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  1. electrosoft
    This site is laid out just like the old NBR in regards to the forums with owner threads. I don't see any advertising here. I do use an ad blocker but even switched off to check I do not see any. If @Reciever needed to pump in some ads to support the site I would turn my blocker off for this site as a courtesy.
  2. electrosoft
    I think I said it before that out of all the companies during the GPU craze EVGA handled it the best IMHO but that doesn't mean perfect or close to it. I expect EVGA to operate like any other for profit company at its core. Mass selling to miners was a no brainer. People had delusions about how the queues were going to work and somehow override massive, large profitable sales of mass units in a single transaction or obligations to resellers? Sure... Queue members were low buyers on the totem pole but it still added some order to the chaos at that time. I have no problems with mining, miners or what they choose to do with their hardware. I have no problems with companies that day in and day out look to optimize and maximize their profits. That is their primary function and as long as you view them as such you make your buying decisions accordingly. EVGA just sold out of the FTW3 3090ti $1149 model. $1199.99 (which is their "best") is the last one in stock at that $1200 price point. I suspect when it sells out they will shift the formerly low end $1399.99 down to $1149 or $1099 to finish blowing them out and if needed shift the 3090ti AIO model down to $1299.99 soon. The stock on their top end models (3080 and up) is drying up at a decent rate. EDIT: 3090ti $1199 back up to $1399 to match the other one.
  3. electrosoft
    Yep, that's basically what Steve said. Workforce contraction among tech companies is up across the board. Makes sense with plummeting sales and reality kicking back in.
  4. electrosoft
    EVGA lays off 20% of work force (along with a few other companies):
  5. electrosoft
    This was pretty much my take. He went off the rails HARD. At first I'm going, "Ok, that sounds alright...." to "well that is possible" to "Huh?" then when he started the whole conjecture sprew I faded fast. I don't think JZ2C was pushing anything...just commenting on past market conditions but failing to factor in the massive mark up from the Pandemic even on new products which could result in an even bigger depreciation of value when crashing. Jufes failed to recognize all the other AIBs massively marking down their prices too. EVGA in the here and now just happen to mark theirs down more to clear out inventory. Clearly it is working as most of the 3090 models are dried up and gone now for EVGA. KPE 3090ti is officially sold out even after adjusting for the E1 lackluster response and many of their other models are sold out too. 3090ti 4 of 5 models left (KPE sold out, HC pulled before launch) 3090 2 of 5 models left (KPE sold out) 3080ti 1 of 7 models left (XC3 Ultra) 3080 12GB 1 of 9 models left (Only XC3 HC left) 3080 10GB 4 of 7 models left (Prices will need to come down more but getting dangerously close to 3070ti land) One moment he's railing on EVGA next he's bragging about the $2k he made from his viewers using his associates code..... He very badly wants to be noticed by Linus and JZ2C....you can just tell. 🙂 $1149.99 for a FTW3 3090ti is a damn good price no matter how anyone attempts to crap all over it. $350 less than the 3090 launch MSRP for the FE and $450+ less than launch AIB pricing for the 3090. I know there's a ton of resentment from the whole "Perfect Storm" of pricing from the last few years but enough is enough.
  6. electrosoft
    Yeah that was a good run over there. I was a member since 2008/9 so 10+ years. Luckily after some clearing of the air with three potential forums as a replacement the other two went under but NBT persisted and is growing and thriving. Welcome back!
  7. electrosoft
    Jufes going in HARD on EVGA (JayZ2C a bit)..... EVGA is clearly living rent free in his head atm 🙂
  8. electrosoft
    $1149.99/$1199.99 for the previous $2149.99 and $2199.99 models for a FTW3 3090ti.....wow.... $1k price drop. They're even cheaper than their own 3090 meaning they ordered based on old market conditions that suddenly came to a screeching halt.
  9. electrosoft
    That is awesome to read! Progress! 👏
  10. electrosoft
    Final nail in the coffin for that ProSiphon Elite from der8auer @ ~245w (OC'd 11th gen):
  11. electrosoft
    Yeah all that hype to score the same or slightly worse than the NH-D15. I still keep one as a back up ready to go just in case.
