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Vasudus posted:Get an email from nVidia to buy a 1080ti at MSRP. Immediately panic and wonder if I can cancel my Titan XP. Go to order the 1080ti, notice it's already sold out. Time elapsed: 35 minutes. You know those guys probably set up scripts to buy on alert, right?
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Oh probably. I did however foolishly think that 35 minutes would be enough time to buy one, or that I would have some sort of personal referral number that would expire after a reasonable time. Regardless, I can't cancel my Titan XP so whatever. I guess this PC is gonna be bleeding edge.
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Feb 14, 2018 22:16
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Build it like one of those PCGamer ads circa 1999 
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Feb 14, 2018 22:22
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Next month is a new desk and one, possibly two 27" g-sync monitors. My desk cost 90 dollars and I bought it in 2007.
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Feb 14, 2018 22:35
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There better be lights and flames and poo poo all over your tower
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Feb 14, 2018 23:05
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 not really no edit: all my poo poo except my video card from nVidia has shipped. I hope it ships today so I can have it by Friday with the rest of my parts 
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Feb 14, 2018 23:07
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UP THE BUM NO BABY posted:There better be lights and flames and poo poo all over your tower I put stickers all over mine. IDGAF.
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Feb 14, 2018 23:08
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Vasudus posted:possibly two 27" g-sync monitors. Ick, what is this small nonsense. Youre buying a baller video card and youre going to waste money on tiny screens? My current setup is two LG 34" 2560x1080 (uncurved) ultrawides that I got for $350 a pop. The curved ones look better but i'm nothing if not frugal with my wanton spending. I'd say get one nice ultrawide over two regular monitors. All the gsync 34" curved go for around $800, and there are plenty of nice options cheaper than that.
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Feb 14, 2018 23:09
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Flames add at least 100 MHz to your CPU clock speed, the guy on the Geek Squad told me so
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Feb 14, 2018 23:11
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M_Gargantua posted:Ick, what is this small nonsense. I suppose I could. My main requirements are gsync, 144hz, and at least 1440p. I'm not super keen on doing a 21:9 because I worry that some games won't support it, but I can't think of anything off the top of my head that it would be an issue with. I don't think I like curved screens, but I have nothing to test it with to confirm that.
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Feb 14, 2018 23:15
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Dual monitors is great, I don't think I can go back to single now.
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Feb 14, 2018 23:22
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The Rat posted:Dual monitors is great, I don't think I can go back to single now. let me tell you about my 34" widescreen monitor I think it does dual input, most ridiculous widescreens do I'm sure
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Feb 14, 2018 23:27
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I'm definitely going to have two monitors, eventually. I think next month I will buy a Predator X34. Well, in like two weeks anyway. I'll just keep my current monitor as a secondary.
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Feb 14, 2018 23:34
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Vasudus posted:I suppose I could. My main requirements are gsync, 144hz, and at least 1440p. I'm not super keen on doing a 21:9 because I worry that some games won't support it, but I can't think of anything off the top of my head that it would be an issue with. Curved monitors are basically a requirement when you get to 30+ inch screens. I couldn't imagine using a 34 inch 1440p monitor that wasnt curved like 3 feet from my face. I didn't buy a g-sync monitor, I bought a 75hz IPS LG monitor, because I only have 1 GPU and wasn't going to be able to push my screen at speeds that would make the extra 300 buck premium on a 550 dollar monitor worth it. The improved color accuracy from buying a not piece of poo poo monitor has made a massive difference in every game I play, much more than increased resolution or refresh rate. I know that G-sync keeps frames from tearing due to drops as well as spikes, but eh, I'll look at one once I get a computer worth putting a G-sync monitor on. orange juche fucked around with this message at 02:00 on Feb 15, 2018 |
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Feb 15, 2018 01:55
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Yeah upon further inspection it appears that curved screen monitors are nothing like curved screen televisions, which I hate. The Acer X34P is a 120hz monitor for like a grand, and is apparently the single best gaming monitor that exists. gently caress it, I'm already all in so whatever, it's next on the list. I'm probably not going to replace this dumb computer until like 2025 (with the video card lasting until like 2021). My current Dell 2405FPW was purchased in early 2006.
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Feb 15, 2018 02:02
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Vasudus posted:Yeah upon further inspection it appears that curved screen monitors are nothing like curved screen televisions, which I hate. You'd be surprised how much further than you think your PC will get you. This current PC was built in 2012 with only a graphics upgrade from dual 770s to a 980 Ti (a sidegrade at best, also on sale) due to stability issues with the bastard and a half that is SLI. gently caress SLI forever and a day. Still runs everything absolutely perfectly, and the single GPU is only getting long in the tooth in that it can't do 4k 60fps at ultra quality, it's still perfectly playable, and I can get a lot more mileage if I don't insist on every quality slider being custom cranked to the max setting.
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Feb 15, 2018 08:01
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My video card is still processing for shipment despite being ordered at 5am yesterday. It will probably not arrive until Monday then, with all my other parts arriving tomorrow. Motherfucker.
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Feb 15, 2018 11:09
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You bought a good monitor, my co-worker bought one and all he does is rave about how good it is. I wanted one but its price keeps boomeranging between 800 and 1100 dollars and i don't have money for either of those prices right now.
