general-chat

[rancid juniper]

one rich person with no taste probably sees this and says "This is exquisite"

[hoary zodiac]

Ok let's not uhh

[nocturne flicker]

Or it is just rich people not having anything to spend their money on because they hoard so much money nowadays

[hoary zodiac]

https://tenor.com/view/sweats-gif-25346666

[wary fjord]

Quick make a different color sell it for 1m

[wary fjord]

Ez money

[hoary zodiac]

You could just put a mirror

In an art gallery

And it'd be art

[nocturne flicker]

No it wasn't, it was mediocre

[hoary zodiac]

Smash it on the floor

And it'd be extra art

Broken mirror

They'll be like "what is the meaning of the broken mirror"

[misty sparrow]

Change the color to Black, call it "Black Mirror", and say it's based off the TV Show to have a reason to mark it up to $5 mil

[hoary zodiac]

And you're like

[rancid juniper]

at the time, they wanted something unique not realistic

[hoary zodiac]

"hammer + glass"

[rancid juniper]

thats why the guy failed

alright enough from me

[misty sparrow]

if you look at that guy's paintings you'll notice imperfections in architecture and perspective

looks good at a distance though

i can't draw at all

[hoary zodiac]

I now realize the can of worms I opened

[rancid juniper]

good job boomer

[hoary zodiac]

No more talking about this certain artist

[misty sparrow]

probably shouldn't post his art here especially because his SIGNATURE is at the bottom right of the painting

why

[wary fjord]

That could be art... It has emotion on it u can feel it

[hoary zodiac]

It can

[rancid juniper]

L

[hoary zodiac]

Put that in a gallery

Some idiot would buy it

[rancid juniper]

The essence of RAGE is the title

[misty sparrow]

i've never seen this painting and spotted it within 30 seconds

[wary fjord]

Yeah rage art

[rancid juniper]

bro just delete that pic

we don't need it here

lel

serious

thanks

[misty sparrow]

speaking of which Wolfenstein 2 is a phenomenal game all of you should check out

[rancid juniper]

lmfao

cmon bruh

[misty sparrow]

you actually get to kill that certain man

in-game

[frigid stag]

XD

[hoary zodiac]

Ok that's...

[frigid stag]

There’s a better game for that

[hoary zodiac]

I don't know if that's based or not

Sniper elite 4

[frigid stag]

Should I send the steam link 💀

[hoary zodiac]

Where you get to shoot him in the nuts

[misty sparrow]

if you shoot him in the nuts you get the slowmo cam lmao

[hoary zodiac]

There's an achievement

I got the achievement

[nocturne flicker]

Sniper Elite always has a funni kill that dude mission

It is usually DLC

[hoary zodiac]

I spent an hour just to get shoot his balls

[royal crow]

U see pc players do not have this issue

[rancid juniper]

Speaking of those games i cant wait to see the new Agent 007 game from IoI

[hoary zodiac]

They're making a new one?

[rancid juniper]

yea

[hoary zodiac]

Brosnan Bond was peak

[nocturne flicker]

Some PC gamers use gamepads, incorrect

[hoary zodiac]

In both movies and games

Well I mean

Goldeneye was good

[rancid juniper]

https://youtu.be/slJyjjPro7E?si=SBmeBOfcXFkYt68F

[hoary zodiac]

It was downhill from there

[wary fjord]

Kinda.. if u wanna smash the monitor... U gonna have a flashback on how much it cost.

That will stop u from doing it

[royal crow]

Ho... wha.. hu...

[misty sparrow]

post you-know-what clarity defined

[nocturne flicker]

I use a gamepad for specific games because they control better

[misty sparrow]

okay, i'm done

[hoary zodiac]

That's the benefit of PC

[wary fjord]

Ive seen some articles where switch 2 only last for 2 hours

[hoary zodiac]

You can do anything you want

[misty sparrow]

like add that specific-

[hoary zodiac]

Sus

[misty sparrow]

damn

fsihjdiofhj

[hoary zodiac]

That's probably less than the steam deck

That doesn't sound real

[rancid juniper]

bungie's new game: https://youtu.be/PZUv1-qR1Aw?si=2S395wJk_XpSuS6d

[hoary zodiac]

Bungeez

[devout forum]

okayy, how bad is Polychrome Sync?

[pliant berry]

steam deck is like 2-10 hrs depending on game I think

[hoary zodiac]

Hearts of Iron IV

[wary fjord]

https://youtu.be/LXJ4QK7RlrU?si=eTTqeWz_FOsjNOXt

Kinda viral on yt

[hoary zodiac]

Try to micro with a joystick

[hoary zodiac]

Are they leaks or legit

[wary fjord]

Seems everyone discussing it

[hoary zodiac]

Probably just a rumor that went wild

[wary fjord]

Im not sure but i hope its not 2 hours

[rancid juniper]

that actually sucks

what?

[hoary zodiac]

Like it'd have to be a skill issue of the highest calibre

To be 2 hours

[misty sparrow]

to be fair pretty sure steam deck lasts two hours on certain games

[hoary zodiac]

I kinda want to see a cool James Bond tbh

[rancid juniper]

but but tdp limits

😳

[hoary zodiac]

We don't get those kinda movies anymore

[wary fjord]

It states Nintendo says it last 2-6.5 hours.. so theres probably some games that makes it only go 2h

[rancid juniper]

Duskblood

[wary fjord]

Some heavy game probably

[hoary zodiac]

Yeah that's probably just nintendo fans being dumb

[rancid juniper]

and cyberpunk

[wary fjord]

Cyberpunk on switch?

[rancid juniper]

yea

its coming to switch 2

[wary fjord]

Whoa

No rt probably

[rancid juniper]

doubt it

lol

[wary fjord]

Maybe thats the 2 hours game

That game is heavy

[misty sparrow]

well at least they somehow got it all on a 64GB physical cart

[rancid juniper]

also fortnite

almost forgot about that one

if those games are coming to switch i suspect games like genshin impact might drop on it too

[misty sparrow]

I mean hey, Switch 2 can run Cyberpunk but it's not as special or impressive anymore because Steam Deck did it a few years ago

[hoary zodiac]

Who even plays fortnite

[wary fjord]

Yeah this Nintendo switch 2 says

Its not rumor i guess

[rancid juniper]

3 hour charge?

