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    Quote Originally Posted by DeltrusDisc View Post
    Andrei can't leave Anandtech. HE IS ANANDTECH.
    Even Anand himself left Anandtech lol

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    RyanSmithTech? He is the editor now right?

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    wtf why must they do this to my favorite tech news site?
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    yeh but lava is just very hot water

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    Quote Originally Posted by Remilia View Post
    RyanSmithTech? He is the editor now right?
    Rayan Smith is the editor in chief, yes.

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    Quote Originally Posted by DeltrusDisc View Post
    wtf why must they do this to my favorite tech news site?
    It was sold to Tom's Hardware months ago, I don't really expect it to stay as relevant as before. It would make sense for them to make AT the "mobile tech news" site while doing PC stuff in TH.

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    So, where are the AT writers going then?
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    Quote Originally Posted by mmocd061d7bab8 View Post
    yeh but lava is just very hot water

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    Quote Originally Posted by DeltrusDisc View Post
    wtf why must they do this to my favorite tech news site?
    I think Arstechina is my favorite, Probably because of this article.
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    Quote Originally Posted by apepi View Post
    I think Arstechina is my favorite, Probably because of this article.
    I can see why. That was a very interesting, and well written article. Respectfully done, too.

    Quote Originally Posted by evn View Post
    IMO the problem isn't "no good writers" so much as "I can't find the good stuff in the sea of garbage". I read a couple of news aggrigators (increasingly just one for my tech news) because the community and by extension 'goodness ratings' of so many places have become very poor places to spend your time or attention.

    If I were ever unemployed for a period of time, I'd consider trying to do my own take on this stuff using "new hotness" computer science techniques. I'm not sure there's a business there, but I might be able to get a government R&D grant to work on it. Maybe if your exit strategy is something like "get bought by google/facebook to be integrated with yet another horrible social network" then it might be viable.
    The line between good journalism (be it in the tech industry or elsewhere) and revenue to stay afloat / grow is a bitch. I feel the Information Age hasn't been too kind for companies trying to uphold high standards. It's not entirely their fault, we (the public at large) is buying into that crap.

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    So WoW freezes on me every few days, sometimes so much that alt+f4 and ending the task in the task manager both won't close it. The music will keep going, but it freezes, and I can't even use my mouse on anything but the task bar... -.-

    When it is that bad, I have to force a shut down... which really pisses me off.

    The game also will randomly pause/freeze when I open up a map, especially in dungeons, but it doesn't completely freeze, so yeah...

    Hoping it's just a bad install of the game or something and not any dying hardware. It's on a not all that old Crucial m500 250GB SSD.

    If Amazon ever gets around to figuring out my and my manager's package of his SSD and my new Samsung 950 Pro NVMe... I'll be installing the game fresh on the NVMe.

    Again, that's if our package ever comes out of the darkness. Last tracking update was at 3~AM Saturday the 17th, saying it was picked up by the USPS or something. This is pretty bad though. I've never had a package randomly just stop getting tracking updates and shit. Kinda concerning and not what I paid for with my Prime subscription.
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    Quote Originally Posted by mmocd061d7bab8 View Post
    yeh but lava is just very hot water

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    Try reducing overclocks. In my experience, wow is very sensitive about that, far more so than any other games I've played.
     

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    Quote Originally Posted by tetrisGOAT View Post
    Try reducing overclocks. In my experience, wow is very sensitive about that, far more so than any other games I've played.
    Yeah, WoW is particularly sensitive to even slightly unstable GPU overclocks.

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    New product announcement, MORE LEDS! Evga decided to revive the old LED PSU (not just the fan but also the sockets/plugs). Then fan LEDs! I'm still waiting for LEDs in each screw powered by the many whys it'll get.

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    I still don't get the attraction of lighting your computer up like time square.

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    Quote Originally Posted by tetrisGOAT View Post
    Try reducing overclocks. In my experience, wow is very sensitive about that, far more so than any other games I've played.
    Wha? Since when? I've never ever had this problem before. Is it a Legion specific thing?

    Quote Originally Posted by Butler Log View Post
    Yeah, WoW is particularly sensitive to even slightly unstable GPU overclocks.
    Would GPU really affect the loading of maps? This ONLY happens, SOMETIMES in dungeons/raids.

    Quote Originally Posted by Remilia View Post
    New product announcement, MORE LEDS! Evga decided to revive the old LED PSU (not just the fan but also the sockets/plugs). Then fan LEDs! I'm still waiting for LEDs in each screw powered by the many whys it'll get.
    God why?!

    Quote Originally Posted by Butler Log View Post
    I still don't get the attraction of lighting your computer up like time square.
    You obviously don't get it... MY COMPUTER IS TIMESQUARE.

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    Anywho, reinstalling WoW on my main SSD, the MX100 512GB for tonight.

    Amazon is sending out a new package of the two SSDs, expedited to arrive by tomorrow. 8)
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    Quote Originally Posted by mmocd061d7bab8 View Post
    yeh but lava is just very hot water

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    Quote Originally Posted by DeltrusDisc View Post
    Wha? Since when? I've never ever had this problem before. Is it a Legion specific thing?
    Nope, but it may be an AMD GPU specific thing.
    I had this often in Cataclysm, and I used AMD back then.
    It still happens when I tinker, and only in Wow, but it was more sensitive with AMD.

    Since you expanded on your problem, I'm actually less sure of what you are saying. You are unable to terminate the exe when you are on a loading screen? This has not happened to me.
     

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    No, like I'll just be in a dungeon or raid, go press 'm' to open the map, the game freezes. Happened first raid night this week, right before we pulled the first boss. -.- Get back into the game and I've been hearthed out to MoP haven. =/

    Sometimes, it'll freeze when I'm not doing anything specifically, and I can't even close it with Alt+f4 or in the task manager, I literally have to shut the whole computer down. -.-
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    Quote Originally Posted by mmocd061d7bab8 View Post
    yeh but lava is just very hot water

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    Sounds weird. Could be addon-related and could also be overclock-related.
    Can you move the mouse at all when this occurs?
     

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    Quote Originally Posted by tetrisGOAT View Post
    Sounds weird. Could be addon-related and could also be overclock-related.
    Can you move the mouse at all when this occurs?
    Once I alt-tab out, yes, however it disappears anywhere above the task bar.
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    Quote Originally Posted by mmocd061d7bab8 View Post
    yeh but lava is just very hot water

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    So game instability. Interesting.
    I would suggest not using map addons!
     

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    I don't use map addons.

    Only add-ons I have, and these were all installed within the last 3 weeks, this problem present pretty much since Legion though, are DBM, Skada, and RC Loot Council. Loot Council being added only on Tuesday.

    Just reinstalled the game freshly onto my MX100 and I can already tell it's opening faster.

    Possible that the m500 is dying.
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    Quote Originally Posted by mmocd061d7bab8 View Post
    yeh but lava is just very hot water

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    Just started playing WoW again (after a 2 year break). I'm a bit of an addon whore so by far the most time-consuming thing is setting up everything. It takes DAYS just to remember all the addons I was used to, and then set them up...urgh. But no choice because I can't stand Blizzard's tiny health bars, cast bars, etc. Increasing UI scaling isn't the answer >_<

    I should probably save my addons folder between WoW installs.

    Blizzard have definitely brought their stock UI a long way though.
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