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2433 No. 2433
>My OC'd 8500GT idles at 55 degrees Celsius.
>The GTX 480 idles at 51 degrees Celsius.

>I can't run TF2 at 60fps.
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>> No. 3941
So, okay, guys.

I just started doing some research with an eye towards putting together a new PC, and I've just realized that I haven't sort of lost track of where graphics cards are at, I have no fucking idea of where graphics cards are at.

What the balls is up with specific drivers for specific games? Games that work dramatically better with a mediocre part from Nvidia than a high end part from ATI? (Or vice versa.) What should I even be looking for in a high end graphics card these days? And can I chain four of them together?
>> No. 3949
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>>3941
I just looked at prices do determine what graphic cards I can afford, then looked the models up on some hardware comparison sites to get the best I can for my money.

>>3934
>>3939
Thanks for the input.
And yes, 6 years is an impressive time. But when I opened it to upgrade the ram just the act of carefully opening the space it was in and looking at it the wrong direction immediately destroyed the module. I had to replace it and the laptop isn't running that well anymore. Maybe I hurt its feelings.
>> No. 3950
>>3949

I just got a Dell XPS17 3D and it has this nifty service center setup where you remove one panel at the bottom and you're right at your harddrives, RAM, and chipsets.
>> No. 3951
So I've been having two recurring errors recently, potentially from the same source. I updated my AMD drivers, which included a new Control Center, and since then:
1) The menu bar (which I have set to auto-hide) will randomly pop out. Sometimes a notification bubble will appear for a fraction of a second. I cannot react fast enough to get a screen cap to figure out what it is about. This is problematic because it can pop me out of TF2, which kind of leads to the second problem...
2) I have an HP wide-screen LCD with HDMI hookup. I have to randomly use Scaling Options in the control panel to increase or decrease the screen size to fit the monitor. It seems to randomly set itself to whatever it wants, mainly based on restart or playing TF2, but also sometimes when the monitor goes to sleep.

Thoughts? Any way to capture what's going on? Event Viewer showed Application Experience alerts that loosely correlated with the pop ups, but even after disabling it the problem persists.
>> No. 3952
>>3891
>Hard drives right now are more expensive than usual, so if you can hold off for a while it'll be to your benefit.

Yes, because the flooding in Thailand closing those factors. However, is that all drives or just hard-disk drives? Because I'm planning to get a solid-state one.
>> No. 3953
>>3952
SSDs appear to be unaffected.
>> No. 3955
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Humbly requesting 3ds Max, Maya, and Motionbuilder tutorials for the complete newbie.

Emphasis on "complete newbie."

oh god there are so many buttons
>> No. 3956
>order just over $1000 in parts, equipment, and software for a new computer (and $7 for an anti-static wrist-strap)
>look over list
>forgot speakers

Any suggestions? Preferably something low-end; I'm not exactly an audiophile, but don't want some brand/model even crappier than the price suggests.
>> No. 3957
>>3956
That goes double for me. I can buy headphones with my eyes closed, but I'm lost on decent speakers.
>> No. 3958
>>3955
http://freetexthost.com/nzjanyanw0
Skip down to the links section. Might not help you a lot, but it's a start.
>> No. 3959
>>3957
>>3956

I've heard good things (and am satisfied thus far) with JBL.

http://www.amazon.com/s/ref=sr_nr_n_3?rh=n%3A172282%2Cp_4%3AJBL%2Cn%3A!493964%2Cn%3A541966&bbn=493964&ie=UTF8&qid=1321760123&rnid=493964

>>3958

Thanks! I am a bit surprised at the lack of high-quality free community-made resources, but I do suppose that comes with the territory.
>> No. 3962
>>3956
I have these, and they're decent. I have a good headset for anything requiring surround sound and stuff.
http://www.amazon.com/Altec-Lansing-BXR1220-Speaker-System/dp/B0025VKUPW/ref=sr_1_6?s=pc&ie=UTF8&qid=1322027108&sr=1-6
>> No. 3963
So, I need headphones.

