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frozenfrozen · 13-12-2016 08:49PM

run this http://www.resplendence.com/latencymon and see what is making it hang like that. have you installed all drivers that are available on the page for your motherboard eg. network adaptor

wotzgoingon · 13-12-2016 08:50PM

ShadowHearth wrote: »

Okay, noticed some weird stuff with win10.

It randomly freezes for good few seconds and then comes back with no issues at all. Only happens in desktop, never in games. Kind of really annoying.

That is not normal. I have been on 10 since day one and never had that problem on my desktop or even my laptop.

Digital Solitude · 13-12-2016 08:59PM

wotzgoingon wrote: »

That is not normal. I have been on 10 since day one and never had that problem on my desktop or even my laptop.

Same as that, had some weird crap on the Anniversary Update but rolled back and it was okay.

ShadowHearth · 13-12-2016 09:40PM

Cheers lads. It did a big restart with a lot of updates and didnt have any more of those freezes so far. Maybe it got fixed.

Modo drivers only from 2013 on website, so no point in them. Will see how it will go.

So far kind of liking win 10.

TerrorFirmer · 13-12-2016 09:56PM

With classic start installed, no reason not to love Win10 to be honest. So much better than Win8/8.1

SterlingArcher · 13-12-2016 10:02PM

TerrorFirmer wrote: »

With classic start installed, no reason not to love Win10 to be honest. So much better than Win8/8.1

Pffft reason number 1. Windows 7......

Shlippery · 13-12-2016 10:04PM

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4DEfj2MRLtA

AMD Zen livestream on at the mo..

Cuddlesworth · 13-12-2016 10:29PM

SterlingArcher wrote: »

Pffft reason number 1. Windows 7......

Games run faster in Windows 10.

Digital Solitude · 13-12-2016 10:32PM

Cuddlesworth wrote: »

Games run faster in Windows 10.

DX12 will at some stage be relevant

TerrorFirmer · 13-12-2016 10:42PM

Digital Solitude wrote: »

DX12 will at some stage be relevant

wotzgoingon · 13-12-2016 10:44PM

Shlippery wrote: »

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4DEfj2MRLtA

AMD Zen livestream on at the mo..

I just finished watching it. No price though.

Digital Solitude · 13-12-2016 10:45PM

TerrorFirmer wrote: »

I never understand when people hint at things

TerrorFirmer · 13-12-2016 10:48PM

Digital Solitude wrote: »

I never understand when people hint at things

;););););););););););)

I hope this clarifies matters.

Digital Solitude · 13-12-2016 10:59PM

TerrorFirmer wrote: »

;););););););););););)

I hope this clarifies matters.

Skip to 0:33 to grasp my feelings on the matter

TerrorFirmer · 13-12-2016 11:16PM

Actually, perfect! DX11 is here....DX12 is far away

Digital Solitude · 13-12-2016 11:17PM

TerrorFirmer wrote: »

Actually, perfect! DX11 is here....DX12 is far away

No you were meant to be Ted :pac:

AlmightyCushion · 14-12-2016 12:03AM

Cuddlesworth wrote: »

Nothing. All that stuff was for 1st gen SSD's and old OS's to try minimise writes. Its not required now.

Apart from automatic defragging but that is usually turned off automatically for SSDs.

ShadowHearth · 14-12-2016 01:05AM

Holy crap lads, who the hell we were able to play games when hdds were the only option?!?!
I got two games downloaded, path of exile and killing floor 2.
I never noticed loading screens between zones amd waypoints. Appearantly there are! Damn long too!
Killing floor 2 took ages to load up in to game. When I stupidly died on second wave, I was dreaming to go back to main menu and wait for that loading screen.

Gehad_JoyRider · 14-12-2016 02:09AM

Any one watch the new amd RyZen launch?

Cuddlesworth · 14-12-2016 11:24AM

Gehad_JoyRider wrote: »

Any one watch the new amd RyZen launch?

