Off-Topic Thread

Gbear

Gameplay-wise it's solid. It is the most astonishing game to look at that I've ever seen.
Some of the scenes are literally breathtaking.

I think the multiplayer is basically dead at this point (although haven't tried in a while).

I spent a lot of time at it when it first came out. Took a while to get to grips with it - played at a mental pace - but it was seriously addictive.

I enjoyed it quite a lot and will probably play it through again but I'd wait until you spot it in a sale.
There's seldom any good reason to buy games at full price these days. Origin doesn't quite give you the number of sales but nevertheless..

Tea_Bag

I hate how the "stumble upon" phrase has been stolen and now branded as stumbleupon.com

anyway, I didn't stumbleupon.com this interesting thread about hacking lightboost enabled 120hz monitors to give zero motion blur and looks like CRT, looks like 480Hz, and how it's all the rage at the moment and basically saved LCD technology. have I been living under a rock?

http://www.overclock.net/t/1339384/zero-motion-blur-lcd-nvidia-lightboost-hack-looks-like-crt-looks-like-480hz

tuxy

Here's some gaming benchmarks using a 4k tv

http://www.pcper.com/reviews/Graphics-Cards/Frame-Rating-High-End-GPUs-Benchmarked-4K-Resolutions

Burgo

Tea_Bag wrote: »

I hate how the "stumble upon" phrase has been stolen and now branded as stumbleupon.com

anyway, I didn't stumbleupon.com this interesting thread about hacking lightboost enabled 120hz monitors to give zero motion blur and looks like CRT, looks like 480Hz, and how it's all the rage at the moment and basically saved LCD technology. have I been living under a rock?

http://www.overclock.net/t/1339384/zero-motion-blur-lcd-nvidia-lightboost-hack-looks-like-crt-looks-like-480hz

yes you have , most reviews for the benq and asus have some mention/link to the lightboost hack.

Serephucus

TFT Central did a very good review about motion blur and backlighting, which I haven't had the chance as of yet to fully read, but skimming it, they do mention Light Boost as well.

NTMK

Asus' Z87 line up has been revealed Link


and i'm still unsure what the **** they're doing with their colour scheme's

Burgo

The red and black is fine, they have been using that for a while now. But the gold...
Is it just me or is the pcie slot on the itx board blocked by some backpanel ports?

Serephucus

Yeah, don't really like the colour. Nice to see ITX offerings out of the gate though. I'm personally more interested to see ASRock's boards.

I think it's just the angle of the shot, if you see the header to the left of the slot, it's slightly raised, and you can just make out the bottom edge of the audio I/O next to it, being slightly higher again.

NTMK

Serephucus wrote: »

Yeah, don't really like the colour. Nice to see ITX offerings out of the gate though. I'm personally more interested to see ASRock's boards.

I think it's just the angle of the shot, if you see the header to the left of the slot, it's slightly raised, and you can just make out the bottom edge of the audio I/O next to it, being slightly higher again.

tbh i was kinda expecting a ROG itx board from them considering how itx is starting to become a big thing with cases like the prodigy out

Serephucus

Speaking of motherboards, ASRock Haswell pricing:

http://translate.google.co.ve/translate?sl=de&tl=en&js=n&prev=_t&hl=es&ie=UTF-8&eotf=1&u=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.pcgameshardware.de%2FPreisvergleich-Thema-231568%2FNews%2FHaswell-Sockel-1150-im-Preisvergleich-1068181%2F

TL;DR - They're about 20% higher than current equivalent boards. Factoring in the fact that they're estimated pre-launch prices, I'd say they'll be about 5-10% (worst case) more expensive.

Tea_Bag

that Asus has crippled onboard sound and the ugliest colour scheme to date. no thanks. I thought we left those jobs to ECS?

