Cpu: 8310 4.2GHz
Voltage: 1.344v
Cooler: Coolermaster Hyper 212 Evo
Motherboard: Gigabyte GA970-DS3P
Purchased: December 2014
CPU-Z
Definitely held back by the poor motherboard (4+1 QQ). Couldn't afford better at the time.
I've been using Steam in-home streaming a bit. It was completely un-playable even at 720p low quality over 5GHz WiFi N. I purchased a 100' network cable and ran it along the ceiling for gigabit LAN and streaming now works happily at 1080p "balanced" settings.
I was going to link this exact article and add the caveat that while the test conditions look like they were setup very carefully, with only one test of each application method the variance from human error could easily account for the differences.
I used a "grain of rice" of Arctic Silver 3...
1. Pumpkin is delicious.
2. There is an overabundance of pumpkin at this time of year.
3. Pumpkin spices (cinnamon, nutmeg, ginger) are also delicious.
I'd never tell the difference listening on my cell phone with $10 earbuds.
Not going to spend any more on earbuds that wind up in the washer on average twice per year.
I use the Canadian equivalent Clearly Contacts. Since I have good coverage from work I get transitions lenses with all the coatings and I can afford 2-3 pairs every two years before any money comes out of pocket.
FX-8310@4.2 & R9 290
Upgraded through Windows Update, reinstalled drivers, no issues.
Small performance improvement in synthetic benchmarks, no noticeable difference in-game.
As best I can tell this is only an issue in games that recognize both the native DS4 controller and the emulated XBox controller and provide no way to select between them. Closing DS4Windows in such games seems to fix the problem.
I was playing KOTOR2 and was pleasantly surprised to see...
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