Angel102

the only people who need to know that information are Linus, his wife, his accountant and the tax inspector.

no.

I still for the life of me can't figure out what he intended to use the allen key on?

the table?

On 16/09/2018 at 7:16 PM, Razor Blade said:

Source from @Angel102's post: https://europa.eu/youreurope/citizens/consumers/shopping/guarantees-returns/index_en.htm

 

 

Not sure what the problem is...Newegg was even willing to negotiate the restocking fee lower...

postage fee and a restocking fee are 2 separate costs, and the restocking fee is illegal under EU law.

12 hours ago, imreloadin said:

So let me get this straight...you bought a Vega 64 from Newegg. A week later you noticed that AMD was offering a promo code for 3 free games and decided to see if Newegg would be generous enough to provide you with the promo code even though you purchased it outside of the promotional time period. So what exactly is wrong with the Vega 64 that makes you want to return it? Also what day was it that you contacted them about the promo code and then when you contacted them again requesting the refund?

under EU law you don't need to give any reason for a product return within 14 days.

https://europa.eu/youreurope/citizens/consumers/shopping/guarantees-returns/index_en.htm

On 03/09/2018 at 5:58 PM, JoostinOnline said:

Yeah, for stores in Europe.  Newegg is in the US.

 

It's like I'm talking to 9-year-old brick wall though, so I'm not going to keep entertaining this.

If a company sells an item to a customer in Europe, then they must abide by EU consumer rights and import law when shipping to that country in the EU, otherwise they should have declined the sale to begin with.

It's really not complicated. Just like some websites now refuse traffic from EU countries as a result of recent GDPR laws implemented by the EU.

3 minutes ago, WhyThereIsAPieOverHead said:

And he just want me to exchange my 1060 for his 1050 ti

 

He's trying to screw you over. a 1050ti is still a step below a 1060 3gb, and a whole staircase under a 1060 6gb.

On 24/08/2018 at 11:07 PM, dalekphalm said:

Don't worry, everyone thinks their jokes that are not obviously jokes should be immediately recognized via telepathy!

funnily enough Kidnap and Ransom wasn't a subject on career day when I was at school, that was a while ago though.

12 hours ago, Netivity said:

Right...

 

I thought it was still reason for a mention though.

 

You'd be surprised how many people don't know this.

 

But I understand now. Next time I don't know something, educate me, don't belittle me.

 

 

Cheers,

no offense, but the line about setting up a kidnap and ransom business should have been a pretty big clue to it not being entirely serious.

Cheers.

1 hour ago, Netivity said:

huh?

the sound of the joke flying right over your head.

26 minutes ago, pas008 said:

many developers were pushing for this I actually believe it could make things cheaper

and on that note many hate gameworks

 

making a game now is expensive as fuck wouldnt you want to use or push for shortcuts and reduced cost?

but by using gameworks alot of time is saved which is money

build a house to a hammer ok fine does the job now building it with nailgun wow

that is what tools are for

and saying its gimping amd, nvidia gets gimped too

 

so on to rt

amd has their own

companies want it if amd doesnt come up with ways to make it happen reasonably or better which I think they can

but rt isnt like gameworks

its more like async with freesync and gsync each will have their own version like they do

not forgetting all the added DLC you get on virtually every game now on top of the initial purchase cost so companies get far more in return for half finished games on release.

33 minutes ago, asus killer said:

you should use the quote function, because it seemed like a ordinary comment to the topic and not an answer to someone. Worst when your answering something that really derailed from the original post.

my original comment was specifically about people who only measure FPS regardless of other factors, hence why that single post had no quotes to it, every other post I have made since has abeen a direct answer to someone else.

9 minutes ago, asus killer said:

I guess Australians prefer to be spied only by Americans. You'll create a NSA monopoly and that's never good. 

US and Australian intelligence services work very closely together already, just like US and UK agencies.

4 minutes ago, Rattenmann said:

I don't think he suggested that.

Pretty sure he was going for the idea that we should not just compare 1:1 while ignoring RT, but factor in the new tech somehow.

 

And I strongly agree.

Seeing the new Cards improve performance is what we kinda all expected, so it is not exiting in itself.

But if we ignore Tensor and RT Cores, we have to stop right there. All we can measure is a straight 1:1 thing.

 

Like comparing a Hybrid car to a gas car, but fully ignoring the electric engine.

It will be hard to compare this generation, that is for sure. There are arguments for all variations of comparisons. Straight up 1:1, almost 1:1 but with the new AA enabled on Turing, RT comparisons (tho, those would be kinda useless, as nothing but Turing can do it with any form of playable FPS) and I bet there are more possible combinations in between.

