Connor Got a New Computer and Immediately Broke It

[@GameCyborgCh]

A) Connor, as well as literally everybody else on the planet, backup your configs and data B) streaming and encoding is offloaded on the encoding chip (NVENC in NVidia's case) so it doesn't impact your gaming performance C) yeah kinda sucks that twitch limits you to 6 megabits per second, makes 1080p 60fps look awful, you should stream at 720p 60 or 1080p 30 (for slow pace game or just talking head) D) EposVox's OBS master class is a great resource to learn what dials to adjust to get good quality streams/recordings

[@yoda2824]

Connor staying on brand with breaking things

[@SilversEC]

Next he'll be breaking bad

[@stylinsandwich]

Connor break tips

[@Mitaka-Asa]

He broke his tile breaking record

[@axelord4ever]

The blackscreen issues with the GPU struggling sounds like a PSU having problem delivering all the angry pixies.

[@ben14326]

I was curious if his outlet was messed up. My sister had a bad outlet in her house that broke 2 new TVs before she realized the outlet was causing it.

[@l4nd3r]

Can also be terrible energy provider or bad/old wiring too.

[@nunyabusiness896]

The thing about going overboard with pixels is the smaller the pixel gets, the less light hits each pixel (talking about film, not games) and it can hurt things like low light and contrast. Contrary to the knee jerk thoughts about it, a balanced resolution like 1080p is really the ideal unless it’s going to be displayed on a wall-size TV at a close viewing distance and fine details are critical. Most people would be better off with an iPhone than a complicated camera they don’t understand and needs a crew to operate and edit correctly. If you aren’t shooting a literal movie with color grading and effects there’s no need. Lighting will get you much further than resolution past 1080p.

[@rayandy76]

Connor could use a second pc just for local recording , it could help with performance.

[@JeskidoYT]

its a pain in the ass to setup though

[@rayandy76]

@@JeskidoYT I agree , but it is useful

[@Kuroganemk2]

Don't streamers do that? 1 PC for playing game, second one for recording?

[@renzl2337]

Connor's old pc seems to be having a power supply issue, as it would choke when its cranked up to 11. The symptoms included random black screens and crashes but will power on again later on. I bet nothing was wrong with it at all other than the power supply. But then again the man can afford a pre-build with a 4090 on it so....

[@MikeIsCannonFodder]

With all the light Connor described that he uses, his videos in his room still look pretty dark. That's not a bad thing. You can see Connor clearly in them and the darkness could be a style thing which fits that room I think. It probably looks like he's shooting in a cave without those lights. Another KZbinr was pointing out the lighting that's needed and as part of his point he turned off the filming lights and just had regular room lights and he just about disappeared into the darkness.

[@rangerreview1780]

Yeah. Camera's need a ton of light for you to see a room good. Or you raise the ISO to a stupid level. Which causes horrible grain. I need to put my 4k camera that I use for streaming to a minimum 3200 ISO. So it looks like it's day time in my room. One Elgato light won't do squat to light your room. And your own room lights will do jack all.

[@tadhgmcgrath1409]

Im super white like Connor and it takes lowering my exposure a lot in order to make my skin look right in good lighting

[@DerpEye]

Backup, backup and backup.

[@meteor22]

The truth is your average person cannot tell the fuckin' difference between 2k and 4k. Some will tell you they can but then you check the back of their T.V. and they aren't even using the right HDMI cable. So they THINK they're seeing 4k when they actually aren't. Or you put them in front of 5 T.V.'s and ask them to pick out the one that is displaying 4k. When I used to work at Best Buy we did this as a bet one day...9 out of 15 couldn't tell and 3 of those ppl who picked correct admitted to just guessing and getting lucky. The whole resolution game has topped out at 4k. Realistically you only need 2k, the resolution is high enough and after 4k you see diminishing returns for the outrageous price your paying. They only keep pushing resolution because it's a great marketing tool.

[@FFXfever]

I know quite a few people who can't even tell if a screen is higher than 1080p. I personally could only tell because of the text clarity. If it's watching a film or playing a game with upscalable text, I actually don't notice much difference as well. You're more likely to impress me with saturation and contrast than a resolution bump if they're not side by side.

