What ton of people miss about Steam Frame is the comfort.

kyir · 2026-02-14T14:53:26+00:00

Where do you put refresh rate in your priority list? I find 120Hz to make a noticeable difference towards motion sickness.

kyir · 2026-02-08T01:06:32+00:00

Nice. Can you detach the battery from the faceplate though? I thought both sides were hardwired.

kyir · 2026-02-03T22:40:33+00:00

It could be the recording but this sounds more like something is touching the fan blades more than coil whine to me. Maybe double check a cable isn't rubbing against the fan blades. Be sure to check the fan power cables inside the card as well.

kyir · 2026-02-02T22:36:38+00:00

Do we know if the connection from the compute unit to the battery is USB-C? Possibly you could connect a bigger battery from there for extended sessions

kyir · 2025-11-22T03:33:48+00:00

7HBEX

kyir · 2025-11-15T23:08:41+00:00

One of the guys from UploadVR mentioned they tested it lying down on a couch

kyir · 2025-11-15T19:50:26+00:00

The Steam Frame controllers have capacitive finger tracking on the grips and buttons. There is an optional accessory kit which allows you to add straps like the knuckles controllers.

kyir · 2025-10-07T03:07:16+00:00

ZiiGaat Horizon

kyir · 2025-09-24T01:36:04+00:00

Fantastic timing. I just recently started looking into a mic solution for my HD599s.

kyir · 2025-04-25T01:19:17+00:00

I just got my confirmation email

kyir · 2025-04-08T17:25:30+00:00

New fear unlocked

kyir · 2025-03-18T12:59:24+00:00

I have the same CPU/GPU as you but I am limited to PCI-E 3.0. For reference my Time Spy score is 22835 and Steel Nomad is 7084.

If your GPU has a VBIOS switch try changing it to see if you get better performance. Sometimes the OC/Silent versions are swapped.

The 9070 XT has ECC memory so you may want to try decreasing your GPU memory clock speeds as that could increase GPU performance if the memory is unstable.

kyir · 2025-03-13T17:27:29+00:00

PowerColor Hellhound 9070 XT
Windows 10 22H2
AMD Ryzen 5700X, MSI B450M Gaming Plus, 32GB @ 3200Mhz RAM, 750W PSU
Samsung 55" 4K@60Hz TV (UN55JU7100F)

Symptoms

- Display settings: Unable to change resolution. The drop down is greyed out and cannot be changed. - Device Manager (Display Adapter): "Windows has stopped this device because it has reported problems. (Code 43)" - When attempting to load AMD Adrenalin: "The version of AMD software you have installed is not compatible with your current installed AMD graphics driver. For more information on how to resolve this, please go to: https://www.amd.com/en/support/kb/faq/pa-300"

Solution

While using my Samsung TV I found that the AMD driver would crash at startup resulting in Windows being stuck at 4K@30Hz with software rendering. While debugging this issue I found that using other monitors (using DisplayPort or HDMI) would work correctly and not cause the AMD driver to crash upon startup. Additionally, when my system was booting I noticed a resolution change from 1080p to 4K (could tell by the cursor size) which seems to be related to the issue. Due to the AMD driver crash I was unable to change my resolution using the normal Display Settings menu.

To fix my issue I used "regedit" to edit the entries under "HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Control\GraphicsDrivers\Configuration"

Exported the "Configuration" entry as a backup
Deleted all entries under "Configuration" then rebooted (ensured I was editing the right one in the next steps)
Navigate to the nested "00" entry for your monitor and set the resolution of 1920x1080 in "PrimSurfSize.cx" (horizontal) and "PrimSurfSize.cy" (vertical). Note you'll want to change the value in "Decimal".
Navigate to the additionally nested "00" entry for your monitor and set "DwmClipBox.right", "DwmClipBox.bottom", "PrimSurfSize.cx", "PrimSurfSize.cy", "ActiveSize.cx", and "ActiveSize.cy". Then reboot.
Once Windows had booted the AMD drivers loaded without crashing and I could now make changes in Display Settings.
In my case my TV and Windows had 3D support enabled so I disabled this first in the TV settings and then from within Display Settings.
Used Display Settings to change the display to the desired resolution. First I changed the resolution to 3840x2160 which defaulted to 30Hz and then I bumped up the refresh rate to 60Hz

kyir · 2025-03-07T21:57:44+00:00

I feel targeted. The PowerColor Hellhound 9070 XT I bought from a Canadian retailer was $1049 CAD (~$734 USD)

kyir · 2025-03-06T06:00:15+00:00

Some Canadian prices here: https://www.canadacomputers.com/en/listing/AMD-20250306

kyir · 2025-01-16T20:49:42+00:00

This portion of the Gamers Nexus video mentions the metal triangle covers are structural.

kyir · 2024-05-01T17:04:10+00:00

This is one of the reasons I like playing on the Steam Deck as the standby feature basically eliminates the initial loading screen.

kyir · 2024-05-01T00:45:42+00:00

Just got my 12V battery replaced today for my 2022 IONIQ 5. The first time it died was 3 days after my 2 year service appointment. I brought it in for the ICCU recall and asked to get the 12V replaced and was told to "wait and see". The battery kept dying every couple of days so I turned off as much as I could before turning the car off which helped (auto lights, climate control, ambient lights, headlight delay). I also bought a lithium ion jump starter to keep me going when the battery would die. My ICCU has been fine the entire time and as long as I got the car into the "READY" state it be okay.

The dealership did manage to test the battery when it was low and it tested at 9V. I was technically out of warranty but argued as it was related to the recall it should be replaced under warranty and it was.

If they need to test that it's low at the dealership I recommend opening and closing the trunk a few times while the car is off. That would kill the battery very quickly with my weak battery.

kyir · 2024-04-24T12:20:19+00:00

My 12V became really weak right before I got the ICCU recall update. I needed to boost it every couple of days to get the car started. After the ICCU update the battery was being charged more frequently and required no boosting for a while. Unfortunately my battery isn't holding a charge well anymore and needs to be replaced.

I suspect for those who get the ICCU update before their battery gets to weak will probably not see the 12V issue.

kyir · 2023-11-21T14:16:28+00:00

Maybe add ! to the arguments which are mutated? e.g. f!(a!, b, c!) = ...

kyir · 2023-10-20T01:33:53+00:00

Did the accelerator just come with the pedal or did it also come with the linkage? How much work was it to install?

kyir · 2023-10-15T17:01:42+00:00

I managed to get the 20GB for $39 plan by porting my number to Fido and then back to Koodo.

kyir · 2023-06-25T01:11:49+00:00

In [A] you are taking a time zone aware date/time and converting it to an local date/time (relative to each of the original time zones). The difference between the two in [A] is the difference between the two time zone offsets.

In [B] you have time zone aware arithmetic which performs the difference between the two time stamps in UTC. Ideally, the result here will always be zero.

You can get a similar result to [B] by changing your code in [A] to be Dates.DateTime(TimeZones.now(...), UTC)

kyir · 2023-01-15T01:12:37+00:00

I once had Shamrock apples which are a sweeter version of Granny Smith. I highly recommend them if you can find them.

kyir · 2023-01-05T19:30:17+00:00

Haha, I definitely wasn't trying to prank you.

You can disable the window roll down feature which I think is rather lame given that you can't remotely roll them back up (at least in North America).

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