general-chat

[arctic lily]

<@&1344085740413521940> <@&525119001324683264>

Optiplex 3040 with i5-6500, silicon power 500gb 2.5 sata3 ssd

Mbr uefi bios stuff

helppppp

[tall pine]

I don't think the I5-6500 supports windows 11.

[royal crow]

Titan what did you do😭

[royal crow]

It does not

[arctic lily]

I installed it on an i7-4790

Using Rufus makes it work on older hardware

[tall pine]

This is outside my area of expertise then.

[arctic lily]

It’s optiplexe’s dumb startup code

[tall pine]

@hoary zodiac this seems like something you might know. He's having problems installing Windows 11 on a I5-6500 using RUFUS.

[arctic lily]

I did that

optiplex doesn’t want to boot by itself and when the installer is at the “gonna restart to apply changes” stage the Optiplex won’t let it start itself and says to press a key that does nothing

I bet if I installed windows on the ssd on a different pc then put it in the optiplex maybe it’ll work

[arctic lily]

trying to install windows on my friends pc

but it not work

he’s just gonna get the rest of the parts to build the whole thing now

[pseudo raven]

and not releasing portal 3

☹️

[tranquil pebble]

going to be hard for them to top Portal 2 lol

[pseudo raven]

to be honest maybe its for the best

yeah i was about to say that exactly lol

rarely is the 2nd game in a series better than the first

and they sure managed that alright

[lone mango]

yeah not legend imo

there should be hl4 by now

[wary fjord]

hury up get mythical

[craggy shoal]

snael

[fresh timber]

Guy

[warm steppe]

Dell should be f2 or f12 for boot menu and you may need to enable USB booting in bios #DellThings

A sanity test would be see if it can install win10

[fresh timber]

i wish ryzen laptops had usb4 at the budget i was at

[somber badge]

@hoary zodiac

Can you help me out in #networks-security-and-home-servers

[topaz crown]

Hello @somber badge! It appears that you're asking for help. Please ask again in the appropriate category so you can get faster help from people specializing in that field. Your question may not be answered here.

[nocturne flicker]

I'll break it

Also while looking for that I just realized I still have a drawer of pc fans

SL6WK is the 3.0 HT model

So yes

$417 msrp

3ghz on 1 core 2 threads at 82watts

[fresh timber]

asad

my wifi card isnt showing

[nocturne flicker]

My Only Fans

Apparently I have a Corsair fan with a grill on it for some reason

I don't know where it came from

It is very heavy

[fresh timber]

maybe you could start a onlyfans

[nocturne flicker]

Hot PC Part pictures coming to an OnlyFans near you

Top tier subs get exclusive access to my damaged 5900x

[wary fjord]

https://archlinux.org/news/linux-firmware-2025061312fe085f-5-upgrade-requires-manual-intervention/

hope u fix it

xD

[pliant berry]

but you do

[sinful blade]

Tomie your videos are doing the thing again

[wary fjord]

not playing?

i dont know

sounds like placebo

[pliant berry]

that scared me

[fresh nova]

Who pinged me

Who needs help

[misty sparrow]

ive never seen tomie talk this much in general before

[pliant berry]

you

[fresh nova]

Dude aren’t you an OG

Tomie used to be popping off

I’m not a true OG tho that’s Forks & Linds

And Theo

I’ve been around a while tho

Long enough to remember old Tomie

[misty sparrow]

I never saw the old Tomie

[wary fjord]

^ true why else tomie here in 5 years.

[fresh timber]

Imagine if Tomie really was ai

[wary fjord]

that so random xD a peice of hanger

on a kitchen table

[tranquil pebble]

input lag is going to be worse with lower fps though lol

[frigid stag]

True

[proud jackal]

https://pbs.twimg.com/media/Gwz5D7aWQAAk2tQ?format=jpg&name=900x900

i hope i can run it

[royal crow]

I doubt it

[rough zinc]

Good times

Back when Theocube was the big meme around here

[misty sparrow]

30gig disk space?

[leaden pewter]

Honestly doing what cod never could dream of doing

[misty sparrow]

Sys requirements look pretty high though just saying

[fresh timber]

..

I have a 9070xt and dont meet the top recommended?

[idle nexus]

I still haven't fixed my 13600K (or tried to at least) & the case on the floor is kinda annoying & in my way. Should I do Z690 Unify-X/7200c34 2x24gb/2x1080ti & 12100F for now? my only other LGA1700 that isn't in use is G7400 & that's even more silly

[fresh timber]

i might disable my E core and see if i get more fps

idk if ill notice it tho

[idle nexus]

then put eCores back on, disable HT, & increase multiplier by 1-2x

do games really use 16 threads? lol

or disable eCores & HT & check

but instead of like 5.6ghz all-core, try like 5.7-5.8ghz

pCores should run higher without HT enabled

see if one of your pCores can run at 6.0ghz+

it might work

[nocturne flicker]

Imagine if Tomie wasn't AI

[idle nexus]

Tomie best AI

Tomie>Co-Pilot

[dense locust]

Why a 9950x3d?

It’s only going to use 8 anyways

Why not a 9800x3d

[idle nexus]

lol nope needs 32 threads for sure

[dense locust]

How would they prevent core parking?

Wouldn’t performance suffer?

[misty sparrow]

3060Ti for recommended requirements is insane

[tranquil pebble]

how so? seems like a sane requirement to me

[misty sparrow]

Obviously this isn't the final system requirements but this game probably won't be good looking enough to necessitate a 3060Ti for recommended

[acoustic palm]

what game

[misty sparrow]

BF6

[acoustic palm]

maybe it has mandatory raytracing kek

[misty sparrow]

mandatory ray tracing would be ballsy tbh

considering its frostbite

[fresh timber]

seems pretty sane to me

thats 2 gens old

[acoustic palm]

2 gens old and the lower end

[fresh timber]

yup

i accept that, just slap some FSR and lower res

[misty sparrow]

considering how bad GPU market is right now it's pretty insane

[acoustic palm]

its not even that bad rn

[misty sparrow]

It kind of is tbh

[fresh timber]

how?