[wary fjord]

So there certain when it only last 2

[misty sparrow]

-# its funny how i dont think anyone here is gonna buy the switch 2 yet we're all criticizing it

[hoary zodiac]

There's also no real world data

It's just a figure

[rancid juniper]

just wait till release i guess

[hoary zodiac]

This doesn't say much of anything

[wary fjord]

Also charging time is 3 hours.. why is that slow?

[rancid juniper]

fr

[velvet summit]

-# nobody here is gonna buy the switch 2 because of the criticisms

[rancid juniper]

someone here will

[hoary zodiac]

It could be accounting for slow cables

[rancid juniper]

despite all that

[royal crow]

Not gonna be me

[hoary zodiac]

Don't have money

[rancid juniper]

Type C first version ah cable

[hoary zodiac]

I'm struggling with food already

[misty sparrow]

why would it be accounting for slow cables? it should be using the cable that comes with the console

[wary fjord]

Can they add quick charge 4.0 on it

[misty sparrow]

the power brick

[wary fjord]

[hoary zodiac]

Could be a type C

[velvet summit]

watch as it comes with like a 15w charger frfr

[rancid juniper]

probably powerbrick either has super low amps or cable is weak af

[hoary zodiac]

My dell charges with 18W usb C PD

I think the port itself is limited to 15w or something

My brick is 65w

[rancid juniper]

o

[misty sparrow]

likely case is, console uses up more power than switch 1 yet they gave the switch 2 the same brick as switch 1

[velvet summit]

quick charge is a qualcomm tech, i dont think it will work on the switch 2? unless they're still using qualcomm?

[wary fjord]

So any difference on quality in games on switch 1 v 2?

[rancid juniper]

still, aren't current phones faster than the switch 2 in CPU/GPU?

likely are

[wary fjord]

Hmm thats sad can they do something similar?

Nvm patent

[velvet summit]

usb pd is the open competing standard

well, idk if it's open

[misty sparrow]

not gonna pay a $20 upgrade fee to find out

[velvet summit]

but it's not limited to qualcomm chipsets

[wary fjord]

I want switch to charge in 30-45 mins at 100% like a phone.

[misty sparrow]

bit unreasonable

i'd say 1.5hrs is better

[lucid bay]

Default User???

[wary fjord]

Or 5 mins using 200w brick from Xiaomi

[misty sparrow]

xiaomi hasn't been relevant in a long time

[hoary zodiac]

Wtf

That's like my laptop

[lucid bay]

Doesn’t Xiaomi make fast charging phones?

[hoary zodiac]

Xiaomi is based with a custom rom

[lucid bay]

Or didn’t they used to?

[wary fjord]

Everyone does it ..

Except apple

[lucid bay]

Apple doesn’t 😒

[lucid bay]

Corrected yourself real quick huh? 🤣

[wary fjord]

Yeah haha i said it 1st

[rancid juniper]

my oneplus has fast charging capabilities and it uses a snapdragon 695

[hoary zodiac]

I don't count apple phones as real

[lucid bay]

I WAS TYPING IT

[wary fjord]

I forseen the future of comeback

Dint let it slide

[lucid bay]

U lucky

[rancid juniper]

Tomie Quick-Correct feature

very unique

[lucid bay]

My 6.1 inch phone screen isn’t big enough for my hands bruh

[hoary zodiac]

TomieGPT

[lucid bay]

I can hardly type on this thing

[rancid juniper]

its phablet time

[lucid bay]

Somehow managing tho

[lucid bay]

Honestly.

[wary fjord]

My current phone can only do 65w .. took 30 mins to get 80%

[misty sparrow]

i dont know how people play games using touchscreen

[lucid bay]

Idk either

[wary fjord]

I could say the same people who play fps on a controller

[lucid bay]

Thinking about either getting a Xiamoi or a Samsung S25 Ultra

[hoary zodiac]

You can play Among Us on a touch screen

[rancid juniper]

think my charger is 35w but it quickly goes from 0-100 in around 30-45mins

[hoary zodiac]

Samsung phones are like apple

[wary fjord]

I can do fps games on touch screen but i cant in controller

[hoary zodiac]

Overpriced crap

[rancid juniper]

samsung overpriced everything

[misty sparrow]

with touchscreen the controls are in the display so if you move your fingers you block the display

[wary fjord]

Nyoom 6500 mah?

[rancid juniper]

i gotta check

[hoary zodiac]

I'd rather get a Xiaomi and a mirrorless camera than a Samsung

[proud jackal]

https://tenor.com/view/bocchi-bocchi-the-rock-cry-gif-11516812094722676344

[wary fjord]

Do claw grip on touch screen

Works very well

[velvet summit]

Fast charge - usually refers to usb pd
Quick charge - Qualcomm exclusive (came out before usb c and usb pd)

[misty sparrow]

no sorry i think i'm gonna stop playing games on touchscreen

[rancid juniper]

oh

[misty sparrow]

most of the games were underwhelming anyway

[rancid juniper]

oh wow i was correct

[lucid bay]

Literally

[nocturne flicker]

What you don't like games that are all algorithmically designed to be as addicting as possible or lazy time sinks with no value?

[lucid bay]

Decisions.. Decisions…

[rancid juniper]

too bad my phone won't have any OS updates except security

[wary fjord]

I got a recent phone it has 8s gen 3. Its like 8 gen 2 perf with ai stuff .. hope this last for long time.. redmi turbo 3 .. for 179 bucks 12/256

[rancid juniper]

dang it

[misty sparrow]

even the paid ones are mediocre

[rancid juniper]

top of the line

[wary fjord]

The global version of that has insane price lol

The f6

Haha i bought the cn exclusive one

[misty sparrow]

are the redmi phones the phones that leave a watermark when you take a photo

[rancid juniper]

lmfao what?

[wary fjord]

Watermark?

What kind of photo app is that

Why tho

[misty sparrow]

i thought they were

[wary fjord]

Nah maybe they using 3rd part app.. ?

