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  • #3362
    Andy!!
    Site Banned Posts: 1,678 ✭✭✭Andy!!


    Gbear wrote: »

    Presumably it means you'll have to start paying a TV license fee for your PC if you put it in, no?

    **** that! :< Aint paying Irish networks to make more Fade street and Tallafornia! Buying a licence for an actual tv fair enough, but they are taking the piss asking for a licence for a pc or laptop with a tv card!


  • #3363
    Tij da feen
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 598 ✭✭✭Tij da feen


    Andy!! wrote: »
    **** that! :< Aint paying Irish networks to make more Fade street and Tallafornia! Buying a licence for an actual tv fair enough, but they are taking the piss asking for a licence for a pc or laptop with a tv card!

    Doesn't pay for Tallafornia luckily but it does pay for Fade Street.

    Once your computer is using the card then legally you have to pay for a TV license.


  • #3364
    ShadowHearth
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 22,924 ✭✭✭✭ShadowHearth


    Just finished watching the last episode of "Red dwarf" :(. that makes me a saaaaaaaad panda :(


  • #3365
    cherryghost
    Moderators, Technology & Internet Moderators Posts: 17,150 Mod ✭✭✭✭cherryghost


    ShadowHearth wrote: »
    Just finished watching the last episode of "Red dwarf" :(. that makes me a saaaaaaaad panda :(

    Last episode? What are you on about? You do know there's a new season?


  • #3366
    ShadowHearth
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 22,924 ✭✭✭✭ShadowHearth


    cherryghost wrote: »
    Last episode? What are you on about? You do know there's a new season?

    i did remembered that someone told me there are new episodes. its weird. there were 8 seasons and now it goes to season 10?... wheres season 9?


    I really love father TED, but **** how i loved the red dwarf. its fecking EPIC!!! i played EVE online, while watching it too lol!


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  • #3367
    Lu Tze
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 3,514 ✭✭✭Lu Tze


    Tij da feen wrote: »
    Doesn't pay for Tallafornia luckily but it does pay for Fade Street.

    Once your computer is using the card then legally you have to pay for a TV license.

    One per household - so if you have a licence for any telly in the house already there's no problems!


  • #3368
    Gbear
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 12,775 ✭✭✭✭Gbear


    Lu Tze wrote: »
    One per household - so if you have a licence for any telly in the house already there's no problems!

    What'll be really interesting is to see how the weasels will fund their ****e when more and more people stop having a TV and use the internet for everything.


  • #3369
    N64
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,324 ✭✭✭N64


    IIRC, there are plans in the future to replace the TV licence with a one that includes computers :mad:

    Also, it looks like we are all switching to linux or mac :pac:

    http://www.theregister.co.uk/2012/10/22/gates_windows8_phone8_merger/


  • #3370
    ShadowHearth
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 22,924 ✭✭✭✭ShadowHearth


    season 9 of RED dwarf was fecking tits :mad:


  • #3371
    Tij da feen
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 598 ✭✭✭Tij da feen


    New iPad announced... Not that anyone really cares here I'm guessing. But it seems like an excellent buy. Look, two whole graphics instead of one!

    original.png

    It makes me so sad that people will go out and buy this iPad even if they own an iPad3 which was only released in March.


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  • #3372
    frozenfrozen
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 7,682 ✭✭✭frozenfrozen


    Won't most of the reason for this increased graphics performance just be because the screen is a lot smaller..?


  • #3373
    Brian
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 5,699 ✭✭✭Brian


    #tested 19:08 <+Feigr> so you can get a Nexus 7 and a Kindle Paperwhite for 12 dollars less than an ipad mini

    sums it up really


  • #3374
    ShadowHearth
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 22,924 ✭✭✭✭ShadowHearth


    I really really love how apple compares they products and show improvement by:

    How many less seconds it takes to open app. ( usually x1.5 )
    How faster it loads image. ( around x1.6 )
    How much more space is there on it ( something like x2.0 )
    Performance in angry birds x1.4!!!
    List goes on and on..
    Never hardware details ( you need to search for it on some third party websites ). It's like a comparison for brain dead zombies...


  • #3375
    dwighet
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 2,399 ✭✭✭dwighet


    This new driver is something else..

    I installed it last night and it made a good improvement on my 7970..
    Just scored this
    On 3d mark 11...Before I was lucky to get 9400.
    And a noticable improvement playing bf3.

    I can now play bf3 on auto settings and get an avg of 100 fps on my 120 hz monitor.(1080)


  • #3376
    deravarra
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,950 ✭✭✭deravarra


    dwighet wrote: »
    This new driver is something else..

    I installed it last night and it made a good improvement on my 7970..
    Just scored this
    On 3d mark 11...Before I was lucky to get 9400.
    And a noticable improvement playing bf3.

    I can now play bf3 on auto settings and get an avg of 100 fps on my 120 hz monitor.(1080)

    How would that fare against a GTX 670? I'm in the process of choosing a GPU for a new build


  • #3377
    dwighet
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 2,399 ✭✭✭dwighet


    deravarra wrote: »
    How would that fare against a GTX 670? I'm in the process of choosing a GPU for a new build

    I wouldnt know mate..

