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    EndoliteMatrix reacted to Kilrah in [SOLVED] 3090 FE Shut Down   
    Low power limit will not eliminate transient power spikes so you can't really use that to say power isn't a problem.
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    EndoliteMatrix reacted to dilpickle in Should I buy iCloud locked iPhone?   
    No.
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    EndoliteMatrix reacted to Avocado Diaboli in Why some companies think ridiculously requirments hard passwords make my account more secure??   
    Security. Also, if you have trouble remembering complex passwords, use a password manager.
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    EndoliteMatrix reacted to ET_Explorer in New build for new Intel CPU   
    You are aware that these aren't compatible with each other and you may need to adjust :
     
    Asus ROG STRIX Z690-I GAMING WIFI Mini ITX LGA1700 Motherboard and NZXT Kraken Z63 98.17 CFM Liquid CPU Cooler are not compatible.
    Intel Core i5-12600K 3.7 GHz 6-Core Processor and NZXT Kraken Z63 98.17 CFM Liquid CPU Cooler are not compatible.
     
     
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    EndoliteMatrix reacted to tkitch in so i am designing a case   
    Having built a case myself from scratch.  Unless you're already fairly proficient with the materials you're working with?  

    You're going to fail, and badly.  There's a lot of very detail oriented and fiddly bits that come into play with building a case.  It's not that easy.
     
    And if the first stumbling block is "Where do the screws go" when a simple google search will get you a PDF of the board standards?  yeah, no.
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    EndoliteMatrix reacted to gudvinr in Kernel-level anti-cheats are threats to security and privacy. You should care   
    Recently Activision unveiled the Ricochet, the new trojan spyware client anti-cheat for Call of Duty games.
    You might have even noticed that it installs kernel-mode driver like Vanguard (anti-cheat software by Riot).
     
    Both Activision and Riot are trying to make you think like it's not a big deal and this is a really bad tendency.
    Their motivation is all about "sophisticated cheats" that can't be detected otherwise and they try to ensure you that they only do so for "monitoring applications".
     
    But why is that bad?
     
    There's an easy representation of "protection levels" in OS:
     

     
    Basically all games are Ring 3 applications. And applications do not need special privileges to make users happy.
     
    Drivers, on the other hand, can't work in unprivileged environment because they need to access any memory directly, without additional abstraction layers.
    They need to react when devices come and go before any application would even notice that.
    They might need to create virtual devices that will look like real ones (e.g. VPN interfaces).
    And so on.
     
    Microsoft doesn't really use Ring 1-2 so basically it's all or nothing. Kernel-mode apps even require special kind of signature in Windows that is different from usual application signatures.
    Only things that are lower is hypervisor (if you are running windows in VM) and CPU firmware (AMD PSP and Intel ME).
     
    That, however, also have additional consequences because of new possibilities that kernel mode gives:
    read memory of every application in your system access information about other running applications and services restrict users from running applications restrict users from uninstalling applications  
    Only thing that stops developer from doing shady stuff is their promises of not doing so. And if they promise, sometimes they don't keep their promises. ESEA, for example, used anti-cheat to create mining botnet.
    Game developers aren't security specialists and even if Activision do hire good developers, it's not their goal to make good security for you. Anti-cheat isn't a product that they sell to increase your security. It's there only to increase their profits by securing their side.
     
    Even if you do trust game developers that they 100% aren't doing bad things, you should be aware that any developer can miss bugs in their software. Bugs in kernel drivers would mean possibility of attacks on your PC that will have unlimited access to everything.
    That includes RCE (remote code execution) vulnerabilities. So if someone will find such kind of attack for Call of Duty/Ricochet, not only they can do funny things with game itself, but also with your whole system.
    Even local vulnerabilities are very serious. There is even a PoC for software that uses kernel-mode driver for Genshin Impact to access other applications.
     
    There are couple of points regarding overall data usage by companies that force you to accept their intrusive software:
    Activision is a big company and big companies tend to mislead people about usage of their data. Since user data also brings money, it's only a matter of time until they dip their noses deeper into their player's private matters. Of course by covering efforts by "bringing better experience for out precious players and further increasing of protection". Riot is a subsidiary of Tencent which is based in China. China isn't the only country that would like to get everything possible about you but it's quite successful in controlling local companies. So, the question is: would you give an access to your banking paswords for companies like Activision or Tencent?
    Or maybe you are willing to share monitoring data with their affiliated 3rd parties which may or may not include advertisement giants or government agencies?
     
    At the end of the day, games are just games. They should be fun to play. Why people need to sacrifice privacy and allow game developers to tamper with their system?
    It's always possible to choose another game that won't be able to take an advantage of you.
     
    Game developers aren't your friends and it shouldn't be a norm for them to put their sticky fingers deep inside your PC.
     
    P.S. I am really sorry for all mistakes that I made since English isn't my native language.
    If you have some suggestion on how to fix them, you could write me a private message.
    Thanks.
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    EndoliteMatrix reacted to Dedayog in Rode wireless go good?   
    what does that have to do with how good it works?  Which is what you are asking and care about.
     
