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5090's back in stock shipped and sold by Newegg reflecting the beginning of new pricing insanity incoming when they are stocked..... In their defense, Walmart is selling shipped and sold by Walmart the PNY EPIC 5090 for 4299.99 so this is the way things are going for 5090s..... MSI Liquid 5090 is also listed on MSI's site at $3699.99 too....

What advice do you have for these settings? I've tried every possible combination and run PassMark + HwInfo benchmarks with every possible combination. - N.1 (Any setting does not affect temperatures and performance) Intel Software Guard Extension (SGX) Intel SGX Enable Disabled Enabled Software Controlled (default) Enclave Memory Size (non modificabile in Software Controlled) 32MB 64MB 128MB (default) - N.2 (enabled: 14.000 Passmark points but Thermal Throttling, disabled 9.000 Passmark points without Thermal Throttling) Intel SpeedStep Disabled Enabled - N.3 (enabled slightly worsens performance, disabled slightly better performance) C-States Control Disabled Enabled - N.4 (enabled: 14.000 Passmark points but Thermal Throttling, disabled 9.000 Passmark points without Thermal Throttling) Enable Intel Speed Shift Technology * Disabled Enabled - N.5 (Optimized and Ultra Performance, with SpeedStep or/and SpeedShift and no C-State about 14.000 PassMark point with Thermal Throttling, Cool or Quiet drastically reduce performance with any other settings active) Thermal Management Optimized (default) Cool Quiet Ultra Performance I noticed that SpeedStep and SpeedShift either if you activate only one of them, or if you activate both together, I always get about 14,000 PassMark points and I reach about 4.4GHz maximum, so it makes no difference if you enable only one or both. MY CHOICE: Intel SGX Enable Software Controlled (default) Enclave Memory Size 128MB (default) Intel SpeedStep Enabled C-States Control Disabled Enable Intel Speed Shift Technology Enabled Thermal Management Optimized or Ultra Performance (no big differences) I installed W11 Pro for Workstation, but maybe I did something wrong, because it is not possible to activate additional power plans such as Ultimate Performance (powercfg -duplicatescheme e9a42b02-d5df-448d-aa00-03f14749eb61). CMD Admin with the command is recognized correctly but the power plans are not enabled in the control panel. While when I installed W11 Pro on any other computer (even 7710, 7720, 7730) the Ultra Performance command enabled the new plan in the control panel. Note: I previously had a DELL 7730 with an i9-8950HK, and it too was constantly hovering above 90°C, even when idling. I had thoroughly cleaned the heat sinks and fans, and replaced the thermal paste with Artic MX-4 (new product, optimally applied under the film—not too little, not too much), but the temperatures remained more or less the same.

@JamieTheAnything As soon as I have time, I'll certainly replace the factory thermal paste on the CPU and GPU with the Artic MX-4 I already have, and I'll also give the heat sinks/fans a thorough cleaning. However, with this type of CPU, I doubt temperatures will drop much. At most, they might drop by 10°C, but that'll still be a small difference. I think good temperatures are 50°C at IDLE and 80°C at FULL LOAD (with SpeedStep, SpeedShift, and TurboBoost enabled, so above 4.4GHz), but that probably won't happen with the i7 10850H.

No way! What you want is no PWM and no dithering algorithms! So a true 8 bit panel PWM free is a first step; next would be no software/firmware dithering, which can be quite a hassle. So, for starters, no OLED, 30bit Dreamcolor, AdobeRGB stuff!

you're right, i was referencing another scenario in my mind 😅

CPU PowerLimit isn't affected

did you try manually changing PL1 limit?

The issue I am currently facing is related to the power adapter. When I travel, I use a 28 V 140 W adapter. I have noticed that once the system is connected to the 140 W adapter, the dGPU TGP becomes locked at 115 W, even using the genuine 280W brick. The only way to restore the 175 W TGP profile is to reset the BIOS to factory defaults. I am not sure how Dell has implemented the relevant BIOS logic, but the overall behavior feels quite buggy.

WHEA errors are commonly observed in daughterboard designs that rely on PCIe bridges (such as DGFF), especially on PCIe 4.0+ systems. Replacing the motherboard alone will not resolve the underlying signal-integrity issues. I have observed this problem on my Precision 7670/7680, so I am not surprised that it has not been fully addressed by Dell in this generation. I noticed that Lenovo uses CAMM as the dGPU board interposer. How is your friend’s P16 Gen 3? Has he encountered similar issues?

