=== zmoylan-1i is now known as zmoylan-pi === Lcawte is now known as Lcawte|Away === m0nkey_ is now known as m0nkey_|away [04:52] hi all [05:46] diddledan [05:46] diod you watch ep 2 of csi cyber === Lcawte|Away is now known as Lcawte [10:09] morning all [10:09] mapp: i did [10:37] morning boys and girls. [10:56] morning brobostigon [11:15] morning MooDoo === m0nkey_|away is now known as m0nkey_ === m0nkey_|away is now known as m0nkey_ [14:36] * penguin42 uses the phrase 'a pool of gently festering chocolate goo' in a mail to ambrosia to explain why they need to improve the packaging on their chocolate custard [14:42] their marketing department will waste a lot of time trying to work that into an advert [14:43] and I'll be proud if they do [14:43] nah, you'll be out looking for an intact carton of chocolate custard [15:51] penguin42: :D [15:52] i had an almost impossible decision at a restaurant for lunch, cheesecake... sticky toffee pudding or brownie [15:52] so you got all of them? [15:52] nah, just the one! i've gained a bit too much weight during the downtime since hospital [16:01] so it was the STP ? [16:02] i find it's tough for them to get that one right, so i went brownie - controversially [16:04] well, chocolatey goodness - no cfc available? [16:05] chlorofluorocarbons ? o0 [16:05] Chocolate Fudge Cake [16:28] choccy fudge cake is teh awesome [16:28] nod, especially when it's given like 10s in a microwave to fudgicate it [16:29] no fudge cake nope :( [16:29] as it was i was going to stop drinking Guinness but i snuck a 4 pack into my shopping Friday [16:30] and polished off two last night before bed ;) [16:39] the google mothering sunday doodle is cute [16:41] ^_^ [17:02] hurumph! get-iplayer still snafu'd by BBC! [17:02] :( [17:02] i'm sure someone in here had it working well after i'd noticed it was borked also [17:03] * SuperEngineer composes letter "Dear Beeb, you ba***rds" [17:03] i was definitely trying the latest build from the site of whoever took over development [17:05] [I wouldn't mind so much if they didn't have a hate campaign against all those who had to work today and wanted to see a replay of F1] [17:06] * SuperEngineer wonders if there is a discrimination case against the beeb to be had out of this ;) [17:06] it annoys me that the beeb only have highlights of f1 on the iplayer instead of a full replay (when they had the full play rights to a race as opposed to sky-crippled highlights-only) [17:06] +1 [17:07] I get that they agreed that sky get full-play to all races and the beeb only get full-play on some, but if they had full-play on a particular race I don't see why they can't put that on the iplayer [17:08] it was a bit of a slap in the face by the beeb in agreeing to the deal anyway [17:09] again, +1 [17:10] I'm betting bernie ecclestone made a mint though, so it's all good -_- [17:10] :( [17:13] it looks like sky only do highlights replay, too [17:14] what, surely not! are you suggesting Ecclestone is finance only focused & couldn't give a damn about anybody but himself?!!! That is an awful suggestion... [17:15] ..shame it's true though ;) [17:17] on the bright side guys, you only need to see a couple of laps 'cause the rest are monotonous, so surely highlights are best :D [17:47] hi all [17:48] allo [18:21] evenin' [18:29] eyup [18:32] setting up 2 factor authentication on my xbox account was kinda fun, turning on my xbox one asked me to authorise it on my phone app... so i pulled it out of my pocket and just had to hit 'yes' \o/ [18:32] though i'm concerned that's yet another app running constantly on the ol' phone, sapping juice [18:32] 4GB DDR3 ordered for that cheap £208 Lenovo laptop, £20.99 delivered \o/ [18:33] that thing is now crazy fast with the free SSD too :) [18:34] which laptop? [18:34] https://www.dropbox.com/sh/7t7n5llpq5dyuc7/AACsIO22uCVR3MUceENXe3yla?dl=0 [18:34] this'un [18:35] bit chunky at 15", but it'll do for the old girl [18:35] free printer too, still don't know what to do with that :P [18:36] the 7mm thick 500GB HDD in that thing is so skinny... https://www.dropbox.com/s/8xbkunl846l085x/IMG_20150314_154708.jpg?dl=0 [18:36] there's it beside one manufactured in 2012 [18:36] well it's not like the SSD needs the space for heads or platters or things that have to move over each other [18:37] nah, both those are mechanical [18:37] must be a single platter with the skinny one [18:39] nod [18:41] but yeah that 180GB intel SSD in there is flying now :) bit more mother proof since it can be flung around now too [18:41] haha [21:42] m00 [21:43] mee00w. [21:43] m=0000w [21:43] * diddledan stroke the kitty shauno [21:48] pip pip [21:48] allo [22:30] evening [22:30] just finished The Blues Brothers \o/ [22:31] now i need to pick a cheap graphics card for a friend, hmm [22:31] nvidia GT 730 seems tempting 0o [22:32] hehe - blues bros rock [22:32] that they do :D [22:38] the sequel was never going to be as good but i enjoyed it [23:01] daftykins: i need a new graphics card at some point [23:02] wtf GTA 5 pushed back _again_ [23:02] popey: what's the popey game machine rocking at the moment? [23:02] * popey wakes it up [23:02] something crusty [23:03] :D [23:03] GTX 460 IIRC [23:03] mmmhmm, do you have any budget in mind? [23:03] nvidia 960s or 970s seem pretty nifty [23:03] Yes, GTX 460 [23:03] will i be able to just pull the old card out and put a new one in? [23:04] no additional PSU / mobo / cables etc? [23:04] mmm depends if your one right now uses any PCI Express graphics power connectors from the PSU [23:04] i'm not 100% on what power the 460s required [23:05] yeah, will remove it from the pc at some point and examine it more closely [23:05] my pc is not new / fast [23:05] it works [23:05] just an lspci entry should be plenty to go on? [23:05] its in windows right now :) [23:05] ah [23:05] devmgmt.msc 8D [23:05] * webpigeon_ has a 660 in his [23:05] * popey reboots it [23:06] appears to be £170~ for GTX 960s with 2GB, or ouch - £260+ for a GTX 970 4GB [23:06] thats out of my budget [23:06] I think no more than ~100 quid or so [23:07] GTX 750 Ti then perhaps [23:07] much of a step up from 460? [23:07] worth it? [23:07] lets pop them into the anandtech benchmarkerator [23:09] http://paste.ubuntu.com/10607008/ is my pc [23:09] crusty msi mobo MS-7680 [23:09] i7-2600 @ 3.4GHz [23:09] H61's a happy chappy, mmm 1155 sandybridge [23:10] http://gpu.userbenchmark.com/Compare/Nvidia-GTX-750-Ti-vs-Nvidia-GTX-460/2187vs2167 [23:10] hrmm [23:11] to be filled in my OEM is my favourite thing to see in dmidecode [23:11] doesn't seem like too much of a jump actually, that might be too low a budget [23:11] http://gpuboss.com/gpus/GeForce-GTX-750-Ti-vs-GeForce-GTX-460 [23:12] http://anandtech.com/bench/product/1135?vs=1130 closest i could find there was the GTX 480 [23:16] hmm [23:16] might have to spend a bit more [23:18] the 970 in comparison tramples even the 480 by a factor of 3 times higher framerates across the board, but is quite pricey - no entry in the table for the 960 sadly [23:19] i think the 960 would be your best bet [23:19] http://www.legitreviews.com/should-i-upgrade-my-geforce-gtx-460-to-a-geforce-gtx-960-video-card_157808/3 [23:19] cor, as if by magic [23:19] i hav a 6600. this pc's had a few upgrades over the years [23:19] still needs replacement [23:20] er, 660 not 6600 [23:20] directhex: would you concur on a 960 being a nice choice? [23:20] yeah, 960 is a good value card [23:20] 4 of them! quad sli! [23:20] XD [23:22] i doubt my mobo could take