graphics-cards

[runic trail]

Is that ram okay?

Guys?

[gray vapor]

You do know you got pinged in another channel right

[runic trail]

oh um

sorry

[loud ibex]

https://www.newegg.com/powercolor-radeon-rx-580-axrx-580-8gbd5-3dhdv2-oc/p/N82E16814131720 i got this GPU for 110. is that a good price and is this a decent cooler?

[granite juniper]

yeah, it’s a good card and cooler

not as good as the red devil or strix, but still one of the better dual fans

[loud ibex]

Thnx i just ordered off ebay and this is my first build

[wide mango]

we were prob looking at the same gpu lul

i was going to bid but changed my mind

[light nacelle]

Would anyone be able to advise me on how to hook up 2 SLI gtx 970s? I cant find the correct cables to order online

[little slate]

You need an SLI bridge

[light nacelle]

I’m just trying to supply power to each card. I have the bridge

Each card has an 8 pin and a 6 pin pci express slots. My PSU only supplies 2 6+2 pin connectors. So idk how to supply power to the 2nd card

[little slate]

sounds like your psu doesn't support 2 cards

[lone pond]

Could you send a parts list of your PC? Mainly the mobo and PSU?

[light nacelle]

The Mobo is an MSI Z97A gaming mobo. The PSU is an EVGA supernova 850 B2

[little slate]

well that definitely should support sli

[lone pond]

Sounds good to me if you know you want SLI. If done properly, you could use an adapter of sorts from molex, EPS12V, or 8 pin splitters IF done properly, but that's not something I'd recommend unless comfortable.

I'd suggest selling one or both GPU's, the PSU, and getting new ones.

[gray vapor]

SLI is pretty pointless unless you're doing like 2 780 Ti's

[lone pond]

Why is the 780 ti particularly less pointless?

[rough harness]

SLI and crossfire sadly never took off properly

[light nacelle]

I had a 970 and my friend gave me a free 970 as well so I figured why not

[rough harness]

Games never utilized proper mechanics for it

[gray vapor]

There is a lot of people i know that is still using 780 Ti's in SLI

[lone pond]

Well, some games had decent code for it. It's due to how direct x is implemented that the burden to optimize the SLI profile is on the game dev.

[rough harness]

Most games ended with lower FPS because it wouldn’t work right... sad really

[gray vapor]

Well for newer titles yes but there are still people that likes playing games from 2017 and below

[rough harness]

WHO?? Lol... most of my favorites are older games

[lone pond]

Well, if there wasn't a profile you'd probably run single card or try alternate frame rendering which was usually very stuttery.

I played around with SLI for fun, moved to single card like everyone else.

[light nacelle]

I actually found an 8 pin to 2x 6+2 pin male to male cables so I think that should work

[lone pond]

im gonna nitro boost this server in 7 days

[fast estuary]

do tell

[runic trail]

https://gpu.userbenchmark.com/Compare/Nvidia-Titan-RTX-vs-Nvidia-GeForce-7150M--nForce-630M/m664199vsm10312

😂

[feral axle]

I think I’ll go with the 630 M

[half mantle]

Hmm....

[oblique cypress]

lol

[gray vapor]

Well a 590 is just an overclocked 580

[wide mango]

overpriced

can get this one for 160 + tax https://www.newegg.com/powercolor-radeon-rx-580-axrx-580-8gbd5-3dhdv2-oc/p/N82E16814131720?Item=N82E16814131720&nm_mc=AFC-RAN-COM&cm_mmc=AFC-RAN-COM&utm_medium=affiliates&utm_source=afc-PCPartPicker&AFFID=2558510&AFFNAME=PCPartPicker&ACRID=1&ASID=https%3A%2F%2Fpcpartpicker.com%2Fproduct%2FrKgzK8%2Fpowercolor-radeon-rx-580-8gb-video-card-axrx-580-8gbd5-3dhdv2oc&ranMID=44583&ranEAID=2558510&ranSiteID=8BacdVP0GFs-7syYLZ8ewiTzmzNwU0XkFA

or just get a 100$ one from ebay thats used

[half mantle]

My parents won't let me buy used ;(

I should note that those prices are with tax, so it isn't perfectly accurate

[feral axle]

I might be wrong but this a theory I have at least for the gigabyte model of Vega 56 but I think it based it zero rpm mode on gpu usage instead of temps and thus when it hits critical temp the screen goes black and fans go max to emergency stop essentially

In short don’t buy gigabyte graphics card

[dense flicker]

yes, that would work well

could you also please change your nickname?

[magic pebble]

can you not change his name

[dense flicker]

nope

trainees can only delete messages and kick people

D:

the higher ranks are aware though so it should be changed soon

anyways i gotta go to bed

cya all tomorrow

[lusty kraken]

im late 2 the party

[feral axle]

What’s wrong with meowerzz?

[dense flicker]

oh the person who i was asking to change their nickname got banned

ur name is all good @feral axle

[feral axle]

Cool

[feral axle]

With ray tracing on at 1440p you get a solid 30 FPS on control

With a 2070 super

[little slate]

Are you seriously OK with 30 fps after spending over $500 on a graphics card?

[feral axle]

https://media.discordapp.net/attachments/338486205736026112/616422290166513683/unknown.png

For 60 FPS ray tracing at 1080 absolutely

Especially since cyberpunk is getting rtx support

I’m so happy with how pretty ray tracing is

[long phoenix]

VR + ray tracing

[feral axle]

Good thing I’ve got a vive

[lone pond]

is a ryzen 3700x and an rtx 2080ti a good mix or?

[dense flicker]

yes

[wide mango]

hey would ya look at that its already out of stock https://www.newegg.com/powercolor-radeon-rx-5700-axrx-5700-8gbd6-3dh-oc/p/N82E16814131754

[lone pond]

When will aib 5700xt restock?

[olive flume]

Anybody know a fix for vertical lines on the screen (been narrowed down to gpu) it was working fine but sustained physical damage in shipping. (Dont see the damage but obviously thats what happened)

There is a very slight warped-ness to the pci pins

[lone pond]

RMA

[granite juniper]

^

[lone pond]

@gray vapor https://www.evga.com/products/ProductList.aspx?type=0&family=GeForce+16+Series+Family&chipset=GTX+1660

Check out the compare tool

[gray vapor]

What am i comparing?

🤔

[lone pond]

Oh, thought you had asked the difference between two EVGA cards, regardless, can still use vs zotac

[gray vapor]

I just noticed how thick those EVGA cards are

takes up 3 slots cause of those massive heatsinks

I personally like smaller GPU's because i never know for future builds if i would do ITX or not

[little slate]

That's not just evga

[dapper jacinth]

After doing some research into looking at a replacement laptop to replace my secondhand laptop I got from my dad, I made a sad discovery about it's GPU. It uses a Radeon R5 M335 that's from 2015. That is a dedicated GPU that's worse than an Intel HD Integrated GPU released earlier the same year.

[little slate]

I didn't know that was possible

[flat olive]

im building a new desktop pc but id like to use an amd ryzen 5 3400 G processor with a ASrock x570 steel legend WIFI ax motherboard ,Gskill trident z rgb 16GB DDR4 3200 memory and a samsung860 evo SSD .Problemis the onboard grphics drivers are not for linux,mint 19.1 or robolinux. Advice?

vega 11

[hard quartz]

Get 3600 and vega 11 equivalent dedicated GPU

[granite juniper]

i would go with a 2600+$90 mobo, rx570/580, and a 660p for ssd

[indigo timber]

^^^

[eager mountain]

will the 5700xt pulse compete with the 2080

[gray vapor]

2070 super

that is what it competes with

[hard quartz]

And its faster

[eager mountain]

could it play 4k and stream 720

the 5700

[hard quartz]

The only card that plays 4k is 2080 ti

[gray vapor]

streaming also depends on your internet connection as well

I have seen people output their stream at 720p with bad connections and it looks like a mess

[eager mountain]

i have a 100Mb uplink

[gray vapor]

speedtest it?

