tech-chat-1

[midnight wind]

I think it's bad here too

[steel umbra]

I no longer check prices like i used to

I quit looking at higher prices everywhere

don't have the taste to rec building a pc

[steel umbra]

$400 for 2x16gb d5 kit

probably not even hynix but micron

whiich doesn't matter for a lot of users but it makes me angry

[steel umbra]

Was about to say the nitro+ looks good but it's non xt

[silent star]

yeah 😭

i think the non xt has gone around $750 used thats a good deal

[midnight wind]

And I thought I got a bad deal building my PC in 2022 spending $230 on 32G ddr5-6400

[steel umbra]

I got my hands on a 120 2x32gb kit that was hynix

But one if the sticks came ded

but i got a 90 2x24gb micron kit

[midnight wind]

Because it was the same price for 64G a year later which I upgraded to... luckily

[steel umbra]

if i wouldn't return the working 32gb stick i'd get like $500

bc the ics probably were working

on the dead stick

[midnight wind]

insane

[silent star]

i got 32gb of ddr4

[steel umbra]

I also thought i overspent on the hynix 2x16gb patriot viper sticks

they were like 105?

I'd happily sell my ram if i had a pair more

turns out you run out of ram pretty quickly

If just that one stick had been working

[covert nimbus]

Will this fix my drive I’m getting a critical process died

[silent star]

i dont know what to do tbh

not like i can afford anythjing

[steel umbra]

Try to optimize and wait patiently

it's not the first time nor last ram jumped in price

[silent star]

kinda wanna revamp my setup but thats expensive

like new case new fans

[steel umbra]

As far as i know this is not the first time the dram cartel has been created

[silent star]

i was thinking of the o11 vision compact but that might have worse airflow than my current lancool 216

[steel umbra]

maybe with a new president the cartel dissolves

i dunno

[silent star]

wa

[steel umbra]

By dissolve i mean they start dumping stock on each other and ramp up the production instead of decreasing production

you hear right decreasing production.

they are doing that in a shortage

and no, it's not the production lines failing

[silent star]

should i stick with the lancool 216 or get a different case

[steel umbra]

216 is cool

try to preserve wealth as much as possible

it's also better for the environment

[silent star]

oki

its just mine looks a bit boring only the stock fans

[clear canyon]

Possibly, you might just need to reinstall windows

[steel umbra]

Well, that's up to you

Imo less rgb = better

[silent star]

also i dont like having the ports at the top it bends my headphone wire

[steel umbra]

You can buy dacs and usb hubs btw

[silent star]

true

[steel umbra]

ok dacs start at like $5

[silent star]

i need some opinions

[steel umbra]

better than onboard audio

[silent star]

white or black case

[steel umbra]

It's literally whatever you like

don't ask others or you might end up with a generic build

[silent star]

tru

[steel umbra]

sonetimes black components in a white case looks good

or visa versa

[midnight wind]

I dream of a day where ram and storage flood onto the market at dirt even cheaper prices than before but it's probably never happening

[steel umbra]

Why is boe technology so volatile i don't get the market at all

it's going up and down 2% within the span of few minutes

now it rocketed 5%

[midnight wind]

I have a boe panel in my laptop

[steel umbra]

Micro cap pump behaviour ngl

on a blue chip

[steel umbra]

BOE is huge

larger than most people realize

apple uses boe and samsung

Yeah forgot to ask is the boe panel good?

you have

[midnight wind]

It's mid without calibration

It's the framework 2.8k display

Notebookcheck has an ICC profile but I don't have a way to do color correction on my system

[river marsh]

@frigid blade @royal scaffold
Chatting here yesterday made me realize something: people who actually understand the underlying context and history of hardware are an extreme minority, even here in the West where the PC market originated.

I remember posting on the Level1Techs forum a while back about the paradigm shift in tech over the last 20 years. I analyzed vendor strategies and market transitions through the lens of actually using the hardware. The reaction was... okay. People read it, but it didn't really spark any deep discussion.

Trying to discuss 'why PCs are designed this way' or 'how the market evolved over 40 years'—maybe it's just my own wishful thinking to expect people to care. But honestly, my only hope is to show foreign players and vendors that here in Asia (as a Taiwanese), we aren't just about R&D, stock investments, or being a faceless link in the supply chain. Even in this fast-paced, disposable tech era, there are still people here who deeply remember and care about the entire history and evolution of it all."

[steel umbra]

The strat is: AI AI AI

[river marsh]

Yep, 'AI AI AI' is the ultimate duct tape for every corporate presentation now. But people forget all those AI models still have to run on the exact same silicon pipelines we've spent 60 years building. That's the history I'm trying to visualize."

[sinful cobalt]

https://tenor.com/view/kamen-rider-zero-one-ark-one-horobi-fighting-azu-gif-23702209

[steel umbra]

Before AI you had smart

and before smart you had intelligent

at least as i remember it

can't tell you any further in history

[sinful cobalt]

“r slur means slow. was he slow?”
no

[river marsh]

Haha exactly! The marketing buzzwords just keep evolving: Intelligent -> Smart -> AI.
But honestly, even with everyone having access to AI now, most people still can't generate actual deep tech insights because they lack the human 'backend' knowledge. To me, AI is fundamentally a tool that tech craftsmen spent decades building, but now it's just being abused by unqualified marketers and users for cheap hype.

[sinful cobalt]

they lack human intuition, have difficulty tracking, love to hallucinate (double counting and mistaking items)

[steel umbra]

I envy how fast you type and with better grammar as well

[sinful cobalt]

must be the frame generation at work

[sinful cobalt]

economical nuke at the hands of the wrong people

[steel umbra]

Consistency

[sinful cobalt]

we’ve seen how out of touch said people are

[river marsh]

Haha, don't be envious! To be completely honest, I use AI to help translate my thoughts because my raw English grammar is actually pretty bad. But I don't just blindly copy-paste—I actively review and correct the AI's output as it generates, making sure the technical context and my original ideas are 100% accurate."

[steel umbra]

you ask chatgpt the exact same thing phrased differently and the answer is yes/no difference even if it understands what you say in both cases

[sinful cobalt]

Jensen: AI wont replace hard labour like plumbing etc

Yeah, for the first like year, those jobs will be “safe” till humans actually start to flood it and it might be another example of CS

[river marsh]

Exactly

[sinful cobalt]

Theres levels to ts these bastards dont understand

Now they’re only just realizing the costs of AI such as compute and token generation

[steel umbra]

2200 scenario: rich with AI robots vs poor (civil war)

[sinful cobalt]

Say even if AI does get good to the point these costs go down immensely, and they fire us “low value humans” -quoted from standard charted CEO

They’re destroying the economy because us in turn will have less spending power

Its literally cyberpunk2077 into reality

[steel umbra]

I'd say if they spent all of that money instead into welfare humanity would be better off

[sinful cobalt]

Starbucks recently just slowed down their AI inventory tracking after 9 months iirc

[sinful cobalt]

anything but solving humanity’s problems bro

“for those who come after” mindset does not exist anymore

If you listen to ANY podcast or interview of any corporate mf you will realize that their mindset is FULL OF SHIT

[steel umbra]

The selfish gene wins

[river marsh]

To me, the most terrifying thing about AI isn't that it gives perfect answers. It's the fact that humans are getting comfortable letting AI and algorithms make decisions for them and drive their actions.

We see this problem in recommendation algorithms, social feeds, and targeted ads—they act as massive amplifiers. When people surrender their agency, these systems just infinitely magnify extreme emotions and polarize our values just to keep engagement high. We are basically giving up our own 'root access'.

And when it comes to enterprise adoption—whether it's IBM or newer startups—most of them are just implementing it so they can posture themselves as 'tech adoption consultants' or industry visionaries. It's mostly just for show.

Like you guys mentioned with Starbucks and McDonald's, the biggest issue isn't whether the tech 'fails'. The real terror is the corporate calculus behind it: what are these corporations willing to tolerate, and more importantly, what are they willing to completely sacrifice (like quality or human livelihood) just to evaluate the system and maximize their own profit margins.

