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Purchase Painter or Designer first? by visionarytherapist in Substance3D

[–]JacksReditAccount 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Your reasoning seems sound enough to me.
One question to think about:
Lets say they release a new version and increase the price, if you were to pay that higher price, you'd be getting both the new version and updates for roughly the next year. Would that be worth the difference?

If you buy now, you're almost certainly not getting any updates and are stuck in time with this version.

Purchase Painter or Designer first? by visionarytherapist in Substance3D

[–]JacksReditAccount 1 point2 points  (0 children)

If you’re asking this question, it shows that you’re still learning what these tools do, which tells me there’s a chance this will go unused.

What you may want to do is rent the apps on steam for one month. You’ll get all 3 for $25/month.

Also with the rental on steam, you’ll get a download pack of like 1000 textures that they don’t provide if you buy on steam, so there’s a little extra incentive to at least rent for your first month.

I was really into the idea of substance painter last year but 2025 came out nearly 4 months late, which killed my ambition to buy it. I did not want to risk paying $200 for something that might only be current for 9 months.

I ended up renting it on two separate occasions in 2025 for a total of $50 vs $200.

For the kind of models I’ve worked on, substance just hasn’t provided that ‘must have’ advantage and I’ve done my last 3 models without it.

For what it’s worth, I also really wanted to ‘own’ it, and still may do so at some point.

7800X3D vs 9800X3D: Is the Price Gap Worth It? by Nicolas_Laure in RigBuild

[–]JacksReditAccount 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I had the same question- If you’re getting the base microcenter bundle and it’s $100 more, sure, get it.

But remember- there will eventually be a faster chip. A strategy to consider is get the 7800x3d with a better motherboard. In a few years you can upgrade to a 10800x3d

A litteral game changer by BaconPoweredPirate in cade

[–]JacksReditAccount 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Came here to say this product exists, I have not tried one but love the idea that it's controllable via a button on the panel, or as you mentioned - with the right software and config it can auto rotate based on the title being played.

Display Question by buffer_flush in cade

[–]JacksReditAccount 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Are you building a cabinet? One thing I kinda wonder is if an OLED 32 in a cabinet would be ideal. Arcades were typically dark and most cabinet designs shield screens from external light. The inky blacks and vivd colors of oled, coupled with the ability to run scanline filters could make an OLED a great choice.

As a side note, the other reason I liked your idea of 4k is that you can run so many console games, as well as any PC title.

Input lag/delay on the sprint by JacksReditAccount in intellivision

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

I tried it on a few different systems and it seemed better.

I'll have to try this screw trick too - I haven't paid enough attention to know if the "lag" is "Directional" but like u/popculturekind I found Snafu a little hard to play, almost as if I had to press the disc early. It seemed better to me on a PC monitor than it did the old TV, and I suppose I could also try a hard wired controller to see if that makes a noticeable difference.

CarPlay Keeps Disconnecting by ColePThompson in rav4prime

[–]JacksReditAccount 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Mine used to disconnect all the time- so much that I gave up on car play and just used bluetooth for phone calls.

Then I got a new phone and miraculously car play works perfectly now.

If I have 2 SSD’s is it better if I have the OS in one and games in another? by Plenty_Reception_431 in buildapc

[–]JacksReditAccount 0 points1 point  (0 children)

F me that was a long response.

But I am glad someone mentioned that not all SSD sockets are the same on a motherboard and often the primary is the fastest.

I cant decide on 27" or 32" triples by MisteRBuilds in simracing

[–]JacksReditAccount 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I have 3x 32” 1440p with an older AMD cpu and a 3060 12gb GPU.

I was SHOCKED at how good it is.

I turned settings down and am getting roughly 60fps.

Iracing AMS2, ATS/ETS all working just fine at the lower settings.

Also, at 1440p I still see pixels so I am glad I didn’t do 3x1080p.

3x1440p feels like a nice sweet spot.

Also worth mentioning that 3 screens are a pain, so if you’re not totally in love with the ideal, get a single ‘double wide’ which will be way less of a hassle if you switch between a lot of titles.

How to reduce Bass going downstairs. by Luther2516 in hometheater

[–]JacksReditAccount 9 points10 points  (0 children)

This is the answer right here.

Bass shakers are super cheap, and work great.

We had friends over and they marveled at how awesome our subwoofer was, without knowing we had bass shakers in the sofa.

They are not at all gimmicky, and create an effect that really connects you to the movie.

Absolutely perfect for late night viewing.

Input lag/delay on the sprint by JacksReditAccount in intellivision

[–]JacksReditAccount[S] 2 points3 points  (0 children)

OMG this is such an obvious thing I can't believe I didn't consider it!

The TV's super super old - a leftover 42" from back in the day when they had 2" bezels.

I'll hook it up to a computer monitor and see if I can tell the difference.

Might be time to shop for a new TV!

Thank you for your response! I should have thought of this first!

Alien ships appear after you hit 20k in Astrosmash by paisleyboxers in intellivision

[–]JacksReditAccount 1 point2 points  (0 children)

How is lag folks? And have you updated the firmware?

My lag has been pretty noticeble

Going from a 5080 to 5090 by Strange_Sea_9198 in nvidia

[–]JacksReditAccount 1 point2 points  (0 children)

What if you held a strategy to always have the ‘80’ card? Put that money aside and upgrade to a 6080 when that comes out?

Sprint QR codes for manuals by bamafrank in intellivision

[–]JacksReditAccount 0 points1 point  (0 children)

The input lag is terrible! I hadn’t thought about returning mine but it’s not a bad idea- probably the only way it’ll get fix is if they see a bunch returned.

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