Mr. Fox

Wow. Just. Wow. I had not heard about this until just now. This is totally Satanic crap. I don't want to stop using Chrome, but this makes me want to see very, very horrible bad things happen to the bastards at Google. This wicked Nazi dictator behavior is inexcusable and it is deserving of death for the company.

Sometimes Bill's videos can be too painful and boring to watch from end to end. The guy is super smart, but there is often too much rambling about stuff I don't care about. The problem is if you skip through it and don't pay close attention you can miss something really important because he sprinkles valuable little nuggets here and there among the ramblings. So, it is best to endure the rambling if you want to extract useful information. I've gotten a lot of useful information from his videos, but I don't watch them if my time is limited or my attention is divided. I do enjoy his smugness and sarcasm, and I think I would get along with him well at a personal level. I suspect that he has less experience with AMD memory overclocking. Most of his videos relates to GPUs and Intel-powered systems. The concepts are similar but the difference in working values and settings are often misleading or not understood. Some settings on one platform do not exist on the other, or they are obscured by different terminology and naming conventions. Beyond benchmark scores it can be difficult to compare Intel and AMD overclocking. What works for one often will not work for the other. At the end of the day, the only things that matters are the experience and the benchmark scores. If you're not happy with both, or frustrated with the experience, then you're on the wrong path and need to do something else.

It's all good brother @jaybee83. Kind of funny really when you think about it because I have played games more on the 3060 TI and the 6900XT that replaced it than I have with my incredibly more expensive, powerful and capable 4090. Couldn't tell you why since the systems are within an arm's length of one another. When I'm using the benching rig it's generally at a time that my focus is on benching, but otherwise I have no explanation for why it has worked out that way. Just random. But what it does show is how capable at gaming both of the inferior GPUs actually are. I wouldn't have gamed on them if they did not perform admirably.

Here it is, bro. 👍

Sorry if I wasn't clear by what I said. I never mentioned gaming. "Outperform" doesn't mean "gaming" to me. "Gaming" means gaming, and it's something I seldom do. Overclocked CPU benching and CPU-intensive tasks, where core count and clock speed does matter, is what I meant about outperforming. And, you are correct that the benefit of more cache when more cache is helpful is brand agnostic. Because I am not a "gamer" per se, I generally do not think in terms of the effect on PC gaming. Even so, what matters to me most generally (except for the above) benefits gaming as well despite the fact that it probably wasn't contemplated in my thought process.

That will be a super nice upgrade to the 2700X. The 10850K should outperform it having more cores/threads, higher stock turbo clock and great overclocking capabilities, but it would be interesting to see your comparison.

It booted. Must be good to go.

Well, 87.1 ns is the crap you can expect from using an XMP profile, so I guess we know where his weakness is when it comes to tuning. Thanks. So, now we have grandsons that are named Magnus, Sigurd and Bjorn. That means they can't stop until they give us an Ivar, Hvitserk and Ubbe. (I'm not sure those last two names aren't too weird for the 21st Century. But, maybe they aren't strange in another part of the world. Not sure.) https://screenrant.com/vikings-sons-of-ragnar-power-ranked/#magnus

Off topic. Mrs. Fox and I have our tenth grandchild (sixth grandson), born this afternoon. I think Brother @Papusanis going to like the Viking names. Magnus Olave Fox. Weighing 7 lbs 4 oz and 20 in tall. I had to Google the names to get the meaning for Magnus and Olave.

Sometimes the simplest solution is to do something else rather than fix someone else's messes. One of the reasons I don't waste my time and money on turdbooks. There is no real fix for poor QC. Lipstick on a pig. While I agree, I'd probably spend $400, $500 or $600 on one of those crappy GeFarts turd GPUs before I would spend a similar amount on a Radeon card. I am not saying that to be offensive to anyone that likes them. I just don't really like the brand. Too many compromises. But, that doesn't mean I think the 4060, 4060 Ti or 4070 GPUs are any good either. Lesser of two evils. At the end of the day, we are in a scenario of being flooded with garbage and having somewhere between zero and one or two good options available to choose from, and the one or two good options are grossly overpriced (a poor value) and still far from resembling an effort to achieve excellence. Intel is dishonest NVIDIA is wicked AMD is stupid Micro$lop is all of the above, and ironically; they are the tail that is wagging the dog The bad options are also overpriced, but within the means (reach) of the victims targeted at their respective price points. There is an option for being screwed at every wallet size, but no great options at any price point.

Amen to that. Since he is a self-declared expert at just about everything, he might have it installed. People that make such claims are usually numbered among the least intelligent or the most lacking in common sense.

Enabling this crap on my Apex causes memory overclock instability and high latency. In some cases running an AIDA64 memory and cache benchmark will cause a reboot with it enabled. I don't need to worry about disabling it on the Dark mobo because it doesn't have this worthless garbage.

Jufes the Dufes, LOL. Always lots of drama, even when the message is right. On the topic of overpriced GPUs, AI disinformation, and all of the other goof-ball nonsense, it wouldn't surprise me if some of what we are seeing is collusion and some kind of nefarious underlying agenda to "fundamentally transform" (Obama-speak for deliberately screwing up and perma-breaking) gaming so that all gaming is done on a controlled device, with controlled results and price controls. They've already got all of the console jockeys under their thumb. Maybe they think it is time for PC gamers to be subdued into the life of a zombie muppet just like the console sheeple. They can't have us clinging to GPUs, guns or religion. After all, if you have assembled a gaming PC, "you didn't build that." Someone else made it happen.