[acoustic palm]

no not rly

[misty sparrow]

Prices are too high for some GPUs

[acoustic palm]

thats... really reasonable

[fresh timber]

littrely only the higher end is bad rn

[acoustic palm]

5080 and 5090 sure

[fresh timber]

a 3060ti and 3700x.. really isnt that hard to obtain

[misty sparrow]

Good thing this isn't the final sys requirements

[acoustic palm]

basically what i used to have

[fresh timber]

4k makes sense, its prob 4k max, and knowing battlefield games.. its going to be insane

[acoustic palm]

wait]

9950x3d recommended for 4k?

[fresh timber]

yeah

[acoustic palm]

cpu matters for 4k???

[fresh timber]

its a intensive game

[acoustic palm]

what

[fresh timber]

yes..

have u playe 2042

its.. insane

like ALOT going on

[acoustic palm]

only on my cousins xbox

[fresh timber]

play on pc

it deserves it

[acoustic palm]

nah

[fresh timber]

3060ti seems very fair for idk 1080p high/medium

[acoustic palm]

it does

[misty sparrow]

I feel like somebody could reasonably get the game working on below min specs

like say, a high-end 1000 series

[fresh timber]

with what? poop graphics?

[acoustic palm]

look at the minimum

[fresh timber]

if aif the game doesnt require raytracing

yeah\

[acoustic palm]

literally a 2060

😭

its optimized

[fresh timber]

people focus too much on the 4k recoemdation that nobody plays at

1080p is still the top res

[acoustic palm]

1440p is catching up though

its super cheap now

[misty sparrow]

Monitor prices are ass though if you want something good

[acoustic palm]

no

[fresh timber]

wot

monitor prices are lower

[acoustic palm]

150$ 1440p 180hz

😭

[fresh timber]

u can get a good ips for cheap

[acoustic palm]

220$ 240hz 1440p

[fresh timber]

quok

u can get one for $180

[misty sparrow]

Specifically OLED monitors are overpriced tbh

[acoustic palm]

wait where

[fresh timber]

its oled, its new

[sinful blade]

Yeah

[misty sparrow]

Sometimes I find OLED monitors priced as much as OLED televisions

[fresh timber]

https://a.co/d/hkFegVv

my friend gott this

fire

[acoustic palm]

oh prime

wait

[misty sparrow]

I mean like

This is okay for a budget thing

[fresh timber]

.-.

1440p 240hz budget?

[misty sparrow]

Yeah I've seen 1440p high refresh rates for budget prices

[dusk knot]

OLED

😏

[misty sparrow]

refresh rate ain't anything special, it's really the panel and size

[fresh timber]

.

[misty sparrow]

Imagine spending $188 for a 24" monitor

[fresh timber]

i think refreshrate ist he most important part of a display

[misty sparrow]

What a sham

[fresh timber]

?????

WHAT

1440p 24" has insane PPI, what ru talking about

[misty sparrow]

I ain't gettin 1440p to waste it on 24"

27" is the way to go

[fresh timber]

its going to look worst

btw

24" has 122PPI

people are buying 24" because they either prefer that size, want the PPI, or cant fit bigger

[dusk knot]

240hz on OLED tho

[misty sparrow]

OLED is so laughably bad right now

I think in like five years it's viable

[fresh timber]

u can get oled for agood price

[misty sparrow]

The price is one thing

Way too overpriced

[dusk knot]

https://tenor.com/view/brian-omnistorm-stare-brian-stare-edit-brian-anime-brian-omnistorm-gif-748324670000770369

@misty sparrow

[fresh timber]

overpriced

its a new technology, thats why

[misty sparrow]

A technology that has been around for at least one decade

[dusk knot]

It's old

[fresh timber]

and how long has IPS been around

and how long did it take for 1440p 240hz to get cheap

[misty sparrow]

You'd think it'd be like a CRT situation where the new tech phases out the old tech

[fresh timber]

its going to be a while

[misty sparrow]

OLED still ain't there yet

[fresh timber]

idea, just dont buy oled

[misty sparrow]

which is surprising considering it's been out for a while

[upper rain]

LCDs were cheaper to make than CRTs, OLEDs are more expensive to make than LCDs

[misty sparrow]

I guess we'll have to wait until they're cheaper to make than LCDs

[dusk knot]

The current manufacturing process is still costly compared to IPS. ultimately, technology is the limit till someone figures out a way to make them cheaper.

[fresh timber]

im goin mini led befero i go oled

[dusk knot]

Smh

[fresh timber]

if i abondon platform upgrade idea id buy a new monitor..

i wodner if my gpu can even run three high refreshrate displays

[dusk knot]

Your eyes here meant for greater things

😔

[fresh timber]

i might do this

[dusk knot]

Hm

Very nice

[wary fjord]

nope

[misty sparrow]

Honestly blame store showrooms for being wildly inaccurate, so consumers who aren't rich can't get an accurate depiction of what it's like in person before they buy something

[dusk knot]

[misty sparrow]

Every TV/monitor looks mostly the same

in the store showroom

[wary fjord]

the pc get a table

xD

[fresh timber]

real

[wary fjord]

vacume

haha

[dusk knot]

True

[fresh timber]

or i can stay dual monitor and get rid of my 1080p 165hz

its 27" so it looks poo

id honestly prob just give it to my gf

[tranquil pebble]

I feel like we are getting to a point where calling a game AAA is an insult

[fresh timber]

AAA

[misty sparrow]

We should really go with FFF

usually flops and failures now

[fresh timber]

yummy

[tranquil pebble]

least its not VA

[fresh timber]

ill put it on my list\

[misty sparrow]

MS Teams running by default on a fresh windows install 💀

one of the things I disable first

[fresh timber]

i need to install school programs on my computrs

[royal crow]

I feel ya

[fresh timber]

mhhh

oo porple

[dusk knot]

She's right....she's right

Why was she the villain again???

[misty sparrow]

I don't know what anime she's from but she got them crazy eyes

[fresh timber]

what els

[sinful blade]

Ram for me thanks

[fresh timber]

i unironcily have ram for u

[sinful blade]

Wait fr

[tranquil pebble]

can someone recommend an nvme enclosure? last one I bought freezes Windows and causes games to crash

[atomic current]

when using it to play games off of an ssd inside it?

