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Unsubscribe me. I'll echo what most of the rest have said. These types of things should be opt-in, not opt-out.
- smithkt
- Post #136
- Jul 17, 2020
- Forum: Forum Issues and Feedback
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AMD 3700x with 470x

Most of the X470 boards I was looking at did not have the ability to flash the bios without a CPU, so since this was going to be my first Ryzen setup, I was out of luck. After following a thread on OCN with an active Gigabyte rep promising an updated BIOS with chipset fan control, I decided to...
- smithkt
- Post #12
- Jul 16, 2019
- Forum: Motherboards
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AMD 3700x with 470x

I'm in the same boat. I have been on the fence between a x470 and x570. There are not many reviews yet of the x570 boards. The chipset cooling fan concerns me. Those little fans tend to be incredibly noisy. Two reviews of X570 board on TPU don't mention the cooling fan at all. One review...
- smithkt
- Post #4
- Jul 8, 2019
- Forum: Motherboards
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Poll: Ultima is 37 years old

I only played iV. I didn't finish it. I own them all on GOG and I have tried to go back and play them again, but the controls for the earlier games are brutal. Maybe I'll give one of the later ones a try.
- smithkt
- Post #4
- Oct 5, 2018
- Forum: PC Games
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Are you using (or planning to use) Crossfire or SLI?

Used to run two R9-290 in crossfire. When it worked it was great. There were too many caveats to keep it though. AMD has since resolved a lot of the issues, but I just don't want to deal with it anymore. I will never go back to it.
- smithkt
- Post #27
- Jun 19, 2017
- Forum: Graphics Cards
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HTPC: Cord Cutting & DVR

One correction. The HDHomeRun app on the Shield does not yet support DRM in either live tv or recording. Only Windows 10 and Xbox One support live tv with DRM. The record engine still does not on any platform.
- smithkt
- Post #25
- Jun 15, 2017
- Forum: Home Theater PCs
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HDHomerun DVR?

All true. However, recording is still not supported for DRM channels regardless of the platform.
- smithkt
- Post #65
- Mar 10, 2017
- Forum: Home Theater PCs
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HDHomerun DVR?

DRM recording is not supported yet. Just live viewing on Xbox One and some Win 10 PCs.
- smithkt
- Post #63
- Mar 9, 2017
- Forum: Home Theater PCs
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Does the SiliconDust HDHomeRun CONNECT HDHR4-2US work with Windows 10?

Does the newer HDHomeRun app from the Windows store still require this? I don't think so. I think this was referring to the original standalone HDHomeRun View. I have installed the Windows store app on several Win 10 systems and have not needed to install any third party codecs to get working...
- smithkt
- Post #5
- Dec 25, 2016
- Forum: Home Theater PCs
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AMD ReLive

The ReLive recording software seems to work pretty well on my 290. The only problem is I can't record at 3440 x 1440. I assume it is a hardware limitation of the encoder hardware. I can't find solid info on the max supported resolutions of the encoders on the different AMD hardware. Maybe a...
- smithkt
- Post #35
- Dec 8, 2016
- Forum: AMD
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HTPC Questions

Use LibreElec instead of OpenElec. For whatever reason, most of the OpenElec devs left the project, forking it to LibreElec. LibreElec stays much closer to the Kodi release schedule and is currently better supported. I agree with Kartajan that Plex is better for multiple point of consumption...
- smithkt
- Post #3
- Oct 26, 2016
- Forum: Home Theater PCs
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Media server software and htpc software

Yep, this is exactly what I am doing as well. The native install of Emby server on my Synology NAS just eliminated all the hassle of using a SQL server for managing multiple Kodi boxes. The only thing missing for me now is Kodi on the Xbox One. I may have to break down and try the Emby...
- smithkt
- Post #19
- Oct 17, 2016
- Forum: Home Theater PCs
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Media server software and htpc software

I'm curious about this comment. Is this because of the lack of a native client/server model? I've found that using Kodi with the Emby plugin has solved this problem for me. There is an unofficial Plex plugin that does much the same for a Plex server, but it requires more work to configure...
- smithkt
- Post #16
- Oct 17, 2016
- Forum: Home Theater PCs
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Media server software and htpc software

I've been running Emby server on my NAS with Kodi/LibreElec clients using the Emby plugin. It has been very solid. I have not tried Emby's native clients on anything. You need to pay for a subscription to do so. Emby does support live TV and a some form of support for DVR, which again, I...
- smithkt
- Post #11
- Oct 16, 2016
- Forum: Home Theater PCs
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Where are the old articles?

