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  1. vick1000

    Weird feelings

    https://www.amazon.com/ERICKHILL-Rechargeable-Electromagnetic-Radiation-Inspections/dp/B08BLJM28J/ref=sr_1_10?crid=3SZ5SHG2JSI8U&keywords=emi%2Bmeter&qid=1694064974&sprefix=emi%2Bmeter%2Caps%2C98&sr=8-10&th=1 Make an appointment with a neurologist as well. Use a different rig and return that one.
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    I would like to play Starfield

    I would wait for it to go on sale. $70 for a FO4 reskin is what I am seeing from reviews. Mods and DLCs will maybe make it better, remains to be seen.
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    What are you nerds playing this weekend?

    SPAZ2 https://store.steampowered.com/app/252470/Space_Pirates_And_Zombies_2/
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    Weirdest Game you Ever played?

    The Void https://store.steampowered.com/app/37000/The_Void/
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    42" OLED MASTER THREAD

    Skip the dock. https://www.amazon.com/UANTIN-USB-HDMI-2-1-Thunderbolt/dp/B0C81YXWYX/ref=sr_1_5?crid=TLU7IA4SEDNI&keywords=thunderbolt+to+hdmi+120hz&qid=1692909126&sprefix=thunderbolt+to+hdmi+120hz%2Caps%2C111&sr=8-5
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    13600K HDMI audio?

    Just swap the outputs on the GPU, DP to TV with adapter, HDMI to AVR. Disable iGPU in BIOS.
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    Gamers Nexus vs LinusTechTips: Smackdown

    At some point, critical thinking was removed from the education systems. If you don't develop that skill early, you lack problem solving ability. Education became memorization and multiple choice testing, essentially indoctrination. Humans became programmed biological robots, just following...
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    new 7700x/6700xt build sucking too many watts

    The 80+ ratings exist for a reason. They are supposed to be tested and confirmed by the manufacturer before certification. They most certainly CAN be used to compare units, provided there is no deception by the tester. The 80+ certification is standardized within a set of parameters, if you test...
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    Gigabyte's response to poorly made GPUs is informative and unfortunate

    If you have a card with a large cooler, you should be using a support mechanism regardless of manufacturer.
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    new 7700x/6700xt build sucking too many watts

    But the testing is not meaningless. In the same scenario, if you replace a bronze rated unit with a gold, the gold will have higher efficiency. Same as if you replace a 12900K with a 13900K. You bench numbers may not equal a reviewer's numbers, but you will see a similar increase percentile over...
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    new 7700x/6700xt build sucking too many watts

    Not meaningless, just specific to comparisons between units in a controlled environment, much like all benchmarking,
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    Gigabyte's response to poorly made GPUs is informative and unfortunate

    It is likely these are mostly related to shipping damage, or moving the system around roughly, combined with a slightly less robust design with the mounting hole near the edge of the lock area. It's not just Gigabyte that is having the issue, even some FE cards are showing up with some frequency...
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    Gamers Nexus vs LinusTechTips: Smackdown

    It's the same in every media space. Just look at mainstream news and Hollywood. Quality and accuracy, sacrificed for quantity and being first to air.
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    Gamers Nexus vs LinusTechTips: Smackdown

    I stopped watching LTT content years ago. They just started spewing out crap to get content up, and it showed.
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    I just want to complain about memory not being enough

    Disable the Sysmain service, formally known as Superfetch.
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    Intel 12/13th Gen latency?

    Well then, don't complain about it, since all AV software does it that has real time protection. If you are not DLing and running suspicious software, you don't need it anyway. And you can just manually scan those files as well.
  17. vick1000

    Having trouble choosing a 4090 manufacturer (or whether to get it)

    We just want to stress the PSU by itself as much as possible. Prime small FFT will push it s hard as possible without stressing the GPU. That way we can eliminate the PSU as the culprit. Also, if it's the PSU, it should be more audible at the exhaust area of the PSU, than inside the case.
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    Having trouble choosing a 4090 manufacturer (or whether to get it)

    That's why I told you to stress the CPU and GPU separately, to narrow the source. If the GPUs are all the same design with the same chokes/ inductors, it's highly likely. Some cards are even rebranded PNY or OEM builds.
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    Intel 12/13th Gen latency?

