will come with 512GB base storage, but it’s just not worth it when the target audience is your average internet scroller

[native path]

And schools but that’s a different topic

[restive plinth]

Having 256GB soldered is fine. Add an empty M.2 slot where we can insert an SSD

[restive plinth]

Apple's business team cooked with this though. An average internet scroller will enter the walled garden, and that's going to be great for their sales

[native path]

Would be cool on the MBA and MBP - realistically I don’t see a use case on the Neo as they’re more likely to just buy an external drive or pay for cloud storage

[vapid ibex]

Does anyone here own an iPad and a Bluetooth mouse? Or even a usb c mouse?

Need someone to test something for me

[next zenith]

why did they the car

[rustic lynx]

I do

Oh wait I don't have an iPad. I got a Mac tho

[vapid ibex]

Damn. I was going to ask if using a mouse feels laggy on an ipad. Idk if it's because I'm used to a 180hz display and the iPad airs display is 60hz or if it's compatibility

[rustic lynx]

Probably both

I remember that Mac looked a bit off for me and the mouse felt weird at the 60hz screen

Probably compatibility i think

Also my mouse cursor got obnoxiously large when I moved it right and left extremely fast and I still don't know why to this day

[vapid ibex]

Maybe. I have a esr keyboard case arriving soon. I will try the trackpad since I heard it feels more natural on iPad os

[vapid ibex]

Accessibility

Happens on Linux kde too

[rustic lynx]

Oh okay

[native path]

Believe this is a feature to help locate your mouse

[native path]

If you’re around in ~4-5 hours let me know, I can check

[rustic lynx]

Also does anyone know why the fuck are my FPS capped at 70 in road craft?

My monitor is 165hz so even if vsync was on it would be at 165 or more than 70

[vapid ibex]

Ok thank you I will probably be back here by then

[rustic lynx]

FPS ain't capped. GPU usage at 82%, CPU usage 60%

[native path]

Bet just remind me and I gotchu

[rustic lynx]

Maybe the game is single core intensive or smth and my cpu is silently bottlenecking idk

[vapid ibex]

Thanks 👌

[rustic lynx]

Why the fuck are RTX 3080s so hot waaaaah😭

I want my pc silent but when I make it silent GPU reaches 83, when I make it loud I get more FPS and the GPU is at 70 oh my days

[agile marlin]

chat help

[rustic lynx]

Loll

Reset the pc

[stray portal]

bad bearings and maybe coil whine

is your gpu a 3 fan or 2 fan?

[warm merlin]

Does anyone use a video editing software shotcut?

[native path]

^

[valid garden]

I love trolling people

[brittle prism]

Do these types of ram matrer and js imagine that they r both 2x8 gb

Like besides from looks

[valid garden]

the more expensive one has proper cooling

[brittle prism]

Oh k

[serene python]

FAAAAAAH

[brittle prism]

Does it really matter though

[brittle prism]

@valid garden

[rigid fjord]

no

[rigid fjord]

what cpu are you using?

[brittle prism]

I’m going to be using 9600x

[rigid fjord]

then you want to use 6000 cl30-cl34 kits of ram

and preferably 2x 16gb kits or a single 16gb stick at least

[brittle prism]

Sorry what

Sorry

That was for a dif chat mb

[rigid fjord]

you sent a pic of one crappy ram and one trash ram

[brittle prism]

Yeah sorry

[brittle prism]

Does it matter

[native path]

Sent a question in tc1 and another question in tc2

Questionmaxxing i gotta respect it

[brittle prism]

Yep

[rigid fjord]

crossposting is bad here

[brittle prism]

Oh mb

[brittle prism]

@rigid fjord Does it really matter which one

[rigid fjord]

and it's not exactly bad, it's just with how ddr5 works you can't treat it in the same way ddr4 does

[native path]

2 different questions though is that still considered cross posting? To my understanding it’s the same question in multiple channels but I haven’t been here very long

[rigid fjord]

ddr5 does sub channeling

[rigid fjord]

same person asking in 2 different channels, doesn't matter if different questions

[brittle prism]

So does it matter lol

[rigid fjord]

also the pic of the mobo they sent, it's the exact same mobo with 2 different sellers

also, you don't ever want to try to run 4x ddr5 sticks

[brittle prism]

@rigid fjord

Simply

My first build btw

[rigid fjord]

it can, but you don't want less than a single 16gb stick as minimum for ddr5

[brittle prism]

Like 2x8 or 1x16 gb

[rigid fjord]

those 8gb sticks essentially are like half the channel each of that 16gb stick

[rigid fjord]

1x 16gb in the case of ddr5

i wouldn't do this with ddr4, but ddr5 you can get away with it due to how it subchannels

[native path]

Ah I see

[lament kelp]

man i am blind or something i only now realize that the v3 pro is a copy to g305 lol

spot the difference challenge imposibile

[brittle prism]

Okay but is this okay

[lament kelp]

the ram prices are insane

[brittle prism]

Ikr

[lament kelp]

i bought my 32gb ddr4 back then at only 90$

[brittle prism]

How long till u think they will go back down

[lament kelp]

probably in 2027-2028

[cloud fossil]

Bro do u wanna sell it

[lament kelp]

yes 500$

[brittle prism]

Holy shit

[cloud fossil]

any diacount

[lament kelp]

499$ i know what i got

[cloud fossil]

Nice

[green shell]

Different color

[lament kelp]

ah anything else?

