Mr. Fox

Just finished setting up my shiny new Kubuntu 24.04 LTS clean install and working on Steam game installations.

I am glad to hear you're fed up with their bull hockey. I am installing Windows games as we speak. SteamOS is a Linux distro. Stick with a Ubuntu derivative for the best compatibility. Ubuntu, Linux Mint, PopOS!, Kubuntu, etc. See what I posted here a long time ago. Steam Proton Experimental is awesome. And remember. You can install it alongside Windoze. It's doesn't have to be one or the other. Don't let yourself get frustrated. Take time to learn it and ask for help if you need it in one of the Linux treads. Lots of folks here ready to help. Here is Quake II RTX. Just installed it. It really is good. People that says they are sticking with Windoze so they can play games haven't taken time to investigate Linux. Maybe it never occurred to them that SteamOS is Linux, LOL. Crysis Remastered - RTX Enabled - High Settings ~275 FPS

And, here is my shiny new Kubuntu 24.04 LTS installation. Working good.

If you tear up Windoze too much it does hurt performance. It doesn't make sense and I am not sure why, but it probably has something to do with service dependencies and maybe Windoze trying to heal itself and can't. It seems like the more bloated and loaded with trash Winduhz gets, the more adverse it becomes if you debloat too much. It's just a poopy piece of junk OS. The best approach is to disable services in batches a few at a time and see how it affects your benchmark scores. If it goes up or stays the same, keep disabling services. If goes down, re-enable the last batch, then disable those in that batch one at a time and re-run your benchmarks to see if it is one service that needs to stay enabled. Many third-party applications hurt performance worse. This is especially true of the crap software that comes from motherboard manufacturers, and companies that make fancy hardware like Corsair, NZXT, Razer, Roccat, Logitech and others. Even HWiNFO64 and RTSS are more harmful to performance than they used to be. The EC monitoring and DDR5 monitoring sensors in HWiNFO64 steal CPU clock cycles and system memory. I disable those sensors when benching or just close HWiNFO64. Same for RTSS. Both are fine for gaming, but you don't want them running if you are trying to improve benchmark scores. In case you haven't seen it yet, here is an excellent review from Brother @Rage Set. Nice job, bro. Are you planning to continue using the air cooler on that 14900KS? Looks like it did an OK job running it stock with constrained performance. Corsair 6500X Case – iCUE LINK RX RGB Fans Review

That is one of the reasons (in addition to BGA filth) we lost interest in laptops. You have to give up too much. Not worth it.

https://hwbot.org/submission/5546681_ P @ 62x, E @ 48x, Cache @ 52x

2080 Ti https://www.3dmark.com/3dm11/16287257 | https://hwbot.org/submission/5546591_ https://hwbot.org/submission/5546597 https://www.3dmark.com/3dm/110877732 | https://hwbot.org/submission/5546648_

No need for Intel baseline profile here. Works as intended.

Yeah, the whole thing is pretty sketchy. I bet they were hoping nobody noticed. I do think they generated that entire thing just for clickbait. Totally bogus "article" of misinformation.

Interesting that they used a QS CPU for testing. Casts even more doubt on what they are trying to do. Clickbait for drama. Never let an opportunity to fabricate a crisis go to waste. Clicky-clicky.

Don't send a boy to do a man's job... PC Gamer: plays games on a PC Overclocker: employs a combination of knowledge, skill, trial and error to run a processor at elevated frequencies; may also play games on a PC Neither endeavor ends well if you are attempting to perform the task using defective e-waste.

Yup, they're in the same league of dishonest devil-worshippers as NVIDIA and AMD and Micro$lop and crApple and Google and Meta. No surprise. Each of them is cartel of shysters that conspire on ways to screw us all. We have to pick our poisons and decide which cartel(s) are least objectionable. Big Tech, Big Media, Big Pharma and Big Government are all diabolical and will eventually end us all. There is nothing good that can be said of any of them. Big Tech: LoL = League of Liars Satan = Father of Lies

