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Post by Jambowayoh on Mar 31, 2024 16:45:30 GMT
I'm in my first month after getting 1gig fibre and it's currently a 12fold speed increase over what I've had for the past 6 or more years. Genuinely excites me watching it rip through big downloads (recently did horizon 90gb in around 10 mins) so doubling or more again would probably melt my brain entirely. 10 mins?! Christ, I thought I was doing ok with dl 60-70gb games in about 30 minutes.
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Post by crashV👀d👀 on Mar 31, 2024 18:14:26 GMT
I'm rounding down a bit obvs but at full tilt on a wired connection it's pulling over 120MB a sec.
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Post by Jambowayoh on Mar 31, 2024 19:01:11 GMT
That is crazy. I mean I'm quite fine with downloading a 100gb game in around an hour l, it gives me time to do something else while I wait. I'm not sure what I'd do with a stupidly fast connection especially as I live alone and I'm not fighting for bandwidth.
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Post by Deleted on Mar 31, 2024 19:21:41 GMT
Takes me about an hour and a half, and I have the audacity to complain. I still remember it taking an entire day to download a game on DSL.
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Post by Goban on Mar 31, 2024 19:44:10 GMT
We're just in the process of getting wired up to full fibre in my village. I don't think I need a stupidly fast connection, but i'd have to hand in my geek credentials if I didn't sign up.
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Post by barchetta on Mar 31, 2024 20:09:38 GMT
I'd definitely fancy an upgrade from 40Mbps but a shared drive that would need a 100 ft trench dug and retarmacing a pretty large area precludes any short-term action. Had a quick poll of the neighbours and they weren't up for it.
Shame. Would be easier to move house!
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Post by Vandelay on Mar 31, 2024 20:48:16 GMT
Still on about 40Mbps as well, so the idea of downloading 100GB in about an hour sounds like a dream to me, let alone under 10 minutes. Normally takes me most of a day, whilst having to pause or limit the download ever so often for other uses.
Then again, the only thing I would say I actually need faster download speeds for would be to download games quicker. Outside of that, what I have now does the trick. Maybe a bit faster would give more consistency to 4K streams, but can't say it is noticeable at the moment.
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Post by dfunked on Mar 31, 2024 20:59:24 GMT
Yeah, outside of downloading games and occasional bits and pieces (why the fuck are Nvidia drivers over half a gig these days?), I'd be absolutely fine on my old connection.
If you've got a busier household then it definitely makes sense as you'd struggle with multiple people streaming etc on FTTC. If you're just a single person/couple then it's much more of a nice to have.
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Post by stuz359 on Mar 31, 2024 21:30:39 GMT
I'm rounding down a bit obvs but at full tilt on a wired connection it's pulling over 120MB a sec. Don't know your personal rig so may not be necessary, but have you looked at Geforce Now? Not saying you need it, but I'm kind of curious to know the experience. £20 a month for the premium tier, compared to a £1k GPU doesn't seem like a bad deal if the streaming holds up. My connection is around 20/25mb/sec though.
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Post by crashV👀d👀 on Mar 31, 2024 21:32:42 GMT
It is a lot of bandwidth and honestly I don't need the speed all the time but for it's cost why would I opt for something slower?
I was paying more for my previous 80mb line from plusnet and a BT line. This line is costing me .99p for 3 months then £29.50 for the next 18
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Post by Jambowayoh on Mar 31, 2024 21:42:51 GMT
I'm rounding down a bit obvs but at full tilt on a wired connection it's pulling over 120MB a sec. Don't know your personal rig so may not be necessary, but have you looked at Geforce Now? Not saying you need it, but I'm kind of curious to know the experience. £20 a month for the premium tier, compared to a £1k GPU doesn't seem like a bad deal if the streaming holds up. My connection is around 20/25mb/sec though. I've used Geforce Now Premium on my connection, it's not gigabit but like I said I can Dl something like Starfield for the Xbox in like an hour which for some reason seems to be slower than my PS5 which DL games quite quickly so like Elden Ring I can do in about 20-25 mins and yeah Geforce Now was like native quality playing cyberpunk maxed out with path tracing at 90fps at 1440p, DLSS Balanced mode. It was quite silly tbh.
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Post by barchetta on Mar 31, 2024 23:28:10 GMT
Does anyone have experience of the QD-OLED monitors? I'm looking to a 3440x1440 UWQHD as I'm mainly running open world/flight-sim stuff.
I'm thinking I won't run into too many burn-in type issues as I don't do much productivity on the PC - mainly Mac.
Some decent deals over Easter and I'm thinking I may jump from my older LG 34GL750 (2560x1080).
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Post by technoish on Apr 1, 2024 12:59:53 GMT
Get one with 3 year burn-in guarantee.
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Post by uiruki on Apr 1, 2024 13:22:23 GMT
I'm running two and they're both great. Had my AW3423DW for over two years now and no burn-in even though i used it most of the week for work. There's a bit of image retention from time to time but the in-built automatic panel care features take care of that. The high refresh rates and excellent HDR make them excellent for both speed and quality.
I don't think there are any ultra wide monitors based on the new panels though, which do have better text reproduction. That said, Dell only want 740 quid for the AW3423DWF which, while it's a lot, is excellent value compared to how much ultrawide monitors used to cost. Dell have the 3 year burn-in warranty as standard, too.