I think we (several of us) got ours at a good time. Prices were too high, but if they go higher that will prove to be true. It is really sad days for PC enthusiasts. Maybe now is the time we should find something else to do with our time and money.

The change was pointless. It was totally unnecessary. My shunt-modded 2080 Ti FTW3 and 3090 KPE both pulled way more power than the 4090 and they were absolutely fine/flawless with three 8-pin connectors. It was a really scummy change to make. I guess they wanted to look smart and be special, but it only made them look extra stupid.

The only 4090 more overbuilt than the Suprim is the Galax HOF. It's equally castrated as the cheapest models if you can't get your hands on the vBIOS and software that it needs to run wild and free.

I wonder if SPI flashing would brick the new castrated GPUs? It's so extremely stupid that they would reduce the voltage because of the crappy power connector. The voltage was already too low for good overclocking, so they just screwed it up more by lowering it further. The 4090 needs about 1.300V to do what I want it to do, and there is no reason our Suprim X cards can't handle that with ease. I benched the 3090 KPE with between 1.300 and 1.400V without issues. It didn't need the chintzy 12VHPWR connector for that either. The whole thing is just a fiasco because the Green Goblin felt compelled to do something new and stupid without giving it enough thought and research to determine that it was a stupid idea. Change purely for the sake of change is always idiotic, and this is a very good example of that. The 12VHPWR connect is totally pointless and unnecessary. All it has done is cost money for revised PSU/cables that were not necessary, caused stress, anxiety and frustration, and wasted multiple millions of dollars and hours for GPU owners, GPU manufacturers and GPU repairers. Remember kids: Newer is always better newer.

Sad news about the connector shortage. So stupid that ASUS decided to use an oddball design, but actually good news for anyone that did not waste their money on a 4090 made by ASUS. Good that all of the burned ASUS cards haven't depleted the stock for the "normal" 12VHPWR connectors that everyone else would need. I think that guy (byzking) might be trolling. I have two CableMod cables and the adapter that I am not using. I had zero issues with the cables, or the 90° adapter. I stopped using the adapter just to be safe, plus I no longer need it on the open bench. I would still be using the cables except I have no need for them since both of the desktops now have ATX 3.0 Corsair RM1200x SHIFT PSUs.

I picked up another TF2 flow/temp meter new on eBay for a bit more than half normal price to install in the Dark Base Pro.

I haven't heard anything that I would take to the bank yet on price, performance or release date. There is such a head start on AMD with 4090 that I would imagine it might not be for another year or until AMD releases something powerful enough to take the crown from NVIDIA, whichever comes first. If I were NVIDIA, I would not release a faster and more powerful GPU until I needed to in order to beat the competition. I'd milk my current flagship until there was no milk left. I'd get it ready and hit the pause button until I had a reason to put it into production.

If you want to buy it, it is still available. No worries. So many of these remake/cover versions are better than the original. I think this is supposed to be humor, but I think most of it is better in the Rammstein version of "You Spin Me Round" LOL. But, I do still like the original.

The Heroes and Righteous of the world will always be punished for doing the right thing. Here's another random example of exactly that: Stockton police investigating 7-Eleven workers in viral beatdown and Investigation underway regarding the now-viral video of clerks beating would-be robber Caught on live video beating the stuffing out of a would-be robber that deserved worse, now facing bogus assault charges instead of reward and recognition due to corrupt leadership that deliberately chooses to never do the right thing. Same scenario that played out on the opposite coast last year. No good deed goes unpunished.

It's worth crying over, but the humorous hyperbole helps me cope with the unpleasant reality of the disaster we are headed for. They were the last and only motherboard manufacturer that provided firmware that puts the final decision about certain things in the hands of end users, while their competitors ram it all up our butts whether we want it or not. For example, the US Government (and probably others) won't allow any computer system connected to their internal networks to function with Intel ME enabled because it is a massive security hole. It also impairs performance by enabling other worthless trash like Intel Watchdog Timer. It's OK for consumers to have the risk exposure though, yet the only solution for consumers disabling it with a simple BIOS option has been provided by EVGA. It is so naughty of them to let their customers decide if they want the filth. Another example is the option to choose to go full legacy boot (not UEFI with CSM) if you want to. That may also have something to do with the Zotac and Gigabyte 40-series compatibility issues, not to mention the excommunicado treatment from NVIDIA for not drinking the neon green Kool-Aid. When you go against the flow, it comes at a cost. Few are willing to do what's right when it costs them something to do the right thing. The Heroes and Righteous of the world will always be punished for doing the right thing. Here's another random example of exactly that: Stockton police investigating 7-Eleven workers in viral beatdown (Caught on live video beating the stuffing out of a would-be robber that deserved far worse, now facing bogus assault charges instead of reward and recognition due to corrupt leadership that deliberately chooses to never do the right thing.)

It is only a couple of brands that have something goofy in their vBIOS. My 4090 works flawlessly with the Z690 Dark. Gigabutt and Zotrash would need to help EVGA make accomodations for their UEFI weirdness, which they never did or were not willing to do. EVGA has been hated and ostracized for their elitism, superiority and commitment to being better than the Kool-Aid drinkers for a long time, so it is not surprising they are headed toward extinction. It seems like that happens to any person, organization or company that dares to do the right thing or strives for excellence. The blame rests on Gigabutt and Zotrash though. When EVGA is gone only the trashmasters will remain, and we will have to decide whose broken trash is the least broken and trashy.