Tech Gaming Hardware discussion (& Hardware Sales) thread

[jefferz]

 

[Blayt7hh]

EKWB in some deep shit




Haven't paid workers, suppliers in months, having trouble moving inventory.

CEO releases a statement

Sucks to hear. The products they sell are high quality. I used them for the custom loop in my desktop and it’s still running strong 7 years later

 

[Blayt7hh]

These issues are so overplayed because hardly anyone is playing at 1080 with a $1000+ gpu. There are a few games that are CPU heavy but more often than not, if you bump up the resolution, the CPU no longer becomes the slow link with getting bogged up with way too many frames.

You’re correct. If you’re playing at 4k, there are only a few games that break the mold and are significantly impacted by your cpu choice- one of them being Baldur Gate 3 I believe. Even at 1440 it’s fairly marginal. So if you are going high resolution you really can get away with you g for like a mid range CPU for now at least. Maybe that will change with the next generation of GPUs set to come out this year

 

[Slobodan]

Sucks to hear. The products they sell are high quality. I used them for the custom loop in my desktop and it’s still running strong 7 years later

I have the their Nucleus AIO and it's been great. Hopefully it lasts for a long time.

 

[avenue94]

Windows 12? I haven't even updated to windows 11 yet...

Same, but unfortunately Microsoft's financial projections for Copilot and Windows 12 are extremely bullish, which implies that they will be pushing a lot of users to move to 12. They're betting massively on Copilot and putting their thumb on the scale to that end. Even if I think they cancel the Copilot key next year.

 

[avenue94]

Interesting twist, I haven't heard anything but the US just got a wave of RX 7600 placements from OEMs and system integrators (ASRock, not MSI for them). So that order would have happened in about January or December. I'm curious how this shakes out for MSI.

 

[Prefect]

In the world of competitive based FPS games 1080p or 4:3 stretched is the most common resolution used with such hardware.

Is that most gamers? I haven't played a game in 1080 in like 5 years.

 

[KaNesDeath]

Is that most gamers? I haven't played a game in 1080 in like 5 years.

On Pc six out of the top ten played games in 2023 would fall under that category. Suspect that these type of gamers will slowly transition to 27" 1440p monitors over the next decade. Exceeding 27" is unrealistic because of problems involving peripheral vision pertaining to viewing distance and cost association.

 

[JBSchroeds]

And nothing of value was lost. Every single MSI product I've had has failed prematurely, across all categories (GPU, mobo, monitor). They're on my personal blacklist of manufacturers.

 

[jefferz]

And nothing of value was lost. Every single MSI product I've had has failed prematurely, across all categories (GPU, mobo, monitor). They're on my personal blacklist of manufacturers.

I've had issues with them as well. I'll never buy anything from PNY either, that hatred goes back to a 128mb usb 1.1 flash drive.

 

[KidBaize]

Same, but unfortunately Microsoft's financial projections for Copilot and Windows 12 are extremely bullish, which implies that they will be pushing a lot of users to move to 12. They're betting massively on Copilot and putting their thumb on the scale to that end. Even if I think they cancel the Copilot key next year.

Sounds like W11 is going to be the next Vista, where most people skip it altogether and jump two generations. Not that I like the idea of having AI built into my desktop. This stuff still kinda creeps me out.

 

[Slobodan]

And nothing of value was lost. Every single MSI product I've had has failed prematurely, across all categories (GPU, mobo, monitor). They're on my personal blacklist of manufacturers.

I've had issues with them as well. I'll never buy anything from PNY either, that hatred goes back to a 128mb usb 1.1 flash drive.

Got an MSI monitor back in 2020 to replace a faulty Samsung one I had. Returned it the next day, had a dead pixel, or I should say a cluster of dead pixels in one spot. Completely unacceptable.

 

[jefferz]

Got an MSI monitor back in 2020 to replace a faulty Samsung one I had. Returned it the next day, had a dead pixel, or I should say a cluster of dead pixels in one spot. Completely unacceptable.

Samsung probably made the panel that went into that MSI monitor.

 

[Slobodan]

Samsung probably made the panel that went into that MSI monitor.

It was a VA panel so the chances are high that it was I'd say

 

[jefferz]

It was a VA panel so the chances are high that it was I'd say

At least you had the chance to return it.
DOA stuff doesn’t really bother me, it happens. Customer service is where you lose my business.
MSI tried to give me like $40 cash instead of fixing my graphics card during the crypto boom. It was only a couple months old. They waited until they got my card, then sent me an email saying they were going to give me cash, no option to get it fixed. Then I requested them to return it, they refused.
I had to fight with them for awhile to get a card back. I ended up threatening to turn them in my state attorney general, then I finally got a card. And the one I got back was beat to shit. It had a very serious curve.
I ended up selling for parts on eBay because I didn’t feel right selling it to someone else. It was going to fail again because of how warped the board was.

 

[Slobodan]

At least you had the chance to return it.
DOA stuff doesn’t really bother me, it happens. Customer service is where you lose my business.
MSI tried to give me like $40 cash instead of fixing my graphics card during the crypto boom. It was only a couple months old. They waited until they got my card, then sent me an email saying they were going to give me cash, no option to get it fixed. Then I requested them to return it, they refused.
I had to fight with them for awhile to get a card back. I ended up threatening to turn them in my state attorney general, then I finally got a card. And the one I got back was beat to shit. It had a very serious curve.
I ended up selling for parts on eBay because I didn’t feel right selling it to someone else. It was going to fail again because of how warped the board was.

Damn what a bunch of cunts.

My local PC store used to promote MSI motherboards a lot but that's changed over the years, the guy working there mentioned they've had lots of problems with RMA stuff, this was back around 2020/2021 though.

I had an MSI 1060 and and MSI 5700XT and thankfully never had any issues with them. I sold the 5700XT more than what i bought it for during the crypto boom so I got lucky there.

 

[jefferz]

Logitech has lost their damned mind. They want $180 for a 60% optical switch wireless keyboard, the Pro X 60.
For a $180, it should be decked out in features. The switches should be hot swappable. The only unique thing about it is the volume wheel on the side.

 

[Killer Kadoogan]

i bought a CRT that had some maintenance from a retro CRT fixer guy. hooked up the SNES and PS2 to it, and the games look amazing. better than I remember.