SamuraiSalesman
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Anyone know a good headset for reproducing sounds in games that doesn't make me look like a cyborg or a unicorn barf-bucket? I'm not looking for anything fancy, just some decent headphones around the $50 price range.
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Dealing with reprisals over differing opinions
SamuraiSalesman replied to SamuraiSalesman's topic in Off Topic
It kind of makes sense. Still, there is always someone out there that takes my comment as an offense and goes to town on me. -
I just want to know if anyone actually offers dissenting or different opinions on the internet in general. Any time I seem to give what I believe to be constructive criticism I get hounded by strangers who just say I'm only triggered about 'x' article or opinion. I really want to just ignore the comments sections of the internet in general but I feel if I do then the authors and content creators will not be able to receive valuable input and eventually will start catering to people who couldn't care less. I wish to see these people I look up to thrive and improve but cutting through all the insults and personal attacks wears me down incredibly fast. Do you guys have any advice with dealing with this or should I just learn to give up on politely expressing myself?
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Just to add another thread into the already over-bloated debate of gpu prices and stock, I was wondering if video cards today are actually selling. For example, Newegg still has RX 570s over $100+ over MSRP, even now when Ethereum and Bitcoin are having a difficult time reaching another boom in prices. I know someone will say that they are actually booming right now and something but I'm more concerned about the prices of GPUs still not settling down even though people are no longer buying them in droves. My fear is that vendors are aiming to keep the prices of these products permanently raised and make greater profits since the new generation of Nvidia GPUs are reportedly more expensive at launch than the previous Pascal gen ones. Do you guys think retailers are trying to "price fix" graphics cards or do we just have to wait more for prices to fall? I hope it's just my paranoia.
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Ryzen 2200g + AB350M overclock challenges
SamuraiSalesman replied to ekimneems's topic in CPUs, Motherboards, and Memory
Even more so. The 2200g tends to OC better than the 2400g on the iGPU and about the same on the CPU. -
Ryzen 2200g + AB350M overclock challenges
SamuraiSalesman replied to ekimneems's topic in CPUs, Motherboards, and Memory
It might be a problem with the motherboard's power delivery. The 2400g is usually pretty good at overclocking so unless you got the worst possible die (or a defective one) I would blame the motherboard. Try searching up on how high you can go on SOC voltage safely and if all else fails, "Press F to pay respects". -
Ryzen 2200g + AB350M overclock challenges
SamuraiSalesman replied to ekimneems's topic in CPUs, Motherboards, and Memory
You should be able to get a better overclock raising the SOC voltage to around 1.2v. 1.4v on the core is really pushing the system and there is no way you shouldn't be able to get at least 3.9 GHz at that voltage. You should be able to do all these in the Ryzen Master software. -
If I had to choose between 'bad' and 'slightly less bad' I'd ask for the exit.
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I recently decided to upgrade my PC for gaming. It currently has a Sandy Bridge CPU on a H61 Express chipset, so (in preparation for an expected upgrade to Ivy Bridge) I upgraded my BIOS to the latest version: the A10 BIOS for Dell Vostro 220 & 260 systems. However, when I go to the Dell Support page their page says my BIOS is still on A02 (stock). How can I reliably tell what BIOS version I currently have and/or how can I 'enable' it?
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PCIe Revisions: CPU & Mobo
SamuraiSalesman replied to SamuraiSalesman's topic in CPUs, Motherboards, and Memory
Thank you so much. I'm just really trying to get the best out of the system for the available money. FOR A FRIEND, of course... -
PCIe Revisions: CPU & Mobo
SamuraiSalesman replied to SamuraiSalesman's topic in CPUs, Motherboards, and Memory
I realize this; I was just wondering if the CPU would actually work, regardless of the PCIe speed. I assume it would work at PCIe 2.0 speeds. -
Let's say, hypothetically, that someone has a motherboard with a PCIe 'x' slot. If the chipset and BIOS supported a CPU that supports PCIe 'y' revision, would it work on the motherboard with the 'x' revision? For example, HYPOTHETICALLY, a person with a motherboard that has PCIe 2.0 and that person wanted to upgrade their CPU to an Ivy Bridge processor, which supports PCIe 3.0, could that person do it? What do you guys think, HYPOTHETICALLY, o F c O u R s E...
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I've seen rumors (mostly speculation) about the possibility of a Threadripper release using the new Zen+ process, however I haven't been able to find any articles regarding this. Maybe AMD is waiting for Zen 2 to make the release or haven't yet announced it, but I can't know for sure. Anyone know anything about this?
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I assume you are using the GPUs for productivity tasks instead of games. In games, Nvidia hardware tends to trail behind AMD in performance since it lacks many of the software integration benefits baked into Windows for the same. However, when it comes to things besides games, Nvidia runs much more stable since the performance of the GPU is limited by the specific application/program that is running and how it was built to run specific hardware. Since Nvidia cards are more prevalent, developers tend to prioritize support for it over AMD. If you're not running emulation software or something like WINE then Nvidia will play quite nice, as long as it doesn't involve anything related to DirectX libraries or the such.
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Linux will run pretty much with any chip (Ryzen and Intel), as long as you have an updated BIOS and the latest distribution of the OS. What you should be more concerned about is the GPU; AMD/Radeon software is traditionally open source, so optimization and driver support for Linux is traditionally better on these than Nvidia's hardware. Linux is actually infamous for not playing nice with Nvidia GPUs since Nvidia is extremely jealous of its software and seldom works with others on improving drivers rather than do it themselves and they never work on Linux. If you insist on getting the GTX 1080, make sure that there is proper support for the card (make and model) for the distro you are using.
