chutia

My bad if I wasn't clear--I wasn't recommending the Cintiq. What I meant was that most tablets don't look much different from the Bamboo.

Plenty of room for cooler (asrock z97/ac, r5, nd-d15), but low profile ram is best if you are using both fans and don't want to raise the side fan too high above cooler to clear ram.......I dont see how any motherboard could be an issue unless its freakish in some dimension.
 
You should check out the noctua nh-d15 faq/specs and the r5 manual on both websites they provide exact dimensions for clearances etc

Look for the letter Kermit is drawing.

false advertising, over pricing, tax avoiding....sure ill give you my money apple....NOT

If you dont care for the performance gain from using an ssd, and are happy to clone or reinstall windows in the future when you buy an ssd then no problem. Stick with the 1TB HD.

Touché

Sony Xperia Z3

Nice review, pretty sure this is an alpha build they wanted to test on the general public to help them find bugs etc before they release the real game this year based in England and designed for Directx 12!!

Note: This isn't directed towards you if you're a complete beginner who has never started coding yet. Once you get started though, it wont be long before this information is relevant to you so come back after you can start making your own simple programs.
 
Introduction
 
We get a lot of topics here where someone posts their code that wont work and is (politely) asking us to fix it. Commonly they wont give us any extra information about the problem. Maybe you've done this yourself or were going to. Please read on.
 
It's great that there are people on these forums willing to help you out even if you don't do any debugging. However, it's to everyone's benefit, especially your own, if you start learning how to pinpoint and solve your issues yourself. This doesn't mean you'll be able to solve all your own problems, and we're still here for you, but at the very least you'll learn how to provide more information when asking for help.
 
A large part of programming is writing fresh new code to accomplish a task. Another large part of programming is figuring out why the code you, or someone else, wrote isn't working correctly. This process of identifying and removing errors is known as debugging. Every programmer should start learning to debug early because it's so helpful regardless of your skill level. So after you've went through a few tutorials and learned how to run some simple programs, it's a good time to jump into debugging.
 
There are 2 places where you can start debugging:
Using print statements Using a debugging tool In the future it will be useful to get into formal testing but don't worry about that at this stage.
 
Using Print Statements
 
Sometimes, no matter how advanced you are, all you need is a quick print statement to solve your issue. And it's a good place for beginners to start because they don't need to learn anything new. You may have already been doing this without knowing what the word "debugging" is and if so, great.
 
All you need to do is to put print statements in your code that provide you with useful information. There are far too many languages where each language may have multiple options for printing so obviously I can't list them all, but you'll usually learn one way of doing it in your first couple tutorials. Many tutorials start you out with the traditional "Hello World" example so in many cases you learn how to output text to the screen in lesson 1. Here are some examples.
// JavaSystem.Out.Println("...");// Python 2.7.xprint "..."// Python 3.xprint("...")// C#/VB.NETConsole.WriteLine("...");// Cprintf("...");// C++cout << "...";// PHPecho "...";// etc The point of using print statements for debugging is to help figure out what is actually going on when you run your code. What is in that variable? What does that function return? Did I get the correct input from the user? Does the code enter the if block or the else block? What is happening in that loop? etc
 
It's a very simple method of debugging but it can still lead you towards your solution.
 
Using a debugging tool
 
Debugging tools offer many features and is a lot more useful than print statements in most cases. Essential, you get to pause your program at any line of code while it's running. While it's paused, you can have a look around at things like what value a variable currently holds. You can step through a program line by line, pausing at each line to make sure things are happening correctly or you can stop at only the specific lines you want. Sounds useful right? It'll take a little more work to learn how to use these tools, but once you do it'll make your coding life easier.
 
If you are using an IDE, like Visual Studio, Eclipse, IntelliJ, Code::Blocks, etc, then they will have a built in debugging tool. If you prefer text editors like Notepad++, Sublime Text 2, etc, they may have a debugging tool, perhaps through an extension, but if not you may be able to download a standalone option. For example GDB is a standalone command line debugger commonly used with C. Many browsers also have developer tools that have debuggers. For example you can debug Javascript inside Chrome and Firefox. 
 
The best way to learn to use these tools is to look for tutorials for the specific debugger that you use. It's also more likely to be in the language you're using which might make it easier for you to follow. Many debuggers are very similar though so if you learn to use one in say Visual Studio, you can probably then figure out how to use one in another IDE like IntelliJ.
 
Here are some debugger tutorials for reference but feel free to go out and find your own.
Visual Studio (1) Code::Blocks (1) Eclipse (1) GDB (1) Chrome (1) If anyone wants to help me add to this list, contact me and I'll add it in. Being an IDE guy, I'm not familiar with many options in the text editor/standalone areas.
 
Conclusion
 
So now that you know you should be debugging, when you run into a problem with your code then give it a try. It's perfectly fine if you can't solve your problem yet, we are still here to help. It's the trying and information gathering that will help you learn and become a better programmer. Treat each error as an opportunity to learn something new.
 