[eager mountain]

not at home right now

but i did last week and got 94

puload

[granite juniper]

what settings/refresh rate at 4K? @eager mountain

[eager mountain]

destiny 2 med lock at 60

is this the best 2070 super

RTX 2070 Super Gaming Trio

[wide mango]

i did it bois got the rx 5700 xt

[long phoenix]

Nice

[quartz gull]

My ventus xs rtx 2060 has been running at 87° at 80% load (card max temp) so I had been looking at replacement heatsinks for the last 2 days. Failed to check if both fans were spinning, one stopped so I slapped the fan and it works now (still 79° at Max load but no thermal throttling)

[little slate]

is it overclocked? that sounds way too hot if it's running on base clocks

have you checked your fan curves?

[weary kayak]

theres a version called the ventus OC rtx 2060

which is what I have

the xs is a version that is $20ish cheaper

sounds like it was being overclocked

(the OC can self overclock)

I dont think ive hit that high at max load before so it might have something indeed wrong with the heatsinks

but it do get loud lol

[weary kayak]

no one responded to me being smart :(

[gray vapor]

We only respond to charmanders 😛

lol

jk jk

[little slate]

well most modern cards self-overclock, but they don't usually get that hot on stock settings, have you looked at how high your clocks are getting compared to what most 2060's go to?

I doubt there would be something wrong with the heatsink, but if you're willing to take it apart I'd suggest checking how good the thermal paste and pad application is

although a quick google search did show that apparently these cards run hotter than most

[gray vapor]

If there is pads

can't say all cards has thermal pads on them cause i can show you mine

[little slate]

reddit says that the ventus xs has one of the worst 2060's on the market 😣

without thermal pads, would a 2060 really be able to get enough cooling to the board components?

[gray vapor]

There is some cards that the heatsink takes over instead

Look at mine for an example

[little slate]

er, how does the heatsink make contact though?

[quartz gull]

The xs only has one copper heat pipe

[little slate]

in that picture, I don't think the heatsink would provide any cooling to the board

[quartz gull]

Not 2

[gray vapor]

There is just some heatsinks made that doesn't make contact which they use thermal pads for that extra height

@little slate look at the grooves on my heatsink

some companies have theirs flat which wouldn't make contact

For that MSI card i wouldn't touch it

[little slate]

even if the heatsink touches the parts, metal on metal doesn't really offer good contact for heat transfer

[gray vapor]

The last MSI card i bought was the 1050 Ti which i had to sand around where the fan is cause the blades was making contact with it

[little slate]

that's the whole point in thermal paste and pads

[gray vapor]

This is my card on idle https://i.gyazo.com/959b4411316c1c5bc07ab33946d68d91.png

when playing a game i get up to 60c

sometimes 61c

[little slate]

I'm not saying that it must have thermal pads

[gray vapor]

some companies just has their own way of things

[little slate]

I'm just saying that if it works without them, it doesn't need the cooling to the board

[quartz gull]

My ventus xs cooler is complete garbage tbh. I have thermal grizzly kyro on it and it still idles at 37°

[little slate]

holly hell, what's your ambient temperature like?

[quartz gull]

72-78 degrees

[little slate]

my 1080ti idles at under 30...

[quartz gull]

Fahrenheit

[gray vapor]

This is the 1050 Ti i used to have https://static.bhphoto.com/images/images2500x2500/1478082968_1294345.jpg

you can tell why i had to sand around the fan

[quartz gull]

@little slate that's just how bad the ventus xs cooler is. No wonder I got this 2060 for $250.

[gray vapor]

@quartz gull Next time go for something like EVGA

[little slate]

I always buy EVGA, their customer service is worth the extra cost

[gray vapor]

MSI is not bad but only for their more expensive cards

[little slate]

although I've heard asus gives evga a run for their money on the high end

[quartz gull]

I had one of those high end asus 1060's

[gray vapor]

I have no problems with Asus customer service but for once i am going with EVGA when i get the 1660

[little slate]

well even with the more expensive MSI cards, there's issues

[quartz gull]

That thing had a max temp of 51 degrees max load and oced

[little slate]

when I was thinking about swapping to a 2080 or 2080ti, I was looking at the water block cards

the MSI 2080ti was retailing for less than most air cooled cards

[gray vapor]

@little slate This is the 1660 i am getting next month https://www.newegg.ca/evga-geforce-gtx-1660-06g-p4-1161-kr/p/N82E16814487437

[little slate]

reasoning was that they had horrible thermal paste application, and would void your warranty if you re-paste

[gray vapor]

Look at that thick heatsink lol

[little slate]

when you can't go long, you've got to go thicc

I don't think I've ever seen a triple slot card that thick

I mean that short

usually the triple slot cards are the top of the line giants

[gray vapor]

Well one main reason why i am getting that one is cause of how my case it as well

You can see why

[faint bridge]

so, i have a dumb question, is the difference between an RX 570 and an RX 580, both 8 gig, worth the price difference?

[fast estuary]

depends on what you are doing. the 580 has a more horse power and there are 4 gig versions of the 570 out there also. i have not seen a comparison between the 8 gig versions. may have to go back to videos around there launch time to see the deltas

[gray vapor]

#ranks-and-levels

[lone pond]

TBH 4 GB vram is perfectly workable for a ton of games at 1080p

[wide mango]

4gb is becoming a minimum now

i think i saw modern warfare being minimum 8gb

not sure if thats accurate though

[gray vapor]

Actually 2gb is still the minimum and 4 is more the norm and 6gb+ is if you want to play on almost ultra settings

For a lot of games there will still be games able to run on 2gb Vram well enough but won't look that pretty while 4gb it will look pretty and 6gb+ it would look beautiful

[lone pond]

I think I remember "The Division" being something that a user had trouble running on a 3GB 1060. Regardless, you can use msi afterburner + RTSS /hwinfo64 to overlay your gpu vram use as such https://puu.sh/DJJp4/ac55135f6f.png

[gray vapor]

Those are Pubg images

@lone pond You have to stop zack he is playing GTA V on a school night lol

[lone pond]

Labor day here in the US

[gray vapor]

We have Labor day in Canada as well since it is a North America thing 😛

[lone pond]

Yes, it's a PUBG screenshot, but the relevance was the GPU memory use overlay suggestion.

Labor day is a federal holiday, we have about 11 of those.

[lone pond]

Does sli gpus work well in games like pubg

[dense flicker]

nope

sli is pointless for gaming

[lone pond]

I figured

I have dual gpus on one of my computers but they are editing cards so I can't game well on them

So sli doesn't give ANY boost to games

The cons outweight the pros. There are rare edge cases like GTA V in 4k 120Hz with 1080 Ti's getting a good framerate, but SLI is definitely not a great option for many.

I was just wondering cause of the extreme dual 2080tis

For

Fortnite

I see on YouTube

[magic pebble]

Those are mostly just sponsored people showing off

[lone pond]

Ye

You want to lose faith in humanity?

[magic pebble]

Real gamers don't bother with SLI unless its just really beneficial for the game they play. It introduces microstutter in most games, little gains in most games, and some games will be worse.

If you play sniper the SLI can get you almost double fps

[magic pebble]

religious stuff is frowned upon in the server

[lone pond]

Is that religious?

Pepe is ded

[magic pebble]

ya, but some people might get offended

[lone pond]

Mmmm

Mmmm

Shame

[faint bridge]

Man, that went longer than I wanted it to.

[lone pond]

Much needed

Claps

And it's well written and has decent punctuation

[random prairie]

This is kind of a weird question but does anybody work at Newegg or somewhere applicable or know somebody who does and could tell me when the red devil 5700 xt is gonna be back? I checked with my local micro center, they don’t have one either

[long phoenix]

Just wait...

