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It looks like there is a guy also modding the 5700 xt to have 16GB of vram. Hasn't been completed yet but looks to be towards the tail of the project.

Same thing happens on windows pc. It's why I no longer support ubisoft titles.

Maybe this weekend I'll run the same tests after finding a good overclock for 7900 xtx Same cpu 5800x3d, this time rtx 3090 VS 7900 xtx

500 USD for a chair, that hurts my feelings a bit. Really need a new one, my 65 USD chair is 3 years past its expiration date...

Not the appropriate location for this topic, moved.

The Ruckus/Brocade bug bit me just recently when I was looking around for something to push the limits of SCCM/MECM/Virtualization/Random Self-Host stuff. A colleague/friend of mine actually shared that STH link geeking out about the value proposition and low bar of entry into 10G networking with a system that uses most of Cisco's CLI language. I bought 1x ICX 7250 just so I can connect my DD to my pseudo server rack and said rack to the switch all via 10G DAC/10G Base-T SFP. Once I confirmed that the NIC's I had actually work (iirc Intel X520-DA2's), I went to buy my second one. The seller wasnt too happy about my negative review (5 degree bend from the center, crushed Ethernet port 23) so they are telling me to keep the first one I bought and they will send me an extra 7250 for free. For 80 USD its a great entry into the genre. So now I will have 3x ICX 7250's. I already replaced the fans on the first unit and ordered the second set with quieter fans. Switched my TP-Link AX50 Routers to AP mode and will be connected to both switches when they arrive. For a little bit of context, I had been using WiFi since the G days. So essentially switching from WiFi to 10G DAC/10G Base-T/MMR Fiber 10G managed networking.

I agree with your position. Its always only pretty much games that benefit from the larger than norm amounts of cache. This was observed waaaay back in the 5th generation Intel as well as 4980HQ. It was only a couple of reviews that observed the difference in maybe 1-2 titles at the time and declared it an anomaly. Whats more interesting about the 9800X3D is that its finally unlocked vs my 5800X3D which is locked to 4.45Ghz. That all being said its a gaming focused chip. What I would like to see is something akin to mass market products (R3/R5/R7), give the gamers their halo product purely for gaming which gets the word around and the enthusiast halo product to push the limits of potential. This would undoubtedly shoot prices up for the enthusiast products as it would in all likelihood means only one thing, HEDT.

I think AMD is making progress but they need to fine tune for their target markets. Battery life and hybrid. It seems they are focusing on CPU these days which is not bad but only half the equation that most tend to look at.

Looks like the 9800x3D is the only interesting launch this cycle. The rest appear to be duds from both camps. Told a gamer bud of mine that he needs to jump on it before the price soars past the msrp. I believe he's on a 9700k currently. Been lurking as I've been working 60 hour weeks the only thing I get to do is continue building up my intranet as parts come in (moving from wifi to 10G ethernet/fiber) and maybe 20-30min of a game here or there.

Brocade ICX 7250-24P Cables to connect to Serial interface 10Gbps 100' RJ45 18dB Replacement fans Likely to buy a second ICX 7250-24P, 2x 10Gbps SFP transceivers. Going to wait until Black Friday to see what kind of storage I can pick up for my virtual hosts.

Correct, if you are looking for a laptop to build into then you would likely be looking at Clevo P870/P775 if you can find one for a reasonable price.

It looks like my EVGA 1300w G2 gave up the ghost, loud pop and flash. Thankfully though nothing was lost in my PC. Opened an RMA with EVGA and using my SFX 550w PSU to tide me over for a while.

Brocade icx7250 to replace my Cisco 2960x that I originally meant to build into a ccna lab (and never did). It'll be nice to play with some 10Gbps networking. I have 4 work workstations I use for proxmox that I added 10G cards to some time back. Should also let me play with some other things

Some of the details are provided in the first link above :) DaMafiaGamer hasnt been as active lately, I imagine busy with IRL things

There was a daring member of NBR who was gathering the materials to try this but IIRC it was not successful. @DaMafiaGamer Here are some links to old conversations from the NBRchive. https://www.nbrchive.net/xfa/alienware-18-and-m18x.1092/[Research] Retrofitting an eDP display to M18x R2/ https://www.nbrchive.net/xfa/hardware-components-and-aftermarket-upgrades.27/LVDS 40 pin to eDP 40 pin converter/ https://www.nbrchive.net/xfa/hardware-components-and-aftermarket-upgrades.27/LVDS to eDP adapter/