[rancid juniper]

likely

[hoary zodiac]

Taken using amogus phone ii

[gaunt prairie]

Who do I ping for ideal fan questions

[wary fjord]

https://youtu.be/7zL7PJEWDH0?si=p8-jWF2o3R3it3zW

Yeah they dont have watermark. Looks fine

[hoary zodiac]

Ask in #building-and-recc-chat

[gaunt prairie]

thx

[icy ore]

Both bad get this one https://www.bhphotovideo.com/c/product/1708575-REG/arri_k0_0041724_alexa_35_body.html/?

[wary fjord]

Its hard to pin point which fan of my pc is doing rattling noise when i do full load and im lazy to find out

[hoary zodiac]

Is that a whole cinema camera

Does that even come with a lens

[icy ore]

Can shoot in 4608 x 3164 from 0.75 to 75 fps

[icy ore]

Probably not lol

[wary fjord]

It is what it is for 179 bucks

I only care about the 8s gen 3 part

[pliant berry]

umm no, just the body and adapters

[hoary zodiac]

💀

[wary fjord]

Hell no 84k 🤣 nah thats crazy. 84k for a camera

[hoary zodiac]

Meanwhile I'm here with my $300 D7000

[wary fjord]

Probably nice if u zoom on it

The details are chief kiss

[hoary zodiac]

Prime lenses users gonna spend another $100k on lenses

[pliant berry]

primes are so nice, I'm thinking about getting a 135mm f/1.8 but it might also be kind of unreasonable

[hoary zodiac]

I want a prime but I'm a bit broke

I got a Tamron 18-270mm f/3.5-6.3

Not the sharpest but very versatile

[pliant berry]

smh should get 2.8

[wary fjord]

I don't understand numbers

https://tenor.com/view/npc-npc-processing-processing-npc-processing-npc-thinking-gif-18378041742925308956

[icy ore]

https://tenor.com/view/what-do-they-mean-random-numbers-gif-10654449

[hoary zodiac]

Is sigh sigma any good?

[fresh timber]

I want you to be mines again baby

[hoary zodiac]

I want one of these

For scenery and stuff

Or a nice 35mm

Which is roughly 50mm adjusted for crop factor

[dense locust]

Numbers don’t understand numbers

[royal crow]

Welcome to mathematics

[hoary zodiac]

Meanwhile:

Whatever the hell this is

[royal crow]

Looks like a whole lot of matrix multiplication

[velvet summit]

I wish I bought a pikvm for my pc

But hindsight is 2020

[hoary zodiac]

yeah it's to find the unknowns x y and z

Using the gaussian torture method

[hoary zodiac]

Apparently I did it wrong so I have to restart

[wary fjord]

Sodoku

[royal crow]

Nah i got that y=1/3(x)+2

Although sometimes I style it to be that n²=(n-1)²+(2n-1)

[somber skiff]

seppuku?

[rancid juniper]

last time i played GTAO

[dense locust]

Matrices

That’s all I can say

[pliant berry]

They got good glass. Imo just watch the af with some camera systems

[hoary zodiac]

Oh is the AF sketchy on some?

[pliant berry]

Reminds me I really want to try one of these if I can find cheap https://www.keh.com/minolta-58mm-f-1-2-rokkor-pg-mc-mount-manual-focus-lens-55.html?aid=238557-771886

[pliant berry]

Not necessarily, but third party lenses aren’t always the best with af tuning

[hoary zodiac]

Ah

[pliant berry]

I know some photogs that swear by sigma lenses

[hoary zodiac]

I'm split between lenses and a used mirrorless

But really, the mirrorless thing is more of a size and convenience thing rather than a practical thing

So I'm still in the DSLR camp

[pliant berry]

If you can manage full frame mirrorless that can be really sweet

[hoary zodiac]

Yeah they still cost quite a bit

At least for a good one

[pliant berry]

Yeah just a bit

[hoary zodiac]

I'm more looking at micro 4/3

For a compact carry

They aren't cheap tho so

Not worth it

At least not in my market

[pliant berry]

Nikon just released z50ii I believe. Looked pretty nice for 1600usd. But yeah that is still expensive for a lot of people

[hoary zodiac]

I'm in the used bracket so

💀

Although that'd bump the price down for older models

[pliant berry]

Better that way, the only thing I bought new in my kit was a nikon f mount to z mount adapter and a flashhead

[pliant berry]

Yeah ive seen mine which is z6ii as low as 800 or something which makes me sad

[hoary zodiac]

Yeah my D7000 is $300 with lens

Realistically I'll probably upgrade to a D750

[pliant berry]

That’s not bad

Lens does matter a lot though

[hoary zodiac]

Yeah that's why I wanna keep my current platform

Way more options in terms of lenses

Without having to shell out for an adaptor

[hoary zodiac]

See if you apply the historical context to why the border is like that

💀

[velvet summit]

Oklahoma be shaped like a cleaver

[hoary zodiac]

Lodged into texas

[hoary zodiac]

Discord and google y'all gotta cool it with selling my data

[gentle canyon]

thats how i know they be listening

[hoary zodiac]

Least blatant data mining

[gentle canyon]

i can talk about a product and later that day boom

[hoary zodiac]

It was like an hour ago

[gentle canyon]

so it takes an hour

[hoary zodiac]

The algorithm is all seeing

[hoary zodiac]

Probably not even that

[gentle canyon]

https://tenor.com/view/matrix-online-gif-9800727944098993984

[hoary zodiac]

I didn't open Instagram in that time

Ok I'm gonna do an experiment to see if it's discord or google selling my data

"I want a Samsung 4K OLED TV"

Gonna type something else into google

Speaking of TVs

What would be y'all's pick for a OLED TV or monitor

Please indulge me for the purpose of satisfying the algorithm

For science if you will

[dusk knot]

OLED you say

Is that purely a what if scenario or are you serious?

It all depends on how much money you're willing to burn.

[hoary zodiac]

It's a what if to see if discord or google is spying on me more

Say

[dusk knot]

Ok

[hoary zodiac]

$1000

[dusk knot]

Oh

[hoary zodiac]

Too much?

Too hypothetical eh?

Let's say $450

[misty sparrow]

would've used that $1000 for TV money

[dusk knot]

LG b4

[misty sparrow]

give me $700 and i would've done an LG B4 48"

[dusk knot]

Isn't that common knowledge? 🤔

No one is safe from prying eyes

[hoary zodiac]

LG B4 48"

You got that algorithm???