[sinful cobalt]

dont get me started on the boomers in the government 💀

[clear canyon]

https://tenor.com/view/wall-of-text-who-asked-gif-13446607101319546836

[sinful cobalt]

Not to go into politics but DT is literally pumping and dumping everything into his bank accounts

https://tenor.com/view/exusiai-gif-3818681741012215933

imo china government>

[steel umbra]

Almost every time i use chatgpt for something i find inaccuracies

for some basic stuff it works sure like browsing

[native path]

Those dudes in CS are actually pretty smart they’re 100% finding jobs in other places

[steel umbra]

but you gotta check the source yourself

[sinful cobalt]

the homeless shelter job goes hard

[steel umbra]

I'm surprised there are not more browsers built around AI

it's really good at pulling stuff from deep web

[sinful cobalt]

when I find whoever/whatever group of fucks that put AI overview as the #1 priority on google

https://tenor.com/view/lockon-robot-shoot-gundam-gif-14124430

[steel umbra]

That one sucks yes

[knotty osprey]

Apparently humans are starting to replace AI now.. what has this world come to? Taking away AIs jobs to replace them with cheaper alternatives

[steel umbra]

just give source now or ded

[river marsh]

Exactly. No matter what, you absolutely need a solid baseline of foundational knowledge before you can use AI effectively.

In a lot of Taiwanese communities right now, it's a mess. People blindly use AI-generated content without caring about the actual context or professional accuracy, just to validate their own arguments. No joke, we literally have people here trying to use AI-generated answers to represent themselves in doomed lawsuits, or trying to exploit non-existent legal loopholes that any human with common sense would know are fake. It's wild.

[sinful cobalt]

mfs when they realize AI is only meant to help as a secondsry tool and not replace entirely:

https://tenor.com/view/exusiai-apple-exusiai-arknights-arknights-exusiai-arknights-exu-gif-6352823812957593457

[river marsh]

https://tenor.com/view/worry-froge-froge-frog-frog-meme-concerned-froge-gif-10838108070340125612

[steel umbra]

Green arrow down?!

[sinful cobalt]

breaking news the green arrow got shot down

[river marsh]

Sorry to confuse you! In the Asian market, the UI is reversed. Red means stonks/making money! 🤣

[midnight wind]

📈

[empty quartz]

Managed to get a 9900k working in a mini pc

[wintry cliff]

question, im buying a used psu, but the guy lost the one out of three of the pcie 8 pin, im powering an rog 3080 that needs 3 8pin pcie, but the psu included has 12vhpwr cable, can i use that in lieu of two pcie 8pin and add one pcie 8pin to the gpu?

[river marsh]

How the hell is that even working? Damn, I love it.

[formal sonnet]

No, you can't connect a 12vhpwr cable directly into 2x 8pin PCIe power connections on a GPU...

[steel umbra]

Nah i think the frog betrayed the green arrow and green arrow sad

[wintry cliff]

the cables are like this

[steel umbra]

Never underestimate what people can and can't do, i've seen people fit a 4+4 into 6+2

thankfully the psu rejected that idea

[formal sonnet]

How would you fit a 12vhpwr connection into 2x 8pin PCIe plugs on your GPU? ... they're not even the same physical size of pins.

[wintry cliff]

oh theyre not? idk tbh what are my options then? replace the cable?

[formal sonnet]

Your options are ask the seller to provide all accessories with what they're selling, or find a different PSU...

[wintry cliff]

my other option is an msi mag a850gl

[wintry cliff]

can i replace the cable myself?

[formal sonnet]

You could buy replacement cables from the manufacturer I guess, but at that point (by the time you factor in the cost + time to source these cables), you might be better off buying a new PSU.

[steel umbra]

There are also 12vhpwr/12v-6x2 to 6+2 pin splitters

btw sometimes even manufacturer replacements are wrong

@wintry cliff is one of the 8pins an 8 pin to two 6+2?

that comes with the psu

Or all just 8 pin to one 6+2

[fallen sky]

Alr chat need help deciding what MacBook to get for school

uwu

[wintry cliff]

this i think

[wintry cliff]

why?

[steel umbra]

If one out of the two splits into two you get three 6+2

[wintry cliff]

if it splits, and my gpu draws like 450w, will it be fine?

[steel umbra]

yes just make sure it's properly plugged in on the psu side

[shrewd timber]

I'm trying Linux finally I finally got around to it

I'm giving it a chance

though it isnt as slow as Windows For some reason I have SATA Controller set to ATA or Legacy

[wintry cliff]

does this mean any cables that are labelled that can be used on my psu?

[steel umbra]

Probably? I would still check manually whichever pin corresponds to another pin

If you get a new cable

[shrewd timber]

I am in unknown territory I don't really know how to use Linux

[sharp ivy]

What distro?

like

mint or ubuntu or sm

[shrewd timber]

Linux Mint 22

Cinnamon Edition

[sharp ivy]

Oh goody

that's one of the easier ones

[shrewd timber]

The others looked ugly

[wintry cliff]

tbh im waiting on seasonic support

@steel umbra if i buy a gx750 cable to use on my gx850, will it be okay? how do i check compatibility

[steel umbra]

Ask support, and check the pin out once the cable arrives

[sharp ivy]

nice

[magic nebula]

can i pair a ryzen 5 5600xt with a arc b580

[formal sonnet]

Yes, you can.

[magic nebula]

does it not have the overhead issue

anymore

[formal sonnet]

Overhaed issue? I'm not familiar with this.

[steel umbra]

It's fixed

[magic nebula]

cool thx

[steel umbra]

Overhad

Had too much

[magic nebula]

is acer predator gm7 and the kinbgston nv3 good

or is there better ones for 500-800sar

[steel umbra]

NV3 is a lottery so can't say if it's better or worse than X

i'd say out of the two gm7 is better, it should be TLC, the controller is acceptable

assuming they didn't change internals which i dunno

[magic nebula]

huh ok

[royal scaffold]

The people who grew up with stuff being really accessible, will never value it.

[steel umbra]

Any western digital drives?

like sn570, sn580, sn5000, etc

[magic nebula]

there is wd black sn580 ps5 edition

sn580p

also crucial p310

[steel umbra]

Not sure about that one

is it cheaper than gm7?

[magic nebula]

ye 684 vs 807

sar

[steel umbra]

i would probably avoid that one

[steel umbra]

how much cheaper is nv3?

Wb nv2?

[magic nebula]

there is also wd black sn7100 for 725

[steel umbra]

basicly kingston nv series is whatever kingston can source for cheapest and meet the min spec

[magic nebula]

nv3 is is 585 and nv2 is... not there

[steel umbra]

quality kinda falls apart

their flash drives are even worse

[steel umbra]

oof hard decision, can't tell you if saving 100 sar is worth it

nv3 is cheapest right?

[magic nebula]

my budget is like 5200 and most of it is covered like 4345sar is already covered

5000 max is preferable but 5200 is fine

the other parts i already picked out and they are good

[wintry cliff]

aight great just checked with seasonic and they said to ask the local distributor, checked with them and the cable is max 10 bucks

bloody great lets gooo

[magic nebula]

like i know the other parts are good bc it is ryzen 5600xt, arc b580, rog strix b550f, thermalright aio, yolo ram ddr4(.... or corsair ram ddr4 and then it will be 4412 which... probably fine), lian li casew corsair psu

ssd is idk

wait.. p3 plus?

[river marsh]

Yep ....Indeed always is

[thorny saddle]

whats happening tc2

[sinful cobalt]

just got off class

dis teh wrong chat

[shell bay]

Yo is it worth to get deltamate for 5090?

[thorny saddle]

no

deltamate block you mean?

[mossy glacier]

So whats my optioms? Cant drill a hole due to a electrical component beneath.

