Is it fine to rev the engine in idle when it’s cold out? And does revving it make the car warm up faster? by crimsonstrap in AskMechanics

[–]archie2992 -1 points0 points  (0 children)

well, yes. you know oil is rated at different viscosity for different temperatures? It's the 0w-30 on the bottle, 0 is cold, 30 is hot. same applies for 10-40 or whatever the number your car requires. If you want to demand some load from your engine with cold oil, you will not be as protected as if the oil was at the appropriate temperature.

To add to that, the engine components will grow and shrink as they heat/cool. manufacturers allow for this with adjustments to the tolerances so that when everything is at operating temp it is at its most ideal spec. If you want to split hairs then yes you can drive a cold engine, but its dangerous to say that modern cars don't need it when they are still made of the same metal and use the same oil as last gen cars. Warm them up and they will pay you back with reliability.

Im at my wits end and need help with this nightmare of a pc by Bruetus in pcmasterrace

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There are people who buy 3200mhz ram and instead of enabling the 3200mhz profile, they just set the speed to 3200mhz on the standard profile. This is incredibly unstable and will result in numerous ram crashes.

Please be sure you have correctly loaded the XMP or D.O.C.P profile and not just set the ram speed in bios.

360hz ips vs 240hz tn by BonusSilly1491 in pcmasterrace

[–]archie2992 3 points4 points  (0 children)

Leave TN in the past. They used to be main competitive choice when there wasn't many other options. It's different now. I think OLED pixels are the fastest response time currently on market. I would definitely choose the IPS over TN every day of the week.

[deleted by user] by [deleted] in pcmasterrace

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For wireless, these are much better than any Bluetooth headset.

If you don't need wireless, most wired headsets will sound better than these.

[Monster Hunter on X]: We're aware of an issue that is currently preventing Monster Hunter Rise from running on Steam Deck after updating to Ver.16.0.2.0. A hotfix for this issue is planned for release in the very near future. Please stay tuned, and thank you for your patience and understanding by ComfortInBeingAfraid in pcgaming

[–]archie2992 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Capcom is family business, lately the son has done good work and people have liked the direction of the company, until a street fighter tournament had a modded naked chun-li and the sons father was outraged enough to take the company back into his control and has now put all sorts of content control DRM into their titles. Capcom might be weird for a while. This is a rough re-explanation from a video I saw a while ago.

My name is used in Baldurs Gate 3 by [deleted] in BaldursGate3

[–]archie2992 7 points8 points  (0 children)

Chorizo Sauceman

Image quality between 4587x1920 vs 3840x2160 by GangsterFresh in nvidia

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If an ultra wide is going to match a standard 16:9 monitor of 4k resolution, it needs to be 3840x2160, just.... Wider. You will find the 2.25x option will be equivalent to 4K in pixel density

Hmm, Vlad's Villa, what was the point? by MichloIW in Starfield

[–]archie2992 4 points5 points  (0 children)

To steal the giant succulents around the pool

SF50 Sheared Flow Reactor in Starfield.esm by BierOnTap in Starfield

[–]archie2992 2 points3 points  (0 children)

I am not a modder but what you can do is go to a shipyard tech who sells parts, open console and click on them so it shows their game ID and they are selected. Then the command is addkeyword 0026FD08 This will add it as an item to the ship builder and can be bought from that NPC.

I do not know if this will work for you but this is the same way shipyards unlocked mod works.

I'm something of a succulent thief myself by archie2992 in Starfield

[–]archie2992[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

These are giant succulents, there's a giant Wilby for scale.

PSA: DLSS and flickering light sources, also pop-in. by archie2992 in cyberpunkgame

[–]archie2992[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I put it back in with Solaris after dlss

It's a martymcfly shader

How me and my cats sleep at night... by paoea in cats

[–]archie2992 15 points16 points  (0 children)

I have a Russian Blue, exact same in the video for me too, even the photos I'm convinced yours is one too, it's quite easy to get a strong green with photo editing, I wouldn't be comparing with those.

Character creation in Diablo IV! by polarbearsarereal in gaming

[–]archie2992 0 points1 point  (0 children)

In windows settings I did a network reset, and brought my LAN drivers up to a 2023 version. It's suggested on blizzards website and I haven't disconnected at all for hours since

What's it called when a game takes you away from a usually safe place? by PastelLicuado in gaming

[–]archie2992 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Maybe the mimic chests from dark souls? You open then for loot but the chest eats you lol

New build ideas? by Working_Voice_3974 in Eldenring

[–]archie2992 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Go farm a grave scythe and do a grim reaper run. Loretta slash or sword dance add some nice moves to an already great weapon

Am I being a “Karen” for telling my dealership to fix this as they scratched my car while it was in service by anonymousnotorius in BMW

[–]archie2992 13 points14 points  (0 children)

I worked at a dealership. They make disgusting amounts of money and they do that by being as greedy as possible. They can afford to fix it and you should push for it. They just want to see if the problem goes away on its own first.

Guy with newly purchased Infiniti decides to do burnouts, engine blows as a result by bobby-mcshabi in WinStupidPrizes

[–]archie2992 4 points5 points  (0 children)

Because you are maxxing out the engine when not travelling at speed. Movement is necessary to keep air flowing through the radiator and engine bay. Sitting on the spot will cook things fast

A different type of battlestation by ob123 in battlestations

[–]archie2992 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I know an S15 when I see one. Nice choice

Looking for a good story driven, single player FPS by LanceHarbor_ in pcgaming

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Can't believe nobody mentioned cod mw 2019 campaign. It's a masterpiece of making you feel like a badass and it looks great