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  1. I don't have any information on this current theatrical release, I'll edit my post for clarification. I'm speculating that it has to be the same as what they released for home viewers, because the 4k Digital+BR releases are new masters of the films and not just a simple upscale of the previous BR release. Source: https://thedigitalbits.com/item/star-wars-a-new-hope-uhd
  2. Not necessarily, as the latest motherboards from both Intel and AMD will support at least one more future CPU generation. So you could go super-budget on the CPU and GPU now, and upgrade those things later. Although waiting is a good idea to let the market settle down. Right now supply is limited, and demand is high. Things are either priced more than they should be or running out of stock.
  3. The 4k Blu Ray and Digital versions are the same, with the lone difference being Dolby Vision as an option for digital while the discs are HDR10. But these 4k (digital+BR) versions are a new master of the films from an actual 4k scan of the negatives; it's not just an upscale of the previous Blu-ray release.
  4. This has to be the D+/4k Blu-ray versions, so it'll probably include the Lucas edits. We won't get it soon, as the recent 4k releases of the movies contain all of the Lucas edits, but I really hope Disney releases the theatrical versions of the OT remastered in 4k. They supposedly have the footage and film to do so, and now have all the rights. I wonder if they are holding out for respect to George, or maybe they're just timing their re-releases to maximize profits. Because, damn, I re-buy Star Wars all the time. I bought the DVD box set when it first came out. Then I bought the DVD's again when they added a disc that contained the Laserdisc version of the film. Then I bought the Blu-ray box set. Recently I bought the 4k digital versions of the OT to get that sweet Dolby Vision. And when they come out with the theatrical, 4k remastered version I will buy the shit out of that.
  5. Not yet, but I'm sure I will be seeing it soon because I've seen a lot of "Not all cops are bad" messages, "Antifa has started a new communist country in Seattle" rants, videos of black people defending cops and saying the BLM movement is exploitative, "Statues are OUR history and we need to remember it lest we repeat it" posts, and general disgust at the riots. As far as this video is concerned, this is a prime example of pure tribalism - she wants to hold people of these parties of 150 years apart accountable to a name (Democrat/Republican), while, this is the important part, the policies the names represent have been documented to change. The two-party system just exacerbates the tribalism. There are too many separate and unrelated ideas, values, and policies to be represented with just two parties, and this nuance does not get reflected properly in the news while it is even worse reflected in social media; sound bites just don't allow for its expression. Media in general wants to catch the eye, and the best way to do that is with conflict: Hit people with ideas that touch their core selves, that trigger a defense mechanism, and then pit that against the counter idea. Personally I notice that emotion flare up all the time, and it takes real effort to tell myself to examine the logic and ignore the emotion.
  6. What BOTW did was take elements from other games and put them together in an intuitive manner.
  7. If you don't overclock 550W is more than enough. Only the halo, top tier video cards at stock would start to be worry-some as they can reach 300W. The second-rung and slower cards don't even come close. There's no way I'm going to afford a 3090 anyway so I'm not really worried about my system. But if you plan to do any overclocking at all the bigger PSU the better.
  8. Well you need use your American Express card as, like, an SLI bridge, moneybags. Just make sure the magnetic strip is touching both of them, and induction will take care of the rest. Oh, and if they're too far apart you can daisy chain several credit cards!
  9. They do recommend an SSD, but not require one, right. How does it perform on a regular HDD?
  10. Large-scale environmental changes on-the-fly. Think of the lake in God of War changing levels, or an even older example the Water Temple(s) in Zelda games. When this change happens, we are basically watching it like a cutscene or the actual change is going on in the background. With faster storage speeds, these changes could be happening as we are interacting with the environment. And as far as God of War is concerned, the choice to have long, narrow tunnels to hide loading screens can be eliminated or put in as an artistic choice, because while the game is great there are simply way too many times you run in a fucking circle waiting for the portal to open, or an elevator ride that is 10 times too long (or 10 times too slow). We might see more scale-switching, from macro movement to micro movement and vice-versa. You can be a humanoid figure, and then jump into a giant mech, and seamlessly transition to different types of field of view, in-game travel speed, height, level of detail, and you could be in completely different parts of the map, maybe even in different parts of time. Think of the time jumps in Titanfall 2. These are relegated to basically a single room, while next gen the entire world around you can change on the fly from past to present, present to future.