[@Aman_Mondal]

I would recommend Connor to use AV1 encoding in the Streaming application if it's supported since that would need less power

[@bdbgh]

You can stream AV1 to twitch now?

[@Aman_Mondal]

@@bdbgh Not yet they plan on implementing it within 2024

[@vertwheeler6698]

I think Nvenc Nvidia is most stable right now compare h264,AV1

[@omarjaber6578]

That issue with the windows stuck at boot sounds exactly like an issue I had. It ended up being my antivirus acting up, which was Malwarebytes at the time.

[@Skepticalraven]

Is he not feeding his pc enough power? Happened to my friend before. 3 hours of troubleshooting before finding that he was using a bad outlet.

[@coughfee_beans]

What you gotta keep in mind about resolution is that it's a fix number. 4k is just as many pixel on a 27 inch screen or 77 inch TV. So what truly matters is PPI. 4k will become more and more common as time goes on and I expect 8k TVs to be the new norm in 12ish years, 16k within 2 years. But unless we're talking about insane wall-size and bigger for like malls and stuff, over 16k won't be needed. The real tech innovation to wait for is micro LED. Once manufacturers can start making it for cheap and for the mainstream, it's gonna be night and day. All the advantages of both OLED and Mini LED all in one, no disadvantage. Right now it's the former for gaming, the latter for work and a total of over 2k USD if you want both so it's unrealistic for most people.

[@AndroRage]

Thanks connor for thinking i can afford a 4k 60 inches TV lmao

[@nimazsheik5152]

In every take, it seems only Garnt realizes the value of money...

[@stylinsandwich]

@@nimazsheik5152 Asia country moment

[@vaalrus]

Lessons from the print world and early digital imaging workflows in the 80s and 90s… Colour depth and dynamic range trumped pixel count every time. Back in t’day, I used to dream of HDR.

[@nunyabusiness896]

I wonder if Connor checked his power supply wattage, if it was crashing at peak usage that’s a textbook power supply wattage issue. I also find some games break when running unlimited framerate, he should try running some version of adaptive sync or Gsync or whatever so it doesn’t try to run full tilt rendering more frames than he can even display.

[@riverman128]

I bought a new rig and seems like new stuff just have more issues these days.

[@Desopolis]

Second PC to run the stream.. records local, streams, keep your settings, but doesn’t have to be god mode 100%

[@rangerreview1780]

I stopped caring about resolution at 1080. Don't get me wrong. Having the higher res, is beneficial. For the examples that Connor gave. It's also amazing for visual effects. But there will be ceiling. It also doesn't help that they keep doing the in between resolutions. Stop. Don't do 1440 etc. Just jump to 4K and 8K. I personally think consumer level will stop caring at 8K. Especially with streaming. Since the bitrate is already garbage as it is. It doesn't benefit it anymore. And since most people don't like discs. Why care to go higher. I use the 4k option on YT for the same reason. It has higher bitrate. So the video doesn't look like crap. Even though I have 1080 screen. The higher bitrate makes everything look like a bluray. Even though 4K's bitrate is really garbage on YT. His 12 hour stream is only 63 GB. 10GB more than a BD disc. That means the birate for 4k is like 10Mbps. When most native files use 100Mbps.

[@potatodes]

Monke affinity with tech, breaks it immediately

[@aurthurpendragon1015]

I honestly don't notice any difference from 1080p to 4k. Even the noticeable difference from 720p to 1080p is limited for me.

[@itcheebeard]

As a music and audio head I think.of TV resolution in the same way I think of audio signals. You never crank your audio source all the way. You keep it lower and crank the end of the chain whether it be mixer to amp or pc to monitors etc. That way.youre increasing the volume on a clean source rather than just amplifying a shitty distorted mess. 4k resolution is gonna look like crystal clear dog shit if the source you're working with is a distorted mess.

[@MikeIsCannonFodder]

Another thing to consider is 1080 was probably on a 30-40in TV, and 4K on a 50+in TV. 4K is probably a waste on a 40in TV.

