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  1. Casual Cube
    Im using VLC, HEVC file. I learned that I need to pay microsoft a dollar for their codec but I doubt that I can get it working for my player, I'm rather fond of VLC and really used to it right now. This won't be a long term thing I'm just having fun with my new monitor and satisfying a curiosity
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    I have a 1080 and a Ryzen5 2600. I run them through a 144hz 1440p panel and everything is gucci. Until I tried to run a 4k video from my hard drive, it shows laggy (when it does show something) and my monitor seems to turn off and on again repeatedly. I'm really new to displays and stuff so I can't grasp whats happening here. Any help? My guess would be that either something isn't getting enough power or the DisplayPort 1.4 that came with the monitor isnt capable of 4k video flow, something like that? Neither of those would be my area of expertise either so I'm still kinda stuck. Any input is appreciated. Solutions I've tried so far - Reduced 144 to 60Hz refresh. Turning it on and off again. Running the file off of internal SSD.
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    I actually upgraded from 950 to this 1080. I think I might wait in this case, unless I do sell my card for a really good price in which case I will replace with the next best I can buy with the money.
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    Absolutely true, I ended up doing this. I had time to spare anyway. Turns out it does do good but is still priced at 700usd. Thats out of my budget. and after my extensive research into the 2070, I think I'm good lol. Besides, wouldnt 1440p@144 be similar if not more demanding than 4k@60?
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    Ive been an MSI gpu fanboy for a long time. So far my picks for trusted products are EVGA and MSI. so far. I'm almkokst certain that asus is also a quality brand with my little experience in recent months but sadly, they target a higher demographic with their pricing. This time around I might be giving Gigabyte a try for their Aorus 2070 (non extreme) which seems to be priced pretty nicely. If I run into any bad reviews out there, I'll have to stick to the MSI armor yet again as, honestly, theyve never let me down and are priced competitively.
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    does it warrant the 2 month wait + 250-ish dollar though? Its closer to 1440p 144Hz sure but I'm struggling to justify that much money for gaming to be honest. I've heard its more because of their poor quality fan bearings. EVGA, MSI and Asus are known to always use a more premium type which gigabyte only does in the aurus line. Something along these lines is what my memory tells me I cant be too sure.
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    Follow up question here guys; Should I suck it up for another 2 months without a graphics card and get a 2080 instead for an additional 250CAD? I do have a spare GTX950 for any immediate needs. Cheapest one I can find is a windforce for 960CAD. Edit: additionally, dont windforce cards whine a lot pretty quickly?
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    Hey guys! Interesting situation here. I bought an MSI Armor OC 1080 last christmas from Canada for 670CAD. It runs too good. ~2000 Mhz EZ. I live in middle east where prices are jacked. Just upgraded monitor to have 1440p 144Hz. I can sell 1080 now for around 700CADs worth to some guy in my city. Will it be a good idea to sell and pay the difference for another new card, say the 2070 for CAD.730? I'm not looking to be an early adopter of Ray tracing or am hyped for it or anything like that, just looking for more performance to satisfy the new monitor. Run my AAA games at that res as smooth as I can. If so, which model should I be wary of and which ones to look for? I use memoryexpress Calgary to pick up new parts through my brother who flies in and out. Thanks! Edit: Cpu is an R5 2600 at 3.8Ghz + 16gb ram OC to 2766Mhz or something. and these are the cards I'm considering.
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    lol. searched some more and came across it
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    https://www.howtogeek.com/267650/how-to-make-your-120hz-or-144hz-monitor-use-its-advertised-refresh-rate/
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    Hey guys. So I bought a 1440p 144hz monitor and I currently have just the laptop to test it. It has an HDMI output so using that to see how well the refresh rate looks but ufo only says its outputting 60fps. I know HDMI only supports 1080@144hz and also its set todisplay only on secondary monitor. Trying nvidia control panel and it only shows 3 unrelated options. Any ideas how to complete this test?
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    This is quite understandable. I actually was under the impression that liquid hands down beat air at each tier (albeit the price differences) and now I know that you're paying mostly for the compactness and "space saving" and not the performance entirely. I've done some research and have decided to save up for a higher quality 240mm AIO like the Corsair H115i. Either that or I will have to press pause on my overclocking desires and wait till I know exactly which small form factor case I end up with and check compatibility with that (when it happens) in order to buy a performance air cooler that fits the bill. I know it will cost me a lot of time though. If I go AIO, it will be in March. The expense is justified when I space it out like this haha
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    Thank you so much for trying! I love that you went out and looked for a fellow enthusiast
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    I appreciate your input guys, I'm planning to change my PC to an ITX style build, so I would need to opt for an AIO preferably 240. Although, I'm very confused why you guys have such bad opinions about them. Care to elaborate a bit? Thanks!