  11. If the issue comes back, I would suggest contacting Starry's customer support (technical division) and troubleshooting with them. It's sort of a long shot, but perhaps they have some recommended settings that need to be set in Windows and/or router for their service.
  12. Ok then. Well your phone and Macbook operate fine, so if we focus on your desktop there is an option to do a network reset in Windows 10. -Right-click on the network icon in the taskbar notification area -Select "Open Network & Internet Settings" -Click on "Network Reset" That should return everything network-related as if you just reformatted, and then it will automatically set up the configuration from there.
  13. Cat 5 cable should work fine up to 100 meters while Cat 6 is about 50m. Were close to those limits? Edit: Also why kind of ISP do you have (cable, fiber) and what is the make/model of the modem?
  14. Are you able to connect your desktop with an ethernet cable and test the speed?
  15. Well, that could explain the rumor about them actually trying to be price-competitive this time around.
  16. Well, actually, I do have 14 fans in my system, and 11 RGB LED components. When I built my system I determined I was not going to do any overclocking that required voltage increases, and I was operating under the assumption that video cards would stay below 300W. My other priority was to chose a power supply that delivered the best and most consistent voltage output, and being a thrifty person I look for bang-for-the-buck too. So I went a 550W Seasonic Gold unit, which will probably actually output 650W before its auto-shutdown engages or becomes out-of-spec. At least it has a 10 year warranty.
  17. Well, he could drop the video card down to a 1650, possibly, and not lose much performance. It's a bit hard to find enough testing on Adobe products to say for sure, but from what I did see is that anything more than an RTX 2060 shows diminishing returns, and when you start going slower than a 1050 Ti you lose a lot of performance. So a GTX 1660 should provide quite the punch, and I am unclear where the GTX 1650 would land on the performance curve (a curve, because Adobe GPU performance does not scale linearly with TFLOPs). The 1650 might be really close in performance to a 2060, or perhaps it splits the difference between a 2060 and 1050 Ti. Also it's unclear how Radeon video cards will stack up, as Adobe's just released the update to utilize the integrated video encoder/decoders built into AMD and Nvidia video cards. Historically Adobe does favor Nvidia GPUs and performs better under CUDA, as opposed to OpenCL that you have to use with Radeon graphics. But the latest update basically brought Quicksync levels of performance to discrete GPUs when encoding the project. Radeon video cards also typically give you more VRAM than similarly-priced Nvidia cards, which might be a consideration if he's working with ultra-high resolution videos. Here's a cheap option: PCPartPicker Part List CPU: AMD Ryzen 5 3600 3.6 GHz 6-Core Processor ($259.99 @ Memory Express) Motherboard: ASRock B450M/AC Micro ATX AM4 Motherboard ($118.75 @ Vuugo) Memory: G.Skill Aegis 32 GB (2 x 16 GB) DDR4-3200 CL16 Memory ($159.99 @ Newegg Canada) Storage: ADATA XPG SX8100 1 TB M.2-2280 NVME Solid State Drive ($169.99 @ Newegg Canada Marketplace) Video Card: MSI Radeon RX 570 8 GB ARMOR OC Video Card ($199.00 @ Canada Computers) Case: Rosewill FBM-X1 MicroATX Mini Tower Case ($49.99 @ Newegg Canada) Power Supply: Antec VP PLUS 500 W 80+ Certified ATX Power Supply ($59.75 @ Vuugo) Total: $1017.46 Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available Generated by PCPartPicker 2020-06-14 13:48 EDT-0400 A second-hand video would probably be the best way to bring the cost down lower. Another way would be to find a second-hand second-generation Ryzen CPU, like the 2600, 2600X, 2700, or 2700X. These CPUs were on fire-sale new before the pandemic struck.
