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Forza horizon 6 is incredibly well optimised and the developers deserve recognition for it
The game looks absolutely stunning. With everything set to extreme, full ray tracing, no ai trickery and native 4k, I'm hitting minimum 80-100fps.
Unbelievably, they say that a 1650 runs at 1080p 60fps. That's a 4gb card that can be bought for Β£30 if you shop around!
This just shows that it is possible to make games look beautiful for those of us with high end systems without destroying performance for people with older setups.
Microsoft pushed 16GB RAM as must-have for Windows 11 for years, now sells an 8GB Surface Laptop for $1,299
windowslatest.comChina could solve global ram shortage according to ex-Samsung executive
EU politicians are now arguing over whether publishers should be allowed to kill games forever
youtube.comHelldivers 2 announces βongoingβ Optimising Liberty project with new performance options including long-requested upscaling support
frvr.comAfter a year and a half of saving, Iβve finally built my first PC with a GPU
the aio screen will be fixed tmr π΅βπ« so sorry for the OCD π
Found this old gem on my external drive
Subnautica 2 Surpasses 4 Million Copies Sold
twistedvoxel.comUpdated PC build
My wife bought me my PC part list for our anniversary last year and I wanted to share my updated build.
Specs -
CPU R5 7600x
GPU RTX 5060Ti 16gig 3 fan
1TB NVME seagate Q5 SSD
2 TB seagate barracuda HDD
650 Watt MSI mag PSU
32 gigs of crucial DDR5
Case is a QUBE 500
Monitor is a Odyssey G5 165 hertz 34 inch ultra wide
Using a glorious mechanical keyboard
Mouse is an MX master 3S
Speakers are Logitech idk the model but they sound great.
[Fix] Finally fixed the dual-monitor stutter bug (without disabling HAGS)
Iβve been dealing with a massive headache for a long time: video on my second monitor would constantly stutter or lose smoothness when I was gaming. Itβs that classic Windows bug that hits when you have a large gap in refresh rates (my setup is 240Hz primary + 60Hz secondary).
It happened regardless of the game or the browser.
I spent a whole week trying to fix this. Drivers, registry hacks, Windows settings - you name it. The only common "solution" was disabling HAGS (Hardware-Accelerated GPU Scheduling), but I play with Frame Generation, so that wasn't an option for me.
After getting nowhere, I gave up on Windows and just built a workaround.
The Fix: Itβs a tiny background utility that draws a 1-pixel invisible moving rectangle on the secondary monitor. It forces the DWM (Desktop Window Manager) to keep the display in a high-performance render state, which completely eliminates the desync.
I know, itβs a total hacky crutch, but itβs the only thing that actually saved my setup after a week of trial and error.
Since I know how frustrating this bug is, I threw the .exe and the source code on GitHub. If you're losing your mind over this same issue, give it a shot.
(Note: Just grab the .exe from the "Releases v 1.1.0*" section on the right side of the GitHub page).*
GitHub: https://github.com/Arccalc/Dwmfix
EDIT: Pushed v1.2 to GitHub
- Interactive Position Customization (Drag & Drop): Enabling the "Show & adjust position (drag & drop)" option displays the render indicators and allows you to freely drag them to any position on your screen.
- Single Instance Enforcement: Implemented a system-wide lock via shared memory. Attempting to launch a duplicate instance will prompt a warning dialog ("DWM Fixer is already running.") and cleanly terminate the duplicate process
Hope this helps some of you save your sanity. Let me know if it works for your setup.
Regret changing 7900XT for 5080
I bought PNY 5080 for a new set, going into Nvidia after many years with AMD... As I was reading how much easier everythink is on Nvidia...
After a week of struggle I established that I can only use it at 70% power (MSI Afterburner), otherwise PC just freezes. Have 7800x3d, DDR5, good 850W PSU, everything works great except the most expensive part... Meanwhile so critisized 7900xt worked amazing all the time.
Am I so just one unlucky guy?
