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295x2 FTW!

295x2 FTW!

the r9 390 beats the 970 pretty much everywhere. I would get the 390. 

This is going to be a long post, but I hope it helps someone.
My PC is as follows.
4690k @ 4.6GHz
GA-Z97X-UD3H-BK
H105 cooler
Gskill RipJawsX 16g @ 1600MHz
Valley and Heaven run off Ultra II SSD
3D Mark Firestrike run off WD Black HHD
Coarsair RM750 PSU
GPU 1 is a Sapphire Nitro 390 OC with backplate
GPU 2 is a Sapphire Vapor-x 290 with backplate
(GPU numbers based off final position in case, not starting order)
All tests were performed 3 times, the reported number is an average of the three results. The clock speed of the overclocked GPU2 was chosen as it would not reliable overclock the memory to 1500MHz to match GPU1. So 10MHz was added to the core, to offset the 50MHz missing on the memory. Drivers where removed and installed before the first tests of GPU2, then after GPU2 but before GPU1, and finally after GPU1 but before the crossfire tests.
GPU2 (290)
Valley (Maxed)
1000MHz (core) Score:2391
1400MHz (Mem) Avg. FPS:57.1 High.FPS:108.6 Min.FPS:29.1
Avg. Temp:76c
Valley (maxed)
1050MHz (core) Score:2500
1450MHz (Mem) Avg.FPS:63.15 High.FPS:120.3 Min.FPS:31.45
Avg.Temp:76c
Heaven (maxed)
1000MHz (core) Score:1371
1400MHz (Mem) Avg.FPS:54.4 High.FPS:108.6 Min.FPS:28.6
Avg.Temp:76c
Heaven (maxed)
1050MHz (core) Score:1435
1450MHz (Mem) Avg.FPS:56.8 High.FPS:114.5 Min.FPS:31.9
Avg.Temp:76c
3D Mark Firestrike
1000MHz (core) Score:9688
1400MHz (mem (11726) (9198) (4359) <----(graphics,physics,combined)
Avg.Temp 61c
Firestrike
1050MHz (core) Score:10103
1450MHz (Mem) (12337) (9193) (4574)
GPU 1(390)
Valley (maxed)
1040MHz (core) Score:2702
1500MHz (mem) Avg.FPS: 64.6 Max.FPS:122.3 Min.FPS:25.3
Avg.Temp:70c
Valley (maxed)
1100MHz (core) Score:2807
1500MHz (Mem) Avg.FPS:67.1 Max.FPS:127.4 Min.FPS:32.4
Avg.Temp:72c
Heaven (maxed)
1100MHz (core) Score:1505
1500MHz (mem) Avg.FPS:59.8 Max.FPS:121.3 Min.FPS:28.7
Avg.Temp:71c
Firestrike
1040MHz (core) Score:10315
1500MHz (Mem) (12551) (9200) (4787)
Avg.Temp:66c
Firestrike
1100MHz (core) Score:10678
1500MHz (mem) (13112) (9194) (4967)
Avg.Temp:66c
Crossfire (stock speeds, which are the lowest tested for each, both ran at their speeds independently)
Valley (maxed)
Score:4427
Avg.FPS:105.0 Max.FPS:182.3 Min.FPS:38.4
Avg.Temp:77c (top card) 74c (bottom)
Heaven (maxed)
Score:2621
Avg.FPS:104.1 Max.FPS:230.5 Min.FPS:29.85
Avg.Temp:80c (top) 76c (bottom)
Firestrike
Score:15517
(22805) (9076) (6654)
Avg.Temp:77c (top) 75c (bottom)
FUN FACTS
Adding all the scores up and seeing what's the difference.
290 to 390 with similar clocks gives a 4% increase in scores.
390 to Crossfire gives a 36% increase in scores.
290 to Crossfire gives a 38% increase in scores.
Case temperatures went from 41c to 50c when crossfire was enabled.
It looks REALLY cool.