Exactly. It's either good and works correctly, or it's junk and goes back for a refund right away. No workarounds. Workarounds to make a defective part usable is not an acceptable solution. If you have to stick to no more than stock Intel power limits or limit boost clocks to find stability you have a part that never should have made it to store shelves. The K/KF/KS SKUs are made for the express purpose of being unlocked and overclockable and if they are unstable at stock boost clocks or have no available headroom left for overclocking they are defective units and a refund or replacement should be expected, no questions asked. It never should have passed QC. They should also put some tight restrictions around the V/F curve on what the maximum acceptable stock turbo max Vcore is for a given SKU. Say something like 1.425V for the advertised turbo max. If it takes 1 mV more than 1.425V for stock turbo max then it is relegated to a lower SKU, capped to a lower boost clock and Vcore max and not sold as an unlocked SKU. They should also standardize the SP rating system and make it a normal component of the UEFI for all brands. So, if you buy an MSI, Gigabyte, ASRock or ASUS motherboard and install the CPU in any of them, they will all assign an accurate and consistent SP rating that will be the same with BIOS defaults on any brand. If you install it in an ASUS motherboard and it has an SP108, then you install it in a MSI or Gigabyte, or ASRock motherboard that same CPU shows an SP108. This should also be applied to AMD processors in the same manner. End the silicon lottery with a very black and white minimum baseline that is published and readily available to the public, printed on the box or included product documentation, and make the manufacturers accountable for every CPU they sell. No more bad samples or lottery losers. You'll still have lottery winners that stand out as exceptional samples, but also a guaranteed minimum outcome that should be acceptable to every consumer. And, no argument or debate if you end up with a short straw that slips through the QC process somehow. Automatic replacement or refund.

Given the complaints are from US-based employees I am not sure how much merit they have. It might be true, but this is an often-abused accusation that is not based on fact or truth. It's too common for someone that is butt-hurt or legitimately mistreated to pile on with extra nonsense as if to exact some sort of revenge on their abuser. Unless one of them recorded it and has evidence to support their accusations, I don't know that I would put any stock in the accuracy of the information about racist and abusive rhetoric. Embellishing, lying and playing the racist/sexual harassment card has become very common and now it is like the story of the boy that cried wolf.

This comes at no surprise to us, but it is always nice to see things on YouTube that are accurate rather than shilled for the zombie sheeple.

I just don't like spending lots of money on some things, and things like monitors, printers, mice and keyboards are some of those things. They don't make it go faster and I can't visually discern a lot of difference between an expensive and a cheap monitor. Basically anything that doesn't make it run colder and go faster, I don't like spending lots of money on it and I don't find enough value in having it to feel like I am not getting screwed. When it comes to monitors, as long as it has lots of usable screen real estate, the refresh rate is 120Hz or higher and the text isn't blurry I am happy unless the colors are just absolutely horrid. They generally are, I agree. But, all of them have their ups and downs. Intel, NVIDIA, AMD and all of the vendors that use portions of their technology have their hiccups. I think when any of them do have a misstep of some sort it gets blown way out of proportion by the media for the sake of clicks and controversy. They always need a crisis of some sort. And, in some cases end-user ignorance and lack of knowledge comes into play. Idiot-proof products are seldom enthusiast-grade products. I don't need to "fix" anything or dumb-down my power limits and clock speeds. I like how my CPUs work, but I didn't like the crappy silicon samples I returned for a refund. I don't care what Intel defaults are. I bought what I bought to overclock it, not so I could run it stock. Speaking of hiccups and missteps... hopefully they will get it sorted and back on track soon. There are not many good alternatives and some of their products are unique and have no competing alternative solutions.

Exciting stuff. The anticipation of a new part being shipped slowly is always hard for me. A few days feel like a week and a couple of weeks feels like a month. I think $500 for any monitor is getting screwed, LOL. Stupid price for something that represents a massive profit margin for the manufacturer. But, I got it for less than what others that bought it got screwed for. (That doesn't make it right, only means I didn't get screwed as badly as others.)

I still haven't forgiven myself for spending over $500 on my 1440p 165Hz IPS monitor like 6 years ago and still feel like I got screwed real bad on the price, LoL. 🤣 😝🤑

I will probably never consider owning OLED display because (a) they are too expensive, and (b) having to do things special to avoid burn-in (such as auto-hiding the task bar) simply cramp my style too much to be worth it to me. Those are my personal quirks, which may not be representative of those that personally find the cost and inconvenience trade-offs to be worth it for the beauty or quality of the screen output.

If most users hate it, then they'll probably make it a permanent part of Winduhz 11.

Now we just need a display that can redact/filter out all of the morally and politically incorrect propaganda from Fallout 76 (and other Bethesda titles). 🤣

They can smooch the part of my body that sits on the potty when I take a dump Windows 11.

People told me I was crazy and "no way it could happen" but one of the MSI BIOS updates on my Unify-X erased the SPD on my TeamGroup Delta memory kit that was in it. Vitality Jungle confirmed it from the SPD dump. So, call me crazy... it was running like a top. I flashed the BIOS update and it never booted again with the memory that was installed at the time of the flash. Will your system POST using different modules?

Providing real solutions would be too difficult. Especially for ASUS. Just dumb it down for all.