[@goldmemberpb]

You would need a massive screen to take advantage of 8k . Even 4k recording and video uses up so so much space, it is not really worth it to try to get everything to that resolution all the time.

[@ssgtblackmamba7991]

Console gaming no problems baby! Yo what's this red circle light? Ignore that, it's nothing, console never has problems.

[@lucky4d725]

That's only Xbox though right?

[@Flared]

The cameras may get higher resolution over resolution, but it wont make a difference to human vision. I believe 8K is the point where the human eye cannot see pixels anymore.

[@TheToneBender]

I have a different channel where I just started making vids and yeah... My quality is just way worse. But also, like I use my earbuds as a microphone (surprisingly decent for beginner equipment tbh) and use windows movie maker to stitch together some clips XD But I'm waiting with upgrades until I actually feel like I'm a bit better at presenting, which I feel is the most useful thing to improve for now. I do happen to have two ring lights already, so once I start filming I've got that at least.

[@rufioh]

Maybe your PSU in your old PC was too weak/couldn’t handle transient spikes

[@Arassar]

At some point, we will invent new display technologies that don't require "pixels" so the 4k/8k/16k stuff won't even matter

[@rangerreview1780]

I'm still waiting for them to make aspect ratio adjustable screens. There was a panel concept I saw years ago. I never saw it ever get released.

[@samualthehumanperson7677]

Monke always bwek things

[@TheCreepypro]

classic connor

[@acctrsh]

Maybe it's just what I watch, but I still can't tell the difference between 720p and 1080p

[@Foreverparadoxed]

This honestly sounds like you need a bigger power supply. I had this happen to me when I upgraded my Graphics Card a few years back and turned out the new card used more power than what my power supply could handle. I've also heard the 4090 is ridiculously power hungry, like more than it should be, so that probably has something to do with.

[@mattcgw]

HDR is the shit! Video games with and without it. Might as well be HD vs not HD resolution.

[@cartel7796]

you'll only notice 8k on a 60+ inch tv bigger the screen higher res u want

[@tomasdelcampo2]

6 hours setting up a PC? Took me like 15 mins

[@solainarewayzone4095]

millionare moment

[@greenjp779]

For average consumer use 4k is probably the max that people would buy, unless 8k becomes a lot cheaper. The returns are diminished between 4k and 8k, I really can't tell the difference between the two and most difference just comes from the software used to create the image out of the information from the image sensor (imho) It's like going above 240hz. Average gamers can't even tell the difference between 144hz and 240hz, but pros can get a lot out of it. Going above 240hz isn't really important because our eyes can't take advantage of that higher refresh rate. I believe it's the same with cameras, with the only people interested in more detailed resolutions being editors or enthusiasts. I think higher zoom and low light photography is going to be the next focus for the average consumer and creator

[@Drkbowers1]

That's not completely correct, most people can feel the difference between proportional increments of refresh rate. What I mean by that is doubling the refresh rate is always going to be noticeable. 30 to 60, 60 to 120, 120 to 240. It's just that after 240 it's going to get really expensive, you really only see 360 hz after 240 and even then that's not double, that's 50% more.

[@greenjp779]

@@Drkbowers1 ah, my bad. I've never seen a screen above 240hz but I got me the returns were diminished a lot. I went from 144 to 240 and barely noticed a difference unless I played csgo

[@Drkbowers1]

@@greenjp779 Well of course you are right that it is a small difference. I think it's one of those things where if you got used to 240hz on a lot of different games it would hurt more to go back down.

[@greenjp779]

@@Drkbowers1 yeah its slightly noticable when I'm using my laptop. Laptop is 144hz and desktop is 240hz, both are 1080p

[@yourbasicninja]

might as well buy another pc for the recording part, many streamers are doing it and it seems easy/beneficial for them

[@liam2988]

I'mma be honest, I don't think this was really him breaking shit.

[@GimpyDingo]

RTX video upscaling is coming soon. Should help cleanup compressed KZbin vids.

[@miguelcabral9463]

Garnt is blind af if he thinks 1080p to 4k is a massive jump

[@K3Vz0]

...

[@liam2988]

It is tho?

