graphics-cards

[empty compass]

at least i dont think they do

i havent seen one

[inland hound]

Sure they do

Why LG?

[empty compass]

i like their stuff

[inland hound]

Uhhh

[empty compass]

i know thats a bad reason

[inland hound]

Don’t shill for a specific brand

Ever

Get what is good and what exists in good quantities

Not what brand you like

[empty compass]

do you know of a brand that has both matching, 4k144hz and 2k60hz with low profile frame, IPS and G-Sync?

im open to any suggestions

also no curve

[solar mist]

i would reccomend 2 4K because of scaling issues

[empty compass]

well, the thing about that is i know a 4k monitor that has what i want is going to be ~$500, and if i dont have to spend $1000 on monitors, i wont

[solar mist]

given your requirements i dont think that combo exists.

[empty compass]

thats why i choose lg to begin with, cause i know they have exactly what i wanted, even though one of those monitors i want is $800

[solar mist]

there arent any 2k60 with Gsync

[empty compass]

well the 2k monitor doesnt need gsync, just the 4k one

[solar mist]

what are your monitor requirements?

[empty compass]

Matching, 27", 4k120hz and 2k60hz, with IPS on both and Gsync on 4k, no curve

[solar mist]

your requirements say that 2k60 with Gsync is necessary

[empty compass]

better?

ill only be gaming on the 4k monitor, the 2k will be for everything else

i changed the 4k monitor to 120hz

[solar mist]

If Gsync 4k 120-144hz is necessary then i can only find this panel https://www.newegg.com/black-acer-predator-xb1-xb271hk-bmiprz-um-hx1aa-002-27/p/N82E16824009984?Item=9SIAHSBBFY4887&Description=monitorss&cm_re=monitorss-_-9SIAHSBBFY4887-_-Product&quicklink=true
but everything else starts at 1200 (tell me if you find something new that is Gsync)
27gn950 is Gsync compatible, but not Gsync @empty compass

[empty compass]

i see, i didnt realize thatis it was only compatible

bruh, were moving into 8k technology and there is still barely any 4k monitors that are worth buying

worth buying for me i should say

[livid idol]

We're only dipping toes into 8k, even the 3090 barely works with it and most games don't support it

[empty compass]

but its still tech that is new and somewhat available, yeah there is no practical use for 8k right now, but whos to say it wont be in a year or two?

how big of a differnce would their be between 80hz and 120hz?

maybe i can drop my standards a bit

also what is the differnce in having gsync and not having gsync?

i know gsync provides variable refresh rates and other stuff, but how necessary is it?

[solar mist]

freesync is also a vrr

[empty compass]

dont i need a radeon for freesync?

[solar mist]

no, free sync is "g-sync compatible"

[empty compass]

i thought g sync compatible was freesync?

freesync is for amd cards, g sync is for nvidia cards, and gsync compatible is for nvidia cards with freesync monitor

right?

[tender mulch]

Nope

[solar mist]

idk exactly what you are trying to say, but free sync works with Nvidia GPUs

[tender mulch]

G-sync works with freesync and vice versa

[empty compass]

oh

from what im reading tho, not all freesync monitor provide the same capabilities and features

[solar mist]

what are you reading?

[empty compass]

"...the standard isnt fixed like it is with G-Sync. This means that your FreeSync experience can vary from monitor to monitor, and not all FreeSync monitors come with exactly the same features"

[queen belfry]

my gpu wont worj

work*

its on a pci extender and it wont work on the top slot. works on the bottem but only at 4x

it worked fine pluged right into the top slot before

[remote elbow]

any 3 series cards avail.....hahah who am I kidding. Ain't no one got sheet

outta stock outta sight!

ain't no one got a 3 series toooo...night!

[queen belfry]

i have a 3070

[livid idol]

Yes there's different ratings for freesync monitors, Freesync Premium is closest to the Gsync standard

[velvet cloud]

Someone sell me their 3070 white strix for a reasonable price! 😭 😭 😭

Lol

[opal raptor]

Hi I have a 3070, I have updated all the drivers and compeleted DDU in safe mode, but the performance in games such as fortnite are not nearly close to what my friends are getting on their 3070's. I had to bump all the settings down to low and im only averaging 200 frames

[rustic belfry]

What is a good upgrade to a gt 1030

[queen belfry]

1160 or a gtx 1070

even a gtx 1050 would be good

[opal raptor]

Ryzen 5 3600

[stray pilot]

Not sure if this is the right channel to ask but.... Anyone play Valheim yet? I'm having an issue with studdering.
I'm running an MSI 5600XT vid. with 32 gigs of ram and a Ryzen 7 3700x CPU and M2 drives so I never imagined I'd have an issue..
Is the video card really not as good as the reviews I've read about for gaming or is there a setting I'm missing?
It doesn't happen a whole lot but enough for me to notice and get annoyed by it.
Any suggestions on tweeking the settings?
I'd get a new video card but as you know they're extremely difficult to come across right now..

[tender mulch]

Resolution?

[stray pilot]

1920 x 1080 - 120hz - all settings on medium with bloom, ssao, sun shafts, tesseliation, depth of field, anti-aliasing, chromatic aberration and vsync selected.

[tender mulch]

Hmmmm.....might be the 120hz. Try 60 aka vsync?

[coarse spindle]

So i am running at 1920x1020

How much easier is that than 1080p? Like are the FPS pretty much the same

[sage flume]

My friend is trying to do a cheap build and in considering doing integrated graphics. If he can get a 1030 is that with it?

[tender mulch]

Should be

[frosty cypress]

Should be fine, depending on what he's trying to do. If he can find a 1060 with 6gb, that would be ideal

[sage flume]

He said light gaming and for work. The issue is price with GPUs

[frosty cypress]

@sage flume really depends on his budget and how soon he needs it.

[sage flume]

Is it possible to get a 1060 for a reasonable price right now?

