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Hey Bros. Tomorrow morning I have my first brachytherapy procedure, with the second scheduled for 2/27. So, having me in your thoughts and prayers would be cherished.

I managed to get a close to MSRP 9070xt reaper from powercolor that fits in my case. It will arrive tomorrow 😊

I received my 4090 laptop in the mail today. This was purchased with funds intended for an RTX 5090. However, since the RTX 5090 does not actually exist, (I’m not really near any local stores to really buy one) so I just gave up with trying to buy one online, and moved on with life. With my job, I’m finding my self having to stay at my desk 7a-7p. It’s paying well. But getting promoted to an operations manager requires me to play at a level of pure beast mode/be the best mode/no excuses allowed. 😂 So, I really needed a laptop for constant monitoring and check-in’s etc. First impressions: incredible panel! 😱 .. It’s just like OLED, maybe even better sometimes since it’s 1,000 nits bright and all.. No back light bleeding anywhere, I don’t even see any glowing at all. It’s 250Hz/ 16:10 aspect ratio, and 2560x1600/ Mini LED. So it’s really beautiful! You can run the brightness on 5% and it looks perfectly normal brightness like a regular monitor lol. CPU: 14900HX, feels very fast just using the machine. With fans silent it’s idling about 55-60c while downloading a game on Steam. With fans at 100% it’s not too bad. It’s LOUD! But the pitch and tone of the noise doesn’t make it annoying at all. It’s just noisy. But not annoying. GPU: Haven’t really gotten an opportunity to really use it just yet. But I’m expecting good things. It’s a 175w 4090 Mobile. Performance: So, I’m not expecting 4090 desktop power here obviously. But, it has DLSS3, and Frame Gen, and it’s 2560x1600! If my old 3090 Kingpin had frame Gen, I’d have never sold it! These are amazing features to have. Since Nvidia and AIB’s a like just recently killed the affordable gaming market for average people like me all together, buying a 4090 laptop seemed like the only way to go. Since even a RTX 5090 laptop MSI Raider will set you back an eye watering $5,000+ after taxes. Value: It’s a $2,000 dollar laptop. So, I think it’s going to offer a great value for what you get. A whole computer capable of decent gaming performance that is portable. Overall: This is a BIG laptop being 18 inches. I’ve never owned an 18” laptop before. The screen doesn’t feel like I’m squinting or leaning forward to find things like my last 15” laptop. And the 16:10 offers a little more desktop space to get things done. I really like the machine.

I got the B650E and a 7700 because the value was very decent, the 9xxx series is not that interesting but the next gen might be with the 12 core CCDs.

Walked in about 4:15 pm and happened to grab this while getting stuff for my customers. Edit: Well this card definitely has some overclocking room. I will stay that much. https://www.3dmark.com/search#advanced?test=sw P&cpuId=&gpuId=1696&gpuCount=0&gpuType=ALL&deviceType=ALL&storageModel=ALL&showRamDisks=false&memoryChannels=0&country=&scoreType=overallScore&hofMode=false&showInvalidResults=false&freeParams=&minGpuCoreClock=&maxGpuCoreClock=&minGpuMemClock=&maxGpuMemClock=&minCpuClock=&maxCpuClock=

You should follow the same advice GN said about buying 5070Ti😎 From 1:56 I fix it for you....🤗 Does it really matter? Nope.

consider yourselves lucky that u even HAVE SEEN any 5090 in stock or actually know about upcoming drops. ive had neither so far 😛 however, im having some funsies with scalpers on ebay. one of them actually dared to offer me a 5% price drop on his 5090 Suprim card, going from 5500€ initial to 5200€. i GRACIOUSLY declined his offer with the following message: F*** OFF DIRTY SCALPER! 😄

