Posts made by creayt

@StuartJordan Chrome's been my favorite for years and still is. It's just that now there's something that feels noticeably faster so I'm on that train. When the last major release of Firefox came out that claimed it was Faster than Chrome I tried that too, unfortunately they hadn't tested it on high-end hardware and the scrolling was very artificial feeling for me so I trashed it.

@marcinozga I would expect based on Brave's marketing that their browser uses a lot less memory than Chrome for indirect reasons as they're scanning and removing a large number of the heaviest pieces of web pages based on "preventing ads that track you"

I recently started using Chrome mostly for development ( coding ) and then I use Brave for a lot of personal browsing as it's so much palpably faster that everything feels like it's working better. Worth checking out, even Google Docs run WAY more smoothly all the way down to scrolling large docs.

@PhlipElder If you're referring to what I think you're referring to, the culprit would just be the relatively slower processor on the slower machine being constrasted.

Trying to learn NodeJS on Udemy.

@black3dynamite said in Spec'ing a new computer from Dell or?:

@creayt said in Spec'ing a new computer from Dell or?:

@PhlipElder What's Teams?

Microsoft Teams

Ah, I think I've maybe heard of that. I don't use it though and have confirmed it's not installed. I do use Slack though, but it's running identically on all my devices so I don't think it'd be the cause for performance differences.

@PhlipElder What's Teams?

@Pete-S said in Spec'ing a new computer from Dell or?:

The whole i5/i7 is just a bunch of marketing that creates confusion. There is no real difference between i5 and i7 on mobile CPUs. Usually the i7 can run on a slightly higher clock frequency so it's about 10-15% faster when pushed. Which is not enough for the user to actually notice.

So it's better to take the i5, save a bunch of $$$ and buy memory for that instead. Seeing Dell selling new laptops in 2019 with spinning rust and 4GB RAM - that should be criminal.

BTW, if you truly need speed you should go with one of the workstation or gaming laptops. They have a different, faster category of CPU. Higher TDP compared to the everyday laptops (45W versus 15W). But still slow compared to the desktop CPUs, which should be the choice for speed.

Respectfully disagree. But I will agree that for many people the difference between i7 and i5s ( generally speaking ) will never be perceived/valued, so in many cases it makes sense to go w/ an i5 for the $ savings.

For many other users and specific workloads, the difference is huge. Walking from my bedroom where I have a 2019 hexacore i5 Mac Mini running Windows 10 Pro hooked up to a 43" 4k monitor to my office across the hall where there's an octacore i9 it's like night and day. Each keystroke, click, and task-switch I do on the i9 feels VERY OBVIOUSLY faster than the Mac Mini. The Mac Mini feels ok, great for its size, until I hop onto the i9. When I get into serious workloads the difference becomes even more obvious, thread-dependent or not ( and honestly I don't have many workloads that use the surplus of cores, but I do multitask hard ).

The first time I went from an i5 to an i7-7700HQ it was a similar experience.

Two pretty insane deals:

17.3" i7-8750H ( hexacore ) , 16GB DDR4, GTX 1050 TI, 128GB SSD, 1TB HDD, mini display port, hdmi, rj-45 out
$636.75 after $ back promotion

15.6" thin-bezels, i7-8750H ( hexacore ), 8GB DDR4, GTX 1050 TI, 512GB SSD, USB-C, mini display port, hdmi, rj-45
$562.74 after $ back promotion

It's a very user-specific thing. I've found I can't even stand to work on 4c/8t i7's anymore, the lag is very palpable when just using a computer normally for me. If you think you're the type of person who gets annoyed, or worse, tripped up while working when you're waiting on your computer, the best investment you can make is a 6 or 8 core CPU and a very high-end NVME SSD. If you'll be using a 4k or higher resolution monitor or multiple monitors that are 2560x1440 or higher resolution, you'll also want to invest in a decent GPU. The money is very worth it. If you can afford it, also opt for a CPU w/ the highest base clock you can afford as that'll actually affect how fast it feels in many use cases including web browsing.

