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[L-Dog]

Mood Light Gray | Fractal Design

Mood is designed to streamline the gaming station with a look that harmonizes with the homes of modern gamers. It features a minimized footprint and a sleek fab...

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Hey guys saw this case and I will work very well in my living room next to my tv, any idea if there is a way I can mirror or view my pc on a screen connnected to my mouse and keyboard in the office while the pc is in my living room ?

 

[Fulcrum29]

Mood Light Gray | Fractal Design

Mood is designed to streamline the gaming station with a look that harmonizes with the homes of modern gamers. It features a minimized footprint and a sleek fab...

www.fractal-design.com

Hey guys saw this case and I will work very well in my living room next to my tv, any idea if there is a way I can mirror or view my pc on a screen connnected to my mouse and keyboard in the office while the pc is in my living room ?

You need to explore virtual KVM switch apps. There are open-source apps, but the only one I have experience with is Stardock's Multiplicity, which is proprietary. Otherwise, you could look to remote desktop solutions or media solutions.

 

[Fulcrum29]

https://videocardz.com/newz/asrock-next-gen-z890-taichi-aqua-motherboard-doesnt-have-a-single-usb-type-a-port

ASRock next-gen Z890 Taichi Aqua motherboard doesn’t have a single USB Type-A port​

It has S/PDIF. Who still cares about Type-A. Joking. Many people I know use Type-C to Type-A hubs to power their peripherals.

 

[ponder]

Mood Light Gray | Fractal Design

Mood is designed to streamline the gaming station with a look that harmonizes with the homes of modern gamers. It features a minimized footprint and a sleek fab...

www.fractal-design.com

Hey guys saw this case and I will work very well in my living room next to my tv, any idea if there is a way I can mirror or view my pc on a screen connnected to my mouse and keyboard in the office while the pc is in my living room ?

Which OS and what will you be using it for in your office (latency might be an issue)?

 

[L-Dog]

Which OS and what will you be using it for in your office (latency might be an issue)?

Windows, I would say mainly work but might also game (DOTA and CS 2) every now and then.

 

[Fulcrum29]

Windows, I would say mainly work but might also game (DOTA and CS 2) every now and then.

Just use Steam. It is neat and it works. Just log two PCs into the same account on the same network.

 

[L-Dog]

Just use Steam. It is neat and it works. Just log two PCs into the same account on the same network.

Ahh and I assume i just use a small PC box then ?

GMKtec NUCBOX G3 Titanium Grey Intel N100 3.40GHz Quad-Core 8GB(1x8GB) DDR4-3200MHz 256GB PCIe 3.0 NVMe M.2 SSD Windows 11 Pro Mini PC

Buy GMKtec NUCBOX G3 Titanium Grey Intel N100 3.40GHz Quad-Core 8GB(1x8GB) DDR4-3200MHz 256GB PCIe 3.0 NVMe M.2 SSD Windows 11 Pro Mini PC at Wootware with fast shipping & superb service.

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[Fulcrum29]

Ahh and I assume i just use a small PC box then ?

GMKtec NUCBOX G3 Titanium Grey Intel N100 3.40GHz Quad-Core 8GB(1x8GB) DDR4-3200MHz 256GB PCIe 3.0 NVMe M.2 SSD Windows 11 Pro Mini PC

Buy GMKtec NUCBOX G3 Titanium Grey Intel N100 3.40GHz Quad-Core 8GB(1x8GB) DDR4-3200MHz 256GB PCIe 3.0 NVMe M.2 SSD Windows 11 Pro Mini PC at Wootware with fast shipping & superb service.

www.wootware.co.za

Steam's minimum requirements are a quad-core CPU and a GPU with H264 decoding. Remote play is smooth, as long as you have a good and stable local network it is bliss.

 

[L-Dog]

Steam's minimum requirements are a quad-core CPU and a GPU with H264 decoding. Remote play is smooth, as long as you have a good and stable local network it is bliss.

Thanks any boxes you can recommend ?

 

[rambo919]

https://videocardz.com/newz/asrock-next-gen-z890-taichi-aqua-motherboard-doesnt-have-a-single-usb-type-a-port

It has S/PDIF. Who still cares about Type-A. Joking. Many people I know use Type-C to Type-A hubs to power their peripherals.