I don't think you can get more insider info than #556164002707931156

[random prairie]

Oh lol that makes sense I forgot about that

Thx

[gray vapor]

This is sexy the ASRock RX 5700 XT Taichi OC+

It has 4 DP and 2 HDMI

[granite juniper]

the middle fan ruins it

it’s also smaller than the other 2 cause of the rGb ring

[gray vapor]

doesn't ruin it if it is used vertically

Also you never know the middle could be a 70mm and the other 2 can be 92mm

[granite juniper]

idk I just don’t like the rgb with those colors

i would love it without the rgb fan so it’s like the red devil

[gray vapor]

@fallen schooner What do you think of this ASRock model?

[somber glen]

has anyone else noticed that in the ryzen 3000 chips(mine at least) that hwinfo64 is showing a fairly high and constant cpu clock speed while ryzen master is way different and constantly fluctuating?

[granite juniper]

idk, but they are rolling out an update

[somber glen]

just realized what channel i put this in lol my bad

[granite juniper]

https://www.amd.com/en/support/kb/release-notes/rn-rad-win-19-9-1

nah its good

[somber glen]

thats for radeon?

[granite juniper]

wait

this one https://twitter.com/AMDRyzen/status/1168901636162539536/photo/1?ref_src=twsrc^tfw|twcamp^tweetembed|twterm^1168901636162539536&ref_url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.redditmedia.com%2Fmediaembed%2Fcz620f%3Fresponsive%3Dtrue%26is_nightmode%3Dtrue

AMD Ryzen (@AMDRyzen)

https://t.co/nX5za4yjH2

Retweets

434

Likes

2412

Twitter

does that help?

[somber glen]

yes, thank you!

[granite juniper]

np

[wraith pasture]

[lone pond]

can a titan rtx run minecraft with shaders, maxxed out graphic settings at 144hz on a 2k monitor?

or is that not possible yet?

[granite juniper]

:l

[violet dock]

that would come down to the game being on a ssd 1, so you didnt get any frametime dips. a large amount of ram. full raytrace shaders on a titan should be possible over 100 fps

[long phoenix]

https://www.reddit.com/r/Amd/comments/czhux1/psa_you_can_take_the_bios_from_a_5700_xt_and/?utm_medium=android_app&utm_source=share

[granite juniper]

yeah, but all it does is boost the clocks, it doesnt add the compute units

still cool

they had this on the 290 iirc, and the vega

[lone pond]

i wanna see the 5700xt toxic and nitro

those are gonna be pretty good

[lone pond]

When the hell will red devil 5700 XTs be available??!?!?!

[long phoenix]

Wait for a bit

Nobody here knows

[mighty perch]

@lone pond I got impatient

And ordered a non xt today

Just now I found the pulse 5700 xt in stock

But I can't cancel my order to change it

Don't you just love that feeling ❤

[gray vapor]

You would have to contact PowerColor to see if they want to make more

[lone pond]

Any point of a 2080ti since the 2080super is out

[violet dock]

yes. Moar performance for alot more price

[long phoenix]

Still under 60FPS at 4K lol

[violet dock]

and more vram

[lone pond]

For 1080

I'm just a scrub playing apex and pubg on a 2070 laptop but I want something better but not to the extent of a 2080ti

[mighty perch]

@lone pond Don't game on a laptop if you want something better

[lone pond]

@mighty perch yeah I know ,im a Mac user usually but I decided to build a PC

So the laptop was a good beginning

[flat oasis]

rtx 2080 ti super --- who thinks it's going to happen?

[sweet path]

Eh

Crazy idea but maybe.

[lone pond]

@Yang#1496 damn foo that sucks

Not likely given what we know about TU-102 and the 2080 ti/RTX titan / Quadro 8000

[faint bridge]

Hope I don't regret ordering this one: https://www.newegg.com/xfx-radeon-rx-570-rx-570p8dfd6/p/N82E16814150815

[granite juniper]

@faint bridge nah that’s a good card

[wide mango]

i think the 580 has better value

[random prairie]

The only reason they would release a 2080 ti super is if amd surprise releases that Nvidia killer we’ve been hearing about which is pretty much impossible cus there’s no way we wouldn’t have heard about it, atm they have that section of the market completely cornered so they have no reason to spend the money and time and resources in making another one

[wide mango]

almost 20% faster for like 10$ more https://www.newegg.com/asrock-radeon-rx-580-rx580-8g-oc/p/N82E16814930002?Item=N82E16814930002&nm_mc=AFC-RAN-COM&cm_mmc=AFC-RAN-COM&utm_medium=affiliates&utm_source=afc-PCPartPicker&AFFID=2558510&AFFNAME=PCPartPicker&ACRID=1&ASID=https%3A%2F%2Fpcpartpicker.com%2Fproduct%2FM7L48d%2Fasrock-radeon-rx-580-8-gb-phantom-gaming-x-video-card-phantom-gxr-rx580-8g-oc&ranMID=44583&ranEAID=2558510&ranSiteID=8BacdVP0GFs-5IX17tsoFyrSvpBW81Yvsw

[sweet creek]

I always go with nvidia. Seems to work better. But then again I always sli or CF

Isn’t amd cpu killing it right now

[random prairie]

Nvidia has been a better option for a few years but today the 5700 xt is really worth it, it’s pretty close to a 2070 super for $100 less, and yes, Ryzen cpus are pretty god damn awesome right now

[wide mango]

its on par with the 2080 when oc'd

base 2080 neways

[random prairie]

AMD exaggerates clock speeds on Ryzen 3000 cpus but they’re still great

Also ya

[sweet creek]

I’m about to upgrade but dunno what to do. I need 4K netflix on my pc. I bought the x99 asus rampage and the i7 5820k. it’s when ddr4 first came out. The ram was like $500 for 16gb lol. Plus I’m getting rid of my 980 sli and popping in the 960 pro 1tb m.2. That I paid $700 for a year ago wich is rotting in my drawer

[random prairie]

Damn

[sweet creek]

It’s very fast that thing

[random prairie]

Not to be a fanboy but the 5700 xt is actually even better for 4K60 relative to other cards than it is for 1440p 144hz

[sweet creek]

It’s finniky to install peeps say

[random prairie]

What the 960 pro?

[sweet creek]

I should never have bought the rampage. But how often does new DDR ram new chipset new mobo and new gpu come out same month

Spent $6000 here

What should I do ? Should I go 2080 ti or 2089 ti sli? And what about chipset

Sli isn’t as good anymore I’m reading

[random prairie]

Ya SLI exists for the flex at this point

But objectively it is better than one GPU

Even if it’s totally not worth it

[sweet creek]

Yeah I like flexing Bahaha. Perfect word

[random prairie]

Lol understandable

[sweet creek]

I’m gonna go sli unless titan wich I haven’t looked yet wich is out

[random prairie]

Ya screw it why not

Ya unless the titan is better

Also wdym about chipset

[sweet creek]

Cause sli has never run great. I use on my qled tv. I rarely game but I like having a killer pc. Always have

I buy every console and never play hahaha

[random prairie]

That is a flex and a half

[sweet creek]

Yup but consoles are nostalgia mostly

[random prairie]

AirPods ain’t got sh*t on owning a 4K qled tv, monster gaming pc and every console without ever using them

[sweet creek]

I was poor growing up and I remember getting a game every 6 months. So I got into RPG cause it lasted longest. Dragon Warrior 1 on nes lololol

[random prairie]

Nice, that makes a lot of sense actually

[sweet creek]

So when Kingdom hearts 3 or FFXIV came out I of course bought lol

It's move phone games killing my wallet now

Mobile*

[random prairie]

Ya I’m hoping for that same kind of thing, at the moment I pretty much only have things at all because of my grandma, and if I ever hit it big, I’m going for the most obnoxiously awesome pc I can possibly dream up

[sweet creek]

I did that last build but got shafted a bit cause ddr4 was so new and limited supply

[random prairie]

Ya that sucks

[sweet creek]

Plus rampage extreme was stupid but I liked the million usb ports

I want the best right now that's why I'm here

My mom retired as well I want cameras all around her new house and smart house to the extreme

[random prairie]

That’s kind of the problem with awesome new technologies, u know, a new generation of GPU is nice and all but when they do things like release a whole new kind of RAM the price drops faster than my grades in May

Ooh good idea

[sweet creek]

Omg I seen ddr4 now and cringed at prices

But mobo seem high

Oh forgot that was when that flood happened and hard drives were stupid expensive

Remember?

