The "Quick Questions That Don't Deserve A Thread"...Thread. v5 - Hardware & Software

[QUOTE=Kalan Yamato;48617150]Has anyone ever had this experience where you get MEMORY_MANAGEMENT BSODs, run memtest86, have no errors, then test it again 12 hours later, have about 100 errors in 2~3 passes in the same address, then reseat the RAM, and in a single pass get 600 errors and in different addresses? I seriously doubt I fucked up the slot and I doubt the problem I had before was due to it, the module is 5 years old and the motherboard is about 8 months old, everything worked perfectly until September 2nd.[/QUOTE] This actually happened to a machine at work. You would log in and immediately get MEMORY_MANAGEMENT BSOD even on Windows install, and no memory errors in test. Unfortunately, I never got any any farther than that, as we just sent it back on warranty.

Should I get rid of my 27" TN 144hz ASUS monitor and get one of the new 2560x1440 144hz IPS panels? I hate the color shifting of my Asus.

[QUOTE=zombini;48617350]Should I get rid of my 27" TN 144hz ASUS monitor and get one of the new 2560x1440 144hz IPS panels? I hate the color shifting of my Asus.[/QUOTE] Yes. Unless you hate IPS glow more than TN color shift.

Is there a monitor/tv thread?

[QUOTE=DrTaxi;48617832]Yes. Unless you hate IPS glow more than TN color shift.[/QUOTE] Well, IPS glow is basically backlight bleed and my TN panel has extremely horrible backlight bleed. I'd take some glow over having everything turn pink if I sit with my eyes not exactly center to the screen. Problem here is price. I paid $350 for my current monitor. A 1440 144hz IPS panel can run from $450-$1000. I'd like to sell mine, but value is an issue. I think that $250 is a good start for mine, which is an ASUS VG278HE, which is now two years old. As for the resolution, I can probably drive a lot of games at 120-144 fps in 1440 as I have dual SLI 970s.

Does anyone have any idea as to what kind of lifetime you would get out of a Pi running off of a 10k mAh power bank? Not running a GUI, just basically debian server with a wifi dongle

[QUOTE=zombini;48618510]Well, IPS glow is basically backlight bleed and my TN panel has extremely horrible backlight bleed. I'd take some glow over having everything turn pink if I sit with my eyes not exactly center to the screen. Problem here is price. I paid $350 for my current monitor. A 1440 144hz IPS panel can run from $450-$1000.[/QUOTE] Then it's just a straight upgrade for you?

Anyone know of a way to fix the a VRAM leak with Nvidia cards on Windows 10? Some games have it, some don't. Before I could get a solid 60fps on GTAV on the setting I have, now I get 20fps at best, and VRAM usage says I'm using way more than I have, which is 2gb, showing 2.7gb most of the time in GTAV yes, I only have one card

Guys, would it be worth it to upgrade my GTX 770 2GB to an R9 390 now? Or should I wait for another generation of cards to come out? It's really starting to get annoying only having 2GB of video RAM, and not being able to max out games at 1080p anymore.

[QUOTE=coyote93;48623407]Buy a cheap used GTX 770 2gb and put em in SLI, then wait for the next gen.[/QUOTE] That wouldn't help his vram though....

Is upgrading from Ivy Bridge i5 to either skylake K processor a good performance increase?

Hey guys, I was thinking of upgrading my Sandisk Ultra Plus 128Gb SSD because 128Gb is simply not enough. Right now I'm torn between: Samsung 850 Evo 250 ([url]http://www.amazon.co.uk/Samsung-2-5-Inch-Solid-State-Drive/dp/B00P736UEU/ref=sr_1_1?s=computers&ie=UTF8&qid=1441549098&sr=1-1&keywords=samsung+850+evo[/url]) Samsung 850 Pro 256 ([url]http://www.amazon.co.uk/Samsung-256GB-Solid-State-Drive/dp/B00LMXBOP4/ref=sr_1_5?s=computers&ie=UTF8&qid=1441549098&sr=1-5&keywords=samsung+850+evo[/url]) SanDisk Extreme Pro 240Gb ([url]http://www.amazon.co.uk/SanDisk-SDSSDXPS-240G-G25-Extreme-2-5-inch-Internal/dp/B00KHRYRNM/ref=sr_1_1?s=computers&ie=UTF8&qid=1441549064&sr=1-1&keywords=SDSSDXPS-240G-G25[/url]) My laptop is massively bottlenecked at the CPU so I think I won't be seeing any spectacular performance increases with this upgrade (not like when I jumped from HDD to SSD). Considering the prices and performances which one would be the best bang for my buck? The 10 year warranty and good battery performance of SanDisk is quite appealing but at the same time I could save money and get more space with the 850 Evo (850 Pro is a bit of an outside chance). Any thoughts?