[green shell]

Different logo

[lament kelp]

https://tenor.com/view/drake-notebook-gif-20708336

is not that impossible like i said

[brittle prism]

Good build btw I’m getting 16 gb ddr5

All in aud btw

[green shell]

The casing around middle mouse button is also different

[lament kelp]

ah yes i see it now

[misty herald]

The right and left mouse buttons are designed in a different way, around the middle button

[brittle prism]

@rigid fjord

[lament kelp]

true

and guys take a guess how much is the mouse?

[misty herald]

200 or 250

[green shell]

49?

[lament kelp]

22$ with transportation

[green shell]

Damn

[lament kelp]

is having a PAW 3395 se

with 49g

and 40G and 650IPS

[brittle prism]

@lament kelp

[lament kelp]

btw you can buy the V3 non pro at only 13$ lmao

[lament kelp]

yeah is pretty good

[green shell]

I am not from the American continent

[lament kelp]

you don't need to be

i am not too lol

[green shell]

Dont wanna import

[lament kelp]

yeah sadly is coming from china but only 6$ transportation so not bad

[green shell]

Already have a good enuf mouse
Deathadder v2x hyperspeed

[lament kelp]

ah yes that's a good mouse

i have a razer deathadder essential

[green shell]

Good for large hands

[lament kelp]

yeah idk if i have big hands but is fitting perfectly with my hand

[green shell]

[lament kelp]

the sensor and is very heavy at 96g that's why i want to change it

the sensor is not that good

[green shell]

[restive plinth]

$3.76
beat this-

[lament kelp]

6400dpi only is too low lol

[green shell]

Portronics

[lament kelp]

uhh I can't I can't find a ATK at 3$ lol

[lament kelp]

btw if you care about the mouse here the site you can take a look https://www.atk.store/products/vxe-dragonfly-v3-series-lightweight-wireless-mouse?variant=47668872446170

[restive plinth]

As long as it works
It is shit but gets the job done. I spent a lot on an xbox controller so I didn't feel like spending anything for a mouse

[lament kelp]

my razer is pretty bad and i paid 40$ for it lol

and now i find a wireless mouse with a good sensor and only 49g at 22$ lmao

[restive plinth]

If razer is bad, then this is dogshit. It's just low quality plastic lmao.
A good wireless mouse for 22 USD is not bad

Is it possible to game with a wireless mouse? Is the latency noticeable?

[lament kelp]

yeah and you can buy a 13$ mouse wireless if you want buy the V3

[lament kelp]

nah the latency is nothing is only 1ms, and with my razer i have 10ms and i can't see a difference lol

[green shell]

This costs as much as my dav2 costed me in my country

[green shell]

Yea its good as a basic mouse but wont buy it for gaming

[lament kelp]

oh in your country a mouse is dirt cheap lmao

[green shell]

2k INR

[restive plinth]

That's nice
When I get myself a proper desktop build in the future (like 4-5 years from now), I will consider that

[green shell]

Which is 21.54 USD

[lament kelp]

wow that's cheap i probably can buy a super light at 40$ there lmao

[restive plinth]

Definitely not. I bought a controller for gaming, so I just needed this to scroll documents. I prefer a mouse instead of the trackpad, soo

[restive plinth]

If the war continues, maybe it will reduce to 20USD lmao

[lament kelp]

anyway gonna buy the mouse and if you want i can review it when i have it

[green shell]

[restive plinth]

Yes yes definitely send a review here. A lot of people would appreciate that

[lament kelp]

okay i just need to wait for it, a estimate is 11 days so we gonna wait some time lol

[lament kelp]

btw the V3 Pro and the stock V3 is just 2 weeks old nobody review it so gonna be the first one

[restive plinth]

That's great
I hope there's no specific reason as to why no one bought it/ reviewed it for 2 weeks-

[lament kelp]

yeah we hope, only one on Reddit said that is having the mouse and is great so probably is good

[restive plinth]

Logitech has some good options for a little over that

[brittle prism]

Do I need a windows key for gaming

[lament kelp]

no

[restive plinth]

I hope your experience is the same

[green shell]

Double click issues

[lament kelp]

we hope

[green shell]

Also I wanted a wireless one

[brittle prism]

I thought it did like windows 11

[green shell]

Saw dav2 for 1999 Rs so just bought that

[restive plinth]

Win 11 also does not require windows key?

[brittle prism]

Like this huh

[restive plinth]

Is that a license key?

