graphics-cards

[vital oriole]

Do you mind used?

[heady turtle]

ahh

[vital oriole]

For 600 it's easy for some used cards

The psu in the machine is like 500-550w?

[crude plume]

he doesnt use it because the graphic card wont support it

[heady turtle]

budget of 600$ can get you a 3060 ti/3070/3070 ti or 6700xt/6800xt

ohhh yeah but prebuilt wont have enough power in the psu

[crude plume]

used/refurb OK from reputable site

[vital oriole]

but the psu in the machine tho is kinda lacking

[crude plume]

500w power supply

[vital oriole]

lower powered stuff like a 3060 will do

but not higher

i think a 1080 is doable?

[heady turtle]

ehhhh can you send a picture of the power supply?

[vital oriole]

oem prebuilts usually has decent units tbh

[crude plume]

no. but I have a print out of the components

[vital oriole]

i wouldn't worry about quality, just wattage

[crude plume]

500w

[heady turtle]

asus can cheap out tho, dell have good psus but ye

[heady turtle]

that would do to

[vital oriole]

mine is not too cheaped out

it's 550w bronze

asus usually has at least bronze

[heady turtle]

bronze not a quality factor tho

[vital oriole]

from like decent brands too

not some random

[heady turtle]

ehh i'd imagine a c tier psu tbh as asus make a tuf psu and its meh

[vital oriole]

c tier is okay to me

the wattage is the biggest obstacle anyway

[crude plume]

so both the 3060 and 1080 were mentioned.

[heady turtle]

not when 100w under what it should be

[crude plume]

are the mentioned above supported by 500w..?

[heady turtle]

ehh id go for a lower power card

a 1070/1070 ti/2060/2060/5600xt super should be fine

[crude plume]

What possible issues would I encounter when trying to use with Oculus 2 with a lower power card...?

[heady turtle]

theyre just not as good as the 1080/3060 im honestly not sure how well they would handle VR though

[crude plume]

If it were you, and you had Roughly max budget of $600-650, which one of those cards would you lean towards..?

[heady turtle]

all of these are in the same ball park performance wise so whichever is cheapest

[keen nacelle]

Doesn't 1070 use more power than 3060?

[crude plume]

Thank you @heady turtle

[keen nacelle]

1070 ti and 3060 use the same amount of power at 170w

1070 uses 150

Google corrected me

[heady turtle]

155w max vs 198w max so no

[keen nacelle]

Google said 3060 peaks at 170w? Still, 1070 uses less as I corrected myself

And I trust you over google

Google tends to be wrong

[heady turtle]

yeah, i grabbed those numbers from tech power up reviewes

[keen nacelle]

Ah

If its a decent 500w and they aren't running a cpu with a high power draw I think it'd be fine, without ocing too far

[heady turtle]

actually i was reading 3060 spikes not max but sure why not

still 25w diff

[keen nacelle]

Yeah

[keen nacelle]

Outta curiosity

Why do spikes happen?

[heady turtle]

like power draw going up very quickly for 20ms or less then going down

[keen nacelle]

I know what they are

But what causes the power draw to go up like that quickly?

I gtg for now, work

[crude plume]

ASUS GeForce RTX 2060 DUAL EVO 6 GB GDDR6 Graphics Card (DUAL-RTX2060-6G-EVO) for $666

6GB 192-Bit GDDR6
Core Clock OC Mode: 1395 MHz
Gaming Mode (Default): 1365 MHz
Boost Clock OC Mode: 1710 MHz
Gaming Mode (Default): 1680 MHz
1 x DVI-D 2 x HDMI 2.0b 1 x DisplayPort 1.4
1920 CUDA Cores
PCI Express 3.0

[heady turtle]

thats a horrible overpayment, i would not pay more than 400$ max for that

[heady turtle]

im not 100% sure what causes them tbh with you, just know they happen

[cerulean rover]

It's just design and things, if you look at power consumption charts, you can see that its never really constant

It's not a flat line

[crude plume]

I'm looking a 2060's and 1070 ti on amazon

[cerulean rover]

Ampere specifically has high spikes

[crude plume]

all in $750 range

[cerulean rover]

750$ just for a 2060..?

