The Power PC Thread [f*ck off consoles]

N0ddie · May 18, 2018

Anyone interested in a year and a bit old 27" 2560x1440 144Hz IPS monitor? This one:

https://www.scan.co.uk/products/27-...l-2560x1440-4ms-100m1-hdmi-dp-usb-2x-speakers

real pic:

Have ordered its replacement for delivery tomorrow so this is now surplus. Looking for £400 though open to sensible offers.

Silent_Scone · May 18, 2018

Selling my 7940X and 1080Ti too if anyone is interested

SharkyUK · May 18, 2018

^ Talking of monitors... it looks like the new proper Ultra HD HDR (1000 nits) nVidia GSync 144Hz monitors are starting to ship in the next month or so. The new 27" Acer Predator will cost you a cool 2 grand!!!

Ex-User (19928) · May 18, 2018

FFS. There was me thinking "it'll be stupid money, 1200 or something"

If I could actually enjoy videogames ATM and it was 32" (seriously, what's the point in UHD @ 27"???) I'd consider it. But no.

Cookie · May 19, 2018

SharkyUK said:
^ Talking of monitors... it looks like the new proper Ultra HD HDR (1000 nits) nVidia GSync 144Hz monitors are starting to ship in the next month or so. The new 27" Acer Predator will cost you a cool 2 grand!!!

I'm glad I didn't bother to hold out and just got the 34" 100hz tbh

Silent_Scone · May 19, 2018

SharkyUK said:
^ Talking of monitors... it looks like the new proper Ultra HD HDR (1000 nits) nVidia GSync 144Hz monitors are starting to ship in the next month or so. The new 27" Acer Predator will cost you a cool 2 grand!!!

Yeah I don't know who those are aimed at. Even internally some folks at the companies in question are in a state of lolwut.

Apparently, the difference is amazing when the game supports it fully. But 2k-2.5k for a 27" panel is nothing but laughable.

Oh, and I've heard NVIDIA controlled the price, btw. This shouldn't come as a surprise to anyone.

N0ddie · May 19, 2018

So the replacement monitor came this morning. It’s frickin awesome (I think a couple of people in here have it also).

It’s the 34" ASUS PG348Q NVIDIA G-Sync, 100Hz Curved IPS Panel, 3440x1440 bad boy. Was waiting to see the price for the 4K HDR new monitors but the prices being so high meant I finally jumped on this one.

1440P (I think) is perfect in this size.

Cookie · May 19, 2018

I have an Acer X34A, can't remember if it's the same panel in the Asus. Enjoy.

N0ddie · May 19, 2018

Yup. Exact same panel.

Silent_Scone · May 20, 2018

Yeah. I had the Acer (Now Andy has it). I probably prefer the aesthetics of the ASUS panel mind you.

N0ddie · May 21, 2018

Not the best pic but you get the idea:

Definitely has the PC working hard now. Played about 4 hours of Sea of Thieves on it late last night and it was belting out some serious heat. Ideally I'd like to go back to my 240mm CPU AIO but due to my current RAM modules being too tall I can't. May see if someone fancies a swap of their 3200MHz LPX modules for my RED LED 3200MHz modules.

Pistachio · May 21, 2018

What desk have you got there @N0ddie ? Looks nice and simple

N0ddie · May 21, 2018

Its an Ikea solid wood kitchen worktop with Ikea adjustable desk legs. It fits perfectly into the width of our room. Its fudging heavy.

Ex-User (19928) · May 21, 2018

That looks like 3 vertically aligned small monitors. Which I suppose is a credit to just how much screen real estate you've got....

Maybe I should give up on the 4K 16:9 option and fall in line, it looks awesome (In the pic)

Cookie · May 21, 2018

Jeff simply said:
That looks like 3 vertically aligned small monitors. Which I suppose is a credit to just how much screen real estate you've got....

Maybe I should give up on the 4K 16:9 option and fall in line, it looks awesome (In the pic)

One of us. One of us.

Silent_Scone · May 21, 2018

They are ace for workspace and some games. Although I much prefer 16:9 so I can kick arse, yo.

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N0ddie · May 21, 2018

Lol at those teams. Did the other team know what they were doing? ?

Silent_Scone · May 21, 2018

Both teams were shite I was just on fire for some reason lol. Regret not recording/streaming it as at one point I killed 8 people in the space of 20 seconds with the uber pistol lol

Darren S · May 21, 2018

BF1 is the work of Satan..... looking forward to when (if) EA/DICE go back to making a decent FPS. ?

Silent_Scone · May 21, 2018

BF1 is ace, teh weapon balancing is spot on. The only trouble is dying is frequent unless you gitgud

I have bad games, I've not played it in 3 months till Sunday lol.

Wilkeh · May 21, 2018

Can't remember if there's any Dota players in here? Think I've played a few hours now ?

Ex-User (19928) · May 21, 2018

I think you can safely call that an addiction ...