[coarse spindle]

You can try

I think they are around 200 freedom $

For my money i like the gtx980

Or if your frugal a 1050ti

The 1060 is kinda the weirdo in the middle

[raw vector]

or get an rx 580 or somethin

[coarse spindle]

Not RN

[raw vector]

ynot

[coarse spindle]

Prices are crazy on those

[raw vector]

on ebay i see them for 100 bucks

[coarse spindle]

Not on buy it now

[raw vector]

true

[coarse spindle]

Cheapest one buy it now is 200

Copped a gtx980 for 180

Runs circles around the 580 without having to worry about drivers

Amd cards have hurt me in the past

[raw vector]

L

[sage flume]

for light gaming would my friend be okay with a 580? he has a ryzen 5 and good ram

[raw vector]

yes

[coarse spindle]

Gtx980 plz but yes

[raw vector]

i mean amd drivers for rx 500 series are good now

[coarse spindle]

Well i have a “fool me once go to hell” motto, and its working for me well 😆

[raw vector]

bein ignorant of amd will not end well

[coarse spindle]

Well

[raw vector]

their rx 6000 series is very impressive

[coarse spindle]

I am useing a AMD card RN

The r9 fury

Frisky little beast

Real good value but elusive

[upbeat ivy]

1070 for $300

Snag it?

What even is a good gpu deal at this point

[rapid imp]

https://www.newegg.com/gigabyte-geforce-rtx-3070-gv-n3070gaming-oc-8gd/p/N82E16814932342

$750

Okay, I'm unwishlisting this. The price is gettin' too ridiculous for what it is.

[lone pond]

its gigabyte

that should of been your only reason to unwishlist

[coarse spindle]

*grits teeth in gigabyte fan

They aint doin great RN

All their 30–s are beaten at similar price points, mobos have coil whine and the PSU

FTW>eagle

ROG>aorus

[rapid imp]

And the EVGAs are the only ones that are below $700 so far.

I got no beef with Gigabyte, but the deals gettin' lousier by the day.

[lone pond]

asus and FE?

both should be under 700

[neat cove]

right

[rapid imp]

Only ones in terms of AIB cards, that is. But I take it back in regards to ASUS, which does have TUF Gaming at $670. Don't know how long ASUS will keep to their prices, though.

checks prices for ROG Strix One card's above $700, at least.

[coarse spindle]

Oof

[neon basin]

Quick question, how much do you think i can sell a msi 1660 ti

oc edition

[inland hound]

$500 easy

But don’t scalp it please

[neon basin]

I am planning to get a 30 series and I just wanted to know how much this would go for and how much I needed to spend out of pocket to get one

maybe even try and get my hands on a 3060

[inland hound]

3060 MSRP is $330

Good luck getting one though

[neon basin]

stores like bestbuy and walmart are setting up real people to review online order to reduce bulk ordering so there might be a slight chance of me getting it. Hard but still more than 1%

[river drum]

when the rtx 3070 standard edition well be available

[tender mulch]

The next time Best Buy does a drop. They're the only Founders retailer

[weary kraken]

I have a i5 10600k if I can get my hands on a rtx 3090 will it run smoothly or will I bottleneck?

1440p

[inland hound]

Your monitor will be the bottleneck tbh

@weary kraken

And why does everyone put Japanese characters in their name these days?

[weary kraken]

I’ll get a 4K tv

@inland hound

But will the pc be ok?

[inland hound]

Yeah

[weary kraken]

Ok

[inland hound]

You still won’t be getting the normal amount of frames on a TV

Plus latency will be through the roof

Get a 4K monitor

[weary kraken]

4K monitors are really expensive

I just bought a 1440p ultra wide

[solar mist]

depends what features you are getting. 4k can be cheap

[weary kraken]

Oh

What abt 3080 than

[solar mist]

3080 is only ~10% worse than a 3090, it is capable of 4K 120fps+ still

[weary kraken]

Smooth 1440p?

[solar mist]

obviously, it can play 4k 120fps

[weary kraken]

I wanna use it for a sim

So I want it to look realistic

[inland hound]

In 1440p, the monitor is the bottleneck with a 3080

Maybe get a 6800 XT?

Does better at 1440p

Enough where it makes a difference

3080/90 better at 4K, 6800/XT better at 1440

Fair enough

But I like my rays traced

[lone pond]

how do I get a 3070 in stock

[inland hound]

You don’t

Literally impossible

Best bet in Newegg Shuffle

@lone pond

[lone pond]

:/

[round crown]

best buyy

[lone pond]

how do I get notified when new egg shuffle is here

[lone pond]

went in person to my local bsetbuy and they said they haven't gotten a 3070 since when it released in november

[round crown]

you dont

[tender mulch]

Online only

[lone pond]

how do I know when they restock

[tender mulch]

Gotta watch a stock drop discord or something. Typically they drop every two weeks and dropped just last week

[lone pond]

can u invite me to one

😭

[tender mulch]

I wasn't in one 😦

[inland hound]

Sent him Snail Momitor

Monitor

[lone pond]

if you overclock probably not but with a 10600k its about a 3700x in single core so you would be expecting a very very slight bottleneck

[weary kraken]

Will it be ok or not?

Or better off get a 4080

[lone pond]

yea it'll be ok

[weary kraken]

3080*

Is 32gb of memory enough for a 3090?

@lone pond

[sick aspen]

Bruh

Your ram isn’t going to bottleneck your system buddy

[tender mulch]

Only if it's slow

[sick aspen]

Just depends on the game and what it uses. Without enough ram you’ll either stutter like hell or your game won’t run properly.

Go for 32GB if you’re already building a kickass system but 16GB is plenty for 99.999% of things

Also yeah fast ram is important, especially if you’re thinking of using ryzen.

[queen elbow]

is 3600 still a good speed for Ryzen?

[sick aspen]

Yeah. Anything over is kinda overkill.

[keen nacelle]

i have 3000mhz with a 3600x and 3060 ti

runs fine

[sick aspen]

3000mhz is the sweet spot if you’re looking for good price to performance

[keen nacelle]

yeah it was kind of a budget pre built, cost 1200 which honestly isnt that bad for the current market

[sick aspen]

You won’t notice an improvement over that unless you’re doing some mad overclocking.

