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  1. alec

    QDEL monitors

    came running to shout "you have a typo in QD-OLED" but this is actually about NanoLED https://arstechnica.com/gadgets/2024/04/meet-qdel-the-backlight-less-display-tech-that-could-replace-oled-in-premium-tvs/
  2. alec

    Spec me a coffee machine

    right, missed that
  3. alec

    Spec me a coffee machine

    Had this Delonghi for 2 years used 4x daily https://www.delonghi.com/en-gb/products/coffee/manual-espresso-machines/dedica/c/manual_espresso_makers-dedica Nice and compact and works great If nitpicking, the design looks metal and chrome, but its mostly plastic where they can get away with it
  4. alec

    Power consumption and efficiency in gaming: AMD vs Intel

    It may not be quite on topic. When I conteplated building a NAS best/cheapest/most power efficient solution for me is a second hand laptop + a USB3 HDD enclosure No desktop build can beat a laptop in terms of idle power
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    Alienware announces the AW2725DF and AW3225QF (worlds first 4k 240hz and worlds first 1440p 360hz QD-OLED monitors - launches January 2024)

    What does it say about the other monitors with same panel, selling for 1250+? G for greed
  6. alec

    2024 OLED bonanza take your pick from dozens of new monitors

    Somewhy this announcement went past me https://tftcentral.co.uk/news/viewsonic-announce-xg272-2k-oled-monitor-with-240hz-and-black-frame-insertion-bfi 240Hz with BFI, blurbusters certified, and looks like BFI even works with variable refresh rate It should feel smoother than 360Hz OLED...
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    Help with SSD & HDD drives on new PC

    Smells like some of it is an MBR vs GPT issue. Need to enable CSM (Compatibility Support Mode) in Boot section of your BIOS, that should allow using both types of partitions less likely, but could be Fast Boot setting in Boot section of BIOS may skip initialising new drives, disable that
  8. alec

    My stock 5700X with XMP enabled beats a 5800X in Cinebench?

    Unknown what system CB used to get that score. Inadequate cooling would hurt multicore score a lot Here for example 5800X scores 888 https://www.cpu-monkey.com/en/cpu_benchmark-cinebench_2024_multi_core Although still an impressive result, being limited to 65W for 5700X. Guess latest silicon is...
  9. alec

    Alienware announces the AW2725DF and AW3225QF (worlds first 4k 240hz and worlds first 1440p 360hz QD-OLED monitors - launches January 2024)

    I have three for myself 1. I already own a 32" 240hz gaming monitor (Samsung G7 1440p) 2. Large window directly behind me, even with heavy curtains still a source of light 3. In the perfect endgame OLED I would like to have 240hz black frame insertion. The fact that Asus has 120hz BFI is just to...
  10. alec

    AMD Zen 5 rumours

    in certain workloads I can see 40% easily all the improvements we know about will benefit calculation heavy workloads how it will affect the average IPC and gaming performance remains to be seen 20% from ipc+clock in games would already be good, brings the 8-core "9700X" firmly above 7800X3D
  11. alec

    AMD Zen 5 rumours

    almost 100% it will be announced there actual release would be later. Think AMD was partial to 07.07 date before
  12. alec

    AMD Zen 5 rumours

    Zen5 is close support already being added to motherboards https://wccftech.com/asus-am5-motherboards-amd-ryzen-zen-5-granite-ridge-cpu-agesa-1-1-7-0-bios/
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    "The human eye can't see over 24fps" - Let this myth die, whilst new science reveals some people can identify high framerates

    this study is less about framerate more about backlight flicker sensitivity if the flashing LED was moving and they captured at what rate it would just look like a solid light moving... I bet it would be in hundreds
  14. alec

    Bios update and Q-Fan issues

    before you go flashing, have you tried simply resetting bios to defaults? recommended anyway before flashing bios, but might solve the issue
  15. alec

    Alienware announces the AW2725DF and AW3225QF (worlds first 4k 240hz and worlds first 1440p 360hz QD-OLED monitors - launches January 2024)

    Its not ABL, but rather Multi Logo dimming described here https://youtu.be/Cr6x35C3xtU?t=289 Actually clarified on the next review https://youtu.be/yNQJncYWGac?t=542 There is no option to disable it on AW, but supposedly its not active in Creator SDR mode
  16. alec

    5800x in a B450 gaming plus max, works if CPU ratio set, reboots if not

    Well all it tells you is that other components should not be blamed Normally a CPU should be stable at stock settings and not require additional voltage.
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    5800x in a B450 gaming plus max, works if CPU ratio set, reboots if not

    All signs point to bad CPU As a last test, I would try positive +30 Curve Optimiser - to get more voltage at all dynamic clock points
  18. alec

    980ti upgrade

    On that route, RX6600 is only 40-45% faster than 980Ti. And not a huge advantage in VRAM either Could skip GPU upgrade for now, later get something that is a bigger jump?
  19. alec

    NVIDIA 4000 Series

    4080S FE is in stock btw
  20. alec

    Alienware AW3225QF 240hz with DP 1.4?

    A note that this is only for using lower refresh/resolution modes like 4k@60Hz or 1440p@120Hz
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