Samsung Magician Updated to version 5.2: Downloads limited.

[Solaris17]

Speculation leads to sensationalism. If you're arguing for that in an article, yes, it sure as heck had better be an editorial.

I know what you are talking about is rampant in IT journalism but I like to believe I hold myself to a higher standard. And I'd like to think everyone here tries to do the same.

It's possible I was typing things and missing what I rendered in my head to complete the idea. I was not trying to single you out. I also think we are on the same page. However unfortunately I do not hold TPU to that standard unless its 2 or 3 editors. Unfortunately a standard that has been in a decline for several years now IMO.

I meant to imply that should something like that

https://www.techpowerup.com/239265/...update-causes-application-freezes-instability

Yep as of today no sign of Samsung trying to fix this at all. Maybe Samsung is trying to sweep this under the rug.

@Raevenlord Any chance of you getting a news update for us affected 960 Pro owners on the negligence Samsung is showing in resolving the issue?

be written without any kind of legwork from the journalist sending an email to get an answer it was no better then banter in a forum thread and should be classified as nothing more then an editorial.

If you are not willing to do what is needed to get the answer and your source is 5 people in a forum thread super mad what you are posting is not news to the tech industry.

 

[R-T-B]

I'm not really an editor here anymore, it should be pointed out as well. More of a contributing writer.

That said, while I disagree on the decline, I agree with the sentiments expressed in regards to good journalism.

 

[EarthDog]

I honestly liken TPU news as more of an RSS feed than anything else. Quanity over quality. 90% of the news looks like a copy paste from PR and has zero elaboration or insight. While no process is perfect, there plenty of typos and grammatical errors too. This isnt Forbes, i get that, but...

 

[R-T-B]

I honestly liken TPU news as more of an RSS feed than anything else. Quanity over quality. 90% of the news looks like a copy paste from PR and has zero elaboration or insight. While no process is perfect, there plenty of typos and grammatical errors too. This isnt Forbes, i get that, but...

That's because a lot of our news is literally press releases.

I'd like to see some filters too as a user, but that is up to the w1zzard.

 

[RejZoR]

Only thing that annoys me is when some generation of graphic cards is released and then we get 50 press releases of every vendor who's releasing the exact same GPU. Ok, we get it, you released GTX 1080 13,5GB or whatever, we don't need same PR drivel for the same thing, 50 times. But other than this, it doesn't bother me. Keeps me up to date with stuff, be it PR copy or not.

 

[R-T-B]

I hear you... think we have strayed from the topic though, heh.

 

[W1zzard]

Only thing that annoys me is when some generation of graphic cards is released and then we get 50 press releases of every vendor who's releasing the exact same GPU. Ok, we get it, you released GTX 1080 13,5GB or whatever, we don't need same PR drivel for the same thing, 50 times. But other than this, it doesn't bother me. Keeps me up to date with stuff, be it PR copy or not.

How should we decide who's pr gets posted? The goal is indeed to keep you updated, scrolling past stuff you are not interested in should be easy enough

 

[RejZoR]

How should we decide who's pr gets posted? The goal is indeed to keep you updated, scrolling past stuff you are not interested in should be easy enough

Not when entire "recent news" section is spammed with basically the same generic news. If NVIDIA or AMD announces new generation of GPU's, fine. But we really don't need 30 or whatever of them for that same GPU. If you know new generation is out, you'll then go and monitor your favorite brand.

 

[R-T-B]

How should we decide who's pr gets posted? The goal is indeed to keep you updated, scrolling past stuff you are not interested in should be easy enough

I think a simple tag filter would work wonders personally, w1zzard.

 

[EarthDog]

How should we decide who's pr gets posted? The goal is indeed to keep you updated, scrolling past stuff you are not interested in should be easy enough

The PR's arent the problem really. IMO, its the lack of anything else about it that is. If you are going to have people simply copy and paste PRs, why not have it done automatically? It will likely save you money.

 

[R-T-B]

The PR's arent the problem really. IMO, its the lack of anything else about it that is. If you are going to have people simply copy and paste PRs, why not have it done automatically? It will likely save you money.

Oh god no. We get so many PRs it's crazy. At some point a human has to filter them for relevance.

 

[EarthDog]

Likewise.

Have the human sort them and put them in a queue to be posted. It only takes one, not three, to do so. Again, if nothing is added - which there isn't in the overwhelming majority of them, have the process automated. Perhaps have the other news people do something with more depth and content instead of regurgitating PR or shotgunning the same story in 4 different ways (the Spectre and Meltdown coverage here was a mess with how many articles/threads etc)...

Does anyone want to split these posts off into a new thread to 'improve news'?

 

[R-T-B]

Likewise.

Have the human sort them and put them in a queue to be posted. It only takes one, not three, to do so. Again, if nothing is added - which there isn't in the overwhelming majority of them, have the process automated. Perhaps have the other news people do something with more depth and content instead of regurgitating PR or shotgunning the same story in 4 different ways (the Spectre and Meltdown coverage here was a mess with how many articles/threads etc)...

I only do independent content here now as a "contributing writer" on one issue: Crypto, so they may already be moving that way. Can't say, I am no longer privy to editor dialogue.

Does anyone want to split these posts off into a new thread to 'improve news'?

Suggesting the same.

 

[erixx]

been a week now that downloads stay limited

 

[Solaris17]

been a week now that downloads stay limited

I have a link I host myself on the first page. I'm running it on my machine currently.

 

[W1zzard]

been a week now that downloads stay limited

I've uploaded it to our downloads section

 

[RejZoR]

I've also posted a Mega mirror link but everyone seems to have missed it despite large bold text... The binary is digitally signed by Samsung and I've uploaded it... XD

 

[delshay]

I'm on SATA II & the latest software shows much lower performance, back to v5.1 (850 Pro)

EDIT: Included benchmark from v5.1. This is consistent no matter how many times benchmark is run.

 

[erixx]

Sorry Rejzor, but would you download system drivers from... "Mega" site!? Me not, but thanks!