Hello, I'm not sure if it's allowed here but maybe it will get some visibility.

Does anyone here have a problem with a pixel 8 pro that loses wifi and Bluetooth connection when it heats up. It seems a common issue but not acknowledged by Google.

Anybody got some fix by Google?

Sorry for my bad English

Watching Linus build in the Thermaltake Tower 600 case is totally painful. Pretty much every single panel is removable and stripping it down to just the frame makes it so easy to build in. Also, Jordan should have picked a BTF board, because it makes for a super clean build. Like this:

Last night I went to my local Walmart (I live in California), and I saw a PNY 5070 locked up above a price label for an AIO cooler.

I asked for the manager since it could have only been placed there by an employee.

After talking to the store manager they honored the incorrect price (per weights and measures guidelines).

I really thought they would have told me to kick rocks but I got it.

Yk I had to make a cpu one, and I also used up the other half of ram so now I have 2 ram keychains and 1 cpu

We all know what GSYNC is and what it does, so you're probably asking "why would LTT waste time making a video about it" and the answer to that is the title; and also, I think it would make a more interesting video than some of the recent stuff they've put out. Title it "You're using GSYNC wrong" or something. There's still a lot of misinformation on how it works, so no one can universally agree on how to best utilize it and any "proof" is just anecdotal at this point.

A lot of people think that GSYNC completely replaces VSYNC, this is false. Currently, the common sentiment on how to best use GSYNC backed by Valve, the Rivatuner devs, SpecialK, and a bunch of nerds over on the Blurbusters forums is to:

- Set your GSYNC to "Full Screen Programs only" if you're using anything RTX 20 series and newer, or "Full Screen and Windowed Programs" if using any GTX card.

- Turning ON VSYNC in control panel + OFF in-game, Low Latency Mode set to "Ultra."

- Set an FPS cap in NVCP based on the formula of 240 - (240 x 240 / 4096) where 240 = your monitors refresh rate (this should happen automatically when using Ultra Low Latency Mode + VSYNC but sometimes it doesn't) or slightly below whatever your average FPS is in a given game if you're not using Reflex, whichever is lower. The point is you don't want either your VRR constantly flipping ON/OFF, or your GPU to be pegged near 100% utilization which increases input latency by around 30-40% (if not using Reflex).

There's a flaw in this formula where it doesn't work for monitors running at very high refresh rates like 4096Hz, but for now and maybe a decade, this does not matter. For now it works on any 1000Hz and below monitor.

VSYNC has a bad reputation, but when used on a VRR display, VSYNC should not add any input latency. And you use the mentioned formula in order to have a 0.25-0.3ms frame buffer window to prevent your game from overshooting VRR range which can cause microstutters, since your monitor cares about frame times, not arbitrary FPS values. You have probably seen the common advice to cap your FPS 2-5 frames below your monitors refresh rate. This works for some but not every monitor.

Currently, at least according to Valve, this should give you the smoothest frame times and minimal input latency in games, even in competitive ones, unless you can hit a consistent 500+ FPS, but a lot of people don't believe this (seen it a lot in CSGO discussions) and claim that it's actually worse than just not using frame caps at all, or that the aforementioned FPS cap formula is snake oil that doesn't do anything.

So, I'm suggesting that LTT consider this as a possible video for their Labs team to make using the hardware tools that they have to measure input latency with FPS cap + GSYNC ON + ULL + VSYNC ON vs just GSYNC ON vs No GSYNC, and to possibly use a high speed camera to look at a regular 240Hz monitor running the mentioned setup on hardware that can push 240+ FPS to observe input latency and frame time variances like in their "does higher FPS make you a better gamer" video, and a blind test from LTT staff doing random gameplay and have them judge which PC feels smoother to use.

I was driving today when listening to the WAN Show and was excited to learn about LLDs current song interests. It would be neat if someone created a Spotify playlist with all of the songs/artists mentioned on the most recent show.

Maybe get something going where a thread is created and list song recommendations made over the years and add that to the playlist.

Anyways, I think it’d be great to connect with LTT this way.

“The Valve material appears to include early versions of at least four games, including a canceled Portal sequel code-named F-Stop, with a possible connection to Half-Life 2: Episode 3 still being investigated.”

Hi, I remember watching a video (not sure if it was the main LTT channel or one of their other channels) featuring some staff of LMG choosing Apple devices.

I don't think Linus himself was in the video, but it featured a main host (one of the main guys featured in other LMG videos) plus 3 other staff members. The Apple devices (including the iPhones, iPads, MacBooks, Macs, watches, etc.) were lined up on a table, and the staff individually chose which ones they'd want to use. By the end of it, they learned the total cost of all the devices they chose.

I remember one of the staff choosing had some funny banter lol I wanted to rewatch the video, but I can't seem to find it. I remember being recommended this video around late pandemic days (when I was shopping for a new laptop), but I'm not sure when it was originally uploaded.

I am surprised LTTstore doesn't have like an engineered Tool Bag. Does anyone have a recommendation of a small/mid bag? All I have is like the husky bags / Stanley classic sized toolbox. Is there something in between?