[brittle prism]

Yeah

[green shell]

Its a dvd
You aint gonna install os thru that

[brittle prism]

What

[green shell]

You just need license if you wanna activate windows which can be obtained through other modes too

[brittle prism]

Don’t I get this as I lisence key or smth

[green shell]

It says its an oem dvd

Itll be a disc

With license key as well in the box i hope

[brittle prism]

Well how do I get windows 11 installed on a pc

[green shell]

You need windows installation media on a usb stick
I am sure there must be a detailed video on this on yt by either linus or jayztwocents

[restive plinth]

Oh wait. I thought you were talking about the windows key on your keyboard 😭😭
You don't need to buy any license key right now. Just install windows 11 right now. You can game on it without the license itself. But you will need to activate it at some point to prevent a water mark appearing on bottom right corner of screen and to customise the OS[like light mode and dark mode stuff] (the watermark can be removed by other means also)

[restive plinth]

https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/software-download/windows11

[green shell]

https://youtu.be/WpnLehvOM6E?si=Q8ZfSLblS8efgfAc

Skip to 14:51 for OS instalation

[restive plinth]

Do you need to download the drivers and keep it in a folder now? You don't right? Just having internet connection automatically fetches the things right

[green shell]

Automatically yes

[rigid fjord]

if you have an optical drive, yes you can

[rigid fjord]

usb drive, rufus and the iso from microsoft's website

[restive plinth]

It's also $188
Are you gonna spend that much just to get windows 11 installed?

[green shell]

I am assuming that Eddie doesnt have one

[rigid fjord]

i spent nothing

[restive plinth]

Yeah
Eddie sent a screenshot which showed the USD 188 oem key. That's unnecessary right now

[rigid fjord]

cd/dvd + key for that one, though it's more for the key when it coems to the pricing

[rigid fjord]

@brittle prismyou do this, and then use a script from github that microsoft helpdesk uses

[restive plinth]

@brittle prism You need another laptop to do this

• Download the ISO from microsoft website [https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/software-download/windows11]

This is the rufus method. You can skip to "After it completes" section if you are using the "Create Windows 11 installation media" option from Microsoft

• Download Rufus app [https://rufus.ie/en/]
• After the .iso file and rufus downloads, open rufus. Plug in a USB drive (the data on it will be wiped)
• Select the .iso file you downloaded from microsoft website earlier. select your USB drive (double check it is the correct usb)
• Click on start [It will ask some additional options. You can go through it if you want. If your PC meets the minimum requirements for Windows 11, you can just skip all of that]

---

• After it completes, insert the USB drive into the PC you want to install Windows 11 on. Boot from that (you might need to go to the bios to do it)
• Follow the steps on screen [If any data already exists on the PC, it might get wiped depending on the options you choose, so be careful or ask for more help when you reach that section]

[rustic lynx]

Monitor has 165 and it's disabled

[pure trellis]

https://www.techpowerup.com/348038/ibase-introduces-mbb1002-ai-ready-eatx-motherboard interesting if it will be under 1k

[tired swift]

Bye bye Noctua hello lf3 pro

[lament kelp]

guys i have a question what we think about this mouse after i told all the specs?

[craggy fiber]

is there any recommended 1440p or 1080p 240hz monitor

[pure trellis]

https://youtu.be/xvgFSb0g5F8?is=G16bPWw07lDhHCvY

[fallow yacht]

man win 11 decided to replace the new driver with the old one

[restive plinth]

Driver updates (or downgrades) are usually shown in the optional section right

[wheat torrent]

Interesting

[grizzled frost]

looks like a standard cable to me

[wheat torrent]

Idk why I have this on the floor

[grizzled frost]

good place to store things imo

[glossy veldt]

I wish there existed an utensil with pointy ends which is used to pick up food!
the humble fork:

[grizzled frost]

That's a lesser known utensil, the Tork

[glossy veldt]

meu deus

[bold olive]

nice Type C for eating

[wheat torrent]

Should plug it in and lick the other end

230v 50hz of straight POWAH

[bold olive]

meow meow your pc is burning

first time cat didnt care about their own attention and protects the owner's assets

[lusty bane]

Hi guys i need a bit help. I have a Rog x870i motherboard and im pretty sure i had dolby surround sound option here (I have used it before) now when i check on it its gone. is there way to get it back

[west estuary]

Hey guys have yall got any oled monitor that yall could recommend me? I picked out these 2 bcs of the price but if anyone has something better to recommend than im all ears

https://www.samsung.com/at/monitors/gaming/odyssey-g7-g70f-27-inch-dual-mode-4k-180hz-fhd-360hz-ls27fg702euxen/?cid=at_pd_ppc_google_it_ongoing_GLB0007400_pla_ad~default~23426751812-g-192078983198-791221148059--pla-2450372900387-LS27FG702EUXEN_performance-SEAAO26002&gad_source=1&gad_campaignid=23426751812&gclid=CjwKCAjw1tLOBhAMEiwAiPkRHlWDGJdZNnPi_SJDcH9D31C95NSUxBpUID-JHjBRWIttuqDrGfnWGBoCHOgQAvD_BwE

https://www.google.com/aclk?sa=L&ai=DChsSEwjp6pf819uTAxV_qIMHHQXfFDkYACICCAEQChoCZWY&co=1&gclid=CjwKCAjw1tLOBhAMEiwAiPkRHq7brBf0BzWc7kERFbbpEwUHfcANASFAW97DJinV607OWIcWAd3KdxoCBm0QAvD_BwE&sph=&cce=2&sig=AOD64_2KkUy9E-ll9Os2rSdxWfN7YQJBeg&ctype=5&q=&ved=2ahUKEwj0nI_819uTAxWbRv4FHWTnBJ8Qwg8oAHoECAkQHw&adurl=

