Riding the Flow

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December 18, 2010

Snowpocalypse is upon us!

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NEC PA311D review: modern IPS monitor, low glow and great uniformity

July 24, 2020

I am a professional software developer, who also a gamer. I want a monitor which just does a job of displaying images correctly - I also have background in graphics programming so I have a keen eye. But for some reason it was really hard to get one recently. 10 years ago, I had a Dell Ultrasharp monitor which had no issues whatsoever. However, eventually it got somewhat dated and I thought “its time to upgrade”. So, I’ve tried these new & shiny “gaming monitors” with all these new bells & whistles (and I’ve actually bought 3 different ones, and pricier ones). To cut it short, they all had issues in one form or another – even while all these fancy feature boxes were ticked, but always at expense of something else, or not working quite perfectly all the time.

NEC PA311D - Hardware HDR mapping curves with BT.2390 tone mapping

January 04, 2021

As I've described in my previous review , NEC PA311D is an excellent monitor, with great out of the box performance. One thing I found over time can be improved with proper tuning is the HDR handling.

Water Cooling? Not Needed!

April 21, 2018

So I was looking how quiet can I make my recent PC build. CPU was easy with good tower cooler ( Noctua NH-U14S ). Then I wondered if there any way to make EVGA GeForce 1080 TI SC2 any quieter - it has a decent cooling solution, but still the loudest component on full load. I was told that "to make such powerful GPU quiet, you have to water cool". Surely, water cooling either by custom loop or by AIO can be done. But then I wondered - if 2x120mm radiator seems to be enough to run 1080 ti quiet & cool, why such radiator can't be mounted on card directly, akin to CPU cooler? There seem to be enough space. And voila - apparently there is such a thing - aftermarket GPU air cooler. Specifically "Morpheus II" by Raijintek . Cost - about the same as 240mm radiator, but without associated costs (and noise) of extra plumbing & pumping. Heat sink have arrived and I've mounted 2x120mm SilentWings 3 fans from beQuiet on it. These fans I consider the best ...