Experiences with non-techies

[soldier_ph]

19 hours ago, DocSwag said:

Dec 2002.

 

So it's probably between 3 and 4 months difference (chances are I was born at a later date during the month than you).

October 2002. Lol

[WkdPaul]

Jesus Christ, I'm old ...

 

Back to topic, I was browsing the classifieds yesterday and people are expecting way too much out of their junk...

 

$120 for a GTX 650??? lollll

[Bananasplit_00]

10 minutes ago, wkdpaul said:

Jesus Christ, I'm old ...

 

Back to topic, I was browsing the classifieds yesterday and people are expecting way too much out of their junk...

 

$120 for a GTX 650??? lollll

as someone thats always browsing used stuff i see a lot of that tbh, but sometimes its the other way around and you get some amazing deals instead lol

[luegnicl]

31 minutes ago, Bananasplit_00 said:

as someone thats always browsing used stuff i see a lot of that tbh, but sometimes its the other way around and you get some amazing deals instead lol

you could get a new 1050 for that money

[Bananasplit_00]

1 minute ago, luegnicl said:

you could get a new 1050 for that money

you can get a used 970 for that money

[luegnicl]

1 minute ago, Bananasplit_00 said:

you can get a used 970 for that money

i tried.... no. i would have paid 175€ for a used one 2 weeks ago

[Space Reptile]

1 minute ago, luegnicl said:

i tried.... no. i would have paid 175€ for a used one 2 weeks ago

R9 290 then 

[Bananasplit_00]

1 minute ago, luegnicl said:

i tried.... no. i would have paid 175€ for a used one 2 weeks ago

they go from $120-$150 here, Swedens used market is almost compleatly detatched from the rest of the world so pricing can get a bit funny here on some things, like i got two GTX 660s for $72 lol

[luegnicl]

3 minutes ago, Space Reptile said:

R9 290 then 

maybe... but i would not be confident buying these old cards. they run pretty hot and i would not wonder if it blows up right after i bought it

[luegnicl]

2 minutes ago, Bananasplit_00 said:

they go from $120-$150 here, Swedens used market is almost compleatly detatched from the rest of the world so pricing can get a bit funny here on some things, like i got two GTX 660s for $72 lol

sli!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[Bananasplit_00]

1 minute ago, luegnicl said:

sli!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

1: SLI is pretty shit

2: i tried, the guy i got them from had them in SLI and they were both reference PCB but both motherboard i tried would not SLI them(and now i hate anything motherboard wise made by ASUS before the launch of the 4000 series from Intel)

[Space Reptile]

2 minutes ago, luegnicl said:

maybe... but i would not be confident buying these old cards. they run pretty hot and i would not wonder if it blows up right after i bought it

got mine on ebay , is running for 4 months and never even reaches 80c , and this is the blower model 

[luegnicl]

1 minute ago, Bananasplit_00 said:

1: SLI is pretty shit

2: i tried, the guy i got them from had them in SLI and they were both reference PCB but both motherboard i tried would not SLI them(and now i hate anything motherboard wise made by ASUS before the launch of the 4000 series from Intel)

have you sli capable mobos?

[Bananasplit_00]

13 minutes ago, luegnicl said:

have you sli capable mobos?

yep both of them, and both updated to latest BIOS. ASUSs older motherboards are just pure shit IMO, i read up on the boards i have and i was not the only one with problems. people were having the exact same problems with these boards since they released.

[ProjectBox153]

1 hour ago, wkdpaul said:

Jesus Christ, I'm old ...

 

Back to topic, I was browsing the classifieds yesterday and people are expecting way too much out of their junk...

 

$120 for a GTX 650??? lollll

People expect way too much for their old junk around my area too. For instance, someone thought they could get $90 for a non upgraded Dell Dimension 2400. Pentium 4? Worth about $10 AT THE MAX!

[Chaos_Sorcerer]

I just had a conversation with a friend on refresh rate. A while back, I saw that he had his FPS uncapped in CS:GO when he seemed to be playing on a simple 60Hz HP monitor and asked him why he needed to do that. He told me that "you need high FPS for CS:GO", and that although he knows that the monitor is clocked at 60Hz, he can somehow tell the difference between 60 FPS and 150 FPS. I asked him whether he had the FPS counter up or not, and he said he could tell the difference even with the counter off. 

 

I have my FPS capped at 60 for every single game I play...minimizes screen tearing and reduces load on the GPU...............................................................................

