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  1. well, the first problem i see is VRAM. I am on a 1050ti and use ONE 1080p monitor, and my typical vRAM usage (no games, office apps and browsers, chat apps etc) is about 0.5 to 1 gb. considering 4k has 4 times as many pixels as full hd, and that you're running not one but FOUR monitors, id say that you can, but you REALLY shouldn't. If you run outta vram, you'll soft crash which is hella annoying. When running Cities:Skylines, for instance my vram usage is pegged at 3.9gb, and if i open more than like 3 browser tabs, my screen goes black for like 20 seconds and the game crashes. TLDR: you really shouldnt try to run this setup on a 1050ti

  2. 12 minutes ago, jaslion said:

    The ideapad has poor thermals

    The legion is the last gen legion that still has the hinge issue

    The nitro 5 is "ok"

     

    I mean all of these have poor battery life too so keep that in mind that about 2 hours is what you'll get at most.

    ah, i didnt know abt the hinge issue.

    alright, i know its dumb to ask this now and not at first, but do i really need a dGPU for my electircal engineering course? RN i use programs like teams, the ms office suite, a handful of other programs and MATlab. MATlab is the biggest resource hog. So do i really need a dGPU?

  3. Just now, SupaKomputa said:

    Intel + gpu will be very hot, keep that in mind.

    A slim and light ryzen 5000 without gpu will be better on your back.

    well, as i said before, i cant get ryzen 5000 here. i need good processing power and some gpu. keep in mind that the gpu wont be pegged all the time, only some workloads will use it, and that too lightly

  4. Hey guys. So as mentioned above, i need to get a laptop. Firstly, i REALLY wanted to go with ryzen 5000, but availability is terrible here. Also, i dont have many other options available in stores, and these laptops have similar specs. So, i need your guys help on which laptop would last the longest (durability), has the best battery life, and good thermals. Note that i dont really need more performance than this, although i would've happily taken ryzen 5000's 8c/16t any day of the week.

    Do note that for me, all this laptops are priced within about 200$ of each other, so dont judge them based on price. For specs, click on the links provided. Prompt help would be greatly appreciated, as i need to get a laptop within the next few days.

    So here are the laptops:

     

    Lenovo Ideapad Gaming 3, Intel Core i7-10750H, 15.6" FHD, 16 GB RAM, 1TB HDD + 256GB SSD, Nvidia GTX1650Ti 4GB, Eng-Arb, Windows 10 Home, Onyx Black-[81Y40039AX]: Buy Online at Best Price in UAE - Amazon.ae

     

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    Dell G5

     

    Buy Dell G5 15 5500 i7-10750H, 16GB, 512GB SSD, GTX 1650 Ti 4GB Graphic, 15.6" FHD Gaming Laptop, Black online (jumbo.ae)

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    Acer Nitro 5

    Shop Acer Nitro5 Laptop With 15.6-Inch Display, Core i7 Processer/16GB RAM/1TB HDD + 256GB SSD/4GB Nvidia GeForce GTX 1650 Graphics Card/ DOS Obsidian black online in Dubai, Abu Dhabi and all UAE (noon.com)

     

    Lenovo legion 5

    Shop Lenovo Legion 5 15IMH05H Laptop With 15.6-Inch Display, Core i7 Processor/16GB RAM/256GB SSD + 1TB HDD/ DPS/ 4GB Nvidia GeForce GTX 1650 Ti Graphics Card Phantom Black Phantom/DOS Phantom Black online in Dubai, Abu Dhabi and all UAE (noon.com)

     

     

     

  5. 11 minutes ago, GuruMeditationError said:

    My current graphics card is an RTX 2070.

     

    I've been looking at upgrading to an RTX 2080 Ti for gaming at 1080p, with a view to adding a second RTX 2080 Ti for SLI a little further down the line...

     

    ...but not sure if it's worth the upgrade or if it might be bottlenecked by the rest of my system.

     

     I'm gaming in 3D at 1080p because it means better frame-rates at higher graphics settings (3D is more demanding, but I don't know by how much, I'm not sure it's specifically twice as demanding...? ...but it is more demanding).

     

    My specs:


    i7-4790k (Overclocked to 4.6 GHz)

    16GB DDR3 RAM 2666 MHz

    Asus Z97-WS

     

    Would this setup bottleneck an RTX 2080 Ti at 1080p?

    Would it bottleneck 2 x SLI'd RTX 2080 Ti's? 

