Tech: Open thread

2010-09-21 11:23:57

#5026

Jenspm: penis; +1,716|6989|St. Andrews / Oslo

Ilocano wrote:
I finally got off my ass and have started transfering my dvd collection to my media server. Could anyone recommend the optimum video, audio, resolution settings for dvd media? What is the best format/codecs to use? Storage is not an issue. I has 6TB+. But I have no desire to select the highest settings if they won't give any advantages.

find a good x264 encoding tutorial - with enough practice you can get the encodes pretty transparent at relatively small file sizes.

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2010-09-21 12:56:35

#5027

-CARNIFEX-[LOC]: Da Blooze; +111|6911

Anyone have experience using their old videocard as a dedicated PhysX card?

I had thought about upgrading my GTX 260 to a 4-series card, but then I considered just getting a $65 SLI-capable mobo and running the GTX 260 with an 8800 GTS as the PhysX processor.

As I mainly play BC2 (PhysX intensive, obviously...), I thought that might yield more bang for the buck than the $200+ video card.

Thoughts?

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2010-09-21 17:20:36

#5028

Little BaBy JESUS: m8; +394|6406|'straya

You can be certain that a new card will give you better performance than putting your 8800GTS as PhysX. But if the money is the problem then it might give you some more performance for little price.

2010-09-21 17:27:16

#5029

alexb: <3; +590|6197|Kentucky, USA

-CARNIFEX-[LOC] wrote:
As I mainly play BC2 (PhysX intensive, obviously...), I thought that might yield more bang for the buck than the $200+ video card.

Thoughts?

Bad Company 2 doesn't use the PhysX engine, it has its own dedicated physics engine.

2010-09-21 21:51:50

#5030

Kimmmmmmmmmmmm: ©; +1,811|6254

Kimmmmmmmmmmmm wrote:
CapnNismo wrote:
Kimmmmmmmmmmmm wrote:
i want to play movies on the next big plane ride

anyone have experience with watching movies on the DROID? anything special i need to do? i bet its a million times easier than an iphone
you will have to convert the video format one way or the other, regardless of what device you're using.
aww that sux i thought i could just use an app with a codec thingy. ok thanks

.Sup wrote:
there are loads of mp4 vids on torrent sites assuming droid supports this usually very widely supported codec unless you want to watch some private video on it, that will require converting. I used imtoo converter to watch mp4s on my PSP

Morpheus wrote:
kim, did you check out my link?
It looked like there were some good ideas there

got it to work! found an app called arcmedia.. playing avi w no issues/ here is a link!
http://www.theandroidsoul.com/2010/08/1 … eo-player/

Features:-

* Supported Video Formats: asf, avi, mkv, mov, mp4, rmvb, wmv
* Supported Audio formats: mp3, ogg, wav, wma
* Codes Supported: aac, ac3, divx, flv4, MPEG-1, MPEG-2, PCM, RealVideo, Vorbis, xvid
* Based on the FFmpeg project (that’s where libraries used in the app come from, actually!)
* It’s a beta version, new features are being added (as claimed by the developer)

So, you finally got a player for your favorite video format, isn’t it. Well, we can spot a smile on your face from here!

2010-09-22 08:54:32

#5031

Jenspm: penis; +1,716|6989|St. Andrews / Oslo

So teds told me to remove the fragile stuff from the PC when sending it via airplane.

I thought "nah, cba"

open the box today, turn it on, it wouldn't pass the first boot screen (F12 for boot menu, Delete for BIOS, etc etc), I notice it's quiet so I open it up and notice the CPU fan not spinning. I turn it off and see that the fan is bent and crashes with the actual heatsink, and that the HS stands a bit wobbly on the CPU

2010-09-22 08:57:29

#5032

mtb0minime: minimember; +2,418|6912

o/

2010-09-22 09:41:52

#5033

Ilocano: buuuurrrrrrppppp.......; +341|6924

Seriously, never transport fully assembled PC's via air checked luggage. They toss items like fish in New York fish markets. If you must ship desktop pc's fully assembled, it has to go by ship. Slow as ass, but that's the only way they will be reasonably handled.

