Jedi2155 Posted July 9, 2020 Author Report Share Posted July 9, 2020 Finally compiled a list of some of the games I've played on my CRG9 to counter the argument regarding issues with ultrawide/super-ultra wide. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
T1no Posted July 10, 2020 Report Share Posted July 10, 2020 23 hours ago, Malaphax said: I'm finally starting to see Google getting serious about doing this, they're currently aiming to kill Google Play Music by the end of this year. Every post and review I've seen of the "new" youtube music has mentioned it's a shitshow - but to give some credit, the app is seeing major updates. Some of the major problems I've seen described: Your youtube suggestions will be flooded with music videos (unless you create a separate account) They're splitting podcasts into a separate app They forcibly separate uploaded music from liked/streaming music I'm still a bit torn on how I"m going to handle this when GPM is finally killed. My uploaded music isn't a huge library and honestly I could live without it. I'll probably give youtube music a try and if it's garbage, just cancel and move to spotify. i already did the move and so far i like the design better on the youtube music. i also enjoy adding music on my playlist when i come across music i enjoy on my youtube adventure. but then again im not a heavy user on music. as long as i can manage my music playlist im fine with that. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Malaphax Posted August 18, 2020 Report Share Posted August 18, 2020 This article does a good job giving some historical perspective to why Apple (and Google) are now being sued by Epic regarding external payments for apps available on their respective app stores. I think this will be an interesting case, partially because the EU has already targeted Google for similar violations, and that this might also apply to other major online storefronts and app stores (amazon comes to mind). https://stratechery.com/2020/apple-epic-and-the-app-store/ Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kuhla Posted September 2, 2020 Report Share Posted September 2, 2020 On 5/21/2020 at 9:55 AM, kuhla said: Is long term support of the chipset/socket/future upgrade-ability an important factor for you? Yes > Buy an AMD CPU. No > Does your primary use of the PC take advantage of multiple cores/threads? Yes > Buy an AMD CPU. More cores/threads for the same price. No > Is it just the one primary application (like gaming) with no other major tasks in the background (like streaming)? Yes > Do you increase the graphics detail in games as much as you can get away with or have a very high resolution monitor? Yes > The CPU does not really matter unless it is lower end/budget model or "old". Spend more money on the GPU. No > ("esports champion build") Buy a cheaper Intel CPU with as high a base+turbo frequency as possible. You probably don't need so many cores/heat/noise. No > Buy a cheaper Intel CPU with as high a base+turbo frequency as possible. You probably don't need so many cores/heat/noise. This was partially an experiment to see if the forum could handle multiple levels of indented lists to create a sort of flowchart. Just bumping this back up since it's somewhat relevant to a discussion in group chat today. Here is a CPU review from May, just a couple of months ago,..... https://www.anandtech.com/show/15785/the-intel-comet-lake-review-skylake-we-go-again/13 ....and if we are just talking about games then if you crank up the graphic details or resolution then the difference between a 12-thread Ryzen 3600 and a 20-thread Intel 10900k (which is double the price) is pathetically small. I am only trying to emphasize the one point that if gaming is a very high priority then the choice of GPU is a much much higher priority to the overall experience. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kuhla Posted September 3, 2020 Report Share Posted September 3, 2020 New Intel CPUs coming Intel Lake Tiger Lake Lake https://www.anandtech.com/show/16063/intel-launches-11th-gen-core-tiger-lake-processors-and-evo-branding Higher frequencies and lower power usage. I'm oversimplifying but I just don't feel there is anything exciting here. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jedi2155 Posted September 3, 2020 Author Report Share Posted September 3, 2020 Interesting specs on the 980 Pro (7000 MB/s read). MLC is dying/dead, and TLC/QLC is future. https://www.anandtech.com/show/16052/samsung-980-pro-briefly-listed-online I think NVMe SSDs is going to be a big deal for gamers in a few years because of the new DirectStorage API that microsoft introduced. High speed SSD's are going to enable new types of world building for sure. WIll discuss more in General Architecture Thread. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Malaphax Posted September 3, 2020 Report Share Posted September 3, 2020 I think the larger factor in that particular drive's performance is the pci-e 4 interface. Only nvme drives can currently saturate it, but it also causes serious heat issues with extended usage. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jedi2155 Posted September 4, 2020 Author Report Share Posted September 4, 2020 The power usage at this point is on par with 7200 rpm dries (9w+ peak) in a M.2 formfactor......the heat must be insane.... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kuhla Posted September 4, 2020 Report Share Posted September 4, 2020 47 minutes ago, Jedi2155 said: The power usage at this point is on par with 7200 rpm dries (9w+ peak) in a M.2 formfactor......the heat must be insane.... .....and it's all running through your motherboard yipee (/S) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Malaphax Posted September 4, 2020 Report Share Posted September 4, 2020 On the one hand I think that level of heat isn't really an issue except for extreme sustained usage, like benchmarks and weird workloads. Most people aren't slamming their storage at maximum I/O for long periods of time, it's a more bursty workload. I also like the form factor, but recognize that it's absolutely trash from a cooling perspective. If nvme drives keep getting hotter there's going to need to be a better solution, something like a PCI-E riser with active cooling (these already exist). Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kuhla Posted September 4, 2020 Report Share Posted September 4, 2020 2 hours ago, Malaphax said: If nvme drives keep getting hotter there's going to need to be a better solution, something like a PCI-E riser with active cooling (these already exist). .....and we keep going down that road, before you know it, we are back to separate data and power cables like we just left behind 😕 Before anyone gets the wrong idea, I like a lot of things about the M.2 form factor. I use it myself but with the heat issues on the horizon and the idea of pushing more and more stuff onto the motherboard, increasing complexity, increasing cost, increasing size (for now) is a trend I am getting worried about. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jedi2155 Posted September 5, 2020 Author Report Share Posted September 5, 2020 Average power usage was quoted as 5-6 Watts on the anandtech article. Here's the power consumption on a 5400 rpm/ 7200 rpm drive: "In other lines of hard drives, the savings are even more modest. An EcoGreen 5400 RPM Samsung hard drive, the HD103SI, has power consumption figures of 5.6/4.4/1 watts, while an equivalent 7200 RPM drive, the HD103SJ, runs at 7.2/6.3/1 watts. Seagate Barracuda launched a line of 5900 RPM "Green" drives that still get decent savings over another of the same brand—the green version uses 5.4 watts during read/write and 4.8 when idle to a similarly specced Barracuda XT's 9.23 during read/write and 6.39 when idle." https://arstechnica.com/gadgets/2011/01/ask-ars-are-green-drives-really-that-green/#:~:text=In other lines of hard,7.2%2F6.3%2F1 watts. Yeah literally same amount of power. But when we were still dealing with SATA SSD's <1-3 watts was much more common. Not sure whats driving the huge power requirement boost, but these numbers are literally reaching CPU levels on a standard laptop (10-15 watt TDP) so you should really consider your nVME drive upgrade on a laptop if you care about battery life. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jedi2155 Posted September 7, 2020 Author Report Share Posted September 7, 2020 https://www.anandtech.com/show/16012/the-sk-hynix-gold-p31-ssd-review ALso looks like the 970 Pro NVMe SSD has 30 mW idle power consumption but I'm not convinced those numbers are right: https://www.storagereview.com/review/samsung-ssd-970-pro-review Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kuhla Posted September 17, 2020 Report Share Posted September 17, 2020 New Nvidia drivers. https://www.nvidia.com/download/driverResults.aspx/163528/en-us 456.38 Released today. Newly supported stuff. Nothing crazy. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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kuhla Posted October 5, 2020 Report Share Posted October 5, 2020 I will try low latency ultra and max frame rate at 140 for a while and see if I like it Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kuhla Posted October 27, 2020 Report Share Posted October 27, 2020 "AMD expands its arsenal by snatching up programmable chip maker Xilinx" https://www.engadget.com/amd-buys-xilinx-130828340.html That's a big acquisition. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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kuhla Posted October 31, 2020 Report Share Posted October 31, 2020 sometimes we have to just sit back and think about how far cell phone photo and video has come Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kuhla Posted November 13, 2020 Report Share Posted November 13, 2020 product page - https://www.eufylife.com/products/variant/indoor-cam-2k/T84001W1 Saw somebody link this randomly talking about them as a possibly Wyze alternative. The feature that caught my eye was the local storage only is a feature so you don't have to upload to the cloud like Wyze requires. I'm not replacing anything yet but I will keep an eye on this. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kuhla Posted November 17, 2020 Report Share Posted November 17, 2020 "GitHub Reinstates youtube-dl After RIAA’s Abuse of the DMCA" article - https://www.eff.org/deeplinks/2020/11/github-reinstates-youtube-dl-after-riaas-abuse-dmca Quote GitHub recently reinstated the repository for youtube-dl, a popular free software tool for downloading videos from YouTube and other user-uploaded video platforms. GitHub had taken down the repository last month after the Recording Industry Association of America (RIAA) abused the Digital Millennium Copyright Act’s notice-and-takedown procedure to pressure GitHub to remove it. ..... Nice! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Malaphax Posted December 8, 2020 Report Share Posted December 8, 2020 I guess this is a minor thing I've started to notice. Youtube is starting to block age-restricted videos from being embeded. I've run across this in a couple of video game trailers recently. I really hope there will be a workaround for this at some point because I'm not super thrilled at the idea of giving youtube even more data on my viewing habits. Example video for the new hitman 3 game. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kuhla Posted December 9, 2020 Report Share Posted December 9, 2020 nvidia -https://www.nvidia.com/download/driverResults.aspx/167419/en-us new drivers 460.79 for cyberpunk Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kuhla Posted December 11, 2020 Report Share Posted December 11, 2020 "Introducing x64 emulation in preview for Windows 10 on ARM PCs to the Windows Insider Program " article - https://blogs.windows.com/windows-insider/2020/12/10/introducing-x64-emulation-in-preview-for-windows-10-on-arm-pcs-to-the-windows-insider-program/ Kind of a big deal but only if they keep working away at it. Could open up the ARM ecosystem for Windows OS. More x86 competition is good. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jedi2155 Posted December 11, 2020 Author Report Share Posted December 11, 2020 Might be Microsoft paying attention to how Apple is switching to ARM with the Apple M1 chip means that a LOT of developers may be optimizing for ARM architectures even more for desktop software. I mean you have a ton of ARM programmers now due to the proliferation of smart phones apps so it isn't hard to imagine that those developers can now transition their skills to more advanced desktop apps. https://www.extremetech.com/computing/318020-flaw-current-measurements-x86-versus-apple-m1-performance More interestingly is that this an example of Apple's vertical integration strategy of controlling the entire user experience (Intel/AMD was not optimizing their hardware with the OS to the level Apple is able to because Apple controls both the OS and the hardware). Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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