Computer Tech, Gaming & Electronics THIS SPACE OPEN FOR ADVERTISEMENT. YOU SHOULD BE ADVERTISING HERE!
Silicon Valley.
Tips & tricks, tech support, home theatre, online gaming, reviews, latest news... |
 | | 
09-20-2015, 01:30 AM
|
#4201 | | wants to know why blow-up dolls always look so surprised
Join Date: Jan 2007 Location: Vancouver
Posts: 1,150
Thanked 143 Times in 67 Posts
Failed 23 Times in 8 Posts
| Quote:
Originally Posted by jcmaz  Nope you don't have to upgrade your mobo to use PCI-E 3.0 video cards unless you are going for epic gaming builds with SLI/Tri-SLI/XFIRE. Why? Because multiple video cards could use up all the bandwidth provided by PCI-E 2.0 under high resolution.
However, there's no need to upgrade if you are just going for a single card solution.
What are the specs to your PC and what do you plan on upgrading your GPU to? |
I have a pretty old setup --
AMD Radeon HD 6670 1gb
AMD FX-6100
Gigabyte 970A-DS3
Crucial M4 SSD
Thermaltake TR2 600w
G.Skill Ripjaw DDR3 8gb
I'm thinking about upgrading the video card to a single GTX 960 (somewhere around $200-$300 budget), and thought I had to upgrade the mobo & cpu too... but ideally, I'd like to put that off until the end of the year
| 
|  | |
09-20-2015, 03:44 PM
|
#4202 | | Say! Say! Say!
Join Date: Aug 2005 Location: Japan
Posts: 15,417
Thanked 3,326 Times in 1,459 Posts
Failed 238 Times in 63 Posts
|
Bottleneck for sure.. But get the R9 380. Better value.
__________________ Quote: | Owner of Vansterdam's 420th thanks. OH YEAUHHH. | Quote:
Originally Posted by 89blkcivic Did I tell you guys black is my favourite colour? My Ridgeline is black. My Honda Fit is black. Wish my dick was black........ LOL. | | 
| | |
09-20-2015, 04:35 PM
|
#4203 | | I contribute to threads in the offtopic forum
Join Date: Jul 2010 Location: Vancouver
Posts: 2,511
Thanked 661 Times in 208 Posts
Failed 71 Times in 25 Posts
|
Is it worth grabbing a Gtx 970 or a R9 290? Having trouble deciding between the 2. Read that 970 is actually 3.5gb vram
| |
| | |
09-20-2015, 05:06 PM
|
#4204 | | Say! Say! Say!
Join Date: Aug 2005 Location: Japan
Posts: 15,417
Thanked 3,326 Times in 1,459 Posts
Failed 238 Times in 63 Posts
|
It's worth it in the long run. Don't worry about the RAM issue.
__________________ Quote: | Owner of Vansterdam's 420th thanks. OH YEAUHHH. | Quote:
Originally Posted by 89blkcivic Did I tell you guys black is my favourite colour? My Ridgeline is black. My Honda Fit is black. Wish my dick was black........ LOL. | | |
| | |
09-21-2015, 12:36 PM
|
#4205 | | To me, there is the Internet and there is RS
Join Date: Apr 2004 Location: Nanaimo
Posts: 16,327
Thanked 7,570 Times in 3,555 Posts
Failed 1,505 Times in 643 Posts
|
So I am adding a SSD drive to my laptop and a 1 GB storage drive. For the storage dive I have 2 options. The 7200 RPM drive that came with the laptop or a Seagate SSHD hybrid drive that I have. Whats the better choice?
__________________
Until the lions have their own historians, the history of the hunt will always glorify the hunter. | |
| | |
09-21-2015, 01:27 PM
|
#4206 | | Orgasm Donor & Alatar owned my ass twice!
Join Date: Aug 2007 Location: Paradise, BC
Posts: 6,849
Thanked 6,540 Times in 2,641 Posts
Failed 253 Times in 139 Posts
|
It's a storage drive, so I don't see any point in using a hybrid drive for that. Your storage drive doesn't need to be that fast. Just make sure you don't get anything smaller than 240GB for your SSD.