[tranquil pebble]

yes

[atomic current]

I don't think I've used mine for that purpose but I have the little clear orico one with a heatsink on the top

TCM2-C3

[fresh timber]

something is wrong

[tranquil pebble]

the problem with my current enclosure is that it randomly stops responding until it gets replugged

[fresh timber]

buy new one

[atomic current]

good enough so far, I need to install my ssd in my desktop and return the original ssd that was installed in my laptop as a second drive

[fresh timber]

put nvme into pc

[tranquil pebble]

yeah maybe I should stop being lazy and put that NVMe in the PC lol

[atomic current]

me af

I need to clone my c drive

I'm not there at the moment anyway so I'm putting it off still

[fresh timber]

TREMBLE BEFORE BAST

[primal kettle]

Zen 6 and UDNA leaks are crazy

[fresh timber]

send

ill make u tremble before bast

[primal kettle]

what

[fresh timber]

i feel sic

[nocturne flicker]

Uncontrollable trembling and a general feeling of unwellness. I diagnose you with a terminal case of the common cold, you have 10 days to live, that'll be $10,000.

[elfin mural]

and if you die

the debt gets passed down to your family

[acoustic palm]

@fresh timber remember the switch 2 guy

the hella insecure one

[fresh timber]

who

what

ohh that one

[acoustic palm]

yea hes back

spent 1300$ on a 4k OLED monitor

💀

not even a good one

literally just 27” 240hz

[fresh timber]

i mean

27 inch 240hz is good tho

[lone mango]

not worth 1300 though

there are some good oleds in the $500 range

[fresh timber]

depends to be fair

[lone mango]

oh 4k

[fresh timber]

ur not getting 4k 240 at $500

[lone mango]

yea nvm

[nocturne flicker]

8k wen

[fresh timber]

let alone its prob QD oled

depending on the model it makes sense

[acoustic palm]

its an 800$ monitor

not 1300

lmao

[acoustic palm]

except its 500$ more than the same specs

[fresh timber]

depends on the monitor

some have higher color accurance and what not

[novel ferry]

3080 for $270, should i go?

[fresh timber]

nah, let me buy it first

[misty sparrow]

don't you have a bunch of other GPUs

you gotta like, combine em all

make the ultimate GPU

[acoustic palm]

only difference is dp2.1

[fresh timber]

Important to some

[novel ferry]

digital is 1 to 1, no such things as DP give you better color than HDMI

can't relate since i use all 3 DPs on my GPU

[novel ferry]

a friend offer me the same price as the shop calculated for trade-in, i tell him you rather give me it at that price than bring it to the shop

[acoustic palm]

vex

guess what gets here today

[fresh timber]

vertical mount

[acoustic palm]

yessir

[fresh timber]

now u need strimmers

[acoustic palm]

huh

no

I am broke

and im saving money

[lone mango]

oh boy i love snooping around in the efi partition

[acoustic palm]

cloud ik how to do that even better

its a really cool trick

[lone mango]

[acoustic palm]

wanna hear it

[fresh timber]

quok needs a gen5 one

[acoustic palm]

for what

[fresh timber]

ur gpu

duh

[acoustic palm]

I aint got a gen5 board

[fresh timber]

u got gen5 gpu

L

l

l

poor

[acoustic palm]

says the intel user

[lone mango]

fr

[acoustic palm]

hows the power usage

[lone mango]

im also on 4

[fresh timber]

im on gen5

👅

[acoustic palm]

delete system 32 it makes your pc run faster and makes everything easier

[fresh timber]

quok

[acoustic palm]

cpu bottlenecked ❤️

[lone mango]

only gen 5 is the cpu m.2

[fresh timber]

delete fortnite

[acoustic palm]

ive never had it

[lone mango]

fr

[acoustic palm]

never played it

never will

[fresh timber]

delete shitpex legends

[acoustic palm]

why

its fun

[fresh timber]

im sorry margret

@acoustic palm dont make me buy a 9950x3d

[acoustic palm]

do it

or youre broke

and a loser

[fresh timber]

after school

ill buy something

ima wait for next gen

for am5 atleast

eveything els? idc

[acoustic palm]

https://pcpartpicker.com/list/sFT66Q

do it

[fresh timber]

ill think about amd next gen silly quok

[acoustic palm]

Ryzen 9 AI Pro 11955x4d

[fresh timber]

Quok Ai max

[lone mango]

amd 9 ai x 495 3d

gork is this real

@upper rain

[wary fjord]

Heart rate gonna brrr

[chrome mirage]

I helped fix my friend's PS5s internet issues by informing him about how overused the 2.4GHz signal is and having him switch to 5GHz.

[elfin mural]

im in a small dilemma

ryzen ai 7 350 or ryzen 9 4980hx

zen5/5c 8c/16t vs zen 4 16c/32t

[fresh timber]

ryzen ai 7

@elfin mural 5980hx is slower than ai 7 btw in single and multicore

[sinful blade]

Finally updated my pcpp list

https://pcpartpicker.com/list/Hztcsp

[fresh timber]

you got a nice gpu for me

ty father amd user

[sinful blade]

[chrome mirage]

I'm still on Zen 3

[fresh timber]

AWSOME

[elfin mural]

it's cheaper to go zen 4 in this case

hm

[fresh timber]

https://www.cpubenchmark.net/compare/6397vs4602/AMD-Ryzen-AI-7-350-vs-AMD-Ryzen-9-5980HX

@elfin mural

ai 7 is faster

[elfin mural]

5980hx is zen 3

[fresh timber]

lmfao

ipc improvments go brrrr

[elfin mural]

im talking about 8940hx

[fresh timber]

o

https://www.cpubenchmark.net/compare/6397vs6674/AMD-Ryzen-AI-7-350-vs-AMD-Ryzen-9-8940HX

idk the diffrence

do u want better igpu

[elfin mural]

i don't need the igpu

i game on the dgpu all the time

[fresh timber]

do u need power efficency

or are u purply a plugged in gamer

[elfin mural]

nop

[chrome mirage]

I'm using a 5800X3D because I wanted to stick with AM4 to get more value out of my old motherboard.

