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  • #102
    glynf
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 3,387 ✭✭✭glynf


    Serephucus wrote: »
    What are people's thoughts on X99, after having looked at reviews, etc.?

    Personally I think it's cool that we now have a couple of cheap-ish 6-core options (maybe that'll trickle down into the mainstream socket, though probably not), but it's ridiculously expensive.

    You're looking at around €800 all told to upgrade, and it just doesn't offer that much of a bump over Haswell at the moment, when looking at the 5820K.

    I was holding off on a new build to see how it compared to Z97, a bit under impressed to put it mildly. As predicted, its about 10% overall improvement on Ivy BridgeE-I'm sure this will improve with better BIOS/driver releases though.

    The cost of DDR4 is also (currently) nuts, could not justify..

    I was thinking about going 5820, but as I run SLI 28 PCI lanes is just....ugh. I have not seen any X99 boards with a PLX chip, and I assume it won't happen either.
    As I mainly use my desktop for gaming, office & CAD, I can get a 4790K and a decent mobo plus a 500 Gb SSD for less than an X99 build.


  • #103
    glynf
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 3,387 ✭✭✭glynf


    BTW, LG have a curved 21:9 screen on the way:

    I'll just leave this here..:p

    lg-curved-monitor.jpg


  • #104
    Serephucus
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 7,180 ✭✭✭Serephucus


    Dell have one on the way too. Very interested to see one of those in person.

    As for X99, ASUS's WS board has two PLX chips. It's not like x8 vs. x16 makes a huge difference at the moment though. Maybe with the 900 series that might change, but I don't think so.

    There's a reason NVIDIA and AMD are both looking into stacked memory for their cards down the line. the PCIE bus just isn't an efficient way of communicating with the CPU, and there's a lot of overhead there. That's one of the reasons DX12 and Mantle are a big thing as well. All of this is to help cut down on the amount of data communicated between the GPU and CPU. If more things can be calculated on the GPU's framebuffer, all the better.


  • #105
    TerrorFirmer
    Closed Accounts Posts: 29,930 ✭✭✭✭TerrorFirmer


    Anyone want to swap an xbox one for a decent starter gaming pc? :P

    i3-4130 3.4Ghz, 32gb ssd, gtx750ti twin frozr, 6gb ram, 500gb hard drive.


  • #106
    ShadowHearth
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 22,929 ✭✭✭✭ShadowHearth


    glynf wrote: »
    BTW, LG have a curved 21:9 screen on the way:

    I'll just leave this here..:p

    lg-curved-monitor.jpg

    The more of these 21:9 4k versions out there - the better. They make me drool so much!
    First, I will tackle my GPU ( thinking of a nice Xmas Present from Me, to beloved ME ) then I am up for getting one of those bad boys!


  • #107
    glynf
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 3,387 ✭✭✭glynf


    Lets hope the 900 series are a substantial bump on 700 series' performance-especially with 4K & 21:9 1440p monitors becoming less (slightly) expensive..I live in hope :)


  • #108
    ShadowHearth
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 22,929 ✭✭✭✭ShadowHearth


    glynf wrote: »
    Lets hope the 900 series are a substantial bump on 700 series' performance-especially with 4K & 21:9 1440p monitors becoming less (slightly) expensive..I live in hope :)

    Indeed. I really hope they will have a GOOD BUMP in performance, not like 770 = 680 and 780 just little bit faster. I know we have 780ti, but its still a stupid deal when it comes performance per euro.

    New GPUs coming out so soon, did 7 series drop in price at least a bit? I remember 6 series droped a good bit before 7 series showed its head.


  • #109
    glynf
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 3,387 ✭✭✭glynf


    Yea Scan dropped prices on 780's in the last few days, so probably clearing stock.


  • #110
    ShadowHearth
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 22,929 ✭✭✭✭ShadowHearth


    glynf wrote: »
    Yea Scan dropped prices on 780's in the last few days, so probably clearing stock.

    Jaysus, 320£ for 780 still sounds stupid...