[keen nacelle]

nah my mobo is pretty bad cant overclock my cpu or my pc crashes xD

b450MH power delivery is less then desirable

[sick aspen]

Pretty decent. Not really a budget build, it’s just very capable hardware at a good price.

Ooooooof

[keen nacelle]

yeah im debating upgrading the mobo and taking out one of the 8gb sticks and putting in a 16gb, bc im debating streaming

and cold war uses a decent bit of ram

[sick aspen]

Yeah too many people b overlooking the mobo these days

Hmmm

[solar mist]

for 5000 its 3800, but 3600 is still good

[sick aspen]

If you can sell both 8gb and buy two 16gb if you’re streaming

That’s the max supported speed tho

[keen nacelle]

i only recently learned about pcs towards the end of last year, when i started looking atg buying one

i originally got a gaming laptop but it had so many issues i ended up returning it

[sick aspen]

Lmao

Classic

[keen nacelle]

it was a legion too

[sick aspen]

Which model?

[keen nacelle]

one sec i can check on thaty

i got this pc and a sick monitor for the same price as the laptop tho

[sick aspen]

Yeah I been looking at either getting a monitor or a new laptop. I’m thinking of getting a super ultra wide.

It’s just so beautiful

[keen nacelle]

heres the pc i got

https://www.amazon.com/Skytech-Shadow-3-0-Gaming-Desktop/dp/B08PK6KT92/ref=sr_1_580?dchild=1&keywords=gaming+pc&qid=1608152955&refinements=p_36%3A2421884011&rnid=2421879011&s=pc&sr=1-580

and then heres the laptop, it was on sale for 1450 tho https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B08CNLPDXV/ref=ox_sc_act_title_2?smid=ATVPDKIKX0DER&psc=1

wish i bought off of a dif site, amazon is awful for pcs which i learned a little late

[sick aspen]

Still an awesome setup tho

Especially in this climate like you said

[keen nacelle]

yeah i love this pc

before i had an i5-3470 and a gt 1030

signifigant upgrade lmao

[sick aspen]

Haha now you can finally play fortnite at 1080p hahaha

[keen nacelle]

was going to build my own but for the same price it was going to have a 1660 ti most likely

bro that is literally what i got that pc for, i was a fortnite kid

cost like 300$

[sick aspen]

Not bad value

[keen nacelle]

yeah

the gpu is going for 150$ new which is crazy

could barely run bo3

[sick aspen]

But literally the uk market is screwed. Yeah, for a 3060ti over here it costs at least 600-700 dollar equivalent. Y’all are lucky.

Lmaoooo

[keen nacelle]

yeah same

pre builts its cheaper

[sick aspen]

Literally amd integrated is better than 1030

[keen nacelle]

but the cheapest 3060 ive seen is around 550 i think

[sick aspen]

The uk hasn’t got any

[tender mulch]

Integrated isn't terribly anymore

[sick aspen]

Like n o n e

[tender mulch]

It's halfway decent

[sick aspen]

Integrated = god tier

Can finally game at school kids

[keen nacelle]

i wanted a gaming laptop since i cant use my pc if im in voice chat past like 10

but i had so many issues with that one i was not bouta try again

my brother got a similar one, actually identical just with more ram and its working great for him

by omen thp

[sick aspen]

Hmmm I’d say gaming laptops are worth it but you really need to do research on it

[round crown]

https://tenor.com/view/wachimingo-gif-19259498

[sick aspen]

Bruh that was my laptop before I cleaned it out

It’s a few ounces lighter no joke

[keen nacelle]

legit the gaming laptop hit 88 degrees celsius when it wasnt charging playing gta5

it was stupid

[sick aspen]

Damn

I like the new aero laptops they’re legit

[keen nacelle]

the one my brother got looks great

[sick aspen]

It’s like what gaming laptops should always have been

[keen nacelle]

i7-10750h 2070 super max q, 32gb dd3 and it runs cool

ddr4*

[sick aspen]

Yeah battery life not too bad either from what I heard

[keen nacelle]

sorry

[sick aspen]

Damnnnn

I bought my laptop before the hexa mobile chips came mainstream 😢

[keen nacelle]

F

[sick aspen]

Ikr

[keen nacelle]

im still new to pcs, i just know the basics

[sick aspen]

Still rocking it tho

[weary kraken]

I have 3600mhz

[keen nacelle]

i had a friend who works in his dads pc shop help me with my pc buying

[sick aspen]

3.6 jiggawatts

[keen nacelle]

was going to get a much better one for the same price but it jumped up the night before i was going tog et it by 250$

[sick aspen]

Ah decent it’s good when you know you’ve got someone who knows what they’re doing.

Yeah hesitating with computers is usually a bad idea 😦

[keen nacelle]

i had to return the laptop before i bought the pc

still, this pc is sick af

[sick aspen]

I was gonna get a 3080 the other week and now regret life cause I can’t find another one for a good price.

[keen nacelle]

i got a 165hz aoc monitor for 150$ which is also nice af

rip

[sick aspen]

Oh yeah you’ll get wayyyy more out of a pc

[keen nacelle]

my friend that helped me with my pc built his own recently, 5600x and a 3080 i believe for around 1600

[sick aspen]

Damn y’all in the us are lucky you’d be lucky to get 1080p 60hz for that over here haha

Where’d he find that?

[keen nacelle]

yeah i got it off amazon too

he built it, he got most parts off best buy i think

idt you guys have it

[sick aspen]

Nope

[keen nacelle]

they restock their 30 series every tuesdays tho

he managed to snag one

[sick aspen]

Not bad

[keen nacelle]

i think for msrp too

maybe slightly over

btw, is there much of a difference in performance between 2080 ti and the 3060 ti?

[sick aspen]

Curry’s is the biggest computer store over here and they have no stock routine. Things will come in stock at 3AM no jokes.

[stiff moss]

bruh

[sick aspen]

There’s maybe 20%?