    Anything can come scratched from Amazon.
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    EndoliteMatrix reacted to Nystemy in Download a Faster GPU! - This Method REALLY Works!   
    Having already explained what Resizable bar is before and why it really isn't a worth while feature to even talk much about.
     
    Resizable bar does allow us to change the size of the memory address field in the PCIe package header, a fairly minor thing in itself. Allowing us to reach a 38 bit address range or 512 GB of memory. (and yes 512 GB needs 39 bits, but PCIe addresses byte pairs.)
     
    There is also "Expanded resizable BAR" that allows a 263 bit address range, or enough to give every single atom in all of the universe its own address, a bit overkill to say the least. (though, in HPC applications we can actually do some clever stuff here to use that extra address space for other features.)
     
    But here is the real part about why resizable bar doesn't matter in the slightest for games.
     
    A competently made graphics engine doesn't need to access most of the graphics memory, Ever. The CPU will instead buffer assets into the 256 MB shared memory and the GPU will shuffle it away behind the scenes. Our buffer will also handle all of our render calls, a fairly small amount of data to be fair. There is no need for our CPU to change what portions of VRAM it works with.
     
    Resizable bar however is more interesting if we do tons of asset loading, like when we do direct asset streaming from storage. BUT, the PCIe package header does indicate who the sender is, IE, the GPU knows if it is the CPU or the storage device talking. And the feature to shift our address range to various portions of VRAM is a GPU BIOS/firmware feature, not a PCIe one, so the GPU can handle one offset for the CPU and another offset for the storage.
     
    Also, we do have to look at where resizable bar even comes from.
     
    Resizable bar is part of PCIe specs since 2008, yes that is over a decade ago. (even extended resizable bar is about that old as well.)
    The feature were mainly developed for HPC applications where our co processors deals with larger datasets where we can need to access any asset within our dataset at any given point in time. Together with parallel access, then having a larger address space is easier than having to worry about keeping track of who is where in memory, especially when all calls comes from a similar source.
     
    For games, resizable bar if anything shows that a graphics engine is poorly optimized and jumps about in memory like a maniac, something that isn't needed if one optimizes the code.

    If you are using consumer grade GPUs for Computational Fluid Dynamics simulation, Neural Networks (AI), Weather Forecasting, or other project requiring tons of data and where lower average latency access is beneficial, then resizable bar is an advantage. But increasing the address size increases the package header size and associated overhead, and can in the worst case lead to a performance regression.

    EDIT: The only real reason I see for nVidia to support resizable bar is due to AMD supporting it on their consumer products. It is the common, "But they do it! So we must do it too!" (Like Applie removing the headphone jack and everyone else following suit...) Why AMD started supporting it, my guess is that they simply looked at the fact that it will technically give a small performance boost for poorly optimized graphics engines, and when being the underdog with worse performance and a harder time selling stuff, one will tend to pull at any straw in reach that paints a pretty picture, even if it isn't all that applicable. BUT, it takes time doing research and rolling out features, so they might have set out on this adventure many months before they released it a few months ago, ie, Covid, work from home and crypto mining making the perfect GPU selling year Ever, were likely not even considered a realistic scenario at the time they made their work on the feature.

    In the end.
    I have full understanding for why nVidia didn't "implement" the feature on consumer products. It is a niche feature that mainly is useful in the HPC world.
    And games that shows little to no improvement shows how well optimized they are. (unless they simply don't care about the feature. Something that can be the case, implementing new hardware features doesn't directly translate to programs instantly making use of it, especially older programs, but I suspect that the resizable bar in regards to GPUs are more on a driver level than direct software/game-engine interaction with the hardware.)

    So why hype over resizable bar?
    And yes, this is likely TL:DR.
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    EndoliteMatrix reacted to AbydosOne in Just need quick help   
    This will be fine.
    This will vibrate the entire neighborhood, right before tripping the breaker.
     
    Amps = Watts / Circuit voltage
     
    450W/120V = 3.75A (maximum)
    2000W/120V = 16.6A (lolwut? this is more than most household circuits...)
     
    (inb4 some person tells me I forgot reactive power; I don't care and it really doesn't matter for household equipment)
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    EndoliteMatrix reacted to LogicalDrm in New Discussion Board - Audio Visual   
    The video production content is best suited in Photography and Videography if you want to test out waters, as in is there others who are into that. From what I've seen on forums, we get maybe couple questions on subject per year.
     