    I have never used or seen one in action.I hear there good but how good is the question.

    Google is your friend here..


  • #3378
    ShadowHearth
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 22,924 ✭✭✭✭ShadowHearth


    deravarra wrote: »
    How would that fare against a GTX 670? I'm in the process of choosing a GPU for a new build

    In my opinion There's still more value in 7970. I am saying it as an owner of gtx 680. Ati really picked up their **** in last and current generation. They always adjust their pricing, so if you will be planing on cf setup you will be in a lot better position. Drovers get updated nicely. A lot better eyefinity setup.


  • #3379
    Serephucus
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 7,181 ✭✭✭Serephucus


    In BF3, the 7970 is faster, overall the numbers seem to be similar to BF3. At least at 19x12.

    I should mention though that TPU is using slightly older NVIDIA drivers in that review, and supposedly the newer ones offer some pretty good performance gains (they just aren't publicised as much as AMD's).


  • #3380
    marco_polo
    Moderators, Science, Health & Environment Moderators Posts: 10,093 Mod ✭✭✭✭marco_polo


    deravarra wrote: »
    How would that fare against a GTX 670? I'm in the process of choosing a GPU for a new build

    At the point that both cards had launched there wasn't a whole lot in it although the HD 7970 was always perhaps marginally the faster card overall on balance.

    But right now when you factor in the current broadly similar pricing, the latest driver 12.11 improvements, better high resolution performance and overclocking potential it really has to be the HD7970 IMO.


  • #3381
    Brian
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 5,699 ✭✭✭Brian


    Are the new drivers beneficial to 6XXX as well?


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  • #3382
    dwighet
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 2,399 ✭✭✭dwighet


    Brian wrote: »
    Are the new drivers beneficial to 6XXX as well?



    Take a few benchmarks with your current drivers then down load the new ones(12.11 beta) and run the same benchmarks...see what you come up with..


  • #3383
    Serephucus
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 7,181 ✭✭✭Serephucus


    Nope, they're not. 7000 Series only.


  • #3384
    marco_polo
    Moderators, Science, Health & Environment Moderators Posts: 10,093 Mod ✭✭✭✭marco_polo


    Yeah they would have the 6XXX series cards pretty well optimised at this point, and realistically even if there was still room for some improvement they would not be focused on looking for it anyways at this point in their lifecycle.

    You only really tend to see bug fixes in new driver releases for previous generation cards.


  • #3385
    gooch2k9
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,647 ✭✭✭gooch2k9


    Someone might help me here..I have a 120GB SSD for C: drive, 111GB in reality. I was messing around installing eclipse the last night and now my free space has dropped from 50GB odd down to 37GB, but looking at all contents of C: drive including hidden stuff only adds up to 51GB so I should have 60GB...anyone know what the craic with this is?


  • #3386
    RUCKING FETARD
    Closed Accounts Posts: 1,455 ✭✭✭RUCKING FETARD


    gooch2k9 wrote: »
    Someone might help me here..I have a 120GB SSD for C: drive, 111GB in reality. I was messing around installing eclipse the last night and now my free space has dropped from 50GB odd down to 37GB, but looking at all contents of C: drive including hidden stuff only adds up to 51GB so I should have 60GB...anyone know what the craic with this is?
    http://windirstat.info/


  • #3387
    gooch2k9
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,647 ✭✭✭gooch2k9


    Thats showing a 21GB folder which has a 12GB pagefile.sys and 9GB hiberfil.sys.

    Do I need these?


  • #3388
    FlyingIrishMan
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 2,861 ✭✭✭FlyingIrishMan


    I'm pretty sure those aren't actually needed, I just found I have those two files as well and they add up to 14GB, was wondering where that went to.

    Best wait until somebody gives a definite answer :P


  • #3389
    RUCKING FETARD
    Closed Accounts Posts: 1,455 ✭✭✭RUCKING FETARD


    gooch2k9 wrote: »
    Thats showing a 21GB folder which has a 12GB pagefile.sys and 9GB hiberfil.sys.

    Do I need these?
    FlyingIrishMan wrote: »
    I'm pretty sure those aren't actually needed, I just found I have those two files as well and they add up to 14GB, was wondering where that went to.

    Best wait until somebody gives a definite answer :P
    http://www.boards.ie/vbulletin/showpost.php?p=79945490&postcount=76


  • #3390
    gooch2k9
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,647 ✭✭✭gooch2k9


    RUCKING FETARD wrote: »
    http://www.boards.ie/vbulletin/showpost.php?p=79945490&postcount=76

    Cheers I did a bit of digging after that and seen the guides, got rid of the hibernation and knocked the pagefile down to 2GB, not that I'm going anywhere near my physical limit.


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  • #3391
    N64
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,324 ✭✭✭N64


    Lads, did anybody ever get a refund off dabs before? I am just wondering how long roughly would it take for the refunded money to show up in my account? Thanks!


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