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    Sony X830C 43" 4K crashing regularly now...

    I don't have an x830c, but I've tried the x810c and x850c in the last couple weeks. The x850c had problems with lock ups and even weird things like reverting to previous settings and even switching inputs on me, which is pretty nasty when you're in the middle of a game. This was fixed by doing a...
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    Anybody defrag their SSD?

    Has anyone done any actual testing? I have. After about a year with a 256GB Samsung 840 Pro in Windows 7 I built up 42% fragmentation and Windows took ~9 seconds to boot (tested multiple times). After a defrag, I then shut down and cold booted the machine and Windows then repeatedly loaded in...
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    New Samsung 4k for everyone.

    I personally have no problem with PWM as far as eye strain or headaches, but find the effect it has on motion clarity to be dreadful. It's the primary reason why I returned the Samsung JU7100.
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    BenQ BL3201PT 4K monitor

    I'll probably just continue to be miserable using my current display as there are no VA panels that I'm aware of in the size range I'm interested in (31-40” 16:9) that don't have rather serious flaws like PWM. That said, my current monitor is on death's door and I may be forced to buy something...
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    BenQ BL3201PT 4K monitor

    Both of my displays did this. I assumed it was just the cheap cable that came with it. I didn't get a chance to try a better one though so who knows.
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    BenQ BL3201PT 4K monitor

    Not that it matters, but I thought I should mention that I wound up returning the 2nd BenQ for a refund. I simply couldn't accept that bruise-like blemish given the price I paid for the monitor. One of the reasons I didn't just exchange it for another is that even though the IPS glow is better...
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    The Female Programmer Behind Atari’s Centipede

    And it's the sexual desires of heterosexual men that are responsible for that. So be a part of the solution and man the glory hole at your local gay bar to hone your skills so you can later convert as many men as possible to homosexuality. After all, the more men you can convert to dick, the...
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    BenQ BL3201PT 4K monitor

    The BenQ has higher resolution, lower input lag, better motion clarity, no PWM, better viewing angles, better color accuracy, a better stand and costs less. The Samsung's pros are basically just that it's bigger and if you sit far enough away to avoid the VA glow/crush (I don't) then it has...
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    BenQ BL3201PT 4K monitor

    Well, I got my 2nd display yesterday and I am happy to say that this unit doesn't have whatever aberration the first did that caused the screen to have that strange color temperature gradient across the screen. The manufacture date is March 2015. Here are the color temp readings of the new...
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    BenQ BL3201PT 4K monitor

    No, it's a gradual shift in uniformity as you approach the edges, but is much worse on the left side. To illustrate, I divided the screen into a 3x3 grid and took 9 readings with a colorimeter and recorded the results below. The charts on the left are at the brightness level I personally...
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    BenQ BL3201PT 4K monitor

    I recently purchased this monitor and it has very obvious color uniformity problems with the left side of the screen being a good 500k lower in color temp than the right. Is there anyone here who has one of these that doesn't have this problem? If so, what is the manufacture date? Mine is...
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    Samsung 4K 24", 28" and 32" PLS 60Hz freesync displays

    Nonsense. Unless you are physiologically way outside the norm or your workstation is ergonomically unfit, this is not true. The following table lists the industry's ergonomic recommendations for how high one's eyes should be above the top surface of their desk when sitting, relative to a...
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    MSI GTX 970 GAMING 4G Golden Edition

    I purchased one of these and it seems to be defective. One of the fans always spins at about 2300RPM regardless of temperature. It's very loud. I'm not all that familiar with using Nvidia products as I've been on AMD/ATI for the last 8-9 years but I've installed MSI Afterburner and tried to...
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    3dfx discussion/appreciation thread

    I tend to toss/sell all of my old hardware that I'm not actively using but the one card I kind of wish I would have kept was my Quantum 3D Obsidian X-24. It was the first consumer single-slot SLI card for the Voodoo 2 generation. I've been using SLI or Crossfire for every generation that it was...
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    sharp 32" 4k monitor - who else is planning on getting it?

    So what you are saying is that if you were in a jerk-off booth and the transvestite hooker on the other side of the glass was far enough away to trick you into thinking he was a chick, that it's the same thing as if you were jerking off to an actual woman up close? That's what I got out of...
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