[elfin mural]

im ok with zen 3+ efficiency

[fresh timber]

value

[elfin mural]

i only game plugged in

[fresh timber]

who needs efficency lol

[elfin mural]

can't tolerate 30 fps lmao

[fresh timber]

lmfao

[elfin mural]

zen 4 would give me similar run times on battery in cases i do need

[fresh timber]

ima go home soon and sell the pc, the second it sells im ordering an egpu and cheapest psu for it

[elfin mural]

for example, power outages

[fresh timber]

have you tried a UPS

a decent one could be very useful

[elfin mural]

not worth my time and money

when there's a backup called the battery

[fresh timber]

kek

[elfin mural]

i can cope with no gaming for a bit

[fresh timber]

hear me out

your family could have hope

power dies everyone still has some power

oo i could fly over and install solar for u

[chrome mirage]

My 7900XTX will drain my UPS in 3 minutes

[fresh timber]

i need multiply upses

i want one for my nas, one for my desktop and monitor, one for router.. another for my switch

[chrome mirage]

The factory OC on my GPU pulls 420W and can spike higher than that.

[nocturne flicker]

It was always the Statue of Mittens, wdym? Did you never hear of the passage inscribed at her paws? Give me your squeaky mice, your catnip, your feathers on a stick yearning to be played with?

[upper rain]

big if true

[fresh timber]

Go to bed

[atomic current]

https://tenor.com/view/morgon-freeman-true-bugburger2-true-fact-checked-by-patriots-wholesome-reddit-gif-13662132864673041294

[dense locust]

But what if you want to play 2 games at the same time without hurting gpu performance?

Which will totally happen

[fresh timber]

Goin

[upper rain]

dawg i had just woken up for work

[fresh timber]

quit

[velvet summit]

Kill

[fresh timber]

kiss marry kill

[fresh timber]

@wary fjord can you please leave room for some of us to catch up

[random osprey]

tomie did. tomie didnt speak in chat for like 3 months

[fresh timber]

and who decided that

https://tenor.com/view/escanor-seven-deadly-sins-anime-sun-sin-of-pride-gif-17314284

[random osprey]

bro what. killing floor 3 has a vote to kick but you can kick players that just joined. i joined a random lobby mid game at wave 5/6 and got kicked off because a player said i was "afk"

why is that an option for that late in the game

[upper rain]

vex, vex, vex

[fresh timber]

bk

FG

LORD FRAME

[upper rain]

burger king? frame gen? idk what this zoomer brainrot means

[fresh timber]

I HATE GOTHER

GOTHER

FRICK GOTHER

[upper rain]

i hate gooners

[fresh timber]

i hate that doll

https://www.netflix.com/watch/80201136?trackId=14170286&tctx=1%2C0%2Cbee7d740-521d-4a61-89ad-22e6f65a8d30-290469440%2CNES_82788471BB0C9E5BA7969BD67300D0-994911DC4F528C-E4562164C1_p_1753698660997%2CNES_82788471BB0C9E5BA7969BD67300D0_p_1753698660997%2C%2C%2C%2C%2CVideo%3A80050063%2CminiDpPlayButton

[paper verge]

why meeee

[fresh timber]

]

[royal crow]

Chat ill be in Arkansas for a week so cya

[fresh timber]

becarful, caseoh causes earth quakes

[idle nexus]

ah yes... the dark times. I'm glad those days are over

[idle nexus]

just check out the most popular games on Roblox rn. I have an 8-year-old and I can tell you from experience, it's horrible out there lol

just hearing the audio from these two games this summer has probably cost me 10-20 IQ points

[fresh timber]

I love being an adult

Adult decisions

[royal crow]

My cousins have all three of these. I went on a 12-hour car ride with them in july

[royal crow]

^

[dusk knot]

You should probably make your son stop playing Roblox for his own mental health 🤔

[craggy shoal]

"This website has better compatibility when using Chrome" okay so your website is ass then? Got it

Hate websites like this

[fresh timber]

then i trick it until thinking im on chrome and it works fine

[craggy shoal]

Which extension do you use for that?

I know how you're doing that but I forgot what the extension is called

Like "Browser Agent Switcher" or something

[fresh timber]

excatly that

[craggy shoal]

"I foRGoT whAt THE ExtENSIoN IS CaLleD"

yerr

[cedar compass]

[craggy shoal]

Crazy how much more brain rot I get on Instagram than TikTok

[random osprey]

instagram comment section is quite something

[craggy shoal]

Instagram in general is quite something

Instagram is either brain rot, racism brain rot (there's too much of this tbh), relationship memes, or cat videos

Plus I always see repeats

And there's also those "[insert meme]_daily" accounts. No sponsors or anything most of the time. So there's no monetary gain. So why do I have to see this multiple times? lol

[fresh timber]

HELP

TWO JONAHS

AHHHHHHHHHHH

[frigid stag]

It happened when the new gen mfs joined up

[fresh timber]

goose

goose

do i slepe

[frigid stag]

U haven’t yet??

[craggy shoal]

bro it's like 9am 💀

[random osprey]

if you sleep now, that means you cant work or play games right now

[fresh timber]

No

[idle nexus]

fr

[idle nexus]

it's rough fr

[royal crow]

Yea

[idle nexus]

I avoid both of these issues by having neither lol

[royal crow]

Kinda feel like collateral damage atp

[royal crow]

Heck yeah

[craggy shoal]

I do my micro learning on TikTok. It's the reason why I have too many hobbies now

[idle nexus]

Manifest V3 borking. Edge isn't that bad I promise. Use Bing & get microsoft boints. iirc 6500 gets you PC GamePass for the month

[craggy shoal]

No thanks I don't like built-in spyware

[royal crow]

Uh

[idle nexus]

lol so you use a google product?

