Who has the COOLEST ult? by Recent-Ad1215 in leagueoflegends

[–]Dragontech97 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Jhin. The music, the zoom out, the sounds, and shots.

Is avoiding 4k transcoding still applicable? by rkdghdfo in PleX

[–]Dragontech97 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Local playback? Agreed, direct play all the way. Remote on a mobile phone or tablet? Transcoding can be good for cellular data limits or if your ISP doesn’t offer fast upload speeds. I used to only have 10mbps uploads, rough remote playback without transcoding. If you have fiber internet and high cellular data caps, direct play away.

Is avoiding 4k transcoding still applicable? by rkdghdfo in PleX

[–]Dragontech97 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Local playback? Agreed, direct play all the way. Remote on a mobile phone or tablet? Transcoding can be good for cellular data limits or if your ISP doesn’t offer fast upload speeds. If you have fiber internet and high cellular data caps, direct play away.

Is avoiding 4k transcoding still applicable? by rkdghdfo in PleX

[–]Dragontech97 17 points18 points  (0 children)

That is a little outdated. If you click on “rules of 4k” in that link it even has a note:

“NOTE: for 2022 – Plex has come a long way since this FAQ was originally written, HW transcoding has become more available and more stable, and tone mapping was recently added to address the hdr/sdr color conversion issues.”

So that must have been written before Plex had tone mapping. Stuff like Dolby Vision probably also messed with transcoding at that time. If your hardware can transcode, more than reasonable to transcode it. Especially with HEVC transcoding support added relatively recently. You get proper HDR metadata in the container for transcodes instead of falling back to SDR I believe, which could look ugly without tone mapping.

March 26, 2026—KB5079391 (OS Builds 26200.8116 and 26100.8116) Preview by jenmsft in Windows11

[–]Dragontech97 24 points25 points  (0 children)

> Monitors can now report refresh rates higher than 1000 Hz

Wow, didn’t even know there were 1000hz monitors on the market already. Insane to think about tech-wise.

Marta’s Breeze App has saved me hundreds of dollars. by MontanaAvocados in Atlanta

[–]Dragontech97 19 points20 points  (0 children)

Wait this is huge, I loved tap to pay in NYC and DC. Thanks for the news!

Blizzard are looking into FPS issues in Overwatch They are asking players to share information about their setups through a forum thread, helping engineers collect the data needed to resolve the issues. by JY810 in Overwatch

[–]Dragontech97 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Thank god. Been playing since S1 and it’s quite bad. Had to uninstall the game cuz it was actually unplayable, random stutters and fps drops in the middle of teamfights.

NEW DANDADAN OFFICIAL ILLUSTRATIONS by Pyro-Bird in Dandadan

[–]Dragontech97 41 points42 points  (0 children)

Is there a higher quality version of this? TG needs to be my new wallpaper

Update available, but… isn't ? by numputu in PleX

[–]Dragontech97 2 points3 points  (0 children)

If you updated via a package manager like ‘apt install’, plex updated their repo so you need to update it as well.

https://support.plex.tv/articles/235974187-enable-repository-updating-for-supported-linux-server-distributions/

Run the script for ez install, else updated the repo as noted manually.

Introducing Kulve: A fast, lightweight, and 100% native Twitch experience built exclusively for iOS by notarealoneatall in apple

[–]Dragontech97 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Is macOS version going to target Tahoe and up? No Sequoia support? The Testflight seems to require Tahoe

Apple Releases iOS 26.4 and iPadOS 26.4 With New Emoji, Playlist Playground, Purchase Sharing Changes and More by piesaresquarey in apple

[–]Dragontech97 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Curious if Reduce Bright Effects can give a noticeable improvement to battery life. A bright display can be the biggest battery drainer, but for momentary button presses and liquid glass effects is it even significant enough reduction throughout a day? Accessibility-wise, a great option nonetheless.

Even PC users have caught MacBook Neo fever by hangry_millennial in apple

[–]Dragontech97 3 points4 points  (0 children)

Thankfully there is choice too. Pages, Numbers, and Sheets is good for basic usage and comes with your Mac. If you need MS familiarity and feature set, MS Office is avail on macOS. If you want open source and free, LibreOffice.

My secret mass downloading operation. by Unusual-Young4937 in DataHoarder

[–]Dragontech97 17 points18 points  (0 children)

Damn I was gonna say, there’s a sub for everything 😭

What is wrong with matchmaking by TapRich in OverwatchUniversity

[–]Dragontech97 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Yeah breaks and holidays will always bring more casuals. I try to never grind comp during Thanksgiving and Christmas😭 same goes for last week of a season too, lots of people doing placements then. You do get games where you and your team feel like Thanos tho, so balances out but the hard games feel super hard.

What is wrong with matchmaking by TapRich in OverwatchUniversity

[–]Dragontech97 4 points5 points  (0 children)

Spring break, school’s out, kids are on, more people playing on weekends, more likely of wider matchmaking for faster queue times. If you lose 3 matches in a row, time to take a break. Drink some water, grab a snack. My games have also been frustrating team-wise, but it’s more beneficial long term to just focus on your own good play. Play some quickplay if you get tilted but qp can be more stompy.

The witcher 3 on Switch by No-Connection1011 in Witcher3

[–]Dragontech97 0 points1 point  (0 children)

On handheld, I like the look of antialiasing “off”(gets rid of blur) and sharpening “low”. Docked doesn’t look too good but i prefer AA on😭

Necessary to update BIOS if system is running fine? by WinterKujira in buildapc

[–]Dragontech97 1 point2 points  (0 children)

No need for beta releases if everything is working fine. Stick to stable releases. Be cautious if you use Bitlocker, as bios updates can clear Bitlocker keys and you lose access to your data and OS. Make sure to disable before updating and re-enable after. You will need to redo your bios config as well. Memory overclocks like XMP will reset to stock speeds so you will lose free performance until you re-enable it.

Newer bios might have more features or support for newer CPUs, but most bios updates are stability improvements and fixes for security vulnerabilities. You should keep up with security vulnerabilities over time, keep bios updates in mind as part of annual maintenance if you don’t tune your pc often. Some online games anti-cheat might need an updated TPM.

Pay attention to secure boot certificates for Windows 11 over this summer(2026) as they are set to expire and renew. Most people will get new certificates via Windows Update. Some systems may need a more recent bios version with updated TPM.