[lusty bane]

samsung one i think it has dual mode with 4k 180hz or 1080 360hz
Though its IPS

[west estuary]

Ah okay i didnt really pay that much attention since i wasnt gonna instantly buy it so i mustve missed that

[lusty bane]

whats your gpu it depends if you cant play games on 4k its not worth it

[west estuary]

Must be a heck of an ips monitor if it costs that much

[west estuary]

I have the 7800xt i was actually aiming for like a 1440p monitor

I have a 1440p 144hz ips rn

No not ips its VA

[lusty bane]

yeah go for asus actually cause its 240 and its oled and i think 1440 is good at 27 inches

[west estuary]

Alright ill keep that in mind, and do you have any on the top of your mind that you can recommend me

[lusty bane]

so whats ur budget

[west estuary]

Like 400-500

But more on the 400 side if possible

[lusty bane]

USD?? ok wait

[west estuary]

Euros

[lusty bane]

oh ok

[west estuary]

But usd works too if shipping isnt a problem

[tulip sparrow]

This is about right for me while on the road

[lusty bane]

we have these from here I would go for
LG UltraGear OLED 27GS93QE-B
its 1440p yeah but its 240hz and OLED

[median warren]

Gah damn

[cursive storm]

i see i see..

[median warren]

Ah yes, modified in thee olden times

[west estuary]

A lil too expensive but thanks

Lemme see what it costs over here

[lusty bane]

AOC is also good

[bold olive]

my preference: 200hz, tandem oled, 1440p 27 inch

[west estuary]

Ive heard that they are cheap

the most important part for me is probably that its 1440p and oled with 27 inches

It can he 144 200 240hz i dont really mind but under 144 is something i dont want

What kind of oled panels are there cause i see stuff like qd oled woled and stuff

Whats the difference

[lusty bane]

yea QD is the highest one i htink for now those are like 1000 or something

[west estuary]

I see

[lusty bane]

anyone know how to fix this. and get back dolby surround sound

[brave wharf]

Can I send my Amazon shopping basket in here of my build for feedback?

[fallow yacht]

pcpartpicker

[brave wharf]

?

No my whole setup shopping basket with prebuilt PC and peripheral

[fallow yacht]

...then it's not a build but a prebuilt

man just give the specs

[brave wharf]

Bro

I meant like can I sent my PC peripherals and desk and chair and ask for feedback of the stuff I chose

[fallow yacht]

oh that's what u were saying

what did u choose anyway

[brave wharf]

Ye

Ima send the pics wait

[fallow yacht]

usually here we use "build" for pc parts

you meant setup

[brave wharf]

Ye

Sending rn

It got deleted?

@fallow yacht I tried sending it it got deleted

[green shell]

You need to get the regular role

For image perms

[brave wharf]

And how do I get that

[green shell]

#welcome

Link discord account to ltt forum

[brave wharf]

Here

Is this good for my first setup going from mobile to PC it costs 1.5k

[craggy cove]

the pc name is fitting

[brave wharf]

Wdym

5700x 5060 32gb ddr4 1tb ssd and 750w psu are the specs

[craggy cove]

is this amazon.de?

[brave wharf]

Ye I'm in Germany

[fallow yacht]

5700x for €1,100 🥀

[craggy cove]

https://amzn.eu/d/08yZb6Yq

uhh im not on my pc rn so i cant really find anything good

but my point is that pc is overpriced

greed is greedy as it turns out

[brave wharf]

Psu is 550w is that good enough tho and can u search me something for the same price with better specs then

Pls?

[green shell]

I think creating a post in #1106613567966429224 would be more helpful

[brave wharf]

Oh ok

[craggy cove]

yeah say that you want a prebuilt in x price range, in germany

[brave wharf]

But I want prebuilt?

Oh ok

[craggy cove]

you can post that too

[glacial laurel]

Should these bendy metal tabs thing on the io shield bend inwards or outwards to the mobo

[green shell]

Inward

[tulip sparrow]

5g connection people

5g connection that doesn't want to work even tho I have nearly full bars

[left dove]

I'm just trying to fucking decorate, man

"wuhh weekly restarts" fuck you lemme enjoy my morning 😭

[jaunty apex]

Is that second life lol

[left dove]

yes

[tulip sparrow]

Lol better then no stable connection that doesn't let you do anything

[left dove]

lifehack = posting sl screenshots makes the other sl players surface

[tulip sparrow]

I haven't touched second life in years honestly

[left dove]

SEE

[lament kelp]

Hmm oh well is good enough like the original

[brave wharf]

There i found the same PC I chose js with 16gb ram for same price

[jaunty apex]

Woah

[lament kelp]

and this case probably gonna be good

or probably this one I can't choose

i have Matx so probably i am going with the deepcool

the deepcool seems a bit more cooler

[bold olive]

me with wifi 5 mesh

[tulip sparrow]

Not since I was on there with an ex

That was 15+ years ago closing in on 20 lol

[fiery plover]

Anyone here good with phones? Wanted to ask if getting a s25edge is better than a regular s25

[lament kelp]

if we talk about pc emulator on a phone both are good if they have snapdragon

anything else i have no idea

[tulip sparrow]

17 years if not longer

Worse battery life and much thinner phone so no it isn't at least to me

[green shell]

This the exact case I use

[lament kelp]

and is good?