[craggy shoal]

I also need to switch from Firefox to Waterfox for privacy purposes lol

Yeah I need to use SearXNG instead of Google too

[royal crow]

Nah tor

[idle nexus]

oh okay Firefox ya

tbh I'm not sure exactly how much spying Edge does at this point

I still use uBlock

plus Canvasblocker thing for whatever fingerprinting is

(I kinda know but don't ask me to explain it lmao)

[royal crow]

I can guess

[rancid juniper]

Crazed modder discovers RTX 5050 is actually faster than a 1080 Ti — ends up overclocking Nvidia's plucky budget card to 3300MHz, swipes top six scores in 3DMark Time Spy with 28% clock speed increase | Tom's Hardware https://share.google/nMNyZRvSIOGPKw5me

[craggy shoal]

My general rule: If they try their hardest to get you to use it, and if it can connect to a 3rd-party (3rd-party being anybody besides you), it's best not to use it

Example of this: Edge

[idle nexus]

plus edit your "hosts" file + debloat kills most Microsoft telemetry crap

[royal crow]

Another example:chrome

[craggy shoal]

You just reminded me to do that on this new mini PC I got. Thanks for the reminder

[idle nexus]

I dunno. I have an android phone & kinda hate it

also manually set DNS & disable ipv6

not sure ipv6 matters at all but DNS for sure

[rancid juniper]

One thing to note is that adding tons of domains to the hosts file can increase computer resource use

[idle nexus]

94.140.14.14/94.140.15.15 for adguard DNS

[rancid juniper]

I just use 1.1.1.1

And ublock

With firefox

[idle nexus]

does that block ads & crap? I dunno tbh

[craggy shoal]

I self host my DNS blocking lol

[rancid juniper]

No but it aims to be secure and block you from malware iirc

[idle nexus]

why not ust adguard DNS then?

[idle nexus]

I had pihole set up then I moved & haven't gone thru the mission again

[rancid juniper]

[rancid juniper]

Guess I didn't need to lol

[craggy shoal]

I need to switch to Adguard. I've heard it's better than Pi Hole

[rancid juniper]

I once tried to mod a router and it got bricked, never again

Unless...

[idle nexus]

adguard has like a background program you can run but I don't want extra crap

I've been meaning to do the mission of figuring out how to block twitch ads

[craggy shoal]

Use Tailscale instead. Then your parents won't get upset when your router is bricked lol

[idle nexus]

but I only use it like once a week for Thermaltake Live

[rancid juniper]

Noted

[idle nexus]

which I've been watching on YT lately anyway cuz Twitch is ass

[royal crow]

How does a gpu from 2016 do better than one from 2025....

[craggy shoal]

Warning: Tailscale might send you down a self hosting rabbit hole

[royal crow]

Nvidia got some 'splainin to do

[frigid stag]

By low to mid range hardware plateau’ing mostly and pcie 3

[rancid juniper]

Turning a Google user into a paranoid goober sounds fun

[craggy shoal]

lmao

[elfin mural]

5050 is like a bit below 4060 isn't it?

that shouldn't be 1080 perf

unless you intentionally run em at gen 3 or smth

[rancid juniper]

Yea and that gives me buyer validation that I'm not stupid in buying the 4060

[frigid stag]

You’d be surprised how low the 4060 is

[royal crow]

Wait they still on pcie 3

[elfin mural]

i understand the gen 3 sentiment, but gen 3 hardware is like.. fairly old now

[royal crow]

The heck

[frigid stag]

Not really it’s just zen 2

[rancid juniper]

5050 on gen 3?

[frigid stag]

Or any older motherboard

I think 4 would be almost the same

[elfin mural]

if it had 16 lanes it'd fared better, but ah well

[frigid stag]

It’s like the 6500xt

[elfin mural]

low end gpu cutting corners as usual

[frigid stag]

“Decent” on pcie 4, gets destroyed in pcie 3 by 2013/14 gpus

[elfin mural]

you do miss out on using dlss though

that's a nice feature, but not one to justify the 5050

[craggy shoal]

I need to dump my Tapo camera and replace it with an ESP-powered system instead (for my P1S)

[elfin mural]

used 30 series is a better value

[frigid stag]

I’ve had a 20 series card haven’t used it once

Most I’ve used is dlsdr

Upscaling from a lower resolution reminds me of when I had to lower render scale cause my pc couldn’t run it well enough

[elfin mural]

i deploy dlss all the time- granted i have a 4050 laptop

[frigid stag]

Idk how they convinced high end buyers that upscaling is better

[icy ore]

[elfin mural]

tbh in some cases it can be better than native- DLAA that is

but that's AA

not upscaling

[frigid stag]

Yea

[rancid juniper]

Did you overclock?

[elfin mural]

also it just maddens me when frame gen is advertised for high-end buyers

[craggy shoal]

I blame game devs

[frigid stag]

It’s like people will meme on Reddit “1080p is oBsOlEte” while using an even lower render resolution

[elfin mural]

i blame the greedy businessmen running the game companies

[frigid stag]

I think it’s also a skill diff in optimizing

[elfin mural]

optimizing does require years of knowledge and research

as well as experience

[frigid stag]

The most competent programmers don’t go into game dev

[elfin mural]

there's way too many head spinning things that goes into graphics

let alone shading

[frigid stag]

They get into higher paying jobs

[rancid juniper]

Honestly some of these OEMs would restrict power on some of these mobile gpus and they are not listed as Max-Q or whatever it is. For example:

Rtx 4060 (unlocked): 140w
Rtx 4060 (normal): 110w
Rtx 4060 (crap): 75w
Rtx 4060 (crappier): 45w

The performance between 140w and 110w is near identical.

Worst part is, you can't change power targets depending on your vendor's laptop

[elfin mural]

my 4050 is 140w

though it doesn't need more than 100 lmao

[rancid juniper]

Bro got 4050 deluxe

Fully paid unlocked

People who bought a 45w 4060 I feel sorry for

That sucks and they probably don't know it

[elfin mural]

most laptop buyers don't even know that stuff

so ye

[idle nexus]

Rtx 4060 : crap
Rtx 4060 : crap
Rtx 4060 : crap
Rtx 4060 : crap

[rancid juniper]

Me when I ended up with a laptop with 66% sRGB color and no USB 4 because I only looked at CPU/GPU/Ram

[rancid juniper]

So true

[elfin mural]

i was shook when i saw gigabyte a16 with 5070 for so cheap

but then i scroll down..

