Spartan

@Bread M8.

Uh oh.

Excuse me @Nuclear Onion I don't know what you mean, there is no meme here. I would have thought 2 years would be enough time to plan 4 people to come together to play a video game. @Goku I want my reward when me and @Bread win

Hey guys I'm back. Let's finish this.

It hasn't even been a year yet and you guys telling me to forfeit? How does it feel mates to make me and Bread wait? I'm ruthless. Anyway, I'll play it whenever tbh just fucking message me on steam I'm on the computer like literally every fucking day lol. Also, I'm still playing ranked since I last made the post so....

You forgot @bethy Everyone needs to know to backup that bloody bspconvar whitelist file before you update the goddamn servers. I'll say it even when I'm not the one doing it anymore! Also thank you Caution for the thread, and to the love you guys give. SG has been part of my life near for near a decade, and if this was a job irl I'd probably never leave but, as it goes things need to move on. Likely I'll be around until the world gets nuked so cheerio for now.

Hey guys

It's unfortunate that I deleted and lost a lot of the pics that I took over the years but there are a few I could show. A picture I made for Psyche that suited him well @Psyche Old plink system we had to get a reg tag or some shit lmao And finally @Ms. Blargh ... The rest are too cringey to show to everyone. My adolescent self was an idiot.

http://www.steam-gamers.net/forum/showthread.php?t=66639 Never forget. It will happen.

I'll say it again. I'm 100% sure it is not an airflow problem. The case I have is big enough to install water tanks in there. My CPU is water cooled. The wires are arranged and assorted with cable ties. All the temperatures for my hardware show low 30s, high 20s excluding the GPU which is consistently at 40 - 60 degrees (it's running dual monitors and not cooled in any way other than the default heatsink). Your first and third point don't really help. The fans are clearly working otherwise the temperature wouldn't be as consistent as I have explained. If something is wrong with the GPU itself then I need to know what, the entire point here. Flashing my BIOS isn't something I've considered but I might look into it.

Everything's set to default right now. When the RPM rockets up it makes a lot of noise as you may guess from the whirring motion. I wouldn't say it makes my performance suffer, but I don't want it to keep doing this cycle and eventually burn itself out from simply 'ignoring it'. Definitely don't want to damage anything else in there.

PCI slot #2 didn't change anything. I also tried not installing any Nvidia drivers and used the Windows one. Still no change. The temperatures of everything inside my case is 100% fine. My GPU is fine at idle or with a bunch of broswer tabs open. Hell, even in-game it's fine but will randomly start increasing after a random amount of time.

I haven't tried another slot yet, will attempt shortly. I replaced the thermal paste where it was previously lol (heatsink, core).

Before I start to seriously think about parting ways with more money to buy a better GPU, I need some advice on a temperature issue I'm having with my current one. Now, before you go on reading, I know what you're thinking: "Wtf? Spartan, a TA, needs help with a temperature issue? :lul:". Well, yes. This issue is not your usual one however. I'm essentially looking for someone that may know hardware a bit more in-depth to explain this, or at the least has experienced it and knows a solution. Quick specs: GPU - NVIDIA GeForce GTX 660 Twin Frozr CPU - Intel i7 4790K 4GHz (water cooled) RAM - 8GB OS - Win 7 64 bit My current GPU temperature is around 40-60°C depending on what I'm running on one of my two monitors. Certain applications like running a Twitch stream pushes it up to 60°, and it stays here with no problems whatsoever. Previously when I would go into games, the temperature gets pushed into the 70s and would be fine there too. Recently it's started doing something strange. Let's say I run Rocket League. It's not a hard game to run graphically, needless to say I have no problem running it. However, slowly over time, the temperature rises from 60, to 70, to 80, and at around 80-90°C it will eventually shit the bed and raise the fan RPM to 3500 instantly, causing the temperature to dramatically fall back down to 60° within 5 - 10 seconds. At this point the temperature remains around 60 for a short while, and repeats the process over and over. Things I've done to try and remedy the situation: - Cleaned the dust out of all the fans inside the case. - Replaced the thermal paste on the GPU. - Ensured the PCI cable is properly attached, as well properly attached to the motherboard. - Visually checked the outer and inner circuit board for any damage to the pins and capacitors (all seems ok). - Set the MSI AfterBurner software to run a custom fan increase curve. - Set the auto fan speed on/off. - Benchmarked it with Heaven Benchmark. - Looked for any anomalies with clock speeds. - Updated NVIDIA drivers to the latest. Well none of this has fixed or shown anything, the problem persists. My best guess is some faulty sensor chip causing a false reading, or something else similar. I can't think of much else to try to see if the issue still happens. Google search has shown some similar problems related to this but usually ends with "Replace it / RMA it". I don't think I have warranty on it any longer, its over 3 years old. So, any thoughts?

Sorry guys I'm gona be gone for 2 years. I got accepted as an exchange student in Kenya and will be attending to the needs of starving children in my spare time. Don't worry I'll play the tournament out when I get back.

I'm gona actually ban you all.

MFW this tournament started at the end of April and it's 3 days from mid July and I'm still waiting.

Wait wait wait, you guys are telling me, if I use this 'adblock', I can disable ads!?!? Why haven't I thought of this before????????????????? -_- I find it ironic I'm being told how to disable ads on a browser (what kind of TA would I be if I didn't know about how to block ads?) when you clearly don't know about pogo monopoly and how it works with ads and I do. 1) You can't have adblock enabled because the table join system is a popup window in itself that won't let you join a room unless it is disabled. 2) If you can be bothered, you can block ads in the game popup window (don't think it stops the game itself), however, the game is still paused for 30 - 40 seconds regardless of whether it is blocked. Hence why I mentioned it. Metal - Yes I do think the host can prevent the ads as a paid member, or they are less frequent. Don't know enough about that.

Online monopoly sucks for two reasons. 1) Pogo makes you watch an ad every x turns (like 10 or something) and they always last 30 seconds + 5 - 10 seconds to get the game moving again. This repeats a dozen times. 2) People always end up selling their shit for minimal price to the person they want just to fuck over whoever's in first place because they're losing.

Short term - no, as long as: the outtake fan isn't blocked, no debris or static charge gets into it (the panel is there for a reason you know), and the components are securely fitted. Long term - the dust will continue to cause a problem and you will need to remove it one way or another. Use compressed air if you're too lazy or amateur to do it properly (taking it apart). There's always a chance of something going wrong if you leave it like that, sooner or later something may happen. Touching any of the components ungrounded could cause a problem (as you carry static charge). You also risk any static charge from electrically charged dust particles (rare this is the case but exposing the components to the elements all the time will eventually lead to some issues down the road. If your laptop is worth anything to you, take care of it.

I think the "Play by XX day or gtfo" system usually works. At this point it's been over 6 weeks. @Black Rain @Wolfee @arottenpickle @NoPants I get you guys are busy, or time zones conflict. Just 1v1 or forfeit; it's becoming unfair to people waiting.

How about we finish the tournaments we start?