Is it cheating if you learn to play better watching other gamers?

[grommet]

You can send this one back if you want the one Misery suggested.

I did not know Misery suggested one. Now I am upset I missed that. I will look to see if I can find that. Thank you.

 

[grommet]

You can send this one back if you want the one Misery suggested.

Thank you so much for telling me Misery told me what to get. I just bought that one and Amazon let me cancel the other which was also much more expensive. I talked to ChatGPT, it is like a really smart friend. It asked me all sorts of questions. I told it everything and it is really smart because it said because my PC is under a desk and close to a wall and that my bluetooth speaker worked badly on top of the desk but perfectly when I put it below and on top of the PC case, it said the external adapter would be better. Misery knows everything about PC's. It's really neat

 

[Misery]

I am afraid to try tech things.

For what it's worth, computers nowadays are very robust. If you were to go back in time to like, early 2000s? Back then, if you clicked the wrong things, you could indeed mess up your PC pretty badly. But nowadays? If I set you down in front of my own PC... which is not organized at all because I'm lazy... and just let you click random things wildly for 10 minutes, you wouldnt do any real damage. Nothing that I couldnt undo without much effort.

If you're just being careful with your machine, and poking things normally? You'll be fine. You've proven yourself more capable than you realize on many occasions.

Does this translate into FPS game-play ability?

It translates into everything.

I'm useless at a lot of things, but the one thing I'm 100% confident about is that I'm really absurdly fast at most things.

Like, I do fighting games alot, and I'm so freaking fast I just win through not being able to be damaged; the opponent may as well be in like, that matrix bullet time thing. Heck with the "meta", I never needed it. I outran it.

And yeah I know it sounds really braggy, but dagnabit it's my only skill, I get to brag about it from time to time.

The funny part? It doesnt help with FPS games. I'm *too* fast. I'm all instinct and impulse, and I'm more about dodging and defense rather than accuracy. And my natural instinct in terms of offense is to charge at things like a bizarre Viking berserker (because that works in every other genre). They say, if you can dodge a wrench, you can dodge a ball. I can dodge the wrench, but I cant dodge the shotgun to the face.

That sounded really unhinged, I should go to bed.

More than anything thank you for the encouragement. It matters more to me than anything. I am used to giving up because growing up everyone got so frustrated with me so fast all the time I stopped trying. It is hard to learn not to do that now. I am very gentle when I teach people knot tying or lock picking or sailing. I do not want other people to feel that way.

Thank you

Well... I *did* say I'd always be here, willing to help, eh? That never changed.

All you need do is ask.


Right now though I'm going to bed, The Snoozening is about to begin, I'll respond tomorrow to any further comments from anyone, good night/day/something

 

[grommet]

Okay I hate to point this out to you after you already placed an order, but you could instead go with something like this:

https://www.amazon.com/Bluetooth-Wi...721178717&sprefix=usb+blu,aps,136&sr=8-6&th=1
I hope that link works. The one you picked needs to be fully installed into the PC. The one in that second link is just like, a USB thing, just stick it in a hole, boom, done. USB gizmos are like that. Pop them in, chances are, the computer knows what to do.

I bought it on Amazon.

I hope it does not make you angry but could you suggest a monitor on sale at Prime Days? I know you said the tv will work but I am not sure because of its size I can use it that way. I would like really good colors on a monitor. That is what matters most to me. I do not understand about frame rates and refresh rates and I see some cost more than $1,000 but maybe there are some on Amazon Prime days today and tomorrow that are really good with colors and are about $200.

 

[Jonn]

I'm useless at a lot of things, but the one thing I'm 100% confident about is that I'm really absurdly fast at most things.

Kudos.

I have been typing for 40 years and still can't touch-type.
My hunt & peck isn't great either.

BTW, having poor physical co-ordination is a relative common characteristic with those on the spectrum.
(One of the reasons we don't do particularly well with some types of games, and why I focused on strategy games originally.)
You seem to be on the fringe of the autistic bell curve, here.

 

[Judge]

I bought the adapter. I hope I can figure out how to install it. It looks easy but people say you need drivers and I don't know how to get those. Also they said you have to connect the Bluetooth connector/wire first. I don't know what that is.

Check here....for Windows 10/11 drivers for the Archer TX55E. Also check to find out exactly which hardware version you have. This pertains to driver downloads for version V2.8.