Could you help me with that?

[random prairie]

Sure

What exactly again?

Lol

[sweet creek]

I need a htpc laptop and a $1100 tv for my mom as well

[random prairie]

Also ya X570 is kind of stupid expensive both because of pcie4 and the chipset needing a wholeass io die

[sweet creek]

65" and a laptop with small os SSD and a 2tb drive cause I might go with IPTV

She has cable as well

[random prairie]

And I actually have no idea about hdd prices, did it happen before mid2016?

I’ll check it out, gimme a moment

[sweet creek]

Thailand flooded

[random prairie]

Also what budget for the laptop

[sweet creek]

The parts came from there

[random prairie]

Oh wait all of it for $1100

[sweet creek]

No lol

[random prairie]

Oh wow, that sucks

[sweet creek]

1100 for tv and $700 for laptop

[random prairie]

Oh ok

And when was the flood?

[sweet creek]

Then smart house I might go Amazon unless they sell it here

I want doorbell camera and unlock 2x outdoor camera wireless and 2x either Alexa or Google and a electric smart lock

[random prairie]

I wouldn’t know anything about that stuff but I’ll try to help out

[sweet creek]

KK that's cool

Laptop would be nice

I wanna upgrade my oc

Pc

[random prairie]

That’s my area of expertise

I’m pretty good at laptop too but desktop is what excites me the most lol

And what r u looking for in the laptop, size, mobility, power, etc.

[sweet creek]

I have 1400 watt corsair digital one and the CPU and mobo I said and launch ddr4 ram and 4x enterprise 4tb hhd and a 500gb Samsung pro SSD from 2 and bit years ago and h100i cooler and corsair 960t case

I bought a Synology ds918* with4x 8tb drives and a Kingston SSD for cache

Actually I added a 7tb HD in my PC. But I got that 1tb extremely fast m.2. Samsung pro from year ago

And for laptop

Htpc that's no slowdown

It's gonna be on tv

I'm thinking 2019 LG cause I heard web os smart tv are easy

[random prairie]

Ok, got it, so wait what do u wanna upgrade in ur pc, GPU?

[sweet creek]

And as for PC I need chipset for sure cause I need hdr 4k on PC. My tv is insane but I like PC watching stuff I dunno why

And mobo obviously. Dunno about ram. And maybe a titan ?

Or does new GTX 2080 ti or titan give you hdr without chipset?

[random prairie]

Wdym u need chipset

Oh u need a new mobo?

[sweet creek]

And my case has red strips. Isn’t that cpu ancient?

[random prairie]

It’s aging for sure

[sweet creek]

I always regretted not getting intel but I see some good headlines about AMD making new goodies

I don’t overclock but I hate slowdown and as you so elegantly put I like flex

[random prairie]

Oh ya, forgot about that, X570 it is

[sweet creek]

Any money I save on sales I will donate lol

Even a few bucks helps

People

[random prairie]

Then again the 9900k is actually better for gaming than the 3900X, although I’ll have to re-examine that with the next boost clock fix, I think it prioritizes the faster CCD in the scheduler now

That’s a really good idea I should start doing that

[sweet creek]

I mainly use for htpc in the extreme like Usenet and Hulu Netflix amazon video crave tv ect and I have a bluray burner I use as player for 4K movies but I been using xbone x lately

And gaming on extremely hard games that look nice

Oh and I always have open like 60 tabs lol

I’m a big wanderer on the net. I love learning and reading so I get distracted easy. Especially on Wikipedia

Oh sorry forgot to mention

I keep on 24/7 and don’t clean very often lol gotta start and the m.2 1tb is gonna be OS I’m thinking unless my 950 pro normal ssd is better or something new

I’m overwhelmed right now. I’m selling my car as well and my youngest sisters who just died recently and looking for a condo to buy

[random prairie]

Oh my god I’m so sorry, that must be awful

[oblique cypress]

hope you feel better

[lone pond]

So sorry man

[long phoenix]

RTX on

[lone pond]

Is sli kinda dead? Would it be worth doing dual gtx 980s?

[meager rain]

Was about to ask this regarding crossfire & RX 570s. Lol since I'd rather spend $140ish than $300+ and throw the savings into...well, savings 😂

[lone pond]

All I know is some games benefit and others don’t

[meager rain]

Meh. I'll probably just hold off on anything GPU related for now. The RX 570 handles what I need for now, just have an itch to keep building...lol once I started I found I didn't want to stop

[lone pond]

I’m in the exact situation. I feel like I’d upgrade the cpu and go to water cooling if I did sli. But Ive actually got a second 980. Was gonna use it on a flip tho

GTA 5 is supposed to have massive benefits from sli according to gamers nexus

[long phoenix]

Lots of games don't even support SLI/crossfire

And AMD's new cards are dropping crossfire support

So at least for games it's kind of pointless, but if you're doing graphic design whatever stuff then SLI might be useful

[meager rain]

@long phoenix that's what I read literally the day after finishing my build. Lol so would you say I'd benefit from it as a game designer just starting out?

[long phoenix]

Maybe, idk. I have no idea how system intensive game design is.

I think the main benefit is you get extra VRAM

[wraith pasture]

[long phoenix]

Hi Theo

[wraith pasture]

Sli only uses cram from one card

[long phoenix]

Huh

Hmm

[granite juniper]

crossfire/sli is dead except for rendering

[long phoenix]

Imo don't do SLI, just spend that 2x on a better GPU

[granite juniper]

^

[meager rain]

Word. Thanks for the advice guys!

[warm dust]

looks like im copping that gpu in the next couple of days

[random prairie]

Ya sli/cf is not worth it

[signal hill]

Can i game on a quadro M2000M

[gray vapor]

You can but wont be the greatest

[remote forge]

bought a reference 5700xt last weekend and have been undervolting it......consumes 160 watts at 1440 p playing Resident Evil 2....love this card

[lone pond]

@remote forge forever waiting for a red devil or rog strix....

[earnest comet]

Hi everyone. I just got my first video card so I don't really have any experience with them. It's an mci radeon rx580 and it has an 8 pin pci plug on it. My power supply only has a 6 pin pci. Do I need to get a new power supply or is there another way?

[little slate]

what kind of power supply is it?

[earnest comet]

It's a thermaltake 500w

[little slate]

are you sure it doesn't have an 8 pin? usually a 500w would have at least one, usually 2

they're sometimes split into 6+2 pin

[quartz gull]

I could've sworn that psu has 2 6+2 pin comnectors

[earnest comet]

Yeah, I had it apart yesterday and all I saw was one 6 pin. I did get the cheapest one I could find though. I will look again.

[little slate]

is your PSU very old? I can't find any thermaltake 500w PSU on newegg currently that doesn't have an 8 pin or a 6+2 pin

[earnest comet]

It's about 5 years old.

[little slate]

that's not that old

[earnest comet]

I'll look at it again today. I was rushed yesterday, screaming kids all over the house, lol.

