This was supposed to be a sound check on a video that I’m working on about Quarantine Tech but ended up being a video of my sharing my thoughts of the whole COVID 19 isolation quarantine situation. Very grateful to my friends, family and subscribers that make this life awesome. I miss seeing everyone and hope we can all get together soon!
Great video put together by Jonathon Morrison on the top 50 gadgets under $50 from 50 Youtubers! I’m on 5:42 of this video!
With everything going, a lot of us are now required or highly encouraged to work from home. For me, it’s just another day as I’ve been remote working for over a decade. In fact, I love working from home because I can count on my own gear, have a large high resolution display and not work off a smaller cheap screen they have at most offices.
My Mac setup is also my PC setup too these days. I switch to Windows Bootcamp to run Windows Applications and plug in an eGPU with an NVIDIA RTX 2070 Super when I want to run some demanding games. Sure, it’s not the same as an actual dedicated gaming PC but being able to do all this off one device is awesome.
Stay safe, wash your hands and be sure to practice your social distancing!
New video up!
You’re never too old to go back to school. You’re never too old to qualify for a scholarship either. I went back AND I was able to get a scholarship for the online accredited university I’m attending at Western Governors University.
A review of the – Sterkmann Expandable Carry on Backpack for men Overnight Weekender for Travel & Business Waterproof Fits 15″ Laptop With Packing Cube, Shoe Pouch & Laundry Bag (20L-30L Capacity, 3 lbs) – yes it’s a mouthful but that was basically the product description on Amazon!
This is a really great travel backpack with excellent build quality and a much lower price than the Nomantic backpacks without sacrificing the quality.
Note: I was able to fit my Sony A7III with the Tamron 28-75 lens AND the Samyang 35mm lens attached to the camera with all the stuff that’s already in the backpack!
Link to backpack: https://amzn.to/2uKIeuf
I am not Casey Neistat. I am not Logan or Jake Paul or those other awesome YouTubers! This video has no crazy wild adventures, skydiving, boosted boards… or even drones in this video. But hey, hats off and MEGA KUDOS to those guys!
This is my typical Saturday… and as I was editing it – a lot more uneventful than usual so I am going to warn you that it might get pretty boring. But hey, sometimes you just want to unwind and really not do much after a long week. Hope you enjoy some of this. A LIKE and Subscribe or even a comment will be greatly appreciated.
This video is how to get your Macbook Pro or any Mac with a Thunderbolt 3 setup with an eGPU. It’s really easy if you use an NVIDIA based card for Windows Bootcamp. It’s more tricky if you are using an AMD based card – link how to do that here: https://egpu.io/boot-camp-egpu-setup-guide/
I just finished a video on the 16-inch MacBook Pro’s gaming performance not too long ago and I included some benchmarks that showed significant improvement with an eGPU. Link to that video here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fPlM_tARsLI
How well does the MacBook Pro 16 inch perform? How does it compare to a gaming laptop? How much does an eGPU improve gaming performance? This is where we find out!
I’m borrowing a friend’s MacBook Pro 16 with 5500m 8GB and I don’t know if I am impressed or surprised at the gaming performance because I had low expectations.
I tried out Overwatch, Nier Automata, and Tomb Raider all in using the bootcampdrivers.com Adrenaline RED version, and am easily getting 45-60+ fps on High Settings on a 3440×1440 100hz display (using TAA or AA OFF). The detail on Nier and Tomb Raider unfortunately isn’t as good as it is on my GS65 with an RTX 2060 card but I believe that’s mainly because those games were optimized for the NVIDIA graphics cards and there is a bit of tearing but the games are definitely more than playable and better than what you can get from a console. Overwatch on the other hand, just flies in ultra. I understand most people play games in 1920 x 1080 resolution so I included benchmark scores on that as well.
Also the system runs really hot even with Turboboost turned off and being undervolted so the fans will be on the whole time when playing a game. Not too different from any other laptop so it would be a good idea to have this on a cooling pad because the temps get up into the 90s easily.
As for if this is worth it as a gaming laptop, definitely not. At the configuration of an i9, 32GB, 2TB and Radeon 5500 8GB, you can buy 2 Razer Blade 15s and they will be way better for gaming. But as a high end Mac that can edit complicated 4K videos with ease in Final Cut Pro, and function as a mid-tier gaming laptop, it’s something to think about.
Things to consider…
This is the first video I’ve shot and edited in ages. Just picked up the DJI Mavic Mini and flew it for the first time. In face there are many things I haven’t done in awhile and flying a drone is also one of them. Last drone I had was a Phantom 4 which I sold sin 2017 before I moved to Austin. Hope to get back into editing videos again.
Non drone footage taken on Sony A7III with Tamron 28-75 lens.
Happy New Year!
I wasn’t expecting to pickup any gear this early on of 2020, but I have been eyeing the Sony A7III ever since it came out in 2018. I’ve been rocking the A6300 with a handful of prime lenses and loved that camera. However, after borrowing a friends A7III, I’ve been amazed with and wanted one since. I figured I’d just wait for the A7IV to eventually come out but who knows when that might happen and the A7RIV is just simply overkill for my needs.
Yesterday, I sold my A6300 camera and 4 lenses and picked up with A7III with Tamron 28-75 F2.8 lens at my local camera store for a great deal. Sure it was a little impulsive and there is a chance that the A7IV could come out this year but I doubt that it would be leaps and bounds over this one. Like a kid on Christmas I ran home took it out of the box, put the battery in, popped on the lens and did the initial setup and then… 1% battery life left. I took a hasty quick photo of the closes thing around me of course it happened to be my cat Lilly.
I was pretty amazed at the quality, and even though I have borrowed this camera a few times, it feels different when I now actually own it. The Tamron lens is awesome. I think it is the only lens I will ever need but there’s a chance that I MIGHT pickup a 35mm or 50mm full frame prime in the near future.
No regrets whatsoever in selling my ASP-C camera and lens and I look forward to taking awesome photos this year… and maybe get back to doing YouTube videos again!