That's quite overpriced

[crude plume]

@heady turtle where should I be looking for these things then..? Not looking to get hosed.

[heady turtle]

ebay or r/hardwareswap on reddit

sometimes facebook market place

[toxic sinew]

ebay or craigslist

[cerulean rover]

Or try Newegg shuffle from time to time for a 3060/ti

[heady turtle]

dont think they should be putting 3060 on a 500w :/

[crude plume]

My biggest reservation is if I get something on marketplace and it doesn't work I'm assed out.

[heady turtle]

yeah, you kinda want to have a way to test it if possible and only pay using paypal goods and service, and only talk in the site that you are purchasing from also record opening the box and just keep your whit's about you when looking at the posting, dont buy anything thats shipping from outside your NA if living in NA etc

[dreamy dragon]

Vash#5470 has been warned

Reason: Bad word usage

[twin dove]

RX 580 4GB or GTX 980 4GB?

[heady turtle]

980

[twin dove]

radeon 500 series is just 2 years newer

and the 580 seems to be a reputable card

[heady turtle]

Yes but 980 is good bit better perf

[twin dove]

and how does the gtx 1060 6gb compare to the 980?

[heady turtle]

Worse

1070 =~980

[normal hawk]

Oh sweet. I had bought it solely because it was affordable. Only had it for a 3700x and 2070 super. Replaced my 2070 super with the 3060 ti and the 2070 super will be going to my sister

[rustic pulsar]

Anyone ever hear of COLORFUL IGAME, are their GPUs good?

[vital oriole]

Yeah

Only mostly sold in asian markets

But they're good

[rustic pulsar]

What about msi ventus cards, I heard they are bad but like, how bad?

[vital oriole]

MSI ventus? The 2x are trash

3x fine

[rustic pulsar]

3x

[cerulean rover]

Ventus 3x cards are decent

[woven phoenix]

1060 to 1660ti worth upgrading?

[livid idol]

Not really, maybe 15% difference overall

[pale kernel]

Whats bad about the 2x ventus cards?

[vital oriole]

trash cooling

[magic wing]

For something called ventus, they dont cool

[hard wren]

mid tier for almost high tier pricing but 3070s are hard to find so I wouldn't complain too much if you found one

[livid idol]

Yeah if you had to get the 3070 ventus 2x you can always change the cooler

Bykski has a full coverage block

[pale kernel]

Good to know on the ventus, guess ill watch my temps a little closer

[hazy harness]

So what is the best/easiest way to upgrade from a 5500xt, without going broke, or loosing to much money to get a 6700 - 6800xt?

[magic wing]

[quartz gull]

As someone who has a ventus card, if you can't get it for a good deal (I got mine for 60% of MSRP), it is not worth it at all. My 2060 ventus card runs at 80-83° with highest end thermal grizzly paste and a high airflow case without overclocks. 90% fan speed

[timid narwhal]

Do you have links for this? Thats not a minor issue

[hot folio]

Nevermind looks like Im bugging or something can’t find anything just off a quick search

[valid bough]

Does anyone think we might get a drop before Thursday?

[astral matrix]

Hello

Someone can help me?.. my question is about parts that I need for:

• I have a graphic card RTX 3080 FE and I want to buy all that I need for cooling with a waterblock.. but I need advisory.
  Thanks

[heady turtle]

@wicked hound you're waterblock expertise are required

[astral matrix]

?

[heady turtle]

Hei can give a better answer about custom loops stuff than i can

[astral matrix]

Who?

[heady turtle]

The guy i tagged

[dreamy dragon]

Sam_Carrodus#3209 has been warned

Reason: Bad word usage

[ivory herald]

@crude plume I suggest skipping 1070 ti & aiming for a 1080. For ex: incl tax I paid $490 for my Strix card (5mo ago). Undervolted to 900mv it barely hits 160w at 1850ish Mhz 👍

@woven phoenix 1660 ti is close to 1070, a 1080 would be my minimum suggestion. My previous was a 970 though.

[heady turtle]

Yikes 490 for a 1080

[ivory herald]

Ikr, best deal at the time though, it's the 11 gbps mem version. What's more yikes is current prices & stuff.

[normal hawk]

Why is building PC's so expensive :c

[valid bough]

Man says with 5950x and rtx 3090 in his username 💀💀💀

[normal hawk]

It's my hobby.