Now we wait to see if they both take the bait

[misty sparrow]

man i need a new manscaped blade

do any of you know some great military sims that are free? been trying to scratch that itch oo

i also need a great VPN for a military sim

[hoary zodiac]

LTTstore.com

I need an E-bike

[misty sparrow]

did it work

[hoary zodiac]

not yet

[wary fjord]

Use ur legs.. blood powered engine dual pison

[hoary zodiac]

no

the algorithm must have caught on to our scheme

[devout forum]

Would you go 9800X3D with a 7800 XT?

[mental yoke]

i would do anything with anything if i needed or wanted to

[devout forum]

I mean for 1440p gaming

current is a 7600X

[mental yoke]

i wouldnt game at 1440p

🤷

[devout forum]

lol

[devout forum]

4k is kinda dumb anywayy

[mental yoke]

so is 8k

[brazen dome]

What about 32k?

[mental yoke]

32k would be what, 256 8ks?

or just 60 something?

"just 60 8ks screens"

[fresh timber]

You don't wanna join the Microsoft or Monior Enthusiastic server

You just upsetted a few communities

[devout forum]

meh

Imagine thinking I care about their opinions lol

[mental yoke]

i dont even care about monitor tech just gimme 8k

[devout forum]

I wouldn't crap on 4k if GPUs can actually drive it

but that ain't happening anytime soon

[devout forum]

Actually, if I had a 5090 I totally would do it

[mental yoke]

yea even a 5090 isnt doing 8k

maybe quake II

[marsh lynx]

My 1060 ti will handle it no problem

[fresh timber]

Obsessed playing the latest games that you will touch once I see

[mental yoke]

story of life

[fresh timber]

The latest I’m playing AAA wise is helldivers

I can run 60-80 fps native but I use their upscaling so I can get better fps

[marsh lynx]

Bro against the modern day

[mental yoke]

helldivers wasnt triple a was it?

[fresh timber]

Its backed by sony

[mental yoke]

helldivers was more indy

sony backs lots of non triple a stuff

but regardless saying triple a is just weird

just say helldivers

[fresh timber]

Minrcraft technically is a AAA title now

[mental yoke]

lol

yea prolly

[fresh timber]

It started off indie

Its a aaa title in 2025 that I can run 2000 fps in

[mental yoke]

not at 8k

[fresh timber]

Only 1440

[mental yoke]

14400

just need 10 monitors

ez math right?

[fresh timber]

8k maybe 200 fps

If I could push 4k 240 in my games I’d buy 4k 240

I can barley do 1440 240

[mental yoke]

144hz feels like my sweet spot

360 is a meme

[fresh timber]

240 is my sweat spot

[mental yoke]

stop sweating

[fresh timber]

No

[mental yoke]

💦

[fresh timber]

I win so many Fortnite games with 240

[mental yoke]

roblox > fortnite

ngl lego fortnite looked lit

[fresh timber]

Woah

Calm down their grasshopper

[mental yoke]

get with the times old man 👴

[devout forum]

Unironically 1440p 360hz is cool
Too bad no display can do it without DSC rn

[mental yoke]

my alienware laptops screen is supposedly 360hz

[devout forum]

you'd need a UHBR13.5 port on the display to not need DSC

[mental yoke]

at 1080

[fresh timber]

You got an extra .041 hz

[mental yoke]

bless dell

samsung robbing me of .001 hz

165 is a weird refresh rate

[fresh timber]

Nah

My 2nd display is 165

[mental yoke]

60/120/144/360 are the normie hz

isnt there 175 too?

[devout forum]

165 is kind of a cope refresh rate IMO

165 doesn't divide either with 24 or 30

[mental yoke]

there is 175hz monitors too

older

oh wait the samsung g8 is 175

[fresh timber]

Do you need to tho, vrr

[mental yoke]

wqhd sucks imo i hate it

[devout forum]

watching movies

24fps movie will be awful on a 165hz

[storm narwhal]

Movies def don't do vrr

[mental yoke]

fps, hz, and media delivery are all separate things

[fresh timber]

Speaking off expirence, never had that issue

[devout forum]

240 and 360 divide perfectly so you don't get that godawful transitional judder

[mental yoke]

that sounds more like bad video tech

or monitor*

[devout forum]

No

[storm narwhal]

No that's not it lol

[devout forum]

That's literally a fixed refresh rate content
That goes below VRR range

[fresh timber]

Here’s an idea, when watching a movie lower your refresh rate

[mental yoke]

my eyes are vrr

[storm narwhal]

It's like 60-120 or something

[devout forum]

You can't lower it to 24

[fresh timber]

You can do 60

[devout forum]

Even gaming monitors go only to like 48 at the best of times

[devout forum]

That's still gonna be awful

it will look like crap unless it divides to an even number

2, 4 or 8 would be passable

[fresh timber]

I still don’t see much problem with 24fps content on my 165 display

[devout forum]

5 would NOT

[storm narwhal]

I have a solution

Lossless scaling

Lsfg 3.0

[mental yoke]

go back to crt's

[storm narwhal]

Set it up to 240

[mental yoke]

can we hook the video stream into my brain stem?

[fresh timber]

Lmfwo

[fresh timber]

Real

[storm narwhal]

Or just set it up to your monitors refresh rate

[mental yoke]

im still very excited for my 8k tv

[storm narwhal]

Lsfg should make it a pretty smooth experience

[fresh timber]

I got an idea

[mental yoke]

i really should wall mount it but i dont want to

[fresh timber]

Vrr your refeesbrate to be double the movie

48 hz easy

[mental yoke]

some of those movies slathered in those codecs will eat gpus alive

[fresh timber]

Its fine, Disney plus looks like it has 3kbps bitrate dispute my internet being just finr

[mental yoke]

internet problem

[fresh timber]

Nope

I can pull 700mbps

I know it’s not my net

Disney being ass

[mental yoke]

pulling 700mbps one time isnt really indicative of much

but nice

[fresh timber]

I mean I can pull it pretty consistently unless peak times, then I drop to 200

Still more than enough for Disney

When YouTube can stream 4k 60 but Disney can’t theirs a problem

[mental yoke]

not for full blown hdr 4k stuff but yea

i dunno anything about this stuff 🤷

[fresh timber]

I’m jealous of your upload

I only get 40

[mental yoke]

the last 5 times i ran y speed test they usually match

[fresh timber]