I think now is the time to show off this RTX 3080. Who would have thought that this 12 year old M18xR2 would stretch its wings so far. I may try RTX 4090 in the future but its pricey. CPU score will be low because it's an old 4-core. I didn't bother going over 4.5Ghz since the 3080 is a 115w TDP model so won't help it much. I think @Mr. Fox @Papusan @Raidriarwould get a kick out of this. Perfect example of how MXM would have continued fine. NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3080 (notebook) video card benchmark result - Intel Core i7-3920XM Processor Extreme Edition,Alienware M18xR2 NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3080 (notebook) video card benchmark result - Intel Core i7-3920XM Processor Extreme Edition,Alienware M18xR2

My $600 equivalent (when you account for VAT) 9070 XT arrived EDIT: PCI-E Gen 5 on a riser no issue. Stock https://www.3dmark.com/3dm/127667606 100mv undervolt stock clocks https://www.3dmark.com/3dm/127668715

100% agreed. Therein lies the problem for myself. I won't pay much (if anything) over the $600 point as it quickly loses value for me. I sure as heck won't pay >=$700. The exception was going to be the Taichi.... Just about as disastrous of a launch as it can get..... This. $600 is a fantastic get. $625-700 I'm losing interest. >$700 I'm out. The writing was on the wall actually seeing as how the 5090 desktop requires so much more power while laptops are still capped. It is the 2080 Super -> 3080/ti laptop scenario all over again.

(8) fans and only 2 wires!!! I love these Lian Li P28 fans! They will match the case perfectly. Once the dual D5 distro plate arrives I can get to building.

This is a stock time spy run as a baseline for comparison. I really do not know how bad this may be. NVIDIA RTX 4090 (notebook) video card benchmark result - Intel Core i9 processor 14900HX,RPL IONIQ_RTX Even though it's a locked down BGA book like many call them these days. I still really like it. It absolutely folds my living room PC which is a LTT Golden sample 10900K/Intel ARC B580. I really need to add more storage to this thing though. The base 1TB is meh. Gaming is ultra smooth. Even if the CPU is throttling at times. I honestly really like having a laptop again. I can work in my kitchen, office, living room, wherever I want!

Feels like the old days!! Packed in a bunch of thermal putty, added some fresh Noctua NH2 on the GPU core, and redid the Liquid Metal on the 14900HX, polished with Flitz, re-applied on heatsink and die.. MUCH BETTER! I had re-assembled everything and these little tape flaps had covered the heatsink so essentially no air could Pass through the heatsink fins at all. The fans were going full blast and barely any air came out of the back or sides of the laptop. I learned my mistake after taking it apart again. My RTX 4090 mobile was throttling like crazy before even with Turbo fans on hitting 86c SUB 2,000Mhz. Now it runs 69-71c 2,400Mhz!!! 😄 The CPU dropped a good bit as well. So this is really good. It seems to be averaging 71-85c in games on all CPU cores. CPU Package before was 107c, now it’s down to 98c package max. But it’s sending way more BOOST. So it has just taken the new temp head room, and filled it with higher average CPU clocks and higher average CPU voltage, and higher CPU wattage 🥴. But it’s okay. It is running so much better. The CPU and GPU temp reduction is very substantial.

Hmm I do not see artifacting on the MSI 5090 Gaming Trio in WoW with afterburner running, but maybe I am missing something. Granite Rapids has a new 16 P-core LCC variant which is Redwood Cove cores complete with hyperthreading on a monolithic die. I guess it still uses a tiled die for I/O stuff but the MCH and hopefully PCIe should be on the CPU tile from what I understand. If only Intel management would get their head out of the groud and port this chip in some form to client lineup. Its also Intel 3, produced domestically in Intels own fab, just like the Sapphire Rapids chips.