[themctipers]

2 hours ago, wkdpaul said:

Jesus Christ, I'm old ...

 

Back to topic, I was browsing the classifieds yesterday and people are expecting way too much out of their junk...

 

$120 for a GTX 650??? lollll

BACK IN MY DAY THIS WAS THE SHIT

4 hours ago, Pascal... said:

October 2002. Lol

>~<

i cry

2 hours ago, Bananasplit_00 said:

as someone thats always browsing used stuff i see a lot of that tbh, but sometimes its the other way around and you get some amazing deals instead lol

$250 for a used iPhone 4 (32gb)

30 minutes ago, Chaos_Sorcerer said:

I just had a conversation with a friend on refresh rate. A while back, I saw that he had his FPS uncapped in CS:GO when he seemed to be playing on a simple 60Hz HP monitor and asked him why he needed to do that. He told me that "you need high FPS for CS:GO", and that although he knows that the monitor is clocked at 60Hz, he can somehow tell the difference between 60 FPS and 150 FPS. I asked him whether he had the FPS counter up or not, and he said he could tell the difference even with the counter off. 

 

I have my FPS capped at 60 for every single game I play...minimizes screen tearing and reduces load on the GPU...............................................................................

You actually can

 

[DocSwag]

10 minutes ago, themctipers said:

BACK IN MY DAY THIS WAS THE SHIT

>~<

i cry

$250 for a used iPhone 4 (32gb)

You actually can

 

You know how he can tell the difference?

 

Because when the FPS is higher there's more screen tearing...

[themctipers]

3 minutes ago, DocSwag said:

You know how he can tell the difference?

 

Because when the FPS is higher there's more screen tearing...

Who gives a shit though when you're playing competitive csgo?

[DocSwag]

1 minute ago, themctipers said:

Who gives a shit though when you're playing competitive csgo?

Me.

 

I cringe when I see people playing at higher fps than their refresh rate.

[themctipers]

6 minutes ago, DocSwag said:

Me.

 

I cringe when I see people playing at higher fps than their refresh rate.

Screen tearing is something I don't notice and I don't care  I like the extra fluidity

[DocSwag]

1 minute ago, themctipers said:

Screen tearing is something I don't notice and I don't care  I like the extra fluidity

Really?

 

I don't see how 150 fps on a 60 hz monitor results in extra fluidity. Correct me if I don't understand your point.

 

And also screen tearing reallllyyyy bothers me. V-sync doesn't seem to bother me as much as screen tear for some reason though so I always keep v-sync on.

[themctipers]

6 minutes ago, DocSwag said:

Really?

 

I don't see how 150 fps on a 60 hz monitor results in extra fluidity. Correct me if I don't understand your point.

 

And also screen tearing reallllyyyy bothers me. V-sync doesn't seem to bother me as much as screen tear for some reason though so I always keep v-sync on.

listen to the video i linked you  

i dont see screen tearing, and vsync is really annoying.

 

i usually want to hit at least 70fps in any game (and thats why im not gaming anymore yet, because 760 = trash)

[DocSwag]

1 minute ago, themctipers said:

listen to the video i linked you  

i dont see screen tearing, and vsync is really annoying.

 

i usually want to hit at least 70fps in any game (and thats why im not gaming anymore yet, because 760 = trash)

Lol I'm too lazy to watch the video. Care explaining?  

 

I guess we're just different. I don't see stuttering, and you don't see tearing. And 75 fps (75 hz is the refresh rate of my monitor) is fine for me. Heck 60 fps is fine for me. I guess you're more sensitive to smoothness and I'm more sensitive to the image itself.

[Chaos_Sorcerer]

1 minute ago, DocSwag said:

Lol I'm too lazy to watch the video. Care explaining?  

 

I guess we're just different. I don't see stuttering, and you don't see tearing. And 75 fps (75 hz is the refresh rate of my monitor) is fine for me. Heck 60 fps is fine for me. I guess you're more sensitive to smoothness and I'm more sensitive to the image itself.

 

The guy just basically talked about latency and how if your computer produces more FPS than your monitor can display, it'll display the latest frame, resulting in smoother gameplay. I still don't understand why you can't just cap it at your monitor's refresh rate, especially if your rig is powerful enough to deliver a consistent FPS, since you prevent screen tearing, reduce load on your GPU, and have your frames in sync with how often your monitor refreshes.

 

I had the FPS uncapped for a while in my games. Couldn't tell the difference between it and 60 capped, and my temps were hotter. No point.