This week I'm about to upgrade my virgin contract to their amazing sounding Gig1...That's the potential of downloading upto near 1gig a second.

It's got to the stage where even the largest game can be downloaded within the same time it takes for me to make a cup of tea, nip to the loo and get back to gaming again.

I just wanted to share how that completely blows my mind. Almost feel for my kids that they'll never truly appreciate how amazing that is.

My sharing thought for the day.

Periodically my system will run extremely slow. In checking task manager, I would find that the RAM will be maxed out (98%), but the CPU and disk drive will be less than 10%.

I will not have any programs open.  The process that is using the most memory would be display fusion at 47 MB.  The total of usage comes nowhere close to 16 GB.

The only way I can get the system back to normal is to turn it off for about 2 days.  This is problematic when trying to work remotely.

In the research I've done it could be a virus or drive incompatibility.  I'm running webroot anti-virus and have done all updates on my system.

Any ideas why this is happening and what I can do to prevent it from happening?  Could it be a sign that RAM is failing?

I can post images the next time it happens, if that may be helpful.

Dropbox sent me an email announcing this, with an embedded link to re-enable my sharing privileges. That link did not work at all ("There was a problem" message). I contacted customer support via live chat, but they could not help me ("sorry, it's too technical"), "escalated" the issue to email, and gave me a support ticket. That's been hours ago, and nothing happened since. I've been a paying customer since the beginning, with Terabytes of data stored there. This is unacceptable. What a bad joke.

I'll probably be moving all my data. Dunno where to yet. 

My trusty old MacBook is falling apart, and as I probably cannot afford another Mac, I‘ll be looking for a cheap(!) PC (Linux/Windows) alternative.

It needs to be as portable (small, thin, and light) as possible, while still being able to run (mainly older) games at reasonable performance and have enough CPU oomph (dual/quad+ cores), screen real estate (1440x900+), RAM (8+ GB), and SSD storage (256+ GB) for development work (e.g. my dev folder for GRHU alone uses a couple of hundred GB).

Mainly been using Macs since the 80s, and not all that up-to-date on the other side of the fence.

Thanks for any info you folks can provide.

With that in mind, I'm also considering getting a dual monitor set up.  I've always gone for monitors with low ms, is this really worth it or should I be focusing on other elements?  Would you recommend I go for a PC with two graphic cards, or would a single one do the job just as well?

Cheers in advance for the advice.

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I scored a used Fx6300 + Gigabyte + gskill 16gb. 130$

Two 4k dells @60hz 240$

XfX RX460 130$

Ordered the rest of the system and waiting on it all to arrive. 

DIYPC case. 32$

WD 250GB SSD 80$

WD 1TB Blue 55$

3x orange sata cables 15$

Everything else is coming from the old rig. 

So heres some photos of the escapede so far. Old parts and new ones. Finished photos in a couple of weeks!

Old hardware is a box to be diagnosed and resold if possible. 

The old AM2 motherboard got a nice cleaning. AMD64 X2 6400+ still looking good to me. 

This chip has ran since July 2008 almost non stop with a 300mhz overclock. 3.2 to 3.5ghz on air. 

2X4k because why not!  I need another desk. lol. 

And the rx460 right here. 

The system is tossed together hastly while the other components show up but when its all here ill post more. 

After its built its getting a nice Overclock, performance tuned, Benchmarked, stability tested and sold. 

Hopefully. I may piece it out and sell it. Then start on a really wild ryzen build next. 

But when i change it to my deck speakers it sounds fine.

I've tried to disable the enhancment feature on sound settings in windows too, it still sounds horrid. I dont know what to do, please help!.

I'm after some recommendations of free video editing software. 

I want to upload my gameplay videos to youtube and retain the 1440p resolution.

My last gameplay videos reverted to 1080p. I used the online youtube video editor and recently found out that only provides 1080p max.

What free video editing software would allow me to to do that. 

I don't do anything special with my editing. Basic transitions, intro music overlay and text title screen.

Cheers

Any tricks or tips? Is it even possible?

