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Exactly. Use only your eyes. Nothing more. If it works then let it be. People forget that every time you touch that shiiit then you risk the opposite of what you want. Looking good but the values have changed and you risk unbalanced load that will pop up as a disaster before you check next time🙃 I know... Because I have the overpriced pin-monitoring. Swap cards very often is a nightmare. + you need buy more trashy cables because the old cable with that tiny connector being worn out.

"Anything that can go wrong, will go wrong," known as Murphy's Law. I'm pretty sure that a third of all new graphics card with the tiny trash has same or similar problems without knowing it. Perfectly connected or not doesn't matter. The difference is how long it will works before it goes up in smoke.

What I think... TG wanted the extended warranty to calm down buyers using 3rd party parts. I would prefer they scrapped the extended warranty and offered cheaper items.

TG should have two price options. Cheaper for those running XOC/shunted cards out of specs. The reason for the higher prices with this gen WV is the extended warranty. $140 USD + shipping with tax on top ain't cheap. Even for a great product. 2. Covered Damage • The WireView Pro II must have been installed, operated, and used in accordance with the user manual. Protective mechanisms such as current, temperature, and power monitoring must be used with their standard settings and thresholds, and must not be disabled. • The use must remain within the operational parameters specified by the graphics card manufacturer (e.g., no shunt mods, no XOC BIOS with increase 4. Exclusions The warranty does not cover damage: • caused by external influences (e.g., overvoltage, lightning, moisture, mechanical impact); • resulting from the use of non-recommended adapters or cable combinations (e.g., low-quality adapters); • caused by modifications or improper alterations to the graphics card or the WireView Pro II (e.g., shunt modifications). • resulting from misuse, failure to follow the user manual, or professional use beyond the intended specifications. ExtendedWarrantyTerms_WV-P-2

Happy New Year from Norway to all my good friends🙂 The rockets is already fired up. Money down the drain, LOL

There is still some small hope that people can get 5070Ti at more decent prices. If you are lucky and take your time. You are crazy if you rather go for $1100-1800 USD 5080 cards that in reality should be the new xx70 Ti tier in the 5000 series. $600 is an quite decent price. Or better say the more correct price. Edit. Some people don't grasp it. Why they need to defend a bad purchase/bad product for the money they spent? And as usual... The r/Nvidia modteam remove/close such threads. The old 14th gen Intel is still a monster chips. And Asus want to be one of the first offering price hikes for the New year. Their products is all too cheap. Of course they prefer to be first. Asus announces product price hikes starting January 5 https://www.tomshardware.com/tech-industry/asus-announces-product-price-hikes-starting-from-january-5-and-ai-is-to-blame-ram-and-storage-cost-pressure-cited-as-main-trigger-for-pricing-increases 1000 Limited Edition cards, LOL ASUS ROG MATRIX also has RTX 5090D V2 version with 24GB memory, 807W max power teased Joke or stupid rumors.... I don't know. NVIDIA Pushing RTX 5090 Prices to $5000 in 2026, Rumor Claims Yees, flood China with US tech. This due Trump admin's ease on AI export controls. Feed it's worst enemy with whatever they want than helping their own citizens computer needs, is just disgusting. Sad. TikTok owner ByteDance to reportedly purchase $14 billion worth of Nvidia AI GPUs in 2026 Despite numerous setbacks, ByteDance spent 85 billion yuan on Nvidia chips throughout 2025, marking a significant increase for next year, South China Morning Post reports.