Yeah

My net goes slow around when people get off work and start streaming

Mostly speed test servers suffer, downloading off steam is fine

[mental yoke]

i watched the lil tele-dude port the fiber line from the telephone pole and route it to my house 😎

[fresh timber]

Ooooo

Share

[mental yoke]

after i did it like 5 people on my block got it

that looks more right

[fresh timber]

Shareeeeeeeee

[mental yoke]

wow wtf this cloudfare speed test is lit asf

https://speed.cloudflare.com/

[fresh timber]

Yes

Cloudflare is very good

They have my domain

[fresh timber]

https://vextroboomin.xyz

What should I do with it

[mental yoke]

stop paying for it and save ur money for a better gpu

[plain stone]

channel for laptops? would like to ask for recos for a friend

budget is about $1000

[fresh timber]

😦 you no like vextroboomin

[mental yoke]

huh

why dont newegg have a laptop channel?

weird

[plain stone]

i feel like I remember seeing one in the before times

#laptops

[mental yoke]

i know theres a discord for them but i dont know it off the top of my head, u can ask here too its fine

if u got like pics of what ur deciding on

i havent really been eye balling laptops lately to say anything, honestly, my opinion? get a mac book pro

desktop for pc

[plain stone]

anything gigabyte, asus, acer, lenovo should be fine, it's what my friend is familiar with

[mental yoke]

ngl i think my mbp poops on my alienware even with the 3080

[fresh timber]

Mbp wins in everything but gaming

[mental yoke]

i was playing stray on it

its nice

[plain stone]

basically he'd use it as an everything laptop so it would cover all that he needs from college to work, he would also use it for gaming
doesn't want too big or bulky laptop either

[plain stone]

that's pretty much it

[mental yoke]

id take the mbp over the alienware if i wanted a "laptop" all day

that alienware is a great desktop replacement but the brick is like 10 pounds

its dumb

[plain stone]

yeah looks like it lmao

[plain stone]

mbp? not familiar with it

[mental yoke]

mac book pro

has ur friend narroed down some options?

[plain stone]

ahh

[fresh timber]

https://tenor.com/view/ip-ip-adress-i-have-your-ip-i-have-your-ip-adress-i-have-your-ip-address-gif-25694584

[mental yoke]

or just going straight blind into it?

[plain stone]

not really, but i've done a few quick searches from reddit for options

yeah would say blind

he's asking me for help and i'm sure there's plenty more people here that would be able to pick a better suited laptop for him

[mental yoke]

i cant recomend the mbp enough personally

[plain stone]

i'd personally like to give apple a try as well, esp their macbooks

i'm transitioning more into workspaces and display quality too

[elfin mural]

for gaming i'd look for a tuf a15/f15

that's on the cheaper end for reccs too

a mac however is nice, but not for gaming

[mental yoke]

theres not a lot of steam games but it still works for gaming

[elfin mural]

you can easily eek out like 8 hours or more of battery

[plain stone]

dang that's impressive

[mental yoke]

when its available, but yea the battery and sound quality is a beast

[elfin mural]

you just have to uh, turn off the keeb backlight

[fresh timber]

Had one, can’t recommend again

[mental yoke]

my alienware last about 5-25 minutes off the charger. like just browsing the internet

my macbook pro can go for many hours

[elfin mural]

and switch display to 60hz

[plain stone]

i mean it would already hit his work needs too so can't really not reccomend this to him. his work would just be on programming or software stuff as well and not anything that intensive as compared to rendering or editing like what I would use it for

[elfin mural]

well, tufs used to be terrible lol

i have a 2023

and it's been serving me very well, felix could attest to this. he owns one too

[mental yoke]

i dont like gigabyte much personally, they used to be ok

they got weird during covid

[elfin mural]

gigabyte laptops are a mixed bag

[fresh timber]

Mines is under my bed broken

[mental yoke]

yea i took a few apart and its like half metal, half plastic

alienware is solid metal all throughout

id take the MBP apart but i can just feel it without having to

[elfin mural]

i don't mind plastics on laptops ngl

as long as it's high quality plastic

[mental yoke]

certain spots is fine

gigatebyte was like on hinges

like nah thats like that one spot u dont want plastic

[elfin mural]

that's sad

[fresh timber]

Gaming laptop with the build quality of a Mac when

[elfin mural]

i guess you can say the zeph is up there

[mental yoke]

my alienware is on par with my amcbook pro on build quality

[elfin mural]

but i haven't owned any zephs so

can't say for sure

[mental yoke]

the speakers on the alienware are not anywhere near the MBP

i will say this alienware is hitting the end of its life tho

[plain stone]

any other reco's? probably leaning more into a faster processor and expandable storage and memory

[mental yoke]

one reason i bought my alienware: i put an 8tb nvme in it

[elfin mural]

what's the budget tho?

[mental yoke]

it will be model dependent on the brand you choose

1k

[elfin mural]

laptops are a messy market

[mental yoke]

^

[elfin mural]

alr, 1k

[plain stone]

thanks a ton btw

[mental yoke]

nothing even helpful really

[elfin mural]

there's a tuf f15 that regularly goes on sale for about 1k on bb

it's got 4070

[mental yoke]

i wish i could cop one of those little 13" alienwares

oh they finally got 5series laptop chips

nice

[plain stone]

real good card

[elfin mural]

im scared of the 50 series laptops

the chance of missing rops is daunting

[mental yoke]

i kinda just wanna buy into mac

[tranquil pebble]

tfw something happens

[plain stone]

rops?

[mental yoke]

and get me a mac pro with wheels

[elfin mural]

but i guess you can rma it

[plain stone]

something happened

[elfin mural]

rop stands for raster operation processor

50 series is affected by nvidia disabling some ROPs in some cards

even in 5090

[plain stone]

theres' the gigabyte G5 i found to be recommened around on reddit

3050ti though

[mental yoke]

u can actually find some deals in box stores if they live near like a walmart or bestbuy, sometimes they got some baller hardware config laptops sitting there rotting and mark them down

but its rare. very rare.

