The Power PC Thread [f*ck off consoles]

[Wilkeh]

New monitor setup this weekend.

Yep, QD-OLED is certainly impressive - probably on par with the last 'wow' moment I had with monitors when I tried GSYNC for the first time about 8 years back.

As expected, some of the more recent games look great - but I was equally impressed with some of the older titles. Civ 6 for example looked amazing in 4K with all the graphics maxed out. Looking forward to experimenting more and enjoying the better clarity overall. My older 1440p monitor will be relegated to timing board duties above the racing seat...

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Lovely mate! Is it glossy Daz? I'm waiting for the AW3926QW coming out at the end of summer. 39 inch OLED glossy 5k2k

 

[dann2707]

I think it depends on the flexibility of the game in question.

I played Company of Heroes 2 from 2013 and Stellaris from 2016 and both natively support 4K from the game options. I did fire up a few other tests and at 1440, there was a black border around the edge - but only on the loading screen. I tend to set everything to Fullscreen rather than mess about Borderless Window and the like - so they auto stretch before making the changes and tbh, look OK.

I do set the UI scaling to 150%, which seems to be the sweet spot without requiring the Hubble Telescope on my shoulder to read the text on the screen.

Thanks for this.
How much did you pay for it? I think we currently use 2 x 24" or 21" monitors at the moment.
Would something like this suffice?

 

[Darren S]

Lovely mate! Is it glossy Daz? I'm waiting for the AW3926QW coming out at the end of summer. 39 inch OLED glossy 5k2k

Yep, glossy for sure. However, it's not mega-reflective where sat in front of some monitors resembles looking in a mirror.

 

[Darren S]

Thanks for this.
How much did you pay for it? I think we currently use 2 x 24" or 21" monitors at the moment.
Would something like this suffice?

It was £568 from Amazon. Seems to be a very good spec - without heading into the £800+ pricing territory of some high-end Dell screens.

I'd always prefer to have a single, decent monitor, than spreading it out over smaller, multiple ones. For gaming anyway, though for work stuff - I do prefer having Teams on one screen, websites on another, etc.

 

[Matt Cup]

@Steve1986 thought this may interest you.

 

[Steve1986]

@Steve1986 thought this may interest you.

Blimey, that's fast! Hopefully more studios/publishers follow suit. There's literally no benefit when there are day 1 Hypervisor bypasses or a proper crack anywhere from a day to a month after release.

$30k a month is insane though, I knew it was expensive but Jesus Christ

 

[jenic]

Looking at a windows laptop I can use for a bit of couch gaming, what do people reckon to this offer

https://www.amazon.co.uk/dp/B0GKQFCD6X?tag=pepperugc03-21&ascsubtag=ppr-uk-3017033690&th=1

 

[jenic]

Well I guess it was a good buy, as it sold out already

 

[Beauvais Motorsport]

@dann2707 How's your laptop going? I've ordered the same but the 64gb version and wondering what sort of battery life you get with only the internal gpu on? I see a range from 2-5 hours being said by different people.

 

[dann2707]

@dann2707 How's your laptop going? I've ordered the same but the 64gb version and wondering what sort of battery life you get with only the internal gpu on? I see a range from 2-5 hours being said by different people.

Excellent choice mate. I was thinking about this the other night actually and I can't stress how much it's improved my productivity for slicing 3d printing files. It's made me so much faster and so glad I got it even if it was super expensive!

I haven't run it on battery only though and I doubt I ever will, I didn't get it to be wireless in all fairness I got it for portability.

 

[Beauvais Motorsport]

Excellent choice mate. I was thinking about this the other night actually and I can't stress how much it's improved my productivity for slicing 3d printing files. It's made me so much faster and so glad I got it even if it was super expensive!

I haven't run it on battery only though and I doubt I ever will, I didn't get it to be wireless in all fairness I got it for portability.

