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So I randomly realized that my switch is smoother than my PC which is weird. even 30fps feels so "soft" and "natural"
eh... for the past 3 days (obviously not 24/7) I tried a ton of settings and read a lot and researched. I never could reach the same smoothness on 30fps but I managed to find out how to get the SMOOTHEST experience.
 
Sorry again I just thought I'd share, I thought "what's the worst case they'll downvote or tell me it's stupid or wrong!"
 
Some fun info:
Framerate isn't the whole story. what matters a lot (They both matter obviously) is frame-time and frame pacing. it means how much it takes before a frame is shown relative to each other. for example at 60fps I think it takes 16.6~ms to show each frame. a frame is shown every 16.6ms. in an ideal word and for the ideal experience on a 60hz monitor they're given to the monitor the exact second they want to draw and the same happens at every refresh cycle. like the monitor and graphics card are in sync. for 30fps the frame only is changed every 2 cycles of the monitor which is called "half-sync"
also keep in mind monitor refresh rates are usually numbers like 59.996hz rounded to 60hz for ease!
 
Most movies AFAIK are recorded at 27-30fps, the reason they're so smooth is that specially on a camera every frame is just played after the exactly same amount of time. there's no variation between how long each frame takes to display!
 
also triple buffering doesn't add any latency. It's actually supposed to reduce it.
the frames AFAIK aren't in a queue. there are 2 back frames and 1 front. instead of swapping back and front the 2 back frames are swapped. the monitor AFAIK just picks the one that isn't being written to. in dual buffer V-Sync the graphics card has to wait to render a new frame. but I'm not sure if the triple buffering we see in the settings menu is the same.
 
So there are a few different things you can do without a FreeSync/G-sync monitor. Keep in mind motion blurr helps with all of them since it can mask jitters or low frame rate!
 
Possible options:
V-Sync On, Framerate almost never going under your refresh rate. set your monitor's refresh rate to the min framerate like that. (for some reason this works a lot better for me in borderless):
Advantages: Smooth AF, The smoothest I could get it to be. at 60fps it's as smooth as it can "almost" get. basically like my switch running a 60fps game. and the latency is very hard to tell with a controller (almost can't tell?). the frame spacing was "almost" perfect. still saw some spikes.
Disadvantages: Latency. for me it wasn't that high but it's pretty annoying in FPS games. though at 100fps~ the latency gets far less and is tolerable for an FPS shooter like this. but I mean for a game like Dishonored or Prey I doubt this matters that much you know?
 
V-Sync Off, in game Limiter (OW and CS) on:
Advantages: low latency
Disadvantages: Feels and is absolutely terrible. the frame times all over the place and never the same. and I don't think frames are in sync with the monitor.
 
Any sort of Sync Off:
Advantages**:** Very Low Latency.
Disadvantages: Tearing in Fullscreen, and jittery and not smooth overall. but not bad. specially if your framerate is way over the refresh rate TBH.
 
V-Sync On, RTSS set to your refresh rate:
Not good. it's basically like V-sync but with extra jitters and all.
 
V-Sync Off, RTSS Set to your Min Framerate (or if you don't mind the 1% lowest or something):
Advantages: Almost no lag. Smooth even though it's a tiny bit less smooth than V-sync (my suspicion is backed up by checking the frame-times)
Disadvantages: Tearing on Fullscreen (apparently windows has some sort of nice sync built into it's windows so that's why borderless helps) and not as smooth as V-Sync but nice enough.
 
if you have a Freesync monitor it helps a lot IMO with non limited refresh rates. it's playable and nice but still feels.. different. it's like it's not "soft" but If you have one you have the "perfect" option IMO:
FreeSync On, FPS Limited by RTSS:
well its almost perfect. still not technically as smooth as v-sync but it's not very notable. almost no latency either.
no tearing cause Freesync . I saw frame pacing issues still but somehow Freesync made it nicer!
 
Note: High framerates not only are cooler but make tearing and frame-pacing issues less apparent, they also make things less blurry! 100Hz is a good place IMO and after that there is a difference but less significant than 60-75 and 75-90 etc. I really hope we will soon have something like 90hz as standard on most screens and specially phones since they have animations that include sliding fading etc. also we use them with our fingers so it makes me more awesome!
 
