Mr. Fox

Yes, a couple of different ones, in fact. I am testing something that may be relevant in terms of the better option to share. I will send you a PM and link after I confirm my recommendation. I will share the results of that testing here in the thread if it is worth sharing. I think it will be. I purchased it on eBay. One thing to keep in mind deciding between LTSC 2019 versus 2021 is while the GUI is better on 2019, overall performance of 2021 has been better for me for both CPU and GPU, but especially graphics performance.

Nobody likes to be told their baby is ugly. Unfortunately, the internet emboldens the inner butthole in a lot of people that might otherwise be a fairly pleasant individual. A normal person doesn't engage in a debate and become confrontational when they have no relevant knowledge or experience on the subject matter, but they might if it's a drama for display on the internet. That is especially true about topics that have no meaningful life impact or value in the grand scheme of things. It would be more useful if they burned their calories on something that actually mattered. I watched that video soon after it released yesterday. It is pretty interesting sure. As far as AIOs go, it looks pretty awesome. Nice fat radiator and overall design is unique. I have no doubt it will be absurdly expensive and expect that no amount of performance will be enough to justify the price tag. I am glad you are having a good time and enjoying the weather. Good that you have the reservation and included a guarantee on the AC being available next year. It's too bad that you and your family cannot move to a better place for your health. I know it is hard enough moving to a new location, but when it involves family members it becomes far more difficult. When the wife and I made the move from the beautiful Pacific Northwest to the desolate Arizona blast furnace to be close to our daughter and first batch of grandkids, that had potential to have an unpleasant outcome with our four adult sons (all were still single at the time) and their future families being scattered abroad. It took a few years, but somehow we all managed to end up in the same metropolitan area. No more costly "vacations" to see kids and grandkids is awesome. Being able to be part of their daily lives and a positive influence in their development, rather than making a couple of token cameo appearances annually, is quite a blessing.

People used to hate on Crysis and CoD titles the same way, say they were poorly optimized and what not. They are personal favorites and always played really fine for me. Resource hungry? Sure. But, that's OK. But I always optimize my hardware and operating system. I don't run anything using system defaults. I also never use cheap low- or mid-range PC hardware. Maybe if I did things would suck more for me than they do.

He's got some mad soldering skills so if he can't do it I bet it can't be done. Nice shirt brother.

That's right where it should be. I got 2608 with 60xP, 47xE and 50xC, 8200. I don't really like this benchmark though. It pushes my CPU over 600W and sometimes it just stops partway through. Nothing visible crashing, no Windoze lock-up and everything seems normal except it just stops doing anything and Cinebench itself it unresponsive. So, I have to close it with Task Manager.

Yet people keep giving them money. Rewarding bad behavior guarantees the continuance of it.

The amount of drama surrounding this game is over the top. Maybe that is the new normal in this insane post-COVID world. My response to the crybabies is to shut up, stop whinging and grow a pair. Be a big boy and play another game until the greed-driven losers that made this one pull their heads out. If their inability to play this game results in a loss of quality of life then it really begs the question of what kind of sucky life they have to begin with. Anyone that can't handle the messes and drama shouldn't be an early adopter of hardware or software. That playground is for adults that have their priorities straight, not spoiled children. I guess if nothing else it gives the idiotic tech journalists and the stupid YouTube influencers another source of nonsense to drum up a ruckus about. Must be a godsend to have content if they have nothing important to talk about.

Nice to see you, Brother John. I hope all is well with you.

Spot on. Less government involvement means a better outcome. There can be some degree of benefit to government control but the cons outweigh the pros. Best to the let market (people buying) decide what works and what doesn't. The government (any government) will just screw things up for the majority, stifle growth and deincentivise innovation. We are currently seeing and experiencing the pain and grief of what happens when government takes too much control of business and it's never good. They need to focus on protecting and serving, and leave command and control up to the free market. "Less is more" applies to a lot of things, but it is especially true of government and regulatory interference in private matters, business or money-related scenarios.

Yeah probably will turn out to be nothing but a driver update is needed to fix it. Arc owners are no stranger to that or the massive improvements that have followed after a period of anticipation. What would be hilarious, if it happens, is seeing Arc video cards outperforming competing products. If the dirty pool shenanigan with DLSS is a barometer, this was an intentional act and could be the first of more to follow. Being shrewd is a positive attribute, but malicious and anti-competitive behavior should not be mistaken as being anything else.

I can't relate to the idea of anyone purchasing hardware or making a final decision around one specific game, or mostly ignoring anything else. That seems absolutely absurd to me. Based on such a narrow view, decisions that seem right today based on a myopic view might totally change overnight and be a horrible idea tomorrow.

That would be a waste of money for me, honestly. Unless it were free or like $5-$10 per month. I spend maybe $20-$30 dollars a year on games. Sometimes $0, There have been times when it was a year between seeing anything that I was interested in, or had to wait a year or two for the price to fall to a price low enough that I was willing to purchase it.

People (and companies) that make legitimate mistakes, even very serious mistakes, and own them deserve second chances. You follow the Golden Rule with folks like that. On the other hand, people (and companies) that are deranged, corrupt, fundamentally dishonest and unredeemable, evil human beings should be shown no mercy. They deserve to be put our of their our misery. You don't give them second chances because they do not own their mistakes, have no intention of changing their actions or doing better. They will continue exactly doing what you gave them a second chance for because they either think they are right or don't see a problem with doing what they are doing.

Yes, I am all about that. I love the idea and endorse the practice of financially punishing companies that are dishonest, incompetent, show bad judgement, promote immorality, or engage in leftist political agendas. But, spending money on broken garbage isn't furthering a good cause. It is validating trash and legitimizing mediocrity. Like .. ...this. We should not reward anyone for selling trash. At least not intentionally. Sometimes accidents and poor judgement lead us astray.

The part that makes no sense (and I hate) is that Winduhz 11 scores 200 points short of 40K whereas same exact GPU OC and drivers it barely exceeds 35K on Weendoze 10. I think the Redmond Reprobates might have slipped 'em something under the table to make that happen. Makes no sense at all. Edit: OK that was wrong. Noob mistake. I forgot to disable ECC on Weendoze 10, LOL. Not much difference one versus the other. ECC totally ruins the Cinebench score if enabled.

Nah... I really don't care. No plans to purchase it. As far as getting bare minimum and just enough, I think that is part of the evil plan. They don't want overclocking or firmware modding because the next gen they have to try harder to have something people want to buy. If they lock everything down and make it just barely enough then people will have to "upgrade" to a more recent crippled GPU if they want more performance. You have to remember... NVIDIA has not had a legitimate competitor for a good long while. Now they suddenly have two. Lack of competition isn't really a monopoly. The end result might be similar. When 95% of the buyers want your products and do not care about other options available to them you get to do almost anything you want to do as long as it is not against the law. Now that they finally have some legitimate competition they may have to adjust their approach. That problem might take care of itself.

If you lie and say no it was never overclocked I doubt they can. Whether they believe you are telling the truth or not is irrelevant if they can't prove it. But, who knows how the telemetry/surveillance data from ASUS might be leveraged, abused or misused. I think that is a different issue/problem than the position that AMD and Intel have taken that overclocking voids the CPU warranty. In a most sinister way there could be an opportunity for conspiracy or collusion to provide the evidence needed by the CPU manufacturer to avoid paying for replacement. In the least nefarious scenario, they could be collect data about things that are quite simply none of their business.

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.

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.

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.

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.

Doesn't that show in HWiNFO64? Down in the RTSS section? I think that was added as a new feature. Edit:

Also less likely to cause heartburn, nausea or diarrhea. 😜

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.

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.