Timmaigh

Timmaigh

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There are 32inch 1440P displays, but seriously at that size, you should be looking at 4K. Apparently, BenQ 3200U is rather good all-round 4K 32inch display for relatively good price. [video]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9ycMBzHsp-s[/video] I considered it myself for quite some time, but eventually decided to go ultrawide.

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[quote who="Island Dog" reply="25" id="3686011"] I have a 34" LG. Any wider than that I would recommend a curved screen. https://www.dropbox.com/s/ioabgv365m9v9x7/Photo%20Aug%2002%2C%209%2046%2059%20AM.jpg?dl=0 [/quote] I HAD 34 inch LG - for about 2 weeks. Curved one. Then it developed vertical line of colored pixels on the left

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[quote who="starkers" reply="76" id="3701221"] Well I got the M2 screws last week down at the local PC shop, 24 for 3 bucks. So, the M.2 SSD and RAM have been installed, and some of the cable management stuff arrived yesterday and I've made some more progress. Take a look below.... Reduced 30% <img src="https://cdn.stardock.us/forums/11/70/1170718/b196eff5-afed-49ca-a

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[quote who="starkers" reply="15" id="3700737"] Quoting Larsenex, reply 12 What is your storage? Are you using NVME? SSD? What sizes? From what I see, Brad is using a Samsung 960 Pro 512GB, but it doesn't say whether that's a regular SSD or a M.2 of either NGFF or NVMe format.

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So, has anyone seen the new Netflix show of German origin called DARK? If not, you definitely should, especially if you like shows like say Stranger Things or 12 Monkeys, or generally science fiction, mysterious, horror stuff. I cant stress enough how awesome this one is. I usually watch lot of shows, right now in the middle of Leftovers, one episode away from concluding Manhunt:Unabomber, recently finished aforementioned Stranger Things Season 2, Travelers Season 2, Mindhunter, waiti

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Good stuff, congrats. 32 GB RAM though is soooo 2016 :-D and Radeon 580? Where are 2 Titans V? :-P ...and btw, this is supposed to be first computer upgrade after 3 years? I would have sworn i have read somewhere that you bought 6950x CPU last year....

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I had a chance to play a bit on Vive last October, bit of Serious Sam and then some other stuff and it certainly has lot of potential, but the resolution is in dire need of increase before that happens. I did not realize, until i tried, what people mean by that you can see pixels - now i do and honestly, its terrible, everything looks sadly like shit, jagged, blurry... when you compare it to crystal clear image of some 32 inch 4K display you or even better 38 inch ultrawide, those are far bet

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GTX 1080 EDIT> You can disregard my post entirely. Dont know, what was the issue, but i tried once more time, and this time no weird menu mouse movement, neither minidump at resolution change. Everything seems to be working just fine, so my apology for jumping the gun.

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Today i got new monitor, ultrawide LG34UC98. Although i havent played Sins in quite a while, its still my fav game, so i was naturally curious, how would it look in Ultrawide format. Sadly it would not work. It acted weird already before i could set the resolution to 3440x1440, by which i mean cursor jumped weirdly around the screen and if i wanted to click one of the menu buttons, i needed to point with the mouse somewhere to the side, not at the button i wanted to click at all. Howe

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[quote who="starkers" reply="32" id="3695086"] Getting back to i9 vs Threadripper topic, I may have to forget eyeing off a Threadripper. I was just checking out prices and the top-end 1950x is well out of my price range, starting at AUD$1400... being I have to buy a new mobo and DDR4 RAM as well. The 1920x starts around AUD$1100, and the 1900x starts at around AUD$729. Now the 1900x may be a possibility, given that it is just a $100 more than the 1800x, but I'm not

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[quote who="Jafo" reply="30" id="3695036"] Check the date of those reviews as there used to be issues with them in the early days of G-sync....emphasis on past tense...[e digicons];)[/e] [/quote] Maybe it improved somewhat, but i am not really eager to test it with my hard-earned money :-) And as i said, those were QC issues regarding backlight bleed and color uniformity, things unrelated to G-Sync. Anyway, i gave it bit of a thinking today and in the

