jaybee83

id say with him being a project manager he should have an unlimited budget 😁 (my wife is a PM as well, so i know what kinda salaries they get hahaha).

lucky man, with TWO MCs close by, most others would be happy about one hahaha shame about EVGA not providing such a basic bios update....i mean, its not like were talking "new" cpus here that need to be supported...

that just seems wrong. this kinda software optimization shouldnt make such a huge difference, there must be something fishy going on. either the stock windows thread handler is SO BAD for 12-14th gen intel cpus that it leaves 40%+ on the table in terms of performance or there is something else going on in the background (intel not disclosing any details on how this actually works is not helping in this context). i mean, why would anyone leave so much performance on the table that such an optimization is even necessary? what a shit show... prices are almost back to day 1 levels. boy am i glad i got my 4090 right on the spot 😄 welp, looks like i lucked out on the ram front, i can only go up to 7600, which i am currently tightening up and finetuning for minimum voltages. both 7800 and 8000 error out, even with extra loose timings and high voltages. thats aight though, my finalized 6200 profile is roughly 70+% faster than the stock SPD at 4800 (will be sure to post more details on this soon). lets see what the fully tuned 7600 will bring to the table 🙂 im hoping for same latency and a nice bump to bandwidth!

welp...its RAM tuning, of course its finicky 😄 no news there haha. what makes it a bit more complicated is if ure used to Intel RAM tuning and switch to AMD after a long time on team blue (like i did), ull have a bit of a learning curve since things work a bit differently. but in the end its all the same: u can shoot for a quick n dirty oc and call it a day or tinker away for weeks n months to get every single timing tightened to the max with lowest possible voltages. and the higher u go, the more tinkering and fine tuning it needs, exactly the same for intel. can do a quick n dirty 7200 or spend tons of time to tune in 8000+. on that subject: i just nailed my 6200 settings on gear 1, ill post some data on it later. now ill need to transfer my bios profiles to the new version after i update. then off i go check and see if i can get 8000 running finally! was a goood decision to dial in 6200 first, now i have a better idea of what timings 8000 will likely need to be stable 🙂 nice sum up bud, kudos 🙂

haha nice one! i heard they pulled back on all the grinding and microtransaction shenanigans and actually decided to put some gameplay fun back into it, hm?

haha right there with ya man. the main reason i went with AM5 was platform longevity, keep one board and ride it all the way until the end 🙂 (plus basically identical perf. as Intel at almost half power consumption aint bad either lulz). i initially went with the 7950X due to its early release (couldnt be bothered to wait for X3D parts) plus I originally needed the cpu horsepower for my stuff. however, ive since transferred almost all compute intensive workloads to my 4090, so next round i might jump on the X3D wagon. ill wait and see what the performance numbers will be, this time around ill already have a system on hand so no rush 🙂 nah id keep the 4090 for the time being bud 🙂 no sense in following any particular brand, just check whats on the menu and then decide which offers you the best option. for me that currently is AMD on the CPU side and Nvidia on the GPU side. brand loyalty only makes sense when its about reliability, i.e. warranty service or hardware lifetime (i.e. samsung SSDs or Seasonic PSUs). anything else would be foolish. nah, 6000 was never the max ryzen 7000 could support, it was just always touted as the "sweet spot" in terms of fire and forget easy tuning and bang per buck. same for Intel at 7200, basically. you can go up to roughly 6400, in rare cases to 6600 in gear 1. remember, intel cant even use gear 1 at all with ddr5, its always gear 2 going from 4800 all the way to 8000+. switching to gear 2 on ryzen 7000 also allows to go 8000+. as with intel, not every mobo or cpu imc can take it, but in general its definitely possible.

yeah i think more and more ppl think like that...

as usual, its always down to what ure using it for. that never changed 😁 welp any company would turn out like that if they had any market niche cornered, no surprise there 😑 welp, intel will soon move away from monolithic, as well, same with Nvidia. similar to switching from a single core eith more jiggahertz to multiple cores, it just makes sense longterm to switch from one monolithic die to mutliple chiplets. next step after that will likely be 3D chips, of which we already see the early beginnings with stacked cache. or maybe alternative subtrates like glass, lets see what the future brings. in the end we will not really care as long at it gets us MOAR performance 😁

one more reason for me not to try it anytime soon, wanna stick to my current setup hahaha

easy scalability and low cost. without the CCX strategy we wouldve never gotten an Intel trying hard to churn out additional cores, even if its just baby cores cuz otherwise they wouldnt be able to compete in multi core performance inside a monolithic silicon power and pricing budget.

