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    crosstiger reacted to vanished in Disney strongly influenced EA's decision to temporarily remove Micro-transactions on Battlefront 2   
    Turning them off doesn't actually solve anything, all it does is show that maybe they actually are aware of the hate.  To actually "fix" this properly would probably require additional months of development since clearly the micro-transactions were baked into the game from the start.  I remember when game makers would just strive to make the best game, which would ultimately maximize profit by it selling to more people... then later micro-transactions were added in as a sort of fringe thing but now it seems like game makers start with a core designed to harvest as much as possible from micro-transactions, and then just fluff out a "game" around that in order to support those micro-transactions.
  2. Informative
    crosstiger reacted to goodtofufriday in [UPDATED] EA in more loot box drama & Community fires back   
    Some reading for those who believe the update changes anything. 
     
     
     
  3. Informative
    crosstiger got a reaction from uspoloassassin in GPU stuck at low clock speeds   
    Can you test the gpu on a clean windows installation? Having an unused hard drive lying around would be handy.
     
    It's sounds a bit like as if the driver update was faulty and left some bad configs or bugs behind. How long has it been since you updated the driver? You could try the windows recovery options to restore your pc to a point before the driver update (provided that windows has created a restore point).
     
    https://support.microsoft.com/en-us/help/12415/windows-10-recovery-options
    (Option: Restore from a system restore point )
     
    Keep in mind that this can undo any changes you made after that point (like program installation). Also backup your personal files located on drive C:
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    crosstiger got a reaction from Anghammarad in Can I use Onboard to connect a GPU   
    ok.
     
    I understood the question as "using the mainboard i/o without any extra cables - no hdmi in" in which the answer would still be: no. And the most logical solution: Buy an adapter.
  5. Agree
    crosstiger got a reaction from MasterLow in Quad GTX 1080?   
    Nope, no 1000-card supports it.
  6. Agree
    crosstiger got a reaction from Frankenburger in to skyrim moders   
    That depends on your setup. Some can get up to 100 stable in one cell, other crash at more than 30. Skyrim's engine isn't really designed to handle that many npc's.
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    crosstiger got a reaction from Technous285 in to skyrim moders   
    That depends on your setup. Some can get up to 100 stable in one cell, other crash at more than 30. Skyrim's engine isn't really designed to handle that many npc's.
  8. Funny
    crosstiger got a reaction from PCApprenticeRace in Paladins Vs Overwatch   
    They can run cs:go but can't run paladins? Are they playing on igpus?
     
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  10. Funny
    crosstiger got a reaction from Goldensapling in Hell yeah, I'm a professional Water Cooler   
  11. Funny
    crosstiger got a reaction from 8uhbbhu8 in Hell yeah, I'm a professional Water Cooler   
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    crosstiger got a reaction from RGProductions in Stop playing CSGO (creating a movement)   
    If that's your main concert than, sure good luck with that "movement" ...
  13. Informative
    crosstiger got a reaction from ImperialSteele in Forgot Phone's Password   
    It's usuly called "recovery mode".
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    crosstiger got a reaction from vanished in [updated] Anybody tried the Fallout 4 High Resolution texture pack? It's out now   
    Fun fact:
     
     
    Around 10 GB of junk and nearly half of the textures are 512x512 ... NICE!
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    crosstiger got a reaction from Praesi in [updated] Anybody tried the Fallout 4 High Resolution texture pack? It's out now   
    Fun fact:
     
     
    Around 10 GB of junk and nearly half of the textures are 512x512 ... NICE!
  16. Informative
    crosstiger got a reaction from Misanthrope in [updated] Anybody tried the Fallout 4 High Resolution texture pack? It's out now   
    Fun fact:
     
     
    Around 10 GB of junk and nearly half of the textures are 512x512 ... NICE!
  17. Like
    crosstiger got a reaction from Matias_Chambers in How long did you sleep last time you slept?   
    Around 10 hours
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    crosstiger got a reaction from Poohy14 in Dual LGA 1366 Xeon "upgrade" - 12 core   
    So here we are... before we go into any details let me talk a bit why I'm doing this.
     
