Mr. Fox

Yeah, I really like mine. No complaints. Spending a whole lot more for minimal improvement isn't very smart. I've had acceptable results from my Byski GPU blocks as well, but the Alphacool block is built better (and a little bit more expensive) and I like it better than the Byski blocks. This was my first Alphacool GPU block. Even if all things were equal, I think I'd prefer to give my money to a German company than a Chinese company. I really like the fact that Optimus is an American company, but I don't like their high prices and limited availability. They rarely have anything available when I am ready to buy parts. If it were possible to never purchase anything produced by a Chinese company, I would choose that option.

That is actually a pretty decent overclock. Have you tried bumping the GPU memory clock? That can be very helpful for gaming performance.

I do not think that it existed at the time I purchased my block. If it did, it wasn't available for my GPU yet. It does look very nice. One thing I really like about the Alphacool blocks is the o-ring does not have any goofy curves that make servicing the block more difficult. It's just square and installing a new o-ring should be easier to keep in place during assembly.

When I placed the order from Titan Rig the V2 was not part of the product description. I emailed them about it and they said it was the V2. They had to email Alphacool to ask because it was not clear to them and the V2 was a new release. https://www.titanrig.com/alphacool-eisblock-aurora-geforce-rtx-4090-aorus-master-gaming-v2-gpu-water-block-with-backplate-0320ac037101on.html? They have a promo for 15% off right now. Yes, I was able to run it at 8400 but could not complete stability tests like TM5 due to the high temps. It would start throwing errors when the memory temps exceeded 45-48°C but didn't have any instability evident at temperatures below that. I still have that issue even with the Bykski heatsinks and fans blowing on the modules, it just takes longer for them to get that hot, so I dropped the speed down to 8200 and lowered the voltage accordingly. Running with the side panel removed and a fan blowing cooler air into the chassis was helpful, but doing that kind of negates any basis for having the parts installed in a SFF case instead of an open bench.

Overclocking the GPU is safe under any circumstances. Modern video cards are so crippled that there's not anything you can do to harm them in terms of overclocking. They have thermal protection, voltage gimped and capped power limits. The worst thing that could happen is it would be unstable from pushing the overclock beyond the wimpy voltage limits, causing operating system instability. If it gets too hot it'll just throttle to cool itself down. Even desktop GPUs are castrated in the same way.

Losers. To put it kindly. 😖

Temps are the challenge with air cooling. I have landed on 8200 C36 (see HWiNFO in last post with screenshots) as the daily driver. 8400 and 8600 just get way too hot on air, especially in a restrictive SFF case. Even 8200 was too hot with stock heating blankets. The fan helps a little, but didn't with the stock trash covers.

I supported that guy (don't remember what nickname he goes by) that does the AMD stuff when I was trying to make do with the 5950X and I currently support the OCCT dev, but I don't game enough to support something like this for it to be worth it. But, I can see where it would be worth everything penny for someone that does. It was worth it for the two devs mentioned. Congrats. That was a good deal. For anyone interested, GOG has Horizon Zero Dawn on sale for under $15. I don't care for the game genre, but I bought it just for the benchmark, as I have done with so many titles. The first thing I had to find out was how to skip that stupid long intro video, LOL. SO Painful! Solution: At+F4 > No.

Posted in your thread, bro. Thanks. Intel Xe and AMD FSR work essentially the same in CP2077. No difference using the Arc A770. Probably wouldn't be good at 4K, but this is not a 4K GPU. Smooth and fine at 1440p. Intel Xe Performance Mode

It doesn't work with the turdbook Quadro or the A770. I did not think it would, but nothing ventured, nothing gained. Thanks for sharing @ryan. It will be super helpful for anyone that has GPU that can use it. As an FYI, merging the .reg file and adding the DLL files did not break anything or cause any detectable change in game function, so don't be scared to try it. Intel Xe and AMD FSR work essentially the same in CP2077. No difference with the Arc A770.

Thanks. I did not see this until you mentioned it in the benchmark thread. I don't know if they will work at all with my laptop Quadro P5000 or my Arc A770, but I am going to try it just for giggles.

So what is the mod that you are using for this?

Tell us more.

There are more than a few examples of games that just run better with one particular GPU versus another. It is a software problem, not a hardware problem. It doesn't really have anything to do with the GPU being more powerful or better. It's just that it plays nicer with one than it does the other. We see that from time to time with certain benchmarks, especially less popular benchmarks. The choice in CPU can also be an influential factor and some games can run better and faster with an inferior CPU. Probably the best example of this is Arc GPUs running some old games that use antiquated DX APIs. Without driver optimization some have been uplayable, but it has nothing to do with the performance capabilities of the GPU.

4080S is essentially an 3090 Ti with the core overclocked 700-750MHz and the memory about 1000 MHz higher with 8GB less VRAM than a 3090 Ti. If you matched the 4080S clocks with the 3090 Ti the FPS would probably be about the same. The 4080S is not remarkably faster even though there is pretty huge difference in stock clocks.

Yeah, that fixed it. I could not see all of the window you had open with the tweak tool, but it looked like you were tweaking bclk. But, you got it over 11K. 😄 ❤️

Either the link is no good or the video is gone.

Hopefully ASUS won't kill anyones new CPUs with their cancer firmware blasting it with a ludicrous amount of voltage and ruin it for everyone else that doesn't have an ASUS mobo.

Ah, that makes sense. It might not be obvious unless it is a first-world problem if the media hasn't gone overboard making a mountain of a molehill (as they usually do everything).

Hmm. That's really strange. I don't think I've ever heard it mentioned anywhere that there was some kind of problem with NVIDIA 40 series on AMD. Now suddenly it is a problem never mentioned with a fix ready for roll-out? That doesn't make any sense to me. Something about that feels off

Yes he does, and I am always amazed at how many terrible messes he is capable of fixing. He is very talented. I enjoy Tech Notice as well. I am not into content creation, but his videos are very good quality and have useful information. That is a funny clip about ASUS motherboards. Don't admit to it, LOL. This is an interesting video, too. He did not use the 7900 XT very long. It was not good for his use scenario.

Yes, I really enjoy that channel. Very good information. I am not sure why the fuse did not blow, but there could be a valid reason it did not. The damage looks almost like it was user-induced. It looks like physical damage with the chunk broken off. If the owner of the GPU broke PCB at the connection on the edge and the contacts pads were out of alignment when the GPU was inserted into the motherboard that may have shorted in the socket without sending any power through the GPU PCB. If the short was in the PCIe slot it could burn things at the point of contact without any power being routed through the fuse or the PCB. That could explain why the fuse was not blown. I would like to see what the PCIe slot on the motherboard looks like. There may also have been something foreign in the PCIe slot that caused the short without sending power through the PCB, which could have burned the connection. If that were true (like a screw or washer in the PCIe slot) and the owner forced the GPU into the slot with the obstruction, that may have broken the PCB and shorted those connections.

At least he got back on the right path for using dry ice with a pot. But, his results were not impressive due to lack of experience. I've done better using chilled water. But, it's still good for entertainment purposes.

New releases... Nice. Victory has an awesome classic rock vibe. Interesting that Wikipedia shows Victory as being from Germany. You cannot really tell that from their music. Turbokill is also from Germany. It is more evident that it is with Victory.