[QUOTE=coyote93;48625857]My bad, sorry.[/QUOTE] SLI/CFX Mirrors the vram. Which disappointed me when I got another 5770. Also depending on chipset, your performance gains are so minor.

[QUOTE=Satane;48628202]I love how everyone always recommends a stronger psu so they have room for sli/cf upgrade. But then people like this come along and it's never worth it.[/QUOTE] That's not at all the issue at hand though. His issue was VRAM, which this wouldn't help. There are still definitely situations that SLI would be a better choice. Instead of getting my 290x Lightning I should have gotten a second 4gb 680 for like $120, but I wanted something more fun to overclock with.

Is it normal for 1920x1080 monitors to blur when moving the picture? For example, in an FPS game you turn the camera at average speed and instead clear edges as you pan, the lines blur. Or on websites, as you scroll the text blurs in the same manner. My ACER X233W never had this problem, but it died and now I'm using an ASUS VE278. But dispite many reviews saying blur is not a problem, it seems to be magnitudes more apparent than on my 7 year old ACER. Is this just a new technology thing? What's going on?

[QUOTE=Mr. Someguy;48629619]Is it normal for 1920x1080 monitors to blur when moving the picture? For example, in an FPS game you turn the camera at average speed and instead clear edges as you pan, the lines blur. Or on websites, as you scroll the text blurs in the same manner. My ACER X233W never had this problem, but it died and now I'm using an ASUS VE278. But dispite many reviews saying blur is not a problem, it seems to be magnitudes more apparent than on my 7 year old ACER. Is this just a new technology thing? What's going on?[/QUOTE] Yeah I have this same problem with my TV. I'm pretty sure the basic answer is that we bought inferior LCD panels, but I don't know the technical explanation and I would love for someone to explain it fully so I know what to buy next time.

Might be a VA panel, they have issues with that. IIRC most TVs are VA.

[QUOTE=Mr. Someguy;48629619]Is it normal for 1920x1080 monitors to blur when moving the picture? For example, in an FPS game you turn the camera at average speed and instead clear edges as you pan, the lines blur. Or on websites, as you scroll the text blurs in the same manner. My ACER X233W never had this problem, but it died and now I'm using an ASUS VE278. But dispite many reviews saying blur is not a problem, it seems to be magnitudes more apparent than on my 7 year old ACER. Is this just a new technology thing? What's going on?[/QUOTE] [t]http://i.imgur.com/KY8wGZd.jpg[/t] You mean like this? I'm scrolling up smoothly so there is an "echo" effect, which is perceived as ghosting or blurriness. It looks like I caught my monitor between 3 frames. Its simply a result of the fact that pixels change color rapidly, but it isn't instant. The ghosting is you noticing that the pixels aren't updating rapidly enough to give a clear picture. Unfortunately, most LCD panels suffer from this to a certain extent, but some are worse than others, notably older ones. I suppose the actual question is how bad is it? There will always be a little bit, but if its really bad, your panel could be defective. [editline]6th September 2015[/editline] [QUOTE=Levelog;48629743]Might be a VA panel, they have issues with that. IIRC most TVs are VA.[/QUOTE] This is also a good point, though I don't see anything about his monitor being VA. Unless its unadvertised.

