Mr. Fox

55 minutes ago, Papusan said:

Sorry, but I couldn't let this topic stay quiet. I replied in the comment section on the review of the new refreshed Dell Alienware black and white junk plastic-box at Tomshardware. This is only my honest opinion. And nothing more. Please post your opinion as well if you want. Link below.

https://forums.tomshardware.com/threads/alienware-aurora-r15-review-playing-it-cooler.3789545/#post-22887289

4 hours ago, Rage Set said:

I think I am cursed. I swear I am. The TRX40 platform has been nothing but trouble for me. My Asus Zenith Extreme II Alpha has died....and this was the replacement mobo for the original that died on me. So in two years, I went through the original Zenith Extreme II, replaced that and sold it. Purchased the Zenith Extreme II Alpha, died and got that replaced. Now this one is suffering from the same Memory 00 - Memory Test error.

 

I don't understand. I am not overclocking the CPU nor the GPU. The RAM is set at 3600 which is perfectly fine for this platform. 

 

Now I have to worry about if Asus is going to replace it, because I don't know if it is under warranty or not. I'm going to send it to them on Friday and wait. I am done with high end consumer PC products. 

You must have stood too close to me and my crummy product sample kooties jumped over onto you.

3 hours ago, Raiderman said:

Have you tried anything but Asus? I have been done with them for quite some time. My go to choice for any MB is MSI.

https://www.msi.com/Motherboard/Creator-TRX40

 

 

Asus reliability is extremely sketchy on their flagship products. I have had nothing but trouble with Rampage, Maximus Hero and Apex motherboards. What is really goofy is the fact that I have had no problems with their cost-conscious options like Prime and Strix motherboards. It makes no sense, because the opposite should be true. You pay a premium price, but do not get a premium product or premium support for it.

 

This is terribly unfortunate because their enthusiast motherboards have very compelling features and offer performance that is only matched in an EVGA Dark motherboard, but the failure rate and horrible customer service and inconvenience you have to endure isn't a good trade-off for those features. EVGA isn't perfect, but their support and customer-care standards make me always give preference to them over any other brand. Their products are overbuilt and if something goes wrong they swiftly remedy the problem in a hassle-free manner. They don't treat you like a criminal or automatically assume it is the customer's fault and make you wait 3 to 6 weeks to get a replacement. Nobody else does that. The way EVGA operates should be status quo and taken for granted on flagship products no matter what the brand is.

1 hour ago, Etern4l said:

 

Same thing. A common theme in right-wing circles in Europe too. How can they justify a bias towards the gangster state? 

In my opinion that is a conditioned response because of the numbness of thought the left's droning over utter baloney has created. I think the material they are reporting on is slanted that way, not necessarily the people presenting it. The people presenting it are conservative and more reliably report unvarnished info rather than spin on an agenda, and sometimes the unvarnish truth is offensive. (TBH I always find the liberal woke agenda offensive, on top of being a misrepresentation of info, LOL.) The Ukrainian government is far from what I would view as righteous or angelic, but they're not nearly as messed up as Russian government. Information needs to be reported accurately even when we don't like what we see and hear, or find it offensive or immoral, or seemingly hateful. The mainstream news outlets are never straight about anything with their viewers or listeners. Everything they do is geared toward opinion control and manipulation.

1 hour ago, ryan said:

super happy finally had the cash to buy my laptop back....been playing forza 7 on the couch now its benchmark time...what did i miss>? whats going on with the 4090s and 13900ks?

 

also coincidentally I watched a video of super glue and ashes was an amazing fix for alot of things who would have thunk

Hey Brother @ryan Glad you got your laptop back, buddy. Here is something you might find useful for the benchmarking. https://www.capframex.com/

 

Does a great job of measuring system behavior and performance and has a nice overlay.

 

3 minutes ago, Papusan said:

But you'll get latest features such as DLSS3 and enhanced ray tracing performance in a laptop. Isn't that a must have? You don't have this in older models. Not even for real desktop cards. 

 

4 minutes ago, Talon said:

 

Feel better soon man. 

 

 

LOL, I just saw that in another forum. Crazy stuff.

https://hwbot.org/submission/5148862_elmor_cpu_frequency_core_i9_13900k_(8p)_9008.82_mhz

 

@electrosoftI missed the comment about you being under the weather. I hope you get well soon and have no sickness in your house over Christmas. Will keep you and the fam in my prayers, bud.

This is too good to not share it here. Check this out. Never have seen or heard of this before.

  

Just now, Mr. Fox said:

Now this is really crazy. I am definitely going to explore this the next time I need to fix something that is broken.

 

 

 

Now this is really crazy. I am definitely going to explore this the next time I need to fix something that is broken.