The network adapter you purchased should include a standard bluetooth header cable that should plug into a USB 2.0 header on your motherboard.

https://www.tp-link.com/us/support/download/archer-tx55e/
Here's a video of a slightly different model but it may answer your questions:

 

[grommet]

Check here....for Windows 10/11 drivers for the Archer TX55E. Also check to find out exactly which hardware version you have. This pertains to driver downloads for version V2.8.

The network adapter you purchased should include a standard bluetooth header cable tht should plug into a USB 2.0 header on your motherboard.

https://www.tp-link.com/us/support/download/archer-tx55e/
Here's a video of a slightly different model but it may answer your questions:

Misery told me what to buy so I cancelled this order and bought an external one. ChaptGPT said for my set up it would be better for the signal.

Thank you for helping with the driver questions. I will look at that.

 

[grommet]

Is this a good monitor?

 

[Judge]

Is this a good monitor?

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Never buy anything "renewed". ASUS has a bit of a public relations problem at the moment. I used to trust their stuff....but not any more. Seems they treat their customers rather poorly and some big names in online tech are calling them on it. (See Steve Burke- Gamers Nexus on YouTube.) Better off to look at the LG brand for an equivalent, IMO.

QHD (1440p) resolution means smaller pixels....more detail but also more taxing on your system. Though it sounds like you have enough hardware power to handle it, though you may still have to lower detail to get better frame rates. (I prefer working in 1080p resolution with an IPS monitor instead of a VA monitor. (IPS has more accurate color.)

Screen surface "glossy"- ugh. Also not the seller. It's not Amazon. Best to always buy with Amazon as both the seller and the shipper.

 

[grommet]

Never buy anything "renewed".

Oh. I found this, I do not think it is renewed. I will do what you say and not buy renewed but could you tell me why I should not buy renewed. This one is new I think.

 

[Judge]

Oh. I found this, I do not think it is renewed. I will do what you say and not buy renewed but could you tell me why I should not buy renewed. This one is new I think.

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It's just my subjective opinion, but at the moment I wouldn't buy anything manufactured recently by ASUS. Read about them in YouTube. They seem to be "at war" with their own customers when it comes to returned items. Then consider that Amazon is not the seller in this instance. BAD combination....

As for buying something "renewed", you may just be buying someone's problem. Why risk it?

- "X-Files. Trust no one."

Better off looking at LG monitors. Just understand upgrading to a higher resolution offers a better picture, but in gaming you may find yourself having to lower the detail to raise frame rates if that's important to you. Assuming you presently game at 1080p, have you considered this?

I really stay away from buying such items from Amazon unless they are both the shipper and the seller. In this instance you could get burned by both ASUS and Asuza-LoT (whoever they are). Note the seller has only a 72% positive rating. PASS!

 

[saturnv]

You mentioned moving your tv to your desk by your PC. Have you considered moving your PC to be near your tv instead? I like sitting on a couch to play games quite a lot more than sitting at my desk. I already do that enough for my job.

 

[grommet]

It's just my subjective opinion, but at the moment I wouldn't buy anything manufactured recently by ASUS. Read about them in YouTube. They seem to be "at war" with their own customers when it comes to returned items. Then consider that Amazon is not the seller in this instance. BAD combination....

As for buying something "renewed", you may just be buying someone's problem. Why risk it?

- "X-Files. Trust no one."

Better off looking at LG monitors. Just understand upgrading to a higher resolution offers a better picture, but in gaming you may find yourself having to lower the detail to raise frame rates if that's important to you. Assuming you presently game at 1080p, have you considered this?

I really stay away from buying such items from Amazon unless they are both the shipper and the seller. In this instance you could get burned by both ASUS and Asuza-LoT (whoever they are). Note the seller has only a 72% positive rating. PASS!

Thank you very much for this advice. I did not know any of this. I will look at something by LG.

I connected my old 55 inch LCD television. I think it looked very bad compared to my PC monitor which had much better color and details. Here is a video I made.

 

[grommet]

You mentioned moving your tv to your desk by your PC. Have you considered moving your PC to be near your tv instead? I like sitting on a couch to play games quite a lot more than sitting at my desk. I already do that enough for my job.

I cannot do that but thank you for the suggestion. I tried the tv just now, see above video. I did not like it though seeing everything so large was fun. If I worked on the PC I might use the tv as a monitor, I can see everything but it does not look nice for gaming.