Razer Project Valerie

https://youtu.be/JTtQvQR99q0

Ryzen formerly known as Zen is is looking to be on par with Intel's top performing CPUs and maybe a little better. 

AMD has been slowly releasing information until its Official launch in January.

It is rumored to be sunstantially cheaper. It is being said the cost will be in the 300$ range. Comparing that to Intel's I7 flag ship which comes in at over $1,000.

AMD's Official Page Has a new video showing some side by sode comparisons and offers a sneak peak at processors capabilities. 

I only wonder if this little chip is it or will they also launch a far superior product during launch as well. 

http://www.pcworld.com/article/2952172/software-games/directx-12-faq-all-about-windows-10s-supercharged-graphics-tech.html 

DX12 loosens restrictions on multi GPU setups

Will DirectX 12 actually make that big of a performance difference in my games?
All signs point to yes. DirectX 12 can result in power savings or performance gains of 50 percent or more, according to Intel and Microsoft.

Will I need a new graphics card to play DirectX 12 games?
Probably not.

DirectX 12 will work with most modern graphics cards. Any Radeon graphics card or APU built around AMD’s Graphics Core Next Architecture—so the Radeon 7000 series, Radeon 8000 series, Radeon R200 series, Radeon R300 series, and the Fury and Fury X—will all play nice with DX12. That’s basically every AMD graphics solution released since 2012.

All current graphics cards (like the pictured Asus Strix Fury and EVGA GTX 980 FTW) are DX12-compatible.
Nvidia’s DirectX 12 support goes back even further. All graphics cards powered by Nvidia’s Maxwell, Kepler, or Fermi GPUs—so the GeForce GTX 900, 700, 600, 500, and 400 series—will work with DirectX 12. In fact, Nvidia’s second-generation Maxwell cards (like the GTX 980 Ti) are the only graphics cards announced thus far to support DirectX 12’s 12.1 feature level, which includes features like volume tiled resources and conservative rasterization.

Does that mean all other graphics cards don’t support “full DirectX 12,” as you’ll see some folks claiming on forums and social media feeds? Not really. It’s complicated. If you want to get into the nitty-gritty, be sure to check out Joel Hruska’s superb “Demystifying DirectX 12 support” at ExtremeTech.

As far as Intel goes, all fourth-generation (Haswell) or newer core processors will support DX12.

So wait, what if I run Linux or a Mac?
You won’t be able to run DirectX 12, full stop. That’s nothing new, of course, as the six-year-old DirectX 11 is only expected to land on Linux later this year via a CodeWeavers workaround.

That doesn’t mean you’ll be left in the technological dust, however. The Khronos Group, the powerful industry consortium behind OpenGL, is toiling away on Vulkan, an open-source, platform-agnostic “closer to the metal” graphics API rising from the ashes of AMD’s Mantle. And with Valve’s Linux-powered Steam Machines set to launch in November, Vulkan and OpenGL are poised to make a bigger splash with PC gamers than ever before. Linux gaming is on the rise—so alternatives to DirectX are, too.

Windows 10 is out! DirectX 12 should make my games faster now, right?
Not so fast. Yes, Windows 10 is out next week, and yes, DirectX 12 is baked into its very core, and yes, you may even see some performance increases in your games—but it won’t be because of DirectX 12. At least not yet!

Software needs to be written specifically for DirectX 12 to take advantage of its features. While Futuremark’s aforementioned 3DMark benchmarking suite already has a tool for testing DX12 draw call performance, the first DirectX 12 games aren’t expected to hit the streets until the end of 2015. Remember how it took a while for DirectX 11 to become widely adopted after Windows 7’s debut? Crafting games takes a long time, especially when you’re wrapping your mind around a new API with new features.

Patience, grasshopper. It’ll be worth the wait.

Credits:

Brad Chacos Senior Editor Brad Chacos spends the days jamming to Spotify and digging through desktop PCs. He covers the gaming, graphics cards, and how-to beats for PCWorld, and spends his mornings running the news desk for PCWorld, Macworld, Greenbot, and TechHive.

