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    Same spec Y740 worth the premium over Y540?

    How good software HDR looks is pretty dependant on the implementation. It can make things look worse even if it's implemented poorly. So far I...
    Post by: Lamim Rashid, Oct 10, 2019 in forum: Lenovo
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    Same spec Y740 worth the premium over Y540?

    Yeah I forgot to make an update on this, but gsync is why I decided to get the Y740. Also check out the battlenonsense videos on laptop gsync...
    Post by: Lamim Rashid, Oct 10, 2019 in forum: Lenovo
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    Same spec Y740 worth the premium over Y540?

    The HDR is a gimmick. Not true HDR, it's software HDR. I'm pretty happy with the laptop but gaming on laptop is going to take some getting used...
    Post by: Lamim Rashid, Oct 10, 2019 in forum: Lenovo
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    RST/Raid VS AHCI Single NVMe drive (There's a significant difference!)

    Again I implore you to reread the explanation I provided from that Reddit comment I linked. If you don't understand what's being said there I...
    Post by: Lamim Rashid, Oct 8, 2019 in forum: Hardware Components and Aftermarket Upgrades
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    RST/Raid VS AHCI Single NVMe drive (There's a significant difference!)

    Read the last part of mine instead instead of entirely ignoring a very good explanation of the difference in AHCI and RST modes. Also those...
    Post by: Lamim Rashid, Oct 8, 2019 in forum: Hardware Components and Aftermarket Upgrades
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    RST/Raid VS AHCI Single NVMe drive (There's a significant difference!)

    My dude, you have no idea what you're talking about. I'm not talking about RAID 0/1 or any of those multi drive arrays. The only confused person...
    Post by: Lamim Rashid, Oct 8, 2019 in forum: Hardware Components and Aftermarket Upgrades
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    RST/Raid VS AHCI Single NVMe drive (There's a significant difference!)

    Yeah I'm not running the kind of raid you're thinking about.. in fact raid mode has lower latency than AHCI in these tests. I have some suggested...
    Post by: Lamim Rashid, Oct 8, 2019 in forum: Hardware Components and Aftermarket Upgrades
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    HP EX920 wayyy underperforming. How do I go about getting it fixed?

    Definitely a drive defect. I've contacted the company that handles support and warranty for the EX920 already. They said they're looking into it...
    Post by: Lamim Rashid, Oct 8, 2019 in forum: Hardware Components and Aftermarket Upgrades
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    HP EX920 wayyy underperforming. How do I go about getting it fixed?

    While that's fair, I'd agree if I was being capped at 2k at QD1, but I'm not. Besides, usermark shows me that my EX920 is performing in the BOTTOM...
    Post by: Lamim Rashid, Oct 7, 2019 in forum: Hardware Components and Aftermarket Upgrades
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    HP EX920 wayyy underperforming. How do I go about getting it fixed?

    If that's the case I can understand it performing like that in my desktop but doesn't make sense in my new laptop. In all the benchmarks I've seen...
    Post by: Lamim Rashid, Oct 6, 2019 in forum: Hardware Components and Aftermarket Upgrades
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    HP EX920 wayyy underperforming. How do I go about getting it fixed?

    I purchased the HP EX920 from newegg.ca roughly around 11/21/2018 and the first thing I noticed was that it ran and benchmarked very slow around...
    Thread by: Lamim Rashid, Oct 5, 2019, 13 replies, in forum: Hardware Components and Aftermarket Upgrades
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    RST/Raid VS AHCI Single NVMe drive (There's a significant difference!)

    Trying it now! I had the same issue in RST Mode, I rebooted into AHCI mode then the driver installed without a hitch. I've rebooted now and am...
    Post by: Lamim Rashid, Oct 5, 2019 in forum: Hardware Components and Aftermarket Upgrades
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    RST/Raid VS AHCI Single NVMe drive (There's a significant difference!)

    Bonus: I just switched back to RST after testing on ACHI, and tested again one last time to verify my findings. Here are my last RST mode results....
    Post by: Lamim Rashid, Oct 5, 2019 in forum: Hardware Components and Aftermarket Upgrades
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    RST/Raid VS AHCI Single NVMe drive (There's a significant difference!)

    TL;DR - RST mode is significantly faster than AHCI mode, so if you don't require Linux on your machine, leave your bios set to RST mode. All test...
    Post by: Lamim Rashid, Oct 5, 2019 in forum: Hardware Components and Aftermarket Upgrades