Yeah, only really interested point was the TDP of 100watts for the 8 core and the "Extended Frequency Range", which basically said that if you had over the top cooling, the chip raised its clock speed to match it. Pretty much automated overclocking.

I assume that Intel have been sitting on better binned chips for a while now, expect to see prices on the high end drop and higher clocked chips to come out.

K.O.Kiki · 14-12-2016 12:46PM

Cuddlesworth wrote: »

I assume that Intel have been sitting on better binned chips for a while now, expect to see prices on the high end drop and higher clocked chips to come out.

Everyone says this and I think it's bollocks.

Intel wouldn't want to be "sitting on chips" because chips they don't sell are costing them money (storage & lost transactions).

wotzgoingon · 14-12-2016 03:57PM

But intel still have the most powerful chip though at extortionate prices. As AMD's top chip matches the i7 6900k where as intel have the 10 core 6950X. Hopefully AMD price it right roughly €500 and I'd say it will sell well.

Redfox25 · 14-12-2016 04:19PM

wotzgoingon wrote: »

But intel still have the most powerful chip though at extortionate prices. As AMD's top chip matches the i7 6900k where as intel have the 10 core 6950X. Hopefully AMD price it right roughly €500 and I'd say it will sell well.

IT would be great if AMD's new chip does all it is supposed to do at a much lower price as that could only be good for consumers.
They do have a bad tendency to overhype stuff and then it fails to deliver to the overhype so a good product is not looked at correctly.

Will be good to see some other sites benchmarks and reviews on the new chips too.

dunworth1 · 14-12-2016 07:39PM

TerrorFirmer wrote: »

With classic start installed, no reason not to love Win10 to be honest. So much better than Win8/8.1

nothing wrong with the windows 10 start menu

Cuddlesworth · 14-12-2016 09:14PM

dunworth1 wrote: »

nothing wrong with the windows 10 start menu

Since Windows 8 I don't even relate to peoples problems with it. My process for opening a app involves hitting the windows key, typing in the first couple of letters of the application and hitting enter. Why bother with menus?

wotzgoingon · 14-12-2016 09:18PM

Cuddlesworth wrote: »

Since Windows 8 I don't even relate to peoples problems with it. My process for opening a app involves hitting the windows key, typing in the first couple of letters of the application and hitting enter. Why bother with menus?

I never had any problem with it either. I have had stock windows 8, 8.1 and 10 no classic start menu at all.

.G. · 14-12-2016 10:51PM

I don't even use the menu. Shortcuts on the desktop.

ancapailldorcha · 15-12-2016 12:49AM

Work have extended my probation meaning no bonus (and no PC) for me for another while.

ShadowHearth · 15-12-2016 01:44AM

dunworth1 wrote: »

nothing wrong with the windows 10 start menu

So I only used windows 10 for 1 day, but what I used I did not even noticed no start. Its has pretty much same thing, just not called start.
Another thing is, that so far 10 made me even more lazy.
Press microphone, say: control panel. And it's open. I just do that now with everything and it's stupidly handy.

One thing I noticed that all prices in ms store are in pounds. Will that be an issue? I set it to Ireland when installing, but maybe it thinks I am in UK or something?

MiskyBoyy · 15-12-2016 01:51AM

ShadowHearth wrote: »

So I only used windows 10 for 1 day, but what I used I did not even noticed no start. Its has pretty much same thing, just not called start.
Another thing is, that so far 10 made me even more lazy.
Press microphone, say: control panel. And it's open. I just do that now with everything and it's stupidly handy.

One thing I noticed that all prices in ms store are in pounds. Will that be an issue? I set it to Ireland when installing, but maybe it thinks I am in UK or something?

Type "Location" into the search bar & click "Change your country or region" it will probably have you down as United Kingdom, just change it to Ireland.

It's not a problem tho, you just might need a UK billing address if you were to buy something.

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