So now that you're more informed, here are the things to post when requesting help:
Purpose - What is the code supposed to accomplish? Code - The code itself (remember to use these forums [ code ] tags) Error - What is the error message you are receiving when trying to build or run your program? Line of Error - What line is the error message pointing at? Any additional information you think might be useful that you found while debugging. With debugging, even if you can't solve something yourself, you might find that your question becomes more narrow. You'll no longer be asking "Why doesn't my program work?" but instead asking more specific questions.
 
And even if you're just stuck on the "I can't even get my program to run so I can't debug it" problem, you can still post the first 4 points I mentioned and someone can better help you get things up and running.
 
 
If you have any questions/comments post below or send me a private message. Happy Coding!

Intro
I got this from Pick Your Path bundle so I pretty much has nothing to lose when I grab the copy. Not really a fan of FarCry even though I admit FC series is actually very good. Not gonna say anything about The Crew. Knowing that it is a bug fest when it was released, I did think a lot before actually redeeming this code. But I kind of glad I did, even if it's not the best thing ever. Story
Not the best story, but acceptable by my standard. Reminds me a lot of young Ezio in AC2. But modern story is pretty much non-existent is pissing me off a lot. Especially when they went "Ok, templars won't find the sage so let's do nothing". Seriously, it feels like the writers went lazy or the devs simply doesn't want to make the modern time story. Voice acting is good, but the missing accent really bothers me. The excuse given to us is that because everywhere we go in the game the feel of Paris and French Revolution won't make us forget that the characters are Frenchmen. The problem is, Assassin's Creed 2 pretty much Italian Renaissance wherever I go so why there's accent there? The lack of accent really throws the feel of the character off that I can't enjoy the story as much as I enjoy Ezio's. I tried to change the language to French and the animation is not in sync with the speech, again the feel is lost. Probably just a pet peeves but this kind of details what makes me miss Assassin's Creed 2 and Brotherhood. Gameplay
You now have 2 options while free-running; free run up and down. This is supposed to tell Arno to climb up or down while free running with the safest and fastest route. But the problem of random climb is still not solved as the game still allow and guess random climb on low items, and you will also jumps of the cliffs as well. Nothing is solved with the improvement given. Combat controls is clunky as well, but at least it is well animated and most of the time doesn't really punish me too much for each mistakes. Combat does feel better and improved compared to previous games but targeting system will probably need some works, or perhaps I'm the one who need to works my combat. Stealth mechanics feels great. Makes a little more sense compared to any other Assassin's Creed I've played. Blending in crowd to be stealthy in open; chairs, table, walls, closets are useful indoors. The only thing that bugs me is that wearing yellow attire while blending in dark colored clothed crowd isn't attracting any attention. Main story missions felt too much like the original Assassin's Creed. Briefed by council, investigate, and assassinate. Good thing they modify the assassination mission a little bit by adding in opportunities. These are secondary optional objectives that will really helps you with the mission, but completing them isn't a piece of cake either. Good challenge and helps with the assassination. Crowd missions introduced taking advantage of the crowd number in the game. The missions is basically giving helps to the citizens against thieves or harassing extremist, but the frequency of the citizens being harassed is too much that I get confused whether I'm in Gotham or Paris. Not to mention they can actually fight, some of them actually carry swords but doesn't fight when harassed until you act. Borderline logical for me, but that's probably because I've never lived in a revolution era. Co-op missions are fun, it's just that I keep on asking myself how many Arno is there in this world. I kind of missed the PvP multiplayer. It's not in the game, if you need them you had to go back to previous installation. Animations are cool! I like the high-profile assassination, low-profile assassination and the parkour animations. Nostradamus Enigma is fun investigation too. Deciphering clues requires good knowledge of the in game area, usually pretty obvious if you know Paris well enough. These enigma will lead you to the artifacts that will unlock unique armor. Side missions are good too. 2 kind of side missions, local stories and investigation. Playing detectives in investigation missions are fun, problem is the most of the time the clues sometimes direct you right to the person who did the crime. Without much effort you can solve the crime. As for the local stories, my main gripe with it is that the need to either re-load the game or fast travel to get to the next part of the story after you complete one part of it. If you are the kind of completing one story in one go, you'll find that the way they do it is giving you extra works. Because of the co-op, the devs implement some sort of RPG elements in the game. You can modify the stats of your Arno to be stealthy or to be a tank. Problem is, the stats are not well explained. Example; High-Profile Noise and Low-Profile Noise. In game they have positive values, so you'll get confused whether the equipment is adding more noise or actually reducing noise? Some of the stats that improve your stats has negative values. So, you decide to seek your answer on the web. And there you go, the value on the AC:Unity page is upside down from the in-game (positive in-game, negative in the web). It felt like the stats modifier is an afterthought rather than planned from beginning and poorly executed. Though the function remains the same.
I would say that Ubisoft is right on making the crowd as their selling point. The crowd is pretty lively, has their own agenda  and the number is simply enormous. The problem is with the protesters. It's like they don't have anything else to do other than protesting. They don't need to eat, they don't need to rest, they don't have other business to attend, they just protest. Good thing is that they still know how to react to their surrounds, one guy release a shot every one will start running away saving themselves. Graphics
I'm running the game at 1080p with graphic presets High with additional HBAO+. The problem is, it felt very much like being rendered by potato rather than my GTX970. Some objects that is imitating bokeh (out of focus object) is not out of focus but rather rendered with very low res textures and polygon. Faraway buildings are having seriously low res textures that you start to wonder if you actually owns GTX970 or GeForce 2 MX400. This might not bother much if you are simply running around but when I'm stopping investigating enigmas, this really bothers me. As for the framerate, yes it struggles to maintain 60fps. But at least it can maintain above 40fps. No weird framerate issues that I experience. ​Dem low poly and textures​ ​
Dem low textures
If you really want to maintain 60fps, probably you'll need SLI. Problem is, SLI is broken as of my review was done so it's pretty much not an option right now. Microtransactions
Oh yes, you don't want to play the game yet wants to unlock every single equipments in this game? You got the money, Ubisoft got the answer for you. I see it as pay-to-win since basically it just jumps you forward with more powerful equipments, but it won't upset any balancing in the game so you might argue it's not pay-to-win and I'm willing to accept that. A mobile game level of microtransaction in full fledged triple A game that cost you $60 isn't bad enough for you? You can throw your money to Ubisoft another extra $2 for premium access in the companion apps. This will give you "full experience" with the companion apps when the companion app is useless without you buying the game. Companion app is primarily for you to throw more money at Ubisoft.
 

