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you should be fine to go as low down the list as you want. im not sure tho about what are the best modles to get. give the name a google and you should find out pretty fast what is good and what is not

no point waiting if you want to now. get the rx 6800xt or if you are worried about power get the non xt varient of the card

i mean the ltt video says contrary "LMAO"
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I'm in a similar boat.
6800/xt seems a bit old now (2 year old cards) while also still being very expensive.
7800xt yet to even materialise in many rumours despite being 2 months on from the 7900 lineup launch.
 
And when it does, it could present such a poor value/performance that I may as well have bought a 6800 card anyway...
 
On another forum I have seen people saying AMD might not even release the 7800 lineup until 6800xt stock is fully wound down, in order to keep prices high. I don't know if that's realistic but it would be very bad for us if it is true.
 

MacOS is a good OS. But damn do Apple like to push around developers. They are actually WORSE in some ways than Microsoft.
At least Microsoft allows Vulkan to exist on their platform... Instead of refusing to have anything to do with open standards and building an API which their system HAS to run. the only reason OpenGL still exists on MacOS is because of legacy applications. I'll give it props for the user experience and stability, though.

The term "earrape" has been a thing on youtube memes since basically the platform's conception. There will be 30 year olds or older who had or have that term in their vocab, not just "youths"

The term "earrape" has been a thing on youtube memes since basically the platform's conception. There will be 30 year olds or older who had or have that term in their vocab, not just "youths"

I have been enjoying the TV (model in title) with my dad but I have wondered if adding a subwoofer to its sound setup would give it a more... cinema quality sound? The sounbar sounds pretty good (certainly a lot better than integrated speaker) but it doesn't have the ability to produce those powerful low frequencies.
I can't see a suitable black AV jack at the back for a subwoofer, but Panasonic sells wireless Subwoofers on their website (sadly I can't find them standalone, only in 2.1 of more config). But this tells me I could potentially get one unit to connect to the TV and just... pop subwoofer ranges into my home TV experience?
 
Any ideas welcome, I know a fair bit about displays but audio is a little more finniky. Wouldn't say a budget because I don't even know what the range is for that kind of equipment yet, but guessing something decent is £100-400 GBP?
Cheers.

Moved to Off Topic. A post discussing the price of canned fish is not tech related.

A lot of people complain about how many different ways to use Linux there are, but I just got a Pixel6 today and it's yet another of the many many different forms of UI to control an android phone.
I was used to the home button and touch return and task button, then I was used to the touchscreen versions of them, now I need to get used to them not being there at all.
There was an app tray, then there wasn't, then it became optional, now it's back again. And the UI is different and "fragmented" between android manufacturers and the apps they package with the phones can be different.
 
Might not be as severe as desktop Linux, but it goes to show that a lot of things people view as "too hard, should be more like what I already know" are just things people should take the time to learn if they actually want to move OS.
 
Linux' DEs are not complete or perfect and there are valid criticisms, but a lot of the things people complain about on the reg are just "Not carbon copy of windows, how can I be expected to function?" then trying to say anyone who points out macos -> windows transitions for newbies of either and vice-versa also has a learning curve is just "part of why Linux will never be successful"
 
If you're happy on windows, just stay on windows, if you want to try something else however, you have to first accept that it is not windows and work from there, which means spending time to learn it. My 2c. Ofc some Linux community members genuinely are exclusive and unhelpful, but I like to think there are a fair few good places for getting help like /r/linux4noobs, and even on /r/linux which has often been a bit extremist there have been compilations of specific complaints and issues linus & luke have had, and trying to work out what to suggest to developers of the software.

A lot of people complain about how many different ways to use Linux there are, but I just got a Pixel6 today and it's yet another of the many many different forms of UI to control an android phone.
I was used to the home button and touch return and task button, then I was used to the touchscreen versions of them, now I need to get used to them not being there at all.
There was an app tray, then there wasn't, then it became optional, now it's back again. And the UI is different and "fragmented" between android manufacturers and the apps they package with the phones can be different.
 
Might not be as severe as desktop Linux, but it goes to show that a lot of things people view as "too hard, should be more like what I already know" are just things people should take the time to learn if they actually want to move OS.
 
