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Re: Excellent graphics performance on M1 Pro MacBook Pro - 5 months ago

The gaming laptop was plugged in, as it always is. PC gaming laptops aren’t really designed to be played unplugged, because the CPU and GPU consume lots on energy while gaming. I tried it once when the laptop was new and I think I killed the battery in 2 hours. The MacBook Pro was unplugged during testing. It barely gets warm warm while game playing.

by Forrest - Tips and Deals

Re: Excellent graphics performance on M1 Pro MacBook Pro - 5 months ago

In my testing, Valley benchmarks at about 10% lower FPS than the Heaven benchmark on a PC. I ran the Heaven benchmark on my 1st generation with Intel i3 laptop and got a slideshow of 1.8 FPS - that's not a typo!

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Excellent graphics performance on M1 Pro MacBook Pro - 5 months ago

The graphics on M1 Pro/Max are excellent. To see how the graphics compared to a gaming PC laptop, I ran the Heaven Benchmark on a MacBook Pro at a resolution of 1920x1080, high graphics and got an average of 99 FPS. Heaven is running thru Rosetta2 emulation. By comparison, my 4 year old gaming laptop with a 7th generation Intel quad core i5 and a dedicated Nvidia GTX 1050Ti 4 GB achieved 72FPS

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Re: 15 Year old Wants to Build a Computer, advice on this list of parts - 5 months ago

The GTX 1050Ti is a decent 4 GB graphics card. Microcenter has them new for $280 in stock. More than twice the graphics performance of the AMD 5700g

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Re: 15 Year old Wants to Build a Computer, advice on this list of parts - 5 months ago

The Radeon HD7750 was introduced in 2012 - which is too old to play many AAA games made in the past 5 years. For perspective, Nvidia has recently dropped support for their 600/700 series graphics cards - these were introduced in 2012. If I was building a gaming computer on a budget, I would buy one with an AMD 3rd generation Ryzen 5700g APU, which has an 8 core CPU AND an 8 core GPU, coupled w

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Re: Photoshop Elements 2022 | PC/Mac Disc $69, Photoshop Elements & Premiere Elements 2022 | PC/Mac Disc $89 - 5 months ago

Affinity Photo is on still on sale for $37.99, mentioned last week at https://forums.macresource.com/read.php?1,2688331,2688513#msg-2688513

by Forrest - Tips and Deals

Re: Photoshop Elements 2022 | PC/Mac Disc $69, Photoshop Elements & Premiere Elements 2022 | PC/Mac Disc $89 - 5 months ago

I don’t know why Adobe can update their high end apps for M1, but Adobe Photoshop Elements that gets new versions released on a yearly basis is still stuck on Intel CPU’s.

by Forrest - Tips and Deals

Re: Photoshop Elements 2022 | PC/Mac Disc $69, Photoshop Elements & Premiere Elements 2022 | PC/Mac Disc $89 - 5 months ago

No thanks - Photoshop Elements 2022 does not run natively on the M1/M1 Pro/M1 Max

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Re: HR Block 2021 tax software 50% off at Office Depot - 5 months ago

FYI, Amazon still has the same deal, which has been running since Black Friday and I posted this on that day https://forums.macresource.com/read.php?1,2691301

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Re: School me on the Nintendo Switch - 5 months ago

The Pro Controller is overpriced. Plenty of third party controllers available for $30.

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Tax software on sale - 5 months ago

Amazon has HR Block 2021 Deluxe + State on sale for $22.50, down from $45

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Re: anyone using a standalone Bluetooth receiver (for audio)? - 6 months ago

I use the 1Mii B06 Plus Bluetooth Receiver, which is the #1 pick from the link above. Works well. Note it can only pair to 2 devices.

by Forrest - Tips and Deals

Re: Affinity software Black Friday. 30% off everything - 6 months ago

The site says sale is Monday 11/22 for two hours only

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Re: Affinity software Black Friday. 30% off everything - 6 months ago

Thanks for the link. My wife was thinking about upgrading to Photoshop Elements 2022 for $80-$100. Affinity Photo seems to be very similar for about 1/2 the price.

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Re: Got my audio receiver and turntable next to a gas fireplace - maybe not a good idea? - 6 months ago

I would put 18 inches between the stereo rack and fireplace. Good move on moving the speakers - the paper speaker cones could dry out

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Re: RIP - My logitech wireless k400 keyboard died! - 6 months ago

Logitech K400+ plus is still available - $24.95 at Amazon and has been on sale for $20

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Re: Driving advice. - 6 months ago

“Me: "Drive slower. Like, in neutral. Look for downhills to exploit. Turn off the engine between towns. Never break for any reason." “ Was your truck made in the last 50 years? You expect your kid to safely stop your truck with no power steering or power brakes when the engine is off ???

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Re: Friends ! MRF’er ! Lend me your ear … buds ! - 6 months ago

How about light weight headphones such as the Koss Porta Pro

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Re: Need advice fast on how to unlock 2002 BMW 325I doors (battery dead and no power when trying to jump)… - 6 months ago

Did the detailer spray the engine bay with water to clean it? If so, sound like something got wet inside causing a short.

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Re: have lumber prices fallen? - 6 months ago

Those shed prices from Heartland are expensive. American Sheds is about 40% less expensive. American Sheds prices are for a fully built shed on your property. They will build standard sheds in 1 day, larger sheds require another day or two.

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Re: Anyone used a windshield chip repair kit? - 6 months ago

Windshield repair/replacement should be covered by comprehensive auto insurance

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Re: Things I miss living in the south… - 6 months ago

Wawa makes pretty good Italian hoagie’s. Arby’s makes OK Greek gyros. Most of the diner’s around here (NJ) make better Greek gyros.

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Re: Sadness-dear friend falling into conspiracy theory - 6 months ago

Step 1 - delete Facebook account. Step 2 - never go to Facebook Step 3 - there is no step 3

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Re: I probably have a million cookies on my Safari browser - what happens if I delete them all? - 6 months ago

If you do banking or credit cards online, you’ll probably have to perform reauthorization thru email or your phone, but no biggy.

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Re: Raspberry Pi Zero 2 W just released - 6 months ago

Microcenter has an Inland 1080P camera for the full-size Raspberry Pi for $9.99 Microcenter I believe you’ll need this flex cable to attach it to the Zero connector. This cable Adafruit for $3.95 should work

by Forrest - Tips and Deals

Re: Raspberry Pi Zero 2 W just released - 6 months ago

According to Ladyada, it was released in England today and a Adafruit is expecting a shipment in 2-3 days. You can sign-up on the waiting list at Adafruit and you’ll be notified when they are available for purchase

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Raspberry Pi Zero 2 W just released - 6 months ago

The Raspberry Pi Zero 2 W looks great: 1 GHz 4 core 64 bit CPU with 512 MB RAM for $15 Raspberry Pi Adafruit and ETA Prime have just released videos on the new board. At the stock clock, seems to run at 80% of the speed as the RP3. ETA prime has already overclocked to 1.3 GHz with a heat sink attached and it equals the RP3 speed

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Re: Tesla Model 3 best selling car in all of Europe for September - 6 months ago

Tesla’s boost in car production was really helped by the fact that it’s cars use different chips than used with gas/diesel engines

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Re: If I don't do Video or Graphics Do I Really Need a M1X Max? - 7 months ago

Those discounts on the MacBook Pros mentioned above are gone - back to list prices.

by Forrest - Tips and Deals

Re: 10.8.5 OSX Suddenly can't... - 7 months ago

Catalina can’t run 32 bit apps. I believe the last OS that can was Mojave

by Forrest - Tips and Deals