Recent content by robertbhart

Obviously going up in resolution while keeping the screen size the same will increase pixel density and that can make a difference in some rooms. I have my doubts whether going from 1080p to 1440p would make much of a difference when it comes to text on a 27" monitor but there's no harm in...

Everyone knows that.

The best used one off ebay you can find. If you're looking to play the latest games then $750 is nowhere near enough to get any new gaming laptop that is worth owning. That is the simple truth of it. Even if buying used, you'll still have to dial back performance expectations with such a...

How are you monitoring the temp? I've never found the PCs own readings in the software to be very reliable. Perhaps this is the source of confusion here. It seems logical that, if you're seeing the same temperature with half the amount of cooling fans, that there is an issue with the...

What he said + also try another riser. I used to use a lot of them when designing small form factor PCs with full-size GPUs. A lot of them are poorly made. It wasn't unusual for me to find 4 working from a box of 10 sometimes.

Contrast has little to do with size or resolution. It's most impacted by the type of display and the panel design. CRT, Plasma and Oled are capable of significantly better contrast than LCD because they light pixels individually and the phosphor glow is the actual light source. One group of...

Teknoparrot isn't an emulator, it's an arcade loader. There is a big difference in terms of answering this question. Asking what specs for Teknoparrot is like asking what specs to play PC games. They're all different. It's not like a console emulator which is always emulating the same hardware...

This isn't really a question. It's more about putting an idea out into the world. As a retro gamer and someone who plays the latest games too, I'm sick of having to run two PCs because of pointless restrictions built into gpu drivers and firmware. There is no technical reason why the latest...

That is not entirely accurate. The GPU is incredibly important for 3d graphics programs. It's true that most high quality rendering is done by the CPU but while you're actually creating and viewing 3d graphics / cad files it's all GPU. With a low end GPU it will be very slow, jerky and more...

I think you'd be better off with some kind of vinyl printer for that kind of thing. You should print directly onto something glossy which comes with an adhesive layer or you'll have to invest in a laminator. If you're aiming for professional-looking results, I don't think any desktop printer...

Maybe you'll have to attach a second keyboard or.... Just use the keyboard as a keyboard and play games with a regular joypad (with a pair of analog thumbsticks). Maybe I'm just getting old but it sounds like you created a problem that you didn't need to. Perhaps I just don't understand the...

I would if you lived anywhere close to the Ny / NJ / CT border?

That's true and people will pay that (and more) for the right monitor. I paid $200 to get my Ikegami TM20-90rh 20" CRT shipped to me. A lot of CRT monitor listings are pick-up only if the monitor in question is not worth shipping. There is a huge difference in desirability between an NEC XM2950...

Simply having a bright projector will not make it work well in a bright room. Projectors require a dark room because they can't projects blacks (there's no such thing as black light). On a white screen with the lights on, all the dark detail will be lost and the image will look washed out...

For retro gamers (like me) it's usually the larger 15khz capable CRT monitors that have value today. Broadcast monitors like the Sony PVM /BVM range, large presentation displays like the Nec XM29 and arcade monitors etc. PC CRT monitors usually won't sync below 31khz and they usually have a...