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LordMacrae

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    LordMacrae got a reaction from JeanVeber in My Most Chaotic Client EVER - Kallmekris Tech Makeover (SPONSORED)   
    Was I the only one super uncomfortable with how sexual everything Linus said was?
     
    "She can screw" and "that's a vibrator" were stand outs, with Kris only ever doing the polite laugh. It's not the first time I've thought Linus has gone overboard with the sexual "jokes" either, especially with female colabs / employees.
     
    I really don't want to be reading headlines with "Youtuber accused of..." akin to Elon Musk headlines 😔
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    LordMacrae got a reaction from hayley in My Most Chaotic Client EVER - Kallmekris Tech Makeover (SPONSORED)   
    Was I the only one super uncomfortable with how sexual everything Linus said was?
     
    "She can screw" and "that's a vibrator" were stand outs, with Kris only ever doing the polite laugh. It's not the first time I've thought Linus has gone overboard with the sexual "jokes" either, especially with female colabs / employees.
     
    I really don't want to be reading headlines with "Youtuber accused of..." akin to Elon Musk headlines 😔
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    LordMacrae got a reaction from ItsMeRachata in What can I upgrade to   
    Assuming your PSU has 2 6+2 pin connectors an RX 580 or RX 590 would be great. I think some RX 570's use a single power connector if you're limited there.
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    LordMacrae got a reaction from Fasauceome in Can my GTX 1080 be fake?   
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    LordMacrae got a reaction from Ben17 in Will my old Gigabyte HB1MS motherboard support RTX cards?   
    Should be absolutely fine. Your motherboard is running PCIe 2.0 but unless you go for a 2080S or 2080Ti it's not going to be holding your GPU back at all.
     
    EDIT: I thought you were wanting current gen RTX sorry. There probably will be a PCIe 2.0 bottleneck with a 3080 whenever they arrive, but you could have quite the wait. It should work no problem though, PCIe is backwards compatible.
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    LordMacrae got a reaction from Ben17 in Sapphire Radeon RX Nitro + 5700 XT   
    Despite being on the same cable, the two 6+2 pin connectors should be able to provide their rated power. The manufacturer wouldn't have put two on if they couldn't provide enough.
     
    If it's freezing could the PC be running out of RAM and needing to load stuff in from the HDD?
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    LordMacrae got a reaction from Chrizl1990 in This is my next upgrade plan.   
    If you've already got a 2600 there shouldn't be any need to upgrade your motherboard at all.
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    LordMacrae reacted to Glennieboyyy007 in No fps change after upgrade   
    what are the specs of your previous build? did you disable v-sync? did you plug the fans into the correct plugs on your mobo?
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    LordMacrae got a reaction from melete in About 1650 super with 3200G   
    Definitely the 1600 in that case, it's better for both gaming AND video editing.
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    LordMacrae reacted to dalekphalm in Xbox One X vs PS4 Pro with SSD upgrade   
    You can definitely upgrade the HDD inside an Xbox One - but it's a far more involved process. You need to download the recovery image for the Xbox OS from the internet, and then you need to prep the HDD (or SSD) in a specific way.

    Here's a very comprehensive step by step guide here:
    https://betanews.com/2018/01/04/upgrade-xbox-one-x-hdd-to-a-2tb-sshd/
     
    Now, moving beyond that to your actual question, the answer is: it depends
     
    The One X is undeniably the higher performance console - the CPU's on both are fairly similar, but the One X edges out the PS4 Pro slightly. Not enough to make a substantial difference though.
     
    The big difference here is in the GPU - the GPU in the One X is significantly more powerful than the PS4 Pro. 6 TFlops vs 4.2 TFlops - about 30% faster in general. Does that matter? Well it depends on the game, and depends on how much you care.
     
    In terms of SSD vs HDD, SSD will improve loading times, but not much else (I can attest how annoying loading times are, so whether that matters to you is personal preference). If you upgrade both to SSD's, the One X is unquestionably better, hardware wise.
     
    Now - hardware differences aside, does that matter? For some people, yes. For others, the performance will be close enough. The PS4 Pro is no slouch.
     
    Ultimately whether it matters to most people is the Interface (OS), the controller, and the games. Most multi--platforms are available on both, so exclusives are the particularly important thing. Most people consider PlayStation Exclusives to be better - and there are certainly more of them.
     
    Interface wise, both are easy enough to use, and will come down to personal preference or what you're already familiar with.
     
    Controller wise, same thing - I personally find the Xbox controller to be far superior in ergonomics to a PS4 controller - but the PS4 controller is a lot better than the old dual shock controllers from previous consoles.
     
    For me, I would choose the One X. I prefer the Xbox interface and I really like Xbox exclusives like the Halo series (which admittedly are less important since they are slowly coming to PC, but still aren't on PlayStation).
     
    Oh - one additional small benefit of the One X is an included UHD Blu-Ray player (The PS4 only has a 1080p Blu-Ray player) - I realize you have a 1080p TV, but that might matter for future upgradability.
     
    In terms of playing on a 1080p TV, that's not a problem. Both consoles should allow performance boosting to titles, which will either boost the graphics, or boost the framerate (sometimes both) - though without PS4 Pro/One X certified titles, it's sometimes hit or miss on non-certified titles.
     
    Do you have any specific questions? I'm by no means a PlayStation expert, but I support both consoles at work, and I have a One S at home.
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    LordMacrae reacted to Jay Deah in After installing new gpu, computer refuses to turn on   
    are you sure that power cable is plugged in the right way round?
     
    it shouldn’t fit in the wrong way round so may be a dumb question but I can’t see the clip.
     
    also try it without the power plugged in. It should boot with a black screen with white text saying ‘ok stupid, you forgot to plug in the power cable’ at least if you see that you know the card is alive
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