[mossy glacier]

Ouu shi

[hexed tapir]

Or you can make one with a popsicle stick

Or cardboard

[hexed tapir]

Or a fork

[mossy glacier]

Do i do this fr

[mossy glacier]

Would rather not lwk

[hexed tapir]

I would trust the fork method

Non fork extenders are under $10

[ocean axle]

I've used tape

[hexed tapir]

https://www.aliexpress.us/item/3256810073066803.html $1.50

[ocean axle]

Really it's fine to use whatever, in a desktop at least

So long as the SSD is in its socket properly, and not being bent

[hexed tapir]

Just needs to be strong enough for small vibrations like you bumping your desk

[viscid helm]

Hi Hi

[covert nimbus]

Does this mean my ssd is dying ChatGPT is saying no

I finally got from system 32 message to recovery message

[latent gull]

For like 2 seconds I thought this was the Elon scam post cause of the picture angles

pattern recognition go brrrrt

[covert nimbus]

So the drive plug into my mom’s computer and it read it so i’m assuming it works fine

[open rock]

it might still be dying id try a reinstall the running crystal disk info

[open rock]

how old is the drive

[eternal cloak]

The MX500 400GB drive was released in 2018, so at it's oldest 8 years ig

[open rock]

it sould be fine then if it was just normal ude

use*

[native path]

14 incidents today and they’re all FPs just let me fucking escalate something

[golden sage]

So uh... my friend said he got a steal on ddr5

hopefully its not some scam

[bold olive]

my 5.1 virtual surround struggling to get the rear surrounds

not bad for virtual tho

[copper maple]

I've never seen this

Steam keeps surprising me

[tall sandal]

What food is that

why did you post this

Lmao

[frail sequoia]

Drink

[high elm]

sgd?

thats fking good wtf

[golden sage]

ya

hoping he doesnt receive a cinderblock in the mail LOL

[golden sage]

is it delicious

[frail sequoia]

Obvs

[cold skiff]

The best drink there is

[golden sage]

how does it taste?

i live in singapore so it might take some digging to find it

[frail sequoia]

Yes

[frail sequoia]

It tastes like irn bru

[median warren]

Are you in the uk

[sinful cobalt]

very helpful information

[steel umbra]

sunlands tech just reported net income increase at +100% with a mild revenue decrease, how much do you guys think my share prices will increase or not?

[fallow moss]

Where my gaming laptop users at

Which is better

[steel umbra]

the left one isn’t oled right?

[fallow moss]

Don’t think so let me doubkebcheckb

[steel umbra]

how much do they cost?

32gb ram sounds expensive

[fallow moss]

1300 for the legion

1400 alien

[steel umbra]

the legion get that

or i would get that

[safe forge]

Legion seems like the no brainer to me

OLED and it’s cheaper

[fallow moss]

So the legion should run call of duty n stuff fine

GTA

[steel umbra]

absolutely yes

btw i’d check what wattage the 5060s are in both models

each laptop varies in how much they supply to the dgpus

[safe forge]

In bright sides both will have DLSS support and a quick google search says that they should push around 100-110 native

[steel umbra]

the difference can be up to like 10-15% between highest and lowest wattage

[safe forge]

100w base. 115 dynamic boost

[fallow moss]

I just wish I ca physically see how heavy the thing is

[safe forge]

5.1 LBS (2.3 kilos) could be worse for a gaming laptop

[tidal geyser]

do not ONLY look at wattage

its not uncommon for a gaming laptop to not even be able to meet minimum wattage for a gpu in terms of cooling needed.

[frail sequoia]

scotland so yeah

[frail sequoia]

idk how to describe the taste

apart from tasty

[median warren]

I KNEW IT

[safe forge]

Quick search says they’ve got good cooling. So hopefully not a huge concern

[median warren]

the iron bru gave it away

[tidal geyser]

look at benchmarks

well reviews

[frail sequoia]

i mean it aint a secret ive said it quite a few times

[tidal geyser]

you sure?

aaaahhhh i see

its a desktop cpu

[tidal geyser]

battery life

[median warren]

purple burglar alarm

[tidal geyser]

the 8745hx is horrible

its a desktop chip slapped into a laptop

while yes intels hx line are the same even they do not suffer this bad.

but the other laptop they are comparing to has a intel H too so it should last even longer as that chip is made to do so

[safe forge]

Temps seem to be under control for the most part in the video I saw. Under load (kc2, rdr2, and spider man) temps hovered around 72°-77° with very brief 80° spikes

[safe forge]

Do you have any interest in more demanding/cinematic games? Or would you consider yourself more of a casual/esports player?

[frail sequoia]

no.

[tidal geyser]

do you need to use the laptop as a laptop?

the most pressing issue

[cold skiff]

You literally can’t describe irn bru. The ingredients list is secret. It’s not even on bottles. I’m not sure how they get away with this. None the less, calling it a “sparkling fruity drink” is what they do. You can’t describe the taste. And it has to be BARR no cheap knock off trying to guess the recipe

The irn bru recipe is kept in a safe designed for a bank and only 1 key exists for that safe. The surviving daughter of the owner carries this key in her at all times

That’s how seriously Scotland and Barr take that drink recipe

[vapid ibex]

@clever minnow

[sinful cobalt]

i see

[sinful cobalt]

lazada

[tidal geyser]

nolavet died

[tidal geyser]

aliexpress drinks?

[sinful cobalt]

read bruh

[deep musk]

god I miss my mechanical keyboard, gotta get a 70-75% one for school, the ones we have at school are the cheapest shitiest membrane ones

[pure trellis]

Angry TSMC employees considering strikes, unionization over employee bonuses, report claims — company reportedly considering 15% payout cut to fund capex despite record revenues fuelled by AI surge

[random junco]

my school has membrane ones that surprisingly feels like cheap mechanical

[random junco]

that is expensive

[sinful cobalt]

thats singapore dollar

[random junco]

oh then its not bad

[random junco]

amazon has 24 x 330ml cans for £7 (12 singaporean dollars)

thats insane

[frail sequoia]

Got game, is it good?

[median warren]

Are you asking if Skyrim is good?

The answer is yes, one of the best games of all time

[frail sequoia]

Yeah ive never played it

[median warren]

A game that was so influential, Devs still make references to it and copy off of it today

That game actually broke the gaming industry, that's how good it was

It's one of the top 5/10 best games of all time in life

[frail sequoia]

Alr

[tulip sparrow]

facepalms https://www.androidauthority.com/helium-mobile-ceo-comments-3670637/

[deep musk]

[cold skiff]

There’s more to it than that. Citric acid can literally mean any fruit for example

[gilded imp]

https://x.com/rockstargames/status/1918265468076605706?s=46

Rockstar Games (@RockstarGames)

Grand Theft Auto VI is now set to release on May 26, 2026.

https://t.co/YgaIn1cYc8

X · May 2, 2025, 11:25 AM

Lmao

[cold skiff]

who’s gonna tell him

It’s not coming until 2027

[gilded imp]

That was the joke yes

[odd marsh]

Bro I was so confused

I didn’t read the date the tweet was from

[sleek ibex]

Half Life 3 has a higher chance of releasing than GTA VI being released in 2027 at this point

[cold skiff]

Probably not. Seen as it doesn’t exist at all

[gilded imp]

https://fxtwitter.com/grindgod26/status/2059036428298752050/video/1?s=46

Herbuurna 🦭🇵🇷 (@grindgod26)

My drawing pad is acting a little odd.

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[sleek ibex]

https://tenor.com/view/thats-the-joke-ranier-wolfcastle-mc-bain-the-simpsons-stand-up-comedy-gif-4372917

[cold skiff]

It’s a bad joke

That makes it not a joke

[gilded imp]

2 for 2 bro

[magic panther]

at this point it'll be 2027

[shell bay]

Yes

What’s so different between the ek one and deltamate

[median warren]

Yeah I mean pc GTA 6 is probably going to release in 2028

Got a lot of time until then

[shell bay]

Yo guys anyone know about the deltamate waterblock for astral 5090

[median warren]

And I'm not buying no console just for a game

[magic panther]

time to get your ps5s before they get bought out

[median warren]

Nah waste of money

[stark flicker]

Why be hyped an outdated game design?

[worn willow]

tim cook passed away from being ceo

[median warren]

Imagine paying £500 for a console and then subscription just to go online for 1 game

[median warren]

How is it outdated or wdym

[magic panther]

bro already knows gta 6 is old

[median warren]

Gta 6 won't be as good as the hype tho

The thing is the bar is too high, people's expectations are above the stars

Reach for the stars, yeah reach beyond the whole known universe is what people are doing with GTA 6

[magic panther]

just make it better than cyberpunk 🙏

[median warren]

Cyberpunk is good now

It just needed time

[thorny saddle]

They are waterblocks with different designs and manufacturers, but the one to get IMHO is the Alphacool - its cheap and awesome. Deltamate is insanely expensive and offers nothing over EK or Alphacool.