I really hope we can get perfect frame pacing on PCs cause in game limiters aren't good and rtss isn't awesome. my guess is it's because it's a software like this and not a driver or low level stuff (maybe we if it was integrated into the GPU?)
 
I really hope you guys like this I spent a lot of time writing it and I hope it's not wrong or allowed. keep in mind i"m just a gamer like you who is very curious and wanted the smoothest possible experience (cause it was shocking how my cheap not so powerful switch felt nicer)!
 
EDIT: huh this is intresting
https://www.blurbusters.com/howto-low-lag-vsync-on/
it says with RTSS you can do change the Frame rate limit to really precise numbers by editing files and get low latency V-Sync. I am honestly exhausted to try it but maybe give it a try!

So I randomly realized that my switch is smoother than my PC which is weird. even 30fps feels so "soft" and "natural"
eh... for the past 3 days (obviously not 24/7) I tried a ton of settings and read a lot and researched. I never could reach the same smoothness on 30fps but I managed to find out how to get the SMOOTHEST experience.
 
Sorry again I just thought I'd share, I thought "what's the worst case they'll downvote or tell me it's stupid or wrong!"
 
Some fun info:
Framerate isn't the whole story. what matters a lot (They both matter obviously) is frame-time and frame pacing. it means how much it takes before a frame is shown relative to each other. for example at 60fps I think it takes 16.6~ms to show each frame. a frame is shown every 16.6ms. in an ideal word and for the ideal experience on a 60hz monitor they're given to the monitor the exact second they want to draw and the same happens at every refresh cycle. like the monitor and graphics card are in sync. for 30fps the frame only is changed every 2 cycles of the monitor which is called "half-sync"
also keep in mind monitor refresh rates are usually numbers like 59.996hz rounded to 60hz for ease!
 
Most movies AFAIK are recorded at 27-30fps, the reason they're so smooth is that specially on a camera every frame is just played after the exactly same amount of time. there's no variation between how long each frame takes to display!
 
also triple buffering doesn't add any latency. It's actually supposed to reduce it.
the frames AFAIK aren't in a queue. there are 2 back frames and 1 front. instead of swapping back and front the 2 back frames are swapped. the monitor AFAIK just picks the one that isn't being written to. in dual buffer V-Sync the graphics card has to wait to render a new frame. but I'm not sure if the triple buffering we see in the settings menu is the same.
 
So there are a few different things you can do without a FreeSync/G-sync monitor. Keep in mind motion blurr helps with all of them since it can mask jitters or low frame rate!
 
Possible options:
V-Sync On, Framerate almost never going under your refresh rate. set your monitor's refresh rate to the min framerate like that. (for some reason this works a lot better for me in borderless):
Advantages: Smooth AF, The smoothest I could get it to be. at 60fps it's as smooth as it can "almost" get. basically like my switch running a 60fps game. and the latency is very hard to tell with a controller (almost can't tell?). the frame spacing was "almost" perfect. still saw some spikes.
Disadvantages: Latency. for me it wasn't that high but it's pretty annoying in FPS games. though at 100fps~ the latency gets far less and is tolerable for an FPS shooter like this. but I mean for a game like Dishonored or Prey I doubt this matters that much you know?
 
V-Sync Off, in game Limiter (OW and CS) on:
Advantages: low latency
Disadvantages: Feels and is absolutely terrible. the frame times all over the place and never the same. and I don't think frames are in sync with the monitor.
 
Any sort of Sync Off:
Advantages**:** Very Low Latency.
Disadvantages: Tearing in Fullscreen, and jittery and not smooth overall. but not bad. specially if your framerate is way over the refresh rate TBH.
 
V-Sync On, RTSS set to your refresh rate:
Not good. it's basically like V-sync but with extra jitters and all.
 
V-Sync Off, RTSS Set to your Min Framerate (or if you don't mind the 1% lowest or something):
Advantages: Almost no lag. Smooth even though it's a tiny bit less smooth than V-sync (my suspicion is backed up by checking the frame-times)
Disadvantages: Tearing on Fullscreen (apparently windows has some sort of nice sync built into it's windows so that's why borderless helps) and not as smooth as V-Sync but nice enough.
 
if you have a Freesync monitor it helps a lot IMO with non limited refresh rates. it's playable and nice but still feels.. different. it's like it's not "soft" but If you have one you have the "perfect" option IMO:
FreeSync On, FPS Limited by RTSS:
well its almost perfect. still not technically as smooth as v-sync but it's not very notable. almost no latency either.
no tearing cause Freesync . I saw frame pacing issues still but somehow Freesync made it nicer!
 