45% ntsc display

[idle nexus]

I still haven't gotten over how my in-law's wife ordered an NZedXT pre-built with a 3050

[elfin mural]

that means it's like around 66% srgb

[rancid juniper]

Lmfao yes

[elfin mural]

they never mention srgb values when the display is trash

[rancid juniper]

Yikes

[elfin mural]

it's a deceiving tactic

[idle nexus]

like laptop 4050 or 3050 makes sense. Desktop 3050 shouldn't exist

wait didn't I hear...

https://www.digitaltrends.com/computing/the-rtx-3050-makes-a-comeback-because-nvidia-knows-youll-still-buy-one/

RTX3050A coming soon lmao

[rancid juniper]

Honestly the fact that the mobile rtx 4060 is identical to desktop makes me a bit relieved

[idle nexus]

RTX3050 is trying to be AM4 now ig

[rancid juniper]

Still an ass GPU tho

Rtx 4070 mobile makes the least sense

[idle nexus]

my laptop has a 1660ti & tbh I don't even know how much VRAM

it's bottlenecked by the fact that it's incapable of cooling itself

[elfin mural]

3050A for 3050 Ass

[rancid juniper]

Hopefully 6gb

[idle nexus]

lol there are 4 3050 variants before 3050Ass comes out wow

bro why not just make it RTX5040 or something instead of mixing architectures under the same RTX3050 name??

or RTX5030 like that 1030 thing they had before

[idle nexus]

I noticed when Nintendo Switch 2's hardware config was leaked (or maybe announced I don't remember) that it seemed pretty similar to 1660ti

[rancid juniper]

Finally it took them 8 years to catch up to your surface laptop

[elfin mural]

i need to see 85w 5070 laptop vs 115w 5070 laptop comparison

cuz gigabyte has the cheapest and seemingly good 5070 laptop

screen is 1600p but i can't choose xd

[idle nexus]

lol which was basically DOA when it was new unless you live in Alaska

[elfin mural]

aero x16 with ryzen ai 7 350

[rancid juniper]

Ryzen 350 ngl is weak for the price

[elfin mural]

it's zen 5

very fast lol

[rancid juniper]

I'm a bit jelly that's all

[elfin mural]

but still loses out to zen 4 8940hx, the 16 cores behemoth

[idle nexus]

1660ti max-q really impressive. I mean look how it keeps up with that 2013 release HD7990

[elfin mural]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=de2hDaZqfKI&t=53s

[rancid juniper]

Not bad

[elfin mural]

this is like a budget zephyrus

without the liquid metal to wreck everything

[rancid juniper]

With 100% sRGB?

Lol

[elfin mural]

no, even better

100% dci p3

[rancid juniper]

😲

[idle nexus]

6 years later that's not bad? maybe my expectations are unrealistic then lol

[elfin mural]

wait i mistook it for smth else

it's just 100% srgb

usual hallmark of "it's good"

[idle nexus]

tbh I think that like strix halo is gonna change the game

[rancid juniper]

I mean for something constrained tightly on a thin chassis it's kinda impressive

[idle nexus]

dGPUs in laptops won't really make sense

[rancid juniper]

[elfin mural]

i don't like strix halo all because i can't afford it

32gb lpddr5x is expensive

alongside the best igpu

[idle nexus]

iirc you can get like 128gb or something

[elfin mural]

..comes with the ryzen 9 fee

[rancid juniper]

Honestly how do I make my laptop display better? Should I return?

[idle nexus]

let me find the techpowerup thing I think i read

was half asleep tho ngl

[rancid juniper]

I mean I'm fine with it

[elfin mural]

you can upgrade it by buying another, better panel

and upgrading it yourself

[atomic current]

Phenom

[rancid juniper]

😳

[idle nexus]

return it if you're not happy. I don't think you can like swap the panel out to a higher resolution/refresh rate. & even if you could, it'd be major surgery

[acoustic palm]

7900x is cheap

[idle nexus]

oh you can?

[rancid juniper]

Laptopunk

[elfin mural]

all legions this year comes equipped with oled

even the 5050 variant

idk how to feel about that

[rancid juniper]

Has got to be dummy expensive

[elfin mural]

it's impressive, sure, but it's glossy

not really- it's one of the cheaper options

cheaper than zephyrus lmao

[idle nexus]

if it's actually screwed together maybe it wouldn't be thaaat bad. Just be careful those heckin tiny ribbon things are delicate flowers

[elfin mural]

the oled panel is actually made by lenovo

[acoustic palm]

tf

5050 oled??

[elfin mural]

i looked into it, made by its subsidiary

[acoustic palm]

huh

[rancid juniper]

Me remember

[elfin mural]

lcfc hefei

[elfin mural]

yeah, comes standard with oled panel

the poor 5050 paired with 1600p display lmao

[idle nexus]

bro up to 128gb of LPDDR5x 8000 memory https://www.techpowerup.com/339283/amd-strix-halo-makes-handheld-debut-in-gpd-win-max-5-teaser-boasts-impressive-fps

[elfin mural]

it's marketed for ai after all

promises the ability to run ai on the go

i like how lenovo has a parts lookup system

[idle nexus]

lol glad you said that cuz otherwise I'd still be here thinking, "who the heck needs 128gb of memory in a gaming handheld?"

[elfin mural]

but i doubt gpd would sell a 128gb ram variant

at most i'd expect 32gb

wait- they offer 128??

[idle nexus]

ya that's what the article claims

32, 64, & 128gb options

of 8000mt/s lol

[elfin mural]

that's gonna be a dummy expensive handheld lol

some mad man's gonna run ai off it and flex about it

[idle nexus]

imagine you get the 128gb version with 1tb NVMe

like wait...

