jaybee83

LOL i seee what ure getting at. but read below. based on current trends in both CPU and GPU, it looks like we are headed into more and more complex territory with regards to theorizing performance metrics just based on specs alone. we started super simple: higher frequency = better then we went down the core road = more cores + IPC + higher frequency = better next we added cache, which became more important (at least in gaming benchmarks) than cores now we are heading into higher fragmentation still, with different core archs / designs, HT alternatives, I/O dies, etc. what im trying to say is: u cannot just state anymore that "more threads via HT is better" or "reach higher frequency = better" or "MOAR CORES = BETTER" etc. same goes for overclocking strats, straightforward set = get will likely be over soon. interesting times ahead!

thats what i was referring to. ure comparing stock zen 5 vs. max OC of your chip 😄

trigger finger is ready, skipping the upcoming X3D parts for higher productivity perf and more tuning flexibility 🙂 love the fact that AM5 support is now extended to 2027+ btw! sooo...ure comparing stock vs. max OC. right 😄 word @launch day facts. u got one side dooming intel for abandoning HT, the other side dooming AMD cuz Intel baby cores have MEGA IPC UPLIFT INCOMING. welp, lets wait and see whats actually up 🙂

dayum sounds like custom work with small volume, otherwise wouldnt make sense to have such pricing attached... any chance u can dig up those aliexpress links? curious to have a looksie 🙂

yup holding steady as u say 😄 keeping an eye out on 14900K / KS silicon on fleabay, K sku can be had for under 440€, which is pretty nice. cheapest KS is at 590€ with price offer option. id be interested to see if the 330W PSU would actually do anything, not that the board is hard limited to a specific max. wattage... whats the highest u were able to pull thus far? also, can you link those custom heatsinks?

well, theyre gonna replace hyperthreding with "rentable units", basically just a different approach to processing multiple threads at the same time. well have to wait and see how good that approach will actually be though.

phew im all about platform longevity, so going AM4 or socket 1700 wouldnt be an option in my book... especially if u want to build it out over time and keep upgrading.

dont mix up mobile 4090 with the full fat desktop verison, worlds of difference. id wait for the 5090, either u can snipe one right at launch (until then ull also have more money saved up) or u can grab a 4090 for much cheaper than now since it will not be top dog anymore 🙂

very cool video, didnt expect to enjoy it so much, has a lot of ASMR vibes hahaha

yup, pretty cut n dry 😛

is this 3080 quick n dirty vs. ur best 3070 result? if so, then thats a very promising lead already at +15-18%!

exactly my thoughts when i saw this thread. then again, STAYING ALIVE is a pretty good motivator if u ask me lulz. id probably move back to asia to switch to rice based dishes for the rest of my life, otherwise i wouldnt be able to fully enjoy the local food here in "wheaty" europe 😄

lol 500 bucks 6 years ago really aint that much for a nice monitor....i mean, uve been using it for 6 years now, so it was worth it right? what should i say, having paid almost 1100 bucks on my monitor about 1.5 years ago 😄 still love it though! damn, this is reaaaally unusual and basically unheard of for Intel. theyve always been a beacon of quality and reliability when it comes to CPUs...

absolutely, dont take any chances with such an expensive monitor 😄

i just cant get comfy with using an OLED display for main D2D usage. From my perspective, it's basically buying hardware with an inbuilt failure switch a.k.a. burn in. especially in my case usage where i need a display for both gaming / media, as well as work, OLED is just not an option = running static elements for 8+ hours per work day. so at least for now: Mini LED with max. number of FALD zones FTW! 🙂

word, ill be judging the Zen 5 cpus based on the expected +70-80% performance boost of the 5090 🙂 so at 4K max i still dont expect much, if any, X3D advantages. the regular review sites cite roughly a +20% uplift going from the 7950X to 7800X3D / 7950X3D in games at 1080p. This advantage dwindles to like 5% at 4K with "high" settings. Set that to Ultra / Max, and those 5% go down even further. so id rather have max multicore performance whenever needed rather than getting 2-3% more fps at 4K 😄

