amateurstuntman Posted September 3, 2016 Report Share Posted September 3, 2016 Start Firefox in safe mode and then turn your plug-ins and extensions back on one at a time. 99% chance one of them is doing this... Link to post Share on other sites
Lone_Bullet Posted September 5, 2016 Report Share Posted September 5, 2016 Just ordered a system for my ex girlfriend. Now I'm jelly as it's a way better system gpu wise than I have. Sent from my C6603 using Tapatalk Link to post Share on other sites
Tw1tch Posted September 12, 2016 Report Share Posted September 12, 2016 USB 3.0 or USB C? I'm looking at adding some new USB ports to my PC but am unsure what to use, maybe a mix? Currently only have one USB 3.0 device and that's my card reader. Obviously USB 3.0 is more widely available currently. Link to post Share on other sites
amateurstuntman Posted September 12, 2016 Report Share Posted September 12, 2016 Only get a USB type C port on your PC if it is 3.1 and supports Thunderbolt. If you are going to adopt the new tech you might as well adopt it properly. Best to get an expansion card so you can move it to a new system when you go. Link to post Share on other sites
Tinkerton Posted September 13, 2016 Report Share Posted September 13, 2016 What sort of real world performance increase am i likely to see if I SLI a gtx 570? Would it make gtav look nicer? Link to post Share on other sites
hitmanNo2 Posted September 13, 2016 Report Share Posted September 13, 2016 It might have a bit of an impact but you will be restricted by the limited VRAM of the 570s. And GTA V likes VRAM. Plus, increased power consumption costs to think about. Link to post Share on other sites
Tinkerton Posted September 13, 2016 Report Share Posted September 13, 2016 I over budgeted on wattage when getting a new psu. So adding a second card doesn't double the VRAM I've got then?? That sucks. Link to post Share on other sites
amateurstuntman Posted September 13, 2016 Report Share Posted September 13, 2016 No, it doubles the flops with the same VRAM. And, it only gets close to doubling the performance on well optimised games. And GTA V is not a well optimised game. GTA with all the bells and whistles (and I mean all of the different types of anti-aliasing on max) actually uses more VRAM than I have seen any game use. Link to post Share on other sites
Tinkerton Posted September 13, 2016 Report Share Posted September 13, 2016 Fair enough. Daddy's saving up for a new gfx card then. Link to post Share on other sites
amateurstuntman Posted September 13, 2016 Report Share Posted September 13, 2016 RX480 probably a good shout, or a GTX 1060 3GB Link to post Share on other sites
Lone_Bullet Posted September 13, 2016 Report Share Posted September 13, 2016 I went with rx480 because 1060 wasn't available duento chip shortage. And you know what? Instead of a 500 euro gsync monitor, I've gotten a 130 euro freesync one. Heh! If you're into adaptive sync, freesync is the way to go. This is comung from a nVidia loyalist btw Sent from my C6603 using Tapatalk Link to post Share on other sites
Tinkerton Posted September 13, 2016 Report Share Posted September 13, 2016 Hangon, does the RX480 seriously have 8gb of vram?! Link to post Share on other sites
hitmanNo2 Posted September 13, 2016 Report Share Posted September 13, 2016 Yes. Apparently even the 4Gb version has 8GB too, it's just locked. Well, that was the case at launch at least. Link to post Share on other sites
amateurstuntman Posted September 14, 2016 Report Share Posted September 14, 2016 RX480 is a monster. And it's £200. Nobody really needs the graphics card I have for 1080p gaming but the RX480 can crush any game on 1080p. If you have a 1080p monitor and aren't interested in 1440p or 2160p then RX480 is great. The 1060 3GB isn't even a 1060 with half the VRAM, it has some cuda cores chopped too. They should really have called it a 1050. Link to post Share on other sites
Tinkerton Posted September 14, 2016 Report Share Posted September 14, 2016 that's crazy. I got nostalgic and looked up the specs of the best graphics card of the golden era of gaming, the Radeon 9700 pro. (I had a 9700 non pro, it was amazing) it had 256mb of DDR RAM, and a clock speed of 400mhz. I'm no interested in anything over 1080p, to be honest. The RX480 sounds right up my street! Link to post Share on other sites
Lone_Bullet Posted September 15, 2016 Report Share Posted September 15, 2016 You'll be flying ^^. I do suggest getting one of them closed loop watercooled 480's. Mount a pressure tuned Noctua 120mm on the radiator and it'll be not only fast but well cooled and quiet! Sent from my C6603 using Tapatalk Link to post Share on other sites