    You can disable real time protection, and other settings as well.
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    Having trouble choosing a 4090 manufacturer (or whether to get it)

    99% of the time it's GPU/ PSU. Run Furmark at 1440p and 8x AA torture, and listen, then Prime 95 small FFT by itself as se if it changes. If you don't hear it coming from the exhaust area of the PSU, it's the GPU. Also frame cap or vsync should change it.
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    Having trouble choosing a 4090 manufacturer (or whether to get it)

    UE5 games will probably burst that bubble at first.
  22. vick1000

    GeForce GT730

    Worth about $100 new, basically a display adapter, not much better than iGPUs of current gen Intel, worse than AMD APUs.
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    Remembering the disaster that was crypto mining and it's detrimental affects on GPU prices.

    The problem is R&D and manufacturing resources will be aimed toward AI development and deployment, so nVidia will not be producing GPUs aimed at the desktop gaming segment, or at least not as much as n the past. AMD can step in and fill a void, but I don't trust them to advance the field, they...
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    I just want to complain about memory not being enough

    The more RAM you install, the more Windblows will reserve.
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    Having trouble choosing a 4090 manufacturer (or whether to get it)

    It's probably coil whine, but sometimes it's hard to tell where it's coming from. I had a EVGA 850w G3 that would whine when mounted upside down (fan up), but was silent when mounted normally.
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    Having trouble choosing a 4090 manufacturer (or whether to get it)

    The repair guys on Youtube seem to think it shipping damage inmost cases, SI not packaging properly to prevent cooler weight from stressing the PCB.
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    Having trouble choosing a 4090 manufacturer (or whether to get it)

    If using an UPS, make sure it's a sine wave simulation unit, PSU with PFC work better with pure sine wave forms.
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    Having trouble choosing a 4090 manufacturer (or whether to get it)

    Inductors/ Chokes are what cause coil whine, or dirty power being fed to them. As long as the caps have enough capacity, they should not cause dirty power. But poor design can mean not enough capacitance in the filter stage for all scenarios, or occilation from poor tolerance. Then throw in...
  29. vick1000

    Help me Choose RTX 3060 12 GB or RTX 4060 8GB

    It absolutely has the bandwidth to use the 16GB, that's proven in several games, but those games are being patched to fix the 8GB problem. The bandwidth is not as much of an issue once the textures are allocated, as long as you are not cranking AA and RT. But once you start cranking the res, it...
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    Does anyone here actually use their TOSLINK port on their MOBO?

    I don't get why sound card manufacturers (or Realtek/ Asus for on board) don't include true passthrough, or maybe it's a windows thing.
  31. vick1000

    Why OLED for PC use?

    You have obviously ruined your vision then. Have you ever used a calibrated display, or just cranked brightness and contrast to max on everything?
  32. vick1000

    Why OLED for PC use?

    I have 4300 hrs on my C2, I have Firefox open for hours at a time, several times a day, zero image retention. I play the same four games, usually one for hours at a time, several times a day, zero image retention. 20 hours of CNN per daty over 3 months, is nowhere near normal usage, even with...
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    Does anyone here actually use their TOSLINK port on their MOBO?

    I use one from my Yamaha AVR to my TV, but since GPUs have had HDMI audio baked in, I run with mobo audio disabled (don't need a mic). The reason is I could never get true surround in games with optical to the AVR. HDMI passes positional channels correctly in every game.
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    Why OLED for PC use?

    But OLED lasts longer than 1800 hrs, without burn in. The Rtings test is not a realistic usage scenario, thus why LCDs are failing as well. However, if your use case requires max brightness and static imagery, OLED is not for you...obviously. For most PC users, hide task bar, dark mode, allow...
  35. vick1000

    new 7700x/6700xt build sucking too many watts

    Set frame limit to monitor refresh rate.
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    Why OLED for PC use?

    Their point was the speed at which burn in occurs on the Rtings test makes the OLEDs a bad value. Which is correct if you watch CNN for 20 hours a day. But cons8iderng you would only notice it during commercials, maube not an issue.
  37. vick1000

    Why OLED for PC use?

    I am saying if you are satisfied with old tech, you should not consider new tech that will cost you 5x.
  38. vick1000

    Why OLED for PC use?

    When OLED are 200 euros, there will be some other far superior tech. Thus they should not be considered at that point. Just as 200 euro monitors are considered budget now, so then would OLED then. If you are satisfied with 200 euro tech, don't bother with 1K euro tech.
  39. vick1000

    Why OLED for PC use?

    If you are satisfied with 200 euro spec monitors, you should not consider OLED anyway.
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