     

     

    https://pc-builds.com/calculator/Core_i7-4790K/GeForce_RTX_2080_Ti/0AH12nnq/16/

     

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    Youre cpus too weak and you should get 32 gb of ram

     

  6. 3 minutes ago, Haroldpain said:

    Hey chaps my PC jut arrived today and I lack the peripherals for it I cannot afford 1440p144 now (this might change as I might retool my pc with 1440p144/4k60 and a 7nm nvida GPU in a year maybe )but anyways for now I've grabbed myself a 1070ti and a ryzen 2600X I have about 200-300 USD for a good monitor , what do you lads recommend ? I'll be purely gaming . I thought of 1080p144 but I'm afraid about 1080p being euthanized/becoming obsolete

    1080p aint getting obsolete anytime soon.

     

    ESPECIALLY if i have anything to say about it

     

    BTW what type of games do you play? Fast paced action like a shooter, or more relaxed like Cities Skylines?

  7. Just now, PineyCreek said:

    Heaven forbid they use Bing.

     

    For a time, they actually kinda did.

     

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    "In June 2013 Apple made Bing the default search engine for Siri but not for the Safari browser on the iPhone. Google replaced Bing as the source of web search results for Siri in 2017."

     

    Source: https://searchengineland.com/report-google-to-pay-apple-9-billion-to-remain-default-search-engine-on-safari-306082

     

  8. Yep, you read that right.

     

    Google Search
     

    Google reportedly pays Apple $9 billion/year to remain the iPhone’s default search engine

     

    When Apple first introduced the iPhone, the decision to use Google as the default search engine on mobile Safari was essentially a no-brainer. After all, Google was unquestionably the dominant search engine at the time and Microsoft’s Bing wouldn’t even arrive on the scene until June of 2009. Despite increased competition with respect to search over the past few years, there’s no denying that Google is still the best search engine on the planet. That said, Apple has for some time now let iOS users change the default search engine on mobile Safari to Bing or DuckDuckGo.

     

     

    Google’s prominence in mobile Safari, though, isn’t a benefit Apple bestows upon the search giant free of charge. On the contrary, Google pays a lot of money to enjoy its status as the default search engine on the iPhone and iPad. Hardly a surprise, the bulk of Google’s revenue still comes from search-based advertising and the company has long been willing to pay somewhat astronomical fees in order to remain front and center on mobile Safari.

     

     

    As to how much Google pays for that privilege, well, that’s an interesting story. The only official number we’ve seen comes from a 2014 court document which revealed that Google at the time was paying Apple $1 billion a year for default search engine status.

     

     

    Since then, analysts have claimed that the annual fee has jumped considerably, with a report from last year relaying that Google in 2017 paid Apple upwards of $3 billion. That said, Goldman Sachs analyst Rod Hall now claims that Google may be paying Apple as much as $9 billion in 2018 to keep its search engine front and center for iOS users. Keep in mind that Hall’s figure — which was originally brought to light by Business Insider — is nothing more than an estimate as both Google and Apple remain tight-lipped on the issue. In any event, Hall claims that the annual fee Google pays out to Apple is on the rise due to an increase in the number of Google searches that originate via Siri. Looking ahead, Hall writes that Google could end up paying Apple as much as $12 billion in 2019 to keep Google as the default search option.

     

     

    Hall’s figures seem remarkably high, so you’ll definitely want to take his report with a requisite grain of salt. Either way, the relationship between Apple and Google in this regard is as mutually beneficial as can be. From Apple’s perspective, they’re getting what essentially amounts to free money. And Google, on the other hand, enjoys prime placement amongst iPhone and iPad users who, on average, are more coveted amongst advertisers.

     
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    Apple SVP Phil Schiller announcing the 9.7-inch iPad Pro.
     

    I hadn't noticed it myself. Maybe you hadn't either. But every single Apple product in every promotional photo, is set to 9:41 am. MacBook, iPad, iPhone, it really doesn't matter. With one big exception (which we'll get to) for every Apple product in the world, it was exactly 9:41 am at the time of its photo shoot.

    Random coincidence? Obviously not. But why 9:41? Turns out it was a carefully made choice. Also, it wasn't the original choice. Earlier on, Apple products were apparently photographed with a time of 9:42 am. 

     

    What is this craziness? Australian iOS developer Jon Manning wanted to know too. And he happened to be at the first iPad launch, where he saw Scott Forstall, then SVP of iOS software at Apple, and leader of the original iPhone and iPad software development team. Manning had noticed that early products had been set to 9:42 in their photos, but that changed to 9:41. Brimming with curiosity, he asked Forstall what was going on.

    The answer had to do with Steve Jobs and his very carefully crafted product launch presentations, Forstall explained.

