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EK Cooling allegedly has slipped itself into a hot soup of seemingly endless financial woes, where it has not paid its staff, suppliers, and contractors for many months as the company is facing liquidity problems and a surplus of inventory left unsold, stuck in the warehouse for a more extended period. Gamers Nexus investigated these claims made by former and current personnel, where he found trails of unpaid bills lasting as long as three to four months and unpaid raises that accumulated for almost a year.
EK Water Blocks has two entities—a Slovenian-based headquarters and a US-based subsidiary, EK Cooling Solutions. Steve narrated the series of events in detail, stating that the company was reportedly irresponsible and negligent regarding payment. Consequently, partners and employees are forced to share the burden of alleged mismanagement. It all begins with its extensive range of products, leading to a surplus of goods. EK has over 230 water blocks, 40 liquid cooling kits, 85 reservoirs, 40 pumps, 73 radiators, and 212 miscellaneous accessories.
Yes this is not about video games directly but indirectly this will impact the pc gaming/workstation space hard.
This company is massive one of two in the water cool space so if it goes poof then thousands out there have no spare parts or half built computers.
SO yeah i know not about a video game but think of it as amd leaving the pc space but this is ekwb that could be leaving water cooling in the pc space
Jayz2cents a supporter of there products also has issues
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As someone that has built a watercooling rig. EK is big, but there's so many numerous watercooling part companies out there. EK's stuff isn't exactly amazing quality for the price compared to others either, it's just ok. Much like Corsair. The impact would be negligible long term. For perspective the majority of my parts are XSPC, at most I use EK for my gpu waterblocks and fittings. Both easily replaceable.
im not really sure if this is "news" but i do agree with this statement
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Maybe not; 720p is a vast improvement over old-style televisions, and even the pickiest video snobs will admit that, for screens smaller than 46 inches, the human eye can't really
tell a difference between the two resolutions unless you mash your face directly onto the screen.
And since 1080p sets can cost up to twice as much as 720p sets, you may as well stick with the less expensive option on relatively smaller sets. But if you're splurging on something 46 inches or larger, you won't regret picking 1080p."
everyone has been saying it.
MAYBE thats why MS said 720p is the sweet spot? what i mean is if they are aiming at everyone instead of hardcore gamers like they where with the original Xbox, they would know that soon as though the percentage of people with HDTVs is soo small that the average consumer will be buying a 720p rather then a tv which will cost twice as much... only a thought, not "sticking up for MS" or anything
So on a TV with 32 inches, 720p looks like 1080p?
I have a 46 inch 1080P Sharp Aquos and 40 inch 720P Samsung.
I can't really tell a difference when gaming, however when watching either hd-dvd or bluray movies I do see a difference in picture quality.
Both are great TV's and I am happy with both. I got my Aquos about 6 months before my Samsung and it cost almost twice as much.
As I mentioned earlier graphics wise it's hard to tell a difference when gaming between my 720P and 1080P, except I have noticed some ghosting in the black areas when gaming and watching movies on my 720P TV. I believe this is due to my slower refresh rate on my Samsung and not because of resolution.
One weird thing is that when playing my PS3 on my Samsung, I am able to play the games in 720P, however I can't get to the XMB. My TV says something like signal not supported. I suspect this is because my PS3 got configed on my 1080P Aquos, and when I switch from games to XMB it tries to output in 1080P.
To sum it up here are the things I look for when buying an HDTV
- Price
- Refresh rate. My Aquos is 4ms
- Contrast ratio. Aquos is 10,000 - 1. Samsung is 8,000 -1
- Resolution
Since I game more than watch TV I also prefer LCD over Plasma.
Make sure it's an HDTV
I know someone who thought they got one but didn't notice SDTV placed below. His reaction was funny when I brought this to his attention.
Personally I can see a difference between 720p and 1080p but geez guys I know you like your 720p sets but its almost twice the resolution, ofc your gonna see a difference :S