[valid bough]

I’m just jokin, not being rude or anything

[normal hawk]

When AM5 comes out with the Rdna2 Apu's imma put one in an Xbox 360.

[valid bough]

I wish I had that kind of money

[ivory herald]

Hey, it's not like getting banned on an old gaming forum for saying someone wasted money on a gtx 680/780, lol. 3090 is overpriced but quite fast & top tier

[ivory herald]

Now that's pretty interesting thougj

[valid bough]

To be fair it’s not like I’m poor, I’m planning on getting a 3080 to go with my 5800x

Lol

If I’m able to cop one that is

[normal hawk]

i made bad decisions so I'm getting rewarded for said bad decisions.

[valid bough]

You a drug dealer or something? 💀💀

[normal hawk]

No, i got injured in the army 😩

[valid bough]

Ahhh

Lmao

Not the injured part

The drug dealer part

Sorry to hear you were injured

[normal hawk]

My bad decision was joining.

[ivory herald]

Oh darn. Lot of us just more look at overall price/perf & limit diminishing returns(plus max price to pay). I'd totally rock a 3090 if I "could"

[normal hawk]

I have tendonitis in both wrists. And for some reason mine seems worse than what it should be. They never found out what caused it.

[valid bough]

Fr why join the army when you can play rtx Minecraft

[normal hawk]

The 3090 was my deployment purchase. Some people buy cars or pay off debt. I have neither so i built a ~4000$ PC

[ivory herald]

Genes can be a part of that & certain exercises that are repeated often (tennis, baseball, etc)

[normal hawk]

And then i built another PC too. 5800x/3080 ti

[ivory herald]

Ya know it's funny how for me & you a pc obviously gets more use, & far cheaper than any decent fun car so I applaud ya for that. Not hard to be debt also, I don't get people.

[normal hawk]

Ye. Tbf i don't have a license nor do I intend on getting one any time soon

[valid bough]

I’m just building it with the money I’m making from my job

I’m 16 so I don’t have many other expenses

Though I’m pulling out of savings a bit more than I should 💀

[empty mountain]

what gpu can support 240hz excluding the new ones ?

[normal hawk]

What game?

[empty mountain]

cs go

[normal hawk]

Anything with DP 1.2 or HDMI 2.0 i believe. Except for a few 600 and 700 series that had DP 1.2 handicapped according to Wikipedia

[empty mountain]

that includes the 750 ti..

how much will a 1030 bottleneck the 11400f then?

i can find those for 60$ 2nd hand

[heady turtle]

I'd say that could be a year unless they decide to release the apus with the cpus this time

[heady turtle]

1030 is significantly worse than a 750 ti btw, tbh I'd just get a 144hz monitor, 144-240 not as much as 60-144

[empty mountain]

i have 240hz monitor that's the thing

i'm just mildly annoyed that i can't uncap it

[heady turtle]

Ahh

[empty mountain]

like i ask the same f*cking think everyday everywhere and i still have a bit of hope that i can

i regret getting this monitor now

i got it 1 month before the gpu price spike

[keen nacelle]

I thought 1030 (gddr5 model not ddr4) and 750 ti perform the same?

Wow

750 ti beats it by 50%

I stand corrected

[empty mountain]

and yet it can't support dp 1.2 or hdmi 2.0

[normal hawk]

I can wait uwu

[keen nacelle]

Question

Why spend the money on a 240hz monitor when you have a fairly old gpu that won't run a lot of current non esport games

[keen nacelle]

Pain

[empty mountain]

it was 250 $ then

[keen nacelle]

I'm waiting on either a good deal on a 3060 laptop or rdna2 apus

[heady turtle]

Guy only plays csgo

[keen nacelle]

Ah

[ivory herald]

The thing about 240hz that if you want Vsync/Gsync, graphics settings and GPU would need to allow for 240ish FPS I think. That's part of why I'm aiming for a decent 144hz monitor instead. I'm not completely sure though.
--Oh, CSGO doesnt need much. a 1060 6GB or 1660 Ti/Super could be a decent pick. I know GPU prices are insane right now unfortunately.