[elfin mural]

lenovo is drawing me in with oled

but i despise glossy

yuck

[idle nexus]

with 128gb of RAM, why not just trick windows into thinking there's like a 96gb storage partition & install game there

sure it wouldn't survive a restart but

[elfin mural]

but oled has a funny benefit

it saves a ton of weight on a laptop

[idle nexus]

would probably be fast as heck in the meantime lol

[elfin mural]

1.9kg 15.1" laptop..

that's impressive

also yeah lol, it'll be fast as hell for temp storage

loading windows in like 5 seconds

[idle nexus]

RAMdisk is a thing but lol

imagine you have 1tb NVMe

but 128gb of memory

hibernate enabled

there goes like 10-20% of your drive

[elfin mural]

just don't forget to keep it on

or you can say goodbye to your windows

[tranquil pebble]

already did that on my laptop minus the flexing. Its not hard lol

[idle nexus]

well... at least you won't need a paging file lol

[elfin mural]

yeah it's nothing special

[tranquil pebble]

my phone can too

[idle nexus]

I remember putting my crappy laptop on one of those aluminum riser/support things then setting up a 120x38mm Delta under it to mine crypto lol

[tranquil pebble]

tbf Microsoft recommends turning that off if you have > 64 GB RAM

[idle nexus]

iirc it couldn't mine eth cuz not enough vram tho

[elfin mural]

that gpd handheld has a wired mode too

[idle nexus]

I usually lock pages in memory if I have 32gb+

[elfin mural]

what's the point of a handheld if you only run it tethered to the wall

lmao

[idle nexus]

muh latencies

[tranquil pebble]

I should do that with my 96 GB AM5 build lol

48 GB Intel laptop too maybe

[idle nexus]

reminds me of my first handheld that wasn't a GameBoy (damn I'm old):

[elfin mural]

huh

sega made a handheld too?

[idle nexus]

ya but in like 1997 or something lmao

[tranquil pebble]

I have a SNES thing like this

[idle nexus]

It's a Sega Genesis Nomad

[elfin mural]

historic piece of tech

[tranquil pebble]

unofficial but still

[tranquil pebble]

so sega made their own handheld genesis? that is cool

[idle nexus]

you could connect a second controller on the bottom & connect to a TV using what's probably the worst video connection ever made: S-Video

[elfin mural]

..i'd like to make a pun about that

oh wait i can now

[idle nexus]

from 1995-99 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Genesis_Nomad

[elfin mural]

the poo word is allowed

feels so unfamiliar to be allowed to say certain words lmao

[idle nexus]

I still haven't gotten used to that ngl

[tranquil pebble]

Commodore 64 or Apple IIe. Which should I go for lol?

[elfin mural]

speaking of commodore

the company is back

back to making vintage stuff

[tranquil pebble]

C64 having BASIC right there in your face is nice ngl

[rancid juniper]

Doesn't even tell me sRGB %

[idle nexus]

you can do it in local security policy or advanced system settings pretty quickly. Local security policy is probably easier so you don't have to set all the paging files on each drive to 0mb iirc

[elfin mural]

virtually all oled phones can cover the full srgb range

[rancid juniper]

😳

[elfin mural]

they can't be crap after all otherwise it can't be a premium feature

[rancid juniper]

OLED lite

[idle nexus]

you can have Mavis Beacon teach you typing or figure out where in the world Carmen Sandiego is at

[elfin mural]

actually- 100% dci-p3 is basically

universal on high end phones

since 2020

funny enough

[idle nexus]

you know there's 3dmark mobile right? lol

and CPU-Z

[tranquil pebble]

the colors on my phone are so good its actually insane

[elfin mural]

phone screens are seriously good

you don't even have to think about it

[rancid juniper]

Bro got hdr premium

[tranquil pebble]

GTG time feels in the sub milliseconds but ig OLED moment

[idle nexus]

Geekbench has mobile versions too

[elfin mural]

in 2008 hp sold a monitor with 97% dci-p3 coverage

i'd imagine it was so expensive back then

[tranquil pebble]

my monitor is 99.9% DCI P3 or something like that

[idle nexus]

this is the phone I had before this one but probably my dumbest hwbot sub https://hwbot.org/benchmarks/cpu_frequency/submissions/5100543

[tranquil pebble]

that would probably have been like a $3000 monitor minimum

[elfin mural]

and yes

it indeed cost that much

[rancid juniper]

Wide color gamut so it must be good (cope)

[idle nexus]

what are you using to view this? AIDA64?

[elfin mural]

device info hw

[idle nexus]

AIDA64 free on mobile

[elfin mural]

i have exynos

[rancid juniper]

Hotnos

[elfin mural]

it's good- until you start using data

reception is terrible

and the phone becomes a hand warmer

as well as batt drain

and yet i still want a pixel 8

[rancid juniper]

https://tenor.com/view/note7-newgenerationweapon-gif-6184978

[elfin mural]

i want a fun smaller phone, not a very practical one

[idle nexus]

Qualcomm has been doing what Intel started doing with like pCores, eCores, & low power cores or something

[tranquil pebble]

SD 8 Gen 2 here

[idle nexus]

run 3dmark on mobile

[nocturne flicker]

That is normal for the S22. Inefficiency go brrrr

[tranquil pebble]

mine has an "extreme" core too

[tranquil pebble]

Mali GPU... Linux seems to love those

[elfin mural]

ya

[idle nexus]

3dmark for mobile actually forced me to respect iphones

[elfin mural]

non qualcomm moment

[rancid juniper]

PowerVr existing

[idle nexus]

iphones mop the floor with Androids on 3dmark

[elfin mural]

everyone else uses mali

power vr is.. barely used

[tranquil pebble]

Orange Pi uses mali too, least mine does

[icy ore]

Too powerful

[elfin mural]

it's only featured in certain mediatek chipsets

[idle nexus]

lol slingshot is pretty easy on modern stuff iirc

[elfin mural]

mostly low-end market

[rancid juniper]

I need me some new snapdragon, the 695 showing it's age

[elfin mural]

also- seriously, should i go glossy oled instead of matte ips

[idle nexus]

oh I'm thinking of Cloud Gate

I don't even know if I've run Sling Shot before

[elfin mural]

plastic glossy

[rancid juniper]

Cardboard display

[elfin mural]

god forbid i clean it without scratching it

[rancid juniper]

apex mobile was a thing

[elfin mural]

yeah- and so was warzone mobile

both got shut down

[rancid juniper]

[elfin mural]

too heavy to run on mobile

most phone owners don't have expensive stuff

like all they have mostly is snapdragon 680

helio g85

[rancid juniper]

Gacha games be like:

[elfin mural]

trash tier socs

my twin brother owns a vivo phone with sd 680

it's.. borderline usable, but not much gaming power lol

[rancid juniper]

Mediatek Helio g85 is that one SoC I truly despised

[elfin mural]

nah, kirin 710/710A

thing can't even run tiktok app

[rancid juniper]

LG Stylo 6 + that soc = phone from hell

It was all ASS

[nocturne flicker]

I got asked if I liked Raspberry Pi when they were still really niche. I said I preferred blueberry pie.