[grave jay]

skyrim is meh

[median warren]

Wrong

[stark flicker]

it is meh

[median warren]

Wrong

If we compare it to today, sure but compare it to games with the same release date as Skyrim

[stark flicker]

it is in every single way inferior to oblivion or morrowind besides graphics and maybe settings which is subjective

and i played skyrim day one

Welp, technically day 2, 12/11/2011

Because the 11/11 no shop were open to buy it

[median warren]

I just feel like Skyrim was so amazing and so good when it came out

It was not comparable to other games at the time

[stark flicker]

Well Oblivion was litterally the same franchise and 5 years older and totally comparable

fallout 3 and new vegas was similar though not the same setting

Morrowind, though way older, is also totally comparable

[royal scaffold]

Does anyone recall War for Cybertron?

[stark flicker]

The only thing that saved skyrim are the mods, the game was cool for it's time but nothing amazing

And a game that has to live through his mods ... is not a great game

[median warren]

No I feel like a game that is able to live through mods and a game that's 15 years old and still has people playing it and making mods for it, that's a great game

[stark flicker]

Only because the people making the mods are great

[median warren]

Because if anything it shows how strong it's foundation is and how much it allows for creativity

[median warren]

But the game itself isn't bad

[stark flicker]

It's not great

[rose stream]

Soooo Minecraft then.

[median warren]

It is tho

[median warren]

Yes, I was actually going to say Minecraft

[stark flicker]

Minecraft is way better without mods than skyrim is in every single way imo

[median warren]

Minecraft also has a larger community

[rose stream]

Mmmmwell I'd say now it is.

[median warren]

And way bigger names under the modding community, and servers and etc

[stark flicker]

I'm not a minecraft fan at all, played it like 13y ago or something but I recognize minecraft as literally the peak video game

Works for every age, doesn't rely on violence or graphics, is all about creativity, has a simple premise, has a thriving community, has plenty of mods to have plenty of ways of expending the game WHILE still having a good base game

[median warren]

Modded:

Minecraft > Skyrim

Vanilla:

Skyrim > Minecraft

[stark flicker]

By peak I mean it's not some sort of art masterpiece or whatever, but it extracts the essence of what a video game is to me

[median warren]

Skyrim is a completely different style and tells a different story but is also a very strong base game

[stark flicker]

have you played morrowind and oblivion ?

[median warren]

I've played oblivion yeah but not morrowind and I love the aesthetic/look of Skyrim a lot more than oblivion

[pure trellis]

AMD’s Ryzen 7 7700X3D Surfaces In CPU-Z Ahead Of Launch, Bringing 96MB L3 Cache At Lower Clocks Than 7800X3D

[magic panther]

This is how I feel from the two. As they're in different genres, it's hard to make a good either/or opinion

[median warren]

Yeah

[magic panther]

If somebody wanted a catalogue of early 2010s gaming, skyrim and minecraft would be put in the top 5

I wouldn't weigh them against each other

[stark flicker]

the RPG part in skyrim shouldn't even be called "rpg"
Magic is dumbed down and oversimplified
Combats are a gimmic, gets on top of rock and hit stuff
The world is not that big and feels smalls, a capital with 5 houses and 20 people living in it ? eh

The story is okay, but there are no choices or differents ways of doing it, it's totally linear
Same for most quests, doesn't feel like whatever we do has an impact
The made it so any choice you do is NOT a choice to not frustrate people, you can be anything without problems
The classic "i'm the archmage and the dragonborn that saved the realm but a guard still doesn't recognises me"
The builds aren't builds, the gear are too one dimensional

etc etc etc

[magic panther]

something like terraria and minecraft, or fallout and skyrim however

[stark flicker]

Compared to fallout new vegas for instance or oblivion, which are similar for obvious reason, I just find them better in every way that's it

Besides the whole nordic / dragons thingy but it's the setting

Choosing the rebels or the empire ? Doesn't matter, and well the final fight is 5 guys vs 5 guys anyway

Absolutely nothing you do in skyrim matters, everything feels empty and not lived in

And it's not helped by abysmal gameplay and RPG part

[magic panther]

I'm just glad to have the GTA formula in a new world. The story in GTA is never the big incentive for getting the game I feel, it's the chaos you get with it

[shell bay]

So same shit

[mortal venture]

Looks like

Piece of shit

[deep musk]

nice retro system

[mortal venture]

Idk if ddr2 is retro or just old

[deep musk]

retro

I also have a retro pc (with the first dual core cpu (athlon 64))

[mortal venture]

I have one with athlon xp and geforce 2

and I got this for free

[pure trellis]

https://www.tomshardware.com/pc-components/cpus/intels-new-bartlett-lake-flagship-loses-fight-to-a-four-year-old-cpu-core-9-273pqe-has-50-percent-more-p-cores-but-cant-surpass-core-i9-13900k-in-games

[steel umbra]

Look at intel's earnings

despite the stock price being insanely up, earnings are at a minus

they're struggling

[torpid sinew]

conflicting information
https://www.tomshardware.com/pc-components/cpus/intels-p-core-core-9-273pqe-bartlett-lake-cpu-beats-14900k-by-up-to-9-percent-in-gaming-tests-embedded-only-chip-is-unofficially-intels-fastest-gaming-cpu-at-720p

idk. 13900K is pretty dumb, though. IPC bottleneck?

[pure trellis]

I hope it won't end up like 3dfx

https://www.techpowerup.com/349361/nvidia-vera-cpu-benchmarked-beating-intel-xeon-and-amd-epyc-in-select-workloads

Oh,no Nvidia is compaditive

[vagrant pewter]

is this a new type of scam?

[torpid sinew]

that email is 200% a scam. discord dont use gmail

[vagrant pewter]

oh i didnt even check that

thanks man. was worried for a sec

anything i can do though?

[torpid sinew]

i was going to say look up discord case number, I dont believe they actually did that.

[torpid sinew]

ignore that i guess. I get random traffic/parking ticket, and I dont even have a car

[fallow moss]

Hope I don’t regret it came right under 1400 smacksrooos

Can this run the new 007

[vagrant pewter]

makes sense

[limpid ivy]

block and report that person, kinda all you can do in this case.

[steel umbra]

I'd probably ignore him and not respond to anything he or it writws

[vagrant pewter]

for what? i will, but idk for what

[torpid sinew]

in todays economy that doesnt seem that bad. My Framework Sixteen is $1600, without RAM/Storage and dont have a GPU.

How long that piece of gaming .. thing, last. though. no idea.

[fallow moss]

Yea hope I enjoy it if not I’ll return it

[fallow moss]

I’m hoping a good 3-5

[torpid sinew]

I believe you can actually run Windows 10 on it. Neither Framework nor Lenovo will give you/me Windows 10 drivers, but AMD have the driver for the chipset/graphics.

[fallow moss]

Be here Sunday woohoo

[torpid sinew]

not unlike my recent bad financial decision lol

[fallow moss]

What this make

How much I ca get for asus 2080ti

[torpid sinew]

its two and a half unrelated projects.
1 is .. well, pi 5 compute module.
2 is a 5V-3.3V SD card reader.
2.5 is a BIOS chip clip for flashing VBIOS and shenanigans

this one's expensive. $105 for pi 5 with no storage and 4GB of RAM. Not even a full pi, a compute module

[fringe prairie]

$1400 hmm
https://www.bhphotovideo.com/c/product/1875946-REG/lenovo_83f00008us_15_1_legion_5i_gaming.html

i’d cancel that and get this

loads of free stuff included

incl 007

[fallow moss]

I’m canceling right the fuck now

I was just going buy 007

U the man r women

[torpid sinew]

intel tax subsidy

[fallow moss]

Ahh one intell one amd

[fringe prairie]

that’s fine

[fallow moss]

I have no horse n the race it don’t matter to me

[fringe prairie]

255hx is a better cpu anyways lol

[fallow moss]

Good find

[torpid sinew]

i was going to say its newer. 7845HS does have PBO, and is quite fast in itself
For gaming, its probably negligible diff

you can look up the internal and see which model have a more malnourished cooler, though i feel like the difference will be minor

[fringe prairie]

you get free game pass for 1yr and a free xbox controller too if you’re a student

that’s like $100+ worth of stuff lol

[native path]

tf the controller for just give me a discount

[fringe prairie]

microsoft student bundle

they’re trying to do what apple is doing with mac/ipad + airpods

[fallow moss]

Wish I had student account

[mortal venture]

almost complete

[carmine yew]

actual PCI slots? damn

[mortal venture]

it's a pc from random parts that I got for free like a year ago

[thorny saddle]

Hardly work, really

[fallow moss]

What can I sale a 2080 ti for

[iron glen]

idk
look at what they go for

like 300 bucks ish it looks like

[mortal venture]

now I can add firewire card

[olive holly]

hey, someone know if my gpu is faulty if it makes these lines? its in a lot of games like resident evil and some unreal engine games

sorry about the low fps clip

[pure trellis]

USB adapter?