Same. My next GPU, whenever that is, will probably be Intel or AMD. I liked my Arc GPU. I haven't ever liked any AMD GPU, so that tells you something right there. I haven't ever liked AMD CPUs either, but I didn't approve of what Intel did with Core Ultra. So, I said screw 'em and so did lots of other people. It's not awesome, but also not terrible. Just kind of "meh" overall. But, the point is, Intel didn't get any money from me this time, and probably won't until they get their priorities straight and get back on track. I know none of them care what I approve of, but I get to decide how to spend my money and I am not going to reward them for having dung for brains. I'm hoping (against hope probably) that there are enough people left that think like I do and if enough of us do not approve and make a conscious decision to spend (less of) our money on inferior brands they will have an ephiphany and pull their heads out of their butts, or lose a fortune, tank their stock and start losing investors. It will be what they deserve for being arrogant imbeciles with a false sense of immortality. It happened to Intel. Nobody ever thought it would. The bigger they are, the harder they fall. NVIDIA is pushing their luck. It can happen to them, too. And, I hope it does... soon. Not so it can benefit AMD. I don't care about that. Just because they deserve it. They need to know what goes around comes around and it needs to cost them dearly with the only thing in the world they care about... money. They need to lose most of it and get a hard reset. With the burning wuss-boy power cables, missing ROPs, betting everything on fake frame DLSS, AI bullcrap and whatever comes next for their fake performance spoofs, (plus who knows how many other gimps and latent engineering defects are waiting to be discovered,) they'll probably need less help than it would have required a few years ago. I hope we all get to enjoy watching the Green Goblin's lair get burned to the ground together. It doesn't take a big cut to bleed to death. Lots of smaller cuts will do the trick. We need to stop behaving like lap dogs and start behaving like cunning wolves that hunt in packs, go for the jugulars, and take no prisoners.

That's kinda my point. It makes zero sense because the card will never operate that way. You could buy 1000 RTX 5070 Ti chips and not a single one of them is ever not going to boost upwards of high 2700-2800Mhz. Not one. Nvidia tunes these cards for peak performance along a curve, and artificially clamping them down can do all kinds of weird things to performance. And then to compare against a card he is letting boost like it should makes things even more bizarre and misleading. Yet if you look through the comments, nobody notices this? Then again his viewership is sort of an echo chamber as most channels tend to be. But I will agree with the idea that GPU prices are just stupid, stupid, stupid. I used an RTX 5080 for awhile and I really liked it but damn unless you get it MSRP, it's also stupid. I hate it. I am beginning to hate Nvidia, their supply, the games being played, all of it. For the first time in a long time I've been pretty soured by Nvidia. Also I ended up "picking" lol, the Asus TUF OC 5090. It was what Microcenter had available. I went 3x separate nights and finally got a card. It was downright insane/stupid lol. I did meet some pretty cool dudes though, all of us the same, crazy enthusiasts. Chairs, blankets, snacks, etc. We did chill in our cars most nights until around 7am and then lined up as the less crazies arrived. I actually wanted the TUF/OC model or the Astral. I've had an Astral on order at Provantage since last month, they charged me on Tuesday, so maybe it ships soon?

Unfortunately 600w just is not enough. I need to mess around with undervolting or get my hands on a higher than 600w power limit vBIOS. During the Steel Nomad run it was pegged at or above 600w the entire run. Will tinker with voltage and curve when I get more time. But it's clear to me from the outset this card is insanely power hungry/starved. This is an Asus TUF OC RTX 5090 btw. I also have an Asus TUF OC RTX 5080 I'll be looking to get rid of soon. Actually a banger card, more than enough IMO but not an upgrade or even a sidegrade from a 4090 unless you want to use multi frame gen which for single player games is pretty incredible stuff. But pure power and vram, it's just too gimped beyond the $999 price tag for the FE.

