Computer Forum Chat Thread

[Faithh]

Hm, as in an equal amount or an offset. I've noticed that the spread is always somewhat uneven.

No ideas tbh. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UnWMlcB3nTg he did something. Usually what I did was: when mounting the block just applying some pressure on the backplate. Those hydro coolers are performing much better wattage wise eg 150W 1155 vs 150W on LGA2011. I never felt any heat coming from the rad with lga1155 SB no matter which clock, till I upgraded to S2011 and the difference was clearly noticeable. The block did never feel warm on 1155.

[Drunkenvalley]

Benchmarks dont show the whole story either to be honest. Ive played games where 30 fps felt amazing, couldnt tell a difference between it or 60 fps, on the other hand ive played games where 60 fps felt like 10, its all about how well the game is coded and its possible just one or two settings could be the culprit.

...is to me a completely meaningless statement. Making bold claims about the performance of a card rather than linking to benchmarks is to me systematically as faulty if not even more faulty than the benchmarks can be.

[apepi]

I bought something from newegg Saturday, but they must have really been busy with blackfriday/byber monday because it's status is still "packaging", I did not know that it took 2/3 days to package an item:P.

[Deleted]

From another thread...

Ive had excellent luck with biostar

Anecdotal evidence and also you shouldn't be relying on luck. which three boards was it? which board are you currently using in your rig?

You never answered this:

What do you mean by same quality of components?

Just not sure which quality components you're referring to and what difference they make.

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Also kinda curious about the whole 30 vs 60 fps, what were your thoughts on this?

http://frames-per-second.appspot.com/

[Faithh]

Also kinda curious about the whole 30 vs 60 fps, what were your thoughts on this?

http://frames-per-second.appspot.com/

After 5 seconds my eyes are getting exhausted making it impossible for me to see the difference. Then I changed the velocity of the background to zero and the objects to 200p/x; the moon at 30 fps just seems to be blurry that's all and moving slower. Seeing the same difference between 120 fps & 60 fps, I'm playing shooters for nearly a year on 120Hz and if I see dips to 90-100 I'm noticing it immediately so it's kinda a bad comparison imo.

[Evil Inside]

For me the 60fps ball image is clearer while the 30 fps is lacking any detail and looks blurred out.

In other news, I think I may get another one of these coolers for my 6970 as well. It's much cooler and much quieter than the sapphire cooler.

[Majesticii]

Yeah, i think noone is questioning that the whole "your eyes can only see 24fps, therefore it's pointless to have more than 30" is bullshit.
The more frames per second, the smoother and clearer the image gets.\

Also updated my post again;
http://www.mmo-champion.com/threads/...1#post21745430

I'm trying to find a ASUS gtx680 or 780 brace somewhere. That sagging is starting to get severe.

[Darsithis]

Just curious how many people like to turn off all programs that try to auto-update? I don't allow Flash, Windows, FireFox, iTunes or anything to auto-update and kinda get offended if a program is designed to do it. I'll do whatever it takes to break it (restricting access to the service or disabling it) so I can choose when to update.

[BicycleMafioso]

Just curious how many people like to turn off all programs that try to auto-update? I don't allow Flash, Windows, FireFox, iTunes or anything to auto-update and kinda get offended if a program is designed to do it. I'll do whatever it takes to break it (restricting access to the service or disabling it) so I can choose when to update.

You don't really need to update unless there is security reasons, desirable performance or in other words needs.

Honestly, updating things breaks programs more often than it helps them for me. I refuse Spotify for this reason, for instance.

[Majesticii]

Just curious how many people like to turn off all programs that try to auto-update? I don't allow Flash, Windows, FireFox, iTunes or anything to auto-update and kinda get offended if a program is designed to do it. I'll do whatever it takes to break it (restricting access to the service or disabling it) so I can choose when to update.

I also do this, mostly because sometimes (Itunes) the update completely changes the program without your approval. I've noticed that flash no longer gives you the option to disable auto-updating during the installation lol. So i understand when you say you're offended by it.