[little slate]

https://www.newegg.com/thermaltake-tr2-tr-500-500w/p/N82E16817153165

this is one of the cheapest 500W I can find

and it has reviews going back to 2012

it has 1x 6 pin and a 1x 6+2 pin

[earnest comet]

Ok cool, it's possible I could have overlooked something with all the distractions. I'll give it another go today. And kick the kids outside to play. I appreciate your help. Thanks.

[lone pond]

I'd recommend investing $70 or so into a newer, reputable psu that should be expected to last you another 10 years.

Oh, and there's one on sale https://www.newegg.com/bitfenix-formula-gold-series-bp-fm750ulag-7r-750w/p/N82E16817376012

Aris does the best PSU reviews imo
https://www.tomshardware.com/reviews/bitfenix-formula-gold-650w-psu,5382-12.html

[long phoenix]

Lol my thermaltake PSU is like 7 years old

Non modular though

[dense flicker]

THERMALTAKE

OLD THERMALTAKE POWER SUPPLIES

@lone pond whos tom and whys he got my hardware

[earnest comet]

Well, I've figured my problem out. I started looking through my order history on newegg and didn't see a psu bought at the same time as all the other components in my computer. Then I remembered I had taken that psu out of an older computer I had to save money. I looked much further back and found my psu. Specs say only one 6 pin. That's what I get for being cheap, lol. Time for a new one. Thanks guys and have a good day.

[lone pond]

No idea, but for some reason I've been reading this Tom guy's hardware advice for a decade

[little slate]

@dense flicker tom has his own hardware, not yours

[long phoenix]

Tom is a helpful dude

[indigo timber]

Best 5700 to buy?

also, is it worth the upgrade to the 5700xt?

is it significant enough

[violet dock]

xt is a pretty good upgrade

any of the no blower cards

[indigo timber]

yeah, I'm wondering if I should wait a bit

for better cards

[oak zealot]

rog strix gang where you at?

[dry galleon]

^

[oak zealot]

gang?

gang gang?

[half sapphire]

What's the difference between WF2OC? and just OC?

[long phoenix]

RULE 9

[flat oasis]

should i sli rtx titans for gaming? i have the 20% discount codes from nvidia so they would be 2k each

i see everywhere sli is dead and titans aren't for gaming. but i've seen some speculation sli will make a comeback

[violet dock]

my experience with SLI lately has been terrible

save your money and buy 1

[lone pond]

No. Not for gaming, but having two titans in the PC for computer can scale60% more I think

Gives a ton of mixed precision floating point

[gray vapor]

The only game i saw that benefits SLI is Shadow if the Tomb Raider which i have no idea why anyone would want to SLI titans

[long phoenix]

SLI Titans for gaming would be a total waste

Save $3-4k and just get a 2080Ti

[little slate]

I have no idea why anyone would want SLI anything, it literally makes the experience worse in a lot of titles, so you're spending all that extra money for bragging rights about a worse experience

[gray vapor]

@dense flicker i know you're going to play this when it is out https://www.minecraft.net/en-us/dungeons/

[dense flicker]

eh

[wide mango]

ive seen sli rx 580's and they performed almost as good as the 5700xt

so there is merit

in games

[long phoenix]

If the game supports it

[dense flicker]

cant wait to run my rx 580s in sli

[violet dock]

less and less support it, and even if they do its usually a pretty poor implementation

you are actually pretty lucky if SLI/crossfire works at launch. Lucky if its implemented later, and even luckier if it doesnt break down the line if it worked in the first place

[little slate]

I wonder what kind of hax it took to run 580s in sli

[lone pond]

Look up double GPU radeon 7

Using dual graphics still works and usually still gives you better gains

Anyone that says otherwise is lying

Is it worth it? Not really

[violet dock]

at best your getting 60% use out of the other card. its really not worth it. I SLI 1070 FTW's and the implementation and games its available in is terrible

Just get a bigger single card, you wont have to deal with artifacts, weird stutters, geometry not matching properly between cards so it layers wrong. Decals getting stuck on the screen. ect

[lone pond]

facts

[violet dock]

I mean ive even had it where I got worse performance with SLI on vs forcing a single card. The only consistent thing for SLI that its good at is Memory fill rate

Infact once they release the 3080timcsupergrandepicantebueno edition ill be grabbing that in a heartbeat to swap these 1070's out

[lone pond]

https://youtu.be/oSnsCzEkalQ

There's benchmarks of dual radeon VIIs too that show they perform better than single card

So to say it's absolutely worse is false

[violet dock]

uh what dude. the 2nd slide in that video shows 2080ti 102 fps and 2080ti SLI 92 fps

litterally worse

did you watch the vid before you posted to see if it matched XD

3rd slide. 2080ti 128, SLI 105 lmao

[lone pond]

Maybe you need assistance

I didn't say it's 100% better all the time

[gray vapor]

No idea why people thinks SLI is better when the game has no support for it

[lone pond]

@gray vapor saying there's no support for dual GPUs is a false statement

[violet dock]

90% of my games do not support it

[gray vapor]

^

[violet dock]

Even less new titles

[gray vapor]

What i am saying is a fact cause if in SLI it gives less performance then it doesn't support it

[violet dock]

and your lucky if they support it 6 months after release after your probably not playing it anymore

[gray vapor]

Games that mainly supported SLI was like in 2011 and below

[violet dock]

Ive been playing AC:origins lately. you know what the SLI support does. It uses my 2nd card as a physics controller

didnt help fps at all

offloaded a tiny bit from my cpu

[gray vapor]

The only new title that supports SLI and Crossfire is Shadow of the Tomb Raider

I got a feeling when this topic ends Cheer will finally say what he wants to say

AMD uses Crossfire

and theo's gif failed

[wraith pasture]

[violet dock]

some of the best case senarios were 20-30 fps

[wraith pasture]

Origins doesn't benefit from sli, did SLI 1080ti when it came out

[violet dock]

fpr 2x the cost

and the one time I got good gains of like 40 fps the sli support broke 1 patch later making all lighting unsync from geometry

making the game unplayable

and didnt get patched for...3 driver updates

[gray vapor]

People i knew in the past that would use SLI was for older games so they can get like 140+ fps

and they were using like 2 GTX 690's

[violet dock]

thats essentually 4 cards

[gray vapor]

overall it is something Nvidia should just get rid of

[violet dock]

I used to SLI gtx 680's

that was about the peak of sli

[gray vapor]

Now SLI is just mainly used to get the highest benchmarking score

[violet dock]

most of these benchmarks are basically showing that SLI is good if 4k gaming. the second you go to 1440p or 1080 you get 1/3rd the performance

so watching that vid. there was like 3 games total that benefited across the board from SLI

and they were some of the easiest to run E-sports titles

[gray vapor]

Guys theo is streaming lets go bug him lol

[half sapphire]

So basically, i5 7400, 1660 ti, 16gb dual channel ram, is it enough to run ARK or Breakpoint?

[worldly crow]

should be good

[oblique cypress]

ye

[fervent wadi]

Im sorry to ask this in here, but can anyone please tell me if my motherboard can fit a PCIE SSD?

I need to know also if my graphics card is in the PCI-E slot listed or if that slot is open

I was hoping someone could please help me, here is my mobo: https://www.asrock.com/MB/Intel/H310M-HDV/index.asp

do I have a free PCIE slot or is my graphics card in my pcie slot anyone know/

[marble flint]

I dont think you do

No you dont

[fervent wadi]

I jusdt looked inside my pc

it looks like my video card is in the big pcie slot

whats the little slot next to it? any idea what fits in there?

