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The Power PC Thread [f*ck off consoles]



  BMW M4; S1000 RR
I'd have thought you could get a g sync model for not much more than the first one?

Personally, I'd hold off. Asus and Acer both have a 144hz 4K monitor waiting to be released. Was meant to be this year but I think it's due early next year now.
 
I'd have thought you could get a g sync model for not much more than the first one?

Personally, I'd hold off. Asus and Acer both have a 144hz 4K monitor waiting to be released. Was meant to be this year but I think it's due early next year now.
Good to know, I'll play it by ear. Won't be until January anyway, stocks are low on most stuff atm

I'm not sure if either of those monitors are going to be in my price range though? Internet says $2000, lol.
 
  BMW M4; S1000 RR
Good to know, I'll play it by ear. Won't be until January anyway, stocks are low on most stuff atm

I'm not sure if either of those monitors are going to be in my price range though? Internet says $2000, lol.

Lol I hope not. Though I did read inflation is partly due to computer parts...

I could believe they'll be north of a grand, they'd better not be though as I really want one.
 
  Evo 5 RS
I'd have thought you could get a g sync model for not much more than the first one?

Personally, I'd hold off. Asus and Acer both have a 144hz 4K monitor waiting to be released. Was meant to be this year but I think it's due early next year now.
Don't expect them to be cheap, though
 
My Strafe RGB has repeatedly s**t itself today. Left ctrl key has decided it wants to be all the buttons on the bottom row at the same time. Don't think I can RMA this one.

Suggestions for a new non Corsair keyboard as I'm f**king sick of this one breaking
 
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  BMW M4; S1000 RR
I f**king hate Corsair. So glad I've now heard of a keyboard breaking (since they even use cherry switches).

Just get a Ducky shine (think it's on V6 now).

Wasd keyboards are good too but you end up paying loads for them once you pay shipping and import duty.

I'm sure there are good low price alternatives but honestly I'd just get a Ducky shine 5 or 6.
 
I f**king hate Corsair. So glad I've now heard of a keyboard breaking (since they even use cherry switches).

Just get a Ducky shine (think it's on V6 now).

Wasd keyboards are good too but you end up paying loads for them once you pay shipping and import duty.

I'm sure there are good low price alternatives but honestly I'd just get a Ducky shine 5 or 6.
Struggling to work out what the differences are between all the keyboards.

I quite like that special edition year of the rooster one.. 210 quid for a keyboard is a bit much though
 
  BMW M4; S1000 RR
Struggling to work out what the differences are between all the keyboards.

I quite like that special edition year of the rooster one.. 210 quid for a keyboard is a bit much though

Just looks. It's switch type you want to decide. Mine was £130 for a DS5. Which as far as I can tell is the same as the 6 minus the mouse chord thingy.

Lookup the switches. I have browns, but would probably try the heavier version of blues if I was ordering again.
 
  Evo 5 RS
My Strafe RGB has repeatedly s**t itself today. Left ctrl key has decided it wants to be all the buttons on the bottom row at the same time. Don't think I can RMA this one.

Suggestions for a new non Corsair keyboard as I'm f**king sick of this one breaking
Don't get the Clayemore as mine s**t itself, too. lol. I love my Lux K65 <3 Till that breaks.
 

ChrisR

ClioSport Club Member
I like my Cooler Master keyboard, think it’s the Masterkeys S White model (TKL with white backlight).
 
Yodel didn't bother delivering it today, arseholes. Hopefully I can collect from the depot tomorrow (and it's not broken)

Never using ebuyer again!
 

Daz...

ClioSport Club Member
  Inferno 182 Cup
Ebuyer have always been alright for me, but yodel aren’t too bad around here. I do always make sure someone is going to be in though.
 

Mavez

ClioSport Club Member
  Clio & No Megane
Major hardware bug involving generations of Intel processors. Basically allowing system processes access to memory they aren't suppose to have access to. Isn't just a Linux problem, covers all operating systems. Vendors are issuing fixes and because it's a software fix for a hardware problem people are reporting performance issues across various applications. Supposedly the embargo ends tomorrow and there should be more news and benchmarks.
 

welshname

ClioSport Club Member
It'll be interesting to see games etc re benchmarked after the patches on performance.

Might bring them closer inline with AMD perhaps?

I don't fully understand the workings of it all but it would make sense that if it's an OS level patch being released and slows down performance then it would affect the games too?

Maybe someone can shed some light
 

SharkyUK

ClioSport Club Member
If it's what I think it is then games shouldn't be affected too badly at all, nor should compute heavy processing / number-crunching. Might be a pain for virtualised environments and cloud systems though where system calls are numerous and essential.
 
In my month of seemingly trying to play all the games in existence, reinstalled World of Warships. Quite fun. I like that the battles aren't very long, and even if you don't really know the ins and outs of it you can still contribute to try to win the battles

Also explosions. Water effects are nice, it's crippling my 1070 a little bit at 3440x1440 though
 

N0ddie

ClioSport Club Member
  Tesla Model 3
Got a strange thing happening on my PC now. When I start it up and press DELETE to get into the BIOS my monitor stops displaying anything. It shows no signal. Any ideas as to what this could be?

Was gonna try the CMOS clear and see if that allows me in.
 

N0ddie

ClioSport Club Member
  Tesla Model 3
So after a lot of Googling it appears I'm not alone in this issue.

The issue for you guys not getting a display is a handshaking problem between your GPU and monitor. The only resolution supported by UEFI is 1280X1024. If for some reason your GPU and TV/monitor don't handshake at that resolution, you'll see the splash screen but either get a garbled display or no display in UEFI. You'll also find you're fine when in Windows (for obvious reasons).

There is no fix for this from our side. The GPU VBIOS and monitor native resolution are where the problem lies. If the display you've connected does not handshake correctly with the GPU for whatever reason, it will likely default to its native resolution, and if that's anything other than 1280X1024 you've got a problem displaying UEFI. This happens with some TVs, projectors and monitors with certain GPUs. Older displays are more likely candidates for such problems, as are very high res monitors that use new conections ( DP 1.2 daisy chaining two monitors can create problems) . I suspect a VBIOS update from the GPU vendor might help, but chances of GPU vendors making specific VBIOS versions for this are unlikely. Only workaround is to connect a display that allows you to see UEFI or try using another method of connecting the GPU to the display (DVI instead of HDMI for example). Obviously, the latter is not a guaranteed workaround, as it depends how the display and GPU handshake on that output, too.


Problem seems to have appeared only after the 2nd last Nvidia driver update and the latest one didn't resolve it. So now if I want to enter the BIOS I've gotta plug the PC into the wee man's Xbox One S TV. Its not ideal but perfectly manageable.
 

N0ddie

ClioSport Club Member
  Tesla Model 3
It was working just fine on my 27” Acer Predator until a few weeks ago when I updated the Nvidia driver. Since then it just shows no input when I enter the UEFI.

Nothing else has changed. It worked just fine when I swapped motherboards etc.
 
Idly looking to see what my 1070 is worth on eBay... seems to be more than what I paid at launch

Hopefully by the end of the year Nvidia will have brought out new cards and I can snap up a 1080ti (because the 1070 is getting its head kicked in atm)
 

SharkyUK

ClioSport Club Member
Yep - on average GPU prices gave risen between 10-20% over the last couple of months. Even more so with Radeon Vega cards. The Vega64 has jumped from 600 to 900 Euros in some places...!
 


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