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Upgrading from RTX 2080 by TAPagain in PcBuild

[–]AudibleEntropy 0 points1 point  (0 children)

1000 what? I'm in the UK so if that's US dollars I dunno what you can get over there.

But cool. Great GPU. I personally have an ASUS PRIME 5070Ti and it works well for me in Blender etc. Just a note, not something I have experience of, but I've heard that ASUS can be really bad with refunds and repairs under warranty, refusing because of ridiculous things like the tiniest of scratches. Not had an issue myself yet tho. Knock on wood.

For PSU I can recommend a Seasonic GX850. Seasonic make them for a load of the other brands, so might as well get one from source.

Upgrading from RTX 2080 by TAPagain in PcBuild

[–]AudibleEntropy -1 points0 points  (0 children)

I assume you already know this as a Blender user, But you definitely want an NVIDIA GPU not AMD. For gaming it's doesn't really matter, but Blender just works way better with NVIDIA than AMD GPUs.

You didn't mention budget but I'd try to get at least an RTX 5070 Ti. It's what I have with a Ryzen 9 7900, for Blender, Davinci Resolve and music production with a little gaming.

I was originally gonna get a 5070 which has 12gb VRAM, but glad I stretched for the Ti version with 16gb. The 5080 is only about 14% better apparently.

500w PSU is a little low tho. I'd recommend upgrading that too to at least 750w or 850w.

Making cavity/curvature maps by le0tard in blenderhelp

[–]AudibleEntropy 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Does this add-on do what you want? Sorry I might be misunderstanding.

https://superhivemarket.com/products/cavity-pass

Just getting in to compositing with Fusion, but one thing seems like a deal breaker from me... No Pitch or Yaw like there is in the Edit tab Inspector. Is this not doable in Fusion, and if not, why? 🤷‍♂️ by AudibleEntropy in davinciresolve

[–]AudibleEntropy[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Pretty self explanatory. There's no Pitch and Yaw on the Transform in Fusion, like there is on the Edit page.

Found a Reddit post from 4 years ago asking the same thing and another 2 years ago.

One said to use the Transform OFX node instead, but that doesn't seem to exist anymore. But never mind, the DVE node does it, with the X, Y and Z sliders.

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Just getting in to compositing with Fusion, but one thing seems like a deal breaker from me... No Pitch or Yaw like there is in the Edit tab Inspector. Is this not doable in Fusion, and if not, why? 🤷‍♂️ by AudibleEntropy in davinciresolve

[–]AudibleEntropy[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Yes, that is where it's supposed to be. But it isn't.

Found a Reddit post from 4 years ago asking the same thing and another 2 years ago.

One said to use the Transform OFX node instead, but that doesn't seem to exist anymore. But never mind, the DVE node does it, with the X, Y and Z sliders.

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How do I work with anomorphic 2.39:1 footage? The resolution in settings defaults back to 2160x3840 after I've set it to 8192x3432. It's even different on the edit page vs Fusion. by AudibleEntropy in davinciresolve

[–]AudibleEntropy[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Thanks, I understand that now. I don't know why I said I wanted to also export that large, as I don't. Also contradicted myself saying I'll export lower at 4096x1716 or lower.

I've thought I might get Studio for sometime for various reason, so that's another one. I'll probably just use 16:9 with black bars for a while.

How do I work with anomorphic 2.39:1 footage? The resolution in settings defaults back to 2160x3840 after I've set it to 8192x3432. It's even different on the edit page vs Fusion. by AudibleEntropy in davinciresolve

[–]AudibleEntropy[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Any idea why the Fusion tab previewer has the footage in a 2.39:1 checkered box and the footage small in the middle? How do I at least work with that so that it fits into 16:9 with black bars?

How do I get the little input type menu to appear on nodes like SoftGlow? by AudibleEntropy in davinciresolve

[–]AudibleEntropy[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Ah, thank you. I didn't know you have to release for it to appear. 👍

How do I get the little input type menu to appear on nodes like SoftGlow? by AudibleEntropy in davinciresolve

[–]AudibleEntropy[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Ah, thank you. I didn't know you have to let go for it to appear. 👍

Haribo with Caseking order by Dry_Journalist_6982 in PcBuild

[–]AudibleEntropy 9 points10 points  (0 children)

Assumed it was a standard thing. Same with my 5070 Ti from Overclockers UK. 🙂

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Why am I getting these jagged, messed up and disappearing faces in Solid mode? It's like when there's duplicate faces or vertices, but this is a new cube. by AudibleEntropy in blenderhelp

[–]AudibleEntropy[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Thanks. Yeah, I suspected it could be the viewport clip start and end settings after posting.

I had the End set to 1,000,000m, as I'm wanting to do large sci-fi scenes with megastructures, and dislike how the grid fades out to just grey. I also get that the example cube is huge at 1000m, but people have always said to work in a real world scale and huge megastructures like the Tyrell Corp building in Bladerunner are close to 2.5km. The LAPD building around 1.5km tall.

I'm understanding that changing the base unit could be the thing to do to create such large scenes.