Note: High framerates not only are cooler but make tearing and frame-pacing issues less apparent, they also make things less blurry! 100Hz is a good place IMO and after that there is a difference but less significant than 60-75 and 75-90 etc. I really hope we will soon have something like 90hz as standard on most screens and specially phones since they have animations that include sliding fading etc. also we use them with our fingers so it makes me more awesome!
 
I really hope we can get perfect frame pacing on PCs cause in game limiters aren't good and rtss isn't awesome. my guess is it's because it's a software like this and not a driver or low level stuff (maybe we if it was integrated into the GPU?)
 
I really hope you guys like this I spent a lot of time writing it and I hope it's not wrong or allowed. keep in mind i"m just a gamer like you who is very curious and wanted the smoothest possible experience (cause it was shocking how my cheap not so powerful switch felt nicer)!
 
EDIT: huh this is intresting
https://www.blurbusters.com/howto-low-lag-vsync-on/
it says with RTSS you can do change the Frame rate limit to really precise numbers by editing files and get low latency V-Sync. I am honestly exhausted to try it but maybe give it a try!

From what I've seen, the thermals are okay. It does reach in the 80s C for CPU temperature but does not get that hot when touch. Although if you run high loads while using it on your lap, it might get uncomfortable over time. If you have the cash, sure thing It has pen input with digitizer which is a great bonus if you do a lot of note taking (compared to most ultrabooks which mostly don't offer it, unless if you go for Surface)

Ye.. kinde mis read that any wee i wult see go for a zenbook than.
 
Good build , For about 1000 USD its good. Make sure you get the 8GB version. And witch one dast  matter. If you want color go for UX430UA. If you like the Mac book astic go for the Flip UX360UA

Dont go for apple not wurf it in your case 

Awww man I had a program that made my room's light turn on and off from my phone or any browser, it was barely 50 lines of code, and it was using a custom http server... Guess what? Python!
 
I had a gpu monitor app for Linux too. It just showed temp and clock graph, nothing fancy. that was made out of need, not for fun  (although it was...)
 
It doesn't really count buy I had attached a led strip to my pc and made a code that tells my arduino what to do based on what app I have open :c it was a lot like razer's case!
 

The armor won't bend, and $20 more for 8 GB is worth it.

The card won't bent and yes it's definitely worth it.

RX 480 4GB > 1060 3GB in most games anyway. 
Get it for sure. Most use a little more than 1060 3G, but it's worth it.
 
Maybe CXM 450W and a 480 4GB?

Nvidia - If it's proprietary and not open source, then it's ours for sure!

It isn't with bad WiFi. I bought a Shield Portable on release. 
RX 480 is 5.5Tflops vs 1060 3GB is 4.3Tflops, let it improve with drivers!

The power consumption issue was fixed a few days after it was reported and it was a reference card problem, none of the AIB partner cards ever had problems with power consumption.
 
P.S. No, the 1060 won't ever support Freesync because Nvidia is Nvidia.

That was with early units, their BIOS was literally just rushed to get them out early - they were actually 8GB units with the extra 4 disabled. 

only the stock rx 480 had a small problem that would probably only do any damage if you were using 50% power consumtion 
and even that was fixed with a bios patch, the power consumption will not make any problems either its like having a small extra lamp on

go with the rx 480 theres no reason to go with the 1060 if you will buy a new monitor

Awww man I had a program that made my room's light turn on and off from my phone or any browser, it was barely 50 lines of code, and it was using a custom http server... Guess what? Python!
 
I had a gpu monitor app for Linux too. It just showed temp and clock graph, nothing fancy. that was made out of need, not for fun  (although it was...)
 
It doesn't really count buy I had attached a led strip to my pc and made a code that tells my arduino what to do based on what app I have open :c it was a lot like razer's case!
 

There's barely any benefit to buying a new 60hz 1080p monitor, when those are the specs that you already have.
 
