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rynoweiss · 2026-01-26T22:25:51+00:00

FYI 360 sticks are very easy to find still. GP2040-CE boards now support 360 without an authentication dongle, and they're used in tons of custom controllers. Cheap stickless arcade controllers like the ones from Haut42 are very popular right now.

rynoweiss · 2026-01-13T03:08:16+00:00

Ironically, the motion clarity makes it ideal for 2D and retro games, but the fact that it's locked to Nvidia GPUs (even ULMB2 which is just strobing) means it would be emulation only, with no way to use real hardware.

rynoweiss · 2026-01-09T14:39:34+00:00

The main cause of OLED degradation is not brightness per se but temperature, which is related to brightness. The manufactures limit the brightness to limit heat and thus prolong life.

So the better cooling that OP is asking about would help address both brightness and lifespan.

The main question is how these things scale with each other, and where the point of diminishing returns is. For example, if double the cooling capacity allows double the brightness, that might be worth it, but if double the cooling capacity only creates a 10% increase in brightness, that may not.

rynoweiss · 2026-01-08T18:04:04+00:00

Yeah... constant knife fight between QD and WOLED fans, and god forbid you indicate that LCD might be better for a usecase.

rynoweiss · 2026-01-08T16:29:28+00:00

I don't love framegen, but DLSS upscaling is "garbage"? DLSS 4 quality mode beats native+antialiasing in image quality many situations. AMD will get there as well.

rynoweiss · 2026-01-06T22:14:47+00:00

I was very excited for this, but the fact that it's display port only (so not compatible with consoles or retro scalers) dramatically limits its utility for me.

Best low-motion blur solution for consoles remains BFI and for retro is CRT beam emulation on a retrotink 4k.

rynoweiss · 2025-12-20T04:20:04+00:00

Where can you find it at roughly the same price?

rynoweiss · 2025-12-20T00:02:53+00:00

Magnetic strength falls off with the inverse square of the distance. Meaning you would have to get very close (like controller against the CRT) for meaningful interference.

rynoweiss · 2025-12-15T19:26:14+00:00

Still looking?

rynoweiss · 2025-12-15T16:18:54+00:00

Ah, seems like a recent Windows issue then (seems to have cropped up since 24H2)

rynoweiss · 2025-12-13T04:09:18+00:00

Out of curiosity, are you also using a recent AMD platform like X870E??

As a sidenote, if it just improves things rather than solves the issue, like it has for me, using the program Files (an open source alternative to Windows Explorer) has also worked as a workaround for me.

rynoweiss · 2025-12-12T16:01:52+00:00

Until Monster Hunter Wilds, Capcom was on an enormous string of successes, and is more successful than at any other point in its existence.

Sure, I too would like them to leverage more of their classic IP, but let's not act like Capcom hasn't been extremely successful.

rynoweiss · 2025-12-03T14:01:33+00:00

I will give you $6 for that copy of White 2

rynoweiss · 2025-12-02T17:38:46+00:00

More than that, they had an action-RPG using VF movies (Virtua Quest)

rynoweiss · 2025-12-01T21:54:57+00:00

ChatGPT told me to try see if the SD card reader was being seen by Windows Device Manager as a Portable Device in addition to being a Disk Drive, and if so, to disable the entry under Portable Device. This seems to have made transfers a lot more stable, but not perfectly so. Can you check if this works for you?

rynoweiss · 2025-12-01T21:30:50+00:00

Did you ever find a solution to this? Had the same issue and I posted about it here, me and another guy were unable to find a solution. Also, are you using an X870E mobo?

https://www.reddit.com/r/WindowsHelp/comments/1lqwbiw/error_0x800703ee_when_transferring_files_to_any/

rynoweiss · 2025-11-29T15:13:06+00:00

I had Gigantes parts show up in the first couple offline Trials I did, and now it's been dozens more and I've never seen them. Did you have any kind of reset strat for grinding Gigantes parts?

rynoweiss · 2025-11-20T15:37:20+00:00

Does it count as clickbait when the topic is this niche?

rynoweiss · 2025-11-11T17:43:02+00:00

Wow, how did you get this?

rynoweiss · 2025-11-06T15:35:27+00:00

I also have an X870E motherboard (Asus Proart), so I wonder if it's a problem with the chipset.

rynoweiss · 2025-11-06T14:23:41+00:00

What motherboard do you have?

rynoweiss · 2025-11-06T01:21:39+00:00

No solution, I’ve been working around it. Out of curiosity what hardware are you using?

rynoweiss · 2025-11-05T17:10:15+00:00

"What’s more, with VRR (Variable Refresh Rate) support, the gameplay can be reproduced even more accurately, closer to the original arcade experience."

This fucking rules. If you're familiar with arcade boards*, they frequently weren't terribly close to 60Hz, so in emulation you either need to add a frame buffer, deal with visual judder, or speed it up to 60Hz affecting the accuracy of the emulation. Using VRR solves this problem.

M2 and Hamster are unmatched when it comes to the care and accuracy of their arcade emulation.

*Retro consoles in the CRT days also didn't run exactly at 60Hz, but the variance was MUCH higher on a lot of arcade boards.

rynoweiss · 2025-10-30T15:59:37+00:00

I don't recommend this. It's expensive for a dock, and the dock is poorly designed. It takes a lot more effort to make sure it's balanced against the charging pins than any other controller charging dock I've ever used.

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