EVGA's lack of a centralized location for both the most basic of information and simple repository for skins is deplorable and truly appalling. Time and time again you see the newbies coming in and asking the same questions to the point that I think the senior members are tired of answering the same question. If a repository to host a few dozen ~5 Mb files is too much to ask for then can you at least explain the skinning situation to the new people by having this basic information on the EVGA Precision X download page? For clicking links of old forums it seems that this is supposed to be the case, but now any link pertaining to Precision X 16 seems to default to the download page. So how about it? Add a few lines of text explaining:
- *.usf - skin files for legacy precision x
- *.uxf - skin files for current precision x
- NO CROSS COMPATIBILITY BETWEEN CURRENT & LEGACY
- Downloaded skins go within the /skins/ folder in the root of your Precision X install directory
- Loading *.uxf skin file into skin tool is solely for the purpose of making changes to the skin and will require a password.
- idk maybe it's easy to throw in that the skin files are just packed/compressed/encrypted archives/containers for all the different image files that comprise the skin.
Just a little upsetting to see people still lost and asking for help. I understand that not everyone belongs in forums as most people are too impatient to read through 24 pages of posts. I was one of the people that did read throgh all the pages seeking basic information as to why all these awesome [*.usf] skins would not work with the brand new Precision X and I seem to recall that I was unable to ascertain from this post (at the time). I don't remember where I found it but it was not easily google-able and nor was the information readily available via EVGA