Mr. Fox

Yep, yessir, more filth, piled on top of filth.

The problem with fact-checking is identifying a reliable source of "facts" that is unbiased and agenda-free. Almost everything, with extremely rare exceptions, is a sliver of fact, taken out of context, misrepresented and spun in a way that supports the agenda of the self-anointed providers of "proof" who are actually spin-doctors and liars. You can rely on them, and your friendly local, state and federal governments, to feed you an endless line of crap. Nobody that claims to have a line on truth or facts actually does. They merely have a source that they agree with. The only real "proof" comes in the form of unedited data, unredacted documents, video and audio recordings that captures every detail of information and and presents every spoken word to the audience for digestion without being cut-down or combined with or repackaged with biased editorial about "what they really meant" or speculation about what was implied.

Typical Azor-type denial using the "this is fine" answer for overheating, thermal throttling and product degradation. That response proves a lack of care for the product and the consumer, with the probability of an underlying incentive to shorten the product lifespan in hope that they can sell a replacement when the product fails prematurely. What it fails to contemplate is the probability that unless the consumer is an idiot they won't repeat the horrible decision again and will buy something better from a competitor next time.

We (all people) tend to use the word "need" in place of "want" without giving a lot of thought to the meaning of it. Nothing wrong with wanting more or accepting only the best. There is an element of computing that typically focuses on actual needs where business is involved, and wants where a hobby is involved. Thank God for hobbies, or many of us would find life boring if not difficult. Being a PC enthusiast is not nearly as expensive as many of the other testosterone-fueled hobbies to choose from, but we do tend to shoot ourselves in the feet by throwing caution to the wind and exercising poor judgment when it involves our wants. I think there are even some PC enthusiasts that make a hobby out of spending the least amount of money they possibly can to achieve a minimum level of functionality. I can't relate to it personally, but if doing that makes them happy or gives them a sense of accomplishment, then I would call it a legit hobby. At any rate, we are our own worst enemy when it comes to feeding the monster. To a large degree, we have only ourselves to blame for the retarded GPU prices. There was a point in time where the crypto-morons were driving it, but right now we have to look no further than the closest mirror to identify the reason. NVIDIA can't set a bad example for AMD on how to rape consumers with inflated prices if consumers refuse to purchase overpriced junk. Getting everyone on the same page with a mass exodus, mutiny or boycott is like herding cats. Many are too selfish to even care about being part of a solution versus contributing to the problem, and it is not beneficial in terms of a solution when a tiny minority of consumers take a stand on principle, even when doing so is the right thing to do. All it does is make them a target for the Kool-Aid drinkers that look for ways to legitimize stupidity. And, if you refuse to fall in line with the totalitarian mindset you are an extremist that gets tagged with a list of totally bogus labels by rabid sheeple and their imbecile zombie squad commanders.

Agree. Personally, I think it is better to get the best or go with a lower-budget option. The stuff in the middle is kind of a disgusting compromise to me.

Most people make irrational decisions involving money because our priorities get all jacked up. We are all guilty of it to some extent. Some struggle with it more than others. NVIDIA and the other jokers playing in the retail space know this well and they're not bashful about exploiting that human character flaw. If we're honest, there is going to be something we find to be a nearly irresistible shiny object. Resistance requires a deliberate exercise of self-control.

The thing I figured out about "fake news" is that it is only fake to those that do not want to believe it. That is why hardly anyone on the left or right watches liberal or conservative "news" anymore. We all get fed a nonstop load of crap and twisted information in a manner that spins the agenda the direction the presenters of lies want it to go. The only way to handle it is to decide which agenda is closer to the truth as one sees it, take the bits and pieces from the source deemed less dishonest, pick the pieces that align with what one suspects is true, and dismiss the rest as nonsense with the understanding that 98% of anything the talking heads that pretend to be journalists say is utter bullshit. The trick is identifying the 2% that is factual. But, I do find it useful to know what makes my adversaries tick and what kind of phoney baloney is floating in their sick little heads.

