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On 1/8/2021 at 3:10 PM, TigerWolfe said:

And it's now climbed to 849...so it never hit the advertised price. That's a bad look LMG, maybe don't do branded stuff with Walmart anymore. 

I think this is a minor consequence of them releasing videos on Floatplane early. Not bashing it but I think it caused the problem we have here.

When they released the video on Youtube the laptop was no longer priced at $699. The last day I recall it being $699 was Dec. 30th 2020. The video was released on January 2nd 2020. So from what I understand about Floatplane the videos are released earlier there. So Floatplane users probably had a chance to get in on the deal. But Youtube users missed the deal by the time the Video was released.

I snagged this almost 2 weeks ago. I upgraded it with a 1 TB M.2 and upgraded to 16GB RAM. Thing runs great. So happy with it for the price. I believe the sale ended on 12/30 or 12/31. 

35 minutes ago, LogicWeasel said:

The usual answer when someone asks about a new PSU:  Do you have any solid, independent reviews of that unit yet?  If no, then that's why it's not in the tier list yet.

 

For what it's worth, I'm pretty sure the tier list editors even posted about being aware of the new EVGA lines, so they're rather aware of new stuff, it just takes a while for a review site to post up their findings so a new PSU's quality can be judged against its competitors properly.

Cool. That makes sense. 

Thanks for the response!

Any thoughts or plans to add the EVGA Supernova G5 power supplies to the tier list? 

Well been waiting and might wait to see what the RTX 2080 super brings. But the price point of the RX 5700 XT is enticing me. I'm also now considering CPU upgrade to the Ryzen 7 3700x from a i7 4790k. The performance appears to be good enough for me on the RX 5700 XT without breaking the bank. Which gives a bit more freedom to upgrade my CPU as well. 

So i'm been contemplating which Graphics to get to run this beast of a display. I'm currently running a 980ti and it isn't quite cutting it for some recent games Division 2 and Sea of Theives. 

I've been looking at the RTX 2080 and looking at 4k benchmarks. 5120x1440 is 7,372,800 pixels compared to 3840x2160's 8,8294,400. So I believe 4k benchmarks on graphics cards give me a relatively decent idea of how they would work at this resolution. With the benefit being they will run slightly better on 5120x1440.

Anyway I'm thinking of the RTX 2080 Super once it is released. Sadly no real benchmarks for it. But we can guess it is at least slightly better than the RTX 2080 for the same price of ~$699. But I started looked and found that EVGA has a 2080ti for $999. 

So i'm wondering if $300 difference would be worth it... I don't know. I know we don't have a true comparison of these yet.

I'm just curious to see what others would choose for a Graphics Card to run games on the Samsung CRG9.

https://pcpartpicker.com/product/thQG3C/dell-d2719hgf-270-1920x1080-144-hz-monitor-d2719hgf

https://pcpartpicker.com/product/4Hc48d/dell-s2419hgf-240-1920x1080-144-hz-monitor-s2419hgf

2 Dell monitors with Free sync and 144hz at 1080P both in your price range. Use can use display port or hdmi. If you get these from Amazon the return policy should be good and you can just return it if you don't like it. Don't have to worry about getting Dead pixels. 

Cheapest 34in Ultrawide with 2560x1080 resolution. ~$450 https://pcpartpicker.com/product/LrcMnQ/lg-34uc79g-b-340-144hz-monitor-34uc79g-b

Cheapest 34in Ultrawide with 3440x1440 resolution. ~$820 https://pcpartpicker.com/product/CzrmP6/lg-34gk950f-b-340-3440x1440-144-hz-monitor-34gk950f-b

Note: I wouldn't buy the 2560x1080 resolution. You will notice the pixels and it won't be sharp. Save some more money up or look at getting a 16:9 monitor for your price range and refresh rate. 

2 hours ago, xg32 said:

TLDR, no way it's true hdr10. , only worth it if you are already looking for a monitor of that size. Not the best in either gaming (hardware limitations) or hdr content (92% RGB, not WCG), and for 1499 it needs to excel at something.