Plus, the hybrid drive is only "fast" for 1) things that it can cache in its SSD portion, and 2) the file has to be unchanged. If you are really using the storage drive as a storage drive, it is unlikely that you'd be able to meet both requirements and benefit from the extra speed.
| |
| | |
09-21-2015, 08:45 PM
|
#4207 | | To me, there is the Internet and there is RS
Join Date: Apr 2004 Location: Nanaimo
Posts: 16,327
Thanked 7,570 Times in 3,555 Posts
Failed 1,505 Times in 643 Posts
| Quote:
Originally Posted by Traum It's a storage drive, so I don't see any point in using a hybrid drive for that. Your storage drive doesn't need to be that fast. Just make sure you don't get anything smaller than 240GB for your SSD.
Plus, the hybrid drive is only "fast" for 1) things that it can cache in its SSD portion, and 2) the file has to be unchanged. If you are really using the storage drive as a storage drive, it is unlikely that you'd be able to meet both requirements and benefit from the extra speed. | Thanxs the SSD is 480GB.
__________________
Until the lions have their own historians, the history of the hunt will always glorify the hunter. | |
| | |
09-26-2015, 08:58 AM
|
#4208 | | I have named my kids VIC and VLS
Join Date: Oct 2001
Posts: 37,308
Thanked 14,841 Times in 5,903 Posts
Failed 2,052 Times in 683 Posts
|
cant really find a quick answer and it's going to be a lot of work for me to rig this up so..
i have a Radeon 6900 series card, it has the two DVI inputs then 1 HDMI
is it possible to have 3 displays on this card? 2 monitors and a TV? or am i limited to the two only at a time
__________________
Dank memes cant melt steel beams
| |
| | |
09-26-2015, 10:06 PM
|
#4209 | | Say! Say! Say!
Join Date: Aug 2005 Location: Japan
Posts: 15,417
Thanked 3,326 Times in 1,459 Posts
Failed 238 Times in 63 Posts
|
It should be fine since it supports Eyefinity
__________________ Quote: | Owner of Vansterdam's 420th thanks. OH YEAUHHH. | Quote:
Originally Posted by 89blkcivic Did I tell you guys black is my favourite colour? My Ridgeline is black. My Honda Fit is black. Wish my dick was black........ LOL. | | |
| | |
09-27-2015, 10:16 AM
|
#4210 | | HELP ME PLS!!!
Join Date: Nov 2005 Location: vancouver
Posts: 5,988
Thanked 1,380 Times in 479 Posts
Failed 51 Times in 26 Posts
| Quote:
Originally Posted by Hondaracer cant really find a quick answer and it's going to be a lot of work for me to rig this up so..
i have a Radeon 6900 series card, it has the two DVI inputs then 1 HDMI
is it possible to have 3 displays on this card? 2 monitors and a TV? or am i limited to the two only at a time | i have a 6900 series and running 4 monitors on it. 2 dvi and 2 minidp
| |
| | |
09-29-2015, 01:19 PM
|
#4211 | | To me, there is the Internet and there is RS
Join Date: Apr 2007 Location: Okanagan
Posts: 16,573
Thanked 9,257 Times in 4,029 Posts
Failed 427 Times in 225 Posts
|
I'm currently looking at two different laptops for work use, the HP EliteBook 755 G2 and Lenovo ThinkPad W550s. Can anyone tell me if there's a significant difference between the A10-7350B and i7-5500U, because with what I've looked at they're pretty close. With the laptops spec'd about the same the Lenovo ends up being a grand a piece more expensive (I assume because a lot of things are upgrades for it but default on the HP), so if the processors are fairly close I'm leaning towards the HP.