The article is from The Onion?

Ouch. I wouldn't

Idiotic. Like always. You need to produce energy to do any work, that would mean creating CO2 to capture CO2. 
 
 
That is only a reasonable plan if we somehow manage to invent the cleanest energy possible.

dont switch... jesus, its only 10 degrees and ur gonna lose performance and money. just leave your case side panel open and it will drop a few degrees... live with a free heater>spending hundreds more on a few degrees less. you could probably buy a fan to blow into it for cheaper tbh 

swag.tech is $312.50 I think I will pass

LG Watch Urbane have been released for a very long time and last month I decided to get one. This is my first smartwatch I ever owned and used.
 
Since Linus never reviewed this watch, and I am not able to find any member review about this watch in LTT forum. here's my take on LG Watch Urbane 1st gen.
 
Link to full album of image of the watch (http://imgur.com/a/q2qPX)
 
Packaging and Accessory
 

 
 

 
The watch comes in a pretty mediocre packaging even though the price is quite premium. The box it comes in doesn't really show it's price tag. But the accesory it comes with is pretty good.
 
 

 
 
Each accessory comes in the little brown box you see in the picture.
 
Hardware and Appereance
 

 
The watch body is stainless steel, but the bottom is plastic with brushed look. The watch body is considerably relatively thick and big. it definetely not suitable for small hands.
 
The crown part of the watch is brushed stainless steel.
 

 
For me personally it looks good. It looks like a premium WATCH. Yes. The LG Watch Urbane looks like a watch, not like a gadget like peeble (to be fair, I like peeble too. but the price difference in where I live is pretty close with the urbane so I got urbane instead). Wherever I go, if people doesn't see my notification pop on the screen, or see me fiddling with the watch, they won't really notice that it is a smartwatch.
 
When people do notice, they went crazy, everyone wants to try it and everyone wants to see it in action.
 

 
The watch uses standard 22mm strap with spring loaded pin. It's not that easy to change it, unlike moto360 you kinda need to use tools and risk scratching the watch when trying to change the strap, which is a small downside but I can live with it.
 
The strap it comes with is tough, it took me 2 weeks of daily use to make it more comfortable.
 
if you buy the gold color watch, you'll get different color strap which is brown if I am not wrong.
 
The screen is actually really good. It uses real glass not plastic. The text look crisp on reasonable range (obviously I won't put my watch near my face). Screen brightness on low is pretty good, but for outdoor even on full brightness it's not bright enough. Also talking about outdoor, this watch doesn't have ambient light sensor. Which is kinda annoying.
 
There are times where I can barely see my watch screen.
 
Battery Life
 
The battery (410mAH) in this watch is bigger than most smartwatch out there. it definetely last me at least a day if nothing goes wrong (More on that later). on standby  (screen off) it use little power which is pretty nice. on a normal day it left me with 50-60% battery life left at the end of the day (7 A.M. to 8 P.M.)
 

 
To charge the watch, it uses propietary craddle, it doesn't have wireless charging like moto 360. The charger it comes with is not the best. The cable is pretty thin, it is also not very long (aroung 1 meter in length).
 
 

 
The connection between the cable and the craddle use the usuall micro USB and it is removeable which is pretty neat if the cable need to be replaced.
 
Software and Usability
 
This part is the biggest upset of this watch.
The software is as stable as rock trying to balance itself on another rock.
 
I have never went through 3 days without needing to restart my watch at least once.
 
The watch freezes and lags after a day and a half without restarting it.
 
There are also occasional "android wear stopped working" error. which is easily fixable by tapping ok. (this will restart the android wear not the watch)
 
Not all application works. for example amazon app for the watch doesn't work. when opening an application it took 2-4 second from tapping the app.
 
usually when trying to open an app it went like this: app selection -> watch face for 2-4 seconds -> application.
 