  18. AMD is competitive/on par with Intel in Adobe products, so the 3700x is probably the best option here as the 3900x would be hard to fit in the budget. Also it appears Adobe just recently updated Premier to offer GPU-accelerated encoding, so a decent video card makes sense for this as well as any of the GPU-accelerated effects being applied while working on a project. I'd like to recommend a 2060 or 2070, but again those will be pushing the budget. PCPartPicker Part List CPU: AMD Ryzen 7 3700X 3.6 GHz 8-Core Processor ($413.45 @ Amazon Canada) Motherboard: Asus PRIME X570-P ATX AM4 Motherboard ($229.00 @ Canada Computers) Memory: G.Skill Aegis 32 GB (2 x 16 GB) DDR4-3200 CL16 Memory ($159.99 @ Newegg Canada) Storage: ADATA XPG SX8100 1 TB M.2-2280 NVME Solid State Drive ($169.99 @ Newegg Canada Marketplace) Video Card: Zotac GeForce GTX 1660 SUPER 6 GB GAMING AMP Video Card ($328.50 @ Vuugo) Case: Rosewill NAUTILUS ATX Mid Tower Case ($59.99 @ Newegg Canada) Power Supply: EVGA 500 W 80+ Certified ATX Power Supply ($63.99 @ Mike's Computer Shop) Total: $1424.91 Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available Generated by PCPartPicker 2020-06-14 00:36 EDT-0400
  19. Did the card not come with any adapters? Back in the day almost every card came with a DVI->VGA adapter.
  20. Right now is also a crappy time to buy parts in general because supply is low, so retailers are either running out of stock or raising prices. Intel's newest processors, AMD motherboards, and power supplies have seen the biggest impact from what I can see. SSDs also went up a little bit than a year ago.
  21. Leaving some wiggle room in this build. First I will assume he already has some external hard drives to store his videos. Second unsure if he needs a monitor. Third, if you can find out exactly what software he will be using and if he knows which software, if any, can utilize GPU-acceleration. It might be wiser to invest more into GPU performance if it has CUDA acceleration, for example. Lastly, if he can hold off for a few more weeks AMD should be releasing the cheaper B550 motherboards, where he can save a few bucks. Intel might also be a consideration if he's going to focus on Photo editing more than video editing. But it will cost more, and right now the Ryzen 3600 and 3700X are the best bang for the buck productivity CPUs. PCPartPicker Part List CPU: AMD Ryzen 7 3700X 3.6 GHz 8-Core Processor ($413.45 @ Amazon Canada) Motherboard: Asus PRIME X570-P ATX AM4 Motherboard ($229.00 @ Canada Computers) Memory: G.Skill Aegis 32 GB (2 x 16 GB) DDR4-3200 CL16 Memory ($159.99 @ Newegg Canada) Storage: ADATA XPG SX8100 1 TB M.2-2280 NVME Solid State Drive ($169.99 @ Newegg Canada Marketplace) Video Card: Asus GeForce GTX 1650 4 GB Phoenix OC Video Card ($199.99 @ Newegg Canada) Case: Cougar MX330 ATX Mid Tower Case ($69.99 @ Newegg Canada) Power Supply: SeaSonic S12III 550 W 80+ Bronze Certified ATX Power Supply ($84.99 @ Newegg Canada) Total: $1327.40 Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available Generated by PCPartPicker 2020-06-13 17:51 EDT-0400 And you can get a Windows 10 key on ebay for <$5.
  22. The fans probably only kick in when it gets too hot. The heatsink is massive enough to cool it passively at idle.
  23. Before swapping, try setting the resolution and refresh rate to your monitor's native one. Right now the drivers probably set a 59.97 refresh rate. And then hope that sticks when swapping over, lol.
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