The Shout Thread

[kjc733]

Oooh, shiney.
Question, why is it all these high end machines have lights all over them. Does it actually serve a purpose (such as spotting coolant leaks) or is it just for the pretties?

 

[Hellkite]

I think some young gamers need nightlights.

I turn off the light show {rgb} as soon as I get a new system.

 

[Chiletrek]

I think some young gamers need nightlights.

I turn off the light show {rgb} as soon as I get a new system.

That is the total opposite to my brother, who would have the rgb at max!

 

[Hellkite]

LOL He is a scaredy-cat scared of the dark

 

[SciFiFan]

@Hellkite

Got any old PC parts you'd be willing to barter?

 

[Hellkite]

My son has claimed my old desktop

 

[SciFiFan]

My son has claimed my old desktop

Fair enough

 

[Hath]

How about some pics of that midlife crisis Hellkite? For 700K I hope it came with a red head!

 

[Hellkite]

LOL

I was already married to the Redhead she let me have it

 

[CABAL]

Dave Filoni, creator of The Clone Wars, Rebels, and The Mandalorian, has been promoted to be an Executive Creative Director at Lucasfilm! This does not put him in charge of all Star Wars content, as there are multiple people with this title, but it does put him as one of the most important people at Lucasfilm.

 

[Hellkite]

At last a step in the right direction at the house of mouse

 

[Terra_Inc]

Oooh, shiney.
Question, why is it all these high end machines have lights all over them. Does it actually serve a purpose (such as spotting coolant leaks) or is it just for the pretties?

Red makes it go faster

I can see the appeal in some tasteful RGB lighting, but IMHO a lot of PCs I see nowadays really overdo it.

 

[kjc733]

Ohhhhhhh. Is that like speed holes?

 

[Hath]

I was thinking more along the lines of a redhead pinup on the side of the plane Hellkite but sounds like you got the better deal

 

[Chiletrek]

Hello:
Where I can put a suggestion so we hace a facepalm emoticon?

 

[SciFiFan]

Well, my "Baby Girl" is officially a member of the real world. She is graduating.

 

[CABAL]

The next release of Halo MCC is finally fixing the graphical effects that Gearbox broke when they ported Halo 1 to PC back in 2003!

 

[CABAL]

So apparently Nvidia broke the PhysX for Arkham Knight right before I decided I'd play it again now that I can max it out...

While this is still broken, I found out today that they fixed the PhysX crash in Arkham Asylum, which had been a problem for years. Go figure.

 

[CABAL]

Figures. I finally get to Newegg on a day they restocked GPUs and all that are left are two to three times MSRP.

The RTX 2080 Super for $1200 is pretty tempting, though...

Edit: Found a thread about how the 2080 Super was a huge improvement over the 1070, but people should save their money for an RTX 30 series card since they were just a couple months away. How naïve we were...

Edit 2: Frell it, 2080S inbound.

 

[Hellkite]

Well done Cabal on the upgrade

Im get used to the MSI GeForce RTX 3090 DirectX 12 RTX 3090 VENTUS 3X 24G OC 24GB 384-Bit GDDR6X that is in my new Desktop I got it last weekend I call the Beast

 

[CABAL]

I actually saw the 3090 for sale for $1400 a few months ago and decided against it on the basis that it would come down in cost soonish. That same GPU is now $3500. I seriously considered getting a pre-built system with a 3080 in it, salvaging the GPU, and selling the system with my current GPU in it. Starting cost would be $2200, though, and I probably can't get more than $800 for the system around here. So I'd be paying scalper prices for the 3080 anyway and I'd be several hundred in the hole until I could get the system sold.

 

[Hellkite]

true but you need to mindful of the power needs of these cards you may and should look in to upgrading power supply if you when that route

 

[CABAL]

I got a plenty beefy PSU specifically so I wouldn't have to upgrade it for a while, even with a high-end GPU and CPU installed. Modular, too. It's actually pretty overkill. I probably shouldn't have bought it.

 

[Hellkite]

Roger that

But like I said just be mindful of it is all

 

[Hellkite]

Go Gen. Mark Milley

https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/vide...ry-i-want-to-understand-white-rage/vp-AALmExO

He is Right.
We Need to know and more than that it is our duty to know more.​

 

[CABAL]

Windows 11 has been announced.

 

[Chiletrek]

Windows 11 has been announced.

Hello:
That is interesting, I hope is a good news though!

 

[CABAL]

 

[CABAL]

Valve has announced a new handheld system, the Steam Deck.
https://www.steamdeck.com/

It's an x86-64 system. It comes with Steam OS (currently based on Arch Linux) preinstalled, but you're able to install Windows to it if you want. Specs are:

CPU: Zen 2 4c/8t, 2.4-3.5GHz (up to 448 GFlops FP32)
GPU: 8 RDNA 2 CUs, 1.0-1.6GHz (up to 1.6 TFlops FP32)
RAM 16 GB LPDDR5 RAM (5500 MT/s)
Screen: 1280 x 800 @ 60Hz, 7 inches (17.78cm), touch

In addition to the standard gamepad control inputs, it also has two grip buttons per side (labelled R4, R5, L4, and L5) and two touchpads, which are upgrades from the kind on the Steam Controller, and a 6-axis gyro.

Also supports generic Bluetooth devices, unlike Sony's, Microsoft's, and Nintendo's systems. Which is handy because you can connect it to a TV with a dock.

There will be three models with different integrated storage options.
64GB eMMC @ $399
256GB NVMe @ $529
512GB NVMe @649 (also has an anti-glare etched glass screen)

Edit: There's also a MicroSD card slot for additional storage regardless of model.

 

[SciFiFan]

I was just finishing up a video on this when you posted. Looks very interesting and quite promising. May make me reconsider other platforms.