[sleek ibex]

Firewire

[grizzled frost]

PCI looks so similar to PCIe that i can barely tell

[steel umbra]

2080 ti is usually only worth it for funz

i'd get a 3070, 3080 10/12gb or 3080 ti

[iron glen]

i wouldn't know that i have a different money pit now
my bad gangalang

[iron glen]

well they're selling theirs

[steel umbra]

ohh

yeah it'll sell well

[iron glen]

i have a perfectly fine 4060

[steel umbra]

he could get a used 4060 ti 8gb for the 2080 ti lol

[fallow moss]

So hard to sale a pc these days

[steel umbra]

cheapest 3090 is $1k on ebay ☠️

are we returning to gpu shortage times

bought a 3090 for 500, now i can sell it for 750 locally

[iron glen]

what if you set that whole thing up just to take a picture

[steel umbra]

what if it's all AI generated*

[iron glen]

its an AI generated stock photo

turns out

[tulip sparrow]

https://x.com/DoodleHetch/status/2059102918545142156?s=20

Doodle 🍮🫐 SLIME-Tuber (@DoodleHetch)

Read to avoid this issue.

Please stop getting hack.

X · May 26, 2026, 2:42 AM

[steel umbra]

:shock:

[iron glen]

did 1080p always look like this

[steel umbra]

that looks like compressed sd quality

[iron glen]

sounds about right

its gopro footage

[steel umbra]

is that like first gen gopro

[iron glen]

idk, its not my footage

[tulip sparrow]

https://fixupx.com/DRBoguslaw/status/2059232059940302952

Daniel Boguslaw (@DRBoguslaw)

BREAKING: The federal government is targeting Anti-AI and data center activists. They are formulating a new threat category: anti-tech violent extremism. Full article in replies.

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FixupX · May 26, 2026, 11:15 AM

[steel umbra]

real or fake

don't believe it ☠️

[modest sandal]

is ok that my cpu cooler is a bit askwew? I have AIO, the part that is on the cpu

[thorny saddle]

What if - but would I still just be out there enjoying all the same?

[iron glen]

probably, idk

[odd marsh]

You want to switch spots sir

I got a really cool undecorated cubicle with your name on it 5nail

[grizzled frost]

<@&750150305383186585>

Fyi that is 100% Illegal

[gritty thistle]

is it really?

[grizzled frost]

Hacking a private company is indeed illegal

very illegal

[ivory mountain]

How dumb are you genuinely

[gritty thistle]

Not dumb, just ignorant clearly

[grizzled frost]

It is very much common sense that hacking someone is illegal

[gritty thistle]

I build PC's and make video games. I know zero about hacking.

[deep musk]

(unless specifically authorized and asked to do it by said company, they sometimes work with bounty hunters)

[grizzled frost]

That would be an action they take themselves, not post about on discord

[gritty thistle]

Ah i see. i knew ive heard of it.

But i didnt know it was required to have the company's consent to do it

[grizzled frost]

You didn't think you needed the company's permission to attempt to steal sensitive information from them?

[stark flicker]

Not forcefully bounty hunters though, it can just be a security audit

[thorny saddle]

I did mine time there man

[deep musk]

they sometimes give rewards on very specific website if you find something but people that do this leave very obvious traces and a way to contact them in the logs, they also won't do it on every single company ever, only on certain ones

this is still a very gray legal zone btw

so don't do it

[grizzled frost]

It's not really gray, it is indeed 100% illegal, but without damages it's hard to prosecute

[gritty thistle]

Hey, thanks for informing me. There's a reason I came here.

[odd marsh]

Fine whatever (enjoy the awesome working space big dog)

I ate lunch outside that was nice

[deep musk]

not if they are bounty hunting via websites and the company post rewards for bugs, backdoors, etc

[grizzled frost]

With the website owner's permission it's 100% legal

[gritty thistle]

I figured it would come down, "Yeah i breached your system but i didnt take anything, i just proved it could be breached, you need to fix this"

[grizzled frost]

Without, it's indubitably illegal

[grizzled frost]

People have been prosecuted on many occasions for doing that

[empty quartz]

Rate this mini pc with an i9 9900k

[grizzled frost]

Some companies might take it as a favor and thank you for it, others will actively pursue prosecution

[thorny saddle]

i ate too much breakfast so I haven't had lunch yet

[gritty thistle]

Well, RIP I hope my son's school can let me pay cash for his yearbook lol

[odd marsh]

What did you eat?

[grizzled frost]

Usually it's just a matter of putting it in an envelope and handing it in to the front desk attendant

[deep musk]

yes and no, sometimes they find infrastructural issues and sometimes the infrastructure doesn't belong to the website owner, and also, it's not a direct authorization from the owner, but more of a "tolerating people probing stuff and coming back with security concerns" kinda thing

[gritty thistle]

This is Canada, that would be too easy

[deep musk]

(sorry if this is confuzing)

[deep musk]

also, if there's a known security issue with their stuff, try contacting them and/or the IT department

[gritty thistle]

That's not a bad idea. I will probably do that.

[deep musk]

you should always try and contact people before starting to think about hacking

[gritty thistle]

Yeah it just, a lot of people get their heads in their butts and get defensive and I'd rather just come to the table with proof rather than make a clam with nothing but a privacy based browser giving me a flag that something suspicious is going on.

But I understand what you're saying. that was my line of thinking

I'm gonna read their Privacy policy and service agreement

and go from there, because it's possible its a false flag

[fallow moss]

I see so many pc on Facebook marketplace

I might never sake mine

[supple basin]

If an eBay store sends you two monitors, and there's no order information for the second monitor, and they haven't made sent a message or return shipping label what I do

[odd marsh]

Keep it

Congrats on winning the lottery

[gritty thistle]

I would contact the seller, tell them you have it and ask them if they want it back.

[supple basin]

Oh god

I don't mind shipping it back if they provide shipping fee lol

[gritty thistle]

I wouldn't keep it. that's dishonest and Ebay's protection policy may cover them in this situation

You could contact ebay support informing them of the situation

saying "Hey a merchant sent me two by mistake, am I liable for anything if i keep it?"

[supple basin]

I'll msg the seller and see

[gritty thistle]

it may just be on the merchant to correctly fill your order, and you might be able to keep it.

[supple basin]

Oh yeah lemme msg eBay

[gaunt spade]

you send it to my adress

[fallow moss]

Chat I need urgent help

Is it worth going for the 5070 for the extra 150

[stray holly]

ya

pretty marginal fps difference

[fallow moss]

Really didn’t know. Geesh

Guess I need to do that CAs I am not trying to be slowing down for a few years with this device

[stray holly]

like 16% difference.

[stray holly]

https://www.bestbuy.com/product/asus-rog-zephyrus-g16-16-2-5k-oled-240hz-gaming-laptop-intel-core-ultra-9-285h-16gb-ram-nvidia-rtx-5070-1tb-ssd-eclipse-gray/JJGGLHJXQK/sku/6613961?irgwc=1&afsrc=1

only 16gb ram tho

[fallow moss]

I had saw this one

Just something about the legion I like the build

So what’s more important CAs I only want to do ether I ca go 5070 or I can get ultra 9

[stray holly]

what is CAs.

[fallow moss]

Because

[stray holly]

for purly gaming the 5070 would give u more benefit than the cpu

I bought a engineer at that exact ultra 9 and 5070 combo legion, for $1449.