I say let em sit on the shelves for a while until nearly end of cycle lol. Then buy exactly which one you want and enjoy the cheaper upgrade cost. The lower the interest generated is probably better. Thats what I normally did. And then I had prepared my self for the 5090 launch, and it really made me dislike Nvidia for it lol. Too much stress all for a dumb GPU. So, I’m going to sit back and relax and just use what I have. The 4090 is already a brute as it is. And the RTX 50 series has been a let down with the paper launch, scalpers, missing ROPs, burning cables (Still). Since the entire world started PC gaming professionally and requires a 5090, I think Nvidia needs to first learn how to properly make a GPU and test them for full function/ full spec, and then they can learn how to make bulk supply like other companies do. The PS5 Pro launched in 11/7/2024, they are available all the time on Sony store for MSRP $699.99. This seems silly. But it’s a concept that seems legitimately impossible for Nvidia to achieve this with their own products. So it makes me think they are artificially inflating GPU prices even further. I’m not really sure. 🤷‍♂️ Anyways, I’m still sore from the whole 5090 endeavor lol.

RIP

I didnt realize how bad the market has gotten in the last few months. The Red Devil 7900 XTX that I traded plus cash for seems to be selling for double? Thats nuts Also returning my 3rd 12TB drive, seems people are trying to offload junk on ebay/amazon

You got me there brother. I was surprised they even lowered the prices back down in the first place since it was at loss to them. This goes for pretty much everything so everyone is pretty much stupid in today's world of buying anything not made by onesself. Edit: This is like the only time I wish I would have bought a 3 year warranty.

Now just is not a good time to spend money on computer stuff. Everything is a poor value, much of what is being sold is garbage and the desirable parts are either not available or marked up 50 to 100% more than their actual value, and marked up more than that with scalper scum. It is happening only because people buying at those crazy jacked up prices are cooperating and allowing themselves to get screwed. Everyone is in business to make money, but not all businesses are on a mission to screw everyone dumb enough to go along with their price gouging program. Businesses that take it up a notch or two and charge the maximum amount that stupid people are willing to pay do not deserve to remain in business. The world would be a better place without them and the stupid people they call customers. I could easily sell either of my 4090s for more than what I paid for them, but I wouldn't have enough money to buy something equal or better. I'd have to add more money or downgrade, or both add money and downgrade.

You are forgetting. Companies are in the market to make money, not break even my friend. So they have their own base markup price. This seems to be the part everyone keeps forgetting about. MSRP is also on a sliding scale. due to what is going on in the world. And people selling these things are not going to just constantly take a loss to please the masses. They have people to feed as well. @Papusan I had quite the conversations with people in the know today and it was a bit enlighting. Also, Santa Clara store is on hold because of the city not honoring something the store had in place before they bought the building back.

phsew my wife just pulled me back from the edge. situation: i just found an MSI RTX 5090 Gaming X Trio for about +10% the price i was willing to pay for a Suprim SOC. not quite what i initially wanted, but close enough and the review i found attested it solid cooling performance. plus, its in stock, would be shipping by end of this week and +10% is "ok" in the current situation. BUT since were hyper-enthusiasts and easily get lost in our freakshow here, i asked for her advice on this. her reply: nope, if u do this now, ull regret it in a few months time, once the Suprim SOC becomes available at "ok" prices. and u know what? shes right, ill keep that card for minimum two years and gonna spend a fortune on it either way. so lets do this right... keep the search going! in any case, im just happy now i finally found a card in stock and with an "ok" price. plus im seeing more and more price drops from the scalpers on ebay. are we FINALLY holding strong, guys?!?! is this the turn of the tide? if so then I am SO of you and all of us! keep it up! 🙂

yep, right here! im kinda anxious to pulling out my GPU for the storage upgrade / case cleaning in 1-2 weeks time...fingers crossed everything is dandy! i. just. dont. get. it. WHY AMD? why?! it would be SO easy and straight forward! 5070Ti MSRP 750, then do -30% at 550 and u got an absolute BANGER that literally everyone will buy, case closed. but nope, they gotta follow the same stupid, non-functional strat they did the last few times, ugh....