The Vision-M is here! The PCMR x Lian Li case collab now also comes in matx/mITX size!
Finally, after the original Vision, and the Vision Compact, now there's also an mATX/Mini-ITX Vision, the Vision-M!
To show off just how well it still fits pretty much every top-of-the-line gaming component you might want to throw at it, I did this "Standard super-high-end" gaming build with a 5090 and a 9850X3D, plus 13 fans, a Curve AIO screen (that has a motor and moves).
The case will come in Black, White, and a digital version of both, which includes the 9.2 Inch LCD screen you can see here.
You can choose to use a divider so there's a total separation between the case chambers, and your AIO radiator and fans are invisible, as well as most of the tubes. You can also choose to show it off, by removing the divider (which just needs one screw removed).
As for ease of building in it, it's fantastic. It was just as easy as building in the Vision Compact.
Check out the full build: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7VRNP48fD8U
Specs:
- Lian Li O11 VISION-M
- AMD Ryzen 7 9850X3D
- NVIDIA GeForce RTX 5090 FE
- X870M AORUS ELITE WIFI7
- TEAMGROUP DDR5 XTREEM ARGB 7200
- Lian Li RS1200G
- Lian Li UNI FAN TL WIRELESS 120 + REVERSE BLADE + WIRELESS.
- Lian Li HydroShift II OLED CURVED
After 3 succesfull builds, I thought i knew how to build computers, turns out, I don't. Help!
So, it's all assembled, i think I've done everything right, but when i flip on the power on the PSU, nothing. No lights, no fan spin, nothing at all
Link to partslist: https://pcpartpicker.com/user/13thArgie/saved/#
With so little information, i don't know where to start troubleshooting, anyone have some good advice?
UPDATE 1: IT LIVES with only CPU plugged in and f_panel plug reseated, think f_panel may have been the culprit Second update when everything works or when more errors pop up
UPDATE 2: It posted through the MB HDMI port (integrated graphics) but plugged into the GPU it doesn't, any good ideas? It's an intel B580 card
FINAL UPDATE: Everything works :D Thank you to everyone who pitched in, yall are the reason we truly are pcmr
My first PC build
TL;DR
Hereβs my parts: https://pcpartpicker.com/list/HGd9rG
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A bit of context first:
Iβm looking at building my first PC - yes, I know its an awful time but I really need it. Currently on a pentium n3700 and 4GB RAM (my tablet can run games like dead cells far better).
I now have an opportunity to build a new pc and I have a pretty good budget. I especially need a new PC for both uni (close enough to live at home), gaming and to handle literally anything I throw at it, including programming, other graphics tasks and non-gaming software etc.
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So hereβs the build in detail (exact components on pcpartpicker above with no commentary):
CPU: Ryzen 7 9800X3D
- This Iβm still not sure about, a 9900X is actually cheaper by β¬60 and almost exactly the same price as a 7800X3D.
- Thereβs also the intel Core Ultra 7 270K Plus, which is β¬80 cheaper than the 9800X3D, but Iβm not sure, from what Iβve seen intel is quite bad for upgradability (they keep making new CPU sockets)
- Iβm still unsure because the 9800X3D is the best at gaming, the core ultra is best in both single threaded and multithreaded performance, while the 9900X is kind of in the middle for both but also has the upgradability of AM5.
GPU: Sapphire Pulse Gigabyte Radeon RX 9070XT 16GB
- Hard choice at first, then I eventually decided on this one as the 5070ti is not worth an extra β¬250, and this GPU pairs well with my CPU. It should be able to handle any games in 1440p, and even workstation tasks as AMDβs technology, software and software support has gotten a lot better,
RAM: 32GB (2x16GB) DDR5 CL30 6000MHz
- Now I could get β¬50 cheaper RAM, but I could squeeze this into my budget for that sweet spot latency and bandwidth to make sure things are as stable and fast as possible. Some might argue that this doesnβt make too much of a difference, so if it is a really silly decision please do tell me.
