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You would be the first of us in this group to run a 9950X3D2. I was looking at Freaky's delidded 9950X3D2 over on the OCFs but being an SP117, but $800 I'd rather spin the wheel and bin some myself if I went that direction and only PP FF. I'd need a bit of protection to make sure the delidded chip was 100%. But if you wanted to look for a decent deal regardless of chip bin and get it delidded and ready to go, that wouldn't be a bad option. Depends on if you're looking to run 6000+ or 8000+ (or hope to get some decent 6000 sticks to push to 8000+). Best Buy has a limited selection. Prices are what they are unfortunately. The sell 4 sets of 8000 sticks and they're marketplace from Newegg so.....plus no 2x24GB kits all 2x16 or 2x32. Checking PCpartpicker, good smattering of 8000+ kits all starting at 600+ for 2x24GB. Good board selection (yeah I'm not biased at all) 🤣. There are some good 1DPC boards out there if you're looking to really push ram. I take it you didn't hold onto any of your DDR5? 9950X3D2 bundles from MC are bleh..... Either way, AMD or Intel are going to definitely outclass your current rig and push your 5090 nicely.

Try looking for a older version of HWINfo

The M15x is not cursed by an Insyde bios. You can use literally any 970M/980M even G-Sync Clevo models and it will work. i have a G-Sync Clevo 980M in my M15x, no mods needed besides INF.

I’m thinking about trying an AMD system, I’m going through BestBuy only for my parts for easy return/exchange options if needed. I’m looking at a 9950X3D2, and a X870 Crosshair Dark Hero, I am struggling on which ram to get. Any tips?

I wish I had waited lol, I would've grabbed an mxm 5090 if I hadn't just bought the a5500

ASUS ROG 20th Anniversary bundle PC priced at $16,580 in China ASUS ROG 20th anniversary full PC parts bundle gets China pricing. Full special edition PC and ASUS tax🤢🤮🤢

That's an early ZRT card as you can see on the sticker. I mean they all look the same to be honest.

well ill be damned, here i thought i had the only 5090 with max core 1.02V in existence LOL (actually 1,025V but whos counting....) good to see it was user fault and not something that went awry due to the board or connector design. lulz @samsung, bitching about "costly bonus war" when the employees only wanted their fair share of the insane amount of profits....how dare they! still chugging along nicely here with black myth wukong, got 27h into the game, lotsa fun 🙂 correction on my previous claim of getting 70+ FPS at native 4K: seems like the graphics settings sometimes dont stick, so need to reapply and restart the game. settled at 89% 4K res (BMW can actually finetune exact percentages for scaled resolutions, pretty nice), which gives me solid 60-70 FPS, everything else maxed. this is on the matrix vbios btw. havent encountered any more connector imbalance issues on the amperage front, all good for now *fingers crossed*

If you still own a 4090 from launch, you are definitely getting your money's worth and can STILL sell it for more than you bought it.....crazy. But it is priced much higher than the lower tier 5080s available too. I can go grab a brand new 5080 for $1200 right now. (actually an open box for $1124 = $1067 with MC card) ....speaking of Microcenter....yeah I saw our local MC had 5 of those in stock last night and as of right now, they still have 2 which means 3 people gleefully went there and paid $5617 after tax for one of those.....insane. There is absolutely nothing "special" about that card outside of the Tron like design. No dual connectors. No extra beefy cooling. No 800w+ support from what I can see. Out of all the premium cards (Matrix, Lightning, Astral XL, Infinity), Infinity is the weakest of them all. I'd go Lightning first because of dual connectors followed by Astral XL then Matrix and finally Infinity. -------------------------------------------------------------- @jaybee83 Suprim 5090 gets the Northwestrepair treatment finally! (Along with Tony's usual dose of negativity) As we already knew, Vanguard and Suprim are basically identical. He's all hopped up over lack of fuses as always..... 1.020 voltage.... -------------------------------------------------------------- KingBank and Gloway switching to China made memory modules for some of their sticks.....curious to see how they stack up against SK and Samsung.... https://videocardz.com/newz/chinese-memory-brands-move-to-china-made-24gb-ddr5-chips --------------------------------------------------------------- No one not even CLOSE to Nvidia in AI performance.....so dominating it's downright scary.... https://wccftech.com/nvidia-blackwell-sweeps-mlperf-6-0-benchmark-no-competition-in-sight/ "Whether at massive scale or modest configurations, NVIDIA consistently outperformed the competition, often delivering results that rivals couldn’t even submit. With continued software optimizations and the upcoming Vera Rubin platform on the horizon, NVIDIA’s leadership in AI training remains stronger than ever." ------------------------------------------------------------------- A glimpse into the AI master plan..... https://wccftech.com/samsung-bets-on-unmanned-fabs-by-2030-to-break-its-unions-leverage-after-a-costly-bonus-war/

I found this 970M 6GB that looks like a Dell at a good price. I'm posting the photo in the hope the moderators will allow it. Thanks so much for your help.