lets see if they learned from their previous TR mistakes 😋 now thats very unexpected 😁

cool topic bro but im a bit confused about this post of yours 😅

huh! thats actually quite an interesting strategy you applied there, i might be inclined to try that out 🙂 good job! replied to DM 😄 i see youre sporting a 13600K, DDR5-7200 should be the minimum the IMC is able to push. id say push those RAM voltages up high and shoot for 8000+ 😁 LULZ shame on you, not even able to get a PEASANT style 8800C40 to pass TM5. throw those garbage DIMMs away instantly! /s

i have yet to try VR at all. but tbh not really interested, super happy with my current setup, definitely immersive especially with the bigass screen and wearing headphones (a must when u have a baby around hahaha). but i guess VR is something like high refresh rate monitors: unless you actually EXPERIENCE it, you dont really know what youre missing out on.

i got a 2x16 GB DDR5-6600 kit from G.Skill laying around. hit me up 😄 and yes agreed, my board tops out at 8000, havent gotten 8200 to boot yet. but hey, we all like big numbers, dont we? 😛

i just saw this article, thought about NBT and had to chuckle.... FINALLY "BARELY ADEQUATE" COOLING FOR THE LIKES OF US HERE! 🤣 https://www.tomshardware.com/news/intel-and-submer-develop-immersion-cooling-for-1000w-cpus

lulz, DDR5 is a blast when it comes to iterations in quick succession, couple that with CRAZYILY dropping prices on the existing kits hahaha. but lets see on availability, 8200 kits, at least in europe, are veeeeery few and far between.... i saw that as well on computerbase, very sus.... best case its indeed related to security mitigations. shoot, i was hoping for better efficiency. although @Talon's initial impression lets me still hope when one takes the manual tuning route. if Blackwell is really only released ibn 2025 theyll of course need something to sell in the meantime (or rather, something to scare off any sensible buyers, as with the rest of this GREAT VALUE gpu gen 😄 )

currently enjoying Control, but damn its a HEAVY game to run! fully maxxed out (no upscaling) at 4K with HDR and DLAA and having the native HDR mod installed im averaging 40-60 fps...thats with my 4090 at 3045-3120 mhz on the core and 24+ Gbps (+1525 Mhz) on the vRAM 😂 BUT it looks goooorgeous....and the game itself is actually quite fun, very atmospheric 🙂

lets see what zen 5 will bring to the table, but still got a bit of a wait until 2024... until then, currently enjoying Control fully maxxed out (no upscaling crap) at 4K with HDR and mods....holy guacamole with my 4090 running between 3045-3120 mhz on core and 24+ Gbps (+1525 Mhz) on the vRAM im in the range of 40-60 FPS *LOL* gpu alone is drawing up to 800+ W, glad im on the TX-1600 psu, its not breaking a sweat 😁

lulz if those thumbnails are anything to go by we shouldnt expect much.... 😅 will be sure to have looksie later!

welp, same price for same product right? 😄 kool man, i expect the full deetz on your personal comparison between 13th and 14th gen 🙂 u got a 13900K or KS now? yup nothing surprising tho. only thing i would be interested in is the efficiency, hoping for higher clocks at same voltage, should be interesting in light of me planning to put that into my lady's Clevo 😛

ah those were the days....good times 😄 yup openrgb is cool, sometimes a bit finicky to use but its barely visible in terms of system resources 🙂

baby asleep - check. wife just went to bed - check. lets goooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooo

ah aight then. here in the EU at least u have the minimum 2 yr warranty that doesnt really consider if ure the original owner or not. but yeah, anything above that via the manufacturer warranty would be different.

word. been using a brace for mine as well since day 1. also very happy about using the high quality seasonic PSU 16pin cable, no issues thus far after one year (dayum, has it already been a FULL YEAR with Hyperion? insane how time flies when ure having fun 😄 ) edit: aaaaand just stumbled upon this nice article lol https://www.tomshardware.com/news/rtx-4090-16-pin-connector-melted-after-one-year-of-usage then again, no surprise considering how frequently papu has been keeping us updated on new incidences like these 😅