Experiences with non-techies

[Misunderstood Wookie]

I got pure gold for you today folks.

 

Yesterday my partners sister was trying to download files, she uses a laptop all the time for facebook but then she suddenly asked if it was okay to shutdown the laptop or if doing that would delete the files she downloaded the same day as that a user here had a thread with thirty or so replies about all his files opening in VLC using Windows Explorer turns out he had the default programs configured to always use VLC to open folders and files

[laminutederire]

1 hour ago, Misunderstood Wookie said:

I got pure gold for you today folks.

 

Yesterday my partners sister was trying to download files, she uses a laptop all the time for facebook but then she suddenly asked if it was okay to shutdown the laptop or if doing that would delete the files she downloaded the same day as that a user here had a thread with thirty or so replies about all his files opening in VLC using Windows Explorer turns out he had the default programs configured to always use VLC to open folders and files

Sounds like an over patriotic Frenchman! 

[Fetzie]

On 17/06/2016 at 10:51 PM, matrix07012 said:

it is not bad, but why did they put the GT 730 when it is equal to a Skylake iGPU

Could be for the additional/different video outputs? Onboard graphics outputs on the motherboard I/O generally only have two options. It isn't that far-fetched to install a graphics card to use more than two screens. "Workstation" doesn't have to mean "super high powered computer".

3 hours ago, Misunderstood Wookie said:

I got pure gold for you today folks.

 

Yesterday my partners sister was trying to download files, she uses a laptop all the time for facebook but then she suddenly asked if it was okay to shutdown the laptop or if doing that would delete the files she downloaded the same day

Isn't that the default behaviour for using a "guest account" on Windows and Mac?

[matrix07012]

21 minutes ago, Fetzie said:

Could be for the additional/different video outputs? Onboard graphics outputs on the motherboard I/O generally only have two options. It isn't that far-fetched to install a graphics card to use more than two screens. "Workstation" doesn't have to mean "super high powered computer".

But GT210 is more suitable for that.

[Fetzie]

6 minutes ago, matrix07012 said:

But GT210 is more suitable for that.

Unless you need HDMI, as the GT210 does not have that output (it has DVI, VGA, DisplayPort)

[KoreanGuyFromKorea]

My cases are

Mom-What's watercooling?
Sis-Why do Crossfire?

Dad-I like HP and my Core i3

Friend-Nvidia is bae

[matrix07012]

3 minutes ago, Fetzie said:

Unless you need HDMI, as the GT210 does not have that output

But it has DP, which can be passively converted to HDMI.

[Misunderstood Wookie]

1 hour ago, Fetzie said:

 

Isn't that the default behaviour for using a "guest account" on Windows and Mac?

Was not a Guest account though, standard user, and the guy with the windows explorer issue was an admin account.

[BingoFishy]

56 minutes ago, KoreanGuyFromKorea said:

My cases are

Mom-What's watercooling?
Sis-Why do Crossfire?

Dad-I like HP and my Core i3

Friend-Nvidia is bae

That's not stupidity, at least for the first two. That's just not knowing.

[Fetzie]

10 minutes ago, BingoFishy said:

That's not stupidity, at least for the first two. That's just not knowing.

And the third one is just somebody that doens't need more than an HP with an i3 /shrug

[KoreanGuyFromKorea]

46 minutes ago, Fetzie said:

And the third one is just somebody that doens't need more than an HP with an i3 /shrug

nah my dad needs an i5 at least

 

[BingoFishy]

5 minutes ago, KoreanGuyFromKorea said:

nah my dad needs an i5 at least

 

For what? If he's just surfing the web, sending e-mails, spreadsheets etc. he doesn't need more than an i3.

[WkdPaul]

1 hour ago, BingoFishy said:

For what? If he's just surfing the web, sending e-mails, spreadsheets etc. he doesn't need more than an i3.

Also you can game on an i3, some even game on Pentiums (dual-cores w/o HT) ... if I'd listen to everyone here I would've bought an unlocked i7 and a 980ti. I'm perfectly fine with my i3-4170 and HD 7870!

 

Just saying, if someone is happy with their setup then I don't see the problem.

[Dargenfire]

11 hours ago, wkdpaul said:

Also you can game on an i3, some even game on Pentiums (dual-cores w/o HT) ... if I'd listen to everyone here I would've bought an unlocked i7 and a 980ti. I'm perfectly fine with my i3-4170 and HD 7870!

 

Just saying, if someone is happy with their setup then I don't see the problem.

^^ Agreed.

 

I have a friend who started off with an okay potato build (Pentium G3258 + some old passively cooled GT XXXX) and later he then got a R9 380 on the cheap, and he's happy with the performance.

