Mr. Fox

5 hours ago, cylix said:

Thanks brother you too aswell, on Thursday ill have the biggest hurdle as a father until now. The oldest son, hes 4 and he will have Tonsils and Nasal Polyps removed. Hes allergic and sadly cannot breath at night well, hes snoring and gasping for air, we tried cortisol spray for a month and didnt help so surgery is the last resort. I know is a standard surgery but boy do I have some  strong feelings...Even on my own surgeries over the years or any family member i  wasnt so restless like now.

I guess this are father/parents worries and it will not be the last one. I just  want the day to be over 😐

As a parent it is always stressful when one of your kids has difficulties. That doesn't even end when they become adults. It feels the same even though you're not the one paying the doctor bills. One of our five was born with a serious heart defect and had open heart surgery three times during his first five years of life. He made it through like a champ and is an adult now with a family of his own. So, I know exactly what kind of stress you feel right now about the surgery. I will keep your family in my prayers.

Sold to @mx500torid at overclock.net in his WTB thread - boxed and ready, will be headed his way tomorrow via UPS.

Happy Father's Day to all of you that are a dad, have a dad, or both. I am enjoying my day doing nothing at home.

Happy Father's Day. I hope all of you that are a dad, or have one, or both, have a nice day.

22 hours ago, Papusan said:

 

You are all too modern bro @Mr. Fox😁 I prefer music from older days. And the older I become the more I enjoy older music and soundtrack.

 

Who said new has to be better? @ryan Just let me simplify it for you. All I know.  Old music is just … better🙂

I love old music, too. In fact, I am primarily a metal head. But, I like most things with a driving beat and if the message is right (like Brother Tom MacDonald) I am more interested in the message than I am the music. Music has the ability to shape the way people think and act, and the lyrics are especially important. The lyrics are why so many of our youth and young adults are totally screwed up in the head.

And, I like that this music has NO LYRICS. 

But, this stuff... this stuff is my favorite genre and music style.

12 hours ago, Papusan said:

The new gen hardcore gamers (those that learned computing and gaming via smartphones) has voted with their wallets.

It has become difficult to identify any area of life where being stupid and evil isn't normal. The human race has become largely reprobate. What a perfect time to put our trust in AI that has been programmed by degenerate reprobates. The growth and normalization of stupidity is a symptom of being fundamentally corrupt, self-centered and irrational.

49 minutes ago, Papusan said:

 

Talking about new features. Microsoft have backtracked the security problem for now. Would you trust that guinea pigs is good enough to make this feature more secure? Why trust unpaid guinea pig if one of the worlds best engineers have failed doing it right? Would you use an unpaid maid to operate as a heart surgeon on the local hospital? That the way Microsoft do it. 

 

We are adjusting the release model for Recall to leverage the expertise of the Windows Insider community free paid guinea pig to ensure the experience meets our high standards for quality and security.

 

Microsoft recalls Recall: Controversial AI feature won't be in Copilot+ Windows build at launch
https://www.tomshardware.com/software/windows/microsoft-recalls-recall-controversial-ai-feature-wont-be-in-copilot-windows-build-at-launch

They are totally unworthy of anyone's trust. Their criminal intentions and extreme stupidity are unfixable deal-breakers. Their examples of poor judgement are unforgivable and recurring with alarming frequency. I wish the worst for them and crApple. The world would be a better place if both of them were gone. I would delight in seeing both of them fail and go out of business.

I have purchased several certified refurbished Dell Precision and HP Elitebook business class machines that are all in excellent condition in the $500 range. In fact I just purchased one Dell Precision 7720 with a 17-inch 4K display, 64GB of RAM, 16GB Quadro P5000 (MXM) for under $600 last week. These machines are built like a tank with full metal chassis. You can usually purchase them with an extended warranty through Square Trade or Allstate at the time of purchase if you're worried about not purchasing something that is brand new. If you buy something new for $1,000+ more it's probably going to have poor overall build quality and be a less serviceable piece of garbage.

1 hour ago, Mr. Fox said:

(They are all liars. All of them.)

There isn't an honest bone in any of their bodies. AMD, Intel, NVIDIA, ASUS, MSI, etc. are all liars that say what they think will make them more money.

2 hours ago, Papusan said:

 

Still quite fast here. Not sure what's up. 

 

 

And now the elite will have their a bite of the cake as well. But you will never ever get real customized firmware as the choosen ones get.

Off means off: Splave Edition PSU has no residual power, discharges as soon as you flick the switch

That's why I no longer make the effort on HWBOT. It's pointless and rigged where current hardware is concerned.

Yeah, forum seems normal again. When I posted last night it was malfunctioning.

Edit: OK, now it is running super slow again, LOL.

A technology company telling lies? No... really? Say it isn't so! (They are all liars. All of them.)

Will a new motherboard/chipset be needed to benefit from Ryzen 9000? If so, then probably no point in buying the new CPU if you're staying with the same motherboard.

Wonder if that is debris or bent pins?

