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On December 11 2013 01:45 Cyro wrote:Show nested quote +On December 11 2013 01:28 Craton wrote:
Deathadder was the worst mouse I've ever owned for what it's worth. Why? 3.5g is one of the best sensors out there - i'm still looking for a solid replacement
It started losing mouseclicks after just a few months (slight enough that for awhile I thought maybe it was just me), was uncomfortable to use (preference I guess), and the software was horrid. I don't remember the sensor being anything special compared to of the other mice I've used. I think about the only thing I did like was the feel of the mousewheel, which is pretty trivial in the grand scheme of things. Iirc, the price point was pretty poor, too -- $60 or 70, but worth maybe $35.
I remember having great difficulty getting the sensitivity right with that thing.
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Hi there!
I'm looking to buy a very cheap laptop for my grandparents. Their only need is to write a textdocument, browse the internet and occasionally watch a dvd on it. I've found a very cheap laptop that has the Intel Celeron 1017U / 1.6 GHz processor, and my question is: Would that processor be able to handle said tasks?
It seems on the very low end to me, but that's propably because I'm used to having a much faster processor.
The laptop in mention is:
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Yeah, should be plenty. Celeron 1017U is a dual-core Ivy Bridge part.
General kind of fake rule of thumb is anything on midlevel Core 2 Duo level (say, E5200) is good enough for general use and tasks, and that's somewhat comparable except that it uses a lot less power.
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On December 11 2013 03:37 Craton wrote:Show nested quote +On December 11 2013 01:45 Cyro wrote:On December 11 2013 01:28 Craton wrote:
Deathadder was the worst mouse I've ever owned for what it's worth. Why? 3.5g is one of the best sensors out there - i'm still looking for a solid replacement It started losing mouseclicks after just a few months (slight enough that for awhile I thought maybe it was just me), was uncomfortable to use (preference I guess), and the software was horrid. I don't remember the sensor being anything special compared to of the other mice I've used. I think about the only thing I did like was the feel of the mousewheel, which is pretty trivial in the grand scheme of things. Iirc, the price point was pretty poor, too -- $60 or 70, but worth maybe $35. I remember having great difficulty getting the sensitivity right with that thing.
There are quite a lot of defective razer products, if you get a good one it usually works for a long time, my DA has like 20k hours on it
Sensor is great, that's basically the only reason for buying the mouse. Deathadder sensor is better than anything sold by razer/steelseries and many other brands
Since performance is significantly better on the native 1800dpi, you'd just use the on-the-fly sensitivity to adjust from 180dpi to 1800 in steps of 90 and select what you want
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Yeah, if I search through my emails, it seems I bought my Razer Abyssus in early 2010 and it still works fine. I used it without break until now.
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What can cause Radeon HD 5770 to go to 0% usage during certain (most) SC2 Arcade games? It starts out fine but when the screen gets a bit crowded it usually stops working. It's not overheating, I checked that. Only happens in SC2. Can I do anything about it?
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Hey, can anyone recommend me a decent microphone that won't pick up the sounds of a mechanical keyboard. Need it just for voice communication. I have a budget of about £25 (~$40). I'd prefer one that plugs into the microphone jack instead of USB. I was thinking something that might clip onto the wire of my AT M-50s. Thanks and sorry if I haven't provided enough information!
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On December 11 2013 22:37 PacWac wrote:
Hey, can anyone recommend me a decent microphone that won't pick up the sounds of a mechanical keyboard. Need it just for voice communication. I have a budget of about £25 (~$40). I'd prefer one that plugs into the microphone jack instead of USB. I was thinking something that might clip onto the wire of my AT M-50s. Thanks and sorry if I haven't provided enough information!
I don't know about what models are available at that price range, but that's tough. A microphone is designed to pick up sound. It might have a certain frequency response that will alter the relative levels of some sounds relative to others to some extent, or more relevantly, a certain pickup pattern, but it doesn't distinguish between what the sound source is. A certain sound pressure comes in, and there is an electrical signal that is produced and recorded.
You're going to be picking up the mechanical keyboard. It's just a matter of how loud (relative to your voice).
What would help, then, is putting the microphone relatively close to your mouth and relatively far away from the keyboard, to increase the signal level from your voice relative to that from the keyboard. And also having some non-omnidirectional pattern that picks up a lot more in the direction of you than in the direction of the keyboard (hoping or controlling for minimal reflections of sounds from the keyboards, if those might be significant).