    This looks interesting though.

    http://www.scan.co.uk/products/4gb-sapphire-r9-290x-trix-oc-gddr5-pci-express-30-1045mhz-5200mhz


  • #111
    ShadowHearth
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 22,929 ✭✭✭✭ShadowHearth


    God FECKING DAMMIT! Just went flying of my chair as support handles just cracked. In fairness I had my chair in that limpy mode and I was resting my whole back on it. Its over 8 years old and I am not the lightest fella too lol. :o

    Little bit of Duck tape and at least I can use it now. Will do for few days. So looks like I am in the market for new chair... Feck! :o


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  • #112
    glynf
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 3,387 ✭✭✭glynf


    Had a 3 series like that chair once, always going into limp mode :D


  • #113
    ShadowHearth
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 22,929 ✭✭✭✭ShadowHearth


    So moved in to new house. Got my nerd cave sorted.
    Took me 4 calls to eircom to transfer my account... So looks like all this week I am without Internet. It's going to suck balls badly :(. At least efibre is in this area too.


  • #114
    Gehad_JoyRider
    Registered Users Posts: 1,634 ✭✭✭Gehad_JoyRider


    Working away on photo shop there i jump into a browser window, and just looking at something and the display went really weird and the computer went completely unresponsive.

    There is a weird flicker on the screen now it wasn't there an hour ago any ideas how i can figure out what the problem is?


  • #115
    papu
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 3,357 ✭✭✭papu


    Gehad_JoyRider wrote: »
    Working away on photo shop there i jump into a browser window, and just looking at something and the display went really weird and the computer went completely unresponsive.

    There is a weird flicker on the screen now it wasn't there an hour ago any ideas how i can figure out what the problem is?

    Have you tried Restarting the computer?


  • #116
    Monotype
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 6,710 ✭✭✭Monotype


    I would go for restarting first too.

    Assuming you did that, I would suspect a dying graphics card, but it could be just corrupted drivers.

    Edit: Also check cables are secure.


  • #117
    VenomIreland
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 2,928 ✭✭✭VenomIreland


    How much would a GTX 460 or HD6590 go for nowadays secondhand?


  • #118
    TerrorFirmer
    Closed Accounts Posts: 29,930 ✭✭✭✭TerrorFirmer


    VenomIreland wrote: »
    How much would a GTX 460 or HD6590 go for nowadays secondhand?

    About 80 a piece is what I see them go for. Assume you meant 6950.


  • #119
    miralize
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 6,207 ✭✭✭miralize


    Just upgraded the BIOS on my motherboard and now my PC crashes everytime with a WHEA error.. should I revert the BIOS or contact GIGABYTE?


  • #120
    game4it70
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 2,125 ✭✭✭game4it70


    miralize wrote: »
    Just upgraded the BIOS on my motherboard and now my PC crashes everytime with a WHEA error.. should I revert the BIOS or contact GIGABYTE?

    Did you clear the cmos or take the battery out after flash?


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  • #121
    miralize
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 6,207 ✭✭✭miralize


    I probably would have if I knew what either was and what they meant :)

    I did do a reset in the BIOS after it failed the first few times


  • #122
    Serephucus
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 7,180 ✭✭✭Serephucus


    Grab your motherboard manual, and find the CMOS battery on that page where it labels all the basic stuff for you.

    Turn your PC off
    Unplug power (to be safe)
    Pop battery out
    Plug power back in
    Hold power button for ~20 seconds
    Unplug, pop in battery, turn on again.


  • #123
    miralize
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 6,207 ✭✭✭miralize


    Just followed those instructions down to the letter and still nothing. Downgrade the bios?

    Speci s here http://www.boards.ie/vbulletin/showpost.php?p=91697779&postcount=9


  • #124
    miralize
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 6,207 ✭✭✭miralize


    Reverting to the F4 bios fixed things for me


  • #125
    Headshot
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 54,624 ✭✭✭✭Headshot


    Anyone notice OC have dreadful stock levels?


  • #126
    game4it70
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 2,125 ✭✭✭game4it70


    Headshot wrote: »
    Anyone notice OC have dreadful stock levels?