I think Nvidia is making the same amount of GPU’s on launch that they always did. And maybe that’s the issue. And just Nowadays there’s a world full of PC gamers/Streamers/scalpers that we must contend with, and they’ve never really increased that demand. I never would have dreamed a graphics card would become so popular. I almost bought a Aorus RTX 5080 Waterforce WB model with the waterblock. It was $1,509+ tax. But I hesitated and it sold out. I didn’t feel right paying 4090 prices for something that’s not a 4090 at all lol. Less VRAM, and less speed.

oh gawd, pls shoot me now before i go all Ass-R-Us 😄 nah nobody would buy that, cuz HOW would their gamerboi friendz distinguish their shiny new 5090 from their previous 4090?!?!?! 😮

still rocking the 4090 suprim and on the lookout for a 5090 suprim. today was actually the first time i saw one available for purchase at an online retailer outside of ebay. price was still too high though, albeit getting lower every day. shouldnt be long now anymore 🙂

The only drawback. nvidia robbed you for some performance. New is newer isn't it?🤔 And nviidia have no time for performance tuning right now. They have enought with fixing bugs/problems for/with 5000 series.

The Microcenter in Tustin had 3 ASUS Prime 9070 XT OC for $599.99 this morning and I almost reached out to @johnksss to see if he would be able to grab one for me. I'd buy them all day long for $600. That's a fantastic deal, but it's approaching the edge. I decided to not ask him to when I paused to consider CA sales tax being higher than normal and shipping would have to be added, so that would take it from being a pretty decent purchase to being a poor value prospect. I think the value of this GPU is lost above about $700. This was built with the intent of it being a reasonably-priced average gamer GPU. It is not a flagship product. It's not an enthusiast or high end product no matter how you look at it, and should not be priced as if it were. I was satisfied with the 3060 Ti just for gaming. It was good enough. That is the category this product falls into... good enough, reasonable price. Being good enough is entirely predicated on the price remaining below the $700 to $800 range including tax and shipping. Otherwise, it is not good enough and not worth buying.

At MSRP, it is the new price:performance leader on all charts. That's where it shines. It clearly beats the 5070 and trades blows with the 5070ti. RT has been greatly improved and is better than the 7900xtx in that category and in many games it is much closer to the 7900xtx than the 7900xt. $599.99 for the 9070xt is a fantastic price. "It is a great card for the price" is the final word on it. That's why I would only pick up an MSRP model. AIB pricier models and it quickly loses its value to me. Best Buy has 5 models listed, all XFX, and only one $600 model. The next is $750 and up they go. That's a hard pass on all but the MSRP. That's a sweet link to Amazon for all their models too! --- I was so disappointed to see the POS 12v-2x6 connector on the Taichi. That was heartbreaking. 😞 --- Here is a good review of the 9070xt from someone I like for AMD stuff who is unabashedly an AMD fan. It is showing the 9070xt, 7900xtx, 7900xt and 4080 Super all stock AND OC'd shootout for both with 9800X3D tuned up a bit. He was able to get his Sapphire 2 8-pin model OC'd to 3300 and it is definitely holding its own even against the 4080 Super and 7900XTX (while still losing though obviously overall). Massive gains in RT and it clearly outpaces the 7900xtx in RT but Nvidia is still top dog overall. Really wishing we could see a 575w 9090xt(x) level model with 24-32gb hit the market. This architecture has potential! $599.99 it is a banger of a card.