 

[Misery]

Thank you very much for this advice. I did not know any of this. I will look at something by LG.

I connected my old 55 inch LCD television. I think it looked very bad compared to my PC monitor which had much better color and details. Here is a video I made.

Have you tried changing the settings on the screen itself?

Sometimes hooking a device up to a screen will just immediately work out, but other times, if you want good results, you have to adjust the screen. Regardless of what you're hooking up to it.

For example, when I bring my Xbox up north and use it on my screen up there, the picture doesnt actually fit properly and the colors are off. So, I need to adjust the screen's settings to do that (every single freaking time), so it fits and looks right.

Most modern TVs and monitors have a lot of settings that can be changed. Typically it can take a good bit of experimenting to see what kinds of changes are possible. Sometimes it's real easy, sometimes it's real annoying, it just depends on the screen itself really.

Could be at least worth a try.

 

[grommet]

Have you tried changing the settings on the screen itself?

Sometimes hooking a device up to a screen will just immediately work out, but other times, if you want good results, you have to adjust the screen. Regardless of what you're hooking up to it.

For example, when I bring my Xbox up north and use it on my screen up there, the picture doesnt actually fit properly and the colors are off. So, I need to adjust the screen's settings to do that (every single freaking time), so it fits and looks right.

Most modern TVs and monitors have a lot of settings that can be changed. Typically it can take a good bit of experimenting to see what kinds of changes are possible. Sometimes it's real easy, sometimes it's real annoying, it just depends on the screen itself really.

Could be at least worth a try.

I did. I chose different settings. It had one for Games, that did not look good, I thought PC would be better. Then I increased the color to 100%, added motion smoothing and other things but when I connected the PC back to my monitor everything looked so much better. The colors looked great and the details. I did not think it was a good monitor but juxtaposed with the television it looked very good.

 

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This is only generalised information and there'll be exceptions out there, but as a general rule computer monitors have many more pixels per inch than a TV and that's where the difference in image quality stands out.

Another big difference between a monitor and a TV is the response time - how quickly the monitor can update changes in the image. In the image you posted above the monitor advertises a 1 milisecond response time which is pretty good, most TVs have a response time of around 25 milliseconds.

 

[Judge]

Couple of "pointers" IF one is looking for a monitor exclusively to game with:

1) Go with a "VA" monitor. (Performance over appearance) "IPS" renders more accurate color for the kind of image creation/manipulation I do on the computer. But then I'm not a gamer per se.

2) Response time 1 to 5 milliseconds measured through GTG. (Clarity during fast movement) The lower, the faster. (Manufacturers love to express response time in MPRT, but that's more indicative of refresh rate than actual response time.) MPRT makes such stats look better than they are, IMO.

3) Resolution higher than 1080p yields sharper images, but may drop your frame rate causing you to lower detail settings in a game. (Depending on how powerful your CPU and GPU is.)

4) Screen size matters! Think twice before selecting a 24 inch screen with higher resolution (1440p) , as opposed to a 27 inch or larger screen. (Measured diagonally)

 

[Misery]

This is only generalised information and there'll be exceptions out there, but as a general rule computer monitors have many more pixels per inch than a TV and that's where the difference in image quality stands out.

Another big difference between a monitor and a TV is the response time - how quickly the monitor can update changes in the image. In the image you posted above the monitor advertises a 1 milisecond response time which is pretty good, most TVs have a response time of around 25 milliseconds.

Huh, I didnt know any of this. Might explain why my screen at the other house seems so sluggish.

 

[Judge]

Years ago the first LCD monitor I bought had a 16ms response time. Not to mention a native resolution of 1280x1024. With most of my games operating at 640x480. Using an Nvidia Ti200.

Heartbreaking....and the beginning of my withdrawal from computer gaming altogether. With only a tiny handful of titles that worked in that monitor's native resolution.

Luckily the technology has come a long way since then. Though with an Nvidia 1660Ti, if I ever do get back into gaming it will adhere to that 1080p number, to mitigate game detail and frame rates. I still think about getting a 3060Ti....but then I think about the thermodyanics as well.

LOL....small wonder I carefully chose to get only a 12th generation Intel CPU for my latest computer. Very much thinking of all those heat factors. So much bad press now with Intel's 13th and 14th gen processors...particularly the i9. Not sure if Intel intends to remedy the situation or not, but it sure has a lot of the tech media intensely angry. Probably a lot of gamers as well.