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On September 09 2015 02:31 olabaz wrote:Show nested quote +On August 09 2015 06:11 olabaz wrote:
I wanted to get a new monitor but when I went to best buy website there are so many different types:
LCD Monitors
LED Monitors
IPS Monitors
Gaming Monitors
4K Ultra HD Monitors
Curved Monitors
I'm not sure what I should get. I want an HD monitor so if I watch DVD movies/stream netflix it's in good quality. Also, I mainly play BW and OSU sometimes SC2 or CSGO. I do a lot of reading/typing on the computer. I would also maybe like to connect an Xbox One to it and use it as a TV?
Thanks for the help
Edit: Price range: < $200. Size: ~24" So a while ago I made this post and today I saw on newegg they were having a sale on this ultrawide monitor. Is this a decent buy for what I was looking for? I don't have much experience with ultrawide monitors and whether or not they're more of a burden than not with the 21:\9 ratio. www.newegg.com
I believe that I own one of these monitors. And it's not a bad monitor; whether or not you can do anything with the ultrawide aspect of it is entirely up to how you use it. (And also software; StarCraft 2 for example does not want to play at that resolution, because of Blizzard wanting everyone to have the same field of view at 1920x1080.) For normal things, it works fine as far as I can tell. I would advise against the LG software though - it turns off UAC for no good reason.
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Anyone experiencing crashes when waking up the computer with nvidia drivers on windows 10?
When i wake up my computer from sleep, some times the display becomes all static-y which would require me to do a hard reset on the computer to fix. Other times, it would say the driver stopped responding and recovered but that's annoying as well even if i did get back to a functional computer.
Why is this happening and is there a fix?
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United Kingdom20322 Posts
graphics drivers for windows 10 are still in alpha, will get better with time
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How can I view my older posts? I can only see last 50 I think. Not sure if this thread is appropriate though.
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Among the current line of graphing calculators from Texas Instruments, which model(s) are best for high school students?
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So I just got a weird problem.
Was browsing the net, watching a video on YouTube, when suddenly my pc just went down. It didn't turn off, since the fans were working, and the mobo was on, but both screen went dark blue, and the sound just stopped.
What could this mean?
Specs:
i5-4690k @ 3.5GHz
MSI Gaming 7
290 Sapphire Radeon OC
650W Cooler Master GX
16Ram Kingston Beast 1666MHz
120 SSD Samsung evo (OS installed here)
250 SSD Plextor
1TB WD Blue
Any tips?
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On September 10 2015 23:30 domane wrote:
Among the current line of graphing calculators from Texas Instruments, which model(s) are best for high school students?
Graphic calculators are a gigantic scam. No one except high school students uses graphic calculators. In any real situation, either a simple calculator is enough, or a full PC is much better at solving the problem comfortably due to having a large screen and a reasonable input device.
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They're quite commonly used in colleges and in certain professional science/engineering fields. Besides, they're only like $100 and last for a decade or more.
The main thing to keep in when purchasing one for a high school student is making sure the model is permissible for the various tests they'll take (e.g. SATS/ACTS). Certain ones are banned due to things like potentially facilitating cheating (e.g. wifi).
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Cascadia1753 Posts
Like almost all graphing calculators can be used for cheating.. you just have to get a little more creative sometimes.
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What type of concerns should I have when buying refurbished or used hardware or computers/laptops/tablets? Lately, I've been feeling that getting something old from a year ago has a better price-performance ratio than always buying brand new. In the chance that I get a used EVGA card, I can even RMA it for a new 970 for example. Just wondering though, what should I be looking out for when buying from amazon or other stores when I go used or refurbished?
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On September 11 2015 07:06 IceHism wrote:
What type of concerns should I have when buying refurbished or used hardware or computers/laptops/tablets? Lately, I've been feeling that getting something old from a year ago has a better price-performance ratio than always buying brand new. In the chance that I get a used EVGA card, I can even RMA it for a new 970 for example. Just wondering though, what should I be looking out for when buying from amazon or other stores when I go used or refurbished?
You are correct on price-performance ratios.
The obvious things to watch out for are faulty things of course.. You don't want to get home, plug something in, and not have it work.
For anything with a battery (laptop/tablet), if the laptop was used a lot, the battery may not have much lifetime left. Thats a major issue with buying used there.
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On September 11 2015 08:02 Tephus wrote:Show nested quote +On September 11 2015 07:06 IceHism wrote:
What type of concerns should I have when buying refurbished or used hardware or computers/laptops/tablets? Lately, I've been feeling that getting something old from a year ago has a better price-performance ratio than always buying brand new. In the chance that I get a used EVGA card, I can even RMA it for a new 970 for example. Just wondering though, what should I be looking out for when buying from amazon or other stores when I go used or refurbished? You are correct on price-performance ratios. The obvious things to watch out for are faulty things of course.. You don't want to get home, plug something in, and not have it work. For anything with a battery (laptop/tablet), if the laptop was used a lot, the battery may not have much lifetime left. Thats a major issue with buying used there.
Do you know if the battery gets replaced by the manufacturer if you buy refurbished? And how much battery decay can i expect if it hasn't been used a lot?
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So, I figured I should ask this question here: I have installed a new HyperX hard drive to my PC and was wondering what I'm doing wrong. Windows doesn't recognize it just yet, and I checked in the Bios, my bios doesn't seem to recognize it either. I believe it is properly plugged in, as this is the third hard drive I have installed to my PC to this point in time.
If anyone has any idea what I'm doing wrong, please PM me.
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On September 13 2015 13:42 BreAKerTV wrote:
So, I figured I should ask this question here: I have installed a new HyperX hard drive to my PC and was wondering what I'm doing wrong. Windows doesn't recognize it just yet, and I checked in the Bios, my bios doesn't seem to recognize it either. I believe it is properly plugged in, as this is the third hard drive I have installed to my PC to this point in time.
If anyone has any idea what I'm doing wrong, please PM me.
Is both the power and whatever type of SATA plugged into it? (and the sata to the mobo)
gotta check obvious things first.
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Also, make sure it is really not detected. My BIOS was sneaky and on the first screen only showed the HDD from which it still booted, i had to go into a submenu to actually see the SSD.
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1: Is switching the motherboard as easy as, for example, switching the GPU or is there a lot of other stuff involved?
From an hardware (do i need special tools and stuff) and software (bios?) perspective i mean?
2: i run an i7 2600,8gb ram, gtx 960 and samsung ssd pro 850. what will probably be my next bottleneck for gaming (1080p is enough for me)?( cpu, ram, psu, mobo are all the same age, early 2011)
3: I might need a new CPU, whats the best value for my buck? money is not the issue, just want a good price-performance ratio. Or is there sth coming soon? should i wait a little (a lot)?
4: Will i need new ram as well? or does it make sense to get new ram?
Edit: unfortunately i don't know what MB i have if that is important :/
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If you switch your motherboard you're switching the part of your computer which holds all the hardware together, so it means that you'll have to at least take apart your computer completely. Motherboards are also compatible with CPUs, so any motherboard change you make will depend on the CPU you'll be getting.
For BIOS, no use touching anything.
For tools, just a Philips screwdriver.
Your bottleneck will depend on whether you're playing a CPU bound game (SC2, CS:GO) or a GPU bound game (AAA title such as the Witcher 3).
Good bang for buck would be a Haswell or Broadwell Intel i5 at stock clocks on a budget motherboard (maybe a Skylake locked one).
Upgrading depends on your budget and what your goals are. What can't your current rig do that you would like it to?
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