[marble flint]

Its a pcie 2.0

[fervent wadi]

the little feller to the top left of the graphics card? can an SSD fit in there do ya know?/

or what goes in there? any idea? ty for your help btw

[violet dock]

thats a x1 pcie

[marble flint]

You can put a pcie 2.0 wifi card in it

[violet dock]

usually for sound cards or other small low bandwidth cards

[marble flint]

Yeah

[fervent wadi]

• 1 x PCI Express 3.0 x16 Slot (PCIE2: x16 mode)*
• 1 x PCI Express 2.0 x1 Slot

*Supports NVMe SSD as boot disks

so I cant use a regular PCIE SSD? Gotta use SATA? Got it

[violet dock]

a 310 mobo is about as low grade as it gets. only place that could fit a nvme is on the back?

and no. a PCIE ssd most likely would work and possibly not fit

unless its a x1 interface, and I dont think they are

[fervent wadi]

most likely would NOT work you ean?

mean*

[violet dock]

yea not work

[fervent wadi]

ok, and no way to SLI my gtx 1060 3gb with another 3gb huh?

[marble flint]

Nah

Unless u get a new motherboard

[fervent wadi]

my dad bought me this for xmas, but I recently came into a bit of $$ and want to upgrade it

[violet dock]

a 1060 is a twin slot design

you wouldnt have room even if the x1 was a x16

[fervent wadi]

so it seems they cheaped out on the mobo

[marble flint]

Ye

[fervent wadi]

well it was like $800 what do ya expect XD

ok so basically I can upgrade from a 7200rpm HDD to a SATA III SSD, so thats something atleast

are sound cards worth it?

[marble flint]

Depends

If u just play games for fun probs not

[violet dock]

if you need a optical/built in amp/dac

[fervent wadi]

may I ask yall a questio

n

[violet dock]

or consitantly use super high bitrate

[fervent wadi]

My boss gave me his old tv/monitor, and its default/native resolution is 1360x768

am I missing out on graphics quality with that resolution?

[marble flint]

Yeah

[violet dock]

it wont be sharp

[marble flint]

Probs also on frames

[oblique cypress]

for sure

[marble flint]

I assume its 60 htz

[fervent wadi]

when I raise it to like 1920x1080 though, it looks very weird, the monitor/tv is rather large and long

ya its like 60.1 hrtz

[oblique cypress]

hz*

[marble flint]

Imagne

[fervent wadi]

do I need a new monitor ya think? this one could be like 7 years old for all I know

[marble flint]

I like the t

But yeah i would

[violet dock]

most older tv's use weird resolutions that dont scale well with PC's

[fervent wadi]

how can I tell if this is a Tv or a monitor? and is there a difference?

Im pretty sure this is a monitor, but it looks like a TV

[oblique cypress]

show us a picture

[marble flint]

Monitors usually have lower response times

[oblique cypress]

we'll prob tell the best from a picture

[violet dock]

its just a old bulky monitor

I would atleast go with a 1080p current gen monitor

[fervent wadi]

its like that but all mounted

[marble flint]

Is it big

[fervent wadi]

wall*

[oblique cypress]

1080p is fine for gaming unless you have a bigger budget

looks like a tv to me

how big is it

[violet dock]

thats def a tv

[fervent wadi]

like 30+ inches

[marble flint]

Yeah if its big its a tv probs

Yeah tv

[oblique cypress]

lmao for sure

get a monitor whenever you can

[violet dock]

so its a old like 720p tv

[fervent wadi]

I mean I have old flatscreen regular size monitors, but I like how big this is

[violet dock]

that would be aweful to game on

[fervent wadi]

its better than the 1920x1080 regular computer monitors

[marble flint]

Theres are plenty of cheapish 120hz 144hz 1080p out there also u can get

Do u game?

[fervent wadi]

all I do

[violet dock]

Im not sure how tbh. the resolution scale once your sitting close would be massively noticible

[fervent wadi]

I was hoping to get something the same size but for gaming

nah everything looks fine

[marble flint]

Most monitors are smaller

[fervent wadi]

Im just hoping I can get it to look better with a better resolution, what im wondering is if this monitor/tv is capable of it or if I need a new one

[violet dock]

monitors have more pixel density and less screen dooring when you sit close

also response times gonna be much faster than a tv since you dont typically sit close to a tv to notice

[fervent wadi]

1360x1068

1920x1080

see how much worse the 1920x1080 looks for some reason?

[marble flint]

Yeah

[fervent wadi]

any idea why?

[violet dock]

I dono. I dont see a huge difference. the 1068 is slightly blurry for me

[fervent wadi]

its slightly blurry, thats not just for you

i can barely read text when its 1920x1080

[violet dock]

than you need to adjust your windows scaling

unless its being forced into a resolution it doesnt really support

[oblique cypress]

the lower res is blurry

i like the higher res

its smaller text cause there's most pixels

if you dont like the smaller font, change it in discord settings

[quartz gull]

Also

[fervent wadi]

its not just discord

[oblique cypress]

or you can make not a full screen

[fervent wadi]

everything is wonky and blurry on 1920x1080

[halcyon spade]

Hate to bother the graphics card chat but Was wondering if anyone knew if the old phantek DX cooler would work on a i5-9600k on a asus prime 370 motherboard

[fervent wadi]

my desktop looks like crap

[oblique cypress]

maybe you arent used to it

or something

[fervent wadi]

I had a 1920x1080 regular sized gaming monitor that was fine

I dont think 1920x1080 is made for this size or shape display

the proportions are off?

[violet dock]

is it a tv like display?

[violet dock]

cuz a 1080p tv doesnt use the same scale

[fervent wadi]

its like that but wall mounted

[violet dock]

yea its a tv dude

it doesnt use the same scaling

it will always look messed up

[fervent wadi]

so Im stuck on 1360x768 if I wanna use this?

[halcyon spade]

Yes hahaha

[violet dock]

I mean its gonna be wonky no matter what

[fervent wadi]

Ok, so basically, I want to get a large computer monitor

[halcyon spade]

Yes

[violet dock]

its a tv thats old

[fervent wadi]

the 1360x768 is crisp clean and clear

[violet dock]

thats because 1080p is showing the low resolution of the pannel

tv's back then werent known for being great quality with resolution specially when taking a PC signal

[fervent wadi]

I got this like 5-6 years ago, so its likely too old to be hiding secrets I havent discovered, right?

[violet dock]

yea. just old techh

[fervent wadi]

ok! sO ill get a new monitor, and mount this one above it and use it as a 2nd monitor

thank you all for your help

[violet dock]

I have an old 1080p tv I gave away that I used to use to watch movies, because anything else was terrible on it

[fervent wadi]

time to browse monitors

[violet dock]

a devent quality 27 would do you wonders

[fervent wadi]

what refresh rate do I want

240 - 120? 240 better than 120?

[violet dock]

what graphics card you have?

and what games you play

[fervent wadi]

gtx 1060 ti 3gb

everything

[violet dock]

probably a 120 or 144

144 is pretty safe

[fervent wadi]

is a refresh rate of 240 or 120 better?

[violet dock]

higher is better. But also makes the cost go up and the type of panel it uses change

[fervent wadi]

ok, thank you

[violet dock]

like I would rather have a 144 IPS vs a 240 VA or TN

[indigo timber]

240 is better but way more expensive and not worth it since you can't get 240 fps with your gpu

[granite juniper]

really 240fps is only for esports stuff on csgo and other games like that

[fervent wadi]

whats max I can get with my gpu any idea?

Ill just go that hz

[indigo timber]

Yeah if you can get an IPS monitor at 144hz. Lg had one that was on sale for 250 a couple days ago

[fervent wadi]

a lot of stuff is at 144

thanks kenny looking now

[violet dock]

most importantly is just what kind of panel

[fervent wadi]

what about recommended reoslution?

<2k, 2k, or 4k?

