u/SirKronan

Long post warning. TLDR: traveling for work. Bought RDR 1 and 2 on steam sale. Can't play them at all. Can't login to my Rockstar account. Can't contact Rockstar support. Details below if you have time to read them. Thanks in advance to anyone who might have helpful ideas.

Long part:

I'm traveling overseas for work.
RDR 1 and 2 show on steam's summer sale.
I buy them and install them.
My steam is still set to US and I paid the current US Steam prices for my games.
They installed successfully.

Rockstar launcher says I need an account. Won't let me create one.

Rockstar website won't let me either. Same type of error message. "Sorry, we are unable to handle your request at this time." #1.000.7

I had the bright idea to log into my desktop at home and use that computer to create a Rockstar account. Success! Or so I thought... I even set up 2 factor authentication with my Google authenticator.

Logged out at home.

Traveling laptop won't let me log in still.

Can't log in on browser on phone. Tried with VPN. Tried without. Went through all recommended reddit an Google AI and Rockstar troubleshooting steps (clear cache, clear history & cookies, admin steam launch, delete certain folders, restart PC, verify integrity of files in steam, make sure location and time match, etc.)

None of this worked. Two hours of this absolute bullshit later, I decided to submit a ticket.

"SUBMISSION ERROR. Sorry, we ran into a problem submitting your ticket. Please refer to this article for support."

"This article" recommends all the troubleshooting steps I've already done multiple times. I'm feeling like this was not such a bright idea after all....

"We're for you 24/7" it said at the bottom of one of their support pages.

Right. 

I know there are other similar posts like this one. By asking this now, I'm just hoping to get the latest feedback from the prebuilt community on what a 5090 based system is worth.

RTX5090
64GB DDR5 6000
2TB NVMe
1200 watt gold
7800X3D
Triple fan AIO included for CPU

$5000 brand new with warranty.

It was slightly cheaper a few days ago, but the price just went up. I'm looking to upgrade from my 5+ year old 3090 system.

Thanks in advance for your thoughts!!

I know there are other similar posts like this one. By asking this now, I'm just hoping to get the latest feedback from the prebuilt community on what a 5090 based system is worth.

RTX5090
64GB DDR5 6000
2TB NVMe
1200 watt gold
7800X3D
Triple fan AIO included for CPU

$5000 brand new with warranty.

It was slightly cheaper a few days ago, but the price just went up. I'm looking to upgrade from my 5+ year old 3090 system.

Thanks in advance for your thoughts!!

TLDR: with the recent spikes in resale values of the 3090, should I sell my 3090 and a 9070 I still have brand new in box, and use that money to get a B70 and a 9070 XT?

Additional info:

Will be used for video gaming and video and photo editing. Possibly future compute work. - maybe some kind if home LLM or smart AI home stuff. Might even try renting out the B70 if that's actually a practical thing. I don't use blender. Some of the video software I use heavily does support Intel and CUDA hardware accelerated rendering. I also use several Adobe creative suite apps regularly. From what I've read, the 9070 XT will be 30% faster on average for raster gaming than my 3090, and will trade blows with ray traced titles. I'm sure it will be more power efficient.

Sample of more demanding games I play, for reference:
Cyberpunk
Starfield
Elden ring
Marvel rivals (sort of demanding I guess)
Arc Raiders
Subnautica 2
And others, of course

Amy thoughts? Is it worth the hassle?

Thanks in advance!

I have a set of wireless mics that have been working pretty well this school year for my wife's music students. We also have a rechargeable Samsung 240w Sound tower that has multiple inputs, including 1/4 in for mics, RCA and bluetooth.

I've been wanting to add a second speaker for more sound in the gym, and to not have to have a speaker right in the middle and a bit in the way. The speakers can pair and run in stereo mode for Bluetooth, which we sometimes use, but this doesn't transmit the mic input from what speaker to another.

I found plenty of 2 rx 1 tx sets online, but does anyone know of an affordable 1 tx to 2 rx or other solution? I know I could use a y splitter, but doesn't that cut my volume down quite a bit? What's the simplest, most practical and affordable way to do this? Also, I'm hoping to not have to run a cable the length of the gym.

Looking for ideas. Thanks in advance!

Newcomer here! Trying to keep our dog away from the chicken coop. We've put up a chicken pen. That didn't work, so we put a tarp material around the entire coop to make the hens less visible to her. That worked for about a week, but now she just chases and barks at her shadows. I have found plenty of dog collars that keep your dog within certain limits. We used to have one of those, but I am looking for the opposite! Is there a collar that can keep your dog AWAY from something?

Thanks, everyone, in advance!