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[Simius The Monkey]

So guys we've had some time now to experience Ray Tracing in games. Thus far, what games really stand out to you as justification for the tech?

Right now of the games I've played, it really is only Control that has felt really impactful.

CP2077 was great too, but it didn't pop out at me the same way Control did.

Still think we're a couple of years off, maybe 5 or 10, before ray tracing becomes a standard.

On my 970 the ray tracing in Control works like this: if the camera can see the light source then the light reflects off the ground. As soon as you pan down our whatever so you no longer see the light source the reflection completely disappears.

What I'm getting at is I'm excited to get a 4070 to be able to actually get some ray tracing and whatnot. I've ramped it up in a couple of games and while it makes it really pretty my card in no way can handle it and keep any frame rate.

Edit: actually, come to think off it, I might have tried it out using that Xbox live streaming service thing... So maybe it wasn't using my card at all. Either way it was off-putting.

 

[SBrooks1]

I just had my first partition fail in my DS416j NAS. I'm running RAID5. What's my next step? Can I just hot swap Drive 1 and it will initiate a rebuild?

 

[borazhasleftthebuilding]

wifes laptop is locked up from bitlocker

first round of attempts (watching yt videos) so far no success lol

 

[lowfat]

wifes laptop is locked up from bitlocker

first round of attempts (watching yt videos) so far no success lol

Don't use OneDrive? Keys should be uploaded there.

 

[stevezissou]

I just had my first partition fail in my DS416j NAS. I'm running RAID5. What's my next step? Can I just hot swap Drive 1 and it will initiate a rebuild?

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[borazhasleftthebuilding]

Don't use OneDrive? Keys should be uploaded there.

dont use onedrive

 

[Vilnius]

I swear it's fucking insane that it's easier to fucking rip a blu-ray and watch the .mkv than it is to just watch a blu-ray on your PC.

Using VLC?

 

[lowfat]

Anyone using balena? Trying to setup a Pi for BalenaSound but I haven't the foggiest idea wtf I'm doing.

EDIT: Maybe a Firefox issue. Tried Chrome and it looks like it is deploying correctly now.

 

[Section8]

moved this weekend, got the PC setup in the new office. correction - dumpster PC. Going to buy a new desk soon to replace this POS ikea but it is working for now.

 

[the_antsy_honda]

is that the z623? I have those too, the subwoofer I don't even ever turn on much but it is a nice footrest

 

[Section8]

is that the z623? I have those too, the subwoofer I don't even ever turn on much but it is a nice footrest

I think so? I ordered it last year and now i don't remember which model it is lol.

 

[the_antsy_honda]

RDNA2 refresh reviews are all out.

Does anyone even care anymore

 

[EdgeOfSanity]

RDNA2 refresh reviews are all out.

Does anyone even care anymore

No, refreshes shouldn't exist.

 

[the_antsy_honda]

Even so, they are available on amd site

https://www.amd.com/en/direct-buy/us

 

[sans_pants]

Anyone got a cheapy external blu ray drive recommendation I can use for ripping

 

[yonson]

Good reason to keep around one of those cheap ass Xbox s consoles from Costco.

Those won't play 4K BR's...

 

[yonson]

Using VLC?

Yup.

 

[yonson]

Anyone got a cheapy external blu ray drive recommendation I can use for ripping

I've got a LG somethign or the other. Check out the MakeMKV forum for a list of the ones you want to try to get.

 

[the_antsy_honda]

Those won't play 4K BR's...

no shit? I guess I don't own any

 

[yonson]

no shit? I guess I don't own any

I probably shouldn't say that. I've never owned an xbox only playstation and the PS4 won't so just assuming

 

[Vilnius]

Yup.

Oh wow, I just assumed it would play. It used to. TBF I haven't even tried physical media in literal years.

I guess I'd use the PS4/PS5 if I absolutely had to.

 

[the_antsy_honda]

I probably shouldn't say that. I've never owned an xbox only playstation and the PS4 won't so just assuming

I actually do not own any 4k blurays so i wouldn't know

 

[XR250rdr]

Those won't play 4K BR's...

Of course they won't...Series S doesn't have a disc drive.

 

[XR250rdr]

On my 970 the ray tracing in Control works like this: if the camera can see the light source then the light reflects off the ground. As soon as you pan down our whatever so you no longer see the light source the reflection completely disappears.

What I'm getting at is I'm excited to get a 4070 to be able to actually get some ray tracing and whatnot. I've ramped it up in a couple of games and while it makes it really pretty my card in no way can handle it and keep any frame rate.

Edit: actually, come to think off it, I might have tried it out using that Xbox live streaming service thing... So maybe it wasn't using my card at all. Either way it was off-putting.

It must have been streaming since the 970 doesn't have the ability to do any ray tracing.

 

[Vilnius]

It must have been streaming since the 970 doesn't have the ability to do any ray tracing.

Nah, it's like how you could do 3D before there were 3D accelerators. You can DO raytracing without RTX cores, it's just super lightweight or really inefficient. I thought it was limited to the 10x cards for Nvidia though.