 

It doesn't handle CPU intensive games well (like Arma III) But his next planned upgrade is an i5 4690.

[WkdPaul]

Back to topic (TLDR at the bottom);

 

how you f*** yourself up ...

 

So, I'm still working on the "Leftover build" (waiting for the case) and since it's a gaming rig for my nephew I thought I could introduce him to a few older but still great games. So I went to my box filled with CD and DVD games and pulled out;

 

- Fallout 3

- The Elder Scrolls IV: Oblivion

- Dead Rising 2

- GRID 2

 

plus a few others I forgot. First game was Oblivion, install went fine, then I opened the game to test it out and horror!!! I had TONS of artifacts!?!?!?! First reaction was to check the GPU for damages (it really looked like a GPU dying, if you ever saw one), but every other games and benchs ran fine without any glitches or artifacts ... this was then followed by 3 hours or uninstall/restart/install/graphic option tweaks but NOTHING was fixing the artifacts I was getting.

 

During one of the uninstall/install waiting time, out of boredom, I turned around the game box (like this box) and realized one of the system requirements was DirectX 9.0c ... *FACEDESK*

 

After installing DirectX 9.0c the game plays at a stable 80fps with the settings all maxed out!

 

 

TLDR; ALWAYS read the system requirements of a game, also DX11&DX12 aren't direct replacement for a DX9.0c redist.

[vanished]

3 minutes ago, wkdpaul said:

...

- GRID 2

...

U WOT M8!?  

But honestly, if you just showed me that game and told me it was from this year (assuming I knew nothing about it) I might believe you.  Nothing about it really feel outdated; not visually, not gameplay-wise... nothing.

[themaniac]

29 minutes ago, wkdpaul said:

-snip-

while its not my place to say anything, i would get him some sort of strategy game, since they tend to(at least for me) help comprehension and he might like them, it doesn't have to be anything amazing, maybe something like Rome Total War(its currently $10 on steam) and the steam summer sale is coming up soon so you might be able to get Civ 5 for cheap or if you want to give him a game that takes a lot of learning(or should i say a lot of time to semi master, i've put almost 800 hours in it and i'm still shit) Europa Universalis 4 but only if its on sale during the steam summer sale since the major parts are locked away behind dlc

[DocSwag]

Yeah boys it's the final mile! Just reached page 900!

Almost at the end.......

I also want to be the 250th follower of this  

[comicsansms]

26 minutes ago, DocSwag said:

Yeah boys it's the final mile! Just reached page 900!

Almost at the end.......

I also want to be the 250th follower of this  

Sorry to burst your bubble, but there is 915 pages. Page 900 was started close to a month ago.

 

-removed part where I was being more of a dumbass than usual-

[DocSwag]

1 minute ago, Comic_Sans_MS said:

Sorry to burst your bubble, but it is up to 915 pages. Page 900 was started close to a month ago.

I know. I'm saying I reached page 900 just now and that I'm almost at the end of the thread  

[vanished]

2 minutes ago, Comic_Sans_MS said:

Sorry to burst your bubble, but it is up to 915 pages. Page 900 was started close to a month ago, and there are only 248 people following this thread.

Please... 

[comicsansms]

14 minutes ago, DocSwag said:

I know. I'm saying I reached page 900 just now and that I'm almost at the end of the thread  

Holy Crap, you are reading each post?

11 minutes ago, Ryan_Vickers said:

Please... 

I'll edit that. I did reread that a couple of times before I posted it. I am not that great at finding errors in my writing, you can also probably tell when I am at school since I have to use a web browser without spell check  so I can browse the forum.

 

 

I am a newbie that has been on the forum for close to a year and has posted 200 shy of 6,000 posts, I am still at the stage where I could make a "SHOULD I GET A GTX 1080 or a HD 5450?" thread and no-one would notice. Typos are just an added bonus.

[DocSwag]

2 minutes ago, Comic_Sans_MS said:

Holy Crap, you are reading each post. 

Well not really. I'm skipping over some of the off topic stuff but yeah, I'm reading every single story and at least half of the other stuff  

Started around the beginning of February (I believe) so it's been four months. I just started reading this thread just as a fun pastime. So once I'm done (and I should be done within an hour or two) I'll probably start posting more on this thread.

[DocSwag]

Oh mer godz I finished!

 

EDIT: I just realized I finished 59 minutes after reaching page 900  

 

EDIT 2:

 

[matrix07012]

My cousin always recommends people different hardware or software that would greatly improve their workflow, but they always say: No, that is only for techies.