 

 

Sorry, I have no interest in buying an overpriced eunuch turdbook. Mobile computing in general no longer interests me, and I hate wasting my money on half-assed garbage. And, that's what all of them are.

Yeah I watched that video right after Roman released it. There's almost no need for M.2 heatsinks on modern motherboards. Most motherboards incorporate a better native solution and some of the weird aftermarket alternatives present fitment and aesthetic issues nobody wants to deal with.

 

This generation is a really good one to do nothing if you already have a strong performing 3090/Ti or 3080 Ti, or grab one at the lowest price ever, or go Intel A770 and save a crap-ton of money waiting for something good to surface in a year or two that isn't grossly overpriced, mediocre or prone to self-destruction.

 

I don't see anything from the red or green teams that is worth buying. The only respectable options are absurdly overpriced and have engineering defects that are inexcusable for  flagship products. Being greedy and half-assed deserves a 1 or 2 year time-out. They need an uncomfortable and costly pause to think about their behavior and come up with a better strategy that is worthy of our patronage.

7 hours ago, Etern4l said:

 

Didn't watch the whole video, but seems like those guys are anti-Ukraine?

 

 

Hmm. Weird, I didn't get that at all. Seemed more biased toward Russia to me. Not really anti-anything, just information about what is taking place.

34 minutes ago, Papusan said:

It seems the HW reviewers/editors at Tomshardware become worse and worse.

They seem to enjoy being part of the problem rather than part of the solution. Supporting trashmasters like Alienware seems to be their new calling. GIGO... no other way to describe it. Bad input creates bad output.

Gee, thanks, Tom's Hardware. *sarcasm*

Just discovered this chic and like her content. It's a bit dry, but she is really level-headed. Subbed to her channel.

 

Glad I saw this. I have been a fan of the CoD franchise and was looking forward to acquiring the new Modern Warfare, but there is no way I will consider it after seeing the filth and controversy it is promoting.

 

Welp... no more support for anyone on Patreon from this fellow. May they burn in hell for eternity.

Exploitation of children and supporting, even protecting, those that do is just going too far.

 

 

1 hour ago, Papusan said:

Edit. Enjoy from 6:05 (What's With Windows 11 System Requirements).

 

The reason is because they are a wicked company, lead by fundamentally dishonest people that are driven by nefarious intentions that ultimately provide no legitimate benefit to the people that use their latest operating system digital abortion.

3 hours ago, Rage Set said:

 

The local gamestreaming tech is great. They are getting rid of it so you can pay them for the privilege now. Luckily for me, Steam Link is better. 

It works well. Once in a great while I tinker with it. I think I have used my Steam Link two or three times this year just for shiggles and it is pretty darned impressive. I hate using my XBOX Elite wireless controller (or any gamepad for that matter) for most games though and my only opportunities to use the 4K TV set for this are when I am the only one home. My preference is to sit at the keyboard/mouse in front of my computer, but the capabilities are impressive and the benefits (or pleasure) some folks will derive from it are self-evident.

 

I believe a wireless keyboard and mouse combo with a unified USB receiver will also work with the Steam Link instead of my gamepad controller, but I don't want to spend money on that to find out since I so seldom use it and would not use them otherwise.

 

I paid less than $10 each for two brand new Steam Link devices during a Steam Christmas sale a few years ago and gave one to @Premaas a gift.

 

I cannot imagine that they would actually expect anyone to pay for this. Maybe they don't and it is their way of getting rid of it organically because they are no longer interested in supporting it. It probably isn't a cash cow for them so they stopped caring.

I agree. The biggest issue is the illegal entry, lawlessness and politically motivated agenda driving the lawlessness under a pretentious facade of fake woke humanitarianism. The path to citizenship should not be easy. It should require sacrifice and effort of those that seek it. The cost could be assessed as a temporary or permanent income tax surcharge to those granted the privilege of lawful entry for the purpose of becoming an American, with no income tax surcharge exemption to offset the cost of educating the ignorant and training the unskilled applicants. I am all for work visas, especially for farm labor. Those have been handled very effectively for decades and that part is not broken. It's the free-for-all influx of undocumented people that range from poor people looking for a better life, to cartels, to terrorists and with the current administration there is no effort to monitor or manage the influx. People that cannot demonstrate their presence is for the benefit of America should be detained, incarcerated while their identity is verifed. If they are found to not be criminals, immediately deported. If they are found to be guilty of crimes, remain incarcerated and prosecuted to the full extent of the law with a mandatory maximum sentence, served consecutively with seperate felony charges for unlawful entry and domestic terrorism. The risk for those that enter unlawfully should be terrifying and strike tremendous fear and dread in their hearts and minds. For those that do it legally, the bounty should be plentiful and rewarding. My family is filled with mixed-race marriages and racism is not a point of discussion here. I love Mexico and I am of Native American descent. The issue is degradation of our nation's sovereignity and the need for the rule of law and intelligent immigation law enforcement.