Since you are in Canada and it is cold outside, set your max overclock and max out the fans and bench it outside. I bet you will break 9K. The GPU is going to be thermally limited long before it actually ever gets hot. Even the high end desktop GPUs suffer from this idiotic and sucky firmware algorithm. The colder you can get that GPU the higher it is going to boost using the applied overclock offset. I post his videos often in this thread. He is really amazing. Check out the other videos on his YouTube channel. Since I subscribe to his channel I see his new videos the day they are posted. I had him replace a bad memory chip on the 2080 Ti FTW3 that I recently sold. He was fast and very reasonable on the pricing. He is near Seattle, WA.

You're welcome. You earned them. And, who needs benchmarks when you have cheerleaders. 🤣

Ed Bassmaster is hilarious.

I still haven't forgiven myself for that and I am not enthusiastic about repeating that mistake. 4090 performance is compelling, but the pricing is as repulsive as it was with 3090. While I believe the 3090 KPE is a fantastic overbuilt GPU, I still regret paying what I did for it and still kind of feel like I got screwed over. I am somewhat disappointed with it and have been since the day it arrived. I do not find it remarkably better than an 3090 FTW3 in terms of performance. The only thing about it that I consider "great" is that it is an EVGA product and backed by their industry-leading service and support. What makes it worse now is that a plain vanilla cracker jack 4090 (sold by a company that I know will be a huge pain in the butt to deal with if I need warranty support) is priced like it is a Kingpin-level halo product. It is sad how seldom anyone leaves feedback for me on eBay. I go out of my way to communicate with them, ship immediately, provide additional information to them about the product after the sale, and give the buyer good feedback. I hear nothing more. I have pinged them numerous times with a message to ask if they received the product and everything was as expected, and they will often reply that they are very happy and thank me, but still leave no feedback. I generally only use eBay as a last resort when my efforts to sell something have failed in another venue. I was going to look at selling on jawa.gg for PC parts, but when I went to sign up it seemed like a real hassle, so I never finished the sign-up process. Pretty chintzy MSI GPU...

It certainly feels like being taken advantage of simply because they know the sheeple will voluntarily submit themselves for violation.

It will be interesting, maybe even a little bit scary, to see how many people actually dumb enough to pay $1000 for such a modest mid-range GPU. This is more than ludicrous.

Comments: “The vaccine was not brought in for COVID. COVID was brought in for the vaccine. Once you realize that, everything else makes sense.” ~ Dr. Reiner Fuellmich Not only that, the African countries with the lowest vaccination rate had the least Covid! related video

Interesting... if we were asking Azor he would say this is "normal" LOL.

Got bored so I released another YouTube video. My last video was October 2nd, so it has been quite a while.

LoLoLoL... too funny. 🤣 Sadly, they are no longer a minority. They have multiplied and are now very common... near a 1:1 ratio now.

That was probably an issue of some sort with the HP laptop. Some of them implement some terribly janky display output messes. Depending on how new it is, if it uses Intel integrated graphics it may not even be physically possible for it to function with Windows 7. The patching done with Flashboot can't deal with the cancer once it has metastasized to that degree. The defective design is botched to the point that it is irredeemable. I am really fed up with the evil bastards that make decisions about technology deliberately doing things to screw everyone that is not content to be part of the zombie sheeple herd. Some are even more stupid than that. Not only do they have no clue about the degree of their own stupidity, they actually view themselves as being smart and cannot be convinced that they are mistaken.

That Flashboot tool integrates all of them for you in an ordinary Windows 7 ISO. I believe it uses NTLite in the background, but it is a great solution because you don't have to find anything or do any kind of research. Without it, the only way I can do it (even with drivers integrated) is to install from SATA DVD using a PS2 mouse and keyboard, then install the drivers manually after finishing setup. It was like that on Z590 and Z690 for me. The ISOs that were supposed to work did not.