    In the end, this forum consists mainly of LMG fans who might have interests in other parts than just gaming related stuff. Or work for certain field. But we just can't make this the place for professionals to talk. Pretty much all subjects where there would be professionals talking have their own more specialized forums.
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    EndoliteMatrix got a reaction from TempestCatto in New Discussion Board - Audio Visual   
    While there is a "other" discussion board, I feel like the AV community, especially the production side could have a bigger voice in this community. Lots of folks in the AV side, albeit with Video Conferencing, Events, Speaker Arrays, SDI, and Live Production could use a larger community to bolster discussion within the field. Just a thought. 
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    EndoliteMatrix got a reaction from Nerdom in New Discussion Board - Audio Visual   
    While there is a "other" discussion board, I feel like the AV community, especially the production side could have a bigger voice in this community. Lots of folks in the AV side, albeit with Video Conferencing, Events, Speaker Arrays, SDI, and Live Production could use a larger community to bolster discussion within the field. Just a thought. 
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    EndoliteMatrix got a reaction from AbydosOne in New Discussion Board - Audio Visual   
    While there is a "other" discussion board, I feel like the AV community, especially the production side could have a bigger voice in this community. Lots of folks in the AV side, albeit with Video Conferencing, Events, Speaker Arrays, SDI, and Live Production could use a larger community to bolster discussion within the field. Just a thought. 
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    EndoliteMatrix reacted to 5x5 in What are OEM motherboards in prebuilt PCs called?   
    Shit, they're called shit.
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    EndoliteMatrix reacted to NickPickerWI in PC shutting off and all randomly   
    This could be from a ton of different things.
     
    It could be from poor thermals, where something (cpu?) is overheating. But, it would probably hard crash and lock up first.
     
    It could be from unstable CPU or memory clocks, or too low of voltage for the clock you're running. This might be the case, since you said you had thermal issues before - the CPU could be partially damaged. Also, 0.96 volts seems a bit low if you're talking VCore, that should be at like 1.35V for an R5 3600.
     
    It could be from bad drivers - I have personally had this happen, and I've heard of it happening with AMD Navi GPU's.
     
    It could be from bad Windows updates. I've also personally had this happen.
     
    Most often, random reboots are a software problem, since hardware problems tend to cause hard locks and blue screens, but it's again possible that it's a hardware issue. Just not as common to show up as rebooting.
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    EndoliteMatrix got a reaction from Mackwilson in New PC build no post, VGA QLED   
    Sounds like you've put it through the paces. Best bet is to try hooking it up to another monitor (or TV) and see if you can at least get to the BIOS to do a BIOS update. Or, if it works off the bat on another monitor, you may have solved the problem there. 
     
    You've covered a lot so if you've already tried this, I apologize, but take that heatsink off, make sure you got enough thermal paste on there, and put it back on tight to make sure the CPU isn't just insta-overheating.
     
    Let me know how that goes.
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    EndoliteMatrix got a reaction from Mackwilson in New PC build no post, VGA QLED   
    Popular opinion is that pre-applied thermal-paste is stupid. However, with that said - I haven't personally had any problems. They do put the absolute minimum amount on to make-due. Hope it works out. Keep me posted.
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    EndoliteMatrix got a reaction from Mackwilson in New PC build no post, VGA QLED   
    Rubbing Alcohol and a paper towel will take it RIGHT off. Anything silver is good. I personally like Noctua's thermal paste. You can get a tube at Best Buy, but get the Corsair variant NOT the bargain basement ones.
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    EndoliteMatrix got a reaction from Mackwilson in New PC build no post, VGA QLED   
    Just popping back in to see if you were able to figure this out?
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    EndoliteMatrix got a reaction from Mackwilson in New PC build no post, VGA QLED   
    Did you also do a bios update? That usually expands compatibility
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    EndoliteMatrix got a reaction from Jurrunio in What is the difference between WD Blue, Black, and Green?   
    From GN:
    WD Blue Best Uses (Everyday computing, mainstream)
    WD Black Best Uses (Gaming, creative professionals, power users)
    WD Red Best Uses (Network Attached Storage)
    WD Purple Best Uses (Surveillance, DVR, NVR)
    WD Green SSD (Entry-level)
    WD Blue SSD (Mainstream)
    WD Black SSD (High-performance)
     
     
    Full article here!
    https://www.gamersnexus.net/guides/2796-wd-blue-vs-black-vs-red-in-2017
     
     
     
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    EndoliteMatrix reacted to Praesi in RAM + RAM Compatibility   
    No. 
    Not as you think at least. Its possible, but the lowest speed will be used for all RAM.
    How ever, its a bad choice.
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    EndoliteMatrix reacted to OrionFOTL in Will an overkill psu stop coil whine?   
    No, coil whine can happen on any system at any load.
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    EndoliteMatrix reacted to TVwazhere in Corsair 680x RGB Issues?   
    The PC-O11D is Mid tower. The PC-O11D XL is Full tower. Darkknight is using the original version.
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    EndoliteMatrix got a reaction from soldier_ph in iFixit Repair Business Toolkit   
    Unfortunately I don't think this is a question anyone can answer except for you. You know what you need best. If you're concerned about quality, LMG has videos up confirming it really is the best quality kit you can get. It's a matter of whether or not you're going to find a use for all the parts. I have the basic kit, and an older model business kit. I've only used maybe 5-10 bits of the numerous ones available. They all hold up very well. 
     
    Hope this helps.
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