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Got an EVGA RTX 3070 FTW2 Ultra for $737. I will be able to sell my current EVGA 1070 SC2 for $250 so that basically brings the 3070 down to the lowest MSRP. Around these parts such a higher tier 3070 is over $1000 so I'm wondering whether I should just try to sell it for $900 (BNIB) and keep the 1070 till November or whenever 4070 is launched. Or is it wishful thinking to expect a reasonable MSRP so far in the future? The war in Ukraine will basically tank a bunch of economies + the inflation in the US will persist for a while... -
That's the benefit of having little time - the hour you can play every other day is doubly valued to the binging you could have otherwise done. imo
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Is it sick and wrong of me for not being all that worried whether an update or something else bricks my OS?
This current installation is from January 2019. So much stuff installed. Copied over from a smaller SSD to a bigger SSD. Bunch of crap in this OS, i'm certain. But since SSDs are hella' good at keeping the system from slowing down - it's still great. Or maybe it's 20 years of past experience that helps people to avoid critical mistakes?
But I can see my Roaming/AppData, etc folders and all the software that has been uninstalled 2+ years ago.
A fresh start wouldn't hurt but I'd rather leave this to fate than force it myself. Some masochistic tendency somewhere, I guess.
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Not even thinking of replaying that's for sure. But doesn't hurt to have it in another space, just in case.
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https://store.epicgames.com/en-US/p/wolfenstein-the-new-order
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As if I'd actually play these games again. Done it years ago
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Welcome to the Dark Side!
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Better than Beyoncé's "... best videos of all time" ? According to Kanye West.
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https://store.epicgames.com/en-US/bundles/bioshock-the-collection
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Vintage for a premium: The HD6XX Review & Honest impressions
FIXXX replied to OfficialTechSpace's topic in Member Reviews
imo its not Sennheiser's fault when people overestimate the HD6-series. It looks more or less timeless, sounds good and is decently long-lasting as long as you don't treat them like your 60-dollar gaming headset. -
imo all the games in the borderlands series are clumped up in the same place in my head. No way to split them into "separate" games since I've played/replayed them all at least twice so any new releases were remembered as part of whatever I replayed most recently. Plus their specific technique of animation and drawing helps with it
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https://store.epicgames.com/en-US/sales-and-specials/mega-sale Coupon applies even for games that are already discounted. Example below:
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The X3 and Pro versions are selling very well in my neck of the woods. If it were still a big problem I'd have heard about it. Plus, I got a totally new phone (6/256) for $230 (equivalent in my local currency). It's impossible to get anything better at this price - new.
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It's just counterintuitive that it isn't able to. So many cores, so much RAM yet we keep bumping into this bottleneck. Just feels like it should be a much better experience.
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Upgraded from LG V20 to a Poco X3 Pro. A huge hardware and software jump for me after after 4 years stuck on Android 7 and now on Android 12!
Xiaomi promised 2 major OS updates so I hope to stick with it for 4 years too
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Cannot wait for the next upgrade in several years
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4 minutes ago, WickedThunder86 said:
You shouldn't have bought a poco x3 pro. Many poco x3 pro's are getting randomly bricked by a bug in the calibration of the pmic ic.
My friends poco x3 pro randomly died and got stuck EDL mode about 8-9 months ago
https://forum.xda-developers.com/t/poco-x3-pro-suddenly-not-working.4357215/
The X3 and Pro versions are selling very well in my neck of the woods. If it were still a big problem I'd have heard about it.
Plus, I got a totally new phone (6/256) for $230 (equivalent in my local currency).
It's impossible to get anything better at this price - new.
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Asked a question in that video, but posting it here too: >Doesn't the OS have the ability to check the number and size of the files that are yet to be copied - check the speed of transfer of the previous files in this transfer and estimate based on that? It doesn't have to act as if the remaining files are in a black box it has no access to...>
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Guess I might need to find a better MicroSD card than this Samsung one.
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I can remember there certainly being a large discrepancy back when only HDDs were around. But with SSDs one would expect it to be better optimized...
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So you have a file the size of 80GB. You copy it from your SSD to a memory card or whatever.
Then you have 11000 files with a total size of 80GB. Why does it take MUCH MUCH longer to copy that over - compared to the single file?
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That's what it does but the video precisely explains how that can't be very reliable because nothing's a given, PCs multitask, something may decide to add additional processing/drive IO overhead at any time etc.
Also on external drives Windows by default disables write caching to reduce the risk of losing data in case of unexpected disconnection, so there will be less grouping of operations and more waiting for each single thing to be finished before starting the next, and that significantly reduces performance especially in those "many small file" scenarios. You can reenable it but then really need to use the "safely eject" function.
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6 minutes ago, FIXXX said:Asked a question in that video, but posting it here too:
>Doesn't the OS have the ability to check the number and size of the files that are yet to be copied - check the speed of transfer of the previous files in this transfer and estimate based on that? It doesn't have to act as if the remaining files are in a black box it has no access to...>The file system is not always local, it could be a shared drive mapped as a local hard drive, it could be other things.
You're not always guaranteed that can you go through all the folders and build the whole list and some administrators could even be annoyed with you for that.
Also, who's to say that a particular file doesn't change while that list is built or after that list is built?
Not even gonna get into ntfs alternate streams and other security things.. basically it's complicated and it's hard to estimate a progress because it's not under your control.
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It's fine. Not like I've played it a decade ago and am nostalgic. Just feels less oppressive, imo. You don't like like you're loosing by not constantly doing something there.
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Playing Neverwinter. An MMO from 2013.
All the while there are tons of better looking games. Sad to be jaded
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A 3 in 1 review: My thoughts on my iPhone, iPad and Apple Watch.
FIXXX replied to soldier_ph's topic in Member Reviews
huh. how common do you feel this is? just from people - not necessarily your own experience online (since that can color your current opinion too much). Since a huge number of people in the US are using these devices one would expect a flood. -
Word of warning. Don't get overzealous with blocklists. If you're the only person using the computer, ie it's not a family computer, then sure have at it. Here's my pihole instance running on a Synology NAS. I do have to Whitelist some random-ass website for no known reason. Even rather well-known websites about IT or whatever. I did tell my wife to let me know if any website isn't loading. She only asked once and I'm 99% sure she just forgets to ask and doesn't care why some sites aren't loading.
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btw, if you're not ready to go fully wireless I can recommend this: https://www.amazon.com/dp/B086L8WF4D Very decent battery life, (surprisingly) good sound and passive noise isolation when listening to anything (confirmed while at the gym). And don't mind the band, you barely feel it. Btw there's no hissing that you can get from similarly cheap bluetooth headphones. At $43 I don't think there's much else to choose from. If anyone has great alternatives with similar long battery life and good sound - share
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Take a look at the m.2 slot that's underneath the GPU. It'll get toasty so avoid using it. Also, check the height of the CPU cooler's fan placement since it might interfere with the RAM heat-spreader. Speaking from personal experience.