[elfin mural]

3050ti laptop sucks

4gb vram is bleeeeeeeeh

[mental yoke]

3050ti is basically just use igpu

[plain stone]

hell what, didn't even know they have even less vram than my 6600xt

[elfin mural]

modern igpus would roast the 3050ti

[plain stone]

that's honestly impressive lol

[fresh timber]

They roast even desktop gpus

[plain stone]

haven't been updated much about the hardware tech lately

[mental yoke]

16gb ram meh

[fresh timber]

Ai max chips slaughter

[elfin mural]

32gb ram is still surprisingly hard to find on 1k laptops

[mental yoke]

https://www.newegg.com/midnight-gray-aorus-16x-series-16x-9kg-43usc54sh-gaming/p/N82E16834725226

[mental yoke]

yea im just seeing that

[fresh timber]

Fr

I just caved in and asked mommy for a 16gb one

[plain stone]

so MSI thin series, ASUS tuf f15

[elfin mural]

avoid msi thin

it's the worst quality you can get out of all gaming laptops

[fresh timber]

Skinny shamming

[mental yoke]

does samsung still make that weird ultra book?

[elfin mural]

weak ass hinges

[fresh timber]

https://tenor.com/view/gojo-gojo-satoru-hollow-purple-sukuna-mahoraga-gif-13503454303453550028

[mental yoke]

doesnt look like it

[elfin mural]

samsung mostly sells to asia and europe these days for laptops

[mental yoke]

more money over there

well asia anyway

[plain stone]

i remember asking here months ago as well about buying a laptop of my own lmao, msi had some big issues about their hinges

[mental yoke]

uhh

[plain stone]

can't really beat the tuf f15 so far

[elfin mural]

https://www.bestbuy.com/site/asus-tuf-gaming-a16-16-165hz-gaming-laptop-fhd-amd-ryzen-7-7735hs-with-16gb-ddr5-memory-radeon-rx7700s-512gb-pcie-ssd-off-black/6560989.p?skuId=6560989&irclickid=RyqWN9xXfxycWDwQqHwu4y5zUksyqrSOfXpYWI0&irgwc=1&ref=198&loc=Jarrod Farncomb&acampID=0&mpid=2471149&affgroup="Influencers"%2C"Partners to Keep"

this is 699, what the hell

[mental yoke]

you should find 200$

and buy this right now

https://www.newegg.com/p/2WC-0001-05A66?Item=9SIADG3KDM0104&cm_sp=SP-_-2736396-_-Pers_ProductAlsoView+-_-4-_-9SIADG3KDM0104-_-34-156-584-_--_-2

[elfin mural]

tuf a16

with 7700s

[fresh timber]

Buy open box g14

3k oled, 4060

[mental yoke]

hp kind weird software tho

like dell is annoying buthp is worse

[mental yoke]

thats nice

[plain stone]

bruh what the hell? If I had enough money in my savings i'd already buy this for myself

[elfin mural]

for the price it's practically a steal

[plain stone]

crazy

thoughts on changing the os to linux on a laptop?

[elfin mural]

the a16 has a much nicer panel than a15 too

[mental yoke]

if i didnt have 5 laptops within 10 feet of my id prolly buy that right nowe

[wary fjord]

Hall effect laptop hinges when

[mental yoke]

depends on the laptop

but why would you

thats going into more obscure weird use cases

[plain stone]

cus I've always wanted to switch to linux for good and when microsoft announced they'll be cutting off support for win10 I decided to work on it

right now i'm learning how to install arch on a vm

[pliant berry]

why is everyones first attempt on arch

[plain stone]

i talked all about it on #linux-and-android lmao

i like learning, doesn't matter if it sounds overconfident esp starting arch as the first introduction to linux

[fresh timber]

Starfield

[fresh timber]

Stupidity

[plain stone]

i did mint before a few years back so 😎

[mental yoke]

dsl is the best

just run it live from a usb

[tranquil pebble]

https://x.com/dexerto/status/1909235208332640437?s=46&t=wfVK6Ml8hQOLMHN4GRCH1g

Dexerto (@Dexerto) on X

YouTuber ‘ChickenDog’ started camping outside a Nintendo store to buy the Switch 2

The console releases in 2 months

X · Apr 7, 2025, 1:22 PM

Average YouTuber intelligence be like

[tranquil pebble]

First should be on something like EndeavorOS IMO

From there you start to learn Arch stuff with a fully functional system right off the bat

[pliant berry]

yeah

[paper verge]

cuz i use arch btw

on a real note though arch has a very simple install process cuz its wiki is amazing

[misty sparrow]

I guess I’m an outlier, did Ubuntu first

[fresh timber]

Wegg out here scamming

[tacit quiver]

is this tiktok shop?

that’s crazy

it’s $40 on the real website

[devout forum]

These are the people that make Nintendo get away with their crap

[velvet summit]

They're guaranteed to be first in line at least

I doubt that there will be switch 2 shortages though

[tacit quiver]

i might’ve considered buying a switch 2 if there wasn’t a fee to “upgrade” botw and totk. theres a ton of other issues why i wouldn’t get it as well, but paying for existing games to have better graphics is the worst offender imo

totk didn’t come out that long ago, paying to upgrade it is like a slap to the face

on top of the new console

[fresh timber]

Yup

[tacit quiver]

well theres your problem

it’s probably not even newegg selling it

just somebody pretending to be

[misty sparrow]

They weren’t the first to do upgrade fees but they’re more expensive than the competition

so instant pass is justified

[honest birch]

No it is newegg

[tacit quiver]

dawg u didn’t even send the screenshot 😭🙏

[honest birch]

They are verified lmao

[tacit quiver]

i guess you’re right, at least they let you use the existing game card unlike ps5 ps3 game remasters

[tacit quiver]

that is text on a screen bro

[honest birch]

??

[tacit quiver]

verified could mean anything

people buy twitter premium for a “verified” mark

[honest birch]

You do not know how this works ig

[tacit quiver]

icl i judge people who buy stuff off tiktok shop so hard

[honest birch]

Ok?

[tacit quiver]

Ok?