Cheers!

-Papa6

Another week and another build is rolling out!  We’re happy to announce the release of build 10586.164 to both Win10 Retail devices as well as Windows Insiders.  Here’s a quick FAQ on the release and what to expect:
Q:  Who is receiving this build?
A:  This release is being sent to Retail open market devices as well as our Insiders in the WIP Slow and Release Preview rings.

Q:  I'm in the WIP Fast ring.  How do I obtain this .164 release?
A:  Change rings in the Windows Insider app to either WIP Slow or Release Preview, take the update, and then change back to the WIP Fast ring.

Q:  My device already has a Redstone build on it (14xxx).  Does this build apply to me?
A:  No.  This is a cumulative update for devices on the Threshold 10586 build.

Q:  Why is it necessary for WIP Fast users to switch rings?
A:  It's a publishing limitation.  Changing rings will not be a permanent process, but it is required for this particular release.

Q:  Why didn't Insiders get to test this release before releasing it to Retail users?
A:  Insiders did get to test it!  The previously released 10586.122 build is nearly identical to this new .164 build.  There are no major feature changes between the two builds.  Changes were focused on a few key bug fixes and other required updates to ensure this build was ready to release to Win10 Retail devices.

So my last build .122 and this one, build .164 are just about the same.

But this build is about stability rather than features. Things are progressing nicely  

Redstone seems to be coming and being tested as build numbers 14xxx. Word has it, redstone will release in the coming weeks

Redstone build 14279* *= I think is the test build, is on the rough unstable fast ring but in heavy testing. That will be the first redstone update for the year and expected to release in a few weeks. the next will be fall 2016 and what build that is, is anybody's guess.. too early to even guess.

final note: Redstone is supposed to incorporate many new features one being the browser extension support for Microsoft edge, internet explorer is no longer around. edge has replaced IE and is ONLY available to users of Windows 10.

Also, wanted to mention before I forget, Directx12 in Windows 10 will only be exclusive to Windows 10. the code stack has been heavily refined and improved so that lag in games should be virtually a thing of the past. DX 11 cards like mine in this laptop will still benefit from the DX12 code base and lag doesn't seem to exist much as far as I have seen

Windows 10TP has moved from 9926 to 10041 and A LOT of changes have been made since 9926. some of the first signs of changes are the WIFI / Internet connection indicators moved from the low left to low right which is nicely out of the way. the start menu is now transparent.

You can also go into settings to add indicators for skype, xbox and weather apparently on the lock screen. I'll continue to update this thread as time goes on. I'll beat the crap out of this build gaming it and also, there appeared to be an issue with the WDDM 2 and Nvidia 349.65 driver that was downloaded via the update feature in 9926. It seems whatever was wrong, has been addressed and comes immediately AFTER you install 10041 build and go to update it.

more to come. You'll see what the new start menu looks like in the screenshot below. screen below is of 10036 but is basically the same as 10041.

Papa6

Intel Core i7-6700K 4.0GHz LGA 1151 Boxed Processor
Corsair Hydro Series H100i GTX Extreme Performance Liquid CPU Cooler
Gigabyte Z170X-Gaming 3 LGA 1151 ATX Intel Motherboard

researching now to know if there are folks with a Cooler Master Stacker 830SE that have the Corsair Hydro Series H100i GTX installed.

Unfortunately,

not sure now if I have room even underneath...might have to ghetto mod this cooler with zip ties

If I could like my own post, I would lol!

but all seems to be calm. no issues. here is the link for free upgrading

https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/software-download/windows10ISO

you can create an .iso file and idid and burned it to a DVD. but I have no serial key. so PERHAPS, I'm trying to verify if the x64 creation tool, which at the link is called the download tool. get it! we have one year for free upgrading before you have to buy it afterward.

Papa6

I'm looking to first install ARMA2, ARMA 2: OA then private military company.

if PMC installs perfectly, then I know it was my windows 8.1 somehow.

http://news360.com/digestarticle/HN6E8LOmBkWe2Xqw6G6nYg