Dravinian

Anyone know why Borderlands 3 requires 100% GPU usage in the Character Select menu? The graphics are not that impressive in the menu, and they appear quite static. So I was very surprised to see 100% usage when simply choosing a character, it isn't even a matter of moving between screens. It is simply sitting on the Menu with the "Continue" button and a character model on screen. Yeah there are moving parts, but 100% GPU on a 2080ti just in the menu? That seems excessive no?

I use it for watching programs out of my region. Is anyone under the belief that a content provider is going to try and sue someone in a foreign country, for a piddling amount for which they are unlikely to be awarded costs as it would be disproportionate to the value of the claim? Really? You worried the BBC is going to come get you?

In the bios, under the Boot screen, near Monitor on the top ribbon. There is an option called CSM (Compatibility Support Module). The bios manual says: This item allows you to confiure the CSM (...) items to fully support the various VGA, bootable devices and add-on devices for better compatibility. Lanch CSM [Enabled] For better compatbility, enable CSM to fully support the non-UEFI driver add-on devices or the Windows UEFI Mode [Disabled] Disable the CSM to fully support the non-UEFI driver add-on devices or the Windows UEFI Mode. Might be worth turning the entries on or off, depending on what your presets default as? Manual for the bios is here: https://dlcdnets.asus.com/pub/ASUS/mb/SocketAM4/PRIME_X570-P/E15829_PRIME_PRO_TUF_GAMING_X570_Series_BIOS_EM_WEB.pdf It is the only reference to VGA in the bios manual I could find.

I would imagine it is the least valuable thing in a hack outside of very case specific examples. I mean, who really cares that I come here and go to youtube - which appear to be the two things I do on the internet between work. Who is going to make money off of that? I think even Google might struggle with that knowledge, what they going to sell me an LTT Store bottle?

Bear in mind that the more expensive panel is 1080p full HD and the LG is 1440p HDR 10. You might need to google what that means in terms of viewing pleasure. All I can say is that I have the LG, it is a good monitor - good enough that I just bought another one for a dual monitor set-up with them.

Probably my poor learning process, of attempting to take something from one place and use it in another to try to get something to work the way I want. I am working my way through a bunch of different tutorials and may have just confused two different parts. It is one of the many problems with teaching yourself something, until you talk to other people you don't know your own mistakes. I used to teach guitar and it was easier to teach someone who had never played than it was to unteach someone their mistakes.

@minibois Oh ffs, all I had to do was move the code underneath the ApplyButton_Click header and it recognised it as an array and parsed it into my output (which I had already written). I didnt' realise I could put such an argument under such a header, as I assumed I need the whole public void Main(string[] args) header to create such an argument, but apparently not!

Well I am glad it isn't too much of an imposition, because this is going a little over my head. Is there not an easier way to call the value of the array we just created? So far, I have understood .Split, how to use it, how to call from the Array to an immediate WriteLine. I can write code that pulled from the array and System.Console.Writeline(mondayString) - I know that works if I put it directly under the: string mondayString = words[2] That will write to the console. (I tested it) The only difficult is how do I get it to go across to become available in the ApplyButton_Click section of my code. While I appreciate your coding talent above, it is so far and away above where I am, that I can't explain it, without just repeating what you have said, and nor can I manipulate it to work for me in any other way. Remember, I am quite the newb, and this is a project to assist me to understand certain things, which I always find easiest by trying to do something, learning something, manipulating something and then understanding it. Unfortunately, creating a Class is just too far advanced for me. I did crate a public partial class MainWindow : Window And create a "private string" with my mondayString name. However, it says it is never assigned, so has a null value. THis is despite me having: string[] words = phrase.Split(" "); string mondayString = words[2]; I know you are right that I likely have to create someway to bring these two things together, but currently, it is a little beyond me and I was hoping for a slightly easier solution so that I could understand it and use it in future. Feel free to tell me there isn't an easier way, and I will come back to this project when I have done a lot more learning.

Thanks, I had created a Class but had created a public partial class, and while this stopped the errors popping up, I wasn't actually getting any output. I will read through your post and implement, can't thank you enough man, this stuff was a bit above my paygrade so appreciate you taking the time to explain everything.

I actually have that page open, but I think my brain was flooding with information and array just did not connect with me as it should. My only other issue is, how do I call this value? The value is created within a: public void Main(string[] args) I have a: public void ApplyButton_Click(object sender, RoutedEventArgs e) Where I want to include these particular words in a list of words that are combined to create an output - I have created 50% of the output already, it is just these words that I need to add to the list in the appropriate places. I am calling the other words through the following command: this.OutPutValue.Text += InPutValue.Text; The first line of which is simply = InPutValue0.Text If I try that line but use mondayString I get the message "does not exist in the current context". Just fyi, the days of the week was just to assist in an explanation, but it won't be days of the week, it will be data that changes with each new spreadsheet. Thank you for the reminder on 0, I had actually forgotten that while implementing this...

