I usually get older ones, like 2nd gen i5 older

or core duo

Right, refurbished and used business laptops are great value

works ok, I only use laptops for browsing in bed, do my video and other stuff on main desktop

couldn't afford a new thinkpad and wouldn't want one, £1000+ for a weird chunky macbook clone/thinkpad hybrid

they lost their way with the chiclet keyboards

at that point macbook is def better

ye

esp since hipsters use linux on them enough to make them work pretty well with linux

and then if u like windows bootcamp is op

>amd stepping up the drivers this much lately

I was going to go nvidia

but amd and their pajeets have stepped up

>the gpu runs so hot pajeet can't even hold onto it when showing it to linus

that gpu is super tough; you can throw it across the room, it will still work

during the 970 3.5gb scandal AMD did that stupid "IT HAS 4GB FOR REAL" campaign and for some reason I managed to get a new r9 290 tri-x from a fireworks shop

(because it's so hot it'll explode into fireworks lmao) for £200

the nearest 970 was £270

thanks amd

I got my R9 290X for £158 lmao

lol i bought a 960 for $250 canadabux before out dollar went to shit

i got bamboozled

where'd you get it for £158?

A longer story, but a friend bought it, turned out to be defective.
She didn't want to deal with RMA, so I suggested I'd buy it for that price, because I thought I could fix it.
It turned out that I could fix it. I should just flash a BIOS from another card.

did you notice a big change with crimson?

I had buyers regret until they started using those drivers

fixed a ton of issues for me

Not really, no.
Nicer interface, but nothing big in terms of performance.

weird, witcher 3 jumped from shitty fps to buttery smooth for me

I haven't tried Witcher 3 tbh

I know I should

I'm not a fan of that type of game tbh

or anything medieval for that matter

like i hated got and skyrim

I know people say Witcher 3 is just "follow the red footsteps then fight a thing" missions but I really loved the writing and performances

plus I was stranded with no internet for a few weeks in Ireland

so I read all the books

made it punch in the gut emotional for me at least

I should get my shit together and just play it

it doesn't "get good" until red baron

after that it stays consistent