NTMK

Tea_Bag wrote: »

that Asus has crippled onboard sound and the ugliest colour scheme to date. no thanks. I thought we left those jobs to ECS?

at least they have the same colour throughout the board unlike the many shades of blue they used on the last few sets of boards:pac:

speaking of which what was that mobo that had like 5 different colours on it. I think it was an AMD board maybe gigabyte.

thewheel2.0

I can't find good information on how to route GFX card signal through the motherboard port and to turn off the GFX card when not in use. I don't game during the college months and I'm sure my house mates wont appreciate a massive electricity bill. Is there a way to do this natively or will I need third party drivers?

Serephucus

ASRock motherboards pictured:

http://chinese.vr-zone.com/62057/asrock-z87-motherboard-with-80211-ac-include-extreme-11-9-6-and-z87-oc-formula-05052013/

I have to say, the Extreme6 looks positively bad-ass.

NTMK

Serephucus wrote: »

ASRock motherboards pictured:

http://chinese.vr-zone.com/62057/asrock-z87-motherboard-with-80211-ac-include-extreme-11-9-6-and-z87-oc-formula-05052013/

I have to say, the Extreme6 looks positively bad-ass.

nice hopefully the itx model takes the black colour scheme

also 10 sata ports? anyword on if they're all sata 3 or another mix of 2's and 3's?



and i never thought i'd say it but i like my G710 more than my model m.

Serephucus

I'd assume it would. ASRock has been pretty faithful to their gold and black theme so far. I wish they would move to matte black PCBs rather than that horrible brown, but unfortunately that doesn't look to be the case.

As far as I know, Lynx Point is supposed to come with up to 8x6Gb/s ports by default.

Fluffy88

keyboard.png

hmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmm
Can't wait!!

BloodBath

thewheel2.0 wrote: »

I can't find good information on how to route GFX card signal through the motherboard port and to turn off the GFX card when not in use. I don't game during the college months and I'm sure my house mates wont appreciate a massive electricity bill. Is there a way to do this natively or will I need third party drivers?

You need to have virtu mvp installed in a certain configuration. I think it's I-mode.

Most modern graphics card's have good power saving features and only run at low 2d mode clocks when not gaming.

It won't make much of a difference.

VenomIreland

Looking to get some Bookshelf Speakers and an amp now that I have the space for them, any recommendations for about €150?

Tea_Bag

VenomIreland wrote: »

Looking to get some Bookshelf Speakers and an amp now that I have the space for them, any recommendations for about €150?

also interested in this..

Serephucus

Tea_Bag wrote: »

also interested in this..

Me three, potentially.

Burgo

Where's Brian when you need him!

edit:

http://www.reddit.com/r/Zeos/comments/1234wt/21_systems_dac_1251500/

Headshot

Headshot wrote: »

I can get it for 25 euro on g2play but that is a tad high for me because of what crysis 2 was

So I couldnt resist anymore, I got Crysis 3. Looks fair epic on the monitor and have everything set the max but somthings never learn, AI is ****ing awful.

indough

not ideal but im getting these anyway, because i cant fit another pci-e card and also because **** onboard sound

http://www.thomann.de/ie/alesis_m1_active_520_usb.htm

they also fit my accidental colour scheme of black and silver

VenomIreland

Behringer UCA202 is what I'm looking at right now, to go along with the Lepai LP-2020A, just need to find out what speakers to get.

Headshot

****ing hell the graphics are unreal in Crysis 3. I finally stepped out to the Jungle city and im gobsmacked tbh

This monitor is totally worth every penny

Tea_Bag

Headshot wrote: »

This monitor resolution is totally worth every penny

FTFY :P

welcome to the elite world of 25*14 IPS. nothing else is acceptable anymore.

Serephucus

If anyone around the Maynooth or Dublin area has one of these, I'd love to try one out after exams. Given my vision problems, I really don't know if it's worth investing in, but I am curious all the same.

Dr Silly Bollox MD

Serephucus wrote: »

If anyone around the Maynooth or Dublin area has one of these, I'd love to try one out after exams.

what you doing?

Serephucus

CS and Anthro.