For those who will be hunting a 9070xt, here is a very nice list of all the available models including all the 340w spec models courtesy of PC Builders. Sorting the list, and it looks like we have ~8 models with a max 340w TDP including the Asrock Taichi but it does use the 12v-2x6 connector. Asrock has 1 XFX is has 4 (all their OC models) Acer has 2 Gigabyte has 1 Yeston and Asus are unknown atm on that list. Newegg and BB don't have their listings up yet. List: PUBLIC - AMD 9000 Series GPU Models - Google Sheets Video: ---- Yeah it was day ~5 on vacation and it was a "down" day (translation, we walked magic kingdom the day before and covered over 9 miles of walking). Wifey had her Asus laptop, me the MSI and daughter was working on classwork, so we settled in to some hardcore playing and 6hrs later I looked up and just went, "Yeah, this thing is SOLID." Cleared all my raids, 5 mans, ORB and a crap ton of outdoor stuff. The big screen experience just can't be beat. Then I played some Fallout76 and yeah, that X3D and FO76 are just made for each other even on laptops. It smashed my NH55 even at higher resolution badly. I did have some travel planned for tomorrow but that has obviously been canceled but we have more at next month for an out of state wedding so it will get workout #2. And yeah, at its core is still the sus 14900 chip so be careful. I know @Prema had a MC update you could launch on every startup that would update the MC for laptops to give them protection but I'm assuming Acer already implemented it with a BIOS update?

Looks like the 9070 XT is a really good card. It's super enticing since its MSRP is only $20 more expensive than what I paid for my 6950 XT about 2 years ago, and it's a big upgrade over the 6950 XT. I know this is FOMO, but I think I'd like to get 2 of these before tariffs hit and relive the days of Crossfire, but with near perfect scaling through Lossless Scaling. I'd be set for a very long time with 2 of those cards giving me a worst case scaling of +80% in any game. I have come to like AMD graphics cards very much after getting used to their idiosyncrasies and learning how to work around those, and I plan on only buying AMD graphics cards in the future. They are a better value than Nvidia and offer superior performance vs their Nvidia equivalents at all performance tiers, at least in the games I play. They work pretty well in applications I use for work too. Usually I do upgrades mid generation and do so once every 3 GPU generations at least, but I may make an exception this time if prices on everything are going to skyrocket. Makes me wonder if the tariffs are just a ploy to jump start the economy by inducing FOMO in everyone to buy stuff up now, therefore drastically increasing consumer spending. I hope this is the case but am prepared for the worst. I'm no stranger to holding onto hardware for a long time as that is already my habit, but it's rare for me to upgrade so quickly, and it kinda feels like a waste of money if I don't need it. However, I also don't want to pay more later, so it may be better to just eat the cost now.

That is a fantastic score bro! After using mine for a day or so as is to establish baseline metrics on the stock 1TB, first thing I did was update the BIOS, swap in a 990 Pro 2TB and give it another clean install. I'm real curious about the 9070xt. Pick one up to play with then upgrade the wife's 3080 is a potential. Looking at the reviews, better RT than the 7900xtx, falls right in between the 7900xt and 7900xtx but closer to the xtx than xt. Basically beats the 5070 outright and trades blows with the 5070ti all for 599.99. Go back through my replies over the last few years. I've always said the 7900xtx was an absolute raster monster even dipping into 4090 territory from time to time but definitely on par with the 4080/S/5080 overall for raster. I'm going to go cheap as possible. 🙂

I'd rather buy that than support Nvidia right now. The way I see it is, these GPUs are going to only get better. If the 9070XT is anything like AMD's prior GPU's then the performance should only go up. The 7900XTX looks pretty amazing right now in rasterization. It seems like it has come a long way.

