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Posted by starbuck on 2004/08/23 22:27:25

Discuss computer hardware here.
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#1015 posted by Mugwump on 2017/08/19 14:19:19

@Pritchard A vertical mouse, interesting... I had this idea some 15 years ago to somehow jam a joystick on top of a mouse but never got to make it.

@Kona Didn't know such gloves existed. I use a silicone pad as wrist support.

There Are Much More Joystick-like Mice Out There...

#1016 posted by ＰＲＩＴＣＨＡＲＤ on 2017/08/21 06:03:13

http://a.co/iz63MRq

The only complaint I have about my mouse is that it's not necessarily the most precise tracking - it's got a pretty consumer-grade polling rate/DPI.

Also it's tall and I knock it over sometimes...

Speaking of wrist pads, I really wish someone would make a big mousepad with a gel insert. all of the ones i've seen are tiny and I'd probably slip off of it a bunch...

#1017 posted by Mugwump on 2017/08/21 21:17:04

big mousepad with a gel insert.
I remember reading a review about such a thing a few years ago. Can't be more specific but a quick Google search might provide answers.

My Specs:

#1018 posted by anonymous user on 2018/02/13 14:12:18

Pentium III 933Mhz
512MB SDRAM
Riva TNT 16MB graphics card
Creative Monster 3D Voodoo 2 12MB (soon to be x2)

#1018

#1019 posted by dumptruck_ds on 2018/02/13 19:44:30

Time traveller?

Heh

#1020 posted by erc on 2018/02/15 07:31:22

That post reminded me of my '99 rig. P3 933 with 128 megs of SD-RAM coupled with a TNT II (which I used to swap with a Voodoo 3 3000 whenever I wanted to play Unreal). Good times.

Neh Not A Time Traveller

#1021 posted by RickyT33 on 2018/02/17 04:23:37

just a bored eBayer. Got the second working Voodoo2 yesterday. I have two that don't work properly now. And two that do.

Is My Pc Rig Good Enough To Play Most Games At 60 Fps?

#1022 posted by Ijazz on 2018/02/26 17:04:43

Hey guys,here is my rig which I am going to build soon.Here are the parts

AMD Ryzen 7 1700X
AMD RX580 8GB
(Mobo not decided)
16GB DDR4-2666

Depends On The Resolution

#1023 posted by Esrael on 2018/02/27 11:15:00

I like to watch benchmark videos on YouTube (Hardware Unboxed is my favourite), and based on my experience, for 1080p gaming your rig should be plenty fine for 60+ FPS on ultra settings.

I think it might be suitable even for high refresh rate gaming (144+ FPS), at least on lighter games such as CS:GO or Overwatch.

Now if you were to play 1440p, your rig might still be good enough for 60+ FPS gaming, at least if you cranked down the details on some more demanding titles. If you wanted to play 144+ FPS, you'd have to crank the settings to very low and/or play light games. I'd recommend Quake. ;)

You might not want to take my word for it, though, and check some benchmarks that are all over the net.

Nvidia And Linux In 2019: A Bad Idea?

#1025 posted by ftn on 2019/06/30 15:59:10

I'm in the market for a new Linux laptop and am tempted by the Dell G5 15, which has an Nvidia GeForce GTX 1050.

I've read and heard mixed things about Linux and Nvidia, though. Does anyone here have a Linux system that uses an Nvidia card -- even better if it's the same card -- and wants to weigh in? Am I going to make my life unnecessarily difficult?

#1026 posted by Thulsa on 2019/06/30 22:52:38

Depends on your distro. Nvidia drivers are harder to maintain since they don't use the regular stack (dri/drm, kms, mesa). So if you're using some obscure distro, don't buy nvidia. Otherwise you're probably fine. Maybe.

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