Sins in technology

[Owade73]

Yes, I'm on the site of Linus fanboys. Personally I think Linus's review videos suck because they are short and he only reviews consumer electronics now (like every other "tech unboxing" channel). TS review of the Surface 3 was far better done that Linus's and they went over all the ins and outs of the device. On top of that if you look at Linus' review of the Razer Blade 2014 you will notice he doesn't even bother talking about the piss poor cooling, something he bitches about in so many other laptop vides (he was paid by razer to only say good things). Ever since Linus' left NCIX he has reliant on selling out to companies and keeping them happy by not saying bad things to stay on their good sides. The rest of the crap he reviews (speakers and other consumer electronics) he purchases with his own money, so he can talk smack about those without worrying. On top of that their benchmarks are always skewed due to different coolers and overclocking. Of course a Windforce/Lightning/DCUII R9-290 will be better than a stock R9-290X when you overclock it. However that skews the benchmark results because they tested non ref with ref cards. It would be fair if they test the ref R9-290 to the ref R9-290X, or tested the Windforce R9-290 to the Windforce R9-290X, or compared all four together.

 

Regardless, I still like watching the WAN show, as this is where Linus can be more opinionated, however at the same time I find myself enjoying the commentary of Luke more than Linus himself.

Usually when doing temperature things they use the same Noctua Fan as a way to keep everything fair and to get a better representation of the products heat output. I think that they have tested non-ref cards in the past to use with future cards too. 

[cubercaleb]

Usually when doing temperature things they use the same Noctua Fan as a way to keep everything fair and to get a better representation of the products heat output. I think that they have tested non-ref cards in the past to use with future cards too. 

 

No, their benchmarks are simply skewed.

[twodarray]

30fps

outdated products disguised as new ones

sub-1080p resolution

 

 

oh wait those are just consoles

 

 

 

 

#PCMASTERRACE

[Fgtfv567]

outdated products disguised as new ones

#PCMASTERRACE

Mate, do you even know that AMD and nvidia have rebranded their GPU's before?

[ZmanFTW]

iGPU

[Fgtfv567]

Maybe this comment will revive this thread..

[KE2012]

Maybe this comment will revive this thread..

 Maybe it will....

Here is what annoys me to no end.

.When you buy a new, sealed product off a company on ebay for say, and the products company refuses to service it if it goes faulty because you didn't buy it from a 'proper' dealership. I actually refuse to buy products from companies that do this when possible.

.Tech support that doesn't last as long as the warranty, e.g netgear only giving 90 days of tech support when the warranty is 2 years.  

[connorpiper]

TouchWiz

[BurgerBum]

Those shitty overpriced pre-built computers.

there are however non-shitty only slightly overpirced bt its worth the no hassle prebuilt comuters too.

rare though... very rare.

[BurgerBum]

Windows 8.1's lack of start menu.

i give you.......

CLASSIC SHELL

google tht shit.

[BurgerBum]

Yes, I'm on the site of Linus fanboys. Personally I think Linus's review videos suck because they are short and he only reviews consumer electronics now (like every other "tech unboxing" channel). TS review of the Surface 3 was far better done that Linus's and they went over all the ins and outs of the device. On top of that if you look at Linus' review of the Razer Blade 2014 you will notice he doesn't even bother talking about the piss poor cooling, something he bitches about in so many other laptop vides (he was paid by razer to only say good things). Ever since Linus' left NCIX he has reliant on selling out to companies and keeping them happy by not saying bad things to stay on their good sides. The rest of the crap he reviews (speakers and other consumer electronics) he purchases with his own money, so he can talk smack about those without worrying. On top of that their benchmarks are always skewed due to different coolers and overclocking. Of course a Windforce/Lightning/DCUII R9-290 will be better than a stock R9-290X when you overclock it. However that skews the benchmark results because they tested non ref with ref cards. It would be fair if they test the ref R9-290 to the ref R9-290X, or tested the Windforce R9-290 to the Windforce R9-290X, or compared all four together.

 

Regardless, I still like watching the WAN show, as this is where Linus can be more opinionated, however at the same time I find myself enjoying the commentary of Luke more than Linus himself.

wow......

i disagree but hug you and have respect for the amount of balls you have to say stuff like that on his site.

[TheKDub]

there are however non-shitty only slightly overpirced bt its worth the no hassle prebuilt comuters too.

rare though... very rare.

 

Not to mention a ton of pre-built computers are un-balanced as hell.

[DarkEnergy]

-Samsung S series phone design. Ugliest smart phone design in my opinion. 

-Tiny touch pads

-Tiny arrow keys

-Touch scroll on touch pads (At least apple's way of doing it makes it alot easier)

-Battery life in everything

-Lack of waterproofing, I mean come on, we need waterproof laptops and phones, and components now!

[Dude]

Windows Vista

MSI Customer support

AMD Bulldozer

Most AMD CPUs

AMD heatsinks

Monitors with a response time of 5ms or more

Membrane keyboards

People who buy laptops and computers because "Oooh look! Shiny!"

People who think Spotify will sound as good as CD within three years

People who carelessly search for stupid shit which will get them viruses (My older brother once searched "Watch Game of Thrones season 6 online free").

[Sauron]

http://store.apple.com/us/buy-mac/imac?product=MF883LL/A&step=config#

[Imaginaerum]

The RT version of Windows

[Fgtfv567]

Windows 8 and the windows store. May they burn in hell.

[terrytek]

Windows Vista

MSI Customer support

AMD Bulldozer

Most AMD CPUs

AMD heatsinks

Monitors with a response time of 5ms or more

Membrane keyboards

People who buy laptops and computers because "Oooh look! Shiny!"

People who think Spotify will sound as good as CD within three years

People who carelessly search for stupid shit which will get them viruses (My older brother once searched "Watch Game of Thrones season 6 online free").

How dare you say Vista.... The Vista Gods will come and hunt you down.

[murratri]

The lack of worship for our Lord and Savior GabeN

Edit: It is damn sickening to gaze upon all these heathens who believe in false gods(Linus).

[The Gaige]

Overpricing

Low Quality

Defective Product

Bad/No Customer Support

Short Warranty Period

This!

[WinNut]

FX-6300 and a R9295X2

[Norman_the_Owl]

Physx/G-Sync/GAMEWORKS/Mantle/Freesync

 

AMD APU'S

 

LINUX

 

Intel HD Craphics or any integrated craphics.

 

Locked cpu's for no reasons that can actually overclock

 

30fps locked games.

 

TN Displays

The only actual bad thing in their is 30fps locked games. And those are rare on PC

[BurgerBum]

laser sensors in mice

i actually quite like lazer sensors... i prefer optical but having as much screen realestate as i do, and only evver having two optical mice out of my collection of 13......

im just used to it and ive never noticed any acceleration...........

(and yeah, i know its laser, lazer is how it sounds xP )

[BurgerBum]

How dare you say Vista.... The Vista Gods will come and hunt you down.

just being the black sheep apparently.

i liked vista. *high five*

[BurgerBum]

FX-6300 and a R9295X2

..... the FX-6300 is damn worth its money.....

20 extra dollars for two more cores than another damn good cpu..........