TheFalseHuman

its all about supply and demand
if there is less of it, the prices will go up
but if not many people are looking for it, prices go down

telling us your computer specs may help
 
reapply CPU cooler?

[sorry if this is the wrong subforum, please move it if so]
 
Who is the target audience for Apple's new MacBook?
 
MBA 11         - 2.38
MBA 13         - 2.96
MBPr 13inch - 3.48 pounds
MB                 - 2 pounds
 
For the same base price of $1299, one could get the MBPr 13 - better CPU (not sure about GPU), much better I/O and still has the screen
 
I honestly don't see a good reason to get the new MacBook. The I/O is too restrictive/limited. I read that some people said that this is essentially an "iPad w/ a keyboard". Students can't afford or there are better alternatives. Businessmen would definitely want a laptop with better I/O. Content creators would want something better than a Core M CPU. Journalists might want to constantly use their USB drives?
 
WHO IS THIS LAPTOP FOR?!?!
so confused...
 
Or is this device essentially a luxury device, such as a Rolex watch?

Video connectors on motherboard would the the CPU's iGPU, not the discrete GPU.

Since AMD cards also have a similar software with Nvidia's ShadowPlay, doesn't that mean AMD cards also have H.264 encoders on them and can be used with OBS?
 
 
You're streaming + gaming on a dual core CPU?
 
Have you already streamed + game with that CPU? If so, how is the experience? What games are you streaming?

All 970's perform within the margins of each other.
 
Just pick the one that aesthetically pleases you and fits your PC's color scheme.
 
Fan speed curve can be adjusted through software

It's fine, just put computer to sleep or something

Color matching ram slots are in dual channel (or quad?). So, if you have a dual channel kit, use those particular ram slots.
 
EDIT: wow, too slow at typing, when I was typing this post, there were no other posts >.<

At that price point, consider getting the 980, or even dual SLI ~$330 970s

APU is just a term from AMD that is essentially equivalent to Intel's CPUs with integrated graphics

In the same price bracket, in terms of performance, AMD cards will more often than not trump their Nvidia counterpart. Nvidia uses branding to sell their cards, so they could afford to sell cards at higher prices, even though the same/similar performance could be achieved with an AMD card at a cheaper price.
 
This is true in this case as well. In terms of performance, 265 is better than 750ti

lol Korean monitors ftw  
can't read lol

In the same price bracket, in terms of performance, AMD cards will more often than not trump their Nvidia counterpart. Nvidia uses branding to sell their cards, so they could afford to sell cards at higher prices, even though the same/similar performance could be achieved with an AMD card at a cheaper price.
 
This is true in this case as well. In terms of performance, 265 is better than 750ti

Words of wisdom:
"We do not shop by brand, we shop by what delivers us the best performance, features and quality for the money we're spending" - Linus (Techquickie)
  Don't let a forum choose a GPU for you. We can only educate you and share our opinions, but at the end of the day, it's your money.

Hmm, you're right. My bad, sorry, should've done a little bit of research. They should've done a better job naming it lol

Also, the "misalignment" is only on eVGA entry cards; the FTW and SC have different designs (correct me if I'm wrong)

uhh, isn't the whole eVGA misalignment thing just blown out of proportion? 

On CPU front: 2016 should have a new line up or two and note AMD is working on a whole new architecture... Intel is just slowly changing the old SandyBridge, In all reality Haswell is just SandyBridge revision 3, also may I note that they came up with SandyBridge in '05  it's basically been their golden pony that they're riding to death and back... AMD's tossing out everything and starting a whole new architecture and getting some of the best SoC and CPU designers together for Zen and taking their time...

On GPU front: It's mostly politics with partner companies holding them back... And Nvidia has sort of taken a couple of shortcuts for their benefits by keeping the same process node, same reference cooler (more-or-less)  they shrunk the chip and are using their new architecture  to match (or beat) the performance of the older larger chip  and are now making loads more money  (the mere difference in chip size means GM204 chips are drastically cheaper to manufacture than GK110s) they basically rushed out maxwell as fast as they could  by trying to change as little as possible to avoid the drama AMD's now dealing with trying to manufacture a newer larger chip, w/ newer architecture on smaller node w/ HBM, with a new cooler  at their expense (granted if it works out they'll be making lots of money) 

Also speaking just current stuff on the market *GPU wise*  I'd say in most cases AMD should be holding the crown at alot of budgets IMHO everything but GTX 980 aren't really worth considering cause an AMD card will likely be as good for cheaper 700 series cards are basically neglible cause they've been replaced or just plain suck for the money... I think 970 from Price:Performance falls very flat cause of 290/290x price cuts(which are worst than an emos (sorry if that was in bad taste)) and people are really over hyping 970 cause all they are comparing it to is 980 and I think 980 is king it's stronger than say Titan Black for half the cost  I think 980 is Nvidia's only card worth considering at just about anybudget cause another solution will be stronger... And Power Draw is only so far cause if your building a new computer a 500W PSU and 700W PSU can be almost identical in cost  and a $5 more PSU vs a $100 more graphics card (290 vs 970) is a bit of a difference for sucha  little fps gain... and at all the places I've ever lived power-cost between the two is $3-10/ year more with 290  980 on the other hand is an unstoppable monster wrecking the few things that compete with it (which are just 780Ti Titan black Titan Z and 295x2 but I'm excluding 295x2 cause of the AIO requirement)


of course this is speculation and based on news that's really mostly compromised of rumors and educated guesses  and is told from my in all honesty subjective perspective

Linus:

I haven't mined in about a year and don't even understand cryptography that much, even after browsing Bitcoin/altcoin forums and reading wikis on it, so someone correct me if I'm wrong >.<
 
Mining puts a 100% load on the GPU(s). So, even if the user has adequate cooling, the lifespan of the card has been reduced much more than if the user was just gaming on it. Most hardcore miners, not sure if this guys is or not, but he does have 3 cards in total which would suggest he was somewhat serious on mining, would mine for 24/7, if temperature permits it. So 100% load at 24/7 at X amount of days/weeks/months would probably degrade the lifespan of the card. 
 
Performance wise, I am not sure, I assume it would be the same as any aged card, but it would be the lifespan of the card that would concern me more
 
EDIT: Oh, he said he mined with the cards for about 8 months

Not familiar with shipping to Australia and whatnot, but Newegg has some R9 290s for ~$250 new

But...but it's in a plastic bag, so condensation/dripping shouldn't be too much of a concern once it equalizes with the surrounding temperature, right?
 
I read that refrigerators aren't made to cool an active heat source.

*mind blown*

I trust Linus's video series where he compared the FX 8350 vs 3570k more than that of Tek Syndicate's. Linus shows us his testing methodology, whereas Tek Syndicate doesn't.
 
Part 1: 

Dude, I want to get to 4.5Ghz when I overclock my CPU in a while.
Aren't the chips (including the 5820K) given to Linus (and many other well known reviewers) cherry-picked? I was always under this assumption so I just look at many reviewer's graphs and data with a grain of salt. Unless the reviewers bought retail version of the chips (or whatever else).