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Woah 110c on the GPU? Wow is the GPU fan even working?
Daaaamn, my last GPU ran at 64c under load and I considered that hot, I have to echo are you sure the fan is even working?
What are you looking for in a computer, and whats the price range?
Oh, bother.
Something that can handle the latest games and what not. As for price range...well, I'd like to keep at $3000 or less if possible. But not too cheap since I want the thing to last a while.
And yeah, it's got to be a laptop. Haven't owned a desktop for over a decade, and I'm used to being able to carry my computer everywhere.
edited 17th Aug '17 11:16:48 PM by M84
Disgusted, but not surprised
Lets see stats wise a good comp that would last you a while
- 4k or 120hz screen, rec the 120 hz
- Intel 7700 processor ish
- Nvidia 1060 or 1070
- 16 gigs of ram, upgradable to 64
- 250 gig SSD + 1 TB HDD combo
On amazon you are looking at stuff starting at $1500.
edited 17th Aug '17 11:34:55 PM by Memers
Oh, bother.
Thanks. Thinking i'll get one around December or early next year.
edited 17th Aug '17 11:30:53 PM by M84
Disgusted, but not surprised
Personally I wouldn't recommend a 4k monitor, a nice laptop with even a 1080 should run 1500 if you stick to 1080p, and will run every thing you can throw on it.
4k is nice, but I think the higher frame rate, and larger buffer before performance decrease would be more apreciatable then the extra pixels.
Yeah I edited my post, its really a toss up between them IMO. Clearer or smoother which one do you like more?
Strictly for gaming probably 120 hz is better and for movies and such then 4k is probably better.
Oh, bother.
Eh, I don't watch movies often, so the gaming option is probably better for me.
Disgusted, but not surprised
You can always downsample games and movies that can handle both, downsampling is running a game at a higher resolution than your monitor, it will still look better and clearer than if it was just it running at 1080p.
Its a cheating way to force AA on games that do not have good AA without trying to force it via the nvidia control panel, hehe.
edited 18th Aug '17 12:03:12 AM by Memers
Oh, bother.
Yeah, if I'm going to be shelling out a few grand on a laptop and hundreds of dollars on AAA games, I want those games to run and look damn good.
Disgusted, but not surprised
The Cosmopolitan Fictioneer
I've finally decided to look into picking an IRC client. What do you guys recommend?
Fiat iustitia, et pereat mundus.
Umm most IRC stuff has been moving to Discord lately so that might be unnecessary.
IIRC though Hexchat is the best free one and mIRC is the best paid one ($10). Chatzilla is a firefox IRC addon that is pretty decent.
The Cosmopolitan Fictioneer
Sorry for the late reply, but: I haven't checked to see if the GPU fan is working or not. I'm more of a software person than a hardware person, I don't have any means of opening it up myself, and even if I did, I'm afraid I would mess something up catastrophically and destroy it for real.
Since I can never seem to get around to doing this in real life, I'll ask here. Does anyone know how much taking my computer to a local shop, just a local shop, and have them open up the thing and look for any problems that might have been introduced when it was being cleaned the last time, would set me back by? Doesn't have to be a hard number, just an estimate.
edited 1st Sep '17 5:29:53 PM by Midna
rollin' on dubs
Icechat is good, Trillian used to work but I had problems with it in 2010.
All night at the computer, cuz people ain't that great. I keep to myself so I won't be on The First 48
Could anyone recommend a decent GPU from NVIDIA in the 970-1000's range, preferably under $300?
I took my PC to Microcenter after experiencing a ton of freezing issues/hangs (and to purchase a legitimate operating system). The OS is hunky-dory but the technician recommended getting a new GPU after he tested the PC through some kind of graphics test. He recommended the 1050/1060 cards, but I haven't been able to do much research or contact the store in awhile. I've already sent them an email about it but I wanted to ask here as well.
The Microcenter in North Paterson has cards like these
and these.
I'm seeing overclocked, superclocked, different ram amounts from 2GB to 6GB and I'm a bit lost.
I'm:
- not all that interested in overclocking/burning my card alive for some extra FPS.
- looking for a card at, or under $250-300.
- my main interest is being able to run games like Fallout 4 without significant FPS drops
- not sure whether to go with 4GB or 6GB, I'd assume "higher is better" but if I can play Fallout 4/Metro 2033 at a healthy, consistent 50-60 FPS I'm content - or if this would even affect those applications
edited 9th Sep '17 8:23:10 AM by Soble
I'M MR. MEESEEKS, LOOK AT ME!
The 1060 is what I have right now. Ordered the founders edition straight off their website for 300, came with a 3 year warranty and IIRC you get a game along with it now. [1]
Runs Fallout 4 on ultra just fine.
edited 9th Sep '17 10:02:28 AM by Memers
rollin' on dubs
EMERGENCY! My Seagate USB deskdrive is failing. Yup, good old' harddrive failure. Chkdsk may not run, the drive sometimes isn't recognized. I'm thinking of moving it to a new enclosure. At least this time I saved my important files.
Help! What can I do?
All night at the computer, cuz people ain't that great. I keep to myself so I won't be on The First 48
Lost in Space
Get a new drive. Those things aren't user serviceable.
edited 11th Sep '17 8:02:20 AM by Fighteer
"It's Occam's Shuriken! If the answer is elusive, never rule out ninjas!"
Me again. It's unsalvageable without replacing the motherboard. At least my files are still there.
Anyone have any suggestions for a good (i.e. not underpowered and shitty, preferably one that can run fairly modern games), affordable laptop that will last me a while?
If the motherboard is junk but the hard drive is intact, you can bring it to a specialist who will have equipment to hook up the drive, so you can get in there and download/copy any files you need. If you are particularly savvy, they sell that equipment over the counter, but even I went to have someone do it; and I consider myself rather adept.
As for a replacement...I have no idea, but given the cost and time investment, you may be better off looking for your next permanent laptop, with any stopgap going to be good for little more than web surfing. I have a fairly powerful computer a few years out of date, and many games will not run at higher resolutions without taxing the fan to the limit. Gaming is not something to look for in a stopgap.
edited 11th Sep '17 1:31:05 PM by ViperMagnum357
If your computer adapt, you can just pop it open pull the hardrive out and connect it to a sata-port on another computer.
This applies to both the laptop and the external hardrive, both are just 2.5 inch drives, but the size doesn't need to match, and SATA ports dont change.
You dont even need the specilty equipment sold over the counters.
MINE!
Those SATA-USB aren't that expensive though (If you have a 3,5 inc drive you will need an external power AC supply sold separately but you might have one lying around). With them you can attach any SATA drive like an external drive and copy over your data.
edited 12th Sep '17 2:35:32 AM by Kiefen
rollin' on dubs
Okay, this is NOT my computers drive, it's a seagate external. The last time this happened, a WD MyBook went to the Happy Hunting Grounds - taking my work and Army stuff with it.
The seagate responds to my laptop, but I need an external. I just spoke with a compy repair shop and I will talk to them tomorrow.
Now if someone has a spare STATA-USB connecter for a 3.5" drive just lying around.....
All night at the computer, cuz people ain't that great. I keep to myself so I won't be on The First 48
So.
Seems like the screen part on my laptop (it says only "EliteBook on the keyboard part; I can't readily identify model information beyond that) has broken free from the keyboard part at one of the joints. No loose wiring and the laptop still works fine as far as I can see but I don't know if I can still close down the screen without something snapping.
Does this call for a complete replacement?
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