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From Wikipedia... "NZXT released their own line of motherboards for the Intel Z370 chipset in January 2018. It was praised for its minimalist design, as the circuitry is not exposed; but was initially criticized for its high price. The lineup was refreshed in October 2018 to support the Z390 chipset. The NZXT branded Z390 motherboards were manufactured by Elitegroup while a Z490 one is made by ASRock."
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Just a quick example of what a little settings tweak can do...
schuck6566 replied to schuck6566's topic in PC Gaming
I haven't played the game yet on pc, where the 18 dip came from I can't figure where it came from.I'm gonna re-run the test again later to see if it was something that spiked somewhere else causing it to dip. It's the same scenes being run in the test so it should have been lower in the bottom 1. Edit: New test results including 70% and 100% More stable results, made sure nothing going on in background and waited for each to start and stop completely before trying to start new test.(Test has a long wait period at beginning that threw me off when I first ran it and I restarted it thinking it wasn't running right) 1st image = 50% 2nd = 60% 3rd = 100% & 4th = 70%.Scale only let's me adjust in multiple of 10,was trying for the 66% but had to settle for 70. -
bbc Google to close Stadia cloud service and refund gamers
schuck6566 replied to ENTERPRISE's topic in Journalism & Entertainment
their whole thing kinda sucked,but I'm glad they're refunding the subscriptions people got. Gamepass offers cloud streaming of games on certain subscriptions. It's nice because U don't have to download a game onto a limited size drive to play it,it's on their servers and keeps the info there. Edit: Amazon seems to still be hanging in there.... Free trial of the Ubisoft+ channel through Oct.10th if anyone has prime and wants to give it a go. -
Just a quick example of what a little settings tweak can do...
schuck6566 replied to schuck6566's topic in PC Gaming
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Ridiculous things we run across online that people buy....
schuck6566 replied to schuck6566's topic in Chit Chat General
lol, I have a basic generic android phone,echo dots in 2 rooms with the mics off except when they are being used to play music, amazon tablets & firesticks with smart capabilities turned off except when I use a tablet to either interface with a dot,or my kindle unlimited acct,and then I just type.(Alexa doesn't get much love from the tablets,or firesticks.) The wife uses the Google voice search option on the phone all the time. -
The Higher frame screen shot is at the default setting of 50% for the Screen Resolution Multi and the lower FPS is when I increased it to 60%. At 100% it knocked the FPS down to the upper 30's-low 40's average with high spikes in upper 60's and lowest spikes in bottom 20's. The Game used was Assassin's Creed Valhalla using the built in Benchmarking test. Included a shot of my memory also since that wasn't in the info provided by the test.
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Ridiculous things we run across online that people buy....
schuck6566 replied to schuck6566's topic in Chit Chat General
lol, Some of these aren't TOO bad, but some are just a waste.... 17 ridiculous 'smart' gadgets that really exist WWW.BUSINESSINSIDER.COM In the tech industry's quest to make everything connected, more than a few "smart" gadgets aren't quite solving everyday problems. -
I'll start with something I ran across today since I'm starting this post,I hope everyone else also contributes things to make us laugh at what people buy.... This Large WiFi Router Guard Cover (Blocks About 90% of WiFi Router EMF While You can Still use The Router) Blocks 5G! (lol) was obviously thought up to cater to the paranoia over the 5G towers and is actually selling some. according to a couple of dissatisfied commenters it's actually made from a metal wire paper holder and a sheet metal base. the list price is $89 and change PLUS shipping. Source that led me to this wonder of modern science was FaceBook....
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AI powered image creation: you gotta try this!
schuck6566 replied to UltraMega's topic in Software News
"At best it's emulation" I think the concern is that At WORST it's SAMPLING which requires that credit be given to the original works. No Ice Ice Baby's allowed without proper credit! The image of Grumpy Cat in Hospital has a familiar looking cat,wonder what image it was taken from? Was it copied whole then dressed in scrubs? Was it inspired by drawings or photo's? What about the copyrighted material being used? Maybe we should also read the linked article that was in my earlier linked post for more in depth details about the whole situation. What’s Really Behind Those AI Art Images? NEWSLETTERS.THEATLANTIC.COM What feels like magic is actually incredibly complicated and ethically fraught. -
Maybe if you just say "give me Mac or give me Death!" or "What's a PC?" they pass your Job application up the ladder?
