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[Bleedingyamato]

22 minutes ago, MadyTehWolfie said:

I returned the z35 to Amazon since it had issues. I went on a buy return rampage till I found a monitor that didn't have things wrong with it. The X34 was my last option and it succeeds where the others failed.

What issues did the Z35 have?

 

 

I'm glad you found a monitor you're happy with.  ?

[minibois]

 

My translucent keycap set arrived today. Looks pretty dank.

[flibberdipper]

1 hour ago, Minibois said:

 

My translucent keycap set arrived today. Looks pretty dank.

If only it was possible to get clear switch stems and make the molding on the caps harder to see, because that would be so incredibly neat. Floating keycaps man.

[Automobili3XF]

6 hours ago, tmcclelland455 said:

At least you're not like the tryhards in my old school that got the TI-84+ C Color or whatever the fuck it is (basically the topest end of the top end TI-84). Those tend to go for a mere 150-170.

Oh! It happens in there as well? Because in the very first day of the class, there was this dude with a Texas Nspire CX CAS, this thing costs R$1000! For reference, my well kept used HP is going to cost somewhere around R$140, LOL.

[Chaos_Sorcerer]

22 hours ago, MadyTehWolfie said:

Got a Acer X34

Wait...you have a 3GB 1060? For 3440 x 1440?

[flibberdipper]

1 hour ago, Chevy_Monsenhor said:

Oh! It happens in there as well? Because in the very first day of the class, there was this dude with a Texas Nspire CX CAS, this thing costs R$1000! For reference, my well kept used HP is going to cost somewhere around R$140, LOL.

I guess it's an epeen thing or something. I was happy using a TI-30XIIS unless I had to use a graphing calculator, in which case I just used a TI-84 C whatevertherestofthetopendonewas emulator on my phone (at least in everything minus Algebra because the teacher was a royal bitch).

[Mooshi]

[MadyTehWolfie]

9 hours ago, Bleedingyamato said:

What issues did the Z35 have?

 

 

I'm glad you found a monitor you're happy with.  ?

black smearing, slight ghost, one stuck pixel and a few dead pixels. That's what I get for buying a referb Z35 lol

[Bleedingyamato]

9 hours ago, Minibois said:

My translucent keycap set arrived today. Looks pretty dank.

It's so pretty!  Any chance you'll tell me where you live so I can steal your keyboard and elope with it?  ?

 

Where'd you get these keycaps from?

 

45 minutes ago, MadyTehWolfie said:

black smearing, slight ghost, one stuck pixel and a few dead pixels. That's what I get for buying a referb Z35 lol

Maybe it was just a bad Z35?    Perhaps a new one would've been fine?

[MadyTehWolfie]

11 hours ago, Bleedingyamato said:

It's so pretty!  Any chance you'll tell me where you live so I can steal your keyboard and elope with it?  ?

 

Where'd you get these keycaps from?

 

Maybe it was just a bad Z35?    Perhaps a new one would've been fine?

Black smear is a thing that affects that piticular monitor due the panel type it uses. As for the dead or stuck pixels every referb monitor from Acer had one or both of these faults with it.

[sgtcool]

¯\_(ツ)_/¯

 

[minibois]

11 hours ago, Bleedingyamato said:

It's so pretty!  Any chance you'll tell me where you live so I can steal your keyboard and elope with it?  ?

 

Where'd you get these keycaps from?

Yeah I live here: -83.823245, 29.760743. Come visit :^)

/s

 

I got these keycaps from aliexpress:

https://www.aliexpress.com/item/104-Keys-Translucidus-keycap-Transparent-ABS-Blank-Keycaps-Keycaps-For-OEM-Cherry-MX-Switches-Mechanical-Gaming/32667629491.html

I chose the translucent type. Pretty good set, but you can definitely see the stems of the keycaps and the molding in general. For ~20 USD nothing to really complain about though.

Shipping was also pretty fast (for Aliexpress, it was like 10-12 days or whatever)

[Bleedingyamato]

5 hours ago, MadyTehWolfie said:

Black smear is a thing that affects that piticular monitor due the panel type it uses. As for the dead or stuck pixels every referb monitor from Acer had one or both of these faults with it.

I checked, it says on Acer's site that the Z35 is a VA panel.  Is that the newer type that's attempting to combine the benefits of an IPS panel with a TN?

 

I meant don't get a refurb but rather a brand new previously unused Z35.  You would've paid more but if that was the monitor you had wanted it hopefully wouldn't had the issues that the refurb ones did.  