Tinkerton Posted September 15, 2016 Report Share Posted September 15, 2016 Would the water cooling make that much difference? Link to post Share on other sites
Lone_Bullet Posted September 15, 2016 Report Share Posted September 15, 2016 well not per sé, I am talking about the all in one systems. What it mostly does is transfer the heat to a place better suited for dumping heat. A LOT of the heat of a normal 2-3 fan aircooled GPU stays inside the case, heating up the ambient air, making cooling other components a bit harder. You can't cool components a lot with already warm air, can you? . Watercooling transfers the heat close to an air exit, a vent hole; thus dumping warm air almost immediately outside your case. Not just that, most GPU fans are 2 or 3 90mm. Sometimes 2 x 100mm. With watercooling you can use 1,2 or sometimes 3 to 4 120mm fans on your radiator. Good stance your radiator will be better at transferring heat that the cooling element ( fins ) on your standard GPU. Even 140mm is widely avaible these days! The bigger the fan, the more air is moved with each fan cycle. Less fan cycles: less vibrations and thus less noise ^^. Only 2 downsides of AIO watercooling: - still is awkward and big - pump is small and thus could be a tiny bit noisy. I wouldn't AIO watercool your CPU though, noctua has some ENORMOUS air cooling towers that to the same job, are somewhat cheaper and without the pumpnoise. So wht the GPU and not CPU? CPU has the room for enormous cooling blocks. GPU doesn't, especially not when you go SLI or have other cards installed. Most GPU's nowadays have a bigger TDP and are thus more powerfull than a CPU yet the formfactor is antiquated and small to handle that heat. Link to post Share on other sites
amateurstuntman Posted September 15, 2016 Report Share Posted September 15, 2016 What he said. Watercooling is either better for the same noise or quieter for the same cooling. Or it is broken. Link to post Share on other sites
Apex Posted September 15, 2016 Report Share Posted September 15, 2016 RX480 is a beast and if looking to the future is something to look at but i have seen deals on 970's / 980s that where very tempting. I did a small side grade when i move from my 3GB R9 280X to my 4GB R9 380X, this should see me into next year when pricing for the RX 480 etc should settle down. Link to post Share on other sites
hitmanNo2 Posted September 15, 2016 Report Share Posted September 15, 2016 Overclockers were clearing out 970s, 980s and 980Tis. Some very good deals to be had. Link to post Share on other sites
Tinkerton Posted September 16, 2016 Report Share Posted September 16, 2016 I'm so out of the loop on hardware these days I don't know what's good anymore. Link to post Share on other sites
Lone_Bullet Posted September 17, 2016 Report Share Posted September 17, 2016 Rx 480 on a budget, gtx1060 for a tad more, 1070 us no longer best bang for buck and 1080TI is right around the corner it seem. In other news, GW2 is coded SO bad I'm still hetting 40-50 fps with this brand new core i5 6600, rx480, 8gb ram and ssd. Wtf, NCSoft? Sort you dung out! Bossfights in GW2 are neigh impossible to concentrate on due to the mind bending amount of special effect from everyone. If you were only a tiny bit sensitive to epilepsy, don't play. It's ridiculous. Sent from my C6603 using Tapatalk Link to post Share on other sites
hitmanNo2 Posted September 17, 2016 Report Share Posted September 17, 2016 I doubt we'll see a 1080Ti until AMD pull their finger out and bring some high end stuff to the party. Link to post Share on other sites
Gunmane Posted September 19, 2016 Report Share Posted September 19, 2016 I hope it is okay to ask about printers here. So, I am the one that usually has to do all the printing/scanning/copying in the household, since our printer is quite wonky and the folks usually do not understand how to do stuff. Our printer is an old hp all in one c510 model that is without doubt a glorious piece of *suitcase*. It has finally gone into full death spiral with the dreaded printhead errors (after trying to clean it since it stopped printing black text) and I have pretty much given up resolving it. Mother says she might be able to get a Canon model from her church workplace that hasn't been used (as far as I know), but if not we'd have to go to local chain stores like Sam's Club, Target, etc. I refuse to get another hp (saying that as my freaking laptop is one as well), but frankly most of what I see is just their *suitcase*. So, anyone got a suggestion that doesn't drive up the credit card? Link to post Share on other sites
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