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Hell if Big Navi has a card that can place in-between the 3070 and 3080 at a competitive price I think I know what I am getting (AMD/Radeon). 
So far the speculation is that The standard flagship Big Navi card will get to about 5% margin of difference to the 3080.
All AMD has to do is avoid the failures Nvidia has for for on the 3000 series as Nvidia tried to rush to compete their graphics card with the PS5 and the Series S/X. 
 

Hell speculators think AMD got a card that can compete with the 3090, but I wait for the 3rd party test results to draw that conclusion. 


@Hawkingbird the  Logitech G915 looks like a sexy beast, I hope you get it at a good price. 

So I started a PC Gaming thread in Tech Talk, mostly as I figure we also get a bunch of questions on upgrades and repair, ect.
And the sort that frequent Tech Talk more than GD would be more incline to answer, but you can still talk about PC games as it's not off topic. 

 

So I felt that the PC gaming thread should be here in Tech Talk instead of GD as its more than just "vidya gamz" despite there being Gaming in the title.

What we got look forwards to:

Nvidia RTX 3000 series is out
New AMD 5000 series Zen 3 Architecture This Month October 15   Next moth November 5, 2020.

AMD/Radeon RX 6000 series/ Big Navi, AMD will be holding a launch event for RDNA 2/Big Navi on October 28

Cyberpunk 2077 coming, get yours from GOG.com and directly support the studio (and its DRM free). 

Is it sad I just feel satisfied watching that punch over and over ?

Too bad this image is too big, this would make a sweet AV. 

This next one also pretty boss
 

54 minutes ago, Scanman said:

The ads were so goddamn big you couldn't even see the forum posts.

Ads were so bad that alot of tech talk was ready to start recommending ad blockers, then Mr Wizard threaten to ban anyone who even typed the words ad block. 

3 minutes ago, Sonero said:

Because before SRK died and was reborn, people offered up a million things they would do to keep the forums open.

Talks about everything from Premium, a tier premium and even sending donations. 
You think if bills was a problem, and people offering money that you take the money.

But na, lets migrate to the worst forum software made by people who hate forums and offer nothing people are offering cash money for. 

2 hours ago, Sonero said:

d3v also claimed I "rallied people to leave/SRK support" (I did neither, vhozite and darc_requiem were the ones who got fed up with it, I was just happy quitting the whole thing, I didn't tell anybody to leave the site).

What got me to leave is the fucking uppity attitude Preppy had, and how he "went" public like its no thing. 
it got me to take a hard look at SRK and reevaluate the whole forums. 

1 minute ago, axeman61 said:

Can any of you attest to that?

Well most Theaters near by now have assigned seating and they purposely skip every other seat or two. 

7 minutes ago, Sonero said:

LMAO, you're gonna pretend you wouldn't have hit up Karen Allen?

Who wouldn't 

Kate Capshaw who played Willie Scot in Temple of Doom didn't age as well. 

2 minutes ago, Chadouken said:

I'll rewrite GD real quick.

 

💩

 

There, all done!

Said the guy who's AV is the one who sleep with Marion Ravenwood

6 minutes ago, Sonero said:

I wanna say tech talk had the most amount of unique information stored in it. So as long as you download that subsection and make a wiki, a lot of the forum is basically there for historical info.

I started my hand at some of it, I admit it's too much work for just myself to do. Snag the one of the guides I written (the What stick to buy guide) and the finer points of the RJ45 guide. Rewriting the Dual Mod guide as the old one is difficult reading. It reads like you are trying to teach someone how to ride a bike by teaching them how to crawl first, and the descriptions used hurts my head.

Well Fuck. 

Who wants to tackle the Newbie Dojo? 

2 minutes ago, Sonero said:

 

I mean, fuck, SRK front page got beat up by eventhubs. 

Because fucking they sleep instead of being proactive. All SRK needed was a small circle of writers and contributors, hell I am sure you can get that work done for free if you asked nice. The hell what I am saying, that's out of character for the Evo higher ups. Cullar too busy spending FGC money on a Evo shaped hot tub, the owner of the forums is fuck who knows where and there no clear indicator who the flying fuck is actually running shit. 

Looks like when exposed, SRK shunk hella fast. 

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I am surprised SRK made it this long. Odd too they want to keep it afloat when people where offering to buy the whole site/forums. 

Yes I know people where trying to buy off the forums to keep it up, I almost convince someone with the money to do just that. 
They even offered to pay for any remaining bills for server use. 