Awesome stuff, bro. You're going to have a BLAST. 😄

Merry Christmas, Brother. Blessings to you and your family. Install Windows 7 first on one M.2 SSD. Disable all other drives in the BIOS or remove them from your motherboard. GPT is the better option for an OS drive, while I recommend MBR for data. GPT will give you some flexibility MBR does not afford. (I personally like MBR better, but use GPT for the OS.) Use Flashboot (free will be enough) to create the Windows 7 USB drive. https://www.prime-expert.com/flashboot/ but note that the Pro version allows you to slipstream drivers and some other things the free version does not. I own the Pro version and like it. You get lifetime updates and the developer is an anti-DRM and anti-SaaS evangelist, so I like supporting a good cause. Note: creating the USB drive with Flashboot will allow Windows 7 to run in Pure UEFI without CSM as long as your GPU supports it. My 3090 does not for some reason. You can try it with CSM disabled. If the GPU gets a code 10 or 43 when you try to install the driver, enable CSM and everything will work fine. You won't have to do anything other than enable CSM. Again, use GPT for the OS for this to work correctly. You can use Flashboot for the Windows 10 USB installer as well. It will also disable the Windows 11 TPM and Secure Boot requirements like Rufus. After Windows 7 is installed, either disable its drive in the BIOS or remove it before installing Windows 10. Again, you want the only drive to be the one you are installing Windows to. If you are going to install Linux, follow the same process so that GRUB or systemd get installed by default on the same drive as the OS. You can guarantee that by making it the only drive available to the OS. After both OSes are installed, enable all drives on your system. Stop and take a few short minutes to create a Macrium Reflect images of your fresh OS installations. It works for making an image of your Linux installation as well. Now you can choose which OS to boot using the BIOS Boot priority hotkey (usually F8). The Dark BIOS has an option to always show that menu during system boot. By following the process I outlined you can remove any drive without that affecting the function of the other OSes because each has its own Boot Manager and has no reliance on the other OSes. Yes, I use EasyBCD on each OS to add the other OS bootloader to the menu so that regardless of which drive you boot from you can choose to load a different OS. I have not had any success adding GRUB or LiLo to the Windows Boot Manager with EasyBCD, so I choose the Linux drive to load it. But, you don't need to use EasyBCD at all. You can let Linux manage it. It will automatically add your Windows Boot Managers to the GRUB boot menu. Something I played with yesterday. I made a Windows to Go installation with Flashboot Pro. I put Windows 8.1 on a 1TB M.2 SATA drive in a USB 3.0 enclosure and it runs like it is installed internally. You can't tell it is running on a USB port. Crystal Diskmark speeds are the same as if the drive was installed internally. I was seriously impressed with everything except Windows 8.1. (I had forgotten what a horrible POS Windows 8.X was, and there is no 3090 driver functionality, even with an INF mod.) I think I am going to tinker with that more, but not using Windows 8.1 garbage. The unpleasant reminder of how horrible it is made me hate Windows 10 just a little bit less.

With a 666 power limit it should be a "beast" vBIOS. (Yes, I am joking about the number, not the actual power limit.)

Merry Christmas, everyone. I think Brothers @johnksssand @Papusanwill appreciate this since they are multi-boot users like me and take advantage of using the best OS for the task at hand rather than defaulting to the use of one OS and living with whatever lackluster results doing so produces. One of the issues with booting an older OS like XP, Vista and Windows 7 is the difference in how Disk Checking works and they are constantly fighting with Windows 8.1, 10 and 11 over disk management and corrupting one another in the process. The fix in this article puts an end to that stupidity with a simple registry tweak that allows them to coexist in peace. You simply do the tweak and reboot twice for the change to take effect. Stop Disk Check From Running On Every Boot Windows Registry Editor Version 5.00 [HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Control\FileSystem] "NtfsDisableLfsDowngrade"=dword:00000000 "NtfsDisableLfsUpgrade"=dword:00000001 Easier than that, bro. https://github.com/massgravel/Microsoft-Activation-Scripts Two PowerShell scripts you should become familiar with... Admin PS C:\> irm https://massgrave.dev/get | iex Admin PS C:\> iwr -useb https://christitus.com/win | iex ScanDiskFix.reg

A different kind of liquid metal. https://youtube.com/shorts/8zT03ZWp8E0?feature=share