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frozenfrozen · 15-10-2015 08:29PM

my screen has started flicking every now and again. Not sure if it's my gtx 580 starting to die or if windows 10 installed a bad driver on its down last night and it's not playing nicely

TerrorFirmer · 15-10-2015 09:23PM

You would need dual 390x's or 980's at a minimum for a setup like that I think. If you're willing to play at medium-high for high FPS they will do a good job but you are asking a lot. Dual GTX970's would be limited by the 3.5GB effective ram. Basically for any sort of quality performance, it's gonna cost the best part of a grand.

VenomIreland · 15-10-2015 09:33PM

Suppose I'll wait a generation or two and see how the flagships perform then, or save up a lot and just do a totally new build at some point (gonna be honest, building the 2.3k build for my friend has me jealous).

ED E · 16-10-2015 06:09PM

After my SSD died I'm doing a health check on the remaining three... Oh My Lord the crucial utility could not be worse if they hired EA to write it. And I ordered an MX200 during the week

Samsung and Intel are getting every cent I spend from now on.

Solitaire · 16-10-2015 07:19PM

Lu Tze wrote: »

You would be pushing about 25% more pixels than a single 4k display. Your looking at 2 x flagship cards I reckon, 980ti's or amd furies. Unless you only play csgo or something! The 4k benchmarks will give you a guide

35% more - total of over 11 megapixels versus ~8.2Mp for a single 2160p. Given that you need at least 4GB to keep your head even remotely above water for the latter I'd expect you'd need an absolute minimum of 6GB GDDR5 per card for tri-1440p, likely more for running really shiny things (or "really badly optimised bad console ports" as we used to call them before political correctness went mad

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TerrorFirmer · 17-10-2015 02:01PM

Guy on adverts selling a processor that says it's brand new never used...but in the photo's he's actually holding it in his hand and there's thermal paste smeared on the CPU with the actual imprint of the cooler.

I love adverts.

Fakman87 · 17-10-2015 02:03PM

TerrorFirmer wrote: »

Guy on adverts selling a processor that says it's brand new never used...but in the photo's he's actually holding it in his hand and there's thermal paste smeared on the CPU with the actual imprint of the cooler.

I love adverts.

Link?

TerrorFirmer · 17-10-2015 02:05PM

TerrorFirmer · 17-10-2015 02:06PM

Click the face.

Johnboy1951 · 17-10-2015 03:52PM

its the like glue from it being on the fan which comes with it

No need to worry so ..... its only glue

Lu Tze · 17-10-2015 04:26PM

Johnboy1951 wrote: »

No need to worry so ..... its only glue

This stuff is excellent, would highly recommend if overclocking

TerrorFirmer · 17-10-2015 06:11PM

Aha, that made me laugh out loud.

VenomIreland · 17-10-2015 11:48PM

Did you ever look back at any old emails, forum posts etc. you made when you were much younger and stupider? It's kinda like this http://nedroid.com/2011/01/memories-of-youth/

BloodBath · 18-10-2015 11:04AM

VenomIreland wrote: »

What sort of hardware would be required for 3 U2515Hs in Nvidia Surround? I've a GTX 780 and I was considering picking up another second hand (with a new PSU also to power it!), would that be enough for most stuff over 3 monitors with lowered settings?

You would be better off just getting a single 27" 2560x1440 144hz monitor tbh.

The power is just not there to drive 3 of these things for gaming at the moment.

You would be looking at a pair of 980ti's minimum and even then it's going to be poor in some games.

.G. · 18-10-2015 05:32PM

Not sure where to put this so I'll try here. Anybody that's used Mindfactory or Computer universe, how long from placing your order until you got the stuff?

TerrorFirmer · 18-10-2015 07:02PM

Another one on adverts, guy selling an 'Alienware Gaming Laptop' for 500....specs are a Core 2 Quad Q9000 2ghz and Geforce 9400 - both from 2008 and both were slow even by standards then! According to benchmarks it can run 2007's COD4 at 1024x768 medium settings at 27fps....

And the seller actually turned down an offer of 300 earlier today telling him he wouldn't get a machine like it for 500 elsewhere! I actually feel terrified for some poor guy buying that based on the keywords 'Alienware', 'Gaming', 'Nvidia'...imaging handing over 500 euro of your money to get home and find out you can't play most games released in the last 7 years.

edit: and the battery and charger both need replacing, for **** sake.