[keen nacelle]

i dont think there is but another friend says the 2080 is a good bit better

[stiff moss]

I believe I am the luckiest man alive

[keen nacelle]

really?

[sick aspen]

Yh?

[keen nacelle]

what happened greifer?

[stiff moss]

so basically

I went on amazon

[keen nacelle]

mp

no*

[sick aspen]

Okay

[stiff moss]

?

[keen nacelle]

nothing

[sick aspen]

Epic gamer moment inbound

[round crown]

the 2080ti slightly better

[keen nacelle]

just messing with you

[stiff moss]

ah

alright

So I went on amazon

[round crown]

3060ti is 2080s level i believe

[stiff moss]

and bought a 8gb 2x4 3000mhz ram kit

[sick aspen]

Yh around about

[stiff moss]

and the ram came in today

[sick aspen]

Ayyyy

[stiff moss]

but that's not the best part

[keen nacelle]

did they send 16gb?

[stiff moss]

they accidentally sent me a 3200mhz 32gb kit instead

[keen nacelle]

oh

[sick aspen]

Boiiiii

[keen nacelle]

sickkkk

[reef sigil]

Do you guys have any idea when Newegg puts gpus in stock ?

[stiff moss]

that's more than I had in my current pc

[reef sigil]

You lucky ! Damn

[stiff moss]

follow their twitter

[keen nacelle]

i think tuesdays dwayne but dont quote me on that

[stiff moss]

they always announce it like 10 mins before they restock on there

[keen nacelle]

bc i think nvidia sends best buy and nvidia their 30 series at the same time

[sick aspen]

Wow you guys get announcements... imagine

[keen nacelle]

and newegg*

[stiff moss]

ikr

anyways

[reef sigil]

Okok

[keen nacelle]

jesus i cant type, i got 3 hours of sleep last night

[reef sigil]

Thanks

[sick aspen]

Healthy

[keen nacelle]

ikr

[keen nacelle]

speaking of, im prolly gonna go to sleep soon

[sick aspen]

Mans got more memory than I got disk space

[keen nacelle]

you sure its just not reading the ram wrong?

[sick aspen]

Knock yourself out

Literally

[stiff moss]

lol

no it's not

[keen nacelle]

aight ill grab the sledge hammer

[stiff moss]

I tested it and stuff

[keen nacelle]

sick

[stiff moss]

it's 32gb ram

[sick aspen]

Not just 32GB ram

[stiff moss]

by testing I mean I ran a minecraft server with 20gb of ram

[sick aspen]

32GB fast ram

[stiff moss]

yes

[sick aspen]

Lmao

For when you’re running a tekkit server

[keen nacelle]

next thing ima be buying is a good second monitor, im using my old one as a second one and it looks so out of place

[stiff moss]

yes

do that bacca

[keen nacelle]

it has thick edges compared to my other one with basically none

[sick aspen]

It’s worth it

[keen nacelle]

60hz

its basically a work monitor

[sick aspen]

You don’t really need a high refresh second monitor but just getting one with decent bezels is good

[keen nacelle]

23.5 in tho so thats nice

about 60cm

[sick aspen]

I can’t live without my 27 inches

[keen nacelle]

i think my new monitors around 24in too

i wish i could upgrade my old laptop tho, its 8 years old and is still trucking along

[sick aspen]

To be fair I’m a student in the uk so instead of bringing my setup when I got kicked out of accommodation, I brought my VR headset so now I can have as many monitors as I want lmao.

[keen nacelle]

fair enough

[sick aspen]

8 years of service

O7

[keen nacelle]

yeah its sick

my grandma got it for herself but it was too complicated for her so she gave it to me for hannukah xD

was like 350$

and its lasted 8 years

[sick aspen]

Damn good value

[keen nacelle]

having disc issues tho

[sick aspen]

Can b replaced

[keen nacelle]

whenever i turn it on, even from sleep its at 100% disc usage

yeah i just dk if its worth it

[sick aspen]

Get an ssd it’ll work like brand new

[keen nacelle]

or if itd be smarter to save and get like another 400$ one

[sick aspen]

I don’t think it’d be that big of a difference if it’s just for work or school

An ssd would make it speedy

[keen nacelle]

i use it for like minecraft and a few other light games sometimes

whenever i cant use my pc

it cant run mc while im in vc tho

[sick aspen]

Ah fair then

Just don’t get a chrome book or I’ll personally ban you from all of discord

[keen nacelle]

3rd gen i3 and intel hd 4000 or smthn along those lines

i would never

chromebooks are a curse

[sick aspen]

Damn you got a promotion

[keen nacelle]

i wouldnt use one if someone payed me

[sick aspen]

HD 4000 ain’t terrible

[keen nacelle]

it might be older

[sick aspen]

Yeah one of my flatmates had one I nearly vomited

[keen nacelle]

its been a hot minute since i checked

lmao so my other grandma got me and my brother these cheap 15in laptops like 5 years ago that couldnt run minecraft

[sick aspen]

Lmaooooo

[keen nacelle]

i checked them out the other day, 32 gb hard drive

[sick aspen]

What

Lmao windows do

[keen nacelle]

i was surprised xD

[sick aspen]

XP

Mans literally got more memory than the entire hard drive

[keen nacelle]

xD

im debating taking the ram out and putting it in the laptop that still works

see if that helps performance at all, since it only has 4gb

[sick aspen]

Depends sounds like the ram would be ancient

Ayyy I got promoted

[keen nacelle]

both ddr3

[sick aspen]

4gb is 4gb

It’s quite a bit to be fair

[keen nacelle]

eh

regular minecraft could use like 3gb by itself

[sick aspen]

You could allocate it to the integrated graphics

[keen nacelle]

true

i was bored like a month ago and decided to enter like 200 giveaways for laptops

prolly all fake

supposedly i "won" one

[sick aspen]

“Won” 😮

[keen nacelle]

not really expecting anything

if its real thatd be kinda pog tho

[sick aspen]

Now this is epic

[keen nacelle]

says itll be here by the end of the week

[sick aspen]

I remember entering some razer giveaways a while back and just praying for my poor soul

Ayyyyy

Everyone be having good luck today

Hopefully some will rub off on me and I’ll find the 3080 of my dreams

(Aka the cheapest one in the universe)

[keen nacelle]

lmao

is there adorama in europe?

or b&h

[sick aspen]

Nooooppppeee

It’s a shame

[keen nacelle]

rip

[sick aspen]

I’m American but I live in the uk and it hurts my soul

[keen nacelle]

oof

[sick aspen]

Like I am in eternal pain

[keen nacelle]

do you visit the US at all?