 
Companion App
I like the idea of 2nd screen experience and extra things you can do in it. Introduction of Glyph Puzzles to unlock missions and send your assassins to complete the missions for you and unlocking extra chest in the game is an idea that I actually like, just that you'll need to make sure that you collect the rewards in game as soon as possible, else you'll lose access to one of your assassin for 24 hours as they were automatically assigned to collect your rewards for 24 hours. Conclusion
Assassin's Creed: Unity isn't a bad game. But the inconsistencies, microtransactions and textures in certain area really bugs me. I like the story, I like the stealth mechanics, I like the animations, I like the co-op multiplayer, but the game itself is released in such conditions that makes everything becomes bad and leave sour taste in my mouth. If you're hoping to run this game on SLI to boost performance, hold your horses. But if you really can look past the bad pc port graphic quality, microtransactions and inconsistencies, I'd say it is passable as an entertainment. The game itself is fun though nothing excellent, but all the bragging points buried by the bad stuff in the game.  
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BdSk6vJmW5M

HAHAHAHHAA made my day

Ya its when you act smooth and really cool and the organisers let you join the competition for free, without paying any joining fee....... because of how cool you look!!!
Pretty sure thats what it is.....

Ya its when you act smooth and really cool and the organisers let you join the competition for free, without paying any joining fee....... because of how cool you look!!!
Pretty sure thats what it is.....

Yes you will feel a difference.....in your WALLET! It will feel lighter hehe
No but seriously more ram is like hyperthreading you will see difference in curtain applications, and computing situations.

That's said to be in 3.0 later this year.

@chutia great minds think alike.

-4k means 3840 x 2160 pixels resolution, ie about 4000 pixels wide
-1080p means 1920x1080 pixels resolution, ie 1080 pixels high
 
Completed retarded but ya one uses the height and one uses the width to describe resolution. Probably to confuse unwitting consumers.
 
Edit: @hitsu1 beat me to it! dang

Asrock has windows utility that boots into bios, gigabyte doesnt?

You have my blessings my son .........but DDR-2400 memory never hurt anyone.

Max fps thats what I was thinking aswell.....wonder if any other games show significant improvements.. I assume they would!
 
Want to try these out aswell, if they hurry up and fix that error.
Someone with older cards like 700 series should try and see if it helps those cards aswell would be intresting to see results.....

Max fps thats what I was thinking aswell.....wonder if any other games show significant improvements.. I assume they would!
 
Want to try these out aswell, if they hurry up and fix that error.
Someone with older cards like 700 series should try and see if it helps those cards aswell would be intresting to see results.....

Problem with chrome is it loads ALL tabs upon starting up, firefox only loads tabs that you select for viewing which makes more sense!

Firefox currently using 1.3Gb for me hehe chrome is worse with multiple tabs open

@That Norwegian Guy
With enough tweaking you can make any game run well but the point is people shouldnt have to spend hours playing around with settings and patchs to make the game they payed $80 for to run as it should. You also wont get the image quality you expect from your hardware like you do in most other games.
 
You know the devs havn't spent enough time debugging and testing when they start releasing day one patchs to fix performance issue!
 
Its even sadder when users have to release tools they developed themselves to help fix problems with the port like Dying Light Management Tool!