__________________ 1991 Toyota Celica GTFour RC // 2007 Toyota Rav4 V6 // 2000 Jeep Grand Cherokee
1992 Toyota Celica GT-S ["sold"] \\ 2007 Jeep Grand Cherokee CRD [sold] \\ 2000 Jeep Cherokee [sold] \\ 1997 Honda Prelude [sold] \\ 1992 Jeep YJ [sold/crashed] \\ 1987 Mazda RX-7 [sold] \\ 1987 Toyota Celica GT-S [crushed] Quote:
Originally Posted by maksimizer half those dudes are hotter than ,my GF. | Quote:
Originally Posted by RevYouUp reading this thread is like waiting for goku to charge up a spirit bomb in dragon ball z | Quote:
Originally Posted by Good_KarMa OH thank god. I thought u had sex with my wife. :cry: | | |
| | |
09-29-2015, 02:18 PM
|
#4212 | | To me, there is the Internet and there is RS
Join Date: Apr 2004 Location: Nanaimo
Posts: 16,327
Thanked 7,570 Times in 3,555 Posts
Failed 1,505 Times in 643 Posts
| Quote:
Originally Posted by underscore I'm currently looking at two different laptops for work use, the HP EliteBook 755 G2 and Lenovo ThinkPad W550s. Can anyone tell me if there's a significant difference between the A10-7350B and i7-5500U, because with what I've looked at they're pretty close. With the laptops spec'd about the same the Lenovo ends up being a grand a piece more expensive (I assume because a lot of things are upgrades for it but default on the HP), so if the processors are fairly close I'm leaning towards the HP. | https://www.cpubenchmark.net/compare...cmp[]=2470
The Lenovo is a Workstation class laptop. What type of work are you going to be doing?
__________________
Until the lions have their own historians, the history of the hunt will always glorify the hunter. | |
| | |
09-29-2015, 09:55 PM
|
#4213 | | To me, there is the Internet and there is RS
Join Date: Apr 2007 Location: Okanagan
Posts: 16,573
Thanked 9,257 Times in 4,029 Posts
Failed 427 Times in 225 Posts
|
A variety of things since everyone will be running the same model of laptop. Accounting, 2D CAD, and PLC programming will be the main things (all running multiple instances of software), and they'll get taken out to do field service work in Albertan winters. What's supposed to be the difference between a workstation class and a standard laptop? The Lenovo is coming out at $2400 and the HP is $1400 with the specs and dock that I want so I need a good reason to justify an extra grand a pop for the same basic specs.
__________________ 1991 Toyota Celica GTFour RC // 2007 Toyota Rav4 V6 // 2000 Jeep Grand Cherokee
1992 Toyota Celica GT-S ["sold"] \\ 2007 Jeep Grand Cherokee CRD [sold] \\ 2000 Jeep Cherokee [sold] \\ 1997 Honda Prelude [sold] \\ 1992 Jeep YJ [sold/crashed] \\ 1987 Mazda RX-7 [sold] \\ 1987 Toyota Celica GT-S [crushed] Quote:
Originally Posted by maksimizer half those dudes are hotter than ,my GF. | Quote:
Originally Posted by RevYouUp reading this thread is like waiting for goku to charge up a spirit bomb in dragon ball z | Quote:
Originally Posted by Good_KarMa OH thank god. I thought u had sex with my wife. :cry: | | |
| | |
09-29-2015, 11:17 PM
|
#4214 | | I don't get it
Join Date: Mar 2012 Location: GVR
Posts: 402
Thanked 338 Times in 143 Posts
Failed 65 Times in 7 Posts
|
The Lenovo X, T, and W series of laptops are made with high quality, more durable parts (hinges, keyboard, chassis). I think those doing accounting work will appreciate the number pad on the Lenovo. The Lenovo W550s laptop has much 8 hrs battery life compared to the HP's 4hrs. In addition, batteries can be swapped out to further increase battery life. Imo, although an additional 1k over the HP might seem a lot, I believe that the Lenovo laptop will outlast the HP machine.
I personally own a Lenovo Thinkpad E420 (entry level model with worse build quality than the X/T/W series laptops) from 2011 and I am still using it till this day. Same cannot be said for my buddies who bought other laptops from that time.
Here's two reviews for you as well! HP EliteBook 755 G2 (J0X38AW) Notebook Review - NotebookCheck.net Reviews Lenovo ThinkPad W550s Workstation Review - NotebookCheck.net Reviews | |
| | |
09-30-2015, 12:46 PM
|
#4215 | | HELP ME PLS!!!
Join Date: Nov 2005 Location: vancouver
Posts: 5,988
Thanked 1,380 Times in 479 Posts
Failed 51 Times in 26 Posts
|
Workstation laptop will be better for CAD work. It will have a certified graphics card that will actually work well with CAD.
