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Mr. Fox

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  1. The part that seems weird to me is why this is not already part of the ordinary Adrenaline consumer driver stack. Had I not read the documentation with Cinebench 2024 on GPU compatibility (trying to understand why my 6900 XT was flagged incompatible) I would have had no idea that this obscure driver package even exists. It's not even the standard Pro drivers. Unless it degrades performance in some way that I have not discovered, not incorporating it into the standard consumer/gamer Adrenaline and Pro drivers seems illogical.
  2. OK, well that driver not only was needed to make my AMD GPU compatible with the GPU part of Cinebench, but the ray tracing components included, which I opted to install, made a measurable improvement in ray tracing. Seems like about 5-10 FPS better but also the visual quality is much better than the standard Adrenaline driver. Much smoother appearance than the standard Adrenaline driver. Definitely worth checking out on your 7900 XTX. At the start of the driver installation you have to choose components to install. Choose everything, including the Pro driver all the way down at the bottom.
  3. AMD and Intel both now have written policies that expressly deny warranty on processors that have been overclocked so they don't need any more ammunition to screw us. It is premeditated on both of their parts. As far as I know, ASUS is the only one with those stats logged in the UEFI. It would be naive to believe that it won't be utilized for a nefarious purpose. There's no legitimate reason to log the information if they're not going to use it for something and you can bet your booty it won't be something good. And, that would fit their modus operandi as a company. One more example of uninvited surveillance designed to benefit the entity surreptitiously gathering the data rather than the party producing it.
  4. Oh, OK. Sorry. I didn't understand that. I don't think I can be much help in that regard then. I don't use V- or G-Sync or framerate limiters.
  5. Doesn't that show in HWiNFO64? Down in the RTSS section? I think that was added as a new feature. Edit:
  6. Also less likely to cause heartburn, nausea or diarrhea. 😜
  7. Mr. Azor is a PR hack that says whatever he thinks will be sufficient to trick people into buying stuff from the company he works for. Accuracy is not important. Indeed, our industry is overrun by shysters and I think being one is a pre-requisite to participation. Mr. Green Jeans (dang Huang wang) just happens to be a king among liars, LOL. But, it doesn't matter what company you're talking about, they're all dishonest and misrepresent their overpriced products. Some are both dishonest and produce less desirable products. Don't believe for a minute that if 7900 XTX was a 4090 competitor that AMD would be selling it for substantially less. They'd be raping their customers to the same degree, without batting an eye. They are not an honorable company. None of them are. They are charging as much as they believe they can to move the product. Consumers are tasked with picking their own poison.
  8. Exactly right. That was like the threshold for my 5950X. Going any higher than 1900 FCLK just made a mess of things, and latency spirals out of control (along with WHEA errors) if you try to push the memory and/or FCLK too hard. It just doesn't cooperate.
  9. I am not sure you can say that the 7900 XTX matches 4090 by any measurement other than results, and based on results it isn't a match for it. Maybe 4080. Mr. Azor tried that, lied to everyone about it in public, and we all saw that it just didn't work for Frankie-boy. The only way to compare them is results, not specs. It doesn't matter if the specs are the same or theoretically better if the results don't show it. Effort is good if one is satisfied receiving only an honorable mention, but reward follows results. I certainly don't like supporting NVIDIA, but I also don't want to settle for (or support) AMD. That's why I am open to Battlemage. Otherwise, I would be gritting my teeth and sticking with the Green god of Greed's grossly overpriced silicon. But, my next GPU would most likely be a secondhand 3090 if not Battlemage. If I had to choose between 4080 and 7900 XTX, I would take the 4080. NVIDIA sells a better product and I am not interested is showing charity to the underdog.
  10. Maybe, but I always select the oldest micro-code in the BIOS for both of my motherboards (along with disabling security mitigations in Windows and Linux). I consider that an overclocker best practice. Maybe just the mere presence of the newest cancer screwed it up, even though it wasn't selected. The clogged cold plate and dried up liquid metal wouldn't change your SP rating, and since I had the same problem without the issues you corrected I think it has to be something they have buggered up in the current firmware. I really find it annoying that the new Cinebench refuses to remember my settings. If I don't deliberately set the duration to "off" manually every time I launch Cinebench it defauts to the looped version.
  11. EXACTLY the same thing happened to me, just out of the blue, and it was the BIOS. I tried reflashing and clearing CMOS and nothing worked, I went back to the older BIOS (v0904) and everything was back to normal. Not sure why it suddenly changed. Kind of messed up, but it's ASUS so I don't have a surprised look on my face. I don't hate it, but in hindsight I would have been better off just buying another Z690 Dark instead of the Apex.
  12. Maybe if I use sub-zero cooling it will make accumulated negative numbers. Tin foil hat causes me to wonder if maybe ASUS is collecting data for nefarious purposes like excuses to deny warranty. The Armory Crate and MyASUS malware applications collect data.
