*Official Benchmark Thread* - Post it here or it didn't happen :D

[Mr. Fox]

1 hour ago, tps3443 said:

EKWB product. 😎 I guess they are here to stay after all. 

I hope so they have the best fittings anywhere. Quantum Torque are the best.

[tps3443]

1 hour ago, Papusan said:

 

That WB reminds me of this one I saw today. Cute and small. Would you want one? And on top you get 8-pin power connector🙂 YEEESton

 

 

https://videocardz.com/newz/yeston-announces-geforce-rtx-5060-cute-pet-graphics-card

Measurements are 8.4”x5” and about 1.40” thick, I think it’s maybe same size as the Inno 3D iChill 4090/5090. 
 

 

[Mr. Fox]

9 hours ago, Papusan said:

 

That WB reminds me of this one I saw today. Cute and small. Would you want one? And on top you get 8-pin power connector🙂 YEEESton

 

https://videocardz.com/newz/yeston-announces-geforce-rtx-5060-cute-pet-graphics-card

When I see things like this (which I find very repulsive) it almost feels like it is a deliberate mocking of gamers and PC enthusiasts. It is somewhat ironic that one of the most wicked and despicable governments in the world presides over a nation that is composed of people that find pleasure in such simplistic and juvenile things. I have to remind myself it is a reflection of Chinese culture and they are making this disgusting garbage for their own people that actually love it and think it is awesome. It is difficult for the rest of us to relate to. The most comical and puzzling part about it is how it is presented to the rest of the world as if it were something special and desirable when the exact opposite it true.

[tps3443]

4 hours ago, Mr. Fox said:

When I see things like this (which I find very repulsive) it almost feels like it is a deliberate mocking of gamers and PC enthusiasts. It is somewhat ironic that one of the most wicked and despicable governments in the world presides over a nation that is composed of people that find pleasure in such simplistic and juvenile things. I have to remind myself it is a reflection of Chinese culture and they are making this disgusting garbage for their own people that actually love it and think it is awesome. It is difficult for the rest of us to relate to. The most comical and puzzling part about it is how it is presented to the rest of the world as if it were something special and desirable when the exact opposite it true.

I almost bought a Yeston 4080 Super on Newegg. It was a very good deal

at the time which was the only driving factor, it was priced cheap and seemed like a good buy, and I liked the white PCB. It was not a micro GPU though. 
 

 

 

[Papusan]

10 hours ago, Mr. Fox said:

When I see things like this (which I find very repulsive) it almost feels like it is a deliberate mocking of gamers and PC enthusiasts.

 

Here's the thing. Nvidia just launched RTX 5050 for Jokebooks and Desktops. A Game Changer🤢

 

 

RTX 5050 desktop card = 8GB GDDR6 with Memory Bandwidth 320 GB/sec

 

RTX 5050 Jokebook soldered on chips = 8GB GDDR7 with Memory Bandwidth 384 GB/sec

 

Is this meant as a JOKE ? Any reason Nvidia couldn't use faster GDDR7 for their RTX 5050 Blackwell desktop cards? The desktop variant of RTX 5050 offer slower vram with lower memory bandwidth and lower AI TOPS. IS LESS MORE? Jensen Huang bring Blackwell RTX To Gamers Everywhere, Starting At $249. Nice.

 

 

 

Pay more. Save more. At least you get GDDR7 for desktop cards😁

 

The cheap mans RTX PRO 6000

 

[Mr. Fox]

1 hour ago, Papusan said:

 

Here's the thing. Nvidia just launched RTX 5050 for Jokebooks and Desktops. A Game Changer🤢

 

 

RTX 5050 desktop card = 8GB GDDR6 with Memory Bandwidth 320 GB/sec

 

RTX 5050 Jokebook soldered on chips = 8GB GDDR7 with Memory Bandwidth 384 GB/sec

 

Is this meant as a JOKE ? Any reason Nvidia couldn't use faster GDDR7 for their RTX 5050 Blackwell desktop cards? The desktop variant of RTX 5050 offer slower vram with lower memory bandwidth and lower AI TOPS. IS LESS MORE? Jensen Huang bring Blackwell RTX To Gamers Everywhere, Starting At $249. Nice.