[QUOTE=Demache;48629785][t]http://i.imgur.com/KY8wGZd.jpg[/t] You mean like this? I'm scrolling up smoothly so there is an "echo" effect, which is perceived as ghosting or blurriness. It looks like I caught my monitor between 3 frames.[/QUOTE] Similar, although I'd describe it more as a blurry or fading effect. It's most obvious with text because that's just sharp lines moving in one direction, but in game it makes it hard to focus. For example in KF2 getting cornered by multiple clots it's more difficult to slash your way out because their bodies and faces become less clear and distinct the more I move around. On my old monitor I didn't have this problem, and it was made in 2009. I wish I could get a picture to explain it better, but I don't own a camera :frown: [QUOTE=Demache;48629785]Its simply a result of the fact that pixels change color rapidly, but it isn't instant. The ghosting is you noticing that the pixels aren't updating rapidly enough to give a clear picture. Unfortunately, most LCD panels suffer from this to a certain extent, but some are worse than others, notably older ones. I suppose the actual question is how bad is it? There will always be a little bit, but if its really bad, your panel could be defective.[/QUOTE] This is a new monitor, yet my ~6 year old ACER didn't seem to have these problems right up until it died (black screen a few seconds after turning it on, still looked great when it was on). Part of the problem is I've had my old monitor for so long, I can't tell if the new monitor is defective, or if it's just this model (despite what most reviews say), or if this is just how 1920x1080 is supposed to be. Looking at all the specifications the old one is clearly inferior, but this motion blur on a monitor that according to reviews is very good at not blurring, it really throws me off and I don't know what to think. My old and new one are both LCD, I borrowed one for a week that was LED and it seemed to have the same problem, I think I fixed it on that one but I didn't have it long enough to be sure of that.

It could be defective. As for the most part on most modern LCD's, its very subtle but not usually enough to make games hard to play. And considering in the reviews that they don't mention motion blur being an issue, I'd say your monitor is the outlier here.

One of my antennas on my router snapped off and I need to replace it. The router is a dual-band model so do I need a specialised one that can do 2.4 & 5GHz or will any old one work? Further, anything I need to look out for re: range of said antenna?

any old one will likely work if your router doesn't have a dedicated 2.4 / 5.8 antenna (i.e. the antennas look the same), most "stick" antennas you see just emit radiation everywhere but where the stick is pointing.

[QUOTE=Mr. Someguy;48629885] This is a new monitor, yet my ~6 year old ACER didn't seem to have these problems right up until it died (black screen a few seconds after turning it on, still looked great when it was on). Part of the problem is I've had my old monitor for so long, I can't tell if the new monitor is defective, or if it's just this model (despite what most reviews say), or if this is just how 1920x1080 is supposed to be. Looking at all the specifications the old one is clearly inferior, but this motion blur on a monitor that according to reviews is very good at not blurring, it really throws me off and I don't know what to think. My old and new one are both LCD, I borrowed one for a week that was LED and it seemed to have the same problem, I think I fixed it on that one but I didn't have it long enough to be sure of that.[/QUOTE] Are you using the correct resolution? And have you tried fiddling with the settings?/reset the screen/get it off demo mode? BTW LED monitors still have an LCD screen. Only the backlight is white LED's. They are better because LED's provide a wider range of colors compared to CCFL tubes. So the LCD screen in front of it has more to work with. True LED (OLED/AMOLED) dont really exist in normal consumer pricing yet. Exept for in phones and some really expensive screens. [editline]7th September 2015[/editline] Maybe this will help? [url]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TYLjdo4o0Sc[/url] And try toggling overdrive and light boost.

What's a good program for cloning hard drives? My new SSD for my laptop showed up the other day and I need to clone my current one since it seems like the free Windows 10 upgrade doesn't exactly provide you with a serial key.

I have a laptop and my phone connected to Wi-Fi network. When I just brought laptop internet worked just fine, but for next 2 days it was showing strange signs. It won't load any web pages for 99% of the time(it tries for infinity but just can't) occasionally it loads one page but trying to load another just won't work. Small things like steam chat or weather widgets in-browser work. On the other hand internet on my phone works just fine: I can load pages, download files, watch YouTube. I tried using hotstop from my phone using mobile internet - it loaded pages fine, just slowly. I tried turning off antivirus and firewall - no results. The only thing that worked for me was booting into safe mode - I could load pages now, download files and watch videos. So I assuming something on my PC is blocking my connections, but I have no idea why could that be, since I also tried to boot without autoloading apps and it did nothing. UPD: FIXED! We have MAC-filtering system. I tried deleting myself from the list and adding back, and guess what? It works now through the power of magic!