Linux' DEs are not complete or perfect and there are valid criticisms, but a lot of the things people complain about on the reg are just "Not carbon copy of windows, how can I be expected to function?" then trying to say anyone who points out macos -> windows transitions for newbies of either and vice-versa also has a learning curve is just "part of why Linux will never be successful"
 
If you're happy on windows, just stay on windows, if you want to try something else however, you have to first accept that it is not windows and work from there, which means spending time to learn it. My 2c. Ofc some Linux community members genuinely are exclusive and unhelpful, but I like to think there are a fair few good places for getting help like /r/linux4noobs, and even on /r/linux which has often been a bit extremist there have been compilations of specific complaints and issues linus & luke have had, and trying to work out what to suggest to developers of the software.

A lot of people complain about how many different ways to use Linux there are, but I just got a Pixel6 today and it's yet another of the many many different forms of UI to control an android phone.
I was used to the home button and touch return and task button, then I was used to the touchscreen versions of them, now I need to get used to them not being there at all.
There was an app tray, then there wasn't, then it became optional, now it's back again. And the UI is different and "fragmented" between android manufacturers and the apps they package with the phones can be different.
 
Might not be as severe as desktop Linux, but it goes to show that a lot of things people view as "too hard, should be more like what I already know" are just things people should take the time to learn if they actually want to move OS.
 
Linux' DEs are not complete or perfect and there are valid criticisms, but a lot of the things people complain about on the reg are just "Not carbon copy of windows, how can I be expected to function?" then trying to say anyone who points out macos -> windows transitions for newbies of either and vice-versa also has a learning curve is just "part of why Linux will never be successful"
 
If you're happy on windows, just stay on windows, if you want to try something else however, you have to first accept that it is not windows and work from there, which means spending time to learn it. My 2c. Ofc some Linux community members genuinely are exclusive and unhelpful, but I like to think there are a fair few good places for getting help like /r/linux4noobs, and even on /r/linux which has often been a bit extremist there have been compilations of specific complaints and issues linus & luke have had, and trying to work out what to suggest to developers of the software.

A lot of people complain about how many different ways to use Linux there are, but I just got a Pixel6 today and it's yet another of the many many different forms of UI to control an android phone.
I was used to the home button and touch return and task button, then I was used to the touchscreen versions of them, now I need to get used to them not being there at all.
There was an app tray, then there wasn't, then it became optional, now it's back again. And the UI is different and "fragmented" between android manufacturers and the apps they package with the phones can be different.
 
Might not be as severe as desktop Linux, but it goes to show that a lot of things people view as "too hard, should be more like what I already know" are just things people should take the time to learn if they actually want to move OS.
 
Linux' DEs are not complete or perfect and there are valid criticisms, but a lot of the things people complain about on the reg are just "Not carbon copy of windows, how can I be expected to function?" then trying to say anyone who points out macos -> windows transitions for newbies of either and vice-versa also has a learning curve is just "part of why Linux will never be successful"
 
If you're happy on windows, just stay on windows, if you want to try something else however, you have to first accept that it is not windows and work from there, which means spending time to learn it. My 2c. Ofc some Linux community members genuinely are exclusive and unhelpful, but I like to think there are a fair few good places for getting help like /r/linux4noobs, and even on /r/linux which has often been a bit extremist there have been compilations of specific complaints and issues linus & luke have had, and trying to work out what to suggest to developers of the software.

All distros I've used have mapped the PRTSCR button to launch the default screencap app. The fact it has to go through an app is admittedly clunky but when compared to win10's snipping tool or snip & sketch it's far superior. Launching immediately instead of struggling for several seconds (even on an NVMe)

This is LTT where spreading misinformation to their community is dismissed because they want more money. Sorta dumb if your channel is based upon educating your community if you ask me 

I had this issue recently on a gigabyte B550 board with evga supernova G2 650w.
Turned out two things were off:
1: My wall socket was faulty (wiggling the plug caused arcing and caused a LOT of interference in my analog microphone, and even triggered a reboot once)
2: My 24-pin ATX power connector to the mobo wasn't QUITE in correctly. Since I pushed it in further (saw a slight gap which isn't there any more) the reboots have stopped completely.
 

First PC was a POS HP with a Pentium 4. I was interested in building PCs when the Q6600 was the chip to have. First PC I ended up building was a bit later with a 2500k. :3

Damn im feeling old now.
My nostalgia lies with the green and orange monochrome monitors.
I had turned on as an 8 year old boy way to long into the night trying all sorts of things.
I can remember mucking around in BASIC until like 2 in the am.
My dad busting in and shouting i should go to sleep, waking everyone else up ofcourse. 🤣

 
 
 
Also the 386 era is when i really started being interested in gaming. As in multiple(4+) hours a day.

 
 
 
I can remember paying for my first Pentium II (altho it was 2nd hand it was my first). Such much time has past.