highest real-world ive seen was 1009 MB/s, so the controller is specced for USB 3.2 10 Gbps. internal connection is for M.2 pcie 3.0 x4. i would be careful of those "40%+" claims currently floating around for Zen 5. Id rather expect somewhere in the range of 20+%, still nice bump though! at that bump, the regular 9950X would be roughly equivalent in games to the 7800X3D / 7950X3D, with the subsequent Zen 5 X3D skus likely being more performant as per usual. ill likely just get the regular SKU, especially if its released months ahead of the X3D versions. at 4K maxxed out im gaming 100% gpu bound anyways, so X3D cpus wouldnt have any performance advantage anyways. heck, currently in Alan Wake 2 i am SO gpu bound, that forcing my 7950X to its lowest clocks (sub 3 Ghz) with core parking enabled does NOT change the fps AT ALL when comparing to its max boost config 😄 cpu twiddling its thumbs while waiting on the GPU to plow through the monstrous amounts of data haha. edit: forgot to say - keep us updated on this! pics of the card, specs, planned mods, benchmark results with power data at stock and modded / oced!

that reminds me, might soon be time to upgrade my DIY USB stick from 1TB to 2TB. gotta love those tiny enclosures that take M.2 SSDs in 2242 and 2230 sizes 🙂

haha, i wish! my wife took the first year parental leave after giving birth and receiving up to 67% or 1800€ (whichever is lower) of her regular salary for 12 months. if the father also takes parental leave, he gets an additional two months of the same (which is what i will get). in total, both parents are entitled to up to 3 years each without pay. so yeah, in my case its basically 2 months pocket change plus 10 months unpaid leave. but thats alright, its awesome to be able and take the time to spend with the little one in those precious first years 🙂 and as bro @cylix mentioned, my job will be waiting for me when i get back, so cant be fired in the meantime. as for taxes, yeah, those are crazily high here in Germany. funny enough though, its still cheaper than if we would have stayed in Singapore and paid everything there ourselves (after basically non-existent taxes there). plus, work/life balance is waaaaay better here, so we moved 🙂 no idea if were gonna stay here forever, but for now its the place to be 😄 nice backyard u got there bro @Mr. Fox, mowing the lawn must be a biatch tho! 😄 haha that last pic is american suburbia at its finest 😄

50s, huh? good to know, thx for the heads up 😄 currently using my 1 yr parental leave not only to take care of my little princess but also take care of that dad bod that crept up on me. 4kg down, 2 more to go and im back to lean meat boiz! all that running around after the lil one and taking care of household chores is burning those calories like nobody's business! haha

was like wtf is this thread topic, had to check it out, was not disappointed 😄

afaik intel is readying a new tech that will replace hyperthreading, what was it called again? ah yes, "rentable units": https://www.techpowerup.com/318127/intel-15th-generation-arrow-lake-s-could-abandon-hyper-threading-technology#:~:text=Rentable Units are a more,different cores based on complexity. so basically, they still do multi-threaded workloads but not via hyper-threading as we know it. so its not like intel plans to suddenly lose 20+% perf. by cutting of hyperthreading. as for Zen 5, i dont think we will see 32 cores, unless AMD decides to go all in with the smaller Zen 5c cores. wouldnt make sense tho. id say mmaybe 24 cores max, with one CCD sporting 8 full fat Zen5 cores and the second CCD 16 Zen5c cores...

be patient my young AM5 padawan 😄 Zen 5 support is only preliminary anyways, so there will be additional versions coming for sure. haha agreed on this. although happy to see Asus is fast, the available bios versions thus far are just inofficial test / beta versions. collecting them diligently but not flashing everything right away. gotta pick and choose carefully since i dont have as much tuning freetime as i used to have. baby girl and wife keeping me busy 😄 on another note, started playing Alan Wake II and DAMN. completely maxed out with pathtracing at 4K im getting 50-55 fps best case with occasional dips into the 30s with my 4090 overclocked to the max. completely insane! first time ever im switching to DLSS Quality to at least get 60-80 fps... the 5090 cant come fast enough if u ask me 😛 however, the game also looks absolutely stunning. talk about photorealistic graphics...basically another crysis.

kool, but also feasible in terms of pricing? i mean, u can always offset it a bit by selling off ur modded 3070 🙂

u should update ur sig 😉