more than one :) [23:22] oooh! [23:22] It's my birthday soon! [23:23] right, if someone else is buying (although it comes out of a joint account so technically I am buying) what card should I get :D [23:23] http://www.overclockers.co.uk/productlist.php?groupid=701&catid=1914&subid=2379 [23:23] i like Asus ones i think [23:23] i tend to just go with highest warranty [23:24] hmm Zotac has 5 year [23:24] i don't trust pre-overclocked cards though, always been burnt by those [23:24] i had to replace the fans on this card [23:29] do you recall the brand? [23:30] i can probably find it in my past purchase history, one mo === Lcawte is now known as Lcawte|Away [23:30] wifey asked me today if I wanted anything specifically on my amazon wishlist [23:30] suddenly a graphics card appears as #1 :D [23:31] 01de:0beb [23:31] indeed! [23:31] does the pci id reveal mfr? [23:31] can't find the email [23:32] i don't seem to be getting much from google [23:32] http://uk.ign.com/articles/2015/01/13/gta-5-pc-release-date-and-system-specifications-announced says march 24 [23:33] http://www.amazon.co.uk/Grand-Theft-Auto-V-PC/dp/B00KL3W478 says april 14 [23:34] good ol' Rockstar, cashing in on the consoles most likely [23:36] before the : should be the vendor ID, but i can't find any data on the vendor [23:36] mmm same [23:37] probably some cheapo crap [23:38] i only have one 1080p screen attached, most games i play run at that resolution with sufficient stuff turned on for me to be entertained [23:39] yeah 2GB would be fine for that imo [23:39] there's talk of 4GB 960s but i think that just tends to be a 'bigger number' trap, or only benefit 4K types [23:40] pointless anyway, opengl (used to, don't know if it still does) keep a copy of the texture in main memory anyway [23:44] this box has uh.. 8GB i think [23:44] i suspect we're firmly talking Direct3D for GTA V on PC [23:45] if it's on Windows only, probably [23:47] popey: in most cases, no, pci id doesn't say manuf [23:47] HOWEVER [23:47] subsystem id does. [23:47] yeah, GTA V is windows only i think [23:48] "lspci -v" will show subsystem [23:48] nice to know my lovely old Q6600 Core 2 Quad is now minimum spec :> [23:48] 01:00.0 VGA compatible controller: NVIDIA Corporation GK106 [GeForce GTX 660] (rev a1) (prog-if 00 [VGA controller]) [23:48] Subsystem: ZOTAC International (MCO) Ltd. Device 1281 [23:48] ah interesting [23:49] 03:00.0 SATA controller: JMicron Technology Corp. JMB363 SATA/IDE Controller (rev 02) (prog-if 01 [AHCI 1.0]) [23:49] Subsystem: Gigabyte Technology Co., Ltd Motherboard [23:49] subsystems are exciting [23:50] popey so is Ori ;-; Windows and xbo exclusive so I dont get to play ;-; and MS must have paid to get some windows 8 and wp8 TY the tasmanian tiger exclusives... I miss TY ;-; [23:50] ori is a unity3d game, they could port it to linux in 2 clicks. ms paid for exclusivity [23:50] oh, that worked [23:50] Gigabyte [23:50] ChloeWolfieGirl: i bought that \o/ [23:51] very fun so far, but i've not had the time to go back [23:51] directhex, Its made by microsoft studios, the same people who made dust, so theres still hope :P [23:51] I bought a game off humble bundle, turned out to be Mac (and iOS only). [23:51] not that simple [23:51] I tweeted at the developer, my annoyance, and they gave me a code for iOS version of the game, which was nice of them. [23:52] *published* by microsoft game studios. developed by a small indie [23:52] generally, exclusivity involves bribes. [23:52] yeah [23:52] see also No Mans Sky [23:52] :( [23:52] So sad that's PS4 exclusive [23:53] daftykins I played a bit of it on the XBO, its so pretty and fun [23:53] +1 to that :) [23:55] alright time for bed, g'night all \o have a good week [23:55] nn [23:55] nigh Nigh daftykins