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The Studio tracks for Metal Gods,Breaking The Law,and Living After Midnight are so much better than the live versions in my opinion... lol,Contains Sexual content and Vulgar lyrics U have been warned!
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AI powered image creation: you gotta try this!
schuck6566 replied to UltraMega's topic in Software News
Flooded with AI-generated images, some art communities ban them completely ARSTECHNICA.COM Smaller art communities are banning image synthesis amid a wider art ethics debate. And the trouble has already started.... -
ign Canceled Halo coop mode accessible via glitch
schuck6566 replied to UltraMega's topic in Software News
I agree with you to a point. The main thing people need to stop doing is pre-ordering games and paying for alpha and beta versions of games. It literally gives developers no incentive to release a game that ISN'T broken on day 1. People need to stop paying companies to be their testers. I remember when it was the other way around and companies paid people to test and report the issues in alpha & beta versions so a (mostly) fixed game was released. Now,we have weeks and months of glitches still being fixed after release of sometimes barely playable games(looking at U cyberpunk!) -
a little change up....
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eye roast,baby potatoes,carrots, in crock pot, and bagged rice.
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Just an update, Optimum keeps calling to offer me internet upgrade to 1Gb up/down for $20 a month more because they are laying fiber.BUT they can't answer if that would just be to a trunk somewhere on the buildings property that the whole building would feed off like the current cable does or if they'd be running new lines in the building. Back when they were Cox they originally ran the cable lines to all the apt's in this building but now the lines/equipment are over 20 years old. Seems like it'd be like taking the motor outta 1 of the new chargers or Mustangs and bolting it up to an old 3 on the tree and expecting to get the same type of performance the Charger/Mustang had. Oh,and on the web page,the 1Gb plan says 1Gb down/25Mbps up. lol When I pointed that out to the caller,he said that was for the old cable 1Gb service. Think I'll stick with my 400/40 for now 'till I can see a need for greater speed AND see they have dependable service with the fiber here.
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If you're interested,you can get 60+ FPS in 1440 on Destiny 2 with those cards and the 30th anniversary pack is free from epic to celebrate them being on epic now also.
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Give them credit,been years since I've used my acct, and they still notified me. screenshot of actual letter if anyone wants to see how they let peeps know. The included link to reset was nice because it let me click and then just go to "forgot password" since it's been literally years and different comps between uses.
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I tracked this down in case anyone has questions about different iGPU specs. It's a mess to figure out if 1 does or doesn't even by generation because some in a generation don't while 1 will decode... Pretty much have to ck individual specs. Intel iGPUs - CPU Comparison Specs & Benchmarks CPU-COMPARISON.COM CPU Comparison Specs & Benchmarks Intel iGPUs - Geekbench 5, Cinebench R20, Cinebench R15 and FP32 iGPU (GFLOPS)
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Might as well throw my 2cents in here, Currently running Anti-X on a Dell optiplex 160 Intel Atom 330 dual-core processor 1.6Ghz 3Gb RAM 160Gb 2.5" HDD SiS Mirage 3 Graphics chip (this is the pain) Network 10/100/1000 USB 4 x USB2.0 Serial 1 PS/2 Kybd & mouse Anti-X is 1 of the few systems to actually be able to play youtube videos in at least 480 without buffering. The problem is finding a driver for the SiS graphics chip. About the max resolution I'm able to get is 1020x768. The old Vista basic drivers allowed 1920x1080.
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Just an FYI, Intel HD Graphics (Ivy Bridge GT1) & Intel HD Graphics (Bay Trail GT1) Both bottom out with support of h264 being the max encode/decode.
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Forums first comp: CPUz Benchmark
schuck6566 replied to Storm-Chaser's topic in Benchmarking General
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Just an FYI, finally found the issue with an old athlon X2 systems graphics. I removed an odd ball memory stick because of boot issues(only had 3 sticks at the time) and now with the 2 in single channel the graphics card stopped having artifacts during the boot. It's an old dell inspiron 531 with an nvidia chipset. I may try some test with it later. Edit: Looks like it was the gt315, went back later after updates installed and the restart was even worse for artifacts & blurred screen. Found another memory and replaced the card with a gtx750ti, so far so good.