Yeah, there has to come a point that it stops for your country and mine. And, playing the "asylum card" needs to be validated if it is not already. Simply saying it doesn't make it true, and they have figured out here that they are being allowed to get away with it by the people that want our borders open. I am in favor of militarizing our borders and using lethal force to stop illegal entry. They need to make arrangements on the other side. Once the details are worked out, then they can get red carpet treatment and a fast track to citizenship, while their presence is monitored and policed until they become a citizen. It should require English literacy and fluency and there should be no accommodation for those that cannot read and write English. The path to citizenship should include several years of mandatory military service and the completion of a high school education and trade education for those that have no trade or skills.

 

I want legal immigration to flourish and I believe the diversity makes us a better nation, but the open borders merely brings the slum and scum to us. The crime and poverty that is ruining their countries is not our problem and yet we make it our problem by allowing it to enter here freely... which is absolutely insane. They need to check their "culture" at the border. If you want to be an American, you embrace the culture here, follow our laws,speak our language and contribute to America remaining a great and powerful nation.

America belongs to Americans. It's absolutely horrible news for hardworking taxpayers that can't afford to pay their own bills much less support people coming here to further leech off the system. We have laws in place and we have a constitution both need to be followed to a tee. The lawlessness and lunacy needs to stop. The borders need to be sealed and people need to enter the right way, or not at all. They need to be self-supporting, not dependent on taxpayer-funded public support. Otherwise, they're not welcome here, and neither is the added burden their presence creates. Those who have come here the right way and followed all the rules are the strongest supporters of this point of view. 

22 minutes ago, Papusan said:

I checked my prevous answer on this. The site have been down since 1th Dec. Shortly... Sure😀

 

Bro Fox still waiting.... In 2100

LOL... I was wanting to download something in one of their threads and ended up getting it elsewhere from someone that had already downloaded it. Now I am just checking out of curiosity about what the deal is.

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More shifty behavior by the Green Goblin... glad I never gave a rat's butt about streaming or NVIDIA Shield. I would not be a happy camper right now.

 

 

On 12/12/2022 at 10:02 AM, Mr. Fox said:

Wow... still down?!? Seems like something more than "service enhancements" because it is taking a crazy long time. Wonder what the deal is? Maybe trying to keep the lid on something they don't want exposed for discussion in their forum? Or, maybe a mishap that wiped everything out? Neither one would be good.

 

 

On 12/12/2022 at 3:56 PM, Tenoroon said:

I may be wrong, but word on the street says they are migrating their current servers for the forums and reworking the forums. Take this with a grain of salt though...

 

On 12/12/2022 at 4:05 PM, johnksss said:

I think the word on the street is they messed it up and are now trying to recover it....Based on my migration experiences over the past 20 years.

I can't help but think something went terribly wrong and somebody(s) are in deep doo-doo right about now. There is no way this was routine maintenance given the absurd amount of time that has passed since their forum went dark. And, I am wondering if they didn't have any backups and now there is nothing left to rebuild. That could be really tragic for lots of people.

It will be interesting to see what the generic A-die sticks from AliExpress do. They should be here the second week of January, LOL. (Proverbial slow boat from China.) This is my generic SK Hynix green M-die with Dark BIOS v2.05. 

 

http://valid.x86.fr/bq845g

On 12/17/2022 at 3:03 PM, electrosoft said:

Makes sense since you're going to just throw your own heatsink solution on them anyhow. The price and RGB aren't worth it.

 

Glad to see you testing, pushing and binning various sticks out there to separate the wheat from the chaff for clarity.

It is kind of crazy how some people assume that just because they are paying a lot for a certain brand or part number they are guaranteed to have a good outcome. That is less true today than it ever has been in the past. The opposite *should* be true with QC, but the sad truth is most of the hardware OEMs just don't give a damn about what they sell or the people that buy their stuff as long as the cash keeps flowing.

 

8 minutes ago, jaybee83 said:

yep you and me and basically the whole enthusiast community is hoping for intel to get (even a tiny) foothold in the gpu space. more competition is good, nothing new there. but as we all know, companies are not your friends, so everyone's gotta prove themselves first.

 

that's the overall problem with Ngreedia: they SUCK SO BAD but their products are just spot on, year after year, gen after gen, they prove they can make the best performing GPUs. this combo just sucks big time cuz ud LOVE to buy ANYthing else but you just cant. thats why im also hoping for AMD to get their shit together for RDNA3 and push those cards to their initially intended targets.

Yup, 100%. We're in agreement here... totes.