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  1. After reading about your new configuration I kind of got interested about EVGA card and could not resist to do some research on it on the internet. Reading the specs of this card in relation to its price, I agree with you the price/value ratio is very good and both GPU's could master the most demanding games available right now.

    Will keep EVGA card in mind when the time comes to upgrade my system as a serious yet more affordable alternative and compare it to its competitors.

  2. Impressive configuration and thanks for sharing. Gaming will be as smooth as silk and fast as lighting. One question, when you did your research for the new GPU, did you consider the Nvidia GTX Titan Black? And if so why it didn't make it to your final choice?

    Wish you loads of fun with your new gear!

  3. In settings from my ESRI Garmin device, you can choose to eliminate the route by shortest distance instead opting for using main roads only, have good experience with that. I should maybe add I never use the address function itself, as I indeed encountered erroneous directions.

    Instead I look up my destination in Google Map, get the coordinates and use them as input for my Garmin with Esri.

    Travelled through Thailand from North to South, only few errors.

  4. Still we had public/community swimming pools for more than 100 years and peeing into the pool water was as likely as nowadays. Average life expectancy depending on gender in Europe or US around 80 years. Another "shocking" report that can be relativated like many others like acidity destroying the forests by 2000 or the ozone layer completely vanished etc.

  5. Look for aftermarket batteries mate, I've got a Zerolemon 10,000 mah battery for my Note 3, only change it twice a week. It comes with a case and a belt clip/stand. It made my phone 2x heavier and thicker but I don't care, I love the battery life and I don't have any power saving features enabled. Love it. Zerolemon makes batteries for some other model phones. Search if you're interested.

    Sent from my SM-N900 using Thaivisa Connect Thailand mobile app

    Interesting, bookmarked their site and will look if they have a specific battery available once I choose a new model. Thanksthumbsup.gif

  6. If I were to go with those I would need to carry a man purse with me. biggrin.png alt=biggrin.png width=20 height=20>

    Carrying a man purse in Thailand is fine, you would blend in with all the Thai men carrying their purses! biggrin.png

    Indeed, it's like a circle; in the old days the phone's were heavy and thick due to the battery and the electronics inside needing more space and lots of people carried the phone by a special

    phone-purse at their belt. Nowadays phones got very slim in height but large in diameter, battery-life is worse than ever due to slim batteries and demanding HD color-screens and we starting to carry power-packs with us to compensate!

    I was one of the first the buy a nexus 7 inch for reading the newspapers, forums like Thaivisa and social networks or skype. Lately I don"t use the nexus 7 that much, as the new larger screens

    from the phones or phablets substitute for it; especially in the evening when sitting on the couch or laying in bed just catching the latest news I find it much more comfortable reading on

    a large screen phone(say 5 inch up).

    So I probably won't buy a new tablet, but go for a new phone with a screen of approx. 6 inches that I just can carry with me in my pocket, or turn back to the old days and store it in

    the old-fashioned phone-purse attached to the belt. Ladies can carry a powerpack in their handbag(and I witnessed them doing so); guys have an disadvantage here I suppose.

    As the main manufacturers all announced new models, coming with bendable, flexible,concaved and more thin screens, I just wait for them to be presented in the first or second quarter this year.

    As much as the electonics are advanced with every new model,a revolution or even a decent evolution on battery-life still is not in sight AFAIK.

  7. well motivated decision, just lately see a tendency growing for substantial larger screens for phones, or phablets if you like.

    Today had a Sony Z ultra in my hands; superb 6 inch screen but indeed can't be pocketed.Same applies to the Samsung's mega versions. Yet strolling through a shoppingmall my indeed very subjective observation notices a drastic user increase of these phones; apperently especially popular for ladies.FYI recently the new Acer liquid S2 gets impressive reviews, but size-and weight wise probably not in your desired league

  8. Update on my own car Mazda 2; went to the official Mazda dealer to have an oil change and specifically asked for synthetic. Learned that Mazda uses their own "brand" in stead of

    Mobil/Shell etc.

    New service interval is set at 10.000 km as the sticker attached to the window shows.

    Curious to know if the synthetic oil reduces friction in a way that is noticeable regarding fuel consumption.

    Anybody saw a difference in that respect or just theoretically?

  9. Naam - my post said that I do not use synthetic in my car, hence the 5000 km oil change intervals.

    even non-synth oil does not require a change every 5000km (depending on the time frame during which the mileage was driven). what we learned in the 50s does not apply anymore. the quality and longevity of non-synth oils has improved dramatically.

    Agree, works on both sides; engines and cars got significally improved(I remember in the 60's we had a kind of grease-pump to lube the bearings every 5000 km)and reaching about

    a total of 100.000 km the engine was ready for the scrap-dealer. Simultaneously first the mineral based oils were improved and later the synthetic oils came on stage.

  10. I own a 2012 mazda 2 which has one serviced oilchange left from the dealer; of course it will be the standard oil that will be refilled.

    My question is what are the benefits(if any)if I asked to change the refill to synthetic oil(and of course pay for the surcharge).

    Does synthetic oil improve the mileage per litre, prolongues the life of the engine and can I step from standard to synthetic instantly or

    does it require extra maintenance(aside from the new oil-filter). Does synthetic oil absorbe more heat from within the engine and hence

    delays the wear and tear of moving parts in the engine?

    I know many bikers swear on using synthetic oil but who of you as car-owners can comment on the assumed advantages and in short is it worth

    the extra money?

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