They have replaced the motherboard, fan and heatsink with pre-applied TIM. 1 - I am also having this issue but the buzzing is not always there

Ideally, I should be a fan of Loyal Moses. Conceptually, he lives my dream. Owning a business and home off the grid. His videos about the incoming laws enacting government spyware in 3D printing applies to all technologies. Unfortunately, it is the case of the messenger killing the message. Moses is known to be a "shill" for certain brands and when certain companies enact anti-consumer policies or reverse course on promised products, he doesn't say anything. This means, a lot of people are wary of him and his messages - in this case, he's right on though. On the subject of the Washington and NY laws, it is simple government overreach. This law applies to CNC and Lathe machines in addition to aforementioned 3D printers. What's next? The government forcing CAD/3D model design software to detect and prevent you from designing a part that looks like it is related to a gun? Welp, there goes the video game industry. How far the slope can go, it is easy to see. Imagine the government pushing Nvidia, AMD and Intel to stop allowing consumer GPUs to be used in certain software, because they can be used to design things that they don't agree with. That means that 2 to 3K GPU becomes less valuable overnight.

The case is EXACTLY the same as the 2024 and 2025 Pro models. They dropped the sd card reader and tapered the edges to make it look thinner after the ports. Simply you have not followed closely the evolution. And about the MUX switch I asked Perplexity because personally I get crazy runtimes where the dGPU is totally inactive: "You do not need a MUX switch to get very good battery life on a Gram‑type machine; with modern Optimus/Advanced Optimus the dGPU can power‑gate down to essentially zero when idle, so most of the time your iGPU already gives you near‑maximum battery without any manual dGPU deactivation.reddit+1 What the MUX actually does A MUX switch is mainly for performance, letting the dGPU drive the internal panel directly and avoid the iGPU bottleneck in games (higher FPS, a bit more latency sensitive).laptopmag It does not magically save battery; in “dGPU only” mode it usually reduces battery life, because the dGPU is forced on all the time. EDIT: The problem with no MUX with the GRAM is probably you do not get full FPS in games and if I connect an external monitor at the HMDI port it is driven by the iGPU.

Try enabling "Block S3 Sleep" in the bios and see if that helps. It disables most of the ACPI code pathways for modern standby so if something is getting hung up trying to transition between power states it may help.

yeah, but it still has no Mux, right? So battery runtime with the RTX5050 will be worse. I'm pretty sure it's possible to retrofit the 90wh battery to any pro model. Screws look identical. I wonder if the 77wh battery just has more reserve cells (and worse batches) for better longevity or is actually different. For the case I mean min 4:22 to 4:23 - that is quite different from the old models. At 5:11 it's very visble too.

If this POS bill becomes law, 3D printers will be just the start. The brain cancer will metastasize and spread to everything that runs on firmware and software. I used to think blue was a pretty color, but now I find it projectile vomit repulsive.

Thanks! I'll look at the forum ledstrain.org. Do you think I'll get better if I change my screen with the 4K dream color?

Did anyone with problems under load, sound hick-ups etc. already tried to put the machine under load with Live-Linux? There are different benchmarks as well and might be a good additional argument if there are serious hardware problems or Microsoft, drivers and bloat-bullshit by Dell are more likely to blame.

Hi maro, just use the latest WQHL driver. That should do the trick!

Yes, this card is perfectly made. Although the other cards are also good. But this card is geometrically well done.

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so far, ive now installed A15 bios and then the unlocked version, ive now also installed game ready 2080 super notebook drivers - it runs better and seems to manage more gameplay before a crash, im going to investigate further with graphical settings seems to be underload it kicks the gpu off, it never does reach max temp, power draw can be the only conclusion, i need to research the shunt mod as its difficult to find this out. i also have somthing very strange which has happened since ive installed this card, on 3d mark its hard locked at 60 fps unless i go window mode, ive checked many settings in the nvidia control panel, i have changed the DVR options in windows and also switched off gamebar. an update to this post, i have tried many different things out lowering graphics etc and still get the same result, i have now ordered R005 resistors to shunt the card, for a temporary measure i will swap the card out with my RTX 3000. once i get the parts i will look to shunt the card and see if this resolves my power issue.

Just a thought about "AI developing consciousness" I do hope he is correct, ai can be a useful tool but have you tried using it? Bloody stupid sometimes. TLDR: self aware ai can not exist because of how consciousness works in the human brain (and I assume all biological brains) 2:15

I got hands on an almost brand-new MS Surface Pro 11 OLED, but i fear that no current Linux distro will be able to support a detachable with current hardware. Even the Linux on Surface project hasn't done any reliable testing on this model I will throw a couple of distros at it and will see, if something is working. If not, i can always switch back to Windows 11. Fedora has a Mobile Spin version available, but this is intended mainly for smartphones. Ubuntu is already a track record of supporting touch&pen on some devices, but none with current hardware. I'll keep you posted on my journey, but my hopes are dim.

People don’t trust Windows or Microsoft Microsoft reportedly admits Windows 11 went off track, cuts back Copilot, and promises real fixes in 2026. Trust in Windows has eroded for predictable reasons, such as the persistent bugs, poor update quality, and basic functionality getting worse.