[twin dove]

I am actually quite amazed by these results

[heady turtle]

Csgo is heavily cpu bound so yeah the 750 ti probs would get 200ish fps

[heady turtle]

How so?

[twin dove]

2016 GTX 980 Ti is surprisingly close to the RTX 3060

That card can be found for 300$ and really isn't far from the 800$ 3060

[empty mountain]

@ivory herald plus i play on 960p

[ivory herald]

w/e result that is probably uses the CPU a ton. 980 Ti like the 1070/Ti, the 1080 Ti is what's really a beast even now, it matches the 2080 and then some.

@empty mountainfunny name. 😅

[heady turtle]

Ehh it's not that bad, it's closer to a 2060

[empty mountain]

it;'s my profession

don't make fun of it

who needs a team when you have a .5% chance to 1v5 with 30 seconds left

[ivory herald]

I know, gottaa bait good to catch nice fish.

[empty mountain]

XD

[ivory herald]

I hear ya though. Some modern games have crazy bullet flinch and stuff so often I can't 1v1 someone straight up, but can 1v2 or 1v3 if my teammates are a distraction

[stable crane]

Does a 3070 work with a psu of 550w? They recommend 650w but the graphics cards only is 290w

[torpid garden]

Spend $100 on a quality unit, probably 750w. What 550w model do you have?

[tribal saddle]

I will be using a Asus ROG Crosshair VIII Extreme EATX AM4 Motherboard with a Gigabyte GeForce RTX 3080 GV-N3080AORUS X-10GD 2.0 GPU. Both can use a PCI-E 4.0 x 16 connection. I assume that the cables are standard, so I can pick one off the Newegg site and not worry about compatibility?

[stable crane]

coolermaster something, it’s modular and gold plus rated

[cerulean rover]

Assuming mwe gold or v gold, I'd say a bit risky still, but depends on rest of system

[cerulean rover]

What cable? Power cable? That'll differ heavily depending on the PSU

[tribal saddle]

PCI-E 4.0 x 16 riser cable

[cerulean rover]

Riser cable, mostly standard, just make sure to get a PCIe 4.0 riser cable to avoid issues

[subtle cove]

best gpu that costs at most $500? i want to get a gpu on during black friday time cuz of deals, so if its on sale for $500 or below, you should like say what it is. idc what brand/company, as long as it doesnt become a bomb

i havent sent a message in this server in months lol hello

[hot folio]

6600xt probably

[subtle cove]

i been looking for the 6600xt cuz i remember yall saying it but this is all i could find https://www.adorama.com/msir6600m3x8.html?utm_source=google&utm_medium=organic&utm_campaign=organicshopping&utm_source=adl-gbase-o

is that a trustable source?

[cosmic bluff]

Yeha adorama is trusted

[subtle cove]

its all i could find below $500, should i wait till cyber monday?

theres a chance other companies will go lower so

[hot folio]

I personally am not a fan of adorama

[subtle cove]

but also demand is kinda high

is it one of the things where it'll come but not immidetly

english

like slow delivery

[hot folio]

I got scammed by them twice so I just refuse to buy from them anymore

[subtle cove]

ah

noted

[dreamy dragon]

SoMuchLag#8076 has been warned

Reason: Bad word usage

[wicked hound]

What exactly do you already have in terms of the loop?

[gentle coral]

I got a question for y'all (in Canada btw, prices are high)

I have two options:
RX 570 for $400
5500 XT for $800

Which should I go for? I know the XT is better, but is it that much better? Not looking for other recommendations, just a choice between these two. Thanks in advance!

[livid idol]

The 5500 is more because miners. That's more than double original price.

[hot folio]

I’d get the 570

Only about a 25% difference between the 2 and a 5500xt is no where close to being worth $800

[wicked hound]

That better be 8gb 570, 4gb is worth no where near $400 CAD, iirc even 8gb is like $350 CAD average in the nicer places

Sell it for million dollars

[rustic pulsar]

good job

UwU

[gentle coral]

Nah they're both 4GB...

[gentle coral]

Ok fair enough

[wicked hound]

Yeah that 570 4gb is way more then average, unless you're talking about new (still probably is tbf).

[compact panther]

both are terrivle prices

even in cad

[gentle coral]

Well, they are both eGPU enclosures

So it's not just the GPU

[compact panther]

are you going to use the external enclosures?