[elfin mural]

im considering importing a US version s24

probably a good idea

[craggy shoal]

Wait we have something good?

[elfin mural]

the worldwide market s24 sucks

it uses exynos

and you can tell how bad it is by just the name alone

[nocturne flicker]

So the fact that there is more fruit pie named devices is deeply concerning

[acoustic palm]

😭

[idle nexus]

heck. My S23 Ultra is only getting like 24fps on 3dmark Solar Bay rn

dipping to 16fps rn ouch

gross it's like a powerpoint

[rancid juniper]

@elfin mural just realized that the Stylo 6 I own doesn't have g85 but p35 equipped

[elfin mural]

o o f

[rancid juniper]

Games ran like poop

And was dummy inefficient

Phone gets hot n such

Glad I got away from it

[idle nexus]

Meh

[rancid juniper]

Phone undervolting should've been an option

Phone overclocking will turn it into a grenade

[idle nexus]

ya so should laptop undervolting but our overlords know better than us cuz pLuNdeRvoLTZ

[rancid juniper]

😡

I get angry every time I think about it

[idle nexus]

oh believe me so do I

[rancid juniper]

If undervolting was required for all mobile devices your surface laptop wouldn't be a cooktop anymore

[elfin mural]

hp's first ever dci-p3 covering display at an angle

[idle nexus]

trust me I know lmao

[elfin mural]

it's tn

of course

[idle nexus]

I've been on multiple crusades trying to make throttlestop work

[rancid juniper]

Looks good

[idle nexus]

v nice

[elfin mural]

wait, ips in 2008?

damn

very high end at its tme

[rancid juniper]

Flatscreens were slowly on the rise at the time I think

[elfin mural]

ya

but 2008 was still the age of CCFL monitors

[rancid juniper]

Can't believe I'm the generation seeing old technology phase out in real time

[elfin mural]

the terrible edge-lit stuff that used to die all the time

[rigid sinew]

good morning

say bye to my server boosts

i am brokie now

[idle nexus]

mine left awhile ago if it makes you feel any better

[paper verge]

i never boosted

if it makes everyone feel any better

[rigid sinew]

yes it makes me feel better

i kept two server boosts

but the rest were $5 each and i have 6 lmfao

[elfin mural]

this server has a ton of boosters anyway

[idle nexus]

tell Newegg to pay for them since they shed like 99.9% of the costs of their customer service department while simultaneously shielding themselves from any liability since no one helping is technically affiliated with Newegg lol

[royal crow]

Pov: stuffs boutta get real

[paper verge]

chat boutta die

[nocturne flicker]

Never know when you'll need one

[rigid sinew]

WHY DO I NEED TO ENTER A USB TO GET A PASSKEY WTH

[paper verge]

so that other ppl without the usb dont get the passkey

bruh

[rigid sinew]

dont make me fight you this early inthe morning

[nocturne flicker]

It is noon

[rigid sinew]

GN

[rancid juniper]

Wild

[dusk knot]

Gn

[nocturne flicker]

Well do you know when you'll need a phone grenade?

[rancid juniper]

No?

😭

[idle nexus]

you should print out proof of the payments you made personally to boost the server & go turn them in at accounting for reimbursement lol

[nocturne flicker]

Exactly, better to have but not need it than not have it but need it. Like how a laptop can turn into a free firestarter

[rigid sinew]

nah cause i never got approval to do that

i did it of my own free will

[rancid juniper]

You can only boost for so long

[nocturne flicker]

If only there was a way to boost one's ability to boost for longer

[rancid juniper]

looks at newegg's management

[wary fjord]

The boost expires after your nitro ends right?

Or is it time limited

If u get a year if nitro.. it expire in a month the boost?

[royal crow]

Speaking of boost why no more server tag

[rigid sinew]

costs money

[royal crow]

😔

Hate money

[rigid sinew]

same

[lavish stag]

If ur running on integrated and u install ur gpu, do u have to do ddu?

[royal crow]

[idle nexus]

because of my unyielding dedication

I have once again gone above & beyond

and created a brief survey that Newegg can add at the end of each purchase

cuz, tbh, I wanna know if Discord or TikDerp generate more sales lol

[rigid sinew]

that doesnt look brief

my attention span is 2 seconds

[nocturne flicker]

Sad

TikTok degredation

[idle nexus]

it's one heckin question gosh

[nocturne flicker]

Totally didn't exist before PhOnEs

[rigid sinew]

my attention span has always been 2 seconds

even as a child

[nocturne flicker]

This was sarcasm

[idle nexus]

if I type it out, will that trick your brain into thinking you're just reading Discord? lol

[rigid sinew]

no way was it ?

[idle nexus]

jeez... see what unyielding dedication gets ya these days? lol

[misty sparrow]

Now we know your weakness

[rigid sinew]

is it a weakness ?

[idle nexus]

I think it depends on the situation lol

[nocturne flicker]

I ping pong between not tolerating something for more than a few seconds/minutes and hyperfocusing. ADHD go brrrrrr

[idle nexus]

okay well I will type it out so you can copy & paste it into an email & send to CEO to be implemented immediately

[elfin mural]

i feel the same

i was diagnosed with adhd since i was like 8

left untreated since then lol

i was on prescription meds for a while until i just stopped

[rigid sinew]

its not brief so i wont

[idle nexus]

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