Recent content by mathew7

Or just use a cheap USB-HDMI capture stick and use the laptops HDMI output directly. You can use the camera app to see what the USB capture sees.

To all that compare this problem with the nvidia power pins: what do you prefer, a car that suddenly accelerates or a car that goes into "limp home" after 1 hour? Which do you think is really dangerous on the road? My point is that the nvidia power pins poses a potential fire hazard. This one...

What I don't like about this "guide" is that they stick to the same numbers for latencies. They should stick to the same "time", not "cycle numbers". CAS time is dependent only on memory voltage thus JEDEC speeds will have higher CAS times than XMP which is overvolted. As in: CL15@2133...

x86 would be good for flash and other linux plugins, but my experience with linux and atoms is TERRIBLE. Instead of using a Beelink HDMI stick, that would require me hours of tinkering to prepare it for HTPC, Core-M-based Intel Compute Stick was: install official Ubuntu ISO and everything works...

Sooo...where's my 13" with 1050 and 100+Hz? Preferably Thinkpad (and not the bigger-than-14" Alienware 13....I dismissed that 2 years ago). Closest choices for me are Razer Blade Stealth and Thinkpad T480 (both with 25W MX150, but 60Hz panels).

I have 5 SSDs in 3 systems (excludint tablets with eMMC) and 2 more in PS3+4. But those are in "work" systems. All my important data in on 1 8TB HDD drive that I monthly rsync to another server (which I wanted to be off-site, but never found time to configure it) with 2x4TB HDDs. All encrypted...

Where are the 12"-13" laptops with FHD and 1050 (or Kaby-lake G)? I bought the GS43VR last year (alienware 13" was barely smaller), but it's still too big. All I want is an x230 with 1050-level GPU. And no, 2-in-1 is not an option (looking at you, surface book 2...not safe doing tech support)

I see mining as a ponzi scheme. In all descriptions it sais the difficulty increases as more transactions are made. Since more users means more transactions, difficulty will increase exponentialy. Except for the fact that you don't put money directly (and you keep your investment), everything...

Or maybe, like my MSI laptop, shipped with an NVMe SDD and 2.5" HDD. I switched the HDD with the pretty-good scoring MX300 (thanks for confirming my good choice). I also tried to replace the Toshiba NVMe with a M.2 SATA SM951 as the Toshiba would make a noticeable hotspot on the case. But it...

This is not about doing what Intel designed it to do. This is about a possible vulnerability which could activate the AMT when user/IT kept it disabled. Think about the cold war sleeper agents. Being closed, there is no scrutiny, therefore even if a designed backdoor exists, it may be known to...

My biggest problem with automatic updates (whether this 10 upgrade, but more why I removed W10 from my systems) is that the installer/updater cannot anticipate your working schedule. You may be at the start of a 2-week emergency period and windows stalls you with the updates. You may be in a...

It's big news because it comes from Intel and runs x86 OS. I already own 4 android sticks (1 RK3066, 2 RK3166 and 1 RK3288) and I always have problems with the SW. I can't keep up with which SW (stock/custom ROMs) can do fullscreen, which SW will play my MotoGP streams, which has stuttering...

The same question I posted on Anandtech: how is the WIFI+Bluetooth interference? You said one of the keyboards was having issues. Did you try it with Wifi disabled? Think about it: you use a single radio for 2 protocols, so when "hopping" on BT pattern, you can't listen to incoming wifi signal...

So....I am looking for a few years for a small (15" would be limit) portable VGA+HDMI monitor (as in not a bulky stand). I don't need FullHD resolution, but it should accept it. In a related note, I have been thinking about a laptop-styled monitor+keyboard (and maybe mouse/touchpad) but to be...

The resolution has no importance on GPU memory (at least with todays 1+GB boards). The resolution itself needs around 100MB (maybe 2x or 3x due to buffering and internal GPU handling). So you would not use more than 0.5GB even at 2xAA. The problem is the GPU processing power, as 3x 4K monitors...