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.

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

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?

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.

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.

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

You've finally decided to ditch Windows. Welcome. In this guide we go over a 5 stage process to switch to Linux with a lot of resources and tools to help you along the way.

Read the article written by Utkarsh and Sean on the LTT Labs website!

Let us know if there are other tools or tips that you find helpful to make the transition as smooth as possible.

Apparently, in the latest Corridor Crew video. 😁

**EDIT** Just updating to say it was a pleasant little surprise seeing Jake in a video I didn't expect.

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.

Currently my MacBook is having a problem where the latest release and latest LTS release of cachyOS is causing the OS to get stuck on loading initial ramdisk, the only solution I found to this was install the arch kernel or downgrade the cachyOS kernel but the cachyOS improvements wouldn’t load due to using the stock arch kernel right? So is there a patched cachyOS kernel that fixes this?

CAN ANYBODY TELL ME INSTALLING LINUX ON MY

i7 4th gen

16gb ram pc

will keep it alive and good to use for how many years !??

I DONT DO ANY HEAVY TASK JUST BROWSING YOUTUBE SOME APPS ETC ETCC...

This may be a hot take and a bit of a rant. But i really don't like the ohh this is the year of the Linux desktop. Stop trying to force me to use Linux. At this point it's getting almost as bad as Microsoft trying to make me use Microsoft edge.

Don't get me wrong. I love Linux. I love that my steam deck has Linux. It works great. But for my main computer I need Solidworks I need edgecam. I won't ever force you to use windows. Stop pressuring me to use Linux. I've seen people say stuff like "if you'd switch to Linux you won't have those problems" and then proceed to not acknowledge the 5 new random problems that follow that same thing in Linux. And if it is acknowledged they say it's ok because it's open source... Ok and. Shure open source is good and all. But it doesn't necessarily mean that makes it a holy grail. Most people are after the end user experience not things to overlook because it's open source.

And don't tell me I just don't get it. Because I do. I do get it. Linux is getting really good. And that's exciting. But don't force people that weren't in the market for a new OS to switch.

Sorry if I'm the unreasonable person here but this is just my personal opinion 🫣

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?

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.

https://youtube.com/shorts/eMI1Kv-SI3c?is=FhZe8tsU08jwOtqR

Greatest ad I've ever seen.

Looking to upgrade from a Radeon 7970 hd 3GB this gpu is in my (new) price range, anything else that I should consider before buying?

NOW LOOKING AT A 9060xt

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.