I wanted per-game brightness and digital vibrance without a bunch of extra features, so I vibecoded BrightMarmot.

What it does

• Add a game, then set Gamma, Contrast, Vibrance, Hue and Shadow Boost for it
• Your colours switch automatically when the game is in front, and switch back when you Alt-Tab out or close it
• Only the monitor the game is on changes
• Your normal colours always come back, even if the app crashes

Why you might like it

• Simple: no hotkeys, overlays, macros or paid tier, just per-game colours
• Lightweight: about 4 MB of RAM and 0% CPU while you play
• Anti-cheat friendly: it only changes display settings, the same way the NVIDIA Control Panel does. It never touches the game, injects anything or sends input.
• HDR: works with HDR on or off
• One small .exe: no installer, no account, no internet

Vibrance and Hue need an NVIDIA GPU; Gamma, Contrast and Shadow Boost work on any GPU. Windows 10/11.

Download: https://github.com/adrianpaiva1/BrightMarmot/releases/latest

It isn't code-signed yet, so SmartScreen may warn you. Click **More info → Run anyway**. Feedback welcome!

At launch of 5k series I bought a top of the line pc with a 42" OLED 4K panel. I've definitely enjoyed the gaming at 4k on ultra with the 5090, and at the time \~3k was worth the price to me for the card. Checked today and a 5080 is still \~2.1k in my country new however a 5090 is selling for \~$8k used.

I'd never in a million years buy a graphics card for 8k. However here I am with one and a single point of failure on my desktop pc.

Is a 5080 that big of a downgrade? I do play mostly AAA games, however id be totally fine with running dlss at balanced + frame gen and toning down ray tracing etc a bit to make up for the difference. Or would it be worse than that?

I wanted to get a pc, it would be my first one, to be able to play some higher end games than my usual ones (currently playing on laptop), but don’t know where to start.

Looking to play games like Helldivers 2, Arc Raiders and Cyberpunk, which all have kinda high demand graphics wise, so I wanted to know what the lowest is I could go on each spec so that it’s still playable on medium to high settings and that won’t completely drain my bank. I still have a budget, but I’d rather not tell it so that I can first see what the recommendations are and if I should make the budget higher or not.

Any tips on where to start and if it’s actually worth it to buy from Amazon, or just find the cheapest place to buy it(o line/local stores)

Any tips are appreciated!

The 5080 Ti jumped over this hurdle already.

Glad I bought it early even tho the prices already started going crazy. How does your build compare?

This is honestly crazy. I looked at GPU prices daily and from yesterday to today 9070 xt have gone up to the same price as 5070 tis. It's crazy at the beginning of summer it was 619 for a 9070xt which is almost double what it is right now. We all need to stop allowing them to push us to buy these ridiculously priced gpus when nothing has changed besides purposeful limits on production. Just insane even a 9060xt is over 700$ and that's consider a more basic GPU. Rant is over. I know this is discussed daily but it's getting out of control.

Where

I bought an old stock first aid box off a dude on marketplace, this is what the mirror was wrapped in. January 3rd 1993. Idk if this is masterrace or not but I had to share it.

I have had my Acer XV272U V3 display since January ‘25 when I first built my computer and have had no issues until now. Is there anything I can do to fix it or should I try to get it warrantied?

Is this too tight a bend? It seems to produce some stress to the side, seeing a very tiny gap on the bottom left (pic 2). Should I get one of those 180 degree adapters from corsair? (cable is CORSAIR ThermalProtect 600 W 12 V-2x6, PSU: MSI MAG A1000GL PCIE5 II).

In need to RMA my i9-14900k and I was thinking of upgrading to a 285K.

Those the 285K will perform better or equivalent? or is better just get another i9-14900k?

Hey everyone!

I'm a solo dev and I've been working on this little app called Game Frame for a while now.

Basically, it brings frame generation, upscaling, frame pacing, and FPS limiting together in one place. The idea is to make games feel smoother without having to mess around with a bunch of different tools.

It supports 2x-8x frame generation, works with AMD, NVIDIA, and Intel GPUs, and lets you customize settings for each game.

I also recently pushed a pretty big update with a controller-friendly fullscreen interface, a redesigned in-game menu, and some major improvements to frame pacing.