I think you are missing his point. Yes, your second link gives you a list of articles from 2014, however, if you click on any of those top three results specifically referring to laptops, they redirect to a 2016 article. This makes it rather difficult to look at the older articles.
- smithkt
- Post #5
- Oct 10, 2016
- Forum: Laptops
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Frustrated after fresh Win 10 install

This is probably a long shot, but I had something similar happen to me when I first put together my current rig. There was a conflict between the Intel HD graphics driver and the AMD driver. At first, I had to disable the Intel graphics from Safe mode. This prevented the system from loading...
- smithkt
- Post #9
- Aug 8, 2016
- Forum: AMD
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Colorful's PC motherboard teases Intel Skylake chipset, integrated GTX 1070

Exactly. The connector layout is absolutely a laptop layout.
- smithkt
- Post #12
- Jun 11, 2016
- Forum: Graphics Cards
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Dedicated 8570m Scores lower than Onboard 6520G?

Furmark is generally used as a burn in stress test program. It will typically cause your GPU to heat up significantly which could be triggering some kind of thermal throttling on the 8570. Furmark should not be used as a benchmark tool to compare performance. Try the Unigine benchmarks...
- smithkt
- Post #3
- Apr 1, 2016
- Forum: AMD
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AMD Radeon Software Crimson 16.3 Live!

My response may have been a bit rude, but I would not call it asinine. There were several posts in a row lamenting the feature not working on 290/7950 boards. Directly after someone else had specifically quoted the patch notes on this specific feature. My apologies for the rudeness, but not...
- smithkt
- Post #36
- Mar 11, 2016
- Forum: AMD
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AMD Radeon Software Crimson 16.3 Live!

What's your point? Were you one of the people asking why it didn't work on their 290 or 7950? No? Then I wasn't talking to you.
- smithkt
- Post #31
- Mar 11, 2016
- Forum: AMD
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AMD Radeon Software Crimson 16.3 Live!

Does no one actually read the patch notes? "Power Efficiency Toggle: A new feature introduced in the Radeon Settings Gaming tab for select AMD Radeon 300 series and AMD Radeon Fury X available under "Global Options". This allows the user to disable some power efficiency optimizations."...
- smithkt
- Post #28
- Mar 11, 2016
- Forum: AMD
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Silicon Dust attempt at a DVR capable of recording protected content?

Have two homerun primes setup with cable cards from FIOS. They have an automated system you call into to activate the CC and get the pairing done. Worked perfectly for one of two. I had to call in to support to get the second one paired. This is where it can be hit or miss. It will depend on...
- smithkt
- Post #128
- Feb 5, 2016
- Forum: Home Theater PCs
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Radeon R9 270X blank screen on any OS only after installing drivers?

I had to disable in Windows if I recall correctly. So, installed OS with iGPU. Went into the device manager. Disabled the Intel display device. Shut the system down. Installed the GPU. Windows booted up with the basic VGA driver. Installed AMD driver. It's been some time, so my memory...
- smithkt
- Post #15
- Feb 1, 2016
- Forum: AMD
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Radeon R9 270X blank screen on any OS only after installing drivers?

I had a similar problem a while back. I had to disable the iGPU as there appeared to be a conflict of some kind. Eventually a bios update on the motherboard resolved it.
- smithkt
- Post #13
- Feb 1, 2016
- Forum: AMD
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So confused on how to find motherboard drivers

Have you tried just opening the case and looking to see if the motherboard has the model number printed on the board somewhere? Most do. From there, you should be able to download the drivers from the manufacturer web site. Or perhaps contacting Cyberpower tech support and asking them?
- smithkt
- Post #11
- Dec 3, 2015
- Forum: Motherboards
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Surface Book and Surface Pro 4

I have an i7 SP4 sitting in the cart. I am holding off until I see a review to see how much faster the iris graphics are. It's also really silly that they won't let you select the pen color. They all come with the silver pen. You can by a pen separately for $50 in a choice of colors. Given...
- smithkt
- Post #33
- Oct 23, 2015
- Forum: Laptops
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KOTOR 2 new official patch

Surprised I did not see a thread about this. Old game but still a good one. http://steamcommunity.com/games/208580/announcements/detail/145589580847766181
- smithkt
- Thread
- Jul 23, 2015
- Replies: 23
- Forum: PC Games
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Why is everyone obsessed with 4K?