N0ddie · May 22, 2018

Wilkeh said:
Can't remember if there's any Dota players in here? Think I've played a few hours now ?

211 days? Holy fudge! How long has this game been out?

You sir have a problem ?

Cookie · May 22, 2018

I think I played DOTA for 20 minutes, once

Ex-User (19928) · May 22, 2018

I was always a HoN guy myself. Played that way too much, I don't think it was 5k hours, as I stopped playing years ago but the ratio of daylight to game hours was probably not far off.. good times

Wilkeh · May 22, 2018

N0ddie said:
211 days? Holy fudge! How long has this game been out?

You sir have a problem ?

Think my first game was in 2013 haha

SharkyUK · May 22, 2018

Christ on a bike... these new GSYNC HDR monitors? Well, the ASUS PG27UQ Ultra HD 144Hz GSYNC HDR monitor is due to be released at ..
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.. £2599!

I was actually considering buying one through my business but f**k that! How much are the 30+ inchers going to cost?!?!?!

EDIT: Recently spotted - https://www.sicomputers.nl/dis-27-asus-pg27uq-4k-hdr.html

Silent_Scone · May 22, 2018

Thinking of trading in my trusty steed were you? Thnk again

.

30+ 5K easy.

Darren S · May 22, 2018

Silent_Scone said:
BF1 is ace, teh weapon balancing is spot on. The only trouble is dying is frequent unless you gitgud

I have bad games, I've not played it in 3 months till Sunday lol.

Very, very few games have ever made me rage-uninstall - this is one of them. Dying from behind hard cover (clearly demonstrated in the death cam) - rifles that have less accuracy than a shotgun at 200 yards. Bullshit shots (by me) on someone perched on a hillside far away with a bloody revolver. Teams that have zero logic in what's needed to take on a tank. Wonder Horses skipping and jumping across the battlefield with gay abandon - before their rider slices you in half from 50ft away. The list goes on.

Of course, that was ages ago. With the broken-fixed-broken-fix mentality that I seem to see with every big patch - that may have changed. But the whole online experience (clearly ignoring the really quite good - if short SP campaign) has put me off it completely. Did DICE ever get off their lazy arses and allow weapons selection through the mouse wheel like any sensible FPS (and their own previous FPS) games would allow? Given the fact that Star Wars BF2 defaults the secondary weapon to F2.... (F-wtf?-2???!) - I bet they haven't.

If I could get a £1.50 refund off Origin for this, I'd login and do it now.

Silent_Scone · May 22, 2018

Yeah I'll adhere to that. It is pretty much 360 degrees of bullshit lol. Sniping is super nice, though.

Well I'll be out for awhile anyway till the new cards hit as just sold my Ti lol

SharkyUK · May 22, 2018

Silent_Scone said:
Thinking of trading in my trusty steed were you? Thnk again .

30+ 5K easy.

No mate - more than happy with the two Predator setup

I was just looking for an excuse to buy in the new tech via my business (for work purposes) but certainly won't be at those prices. I've just dropped a chunk on a brand new 65" Samsung QLED TV and that is absolutely stunning, especially playing UHD / HDR content on it. I just thought it would be nice to do the same in the office on one of these new monitors rather than being restricted to sitting in front of the TV [for my HDR kicks].

I think I'm going to sod-off those monitors and spend it on the next nVidia GPU instead (thus saving much moolah!)

Silent_Scone · May 30, 2018

Yeah, it's just not worth it at those prices.

SharkyUK · May 31, 2018

Mid-August should bring news about nVidia's next GPU (mainstream). It aligns nicely with the now mass production of GDDR6 memory modules hence we may see a new GPU towards the end of the year? Early 2019? It's been a while.

Silent_Scone · May 31, 2018

They should be here in time for Q4 I'd imagine. Might hear something at Computex.

N0ddie · May 31, 2018

What will Intel's reaction to Ryzen 2 be? What will they announce at Computex.

botfch · May 31, 2018

Same as there usual business model, a chip that’s slightly faster but no big leaps forwards.

Silent_Scone · Jun 1, 2018

N0ddie said:
What will Intel's reaction to Ryzen 2 be? What will they announce at Computex.

Ryzen two is a refresh and not a very good one at that. Essentially, it’s what state the original platform should have released in.

N0ddie · Jun 1, 2018

Still taking some of Intels piece of the pie though.

Silent_Scone · Jun 4, 2018

N0ddie said:
Still taking some of Intels piece of the pie though.

Oh definitely, it's a viable alternative now which is more than AMD were ever offering 2 years ago. As an enthusiast platform, though, it's still behind. Just no where near as much as before.

SharkyUK · Jun 5, 2018

So @Silent_Scone ... got your order in for Skylake XCC yet? 28 cores / 56 threads, hexa-channel memory. Aimed at 'desktop' users. I daresay X299 won't be able to support it hence a new platform and an incredibly steep price tag!

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