Recent content by magao

Was just setting up a system for a mate. He's going to be using the 7660D graphics in the A10 5800K for now. I installed these to try to resolve some performance issues with Path of Exile. Performance is definitely better (much fewer FPS valleys) but all of my character's extremities (head...

Although it may not matter as much since you're watching motorcycle races, but if you're careful you can build an HTPC that's very quiet - a very high priority for a lot of us. Ideally the HTPC should be inaudible from your sitting/lying position while you're watching something with the sound...

I think you'd better read your NDA. You could get yourself banned permanently from GW2. There's no NDA on the coming beta, so just wait until this time next week and then report on how it played.

Anyone who could tell you how various cards performed in the previous beta is under NDA. Part of the reason for the NDA is that performance in a beta is rarely indicative of performance at release (or even the next beta). Not to mention that there are usually new builds during beta events that...

And yet there are many of us who think just the opposite. Who have had RAID setups and find they're a lot less flexible when you need to increase the amount of storage you have. Who don't feel a need for redundancy/backup for our media, because if we lose it we can get it back (e.g. re-rip or...

Which part? For the junctions/mountpoints I just use Link Shell Extension. For upgrading (which obviously doesn't happen very often) I install the new drive (either internally, or using my SATA drive dock) and copy all the data I want to it. Then I run Junction Link Magic to list all...

I have a Windows 7 server that serves many purposes; file server; Skype (with attached wireless Skype phone); torrent downloads; etc. It currently has 2x 2TB and 2x 1.5TB drives in it. Rather than raiding/jbod or anything I've kept them as individual drives, and used NTFS junctions and volume...

Main (lounge) HTPC: E7500 + 9500GT Secondary (spare bedroom/office - anime) HTPC: E2140 + G210 When the XBMC nightlies come out with 10-bit support (hopefully soon), I may need to swap the CPUs - currently I'm transcoding all the anime fansubs to 8-bit, but if I could skip that step it would be...

I'd disagree. If the temperatures are reasonable, then it's likely that permanent damage has already been done, especially if you're getting the problem when not gaming. However, you might be lucky and never see them again.

Heat is the most likely cause. 1. Is the fan spinning? 2. Is the heatsink full of gunk? 3. Is the card overclocked? It's possible (though unlikely) that the new drivers overclocked slightly by default, or it could just be that they're putting a slightly higher load on the card. Combined with...

Advanced settings is four tabs over from the Video tab (at least on Windows). CRF 0 is a 1:1 of the your source. However, what you're missing is that Handbrake (well, really x264 because that's what Handbrake uses) always re-encodes the video. In order to achieve a pixel-perfect duplicate of...

For most purposes, just use the High Profile preset - or start with it and begin experimenting.

I think you might be a little confused. With CRF a lower value is higher quality. A CRF of 25 would produce very noticeable blocking on most source material. What version of Handbrake are you using? When mb-tree was introduced it changed the effective meanings of the CRF values - if you're...

Basically what CRF does is dynamically adjust the bitrate to maintain the quality within a certain range. It's more complex than that, but that's what the Handbrake and x264 docs are for. You do want to use Constant Rate Factor. A CRF of 20 will produce a nearly imperceptible reduction in...

Since you already have AnyDVD HD, MakeMKV + Handbrake.