[Darsithis]

I also do this, mostly because sometimes (Itunes) the update completely changes the program without your approval. I've noticed that flash no longer gives you the option to disable auto-updating during the installation lol. So i understand when you say you're offended by it.

It does now. Check it again; I just installed it today on my new work laptop and the option is back again \o/

[Butler to Baby Sloths]

Just curious how many people like to turn off all programs that try to auto-update? I don't allow Flash, Windows, FireFox, iTunes or anything to auto-update and kinda get offended if a program is designed to do it. I'll do whatever it takes to break it (restricting access to the service or disabling it) so I can choose when to update.

I allow browsers to auto-update because they (firefox) do it in the background and don't annoy me with "UPDATE ME NOW BITCH!" messages. I took the java update utility off auto run because it triggers the UAC warning.

[DeltrusDisc]

Just curious how many people like to turn off all programs that try to auto-update? I don't allow Flash, Windows, FireFox, iTunes or anything to auto-update and kinda get offended if a program is designed to do it. I'll do whatever it takes to break it (restricting access to the service or disabling it) so I can choose when to update.

Same here pretty much, but I have a feeling you're a little more serious about it. :P

[Evil Inside]

I allow browsers to auto-update because they (firefox) do it in the background and don't annoy me with "UPDATE ME NOW BITCH!" messages. I took the java update utility off auto run because it triggers the UAC warning.

You use UAC? :P

I find that so completely annoying.

In other news, bought a gb windforce 7870 for mining litecoin(and/or whatever is next), and turns out that it was the last 7000 series card left in the shop, they're absolutely sold out everywhere.

[apepi]

I bought something from newegg Saturday, but they must have really been busy with blackfriday/byber monday because it's status is still "packaging", I did not know that it took 2/3 days to package an item:P.

Due to local operation disruption, packages not unloaded from trailer, expect a one day business day delay

What? Nooooooooooooo. It was supposed to be here Today but now it is getting pushed back Wednesday.

Maybe because of the Newegg delay and the UPS delay I can get something out of this, like free shipping or something.

[Xuvial]

Well Galaxy S4 arrived much to my great excitement. I'd probably say I have fairly sharp vision (well just the left eye, right eye is largely useless :P), and no matter how closely I look at the screen the PPI is so incredible that I can't see any pixels in even the smallest of fonts. It would take a microscope.

But the software. Oh my god the software. I thought buying a new laptop and having to deal with the bloatware was bad, but I had to literally start FIGHTING with the phone the moment I connected it to the internet. It started downloading and installing like 30 different apps + widgets (on TOP of all the shit the phone already comes with), none of which I could manually remove! It started eating-up the phone RAM and battery life like crazy.
It's probably partially my fault because this is my first ever smartphone (yes, I'm very late to the game) so I didn't know what a lot of the Android "lingo" meant in terms of settings, or what are the common steps to take to minimize bloatware. It's like a miniature computer with it's own list of background tasks and services running, but I have no idea what is safe to force-disable and what isn't. It doesn't seem to give any hint as to whether the service/application is crucial to the phone's operation or not.

Then there was the constant Google+ and Google Play trying to push it's way in whenever it could. Going to have to do a lot of reading and research into how I'm supposed to get this phone running with absolutely minimal processes, apps and how to work with Android.

I eventually got it connected to my NAS over Wifi, so it could stream + play all my videos and music while not requiring anything to be on the phone's drive. Unfortunately streaming some of the 1080p stuff proved problematic because the Wifi signal is too weak from downstairs (understandable, too much stuff in the way). Thinking about getting a cheap access point / extender for upstairs.

[BicycleMafioso]

Root it.

[Xuvial]

Root it.

Wat

See this is what I mean by not knowing phone lingo -_-

[BicycleMafioso]

Gain root access on your phone meaning giving you "admin rights". Then you could install a custom ROM (another version of the operating system) instead of SamsungTouchWiz-default android

[Xuvial]

Oh boy, alright I'll dig into that...but it doesn't sound like something Samsung/Google would be very happy about. I'll only ask whether that would interfere with warranty - does it?