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  1. As a (in my opinion slightly better) alternative to the Dell XPS 15, you could also go for the Lenovo ThinkPad X1 Extreme Gen 2.
  2. Thank you for recommendation. I've gone and looked up the T series and the model I found with a high DPI screen was the T490. While it is quite a bit cheaper, the CPU and GPU probably won't be powerful enough (here comes dreaded userbenchmark!): Core i7-8565U vs Core i7-9750H GTX 1650 Max-Q vs GeForce MX250 The newest T590 had a 8665U which has similar performance to the 8565U. The X1 Extreme Gen2 also has two Thunderbolt 3 ports, but I'm not sure if they both get four PCIe lanes, or if it's configured in the same way as the MacBook Pro when you use two ports on the same side. This was a good sanity check, thanks.
  3. I am looking for a new laptop which will last me quite a while. I need an i7 (6 core) processor, 16GB of RAM, a removable 512GB+ SSD, a 4K screen, Thunderbolt 3, 2+ USB-A, good wifi (ideally an Intel adapter), an excellent keyboard and trackpad since I'll be doing a lot of typing and it needs to be quite portable. I also don't want any pointless soldering of hardware to prevent upgradability - that means that, if the IO wasn't so bad, the Surface Laptop wouldn't be an option. I've narrowed my selection down to the new Lenovo ThinkPad X1 Extreme Gen2 and the Dell XPS 15 "Fiorano" as shown in this leaked roadmap (direct image). The current XPS 15 throttles a little too much for my liking, and the design has been reused too many times, so it doesn't seem like a wise purchase right now. Equally, I don't want to wait until April next year if the ThinkPad has just been released and is good. A Mac certainly isn't an option given the keyboards and repair chenanigans. The Razer Blade 15 came to mind, but I'm not going to need that much GPU horsepower on the go since I plan on getting a Razer Core X Chroma down the line, and I'd rather take the extra battery life which comes from a weaker 1650 GPU (although the battery life on the X1 Extreme Gen2 isn't particularly spectacular in itself) and the better keyboard. It's also more expensive and I can't get a 4K model without OLED, and I can't take a gamble on burn-in on this machine. Can anybody else think of another laptop which might meet that criteria? Otherwise I'll spring for the ThinkPad and hope Lenovo has sorted out their quality control (or I'll have to go through RMAs until it's sorted).
  4. Yes. That motherboard supports those M.2 drives in SATA/nvme mode.
  5. As dumb as it sounds, restarting could well be the issue. Having run DDU and reinstalled that driver, try restarting. (it's a long shot but maybe)
  6. I'd rather have really vivid, accurate and rich colours than deeper blacks, since the only way I'd get as deep blacks as I wanted would be if I got an OLED panel.
  7. I've helped other people through these sorts of driver problems before, albeit problems which were causing a BSoD. If it's feasible, try a reinstall of Windows. If you've been using the rig for a while, then obviously that's not going to be ideal. Just a sanity check, have you tried restarting in-between driver installs?
  8. Did you run DDU first? Did the game get any further, or did the driver setup just crash?
  9. I think this is the driver you need: https://www.nvidia.com/Download/driverResults.aspx/148865/en-us Run DDU (Display Driver Uninstaller) first, then try the driver above.
  10. If you're looking for colour reproduction, I'd go for the IPS panel. I'd also recommend the Asus PG279Q as a good 1440p 144Hz monitor, if you can get it.
  11. If you've installed "every driver", that might be the problem. The latest AMD/NVIDIA driver should be the only one you need. As @DotzHyper said, you can disable your iGPU, which might be causing the problem. This can be done by going to Device Manager (Windows Key + R > devmgmt.msc > Press Enter) > Display Adapters > Your iGPU > Driver > Disable Device. What graphics card do you have?
  12. Yeah fair enough, I've been unable to switch as I need the latest version of Microsoft Office, and there isn't really a drop-in replacement with feature and design parity. Play on Linux lets you get Office 2010, but that's missing a load of features I need.
  13. I don't think that FPS from one distro to another will matter. Navigating in menus might matter, but ultimately the drivers will all be the same (given the same version) so the raw compute power of hardware will remain the same. "Faster" than Windows I think is just referring to the percieved speed. I'm sure you'll know what I mean when I say it "feels fast". Generally though you'd have to try pretty hard to use as much RAM/resources at idle as Windows.
  14. It certainly does feel faster, and the design is subjectively cleaner. I googled "Roblox on Linux" and found this. I don't know how up-to-date that info is, but it says Linus did a good video on choosing a distro - Pop!_OS is your best bet if you don't have any prior Linux experience.
  15. This approach won't work as you're changing the properties of the network adapter and not the cameras attached, regardless of the presence of a switch. The NIC will have a single IP address. Setting it up one way, swapping the cameras and changing it to the other will have literally no effect, it's like turning a light on and off again. This is because when changing options in the 'Internet Protocol Version 4 (TCP/IPv4) Properties ' menu, you're changing the computer's IP address on the network of devices (the switch and cameras). You're not managing the cameras themselves, since there is no router. A router would have to manage the IP addresses of other devices. Please find a recommended solution addressed to the OP above (or below, I don't know where it'll show up).
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