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Hey guys, so I have Manjaro running on one of my 840 EVOs, but am going to donate that to a different build, and drop in my new WD Black SN850. Can I just copy over my .VDI file to a new drive and use it without issues?

Also slightly unrelated, but my host OS (win10) is running off a PCIE 3.0 M.2, will I notice any improvement in speeds if I fresh install windows on my new PCIE Gen 4?

On 6/6/2021 at 5:29 PM, W3BV1P3R said:

This is a weird one, I’m guessing that it has something to do with the VirtualBox network driver, as I’ve had some problems with it like this too. Are you using a wireless connection? And could you tell me what are your network settings?

I'm plugged in,

In my network settings i have

Attached to: Bridged Adapter

Realtek Gaming GbE Family Controller

Adapter Type Intel PRO/1000MT Desktop

On 6/6/2021 at 5:42 PM, 10leej said:

Does the host system lose internet at the same time?

Is QoS enabled on the router?

Are these torrents and your ISP is Comcast?

I don't believe it does. I'll try to recreate and confirm though.

I'm pretty sure my ISPs router doesn't let me change that setting.

I'm in Canada, using Bell

1 hour ago, Chris Pratt said:

Rewriting history there a bit (a lot actually). My posts still exist. You can go read them again. Never said that. Feel free to quote when you find it. Good luck.

That's basically summing up what I said. You took a pretty general statement summing up the power of the card, and nitpicked it looking for an argument. I'm done wasting my time.

5 minutes ago, Chris Pratt said:

That is not even remotely what I said. I actually said the very opposite if you read. The only contention was you throwing out a blanket statement that the 3080 Ti can't do 4K at 144Hz, and that is just wrong. No matter how you cut it or how many different straw man arguments you try to throw up, it's still wrong.

Wtf are you saying?

You chimed in to say the 3080Ti is a 4k144hz card (which it's not). We've clearly established that is may be able to achieve that in certain games, but that doesn't mean it can be labelled as a "4k144hz card".

Or did you literally come in here just to start an argument based off the fact that I said it can't drive 4k144hz when in fact it can run esports maybe at 4k144hz. Regardless, my original point still stands.

3 minutes ago, Chris Pratt said:

No, because there's a difference between saying a card is meant for a particular resolution and frame rate and whether it can achieve that resolution and frame rate. No, it's not an 8K card, and it would be obviously wrong to say it was, but that doesn't mean it *can't* get there.

So because the 3080Ti can maybe run 144hz in a small handful of esports titles at 4k it's "meant to be a 4k 144hz card"?

Just now, Chris Pratt said:

Granted, but to say you can't do it at all is just wrong.

You're right. I bet a 3080Ti could run Tzar: BotC at 144hz at 8k.

Therefor don't tell people the 3080Ti isn't a 144hz/8k card...

You see my point?

8 minutes ago, Chris Pratt said:

Not true. It may not be able to drive native 4K in AAA titles at 144+ FPS, but with eSports titles or with DLSS giving an assist, you can't make that blanket statement.

4k Ultra you DLSS you might be pushing 144hz in certain esports titles, but I wouldn't even bank on that. I can't find plenty of benchmarks, but for instance Fortnite is ~90fps, or ~130fps with DLSS.

Not to mention getting a bit 4k monitor for esports kinda defeats the purpose of "competitive" esports. He'd be way better suited at 1440p if he cares about high refresh rate gaming. That's a no brainer.

The 3080Ti can't drive anything at 144hz at 4k.

I'd recommend UWQHD or SUWQHD personally

Hey guys, weird title, I'll try to explain best I can.

Specs are in my sig, host OS is windows, fully updated (19042.1052). In my windows settings monitor and PC are both set to sleep after 1hr, and hybrid sleep is turned on.

Most of the time everything goes to sleep normally, and whenever I come back to the PC a little mouse wiggle/button press and it wakes up no problem.

However, sometimes (only ever noticed it after leaving my PC overnight, even then it seems sporadic) my PC appears to be shut down (i.e. all lights are off, except mobo RGB lights revert to their standard RGB pattern), and the only way to "wake" it, is to hit the power button, and when I do, within 2-4 seconds, my PC instantly boots to the lock screen (no boot screens, etc), and I can log in, and my desktop is sitting as I left it.

I'm not to worried about this, it's kinda nice. I'm just trying to wrap my head around it all. Anyone know what the cause might be?

Hey guys,

I'm dual booting Manjaro through VM Box, and I use expressVPN. It seems that once I have a lot of downloads running, my internet flat out just stops working, and I have to restart the VM. Any ideas?

1 minute ago, Valass said:

Which one is better for competitive fps gaming?

If it helps at all, newegg currently has as $200 off promo on the DT 1990 Pros.

I debated pulling the trigger but I knew the missus would gut me.

1 hour ago, flibberdipper said:

Only the lowest of the low criminals deserve to suffer through Windows on a hard drive.  

When she told me it was acting normal, I almost felt like an abuser.

She hasn't used it much but I'll look into the drive and fresh install windows, and more than likely upgrade her. Because it's also an upgrade for me.