• Written from my 5.2 Ghz octacore i9-9900KF 2080TI workstation

This worked for me w/ the following output, not sure if the 2nd to last line is something to worry about or not:

Damn dude you just missed a deal that was exactly what you're looking for. Bummer.

https://www.edealinfo.com/d/00193386277347/Lenovo-Legion-Y545-15-6-inch-FHD-Laptop-with-Intel-Hex-Core

@dashrender said in Does anyone know if there are any graphics amplifiers out there that works with USB Type-C laptops without Thunderbolt 3?:

Isn't the throughput a large factor in using that horsepower?

I just want to be able to connect my laptop, which can only do 1 4k w/ its ports, to a GTX anything that has 3 DisplayPort slots. I don't care about any extra throughput beyond typing code and debugging it in a browser, so I just need the base amount of bandwidth to run each screen, only 1 of which will change/be active at any given time.

@scottalanmiller said in Does anyone know if there are any graphics amplifiers out there that works with USB Type-C laptops without Thunderbolt 3?:

@creayt said in Does anyone know if there are any graphics amplifiers out there that works with USB Type-C laptops without Thunderbolt 3?:

I don't care about amazing performance or throughput, would just like to have the graphics horsepower available to my laptop.

Aren't those things one and the same?

They are not, USB type-C is essentially the interface and form factor, and supports 10 G/s, Thunderbolt 3 is another tech that is compatible w/ the USB:C interface/form factor but provides 40 G/s. Sadly.

@quixoticjustin said in Gaming - What's everyone playing / hosting / looking to play:

Just stumbled on this. This looks like it could be really good.

https://blog.vive.com/us/2017/09/07/rockstar-la-noire-for-vive

Watched a girlfriend play through most of that game a few years ago on a console, was pretty interesting other than the shizzy driving mechanics.

Have a laptop that I want to start using more but its graphics are weak, also have a GTX 1060 lying around. All of the graphics amplifiers I've seen are Thunderbolt 3 over USB Type-C but I don't think work without thunderbolt. I don't care about amazing performance or throughput, would just like to have the graphics horsepower available to my laptop. Thanks.

@dashrender said in Server 2012 R2 Storage Spaces versus Hardware RAID, how do you decide?:

@creayt said in Server 2012 R2 Storage Spaces versus Hardware RAID, how do you decide?:

@nashbrydges said in Server 2012 R2 Storage Spaces versus Hardware RAID, how do you decide?:

Which setting was it that you changed from what to what?

It's in the system setup section, can't remember exactly where, but something along the lines of "set link speed to gen2/3", guessing that toggles the PCIe mode, thereby adding way more bandwidth between the drives and RAID controller. I don't have physical access to the servers at the moment so can't get in there to give you the exact info, sorry. But Link gen speed 2/3 should be enough to help you spot it if it's in your options.

LOL thought you loved iDRAC?

They're currently sitting in boxes inbetween datacenters so unless you know about a more Harry Potterish version of iDrac that requires no electricity or Internet connection I don't think iDrac will help. :PPPP

@nashbrydges said in Server 2012 R2 Storage Spaces versus Hardware RAID, how do you decide?:

Which setting was it that you changed from what to what?

It's in the system setup section, can't remember exactly where, but something along the lines of "set link speed to gen2/3", guessing that toggles the PCIe mode, thereby adding way more bandwidth between the drives and RAID controller. I don't have physical access to the servers at the moment so can't get in there to give you the exact info, sorry. But Link gen speed 2/3 should be enough to help you spot it if it's in your options.

@coliver Indeed, but what's interesting is how 5 drives specifically beat other quantities of the same drive in Raid 0 on the same hardware from my earlier posts ( can't link to them because Mango Lassi has been freaking out on me and doing weird stuff including not rendering the images as I scroll ).