There are random battery drain. Which can last from 15 minutes to 3 hour (sometimes 4 hours) (this consumes from 10% to 40% of battery depending on the duration of the drain) . usually this happens when I sleep. The watch gets warm at these times.
 
This forces me to charge the watch at least every 1,5 days.
 
All of these are known problems on android wear 5.1.1, hopefully this will be fixed in android wear 6. as the android wear itself is maturing as the time goes by.
 
But when the software works, it works really well. it gives me notification which in turns saves me from getting my phone from my pocket, and wasting the phone battery by waking it up everytime a notification comes in.
 
Conclusion
 
This watch and android wear is in process of maturing. The biggest problem I had with this watch is the software. The android wear is not mature enough for me, there are battery drain, crashes, lags, frezees in this software and I experience it on daily basis.
 
As for the watch, it is maturing, but it is pretty good IMO. LG is releasing the second generation of urbane which have LTE which seems to be a pretty good one too, and there are also Moto 260 2nd gend, and Huawei watch which looks beautiful. I think there are better option than LG watch urbane 1st gen now.
 
Link to full album of image of the watch (http://imgur.com/a/q2qPX)

I won't be happy until I can downvote people's lives

Literally you cut the upc off the box, photo copy the receipt and mail it in. It's that easy.

wrong, Frontier is DSL. Source: I have frontier DSL... Kappa

@Majestic  @Dabobminable
 
I happen to own a R9 295x2, as some may know by now.
I also happen to be stupid enough to OVERCLOCK MY R9 295x2....
AND I ALSO HAPPEN TO HAVE ACCESS TO A THERMAL IMAGING CAMERA.
 
So alot of you are crying about burning connectors and wires burning/melting/exploding/catching fire etc...
Which i have told you is BULLSHIT.
I have also, repeatedly, told you that the wires and connectors IS MORE THEN EFFING ADEQUATE TO HANDLE THE 500W POWER DRAW ASLONG AS THEY ARE SEATED PROPERLY.
 
What we can all agree on, is that the VRMs on my card will blow up LONG before my wires or connectors.
Disclaimer: My card is running a 7.5% overclock on the core and 150MHz overclock on the RAM (600MHz effectively)....So my already overkill R9 295x2 IS OVERCLOCKED
Tests where done after 5-6 minutes of Valley running in loop. case fans turned off for optimally terrible airflow. (usually i have a 200mm fan blowing fresh outside air directly onto my GPU from the side of my case). Naturally, measurements were done WITHOUT a side panel, because it is quite hard to get any good measurements through acrylic...
 
 
 
you need atleast 90*c over several hours to melt plastic connectors at all... at 70*c they start to "dry out", but it would take years for them to dry out enough to disintergrate with normal usage.
 
 
 

This seems applicable:
 

Personally, I would like to see them all say "no, fuck off" and leave China, then see China collapse economically.
 
Not that it would matter, China would just steal all their patents and start some of their own companies making the same products.

http://linustechtips.com/main/topic/450459-no-paid-dlc-plans-for-need-for-speed-runs-at-30fps-on-ps4-and-xbox-one/
Exactly! I can't wait - oh well. It's an EA game, over priced yet again, so I guess I will wait for reviews

It's all fine what's with the "Everything must be politically correct" bullshit?

Dennis makes his own jokes too. And in my personal experiences in life, Asians are by far the most racist people I've ever met.

Dennis makes his own jokes too. And in my personal experiences in life, Asians are by far the most racist people I've ever met.

It's all fine what's with the "Everything must be politically correct" bullshit?

It's all fine what's with the "Everything must be politically correct" bullshit?

Do they also understand that not having "always online" is another massive priority for our PC community?
 
They've been developing games since 90's
And what's up with the massive delay?
Spring of 2016??? Are they waiting for their lead developer to graduate bachelors on physics so that they can have at least one person on team that knows how to write a physics engine that is not bound to discrete space-time ???
 
 
EDIT: Lead PC Port Developer

It's all fine what's with the "Everything must be politically correct" bullshit?