If you have something attached to the headphone cable like that Zalman Zm-Mic1, it's probably going to pick up the keyboard relatively strongly compared to your voice. One of those AntLion Modmics might make some sense, but they're out of budget, seemingly always out of stock and/or dealing with supply issues, having build quality problems, etc.
You could also... type quieter or use a different keyboard, which is of course not the desired solution. What kind of switches do you have? How much of the sound comes from bottoming out?
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On December 11 2013 19:40 Darkened wrote:
What can cause Radeon HD 5770 to go to 0% usage during certain (most) SC2 Arcade games? It starts out fine but when the screen gets a bit crowded it usually stops working. It's not overheating, I checked that. Only happens in SC2. Can I do anything about it?
What's your fps when your GPU usage drops?
It's interesting I was noticing something that could be related when doing some test today. I was running the unit preloader map and I noticed that my GPU usage dips at the same time that my fps dips. I was running a replay where I didn't exit the game and noticed that the usage was at 98-99% when there was nothing but an empty map and very high fps. I tried running the replay at different speeds and at x2 speed the GPU use is all over the place but again dipping as the fps does. On a subsequent run at normal speed where the CPU was less taxed and my fps was high the GPU usage was also near max.
My assumption is that when the CPU begins to bottleneck and slow down the frame rate the GPU is able to keep up without having to be used as much.
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On December 12 2013 05:49 DusTerr wrote:Show nested quote +On December 11 2013 19:40 Darkened wrote:
What can cause Radeon HD 5770 to go to 0% usage during certain (most) SC2 Arcade games? It starts out fine but when the screen gets a bit crowded it usually stops working. It's not overheating, I checked that. Only happens in SC2. Can I do anything about it?
What's your fps when your GPU usage drops? It's interesting I was noticing something that could be related when doing some test today. I was running the unit preloader map and I noticed that my GPU usage dips at the same time that my fps dips. I was running a replay where I didn't exit the game and noticed that the usage was at 98-99% when there was nothing but an empty map and very high fps. I tried running the replay at different speeds and at x2 speed the GPU use is all over the place but again dipping as the fps does. On a subsequent run at normal speed where the CPU was less taxed and my fps was high the GPU usage was also near max. My assumption is that when the CPU begins to bottleneck and slow down the frame rate the GPU is able to keep up without having to be used as much.
My usage is 0. It doesn't just drop. I get different amounts of fps, usually 5-15, if the map is very crowded (like very many AI controlled units fighting each other) it might go to 0. My CPU is a Phenom X4 955.
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On December 12 2013 05:09 Myrmidon wrote:Show nested quote +On December 11 2013 22:37 PacWac wrote:
Hey, can anyone recommend me a decent microphone that won't pick up the sounds of a mechanical keyboard. Need it just for voice communication. I have a budget of about £25 (~$40). I'd prefer one that plugs into the microphone jack instead of USB. I was thinking something that might clip onto the wire of my AT M-50s. Thanks and sorry if I haven't provided enough information! I don't know about what models are available at that price range, but that's tough. A microphone is designed to pick up sound. It might have a certain frequency response that will alter the relative levels of some sounds relative to others to some extent, or more relevantly, a certain pickup pattern, but it doesn't distinguish between what the sound source is. A certain sound pressure comes in, and there is an electrical signal that is produced and recorded. You're going to be picking up the mechanical keyboard. It's just a matter of how loud (relative to your voice). What would help, then, is putting the microphone relatively close to your mouth and relatively far away from the keyboard, to increase the signal level from your voice relative to that from the keyboard. And also having some non-omnidirectional pattern that picks up a lot more in the direction of you than in the direction of the keyboard (hoping or controlling for minimal reflections of sounds from the keyboards, if those might be significant). If you have something attached to the headphone cable like that Zalman Zm-Mic1, it's probably going to pick up the keyboard relatively strongly compared to your voice. One of those AntLion Modmics might make some sense, but they're out of budget, seemingly always out of stock and/or dealing with supply issues, having build quality problems, etc. You could also... type quieter or use a different keyboard, which is of course not the desired solution. What kind of switches do you have? How much of the sound comes from bottoming out?
