my MB shares the wifi antenna with its built-in Bluetooth and I can tell when the little pedestal stand at the end of the cable has fallen over because my mouse no longer connects from 40cm away
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Looking into this now and it might actually work! Iād hang that bastard outside of the case if I had to!
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wifi pci-e cards rise up
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In the market for a new gaming PC that can comfortably run Baldurās Gate 3 and Monster Hunter Wilds because my existing desktop needs retiring and I am not throwing my sodding hard-earned on a PS5 Pro
Budget is Ā£1,000 but open to the idea of pushing it to Ā£1,500 for additional future proofing if need be
Iām dithering on whether ācomfortably runā is too modest a requirement because ideally Iād like to be wowed
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What monitor do you plan to game on?
Hadnāt considered this aspect, however now that you mention it I suppose it would only be sensible to pair the thing with a worthy display
I think any monitor that respects the below would be the ideal, but also being the kind of person who hasnāt hooked up into anything other than a flatscreen TV for YEARS I am more than likely to be impressed with anything
MHW Target Specs:
Recommended:
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Requires a 64-bit processor and operating system
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OS: WindowsĀ®10 (64-bit Required)
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Processor: IntelĀ® Coreā¢ i5-11600K or IntelĀ® Coreā¢ i5-12400 or AMD Ryzenā¢ 5 3600X or AMD Ryzenā¢ 5 5500
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Memory: 16 GB RAM
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Graphics: NVIDIAĀ® GeForceĀ® RTX 2070 Super(VRAM 8GB) or NVIDIAĀ® GeForceĀ® RTX 4060(VRAM 8GB) or AMD Radeonā¢ RX 6700XT(VRAM 12GB)
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DirectX: Version 12
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Network: Broadband Internet connection
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Storage: 140 GB available space
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Additional Notes: SSD required. This game is expected to run at 1080p / 60 fps (with Frame Generation enabled) under the āMediumā graphics setting. DirectStorage supported.
BG3 Target Specs:
- CPU: Intel Core i7 8700K / AMD Ryzen 5 3600
- RAM: 16 GB
- VIDEO CARD: Nvidia GeForce RTX 2060 Super / RX 5700 XT (8GB+ of VRAM)
- DEDICATED VIDEO RAM: 8192 MB
- PIXEL SHADER: 5.1
- VERTEX SHADER: 5.1
- OS: Windows 10 64-bit
- FREE DISK SPACE: 150 GB
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the easy, boring answer is to carve out 6-800 local currencies for a GPU (4070 Super or better) and then flex on the other parts
or wait to see what everyone announces in a month at CES
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moving not out of annoyance but there might be more info youāre looking for here
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My router seems to be the cause for random network slowdowns, which a restart will fix. Any tips for troubleshooting what is the cause for this? I have an Archer C2600 and a gigabit connection.
Archer C2600 was one of my favorites (in terms of intangibles like radio strength, widespread compatibility, and not needing periodic restarts) prior to Wifi 6E routers finally becoming affordable, sorry youāre experiencing that.
cheapest solid upgrade imo is something AXE7800+ for in the ballpark of $150 like Amazon.com: ASUS RT-AXE7800 Tri-band WiFi 6E (802.11ax) Router, 6GHz Band, ASUS Safe Browsing, Upgraded Network Security, Instant Guard, Built-in VPN Features, Parental Controls, 2.5G Port, AiMesh Support : Electronics from the ālike newā store
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sorry if this is obvious but you could schedule a periodic restart during off hours on the weekend if the firmware allows
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Not obvious to me. Thanks for the suggestion. But I donāt see anything that would let me schedule periodic reboots in the admin site. Iāll consider if cfw is worth it just to do this.
fwiw, cfw is markedly not as good as stock firmware for a lot of recent-generation routers, unless you are building the whole router from like, an aliexpress NUC
it went from something you could flash onto a still-not-old off the shelf router to something thatās mainly useful for building your own, it tends to be missing hwaccel for newer radios otherwise
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itās a shame synology are 2 generations behind and normally as expensive as current hardware from other OEMs because iām really happy with their software
much better balance than unifiās consumer routers with oddly restricted throughput
(not a recommendation)
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yeah a lot of the weird prosumer options are kind of bad rn, I think they didnāt want this market enough
like if you want a current gen router you should either buy a mid-end asus/linksys/tp-link/netgear, get one of their mesh kits at the high end, or build your own nuc+access point monstrosity
Iāve been pretty happy with my Tp-Link Deco BE63 3-unit wifi 7 mesh. Itās been very reliable, the signal strength and aesthetics are good, and the mobile app is shockingly good.
My only disappointment has been going through the WiFi 7 mesh backhaul noticeably reduces game streaming quality/consistency, as compared to if I connect (wirelessly) to a nearby wired Deco. On paper it seemed like wifi 7 over 6ghz should be hard to distinguish from Ethernet, but thatās regrettably not the case, at least with this specific mesh system.
So I didnāt get the main thing I wanted by becoming an early adopter of wifi 7, and I would probably have been equally happy with a set of the much cheaper wifi 6 Decos.
my new place is like riiiiight at the edge of where mesh wouldāve been maaaaybe worth-it, size-wise, and I landed on no, and I donāt regret it, even though it means that like 1 or 2 devices on the bottom floor which technically support 6E are still connecting to the 5ghz SSID instead for signal strength, since Iāve never heard good enough things about the wireless backhaul
I can saturate gigabit internet with the asus 6E router I linked a few posts up from my desktop which is good enough for me
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Iām just in a single floor condo. I have a cat 6 wire running from one end to my office at the other. The WiFi signal is decent enough as is, until recent. But Iām hoping I can do some sunshine/moonlight streaming to a GeForce Cloud device on the same side of the condo as my office.
Donāt imagine I need a whole mesh network. Hoping that ASUS router will be enough.
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yes, it absolutely should, especially if either the host or client are wired but even if not should be OK
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just remembered the time apple stuck a u2 album on everyoneās account
lol
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