It's still in Early Access, so there's definitely room for improvement. Frame generation isn't magic, and results can vary quite a bit depending on the game and your hardware.

Honestly, getting people to actually discover the app has been harder than I expected lol.

Figured I'd share it here since you guys probably know more about frame times and performance than most people.

Would love to hear what you think of it, especially if you end up trying it. Good feedback, bad feedback, weird bugs, whatever. I'm reading all of it.

Steam: https://store.steampowered.com/app/4913010/Game_Frame/

I'm currently thinking of upgrading out of my 6600, it's done me well but it's gotten to a point where it is not delivering satisfying fps anymore. I currently play on 1440p 165hz, when I first got this monitor I didn't realise that it was a mistake to go for 2k over 1080p, not really knowing what the difference between 2560 and 1920 were at the time. Over time the 1440p really started to struggle on the card, considering it's really a 1080p card.

I want to upgrade but I hate the current prices of different cards in this market. I was considering a couple of cards for my price range, though I would like to work on a small-ish budget.

9060xt 8gb - $300

3080 10gb - $380

6800xt 16gb? - ?

9060xt 16gb? - $4xx?

These are all in a $300-400 range and I would like to refrain from spending too much if possible. I mainly play competitive games but I would also really like to run games like gta 6 when they release for pc.

The rest of my pc:
5600x3d,

b550m

550w bronze psu.

A 3080 would warrant a new psu, so I don't know if the extra cost would be worth it compared to something like a 9060xt? But I also know that the 3080 will perform better on 2k.

All would be bought locally, is there also a good way to test these cards so that I'm able to tell if they're suitable and I'm not being scammed? Thanks!

When I launch certain games like Crimson Desert or Dawnwalker, I am seeing the flashing light on the Astral plus HWInfo is sounding off alarms on multiple pins intermittently. So it might be pin6 right now, then pin4 then pin1 etc.

I have never pulled out the cable since I plugged it in and to this day havent had an issue. I did not update drivers today either.

I know this is the worst cable nvidia has ever made which in itself is an achievement but is something like this possible? None of the pins have had imbalances so far, yet I start having this issue suddenly today. I dont even think my GPU has ever drawn more than 510W and usually its closer to 480W on demanding games.

SInce the market is cooked I dont want to lose my gpu cuz I know the people at Asus wont honor the warranty outside of refunding MSRP if something does happen.

I want to check the pins on my cable but I guess I need to buy a new one too since simply pulling it out has a chance of making it worse the next time I plug it in, does anyone have recommendations? Too many differing opinions online so a bit confused.

I know buying a second hand PC is risky but I can't afford anything full price. Anyone know a good second hand platform that handles purchases safely and has decent prices from sellers?

I’m looking to choose between these 4

https://www.cyberpowersystem.co.uk/system/ultra-75-ti-next-day-pc

https://www.cyberpowersystem.co.uk/system/infinity-145-ti-next-day-pc

https://www.awd-it.co.uk/awd-it-helios-amd-ryzen-7-nvidia-rtx-5070-12gb-32gb-ram-1tb-ssd-windows-11-prebuilt-gaming-pc.html

https://www.awd-it.co.uk/awd-it-x-cube-white-intel-i5-13400f-10-core-nvidia-rtx-4070-12gb-desktop-pc-for-gaming.html

Looking for stable 360fps in fornite val and rainbow six siege all games on competitive/low settings

If you have any other pc recommendations within the price range of £1500-1700 that r better than these lmk

Guys please help I was trying to reinstall windows on my laptop then it showed me INACCESSIBLE_BOOT_DEVICE 0x7B , now what to do this thing has made me insane , visiting my bios didn't help me anything as Laptop BIOS doesn't have much options

My PC :

CPU: Intel i7-12700F

GPU: Zotac RTX 5060 ti 16GB

RAM: 32GB (2 16GB sticks on ports 1 and 3)

Motherboard: ASUS Prime B660M-A WIFI D4

I've been getting some freezes randomly. I can still hear sound just fine but the computer freezes up for a few seconds. It happens quite often and in different activities. I haven't heard the fans go faster when this happens.

I dont have to hard reset or anything, only some times I had to. But usually it just come back. Now these last few times the screen has gona black during the freeze

If there is any other information I need to provide let me know.