    Yes.I've been waiting for a few things to come back into stock for a few weeks.
    I contacted support and i was told maybe 3 weeks but not even sure :confused:

    If you stuck for something they usually stock you could try their parent company www.caseking.de
    Ok prices but deliver is silly money (approx 35e)


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  • #127
    Serephucus
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 7,180 ✭✭✭Serephucus


    Not that silly considering most of us have given HWVS €30 more than once for delivery. ;)


  • #128
    game4it70
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 2,125 ✭✭✭game4it70


    Serephucus wrote: »
    Not that silly considering most of us have given HWVS €30 more than once for delivery. ;)

    If for a full build then its ok but for a bottle of this caseking want 34.90e :eek:


  • #129
    ShadowHearth
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 22,929 ✭✭✭✭ShadowHearth


    Holy ****! Some people need reality check ASAP!
    On local Facebook "buy and sell" group dude has a few items for sale. I asked how much he wanted for a very simple office chair. You know, those most simple ones, which go for about 30eu? It looked rough, so I though I might pick it up for tenner as its local and it would do me for now. Well, he pmed me and he is looking for 50eu!!!!! I almost pissed myself!


  • #130
    Lu Tze
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 3,495 ✭✭✭Lu Tze


    ShadowHearth wrote: »
    Holy ****! Some people need reality check ASAP!
    On local Facebook "buy and sell" group dude has a few items for sale. I asked how much he wanted for a very simple office chair. You know, those most simple ones, which go for about 30eu? It looked rough, so I though I might pick it up for tenner as its local and it would do me for now. Well, he pmed me and he is looking for 50eu!!!!! I almost pissed myself!

    In fairness I'd like to see the chair a tenner would buy you!


  • #131
    glynf
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 3,387 ✭✭✭glynf


    wolverine-chair-01-26.jpg


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  • #132
    TerrorFirmer
    Closed Accounts Posts: 29,930 ✭✭✭✭TerrorFirmer


    Lu Tze wrote: »
    In fairness I'd like to see the chair a tenner would buy you!

    I don't think it's totally crazy, you can get these sort of chairs for €25 euro new, I'm guessing that's what he meant. A well used 2nd hand one for a tenner isn't unrealistic. I've had the same chair for 5 years, it's not actually even a computer chair, it's a recliner, but I've gotten so used to it that I feel wierd trying to play a game with a proper chair, feels way too high up!


  • #133
    papu
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 3,357 ✭✭✭papu


    game4it70 wrote: »
    If for a full build then its ok but for a bottle of this caseking want 34.90e :eek:

    cheaper to fly to Berlin and pick it up yourself from their store!;)
    Their store is fantastic :p


  • #134
    ShadowHearth
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 22,929 ✭✭✭✭ShadowHearth


    TerrorFirmer wrote: »
    I don't think it's totally crazy, you can get these sort of chairs for €25 euro new, I'm guessing that's what he meant. A well used 2nd hand one for a tenner isn't unrealistic. I've had the same chair for 5 years, it's not actually even a computer chair, it's a recliner, but I've gotten so used to it that I feel wierd trying to play a game with a proper chair, feels way too high up!

    Exactly. Those chairs go brand new for 30 eu. It's a poor state, but I would take it for few quid just as temporary solution. 50eu for a chair that costs brand new 30eu and on top of that it is in poor state so Paying 10eu and taking it off his hands is doing him a foivour. Throwing it in a skip will cost him a fiver...


  • #135
    ShadowHearth
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 22,929 ✭✭✭✭ShadowHearth


    Got my Internet back!!! 100mbit too! Sweet!!!!


  • #136
    Monotype
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 6,710 ✭✭✭Monotype


    Just 100Mb? I don't know how people manage with such speeds (spoken from a high UPC horse). :pac:


  • #137
    ShadowHearth
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 22,929 ✭✭✭✭ShadowHearth


    Monotype wrote: »
    Just 100Mb? I don't know how people manage with such speeds (spoken from a high UPC horse). :pac:

    100mb of stable internet, mind you! :pac: The fella whowas installing has UPC 200mb and hates it to core!


