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Deadbeatloser22 from Disappeared by Space Magic (Great Old One) Relationship Status: Tsundere'ing
#5801: Aug 15th 2016 at 2:00:36 PM

ASUS GX 950 here.

"Yup. That tasted purple."
Memers Since: Aug, 2013
#5802: Aug 15th 2016 at 2:04:26 PM

Logitech G502 has worked for me for a long while.

AngelusNox Warder of the damned from The guard of the gates of oblivion Since: Dec, 2014 Relationship Status: Married to the job
Warder of the damned
#5803: Aug 15th 2016 at 8:11:52 PM

Logitech G-400, it is the only one I got so far that was large enough to not be uncomfortable.

Inter arma enim silent leges
tclittle Professional Forum Ninja from Somewhere Down in Texas Since: Apr, 2010
Professional Forum Ninja
#5804: Aug 16th 2016 at 1:30:48 PM

Twitch now owns Curse.

"We're all paper, we're all scissors, we're all fightin' with our mirrors, scared we'll never find somebody to love."
DemonSharkKisame Since: May, 2009
#5805: Aug 19th 2016 at 9:34:27 AM

PC World: "AMD shows its Zen processors can compete with Intel's best." It's still a bit early to say that for sure IMO, but so far, things are looking promising. Hopefully Zen really can compete with current Intel offerings, since real competition has been sorely lacking ever since the Bulldozer fiasco.

Ogodei Fuck you, Fascist sympathizers from The front lines Since: Jan, 2011
Fuck you, Fascist sympathizers
#5806: Aug 20th 2016 at 3:57:56 PM

Woo, new PC! Now to spend all evening getting my old files from point A to point B...Dell Inspiron "for gaming" according to them, 8 GB main RAM 2 GB VRAM, AMD CPU and GPU. Could probably run PS 360 games which is about all I care for at the moment. Went with Dell because they had an offer for a system with a free TV and I needed one of those too.

Filedrop time!

Yinyang107 from the True North (Decatroper) Relationship Status: Tongue-tied
#5807: Aug 23rd 2016 at 8:28:56 PM

For some reason, any game I run in fullscreen has an FPS display in the top right corner. C&C 3, Terraria, and FTL all have it, and none had it before today. It looks identical in every game, leading me to believe it's an external program or setting. What would cause this?

Windows 7. Haven't installed any software recently. Add/Uninstall Program lists Firefox as having been installed today (my brother may have done that) but I don't see how that could cause this.

Steam added it in an update and turned it on by default, for some reason.

edited 23rd Aug '16 8:34:53 PM by Yinyang107

TairaMai rollin' on dubs from El Paso Tx Since: Jul, 2011 Relationship Status: Mu
rollin' on dubs
#5808: Aug 23rd 2016 at 9:53:56 PM

So... Nvida and updated drivers...I've heard of some Nvida drivers bricking computers or getting them stuck in an infinite loop of POST. I have a new Windows 10 laptop that's been in storage...is it safe to update?

* makes sad puppy eyes *

I tried to walk like an Egyptian and now I need to see a Cairo practor....
DemonSharkKisame Since: May, 2009
#5809: Aug 23rd 2016 at 11:04:37 PM

Zen, unveiled: AMD exposes Zen architecture at Hot Chips 28.

[up]Can't really say for sure, but Nvidia drivers have been fine for me so far (on Windows 10 Anniversary).

Fighteer Lost in Space from The Time Vortex (Time Abyss) Relationship Status: TV Tropes ruined my love life
AngelusNox Warder of the damned from The guard of the gates of oblivion Since: Dec, 2014 Relationship Status: Married to the job
Warder of the damned
#5811: Aug 24th 2016 at 7:35:13 AM

My Nvidia update managed to unfuck my computer though.

Inter arma enim silent leges
Krieger22 Causing freakouts over sourcing since 2018 from Malaysia Since: Mar, 2014 Relationship Status: I'm in love with my car
Causing freakouts over sourcing since 2018
#5812: Aug 24th 2016 at 9:47:43 AM

No problems on my copy of Windows 10, and this laptop has the infamous 860M and i7 combo that had multiple drivers cause game crashes on (now fixed, mercifully).

I have disagreed with her a lot, but comparing her to republicans and propagandists of dictatorships is really low. - An idiot
DarkDestruction Dread Pirate Captain from 'neath the underwater skies Since: Apr, 2011 Relationship Status: RelationshipOutOfBoundsException: 1
Dread Pirate Captain
#5813: Aug 27th 2016 at 6:51:33 AM

I just had my laptop's battery replaced today after weeks of it refusing to store a charge above 70% (and discharging from said point to 10% in about an hour, give or take). Any tips for preserving its longevity so that it hopefully won't go down the same way my first laptop battery did?

Some reference - I use my laptop for extensive coding work, some design work using GIMP and Inkscape, and gaming, with Wi-Fi always on at all times. The battery is also nonremovable, so taking it off while using AC power is out of the question.

