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    Why are IPS monitors popular? The IPS glow ruins a third of the screen along with any color advantage it may have.

    IPS isn’t that bad. I prefer my QD-OLED for gaming but claiming glow “ruins” IPS is just kind of flamebait at this point. Different technologies have different trade-offs, so it’s cool if you don’t prefer a certain set of trade-offs but it’s pretty self-explanatory why the technology is popular...
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    Anyone seriously considering the 4070 TI

    I had a 4070 Ti and returned it to get a 4080. It was just barely not enough at 4K. The 4070 Ti Super looks like it should make the original 4080 mostly irrelevant.
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    My 1080 Ti completely stopped working mid game. Please help me!

    The blown fuse explanation makes the most sense given the fans stopped, ie. all power cut to card. Unless you’re an electrical engineer that card is probably done for good. RIP 1080 Ti
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    MSI QD-OLED Monitors 2024

    I wouldn't be shocked if Corsair releases a flat panel based on this. I have their 32" UHD 144 screen and it's pretty great for an IPS screen. Would switch to OLED in a heartbeat though.
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    MSI QD-OLED Monitors 2024

    I use the AW3423DWF for a work monitor and the subpixel arrangement thing is seriously not a big deal. Like I can see a difference side by side with my LCD work laptop but it's not bothersome to me. But then when I switch over to my gaming PC and HDR the thing is just breathtaking. OLED is...
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    Any happy 4080 owners here?

    So the 5090 will release in October if history is any indicator, and spoiler alert it's faster than a 4090? Wow. In the meantime my 4080 is great for AI / Stable Diffusion. 16gb is a sweet spot for image generation. I prefer my 7900 XTX for gaming though.
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    Dell Alienware 34 Curved QD-OLED Gaming Monitor - AW3423DWF $799

    I just got it a week ago for $799 fromDell. Not the brightest monitor in the world but you forget it’s flaws when you’re gaming ina light-controlled room and witness true blacks with HDR1000. Honesty i feel like it’s a HDD -> SSD level upgrade for gaming and kind of a sidegrade for office use...
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    Corsair XENEON FLEX 45WQHD240

    3440x1440 at 45 inches you'll have pixels the size of pennies. The bending is a pointless gimmick. OLED burn-in isn't such a big issue and Corsair has a great warranty (I've RMA'ed a monitor to them for exchange and it was painless). I think Corsair makes quality products but this one seems like...
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    Dell Alienware AW3423DWF 34″ QD-OLED 165Hz FreeSync Premium Pro (3440 x 1440)

    I just got my DWF a week ago. I'm not babying it, not hiding taskbar, etc. If it burns in then I guess Dell will send me a new one under warranty LOL I think the burn-in fear is overhyped. I’ve bought five LG OLED TVs and only one of them had anything remotely resembling burn-in. The...
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    My monitor's power supply creates spikes on the outlet, will it burn my house?

    I'd worry that the app is wrong and stupid;
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    NVIDIA RTX 50 “Blackwell” GB202 GPU GDDR7 384-bit memory

    How is it even possible to make a faster card than the RTX 4090?
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    AMD vs nVidia Colors - Concrete proof of differences

    I have my Nvidia RTX 4080 plugged into an $800 4K SS-IPS 144mhz monitor with 98% DCI P3 coverage. I have my AMD 7900 XTX plugged into a $300 1440p bargain-bin ASUS monitor with horizontal stuck pixel rows all over it. Therefore AMD sucks, Nvidia rulz.
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    $4000 RTX 4090

    Okay, $4000 - it's a showpiece card so whatever. But what kills it for me is the thickness and length of the AIO tubing. Sure they need to make it compatible with a wide variety of cases, but even in the fairly large midtower Hardware Unboxed reviewed it in there was a ton of slack tubing just...
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    I've been asked to fast-track a build using Intel/AMD for Flight Simulator, help from the Council of [H] requested...

    I bought a bargain basement Gigabyte mobo from Microcenter once, worked fine just had awful coil whine. If the guy paid for my college I'd probably slip in a couple hundred of my own to get him a 5800X3D or something with good CPU performance.
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    Are RGB ATX extensions dangerous?

    I don't really care if RGB is stupid, that ship sailed for me long ago. But I'm more interested in whether something like this is likely to burn my house down: https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B0BTD9YWF8/ref=ox_sc_act_title_2?smid=A35YSX3GLRRA77&th=1
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    7900 vs 7900x vs 7800x3d

    Does PBO on a 7900X clock higher than PBO on a 7900? Because with PBO on my 7900 is hitting or exceeding 7900X stock speeds, but maybe the -X chips have more PBO headroom? Otherwise it seems like the same chip only cheaper and with a free RGB heatsink.
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    ASUS TUF A16 AMD Advantage Laptop

    It’s actually pretty amazing, I’m able to play many AAA games at 1440p 60+ FPS and high/ultra settings minus ray tracing. And it doesn’t even get loud doing that. I previously had a 17” Alienware that killed itself overheating and this laptop is faster and not as hot. I looked at some other...
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    Too good to be true? 7900xt 639 on aliexpress

    So besides it being broken it’s fine?
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    MSI X670E Carbon won't reboot reliably - DDR5 issue?

    Setting the Expo profile populates the memory overclocking settings screen, so you can hand tune settings from the profile without keying everything in manually. I don't know how to check the chip manufacturer besides taking the heat spreaders off, CPU-Z doesn't list it anyway. Just out of...
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    MSI X670E Carbon won't reboot reliably - DDR5 issue?

