We've all seen inside your PC so it's no bloody surprise
Plus most GPUs start to downclock at 70 degrees plus, which is the sweet spot to aim for.
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We've all seen inside your PC so it's no bloody surprise
Plus most GPUs start to downclock at 70 degrees plus, which is the sweet spot to aim for.
Mavromatis
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I don't think I need to clean mine, the fans are running like a vacuum cleaner anyway. That means that it is clear, right? Not dusty but clear?
intheinbetween
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I just ran MSI Afterburner and it shows my GTX 780 is idling at 9C, is that normal? I'm asking this because I thought it would be higher
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45 idle is fine
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We've all seen inside your PC so it's no bloody surprise
Plus most GPUs start to downclock at 70 degrees plus, which is the sweet spot to aim for.
the high temps are mostly cause I don't do custom fan profiles so it stays hot and quiet
the automatic downclock is annoying but minimal and gives you some peace of mind at least that the card knows when it's reaching a dangerous place, same reason we have BSODs
I just think it's hard to fry your shit really
My card's fan cover is shaped like a stable, for trying to hold all that horses in, brother!
Mavromatis
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the high temps are mostly cause I don't do custom fan profiles so it stays hot and quiet
the automatic downclock is annoying but minimal and gives you some peace of mind at least that the card knows when it's reaching a dangerous place, same reason we have BSODs
I just think it's hard to fry your shit really
Bah, my GFX is over 70°C during non-gaming and I don't even overclock. Come to think of it, I can't even play newish games properly. I think this bragging will turn into a disaster so I'll stop before my HD3850 burn my house for badmouthing it.
Edit: Even the hard disks are running at 50°C ! What the hell are you doing PC? Trying to burn my house down for installing Windows 8.1 on you?
Are you stuck in that area where enemies constantly respawn, shortly after you get the shotgun?
I have a Gigabyte Windforce 670, and it stays cool even during long gaming sections. Not the fastest, but seemingly reliable. It's my first *high-ish* end GPU. Owned a HD4850 before.
Quit the game for the day just before that, I think. Couldn't take the atmosphere anymore. :\
Extremely low on ammo, so thanks for the tip.
That is why we don't go there.
Jawmuncher
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The worst thing about Ravenholm are those damn screams.
the high temps are mostly cause I don't do custom fan profiles so it stays hot and quiet
the automatic downclock is annoying but minimal and gives you some peace of mind at least that the card knows when it's reaching a dangerous place, same reason we have BSODs
I just think it's hard to fry your shit really
Oh no doubt. Plus Uruguay is a damn sight nearer the equator than the UK is so you're always going to get higher ambient temps than me. Though I've rather not find out the hard way what the limit of my GPU is before it starts stripping components from the PCB.
I had a really badly designed cooler on an old ATI APU that didn't clear it's exhaust so it used to collected dust right in the knuckle. Used to get to 97 degrees just after post and the bios killed it before Windows even fired up. When I opened it up for the first time I got showered in debris.
Hahaha well despite the small fortune I've spent on GPUs all weekend I've been playing games that will run on a sandwich toaster. Yeah so that was a wise investment.
Yeah, I thought having played Q1 I was prepared for whatever the game would dish here.
Nuh-uh.
Stumpokapow
listen to the mad man
Someone is making the top 500 collectors on steam
http://forums.steampowered.com/forums/showthread.php?t=3221216&highlight=top+500
I am not even on it
#1 #14 #19 #20 all GAFfers
Don't forget jshackles at 191. Rhaknar should be on there somewhere as well. I do find it a bit funny how PC Gamer and Raptr are both included who probably acquired most of their collection through more convenient means.
corrosivefrost
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You guys are just destroying FEZ by using guides..
I'm rather enjoying my playthrough.
If I wasn't able to consult a guide, I'm pretty sure I'd have already said "I have no interest in trying to figure out these ridiculous puzzles" and would have quit playing and deleted it.
For example:
The guide I'm consulting showed me what to do in a room where you can earn a red cube. The solution had something to do with deciphering the whole alphabet of squiggles so could read the clues on the pylon, figuring out the answer somehow (METATRON?) and then rotating cubes to spell metatron vertically backwards.
I'd have NEVER done that on my own, cause as I said above (and below) I just do not have the time, patience, or interest in trying to decipher the alphabet(s) and then clues and everything else.
However, I'm learning from the guide and applying solution patterns where I can see them.