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[quote who="Jafo" reply="26" id="3695013"] ASUS ROG Swift PG279Q IPS 27" LCD Monitor 2560x1440 32bit When your monitor refreshes just as fast as your graphic card pumps out the frame rate....it's about as good as it gets. Look up 'G-Sync'...[e digicons];)[/e] Works for me....[e digicons];)[/e] [/quote] Yeah, this one would definitely be my choice - 27inch 1440p, 144Hz, G-sync, acceptable price around 800 EUROs....if not for apparent back-li

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[quote who="willistuder" reply="27" id="3695015"] So, I finally got my Intel i9 7900X/ Gigabyte X299 Gaming 9 with 2 Samsung 960 Pro 1TB SSD assembled in a Coolermaster Mastercase Maker 5t case with 64 GB of Corsair RAM. The case has 2 tempered glass side panels and looks great with all the LED lighting on the MB and fans, etc. I didn't used to think very much about all the lighting, but having seen it in action, I changed my mind, and upgraded the stock fans with Corsair HD 140mm RGB an

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So i decided to self-indulge myself and got new CPU after all, although i bought my current rig (X99, i7 6850k 6-core CPU, 64GB DDR4 RAM, 2x GTX 1080, etc...) in its entirety just about year ago. The choice fell on i9 in the end, at the expense of Threadripper, more specifically 14-core i9 7940x.... https://imgur.com/a/l3fFV I got it alongside the new mobo obviously, Gigabyte X299 Aorus Gaming 7, and on top of these superior water coolin

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[quote who="CattRobertson" reply="44" id="3694803"] The most mindblowing shows of this year, as for me, is GoT 7, Stranger Things 2 and Mindhunter. The shows keep getting better and better. [/quote] No clue about Mindhunter, gotta check it out. But totally agreed about GoT and Stranger Things 2 is on my list, right after i finish at least one of the trio ST:Discovery, Designated Survivor season 2 and Sense8 season 2!

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Nah, it was not that great. Despite their claim this to be set in Prime universe, it actually felt like another JJ-Trek. Acting was not great either and the special effects above movie? With all the crappy blurred backgrounds and camera looking into some light source every 5 seconds? Compared to say Rogue One effects this was pretty weak. Will continue to watch further though, it still can be good.

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Regarding modding support, i recall reading a post from Draginol, where he says the modding tools should turn Ashes into Nitrous based platform for creating your own strategy games - even space based for example if you wish. I wonder why this is not made into actual product, one you would pay for, StarDock´s own RTS Creator. Pretty much what Sins modding tools were, letting you to import your own models, create your own units with their properties, made your own tech structure/

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Time to update this thread with more stuff i watched since my previous post, 2017 edition! Expanse - 2nd season - it was awesome, as expected. I would guess i prefered the first season more, but that one sort of caught me not prepared, i had no previous info about it. Now, i read the books, so i knew what was going to happen, so the moment of surprise was gone. That is simply going to take away bit of fun, no way around it. Still, highly recomme

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You can count on me watching it[e digicons]:D[/e] . I am curious about those reimagined Klingons, i wonder how are they going to explain the clear visual differences against the original shows, when they claim its supposed to be set in the "Prime" universe. Personally, i call BS. Either the explanation will turn out total crap, or even more likely, there wont be any explanation at all. But we shall see. Ultimately, as long as it will be good, i wont really care either w

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[quote who="zuPloed" reply="1" id="3689463"] Between FPS, RTS, racing and sports games you have mentioned a wide variety. I am alittle surprised there are no tactics games among them. I got Sunless Sea, too, put some hours ino it, but it allways feels like 'those apples you just can't reach'. It was interesting, but I didn't quite like it. So if you want to check that genre out, I can suggest the two more recent XCOM titles (the newer of which will shortly get an ad

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This is a rant topic... I find myself really yearning for a game that would provide some kind of longer term fun and excitement... pretty much only game i played lately was Battlefield 1 and even that one i would not consider superb or anything (bar graphics, that part of it is superb indeed). I can usually play it for 1 hour max before i get bored, but at least, i keep return to it. I am looking at new Call of Duty, i guess that one might be bring me slightly more fun, as historicall

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So what are your feelings about latest iPhone? Personally, i would indeed like to have it, it looks mighty fine. Would take it over iPhone 8 for sure, which now looks pretty obsolete. That price though - 1200 EUROs over here... i still use iPhone 5S, which i bought 3 years ago and it cost me 830 EUROs. Already that was expensive...now 3 years later, another 400 more? Where does this end?

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