Computer General Discussion Thread

by **Bezombia** » Mon Sep 29, 2014 5:03 pm

Spoder wrote:
Czechanada wrote:
I wonder if 4K gaming would finally be feasible.

4k gaming has been feasible for quite some time.

Not at max settings, but it has been feasible for some time.

Dual Titan Blacks put out 60+fps in Crysis 3 at medium settings, 4k res.

Feasible = being able to max Arma III at 120+ fps

by **Czechanada** » Mon Sep 29, 2014 5:04 pm

Spoder wrote:
Czechanada wrote:
I wonder if 4K gaming would finally be feasible.

4k gaming has been feasible for quite some time.

Not at max settings, but it has been feasible for some time.

Dual Titan Blacks put out 60+fps in Crysis 3 at medium settings, 4k res.

Dual Titan Blacks aren't exactly feasible for most gamers.

by **Spoder** » Mon Sep 29, 2014 5:06 pm

Czechanada wrote:
Spoder wrote:4k gaming has been feasible for quite some time.

Not at max settings, but it has been feasible for some time.

Dual Titan Blacks put out 60+fps in Crysis 3 at medium settings, 4k res.

Dual Titan Blacks aren't exactly feasible for most gamers.

And Crysis 3 isn't exactly Minecraft.

by **Soldati Senza Confini** » Mon Sep 29, 2014 5:06 pm

Bezombia wrote:
Soldati senza confini wrote:
I like Chrome even if it is proprietary.

The main reason is because it's Chrome

Chromium isn't proprietary.

Chromium isn't, but Chrome is.

As far as Chromium goes I've seen some good Chromium mods (the now defunct Rockmelt browser being one of those I just enjoyed using) but I don't enjoy the original Chromium.

by **Bezombia** » Mon Sep 29, 2014 5:06 pm

Czechanada wrote:
Spoder wrote:4k gaming has been feasible for quite some time.

Not at max settings, but it has been feasible for some time.

Dual Titan Blacks put out 60+fps in Crysis 3 at medium settings, 4k res.

Dual Titan Blacks aren't exactly feasible for most gamers.

casual

real gamers have quad 7990s

by **Soldati Senza Confini** » Mon Sep 29, 2014 5:07 pm

Spoder wrote:
Czechanada wrote:
Dual Titan Blacks aren't exactly feasible for most gamers.

And Crysis 3 isn't exactly Minecraft.

You're suggesting spending over 2000 dollars on two video graphics cards just to play a game.

Remind me again how is it economically feasible for most gamers?

by **Spoder** » Mon Sep 29, 2014 5:08 pm

Soldati senza confini wrote:
Bezombia wrote:Chromium isn't proprietary.

Chromium isn't, but Chrome is.

As far as Chromium goes I've seen some good Chromium mods (the now defunct Rockmelt browser being one of those I just enjoyed using) but I don't enjoy the original Chromium.

Chrome is just a dressed-up Chromium.

by **Bezombia** » Mon Sep 29, 2014 5:12 pm

Soldati senza confini wrote:
Bezombia wrote:Chromium isn't proprietary.

Chromium isn't, but Chrome is.

As far as Chromium goes I've seen some good Chromium mods (the now defunct Rockmelt browser being one of those I just enjoyed using) but I don't enjoy the original Chromium.

Here's the functional differences between chrome and chromium:

-Chromium has less bugs sometimes
-Chromium has more bugs sometimes
-Chromium has a new icon

That's it.

by **Shnercropolis** » Mon Sep 29, 2014 5:20 pm

Bezombia wrote:In other news, I'm now a software developer.

*adjusts hmd*

I wrote a program in C++ that displays your current IPv4 address and then writes your full ip information to a text file.
It took me two years and currently has over six thousand non-fatal errors in it but it's coming along nicely.

you wrote ifconfig?

by **Shnercropolis** » Mon Sep 29, 2014 5:21 pm

Soldati senza confini wrote:
Spoder wrote:And Crysis 3 isn't exactly Minecraft.

You're suggesting spending over 2000 dollars on two video graphics cards just to play a game.

Remind me again how is it economically feasible for most gamers?

parents' money.

by **Spoder** » Mon Sep 29, 2014 5:23 pm

Soldati senza confini wrote:
Spoder wrote:And Crysis 3 isn't exactly Minecraft.

You're suggesting spending over 2000 dollars on two video graphics cards just to play a game.

Remind me again how is it economically feasible for most gamers?

I never suggested that.

Crysis 3 is renowned as one of the most hardware intensive games to date.