[oblique cypress]

jesus

[violet dock]

for a 1060 1080p

[oblique cypress]

thats expensive

[violet dock]

3gigs vram isnt enough for 2k

[oblique cypress]

you're talking like hundreds on hundreds for a 4k 144hz monitor if they have em

[fervent wadi]

my video card cant run a 2k display?

[oblique cypress]

and even then your gpu is too weak for it

[violet dock]

not well

[oblique cypress]

not at all

[fervent wadi]

damn

[oblique cypress]

even if it could, it would do horriblu

[fervent wadi]

so I want a basic 1920x1080?

[oblique cypress]

horribly*

[violet dock]

yea

[indigo timber]

Yes

[oblique cypress]

thats good

[violet dock]

a nice 1080p IPS 144 if you can

[fervent wadi]

ok 144hz, 1920x1080

whats ips

[oblique cypress]

it can BARELY run 144hz on 1440, but 1080 is best for your gpu

[violet dock]

27 inch is pretty comfy

I have two 1070's and cant even run 144 fps on most games at 2k

[fervent wadi]

the regular monitors and stuff we have in school. any idea how many inches they are so I have a mental comparison image

[violet dock]

school monitors are usually pretty budget. so 21 or 24's

[oblique cypress]

ye

mine is 23.5 which is totally mine for me

fine

FINE

my brain is thinking abouttwo things at once

my god

[fervent wadi]

I see 3 panels, IPS, TN, and VA; no idea the difference -- newegg makes shopping so hard sometimes. Like damnit newegg, just give me a good gaming monitor

[violet dock]

IPS is best color accuracy and viewing angles. reguarded as some of the highest grade

[fervent wadi]

so I want 144hz, 1920x1080, 27inch, IPS?

[violet dock]

TN and VA use two different techniques for how they display images and produce a less accurate color but are cheaper and usually faster display rates

thats what I would do yea

[fervent wadi]

what about response time, last question 😛

1 - 5ms

[violet dock]

uh like 4ms if you can

or lower

[fervent wadi]

is higher or letter better?

is 4ms better than 1ms?

[violet dock]

lower better

[fervent wadi]

ok

theres 999

999+ 1ms monitors

[oblique cypress]

lowe than 4ms is needed for gaming especially

get as low as you possibly can without sacrificing too much money

[fervent wadi]

so I want 144hz, 1920x1080, 27inch, IPS, 1ms response time?

[violet dock]

1ms IPS 144+ hz monitors are really expensive though

1 or 4 ms is just fine

it will be miles ahead of what you have now

[fervent wadi]

there's so many 1ms ones

1OK1 filter time

here we go

oh man only $200 - 300

yall made it sound like $500+ XD

had me shook

[oblique cypress]

no

500 is like 165- 240hz monitors

yE

[dreamy dragon]

MystiKasT#4657 has been warned

Reason: Bad word usage

[oblique cypress]

you can get decent 144hz monitors for under 200, good feature 14hz monitors for above 200

[fervent wadi]

https://www.newegg.com/p/pl?d=computer+monitor&N=100898493 4814 600012673 600030985 600417886 601318855&name=Gaming Monitors&isdeptsrh=1

thats the list there, not many, but exactly the ones I need

OH I FORGOT

I assume they all have HDMI outputs?

[oblique cypress]

yes.

thats standard.

[fervent wadi]

ty

[oblique cypress]

though to achieve refresh rates higher than 60, you'll need a newer gen hdmi cable or display port, dvi, or vga

[fervent wadi]

ok

i got it

I have 8 monitors left, can anyone help me choose 1 please?

[oblique cypress]

once you buy a monitor, it's supposed to come with a cable that can already achieve the 144hz

[fervent wadi]

the best of the 8 available

here are the 8: https://www.newegg.com/p/pl?N=100898493 4814 600012673 600030985 600417886 601318855 4018&d=computer monitor&PageSize=96

one of those will change my gaming life

[oblique cypress]

take a screenshot of the specific ones you want

[fervent wadi]

theres only 8 on that list

thats the 8 im choosing from

[rich elbow]

Quick question would this be good for gaming at 1440p

https://www.newegg.com/gigabyte-geforce-rtx-2070-super-gv-n207sgaming-oc-8gd/p/N82E16814932212

[fervent wadi]

and I feel poor again.

[oblique cypress]

very @rich elbow

i mean i only had a budget of 750 for my whole build so you aint the only one lol

still a good gaming system

[fervent wadi]

of those two, which do you think? one was $400 and is now $299 makes me think its really good but I know its a mental trick

[violet dock]

no idea how good viewsonic monitors are

[fervent wadi]

what about that acer?

$210 seems reasonable

[violet dock]

based on that thing from what you clicked. none of these are IPS

[rich elbow]

Just did a lot of saving

[fervent wadi]

no sadly not, all the IPS ones are 300+

I cant afford over 300

is that a big problem it isnt IPS ya think?

[violet dock]

for gaming not a ton

[fervent wadi]

ok cool

[violet dock]

you probably would never know the difference if you didnt have them next to each other

[fervent wadi]

narrowed it down to these two:

https://www.newegg.com/Product/Productcompare?CompareItemList=24-011-157%2C24-236-821

what does 'backlit gaming monitor' mean? it emits a light out the back?

one is anti-glare the other is not, is anti-glare for real?

does it actually work/

[violet dock]

its the coating on the panel

[fervent wadi]

is it worth $60?

[violet dock]

means if sunlight or something filters in you wont get as much glare

[fervent wadi]

glare is a big issue for me

since my monitor sits infront of a window

and the sun shines on it

so it actually will help with that noticeably?

[violet dock]

I couldnt tell you how much but it would help

[fervent wadi]

can you do me a massive favor and look at the comparison for these two:
https://www.newegg.com/Product/Productcompare?CompareItemList=24-011-157%2C24-236-821
is anti-glare the only thing the $280 one has over the $210 one?

[violet dock]

sunlight does not enter my room XD

i can tell you right now the asus would be better for you

its Gsync

[fervent wadi]

g sync compatible

hmm let me google it

oh its an nvidia display thing

hmm

I have an nvidia card

so Id want the gsync I suppose

[violet dock]

oh its freesync but its been validated by Nvidia for gsync use

[fervent wadi]

so the asus one is better for more than just the anti-glare?

thank you ❤

[violet dock]

yea. also has eyecare. thats pretty nice

so whites wont blind you to death

[fervent wadi]

nice

ordering it now then

thank you so much for your help

[violet dock]

just make sure you plug it in via a display port

or freesync and 144 hz wont be usable

[fervent wadi]

err, I'm just plugging the HDMI cable from the back of it into my video card right?

[violet dock]

nope. different cable

[fervent wadi]

a different cable thats not hdmi?

[violet dock]

yep

its a display port cable

[fervent wadi]

whats the cable called?

interesting

how do I know if my video card supports that?

[granite juniper]

what gpu?

[fervent wadi]

gtx 1060 3gvb

[violet dock]

1060 3gig. it should

[fervent wadi]

I thought HDMI was as good as it got? This display cable is better?

[violet dock]

display port allows more data

[fervent wadi]

interesting, will it be marked on the monitor 'display port' or something?

also do I need to order this cable or will it come with it ya think?

[violet dock]

thats a good question

[fervent wadi]

https://www.newegg.com/p/N82E16824236821?reviews=all&Item=N82E16824236821&Description=computer monitor&cm_re=computer_monitor-_-24-236-821-_-Product

thats the monitor

[violet dock]

it says it has a DP cable

i dono how long it is

[granite juniper]

yeah it should support dp 1.4, so you should be fine up to 8k 60fps

[fervent wadi]

my PC is literally 2feet away, so shoudl hopefully be long enough

thank you nuclear, may I ask your opinion on what you think of this monitor?