[sick aspen]

From time to time but it’s a rarity

Flights are expensive

[keen nacelle]

if so maybe order it and have someone grab it and pick it up whenever you come back

yeah

[sick aspen]

That’s true actually

[keen nacelle]

tho tbf stock here isnt much better

best buy would be your best bet i think

[sick aspen]

From what I’ve heard it’s a lot lot better than here at least

[keen nacelle]

bestbuy newegg or adorama

[sick aspen]

Here it’s bot city

[keen nacelle]

yeah

same here but a bit less so i think

[sick aspen]

Literally the uk government is putting new laws in for Bitcoin miners now cause it’s boomed so much

[keen nacelle]

lmao

ik a friend who plays with the stock market

has a few grand in bit coin

[sick aspen]

Yeah I had to register my address the other month cause I mine Bitcoin on my old gaming rig

Damn

High roller

Apparently Bitcoin is supposed to hit a mil by 2030 man could be rich

[keen nacelle]

yeah he took it out just before it dropped a bit the other day

then put it back in

[sick aspen]

It’s gonna drop and rise uh huh

Smart man

[keen nacelle]

yeah

[sick aspen]

I’d advise you set up nicehash on your pc and just run it when you aren’t using it

Just some easy passive investments

[keen nacelle]

im not into investing just yet

planning on in a couple years

maybhe the end of 2021

maybe

[sick aspen]

I mean it’s all free unless the energy bill is high

[keen nacelle]

oh

[sick aspen]

I can pay off my energy bill 3x over with what I’m making

If you’re planning on going to college mine then cause you don’t have to pay for the electricity lmao

[keen nacelle]

yeah for what i want to do i need a masters

[sick aspen]

So basically 6 years of free electricity

[keen nacelle]

just started it

[sick aspen]

I mean you’re paying for it one way or another

[keen nacelle]

so how does it work exactly?

[sick aspen]

Yeah?

Basically you’re renting the computing power of your system in return for Bitcoin

[keen nacelle]

oh

cool

[sick aspen]

You act as part of their data center basically

[keen nacelle]

cpu mining worth it?

[sick aspen]

If the electricity isn’t expensive then go for it

[keen nacelle]

weve got solar so

[lone pond]

are you talking about mining on nicehash

[lone pond]

ehhhhh

only if you buy a ton of 3900x

[sick aspen]

Apparently running cpu mining helps bandwidth for pice lanes too. In short it helps gpu mining.

If it’s free energy then why not

[lone pond]

?

pcie lanes dont need bandwidth

its so little it runs on a usb

[sick aspen]

I’m talking about 16x vs 8x when running a multi GPU system my brudda

[lone pond]

what

mining runs just fine on a 1x

[sick aspen]

But I watched a comparison the other day and even single GPU got a boost with etherium

Ik never said anything bout it

[lone pond]

Well yeah the core is gonna be taking bandwidth

in an actual rig its only the vram

[inland hound]

VRAM matters

[sick aspen]

I’m talking about the hash rate of the GPU. The vram was constant and the core was constant. CPU mining increased eth speeds by like 5%

[keen nacelle]

wait does overclocking help with this?

[sick aspen]

Yeah a lot especially memory speeds on gpu

[keen nacelle]

cause msi afterburner gpu overclocking

[sick aspen]

Yeah MSI afterburner is epic

[lone pond]

link

[sick aspen]

Watch a guide on YT

[lone pond]

no guide needed

[sick aspen]

I watched it like a week ago mate

[lone pond]

k

[lone pond]

just overclock till it artifacts

[lone pond]

do you atleast know it was the same cpu in the runs

or was it different

[sick aspen]

It was the same

[keen nacelle]

nvm the last time i tried overclocking the vram my pc almost died

prolly has to do with my mobo

[sick aspen]

The cpu mines monero anyway so it wouldn’t matter

Or so you’d think

[lone pond]

it would matter

[sick aspen]

Nah vram should overclock fine

[lone pond]

the more cores there is the more profitable it is

[sick aspen]

Yeah of course I’m talking about purely etherium

The hash rate not the earnings

[keen nacelle]

idk i did it a little while ago just like 50mhz extra and my pc completely froze

i did have cw open tho

[sick aspen]

You sure?

[keen nacelle]

should i try it?

[lone pond]

its not worth getting a cpu good enough for monero then overclocking it because you increase how much power delivery is required

[sick aspen]

I’d say it’s worth another shot

[keen nacelle]

could anything bad happen?

ima just do it little by little

[sick aspen]

I never said anything about getting a decent cpu for mining lmao

[lone pond]

you legit talked about monero

[keen nacelle]

+39 going fine

[lone pond]

it needs a decent cpu to be profitable

[sick aspen]

Okay chill

Stop putting words in my mouth

[keen nacelle]

+150 going fine

[lone pond]

.

u were talking about cpu mining

[sick aspen]

I said some guy did a YouTube video where mining cpu and GPU at the same time increased gpu mining performance

I said nothing about getting a fancy cpu

[lone pond]

its not free energy if tis not a good cpu

if its a bad cpu you lose money if anything

[sick aspen]

He literally said he has solar panels

[keen nacelle]

how much do you think i can overclock the 3060 ti with a 600w psu

[lone pond]

as much as you want

you're supposed to be powerlimiting it anyways

[sick aspen]

Pretty far you won’t be power limited

[keen nacelle]

just jumped to +730

[lone pond]

75-80%

on the powerlimit

is what you should set

[keen nacelle]

cool

idk if its working

doesnt sound or look like it

[sick aspen]

Run a benchmark

[lone pond]

no

[keen nacelle]

the temp is running the same

[sick aspen]

Or check hash rates

Memory won’t effect temp

That much

[lone pond]

it will

[keen nacelle]

yeah the has rates went down

to 23% now

[lone pond]

increase power limit

see if it increases

[inland hound]

Is this not technically a thing for #cpus-mobo-and-memory ?

