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I could see 8GB making sense for internet cafe's where most people would only be playing esporty titles, but only if the price was right. I used one of my 5700 XT's to float me between the 3090 and 7900 XTX. Played Sons of the Forest and was immediately sitting right at the buffer. That isnt to say I would never use 8GB again but what I did with it would definitely be curated vs the current throw on anything and not worry about it type of scenario that 24GB affords me.

I think the latest DOOM also had RT built in as well iirc

Would definitely be of interest to me as well under those circumstances. Not sure if there would be a real need for 32GB VRAM though. Playing Warhammer 40k Space Marine 2 with some 4k texture mods, appears to be sitting around 13GB VRAM @ 3440x1440 resolution. I wouldnt say I always play the latest titles so perhaps my opinion is skewed on that front. Of course everything tends to boil down to price.

The source on that is very unreliable from what little I understand on the matter. Would be pretty cool if true, but AMD many times now already said they arent targeting high-end, more so marketshare which is the logical course of action given how little they have. It better have 2 12VHPWR cables if it exists, 600w is not a lot of headroom for a card that operates @ 450w. I was pulling probably close to 775w-815w on my 7900 XTX. I need to get one of those Kill-a-Watt's to be more sure.

Looks like I won't be able to bench anything for almost a month, June 17th is the soonest they can send someone to even start looking at it :( Suppose the best I can do is look at my other cards and see if there are any worthwhile mods I can perform to them. After taking #3 Steel Nomad was pretty motivated to start tuning for the next placement. 7900 XTX is a lot of fun to bench once temperature and power limits are removed. Before I killed my electricity (lol) I was actually considering getting a block and a mora 360. It would be comical at best next to my itx system but looks to be fairly necessary for pushing to #1. I always wanted a mo-ra but was always moving about so just wasn't in the cards. Also what thermal pads are you guys partial to? I'm still using cheap generic stuff from my crypto days but that was for maintenance not for performance.

Welcome to the Forums!

Its been happening off and on irregularly over the past couple years in this rented house. Typically more in the Summer, the house has also been getting a bit malformed as the foundation adjusts to movement in the ground. This only happened maybe a few hours or so ago, havent personally done any diagnostic but heres my 10 second hot take. Circuit hasnt tripped, resetting did nothing. When it would die out before it was come back on its own within 10-20 minutes and was sometimes repeatable. I expect there is likely a kink somewhere in the wiring, causing additional resistance which I bull rushed with likely 1000w+, likely pushed it over the edge. The plugs for the house are not confidence inspiring either, lot of them are sunken due to the house deforming over time.

Looks like benchmarking killed the electrical wiring in my room. To be fair it wasnt that great to begin with but I guess 800w for the better part of the day pushed it over the edge.

Thanks, spent the better part of the day working with my 7900 XTX trying to figure out its behavior. Finally came to terms with despite using an A/C unit freezing in my own room, the stock fans on the Red Devil were not enough to cool 800w (surprised they took me this far to be honest). Replaced with 3x92mmx45mm fans powered externally. That allowed me to get this score, along with the application of PTM7950. The hotspot temperature is really the only thing that I am taming on this card, GPU temp might hit 62c with the fans maxed.

https://www.3dmark.com/3dm/134254982 Got #3 Dont think I'll be able to get much higher for Steel Nomad but #3 is pretty good for air cooling

Hey Lemon welcome to the forums! What are some stores you have access to both locally and online for Poland?

100 Points to close in on @Hiew's score of 7911. Im probably only getting a taste of what @Mr. Fox might be feeling when it concerns this hobby of overclocking. It dawned on me that even with an AQUAS vBIOS which allows for 550w TDP I am still "tuning" for the highest clock for a given voltage. The lower the voltage the higher the score. This is with a fresh install of Windows 11 IOT, visual set to performance, monitors unplugged save for a 1080p144hz panel and waiting for it to settle at 22-23c before launching the benchmark. Still 1000+ points between me and the top spot. Getting closer...