[granite juniper]

id say get a 3ft

[violet dock]

nah its a DP 1.2

hdmi 1.4

stupid naming schemes

[granite juniper]

yeah i was looking at gpu

[violet dock]

ooh

[granite juniper]

you would need a displayport 1.2 cable

[violet dock]

it will come with it

[fervent wadi]

So it comes with it and my video card supports it, so I'm good? I can order it? 🙂

[violet dock]

yea your good

[fervent wadi]

ty ❤

3 Year Monitor Protection Plan
$23.99

what do yall think of that

are monitors easily screwed up?

nvm Im not gonna do it, monitors usually ok

and Ive asked enough

ty all!

[lone pond]

yo boi about to get one of these for only $420
new and unopened
some guy is selling it and there's only 1 bidder who bid higher but he's uncertain about it now

[oblique cypress]

the heck

that steal

[lone pond]

ikr

[gray vapor]

If it is on ebay there are bid snipers

[quartz gull]

I didn't get a bid sniper. I got a 2 day used 2060 for $220

Look at that deal eBay decided was worth a notification

A just for me offer 😑

[granite juniper]

i would always support it

last gen cards are super cheap, my strix 1070 ti was under 230

[long phoenix]

Used?

[gray vapor]

Certain parts used is fine to buy but things like a PSU i would never do that because you never really know how old it is and how often it was used for which a lot of people doesn't answer honestly which when the PSU would die it would be long after the whole ebay refund policy

GPU's are fine as long as you read the whole details and make sure it doesn't have mining bios in them

[worldly crow]

i have a used even was used for mining and it has 2 year warranty still and was only 225

i also run it with fans max

nothing wrong with a 2 day old gpu used as long as it works lol

[lone pond]

@gray vapor it's not on ebay

[granite juniper]

eBay has good buyer protection

just never buy a psu used

that’s big time risks

[lone pond]

Ikr

[paper dew]

Hmm, what's that smell? Mmmmm

Smells like fried.. everything

[lone pond]

Lol so my biology teacher told me yesterday that his power supply blew up once

It was an Asus

[gray vapor]

https://www.newegg.com/gigabyte-geforce-rtx-2070-super-gv-n207saorus-8gc/p/N82E16814932170 LOL

Israel charging a whole PC cost

[half sapphire]

@quartz gull

Send help

I installed the 1660 ti and posted it

The fans are running but no monitor connection

@valid crypt ?

[quartz gull]

Oh, I can help. Dm me

[dense flicker]

the video cable is plugged into the graphics card right

[fervent wadi]

i need help please
my SSD just arrived, but it has no cables or instructions
It is SATA III, I have the red sata cables lying around from other PC stuff like dvd-drives and my 7200RPM, will they work? Will they limit the speed?
its an x-NAND SSD 860 evo
also is it supposed to be this small and thin?

[half sapphire]

I redid the installation

NOw it works

[dense flicker]

yes @fervent wadi, the sata cables are what you want

[quartz gull]

Sometimes they need a reseat

[dense flicker]

and it is supposed to be that small and thin

[fervent wadi]

awesome, last question: where the heck does this thing go inside a desktop pc? just rest it on the bottom or what? Its not big enough to mount

[dense flicker]

what case do you have

[quartz gull]

You should have 2.5 inch bays

Unless it's a really old or cheap case

[fervent wadi]

Ive never opened the case, its a premade PC I got for xmas

I will check it out now, assuming no 2.5inch bays, what should I do?

[dense flicker]

most hard drive bays have mounting points for ssds

[quartz gull]

There should be 2.5 inch bays 99.5% of the time. If not

[fervent wadi]

this doesnt even have a place you could screw screws into

[quartz gull]

There are enclosures

[fervent wadi]

the SSD that is, doesnt look like it screws into anything

[quartz gull]

That adapt from 2.5 to 3.5 inches

[fervent wadi]

ahh its an enclosure

ok

[quartz gull]

It might be or you can buy one to adapt it to a 3.5 inch bay

[fervent wadi]

any quick advice on best program to make this new SSD exact image as my old 7200? I was told macrium but when I was in school we used norton ghost

[quartz gull]

I know that from working with laptops with 3.5 inch drive bays (which are mostly extinct)

[fervent wadi]

thanks TWeide

[quartz gull]

I use macrium

[fervent wadi]

ok macrium it is

[quartz gull]

Macrium is good of you're doing a COMPLETE copy of your C: drive

[fervent wadi]

exactly what I want

[quartz gull]

Then you're golden

[fervent wadi]

it'd be like 100x programs to reinstall

ty ❤

[quartz gull]

Np

[fervent wadi]

gonna break it open now ty all have a good day 😄 😄

[quartz gull]

It's fun helping with new computers. I mainly restore old machines

[lone pond]

https://youtu.be/yFYPUaUy0eI

This is why you don't just trust every reviewer out there

DNT know how this person has over 20k subscribers

[gray vapor]

From watching this she should of done a RMA first before making this video because sometimes you can get a faulty card without even knowing it which is why if you see something is wrong ask for a replacement first if the problem continues then ask for a refund instead.

@lone pond read the comments her issue why the card is not working is because of her PSU

[lone pond]

@gray vapor that's my point, how does she have 20k when her problem isn't her GPU but her own stupidity.

[violet dock]

because Waman

actually rocket sciency stuffs pretty slick

that kind of stuff is pretty niche on youtube and probably deserves 91k subs

I take back my statement. Because rockets bro. dont disrespect DIY rocket science

[quartz gull]

2080ti, bam

[long phoenix]

oof i had similar issues with mine, random video output loss and no help from driver updates

windows 7 still hmm

600W PSU hmm

weirdo connector hmm

[fervent wadi]

Hello all, I just got an ASUS VG278Q today -- used display port to hook it up -- the volume is incredibly quiet at 100% 100%, I can barely hear anything, anyone have any idea why?

This is a monitor -- I posted in displays but no one is responding, sorry to take it here

[lone pond]

@fervent wadi have you gone into volume control panel?

[fervent wadi]

yes ty got it

anyone know why, after updaing my geforce driver, the gsync option has disappeared?

I dont have the option of rolling back the driver 😦

[gray vapor]

Why did you get the 3gb card?

[quartz gull]

Ew the 3gb card

[lone pond]

How much vram are you going to be using on a gtx 1060 build? Even today

[quartz gull]

Mine (it's on my second build) uses 4+ on most games ultra

Like bfV ultra uses 3.9-4.2

[lone pond]

Would you be playing bfV ultra on a 1060 Would need a beefy 6+ core too

[quartz gull]

Have an 8400

Runs at 70 fps

[lone pond]

The division is one game I remember using a lot relatively

[little sleet]

@dense flicker mc server down?

[dense flicker]

down till sunday

mrc is outta town, didnt wanna leave his pc running

[little sleet]

ah

[worldly crow]

should just rent a 10 dollar server

[dense flicker]

nah

[worldly crow]

wow ur cheap lol

[oblique cypress]

eh

i wouldnt waste money

lo

broke noises

[worldly crow]

playing on a personal pc off someone else is not as good as a actual server

with a server its always up

i used to run them thats how i know

[pseudo shuttle]

Do you guys think the 2070 super is really worth it over a regular 2070?

[oblique cypress]

ye

[violet dock]

I do

Since a 2060 super is nearly 2070 performance just missing the raw size of the Tensor core for RTX based stuff

yet a 2070 super is nearly 2080 performance

[fervent wadi]

does anyone know how to change C and D drives

[fluid mortar]

whats the cheapest 4 monitor display video card... running windows 10, ASrock X570 Phantom Gaming 4 motherboard, amd ryzen 5 3600 processor. and another video card (AMD radeon r7 240)for 2 monitors...

[little sleet]

if youre going for all display ports/1-2hdmi, probs like a 10 series or 1660. not sure what amd has thats comparable to the 10 series lineup or the 1660 since all i know is the 5700/xt