[green shell]

Except i bought non fan variant

[tulip sparrow]

I personally have a pop air solid here

[fiery plover]

Just using it as a regular phone

[green shell]

Yep but i think its a bit wider than most cabinets

[lament kelp]

if you want a slim phone get the edge if you don't care about that get the normal

[lament kelp]

well i have it on the ground and is a lot of space there lmao

[tulip sparrow]

Glad I got it when I did as listing for it seems to have all gone poof shortly after I purchased it

[green shell]

It looks cool ngl cause of those grooves in Front panel

But the front panel filter is non removable

[lament kelp]

yeah seems cool

[green shell]

Only top and bottom filters are removable

https://cdn.discordapp.com/attachments/548076572716957697/1131477896586858546/20230720_121348.jpg?ex=69d5fa68&is=69d4a8e8&hm=8c73079d636fc12605c7900800a50a02dcb4fd195f9b47d2bb53b8160b5f49f4&

This picture from the time I built my current PC

[lament kelp]

looks cool ngl

gonna buy it

buying a 60-80$ case and then buying a 22$ mouse

my budget is all over the place

[green shell]

60usd

[lament kelp]

yeah is 60$..

[green shell]

Mattrexx 40 3fs right?

[lament kelp]

yeah the same case you have

[green shell]

Mine is just matrexx 40

[lament kelp]

ah

[green shell]

3fs includes 3 rgb fans

[lament kelp]

makes sense, then gonna buy with fans, hope gonna be good

[green shell]

Yea i bought cooler master sickeflow separately

Wanted a blackout pc build

[lament kelp]

ah makes sense

[drowsy isle]

Go for the edge, better camera, larger screen, battery size is about the same

[cosmic marsh]

i feel like you could benifit from a 60% keyboard here

[bold olive]

i still don't understand 60% keyboard users

how do y'all live without delete key

[cosmic marsh]

Fn + M

easy as that

[green shell]

That image is from 2023

https://cdn.discordapp.com/attachments/1284766123497357367/1482985413038837860/image0.jpg?ex=69d5f24b&is=69d4a0cb&hm=53164c5bc3a18bf05e6c463f1ee3f5f100e64bedbfa65867e234c9f3c791a333&

[drowsy isle]

Fn + whatever you want to program the del key to

[green shell]

This current

[lament kelp]

i never used the delete key is that important or something?

[bold olive]

bros 60% spawned

[drowsy isle]

Holy mouse space

[cosmic marsh]

much better

[cosmic marsh]

i snapped my finger and it replaced itself

[bold olive]

entering the bios, and for some millennials, removing text from the other side

[jaunty apex]

I use it to get into bios/sometimes to quickly delete files

Mostly bios though

[lament kelp]

i never did that and i every time enter bios with f12

[bold olive]

well most oem motherboards put delete key

[green shell]

60% doesnt come with function row either

[lament kelp]

ah makes sense

[bold olive]

hence 65% became more viable

[left dove]

tkl ftw

[bold olive]

which is the one I'm using

[drowsy isle]

When i had a 60% id just have a back up keyboard when i needed the del key now i use a 75%

[thorny saddle]

I daily a 60% for work

[lament kelp]

well i have a H310M and i just use the F12 key or the F11 i don't even remember i didn't enter bios for a long time

[thorny saddle]

and I deal with MAC and IP addresses every 3 -4 mins

[left dove]

Tkl ftwwww

[green shell]

Got a separate keyb for numpad?

[left dove]

And yes I am fully a mouse-infront-of-keyboard user

[thorny saddle]

nope

[green shell]

Using the number row on keyboard feels like torture ngl

[left dove]

skill issue

[drowsy isle]

Yeah i got a 60% because desk space was limited now its not

[bold olive]

that looks like 75

and it is

[drowsy isle]

I had a 60%

[left dove]

Did someone say desk space

[bold olive]

okay stop this is the second time I saw it

[green shell]

Is that a tv?

[left dove]

[bold olive]

and now I noticed the mouse space

[left dove]

You're just jealous and I worked hard on it :(

[drowsy isle]

Should go back to 2 monitors

[bold olive]

i didn't discriminate calm down

[left dove]

[bold olive]

was it because you got used to having a pointer behind the keyboard like laptops?

[left dove]

no I just like hacking the mouse in front of the keyboard

v quick lateral transition

*having

[bold olive]

hmm

well as long as you're comfy I'm fine with it

[jaunty apex]

Oh lateral

[left dove]

I love the wall tiles tbh

[left dove]

the fuck did you think I said 😂

[jaunty apex]

Literal transition (lie)

[left dove]

I mean

I'm literally transitioning

funny hormone juice & all

[jaunty apex]

I mean yea. Just not v quick unfortunately (imo)

[thorny saddle]

he is upset you didn't get a Litter Robot

[left dove]

get better litter

world's best, corn based, doesn't make dust

also with new cat boxes you're supposed to leave some of the old litter in there so they can sense it's the poopin' spot

Otherwise they just ignore it or treat it like furniture

no I'm the cat expert

[jaunty apex]

It just me or is it a bit full

[left dove]

nah its not full

[ivory mountain]

kitty

[jaunty apex]

