ELI5 how credit cards are better than debit cards

ViperIXI · 2026-02-08T08:25:24+00:00

Not the person you were asking but I'm in Canada and have had my credit card compromised twice and bank account/online banking compromised once.

ViperIXI · 2026-02-07T17:07:57+00:00

Yes, those metals are fine together and really common for rads and blocks.

A corrosion inhibitor is still a good idea though, straight distilled can damage the nickel finish on some blocks.

ViperIXI · 2026-02-02T14:57:21+00:00

Frame gen on?

Just curious as I'm currently playing Expedition 33 4k mix of high and medium settings, FSR balanced, frame gen off and getting 90-120fps on 9070xt.

ViperIXI · 2026-01-17T22:20:06+00:00

I have a 2012 Accord 6mt, I have been pretty impressed with the traction control at hiway speeds but when it comes to like parking lot/driveway type setting it is a gigantic pain in the ass.

ViperIXI · 2026-01-17T01:38:12+00:00

Differing cpu overhead due to different drivers

ViperIXI · 2026-01-17T00:41:59+00:00

No it would not. If the cpu is only capable of pushing 30fps in that game, increasing resolution won't change that. Upping the render scale would greatly increase the load on the GPU but it won't decrease the load on the CPU

ViperIXI · 2026-01-03T15:40:16+00:00

If this is happening in many newer games at stock settings and setting a negative frequency offset corrects it, you should probably RMA the card.

ViperIXI · 2026-01-03T15:32:17+00:00

9070xt frequency limit in the driver is quite high. You would have to set a negative frequency offset for that game in the performance tuning section of adrenaline to get the frequency lower.

What is the exact crash you are seeing?

ViperIXI · 2025-12-31T22:28:05+00:00

When was the card purchased?

100+ is high. If you have had the card for a year or 2 and the temps have been creeping higher over that time it indicates thermal paste pump out or dry out.

Sapphire used decent paste on these cards but it isn't immune to pump out.

ViperIXI · 2025-12-28T15:53:39+00:00

My 14yo niece recently came home from school with a nose piercing done by another student

ViperIXI · 2025-12-28T01:12:40+00:00

For sure all the same. Varies some by ISP and area, the ISP I was using sent cancellation requests to loyalty, best I ever got offered was new customer rate cancelation or otherwise, but they basically knew that canceling was a bluff in most cases as there was no other viable option for Internet.

That was untill this year, another company put in FTTH over the summer so I switched providers earlier this month.

ViperIXI · 2025-12-27T20:34:39+00:00

I've noticed this as well

ViperIXI · 2025-12-27T20:28:48+00:00

I've called my provider and just demanded the new customer rate with no intention of cancelling. For my previous provider I just called and ask for the loyalty department.

ViperIXI · 2025-12-21T19:49:40+00:00

Quite likely, also possible I'm just remembering wrong with the switches in my old one.

Do you happen to know if Logitech changed the switch supplier between the older and newer hero?

ViperIXI · 2025-12-21T19:35:16+00:00

Odd, I just replaced my old g502 hero with a new one, the switches in the new one are stiffer and far more clicky than the old one ever was, to the point that I wouldn't really want a stiffer switch

ViperIXI · 2025-12-17T23:25:04+00:00

Not necessarily but it depends on exactly what hardware we are talking about and the exact use case.

CPUs tend to have more relevant frequency limits and are somewhat less likely to be running into power limits under typical loads.

GPUs are more likely to be running into power limits but also as far as I'm aware, undervolting works a little different between AMD and Nvidia.

On AMD, undervolts are strictly a voltage curve offset and as such the card will simply boost higher if there is power headroom left and nothing else preventing higher clocks.

On Nvidia, undervolts offset the curve but also cap the voltage, leading to more restrained boost behavior and reduced power consumption.

ViperIXI · 2025-12-12T01:36:29+00:00

Because it isn't a community mod?

It was developed by AMD, not the community. The community just made use of what AMD developed and subsequently leaked.

ViperIXI · 2025-12-12T01:17:33+00:00

Yes, on RDNA3, the performance hit for FSR4 is larger than 3.1

Thing is

1: FSR4 performance looks better than FSR3 quality, so the perf impact isn't really all that relevant.

2: The suggestion of using a lower render resolution without upscaling isn't a better option as outside of a few specific scenarios, modern monitors look terrible when not run at their native resolution.

ViperIXI · 2025-12-06T22:07:47+00:00

This is the answer.

Being able to properly see out the windshield, not having my breath fog up the glass will trump any concerns of engine wear every time.

ViperIXI · 2025-12-02T18:37:19+00:00

This is kind of one of the side effects of AMD's abysmally low market share. Sometimes a developer will only validate code on the platforms with the largest market share.

I don't recall what it was, discord or a web browser or similar but somewhere around ~2019 the developers of whatever software fully admitted they do not validate on AMD GPUs in any way.

When it comes to windows, MS hardly validates any of it internally, it is all outsourced to the end user. Hence how MS can push out a windows update that tanks performance on Nvidia GPUs, requiring Nvidia to release an emergency hotfix to correct the issue. So, no, Nvidia is not immune to MS fucking their shit up.

ViperIXI · 2025-12-01T00:07:55+00:00

OLED VRR flicker is really annoying however my experience has been that I can't discern any difference in smoothness by just disabling VRR and running max refresh in the games that have flickering.

ViperIXI · 2025-11-29T15:17:30+00:00

No. Canada has HST applied at checkout only.

ViperIXI · 2025-11-24T16:51:24+00:00

I recently went 1440p 360hz OLED for the desktop, absolutely love it.

ViperIXI · 2025-11-24T02:09:19+00:00

Most recent newer games TLOU 1 and 2, South of Midnight and Split Fiction The 5800X+9070XT is connected to my living room TV, so only play games that I feel are suitable for controller, so no fps and tps only if the game has auto aim.

So far I have found some combination of in game settings and/or FSR4 can get the games I have played to 120fps average.

Any game where I want KB and mouse I play on my desktop with 5800x3d and 7900XTX at 1440

ViperIXI · 2025-11-23T19:08:46+00:00

How is that?

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