TaylorHu

Hello all. I've been an AMD fanboy for a while, but I recently got a 4k monitor and my old 6700XT is just not holding up. Probably going to pull the trigger on a 4080 Super when I can find one at MSRP. Can anyone point me to a good guide on how to get the most out of it? I haven't really kept up on all the latest tech; DLSS, Ray Tracing, Frame Generation.... When to use what, what are typically the best visual quality to performance ratios, etc. What graphics settings you should tweak (I read somewhere that if you're Frame Generation you should frame rate cap at 1/2 your monitor's maximum refresh rate, for example?) to get the most bang for your buck. It seems like it can vary a lot by game, but some general guidelines would be helpful. If it helps, I play almost exclusively single player titles. A lot of ARPGs and things. So I'm typically not as concerned with maximizing my frames and minimized my input lag and all that. Thanks in advance!

I'm thinking of picking up this monitor: https://rog.asus.com/us/monitors/above-34-inches/rog-swift-pg38uq/ I've been waiting for some professional reviews to come out for it, but so far nothing (which is odd?). But the specs seem to be pretty good for what I want. My use case is 50/50 productivity and gaming. Productivity is mostly writing code, gaming is mostly single player RPGs, no eSport or twitch gaming. I currently have one of the first (or possibly the first) 38" 3840x1600 ultrawides and it's starting to die. So this would be slightly more pixels in the same size, though at a 16:9 instead of 21:9 aspect ratio, meaning it would actually take up slightly less room on my desk. I was looking at the PG42UQ for a while, but a few reviews called out the less than optimal text clarity due to RWBG subpixel layout. Pros (based on states specs): Probably as small as you can get and still do 4k without scaling for all that productivity goodness. Good DCI-P3 coverage. More than fast enough VRR rate for what I need. More than fast enough response time for what I need. No text clarity issues. No fear of burn in or other OLED issues. Cons: Not an OLED. My laptop has an OLED screen and it's pretty hard to look at anything else now. Missing a lot of what are pretty standard convenience features now, such as a KVM switch or USB-C in for one cable connectivity, odd for a monitor released in 2023. No professional reviews yet, so it could have terrible color accuracy, response time, etc, when you actually get it into a lab. But my main monitor is dying, so I need to replace it with something. Anyone have a compelling reason I shouldn't bit the bullet and risk getting this? It's currently on sale on Amazon, don't think there's really anything in the price range that I would consider. I'm not really willing to go down in size or have to use scaling.

I can understand the power output, most VR headsets have a battery or other source of power, but wouldn't it make sense to still have data for the VR headset?

I have one of these, a Huion Kamvas 16 screen drawing table. Right now, to use it on my desktop, I need a triple cable dongle thing. HDMI from the GPU, one USB for data, and another for power. It can support a single usb-c cable connection but I'm not quite sure what is all required for that to work. I am thinking of upgrading my GPU, and I know that some 7900 XTs have a usb-c port on them. It would be nice to get something that I could do a one cable hookup to that drawing tablet, it would really help with cable management. But I don't know what I need to check to make sure that it can do that. Display protocol? Power output?

I just got a brand new Zenbook Duo 14.5. The Control Panel, the thing on the second screen that lets you control apps, recognizes but won't control any Adobe apps. It seems to work in other apps (ie right now I can use it to toggle through tabs in Chrome). When I open Lightroom, for example, it recognizes that I've done so. All of the controls change over to the Lightroom sliders and everything. But moving them doesn't actually change the sliders in Lightroom itself. Similar story with Photoshop. My gut reaction is there's something on the Adobe end of things, a plugin perhaps, that I need to enable, but I can't find anything about it in the documentation. Any ideas?

Why do most gaming PC graphics cards bias towards Displayport while most game consoles, other home media devices and even laptops (either with an adapter or with an actual port on the laptop), favor HDMI?

Hey all, I am looking for some monitor recommendations. I currently have the Acer XR382CQK. So one of the very early 38" ultrawides, and I love it, but it's starting to show it's age. It's coming up on 5 years old, and now it's starting to do things like make a really high pitched whining sound when I have the brightness above 50. Other weird quirks. I have a feeling it's going to die soon, so looking to replace it now. My use case is productivity, photo editing (I have a second monitor with 100% AdobeRGB coverage off to the side), coding, and some gaming. My gaming is mostly single player or casual multiplayer, so I don't need the highest refresh rates and response times, but I certainly wouldn't complain about them either. Think Jedi: Fallen Order, not Fortnite. I do like a nice rich picture, vivid colors, all that. I work from home, so something that served double duty Musts: 38" - 3840x1600 Vesa mountable One cable USB-C charging and video (my work laptop is an M1 Macbook Air, do I need thunderbolt for this?) Freesync compatible Nice-to-haves Good HDR support (last time I looked into this the gist I got was the HDR support was more of a marketing gimmick than an actual feature, not sure if that's changed) Good DCI-P3 coverage G-Sync compatible (current card is AMD, but having the option to switch in the future is nice and it looks like some monitors can do both now) 100hz or higher refresh rate Built in KVM switch functionality, right now I use a USB switcher and toggle the input on my monitor, which works but isn't ideal Preferably not an over-the-top gamer aesthetic, I am almost 40 after all Looking at maybe the 38GL950G-B or the 38WN95C-W, but both of those are a few years old now I think, so curious as to what newer options there are. Thanks everyone!