[fickle ivy]

3d printing has really come so far

(the lens hood)

[fallow moss]

Oh you have the legion

[fickle ivy]

1 hour 3d print with no sanding

[stray holly]

ya we have quite a few legions and thinkpads

[fallow moss]

Is it a pain carrying it around

[stray holly]

I think the legion lineup is quite portable for being gaming orientated.

The asus zephyerus lineup is thinner and weighs less though I think.

but the one on sale is less "value" cus 16gb of ram.

[fallow moss]

Ight well ima order today waiting to see if I can get school discount

[stray holly]

what % discount does it give?

[fallow moss]

Not sure let me check just saw you can get it

[stray holly]

5% wow, thats gud.

[fallow moss]

5% that’s it?

Thought was 10

75 bucks. I may just order CAs I was waiting on someone to make a account

[gaunt spade]

legions are the best laptops

[carmine yew]

OH the top part.
I was like "No shot that camera is FDM"

[fickle ivy]

Haha lol

I mean to send the lens hood part after

[stray holly]

better than nohting

[fallow moss]

True but I’m also begging a asshole to make a acct I’m not in school

[ivory mountain]

keep it

"i only got one monitor idk what youre talking about"

[stark flicker]

Sell one to me 😉

[keen stratus]

Do the 3 pin sockets on pc case fan power it or its used for rgb control

[empty quartz]

im tempted to use a mini sff lenovo thinkcenter with a 9900k for the next whale lan tbh

[latent gull]

thats not very whale of you

[empty quartz]

Im also gonna use a proprietary lenovo pcie adapter then convert it to oculink to be able to use a b580 with it

[latent gull]

thats more in the spirit

[tidal geyser]

CAD

[empty quartz]

Something tells me a b580 wont fit in it

Idk tho, not my expertice

[tidal geyser]

b580 also NEEDS rebar

[latent gull]

i mean, an SFF one might be close :P

[empty quartz]

Its mini sff

[stray portal]

https://cdn.discordapp.com/attachments/1482326204265795704/1506211970641297539/i-was-wondering-why-my-googs-are-blowing-up-goog1.gif

https://tenor.com/view/goog-goog-cat-googcat-gif-15010541579753907209

[stark flicker]

I REALLY wanted to play crimson desert but didn't want to pay 60€ ... turns out the gf of a friend i have on steam family bought the game at release and it was in my library the whole time lol

[gilded imp]

His name is not goog

[modest flame]

lets GOOOO

[empty quartz]

Sweet

Im personally biased for my mic, but still a great mic nonetheless

@modest flame this is my mic’s frequency response

[viral kayak]

ive noticed even after getting my 5070 that my cpu is barely doing anything

i thought it would do more now that i have dont have a gpu from 2017

[deep musk]

what's your ram's specs? your storage? and more importantly which games?

[viral kayak]

16 gigs of ram got about 2 terabytes across 3 drives and currently im playing the new 007

[pure trellis]

And CPU

[viral kayak]

14600k

[limber nacelle]

super dependent on a ton of variables

[pure trellis]

Do you have per core or all around load in task manager?

[limber nacelle]

🤷

[carmine yew]

you need to elaborate a lot more

[viral kayak]

wdym?

[deep musk]

iirc it's not a very cpu intensive game

[deep musk]

which settings?

[viral kayak]

on what the game? ultra 1440p which definetly makes it quite gpu heavy i just thought my cpu would be doing more

[pure trellis]

In cpu tab of task manager you can change graphics to reflect per core load

[frigid blade]

Is the load spread across many cores evenly, or just a few doing all the work

[deep musk]

[viral kayak]

i dont know how to check that in task manager

[frigid blade]

Right click the chart of the CPU and switch to logical view

[pure trellis]

Right click in CPU tab

[carmine yew]

Which does your graph look like?

[carmine yew]

"I've tried nothing, and have no idea what to do next!"

[pure trellis]

Help

[viral kayak]

its a shitty picture

[pure trellis]

Load looks solid for a game

[carmine yew]

right-click --> Change Graph To --> Logical Processors

[viral kayak]

oh yeah theres some on all the cores

or threads i guess

[pure trellis]

Let's me guess,like 2 cores fully loaded

[pure trellis]

Game is pretty well optimized

[viral kayak]

it would seem so

i didnt think a 5070 and a 14600k would be enough for 1440p max graphics but im getting 80 fps no frame gen or anything like that

[pure trellis]

7 years in works wasn't wasted

[viral kayak]

dlaa is the best anti aliasing method right?

for graphics

[pure trellis]

Depends on taste

[steel umbra]

the dram shortage is so crazy

i can sell my 3090 and buy a 5070 ti if i add $50 on top

[empty quartz]

Fellow 14600k user

[empty quartz]

Give it to me :3

[steel umbra]

hmmmmmmmmmmmmmm

for $99M

[empty quartz]

Fake

[steel umbra]

ue faker

[pure trellis]

Which dollar?

[steel umbra]

cad

$99M cad is 1.2 usd i think

[frigid blade]

It’s kinda crazy how much people will pay for radar detectors

[viral kayak]

it was pretty smart of IOI to get rid of loading screens and instead have the game load in cutscenes. gives the game that no loading screen all in one type experience

[frigid blade]

I’m pretty sure you can build one yourself for like $50 in sensors and an arduino or ESP

[plain cypress]

Like police radar detector?

[frigid blade]

Yah, and laser

Obviously you need to put a ton of effort into it, because you need to reduce false positives

[plain cypress]

They are probably the same people I see weaving through traffic then pulled over 10 miles later

[frigid blade]

But the hardware itself seems really cheap

[pure trellis]

Aren't those illegal?

[frigid blade]

Not in the US

[pure trellis]

Like always

[odd marsh]

They have to get to the same place faster than you, you don’t understand

[viral kayak]

lol he isnt even touching the wheel

[odd marsh]

Illegal in certain US states

[frigid blade]

I think it’s banned in only like 1 state or 2

But detection is usually legal

[plain cypress]

Emotional support radar detector

[frigid blade]

It’s the redirection that’s illegal in a ton of states

You can’t redirect the laser in a lot of places

[iron glen]

They made a james bond game?

[frigid blade]

I forgot what it’s called, not redirect but you can like make it bounce weird and it doesn’t register you

[viral kayak]

yeah comes out tommorow but if you pre order you get 24h early acssess

[odd marsh]

Virginia and Washington DC it’s illegal, other states say you can’t mount them on your front windshield

[frigid blade]

I was saying that because I have one of the best ones, I got it super cheap and put it up on eBay and there’s like 21 saves

[odd marsh]

Jammer? Those are illegal

[frigid blade]

Nah there’s another name

Shifter

[iron glen]

What's it based off of?

[frigid blade]

Oh it’s probably the same thing though

Yah it’s the same thing

[iron glen]

Only if you get caught

[viral kayak]

early days of bond. his training backstory and early missons

[frigid blade]

Normally they’re hidden away under the body panels

No cop will find it

[iron glen]

I have no idea what you're talking about

[iron glen]

Sounds interesting

Shame the islands from that one movie about the bad guy with lots of money and a satellite i think isn't there
I think

[viral kayak]

something i found weird tho is i couldnt find a mention of ray tracing in the graphics settings

dont really need it but found it weird considering this is basically an AAA game

[iron glen]

Whos making it anyway?

[viral kayak]

IOI the guys behind hitman

[iron glen]

Oh nice

[viral kayak]

yeah it basically feels like a mix of uncharted and hitman

[iron glen]

Quicktime events and kill people

Sounds a lot like payday2

[elfin echo]

Well hellooo beautifull

where have you been scart to av and vice versa adapter

[eager wagon]

Are there any hall effect/tmr controllers in the ~50 euro range that have good rumble? Particularly in fh5/fh6. From my limited experience it seems that the original xbox controller gives a lot more detailed rumble that helps me understand when I am losing grip

[elfin echo]

4GB ddr3 ram piece

lets try in my pc along the 8gb

[deft bay]

What’s a good website for like a windows de shittification tool? I know they exist I just dunno where to look

Geting a fresh install of Windows on my PC and I need to wipe any crap off that I don’t otherwise want or need

[hexed tapir]

Bro playing in the dark

[carmine yew]

https://www.newegg.com/p/0T0-0054-002P2?item=9SIA27C3GW1036

[elfin echo]

ohh it was ddr3 not ddr4...

[elfin echo]

Yes.