Look forward to trying it out next week! Yeah it will be mostly plugged in for me as well, I didn't realise performance drops so much when running laptops on the battery, the Macbook pro seemingly doesn't have any drop in performance but everything I need it for is only on Windows.

 

[dann2707]

Look forward to trying it out next week! Yeah it will be mostly plugged in for me as well, I didn't realise performance drops so much when running laptops on the battery, the Macbook pro seemingly doesn't have any drop in performance but everything I need it for is only on Windows.

For what I use at the moment it probably would be OK on battery.

What are you using it for out of interest? I'm going to upgrade the ram to 64gb when I get a minute to sit down and see what I need to order.
Same with the hdd, mines only 1gb with a spare slot so wanted to get a 4gb one to fit at the same time as a "whilst you're there" job.

I said this to my mate and it's such a funny QOL feature as its nothing to do with the internals, but the ability to open the lid with one hand is such a lovely feature

 

[Beauvais Motorsport]

For what I use at the moment it probably would be OK on battery.

What are you using it for out of interest? I'm going to upgrade the ram to 64gb when I get a minute to sit down and see what I need to order.
Same with the hdd, mines only 1gb with a spare slot so wanted to get a 4gb one to fit at the same time as a "whilst you're there" job.

I said this to my mate and it's such a funny QOL feature as its nothing to do with the internals, but the ability to open the lid with one hand is such a lovely feature

On battery It will just be cad and coding, I'm developing a custom cad gear modeler so I'll need to be aware of the performance drop and possibly running on the internal gpu. It probably won't see a game outside of comparing the performance on one to my desktop.

Yes mine is the 64gb and 2tb drive version, a bit dear at just over 4k but I did the man maths and said its performance will always be more than enough so won't be needing a new one for a long time!

 

[Beauvais Motorsport]

@dann2707

Did a comparison in game with my desktop (AMD Ryzen 7 7800X3D, 64gb 5600mhz, 4070 Ti Super) with higher fps on the laptop! Temps as you can expect were much higher but overall very happy with the laptop!

 

[dann2707]

@dann2707

Did a comparison in game with my desktop (AMD Ryzen 7 7800X3D, 64gb 5600mhz, 4070 Ti Super) with higher fps on the laptop! Temps as you can expect were much higher but overall very happy with the laptop!

That's mega! What mouse are you using? I went for a G502X in the end as all my life i've used one of those tiny logitech things and this was revolutionary

 

[Beauvais Motorsport]

That's mega! What mouse are you using? I went for a G502X in the end as all my life i've used one of those tiny logitech things and this was revolutionary

I used a Logitech G pro for a while which with an added weight was perfect, recently bought a 'g pro x2 superstrike' which is the same but with a haptic adjustable 'click' system, very nice to use but honestly the G pro was better for games because the skates/pads had been worn in properly!

 

[ChrisR]

I’ve had my trusty g305 for god knows how long now, the rubber around the scroll wheel got cut off years ago when it started to go funny and one of the pads has a bit of tape over it as the original pad got fucked for some reason.

Still love it though, kept meaning to pick up another when they are in offer for £20 to have a spare, but now I see they have the g305 x I might have to grab one of those to try when it’s on a deal.

 

[Geddes]

got my new pc built late last year and i also purchased a cd key for Office 2021 pro to which it needs installing, with me not signed into Microsoft. I can't remember what to do to register to cd key and I'm hoping i don't have to log into my account to use Office? any help with this. thanks

 

[dann2707]

I'm at such a loss on what to do with my set up now.

I'm currently using my laptop at one side and a 24" 1080p monitor at the other but getting a f**king horrendous stiff neck because my laptop is on the desk but I'm using the laptop to type with.

Do I bite the bullet and just get one big wide curved monitor? Mrs uses 2 x 24" monitors for work so also have those. Then buy a docking station and use a seperate mouse and keyboard?

The whole set up is a f**king mess.

Any suggestions?

Fml that reflection makes me look so wide, it's the f**king secret lab chair profile behind me

 

[charltjr]

Oh god that’s an ergonomic disaster

For a start, the top of the monitor should be level with or above your normal seated eye level.