Not earbuds. My inner ear swells up occasionally and it irritates it something fierce.

I don't actually know what to look for. I've always just used whatever came with my products, which has apparently been not awful because I picked up some 12 dollar headphones the other day and they were horrid.

What do I look for as far as the specs go for quality? Also I am not an audiophile, I just want something that isn't a shrieking madness in my ears.
>> No. 3964
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>The KMPlayer

oh my god everything looks and sounds so much better
>> No. 3967
>>3963
What use are you looking for? Listening at home, out on the bus, at work?

If you're going to be in a setting where you don't want other people to hear your music or you want to block out sound, you want something with closed speakers. If you don't care or you want really good sound, go for open.

Next, choose a price-range. Very generally, you get what you pay for, but there's a couple different classes of headphones you can get. There's sub-$40, $40-~100/120, and $120-above (there's further categories up above $120 but that's audiophile territory).

Once you know what you want, you can get on CNET or headphone forums like Head-Fi and start looking. Sorry I can't make any recommendations (It's been quite a while since I shopped for headphones), but in my experience just narrowing down the field helps a lot.

Here's a couple year old buying guide. http://www.head-fi.org/t/271258/headphone-buyers-guide

I hear PortaPros are nice for cheap, if that helps.
>> No. 3968
>>3967
Thanks! One of the ones I was looking at at the mall is actually on the list there.
>> No. 3971
So what's a great desktop mic guys?

I already know the headphones I'm ordering for Christmas, but I'm looking for a mic too. It needs to be $30 or less, and it can't be a clip-on.
>> No. 3972
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>about to get all my new computer parts
>forgot the fucking mounting bracket for the SSD I need because mine didn't come with any

Why would they ever not come with those things?
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>YouTube redesigns yet again

FUCKING STOP THIS SHIT. Every single design is uglier and less functional than the last! Just...just stop!
>> No. 3977
>>3959
Those speakers are working pretty well.
>> No. 3981
>>3974
who the fuck ever thought this would work?

i liked that it only showed me videos form my subscriptions, but now i have to wad through some wanna-be facebbok wall and find the ones i havent seen for myself
>> No. 3982
Speaking of Youtube, what's the best way to download videos these days? The old tricks don't work anymore

(Or just tell me where I can find the old X-Men cartoon theme song)
>> No. 3984
>>3982
I use this things, but haven't tried for a while:

http://file2hd.com/
>> No. 4016
>a smaller iPad
..............but...
>> No. 4017
>obtain Radeon HD 6850
>and sweet new processor/mobo
>throw parts together
>reformat, just cause I've been meaning to, and why not now
>go to reinstall games
>Steam is essentially being DDoS'd by people who got new PCs/games for Christmas
>download speeds are atrocious
>leave PC on to download overnight
>2/7 games done, the rest have several hours remaining
;_;
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>>4017

I could kill you so happily right now.
>> No. 4020
>>4019
I paid for the games, just not most of the PC parts. :(
>> No. 4021
oh no you guys my boot disk is suddenly not booting oh nooooo guys noooo

I don't have enough money to upgrade my platform and I really don't want to sink more money into this aging lga775 system

noooooooo
>> No. 4023
Oh it's cool guys, just my overclock caused my southbridge to go balls crazy on me and stop recognizing my boot hdd. So remember kids, overclock errors can sneak up on you ages after you set and stress test it.

While I'm bitching though, man this mobo is a disappointment. I was only OC'd to 3.8GHz on an E8400 E0 stepping in the first place because the chipsets kept producing errors before the CPU or memory. I know I oughtn't expect anything over stock but it's a burn I got a CPU I know can do more and the bottleneck part is the one that's hardest to replace and depreciates in value most.

I'm p much the Charlie Brown of computers.
>> No. 4024
I just fully unlocked my iPhone (for international calling, silly~) and now I have no idea what to do with it. All this technical prowess I managed to stoop around and now I have this lil magic super phone.