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Post by stixxuk on Apr 1, 2024 13:24:55 GMT
Yeah, I've got an Alienware AW3423DWF which I got for just under £700 a few months back. It's excellent, I do productivity stuff 3 days a week and so far it's fine. I don't go looking for burn-in and I take care of it by having a solid black desktop, turn off after 5 mins, hide the taskbar, use dark mode where available etc...
It's just brilliant for gaming and totally fine for work - I do lots of emails, presentations, calls, a bit of excel and coding and got no issues with the supposed text fringing etc.
Edit: I'd totally recommend this monitor at the price uiruki said, as long a you've got a decent enough graphics card to power it.
The downside is I'm now snobby about FPS - I want at least 80, ideally 100+ with no stutter please.
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Post by uiruki on Apr 1, 2024 13:28:56 GMT
Definitely don't get the AW3225QF then, my 3080 can't drive many games at 4K and 240fps...
That said I've been putting my PS5 through it and it does just fine. The eARC has been really useful for hooking it up to a receiver for better sound too.
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Post by barchetta on Apr 1, 2024 14:26:51 GMT
I found this 1440p QD-OLED ultrawide from MSI with 3 year currently at £800 down from £1300 and seems to review pretty well. Would be a good fit for my 7800x3D/4070 set up I think. Not a big fan of the design and it may be a little cheaper on materials than the Alienware, but I'm likely to mount it to the wall and remove the huge stand anyway. HDMI 2.1 but I doubt I'd run the PS5 or XSX through it - purely PC gaming.
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Post by stixxuk on Apr 1, 2024 14:32:23 GMT
Given they're about the same price, I'd go for whichever looks best to you. Can't go wrong with either as far as I can see, the DWF I've got had some issues with HDR 1000 early on but they got fixed in firmware. I'd recommend it, and it looks like it's a few quid cheaper, but I haven't done any research on the MSI at all and I'm guessing it's got some extra features for the higher pre-discount price...
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Post by barchetta on Apr 1, 2024 14:42:35 GMT
The only thing I see is it runs a fan occasionally whereas the (currently) higher priced MAG 341CQP QD-OLED does not. By all accounts seems it may spool up on initial startup but then drops to barely audible... I guess it is worth the risk and could return if there is any issue.
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Post by barchetta on Apr 1, 2024 14:47:42 GMT
Ach, in for a penny, in for a pound. I've done it. Also got a 'buy now pay 0% in March 2025' promo so I have the savings already and can let it sit and earn some interest too.
I'll let you know if I need ear defenders!
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Post by uiruki on Apr 1, 2024 15:20:11 GMT
I think the fan in the DWF is quieter than the one in the DW, and the one in the new QF really is inaudible (though it definitely does move air).
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Post by Fake_Blood on Apr 1, 2024 19:17:41 GMT
Widescreen OLED, nice! Nothing beats a new display for actual day to day improvement of your gaming experience.
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Post by stixxuk on Apr 1, 2024 20:46:20 GMT
I think the fan in the DWF is quieter than the one in the DW, and the one in the new QF really is inaudible (though it definitely does move air). For what it's worth I've never heard the fan in my dwf...
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Post by barchetta on Apr 4, 2024 15:47:17 GMT
Monitor arrived and is in place. Blimey! I was a little worried I'd be a little underwhelmed and only see the upgrade to 1440p uwqhd from the old 1080 but, much like when I changed from a SDR projector to an OLED TV, it is the depth of colour that hits you.
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Post by stixxuk on Apr 4, 2024 16:27:20 GMT
Nice, which one did you end up going for?
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Post by crashV👀d👀 on Apr 4, 2024 16:48:12 GMT
If I'd held on longer I probably would've got the oled Alienware ultrawide.
Mine is a fantastic monitor and it looks amazing but after using my steam deck, I'm very aware of the backlight zones faintly glowing on a black screen when something pops in the corner of the screen.
NGL, all this oled talk is urging me to sell my 2 gaming monitors and get something more oled'y.
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Post by uiruki on Apr 4, 2024 17:06:43 GMT
1080 to 1440 is a bigger improvement than you think, you get so much more room on the desktop.
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Post by Derblington on Apr 4, 2024 17:09:02 GMT
I want the LG UltraGear 45GR95QE. There was one a couple of weeks ago going for less than a 10,000kr but I missed it, and now they're all sitting at 15k.
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Post by uiruki on Apr 4, 2024 17:11:24 GMT
I think once they get a 38” 3840x1600 OLED I’ll have to bite on one of those. I had that in LCD form briefly (sent back for dead pixels) and it’s a fantastic size for working.
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Post by barchetta on Apr 4, 2024 17:32:12 GMT
Nice, which one did you end up going for? I went with the MSI MEG 342C QD-OLED. Impressed so far. Still working out some foibles of Win11 and HDR. MSFS2020 looks much sharper though - definite boost for the complex cockpits and VFR spotting of runways etc a bit easier too. Unlikely to use Ultrawide monitor with my XSX of PS5 but it has HDMI 2.1 if I do want to give that a go. Pretty much all PC gaming nowadays - and the likes of Halo Infinite and Sea of Thieves is fine as I can crossplay with my lads.
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