2010-09-22 10:46:01

#5034

Jenspm: penis; +1,716|6989|St. Andrews / Oslo

yay, it booted succesfully \o/

Turned it off at once though, as the HSF still won't start up and the HS isn't properly fastened, but at least the CPU is fine. Will try to fix it tomorrow, else I'll have to go buy a new one.

2010-09-22 13:53:57

#5035

.Sup: be nice; +2,646|6710|The Twilight Zone

Found this pic of a case on the internet (not mine) and its so beautiful and neatly organized on the inside

https://img815.imageshack.us/img815/5461/img2420f.jpg

https://www.shrani.si/f/3H/7h/45GTw71U/untitled-1.png

2010-09-22 14:14:49

#5036

Microwave: _; +515|6912|Loughborough Uni / Leeds, UK

I dont like the look of that at all.

And just because all the wires and shit are hidden doesn't mean it's well organised

2010-09-22 14:53:43

#5037

Benzin: Member; +576|6256

I think it looks pretty cool. Thinking about taking some pieces of my case and spray painting them, just not sure what colors...

2010-09-22 15:10:36

#5038

FloppY_: +1,010|6543|Denmark aka Automotive Hell

.Sup wrote:
Found this pic of a case on the internet (not mine) and its so beautiful and neatly organized on the inside

http://img815.imageshack.us/img815/5461/img2420f.jpg

It reminds me of that machine that cleans your blood if your kidneys are not working... Can't remember the word atm :S

dialysis or something?

*wiki'd dialysis*

Oh snap I got it right!

Your thoughts, insights, and musings on this matter intrigue me

2010-09-22 15:16:22

#5039

.Sup: be nice; +2,646|6710|The Twilight Zone

http://www.xbitlabs.com/news/cpu/displa … ssors.html

2010-09-22 16:05:23

#5040

Finray: Hup! Dos, Tres, Cuatro; +2,629|6045|Catherine Black

GC_PaNzerFIN wrote:
about NVIDIA's future plans:

rumor: Possible two different GPU branches, one strictly for HPC and one for gaming. There is no need for computing related shit on gaming GPUs, chip designs will be dediated for either or, not both from now on. Meaning there would be two flagship GPUs in future, one for Quadro and one for Geforce.

facts:

Fermi 40nm -> Kepler 28nm (2011) -> Maxwell (2013)

3x Performance/W 15x Performance/W (compared to Fermi)

Keywords: Performance per watt.

GF104 first in this new thinking way.

http://img687.imageshack.us/img687/3884 … future.png

Thats about it for tonight. They did show some extremely impressive shit too but no screens of those, more CUDA related really.

Oh and Max, they remembered you in the code names...

Not hard to get 15x performance/w when you're basing it on Fermi

2010-09-22 16:48:22

#5041

-Whiteroom-: Pineapplewhat; +572|6916|BC, Canada

FloppY_ wrote:
.Sup wrote:
Found this pic of a case on the internet (not mine) and its so beautiful and neatly organized on the inside

http://img815.imageshack.us/img815/5461/img2420f.jpg
It reminds me of that machine that cleans your blood if your kidneys are not working... Can't remember the word atm :S

dialysis or something?

*wiki'd dialysis*

Oh snap I got it right!

http://www.million-dollar-pc.com/system … io/038.htm

2010-09-22 17:12:41

#5042

FloppY_: +1,010|6543|Denmark aka Automotive Hell

Nic wrote:
FloppY_ wrote:
.Sup wrote:
Found this pic of a case on the internet (not mine) and its so beautiful and neatly organized on the inside

http://img815.imageshack.us/img815/5461/img2420f.jpg
It reminds me of that machine that cleans your blood if your kidneys are not working... Can't remember the word atm :S

dialysis or something?