[@nomannic1]

But I thought 1080p was the same as 2K

[@rangerreview1780]

It basically is. 1920 horizontally. But we love to read out the vertical number only. It's funny because we do the opposite with 4K. We read the horizontally. So that we can say 4K!!!!! When you say 1080 is 2K. It's only 2x the size. VS the like of it being 3X.

[@insanemang9983]

Came here to know what not to build for my new PC

[@korgalis]

well i dont see difference in anime between 720 and 1080p, so usually i will just save on space and download lower res XD

[@baileydombroskie3046]

I’m watching this vid on my 10+yo iPad in highest resolution settings and it’s at 1080p. Vid looks beautiful imo. Altho granted that cud just be me used to of the vid quality my iPad has and my iPad can’t do anything better.

[@demonic_myst4503]

You cant even see in 4k so saying somthing doesnt look 4k is pretty silly

[@Kuroganemk2]

1st world problems I see.

[@JaySee5]

1080p *IS* 2k. 1440p is close to 2.5k

[@devlinarchery9798]

SOLUTION IDEA; Oh i hope connor is reading this: I had the same issue of blackscreens and such ... I solved it by turning of gsync and such things in the nvidea control tab anr it never happened again... Windows reinstall should also always fix it xD

[@smackaroy2235]

RTX 4090 is stupid fast. I bought one and most games at 1440p capped to 144hz barely uses the card.

[@kbrs99]

Get in contact with Linus tech tips

[@rvgamingmygames7322]

Had the exact same isue got a better psu that fixed the problem for me

[@xbill3k]

You have to be within a few metres for your eye to resolve the detail on a 4K TV, it's pretty close to the human limit. Maybe you could go beyond for a PC monitor because you are generally closer, but then you run into the increased requirements to push so many extra pixels.

[@shoressensei5212]

Streaming equipment is very expensive yes. But have you ever bought Cymbals before?

[@kbrs99]

Colab with Linus tech tips

[@macawweb2211]

the trend is the same

[@miguelcabral9463]

Bro even if ur using it 100% 24/7 for years it shouldn’t break. u just been having bad luck.

[@shauryasuri3653]

I need Joey's t shirt. Where can I buy it

[@JeskidoYT]

calling LTT...

[@TheAtariSan]

Time for you to switch to Linux Mint, lol. Been running Arch Linux for 13 years and i am not going back thank to Steam's Proton.

[@chikasnotmadjustdisappoint6266]

13:29, the Black Lotus is my favorite Pokemon xD

[@romeerenzdeloso2440]

thats why you do a double PC or PC + laptop setup., so you can do the stream on the PC with high graphics card and do the gaming on the laptop or another PC., so it wont struggle to multi task

[@Plushiesquisher]

[@Audreys_Cloud]

For future reference, if your OS (operating software) gets currupted again, you can choose to download your OS on a different drive. (Preferably a SSD.) When that's done, you can take practically everything from the old C drive and transfer it to the new C drive so that you can keep it all. (Just remember to put everything exactly as you found it and the pathings should work.) Then you can wipe the old C drive when your done!

[@Drkbowers1]

Unless you have some transfer software that doesnt realllly work with applications. Mainly just documents and maybe some program configurations if they can recognize the old files when reinstalled.

[@pakeshde7518]

Back UP all your critical crap often. 4090 and streaming yeah id stuff a monster PSU in there and a lot of cooling. Worst case its time to hire bob the tech guru to come and fix it all for you, it will cost but hey.

[@rangerreview1780]

I was confused why Connor doesnt have his stream layout config backed up at least. He streams seriously. While I sit here with my Xsplit config file saved on a backup. If I had to reinstall. Load XML, done.

[@scarlet_4053]

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[@ClintOrris]

What kind of sketchy pron sites is Connor going to?? Dude must be into some crazy hentai

[@alphakowaclips]

This is why pc is not master race, if something goes wrong, it goes VERY WRONG. Also, totally relate to tech stream stuff, very nerdy but relatable

[@JeskidoYT]

though you can play millions of games on it

[@_KroW_]

Built my own pc's for 10 years now and never had a problem with anything else but parts getting old