This is for special use cases probably..... what other than hubs would even plug into a Type-C? Even phones use C to A cables.

 

[Fulcrum29]

Thanks any boxes you can recommend ?

From my own experience, no. I can tell you that I have used an Amazon Fire HD 10 (11th Edition) without any issue. Though I would advise against playing competitive games over streams, even internally, due to the slight delay. Steam Link, however, is good. I have used it over a tunnel network too without issue.

As with any stream. For convenience, you have to cut back on responsiveness.

 

[Fulcrum29]

This is for special use cases probably..... what other than hubs would even plug into a Type-C? Even phones use C to A cables.

You already get wired peripherals with Type-C, though usually also boxed with a Type-A adapter. The same with wireless receivers. In time, Type-A will be phased out. Nothing lasts.

From the standards I have seen at Computex, it will be the same with BTF. Though I assume that this will take a long time to be standardized. Having too many SKUs is unsustainable.

Shrinking is a thing now too, unless you are building 'AI' productivity machines. SFF is being pushed. This is actually interesting. This could indicate an adoption pattern where smaller workloads will be processed on premise and larger workloads will be processed in the cloud, sorry, with AI. It is seen in all "AI" marketing.

These are important trends to watch. The thing about BTF is that it isn't anything new; it was long patent locked. Patent trolling in tech is a mess.

 

[Fulcrum29]

Nvidia's grasp of desktop GPU market balloons to 88% — AMD has just 12%, Intel negligible, says JPR

The discrete GPU industry is returning to seasonality.

www.tomshardware.com

Nvidia's grasp of desktop GPU market balloons to 88% — AMD has just 12%, Intel negligible, says JPR​

The discrete GPU industry is returning to seasonality.

Sales of desktop discrete graphics cards declined quarter-over-quarter, but improved year-over-year in Q1 2024, a recent report from Jon Peddie Research (JPR) shows. However, the performance of the two leading suppliers of standalone graphics processors was completely different: despite the market decline, Nvidia increased its sales and gained share (to 88%), whereas AMD's shipments decreased and the share fell sharply (to 12%). Both vendors are well-represented in the ranks of the best graphics cards available today.

Buy Team Red, the crowd said.

In my opinion AMD should keep on doing what they are doing with CPUs and keep to bridging the low-to-mid tier gaps in the GPU market with value. Playing catch up to Nvidia is not working, and the same crowd who tells people to buy AMD buys Nvidia. AMD is risking eroding their bottom to Intel, and Nvidia knows how to plug these gaps too. All AMD is achieving now is trying to go big without their GPUs going to homes.

AMD needs to do something to accelerate ROCm development. Open-sourcing was a step in the right direction, but currently it doesn't measure up to CUDA.

 

[Fulcrum29]

 

[Intox]

Thermalright murdering everyone on value, Royal Preytor Ultra for $45

 

[rambo919]

Nvidia's grasp of desktop GPU market balloons to 88% — AMD has just 12%, Intel negligible, says JPR

The discrete GPU industry is returning to seasonality.

www.tomshardware.com

Buy Team Red, the crowd said.

In my opinion AMD should keep on doing what they are doing with CPUs and keep to bridging the low-to-mid tier gaps in the GPU market with value. Playing catch up to Nvidia is not working, and the same crowd who tells people to buy AMD buys Nvidia. AMD is risking eroding their bottom to Intel, and Nvidia knows how to plug these gaps too. All AMD is achieving now is trying to go big without their GPUs going to homes.

AMD needs to do something to accelerate ROCm development. Open-sourcing was a step in the right direction, but currently it doesn't measure up to CUDA.

The problem is AMD decided to stupid.... they can easily price undercut nvidia and increase marketshare by volume, they can even take a loss one year and slash their marketing budget.... instead they try to mirror nvidia and price themselves just slightly lower. Currently AMD is the smart buy over nvidia but their models are still too damn expensive and draw too much power which over the long run making their models potentially even more expensive than what nvidia is.

On the CPU end arm is threatening to overtake x86 in many desktop use cases..... AMD needs to wake the fck up, ignore AI and grow a spine.