Don't stop, just proceed, 'cause this is what you need-proceed, just proceed, 'cause this is what you need!
Krieger22 Causing freakouts over sourcing since 2018 from Malaysia Since: Mar, 2014 Relationship Status: I'm in love with my car
Causing freakouts over sourcing since 2018
#5814: Aug 27th 2016 at 7:55:52 AM

Recalibrate your battery by (near) fully draining it and then fully recharging it again every 2 to 3 months will help. Modern battery lives are no longer compromised by the laptop constantly drawing AC power. Mine would probably struggle to last 30 minutes with all components at full power...

There are even more tips on Lifehacker.

edited 27th Aug '16 7:56:40 AM by Krieger22

I have disagreed with her a lot, but comparing her to republicans and propagandists of dictatorships is really low. - An idiot
GAP Formerly G.G. from Who Knows? Since: May, 2011 Relationship Status: In love with love
AngelusNox Warder of the damned from The guard of the gates of oblivion Since: Dec, 2014 Relationship Status: Married to the job
Warder of the damned
#5816: Aug 27th 2016 at 10:24:19 AM

I found out two things that were being performance hogs on my notebook.

  • Windows fast startup was messing with the drivers and putting a lot of junk in the main memory
  • Windows was reserving a lot of the memory space to "standby" instead of allocating it to other processes

Turning off the fast startup and using Process Hacker to clear the memory are doing wonders.

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Yinyang107 from the True North (Decatroper) Relationship Status: Tongue-tied
#5817: Aug 29th 2016 at 11:20:43 AM

For some reason, the highlight color in Chrome's URL bar and Find bar has become bright teal instead of blue. Anyone know a fix.

GAP Formerly G.G. from Who Knows? Since: May, 2011 Relationship Status: In love with love
Formerly G.G.
#5818: Aug 29th 2016 at 12:31:59 PM

Cross Post:

Do Microsoft Video 1, Microsoft H.263, Microsoft H.241 and Full Frames Uncompressed work as compression codecs? And what can I do reduce the size of a video to prevent it from becoming too big?

"Fan, a Mega Man character."
Deadbeatloser22 from Disappeared by Space Magic (Great Old One) Relationship Status: Tsundere'ing
#5819: Aug 29th 2016 at 2:00:03 PM

For some reason, the highlight color in Chrome's URL bar and Find bar has become bright teal instead of blue. Anyone know a fix.

Try a different skin.

"Yup. That tasted purple."
Yinyang107 from the True North (Decatroper) Relationship Status: Tongue-tied
#5820: Aug 29th 2016 at 8:12:52 PM

Actually it seems to have fixed itself. I had the issue for several days so naturally it disappears as soon as I post about it. tongue

FlowingCotton Just flowing with it. from GMT Plus 07:00 Since: Mar, 2013 Relationship Status: Who needs love when you have waffles?
Just flowing with it.
#5821: Aug 29th 2016 at 9:44:40 PM

@GAP: The codecs you mentioned are not only ancient but they all have horrible, horrible compression ratios. The quickest way to compress a video is to download ffmpeg and encode/transcode the entire thing into the commonplace h264, or if your hardware supports it, h265/HEVC.

Yinyang107 from the True North (Decatroper) Relationship Status: Tongue-tied
#5822: Aug 31st 2016 at 10:09:23 PM

If I have FPS issues in Starcraft 2 custom games with like a thousand units fighting, what should I upgrade? CPU?

tclittle Professional Forum Ninja from Somewhere Down in Texas Since: Apr, 2010
Professional Forum Ninja
#5823: Aug 31st 2016 at 10:14:06 PM

Crossposting from the You Tube thread:

You Tube is demonetizing videos which are not advertiser friendly.

Basically, what constitutes not "advertiser friendly:"

  • Sexually suggestive content, including partial nudity and sexual humor
  • Violence, including display of serious injury and events related to violent extremism
  • Inappropriate language, including harassment, profanity and vulgar language
  • Promotion of drugs and regulated substances, including selling, use and abuse of such items
  • Controversial or sensitive subjects and events, including subjects related to war, political conflicts, natural disasters and tragedies, even if graphic imagery is not shown

"We're all paper, we're all scissors, we're all fightin' with our mirrors, scared we'll never find somebody to love."
Ninety Absolutely no relation to NLK from Land of Quakes and Hills Since: Nov, 2012 Relationship Status: In Spades with myself
Absolutely no relation to NLK
#5824: Sep 1st 2016 at 3:12:59 PM

That'll go over well.

Dopants: He meant what he said and he said what he meant, a Ninety is faithful 100%.
TairaMai rollin' on dubs from El Paso Tx Since: Jul, 2011 Relationship Status: Mu
rollin' on dubs
#5825: Sep 1st 2016 at 6:42:54 PM

That'll cost movie reviewers (a lot have some "salty" language), half the ASMR community and a lot of beauty and style channels. I'll put this at maybe a month before they retract it as channels threaten to movie.

I tried to walk like an Egyptian and now I need to see a Cairo practor....

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