I don't know how to check if the card has these things. I searched on the site you recommended but I didn't find anything about it. A 970M 6GB sells for about 10-15€ more and is advertised as a Dell card. I think, as you said, it would be easier and safer to install a Dell card. I've already used a CH341A programmer because I had a Clevo W870CU on which I modified the GPU and VBIOS with that. I'll try to verify all the information but, after your reply, I'll probably buy a 970M 6GB Dell (although I don't think the extra VRAM will make much of a difference since the CPU is an i7 840qm which I'll replace with an i7 920xm).

Running Windows 10 here and an update activated BitLocker for me on a Rufus build USB install. Thanks MicroSlop !

I modded my vapor chamber a different way . I installed a second GPU ( 1060 ) on the other side . Disabled it in the bios m used the mounting pressure from that card . Got a piece of spring steel and tightened it on the 3080 to side and it's been cool . Idles in the 30d and 40s and hits at most 76 c full snot . It's a 200 watt card too lol

u need pch replacement. there should be a code written on it like slrxxx to identify the correct model. that lateral burn mean something burned inside the die.

As long as the GPU supports LVDS output and the VBIOS is compatible with the laptop's SMBus then yes. You should get a 970M or 980M that's not a G-SYNC version and support LVDS screens. Try to find the Dell variants of these cards, they were available for Alienware 17 R1 and 18 R1. MSI could work but need to check the SMBus compatibility. If you're still confused, you can check the nbrchive website and see if anyone used a MSI card on the M15X. You can always flash with CH341A and test many VBIOS into the Dell/MSI 970M and find the one that works great. I do recommend the 6GB version of this card if you can find it for 10€ more

The tag line reads "Spiritual successor to Wing Commander."....and I LOVED wing commander. I also still enjoy BSG deadlock (capital ship space game) But this looks sooo kewl supposed to be out 2026

Ok, thanks for the reply. The laptop still has a working battery, so I hope it's fine. One more question: do I need a specific version of the graphics card, or can I install any brand? A 3GB MSI GTX 970M is being sold on AliExpress for €55, and if you confirm it's compatible, I'll order it. For the vbios is there anything I should know or some bios mod to use or is stock ok?. Thank you very much.

New month and new problems. The usual from Redmond bro @Mr. Fox Will they ever fix broken patch updates?🤔 Nope. Windows 11 update is breaking some PCs with boot and BitLocker issues A Windows 11 update is causing some PCs to fail to boot, trigger BitLocker recovery, or show blue screens. Some users are also reporting issues with OneDrive and File Explorer.

Hi there, can't manage to make gpu fan spin faster on my R1... since it have GTX 670MX SLI with drivers and all working, but no fan control for GPU fans, CPU fan is working and i can control it.

Or an 4090 you bought in 2022/23. LOL. Gigabyte want to be the new Asus. A hell lot to pay extra for the refined vbios to push boost clocks above 2700 and more fancy cooler and RGB trash-show. Gigabyte RTX 5090 AORUS INFINITY listed at Micro Center for $5,300

News about RTX 5070 TI, 5080 and 5090 MXM cards from X-VSION: DP/DP/HDMI/eDP support!! I'll sell my 4090 maybe to get the 5090 xD 4G decode support no idea.

News again: Can I pay them for a custom Vbios then? => NO They strictly prohibit it, so any changes to the information can only be recorded on their server. Anyone who makes unauthorized changes will be dismissed Someone in the market offered $3 million to change the 5090 BIOS, but no one dared to do it News about RTX 5070 TI, 5080 and 5090 MXM cards from X-VSION: DP/DP/HDMI/eDP support!! I'll sell my 4090 maybe to get the 5090 xD 4G decode support no idea.

News. X-Vsion response: They does not support making MXM specifications, so it will not assist in making signatures What??? So they know SOMEONE but can't do it because of "MXM specifications"? Makes no sense. It's just a DCB edit... I told them why the 4060/4070 have eDP on D but not the 4080/4090? I even told them to make the DP_B a basic DP output so it'll fix the issue.

This BIOS works for any M17xR3 regardless of configuration. Up to 980M is supported on LVDS PEG mode. Up to P5000 is supported on eDP (120hz) PEG mode (I fixed RTX 5000 as well but that will be in a future bios update). Up to RTX 5000 works in LVDS SG Mode (Optimus) but limited to DX11

If you are not overclocking a 920/940XM then 150w should be enough. for 240w, in order to use it at its full power, you need to remove the center pin. also m15x has a hard power limit for gpu so honestly, try 150w for now since it just works