For accounting you can get away with using the E series. I usually just get the laptop and put in a ssd to speed things up a bit.
| |
| | |
09-30-2015, 03:08 PM
|
#4216 | | To me, there is the Internet and there is RS
Join Date: Apr 2007 Location: Okanagan
Posts: 16,573
Thanked 9,257 Times in 4,029 Posts
Failed 427 Times in 225 Posts
|
I forgot about the graphics, the HP has Radeon™ R6 and the Lenovo has a K620M. Reading the reviews it sounds like the Lenovo will stomp on the HP pretty hard. I work for a pretty small company so for convenience I'll just get everyone the same thing, it'll be overkill for the one person doing accounting but less headache for me.
__________________ 1991 Toyota Celica GTFour RC // 2007 Toyota Rav4 V6 // 2000 Jeep Grand Cherokee
1992 Toyota Celica GT-S ["sold"] \\ 2007 Jeep Grand Cherokee CRD [sold] \\ 2000 Jeep Cherokee [sold] \\ 1997 Honda Prelude [sold] \\ 1992 Jeep YJ [sold/crashed] \\ 1987 Mazda RX-7 [sold] \\ 1987 Toyota Celica GT-S [crushed] Quote:
Originally Posted by maksimizer half those dudes are hotter than ,my GF. | Quote:
Originally Posted by RevYouUp reading this thread is like waiting for goku to charge up a spirit bomb in dragon ball z | Quote:
Originally Posted by Good_KarMa OH thank god. I thought u had sex with my wife. :cry: | | |
| | |
09-30-2015, 10:08 PM
|
#4217 | | HELP ME PLS!!!
Join Date: Nov 2005 Location: vancouver
Posts: 5,988
Thanked 1,380 Times in 479 Posts
Failed 51 Times in 26 Posts
|
you might want to give microsoft surface pro 3 a try for accounting. if they are mobile they will love it since its so light
| |
| | |
09-30-2015, 10:25 PM
|
#4218 | | I contribute to threads in the offtopic forum
Join Date: Jul 2010 Location: Vancouver
Posts: 2,511
Thanked 661 Times in 208 Posts
Failed 71 Times in 25 Posts
|
Looking at a new monitor. Requirements are must be 27" and 2560 x 1440.
Any suggestions? Been checking out the Dell U2715H.
Usage would be for light gaming, CAD, browsing web.
| |
| | |
10-01-2015, 09:40 AM
|
#4219 | | To me, there is the Internet and there is RS
Join Date: Apr 2007 Location: Okanagan
Posts: 16,573
Thanked 9,257 Times in 4,029 Posts
Failed 427 Times in 225 Posts
| Quote:
Originally Posted by lilaznviper you might want to give microsoft surface pro 3 a try for accounting. if they are mobile they will love it since its so light | 99% of the time all of them will be in docking stations hooked to a full size monitor, the need for a dedicated dock (not a universal one) and W7 Pro has really limited me.
__________________ 1991 Toyota Celica GTFour RC // 2007 Toyota Rav4 V6 // 2000 Jeep Grand Cherokee
1992 Toyota Celica GT-S ["sold"] \\ 2007 Jeep Grand Cherokee CRD [sold] \\ 2000 Jeep Cherokee [sold] \\ 1997 Honda Prelude [sold] \\ 1992 Jeep YJ [sold/crashed] \\ 1987 Mazda RX-7 [sold] \\ 1987 Toyota Celica GT-S [crushed] Quote:
Originally Posted by maksimizer half those dudes are hotter than ,my GF. | Quote:
Originally Posted by RevYouUp reading this thread is like waiting for goku to charge up a spirit bomb in dragon ball z | Quote:
Originally Posted by Good_KarMa OH thank god. I thought u had sex with my wife. :cry: | | |
| | |
10-02-2015, 08:53 AM
|
#4220 | | To me, there is the Internet and there is RS
Join Date: Apr 2007 Location: Okanagan
Posts: 16,573
Thanked 9,257 Times in 4,029 Posts
Failed 427 Times in 225 Posts
|
Ok next stupid question, how can I tell if a monitor has a glossy or matte screen when buying online?
