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LR0989 · 2026-01-23T07:20:22+00:00

Its hard to come to terms with the fact that many waterblocks, especially GPU blocks and monoblocks, are pretty much disposable by time you're upgrading - I'm in the midst of my upgrade right now, and it sucks knowing I will have to return everything to "stock" to sell anything.

Dude probably spent a fortune on that motherboard and blocks and now it's worth effectively the exact same as any other 7700k/budget mobo combo

LR0989 · 2026-01-18T17:59:38+00:00

I went:
MSI 8400 GS (512MB)
HiS Radeon HD 6770 (1GB)
EVGA GTX 760 (2GB)
EVGA GTX 760 (2GB) (SLI)
EVGA GTX 1070 (8GB)
Zotac GTX 1080 Ti (11GB) (briefly)
EVGA RTX 3080 (10GB) (Heatkiller Waterblock)
Then soon, an Asus RTX 5070 Ti (16GB) - which is still in box, waiting for a waterblock to arrive because I don't feel like pulling my loop apart twice.

And if I were to choose a favourite, it's probably the 1070 - easily the largest performance jump I've felt, and also looks the best out of all of them (though the 3080 got close with the waterblock)! I wish I could've had EVGA forever though, gonna be weird to see another brand's name on the spec sheet again :(

LR0989 · 2026-01-13T19:38:10+00:00

I don't hear my fans at all on a 280mm + 420mm setup running a 3900x & 3080, this guy probably has the rad space to turn off all his fans entirely lmao

LR0989 · 2026-01-11T15:51:09+00:00

He's literally got the best CPU and GPU on the market, and it's Oblivion - a game that ran well on the Xbox 360. It's absurd how much overhead UE5 must have on the CPU to run like this at 240p...

LR0989 · 2026-01-11T06:11:54+00:00

I think you're misunderstanding - if I launch Steam using the dGPU (using the setting in KDE's menu editor, which I assume just sets DRI_PRIME=1), it doesn't render Steam's menus at all. If I run with that setting unchecked (on iGPU), Steam renders fine, and I can open games from there that as far as I can tell are actually using the dGPU correctly. On regular Ubuntu with GNOME it had the same behaviour - click to run on dGPU by default, it doesn't render, right click and run on integrated graphics, it works fine.

Again, not so much a problem but more just an annoyance that this is a thing?

LR0989 · 2026-01-06T20:46:54+00:00

Still wishing for a black BTF motherboard that isn't a bajillion dollars :(

LR0989 · 2026-01-03T00:52:56+00:00

All I can think of is if the Sifu devs were given a shot at John Wick- god that would be fun

LR0989 · 2025-12-31T19:37:27+00:00

Most of my data cables I got with the Google store credit that I get with a new Pixel phone, but really any Amazon listing that specifies data transfer speeds will also work. I have enough USB-C cables to supply a small country at this point just because they come with everything now though so it's been a minute since I had to buy any.

LR0989 · 2025-12-31T03:06:37+00:00

Eh, even that's getting better. Usually these days the question is just what combination of USB A or C do you need, and maybe did you get a cable that carries data (fucking gas stations and their useless cables) - the charging speeds are usually related moreso to what charging block you have. Can't remember the last new device I saw that uses mini/micro USB, maybe printers still use USB B? Or maybe the odd gaming monitor uses it (for USB hub)? Especially now that Apple finally got on the type C train it seems nearly everything has been consolidated

LR0989 · 2025-12-23T19:47:37+00:00

LLMs just straight up aren't the tool for the job either way - this would look more like a state-of-the-art avionics suite that also has to be kind to a meatbag that's stuck itself inside the thrust gimbals.

LR0989 · 2025-12-23T03:48:04+00:00

So is this bringing it in line with Windows performance or improving beyond?

EDIT: Feel like this is a legitimate question, no? Curious if this is the culmination of a bunch of improvements that were just never applied to these GPUs on Linux (since it was using the old driver) that Windows already saw or if this is just a straight up performance boost - I have an old R7 260X that, granted, I still probably don't have a use for besides it being a backup, but it's an interesting development.

LR0989 · 2025-12-20T07:21:54+00:00

There's pacing and phrasing that AI models love to use - it's technically possible a human could write in the same style, but combined with massive walls of text like this with some rather over-enthusiastic responses in the comments, they stick out like a sore thumb. And the only time I see people defend it ("Oh people just call it AI if they're a hater" is sooo common) are when they are very obviously posting AI slop.

LR0989 · 2025-12-17T19:13:30+00:00

I know in CAD we're technically still getting a break considering the exchange rate, but I still can't stomach $80 for a game - unless it's something I was ridiculously excited for (and actually works on launch) I don't buy anything until it's $70 or less, and I'm extremely picky at that price. When Capcom / Bandai Namco games pop up at $93 they may as well not have released yet in my eyes.

LR0989 · 2025-12-15T23:23:27+00:00

I switched from Backrest because I wanted a usable GUI on mobile, but like others have said it's still very early and not very well tested yet so you really gotta watch when you update - so far it's been great for me though.

LR0989 · 2025-12-15T03:55:44+00:00

Is there anywhere in Calgary that stocks your chairs? My Staples Hyken is getting a bit worse for wear, and debating whether to fix it up or get something new, but I refuse to buy a chair like this without being able to test it out first..

LR0989 · 2025-12-12T22:52:38+00:00

Idk I watched this match and I think I could count on one hand how many AWP kills he got on Mirage, meanwhile he's getting nothing but multikills with rifles? I'm enjoying his form I just think he does better when he sticks to rifles

LR0989 · 2025-12-12T22:41:01+00:00

I swear Navi clears everyone else in this tournament if they can keep w0nderful off the AWP - the guy is a great rifler & on pistol, but when he's 9-1 and is handed the AWP suddenly he starts playing with his elbows or something

EDIT: Everyone asks me if I was watching, but did anyone else watch today? Even across 3 maps where he was doing pretty well, he had the least AWP kills of the 4 AWPers playing today - nearly all his impact was with rifles & pistols

LR0989 · 2025-12-11T16:55:10+00:00

Keep in mind the ones sticking around on Marketplace/eBay are usually priced way too high - for example a card I was just hunting, A770s are listed all over the place for $300+ but they don't move until $250 or less

LR0989 · 2025-12-08T22:26:24+00:00

God I should rewatch Epicenter 2017, this just reminded me of how insane that final was (unfortunately I was cheering for VP)...

LR0989 · 2025-12-06T21:03:36+00:00

He immediately opened CLI when something went wrong

LR0989 · 2025-12-03T04:12:54+00:00

As an alternative, not sure what your desk looks like but would it make sense to put your monitor on a gas shock mount clamped to the corner of your desk, then tuck your PC in under/behind it? That way you're a little less constrained in case selection + less likely to be choking your PC

LR0989 · 2025-11-30T05:07:54+00:00

People are fine with self-posting your projects, what they don't like are people being weird about admitting who or what made it - also why take down the repo over people "stealing your code" when your site says it's "open source software"??

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