Using it as a benchmark for the feasibility of gaming would be like using a Venom GT as the standard for the minimum legal speed on US roads.

by **The Republic of Lanos** » Mon Sep 29, 2014 5:23 pm

Whoever the one person that voted for DOS:

C:\>natio~1.exe
Bad command or file name.

by **Corvus Metallum** » Mon Sep 29, 2014 5:27 pm

Bezombia wrote:
Corvus Metallum wrote:~~*is not a hardware geek*~~

Is that supposed to be a good or bad thing?

To give you some perspective, the older card had a 32-bit memory bus, and this was considered reasonably high end.

The new card has a 1024-bit memory bus. This means and handful of things that can basically summed up in "We're gonna see some serious shit."

Alrighty then. Good to know. :lol2:

Have I ever showed you guys a picture of what I'm stuck using while my Windows 8 laptop is out of commission?

by **Bezombia** » Mon Sep 29, 2014 5:27 pm

Shnercropolis wrote:
Bezombia wrote:In other news, I'm now a software developer.

*adjusts hmd*

I wrote a program in C++ that displays your current IPv4 address and then writes your full ip information to a text file.
It took me two years and currently has over six thousand non-fatal errors in it but it's coming along nicely.

you wrote ifconfig?

what? hell no

Basically I wrote a program that filters out all the useless crap from ipconfig and then gives you the information you actually need. It also does it a helluva lot quicker, because double clicking on a single .exe is a lot faster than opening cmd/CON and typing in commands.

by **Soldati Senza Confini** » Mon Sep 29, 2014 5:27 pm

Why would anyone keep DOS around except for a business which uses legacy hardware which drivers only came with DOS is my question.

by **Bezombia** » Mon Sep 29, 2014 5:30 pm

The Republic of Lanos wrote:Whoever the one person that voted for DOS:

C:\>natio~1.exe
Bad command or file name.

A:\User> a:
A:\> dir
Unknown directory "A:\".
A:\> help
Unknown command "help". Try "help".

by **Corvus Metallum** » Mon Sep 29, 2014 5:30 pm

Soldati senza confini wrote:Why would anyone keep DOS around except to use legacy hardware which drivers only came with DOS for a business is my question.

Maybe they wanted to become a pro at using text based navigation? :unsure:

Either that, or they're just fucking with us and really have no clue what DOS is.

by **Bezombia** » Mon Sep 29, 2014 5:31 pm

Corvus Metallum wrote:
Soldati senza confini wrote:Why would anyone keep DOS around except to use legacy hardware which drivers only came with DOS for a business is my question.

Maybe they wanted to become a pro at using text based navigation?

Either that, or they're just fucking with us and really have no clue what DOS is.

If you want to become a pro at using command lines, either run FreeBSD or install Slackware without a GUI.

by **The Greater Nordic Federation** » Mon Sep 29, 2014 5:31 pm

I'm a PC.

-I.M.O.G. · by **Slorch** » Mon Sep 29, 2014 5:31 pm

The Republic of Lanos wrote:Whoever the one person that voted for DOS:

C:\>natio~1.exe
Bad command or file name.

Hides.

by **Bezombia** » Mon Sep 29, 2014 5:32 pm

The Greater Nordic Federation wrote:I'm a PC.

i'm a human beano

by **Corvus Metallum** » Mon Sep 29, 2014 5:35 pm

The Greater Nordic Federation wrote:I'm a PC.

And I'm a Mac.

Does anyone know any good replacements for Paint on a shitty laptop running XP SP3? :lol2:

~~I somehow managed to delete it from my system, along with most of the other default applications. Oops.~~

by **Soldati Senza Confini** » Mon Sep 29, 2014 5:37 pm

Corvus Metallum wrote:
The Greater Nordic Federation wrote:I'm a PC.

And I'm a Mac.

Does anyone know any good replacements for Paint on a shitty laptop running XP SP3? ~~I somehow managed to delete it from my system, along with most of the other default applications. Oops.~~

An older version of photoshop if you can acquire it or GIMP would be my gotos.

by **Shnercropolis** » Mon Sep 29, 2014 5:38 pm

Bezombia wrote:
Shnercropolis wrote:you wrote ifconfig?

what? hell no

Basically I wrote a program that filters out all the useless crap from ipconfig and then gives you the information you actually need. It also does it a helluva lot quicker, because double clicking on a single .exe is a lot faster than opening cmd/CON and typing in commands.

IDK, I have some pretty snazzy keyboard shortcuts.Mod4-enter brings up a terminal, and ifconfig is only 8 characters.

by **Soldati Senza Confini** » Mon Sep 29, 2014 5:39 pm

So I was curious and went to see what would DOS be used today.

The camp falls on three fields:

legacy bus software, classic DOS games, and embedded systems based on an ArsTechnica interview with Jim Hall, the guy who came up with FreeDOS:

http://arstechnica.com/information-tech ... me-people/

Needless to say, I'm surprised it is still alive and going.

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