[eternal cloak]

Lemme drive 10 miles to the next town at 1AM rq

[sleek ibex]

[steel umbra]

it says pc3

[elfin echo]

i forgot my pc got ddr4

(This shitbox)

[eternal cloak]

Ye, 4GB 1333 MT/s

[shell bay]

Hello anyone here ?

[elfin echo]

Yes.

[elfin echo]

hello hello hello

is there anybody in there

just nod of you can hear me

[shell bay]

Yo guys can someone tell me whats so different between the deltamate 5090 waterblock and ek and alpha cool ?

Like which one should I buy

[tidal geyser]

no

[tidal geyser]

do both of em work in your loop, if yes the one you like.

[timid crow]

👎

[hexed tapir]

Ek didn't pay their employees or taxes oh and suppliers

[deep musk]

oof

[timid crow]

I need a help choosing. So I have a Ryzen 5 3600 and I got a Ryzen 7 5700x for 40$ and it works. Should I keep it or resell it and use it to get a microcenter 7600x3d bundle

[hexed tapir]

I would get the bundle

[timid crow]

Thanks

[tidal geyser]

what gpu?

[old void]

i got a monitor thats a dell p2425he

it decided a month ago to out of nowhere shift pixel lines so top 1/3 of monitor looks fine but below it the color lines shift making it have stripes over the botom 2/3 live every other pixel layer. its hardware as however i make it display lines are there...

i want to give it a shot to repair and got nothing to lose.
(it was under waranty so i got a full replacment whit a bunch of tech stuff and they let me keep broken one aswell so maybe i can get 2 monitors)

I want to ask any tips or thoughts of what this chuld be or how to fix it cause i got no idea of what im doing, nvever worked on fixing monitors or even opened them for that matter

[hexed tapir]

GTX 1050ti

[tidal geyser]

its what im pondering when they have a r5 3600

ofc the 7600X3D is going to nuke the 5700X in gaming but if the gpu cant keep up what is the point

[hexed tapir]

Id assume a rtx 2070 level gpu

[timid crow]

Rx 6600xt and it’s a huge bottleneck right now

[tidal geyser]

why not upgrade that if its already the main major limiter

[timid crow]

Lowkey was thinking about it but it’s not worth the prices right now tbh

Marketplace in my area has current gpus for 200$ cheaper than eBay or used online sites which is great but it’s tempting

I really should’ve bought that 5070 ti back in November for 650$

Which was brand new from bestbuy

[hexed tapir]

You fool!

I bought my 9070xt for $610 in November because Nvidia said they are not making super cards, so I knew we would be fucked

[tidal geyser]

coopa you on windows?

[hexed tapir]

W10

[tidal geyser]

how are amd drivers holding up?

[hexed tapir]

Very good

[tidal geyser]

heard a few reports of them having issues, fkn subnautica 2 gave people a warning and made a guide to downgrade

[hexed tapir]

Only problem I have is with war thunder if I tab out during game launch it catches

[thorny saddle]

"very good... but my games crash"

[hexed tapir]

I do have that game I could check it out

[hexed tapir]

Only one game during launch if I tab out isn't a huge problem

[timid crow]

The fact an rtx 5070 ti was 650$ brand new and it’s now 900-1k is insane

[empty quartz]

Guess how old the laptop is by looking at the download speed

[hexed tapir]

2011

[eternal cloak]

I'm surprised EK is even still around

[hexed tapir]

Same

[empty quartz]

Thats 70MB/s, not 70mbit

[hexed tapir]

2001

[empty quartz]

Actually guess tho

[timid crow]

I mean if that’s using wifi I would say 2019

[empty quartz]

It is wifi

[eternal cloak]

Reading into it, they avoided bankruptcy by getting bought out by LM TEK, which effectively flipped the entire company structure over

[empty quartz]

@hexed tapir its wifi, not ethernet

[hexed tapir]

Is w11 officially supported on it

[empty quartz]

No, but it also hasnt had any upgrades to the hardware, its the original wifi card

[hexed tapir]

So is it early Ryzen or 6th gen i7 era

[lunar axle]

Can I buy an access point with the WiFi standard that the computer uses

[hexed tapir]

2018

[empty quartz]

Its 10 years old

Its the 12” 2016 macbook

[hexed tapir]

Oh with the dog shit Intel Core m3?!

[empty quartz]

Yeah

[hexed tapir]

It is!

[empty quartz]

Apple included some overkill wifi cards in their macbooks

[hexed tapir]

Wait it's only dual core ☠️

[empty quartz]

Its still faster than the 2015 12” macbook

Low bar, but still

[snow mauve]

yikes meta just let go 22% of their work force

another in the silicon bloodbath

[lunar axle]

I have an WiFi 7 laptop and they recently installed WiFi 7 access points on campus and i got faster speeds than the IT staff

[snow mauve]

not very resilient to a lot of structure in the way though right?

[sharp ivy]

seeing @0.90GHz in task manager is something special

even my Core 2 Duo stuff isn't that low

[formal sonnet]

I understand this was a few hours ago, but yeah... The company either needs to have a bug bounty program or you need to ask them for consent. Hacking or otherwise accessing content protected by some kind of "lock" without permission is a federal crime in most jurisdictions. Also, if you haven't read Discord's Terms of Service and Community Guidelines (that you agreed to when joining Discord), I recommend giving them a read.

• https://discord.com/terms
• https://discord.com/guidelines

[empty quartz]

This thing is actually pretty quick for a dual core that only pulls like 6w

[hexed tapir]

And just the next year the 2017 iPhone 8 beats it

[sharp ivy]

Neat

[lunar axle]

It’s about 150 APs in the whole building. They have one AP in each classroom so it goes quite okay actually

[sharp ivy]

optimiziation I guess

[empty quartz]

Yes, but it is a pretty nice laptop to use

[lunar axle]

https://www.speedtest.net/result/18879183483.png

this is when I tested it right under an AP

[empty quartz]

Uses the same charger as my phone, gets damn good battery life, and has a decent display and speakers

[frail sequoia]

http://youtube.com/post/Ugkx_lp9PrH6R5d2y1v2qCpu6N8r6xZ9vZ8T?si=jq_3WY9unxSjG1el
Even xbox knows now 😭

[hexed tapir]

The neos old uncle

[empty quartz]

Yes

[eternal cloak]

Weren't all intel laptops notorious for having shitty battery life

[empty quartz]

Just the pro’s

[eternal cloak]

6 to 8 hours web browsing

Yikes

[midnight wind]

My college still uses WiFi 5 🥀

[eternal cloak]

I mean that's fine

[midnight wind]

It's too slow

[eternal cloak]

Realistically for most appliances you don't need any more than that

[empty quartz]

Ill do a battery test later

[midnight wind]

for most appliances you don't need more than WiFi 3 yet here we are

[snow mauve]

oh, ok well thast perfect. not so as much in a large older home with brick lol thats issue i am workin with

[eternal cloak]

For comparison, the Macbook Neo does about 15 hours web browsing, apparently 9 hours of unrealistic "I watch 3 videos at the same time" kinda deal

If you use an external SSD cut that shit by half, atp I wonder why they didn't add a micro SD slot

[indigo basin]

who needs cases anyways

[formal sonnet]

Honestly, a full size SD slot even. There's room for one in most laptops, and you can convert it to MicroSD with an adapter if necessary. Can't convert the other way though. It baffles me when a manufacturer puts Pro or Business in their laptop model name, but doesn't provide the core functionality a professional actually needs.

[indigo basin]

this is starting to become a reoccurring pattern with me...

[eternal cloak]

Yeah. They have a bunch of empty space in the chassis to the point that adding a thermal pad to connect the A18 to the chassis practically fixes the entire issues they have with it thermally throttling, there's little reason but "It looks so bad :(" to not add one

[formal sonnet]

I'll never understand things like this. Like, from a cost perspective, I get it. But from every other perspective, why would you not want to make a better product? 🤣

[eternal cloak]

Apple do be the largest single supplier of laptops (and phones nowadays) so ig they can do whatever they want lmao

[plain cypress]

Yeah I don't see the purpose of microSD in a laptop

Can't reverse size adapt

I'd rather no slot than a microSD slot on a laptop

[eternal cloak]

Cheap storage expansion
It's way more cost effective for students

[formal sonnet]

Same. At least that way it can't get dust inside. But really, just give me full-size SD please.