Not of shit, just litter

[left dove]

I knew what you were saying lol

[drowsy isle]

Wait huh i never returned this cable what

Never even requested

Did i just get a free cable

[left dove]

looks like it

[drowsy isle]

Yeah i actually got the money back

[thorny saddle]

we are flying along now

[left dove]

hellll yeah boi

YEA BABY COUCH DAY

[thorny saddle]

I am up to 9 cameras lol

[left dove]

Aaaaaa I'm so fucking excited my tv room will be FUNCTIONAL

[thorny saddle]

nice thats a good feeling

[left dove]

I gotta hang acoustic panels & get some shelving for one of the walls

...maybe wallpaper? I haven't decided yet

[thorny saddle]

spray foam the walls

[grizzled frost]

rockwool would be best

[left dove]

but expensive af

also rockwool goes BEHIND the wall

yall want some stats?

[craggy cove]

construction waste on the walls

[ivory mountain]

😭

[pure trellis]

https://www.techpowerup.com/348050/limited-capacity-and-order-shifts-drive-march-consumer-dram-price-surge-led-by-sub-4gb-products

[craggy cove]

ddr4 4gb 🖕

i have a 2x4gb kit

big money moves

also just saw a 2x8gb ddr3 kit go for 25 its so over

[azure latch]

guys I have this issue…

im installing windows on my new pc

[ivory mountain]

pretty sure they mean 4gb chips not 4gb sticks, each ram stick has around 8 chips on it

[azure latch]

I can go through the oobe, but then when I click restart it would freeze on my motherboard’s logo screen while starting up

I tried like 2-3 times tonight already, using the official iso image downloaded from Microsoft 😭

[craggy cove]

oh right density

ich bin idiot

[pure trellis]

OEM main consumer for those sticks

[ivory mountain]

hey by the way it shouldnt do that

[azure latch]

yeah idk why..

[craggy cove]

how is this happening even

[ivory mountain]

nobody is using ddr2 thats just a lie

[craggy cove]

who is making ddr2???

[azure latch]

the first time I thought uh-oh maybe it’s because I messed up with the drivers and I tried again, im not even installing any drivers this time

[unreal shoal]

Can someone identify this gpu?

[azure latch]

it just won’t boot

[craggy cove]

probably the worst ddr

[craggy cove]

google lens is useful

[unreal shoal]

So is it like good?

[craggy cove]

well depends on the price

i have a 2060 super which is almost as good as this and its perfectly fine for me

[unreal shoal]

Well I did just buy it today for 180$

[craggy cove]

eh not really a good price

also why tf are you asking this after buying it

[green shell]

[unreal shoal]

I was told by my teacher that it was either a 2070 or 2080, tried searching it and couldnt really find anything about a single fanned one

[craggy cove]

yea but why buy something you dont even know what it is

[pure trellis]

African demand and Asian oversupply

[unreal shoal]

Was either I bought a 1050 for the same price off amazon or missed my chance as someone else was gonna buy it off the 3d animation team, pretty sure it would be better than a igpu

[craggy cove]

ddr3 is perfectly usable with the mountains of haswell being thrown away with w11
but ddr2 is just e-waste atp

[craggy cove]

you dont buy new gpus at that price point

ebay and facebook marketplace exist

[pure trellis]

Yeah, windows is somehow part of that demand

[unreal shoal]

Cant trust ebay or facebook

plus kinda hard when I only pay in cash, dont do shipping or digital payments, and no one sells gpus around here as its just a desert for miles

[craggy cove]

ebay has a money back guarantee which is very biased towards the buyer

very random

[left dove]

select local data then

Can you clean your space instead

FILTHY

[tulip sparrow]

https://youtube.com/shorts/JsYHIOGVV1Q?si=ScPXygCxIAwKkcZX

[azure topaz]

clean hours

[gaunt spade]

try restarting pc

[stone temple]

Hey guys if anyone is able to help me I have a question, just a note I am completely new to this so this will likely sound stupid or have missing info. I am making this website for a personal project and I need to run some info on this website through a AI for analysis. Currently I am using Ollama for local but I want to start giving this to my friends and hosting the website and first of all its very slow and I cant use my pc has a host. So I want to use a AI API call for it. I have a small budget of around 15 euros just for now to give it to one or 2 friends, anyone have any recs or what API’s I could use

[restive plinth]

Did you finish the OOBE?

[gaunt spade]

rich

yea thats alot

[restive plinth]

gemini (and I think groq) has some APIs that are free. It has some limits, but should be enough for a personal project.

[azure latch]

Yeah, and as soon as i do my first reboot, it would freeze on the motherboard’s logo screen

[gaunt spade]

rich people shit

[gaunt spade]

grok

[restive plinth]

Go to Bios and manually select Windows Boot Manager
See if that works

[azure latch]

nope, same issue

[stone temple]

Oh nice thanks, Ill try it out

[azure latch]

I also tried both installing all drivers during the first startup and not installing it, both won’t work and would still freeze at logo screen after 1st reboot, frustrating

[restive plinth]

Is it an official iso from the microsoft website?