I’d definitely get a big monitor.

 

[Steve1986]

I'm at such a loss on what to do with my set up now.

I'm currently using my laptop at one side and a 24" 1080p monitor at the other but getting a f**king horrendous stiff neck because my laptop is on the desk but I'm using the laptop to type with.

Do I bite the bullet and just get one big wide curved monitor? Mrs uses 2 x 24" monitors for work so also have those. Then buy a docking station and use a seperate mouse and keyboard?

The whole set up is a f**king mess.

Any suggestions?

Fml that reflection makes me look so wide, it's the f**king secret lab chair profile behind me

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Your home improvement thread led me to believe you were fairly competent, yet the simple act of putting items on a desk has completely flummoxed you

Get a keyboard and mouse and stick them directly in front of you, between you and the monitor you are using. Push the laptop over to the side and use it as a second screen.

 

[dann2707]

Your home improvement thread led me to believe you were fairly competent, yet the simple act of putting items on a desk has completely flummoxed you

Get a keyboard and mouse and stick them directly in front of you, between you and the monitor you are using. Push the laptop over to the side and use it as a second screen.

Not quite my dilemma mate. Your inability to read has flummoxed me

Do I stick with 2 x monitors, laptop with 1 monitor, 1 x biiiiig monitor.

Use keyboard on laptop?
Use a seperate one?

Thats my dilemma.

 

[R3k1355]

Proper DSE use recommends separate screens, keyboard and mouse is best for reducing strain and for overall posture.

 

[Steve1986]

Not quite my dilemma mate. Your inability to read has flummoxed me

Do I stick with 2 x monitors, laptop with 1 monitor, 1 x biiiiig monitor.

Use keyboard on laptop?
Use a seperate one?

Thats my dilemma.

I was focussing on the stiff neck you've given yourself by being a silly bugger

 

[Daz...]

Get a separate keyboard and mouse plugged into a usb c hub along with whatever monitor(s) you decide on, that way it’s one thing to plug/unplug when you move the laptop.

 

[ChrisR]

Your home improvement thread led me to believe you were fairly competent, yet the simple act of putting items on a desk has completely flummoxed you

Get a keyboard and mouse and stick them directly in front of you, between you and the monitor you are using. Push the laptop over to the side and use it as a second screen.

This is pretty much how I've got mine setup, laptop on the far left (on a little stand), then two monitors right infront of me on the desk, with a separate mouse and kb.

Think about maybe having a monitor arm clamped to the desk to have the monitors on, frees up space and gets them a good distance back.

I got one of these in the end https://www.amazon.co.uk/dp/B08D94SD5Z?th=1, I did try one of the ones with the fully articulating arms but as my desk is right back against a wall it didn't really fit as they needed room behind the desk to really work. This one is nice and 'flat'.

 

[dann2707]

This is pretty much how I've got mine setup, laptop on the far left (on a little stand), then two monitors right infront of me on the desk, with a separate mouse and kb.

Think about maybe having a monitor arm clamped to the desk to have the monitors on, frees up space and gets them a good distance back.

I got one of these in the end https://www.amazon.co.uk/dp/B08D94SD5Z?th=1, I did try one of the ones with the fully articulating arms but as my desk is right back against a wall it didn't really fit as they needed room behind the desk to really work. This one is nice and 'flat'.

I can't quite picture how that would look. Do you have a pic please?

 

[ChrisR]

My desk is a state, lets see if GPT can clean it up and give you a picture

 

[ChrisR]

Obviously my desk isn’t this tidy, but you get the idea of the layout!

 

[dann2707]

Obviously my desk isn’t this tidy, but you get the idea of the layout!

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Cheers for that! Looks good but yeah fully appreciate it regarding the tidyness haha

 

[ChrisR]

Cheers for that! Looks good but yeah fully appreciate it regarding the tidyness haha

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