 

Unless the problems are widespread enough to make avoiding a Z35 for now the better option.  

 

Not it that it matters much at this point I suppose.  

 

5 hours ago, Minibois said:

Yeah I live here: -83.823245, 29.760743. Come visit :^)

/s

 

I got these keycaps from aliexpress:

https://www.aliexpress.com/item/104-Keys-Translucidus-keycap-Transparent-ABS-Blank-Keycaps-Keycaps-For-OEM-Cherry-MX-Switches-Mechanical-Gaming/32667629491.html

I chose the translucent type. Pretty good set, but you can definitely see the stems of the keycaps and the molding in general. For ~20 USD nothing to really complain about though.

Shipping was also pretty fast (for Aliexpress, it was like 10-12 days or whatever)

Funny.   Very funny.  ? lol

 

You would've preferred if they were more opaque?

[minibois]

2 hours ago, Bleedingyamato said:

You would've preferred if they were more opaque?

Opaque enough for me.

[Bleedingyamato]

56 minutes ago, Minibois said:

Opaque enough for me.

You said you could see the stems and stuff.  I wasn't sure if you were happy about that or not.  ?

[MadyTehWolfie]

4 hours ago, Bleedingyamato said:

I check, it says on Acer's site that the Z35 is a VA panel.  Is that the newer type that's attempting to combine the benefits of an IPS panel with a TN?

 

I meant don't get a refurb but rather a brand new previously unused Z35.  You would've paid more but if that was the monitor you had wanted it hopefully wouldn't had the issues that the refurb ones did.  

 

Unless the problems are widespread enough to make avoiding a Z35 for now the better option.  

 

Not it that it matters much at this point I suppose.  

 

Funny.   Very funny.  ? lol

 

You would've preferred if they were more opaque?

Honestly the price difference on Amazon of 200 bucks the X34 is far superior to the Z35

[Bleedingyamato]

4 minutes ago, MadyTehWolfie said:

Honestly the price difference on Amazon of 200 bucks the X34 is far superior to the Z35

Because it's that much cheaper and IPS?

[Space Reptile]

this TIIINY GTX 750 wich i got for (to me worthless since i have enough) 2 4gb sticks of DDR3 1333

clocks 1500mhz pretty reliably , didnt really invest much time tweaking it , this thing is probs becoming my dedicated cuda card 

[MadyTehWolfie]

25 minutes ago, Bleedingyamato said:

Because it's that much cheaper and IPS?

Ips Higher resolution and way better colors and in terms of black levels I thought it was on par with it. 

[Bleedingyamato]

1 hour ago, Space Reptile said:

this TIIINY GTX 750 wich i got for (to me worthless since i have enough) 2 4gb sticks of DDR3 1333

 

clocks 1500mhz pretty reliably , didnt really invest much time tweaking it , this thing is probs becoming my dedicated cuda card 

What is a dedicated cuda card for?

 

1 hour ago, MadyTehWolfie said:

Ips Higher resolution and way better colors and in terms of black levels I thought it was on par with it. 

I really want IPS.  I like my current monitor but every time I see how it looks vs my tv I cry a little.  lol

[Space Reptile]

Just now, Bleedingyamato said:

What is a dedicated cuda card for?

to take care of Physx workloads , Shadwoplay recording , cuda accelerated rendering of things in programs like adobe premiere

[Bleedingyamato]

10 minutes ago, Space Reptile said:

to take care of Physx workloads , Shadwoplay recording , cuda accelerated rendering of things in programs like adobe premiere

Does that need it's own card?    Or such a weak one for that matter?

 

I mean, a stronger Nvidia card would perform those tasks faster wouldn't it?

 

Also, I saw another topic that LAwLz had posted earlier that mentioned that shadowplay recording is handled through a dedicated hardware thing on Nvidia GPUs and something about newer versions of the cards having a more updated version of the recording chip.  

 

So a newer generation and more powerful Nvidia card would likely do what you need faster and produce higher quality recordings.  

[Magnetorheological]

dbrand skin for my iPhone SE, because LMG held a gun to my head and threatened my family for considering any skin that isn't dbrand.

 

[Corrupt_Liberty]

Law and Order - Criminal Intent

 

All of them...

 

I think it's a cry for help...

 

Even my Plex server cried a little.

[MadyTehWolfie]

4 hours ago, Bleedingyamato said:

What is a dedicated cuda card for?

 

I really want IPS.  I like my current monitor but every time I see how it looks vs my tv I cry a little.  lol

IPS and 3440x1440p is worth it over 2550x1080 or what ever the basically 1080p just wider z35 was