Guess I just uh

uhhhhhhhh
>> No. 4026
>>4024
call your past and future selves
>> No. 4029
>>4024

you should call god
>> No. 4039
Downloaded Firefox 9.
Massive mistake.
How do I go back.
>> No. 4040
>>4029
Not taking any calls right now. Playing Jet Set Radio Future because I'm cool like that.
God out.
>> No. 4041
>>4039
oldversion.com
>> No. 4044
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Something I wrote for a friend looking for a prebuilt computer. Guidelines on what to look for at the moment for a game playing computer (won't run on ultra settings but will do well).

[12:25:31 PM] Askal: Intel CPU tiers go i7 > i5 > i3 but i3 should be plenty as it has more processing power than any last generation dual core and I've been running a last gen dual core - skyrim on high settings included.

It's best if you don't buy planning to upgrade. Look for one with a video card with at least 1GB memory, Radeon HD 5xxx or higher or GeForce 450 or higher (higher is generally better but if the last digits are higher it's probably better than low last digits on the next series - i.e. HD 5770 > HD 6450, GeForce GTX460 > GTS520). For GeForce, GTX > GTS.

RAM should be at least 4GB.

[12:26:21 PM] Askal: I don't think there's many prebuilts with AMD's latest generation of CPUs yet, they were late releasing them.
>> No. 4045
https://twitter.com/herpderpedia

>fuckthisgayearth.bat
>> No. 4046
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>>4045
I will never say a bad thing about my computer illiterate family members, friends and coworkers again. At least they'd take the time to read WHY a site participated in yesterday's blackout. Fuck all of these selfish assholes.
>> No. 4048
hey /tek/nodromes, I have a question that I think might not be entirely too suited for this thread, but here it goes

Are files created in pirated copies of software (i.e. illustrator and Photoshop) any different than those made in official ones?

I ask because I'm currently taking a class that requires me to buy those programs, but I've reached the last of my few savings til work comes around and my teacher seems pretty extreme on piracy.
>> No. 4049
I am a sucker for ironic marketing.

X-RANGERS: Defenders of Gamingyoutube thumb

>>4048
No.
>> No. 4052
I am now in possession of the most comfortable headphones in the universe.
>> No. 4057
Ordered me an SSD and a new keyboard (steel series 6Gv2). I am moderately excited.

>>4052
Reveal your secrets, wizard.
>> No. 4058
Guys, got a question here.

I have recently installed a HD 6870 cardon my comp, and noticed that even at full load while playing, the fan never goes beyond 30%. Perhaps this is a stupid question, but is this normal? Shouldn't it spin faster as the card works?
>> No. 4061
>>4058
Most fans on GPUs are locked at around 30%. You can put it higher manually but past 50% is banshee territory. 30% is enough to keep it within its thermal spec on a full load.
>> No. 4064
I know this Windows 7 Administrator crap makes it harder to compromise my system, but it enervates the fuck out of me.
>> No. 4065
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Oh yeah, I forgot how painful pirated Photoshop/Illustrator is to install.
>> No. 4066
>>4065
The worst thing? The non-pirated Student Edition is even more of a hassle.
>> No. 4071
>>4065
I just did that the other day. The keygen wasn't working so I just googled "Photoshop serial key" or something like that and a bunch of youtube videos came up with number in them. I used one of those and it works great.
>> No. 4072
Using my tax refund windfall, I've purchased a Performance MX Laser mouse. My MX1000, which I've had since it was first released (five...six years?) finally became too much of a hassle--the middle thumb button (which I use for push-to-talk) only responded half the time, the wheel was loose as hell, and I was starting to get response issues. Still works great for generic-use mouse, though.

Only thing I don't like about the MX is the scroll wheel. No horizontal scroll, and the wheel is intentionally loose. Though oddly, the continual spin is somewhat satisfying.

Gotta get used to these different button positions. Also what to use the extra buttons for in TF2...
>> No. 4081
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>that moment when you realise you will never ever have to worry about hard drive space again
>install whatever the fuck i want and never bother uninstalling things i dont use
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