 
 
 
Years later still bothering my parents staying up until its light out again, just because the Delta Force Black Hawk Down gamers where overseas. hahaha.
So many things i took for granted in that game that still TODAY are hard to come by.

You can prone, you can lean, there's 64 player servers, operate several vehicles and mounted weaponry, endless maps (like walk 15 minutes and still not be stopped), make you own maps (sort of), you can med/revive each other and you can even re-supply. It was such a great game, to bad gaming didn't really evolve from that besides getting more graphical awesomeness.
 
 

I'm just gonna pimp my 'Anachronistic Time Machine' build:
 
A Windows 9X gaming PC built all from parts mostly from the mid to late 2000s, plus a modern SSD, PSU and case.

Is it accurate?  No.  Does it run Windows 9X games at 1600x1200@60 at max settings?  YES.  It's the computer I wish I had before 9/11. 😮  The main take always is you could build a computer that ran like it did when you were a kid, but did your parents buy you a great computer when you were a kid?  Or even if they did how long until that hardware became obsolete?  You've not seen Windows 9X gaming till you've done it on hardware that offers unholy performance relative to what should have been available at the time, it's often cheaper to get into, and maintains that classic compatibility.

Since the ATX standard has not changed much since it was rolled out, you could mostly do the same hardware in a more 'authentic' case.  I just found myself with a blue PCP mobo, GPU, and a Noctua cooler on order so I said 'Let's go for it.
 
 

I have 2 era of nostalgia: #1, late 80's computers. It was my first interaction with technology while being old enough to understand how to fully use it. No HDD, 5.25" floppies, 16 color monitor (when you were lucky)... I would not own the real hardware today because it's too big and at that time (most of the time) you would buy everything already built.
 
#2, the 386/486 era. At that time I was older and interested in customizing the hardware of my machine and still own the real hardware for a future retro build.
 
I'm also fond of the Pentium II & III because the slot 1 is soo alien to today's standard (I own some hardware for future project if I ever get the space). After that it's irrelevant since the apps/game mostly works on modern hardware.

I've been around computers since I was a mini-Fruit helping my dad build 486 machines on the floor for his business. But I never really properly got my own computer - one that was all mine and brand new - until my dad gave me a machine he'd built for me for Christmas with a K6-2 processor. That was when I really started to pay attention to the parts in them, as I could rip them out and put new ones in mwuhuahahaaa! The first addition was a Voodoo 3 3000 using my birthday money the following year, incidentally. 
 
The last PC I built before 2021 was an AMD FX-55/GeForce 6800 Ultra machine, when I'd just got my first proper job. I don't really feel so nostalgic about that one though - possibly because it died on me when I'd just lost my job two years later and couldn't afford to repair it. I kinda lost my enthusiasm for it all for a while after that unfortunate death. So I'd say my 'nostalgia era' would probably end around the time of the Athlon XP CPUs.
 
The 1Ghz Thunderbird is the one I'm most nostalgic about. I'd been saving up my pocket money for ages for an upgrade when that came out, and spent nearly all of it - I was so proud of having the first ever 1 gigahertz CPU. It felt like being part of a bit of history to me at the time.

Core 2 Duo bad?
 
That thing was eons better than the outgoing Pentium D and P4, and put Intel well in front of AMD for the better part of a decade. 

I have done some thinking recently about building a setup that replicates a PC you might buy or build around 2000ish, which is the hardware time period most of my childhood games were played on. slot 1 PIII etc.
But then I realised going up to the Pentium 4, which I also used for many years as a kid, felt like something less interesting and too much like a worse version of what I have now, even though it would be perfect for a different part of my childhood experiences.
 
Something about the late 90s/turn of the millenium holds a dear spot for me, partly because of the alien (compared to now) way CPUs were formatted, the simplicity of the product lineups, and the totally different players in the GPU market etc.
 
What time period do you have to go back to, in terms of hardware, for your nostalgia to kick in and the sense of "this PC is just old junk" to fade away?

No way.
I used to have a later-era P4 (a 3.00GHz with hyperthreading, LGA 775), which took so long to complete the cinebench R14 test I literally gave up on it. It was paired with a Radeon HD 6450 and the GPU FPS score went up from 9 to 12 FPS.... when I overclocked the CPU!!! Somehow that thing was (barely) happy to go up to 4.2 GHz just by FSB tweaking, though it only booted on like 1/5 attempts by that point.
Those P4s are hot garbage even compared  to a 1st gen i-core.

Most of the civilized world have the full price on stickers.