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AionAlgos

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  1. (Pardon me if this isn't the right subform; I don't come here often) Linus likes the idea of people getting something for their money, but not everyone wants to spend larger sums of money to be able to shout at the WANshow hosts. I suggest a compromise: instead of paying for items and leaving a message, or paying to leave a message and not getting any items; paying to message grants in-store credit which can be used towards future purchases. For example: someone may superchat several times, saving up enough credit and cash out with a waterbottle, or use the credit as part of a larger order. This would allow people to be able to superchat, cutting out the middlemen, and also get something for their money. This also opens up some flexibility; the credit rewarded from sending an LTTStore superchat could even be deducted by a small percent or fixed amount. (spend $10 on a chat, get $8 towards your next purchase, etc). This deduction could also effectively compensate for fixed transaction fee losses (as many superchats means more transactions than just buying a shirt).
  2. (skippable) For context I'm upgrading from my 2009 era multi-monitor setup (picture) and am looking to reduce my 3+1+2 screens down to a 1 main display +2 smaller auxiliary monitors. I leave my monitors and computer on 24/7 for years at a time so OLED and similar technologies with burn-in aren't acceptable. Currently, my main 3 monitors are all Asus VG248 (1080p, 144hz, 1ms TN panels). After many years I've stopped gaming competitively so I'm willing to sacrifice the high refresh rate of TN for better image quality and color. (skippable) My ideal monitor would have be larger than 30 inches, have a pixel density of around the 110~120ppi range, 75hz refresh, sub-6ms refresh, non-TN panel, have low motion blur, and have a max weight of 25lbs for an arm mount. Subpixel sampling artifacts and HDR local-dimming halos are deal killers for me, so HDR isn't really a selling point. Also anything under 60hz would also be a deal killer but that's exceedingly rare since high bandwidth connector standards have become better established in the time since 4K became a thing. ----- The XB321HK bmiphz from Acer's Predator line (try saying that three times fast...) seems to fit the bill nicely with the only compromises from my ideal being 60hz instead of >=75hz, and being slightly above my ideal pixel density at 137ppi instead of <=120ppi. But there's not much information on motion blur, or how it compares to more modern monitors which makes me question if there's something better that I'm unaware of. I'm also not married to the aspect ratio or 4K UHD; I'd be fine with a better monitor in 21:9 or some other aspect ratio. I mostly just want it to be bigger than my current 24" while not performing terribly (no TVs) and having a higher pixels density than what I have currently (91ppi). The XB32whatever from Acer truly seems like the best match for my criteria but the fact that it's an "early 4K monitor" makes me uncertain, and the sku seems to have some unit-to-unit inconsistencies and quality control problems(?) according to the amazon reviews. Edit: forgot to mention that budget isn't an issue but anything above $2,000USD should probably come with complimentary strippers. Any comments, questions, or suggestions would be much appreciated.
  3. Feel free to skip to "my dilemma". Background: With the F word in mind ("Future-Proofing") -- Back when the GTX480 was released I bought one to keep me warm during the harsh Canadian winters; building a PC with two E5620 Xeon processors (totaling 8 cores @ 2.4ghz) and 12GBs of ECC ram. Grabbed a GTX780 when those came around just to extend the life a bit. It's been running Win7 Professional all-day every-day since I built the thing, with very minor downtime (mostly from blackouts, installs, and upgrades). My C drive has 63,859 hours (2,660 Days, 19 hours sidenote: I just realized my computer has been on for nearly half as long as my little brother has been alive...), and 880 power on counts at the time of writing (Seems high? I wonder if board's on-off-on boot thingy makes it double?)... So I'd go ahead label that as "heavily used". Aside from the occasional 0x124 bugcheck caused by one of my GPUs whenever an application looks at it funny - my trusty workhorse is still going strong. But, it's starting to be a bit shaky while hauling my usual cargo, so I've been reluctantly eyeing my shotgun as of late. It may be time soon to put the ol' gal down... :( So, I'm looking for advice and opinions for a future upgrade. As I don't plan to buy anything immediately - my budget is extremely flexible. I game, but do a lot of computation, toying around with AI, content creation, and rendering using nVidia's IRAY so I'm quite interested in the RTX series of cards. I've been thinking about getting a bin+delid i9-9900K from SL (or i9-9920X depending on benchmarks), the highest tier of RTX2080ti EVGA has to offer, and a minimum of 32GBs of high-clocked memory. Here's my dilemma: my PC is dying but as a wise man once said: "there's a big difference between mostly-dead and all-dead. Mostly-dead is slightly alive!" and as such, I could very well continue to use this PC for a year or two more. So; Should I go for a build similar to what I mentioned above sooner rather than later, or would it be better to hold out for 2019~2020 next-gen RTX and the expected 10nm node? Should I be considering AMD's Ryzen more than I am? I'm trying to get excellent gaming performance for years to come but with the capabilities of a 8+ core CPU that has a minimal amount of performance "quirks". Bonus points for anyone who can point me towards a 4K HDR display that's roughly around 110~120ish ppi with latency & blur suitable for gaming (pro color accuracy isn't important)
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