MOBO: MSI PRO X870E-P WIFI
- A B850 motherboard seems to be about β¬80-100 cheaper, but this isnβt too much extra for making sure I get lots of nvme lanes to add more storage in the future, and to be able to learn how to overclock (again, please do tell me if Iβm being delusional here).
SSD: Crucial P510 1TB PCIe Gen5 NVMe 2280 M.2 SSD with heatsink
- 1TB is a sweet spot for me as it isnβt insanely expensive, but also gives plenty of space unless I get a million AAA games but I can always upgrade, especially if prices eventually drop.
- All SSD storage drives are expensive, this one is only about β¬20 more expensive than the cheapest PCIe 4.0/5.0 NVMe I could find, and it seems to have a long lifetime and great speeds compared to cheaper drives.
CASE: Lian Li Lancool 217 Black
- This appears to have some of the best airflow/performance for a PC case, main issue is no RGB but thatβs very subjective. If anyone knows of a similar case, not more expensive, that has RGB and is of similar or better quality/airflow, please do tell me.
PSU: ADATA XPG CORE REACTOR II VE 850W
- Not much to say, 850 is probably enough for now and for the next CPU/GPU upgrade, and this one scores A on this tier list: https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/u/0/d/1akCHL7Vhzk_EhrpIGkz8zTEvYfLDcaSpZRB6Xt6JWkc/htmlview#gid=1078495601.
COOLER: Thermalright Peerless Assassin 120 SE
- Apparently a high quality, inexpensive air cooler, an AIO might be preferable if I do get an RGB case, the cheaper ones seem to be β¬20-30 more expensive than this air cooler.
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This is at the upper limit of the budget of my build, after leaving some of the budget for peripherals as they also need an upgrade.
As the title says, this is my first build, so please do tell me if anything could be improved or is wrong, I will take any suggestions, thanks.
EDIT: The most obvious issue was overspending on the motherboard, I think I will find a good B850 one instead, thanks yall.
Nvidia hits record $81.6 billion revenue as AI boom shows no sign of slowing
techspot.comLooking for advice on this GPU
My current setup is a core i7 9700, 64 GB ddr4 3200 MHz, gigabyte aurus z370 gaming 3 motherboard, running on an nvme drive with several nvme and SSD slave drives and currently I'm using a Radeon RX 5600 XT 6GB and I'm pretty sure that it's starting to shit the bed because anytime I am running either Bambu studio or Fusion 360, randomly my PC will just completely freeze up the entire OS and crash where the display goes black and the audio shades the bed. I figured out that the OS completely freezes up because it doesn't even get a chance to write the crash to the event viewer.
I've used AI to try and pin down the problem and have lowered the clock speed on the ram, turned off xmp, turned off all wake locks, turned off hibernation, uninstalled the driver in safe mode using ddu and then reinstalled the latest WHql driver, yet not a single one of these changes or anything else I've done has fixed the problem. So at this stage based on the age of the card, I'm starting to think my 5600 is starting to die.
So with that being said, I'm curious to know if this Nvidia 5060 Ti is a decent choice because my budget is honestly non-existent, but I can probably scrape up the money to grab this since it's at a good price and I really just want to know is it worth buying?
I don't really game that much on my PC. In fact, barely at all because I mostly use my PC for Spotify, 3D modelling and slicing for my printer, as well as standard browsing, etc.
Any help or advice here would be very much appreciated π
In its latest scummy move, Microsoft breaks time sync for anyone who won't share their location constantly
Seems that Windows 11 update changed my PC settings irreversibly. Now, since I won't share my exact PC location constantly with Microsoft, they won't allow me to automatically sync the time, even though I have it set to UTC-5 EST USA, Canada. It's a simple non-trivial operation to be like "NYC Timezone". Why do they need my location to do that? Now, it tells me it's 9:15 AM May 21st, it's 5:15 AM EST. There's a 'sync now' button I have to press every day going forward, multiple times a day