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General Winter

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    General Winter got a reaction from Marlo Walker-Lacroix in Nvidia GPU (GTX 1060 6gb) not detected by system   
    Have you heard of DDU, it's a 3rd party app called "display driver uninstaller" and I find it helps a lot in situations like this; run that in safe mode (it won't run otherwise and for good reason) and then try reinstalling geforce/gpu drivers
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    General Winter got a reaction from LordOfDisrespect in Recommendations for a new “gaming” chair   
    racing style gaming chairs are pretty horrible and impractical design (explained in detail here:
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    you can look up memory foam comfort office chairs or something of that nature
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    General Winter got a reaction from BTGbullseye in DisplayPort 2.0   
    like spook said, most modern gpu cards will have 1-3 DP ports and they aren't the bottleneck; what that's talking about is connecting multiple displays through 1 DP 2.0 cable (which is useful for laptops and other physically limited devices which isn't your case )

    you're not going to be running 3 4K monitors at 90hz for gaming anyhow; but whatever your use case you just need to make sure your cables are capable of the resolution and refresh rate you want and the according monitors and your GPU will display accordingly
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    General Winter reacted to Firewrath9 in How many computers do you have lying around the house?   
    I find either good used deals, like I got a bunch of DDR3 8GB sticks @ 5$ each, then I give them to my friends with old computers and sometimes I show them how to build a computer and they get a computer and they let me have their old computer. my parents gave me an imac (in like 2008, it has a core 2 quad that I stuck in there, it came with a core 2 duo), my old i5-3570k/670 rig, and my old Q8400 rig. They still run last time I checked, but I never use them.
    Old laptop & macbook is my previous laptop and the macbook that my parents gave me.
     
    Also impulse buying
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    General Winter got a reaction from SpookyCitrus in DisplayPort 2.0   
    like spook said, most modern gpu cards will have 1-3 DP ports and they aren't the bottleneck; what that's talking about is connecting multiple displays through 1 DP 2.0 cable (which is useful for laptops and other physically limited devices which isn't your case )

    you're not going to be running 3 4K monitors at 90hz for gaming anyhow; but whatever your use case you just need to make sure your cables are capable of the resolution and refresh rate you want and the according monitors and your GPU will display accordingly
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    General Winter reacted to Venson in DisplayPort 2.0   
    Thank you both for the clarification. Yes gaming is not my case. I will check the current graphic cards for one that suites my need. 
     
    Thank you :-). 
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    General Winter reacted to SpookyCitrus in DisplayPort 2.0   
    A GPU will have one to three Display Ports on it, they aren't a specific Display Port type. They are just Display Port, as I stated above the way it works is the Cable and Monitor are what are the limiting factors. For example a 2080ti can push 4K up to however many FPS it can output at 4K, if you have a monitor that is 4K 60hz it will only go to 4K 60hz even though the 2080ti is outputting 200+fps. So then you use a 4K monitor that supports 120hz you can set it to 120hz with a compatible cable. If you have a 120hz monitor and only a 60hz cable then you can only get 60hz even on the 120hz monitor. Say you want to do 4K 144hz, as long as the Monitor and Cable support 4K 144hz and you have a GPU capable of outputting over 144fps at 4K resolutions then it will work smoothly. 
     