  13. Yup, that fixed it. Regular consumer AMD drivers won't work. You need that one linked above @Raiderman(Radeon Pro with HIPS SDK). That is just crazy, bro. Maybe have them watch some of the YouTube videos (like those on GN) that point out how horribly bad judgement it is to buy overpriced proprietary trash from outfits like HP and Dell. Yeah, HWiNFO64 has some newer features that suck. The "accumulated" readings are kind of idiotic, but ASUS has the same nonsense in the BIOS, so I digress. It's just regurgitating what the sensors tell it. I also hate the extra prompt on the vCore latch nonsense when you reset the HWiNFO64 sensors. It's annoying to have to find the pop-up prompting you to confirm you want to reset it and click a second time. I told Martin it was annoying and asked for an option to disable it, but I guess he either can't or doesn't care if it is annoying for ASUS mobo owners. I don't have to put up with it on the EVGA mobo, thank goodness. If you disable the sensors in HWiNFO64, the idiotic prompt to confirm you want to reset the latch sensors STILL bugs you. Even if the sensors are disabled in HWiNFO64 the prompt still appears. LOL... totally pointless "accumulated" readings. I really don't understand what value it is supposed to add. Same goes for the other irrelevant "accumulated" power and voltage readings. The new way to spell stupid is A-S-U-S.
  14. OK, I guess you have to download and install special AMD drivers that have a module to integrate CUDA for it to work. Trying it now to find out. https://www.amd.com/en/developer/rocm-hub/hip-sdk.html @Raidermanyou may need this for it to work with your GPU.
  15. You should sell that to me before you do something about it. 😂 Z690 Dark (6900 XT not compatible -?!-) CPU: 2510 / GPU: NA - Windows 10 Z790 Apex and 4090 - CPU: 2497 / GPU: 28630 (stock) - WIndows 11 🤢 Z790 Apex and 4090 - CPU: 2569 / GPU: 32553 (OC) - Windows 10 😉
  16. Yes he does. Also the product review program. Someday people will learn. ...ok, let's be honest... NO THEY WON'T. Stupid is totally normal. They will never learn because they choose to believe lies. Those of us that don't drink the "newer is always better" Kool-Aid don't have nearly as many issues. Most of the time all of the drama about bugs with Windows, drivers, firmware, updates, security patches, etc. I am totally oblivious and immune to. I am sure the same can be said for you, bro.
  17. You two have some things in common, not the least of which is owning a PC technology-focused forum.
  18. Brothers @jaybee83and @Raidermanmaybe when you have a few minutes to spare you could help out my friend here. I am sure he would appreciate it. So far nobody has responded. https://extremehw.net/topic/3009-am5-overclocking-help/
  19. The year's worth of monthly premium is more than I would typically spend in 5+ years on games.
  20. Could be. I sure hope not. If they do things will not recover. It will turn out like the thin and light turdbook filth if they do. Console will become the only medium for gaming. The only effective thing would be to boycott digital gaming of any kind and turn both PC and console inside-out. More affordable is not superior, it's just cheaper. If console gaming doesn't have to compete with PC gaming it will not stay cheaper. It will become more manipulated and far more expensive, and everyone that enjoys gaming will suffer because of it. NVIDIA doesn't care and AMD would love that. It would make life so much easier for AMD, and things would never be right again.
  21. Cool video for their new release. Another new release... Not a new release...
  22. It really starts hurting performance when CPU and memory resources are consumed. But, less is generally better. It is hard to go wrong by eliminating anything that isn't doing something you care about, and there is a crap ton of garbage that shouldn't be cared about in Windows 10 and even more in Windows 11. Even if a process is using little in the way of resources, it is something extra the CPU has to manage. To put it in oversimplified terms, if you are playing babysitter to a well-behaved group of kids that don't involve themselves in mischief, it doesn't take a lot of effort. That being said, you can't leave and go to something else because they warrant your attention. It's your responsibility to look after them. Now, if you are babysitting one kid that is a brat and have to burn a lot of calories to keep him from wreaking havoc or tearing the place apart, you cannot allow yourself to get distracted. That one brat is harder to manage than a half-dozen good kids. If you could, you'd force that brat into submission or even get rid of him, (never agree to watch him again,) but you can't at the moment. He is sucking the life out of you. Some services and processes are like the group of good kids and others are like the brat you would like to strangle. You can manage a dozen of the good kids and just one or two of the brats makes you want to break out the belt and show them what forced compliance is all about.
  23. It seems like a long time ago (don't remember for sure when the last one was) that there was a game release that I was actually super-excited about. Sadly, those that interest me the most now are nothing but remasters of old games from back in the day when games were still great. Almost every time I open one of my game clients and browse their stores I end up disappointed that they have absolutely nothing that looks good to me. Once in a great while there will be something I think might be good that I add to my wish list and wait for the price to fall to $20~ or wait until I can find it that cheap on a cd-key seller site. My kids used to give me Steam gift cards for birthday or Christmas presents, but the last time they did it was more than 6 months until I found something good enough to buy. The money just sat in my Steam wallet for what seemed like forever.
  24. Dad gummit, that's insane. That would make me feel sick, too. I probably haven't paid $150 in the aggregate for all the games I have purchased in the past 5 years, LOL.
  25. Very true. I don't like that either. Very irritating. If I cared about the story I would wait for the movie, and then wait for it to come out on Netflix for free, or watch in with commercials for free on Vudu, LOL. No reason to pay $70, or even $20.
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