Recent content by criccio

That's likely exactly why the OP created this thread. Also there is no sense in simply wondering about things, these days you look things up. https://www.tomshardware.com/software/windows/windows-11-24h2-will-enable-bitlocker-encryption-for-everyone-happens-on-both-clean-installs-and-reinstalls

No, but I use the Home variants of Windows at home so its never been an option.

Join us, its wonderful over here. Ha, yeah I love this game, the story, the gameplay, the weapons, the environments, the gunplay... everything except actually playing it myself. I dropped it cold turkey in Season of the Splicer after I was asked to do another strike i've run 1000 times. Not...

That nano-textured glass looked, sorry to say, but pretty bad at least in MKBHD's video. He even said it takes away from the "OLED'ness" and at least in video, I tend to agree. I like my OLED glossy. But, really depends on your use case and environment, I suppose.

No fan adjustment you make is going to fix the core/hotspot delta issue you have.

The case is bad, that's clear, but you're still getting a 20+c delta between core and hotspot, nearly 25c. That's a problem you're not going to solve with more cooling.

Linked to the timestamp where Marques talks about these two options and shows some video of both after his hands on today. TBH it looks awful. Ruins the whole point of OLED. https://youtu.be/-T0MGehwWvE?t=356

There is an unfortunate disconnect between the real world and numbers reviewers spit out.

Maybe not, but this makes it sound like you’re getting a subpar HDR experience. People say this all the time about my C2, meanwhile the damn thing makes me squint at bright elements in HDR content. I’m just not onboard with that argument.

That or QDEL, possibly.

My C2 is on somedays for 15+ hours. Hidden Taskbar, black background, liberal use of a screensaver when walking away for a short time, good dark mode extension for your browser that changes the scrollbar, SDR slider in Windows at 5%.. the main things I do. Windows on screen are NEVER...

Depends on the person. Text clarity even on my older C2 is fine, I have no issues with it. Burn in will always be a possibility with organic LED's, no way to prevent it completely. I just do my part to minimize the risk and stop thinking about it. OLED will be replaced with something else...

I was watching hotspot temps last night while playing Horizon Forbidden West (4K max, DLSS Quality, 118fps framerate cap). My TUF 4090 was only at roughly 65% load due to the framerate cap but core temps hovered around 58-60 and hotspot around 70c (reported by HWiNFO)

That seems very out of character for a STRIX 4090. IMO you have two choices, RMA it or try to fix it yourself with a re-paste. (third option is of course do nothing) Given the actual core temp is exactly where it should be, i'm thinking a mounting pressure issue. Over 15c or so there is...

Yeah, does this case have intake fans at all? Its unclear.