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    Are you having issues with Radeon Adrenalin 2020?

    Yes, I have problems with it. I got error when installing it after cleaning with DDU. Succeeded on second try. I got cursor corruption when disabled Freesync for benchmarking purposes. Random frozen black screens when gaming, Black screens when watching movies on MPC-BE when pausing video...
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    Thermaltake Introduces Toughpower GX1 Gold Series

    They seem to be CapXon.
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    Are this black-grey artifacts-squares in dark areas normal?

    In OP's pictures I can see huge banding issues, but this does not look only 8 or even 6-bit+FRC issue to me. I still think these pictures looks overly brightened, like gamma curve is totally off or something. Here are some test pictures. Here are what it looks like on my monitor, but it...
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    [Problem] UEFI card on a legacy BIOS Mobo!

    I have heard that specifically Sapphire RX cards has problems with Legacy BIOS. Even some people from Sapphire know something isn't right. Still, there is not very much info about this issue on the internet, because we are talking about Legacy BIOS...
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    Are this black-grey artifacts-squares in dark areas normal?

    Your model does not have the Black EQ feature, but Magic Upscale or Dynamic contrast could be causing this, if they are activated. "SAMSUNG MAGIC Upscale function can enhance the layers of the picture details and the vividness of the picture. The function has more obvious effects on...
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    Are this black-grey artifacts-squares in dark areas normal?

    What is the model of your new monitor? These artifacts can be caused by sh!tty implementation of "Black equaliser". Dependidng on implementation, it can also create artifacts that are moving around in desktop enviroment, adjusting to level of blacks of the pictures.
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    FreeSync causing boot problems

    Thanks for the info! I recently got Samsung C27HG70 and had the same problem. Because i had not used Freesync before, I did not know why it was happening. I also got boot errors and auto-resets, basically PC refused to boot with new monitor, using DP. And all that with black screen :( PC...
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    Samsung Announces the CHG70 and CHG90 QLED Monitors: HDR and FreeSync 2

    I just bought C27HG70 too. Colors, contrast and black levels are really good. Only downside could be gray uniformity or dirty screen effect due to curving process, but it can be seen only in specific gray shades and doesn't bother me. Oh, and it costs over 600Eur around here. It's Firmware can...
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    Gigabyte R9 380 G1 Gaming 4GB Constantly Throttling [solved]

    Hi, EntropyZ! It seems I had the same clock-throttling problems as you have with R9 380, maybe to a lesser extent as I have not noticed massive stuttering. I only thought I could get some extra FPS out of it if it wouldnt be throttling. I thought this was normal and this is just how this model...
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    Unigine Superposition Benchmark - post your results!

    Someone please upload some Ryzen+Vega tests!
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    AMD Radeon RX Vega in Person!

    I only hope they don't ask 1k moneys for it.
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    [Solved] Need replacement backup program

    FreeFileSync works for me.
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    AMD Announces Ryzen PRO Desktop Processors

    So this could be B2 stepping models that was leaked recently.
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    Samsung Announces the CHG70 and CHG90 QLED Monitors: HDR and FreeSync 2

    I would like to see full review of both CHG70 and CH711, which was released last month. CH711 has VA panel, but CHG70 seems to have TN.
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    Unigine Superposition Benchmark - post your results!

    This time system with 1060. 8398|Swamp Monster|FX-6300 4.2 GHz|MSI GTX1060 3GB @ 1569-1785 MHz | 2002 MHz 1080P MEDIUM: 5965|Swamp Monster|FX-6300 4.2 GHz|MSI GTX1060 3GB @ 1569-1785 MHz | 2002 MHz 1080P HIGH: 2172|Swamp Monster|FX-6300 4.2 GHz|MSI GTX1060 3GB @ 1569-1785 MHz | 2002 MHz...
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