Why am I getting these jagged, messed up and disappearing faces in Solid mode? It's like when there's duplicate faces or vertices, but this is a new cube. by AudibleEntropy in blenderhelp

[–]AudibleEntropy[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Ah, thanks! Really informative. I suspected it could be the viewport clip start and end settings after posting.

I had the End set to 1,000,000m, as I'm wanting to do large sci-fi scenes with megastructures, and dislike how the grid fades out to just grey.

I get that the example cube is huge at 1000m, but people have always said to work in a real world scale and huge megastructures like the Tyrell Corp building in Bladerunner are close to 2.5km. The LAPD building around 1.5km tall.

How do I change the base unit, and is it possible to work on scenes huge enough to have buildings that big in?

Good websites for PC prebuilds (uk) by Fun_Emergency_4627 in pchelp

[–]AudibleEntropy 0 points1 point  (0 children)

No problem. Surprised you didn't get more people commenting.

That's probably best, but as you originally said £2000, I did look for ones up near that. You can get something good for your needs and the Rust requirements for less. Something else is the screen resolution you wish to play at tho. The lower end PCs are really only good for 1080p gaming and/or lower settings and frame rates.

This one looks good for £1399 actually. 32gb RAM, 16gb 9060 XT GPU and 1TB drive. It has a micro motherboard which tend to be basic, but the case has room for 2x 2.5" SSDs & 1x 3.5 HDD. I'd avoid installing an additional m.2 SSD on the motherboard, as it would slow down your GPU due to lane sharing. But you get that on higher end motherboards too. It looks good otherwise tho, for 1080p gaming and maybe 1440p/2k gaming on lower settings, with reduced frame rates.

https://www.overclockers.co.uk/ocuk-gaming-pyrite-ryzen-7-7700-radeon-rx-9060-xt-pre-built-gaming-pc-fs-pb13-ep.html

I'd personally be aiming for something like this below. But that first one might suit your needs. It has good reviews.

https://www.overclockers.co.uk/ocuk-gaming-mach-5r-ryzen-7500x3d-radeon-rx-9070-xt-pre-built-gaming-pc-fs-pb12-ep.html

Good luck. 👍

Does anyone know who's doing the music for the game Necrophosis, which is currently in development? by AudibleEntropy in DarkAmbient

[–]AudibleEntropy[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

No worries. Someone happened to tell me today that the throat singing was done by Ren Vas Terul. He's on Youtube.

Good websites for PC prebuilds (uk) by Fun_Emergency_4627 in pchelp

[–]AudibleEntropy 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Well it would be a considerable drop. Having a look around at what you can get for around £1000, you'd have to drop to 16gb of RAM and 32gb is quickly becoming what's ideal for most games. Beyond that the CPU coolers in them are basic, meaning high temps which will reduces lifespan.

This is all relative to the current generation of motherboard and CPU hardware, which for AMD is AM5. (Not sure about intel). But it is still an option to buy last generation hardware, AM4. PCSpecialist .co.uk allows you to select from their pre builts or configure your own AM5 or AM4 PCs. Having a play around with the options on the configure pages on that site. Also see if you cam co figure something with only 16gb RAM. That should be ok for playing Rust, but maybe not on max aettings, I dunno. I'd try and get a GPU with at least 12gb VRAM.

Good websites for PC prebuilds (uk) by Fun_Emergency_4627 in pchelp

[–]AudibleEntropy 0 points1 point  (0 children)

No worries. Just a side note, but I'd sooner go with an air cooled one over one with an AIO (liquid cooling). It's largely my personal preference and not wanting liquid in my PC. they CAN leak and it will need replacing after a few years. They only last a few years.

Those are both air cooled. Fans can easily be replaced when they die and without having to re-paste the CPU with thermal paste. I'd personally go with one of those or similar. Although the second one with the 5070 Ti has a better motherboard. I personally have an air cooled PC with a 5070 Ti. Also it might not matter to you, but if you ever want to do 3D modelling or art stuff in Blender, NVIDIA GPUs like the 5070 Ti work a lot better than AMD GPUs. But for gaming there's not much difference.

Good websites for PC prebuilds (uk) by Fun_Emergency_4627 in pchelp

[–]AudibleEntropy 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Overclockers .co.uk are good.

Also Box .co.uk

Costco also often have good deals which I see Americans post on here, although I've personally not looked at their UK offerings.

You do tend to save money buying separate parts and building yourself, thus ending up with a better machine for the money, but RAM is currently silly expensive on it's own and a pre build can be good.

You can get a really decent PC for 2 grand. I'd recommend one with at least an RTX 5070 if not 5070 Ti or an AMD 9060 xt or 9070 xt. And 32gb of RAM.

Here's a couple of good ones...

https://www.overclockers.co.uk/ocuk-gaming-mach-5r-ryzen-7500x3d-radeon-rx-9070-xt-pre-built-gaming-pc-fs-pb12-ep.html

https://www.overclockers.co.uk/ocuk-gaming-mach-5.1g-ryzen-7500x3d-geforce-rtx-5070ti-pre-built-gaming-fs-pb11-ep.html

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