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On March 31 2013 23:34 Najda wrote:
Anyone know anything about the google os? I read it's a modified version of linux, does that mean it won't be able to run exe files? My mom was thinking of getting one of their new laptops but I have no idea if that's a good idea or not.
Yes, you can't run Windows programs on Chrome OS. Chrome OS is meant for browser-based apps (things like Maps, GMail, etc...). A Chromebook is nice for basic functionality (browsing, mailing, a bit of word processing), but if you have any advanced purposes, it's very limited.
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Chromebooks can be great if you know what you're getting. I use one for working when I'm abroad/away from home and it's very convenient (answer e-mail, basic text editor/excell/ppt/pdf/browsing). It was extremely cheap and does exactly what I want it to do. I hook it up to wifi, or if need be my phone, and can access everything I need.
Only buy it if you don't mind limited functionality and total reliance on google (drive, docs, gmail, hangouts instead of skype) in exchange for a very streamlined, minimal but very fast and convenient experience. I wouldn't get one for a family member, but if their tech savy and know what they're getting into its a great system. I'm using the new samsung one and I'm very pleased with it. I recommend getting one with an SSD.
You can get great deals on them second hand, still almost brand new, due to people having no idea what they're buying.
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Pixel extremely cool but overpriced and limited to browsing web.
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On April 01 2013 03:31 skyR wrote:
Pixel extremely cool but overpriced and limited to browsing web.
Even with Native Client (NaCl), the sandboxing inherently limits what you can accomplish.
It's too bad since the industrial design sure is nice.
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Hey, just recently bought a overclocked bundle and was wondering if my power supply is actually good enough.
My specs:
CPU: Intel Core i5 3570K, Ivy Bridge, 3.4GHz, Quad Core, 6MB Cache (Overclocked to 4.5GHz)
Motherboard: MSI Z77A-G45, Intel Z77 Chipset
Memory: DDR38GB Total (2x4GB) Corsair Vengeance LP, 1600MHz
Graphic card: Nvidia GTX 260
Power supply: Cooler Master, ATX 12V V2.3 / ESP12V V2.91 (520W)
Not sure if this is enough information, but any help is appriciated!
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There's an extremely wide range of power supplies available on the market, with very different quality between the best and the worst, sometimes even among one company. Cooler Master sells really low-end junk that's stripped down, cheap to manufacture, doesn't even perform to spec and can't even deliver rated power, but they also sell some of the best or close to it. So you should definitely include the model number.
That said, there are only a couple modern options they sell that are 520W I think. Silent Pro X (RS-520-AMCB-M3) is largely unknown and untested and so is Silent Pro M2 (RS-520-SPM2) but both are probably okay, probably built reasonably decently, especially the M2, and should handle about half of their rated capacity with little issue. So they should be fine.
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Thanks for the info, the Model number is :RS-520-ASAA-A1
So neither of the 2 you mentioned, unfortunately  .
Would you suggest buying something else?
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Ah, so you actually have the older Real Power M520. I'm pretty sure it's the same design as this:
http://www.thelab.gr/power-supplies-reviews/coolermaster-m620-review-81146.html
which is cheapish but not nearly as cost-cut as some of their others. Goes out of spec by rated 620W capacity but should be mediocre but okay at lower loads. It depends on the voltage on that CPU overclock, but you're very unlikely to top 300W usage unless you're trying to stress test and burn the system down. So it should be okay.
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Yeah thats the same design, thanks for the help - really appriciate it.
So i guess it should be fine, i dont really do anything that would put alot of load on my computer, the most stress it has is streaming some sc2/wow/cs.
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Bisutopia19371 Posts
You guys are so smart in here I have a non computer question!
I started going digital with my ps3 games but I quickly have run out of memory on my ps3. Could someone please give a very clear guide on how to add memory to the ps3? Googling only showed suggestions from 2007 and I assume there are better solutions in 2013.
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United Kingdom20343 Posts
Do you mean hard drive space? o.0
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Bisutopia19371 Posts
On April 02 2013 02:21 Cyro wrote:
Do you mean hard drive space? o.0
Yeah internal hard drive. I'm not familiar with the ps3, if there is specific hardware bought for the ps3 to increase HD space and what not.
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United Kingdom20343 Posts
I dont think so, maybe a bigger hard drive. Dont they sell consoles with specific harddrive capacities? If so it's probably not upgradable
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edit: slow
Looks like for PS3, max height for the drive is 9.5 mm, standard laptop 2.5" size. There exist fatter 2.5" drives that wouldn't fit because of there physically not being enough space. So be careful in checking specs, but there are a lot of options:
http://www.newegg.com/Laptop-Hard-Drives/SubCategory/ID-380
Microsoft doesn't really let you upgrade, but you can use whatever you want on the PS3.
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Why can i no longer right-click to attack destructible rocks? I have to click a and then click on the rocks currently, no idea why.
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Lalalaland34504 Posts
Bit of a hardware noob myself. I have a G2420HD monitor by Benq. I'm curious as to what is the maximum FPS that it can display - is there any point to removing a 60fps cap on my games? I gather this has something to do with this information (taken from wikifreaks):
The Benq G2420HD supports 20 - 83 (KHz) horizontal frequency, 50 - 76 (Hz) vertical frenquency, and 210 (MHz) video bandwidth
Thanks!
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You have to go into your NVidia or AMD options and create a custom resolution that runs at more than 60 Hz. This increases the amount of data your graphics card sends to the monitor, and there is a limit of how much fits over single-link DVI or HDMI or DisplayPort, but I don't know what those might be and what this means for maximum Hz at 1920x1080 resolution. The screens that do 120 Hz need to use dual-link DVI for that.
I'm running 1680x1050 at 75 Hz myself. The custom resolution for that for NVidia looks like this: http://i.imgur.com/iTx6F55.png
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Lalalaland34504 Posts
It seems whenever I set it to 75 Hz, my resolution is automatically reduced, and if I increase my resolution back to my previous 1080p, it resets to 60 Hz. Does that suggest it is not possible?
Also, does 60 Hz simply mean that anything above 60 fps is wasted, while 75 Hz means it can display up to 75 fps? Just making sure I understand it.
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It's a normal 60 Hz monitor. Normally these only support refresh rates at higher than 60 Hz when at lower resolutions.
Some of these can be run a little bit outside of normal specification, but not all models. If you go into Nvidia control panel or Intel integrated graphics control panel or 3rd-party software like Powerstrip (don't think AMD has this feature natively exposed in drivers) or muck around configs, you may be able to force a resolution and refresh rate that are not officially supported. It's not in the normal config box. It may or may not run. Depends on the electronics.
The monitor can only display a new image once per (vertical) refresh. It just outputs whatever image it got from the graphics card. So yeah, at 60 Hz, no matter how many frames your graphics card can render, the monitor can only show a new image every 16.67 ms.
That said, 60 fps average does not imply exactly 16.67 ms between every frame delivered. Even if the average is 10 ms (100 fps) there could still be some frames that are significantly slower. Also, with a higher frame rate, the image you see may be a little less (read: single digits ms) outdated by the time the display shows it. So a higher frame rate than the refresh rate is not really wasted—though depending, if you're seeing parts of multiple frames for a given refresh, you might get visible tearing, which is not good. But certainly, given the limitation of what the display can show, there is not much benefit at all to having lots more frames generated past a certain point.
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