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    Im planning to use it for a Ryzen AM4
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    I feel bad having to revive this but In the hopes that youre still on here, what cooler did you go with and how did it serve you? Did you find out any real difference too? Thank you
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    Hey thanks for this! Didn't realize testing was out already. and actually the Acer model I've been considering turned out to be one of the 12 approved. You might have just made my decision for me lol
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    Hey everyone. Bit of a follow up from a previous post I made; I was asking about some monitors I was considering getting for a long term investment since I have a pretty decent system now. I thought 1440p@144Hz would be a good standard that could satisfy for the coming decade (if I choose right ofc). I heard that 27" is the best size to pixel ratio for this resolution so I have that in mind plus to keep the price right, I have adaptive sync in mind or freesync (even though I will be using a gtx1080 as my main gpu). (Plus this). What are your recommendations? My top picks are all around 500CAD- One has the best external features, one has a really good reputation and a nice panel and the last one is also a reputed brand, has got a curved screen and just went up 80 bucks for some reason 600 cad - Please leave a thought below if you would like to provide some insight. I eagerly await for any and all comments! Thank you and have a wonderful day
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    this is another monitor I'm considering. Theres the AOC Agon AG271QX, MSI MAG27CQ and the Acer XG270HU. All of them seem really good for what they are with the AOC having the most external features like headphone rest, USB ports etc. The MSI has its sleek design and LED backlights and its stand while the Acer has the best bezels and from what I've seen, good quality bezels and just Acer having that reputation. If anyone can give me a light nudge into the right direction here, I'd be super happy haha.
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    Wow, you guys have had no issues with bleeding, ghosting, dead or struck pixels, anything like that?
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    oof. did not know anything about a reputation like that. very sorry for your experience
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    Hey guys! Salut! I'm all the way out here in Oman (Mideast) and I just got hooked up with a new PC; gtx 1080 armor, Ryzen 5 2600, 16gb ram and an nvme. I'm blessed and overjoyed. All this made me feel like my 1080p@60hz monitor was the grand bottleneck, so I'm buying a better monitor. However, I'm too scared to buy from canada for cheap and have a friend carry it to me. (I thought of dedicating a luggage bag, a full size blanket, a pillow and a puffy coat to wrap it). Then I thought I should just pay the premium 80-170usd to have it shipped directly to me. I'm sure its a worthwhile investment. I havent ordered yet but I did end up with this. Its a 1440p, 144Hz monitor. 27" 1ms, AOC monitor with lots of cool IO and headphone features + freesync. So far love it! Import/shipping tax for it is lower than the others and I just read that VRR monitors are getting tested by nvidia so I that I can use this monitor's freesync capability with G-SYNC. In that site, I saw that they marked a variant of this monitor (AG271QG instead of AG271QX), as capable of this feature with the upcoming driver this 15th, which means then I'll be able to utilize the VRR functionality on my GPU with this monitors freesync! ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ SO! My questions are, -Is this a fair buy for the setup I have? Will I be utilizing the monitor fully? -Do you have any experience with AOC monitors? Maybe even this very one? -What are your opinions, thoughts or flags for this post? All reply's are appreciated. Thank you so much!
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    Its a bit too much for me honestly, I dont know what BLCK or what samsung part is in my memory so I think I have to pass it up for now. Anyway the PC has been running stable since I last posted and its been running smoothly at 2666Mhz. Perhaps this is enough because I also stopped noticing any issues with my applications and games as well. Thank you very much!
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    I thought so that a BIOS update shouldnt be something to avoid unless necessary. It seemed like a fundamental thing to future proof and optimize your PC right? I checked my ram and saw that they are advertized as 2400Mhz CL15 (GSkill Ripjaws 4 8x2). Since I was getting stutters in my games at 1080p ultra, I thought my rams curious underperformance mightve been the cause. I used bios to set it to 2666 right now and this is the screenshot from my CPU-Z. Now I'm wondering why it says CL 16 instead of 15. Is this how RAM ships out or did I get bamboozled? Thanks for taking an Interest by the way!
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    It's fine I restarted manually and it booted fine. Memory isn't working as I expected but I'll do what you said about manually setting. Thanks anyway
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