  • #138
    Hank Scorpio
    Closed Accounts Posts: 11,631 ✭✭✭✭Hank Scorpio


    Ordered R9 290, should I be worried about it fitting into a haf 932? It's like 30cm long


  • #139
    cherryghost
    Moderators, Technology & Internet Moderators Posts: 17,135 Mod ✭✭✭✭cherryghost


    Should be fine


  • #140
    glynf
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 3,387 ✭✭✭glynf


    ShadowHearth wrote: »
    Got my Internet back!!! 100mbit too! Sweet!!!!
    Monotype wrote: »
    Just 100Mb? I don't know how people manage with such speeds (spoken from a high UPC horse). :pac:

    Absolute bastards with your 1st world problems :D, I'm lucky to get 8mbit down/2 up living up this bloody mountain.

    At least vodafone have updated to 4G in the area-well most of the area/time.


  • #141
    Gehad_JoyRider
    Registered Users Posts: 1,634 ✭✭✭Gehad_JoyRider


    went to turn on my screen just morning and got....

    a black screen with this symbol _ its not blinking :( I'm seem to be in the technological unlucky streak at the moment :(


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  • #142
    Serephucus
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 7,180 ✭✭✭Serephucus


    Can you get into the BIOS? could be missing boot info.

    Have a look to see if it's detecting your boot drive, etc. If it's not, recheck cables are seated correctly, try different cables, ports, all that.


  • #143
    Gehad_JoyRider
    Registered Users Posts: 1,634 ✭✭✭Gehad_JoyRider


    I can get into the Bios


    Options I have are,

    Windows boot manager
    P4: St10000DM003
    Uefi wd Ext hard drive

    Boot option #1 is windows bios manager
    Boot option #2 is sayng UEFI : WD


  • #144
    Serephucus
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 7,180 ✭✭✭Serephucus


    Hey, everyone!

    Clicky

    It's. About. ****ing. Time.


  • #145
    McSasquatch II
    Closed Accounts Posts: 477 ✭✭McSasquatch II


    Serephucus wrote: »
    Hey, everyone!

    Clicky

    It's. About. ****ing. Time.

    HPj4EKF.gif

    So how long 'til the adaptive sync version? :pac:


  • #146
    ShadowHearth
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 22,929 ✭✭✭✭ShadowHearth


    Serephucus wrote: »
    Hey, everyone!

    Clicky

    It's. About. ****ing. Time.

    Price: 5 BILLION DOLLARS

    dr-evil.jpg


  • #147
    Serephucus
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 7,180 ✭✭✭Serephucus


    900 series benchmarks. Salt required.

    http://videocardz.com/52166/nvidia-geforce-gtx-980-gtx-970-gtx-980m-gtx-970m-3dmark-performance

    Desktop cards are decidedly "meh" to be honest, though it'll depend on price. Those 900M scores though... There just might be a new laptop in my future.

    Anyone want an Alienware 17? :P


  • #148
    TerrorFirmer
    Closed Accounts Posts: 29,930 ✭✭✭✭TerrorFirmer


    Looks good to me but entirely dependent on pricing. I'd be very interested in the GTX970.


  • #149
    glynf
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 3,387 ✭✭✭glynf


    Serephucus wrote: »
    Hey, everyone!

    Clicky

    It's. About. ****ing. Time.

    Happy Days, would it be cheeky to look for a curved, 21:9 144Hz IPS?

    tumblr_lks6fzJvuF1qhfyv3o1_400.gif


  • #150
    Serephucus
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 7,180 ✭✭✭Serephucus


    glynf wrote: »
    Happy Days, would it be cheeky to look for a curved, 21:9 144Hz IPS?

    Not at all! I'd love that, +G-Sync. ;)


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  • #151
    ShadowHearth
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 22,929 ✭✭✭✭ShadowHearth


    Serephucus wrote: »
    900 series benchmarks. Salt required.

    http://videocardz.com/52166/nvidia-geforce-gtx-980-gtx-970-gtx-980m-gtx-970m-3dmark-performance

    Desktop cards are decidedly "meh" to be honest, though it'll depend on price. Those 900M scores though... There just might be a new laptop in my future.

    Anyone want an Alienware 17? :P

    I know, we need a **** truck of salt, but those numbers look extremely disappointing. And I have a feeling, that it wont be too far away from real numbers. Looks like they did same **** again as with other 2 generations.
    Few months later there will be 980ti too...

    It all boils down to pricing now. If its prices with usual "more performance, but more expensive" then we are back in squire one and its another disappointing generation.


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