13 hours ago, GIGABYTE Enjoyer said:

Hello! My name is Justin, I wanted to get started over clocking and I just did my first CINEBENCH R23 test.

I have a AMD Ryzen 9 7900X

32 gigs of ddr5 memory running at 4800mhz

rtx 3070 Gigabyte

samsung ssd 970 Evo plus 2tb

Welcome to the forum. We're glad you joined us. I swear your post was not there or not visible at the time I posted following your post. I'm not sure if it was because your new account wasn't approved and it was hidden or something else. I didn't want you to think you were being ignored.

Such nice features in an OS!

Ignorance is bliss.

2 hours ago, Papusan said:

Now it's seems the forum is very fast🙂 @Reciever 

@Hiew🙂

Did you jinx it? Does not seem like it lasted long. 😶

1 hour ago, Papusan said:

sweepersc - GeForce GTX 1070 (Mobile) @ 1799/2477MHz - 188605 marks 3DMark03

One thing we can always count on when it comes to being stupid is that stupid people don't know what they don't know. Their words and actions provide irrefutable evidence of their morbid stupidity.

On 6/7/2024 at 5:34 PM, Raiderman said:

I guess that's a saving grace when living in "hell on earth", you can get nice cold temps with the chiller, and no condensation 🤣

Today is 111°F (44°C) and 5% relative humidity with a dew point of 26°F (-3°C) so condensation is not even a concern with the chiller this time of year. It cannot keep the system cold enough for condensation to form when the dew point is below freezing point. @tps3443 would like that with his chiller running 24/7.

The forum is crazy slow right now. Borderline unusable at the moment.

Stupid is the new normal. We used to have pity for people that were extremely stupid. Now there are national holidays to celebrate their stupidity. We need one for the tech ignoramuses. What makes no sense is there are no holidays to celebrate being normal,  or being better than average. I thought everyone was supposed to get a trophy for participation. Apparently not. Only if you're messed up.

1 hour ago, Raiderman said:

Rebooting did nothing, won't validate the saved scores. I guess I'll have to DDU, and reinstall drivers, or I wonder if the server is down. Smh

 

BTW, navi48 xtx spotted

 

https://wccftech.com/amd-radeon-rx-8000-rdna-4-graphics-card-flagship-navi-48-xtx-gpu-spotted/

I had that happen with 3DMark not too long ago and the only way I could fix it was to DDU and reinstall the drivers and then uninstall and reinstall 3DMark. I think that UL is doing some silly nonsense behind the scenes right now with validation because of the stupid crap they are obsessed with in terms of being overly-worried about 4090 scores with ECC disabled.

Hopefully the next AMD GPUs will have GDDR6x or GDDR7. Sticking with GDDR6 really held back 7900 XTX.

I gave my Eluktronics MECH-15 G2Rx to my wife a year or so ago, maybe two. It is still in excellent shape. She uses it for web browsing, social media and some very basic games like Bejeweled and Peggle. It literally never gets used for anything strenuous. She has been eye-balling my Dell Precision 7720 17-inch laptop for a long time (since I bought it) and I finally decided to get her one. She wants the bigger screen and she does not like mechanical keyboards.

Specs:

Processor: Intel Core i7-9750H (2.6-4.5GHz 12MB Cache)

Graphics Card: 6GB GDDR6 NVIDIA® GeForce RTX 2060

Memory: G.SKILL Ripjaws DDR4-3000 32GB with Custom 3200 XMP Profile (Programmed with Thaiphoon Burner)
Storage: Dual 1TB NVMe SSDs 

Eluktronics Mechanical RGB keyboard

15" FHD 144Hz Display

Metal Lid and Palmrest

OS: Windows 10/11 (your choice or you can install)

PremaMod Unlocked BIOS (full access to everything) thanks to @Prema

Spare AC adapter

Condition: Very Good (minimal wear, no damage of any kind)

What do you think I should ask for it?

If there is any interest I will post it in the Marketplace.

58 minutes ago, Raiderman said:

So I ran timespy, and firestrike extreme, and crushed my old scores, but they won't validate??

That doesn't make any sense. Did you run DDU and reinstall the drivers to see if that will help? What does the 3DMark validation information show you as the reason?

20 minutes ago, Papusan said:

Hmmm. New has to be better, LOOL @ryan😁

 

Amidst Multiple Leaks, AMD Admits Ryzen 7000X3D Will Still Beat Zen 5 Ryzen 9000 In Gaming

AMD's first processors sporting the Zen 5 architecture, the company's Ryzen 9000 desktop CPUs, will go on sale next month, in July. There's been some question over whether people already rocking Zen 4 processors with 3D V-Cache, those being Ryzen 7000X3D series chips, should consider upgrading.... 

 

And it won't stop😁 Yup, nvidia and PCI Sig to blame for this....