@electrosoft is right on the Dell/Alienware extended warranty paying for itself over and over again. It's not likely that you will get the same level of service with another brand. As many things as they do half-assed or poorly, their warranty service is probably still the best. Unfortunate that their products are not the best, but at least you don't have to worry about getting jerked around as much. For every 5 year extended warranty I have owned (from Dell/Alienware) I had parts replaced for free numerous times and complete system exchanges (usually upgrades) multiple times. YMMV when it comes to dealing with scummy companies like ASUS, Acer, Gigabyte and MSI. Getting prompt and good quality service it not likely, but having your out-of-pocket costs covered is still wise. I used to never buy extended warranties, but anything that is expensive to replace with electronics that you plan to keep longer than the standard warranty is frequently going to pay for itself. Even household appliances. We have purchased expensive Maytag and Kenmore front-loading washers and driers for many years and always purchase the longest extended warranty. Ever time it has paid for itself. The Maytag Neptune washer we owned for like 10 years had the electronics motherboard replaced like 4 or 5 times and the cost of the warranty for 5 years was less than paying out of pocket for it one time. The Neptune drier never needed to use the warranty. We also purchase a home warranty each year and that pays for itself almost every year with a failure or repair of HVAC, kitchen stove, water heater or something else. If you get the better packages they cover normal wear and tear, even for things like your garage door breaking or the garage door opener failing, water heater failing, etc. They cover the parts and labor (or replacement) minus a small deductible, just like an insurance policy. So many things made today are "disposable" trash products with no parts available. We have often had easily repairable products replaced with new only because the parts are not sold or they are discontinued within a year or two and no longer serviced. The manufacturers only want to sell new products. They do not want to sell any parts to repair what they previously sold. Most people don't buy the extended warranty. That sucks, but the extended warranty allows you to take advantage of their dishonest approach to business. That's the world we live in now. As far as GPUs go, I am starting to feel like I am even more done caring their screwed up messes than I am with motherboards and CPUs. They are so grossly overvalued that what they have to offer in terms of features and performance no longer matters because the price is so out of scope with the value that it is foolish to pay for it. I am at the point that downgraded seems like the smart thing to do even though it goes against my natural inclination. Gaming and benching are fun things to do, but I would rather just turn down the quality settings and spend a more sane and reasonable amount for something merely adequate than to get screwed over paying out the nose to own the best because the price doesn't scale with value and performance level. If the price and performance do not scale at a similar percentage, or slightly higher on the performance side than the price the product instantly becomes a foolish purchase. If I am going to be dumb enough to spend 30-50% more for the flagship GPU it needs to deliver (at minimum) 30-50% more performance proportionally, in areas that actually matter, than the next best model or it's just a scam and a product that is not worth buying. Paying extra just for the satisfaction of claiming that you paid extra to own the best is simply not a good enough reason to buy it, and not a very intelligent way of doing things.

I think it’s best to upgrade after all of the excitement wears off. Best time will be about 5-6 months before RTX 6090 series drops. That’s what I plan to do anyways. Nvidia is ridiculous though. Sad that they cannot manufacture a product at large scale at all. So essentially waiting 2 years for enough of them to appear is the only way to actually buy one at a reasonable price. But even then, they’ll still be $2,000-$2,200 dollars used on overclock.net in about 2 years. Thats a reasonable discount from the typical $2,700-$3,000 right now. The GPU market is toast though, that’s for sure. Crazy how just a high end GPU turned in to the price of a whole gaming PC or gaming laptop.

Hmmm. Why did jensen lie about 5070 ? Too boost sales from his scam? 2.5 stars of 5. Fantastic value. I guess people will still buy it at inflated/scalper prices if there is shortage due Nvidia's greed. People are grazy. Sad but true🙁 Nvidia GeForce RTX 5070 review: A stagnant 'upgrade' but an okay GPU

My 4090 Gaming OC felt like a feather weight toy compared to my 4080 Super Suprim X. The 4090 gaming OC was just so light weight. While my MSI 4080S was a lead weight lol The 4080s Suprim felt like two 4090 Gaming OC’s lol.

This was a really interesting video from Jay.

Why go after 5090 if you can get the 5070Ti for around half the price? 😀 Retail Prices For NVIDIA GeForce RTX 5070 Ti Go Crazy: Custom Models Now Listed For $2,000+ Unblockable ads now litter Microsoft's Windows Surface app Microsoft's Surface app within Windows 11 now looks like a Black Friday circular, with seemingly unblockable ads trying to sell you a variety of PC accessories and software subscriptions. Most laptop manufacturers include smart-charging options inside their utility applications, like MyAsus or the Lenovo Vantage application. Microsoft uses the bare-bones Surface app to control that feature, so I opened it up to make a quick fix. And what you think I saw there? Unblockable ads within Windows. Nice to have🤢

Steer the topic back towards the threads topic please. Thanks Everyone

@tps3443 : "Man, I’ve lost interest in the 5090 unfortunately. Especially one for $3,026 dollars after taxes. I think I burned my self out on it. It just doesn’t excite me anymore. " also @tps3443: *** Quietly enters Shuffle *** 🤣 But yeah, I get it.

