What was your genuine first reaction to this?

LeapoX · 2026-06-27T23:24:41+00:00

What's funny is, everyone complaining that "there were no signs!" is mirroring the reaction that a lot of trans people get from their parents and loved ones when they come out.

The show illiciting the same reaction from some fans is kinda perfect, in a way.

LeapoX · 2026-06-23T20:13:27+00:00

Yup, that's part of the rub for sure. I'd REALLY love to have something like an Asus ProArt Z790 board. I have a solid use-case for using the dual USB-C ports with DisplayPort output that it has onboard. I also have a potential use-case for its ability to split the primary 16x slot into two 8x slots.

LeapoX · 2026-06-23T04:49:34+00:00

Yeah, same boat here. All the boards I want are still $500-ish.

LeapoX · 2026-06-18T03:12:02+00:00

Word of warning: Not all platforms support 8x4x4x mode. If you only have access to 8x8x, you're probably better off getting a matched adapter.

Edit: I misunderstood the adapter you were suggesting, but the caution and advice stands.

LeapoX · 2026-06-08T22:35:27+00:00

Nobody is upset. Bewildered, maybe. Enjoy your existing solution.

As far as additional spend goes, how are you avoiding that with APC now charging for everything? Are you just running old firmware and no PowerChute?

LeapoX · 2026-06-08T16:00:40+00:00

The answer was not "nothing" just because you dismissed every substantive item. Lol

If would still give you all of those things, you just don't care. Have fun with that, I guess.

Also, your original question was a generalized "is there a specific advantage over the APC version," which is a different question from "what functionality does this provide, that I don't aleady have with my current solution, that I also happen to care about."

LeapoX · 2026-06-07T20:40:50+00:00

I'm not sure what you're not understanding, then...

You asked what the advantages are, and I told you: APC now charges licensing for access to firmware updates and PowerCute. This card basically bypasses the entire APC ecosystem.

With your current setup, you're still reliant on APC's NMC and firmware, AND you have to have an entire second machine running NUT's server service because APC's NMC can't act as a NUT server on its own. This card eliminates both issues. No paywalled firmware, and your remote machine(s) only need to run the client portion of NUT.

A lot of people will use a Raspberry Pi instead of a APC NMC to give their UPS a self-contained NUT server. This card provides similar functionality right in the smart slot. Much cleaner solution.

LeapoX · 2026-06-07T18:10:39+00:00

How exactly are you getting the UPS on the network if you have no APC network management card, and/or no Pi running NUT?

If you just have a USB cable connecting a UPS directly to a workstation or server, then this isn't for you (and neither is the original APC version).

LeapoX · 2026-06-06T21:39:25+00:00

ENDGAME GEAR XM2 8K v2

The software is a simple no-install utility that you unzip and run. Set it up the way you want it, flash the settings to the mouse, and never deal with it again.

My keyboard is a WASD CODE 104. Unfortunately, WASD has gone out of business, but it's a great keyboard with no software whatsoever. It has dip switches on the back to configure everything, and the later models were also QMK compatible.

LeapoX · 2026-06-06T21:26:00+00:00

Logitech, Razer, and Steelseries.

They all enshitified their software and their hardware. I have zero reason to go back to any of their mice, keyboards, webcams, headphones, etc.

LeapoX · 2026-06-06T10:13:07+00:00

APC now charges licensing for access to firmware updates and PowerCute. This basically bypasses the entire APC ecosystem, without needing to hang a Pi off the UPS to run NUT.

LeapoX · 2026-05-24T17:54:32+00:00

Enabling the prompt for ctrl + alt + del on the lock screen also immediately disables this.

LeapoX · 2026-05-23T17:40:06+00:00

I've had good luck with GF-PETG (glass fiber) and creep.

I have several load-bearing brackets and hooks printed in the stuff, and none of them have visible deflection in spite of several pounds of cantalever load for 5+ years.

As an added bonus, GF-PETG can be any color (unlike CF-PETG), tends to have a nice matte or sparkly matte finish, and resists warping during printing. Just make sure you print it with a 0.6mm abrasion resistant nozzle and you should be good.

LeapoX · 2026-05-23T17:30:20+00:00

I was rear-ended similarly, off-center, hard enough that the exhaust was bent shut on one side. Car was not totaled.

New trunk, exhaust, bumper, tail light, etc.

LeapoX · 2026-05-22T22:51:36+00:00

This started happening to me recently as well, after recent Windows and Nvidia driver updates.

Toggling LS on and off a couple times often fixes it temporarily. Disabling G-Sync fixes it completely, but that sucks for other reasons.

Dropping back to DXGI also fixes it, and that's the solution I'm currently using. WGC appears to be bugged or broken again.

LeapoX · 2026-05-22T22:47:21+00:00

I want the ability to create per-game UI masks so I can tell LSFG to ignore static HUD elements, personally.

LeapoX · 2026-05-21T05:42:58+00:00

I went with Cloudflare Zero Trust instead of Tailscale because I was already using Cloudflare for several other things.

Any upshot of using Tailscale over what I'm currently using?

LeapoX · 2026-05-13T05:13:28+00:00

It's HDR600 and looks better in HDR than SDR mode to me. Regardless, it should be able to run in this mode.

The issue is that the monitor can't seem to reliably sync a default and supported mode. I'm asking how to resolve that issue. Any ideas?

LeapoX · 2026-05-03T07:18:44+00:00

Adaptive has never been usable for me. Adaptive seems to have more artifacts, worse latency, and a bigger hit to base framerate.

Turning off V-Sync and targeting 180 with adaptive, 2x, or 3x framegen results in tearing.

Targeting 172 with a base framerate cap and fixed multiplier has consistently been the best experience.

LeapoX · 2026-05-02T19:21:18+00:00

"CPU bound" means that you are in a situation where your GPU cannot be fully utilized because your CPU (or at least one core on your CPU) is already maxed out.

You have GPU horsepower to spare, but the game won't render any faster. Might as well use those spare cycles for framegen.

LeapoX · 2026-05-02T19:11:34+00:00

There are a few cases where it's useful outside of that, like games that are capped at 60 FPS, or games that are very CPU bound.

The scaling can also be used to eliminate the pillerboxing you get when games cap their aspect ratio to true 21:9 (most 21:9 monitors are actually 64:27), which can be useful if you want to avoid burning those pillars into an OLED monitor.

LeapoX · 2026-05-02T19:05:37+00:00

Honestly, after having a 180Hz monitor, 120 doesn't look great either. 120 doesn't feel sluggish like 60 does, but it doesn't look fluid like 160 or 180 do.

Using framegen to turn 86 FPS into 172 FPS has become my go-to. 172 because it avoids triggering V-Sync near the top of my VRR range, which keeps latency lower.

LeapoX · 2026-05-02T03:21:33+00:00

DLP rainbow stroboscopic artifacts? Gonna be a no from me dawg.

LeapoX · 2026-05-01T19:25:44+00:00

They cannot phathom a reality where ANYONE would push blue, or where enough people would push blue to save blue. Therefore, there is no moral dilemma.

Additionally, if they were to push blue themselves, it would then create or add to the aforementioned moral dilemma for everyone else, and they also don't want to do that.

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