 

[Fulcrum29]

Thermalright murdering everyone on value, Royal Preytor Ultra for $45

I am curious whether some tech media was told by their sponsors not to promote the Thermalright booth

I would love to see their coolers stocked here; the reviews on their units are simply too good not to ignore the product. Not only does it provide exceptional value, it competes at the top-end.

 

[Intox]

I am curious whether some tech media was told by their sponsors not to promote the Thermalright booth

I would love to see their coolers stocked here; the reviews on their units are simply too good to ignore the product. Not only does it provide exceptional value, it competes at the top-end.

Agreed, it's nuts that we don't get them in SA.
I would prefer if Wootware dropped Scythe and brought in Thermalright coolers instead.

 

[Fulcrum29]

The problem is AMD decided to stupid.... they can easily price undercut nvidia and increase marketshare by volume, they can even take a loss one year and slash their marketing budget.... instead they try to mirror nvidia and price themselves just slightly lower. Currently AMD is the smart buy over nvidia but their models are still too damn expensive and draw too much power which over the long run making their models potentially even more expensive than what nvidia is.

On the CPU end arm is threatening to overtake x86 in many desktop use cases..... AMD needs to wake the fck up, ignore AI and grow a spine.

The world is in a strange place. Being a bit political, the US doesn’t want to allow China with compute power. By doing this, they also place restrictions on what may be sold to consumers. Next-gen consumer goods will be an interesting watch. I have discussed this in some detail in some other thread.

AMD can’t ignore AI; it is a data race. The industry sectors are where the money is at.

Looking at current pricing, the 4070 Ti/Super is a smarter buy than a RX 7900 XT, the 4080 Ti/Super is a smarter buy than the RX 7900 XTX. The RX 7800 XT is a good buy, but then Nvidia still compete on discounts. A RX 6800 XT is still a good buy, but then, again, Nvidia continues to compete on discounts. Nvidia's go-to-market team is simply smarter than AMD's.

Looking at AMD's product stack. GCN is dead. RDNA 1 is close to death. GCN matured, well, but it is not standing the test against new products. Nvidia is not neglecting their older architectures. Small things.

Anyhow. This year at Computex, several new things were introduced to the market which may or may not be standardized in time. I would call it progress, I haven't seen this many advances in a long time. New buyers should take note.

EDIT: I need sleep.

 

[rambo919]

The world is in a strange place. Being a bit political, the US doesn’t want to allow China with compute power. By doing this, they also place restrictions on what may be sold to consumers. Next-gen consumer goods will be an interesting watch. I have discussed this in some detail in some other thread.

AMD can’t ignore AI; it is a data race. The industry sectors are where the money is at.

Nah this is for Intel to wrestle with, AMD can power through on raw power... it makes much more sense to not put AI on the CPU or GPU anyway, rather put it on a dedicated separate PCIe device that is GPU agnostic.

Looking at current pricing, the 4070 Ti/Super is a smarter buy than a RX 7900 XT, the 4080 Ti/Super is a smarter buy than the RX 7900 XTX. The RX 7800 XT is a good buy, but then Nvidia still compete on discounts. A RX 6800 XT is still a good buy, but then, again, Nvidia continues to compete on discounts. Nvidia's go-to-market team is simply smarter than AMD's.

Well I generally consider 4080+ to be high end and 4090 to be gratuitous.... most people don't need anything more than 4070 for 1440p and 4k is in many ways still a luxury pipe dream. Hell the 7900GRE is more than enough for most people and cheaper than the 4070+ unless the prices have shifted again.... if nothing else I myself am considering not buying nvidia again out of sheer spite for their extortionary practices so I am biased.

Looking at AMD's product stack. GCN is dead. RDNA 1 is close to death. GCN matured, well, but it is not standing the test against new products. Nvidia is not neglecting their older architectures. Small things.

Anyhow. This year at Computex, several new things were introduced to the market which may or may not be standardized in time. I would call it progress, I haven't seen this many advances in a long time. New buyers should take note.

Next year will be the real test probably as these products mature to market.

EDIT: I need sleep.

Ja boet I saw the 20 series and wondered wtf