@Aaron44126 Have you had any exposure to higher end docks?

I was actually thinking about that earlier today whilst at work, couldnt help but notice that people overall were looking for simple guides on how to do this at least for the vbios part. As for the EVC2SE once I have that sorted I can drum something up. From what I understand it shouldnt be too overly involved. Nothing like the E-Power or Zombie power mods of yore. If anything blows I finally have a nice backup GPU, 3090Ti :)

I went ahead and bought an ElmorLabs EVC2SE module. I am sure I am a far and away from a competent soldering technician, however I am comfortable with the iron I have. 550w on chilled air is probably the max I would use for a daily vbios but now I want to see how far I can take card. Still using cheap-o generic pads and the Kryonaught is on its dozenth or so re-application. I can probably add a couple of 900w server PSU's just to split up the load but more importantly reduce the banshee shrieks those PSU's can produce. No idea when the module will show up at this point but I'll keep you guys in the loop as I get more updates...

Buy with confidence everyone. The 3090Ti, 10850K, z490-h and 16GB 4400Mhz DDR4 RAM all purchased from @Mr. Fox all were in great condition and still working in tip-top form. If I had even the slightest justification, I'd be PM'ing instead of posting lol

Stock heatsink, my room is small so if im running my equipment the window AC unit is running, especially with heat ramping up here in Texas. I tend to essentially disable all electronics while im working and keep things minimal until 8PM when electricity is "Free". Then its more or less off to the races. The Red Devil heatsink is definitely a chonky heatsink, but I dont know that it would cool 550w adequately. From Left to Right is probably this order. General Tune > Specific Tune > Aquas Extreme Tune

I'll do some more testing tomorrow to see where my memory tops off

Took some doing to get the vBIOS to cooperate with the 7900 XTX. Flashed via CH341A programmer with NeoProgrammer software. Originally tried the Nitro+ vBIOS, while it worked immediately it only lifted the TDP to 460w versus the 430w I was already working with. Then on to the AQUAS vbios which was said to have a 550w TDP limit. flashed it, but lost video on all DP/HDMI ports. Switched to the backup bios, rebooted and installed some remoting tools as my keyboard was behaving as if its in OS. Confirmed my suspicion but resolution was 640x480 at best. Reinstalled drivers but didnt seem to change the video out problem. Went for the AQUAS vBIOS from Asrock (extreme version) which did detect "Correctly" that I had the right "card" however, refused to install while an AMD driver was installed. Once I resolved that stipulation, Windows flashed the extreme vbios and my DP/HDMI ports came back to life. Red Devil scores on chilled air cooling. To get higher I would definitely need the EVC2SE module, water cooling and chilled water. Was not able to beat @Hiew's 9070XT score of 7911 yet, maybe a fresh install of Windows, this instance has been in service for a year or so now. I also replaced the screws on the retention bracket, and the other GPU screws as well as the previous owner was quite rough with this card before I got it. I still have yet to apply PTM7950, now that I have more or less unlocked what I can do on air its time to get that applied. I mostly wanted to also maintain above 3Ghz, for no other reason than 3Ghz is better than 2.8Ghz :)

Just posting in case anyone else on the net needs to know. PowerColor Red Devil 7900 XTX GPU retention bracket uses M2x6 screws Hopefully tomorrow i'll get the vbios flashed, been trying to do a little reading on ch341a.

So @Hiew got his hands on a 9070 XT close to MSRP a little while back. Finally got around to tuning it and sends me this. Also pulled 7985 a bit later.

I was confused at the first mention of it, befuddled at the second, and doing a second take at the third. I'd like a refund now, thanks lol

I have removed the BIOS file as Prema does not approve of its distribution.

IIRC there are options for that in the settings.

Considering how 95% of the titles came from consoles its not a surprise that it plays better on a controller. I havent played it a whole lot personally yet, I put it on ice for a year or two and enjoy it at that time.