Some people gaming on 1080p might also like to give VSR/DSR a try as well.
- smithkt
- Post #6
- Jun 30, 2015
- Forum: Graphics Cards
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Mass Effect Andromeda (2016)

Fine with me. I enjoyed Atlantis.
- smithkt
- Post #11
- Jun 19, 2015
- Forum: PC Games
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[Forbes] AMD Is Wrong About 'The Witcher 3' And Nvidia's HairWorks

I know you are speaking about the forum in general, but I'd like to point out that I myself am not chastising Nvidia. They are free to do as they please. The market will accept it or not.
- smithkt
- Post #923
- Jun 10, 2015
- Forum: Graphics Cards
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[Rumor (Various)] AMD R7/9 3xx / Fiji / Fury

Honestly, it won't matter what the results are. Just posting anything about Fury vs Titan will get the desired clicks.
- smithkt
- Post #356
- Jun 10, 2015
- Forum: Graphics Cards
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[Rumor (Various)] AMD R7/9 3xx / Fiji / Fury

So? If the performance is 50% better, and power usage remains the same, that's still an impressive showing without a node shrink.
- smithkt
- Post #354
- Jun 10, 2015
- Forum: Graphics Cards
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[Forbes] AMD Is Wrong About 'The Witcher 3' And Nvidia's HairWorks

I had a slightly different take away from the argument. It's not so much that Hairworks has some secret sauce to deliberately reduce performance on AMD cards, it's that the closed nature of it makes it impossible for AMD to directly optimize for it in their drivers meaning AMD will always be...
- smithkt
- Post #921
- Jun 10, 2015
- Forum: Graphics Cards
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[Rumor (Various)] AMD R7/9 3xx / Fiji / Fury

This presumes that the leakers are trying to help AMD. I think the reality is these sites are just trying to drive clicks. We are all too eager to snap up every little crumb they drop.
- smithkt
- Post #351
- Jun 10, 2015
- Forum: Graphics Cards
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[Forbes] AMD Is Wrong About 'The Witcher 3' And Nvidia's HairWorks

The original argument is that since source code for Gameworks libraries, such as Hairworks, are not available to AMD, they can not optimize specifically for them giving Nvidia an advantage when these libraries are used. This is contrasted against AMD's TressFX which is open and can and has...
- smithkt
- Post #916
- Jun 10, 2015
- Forum: Graphics Cards
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[Forbes] AMD Is Wrong About 'The Witcher 3' And Nvidia's HairWorks

Turning down the tessellation level globally in the game is a work around. This is not the same as being able to optimize for specific features.
- smithkt
- Post #914
- Jun 10, 2015
- Forum: Graphics Cards
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[WCCF] AMD Radeon R9 390X Pictured

swilli89, use the report function if you have a problem. Don't be baited into a time out.
- smithkt
- Post #1,340
- May 28, 2015
- Forum: AMD
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Upgrade advice - video card vs GPU and power setup

Take another look at the PDF. There are two x16 slots. Only the black slot is x4 electrically. The blue one is x16. He should have no problem using a 970 in there.
- smithkt
- Post #13
- May 20, 2015
- Forum: Displays
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[CNET] LG's OLED yield now at 80% - increasing 2015 production dramatically

If I am not mistaken, LG's OLED screens are actually using all white pixels with color lenses. This should eliminate the blue problem.
- smithkt
- Post #7
- May 20, 2015
- Forum: Displays
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Plex fans: why do you use Plex?

Wow. I asked a simple question one page back which has been either ignored or lost among this protracted argument. Does anyone who uses Plex know how they handle watched flags in a multi-user household?
- smithkt
- Post #64
- Dec 24, 2014
- Forum: Home Theater PCs

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