 

 

 

And, some people will find a way to be happy about it. Just because you can play games on the lowest settings, with the lowest expectations, and it is cheap. Maybe they did not realize you can do that with integrated graphics and it is free if you purchased the right CPU. 😒

[Papusan]

5 hours ago, Mr. Fox said:

And, some people will find a way to be happy about it. Just because you can play games on the lowest settings, with the lowest expectations, and it is cheap. Maybe they did not realize you can do that with integrated graphics and it is free if you purchased the right CPU. 😒

 

There is even people that buy PSUs without knowing what they pay for. See this one... Many modern motherboards use an extra 8-pin connector. So two 8-pin for the CPU and one to power the rest of the components attached to the MB. But you get an 12V-2*6 connector you can't connect to your Intel, AMD or older nvidia graphics card. Yeees, some will jump on it. Because it's from Seasonic.

 

Maybe it have asingle reverse 12V-2*6 to 2x8-pin cable but that is an idiotic  solution. Only to cut costs.

 

 

Seasonic Core GX-850 in a short test

 

Great value....🤢🤮🤢

 

 

Second ugly for the day.... Microsoft will trade your data/privacy for extended Win 10 support. Isn't that disgusting? 

 

 

[jaybee83]

so boiz, anyone notice this 1200W vBios on TPU? its from a GB Xtreme Waterforce and states the following:

 

"Requires DBG#2 GND (BMG)"

 

Anyone tried this yet or know of someone who has? 

 

Link: https://www.techpowerup.com/vgabios/276683/276683

[Papusan]

3 hours ago, jaybee83 said:

so boiz, anyone notice this 1200W vBios on TPU? its from a GB Xtreme Waterforce and states the following:

 

"Requires DBG#2 GND (BMG)"

 

Anyone tried this yet or know of someone who has? 

 

Link: https://www.techpowerup.com/vgabios/276683/276683

 

No go. Go up to 97% and then error out (failing in the verify step). And for everyone that tried this vbios. 

 

 

 

On 4/19/2025 at 10:37 PM, Papusan said:

I have said this before. More than one time. Asia  and China have above 1/3d of the whole tech market. Everyone know where the graphics cards going. And if they want to stop Nvidia, AMD and Intel they need to stop sell their product in these markets.

 

The US government need to issue a ban for the whole Asia region (or 1/3 of the market) if  they want to stop Nvidia from selling their chips into China. nvidia or Jensen Huang doesn't bother where in the world they get their profits from..,. 

 

DeepSeek somehow acquires NVIDIA H100 AI GPUs, after US bans NVIDIA from selling chips to China

 

The official added: "DeepSeek sought to use shell companies in Southeast Asia to evade export controls, and DeepSeek is seeking to access data centers in Southeast Asia to remotely access U.S. chips".

 

 

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[electrosoft]

4 hours ago, jaybee83 said:

so boiz, anyone notice this 1200W vBios on TPU? its from a GB Xtreme Waterforce and states the following:

 

"Requires DBG#2 GND (BMG)"

 

Anyone tried this yet or know of someone who has? 

 

Link: https://www.techpowerup.com/vgabios/276683/276683

 

3 hours ago, Papusan said:

 

No go. Go up to 97% and error out (failing in the verify step). For everyone that tried. 

 

 

 

I had posited months ago that one big fear was an XOC Bios that required a hardware checksum of sort for verification and it looks like so far our worst fears are potentially realized.

 

The ultimate insult would be their cards requiring an proprietary attached dongle or hardware device of some sort to be able to flash it successfully that can then be removed afterward. That would be game over for it ever making it into the wild unlike previous cards along with custom flashed cards only being distributed from the AIBs to the master overclockers (tongue in cheek) to then flex with as they climb the charts.

 

Luckily shunting still works but I fear the day they eventually find a way to shut that down too.

 

 

[Mr. Fox]

3 hours ago, Papusan said:

The US government need to issue a ban for the whole Asia region (or 1/3 of the market) if  they want to stop Nvidia from selling their chips into China. nvidia or Jensen Huang doesn't bother where in the world they get their profits from..,. 

I agree wholeheartedly that we need to do that. But an even better solution is for all nations to cut off China completely. Russia can be their only customer. If nobody has products manufactured in China, nobody buys anything made in China, and all exports to China are banned by all nations that's an instant win for the world. Excommunicado... just like John Wick.

 

Stuff might cost more, but sometimes you have to break some eggs. In the end everyone (except China) will profit monetarily, philosophically and spiritually in a world without China and Chinese garage soiling our existence. The Chinese people can thank Xi Jinping for it, if they choose to allow him to live.