 

Personally, I am kinda excited to see this new generation. Finally, we get something that is not only slightly faster at the same old shit but actually brings new graphical possibilities.

that is a brilliant comparison in bold, thank you.

1 minute ago, AngryBeaver said:

So here is the thing though. You are making the assumption that raytracing will become the new norm. It does look better than some of the current tech used, but the problem is those other tech also do a good job at reproducing the effects that Raytracing is for

 

The next big hurdle is going to be whether AMD picks up RayTracing. If they don't then that will make Raytracing call in to the same category as Physx and Hairworks. Does it look good in the games that support it? Yes, but it isn't going to be widely adopted. It will be available in a handful of "Optimized for Nvidia" games. I mean all of those items are grouped into what is known as Nvidia Gameworks. All in all there are like 6-8 Gameworks titles out of ALL the games out there atm.

 

Raytracing will become similar to that without more people jumping on board... so to say FPS doesn't matter because this has new tech, well that is true and isn't. The real question will be how much adoption it sees.

I agree it does depend on the uptake, like 3D televisions, it could simply not get taken up, or it could be like 4k which is becoming the norm very quickly.

I didn't say FPS doesn't matter, I said it should not be the only metric used, especially right now with first generation consumer raytracing cards with very limited driver support and games that are being retrofitted rather than designed from the ground up.

6 minutes ago, asus killer said:

RT was not used, just read the OP's post.

I was answering a post, not the OP. the post I was replying to talked about how framerates are all that matters when everything else is the same, and my point was that thing's weren't the same at all given raytracing is a totally different way of rendering an image, even the same image from the same game, so anyone going purely of FPS comparisons is looking at it incorrectly.

6 minutes ago, LAwLz said:

I also think it's funny that it's Australia who are worried.

You know, Australia, the country currently trying to push a law which would force companies to assist their intelligence services with obtaining data from people.

 

So they are OK with it when they are the ones potentially gaining the information, but as soon as China might be able to influence what a company does with their products all of a sudden it is a massive security risk and the entire company should be banned.

Not sure what I should call this.

Hypocrisy? Xenophobia?

it's called Real Politik, and has existed as long as governments have.

3 minutes ago, asus killer said:

If all the settings and resolution is the same ( if not its just pointless comparision) the only thing measurable are fps, what else are you going to measure?

that's the entire point though, raytracing is not the same as what we currently have at all, just like a video on youtube at 1080p in comparison to a 1080p video on Floatplane.

I see raytracing as being like going from 1080p to 4k. others might see it as going from 1080p to 1080p in 3D though.

On 20/08/2018 at 4:01 AM, BuckGup said:

 

 

Interesting. I am used to cars where when it's locked you can't open them from the inside until they are unlocked. Also the child locks were switches in the door panel

front doors will always unlock, rear doors will unlock as long as the 'child locks' have not been enabled, that is also the same locks law enforcement agencies the world over use, so people can't just do a runner from the back seat.

On 19/08/2018 at 10:05 PM, Netivity said:

I disagree.

 

Current law states that every car manufactured should have an escape latch in the boot. I can't exactly remember which year this law passed. But it is still relevant.

whoooooooosh

1 minute ago, SolarNova said:

becouse if you grab an average run of the mill game and run it on a 780ti, it looks the same as it being run on a 1080ti, the only difference is the FPS.

I dont see hwo thats hard to understand.

 

I get what your trying to say but their are very very very few features specific to a generation that can only be shown with any given gen over all prevouse gens that can make a game look significantly better from one generation to another.

raytracing on a commercial level is brand new though, while I will wait to see benchmarks comparing current games with and without it enabled on the new cards I still think the people tearing their hair out over a single aspect of performance are the ones at fault here.

That said, I do think Nvidia are taking the piss with those prices, especially given the hyper inflated GPU market the last couple of years.

can't say I'm surprised, the Chinese government has been doing things like this for years, saying that so do the US and other governments.

makes me wonder, why are people only considering FPS as performance? detail and effects matter just as much as straight up frames per second. You can get 500fps in Minecraft, doesn't mean it looks any better.

some titles can be retrofitted it seems, but now that the technology is starting to become available at a consumer level it will definitely be a case of newer games being made with it specifically in mind.

1 minute ago, mymande said:

it is designed so that you cannot close yourself in by accident as that could cause in dehydration in hot days

exactly. Once you are in the car you should always have a way out, be it as you say an overheating issue, fire, accidents and the like.

The only reason not to have it is if you are planning on starting your own kidnapping and ransom business, which car companies for some strange reason tend not to focus on this aspect of potential sales.