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by MrJP
Mon Jan 28, 2019 10:00 am
Forum: Echo Vale
Topic: Decently priced USB Sound Card / DAC
Replies: 14
Views: 6642

Re: Decently priced USB Sound Card / DAC

Might be overkill for your use, but I highly recommend the SMSL M3. I've had one for a few years now. Lots of input options as well as USB, line-level outputs for powered speakers as well as a fairly decent headphone amp.
by MrJP
Wed Mar 14, 2018 10:08 am
Forum: The Back Porch
Topic: RIP: Stephen Hawking
Replies: 20
Views: 3194

Re: RIP: Stephen Hawking

Hawking was born on the 300th anniversary of Galileo's death, that's not today.
by MrJP
Mon Feb 05, 2018 1:25 pm
Forum: General Hardware
Topic: Fan Control Stop Working
Replies: 13
Views: 6292

Re: Fan Control Stop Working

It may or may not be related, but the Asus AI Suite software on my system stopped working after the Windows updates to address the Spectre issue. Updating directly to the latest version on the Asus site got the AI Suite working again, but all the fan controls (in Fan Xpert) had disappeared. After so...
by MrJP
Mon Jun 26, 2017 8:22 am
Forum: TR Sports
Topic: Formula One 2017
Replies: 239
Views: 68490

Re: Formula One 2017

Hamilton did brake-check in front of Vettel. That was Hamilton playing to the limit of the rules to get any advantage that he could. If Mr. Vettel is one of the most skilled racing drivers in the world, he should be skilled enough to avoid a collision even when his competitor pulls a stunt like tha...
by MrJP
Mon Nov 07, 2016 9:19 am
Forum: Mobile Tech
Topic: Windows 10 on a 16GB Tablet with 1GB RAM?
Replies: 45
Views: 11477

Re: Windows 10 on a 16GB Tablet with 1GB RAM?

I have one of the original Asus T100s . That has 2GB RAM and 32GB storage. It originally had Windows 8, but I updated it successfully to Windows 10. However this did involve a fairly dramatic purge on disk space to get enough to allow the update, despite having most of the applications installed on ...
by MrJP
Mon Apr 20, 2015 4:47 pm
Forum: The Back Porch
Topic: Nostalgia Lane - Old Time TR Posters
Replies: 93
Views: 12977

Re: Nostalgia Lane - Old Time TR Posters

Not particularly embarrassing, but I'm still waiting for anyone to reply to my first post from November 2002. I can't believe no-one has tried the 3GHz P4 in that Shuttle yet? :)

I did end up buying the P4 2.4B, but never did go small-form-factor.
by MrJP
Thu Mar 26, 2015 2:10 pm
Forum: Graphics
Topic: Anyone else underwhelmed by FreeSync launch?
Replies: 45
Views: 8065

Re: Anyone else underwhelmed by FreeSync launch?

Genius post by uwsalt. Point well made.

(Can't believe how many people got sucked in...).
by MrJP
Sat Apr 26, 2014 4:30 am
Forum: Gaming
Topic: Game recommendations for 9 year old son
Replies: 25
Views: 4077

Re: Game recommendations for 9 year old son

I have 8 and 10 year old boys so I can relate very well. My kids would spend every waking hour on Minecraft given the chance, but I'm constantly impressed with the scale and scope of things they create while playing. I think it's a great option for kids around this age. The older one has started pla...
by MrJP
Mon Dec 02, 2013 4:21 pm
Forum: Graphics
Topic: Burned caps on Radeon HD 7970
Replies: 12
Views: 4107

Re: Burned caps on Radeon HD 7970

Are you sure it's out of warranty? My Windforce 7950 came with a 3-year warranty from Gigabyte as standard, and the 7970 has barely been available 18 months.
by MrJP
Tue Jul 09, 2013 3:40 pm
Forum: The Back Porch
Topic: Pet peeve - it's pronounced "herb" not "erb"
Replies: 159
Views: 28497

Re: Pet peeve - it's pronounced "herb" not "erb"

We in the US are (typically) soft on the "h", so "erb" is a correct pronunciation. In fact, I heard someone from the UK prnounce that letter as "hache" or "hayche" the other day and it sounded very strange to me since the "h" is silent in US classro...
by MrJP
Fri Mar 29, 2013 3:43 pm
Forum: General Software
Topic: techreport, meet anandtech
Replies: 59
Views: 10182