For example:
The guide taught me how to solve a "beat tuning fork" room where it just required figuring out a pattern of rotations while standing on the tuning fork.
When I encountered a similar room later on, I solved the code on my own without using a guide.
When I encountered a similar room later on, I solved the code on my own without using a guide.
I fully appreciate the time, effort, and thought put into these puzzles -- I just do not have the desire to work some of them out on my own. I acknowledge the genius of the game, I just am playing it in the way that works best for me.
Yeah, but if you've played it once, odds of remembering what to look at for a code or how the cyphers work in general will help. I've been doing as much as I can on my own (I don't like using guides if possible -- but I'll take a peak at a guide and if it says "code alert" in the one I'm using, I take a gander at the puzzle before I decide whether or not to just input the code. Some of these things are obtuse as fuck. Whoever said they liked fez until they had to convert things from hex to squiggles to whatever and they said "fuck it" is pretty much spot on.
TL;DR: I agree with your sentiment and am only using a guide where it's for solving puzzles that require working out the alphabets or whatever.
Concentrate on the bomb things -- just dodge the other guys until you have most of the bombs taken care of. Or go equip the costume with regen health.
Yeah, I made sure I could overclock -- wanted to get every dollar I could out of my setup before upgrading eventually.
I'd nominate the toxic headcrabs: the hiss, the pounce and the immediate reduction to 1hp. No thanks.
AScotAbroad
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Can't wait to replay Half-Life 2 with my OR DK2....but Ravenholm will probably make me tear the thing off my head and throw it out of the window.
I'd love to play through the Half-Life games again but after Episode Two I told myself I wouldn't do so until Episode Three (now Half-Life 3) is around the corner. So far, so good!
maneil99
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It's wrong, or your fans are super high/watercooling
Jawmuncher
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I'm still amazed it took so many years for people to call Half Life Episode 3 - Half Life 3.
Once you pass 3 years the next game still being called an episode made no sense.
Even today some are still convinced that there'll be an Episode Three because moving from Episode Two to a fully-fledged sequel "wouldn't make sense". The novel idea of Half-Life 3 picking up where Episode Two left off is apparently an alien concept.
ashecitism
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Even today some are still convinced that there'll be an Episode Three because moving from Episode Two to a fully-fledged sequel "wouldn't make sense". The novel idea of Half-Life 3 picking up where Episode Two left off is apparently an alien concept.
Lot of people think a full-fledged sequel would warrant a jump in setting and time again like HL2 did. It's not like Valve couldn't do that once Gordon and Alyx reach the Borealis. And who says the story would go on after the Combine.
Jawmuncher
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Even today some are still convinced that there'll be an Episode Three because moving from Episode Two to a fully-fledged sequel "wouldn't make sense". The novel idea of Half-Life 3 picking up where Episode Two left off is apparently an alien concept.
Still boggles my mind how people can think that.
It's like saying if something ends on a cliffhanger it can't have an actual sequel .
I wouldn't be surprised if Valve patched in an extended ending to Episode Two to kick off a Half-Life 3 ARG, akin to how to Portal 2's announcement was handled. If nothing else it'd be a nice bone to throw to those who have been waiting six-and-a-half years now for something.
Yeah, but if you've played it once, odds of remembering what to look at for a code or how the cyphers work in general will help. I've been doing as much as I can on my own (I don't like using guides if possible -- but I'll take a peak at a guide and if it says "code alert" in the one I'm using, I take a gander at the puzzle before I decide whether or not to just input the code. Some of these things are obtuse as fuck. Whoever said they liked fez until they had to convert things from hex to squiggles to whatever and they said "fuck it" is pretty much spot on.
TL;DR: I agree with your sentiment and am only using a guide where it's for solving puzzles that require working out the alphabets or whatever.
It's one of those things though and not every game is for everyone. If someone's wasn't enjoying FEZ and their only motivation for playing it was GMG credit I can understand why reaching for a guide would be a choice. Personally nothing in FEZ is hard, sure it requires a little bit of lateral thinking but it's quite rewarding when you've solved the puzzle and not had to look at a walkthrough or cheat sheet.
Super Meat Boy on the other hand is really testing my patients. I managed to do the Warp Zone achievements by brute force by collecting 50 bandages? Yeah that's doing my head right in. I'm on 16 so far and I'm only on the easy levels and I've had to skip a few, when I get to the 4th world I don't know how many tries it will take my to finish the level let alone land on the 1 specific spot and loop back around. No guide can save you here.
And all this work for 50p in credit hahaha.