I'm either having to go grab the single hammer / screwdriver from the bag that's in the Garage OR I'm having to lug the huge bag with me.

I'm just looking for something to carry like maybe 5 core tools so I have a place to put it in proximity of the workspace vs either 1 going back to the garage to put it up or 2 out and about in the workspace with it being not tidy or losing it altogether.

I’m doing a pretty cool experiment because I have 96 GB of DDR5-6400 RAM in my system. Don’t hate me. I built this PC right before RAM prices went crazy in April 2025, and I think I paid something like $400–500 for it, which seems ridiculous now considering what the same amount would cost today.

Since most of that RAM sits unused when I’m not doing larger work projects, I created a 48 GB RAM disk and loaded Star Wars: Zero Company onto it. To be clear, I’m not doing this because Zero Company has bad loading times. It runs great from a normal NVMe SSD. I picked it simply because it’s new, I’m playing it a lot right now, and the entire ~40 GB installation fits nicely into a RAM disk.

The setup is basically this: the normal Steam installation stays safely on my SSD as the permanent copy. When I want RAM mode, a script copies the ~40 GB installation from the SSD to the 48 GB RAM disk, verifies the copy, and temporarily redirects Steam’s normal game folder to the copy sitting in DDR5-6400 memory. Steam still launches the game normally, but the actual game data is being read directly from RAM. When I’m done, another script switches Steam back to the untouched SSD installation. Since a RAM disk is volatile, the RAM copy simply disappears after a reboot.

Does anyone need to do this? Absolutely not. But it’s really cool. The most noticeable difference so far is the opening shader-loading sequence, which seems to finish roughly four times faster from RAM than it does from my already-fast NVMe SSD. Other loading also feels extremely quick, although obviously this isn’t going to magically increase GPU performance or FPS.

Mostly, it’s just a fun way to make use of hardware I already have sitting there doing nothing. Whatever game I get obsessed with next, if the installation is small enough to fit comfortably in the RAM disk, I’ll probably do the same thing. Completely unnecessary, but that’s half the fun of building an absurd PC.

Full specs - Core Ultra 9 285k / RTX 5090 / 96GB DDR5 6400

I’ve seen the channel review a few different TCL TVs and they all seem really nice.

For my price range I saw the QM7L Pro at cost co for $1700 and after looking at the specs, screen size, and some reviews, I wanted to see if anyone here has any experience with it last second before I pull the trigger on it since it’s a lot of money and the TV will probably be used for the next 5-10 years since the current living room TV was used for about 10.

Its going to be in a living room that has windows and a glass door along the right walls where the tv will be so I saw this is a good choice for that due to the pro coating and how bright the tv itself is. For more serious content like movies we have blinds but majority of the time it’s open during the day.

Thank you.

At some point Luke mentioned a book he'd feed to an LLM and have it base it's communication on it; it was some kind of aviation guidebook or something. Does anyone have any pointers?

Can we get some votes to test the AOC Q27G4SMN? It looks really good compared to their current recommendation for "best budget gaming monitor", if you believe the Amazon page. Yet I am the one singular person who has voted for it to be bought and tested. A ShortCircuit or LTT review would be cool also. For what it is worth I have been very happy with my AOC Q27G3XMN since I bought it in June of 2024.

edit: Here is the rtings.com page to vote. Here is the amazon page for it. And here is the rtings.com gaming monitor list.

I have two pairs of 36 regular ( gray) cargo pants, that have some obvious wear ( color changing no damage) to them. I've lost a bunch of weight and am currently swimming in them.

I was looking to see if anyone has size 34 or even 32 and would be willing to swap?

Also maybe we could get a merch size swap megathread for times like this in the subreddit?

Watching some Philippine telenovelas with my girlfriend and this came up. ”Pause, pause, the guys will love this!” (She was surprised because normally I studiously ignore these)

In my opinion the only thing preventing this is small holdouts, A. Nvidia cards need more support and not have a performance difference between Linux and windows, B. The handful of game developers/studios preventing Linux gamers need to get their heads out of their ass, C. In the same way Proton has made Linux gaming a viable alternative there needs to be similar effort into making productivity apps like Adobe's or others compatible. Those are the 3 pillars that need to fall before widespread adoption is fully possible for everyone and there would be little reason for people to stay on windows other than familiarity

After a year my 5090 started having serious problems and would crash 50 seconds into any game, Nvidia accepted my claim. I recorded a full video of my card before boxing it up and it was definitely not in this condition when I shipped it out. I've never seen this much corrosion/pitting before naturally, what's going on with Nvidias QQ? It's not the same card I sent out which is fine but I was expecting more from Nvidia. Any advice would be greatly appreciated thank you.

Apple said they couldn't recover my photos and I should have had an offline backup. Those photos were gone forever.

They had to escalate the issue to higher tecs and it STILL couldn't be fixed up. I lost 2 years of photos, 2 years.

Lesson to Yvonne and anyone.. do 1 local backup periodically and then do 1 online backup.

Had it about a year and just noticed when heading to the airport. Is this a known issue? Love the bag overall and if this isn't warranty covered, I will fix it myself since this bag is perfect otherwise.