Long live the QC. Matrix up in review on Tweaktown. The gap of the 12V-2*6 connector cover is now on the opposite side vs what OP in reddit see. Closer to the 4th fan this time. Fantastic. https://www.tweaktown.com/reviews/11302/asus-rog-matrix-platinum-geforce-rtx-5090-unbeatable-performance-stunning-design/index.html The unlucky one. From the review unit from Tweaktown And what is a day without new nice pictures?😀 People think weaker low powered Radeon cards is safe, LOL Another Sapphire RX 9070 XT Nitro+ burns out again: blamed on the 12V-2×6 connector and the brand's Stealth design. Will they recall it from the market? Seems people have problem connecting the tiny trash. And more of the Yellow-tip fiasco from MSI. What could go wrong,LOL

5080 have never been a good value here home. Not sure why... But I think for people that wanted close to flagship GPU performance and can't really afford the xx90 tier cards, they buy it anyway (the overpriced 5080's). They should instead go for the cheapest 5070Ti they could find. xx80@16GB at these prices/even MSRP is awful. Would be easier to swallow the 5080 with 24GB vram at $1000. "4090 performance at $549!" is the most stupid I have heard from Nvidia. Even $1800 - 5080 scam from Asus ain't close with the measly 16GB vram buffer. Both nvidia and Asus failed hard with their prices for xx70Ti tier level cards that was meant to be the new and shiny xx80. And the xx80 tier card should also not have only half the cores vs xx90 cards. That's just dumb. Nvidia failed on the amount cores and vram for 5080. Period. I'm good with that. And if Nvidia release 6080@24GB, the 5090 will keep an very good value even early/mid 2027. We may not see same great value as for 4090 but if the AI madness continue you get a nice offset for the 5090 if you want the 6090.

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The more Microsoft damage Windows, the more people will move over to....

It starts to dry up. But still no problem get the 5080 or the 5090. And the prices haven't moved much. Cheapest 5090 is GIGABYTE GeForce RTX 5090 WindForce 3 OC at around $2018 MSRP (without taxes). Otherwise around $2850. Not bad but the good deals on flagship tiers is gone. Edit. Cheapest 5080 is $1151,61 MSRP so no thanks. Even nope at $1000. See also HU latest for 5080. A bad buy. Or a bad product for the prices. xx80 class cards today should have minimum 20GB vram for the prices.

Hmmm🙃 I fix it for you.

I wonder how many will support this... But as you know, there is people out there also for this garbage. Thermaltake’s new AIO uses “AI Forge” software that requires OpenAI subscription to generate images

GPU sum up for 2025. And the trash will probably be more expensive in 2026... AMD and NVIDIA graphics cards will be more expensive in early 2026 because of DRAM crisis https://www.tweaktown.com/news/109484/amd-and-nvidia-graphics-cards-will-be-more-expensive-in-early-2026-because-of-dram-crisis/index.html Tempted bro @Mr. Fox? Coming Jokebooks from Eurocom at +$15000. Eurocom Raptor X18 laptop rocks RTX 5090 GPU, 256GB DDR5 RAM, 32TB SSDs, costs over $15000 https://www.tweaktown.com/news/109462/eurocom-raptor-x18-laptop-rocks-rtx-5090-gpu-256gb-ddr5-ram-32tb-ssds-costs-over-dollars15000/index.html

Nine brands responded on whether it’s better to use a native 12V-2×6 cable or the bundled GPU adapter Yup, Msi still have big trust in their Yellow-tip adapter bundled in the GPU package. The replies landed in three buckets: use the GPU’s included adapter, use the native PSU cable when available, or either option is fine. ASUS, MSI, and GIGABYTE told users to stick with the adapter that ships with the graphics card. SilverStone and ZOTAC said a native PSU cable is preferred when available, while SAPPHIRE, Thermaltake, Gainward, and Palit said either method is fine. No one can stop China. The Chinese know how to make it work at same time also know where they can gobbling up the needed vram. GeForce RTX 5080 32GB mods are reportedly now possible, could affect RTX 5080 supply

Have you seen any worse? Has to ve within top 10 on the melt scale. Asus denies replacement for $4,000 ROG Matrix RTX 5090 claiming misaligned power connector is part of original design Hideo Kojima warns AI is making games and art “no longer special” in self-interview

https://youtu.be/JI-63hfhX20?t=130

God Jul (Merry Christmas) to everyone🙂

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