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It's ruining my life D: first it takes over picnik now youtube =3= what's next facebook? Seriously Dafuq is going on?
Why is google taking over everything. I go and create a youtube account My REAL name shows up as the channel ANDD it links up every video i upload with everything related to my email. WTF!
ive had it with google D:
whyz it doing this DX ?
Answer
IMHO;
2 things come to mind: greed of the Google juggernaut, and a hidden agenda of the 'Powers that be'.
The first is obvious, I mean, who doesn't want to junk out that BMW and get a new Bentley?
The latter is more subtle, but you can get a hint from the latest DefCon article I saw recently: https://www.pcworld.com/businesscenter/article/260035/defcon_20_roundup_lessons_in_security.html
"A former NSA official...William Binney...[accused] NSA Director...Alexander [of] playing a âword gameâ and that the NSA was...collecting e-mails, Twitter writings, internet searches and other data...and indexing [them].
He said the NSA began building its data collection system...prior to 9/11, and then used the terrorist attacks...as the excuse to launch the data collection project.
Binney was contradicting statements made...by Alexander, who told the crowd...that his agency âabsolutelyâ does not maintain files on Americans.
...
But ACLU staff attorney Alex Abdo...noted that a gaping loophole in the law...allows the agency to do dragnet surveillance...and hold onto that data."
The game plan goes down like this: monitor> influence> control...all done over years of effort and subtle maneuvering with the eternal pacification mantra "it's for your own good". And the sheep remain contained in the fold, and content.
IMHO;
2 things come to mind: greed of the Google juggernaut, and a hidden agenda of the 'Powers that be'.
The first is obvious, I mean, who doesn't want to junk out that BMW and get a new Bentley?
The latter is more subtle, but you can get a hint from the latest DefCon article I saw recently: https://www.pcworld.com/businesscenter/article/260035/defcon_20_roundup_lessons_in_security.html
"A former NSA official...William Binney...[accused] NSA Director...Alexander [of] playing a âword gameâ and that the NSA was...collecting e-mails, Twitter writings, internet searches and other data...and indexing [them].
He said the NSA began building its data collection system...prior to 9/11, and then used the terrorist attacks...as the excuse to launch the data collection project.
Binney was contradicting statements made...by Alexander, who told the crowd...that his agency âabsolutelyâ does not maintain files on Americans.
...
But ACLU staff attorney Alex Abdo...noted that a gaping loophole in the law...allows the agency to do dragnet surveillance...and hold onto that data."
The game plan goes down like this: monitor> influence> control...all done over years of effort and subtle maneuvering with the eternal pacification mantra "it's for your own good". And the sheep remain contained in the fold, and content.
Dell Studio XPS on Windows 7 isn't reaching the full potential?
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Recently, a month ago, I purchased a Studio XPS 8100 desktop from Dell:
Intel i5 processor (3.20 ghz, two cores)
3 gb DDR3 RAM
512 mb Nvidia graphics card
Windows 7 64 bit
So far I've tried running Dead Space, Bioshock, World of Warcraft on the computer.
It reaches around 50% RAM usage and varying from 10% CPU to 40% usage on high graphic quality.
When I raid with 25 people or there is a lot of spell casting going on in World of Warcraft, my latency happens to be around 90 ms and my cpu usage is at 20% while my ram is at 50%, yet I'm running at a constant 13 fps during that fight.
I was wondering with all that free space and CPU on my computer, why does it still lag? I'm forced to turn the quality down to low and turn the resolution from 2048x1152 to 1280x720. Is it the OS, perhaps the poor graphics card? I could really use an experienced and detailed answer on what this is caused by and how to solve it.
Thanks!
Dead Space and Bioshock aren't online games. They are also both 2-3 years old.
Answer
Excessive ping time/latency is a problem with your ISP and broadband connection, not your computer's hardware.
However your low fps are almost certainly your graphics card. For gaming performance, the single most important component in your computer is the GPU, not the CPU. You could have the world's fastest Core i7 processor, but if you've got a $40 graphics card you'll still get terrible framerates because the card isn't capable of drawing pixels any faster.
Most brand-name computers (Dell, HP, Sony etc) come with weak graphics cards or even worse, integrated graphics. The fact that you didn't mention a model number on your graphics card (just that it has 512mb) is a red flag. When computer sellers advertise systems that way, it's usually because the card isn't so hot.
The amount of video memory on a card isn't a measure of how good the card is. While it's true that decent cards come with at least 512mb or 1gb of video memory these days, that number is usually the least important spec when looking at graphics cards. The TYPE of video memory, number of stream processors, Core and memory speeds are all much better indicators of how a card performs. But you don't really need to look at those underlying specs- it's better to check review sites like Tom's Hardware to find out which models have the best performance and price.
http://www.techspot.com/review/240-ati-radeon-hd-5670/page5.html
http://hothardware.com/Articles/ATI-Radeon-HD-4830-Mainstream-GPU/?page=8
A common tactic of video card manufacturers is to put extra memory on really low-end cards to make them look more appealing to unwary consumers. Don't be fooled! A 1gb GeForce 9500GT is still vastly inferior to a 512mb GeForce 9800GT (roughly one-quarter as fast)!