    For whatever it's worth the DIMM voltage setting in BIOS turns red when I set 1.4v or higher. It's the normal color at 1.39v or below. I'm keeping mine at 1.39v since that seems to be the upper limit of what MSI thinks of as "safe."
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    MSI X670E Carbon won't reboot reliably - DDR5 issue?

    Alright, thanks. I bumped it up to 1.39v, set the speed back to the Expo 6000mhz and now I'm able to reboot 100% reliably! It's kind of stupid they spec'ed these kits so close to the wire, but I don't care as long as it's working now. Also it boots in about 45 seconds now instead of 5 minutes so...
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    7900 vs 7900x vs 7800x3d

    I have the 7900 and I love it. It was cheap as hell when I bought it, turned on PBO in BIOS and slapped a 360mm AIO on it. It performs similarly to a 7900X and still stays pretty cool. I play games at 4K / 144hz and don’t think the gaming difference to step up to the X or X3D variants is worth...
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    MSI X670E Carbon won't reboot reliably - DDR5 issue?

    Voltage is spec'ed at 1.35v at 6000 (Expo), I don't know what specific chips are in my Corsair Vengeance kit, so is it even safe to push it higher? It's this kit fwiw: https://www.newegg.com/corsair-64gb/p/N82E16820236939?Item=N82E16820236939
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    MSI X670E Carbon won't reboot reliably - DDR5 issue?

    I tried this and now the system is booting / rebooting reliably -- thanks! Still dealing with 5 min+ POST times due to memory training but I'm going to cut my losses here. Tweaking the memory context restore setting only leads to misery.
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    MSI X670E Carbon won't reboot reliably - DDR5 issue?

    That's a good idea - I'll try setting 5600 in bios next time I have to reboot and see how that goes. I wouldn't mind giving up a little bit of speed if it's more reliable.
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    MSI X670E Carbon won't reboot reliably - DDR5 issue?

    I have an MSI X670E Carbon on the latest BIOS with 2x32gb Vengeance DDR5-6000 (AMD Expo version) that won't reboot reliably. If I cold cold boot it, it usually boots to Windows after about 5 minutes of black screen. If I reboot it never comes back up. I have to turn it off and on repeatedly...
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    ASUS TUF A16 AMD Advantage Laptop

    I just picked this up from Best Buy on a back to school sale for $800. The thing is a beast, it’s got a fast 8 core AMD Rembrandt CPU, and a “Radeon 7600S” mobile GPU, which actually performs really well. I bought the computer for some cybersecurity courses I’m taking, and it has an all day...
  28. Zinn

    Corsair M65 RGB Elite $27 with code Newegg US

    I have 3 copies of the white mouse plus an unused spare because it's as good as a Logitech MX518 and if it ever goes "out of print" I want to be set for at least a decade.
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    Corsair M65 RGB Elite $27 with code Newegg US

    I’m Commander Shepard and this is my favorite mouse on the Citadel.
  30. Zinn

    [STEAM] Borderlands deal - 90% off

    There’s the Tiny Tina expansion to BL2, but after that they spun it off into its own standalone series.
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    Corsair M65 RGB Elite $27 with code Newegg US

    I love this mouse so much I bought three of them so that when one wears out I have two more lol
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    Lenovo Legion Pro 7i 13900HX RTX4080 32GB 1TB - $2202.03

    This forum gave me monkeypox
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    FS/T - Mac Studio M1 Ultra - $2500 or trade for your Macbook

    SOLD I don't accept Paypal. I accept Venmo, Apple Cash, BTC / ETH, or USPS Money Orders I've still got this Mac Studio available and need something more portable. Either buy it outright or trade me for your recent (M1+ Macbook Air / Pro / whatever). - M1 Ultra Processor - 64gb RAM - 4tb SSD -...
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    FrgMstr can you make a darkweb version of this chat pls
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    NVIDIA Graphics Firmware Update Tool for DisplayPort 1.3 and 1.4 - Fix for black screen until OS loads for Pascal, Maxwell and Kepler cards

    I mean I have this issue with my RTX 4080 / Ryzen 7900. Literally no display output until the computer is fully booted to OS. If I want to go into BIOS I have to plug into the motherboard’s integrated graphics DisplayPort. I’m wondering if this is an AMD issue in my case because the same card...
  37. Zinn

    Fractal North Wood good quiet case?

    I have a regular ATX board and it doesn't fit either. The bracket only seems to fit ATX motherboards with a specific PCI-e slot configuration.
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    How to fit a Gigabyte RTX 4080 in a Corsair 275R Case with front AIO

    He's good. Today he made me take him on a walk and we got several blocks in before he started limping. He has a lot of "will to survive" which is a huge part of his recovery. Also, added a GPU support thing to manage the sag. I think now this build is complete.
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    How to fit a Gigabyte RTX 4080 in a Corsair 275R Case with front AIO

    Case is not deep enough for 360 top mount
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    How to fit a Gigabyte RTX 4080 in a Corsair 275R Case with front AIO

    Spoiler alert: replaced two of the radiator fans with 15mm low profile fans (Specifically in this case the Corsair AF 120 RGB Slim fans which happen to be channel-compatible with the Elite models) Is this stupid? Yes. But this is fine because my CPU (Ryzen 7900 non-X maxes out at 88 watts). It...
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