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

[electrosoft]

4 hours ago, Mr. Fox said:

Say hello to the newest example of silly things we want but don't need.

• Phanteks XT M3
• MSI B850MPower
• EPYC 4585PX CPU
• Lian Li GA II LITE RGB 360mm AIO
• 32GB V-Color Manta XSky 6000 CL26
• ASUS Prime RTX 5080 OC
• Thermaltake Toughpower 1200W PSU
• 2TB NVMe x3 on mobo
• 2TB NVMe x4 on Sabrent Quad 4X card
• 1TB SATA SSD and 2TB SATA SSD
• Cougar single-frame 360mm reverse-blade fan trio in case floor

I am updating the BIOS now and will reach out again to Svet about doing a BIOS mod for it.

 

 

 

Sheesh, that's a powerful micro atx build right there! What is it's final destination?

 

I was just looking at that MSI B850M Edge MB for the Jonesbo Z20 I have. It is a portable SFF but supports MATX and I was just fighting an uphill battle trying to stick to an ITX board in it. I like that it is a 2 dimmer too.

 

 

[Mr. Fox]

17 minutes ago, electrosoft said:

Sheesh, that's a powerful micro atx build right there! What is it's final destination?

It's mine. I am going to sell the Strix build with the 4090 locally.

[Reciever]

Couple of new additions to the roster.

 

Traded one of my 5700 XT's to a coworker for his 6500 XT. It'll act as my frame Gen mule on the TV and main gaming monitor. 

 

The second was my first real GPU. Anyone care to guess what it is? 

[Mr. Fox]

11 minutes ago, Reciever said:

Couple of new additions to the roster.

 

Traded one of my 5700 XT's to a coworker for his 6500 XT. It'll act as my frame Gen mule on the TV and main gaming monitor. 

 

The second was my first real GPU. Anyone care to guess what it is? 

Nice trade. I think you made out better than your coworker did.

 

First GPU? Man, that's a hard one. There have been so many over a long period of time. I'd just have to take a wild guess and say something like an 8800GT or maybe a Radeon Pro / All-in-Wonder Pro (both were AGP, before PCIe was invented). Maybe I am dating myself by guess one of those oldies. I can still remember running Voodoo and Matrox cards before NVIDIA or AMD.

[Reciever]

1 hour ago, Mr. Fox said:

Nice trade. I think you made out better than your coworker did.

 

First GPU? Man, that's a hard one. There have been so many over a long period of time. I'd just have to take a wild guess and say something like an 8800GT or maybe a Radeon Pro / All-in-Wonder Pro (both were AGP, before PCIe was invented). Maybe I am dating myself by guess one of those oldies. I can still remember running Voodoo and Matrox cards before NVIDIA or AMD.

Just realized you cant see the connector, its definitely PCIe 2.0 sorry about that lol

 

The 5700 XT gave him a 100% boost in performance and double the VRAM. I just needed something else that was "newer" mainly for the HDMI 2.1 connector. The card may not be able to handle 4K Frame Gen but didnt want to buy anything until I could figure out what works for me. 

Gives me something else to submit into hwbot also

 

I gave up the 3090ti for FG, installing the drivers for both vendors is such a huge headache and Microsoft likes to muddle with settings without user input. Keeping to one vendor should eliminate that hurdle but i'll know more tomorrow when the 100mm ribbon arrives

I traded one of my Gigabyte 3 fan 5700 XT's for a 3 fan Gigabyte 6500 XT. Cant recall the last time I used a GPU that only had 2 I/O ports outside of maybe laptops.

[electrosoft]

14 hours ago, Mr. Fox said:

It's mine. I am going to sell the Strix build with the 4090 locally.

 

Nice! Make a nice chunk of change on the "almost as good as my main rig" setup and have a very competent secondary rig.

 

New toys on deck or into the kitty for future consideration? Mine was destined for the kitty but got slammed with a larger than expected tax bill, so there goes that.... 🤑

 

14 hours ago, Reciever said:

Couple of new additions to the roster.

 

Traded one of my 5700 XT's to a coworker for his 6500 XT. It'll act as my frame Gen mule on the TV and main gaming monitor. 

 

The second was my first real GPU. Anyone care to guess what it is? 

 

5700xt is still one of my favorites. I had the AMD anniversary blower edition for over a year (~august 2019 to ~Oct 2020) before upgrading to a 3090FE fresh from BB.

 

I remember Asus red fans and AMD cards era, so definitely an AMD card I think. I kinda remember those around when I got my EVGA Nvidia GTX 280 so circa 2009-2010?

[Papusan]

22 hours ago, Reciever said:

Couple of new additions to the roster.

 

Traded one of my 5700 XT's to a coworker for his 6500 XT. It'll act as my frame Gen mule on the TV and main gaming monitor. 

 

The second was my first real GPU. Anyone care to guess what it is? 

 

The black and red in front? Not sure it's the TOP sku you have from Asus. 

https://www.techpowerup.com/review/asus-eah4890-top-super-ml/4.html

 

 

Not everything you buy is gold standard... "All that glitters is not gold". Yup, the fancy screen on the Lightning ain't gold that glitters. Just some fancy unnecessary gimmick to increase the already sky-high prices. And I shouldn't start talk about the new web based trashy software to make it work (which not work at all). 

 

All that glisters is not gold—
Often have you heard that told.
Many a man his life hath sold
But my outside to behold.
Gilded tombs do worms enfold.
Had you been as wise as bold,
Young in limbs, in judgment old,
Your answer had not been inscrolled
Fare you well. Your suit is cold—

— William Shakespeare, Merchant of Venice

 

 

On 3/1/2026 at 12:30 AM, Rage Set said:

Another reason why I want to live part time in Norway @Papusan besides the Snow and Cold.

 

When a government agency can produce an entertaining video that also points out a serious consumer issue, you got to give it to them.

 

"The memories may be yours, but the photos are mine" WOW. The Norwegian gov took shots at all companies. 

 

 

 

Norwegian gov't consumer watchdog calls out ‘enshittification’ of video games, connected devices, and others

 

[Mr. Fox]

When we are done obliterating Iran we need to do the same to China. Evil nations need to be exterminated. There is no place for them. 

 

 

[Reciever]

Tried Bifurcation again today and sadly no dice, system would hang half way through post.

 

Oh well, I'll return the adapters at some point during the week and hang up this goal for a while. Likely going to need that adapter from C_Payne in the UK.

 

Otherwise I want to get more hoseline and make some adjustments to my setup and the benching itch has been working me over for a while now. Maybe I'll start with the EAH4890 and potential Tri-Fire.

[Papusan]

On 2/24/2026 at 5:57 PM, Papusan said:

"The Land of the Free". Soon almost gone. Now you see the country being more and more like China. What next from the US lawmakers(legislators)? What a sad direction. Freedom At Stake😒. Now all your privacy/data is collected in the government's servers. Yep, same servers paid by your tax bill. On top you'll have to pay more for consumer hardware due the governments need to store everything of your privacy to control you... Nineteen Eighty-Four is more true than ever.

 

 Our beloved hardware/computers has become a huge threat for the humanity (in allways).

The US wants to implement an age verification system integrated into the operating system

 

Good luck. "The Land of the Free". Soon almost gone. You always get what you ask for. It's for a reason etc Microsoft want that you only can sign in into your pc with an M$ account.

 

AI company Anthropic sues Trump administration for ban Anthropic is at odds with the Trump administration, which wants to use AI technology for mass surveillance and autonomous weapons systems. The case is now going to court.