  12. electrosoft
    I'm not sure if that was with stock BIOS or Prema but either way I agree. We're both in the same boat with 2080S so the 3080 upgrade is ho hum at best.
  13. electrosoft
    No one yet has tried it, but I can't see a reason one wouldn't work. Just swap in a KM heatsink or pickup a universal heatsink from Aliexpress and you're good on the hardware front.
  14. electrosoft
    Looks to be about equal with an NH-D15 in this extensive setup and testing review:
  15. electrosoft
    You won't regret it. For true, unbridled performance nothing beats a good desktop. Laptops on the go obviously or when I want to relax in the recliner but outside of that? Desktop all the way. There really isn't anything out there that tickles my fancy except maybe the NH55 which is as close as it has come outside of that BGA GPU. Hopefully an aftermarket HS will pop up on Aliexpress. X170SM-G is running calm, cool and collected. Low to no noise and no thermal throttling anywhere. I do hope Clevo will right the ship even more back to the P870TM'esque days with 13th gen but I'm not holding my breath.
  16. electrosoft
    Are you thinking 4000 series laptop or building out a desktop?
  17. electrosoft
    Yeah I'm enjoying it more than I thought I would but then again I played through and liked all the original games too from original launch so there was a very strong chance I was going to like this one too.
  18. electrosoft
    In theory yep when it launches late next year or early 2024. Expect the standard Nvidia roll out 4090 first then 4080 then 4070 early next year. Slight wait till the big fish buy the higher end cards then finally 4060 and 4050s limp in. Wait. Then refresh time. I hope that AMD is going to be enough of a threat that Nvidia comes right out of the block and has to offer the 4090ti flagship and like the 1080ti and 2080ti that is the top dog the entire life cycle.
  19. electrosoft
    I'm tempted to get a Classified. Killer price and would tie in nicely with my GPU. Throw in an associate's code discount and knock off another 5%. I'm just wary of 4 slots as I will only use 2. And true, launch pricing was high. It is quickly becoming an end cycle purchasing game now. Top tier boards at substantial discounts, new, with full warranties. I think Classified is basically the FTW in this scenario.
  20. electrosoft
    Agreed.... Only thing we can hope is the glut will cause 4000 series card makers to re-evaluate their launch pricing to realize the Pandemic pricing was an ad hoc outlier situation with so many things that could go wrong did exactly that (Pandemic, Mining, Tariffs oh my.....) and pricing needs to get back to reality especially towards the end of the cycle when I'll be eyeing up a end cycle 4090ti or skipping altogether and getting a 5000 series if needed. WoW Dragonflight apparently has a lot of optimizations and code clean up and runs even better than Shadowlands which did ok @ 4k full Ultra except for two areas known to bring GPUs to their knees (Ardenweald and Bastion). I'm also playing Fallout 76 full 4k max settings and my GPU isn't even going over 130w full load it is so non taxing atm. Even 13th gen doesn't have me excited in any type of way based on early results vs 12th. Early results show 4080 = 3090ti Full fat AD104 is rumored to be 4070ti (not 4070) not launching till late next year. Maybe AMD will bring the high heat this time? EVGA Z690 motherboards back on sale:
  21. electrosoft
    EVGA dropped the price of the FTW3 3090ti's down to $1399.99:
  22. electrosoft
    During the Steam sale I picked up Fallout 76 and put WoW down for a break till Xpac. So far, I'm liking it the 5-6hrs I have in but being a MMO(ish), I am seeing some scary levels on players who have clearly been playing for quite some time. I'm a massive level 4 atm. 🙂
  23. electrosoft
    There is absolutely no reason a system of that caliber with that chip should be thermal throttling at ~76w and hitting 100c everywhere.
  24. electrosoft
    Ditto with the MSI GL66 Pulse w/ 12700h. I went in there and attacked the anemic heatsink and was able to break 17k CB23 but even opening up the extra options in BIOS with this chipset and/or CPU you can't do anything. You set it and it does nothing and this thing needs to be able to adjust PLs, undervolt or both to dial it in.
  25. electrosoft
    Not sure what I love more....the crocs, old hardware or benchmarks! 🙂 I love seeing old GPUs being benched on modern CPUs because they are being pushed to their absolute limit. Good work as always bro!
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