[keen nacelle]

done

[lone pond]

no

this is gpu

[inland hound]

Oh

Did y’all switch the convo topic

[keen nacelle]

yeah staying the same

21%

just turned it all off and its back in the 30s

[sick aspen]

Was talking about GPU mining how it’s effected by cpu mining. That makes it a GPU topic, correct?

[keen nacelle]

wierd

[sick aspen]

I pic

Epic**

[inland hound]

Makes sense

[lone pond]

is the fan speed at max

[keen nacelle]

i turned it up to test it

but both ways stayed the same

[lone pond]

card temp should be under 60c

[keen nacelle]

with everything off its at 47%

[lone pond]

otherwise it throttles

[keen nacelle]

it wsa around 65

[sick aspen]

Maybe a video guide would help cause then you’ve got the visual aid

Speedfan is good

Lmao

Anyways it’s night night for me

[keen nacelle]

yeah overclocking makes it drop like 15%

whatever

ima go to sleep too

its only 8 but im running on fumes

[sick aspen]

It’s 1 AM here lol

[keen nacelle]

yeha i went to bed at 6am

[sick aspen]

im in danger

[keen nacelle]

and woke up at 9

[sick aspen]

Oooooof

Get some rest my man

I’ll see you around

[keen nacelle]

you too

gn

[sick aspen]

Gn

@lone pond https://youtu.be/VLQ-uwA9Cms interesting stuff

[lone pond]

it dropped my hashrate

was getting 101

with monero mining it drops to 100

[sick aspen]

Interesting

Hmm I suppose this will have to remain an unsolved mystery

Also gotta flex that 3080 haha

Is that the ASUS TUF one?

If it is then it’s the one I’m looking for, how is it?

[willow turtle]

You actually got your hands on a 3080? lol

GZ

[lone pond]

yes ASUS TUF OC

nice card

[lofty eagle]

Will they be selling 3060s on newegg

And if they do will the common person be able to buy one

[willow turtle]

God I hope so

At this point I'm just hoping for even a 2070 super. I don't need the 3000 series. Just 8-10 GB. XD

[tender mulch]

2070 and 2080 discontinued.

[willow turtle]

That moment when you can buy a whole computer for the same price or less than a current GPU. XD

[jagged sequoia]

as far as we know for now they'll be selling 3060s through shuffle

[lofty eagle]

Wtf does that mean

[jagged sequoia]

newegg.com/product-shuffle

it's how they're doing all new cpu/gpu stock at the moment

[lofty eagle]

It doesn't show a 3060

[tender mulch]

3060 not out yet.

Just 3060ti

[willow turtle]

looks like there isn't an active shuffle at the moment.

[tender mulch]

Tomorrow 10 am

[willow turtle]

Thank you. I'll be sure to check.

Can't enter until tomorrow right?

[tender mulch]

Correct

[quasi flicker]

Can anyone recommend a GPU that will work well for Zwift and Fortnite (not max settings) that's below $200?

That would at least normally be bang for the buck when GPU prices weren't insanely high

[coarse spindle]

@quasi flicker gtx 980

It might take a second but i see them pop up under 200 from time to time

Great card

[quasi flicker]

What's the minimum PSU wattage on one?

[coarse spindle]

Probably about a 650watt

2 6pins

[quasi flicker]

Trying to find one that works with a 550W

[coarse spindle]

Oh ok i will investigate

What CPU?

[quasi flicker]

I keep forgetting important details 🤦‍♂️

R7 1700

[coarse spindle]

Lol don’t sweat it i will be back soon

[quasi flicker]

I've been looking at the 1050 Ti deals Newegg has been having

Faster than the current GPU (a RX550)

[coarse spindle]

Rx 580 seems to be best bet

Will not tax the PSU that much after some brief calculations

And definitely faster than a 1050ti

Only problem is you gotta bid

There are good deals but you gotta bid, buy it now is a swamp

@quasi flicker

Oh yea i am a used scalawag

[quasi flicker]

Almost everything I've gotten that was refurbished had a bunch of problems

On the topic of used, I guess

Yeah, the PC I'm talking about this GPU for was somehow running that CPU and GPU on a PSU thats maximum was 101W

Like, how? Please explain?

[coarse spindle]

You CAN

I mean that only draws 200watts max

(If it was with one stick of ram, one low power ssd and an ITX mobo)

[urban sandal]

anyone have any recommendations for a graphics card similar to the radeon 5700xt?

i really like the radeon 5700xt but it runs pretty hot, so im trying to find one similar to it

[coarse spindle]

Like near it in price?

Wait for the 3060 probably

Best option

Or a 1080 maybe

(Used)

[urban sandal]

hm

i got the 5700 for $500

oh wow its 399

didnt know it was that cheap haha

[lean dove]

the 5700 is only supposed to be about $350. At least that's what I bought my brothers for back in Dec 2019

[tender mulch]

Yeah, $500 is a scalper price

[quasi flicker]

R7 1700, RX 550, and 8x2 2666MHz RAM on a PSU thats absolute maximum is 101W

[gritty notch]

oof u got scalped and on a trash tier gpu at that

massive oofer

[urban sandal]

419 for me

[urban sandal]

sry i meant 419, didnt know exact price haha

[urban sandal]

its pretty good tbh, some problems here and there but i updated the drivers and it was good as new

runs hot though :(

[gritty notch]

its a garbage card lul

and you got scammed getting it for 500

sorry

also repaste it maybe

nvidia for me until amd makes good cards

so probs forever

[lone pond]

5700 is garbage card if you're not using it for mining

[gritty notch]

literal

[lone pond]