 

I just did some research on this monitor, it's closer to a hdr600 spec, there's no way it actually does hdr10 and it doesn't have WCG, so likely washed out colors even with hdr on (only 92% RGB coverage). So with that established, the resolution and the rest of the specs effectively makes it possibly like 2 of those 1440p/144hz monitors (the samsung one is admitted better than those in image quality), worth about 600dollars a piece atm, so 1499 isn't horrible if it's the exact specs you are looking for. 

 

This monitor falls into a weird category, since it offers better image quality than existing 1440p/144hz monitors, but also requires the additional hardware horsepower to run 5120x1440 @120hz (probably can't really use this as a gaming monitor for AAA games), for hdr content it isn't the best either, but it does offer a 49inch screen. Otherwise I think the PG27UQ dropping to 1499 soon is a better deal, for both gaming and hdr content (1649 atm).

Here's VESA's site. It shows certified monitors at different HDR levels and how they are rated. 

https://displayhdr.org/certified-products/

I see the term HDR10 used. But then see HDR400, HDR600, HDR1000. I'm no expert either. But their site does list this monitor has certified for HDR1000. 

EDIT: Not finding good info for HDR10 requirements. From the looks of it VESA just gave us different levels of HDR that play HDR10 content. But I cannot find any hard requirements for HDR10. The 2 set of standards are talked about briefly in this article. https://www.anandtech.com/show/12144/vesa-announces-displayhdr-spec-and-tiers

If anyone one can find HDR10 specs/requirements from a legitimate source I would be interested. But as far as I can tell VESA's standards will play HDR10 content. 

2 minutes ago, mikegray said:

If you want to come visit me in Switzerland, you can take one home with you in your ... umm ... hand luggage?

If you want to pay for the airfare! LMAO. 

This isn't considering any kind of customs fees I need to account for because this thing is $1500. Lol. 

Amazon has had it for sale a times but it sells out quickly. And i'm not talking third party seller actually amazon.com.

Also seen it available straight from Samsung once. 

I've only seen it available for Pre-order from BH video.

Newegg has/had it on backorder.

So you can get it here in the US from a few places. But they don't appear to be getting enough QTY to keep available to sell for very long.

Which is frustrating. After my research this is the monitor I want. But I sadly finally made that decision after seeing it on sell at a few places...… which they no longer have available. 

Heck I got an email just this morning from Amazon about it being available again at 4am. Woke up at 7am to see they didn't have any stock left again. They really need to make this more available than it is. I'm ready to purchase this. 

47 minutes ago, NvidiaIntelAMDLoveTriangle said:

https://www.gigabyte.com/Motherboard/GA-B150-HD3-DDR3-rev-10#support-cpu

Cool you proved me wrong and found him a motherboard. Lol.

23 hours ago, Boni said:

I have an i7 2600 and its have to same performance(In gta 5 as a example) as the 4790K. I need a suggest for a motherboard that support my 2x hyperx ddr3 1600 and the 7700k.

No motherboard exists that supports both DDR3 RAM and the 7700K. 

On ‎1‎/‎8‎/‎2018 at 10:54 AM, Aetohatir said:

*update
So I tested your suggestion out
Disabled all of my startup programs, and programs that still start themselves even though I can't disable them I just uninstalled (like Teamviewer).
Shut down my Computer, booted it back up. Still at 70%
Was really confused.
Tested a bunch of things out. Ended up disabling the "Get tips, tricks and suggestions as you use Windows" setting inside the settings. (not that I used it I just didn't disable it)
then I restarted and lo and behold memory usage back down at just 7%.
I didn't think it was because of that setting, as in the past week my computer sometimes had full RAM, and sometimes it started normally.
So I started to think that maybe my computer acted normal whenever I restart my computer but act weird whenever I normally shut it down and then boot it back up.

So I shut it down and booted it back up. and for some reason, it just fixed itself. Memory usage is normal again, even when I normally just boot it up.

So yeah. It works for now. If I ever get that issue again I'll test my hypotheses, and update you. If I don't write anything it might have been the windows tips and tricks setting though.
Long term I'll probably try to reinstall Windows. 
But that for semester break.