Re: techreport, meet anandtech

You guys make some good points. We might just have to agree to differ. :) I'll just make a last stab at it with two final arguments: 1. What are we ultimately trying to check here? Smoothness of animation. How is that usually measured in film and TV (as well as in computer monitor refresh rate)? Fra...
by MrJP
Fri Mar 29, 2013 11:48 am
Forum: General Software
Topic: techreport, meet anandtech
Replies: 59
Views: 10182

Re: techreport, meet anandtech

Ugh. Yes, you can, but when you do you still exclude the huge outliers that kill the gaming experience and that Damage has so easily dealt with in the first page of any "Inside the Second" article. Averages hide extremes and the new paradigm in GFX reviews is to find the extremes. I think...
by MrJP
Fri Mar 29, 2013 9:25 am
Forum: General Software
Topic: techreport, meet anandtech
Replies: 59
Views: 10182

Re: techreport, meet anandtech

But if you like big numbers you can easily convert the 99th percentile frametime into an equivalent instantaneous FPS. TR already do this in the conclusion page value plots because it makes them easier to understand, and it was noticeable that the Nvidia-provided FCAT percentile plots did the same t...
by MrJP
Thu Mar 28, 2013 4:00 pm
Forum: General Software
Topic: techreport, meet anandtech
Replies: 59
Views: 10182

Re: techreport, meet anandtech

Guru3D wrote:
Mind you that Average FPS matters more then frametime measurements. It's just an additional page or two of information that from now on we'll be serving you.

Well they just don't get it at all.
by MrJP
Wed Mar 27, 2013 7:31 pm
Forum: General Software
Topic: techreport, meet anandtech
Replies: 59
Views: 10182

Re: techreport, meet anandtech

I quite liked what they did for a little while there with cross-cutting comparisons. Like in pages 4-6 of this article: http://www.anandtech.com/show/2745/4 They show a little higher-level analysis pretty well. For example, instead of simply showing one-game-detail-per-page, they have one page devo...
by MrJP
Wed Mar 27, 2013 2:27 pm
Forum: General Software
Topic: techreport, meet anandtech
Replies: 59
Views: 10182

Re: techreport, meet anandtech

Does anyone else feel even slightly apprehensive that sites are going to use a tool supplied by nvidia as their source of benchmark results? I also firmly agree that timing at both ends of the pipe needs to be checked. A mismatch in timing between simulation and display is going to be felt at least ...
by MrJP
Wed Mar 13, 2013 9:13 am
Forum: The Back Porch
Topic: Dreamliner battery fix
Replies: 31
Views: 6207

Re: Dreamliner battery fix

Modern airliners already have triple-redundant hydraulic systems (though with somewhat reduced functionality once you're down to one). Going to electric power simply takes a lot of weight out of this as already noted.
by MrJP
Sun Jan 06, 2013 3:38 pm
Forum: General Hardware
Topic: 24" 16:10 monitors
Replies: 31
Views: 16929

Re: 24" 16:10 monitors

TFT central is my favourite site for monitor reviews. Even if there's no review of a monitor you're considering, there's a handy panel database which will confirm the panel type.
by MrJP
Thu Dec 13, 2012 6:49 pm
Forum: Mobile Tech
Topic: Kobo ereader basics - clear up my confusion
Replies: 5
Views: 3060

Re: Kobo ereader basics - clear up my confusion

I don't know anything about Kobo, but Kindles are limited to one Kindle device per account, so you can't share an account across two Kindles, and you can't share books across two accounts. It's one of the only big frustrations I've found since both my wife and I got our Kindles. There isn't any rest...
by MrJP
Fri Nov 30, 2012 8:28 am
Forum: Graphics
Topic: [SOLVED] Issue regarding HDMI/DVI Out
Replies: 29
Views: 27479

Re: Issue regarding HDMI/DVI Out [Visual Quality very bad]

It looks like you're perhaps not getting 1:1 pixel mapping between the desktop and the display. Have a look in the Nvidia control panel settings to see whether any overscan/underscan correction is being applied. You can find this under "Display", then "Adjust desktop size and position...
by MrJP
Fri Nov 02, 2012 8:11 am
Forum: Windows
Topic: Windows 8- Sell me on it
Replies: 155
Views: 27559