Heads of SRK chose a really odd hill to die on. 

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No issues yet, but if anyone has the time to read though and feel like proof reading or adding to the knowledge base please feel free.

Shots fired?
 

Never mind, it was a shit video that showed nothing. 

Next time I should watch the video first, LOL. 

57 minutes ago, Maxx said:

This feels like entrapment 

That is when you swipe left 

3 hours ago, misterBee said:

Having some of the important guides moved over may encourage more people to use it.

Moved over the What stick to buy guide and the some of the highlights of rtdzign RJ45 Guide.
I decided to rewrite the Dual Modding guide as Nerrage's post on SRK TT is hard to read, especially when he gets into the theory of operation. 
I am going to assume people know basic electrical wiring. 

The following thread is a work in progress.

Disclaimer
Please remember that It is the end user’s responsibility to see to and to carry out proper implementation their own repairs and modifications. Ultimately the end users hold responsibility for how they implement their own repairs.

So you want to mod your stick so it works with more than 1 console/ system and that means ether replacing the PCB (printed circuit board) or adding an additional PCB.
Were going to focus on the 2nd, adding a second PCB to the first of your stick or controller.

I am going to make a few assumptions before I continue, I am assuming the reader knows the following

• Basic electrical wiring
• Basic electrical theory
• That you know how to solder
• That you know how to wire up your stick without dual modding

I also recommend reading up on http://slagcoin.com/ 

The site is kind of dated now, but all the basics and fundamentals still holds true. It covers basic arcade stick wiring and prepping various controller PCBs for arcade stick use, as well as building arcade sticks.

Before we begin a quick quote from the Cthulhu PCB creator Toodles

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Q: What are the golden rules?
A: The two golden rules of dual pcb mods:

1. All pcb’s must be common ground.
2. All pcb’s must be powered at all times.*

 

*The power going to the PCBs should only be coming from one console.
 

What we mean by common ground in this context?
All your buttons, joystick directions, and inputs share the same ground path, or all their grounds are tied together. 
That if I get out a multimeter or continuity tester I can trace all the return voltages of each switch and input to a single ground trace/ground plane. 
What is a ground plane, a it's just a really thick area of copper on the board attached to ground or GND. 

How do I know my PCB is common ground or not?
We take the PCB out and test it with a Multimeter on continuity test mode, Diode test mode (and listen for the beeps) or if your multimeter is cheap or really old resistance mode (and you bee looking for zero ohms resistance but you can see the power going though). In a pinch of you lack a multimeter you can wire up a single circuit with a LED, a battery and some length of wire (google DIY continuity tester) .

You should get all your return or Gnd for each button contact and com/gnd on each switch going back to the same gnd. 

Here is an example of a Common ground PCB, with the ground points and inputs labeled


Why all PCBs needed to be powered?
Good question. With all PCBs powered, you do not have stray signals going from one PCB to another creating erroneous or false inputs, nor are you getting any inputs lost or interfered with. Keeping power on all boards keep the board's encoder on Idle, and they don't send out false inputs. 
But wouldn't that happen as the PCBs are plugged into the system?
No, as you do not want both PCBs plugged into their respective systems at the same time. If you are using an single RJ45 connector 9or another style connector) for system cables, you can only plug into one console at a time. It is not advisable to plug your stick into multiple consoles/systems. 

What you are trying to create with a dual mod would perhaps resemble this

Here are two PCBs with both of their Inputs wired together in a terminal strip going to the buttons and joystick.
You don't have to follow this diagram to the letter, just illustrating how such a mod can be done. 


Two PCBs Dual Modded with Both using USB

Items you need

• 1 common ground Controller PCB ( I would imagine this is already in your stick)
• 1 different common ground Controller PCB (as it make no sense to use 2 of the same PCB)
• Wire
• DPDT switch (double-pole, double-throw)  or a device that can take the function of a DPDT switch
• Your arcade controller/ Stick
• Your electrical tools, soldering iron, pliers, wire strippers ect.

You are going to cut the data lines on the USB cable (the green and white wires) and connect them to the output on the DPDT. Then find and connects the dates line from both boards to the inputs. Just make sure you keep green and white in order, especially if you use 1 color of wire.

For our example We are going to have a PS3 PCB and a Xbox 360 PCB, but any USB based PCB would work (including multiboards like the MC Cthulhu). 

You want to wire your DPDT switch like this