Hi, I had got as far as .split. What I did not know, is this created an array. That had not come up in my research. My implementation is a spreadsheet with 18 words in a list, from that spreadsheet (where the Row will be copied into an application) I want to take the 3rd, 4th, 8th, 9th and 10th words each time. The rest of the words I don't need. If it does in fact create an array, and string mondayString = words[3] will pull out the 3rd word in the longer string, then I think you have answered my question.

Hey all, For clarity, I am very new to c# programming, learning while working on a project as I find that is the best way to learn. I have hit a bit of a bump in a part of hte project that I have been unable to find an answer that I could understand... I have a long string, I can't say that the string will be an exact length in letters each time, but it will have a space as a delimiter between each word. So no chance of AB requiring a substring for each letter. My string would look like this: Today Tomorrow Monday Tuesday Weekend January Wednesday Thursday Friday Saturday February March April etc. (length 18 words) I want just the days of the week from the string. The days will always be the 3rd, 4th, 8th, 9th and 10th words, and the string will always contain 18 words in total. Now it may be that pulling out the 3rd, 4th, 8th, 9th and 10th words and ignoring the rest will suffice for my purposes. I just need to deal with each day of the week separately rather than as a group so will need a unique identifier for each word. Any assistance is greatly appreciated.

That looks like Zelda? Sorry, I couldn't resist.

Task Manager processes showing anything that looks similar?

The manual is here: https://dlcdnets.asus.com/pub/ASUS/mb/LGA1200/ROG_MAXIMUS_XII_EXTREME/E16774_ROG_MAXIMUS_XII_EXTREME_UM_V3_WEB.pdf Just look at the diagrams on page 12 and 18 and the associated labels and numbers will tell you what is what.

Plex and GPU acceleration doesn't work on FreeNAS. Even if that isn't relevant for you anymore, anyone else reading this thread may come across your posts and think that AMD is the right choice for a FreeNAS / Plex server and they should know that they need to dig deeper before making choices.

Just quoting so that you see this. I note that you keep picking AMD Ryzen CPUs, but you should look into the way that FreeNAS/Plex work as a media server. While I know they support QuickSync for hardware acceleration, I don't know whether they do or not for AMD - looking on their site is a ballache, and the only time they mention AMD is in relation to GPUs and that requires a windows machine or qnap. You should also look very carefully at what intel CPUs support what level of encoding, and look at what level of encoding you need. QuickSync has been around awhile and the earlier the CPU the fewer levels of encoding support it will have.

I run a plex server with 14tb HDDs and watch 4k movies, you don't need SSDs.

I would be interested in your thoughts on going beyond the sata ports on your MB, assuming that your MB doesn't have 12. I have reached the point where any further expansion is going to require me to start looking at Host PCIe adapters with SATA ports (see how I am avoiding calling HBAs, is that even the name or am I completely mangling that word) but honestly, my knowledge in this area is currently at a flat 0.

Thanks to all for bringing this to my attention, hard to test during the day as the room is a bit bright. Will check it out this evening.

I mean, as an experience. I bought a really nice Samsung TV recently, far better quality than my old TV, and I started watching some 4k movies and actually getting to watch stuff in 'proper' 4k for the first time. I have never previously owned a TV the last time I had a TV in a house I lived in was 20 years ago - as I simply used the computer and monitors to supplant the TV. I find it very strange. It isn't like watching a movie, it is...it is hard to explain properly without sounding like you have gone insane, but it is almost like you feel like you are not watching it, but are actually there while they are filming it, not physically obviously, but from a visual perspective - but definitely while they are filming it not while it is happening...if that makes any sense. I really feel like I am taken out of the immersion of the movie - it is almost like you are watching in 3D, but it isn't 3D, but it seems to have depth. Just wondered whether I have in fact gone insane, or whether other people experience this with 4k?

Whether the warranties are better isn't the point, these machines will come as a whole with years of warranties. That Cyber Power PC comes with 3 years. The 'build' cost is a constant. It costs between $200-$300 for a company to build your PC. Doesn't matter if the overall cost is $1,000 or $6,000. And when you are spending $6,000 the $250 build cost is 4% of the cost. When you spend $1,000 is 25% of the cost. So spending more actually reduces the percentage cost of the build in comparison to the amount you are spending.

Why would they ask you to do that, why would you agree to do it, if it came with no risk.

What you find difficult and what other people find difficult are two very different things. I can play classical music on the guitar, it's easy. Won't be easy for everyone. What your background is, what you have experience of, will all go to how 'easy' something is, and how easy you will find it. I hate tech forums for this snobbery. He has already said he doesn't want to build it, why don't you try and help him without foisting your world view on him.

Yeah, and not like you gained any experience or knowledge working on the 1st, the 2nd, the 3rd etc. etc. etc. The only system that is of relevance, is the first, and your not breaking the first system you built, is a sample size of one. And for every anecdote of people saying "I built my first system just fine" there are posts on this forum alone saying "My pc won't work, help me" let alone any other forum on the internet.