[azure latch]

Yes

Windows 11 x64

[stone temple]

I cant find groks free

Is it the puter one

[restive plinth]

ah okay
Try changing some basic bios settings and see if it works. Like, check if it is UEFI mode, and maybe check like if quick boot or something is turned off.

[azure latch]

it is in UEFI, quick boot is off tho

should I try turning it on?

The only error I get out of it is dpc_watchdog_violation

[gaunt spade]

what

[stone temple]

You said its grok that has the free API call

[odd marsh]

grok is this real

[stone temple]

ok nvm

[restive plinth]

What is your hard drive situation? HDD or SSD?

[restive plinth]

I think Groq has a free api call, but I am not fully sure if they changed it or not. Gemini definitely works for free. I am using it in my projects right now and it works really well

[azure latch]

One single Kioxia SSD

[green shell]

[restive plinth]

What is your motherboard and processor (processor shouldn't be an issue though)

[green shell]

Is it getting stuck after first reboot when win11 files are imstalled?

[stone temple]

What if for example I wanted to host this website to abit more of a local community such as my uni. Maybe lets say 10-30 people use it at a time

Ig its hard to say bc how much work I want done is dependent on what im doing

[azure latch]

Oh yes, before entering the OOBE it would be like “starting services” and then “getting ready”, then do a reboot and stucks, then reboot again and it enters oobe

[stone temple]

But I was thinking anthropic

[green shell]

Did you remove the usb stick?

[restive plinth]

I am not sure if it would work for that
But it should be enough for you to test everything and make sure it works at a small scale.

[stone temple]

Im just not sure the costs of stuff like that

[azure latch]

5600X with a JGINYUE B450M-Ti

[stone temple]

Yea good idea, let me get to that step first then I can come back to maybe paying

[azure latch]

Nah…

[stone temple]

Thanks

[restive plinth]

Yeah
Make sure it works first and then you can look into the payment related stuff.

[green shell]

I am pretty sure you are supposed to remove the installation media at some point before getting into the OOBE

Iirc its right after the windows is installed and asks for a reboot

[azure latch]

it would reboot automatically after the installer finishes its procedures should I remove it when it starts to reboot?

[restive plinth]

In Bios, navigate to Advanced > CPU Configuration.
Find SVM Mode and set it to Disabled.

[azure latch]

I guess my 5th try is coming tomorrow

[latent gull]

Iirc there’s a point at which it tells you to remove it

[azure latch]

SVM Mode hmm lemme see

[green shell]

It doesnt

[restive plinth]

Nah
check the bios step and set the SVM mode to disabled.
I searched online, and apparently some people on reddit are saying this motherboard has some issues related to Windows

[green shell]

Yes

[azure latch]

okey lemme try it rq

[latent gull]

Could you set it to boot to internal permanently and only boot from removable once?

[restive plinth]

That wouldn't cause anything. Even if you have the USB connected or not, it is just gonna show up as a secondary boot option.
It wouldn't throw up errors or freeze (usually)

[azure latch]

I can’t understand what do you mean here

[restive plinth]

Just remove the USB while booting, and make sure Windows Boot manager is the #1 boot option in the BIOS boot options

[green shell]

[azure latch]

oh my f- god they add a online checking procedure during the self repairing thing now it takes forever

[restive plinth]

did it go past the error?

[azure latch]

DANG RICKY

RICKY IT BOOTED after turning off SVM

[green shell]

https://tenor.com/view/letsgo-lets-go-lfg-lfgd-gif-26632406

[azure latch]

okay lemme reboot one more time just to make sure

[green shell]

Nice

[azure latch]

LETS GOOOOO

[ivory mountain]

https://tenor.com/view/flightreacts-tongue-laugh-flightreacts-flight-tongue-tongue-laugh-gif-739589491343629007

[restive plinth]

Okay, great
According to the internet,

This will prevent you from using virtual machines or Docker
But the system should work fine.

[azure latch]

okay imma go sleep and install all drivers and stuffs tomorrow haha

[azure latch]

im okay with that

It’s kinda weird tho

[restive plinth]

Just let it update. Nothing else to do to install drivers. It should automatically do it

If you have something like a separate graphics card or something else that might have it's own driver separately, maybe you can get the software for that and install that particular driver. But for 99% of the things, it will do everything on it's own

[azure latch]

I have like a Realtek Network driver and an Audio Driver provided by the motherboard manufacturer should I install that

[restive plinth]

It is some issue related to this motherboard apparently
Maybe there's a bios update that fixes this, but I am not sure about that. Unless you are specifically using those things, and you encounter errors, I would just ignore it for now

[restive plinth]

It should have automatically detected everything. If it works, there's no need to do anything else, unless you specifically need it for some reason

[azure latch]

okay! thanks for help 😭 I have been troubleshooting for a day and it’s 1am already, thank you so much Ricky

[restive plinth]

Welcome
Glad I could help 🙏
Now go sleep

[azure latch]

Hero

[limber ermine]

Wow it looked great

but damn my room is fucking hot, it bought my room temp to 35c

[woeful leaf]

macbook air m3 16/256 for 350$
macbook air m1 max 32/1tb for 550$

m1 max is the better choice right?

both used

[gaunt spade]

mee6

[gaunt spade]

how so cheap

[left dove]

He looks dead lmao

the biggest eep you ever saw

[woeful leaf]

not sure lol

[brave brook]

what is the use case is the general question. M1 might get cut off soon from updates tho.