Update: Got a USB Wifi adapter, that seemed to solve the issue. Anything else I should check or should I just assume failing ethernet port on the motherboard? I'd rather not have to replace the board now but I could if I needed to.

I have Verizon FIOS gigabit internet. One desktop, a couple of laptops (work and personal), a Roku TV, some smart home devices, etc. For about a week now the speeds on my desktop have been terrible. Speedtests say everything is fine, 800+ down, but the reality doesn't match that. Videos buffer even at 720p, large file downloads fail, I have to refresh web pages multiple times to get them to load, trying to log into any Google based service in particular is next to impossible. Everything else on the network seems fine. No issues on my laptop, I can stream 4k content on the tv without issue, etc. I'm using Verizon's Router and Modem PC Specs are pretty beefy Windows 11 Ryzen 5900x 32gb Ram 6700xt GPU So far I've tried Different ethernet cable Different ethernet port on router Resetting all network settings on the PC sfc /scannow DISM Full malware scan, both with Windows Defender and Avast Full CCleaner clean Disabling all startup items Grabbed all Windows updates Confirmed issue in Edge, Chrome and Firefox No recent changes to the PC, upgraded the GPU a few weeks ago but this started happening well after that so I don't think it's a hardware or config change. Going to try and get a USB wi-fi adapter and see if that helps, maybe it's just a bad ethernet port on my mobo itself?

Found it, deep in my AMD driver settings "use custom color" was on.

My rig currently has 32gb, a 2x16gb kit. I do a lot of photo and video editing, 32gb is more than enough most of the time, but I do find that when I am say, generating a lot of previews or exporting a lot of photos in Lightroom my memory usage will max out. Basically Lightroom will just gobble up all unused ram. I'm also thinking of dabbling in some video editing at some point. So I was thinking of throwing in another 32gb. The main issue is the kit I originally purchased is no longer available: https://www.newegg.com/g-skill-32gb-288-pin-ddr4-sdram/p/N82E16820232899?Item=N82E16820232899 I can't seem to fin another 2x16gb kit with the same timings from G. Skill. How important is it that they match? Ryzen 9 5900x Asus Crosshair VII Hero Radeon RX 580 (<-- in desperate need of an upgrade but not willing to pay scalper prices yet)

It's a fresh install of Windows 11, and I've tried the dedicated 'AdobeRGB' mode in the OSD in the monitor itself. Something in the AMD drivers maybe?

I have an Asus Pro Art PA279q. A 27″, supposedly factory calibrated color accurate monitor with 100% AdobeRGB coverage. I’ve had it for almost six years now. During those six years I have kept it calibrated using the Datacolor Spyder5 and it’s software. After not bothering to calibrate it for quite some time, I tried again and the Datacolor software reported that it was only covering about 65% of the AdobeRGB space now. I tried resetting all of the settings within the OSD and using both the dedicated AdobeRG modes as well as the ‘user’ setting. No change. Did some Googleing, came across DisplayCAL and tried that, same results. I’ve tried running DisplayCAL a few times with different settings, honestly don’t entirely know what I am doing, but every time I get basically the same results. It reports the monitor has between 65% and 67% AdobeRGB coverage. Has the monitor started to go bad? Is the Spyder5 actually the problem? Something else I am missing? This is on a Windows 11 PC and an AMD RX 580 GPU, if that matters.

For my secondary monitor I have a an Asus ProArt PA279Q. It's been out for a few years, was actually reviewed by Linus back in the day, and I have had it since shortly after launch. It is plugged into an Radeon RX580 on a Windows 10 machine. I bought the monitor to edit photos on, as I am a hobbyist photographer, and it has 99% AdobeRGB coverage. I was editing some photos on it and noticed that it just did not look right. Luckily I have a Spyder5 color calibrator, and it had been some time since I ran a calibration on it, so I figured it was just due for that. I made sure the monitor was on AdobeRGB mode in the OSD, and then ran the calibrator utility. The results that came back were pretty bad. According to the Spyder 5 software, the monitor is now only displaying 90% of sRGB, or about 66% of AdobeRGB. So: Is it possible that the monitor, now roughly 5 years old, is just "wearing out" in terms of the amount of colors it is capable of? Is there some setting in Windows 10 that I need to change to enable it to show all of the colors it is capable of? Is there a setting in the Radeon Software that I need to change to enable it to show all of the colors it is capable of? Or something else I am completely missing?

It would make cable management that much easier. Some of us appreciate a clean setup, as opposed to the rat's nest of different length cables I have now.