Yeah, the Modmics are a pain to get ahold of, but they're pretty solid IMO. I have a Modmic 3.0 and I really like it. Pretty much exactly what PacWac is looking for: clear sound, unidirectional so it doesn't pick up much background noise, plugs into mic jack (not USB), ~$40.
It's kind of an ongoing test-run though, so if they're back in stock soon, make sure it's compatible with your onboard audio driver or sound card before you buy it.
You can also consider getting a USB cardioid microphone like this but you'll need a stand for it. Maybe this or this?
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On December 12 2013 06:18 Darkened wrote:Show nested quote +On December 12 2013 05:49 DusTerr wrote:On December 11 2013 19:40 Darkened wrote:
What can cause Radeon HD 5770 to go to 0% usage during certain (most) SC2 Arcade games? It starts out fine but when the screen gets a bit crowded it usually stops working. It's not overheating, I checked that. Only happens in SC2. Can I do anything about it?
What's your fps when your GPU usage drops? It's interesting I was noticing something that could be related when doing some test today. I was running the unit preloader map and I noticed that my GPU usage dips at the same time that my fps dips. I was running a replay where I didn't exit the game and noticed that the usage was at 98-99% when there was nothing but an empty map and very high fps. I tried running the replay at different speeds and at x2 speed the GPU use is all over the place but again dipping as the fps does. On a subsequent run at normal speed where the CPU was less taxed and my fps was high the GPU usage was also near max. My assumption is that when the CPU begins to bottleneck and slow down the frame rate the GPU is able to keep up without having to be used as much. My usage is 0. It doesn't just drop. I get different amounts of fps, usually 5-15, if the map is very crowded (like very many AI controlled units fighting each other) it might go to 0. My CPU is a Phenom X4 955.
Yeah, essentially if your CPU isn't processing quickly enough your GPU won't have anything to do. (I have the same CPU)
My fps and corresponding GPU usage:
< 15fp = 0%
15-70 fps = 60-70%
> 70 fps = +95%
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Q: My HDD isn't showing up on the my computer screen. I have it plugged in and double checked it. On the boot screen it shows that its there as well. Any thoughts/ideas on a solution to this?
I have a SSD that contains my OS and currently all programs I use on the normal. The SSD shows up on my computer screen ofc. But I would like to know why the 3tb HDD doesn't..would suck to only have 250gb and a 3tb paper weight
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You need to go into disk management and assign it a letter / format it.
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On December 12 2013 09:19 skyR wrote:
You need to go into disk management and assign it a letter / format it.
ah ok...so new question...MBR or GPT? WD 3TB green..booting fomr a SSD so this will jsut be storage of everythign else and all the games i donwload/install
Edit: nvm went with GPT
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If you want a single 3TB partition on that drive, you need to use GPT. MBR has a 2TB limit.
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On December 12 2013 09:32 Ropid wrote:
If you want a single 3TB partition on that drive, you need to use GPT. MBR has a 2TB limit.
yeah did some more reading...they were old artciles and kept saying it would render some HDDs unrecognizable by mobos.
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I have a Leopold FC2000 tenkeyless with Cherry Blues, and my K key just started registering multiple key presses in a single click. I'll hit the K key once, and it'll register between twice, and four times.
I haven't had this problem at all until today when I removed the USB from the keyboard to move it to another part of my desk so I can takes notes comfortably in front of my monitor.
Has anyone else had this problem? Any tips on fixing this? I've had the keyboard for less than a year, and it hasn't left my desk at all. I haven't spilled anything into the keyboard, or mistreated it at all. I keep a cover on the keys whenever I'm not using it.
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On December 12 2013 09:43 Diaresta wrote:
I have a Leopold FC2000 tenkeyless with Cherry Blues, and my K key just started registering multiple key presses in a single click. I'll hit the K key once, and it'll register between twice, and four times.
I haven't had this problem at all until today when I removed the USB from the keyboard to move it to another part of my desk so I can takes notes comfortably in front of my monitor.
Has anyone else had this problem? Any tips on fixing this? I've had the keyboard for less than a year, and it hasn't left my desk at all. I haven't spilled anything into the keyboard, or mistreated it at all. I keep a cover on the keys whenever I'm not using it.
did you try removing the keycap and looking under it?
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