[woeful leaf]

i do some substance painter stuff, also little coding games in godot but also websites in visualstudio, occasionally some games like rimworld / minecraft

[brave brook]

ok, will you use local LLMs or not ? For local LLM both are kinda bad-ish, but M1 max is certainly better, plus has more RAM. And in general, i would prefer 32GB even if CPUs/GPUs were comparable, only question is long term support for M1 max

[limber ermine]

beep boop

[brave brook]

but on other side worst case scenario you will switch to Asahi linux or get yourself a new laptop later

[woeful leaf]

nah i dont do ai stuff at all

[limber ermine]

i tried to do ai on my 6700xt

performance was horrendous

[pliant snow]

need a reccomendation for audio stuff i have a scarlett 2i2 and want to get new speakers and a sub but idk what sub would work for the speakers i was looking at hs5's

[brave brook]

you can, but you need models which fit your VRAM. So for example for Qwen3.5-27B @ IQ4_NL with 115k context you need ~21-22GB of VRAM

[limber ermine]

i was trying to do NeMo 12B 4-bit quantized

[grave raptor]

For $4,800 are these specs a good deal?

Intel Core Ultra 9 285K (3.2GHz) Processor
• 64GB DDR5-5600 RAM
• NVIDIA GeForce RTX 5090 Graphics Card
• 2TB PCIe M.2 NVMe Gen4 SSD

[limber ermine]

it was going at like 5 Token per seconds?

[tired bear]

just ollama or additional software is required?

[ivory mountain]

No, give it to me and ill find you something better

Pfffft only a $3500 gpu

[limber ermine]

from what i know 3060 can do 40 for this

[grave raptor]

Sarcasm I assume lol

[ivory mountain]

Yes lol most 5090 builds are damn near 6k

[snow mauve]

parandroid, i have a tesla 24gb in my power edge. so far i only have qwen 2.5 7 and 14b. vram never goes over 9gb. think i should try a newer model or a higher points one?

i know i can't go MUCH higher but know i'm def not fully taxing it

[grave raptor]

Nice I was doing a sanity check

Well if this week goes well I might buy it from Micro center

[limber ermine]

i wonder if AMD will ever get better at running AI

[grave raptor]

I can spend 5k and get the 9800x3d version but doesn't seem worth it

[limber ermine]

from what i know even their newer consumer gpu are shit at running ai

[brave brook]

llama.cpp in my case with CUDA backend.

[grave raptor]

Their behind but not as behind as this implies lol

[brave brook]

for newer GPUs i would go with vLLM

[tired bear]

its same for amd cards?

[limber ermine]

i mean it's a miracle it's even running now

it wasn't even running a while ago. but yeah it's way tooo slow

[gritty panther]

AI bros have small pp

[grave raptor]

Amds good ai GPUs has well gone to companies using it for ai

[clear canyon]

Hosting your own ai is pretty cool

[grave raptor]

They haven't used much AI in their mainstream GPU

[grave raptor]

No ai is best

[gritty panther]

disgusting group of people in the chat right now talking about AI

[clear canyon]

?

I said its cool

[grizzled frost]

They’re losing due to it, DLSS4.5 is incredible

[gritty panther]

😆

[ivory mountain]

id pick a 285k lowkey, all my intel systems have felt better (at least to me), 8 cores aint enough for me

[clear canyon]

Then leave

[gritty panther]

ill come back when the evil people are gona

[south arrow]

All the cores

[craggy cove]

https://tenor.com/view/shit-brain-brain-dumb-quote-gif-5784685802451944354

[ivory mountain]

im not talking about AI am i evil

[clear canyon]

So never?

[gaunt spade]

https://giphy.com/gifs/high-flight-flightreacts-IcL0dEz31YiDXR1tqp

[gritty panther]

AI bros have the smallest of pp's it's insane

brb

[south arrow]

Why am I in the crossfire

[ivory mountain]

forced to use this shitass mod manager

[limber ermine]

i never said i have a big pp

[south arrow]

[grave raptor]

Going from almost bankrupt to a like 300 billion dollar company is a strange definition of losing.

[gaunt spade]

https://giphy.com/gifs/no-correlation-sirclues-mlwmSCYcDAcgWkz8s4

[grave raptor]

Yeah dlss 4.5 is great

[south arrow]

Ill have you know its not the length of the sword but the skill of the swordsman and his handy tools 😂

[iron glen]

hi https

[clear canyon]

Ollamas recent release of an ai that can self improve sounds really cool, i wanna try it out soon

[gaunt spade]

6x framegen

[left dove]

skill issue

[grave raptor]

No

[gaunt spade]

son

wrong reply

[gaunt spade]

son 2

[grizzled frost]

take your dirk and my longsword and let’s see who wins

[grave raptor]

No framegen until the consoles run it. Then it'll actually become mainstream so devs will use it and therefore get good

[south arrow]

https://tenor.com/view/bow-arrow-shoot-bow-bow-and-arrow-shooting-bow-gif-20554959

[grave raptor]

Stan

[clear canyon]

Console does not need fg for fg to be good

It will prob be pushed to console once fg has reached a certain level