__________________ 1991 Toyota Celica GTFour RC // 2007 Toyota Rav4 V6 // 2000 Jeep Grand Cherokee
1992 Toyota Celica GT-S ["sold"] \\ 2007 Jeep Grand Cherokee CRD [sold] \\ 2000 Jeep Cherokee [sold] \\ 1997 Honda Prelude [sold] \\ 1992 Jeep YJ [sold/crashed] \\ 1987 Mazda RX-7 [sold] \\ 1987 Toyota Celica GT-S [crushed] Quote:
Originally Posted by maksimizer half those dudes are hotter than ,my GF. | Quote:
Originally Posted by RevYouUp reading this thread is like waiting for goku to charge up a spirit bomb in dragon ball z | Quote:
Originally Posted by Good_KarMa OH thank god. I thought u had sex with my wife. :cry: | | |
| | |
10-02-2015, 09:54 AM
|
#4221 | | Trollollolloing RS sine 2005
Join Date: Feb 2005 Location: Richmond
Posts: 7,093
Thanked 2,471 Times in 704 Posts
Failed 473 Times in 132 Posts
|
its usually listen on the specs if its glossy or matte
__________________ Quote:
Originally Posted by MajinHurricane I had some girl come into the busser station the other day trying to make out with every staff member and then pull down her pants and asked for someone to stick a dick in her (at least she shaved). | Quote:
Originally Posted by 1exotic Vtec doesn't kick in on Reverse. | Quote:
Originally Posted by Ulic Qel-Droma its like.. oh yeah oh yeah.. ohhhh yeah... OOoooOohh... why's it suddenly feel a bit better... ohhhh yeahh... ohhh...oh..fuck... it probably ripped. | | |
| | |
10-02-2015, 09:21 PM
|
#4222 | | I WANT MY 10 YEARS BACK FROM RS.net!
Join Date: Oct 2007 Location: Vancouver BC
Posts: 22,076
Thanked 9,848 Times in 3,914 Posts
Failed 881 Times in 421 Posts
| Quote:
Originally Posted by underscore Ok next stupid question, how can I tell if a monitor has a glossy or matte screen when buying online? | you typically can't
google model number matte or glossy/find reviews/post a question on its amazon product page.
| |
| | |
10-02-2015, 09:46 PM
|
#4223 | | I don't get it
Join Date: Mar 2012 Location: GVR
Posts: 402
Thanked 338 Times in 143 Posts
Failed 65 Times in 7 Posts
|
Otherwise you can buy from Lenovo directly and chat with the sales rep about the screen and ask for a discount :P
| |
| | |
10-08-2015, 09:00 AM
|
#4224 | | I *heart* Revscene.net very Muchie
Join Date: Sep 2007 Location: Vancouver
Posts: 3,918
Thanked 1,825 Times in 523 Posts
Failed 276 Times in 88 Posts
|
Hey guys looking to upgrade my vid card.. currently have a gtx 460 what do you recommend in the $200-300 range.
thanks!
| |
| | |
10-13-2015, 12:30 AM
|
#4225 | | To me, there is the Internet and there is RS
Join Date: Apr 2004 Location: Nanaimo
Posts: 16,327
Thanked 7,570 Times in 3,555 Posts
Failed 1,505 Times in 643 Posts
| Quote:
Originally Posted by hotong Hey guys looking to upgrade my vid card.. currently have a gtx 460 what do you recommend in the $200-300 range.
thanks! | I'm in the same situation. Right now I think the top 2 contenders are the R9 380 and the GTX 960.
__________________
Until the lions have their own historians, the history of the hunt will always glorify the hunter. | |
| | | |
Posting Rules
| You may not post new threads You may not post replies You may not post attachments You may not edit your posts
HTML code is Off
| | |
All times are GMT -8. The time now is 12:12 PM.
|
You are currently viewing our boards as a guest which gives you limited access to view most discussions and access our other features. By joining our free community you will have access to post topics, communicate privately with other members (PM), respond to polls, upload content and access many other special features. Registration is fast, simple and absolutely free so please, join our community today!
The banners on the left side and below do not show for registered users!