We both know that isn't happening

nvidia has more money

they just throw more money at development if they want to

MCM-GPU would smash anything AMD makes

[dreamy dragon]

CeilYurei#4301 has been warned

Reason: Bad word usage

[lone pond]

MSRP of 400

compared to a 3060 ti

with msrp of 400

garbage

card

i own 12 of them

garbage

Mining

2060 is garbage too

[gritty notch]

lmao i found the 5700xt owner

5700xt is literally only for mining tbh

actual perf/stability is ass

i owned one and sold it instantly

[lone pond]

drivers are dookie

[gritty notch]

and miners arent rly a problem

tbh

[lone pond]

and don't be complaining about a 1060 6gb lmao

its a decent card for 1080p

[gritty notch]

id rather own the 1060

fr

[lone pond]

Drops are usually a whole shipment

[gritty notch]

yeah cause so many brand new 5700xts are dropped nowadays

[lone pond]

which range from 50 to 100 cards usually

for larger drops it is sometimes thousands

Sure buddy

[gritty notch]

its easy as hell to get cards

some people here have gotten several

it is unless ur bad at getting stuff

[lone pond]

there are dozens of people here with 30 series cards

i got a 3080 my friend got a 3060ti/3080/3090

etc

never used a bot

[gritty notch]

nah ive helped people get dozens

manually only

[lone pond]

paid 700$ for one of the 5700XTs

[gritty notch]

its super ez

same lol

[lone pond]

heard of best buy?

Amazon?

[gritty notch]

hell maybe even newegg

[lone pond]

Newegg is the worst place to try and get a card first try

[gritty notch]

lol

even though its probs worst place to go

[lone pond]

Bestbuy drops all at once

you should be trying to get multiple models

which makes it far easier

[gritty notch]

^^^^^

[lone pond]

i could of bought 4 dozen cards by now

[gritty notch]

try to get multiple models at once

you should have interest

since they got several 30 series cards

and you got zero

[lone pond]

you dont buy multiple

you get them in the cart and choose which one you want

[gritty notch]

you dont buy multiple but you see what u can get in card

cart

do you not understand?

[lone pond]

this guy is dense

[gritty notch]

you see what you can get in cart

then you check

[lone pond]

theres atleast 2 dozen models of 3060 ti

[gritty notch]

if you like them

then

you place the order

if not

you wait

[lone pond]

not on best buy

[gritty notch]

not on bestbuy

lol

but stay mad i guess

once u have item in cart in bb

its reserved for u

[lone pond]

yep

[gritty notch]

ppl cant buy out from under u

[lone pond]

unless you decide not to go to checkout

[gritty notch]

lmfao

[lone pond]

there are dozens of people here who can tell you otherwise

[gritty notch]

lmao

[lone pond]

myself too

but you're dense and don't care what i have to say

[gritty notch]

literally half the active ppl in this server have 30 series cards because of that

[lone pond]

did he not read that we said newegg is like worst place to try to get a card from

[gritty notch]

because ur still gonna buy it?

[lone pond]

Best buy likes their customers

[gritty notch]

and it makes people prefer them?

[lone pond]

loyal customers

they make more money

[gritty notch]

best buy likes customer care

[lone pond]

having happy customers always makes you money

[gritty notch]

but youre probably the most dense person in this server lol

i doubt youd listen to me

or mando

or anyone else who is telling you exactly what to do

so enjoy the 1060 for the foreseeable future

lmfao

[lone pond]

"miner scum"

i never have and likely won't affect any GPU stock

[gritty notch]

mando is honestly one of the good miners

[lone pond]

i bought almost all before the shortage 🤣

[gritty notch]

only buys used and buys cards that are basically only useful for mining

and yeah he bought before shortages

and helps other people get into mining

lililabs values customers

[lone pond]

Explain why bestbuy actually has the best customer service though?

[gritty notch]

if you come back then you give me more money

[lone pond]

they have some of the best rewards programs

[gritty notch]

if you tell your friends about how good the experience with me is

then they come to me

[lone pond]

lets you finance anything over 300$

[gritty notch]

and i make even more money

do you not understand basic business practices

[lone pond]

how can you blame it on the supplier lmfao

[gritty notch]

except that they have been proven to care abt their customers

since they like

have been proven to do this

[lone pond]

best buy has been recommended to hundreds of people by me, vintage, sips etc

because they are a good company

and guess what

that makes them money because they made us happy so we recommended them

[gritty notch]

yeah

lol

[lone pond]

they carry the good brands

[gritty notch]

well im done talking to you about this lmfao

[lone pond]

^

[gritty notch]

its clear you arent learning anything

so enjoy the 1060 for the next 1+ years

since you clearly know more about how to get cards

with your whopping zero 30 series cards you own

people here volunteer their time to help others, and a lot of the time, they know what theyre talking about. We'd like to help you get a card and are telling you how to do it.

[lone pond]

LOL

dense

[remote sequoia]

With the current climate of buying GPUs you got to take what you can get, and it's best to join something like Stock Drops for rapid notifications about any store getting them.

[karmic crag]

^^

[inland hound]

coughs in snail monitor

[midnight flume]

I bought a graphics card from Newegg and has been working fine but recently died. I talked to Asus and will repair for free but they said I could also contact Newegg for replacement. My sister who bought the gpu said we cannot return it back.

[gritty notch]

always go to the manufacturer

[sinful crater]

Nevermind

[wicked hound]

Do CA and US Bestbuy drop at same time? Cant find much on this and avoided drop notif peeps cuz I thought they were different and there is no CA drop notif peeps out there.

[tender mulch]

I have no idea TBH

[midnight flume]

Update: My gpu is on the way to Asus!

[tender mulch]

What was wrong with it?

[midnight flume]

No display

[tender mulch]

oof

[midnight flume]

Didn’t work on my friends computer

[tender mulch]

Did it work in another one?

[midnight flume]

Another pc?

[tender mulch]

Yeah, or not one to test it in?