Monotype · 18-10-2015 07:37PM

Terror, I think you'll give yourself an ulcer looking at these.

Digital Solitude · 18-10-2015 07:55PM

Monotype wrote: »

Terror, I think you'll give yourself an ulcer looking at these.

Don't make him stop, the outrage in the posts is fantastic

thewheel2.0 · 18-10-2015 09:57PM

I'm upgrading my CPU fan and case so I want to clean my components.

Can anyone recommend some good compressed air? I have heard stories of water or other stuff coming out of compressed air cans. Do I have to pay for premium stuff? Or is cheap stuff fine?

Edit: Also I have some Arctic MX-2 from 2012 left over. Should I invest in a more modern thermal paste? Or will that stuff be grand?

Danger781 · 19-10-2015 07:57AM

thewheel2.0 wrote: »

I'm upgrading my CPU fan and case so I want to clean my components.

Can anyone recommend some good compressed air? I have heard stories of water or other stuff coming out of compressed air cans. Do I have to pay for premium stuff? Or is cheap stuff fine?

Edit: Also I have some Arctic MX-2 from 2012 left over. Should I invest in a more modern thermal paste? Or will that stuff be grand?

Compressed air from Dealz is awful. Might as well be blowing at the components myself. Whatever you do don't buy that! Although I find compressed air in general to be pretty terrible.

Old Thermal Paste shouldn't be an issue I think.

glynf · 19-10-2015 11:41AM

Digital Solitude wrote: »

Don't make him stop, the outrage in the posts is fantastic

TerrorFirmer after 5 mins on adverts:

Solitaire · 19-10-2015 01:46PM

I think most of us are like that after 5 minutes on Adverts nowadays ._.

TheDoc · 19-10-2015 01:50PM

TerrorFirmer wrote: »

Another one on adverts, guy selling an 'Alienware Gaming Laptop' for 500....specs are a Core 2 Quad Q9000 2ghz and Geforce 9400 - both from 2008 and both were slow even by standards then! According to benchmarks it can run 2007's COD4 at 1024x768 medium settings at 27fps....

And the seller actually turned down an offer of 300 earlier today telling him he wouldn't get a machine like it for 500 elsewhere! I actually feel terrified for some poor guy buying that based on the keywords 'Alienware', 'Gaming', 'Nvidia'...imaging handing over 500 euro of your money to get home and find out you can't play most games released in the last 7 years.

edit: and the battery and charger both need replacing, for **** sake.

I totally get where you are coming from. But at the same time, we can't exactly expect anything better.

When you look at the landscape here in Ireland for Pc enthusiasts, it's a niche market and a niche community. There is more knowledge in the spectrum about mobile phones and performance then there is about desktop PC's.

My girlfriend uses Harvey Norman alot to print photographs, and I'm always in earshot of their staff. I nearly feel the need to get involved everytime I see someone being advised to buy stuff, but then I figure that its your own fualt if your not well informed about any purchase you are making.

It's not just Harvey Norman, I've heard the same nonsense in Currys, Pc World and other stores. There is a push to laptops, netbooks and tablets. The PC's that are available are terrible spec and relatively high cost. For why they cost so much, I've no idea.

But with the perpetual cycle of poor information, poor education on customers parts, and retail stores that push low spec machines at high margin, with staff incentivised to push them for commision it's not going to get much better.

Sure its being going on for decades in the car sector. And that is people spending upward of €20,000. Being poorly informed, poorly researched, and being suckers for sales pitch.

A real Irish thing is focusing and tunnel visioning on the price, ignoring the quality and benefits, and considering it a good deal if you haggle the price or get something else.

So I'm not in the one bit surprised that this spreads into the second hand market, where bad information and expectations are the norm.

At the same time, people are never opening and welcome to feedback that an item they paid a lot of money for, is worth jack **** a few years later. So I find you never get far trying to correct someone on a poor price, instead I just move on after making an offer. You rarely convince someone they are wrong selling their goods.

And if we are being honest, I've seen a few posters names I recognise from here, operating under the same name on adverts, fetching higher then value on some items. So it works in favour in certain aspects too. A lot of guff and overload on technical talk, to convince people they are buying something better then it actually is.

ShadowHearth · 19-10-2015 02:22PM

TheDoc wrote: »

I totally get where you are coming from. But at the same time, we can't exactly expect anything better.