Fortunately WoW isn't very demanding. Bioshock and Dead Space are also older games for which any entry-level gaming card would be fine.
When upgrading, you'll need to consider the power requirements of cards you're considering. In general, the higher up the performance ladder you go, the more power you'll need. For example, $100 gaming cards like the GeForce 9800GT and Radeon 4770 require at least 400W power supply, while $150 cards like the GTS 250 and Radeon 5770 require at least 450-500W.
Major brand computers like Dell and HP typically come with 300W power supplies, which aren't enough for most serious gaming cards. To keep costs down, manufacturers build systems with the cheapest power supply that can safely handle the requirements of the system as they originally shipped it.
The best cards you can install with a stock 300W power supply are the Radeon 5670 and GeForce GT240. Anything higher-end requires a power supply upgrade.
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16814102871
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16814133306
Back to the issue of video card memory- at resolutions of 1680x1050 or lower, there's no advantage to 1gb cards over 512mb models. The additional memory on 1gb cards just sits unused, it's never even touched at 1440x900 or 1280x1024. When you go above 1900x1200, that's when 1gb cards perform better than their 512mb counterparts (assuming the card models are otherwise identical).
But... you need at LEAST a graphics card in the $170-$200 range like a Radeon 5770 or GTX 260 to play smoothly at such high resolutions anyway! If you're trying to play Crysis at 2048x1152, a $100 GeForce 9800GT (even with 1gb) simply isn't powerful enough.
Given the resolutions you've mentioned, I'd suggest a Radeon 5770 and 450W power supply. If you just had a 19" monitor, then an inexpensive Radeon 5670 would be enough.
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16814127490
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16817139003
Feb 2010 "Best gaming cards" roundup linked below:
Excessive ping time/latency is a problem with your ISP and broadband connection, not your computer's hardware.
However your low fps are almost certainly your graphics card. For gaming performance, the single most important component in your computer is the GPU, not the CPU. You could have the world's fastest Core i7 processor, but if you've got a $40 graphics card you'll still get terrible framerates because the card isn't capable of drawing pixels any faster.
Most brand-name computers (Dell, HP, Sony etc) come with weak graphics cards or even worse, integrated graphics. The fact that you didn't mention a model number on your graphics card (just that it has 512mb) is a red flag. When computer sellers advertise systems that way, it's usually because the card isn't so hot.
The amount of video memory on a card isn't a measure of how good the card is. While it's true that decent cards come with at least 512mb or 1gb of video memory these days, that number is usually the least important spec when looking at graphics cards. The TYPE of video memory, number of stream processors, Core and memory speeds are all much better indicators of how a card performs. But you don't really need to look at those underlying specs- it's better to check review sites like Tom's Hardware to find out which models have the best performance and price.
http://www.techspot.com/review/240-ati-radeon-hd-5670/page5.html
http://hothardware.com/Articles/ATI-Radeon-HD-4830-Mainstream-GPU/?page=8
A common tactic of video card manufacturers is to put extra memory on really low-end cards to make them look more appealing to unwary consumers. Don't be fooled! A 1gb GeForce 9500GT is still vastly inferior to a 512mb GeForce 9800GT (roughly one-quarter as fast)!
Fortunately WoW isn't very demanding. Bioshock and Dead Space are also older games for which any entry-level gaming card would be fine.
When upgrading, you'll need to consider the power requirements of cards you're considering. In general, the higher up the performance ladder you go, the more power you'll need. For example, $100 gaming cards like the GeForce 9800GT and Radeon 4770 require at least 400W power supply, while $150 cards like the GTS 250 and Radeon 5770 require at least 450-500W.
Major brand computers like Dell and HP typically come with 300W power supplies, which aren't enough for most serious gaming cards. To keep costs down, manufacturers build systems with the cheapest power supply that can safely handle the requirements of the system as they originally shipped it.
The best cards you can install with a stock 300W power supply are the Radeon 5670 and GeForce GT240. Anything higher-end requires a power supply upgrade.
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16814102871
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16814133306
Back to the issue of video card memory- at resolutions of 1680x1050 or lower, there's no advantage to 1gb cards over 512mb models. The additional memory on 1gb cards just sits unused, it's never even touched at 1440x900 or 1280x1024. When you go above 1900x1200, that's when 1gb cards perform better than their 512mb counterparts (assuming the card models are otherwise identical).
But... you need at LEAST a graphics card in the $170-$200 range like a Radeon 5770 or GTX 260 to play smoothly at such high resolutions anyway! If you're trying to play Crysis at 2048x1152, a $100 GeForce 9800GT (even with 1gb) simply isn't powerful enough.
Given the resolutions you've mentioned, I'd suggest a Radeon 5770 and 450W power supply. If you just had a 19" monitor, then an inexpensive Radeon 5670 would be enough.
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16814127490
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16817139003
Feb 2010 "Best gaming cards" roundup linked below:
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