[honest birch]

https://tenor.com/view/low-taper-fade-ninja-massive-the-meme-is-still-massive-yeah-no-massive-gif-9995754776955392143

[fresh timber]

Why

Cheap stuff

[tacit quiver]

you sent the screenshot of the overpriced item 😭

[dense locust]

Verified means things on other websites y’know

[fresh timber]

What did I buy

[tacit quiver]

nah im standing on this. sure maybe the tiktok shopfront is owned by newegg, but just like newgg.com they sell things from other sellers, just through the Newegg website

and thats how people get scammed

never in my life have i seen people defend tiktok shop this bad 🙏 😭

see even i fell for it

the official newegg one is actually $60

oops

:3

anyways point being, if you wanna call newegg scammers, at least check the real website and make sure the real product is really sold and shipped by real newegg

[tacit quiver]

$60 is a scam for this so at least we're on agreement on that <3

[honest birch]

They're both sold by newegg

It's just more expensive on tiktok probably because tiktok takes a cut and newegg priced it higher

[sinful blade]

I bought a 2TB for $14 a few weeks ago

[tacit quiver]

holy deal

honestly with how cheap SSDs have gotten, any harddrive at regular price is a scam nowadays

around the 1-4TB size at least

i know larger hard drives are still useful for NAS and backup stuff

anyways what do i know im just a dumb macbook user

[sinful blade]

When buying HDDs, go for used with 0 bad sectors imo

That’s how I got mine

And wife’s

[fresh timber]

That's what I do

Hell having a few bad sectors isn't really bad, I said a few

[nocturne merlin]

damn the ryzen stock cooler really sucks im getting 95 after 3 minutes of cinebench

[fresh timber]

My friend used a stock cooler in a 5900x

[dense locust]

What are you cooking with a stock cooler

[nocturne merlin]

65w tdp cpu

[dense locust]

I think you did something wrong

Is it the normal stock cooler or the wraith?

[nocturne merlin]

nah even repasted it now with mx4 its that bad, idle is 50 so ig its fine

[nocturne merlin]

wraith

[dense locust]

I get 70 c with the wraith on a 5600x

[nocturne merlin]

damn

[dense locust]

Same wattage

[nocturne merlin]

5600x here too

[dense locust]

Hmmm

Is it dirty?

[nocturne merlin]

haha on prime95 it just dissolves in 5 seconds

[nocturne merlin]

no lol

[devout forum]

oh I got demoted

[median frigate]

"your gpu is chilling" - chatgpt

[devout forum]

would've been cool to be notified but oh well

[median frigate]

What were u before

[devout forum]

Techie lol

at least it wasn't a ban ngl

[median frigate]

Why would u be banned lol

[devout forum]

I did a big nono

that's why I got demoted

[median frigate]

What u do bro

💀

[fresh timber]

Whats the nono

[devout forum]

I'd rather not talk about it

It was a big nono

[fresh timber]

Somebody stalk his chat history

[median frigate]

Jdp is looking to rank up

[honest birch]

Hmmm

[median frigate]

He said something crazy in the techie chat for sure

[fresh timber]

Not really

[nocturne merlin]

ok seems like a ryzen master reset did it, software thought my cpu could go to 700w so it just imediately max turbo'd all cores

[worn wave]

Might've had to do with this? Idk

#general-chat message

[fresh timber]

My advice involves used workstation nvmes, used gpus, installing lstc windows for best performance

I will never recommend consumer slop unless its good slop

Also 7500f is bae

If you don’t agree you stupid

[fresh timber]

Probably

[devout forum]

on the right track

[median frigate]

Someone watched the Linus video

[fresh timber]

I been called it bae

[devout forum]

It is what happened in those purged messages

That is what I will say, and no more.

[median frigate]

Blackhole don't worry bro I got vencord

[worn wave]

Yeah I saw that yesterday. Hope it doesn't spike the price of 7500fs

[median frigate]

I can see deleted messages

[fresh timber]

Seriously tho, people should pickup in those enterprise nvmes

[devout forum]

not purged ones iirc

[fresh timber]

Did you log them

[median frigate]

Yeah u can

[devout forum]

But yes lads, I did a messup, that is all

[fresh timber]

He can see Purged

[devout forum]

Let it rest

[worn wave]

You gotta be active in the channel to see deleted msgs tho

[median frigate]

It logs everything in chat

[rigid sinew]

i didnt think it was necessary since you stated you would be okay with the consequences. ill remember that for future reference though 🙂

[devout forum]

It's just that it took so long I was almost starting to think it wouldn't happen

[fresh timber]

Hiii nahttttrtt

[nocturne merlin]

whats the dealw ith lstc

[devout forum]

But ye I did say I'm gonna take it on the chin

[median frigate]

Guys vencord gives you free streaming 1440p 60fps too

[devout forum]

I screwed up bigtime, not gonna act like I didn't

[fresh timber]

Uses less ram and has less slop most people don’t need

[median frigate]

Basically nitro for free

[rigid sinew]

sorry i was out of office

[nocturne merlin]

win 10 lstc or win 11

[worn wave]

Yes this is why it's against discord tos

[rigid sinew]

hi - you are also not off the hook

[fresh timber]

I use windows 11 lstc iot

[fresh timber]

Bruh

[nocturne merlin]

alr ill try it out

[median frigate]

Lol

[rigid sinew]

i appreciate you taking accountability

[devout forum]

I mean what would I get from not doing so?

[fresh timber]

I request due process

[median frigate]

Damn bruh jdp got demoted too?

[devout forum]

Like unironically what is there to pretend about?

[fresh timber]

It’s a silly rank idc about

[rigid sinew]

not sure, if youd like to talk more, we can

[fresh timber]

I ate Nutella

Nutella is bar

Chicken nugget dance

[devout forum]

I could make a case about the situation, but ultimately I didn't want to be a prick about it

[median frigate]

Nahtuhlay what rules were violated

[rigid sinew]

im actually on the verge of kicking you. i dont think you realize how to stay out of a conversation instead of egging it on. ive seen you in so many conversations where youre not apart of and you decide to insert yourself and cause havoc .

[devout forum]

At most I was gonna argue that I wasn't instigating the initial argument, but I did partake in it and didn't stop when I should've, so would that actually have changed anything?

[fresh timber]

Ok

[rigid sinew]

i know you werent but you were partaking, i just barely got in and everyone that was in that convo will be demoted.

[devout forum]

like I don't really see a point to making a fight out of it considering it's obvious to everyone that I screwed up

[rigid sinew]

please guys, do not talk about politics or sensitive topics

[median frigate]

Let me guess tall were talking about politics

Ah

[fresh timber]

Are economics and economy politics

I’m negative

[median frigate]

Yeah

[devout forum]

Can I make a joke?