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Feb 15, 2018 11:28
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oh poo poo puyo puyo tetris is coming on steam
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Feb 15, 2018 14:14
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Nostalgia4Butts posted:oh poo poo puyo puyo tetris is coming on steam I have it on Switch. It's hard as gently caress if you are color blind.
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Feb 15, 2018 14:21
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i had it on my ps4 before i got rid of the system theres colorblind options to help, it's the best tetris we're going to get until Arika makes TGM4 (if ever)
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Feb 15, 2018 14:34
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I think I am burning out a little bit on DBFZ. I am going to try to take a day or two to rest. I am at that point where I am good enough to beat the the story mode but not good enough to beat Arcade hard mode. So I do casual matches and a lot of training. I managed to win a few casual matches but get my rear end destroyed more often than not. I am sitting on like 25 hours playtime right now but most of that has been in the last week. It's a fantastic game but I need to pick a team and start to get good or I feel like I am not going to progress any further.
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Nostalgia4Ass posted:I think I am burning out a little bit on DBFZ. I am going to try to take a day or two to rest. I am at that point where I am good enough to beat the the story mode but not good enough to beat Arcade hard mode. So I do casual matches and a lot of training. I managed to win a few casual matches but get my rear end destroyed more often than not. I am sitting on like 25 hours playtime right now but most of that has been in the last week. It's a fantastic game but I need to pick a team and start to get good or I feel like I am not going to progress any further. Team comp and character tiers aren't a thing yet tbh, game is way too early. Play who you want. we should play sometime
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Feb 15, 2018 15:47
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Nostalgia4Ass posted:I have it on Switch. It's hard as gently caress if you are color blind. here you go  the alphabet tiles can be gotten for 100 credits in the game no need for color
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Feb 15, 2018 16:15
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No colorblind mode?
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japan believes colorblindness is a personal failure and as such you don't deserve to play a good tetris game
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Feb 15, 2018 18:13
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Hell, same. What's next making games for terri schiavos???
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*except kojima
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Don't ever order poo poo from nVidia directly if you want your poo poo at a reasonable time. I placed my order at 6am EST on the 14th. It took them until 3pm today to put a box on a truck, which is quite unreasonable out the gate considering that Newegg was able to ship the entire rest of my computer from three different locations in the US in about an hour and a half after ordering. I paid for expedited shipping expecting it to be here tomorrow. They tagged it as Weekday Only delivery, despite the fact that FedEx will deliver it on a Saturday normally. So it's going to be here on Monday, and I have to sign for it. They also won't let me just pick it up at a FedEx location. So I call them, since getting the package flagged as being able to be picked up is a quick and easy task under normal circumstances. I do the stupid standard script thing with him and ask him to authorize the package to be picked up from a FedEx facility. He puts me on hold for 10 minutes before telling me he can't. I ask for the supervisor. 10 more minutes on hold. I tell supervisor my problem, he tells me they're just the vendor that handles the ordering. I tell him who do I have to talk to in order to get this fixed. He tells me nVidia logistics. I ask for a number, he doesn't have one. I call nVidia, they don't handle anything related to the store. I tell them what I was told by the store and that I need to speak to someone in logistics. They refuse to transfer me. Fuckers.
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Feb 15, 2018 22:52
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yeah i know that feeling man but it's the most first world problem i've heard today
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Feb 15, 2018 23:01
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=20KgmOQLdxM
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Feb 15, 2018 23:02
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 if i can't throw money at a problem to fix it then what's the point edit: I'm also not planning on being home on Monday, which is why I wanted it Friday or pick it up at a FedEx center. Vasudus fucked around with this message at 23:20 on Feb 15, 2018 |
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thats what i get for not watching the video i linked
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Feb 15, 2018 23:22
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thought that might have happened lmbo
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Feb 15, 2018 23:23
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that was unintentionally funnier
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Feb 15, 2018 23:25
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Vasudus got me looking at curved monitors. I've always been a fan of LG. I think it's time to replace the circa 2009 42" 1080p TV I'm using as a monitor. It's starting to bleed colors on the edges. Any curved recommendations? Personal experiences? https://www.amazon.com/LG-Electroni...words=LG+34UC97
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Feb 16, 2018 17:35
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I’ve got the non-curved, non-ips version of that. And I’m happy with it.
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Feb 16, 2018 17:41
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I hear Stellaris is good, and since I've been waiting for a while to play it after grabbing it in a humble bundle a little while back, I figured I'd share that it's on sale along with a bunch of DLC I guess. Also, I think a bunch of folks in here said that Heat Signature was a fun game, and it's also off 33% on Steam, so I'm grabbing it. https://twitter.com/StellarisGame/status/964219718910562309 I think I almost broke my mouse button by mashing it so hard. I figured my favorite SNES game of all time finally was ported to Steam, so I wouldn't have to play it on DOSBox anymore, but apparently they remade & remastered the entire loving thing in 3D. On the one hand, replaying my favorite SNES game of all time with better graphics sounds dope as gently caress, but on the other hand, I have some bad experiences with remastered/redone games, and the thing costs 40 bucks, so I'm not entirely sure I want to risk sullying the memory.  Duzzy Funlop fucked around with this message at 17:52 on Feb 16, 2018 |
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