So I asked about PC monitors some time ago in this thread and I was wondering. Does buying a 140hz monitor make that much of a difference when you are using HDMI cables? because I Remember somebody saying that HDMI can't run images higher than 60hz. and another thing: Does buying a Asus VG248 for my computer would smooth the V-sync issues I'm having with my games? Because right now I'm using a generic Samsung PnP monitor with a 970 geforce card. and like I said earlier on my other post I was thinking about buying a g-sync monitor but it's being such a hassle right now to get it because you have to order for the people to do the shipping for the freaking thing cause apparently they don't sell them on stores.

[QUOTE=SoftHearted;48639286]So I asked about PC monitors some time ago in this thread and I was wondering. Does buying a 140hz monitor make that much of a difference when you are using HDMI cables? because I Remember somebody saying that HDMI can't run images higher than 60hz. and another thing: Does buying a Asus VG248 for my computer would smooth the V-sync issues I'm having with my games? Because right now I'm using a generic Samsung PnP monitor with a 970 geforce card. and like I said earlier on my other post I was thinking about buying a g-sync monitor but it's being such a hassle right now to get it because you have to order for the people to do the shipping for the freaking thing cause apparently they don't sell them on stores.[/QUOTE] HDMI as currently implemented can handle >60Hz IIRC, but the resolution may be limited. 1080p60 is about at the limits of HDMI 1.3, so it will probably have to go down to 720p in order to hit 120Hz. HDMI 2.0 will be able to do 2160p60, so 1080p240 should be possible. I don't think anyone's shipped HDMI 2.0-capable displays yet, though. G-Sync only works with DisplayPort, if that's a problem for you. What exactly are your "v-sync issues", again? G-sync should fix frame tearing problems, not sure about weirder cases.

[QUOTE=gman003-main;48639378]HDMI as currently implemented can handle >60Hz IIRC, but the resolution may be limited. 1080p60 is about at the limits of HDMI 1.3, so it will probably have to go down to 720p in order to hit 120Hz. HDMI 2.0 will be able to do 2160p60, so 1080p240 should be possible. I don't think anyone's shipped HDMI 2.0-capable displays yet, though. G-Sync only works with DisplayPort, if that's a problem for you. What exactly are your "v-sync issues", again? G-sync should fix frame tearing problems, not sure about weirder cases.[/QUOTE] 1.4 can do more than 1080@60.

[QUOTE=gman003-main;48639378]G-Sync only works with DisplayPort, if that's a problem for you. What exactly are your "v-sync issues", again? G-sync should fix frame tearing problems, not sure about weirder cases.[/QUOTE] You know how V-sync causes those slow downs on perfomance in order for the screen to catch up? Like the screen kinda goes slowly for a couple of frames and then goes back to normal 60fps and so on? I wanted a G-Sync monitor because from what I have heard and read from Nvidia itself It basically erases that problem whilst fixing screen tearing. And I absolutely need to play any game with V-sync on or else my screen starts having scan lines and starts tearing like crazy.

[QUOTE=SoftHearted;48639471]You know how V-sync causes those slow downs on perfomance in order for the screen to catch up? Like the screen kinda goes slowly for a couple of frames and then goes back to normal 60fps and so on? I wanted a G-Sync monitor because from what I have heard and read from Nvidia itself. It basically erases that problem whilst fixing screen tearing. And I absolutely need to play any game with V-sync on or else my screen starts having scan lines and starts tearing like crazy.[/QUOTE] If you're with Nvidia, there should be an Adaptive V-Sync option that makes V-Sync turn off whenever the frame rate drops below the refresh rate of the monitor. G-Sync is really not worth it, especially as most monitors are $400 more than the non G-Sync version.