Just now, flibberdipper said:

Not necessarily. You said something was slamming it with 10MB/s of activity in task manager which can very easily tap out a hard drive (since it's almost certainly not a sequential operation). Might be worth seeing what process was slamming it and go from there.

 

Though with how cheap SSDs are, that also might be worth a looksie. That'll help avoid things like Windows/programs obliterating your system's responsiveness by hitting the drive hard.

I was almost thinking that, I just haven't dealt with an old system/HDDs in a while. It was Chrome for a while, but after I closed that it was "System" running about 8MB/s. There was basically nothing open.

I'll do some more testing, then I might just have to get myself another M.2 SSD, and donate her my old 250GB 840 EVO.

21 hours ago, BFett said:

I always wondered about ips view angles argument. If the monitor is at my desk, arms length in front of my face, how much of a viewing angle do I really need?

 

Thanks for all the advice. Sounds like when it comes to monitors, spending a bit more for a brand/trusted name is worth it. 

I mean, if it's a stationary monitor, peoples distance to their face varies, and on larger panels just the angle from your face to the outer edges/corners can sometimes have darkening on other than IPS panels.

I also completely agree with point 2. Even with popular monitors (mostly UW) I've seen people have issues with dead pixels, backlight bleed, etc on POPULAR companies, nevermind cheaper ones.

Hey guys,

So a while back I passed on my old rig (FX-8350 + GTX 770) to my SO. I went to install a program onto it today and it was painfully slow. I'm talking wait times to minimize tabs, small wait time after CTRL + ALT + Delete.

The only HD in it is an old WD Blue (1TB), and in the task manager it was pinned at 100%, even though the most used program was maxed out under 10MB/s. Is this an indication of a failing drive? I'm planning to get into it this weekend and do some digging/testing, but I figured I'd ask around in the mean time.

10 minutes ago, Vapid said:

Im not a newbie to pc building but i havnt ever gone custom water cooling before but its my end goal for my pc. i have an rtx 3060 and i know it doesnt need to be water cooled but i wanan do it for the looks (IF I CAN) now i dont believe you can get waterblocks for a 3060 can you? if you can please correct me. but if not, what 3000 card do you recomend me to get for water cooling, i was a thinking a 3080

You have a 3060 that's perfectly fine, but you want to buy a 3080 just to water cool for aesthetics?

I would go with the Acer.

1. I've never heard of "Sceptre", and am very skeptic about buying "off-brand" computer parts, especially monitors.

2. I think IPS is the best when it comes to colour reproduction, viewing angles, etc.

IMHO, when you're rocking a GPU that's MSRP is $700, skimping on a monitor is the biggest waste. I'm a believer that it's like firearms, where you're only going to get out of it, what you invest in your glass (in this case, your monitor). I think for a system of your caliber spending half your GPUs budget on your monitor is pretty low end. You might think it'll be a decent upgrade from a $90 HD monitor to a 2k 144hz, but I think it's honestly going to blow your mind.

Long story short, every second spent on your computer is spend staring at the monitor, so don't cheap out on that.

Seems odd you're only using 34%. Have you tried other games/benching it to see if it's the same?

9 minutes ago, Levent said:

You wont be able to craft until you bring the passenger car back to Aurora.

coming in clutch. Ty.

9 minutes ago, Eigenvektor said:

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I think your options at this point are still fairly limited. At least I don't recall having too many options in that level. There should definitely be a crafting table in small hut/house fairly close to the train/bridge, guarded by an electro-ball at night. Of course it also depends on how many weapon mods you've found at this point, iirc there's not that many this early on.

 

~edit: Just a small addition (in case you haven't noticed): When you kill someone, there should be an option to swap your weapon with theirs or strip it for parts. You should generally strip it for parts to collect (their) weapon mods, otherwise you just replace your active weapon.

Yeah I'm tracking that

Just now, Eigenvektor said:

Which mission are you on? If I remember correctly, you can't access those in the field until you get the backpack and some stuff can only be done on crafting tables or between missions.

Part of me was wondering if this was the issue.

Hey guys, so I'm trying to beat Exodus, however in the crafting menu I can't access the weapon or armour tabs, and I've had to restart the game for like the 3rd time, I'm going to lose pretty much all interest. I've tried verifying integrity of game cache, as well as reinstalling via steam, no dice. Anyone have a similar issue that they fixed?

How do I cool my kitchen down while my oven is blasting...

1. You can't. Your PC emits heat under load. Get an AC, or get read to sweat it out.

2. No. No matter your cooling setup, you're still displacing the same amount of heat.

1 minute ago, SpiderMan said:

Usually, eBay has Money Guarantee buyer protections so just in case you receive what is not advertised, you can get your money back. Also, if you pay by PayPal, there are buyer protections there. Do you have a link to it??? The seller is probably a scammer or does not know the current GPU shortage/crisis. 

Oh, it now says one or more sellers can't accept payment.

Just now, SpiderMan said:

Usually, eBay has Money Guarantee buyer protections so just in case you receive what is not advertised, you can get your money back. Also, if you pay by PayPal, there are buyer protections there. Do you have a link to it??? The seller is probably a scammer or does not know the current GPU shortage/crisis. 

https://www.ebay.ca/itm/284287215945?hash=item4230d6a949:g:i7wAAOSwZhtglkco