Repasted the 7900 XTX and the HotSpot did drop 20-22c at lower fan speeds, so its an improvement. I suppose the next step would be to figure out the process to flash the "Unleashed" vBIOS of from the Liquid Devil so I can have more power allocation. Seems to be reliably (for now) hitting 2.8Ghz in 4K Baldurs Gate 3. I would like to be able to hold 3Ghz long term not for anything specific other than 3Ghz sounds better than 2.8Ghz, the added FPS would be nice of course. Its likely there might be pump out, but for now I am ok with that since I already have the paste and tend to do quarterly upkeep on my pc since its open air. Sometimes its dusting, sometimes its a heatsink swap, sometimes its a OS reinstall. Im sure you guys can relate, you pull a thread and its not done until you're done.

Welcome to the Forums!

Should be a lot of fun to see it come together, perhaps a buildlog?

Just going to keep sitting on my 5800X3D for a while. Seems to pair well with the 7900 XTX I have in the few titles I have tried out. Oddly the potential of self hosted game streaming has hit a fever pitch so I may be setting that up this weekend along with my other studies. Like yourself I have been playing with some older hardware for some mildly interesting scenarios. Found a macbook pro 2012 in the closet so I threw manjaro on it. Works fairly well considering its age. Not replacing my daily driver of course (OS) but have to start somewhere.

For the Horizon Forbidden West portion, no idea why they tested there. The starting base in the DLC portion hits orders of magnitude harder on both CPU and GPU.

Thanks. Yeah its been a fun card so far. I could've just bought another RTX 3090 but I didnt want to go through the hassle of hunting for a bargain just to go back to a near 4 year old card. Not wanting to replace my PSU, and given the price point, the 7900 XTX seemed to be the best choice. Not that there is a lot of choices with the current product stacks. For me gaming is primary and benching secondary but regardless of that whining about 100w in a developed country is a bit much. If you are in a country where power isnt reliable or absurdly expensive it makes some sense to whine about it. The problem becomes then why did you buy this card? I asked them the same thing, as there are some definitive red flags for someone trading down. Looks like this guy bought a property and has been renovating it for the better part of a year. Its been taking a bit longer than expected and also has a newborn so its been an overall priority shift from motorcycles, PC's and big trucks to Honda Pilot, civic and getting the house done for the family. He was happy to go from the Red Devil he had to another Red Devil though and we streamed some gameplay and sent each other the SN's of the cards so we both knew what we were getting. EDIT: The one thing I can say though is that the out of box differential between the Core Temp and Hotspot is pretty bad. 65c core temp and 101-105c hotspot. Though I have read that a repaste should fix that, I have some NTH2 so I think I just need to figure out what pads to go with.

That could actually fit in my P750DM-G, heatsink already modded for that orientation :)

Funny how things work out sometimes. Sold the 3090 to float the house until I get paid, get paid and the bank declines my purchase for the PowerColor Red Devil 7900 XTX. I decide to buy a 6900 XT Red Devil and a day later trade it for a 7900 XTX Red Devil. Instead of 1100 after tax from Amazon, out of pocket cost is 700. Which is about what I sold the 3090 for to begin with. I have already downloaded the Liquid Devil vBIOS so I can apply the 550w power limit instead of the 430w this card comes with. Card is of course already overclocked. Power Limit +15 - 3Ghz Core / 2750 memory 32c idle and usually around 50-55c load I do see what people tend to whine about with a 90w idle power consumption. I really dont care about that though Havent ran any benchmarks yet, just enjoying some games on a rare day off since I started the new gig.

It happens, whats more annoying is my bank declining the purchase. I guess I will wait until next week or something. Been pulling near 70 hour weeks since I entered the new position. Maybe I'll look at something else to purchase, been meaning to get a CCNA lab going. Really hate Banks.

The only card I have used from them is the Red Devil 5700 XT and it was a great card. I was saddened to let it go. I replaced the fans on my Taichi 5700 XT with 3x 92mmx45mm fans and still cant get it as cool as a stock Red Devil. Even with max fan speed (basically a friggin jet in terms of noise). Thanks for the info, I was also debating the Sapphire as well but I do have some bias from a well received red devil 5700 XT. Yeah RT isnt something I care about, had it with the 3090 and never used it outside of perhaps 1-2 times for CP2077. I guess I missed out on Microcenter selling the Red Devil 7900 XTX for 800 a couple of months ago, that leaves Amazon for 1K. Im sure I have plenty of other PC stuff I can sell off that I am not using to help offset the cost more than the free OT.