For example: One of the larger benefits would be that a new monitor is more energy-efficient than your Samsung SyncMaster. I previously used a Samsung SyncMaster 2693HM, which uses 110 watts, and I recently bought an HP Omen 32, which uses 72 watts.
 
Here's what you will notice in buying a new monitor:
- increased hz
- increased resolution
- increased size
- improved panel-type (from a TN, to an IPS, or VA)
- lower response-time (only if it's significant)
 
If you want a better visual experience, I recommend looking at increasing hz and resolution first, and then size of the monitor.
 
An HP Omen 32 fits within your budget of 400-500$ (it was been on sale for $275, during October and December 2016, and has been on sale for ~$350 at other times, recently), and it offers these awesome specs:
 
- 32", 16:9 ratio
- 1440p
- 5ms response-time
- 75hz FreeSync (only ~63hz without frame-skipping, if using an Nvidia GPU)
- VA panel (better colours and viewing-angles than a TN panel)
 
I would make higher hz a priority, if you're wanting a more pleasurable gaming experience. The difference between 60hz and 75hz is massive, IMO, and makes games feel much more immersive and real - as well as improving player gaming performance, due to the added information that the extra visible FPS delivers to the player.

That is very subjective due to a plethora of reasons. 

Also, if you're getting a monitor for gaming, then a 4K 60hz monitor would be a bad choice, IMO, because:
 
- 60hz is, IMO, awful to play with, regardless of the resolution, after you've tried 70+ higher hz
- you'd need a powerful GPU to play games at 4K, and playing them at a lower, non-native resolution could make them appear blurry. And if you have money to buy a GPU for 4K gaming, then you can get more experience by putting that money towards a better 1440p monitor
- 4K from some owner comments I've read, is not a massive noticeable improvement over 1440p, whereas even just 70hz, over 60hz, is a massive experience improvement

I'm using a 1080p TV. I'd much rather devote the resources to higher texture quality instead if higher FPS (I can't tell the difference) or higher resolution. 
 
My graphics card is the one shitty part of my system though. 

Your motherboard is fine, and so is your CPU/RAM.  The GPU, not so much.  If anything is bottlenecking your system, it's that.  I'd be surprised if you can get anything over 60fps on a modern game with that.
 
I'd say keep the current monitor and upgrade to a modern GPU.

Okay, I'm just saying the only part of your build that you need to upgrade is your GPU. 
 
The quality of your motherboard model is fine. If you're having trouble with it, see if it's still covered by warranty. 

I already overclocked mine to 75hz, and I do agree it's a massive difference, but my father can't even tell the difference between 30fps and 60fps. so be careful who you're saying that too (I took a blind test from myself, i was able to tell 70 fps from 75 and 60, but that wasn't very scientific!)
 
I was thinking of a better color accuracy(panel type)
 
and I'm not sure about bigger size, you see my glasses make everything look funny and curved! I put a 1080p tv at arm's length, it looked like a freaking crt! the middle was curved out and the sides looked funny, and without my glasses it looked blurry but flat! and no I can't fix my glasses, I've been to the doctor, all they could tell me is it isn't supposed to happen but gave me no solution
 
and I'm not sure if I'm gonna keep gaming, so much time consumed by programming and electronics and etc! and I doubt world of warcraft is gonna look different in 120hz, although I do play overwatch too!
 
what do you think of 
ASUS PB287Q? 
Prices are slightly funny in my country, and very oddly this monitor costs only like  30% more in my country while other monitors (1080p asus with g-sync I forgot the model) usually cost 80-90% more

yeah I think 1440 is enough, 4k might be overkill, some have 5k or 8k  plus all my brain cares about is "improvement" this way in another 10 years i can buy a 4k when it's cheap too (god knows by that time we might use alien stuff to telepathically project images in our brain with infinite resolution :P) and still feel good :c

These are the points I'd like to address here.

First off, I don't see why it wouldn't work. The E10K plugs in via USB, so as long a the software surround program you intend to use works, it should be perfectly fine.
If you're more interested in a boost in your music(HD 518's are nice, I have as pair as well), go with the E10K over the GX1000. The E10K has served me well for the past few years, with zero signs of failing. I have zero experience with the GX1000, so I cannot tell you anything besides what Dimitri said.

I'm by no means an audio pro, so take what I say with a grain of salt.