Sweet! I'm glad you got it working in the mean time!

55 minutes ago, Aetohatir said:

 

There you go

 

Yeah - I was suspecting something like that as well.

What's the best course of action here? Should I reinstall Windows again?

 

Hmmm few things to try.

Go back to your paging file settings. Check the top checkbox. "Automatically manage paging file size for all drives". See if that makes a difference. 

From what I can see it doesn't appear to be a major memory leak unless a program has several processes consuming a large sum of memory. 

I would also try rebooting pc and not starting any program. As well as limit start up programs. Slowly start programs that you think might be the culprit. And monitor memory usage. 

Just now, Aetohatir said:

I'm telling you - It's not a program.
 

Better yet go back to the performance tab and open resource monitor. 

Then proceed to memory tab. Sort by working set column. This will tell you what processes are using the most memory currently. 

I forgot how dumb the task manager was.

6 minutes ago, Aetohatir said:

Really just Windows.
Right now chrome is using 2.5 GBs, and the rest is in the megabytes range.
let's say that's 3GBs for programs
Still 23GBs for JUST windows.

Try sorting by the memory column. Even if it is Windows. There are different Windows background processes. If we can see the processes with the higher usage it will be helpful. 

This deal is so tempting.. It is a really good deal. But I love ultrawide monitors.  So I think that will be difficult to give up.

27 minutes ago, hey_yo_ said:

Now, I'm glad Microsoft didn't continue the Surface Iris because back in the day, there's just no interest for Windows RT from both consumers and developers. I mean, app switching with Windows RT is meh in comparison to iOS and Android back in 2013. With iOS, you either double tap the home button or swipe four fingers up to bring up app switcher. With Android Jelly Bean and beyond, just click the app switching icon and it will show cards of apps. Windows RT's app switching is cumbersome. Swipe from the left then quickly back down to bring it up and it doesn't show all opened apps. 

Im glad they cancelled the Surface Mini. I don't think it would of sold well on aesthetics alone.

But I disagree with you on app switching. I argue that Windows 8/RT was the best for app switching. Swiping from the left to pull up open apps? One swipe? How is that cumbersome? I also never had a problem with it showing all the apps. I was able to easily go thru and select the app I wanted. Maybe you prefer the iOS or android for app switching. But I would say cumbersome is definitely a stretch. 

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45 minutes ago, Colonel_Gerdauf said:

I've said this before, I'll say it again:

For an actual cellphone (under 6-inch), 1440P nets you zero visual benefits over 1080P. Want 1440P? Get a tablet then.

 

Also anything with a screen size exceeding 6 inches is classified as a tablet. Using such devices as smartphones is absolutely moronic.

Only benefit of that resolution is VR. It will make a difference if anyone uses it for VR. But for everyone else who doesn't use it for VR. Yeah probably won't.

7 hours ago, RhinoMcD said:

I can't say i've tried it, but 2560 x 1080 doesn't sound like a great experience. Maybe I'm wrong.  But man, after using 1440p or 1600p monitors I don't think i could drop that extra bit of vertical space.

however,
that 176 for open box might be enough to pick one up for my mom.  I'm sure wouldn't know the difference.

I own 2. It is an awesome experience when gaming. Being able to see that much more to my left and right because of the 21:9 ratio is awesome. And most games support the resolution without problems. With a traditional 16:9 even if you go up in resolution does not actually allow you to see more. But the scaling is the same 16:9. Although higher resolution will always offer better quality.

I'm actually impressed with their pricing. For someone who doesn't know how or doesn't feel safe doing it. This is definitely the way to go. I just enjoy building my own to much. lol. No matter the cost.

I just want a low profile single slot 1050 or 1050ti.... come one someone make it.

9 minutes ago, Searbug said:

Hey, so ive built my first pc and have been using the intergrated gpu for a bit, install windows, so now i go and add the actual gpu (RX 480) and now im not able to boot to ANYTHING that being, i cant boot windows on the HDD anymore or a usb. But when i take out the GPU and use the iGPU, everything works again. Is this because of a bad RX 480? Should i try RMA it?

What's the wattage on your PSU?