Re: Windows 8- Sell me on it

I owe you an apology since in fairness you didn't actually use the word conspiracy. However you can understand where I got that impression when you read things like this: Microsoft deliberately screwed up the start menu starting with vista, so that down the line they could offer an alternative. Clas...
by MrJP
Thu Nov 01, 2012 7:53 pm
Forum: Windows
Topic: Windows 8- Sell me on it
Replies: 155
Views: 27559

Re: Windows 8- Sell me on it

Steam on linux means the death of windows. People do have needs beyond gaming, yes, but they aren't the majority and gaming is a hurdle that must be overcome before anything else MS had sold something in the region of 600 million Windows 7 licenses as of June this year, against a total of 1.4 billi...
by MrJP
Fri Oct 26, 2012 10:50 am
Forum: Storage
Topic: Recommendations for PCIe>SATA 6.0Gbps HBA
Replies: 14
Views: 5981

Re: Recommendations for PCIe>SATA 6.0Gbps HBA

In theory a 1x PCIe connection will be a bottleneck for a 6Gb/s SATA connection, though as you've found with your X58, in the real world this probably won't be a noticeable problem (except in some extreme benchmarks) as long as you don't try to run multiple SSDs off a single controller chip. I wasn'...
by MrJP
Fri Oct 26, 2012 8:24 am
Forum: Storage
Topic: Recommendations for PCIe>SATA 6.0Gbps HBA
Replies: 14
Views: 5981

Re: Recommendations for PCIe>SATA 6.0Gbps HBA

Be aware that many of these cheap PCIe x4 cards actually have multiple PCIe x1 SATA controllers connected via a bridge chip and therefore are capped at a maximum PCIe x1 bandwidth on any individual SATA port. It can be hard to work this out from the manufacturer specifications, but if you look at th...
by MrJP
Wed Oct 17, 2012 7:55 am
Forum: General Hardware
Topic: is this a joke?
Replies: 30
Views: 8625

Re: is this a joke?

Like someone said "Whats next, they will require F1 car to reach 35MPG next season ?" That wouldn't be a bad idea. It would make F1 more interesting. Actually the proposed 2014 F1 regulations have both a maximum fuel flow rate limit and a total race fuel mass limit. It works out at quite ...
by MrJP
Mon Sep 10, 2012 6:16 pm
Forum: Graphics
Topic: Eyefinity, Crossfire and me...
Replies: 4
Views: 1849

Re: Eyefinity, Crossfire and me...

Here's the info you need: http://www.amd.com/us/products/technologies/amd-eyefinity-technology/how-to/Pages/faqs.aspx#multiple-display-requirements The reason why you can't have more than two DVI/HDMI connections is because the card only has two TMDS transmitters. Adding a third would have been an u...
by MrJP
Wed Aug 22, 2012 12:46 pm
Forum: System Builders Anonymous
Topic: What can I salvage from this Dell?
Replies: 31
Views: 14635

Re: What can I salvage from this Dell?

Fair point on the RAM. Going to 12GB with matched DIMMs on all three memory channels could be beneficial if you are genuinely going to be working with large models. New DDR3 RAM should also carry over to any new platform in the next couple of years so isn't a dead-end investment like a new motherboa...
by MrJP
Wed Aug 22, 2012 8:51 am
Forum: System Builders Anonymous
Topic: What can I salvage from this Dell?
Replies: 31
Views: 14635

Re: What can I salvage from this Dell?

Why so much focus on overclocking in some repsonses? The OP's coming from a Dell and taking a first few steps towards custom building. I'd say you should focus on a few essential changes initially to get acceptable gaming performance, then take stock and decide if more is required to go further. 1. ...
by MrJP
Fri Aug 17, 2012 4:03 pm
Forum: System Builders Anonymous
Topic: £1500+ all-round build help
Replies: 33
Views: 5328

Re: £1500+ all-round build help

Have a look back at some of the recent TR SSD reviews. They covered the whole question of performance scaling with capacity, and had a look at RAID not long ago as well. Sorry I don't have the time right now to track down the right reviews. Will look for, thanks. I had a quick look for something RA...
by MrJP
Thu Aug 16, 2012 8:19 am
Forum: System Builders Anonymous
Topic: £1500+ all-round build help
Replies: 33
Views: 5328

Re: £1500+ all-round build help

Definitely not. Pretty much all 256GB SSDs have considerably higher performance than their 128GB equivalents simply because they have more chips working in parallel. The RAID option therefore won't offer any performance advantage (and will often be slower), won't cost much less, and will generally b...
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