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    zandor replied to the thread New Machine Needed for Video Rendering, etc..
    The extra 4-pin CPU power connector on the Asus is for overclocking. You're not planning on OCing, so don't worry about it. You probably don't even need to connect it. Since you're not overclocking they'll all be fine. The biggest differences...
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    zandor replied to the thread One monitor in a 3 monitor setup wakes to black screen others are OK.
    Depending on the specs of the monitor it might be worth trying the HDMI port. Ampere has HDMI 2.1, so that's no problem. If the monitor has at least HDMI 2.0 it should be able to run at a full 144Hz refresh over HDMI at 1440p.
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    zandor replied to the thread Signed up for TDS.
    Oh ok, so it was "2.1MB" not "2.1Mb". That's better. Not good, but better than what I was thinking. Back in the day I had DSL with speeds like 768kb or 1.5Mb over old copper phone lines. You had me thinking you were stuck in the 2000s. First...
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    zandor replied to the thread One monitor in a 3 monitor setup wakes to black screen others are OK.
    Sounds like it. If it won't show anything at all when you poke the buttons that's not a good sign. You should at least be able to get it to show a message complaining about not having a signal. If it just wouldn't display output from the PC...
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    zandor replied to the thread Are there still inkjet printers that don't try to screw you on ink somehow?.
    Yep. I have a color inkjet - same reason the OP wanted one. Lasers suck at photos. Also have a B&W laser. The inkjet is an expensive pain in the ass. Gums up if you don't use it, ink costs too much, etc. The laser is using a 12+yo toner...
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    zandor replied to the thread Upscaling and Frame Generation Usage Poll.
    DLSS quality is the first knob I reach for if a game can't run maxed out at 4k native on my 5090. Past that I start trying other knobs. Sometimes I end up with more DLSS, sometimes quality + lower some settings, or in the case of Borderlands 4...
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    zandor replied to the thread Will 2027 next gen video cards get rid of the 12VHPWR and be safer?.
    My bet is they'll quietly stop using 12V-2x6 at max power. Next gen top end cards will go over 600W and have 2, while 80 cards will be 450W or less and NV will tighten the specs on line loading so they're less likely to get out of balance and...
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    zandor replied to the thread Samsung Odyssey Neo G9 57" 7680x2160 super ultrawide (mini-LED).
    If you're using a Dell monitor the Dell Display and Peripheral Manager app can do similar things with dividing a monitor up into chunks. At any rate there are a bunch of options for slicing a screen up and snapping windows to the slices.
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    zandor replied to the thread Cyberpunk 2077.
    I played through CP2077 with mouse & keyboard. Driving was ok, but maybe I should have tried a controller for driving. Flight stick? Wheel? Nah, not going to bother. Not for a game with multiple console ports. I'm sure CDPR put a lot more...
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    zandor replied to the thread What Is Your Personal Favorite Video Card of All Time?.
    Probably the Matrox Millenium 4MB I had back in the 1990s. Vid cards became a pain in the ass once 3D acceleration hit, and they're still a pain in the ass. If you're talking GPUs, that's tougher. Probably the GTX 680 4GB cards I bought to run...
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    zandor replied to the thread Okay time for a major upgrade….
    If you game and do text-based work in your office I'd go for an L-shaped desk setup so you can support separate monitors for work and play. I have one and I love it. OLED for gaming and IPS screens for work, at least in my case. That way you...
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    zandor replied to the thread recommend 10gb nics for esxi 8.0.3j.
    Haven't tried them on ESXi but I have several ConnectX-4s and they work well on Linux and client Windows (aka 11 and previously 10). Best RJ45 SFP+ I don't know about. I don't have any 10Gb RJ45 clients. All my 10Gb rigs are using fiber or DAC...
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    zandor replied to the thread Anyway to make a 10700K SKU downclock and behave like the non K SKU.
    That's good and at least you're not in a hurry. Must fix right now is much more likely to get expensive.
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    zandor replied to the thread Anyway to make a 10700K SKU downclock and behave like the non K SKU.
    I built an i7-10700 machine for my dad back in 2020. Gaming board, so it defaulted to no power limits and thermal throttled right away during a stress test. "65W" 10700 non-k will pull 250W+ with power limits disabled. Also built an i3-10100...
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    zandor replied to the thread WTB: old cpus.
    Usually in this situation I'd rattle something off about modding bridges, etc. to get what you want working. As a general rule Athlon XPs could be converted to MPs by modding bridges. I had a couple "Barton" MPs for a while. AMD never released...
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    zandor replied to the thread This is one of the stupdest things, I've ever heard..
    Same thing I do. OLED for gaming & media, IPS display for work. Having multiple screens also lets you avoid compromises. On my gaming/media OLED I'm looking for speed, color quality, HDR, stuff like that. Go fast and make my games look good...
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    zandor replied to the thread Valve Steam Machine, SteamOS Desktop, Steam Frame VR and Steam Controller.
    My ideal living room cube wouldn't even run games. It'd be a game streaming box that runs off my main rig. Fast networking, high performance video decode hardware, etc. Pair it up with a PCI-e 4x card with a high performance hardware...
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    zandor replied to the thread Amazon no longer showing 1 Star Reviews.
    Really not sure what in the hell people are talking about with "Amazon not showing 1* reviews". I just searched for a USB cable, pulled up some random one, and filtered for 1* and hey, they're still there. Tried a few other items. Still have...
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    zandor replied to the thread NVIDIA and OpenAI Reportedly Discuss $250 Billion Deal for 10-Gigawatt Ohio Data Center.
    That's one reason putting this in Ohio makes sense, or could depending on where in Ohio. As long as they build enough power plants states putting datacenters near the great lakes make a lot of sense aside from perhaps Illinois & maybe Indiana...
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    zandor replied to the thread Very poor performance inside Comcast backbone - Can I route around that?.
    Still having trouble? My general experience with Comcast is that if issues like this pop up they tend to get magically resolved in the middle of the night a few days later. Just enough time to call 2-3 times, end up with a tech appointment...
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