 

Repair Shop Claims To Fix Up To 100 Fried RTX 4090 Cards Every Month

The GeForce RTX 4090 remains the king of the hill in the consumer GPU realm and it will stay that way until NVIDIA gets around to launching its next-gen Blackwell lineup, which will presumably include a GeForce RTX 5090. Not without its warts, however, the RTX 4090 is a pricey card (nothing unusual about that) 

 

Seems like all of the junk he is working on came from ASUS, LOL. And, I don't see any mention of Cablemod or adapters melted in place in these videos lately. We know the adapters didn't help, but it seems clear that the problem itself is not the adapters as much as it is a stupid choice in connector. You shouldn't use them, but not using them doesn't keep you safe.

18 hours ago, Linux said:

@Mr. FoxThank you for your elaborate answer, really appreciated. Despite all the negativity. 👍

 

It doesn't really surprise me, since i know most you already from NBR - my old account there is from around 2015 - and therefore i am aware of the stance regarding soldered and BGA hardware in general.

 

I don't do heavy gaming, so my needs in upgrading are very low and i am pretty sure, that my current laptop will be fine performancewise for at least another 3-4 years. Especially with Linux.

 

To be honest, despite that i don't really ticking any boxes for this community - maybe only that i own a laptop - i know and appreciate the experience many of the members are bringing along. In common PC hardware communities it is difficult to find experts for all things related to laptops. f.e. BIOS mods are deemed as rocket science there.

 

Even that i cannot contribute much, that is the reason i followed over from NBR and stayed. The OS switch was the only thing i changed on my laptop since joining here.

For my mobile computing needs, which are very limited, I have the Dell Precision 7720 in my signature. Although gaming is not something that I place I high priority on, it can play games pretty well, actually. It has no problem with modern AAA titles with the Quadro P5000 16GB MXM GPU as long as I don't get too crazy on the settings. It is a solid machine. Built like a brick house. Everything except the CPU is replaceable. I just ordered a Precision 7720 for one of my teenage granddaughters a couple of weeks ago and another one for my wife earlier today. I didn't notice the one I ordered for my wife has a 4K screen, so I may have to trade her for mine if she hates that. They have identical specs otherwise. I seldom turn mine on. Only when I don't have access to one of my desktops. Can't beat if for less than $600. Way better than the plastic crap for sale at 3 to 5 times the cost.

5 hours ago, Linux said:

Since my question in one of the offtopic threads was mostly ignored - especially by the "core" members - i will give it one more try in here.

 

How do you think will be the future outlook for NotebookTalk, after the last upgradeable chassis has reached its EOL? There will be a point in the near future, where you won't be able to fit current CPU/GPUs into your beloved non-BGA cases. This community isn't - and never will be tbh - that large in the slightest as NBR and therefore lacks depth. Not criticism, just stating facts.

 

Where do you see this community in 5 years? All state-of-the-art laptops will be proprietary by then. What will be we talking about then, if nothing can be upgraded anymore? The last practical Windows (10) won't get security patches anymore?

I already have switched completely to Linux and my next gaming rig will be from a hardware vendor, which specializes in Linux. I don't have any issues with BGA, my machine is already from 2016 and is still running great.

 

Linux is getting more traction in here, but this doesn't solve the non-upgradable hardware issue, which always has been the main driver for NBR and also this community.

Sorry, I can only speak for myself but I was not ignoring any posts. I didn't see it. There are only about 3 threads that I visit unless I get tagged and respond like I did when @1610ftw mentioned me here. It's not that I don't care about the people posting in the other threads as much as the fact that I don't care about the subject matter.

The PC technology landscape has changed dramatically since around 2013-2014 and the downhill slide began around 2011-2012. I have no interest in mobile computing. BGA and the focus on thin and light ruined that for me. I only accept change when I agree with it. If I do not agree with something, then I reject it and withdraw my support. I am here because there is a small group of forum friends that have lasted through the years and we remain friends because they share some of my PC passions.

I think the direction things are headed in PC technology is truly disgusting, repulsive and loathsome. Because I reject change that I do not agree with and do not embrace compromise, I see my interest in PC technology fading rapidly. My primary interest is hardware and overclocking. Hardware configurations are largely fixed and disposable now. Overclocking has become a joke because idiots that don't understand or appreciate it are running the show. And, I'm pretty much an all or nothing type of person. (Yes, I am stating the obvious for anyone that knows me.)  I like gaming, but don't love it and do not invest a lot of time or energy into it. My interest in gaming has been closely tied to my passion for hardware and overclocking, so there is no place for console or mobile gaming in my world.

Linux affords the autonomy that the Redmond Mafia seems hell bent on denying to the users of their modern digital filth. I love Linux, warts and all, (and it has plenty of them,) but not enough to use chintzy crap hardware as the platform for running it. If I am going to use disposable garbage hardware, it will be something extra cheap like a Raspberry Pi. It is hard for me to get excited about something like that, but I am more likely to get excited about spending $200 on disposable crap than I would be $2000 on disposable crap.

I like that I can still find dinosaurs like myself and @Papusan here in this community.