When you look at the landscape here in Ireland for Pc enthusiasts, it's a niche market and a niche community. There is more knowledge in the spectrum about mobile phones and performance then there is about desktop PC's.

My girlfriend uses Harvey Norman alot to print photographs, and I'm always in earshot of their staff. I nearly feel the need to get involved everytime I see someone being advised to buy stuff, but then I figure that its your own fualt if your not well informed about any purchase you are making.

It's not just Harvey Norman, I've heard the same nonsense in Currys, Pc World and other stores. There is a push to laptops, netbooks and tablets. The PC's that are available are terrible spec and relatively high cost. For why they cost so much, I've no idea.

But with the perpetual cycle of poor information, poor education on customers parts, and retail stores that push low spec machines at high margin, with staff incentivised to push them for commision it's not going to get much better.

Sure its being going on for decades in the car sector. And that is people spending upward of €20,000. Being poorly informed, poorly researched, and being suckers for sales pitch.

A real Irish thing is focusing and tunnel visioning on the price, ignoring the quality and benefits, and considering it a good deal if you haggle the price or get something else.

So I'm not in the one bit surprised that this spreads into the second hand market, where bad information and expectations are the norm.

At the same time, people are never opening and welcome to feedback that an item they paid a lot of money for, is worth jack **** a few years later. So I find you never get far trying to correct someone on a poor price, instead I just move on after making an offer. You rarely convince someone they are wrong selling their goods.

And if we are being honest, I've seen a few posters names I recognise from here, operating under the same name on adverts, fetching higher then value on some items. So it works in favour in certain aspects too. A lot of guff and overload on technical talk, to convince people they are buying something better then it actually is.

I just think that PC equipment on adverts.ie in general has pricing all over the place, due to people buying Gaming Pcs and applying thier value like to all general items. Thing with PC equipment is, that it means jack **** how much you payed for it, because by the time you selling it second hand, you can buy same power items, but brand new and brand new technology. I see this A LOT on adverts.ie.
I was thinking of buying something older like Sandy bridge second hand PC, but 99% of stuff for sale on adverts is stupidly pticed. For money they want for them would build me same power brand new pc. Yes, Sandy bridge systems are still stupidly good for gaming ( I still play away on my beloved 2500k ), but it does not mean you can get away charging that much just because you payed a lot back in the day.
I think the only gaming Pcs that were reasonably ptriced on adverts are Terorrs from here.

Damo 2k9 · 19-10-2015 03:42PM

Lads, from ordering, how long does computer universe shipping take via DHL?

Thor · 19-10-2015 03:49PM

Damo 2k9 wrote: »

Lads, from ordering, how long does computer universe shipping take via DHL?

Sadly when I ordered my monitor, it wouldn't let me pick the faster delivery, so I got stuck with DHL.

Now, keep in mind that's not normal DHL courier, but their on inland postage service called Deutsche Post DHL.

I ended up getting delivered by GLS and it took exactly 1 week from ordering. So I would say it's around 4-5 working days for delivery.

Damo 2k9 · 19-10-2015 03:53PM

Ah B**s, was looking to have my new GPU before the weekend. Funnily enough, theres no real price difference between there and Komplett, so may just go with them.

Thor · 19-10-2015 03:56PM

Damo 2k9 wrote: »

Ah B**s, was looking to have my new GPU before the weekend. Funnily enough, theres no real price difference between there and Komplett, so may just go with them.

Don't komplett take the same amount of time.

What is it your ordering and what price is is komplett and computer universe. I can help you search for a place for fast shipping. I'm the same when it comes to wanting my stuff quicker.

Damo 2k9 · 19-10-2015 03:58PM

GTX 960, the MSI 2gb (Im a student, dont judge...:P) 222 on computer universe and 226 on komplett!

Thor · 19-10-2015 04:06PM

Damo 2k9 wrote: »

GTX 960, the MSI 2gb (Im a student, dont judge...:P) 222 on computer universe and 226 on komplett!

Amazon have it for 160 pounds, which is 219 euro. If you use parcel motel, you can get it very quickly. Should work out a tiny bit more overall, but you should have it before the weekend.

http://www.amazon.co.uk/MSI-Nvidia-960-Gaming-Graphics/dp/B00SKTY6PS/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1445267119&sr=8-1&keywords=MSI+GTX+960

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