I'll adapt it to MicroSD if necessary.

[eternal cloak]

Bring back the overengineered SD slot covers you had on older cameras lmao

[plain cypress]

But as kirashi said, I can't adapt my full size SD from my camera down to a micro, but I can always adapt a micro up to a full

[eternal cloak]

Ye is why full sized makes more sense, as I agreed

[hexed tapir]

The ones where you had to have a finger nail to use?

[plain cypress]

To me, microSD slot means "we wanted to advertise a feature but couldn't be bothered to spend an extra 2 cents on a full size slot"

[eternal cloak]

Nah the ones that'd automatically close themselves if you put pressure into the slot

Oh nah, I missremembered

They are the ones you had to painstakingly pry back open with your finger nail

nvm lmao

[timid crow]

Is that a setup inside a desk cabinet

[indigo basin]

yers

[timid crow]

Fire

[indigo basin]

quite litterally

ambient air in my room

[timid crow]

Dude I had my cpu running at 95c idle for 3 years

My cpu was gonna go nuclear at some point

[tired bear]

tfw main air conditioning for server room fails

[lunar axle]

Yeah, I think the building has about 100 gbit so they won’t run out of bandwidth. The ”company” who runs the internet access doesn’t say that much about it more than they rent a specific wavelength and have 3 uplinks to each university. Ie they rent three different fiber optic cables to and from campus for redundancy.

[tired bear]

very descriptive failoure

[snow mauve]

yea thats the good thing about when you run fiber, people tend to run so much extra to make it easy/cheaper for future projects

i'm annoyed that my city's fiber setup is being delayed but its due to the power company not the isp. i've never been on a net 'new' isp in a city so we'll have to see. i've always lived in established areas with comcast, charter, etc

[lunar axle]

I have had fiber for 10 years and I live semi rural

[snow mauve]

we got a native american funding deal somehow lol

so our whole little tri city area of like 30k got like $200m

[lunar axle]

Europe is so much better

[snow mauve]

as long as somebody in the leadership structure is native american = funding ease.

[tired bear]

limit for single mode fiber is couple of TB/s so you are good

[snow mauve]

europe is so much different for high speed.

[indigo basin]

i dont have air conditioning i just have hope prayers and the devil incarnate

[snow mauve]

if it fails just hire about 50 folks to sit and blow on the servers 🙂

[lunar axle]

Yeah and I don’t think the whole campus is run on singel mode. I would also believe that the fiber has a direct uplink to the local data center

[tired bear]

i made an oopsie when setting up monitoring to not have checkbox set on email alert for high temp

[lunar axle]

Yeah, at my student apartment I can have 5 gbit

[tired bear]

you mean uplink to IX?

[indigo basin]

I love my large connection of random bullshit

there's a few sodimm sticks behind me

[hexed tapir]

Cardboard desk

[indigo basin]

yeah pretty much

makes for a good server "rack?"

[snow mauve]

the whole ip / circuit market in america is completely a ripoff. consumer stuff improving made it better but there is a very predatory salesy nature. for a logn time there was no 'going rate' for a particular type of circuit. i did a lot of carrier turnups and dealt with sales reps that wanna feel out your wallet. then you find out another tenant got his 500mbit circuit at 80%

[indigo basin]

it has fans tbf

[snow mauve]

at least the wholesale market used to be

[tired bear]

nice kindling for when psu explodes

[snow mauve]

that feels like you need an antistatic mat 😄

[lunar axle]

Mean that the fiber isn’t being bundled with other non commercial fiber.

[indigo basin]

i have 2 co2 fire extinguishers nearby

[snow mauve]

how much autonomy do you get? is it censored to hell content/services wise or do you get almost free reign?

[tired bear]

do you know ikea makes steel drawer, i think its called helmer

[snow mauve]

i kinda skipped the whole university phase of my life

[lunar axle]

You ask me?

[indigo basin]

I do now

maybe I'll look into it

[snow mauve]

yea, being on campus network. feels like potential for a dumpster fire from it security wise. all the shenanigans you guys would be up to 😄

some people just go with deniability provided you read a tos, etc. like for example, mcdonalds wifi

pretty much almost completely unfiltered BUT everything is logged , some honey pots, etc

[tired bear]

i say do a ip scan, then nmap

[snow mauve]

and i got full access lol

[snow mauve]

i was more wondering like could you host pf/opnsense and do a bunch of other stuff downstream

[pure trellis]

Why cables outside?

[snow mauve]

hermi seriously, all that carpet, all that gear. its not hard to shock those things

should be up off the carpet or get one of those anti static plastic mat things with the spikes

[tired bear]

if you have l2 connectivity to other people you can do whatever, hell even assigning static ip's on a diffrent subnet than the main one to get "private" network

[snow mauve]

well, i doubt the campus is quite the same as a normal enterprise setup. is everybody l2 reachable? or are you literally all vlan'd to hell

thats why im saying, be interesting to go into designing something like this, do you design for optimum use and efficiency, or for security

and how much do campus IT guys make, like not support staff but architects

[lunar axle]

They log everything, I would believe that the network is quite restricted in ways of admin access. Don’t know enough about the network but someone has probably tried but the access is connected to our SSO. No honeypots (I believe) but good backend support since every university in the country uses the company for internet access.

The company if someone wonders https://www.sunet.se/ but now I will need to sleep

[snow mauve]

aite take care

[tired bear]

you can only log shit if it traverses the firewall or you have a tap/span port

[snow mauve]

yup

if i was running a campus network you would bet i'd log everything.

[snow mauve]

you'd be surprised where honey pots are laid out 🙂 some are obvious, some are not. some are allowed unfettered access hoping for a particular signal. i helped with one for 6 months for secret service to catch a cc skimmer

he'd rent his service out, so people with stolen cc wuld 'check' if it was reported before using it. this guy would then steal the already stolen numbers from hsi clients lol. he was a scumbag

also depending on a merchant's anti fraud service, like authorize.net etc may have diff guardrails for detecting things. some people would get around that, so like put a pair of levi jeans in the cart, do a card for exactly $501, for some reason it would not flag and would go through initially. later found but the fraud was done and too late

[indigo basin]

going towards my monitor

[timid crow]

Yall ever had to run an Ethernet cable from your livingroom and have it go through your basement and up to your bedroom

Lowkey fun

[tired bear]

i have a 4tb raid 1 in our log collector that is continuously rewriting old ones, i believe i have 6 months worth of logs

about 2000 logs per second

[snow mauve]

yes in a 3 story house once. tried the powerline adapter first lol. streaming ok, gaming unbearable. my concern is kids/pets so that was never a long term solution

[snow mauve]

yea should be highly compressible too.

[tired bear]

not sure how fortianalyzer does it but it is most likely uncompressed due to performance reasons

[snow mauve]

i have diff retention for diff log types, like i store everything dns/dhcp but not long. some auth stuff i'll store longer regardless of size

[tired bear]

yea but do you log every single session for 6+ months

[snow mauve]

Technically yes

but for my environment thats ok. i understand that would need to be tempered in an env with more users

but bad logins generate like a 5:1 spread to successful

and grafana dashboard will show just those as well as last successful, etc

[pulsar root]

Does anyone feel like the hide taskbar feature, when it pulls up and back down, it feels very slow (not instantaneous)

[woeful phoenix]

Goose purring 🪿

[hexed tapir]

Stop getting attached to your food smh

[pulsar root]

? It takes like 700ms for the bar to pull up when you hover at the bottom of screen

[woeful phoenix]

Do people eat geese? Ducks and chickens ive heard of, never heard of a goose

[deep musk]

Goooose

[deep musk]

Maybe, it wouldn’t be a common thing tho

[woeful phoenix]

https://tenor.com/view/bruce-chum-anchor-pixar-finding-nemo-gif-15718052

[hexed tapir]

https://idfg.idaho.gov/blog/2021/11/hunter-recipe-smoked-maple-syrup-goose yup

[deep musk]

Especially shonks, very very very friend

[woeful phoenix]

Idaho moment

[hexed tapir]

I personally never had goose

Only duck

[hexed tapir]

Tbh this looks tasty too

[latent gull]

turkey is so dry i feel like goose would be similar