[midnight flume]

I tested it in my friends pc but no display

[tender mulch]

Well poo, hurry up and wait game now then

[midnight flume]

It will take 7-10 days

[tender mulch]

Oh wow, that's honestly quick

[midnight flume]

Yeah

[tender mulch]

Someone just had to send back a motherboard and were told up to 90 days or something

[midnight flume]

I have my old ps4

Omg

That’s so long

[tender mulch]

Right??

I think that's just their disclaimer though

"up to" 90 days

[midnight flume]

Wow

What will they do for the 90 days LOL

[tender mulch]

backlog probs

[midnight flume]

With the mobo.

What manufacturer was it?

[tender mulch]

Asus lol

[midnight flume]

Lmaoo

I used online chat to contact

[tender mulch]

Yeah, I think they did too or called

[midnight flume]

The agents were very nice

They were very sorry too LOL

[tender mulch]

yeah, they were. We found an issue with his mobo, he contacted and they RMA'd no problem

[midnight flume]

Did he get his mobo back recently

[tender mulch]

Just sent it out

Like, a few days ago

[midnight flume]

My mobo isn’t from Asus but Asus has fresh looking mobos

I got the B450 Steel Legend on sale

[tender mulch]

The TUF X570 is honestly a fantastic board for the money

[coarse spindle]

Yep

[midnight flume]

Yes, my friend was gonna get that but her cousin said to get the Asrock X570 gaming 4 wifi and was such a hassle getting the wifi together

Ended up taping it

I have a wifi card

My room has the worst wifi but the wifi card is incredible

[coarse spindle]

Which one?

I like the TP link archer

[midnight flume]

It’s from rosewill

[coarse spindle]

Ooh

[midnight flume]

I don’t remember the name

[coarse spindle]

Rosewill is weird

[tender mulch]

This is onboard wifi

Aus TUF board

[midnight flume]

Rosewill sent like 20 psus to a techtock guy

Sheeesh

[coarse spindle]

Because they have been around and made some nice things but they also have some absolute terrible stuff

[midnight flume]

Antec has garbage psus

[coarse spindle]

Also the name just looks like it should be a baseball thing

WHAT

[tender mulch]

No, they don't

Antec Earthwatts GOLD is fantastic TBH

[coarse spindle]

antec PSUs are beast

[tender mulch]

Some of them

[midnight flume]

The 2 I had died on me and other leaked them but different experience

[tender mulch]

applies to all parts

[coarse spindle]

I am useing an earthwatts gold 850 RN mining mutable 980s

[midnight flume]

Not all but i had the zen gold

I like cx550

[coarse spindle]

Yeah

At that price point i like evga but

[midnight flume]

Evga is nice

My friend got a 750 watt bronze bq

for so cheap which is sus but is working nicely

it’s really overkill

because the pc has a 5 3600 and a 1660

[tender mulch]

If you want a quick and dirty PSU list: https://linustechtips.com/main/topic/1116640-psu-tier-list-40/

[rare hull]

SEASONIC

I use seasonic lol my psu is decent

[rapid imp]

Darn you, President's Day. Newegg Shuffle ain't for today.

[rare hull]

I have an Idea for you guys

[tender mulch]

Eh, not all Seasonic are good

S12II and S12III for example are oof

[rare hull]

Go on alibaba , search for the GPU you want and tell the supplier you want to order a bulk but before that you want to buy a sample product to test it out , you pay for your sample GPU and done ✅ you have a GPU

[rare hull]

I have the focus Gm 750 gold

[tender mulch]

Focus and Core line are good

S12 line not so much

[lone pond]

What’s the difference between the 3070 and 3080? Features and quality of video vastly different?

[tender mulch]

Core count and VRAM

3080 has more cores and GDDR6X

[lone pond]

Ah

[tender mulch]

3070 has less cores and just GDDR6

[lone pond]

Less by how much?

[rare hull]

Is 3070 overkill for 1080p

[tender mulch]

A little bit

[livid idol]

That might work for less in demand GPUs but I doubt they'd do that without a verified business account right now for the better ones

[tender mulch]

Performance delta between 3060TI and 3070 is roughly 10%

[rare hull]

Won’t loose anything trying haha

[rapid imp]

What's the difference between the X and non-X GPU rams?

[lone pond]

Between the 3070 and 3080 what’s the performance difference?

Or delta as you wrote

[livid idol]

Probably closer to 30%

In synthetic benchmarks at least

[tender mulch]

Real world it's way less though from what I saw?

[tender mulch]

bandwidth

Crap

[rapid imp]

Bandwidth is crap?

[livid idol]

Real world has a lot more factors like resolution and CPU limiting

[tender mulch]

I was thinking 3060 vs 3070 lol

[tender mulch]

No, I made a boo boo

[rapid imp]

On the bandwidth?

[tender mulch]

GDDR6X bandwidth is pog compared to GDDR6

[rapid imp]

I don't speak Twitch.

[tender mulch]

part of the reason why 3080 doesn't have a huge amount of VRAM

Tesxtures don't sit in VRAM like normal system ram

They do in and out. The faster you can do it, the better

Think of bandwidth like lanes on a freeway

and how many cars can fit at any given time are the textures

Or information

It's not just how many cars but also how many lanes and how fast they're going

[rapid imp]

What would I lose in not having the X? Better streaming of data?

[livid idol]

Real world? It makes little difference. Mining? BIG difference.

[tender mulch]

What would you lose?

Depends more on the cores than the VRAM TBH

Unless mining yeah

[wicked hound]

or rendering

[livid idol]

That too

[tender mulch]

Or that too

[wicked hound]

or wait, does it? was thinking amount, not bandwidth

[tender mulch]

bandwidth matters for that also

data in and out

[rapid imp]

So as someone who's buying a GPU for non-mining reasons, the X means little to me, is that right?

[tender mulch]

Pretty much

Only thing that really matters is your gaming resolution and FPS target

[rapid imp]

Didn't Nvidia promise to make cards that are not dependant on mining features?

[tender mulch]

WDYM

[wicked hound]

more bandwidth does increase gaming perf by an okay amount