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  1. Sando

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    So do we need to charge new Li-Po batteries for 12 hrs or so? Or this is just a myth and it was necessary for the old batteries?
     
  2. Funky7Monkey

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    Ahh. Well, I'm going to learn what I need to learn.
     
  3. Kitteh5

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    With LiPo, you still need to charge it fully. With LiIon you really don't need to.
     
  4. SixSixSevenSeven

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    Its always been a myth. 12 hours on charge actually destroys a LiPo or LiIon, explosively so (google it, they literally explode), as such the charge circuitry will cut off when the battery is full anyway (assuming you are using a LiPo charger...). Memory effect on a lipo is almost nearly absent too (at least when new), charging to 100% has never been required.

    NiMH is a different matter and a 12 hour trickle can do them good, but most chargers wont trickle and will just dump charge power in which actually damages them.
     
  5. Sando

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    Oh, well I meant LI-Ion, so you don't need to charge it like 12h? Just when it reaches full charge it's ready to go? That makes sense because when the battery charges the device gets warm and when it reaches full charge it starts to cool down meaning that the charger no longers delivers power to the battery, so why leaving it 12h for no reason. I was almost sure that this 12h thing is a myth but decided to ask to be sure. It looks like that our local phone stores have to update their info.
     
  6. SHOme1289

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    exactly...GTA5 (and ONLINE for sure!) are indeed amazingly complex, advanced, and frankly super fun to play...the car/bike physics SUCKKKKK MAJORLY compared to GTA IV...they should have just kept it the same, maybe tighten up the ARB's, but altogether the cars were much more fun, realistic, and essentially more "beefy or meaty" in feel...the damage was also WAY better in 4 versus 5...How come when you TBone a minivan with a semi-truck in 4 versus 5, the 4 crunches up nicely and in 5, the car just gets a scratch. Surely, they knew what they were doing with all of that and frankly it pisses me off that they allowed such stiff physics. 5 has such tinny, light-weight, stiff driving characteristics. not so great. I wish there was a way to mod that on the XBone version. might have to just get a new computer for BNG and GTA5 so I can start living lol
     
  7. Car crusher

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    Pes is the bane of all soccer games. The way the players acts is quite awkward. If you miss a touch then you lose control of the ball. Take for example Fifa. They have created the game to accurately simulate cutbacks in foot movement. Allowing the player to accurately manoeuvre the ball. Pes is lacking this greatly. If you observe real players manoeveuvreing the ball you can see that they miss a touch on purpose to perform moves such as the step over. This is what the developers of Fifa have taken into account. With Pes the ball movement is not right. The way the players go to take a shot. The arm movement is jerky and awkward. If you take a penalty in Fifa you can see the smooth hand movements, as they pitch their body in a way that their angle of attack tricks the goal keeper. The only thing in my sentiment that Pes does better than Fifa is character models. I have to say, Pes character models are stunning.
     
  8. Dummiesman

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    :rolleyes:

    (imported from here)
     
  9. TheAdmiester

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  10. Dummiesman

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    Worked a bunch of freelance programming jobs to save up :p.
     
  11. CaffeinatedPixels

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    Just got the XB1 Forza Edition console :D

    Actually got about 200 off with the console and game trade-in too.
     
  12. Kona61

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    I have an older 3770
     
  13. TheAdmiester

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    Whatever you do, don't use an LMP car in the rain with TCS disabled. You will die in real life.
     
  14. Funky7Monkey

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    I need to do this. How2?
     
  15. CaffeinatedPixels

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    Well, since the console came with a digital download I need to enter a code.

    I go to enter the code and all I've gotten for 25 minutes is a spinning circle.
     
  16. Dummiesman

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    yay. now I need to get the GTX970 and I'll be all good :D

    (imported from here)

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  17. Rage

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    You finally have a decent PC :D
     
  18. CTJacob

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    Go home Steam, you're drunk.

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  19. Dummiesman

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    This is my power LED btw. I need to duct tape it before I blind myself

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  20. Cwazywazy

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    So I've got the 16GB of RAM that I paid $30 for on my desk and I'm debating whether or not to put it in or put it off until tomorrow. (4x4GB of Kingston HyperX Fury. I currently have 2x4GB of Kingston HyperX Blu which will go into my server HP.)

    I wonder which is actually better, this or the RAM I have now. They're both 1600MHz, blue, Kingston, but the Fury is CL10, not CL9. Whatever. I also realized this is my first PC upgrade in over a year, excluding replacing shitty fans with not that shitty fans.
     
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