*wiki'd dialysis*

Oh snap I got it right!
http://www.million-dollar-pc.com/system … io/038.htm

Hehe

Damn I'd hate having a sweet mod like that... I mean, you'd have to clean it every week ^^

Your thoughts, insights, and musings on this matter intrigue me

2010-09-22 18:00:55

#5043

GC_PaNzerFIN: Work and study @ Technical Uni; +528|6671|Finland

Finray wrote:
Not hard to get 15x performance/w when you're basing it on Fermi

No one can deny GF104 is very good in p/W, and its as much Fermi as GF100 ever has been. Maybe even more, it is optimized for gaming, not computing.

3930K | H100i | RIVF | 16GB DDR3 | GTX 480 | AX750 | 800D | 512GB SSD | 3TB HDD | Xonar DX | W8

2010-09-22 21:13:16

#5044

Little BaBy JESUS: m8; +394|6406|'straya

Fuck me, when did I become the tech support hotline for all my friends, family, friends of friends, family of friends, family friends etc etc..

RAAAGGEEE

2010-09-22 23:09:22

#5045

nickb64: formerly from OC (it's EXACTLY like on tv)[truth]; +77|5868|Greatest Nation on Earth(USA)

Little BaBy JESUS wrote:
Fuck me, when did I become the tech support hotline for all my friends, family, friends of friends, family of friends, family friends etc etc..

RAAAGGEEE

The second they realized you might be cheaper to use than people like the damn "Geek Squad".

Most of us probably understand your rage.

2010-09-22 23:34:43

#5046

Finray: Hup! Dos, Tres, Cuatro; +2,629|6045|Catherine Black

GC_PaNzerFIN wrote:
Finray wrote:
Not hard to get 15x performance/w when you're basing it on Fermi
No one can deny GF104 is very good in p/W, and its as much Fermi as GF100 ever has been. Maybe even more, it is optimized for gaming, not computing.

GF100 was crap, admit it.

15 FPS less for 40W more. Par for the course for the whole video.

GF104 is a great chip though. Hopefully they can refine it even more.

2010-09-23 03:19:29

#5047

Jenspm: penis; +1,716|6989|St. Andrews / Oslo

So what BlackBerry should I get?

2010-09-23 03:29:06

#5048

Varegg: Support fanatic :-); +2,206|7067|Nårvei

Jenspm wrote:
So what BlackBerry should I get?

Why should you even get one at all?

Wait behind the line ..............................................................

2010-09-23 03:42:03

#5049

Freezer7Pro: I don't come here a lot anymore.; +1,447|6454|Winland

Bleh, smartphones. Unless you're a hard-core businessman, you don't need one.

The idea of any hi-fi system is to reproduce the source material as faithfully as possible, and to deliberately add distortion to everything you hear (due to amplifier deficiencies) because it sounds 'nice' is simply not high fidelity. If that is what you want to hear then there is no problem with that, but by adding so much additional material (by way of harmonics and intermodulation) you have a tailored sound system, not a hi-fi. - Rod Elliot, ESP

2010-09-23 03:54:15

#5050

Jenspm: penis; +1,716|6989|St. Andrews / Oslo

Because I want to look like a pretentious econ student

Nah, seriously though, the entire 'social scene' over here is driven by the BlackBerry system, so seeing as I'll be getting a new phone anyway, I might as well.

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Ilocano wrote:

-CARNIFEX-[LOC] wrote:

Kimmmmmmmmmmmm wrote:

CapnNismo wrote:

Kimmmmmmmmmmmm wrote:

.Sup wrote:

Morpheus wrote:

.Sup wrote:

GC_PaNzerFIN wrote:

FloppY_ wrote:

.Sup wrote:

Nic wrote:

FloppY_ wrote:

.Sup wrote:

Finray wrote:

Little BaBy JESUS wrote:

GC_PaNzerFIN wrote:

Finray wrote:

Jenspm wrote:

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