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    "We design the keynotes so that the big reveal of the product happens around 40 minutes into the presentation," he said. "When the big image of the product appears on screen, we want the time shown to be close to the actual time on the audience's watches. But we know we won't hit 40 minutes exactly." 

     

    Preferring to be early rather than late, the team literally gave themselves an extra couple of minutes, and set the devices to 9:42 am in product photos. But as Jobs practiced his presentation, it seemed he would unveil the first iPhone at 9:41 am and so the image of the phone was set for 9:41. And it worked like a charm. When Jobs introduced the original iPhone at MacWorld 2007, the first image of the phone with its screen turned on appeared on the giant screen behind him with the time set to 9:41 am at 9:41 am. 

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    "It turned out we were pretty accurate with that estimate, so for the iPad, we made it 41 minutes," Forstall told Manning. "And there you are--the secret of the magic time."

     

    Details matter.

     

    As Engadget points out, even when Jobs was still doing them, not all presentations were timed with the big reveal around the 40 minute mark. Still, the 9:41 time has stuck, and it speaks volumes about a company that pays attention to detail to the nth degree. That extreme attention to detail is everything. It's why Apple can charge prices for products with basically the same functionality as lower-priced competitors, and have consumers consider that they're status symbols rather than overpriced. It's why people stand on line to buy Apple devices on launch day, as Manning did on the day he met up with Forstall. 

    We often dismiss details, saying that we want to be strategic, and not get stuck "in the weeds." But it's those tiny details that make companies like Apple what they are. It's an example every business owner, and every manager can learn from.

     

    So what's the one exception to the 9:41 rule? The Apple Watch, which is always photographed at 10:09 am. In this, Apple is following longstanding tradition throughout the watch world, because when a watch has an analog face (as Apple Watches can) having the hour hand a bit past 10 and the minute hand a bit before 2 provides a pleasing symmetrical shape that emphasizes the watch company logo or whatever graphic is right below the 12. Apple apparently decided that having the hands at 9:41 just wouldn't look right.

     

     

    Source: https://www.inc.com/minda-zetlin/apple-products-time-941-photos-jon-manning-scott-forstall-steve-jobs.html

     

    TBH I only posted this cuz I didnt know

  10.  

    Samsung's Galaxy S10 Will Look Completely Different

     

    When Samsung unveils its Galaxy S10 flagship early next year, it should look anything but iterative.

     
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    In addition to new colors, Samsung is reportedly planning a revamped design with a long-awaited virtual fingerprint sensor baked into the smartphone's screen. The smartphone could prove to be the biggest update from Samsung in quite some time.

    Aside from that, Hemmerstoffer added that Samsung's Galaxy S10 "PVT is just around the corner." PVT stands for Product Validation Testing, which occurs when a smartphone's design has been finalized and it's time to start testing it to see if it can be released.

     

     

     

    Samsung has long had strong ties to color in its flagship handsets. The company usually launches its devices in a handful of colors and then makes exclusive color options available on different carrier networks.

    Offering nine color gradients at launch, however, would be a first for Samsung. And using color gradients suggests that the company is aiming at creating a major design change in the handset. Samsung's current flagships come with a single color design and glossy finishes that can create some variation in hue when viewed at different angles or light. A color gradient, however, means the phones will have a color transition on their rear.

    Although Samsung hasn't said much about the Galaxy S10, Forbes, which earlier cited the OnLeaks report, noted that Samsung mobile chief DJ Koh said last week at a speaking engagement that the Galaxy S10 would offer "amazing" colors.

    The Galaxy S10 should also be the first phone to feature Qualcomm's next Snapdragon processor, and one version of the handset may even offer 5G capability.

    According to reports, Samsung could unveil the Galaxy S10 as early as CES in January or as late as Mobile World Congress in February.

     

    Source: https://www.tomsguide.com/us/galaxy-s10-design-colors,news-28196.html

     

    To further improve reliability I have a quote by Samung's CEO (thanks  @Whiskers for the reminder):

     

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    These leaked benchmarks come hot on the heels of DJ Koh, CEO of Samsung's mobile biz, confirming that design changes to the Galaxy S10 will be "very significant". 

    Speaking to Chinese media, Koh suggested that the firm's 10th-anniversary smartphone will be more than an incremental update - as the S9 was to the S8 - adding the S10 would be offered in "amazing" new colours. 

     

    Source: https://www.theinquirer.net/inquirer/news/3030399/galaxy-s10-release-date-specs-price-samsung-leak-confirms-four-models-5g-variant

     

     

     

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