I need the new laptop for work. I’m going through operation manager training at work. And it is very difficult lately. I need something portable to move around the house. And also I really need a 2nd PC right here beside me for having other things up. Otherwise, I would not have bothered at all. I have not owned a laptop in years. We’ll see how much I hate it. But I really just need something that can run fast, that uses Windows. And this was the perfect excuse to get a 4090 laptop.

Right now is that cross over time we always encounter when old models are EOL'd and new models are scarce. As a result, even older models momentarily rise in price before falling back down. For example, a month ago, the 7900xtx could be found for $929 and lower. Now? $1300+ everywhere. Same with Nvidia. Three months ago, 4070 Supers, TIs and more all available at MSRP and sometimes on sale. Same with 4080 Supers 4 months ago. 4090's for $1500 or less easily 4+ months ago. 6 months from now, prices will plummet because the 5000 series (and 9000 series from AMD to a degree) will begin to saturate the market and older models will drop down to their proper place. Patience is the key. This is literally the third cycle in a row now I've watched this happen exactly as predicted. If you have a spare 4090, sell it now if you want maximum return on your card and then some. If you're scalping or selling your 5080/5090, now is the time to do it as all they're going to do is continue to lose value. I'm watching 5090's (especially FEs) start to languish a bit on eBay when priced closer to 6k when they were flying out the door at launch for 6k+ and more. I now see some hanging around at right around $5k and several "on sale" from their 6k range down into the upper 4k range. Or if you're happy with your Ampere and Ada cards hold onto them and just continue to enjoy them. Welcome back bro! Don't let the grumpy old men on the porch get you down. Enjoy your new portable power. What's the resolution for the mLED display? This extended road trip I'm on atm is just the beginning of a lot of travel I have this year for work and pleasure so I wanted a big screen laptop with decent power to game, work and stay connected. Since when I get back I'm breaking down my main desktop rig to rebuild with the x870e Hero with the 5080 FE, my laptop is modeled after my desktop atm and my current desktop install is officially EOL'd so when I get back I'll be living off my laptop for a few days while I make the transition before heading out again later next month.

We all know with waiting we will get the tech we want at MSRP. It has always been this way and I will always wait for MSRP no matter how much I want something and when the market saturates on most products I routinely switch to picking up used versions of the same items as long as I can lock in their warranties as needed. This is usually on laptops and GPUs primarily followed by motherboards second. You did good Padawan..... .....you did good. 🤣

yay, i actually managed to SEE an RTX 5090 IN STOCK and im ABLE TO ADD IT TO THE CART! One more click and i could actually buy it.... what do u think guys? THE BEST 5090 (FE) AT THE BEST PRICE! LOL 😄 PS: no worries, im not that crazy 😛

Two 480mm rads so far. Black and white is GTR, all white is GTX. This Lian Li V3000+ can easily hold (4) 480x60 radiators. So, I might go with all four I’m still deciding! HWLabs GTX 480 (Lower FPI) HWLabs GTR 480 (Denser fin stack) While either one of these will run circles around any other radiator available. The GTR has some extra performance available for high RPM fans above 2,000RPM. While the GTX is gonna perform better with low RPM fans. Just one of these bad boys in push/pull will out do most (3) 360mm rad setups. 😃 It is pretty miraculous how good these radiators really are. (3) will outperform a big external rads. A million of them would never out perform a chiller 😂

So, my 4090 is gonna catch fire? I’m just using my stock PSU cable.