[fresh timber]

No

[devout forum]

in the best of intentions

[rigid sinew]

i get where youre coming from but as a techie, we kind of hope that youre neutral in the chat to KEEP the peace not partake in it

[devout forum]

TBF it was really a thing between two techies at the time

at least the thing I believe I got yeeted for

[median frigate]

@rigid sinew do you get paid to moderate the server - just curious

[rigid sinew]

it shouldve never been that

[rigid sinew]

i work for newegg

[devout forum]

Well ultimately it did end up being that, right?

Just so I understand things correctly

[rigid sinew]

you got yeeted for continuing the convo instead of mitigating the situation

[devout forum]

Yeah makes sense

again

I don't think I am the only one responsible, but I was among them

just for the record

[fresh timber]

Chat who here uses apple pay

[rigid sinew]

i never said you were the only responsible and i dont think you are, i am just going through the list that was shared and the context.

[devout forum]

Yeah fair, I doubt Wegg corporate liked this lmao

[fresh timber]

New egg inc

[rigid sinew]

they dont view the discord like i do

[devout forum]

it was just a really, really messy situation

[rigid sinew]

im all for speaking on your opinions and having healthy debates however when it comes to sensitive topics like politics etc, then i dont want it in this server. theres a time and a place for certain things and this isnt the place.

[median frigate]

Got yeeted 🤣

[fresh timber]

Chicken jockey

[median frigate]

Man this feels like I'm in someone elses hr meeting

💀

[fresh timber]

I put a hidden camera

[median frigate]

Snagged this puppy for 180$

[fresh timber]

That’s very chicken jockey

[median frigate]

Solid deal imo ips 1440p 0.5ms 240hz

27inch

[fresh timber]

I’m rage baiting kids rn

[fresh timber]

WTH

My 1440p 240 cost $300

[lone mango]

Did you leave the server and come back or something

[median frigate]

U got scammed bro

[fresh timber]

I alone am the roleless one

[median frigate]

He's was being naughty naughty

[fresh timber]

I'm in Santas naughty list

[lone mango]

Nah not really

[lone mango]

[fresh timber]

How you find that for so cheap

[median frigate]

Yeah not actually but damn

[median frigate]

Used like new tho

It was 220$ new

[misty sparrow]

Something’s Not Right Here

[median frigate]

Wym

[fresh timber]

It’s time to start with bribery https://discord.gift/6ztGnxeHcWxcV9H3

Get bribed

[paper verge]

my monitor is a 24hz 27"

brfeh

breh

[fresh timber]

Who got it

[paper verge]

a bot 💀

[median frigate]

Not me lol

[misty sparrow]

jdp has no roles and blackhole’s username isn’t dark blue

what’s going on here

[fresh timber]

Lmfaooooo

[misty sparrow]

late April fools prank?

[remote geode]

probably not the best place to ask, but is it better to let my credit card balance go due first or should i pay it early

[fresh timber]

Bribery

[median frigate]

Politics talk

They got demoted

[paper verge]

what kinda question is that

just flee the country

[fresh timber]

I result to bribery gotta pay off people

[median frigate]

They gotta do volunteer time to get there rank back

[rigid sinew]

pay early

[lone mango]

Pay early if you have a high balance

[fresh timber]

Ima open a credit card I’m bored

[median frigate]

Yall ever been late on a payment for a credit card? I was late because of basic training and I couldn't have my phone during it and my credit dropped 70 pts because of it

[remote geode]

I have it at around 15% usage

[fresh timber]

I already did my court mandated 20 hours

[median frigate]

You think if I call my bank they'll add my credit back?

[remote geode]

I see, is there any particular reason why?

[remote geode]

you'll need to earn it back knowing that credit score is a trust based system

[paper verge]

basic training?

what

[remote geode]

but I'm pretth new to credit cards myself

[median frigate]

I was in basic training couldn't pay it they take your phone

[fresh timber]

Did you sort it out

[median frigate]

It's paid now

[paper verge]

i thought in the US they let you call someone here and there

[lone mango]

Its so bad bruh my score goes up one month and goes down and goes up and down

[median frigate]

Someone was telling me I could call my bank and tell them I was in basic and they would give me back my credit

[lone mango]

Soon ima just stop using the card

[fresh timber]

You have to talk in a very.. interesting way

[rigid sinew]

bc you never want to wait until the due date , you should always pay early - whenever you have the money, pay back

[median frigate]

Yeah 1 15 min phone call only for calling

[fresh timber]

I’m bored who wants another nitro drop

[misty sparrow]

me me me

[paper verge]

wym by that

[devout forum]

don't think that's the case

[paper verge]

always wondered when u gotta call your family before the whole thing yall had ppl who had nobody to call? like how does that work out

[devout forum]

methinks this is pretty permanent

[remote geode]

I see, I might just be watching too much financial influencers on YouTube

[devout forum]

but it is what it is

[fresh timber]

Black

Do you want niteo

[remote geode]

speaking of, I should probably disable YouTube Shorts on my phone

[misty sparrow]

and yellow

[devout forum]

u2u

[misty sparrow]

dammit

[fresh timber]

Wot

[median frigate]

They called friends

[devout forum]

Up to You

[remote geode]

I thought this was an uwu for a moment

[paper verge]

dude what kinda dumb person suggests you to pay late

[fresh timber]

I’ll say no then cause you could have said yes

[median frigate]

Basic training was annoying asl tho no phone no pc not even a book

[fresh timber]

You have your brain and fresh haircut

[sinful blade]

https://tenor.com/view/oh-me-saturday-night-live-snl-uso-performance-thats-me-call-my-name-gif-19743416

[devout forum]

it just means that I'm fine with it if you wanna drop it

[median frigate]

We made a deck of cards out of paper

💀

[devout forum]

like I'm not gonna ebeg (cringe)

but I'm not gonna say no to an offer lol

[fresh timber]

I’m telling drill Sarg

[median frigate]

We'd run cards at lightsout when all the drill seargents would leave

[remote geode]

I'm not suggesting to pay late, I mean, just wait for it to go due first and then pay

[median frigate]

Had to hide that in the tiles in the ceiling 💀