    Backstory
    So, earlier this year my boss told me to clean our storage room at work. It was pretty messy so I started with the big junk - old servers and pcs. Most of the stuff was either broker or so old that it would not be worth playing around with it. However, there was one server that was still running, but was no longer in use. A Fujitsu Primergy tx300 s6. The server was used for archive, but we transferred the data to a different host long time ago. Apparently we just forgot to turn the server off *derp*. My boss told me to throw the server away, but I was like "nah man, I'll take this one home". Why? Well because it is a pretty decent machine. The server was rocking a Xeon E5645, 6 core cpu with ht, 8 GB of DDR3 ECC memory and a dual socket mainboard. But the best thing - I got it for free ^-^
     
    Long story short; when I was at home and started playing around with the server, the mainboard broke for some reason. I'm not exactly sure what killed it, either the dust, or because some of the pins of the second cpu socket were bent, or maybe I wasn't careful enough. At the end of the day, anytime you try to turn on the system, the PSU shuts down and there is a smell of burned electronic parts coming from the front panel connector. So I ditched the system and kept the CPU, ram and some other stuff.  
     
    Fast forward...
     
    Now that I'm left with a working CPU and ram I decided around one month ago, that I give this little project of mine a second chance. I searched through Ebay for a replacement mainboard. It took me quite some time to find a good one, because most of them are either stupid expensive or have a crappy layout. Some don’t have a PCIe connector, others only x4 and so on ... After a while I found a mainboard that was "perfect". An ASUS Z8NA-D6 for 80 €.
     
    The Plan
    Initially I thought I would use this system for testing and stuff. But I could actually replace my current I7 2600, if the single core performance would be good enough to keep my 780 TI fed. I'm pretty sure it won’t bottleneck my GPU. If that's the case and the multicore performance is amazing too, I will do the swap.
    But first we need to shop for more parts
     
    2nd CPU - Delivered
    Xeon DP E5645 (used)
    45 € Ebay
     
    Mainboard - Delivered
    ASUS Z8NA-D6 (used)
    80 € Ebay
     
    CPU Cooler - Delivered
    2x be quiet! Pure Rock (new)
    It took me quite some time to find the right cooler, because most of the 1366 mainboards all have a fixed back plate. So I looked for a cooler that doesn't require a back plate. My brother gave me a hint that the LGA 2011-3 has the same "problem". So I looked for a cooler that could mount on 2011-3 sockets without a back plate and just hope that it will fit.
    57 € Mindfactory
     
    USB 3.0 Card - Delivered
    DeLock USB 3.0 Card (new)
    35 € Mindfactory
     
    While I wait for the components I'm going to test the mainboard. I have everything that I need.

    Pictures
    First time that the packet is actually damaged ...
     
    But everything seems all right ...
     
    For testing the mainboard, I used the one Xeon that I already have, a single 4 GB DDR3 ECC stick, a heatsink that was used in the old Fujitsu server and an unknown PSU that should not explode And no, it doesn’t have any of that 80+ rating crap ... /s
    First boot ... here wo go ...
    The moment when you wait for the monitor to turn on ... so intense
     
     
  19. Agree
    crosstiger got a reaction from Modzy in [Build Log] Project Nalu 1.2 (2004 Retro Build)   
    I have the urge to watercool this monster
     
    This would be kinda bizarre...
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    crosstiger got a reaction from SirRoderick in EA's BF 1 rental server program info released. PC pays premium price.   
    Guys chill...
     
    On topic: I don't think it's that expensive. In Germany a 64-slot BF4 server cost you around 119€ for 90 days.
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    crosstiger got a reaction from JoshB2084 in Mafia 3 benchmarked   
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    crosstiger got a reaction from Matias_Chambers in is there any videos of people putting cpu multiplier and stuff to absolute max?   
    I think you mean this guy: http://hwbot.org/submission/3093202_chi_kui_lam_cpu_frequency_core_i7_6700k_7025.66_mhz
     
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    crosstiger got a reaction from Moonzy in Xeon LGA1366 Setup   
    Are you speaking of Linus ?
     
    If I can't find a use, I'm gonna sell it...
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    crosstiger got a reaction from SparkySamZa in Motherboard has no cpu power connector   
    Can you post a picture of the mb? I could only find info about the D3220-B Model. Yours seem to be quite unique?!
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