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Just now, Fetzie said:

Wasn't the "X" suffix reserved for the top-end processor?

Not anymore, this time around ALL of the X299 CPUs have the "X" suffix, with the top of the line 18 core $1999 CPU having an "XE" suffix.

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1 minute ago, MysticLTT said:

Young people, school age, not knowing this?

Most people are on their iPhone's the majority of the time. There was only a handful of people who had a custom built PC, and a lot of people actually referred to the desktops in the computer labs as 'laptops'. 

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1 hour ago, Connor Price said:

Most people are on their iPhone's the majority of the time. There was only a handful of people who had a custom built PC, and a lot of people actually referred to the desktops in the computer labs as 'laptops'. 

Same, except I'm younger.

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2 hours ago, Connor Price said:

Most people are on their iPhone's the majority of the time. There was only a handful of people who had a custom built PC, and a lot of people actually referred to the desktops in the computer labs as 'laptops'. 

in my school, 

laptop = laptop

desktop = pc

mac = piece of shit

phone = budget android phones (2011 era budget)

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138 is a good number.

 

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12 hours ago, NunoLava1998 said:

"Intel Core i9-7900X"

Fuck we already have this? Damn, Intel is good at beating Ryzen only a few months after it's release....

at $600. double the price

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My funniest experience with a non-techie was with my cousin, he gave me 1500US$ and told me to buy him good computer parts and build it for him, after buying the parts i went to his house and we spent 3 hour building the computer because i had to keep explaining to him everything after building the computer i told him "its done" he was like "can i power it on" i was like "sure", he went to the screen and kept pressing the power button on the screen, because the power button had on symbol and he just kept pressing the button, i was like "what are you doing" he said "im powering on the computer" i just started laughing like a maniac, he looked at the case and was like "oh". That was one of the funniest things that happened to me in a long time, thankfully the computer turned on and everything was well.

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2 minutes ago, weed said:

he went to the screen and kept pressing the power button on the screen

Thats the key point to your story.

 

I was like was he pressing the power button on the pc box and just kept pressing it.

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So I went to my great aunts house and she said for months she couldn't check her email because her Mac was broken. I come, look down, power cord is unplugged ???????I'm like aunt vi I fixed your computer and she said "good boy"

 

then I was setting up chrome for her and had to teach her how to use bookmarks, opening tabs and operating the fox new website

sighhhhhhhh it's been A LONG hour

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14 hours ago, Zic05 said:

So I went to my great aunts house and she said for months she couldn't check her email because her Mac was broken. I come, look down, power cord is unplugged ???????I'm like aunt vi I fixed your computer and she said "good boy"

 

then I was setting up chrome for her and had to teach her how to use bookmarks, opening tabs and operating the fox new website

sighhhhhhhh it's been A LONG hour

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22 hours ago, MysticLTT said:

Young people, school age, not knowing this?

They are the worst tbh because you would think they would know SOMETHING at least 

I spent $2500 on building my PC and all i do with it is play no games atm & watch anime at 1080p(finally) watch YT and write essays...  nothing, it just sits there collecting dust...

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1 hour ago, DeezNoNos said:

DID I SEE.................................FOX NEWS    :/:/:/:/:/:/:o:o:o:o:o:o  

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138 is a good number.

 

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People thinking if you can plug an hdmi cable in your laptop tot view it on another screen, you can also plug like another laptop in you laptop to view that on your laptop right? (not even joking, two people asked me this last week)

Also people asking me what macbook i have because it has a weard logo.
And it's a silver HP ultrabook xD

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On 29.5.2017 at 7:20 PM, DocSwag said:

Hey I never said they weren't overpriced :P 

overpriced or underpowered? the macs are not to expensive for what they offer, they are to weak for what they cost

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2 hours ago, luegnicl said:

overpriced or underpowered? the macs are not to expensive for what they offer, they are to weak for what they cost

Fair enough, I think underpowered is a better description. I've never actually thought of it that way, honestly.

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4 hours ago, Roberwt said:

People thinking if you can plug an hdmi cable in your laptop tot view it on another screen, you can also plug like another laptop in you laptop to view that on your laptop right? (not even joking, two people asked me this last week)

Also people asking me what macbook i have because it has a weard logo.
And it's a silver HP ultrabook xD

 

Well it should be a thing tbh then you have a use for a laptop you replaced with a better working one...

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5 hours ago, luegnicl said:

overpriced or underpowered? the macs are not to expensive for what they offer, they are to weak for what they cost

That's just another way of saying they're overpriced for what they offer. Semantics are different but the same conclusion is met. 

 

It's like saying 3+2=1+4. Different values but the equations are equal to each other. 

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From my observation, a computer illiteracy costs zillions of dollars in work productivity. A typical 40+ years old employee I've dealt with:

- not familiar with an idea of a taskbar, only see a window that's in front of them, if it has been minimized or covered with another program, it's lost into a void to them, they go to Start and look for that program again

- same with tab browsing, if they want to go to another website, they click Start and look for that browser icon to initialize a new window

- not knowing a concept of Save As and absolutely lost in a folder structure 

- not using Google Maps, instead painstakingly write down every turn and direction on a piece of paper

 

From my estimate, such worker does the same task in 8 hours as a normal person would do in 1 and there's an endless number of companies filled with them. 

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A couple days ago my brother literally said that a 2GB graphics card is 2x the performance of a 1GB.  That a card with twice the graphics memory of another is twice as good.  

 

2 and 1 being what he used as an example.  In his mind the same applies to 8GB 4GB and or any two numbers with one being twice the other.  

 

I tried to tell him he was 100% wrong but he wouldn't believe me.

 

 

Tbh I don't know what all contributes to GPU performance but if there's one thing I've learned it's that VRAM is not the sole determine factor.

 

 

I think that was part of my problem.  I knew my brother was wrong but not how to explain *why* he is wrong.  

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55 minutes ago, Bleedingyamato said:

A couple days ago my brother literally said that a 2GB graphics card is 2x the performance of a 1GB.  That a card with twice the graphics memory of another is twice as good.  

i mean in 4k the 2gb Card will be twice as fast , but you know 5fps instead of 2 isnt something to be proud of

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3 minutes ago, Space Reptile said:

i mean in 4k the 2gb Card will be twice as fast , but you know 5fps instead of 2 isnt something to be proud of

Thinking that VRAM is the only thing that affects GPU performance isn't something to be proud of either.  lol

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2 minutes ago, Bleedingyamato said:

Thinking that VRAM is the only thing that affects GPU performance isn't something to be proud of either.  lol

it is if its same chips at stupid high resolutions and textures :)

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1 minute ago, themctipers said:

it is if its same chips at stupid high resolutions and textures :)

He wasn't meaning the same card but different VRAM amounts.  

 

Example: he'd think that a 980 ti is equal to a 1060 6GB simply because they have the same amount of VRAM.  

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Just now, Bleedingyamato said:

He wasn't meaning the same card but different VRAM amounts.  

 

Example: he'd think that a 980 ti is equal to a 1060 6GB simply because they have the same amount of VRAM.  

i mean ... they come Close? maybe? somwhat?

but only in 4k minesweeper

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Just now, Bleedingyamato said:

He wasn't meaning the same card but different VRAM amounts.  

 

Example: he'd think that a 980 ti is equal to a 1060 6GB simply because they have the same amount of VRAM.  

well if it was at 16k watch dogs 2 .. 1 fps vs 1 fps it's the same!

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138 is a good number.

 

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