Jawmuncher
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All I know is Shepard better make a appearance in HL3 since even Valve said they liked the character. I'll even take him being dead so long as it's confirmed.
Only if it's revealed that Shephard left the marines to become a shepherd and now calls himself "Shephard the shepherd".
ashecitism
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I wouldn't be surprised if Valve patched in an extended ending to Episode Two to kick off a Half-Life 3 ARG, akin to how to Portal 2's announcement was handled. If nothing else it'd be a nice bone to throw to those who have been waiting six-and-a-half years now for something.
Didn't the Jira leak have a group titled Episode 3 movie?
edit: ah, here it is
www.neogaf.com/forum/showthread.php?t=689145
MMBosstones86
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oh rock on. Hopefully that will clean up this thread a bit.
I never said I was gonna use it.
It's a friend of mine who has been using it and I wanted to know if it's working.
/dead
corrosivefrost
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I know the feeling -- after I 12/12 FEZ, I will go back to working on the meatboy bandages -- I have a good # of them through the beginning of world 2, I think the only one I missed in zone 1 was 18 light world.
As for FEZ, that's not my only motivation, but at the same time, I just wouldn't HAVE the motivation to be like "oh, see, here's where I can figure out what a squiggle means!" So using a guide when pertinent seems fine to me.
Jawmuncher
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I'll take what I can get.
Someone is making the top 500 collectors on steam
http://forums.steampowered.com/forums/showthread.php?t=3221216&highlight=top+500
I am not even on it
so many 3000+
http://astats.astats.nl/astats/TopList.php?DisplayType=TotalSteamGamesOwned
Chance Hale
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Cleaned my card but I managed to snap one of the graphics card slots on the motherboard so that is garbage. There are two others luckily so it's not a big deal, but I still don't understand how I managed it. Must have been edgy already. By the time I upgrade my card I'll probably have to get a new motherboard anyway, especially with the new ram options.
At first the card was back to 35 degrees for the first time in a while but now it's back up to 45 idle :/
At first the card was back to 35 degrees for the first time in a while but now it's back up to 45 idle :/
All this talk about HL just makes me feel sad for some reason. Valve, please.
This. I live in a country where the lowest temperature is higher than most us/europe cities highest temperature. My last card (HD 6850) would reach 85-90° when playing a game and I've played a lot of games when I've had it and run my pc 24/7.
The card still runs fine in my brothers PC, I bought that card around late 2010. It has never crash except when it's a game/driver bug.
Of course if you're on the cooler part of the world you should be worried if your card reach that temp anyway, so never mind me and my nonsense post
This. I live in a country where the lowest temperature is higher than most us/europe cities highest temperature. My last card (HD 6850) would reach 85-90° when playing a game and I've played a lot of games when I've had it and run my pc 24/7.
The card still runs fine in my brothers PC, I bought that card around late 2010. It has never crash except when it's a game/driver bug.
Of course if you're on the cooler part of the world you should be worried if your card reach that temp anyway, so never mind me and my nonsense post
Someone is making the top 500 collectors on steam
http://forums.steampowered.com/forums/showthread.php?t=3221216&highlight=top+500
I am not even on it
Are there are any GAFfers on the list other than Jase and Xelios?
Jshacks is 191 https://docs.google.com/spreadsheet...kuZsSsnuN4KRoyEK04v4XUeR8/edit#gid=1643899795
Gray Wolf is 413
That list is inaccurate. For one, it's missing some people (like myself, and hundreds of Valve employees), and the figure is pulled from the All Games tab (or rather the same data source that the tab uses), which includes F2P games with play time and, erroneously, many pieces of DLC.
Edit: Oh, and some games don't show up in the All Games tab for whatever reason. Serious Sam HD: TSE is one such example.
Edit Edit: Ah, apparently the list only includes people who have claimed their profile.
I haven't gone through the list, but I can say that VALIS is a GAFer (although he hasn't posted in almost a year), and textonly has been posting in these Steam threads here and there over the past couple of months or so.
Chance Hale
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Where would one go to adjust at what temperature the GPU starts to downclock at? Need to try OCing it again as well, did so when I first got it but a few games started having issues so I set it back to default and never tried again.
Kickstart Shenmue 3 on PC?
Jawmuncher
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And yet Valve still isn't trying to push for more Japanese games on steam. Tsk Tsk
arts&crafts
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JaseC and xelios top 20 in the world!
You guys make me proud
at buying games
You guys make me proud
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