     
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    General Winter reacted to SpookyCitrus in DisplayPort 2.0   
    Display port versions are more of a monitor and cable support type thing not really GPU, a GPU will push the max resolution and refresh rate it can no matter what type of cable. The real limitation is the monitor and cable not the GPU. When DP 2.0 comes out you will need a DP 2.0 compatible cable and monitor. Any modern higher end GPU should work.
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    General Winter reacted to Fasauceome in thermal paste on cpu pins?   
    No, the pins are stronger than toothbrush bristles
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    General Winter reacted to Retro_R in thermal paste on cpu pins?   
    Honestly I can't tell if this is a joke or not. Wouldn't it bend the pins?
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    General Winter reacted to KarathKasun in thermal paste on cpu pins?   
    Cheap soft toothbrush + 99% iso alcohol.
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    General Winter reacted to emosun in Please help Power points are vlcs   
    right click / properties / change the default program
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    General Winter reacted to BuckGup in Threadripper 2 Officially Announced (Unboxing Embargo Lifted)   
    Yeah smaller but they can offer a better product for much cheaper. Intel sat on 4 cores for years until AMD brought 8 cores to the mainstream for cheap. Now all of a sudden Intel has 6 core and soon 8 core on the mainstream gaming platform for cheap as well. Not random
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    General Winter reacted to Brooksie359 in Threadripper 2 Officially Announced (Unboxing Embargo Lifted)   
    And yet Intel stock went down and AMD stock went up. It's clear that the effects on earnings is not in full effect. The server market takes time for new server cpus to be adopted but it seems that epyc is getting more tracktion so it could be a completely different story a couple of quarters from now. 
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    General Winter got a reaction from Rallenhayestime in I have $1000 for upgrades what should I upgrade?   
    i would definitely wait for next gen gpus, its really close to coming out
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    General Winter reacted to ZeouLs in I have $1000 for upgrades what should I upgrade?   
    I would wait for the new Nvidia line up and maybe grab the new verison of the 1070 (1170/2070 or whatever they gonna call it) or 1070Ti and oc the shit out of it and maybe a 2700x on a 470 mobo o.ô
     

     
    *grabs popcorn*
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    General Winter reacted to 2FA in how to know which android emulator won't give me compatability issues?   
    I use Big Nox and haven't had issues with compatibility. 
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    General Winter got a reaction from PlayStation 2 in Good laptop massively underperforming   
    have you tried testing it while plugged into the charger, i know my laptop undervolts the cpu and gpu to not kill the battery immediately
     
     
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    General Winter reacted to RollinLower in Hades Canyon vs Custom pc   
    what have you done
     
    it's not that quiet. Gamers Nexus has some videos on the thing, and they complain about the noise it makes under load due to the very small heatsink that is cooling all the dies from the CPU, GPU and HBM.
     
    you could opt in for a cheaper solution, like a Ryzen APU in a SFF ITX case like the InWin Chopin, but that would probably perform a little worse. pro's include better upgradability and stuff like that, but the NUC is and always will be smaller. that being said, the NUC is only upgradable in things that won;t really improve performance down the line. SSDs and RAM are things that won't help you get more FPS really.
    in the and it is just about what you value most in your rig. if you really want the tiny formfactor and think that 40-30FPS or some lowered settings is good enough, the NUC seems like a pretty good deal for you.
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    General Winter got a reaction from Peacefulgaming in Wired or wireless   
    wired if you're close to your PC
     
    wireless if you think they'll be drag from the wire
     
    wireless is more future proof compared to wired if you decide to get something like a lapboard, but a good wireless mouse like the 903 has a premium over the 502; however it's worth it if you have the money
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    General Winter got a reaction from Peacefulgaming in Wired or wireless   
    you won't, especially if you use the receiver they give you, its more optimized for speed than bluetooth
     
    however the wire drag might be noticeable, which really depends on distance
     
    also, if i were to recommend a mouse, i would recommend the M65 pro, its a solid corsair mouse with a wider grip than the 502 and has a much more optimally placed sniper button
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    General Winter got a reaction from Peacefulgaming in Wired or wireless   
    okay, i heard good things about logitech but i find most alternatives to be better in my personal experience, so if you ever change your mind you have more options to look at
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    General Winter reacted to Silentprototipe in How is Chrome OS?   
    On a $200 school chromebook its just fine . The Pixelbook? Eh . Id rather get a Windows laptop at that price  
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    General Winter reacted to Skiiwee29 in 1080p@144 vs 1440p@60 paired with GTX1070   
    If shes not into competitive aspects of games and does it for fun, Getting a 1440p/60hz monitor will be better for image quality in gaming. 
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    General Winter reacted to avg123 in What kind of idiot designed Google Drive? Cant even see the size of a folder!   
    Why would they not implement a BASIC feature like displaying the size of a folder? What were they thinking?
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