[gentle coral]

Probably should've made that clear in retrospect

[vital oriole]

Still absurd prices

[gentle coral]

Connect 'em to my macbook

[compact panther]

cursed

[vital oriole]

oof

[compact panther]

570 not terrivle price then

but not good

[gentle coral]

Video editing + blender + photoshop + minecraft

[compact panther]

oh

[wicked hound]

You can do an enclosure thing for like $50

[compact panther]

amd and those will be... fun

[gentle coral]

Really?

All the enclosures I see are pushing 300 cad w/o a gpu

[wicked hound]

Yeah just dont buy any name brand stuff. Use those barebone PCIe to "whatever you need, probs thunderbolt Im guessing" things

$50 might be bit low if you cant find some cheap used PSU that isnt super terrible

maybe like $75, if you can DIY some basic case thing out of wood

[gentle coral]

So for that I'd need PCIe + powersupply + a gpu right?

[wicked hound]

This thing is for mining and uses USB, but will kinda look like this

[gentle coral]

Oh ok

[wicked hound]

But yeah will be PCB thingy + PSU + GPU

[gentle coral]

Definitely a possibility, but I like the ease of use of the all-in-one eGPU

I'll look into it

[wicked hound]

Its more work, but should be cheaper. Tho, I've never ventured into the TB stuff. A quick glace on the PCBs I could find seem to be overpriced. There may not be a nice and cheap solution for TB. You might be able to do TB to M2 and then M2 to PCB thingy.

[gentle coral]

Hmmm

Before I go too far, what's a normal price for a 570?

[wicked hound]

used or new? 4gb used ones are like $200 - $250 last I saw, for the not terrible priced ones on CHWS

[gentle coral]

At that price + PSU + adapter, I'm close to just the eGPU...

Oh wow though, it looks like the 5500 XT isn't much more

So that eGPU is a huge rip

[wicked hound]

Also if you're already thinking about $600+ budget, consider looking to see if you can get drivers for 6700xt - 6800xt

If so then buy off AMD direct

[gentle coral]

wdym?

I know Apple supports those, so that's a possiblity

[wicked hound]

reference AMD GPUs bought from AMDs store directly are really cheap

https://www.amd.com/en/direct-buy/ca

[gentle coral]

ahhh

I see, that is pretty reasonable

Also very out of stock though :(

[wicked hound]

Yeah they restock I think wed or thurs

I've been out of the loop for getting AMD GPUs so idk much on their restock stuff and the nice times for getting ready

[gentle coral]

I'll look into that for sure

[wicked hound]

It only took me a few tries to get a 6700xt some time ago. I dont think difficulty went up much, tho I do know they're onto a completely different system then what they were on when I got it. It's now queue based like Zotac, where it opens and ends at a certain time.

[gentle coral]

Huh ok good to know

Only problem now is finding an eGPU enclosure that isn't like $400

Opinions on this one? https://www.amazon.ca/Cooler-Master-MasterCase-Extreme-Element/dp/B08CWS5S7M/ref=sr_1_1?camp=1789&creative=9325&keywords=Cooler%2BMaster%2BMasterCase%2BEG200&linkCode=ur2&qid=1637642222&sr=8-1&th=1

[vital oriole]

that's not a gpu enclosure

it's for nuc compute unit

then you can use a gpu with the nuc

[gentle coral]

oh, so it doesn't work with just a gpu?

[vital oriole]

yeah

[gentle coral]

Ah, well I'll keep looking

Thanks very much for the help!

[foggy grotto]

Is ROG B450-F gaming II Compatible with RTX 3060?

[timid narwhal]

yes

[valid bough]

is there no way to actually tell if the pump is working

[ivory herald]

You can hear it or feel the tubing or waterblock, should be able to notice liquid movement.

[severe blaze]

Any good reccomendation on gpu

I live in saudi arabbia

[timid narwhal]

depends on your budget an availability

[gray bloom]

3090

or 3080ti if u can find one

[dreamy dragon]

shabzprime#6786 has been warned

Reason: Bad word usage

[lone pond]

Oh my b

Did I screw up buying a 2060 instead of a 1080 in 2020 before the craziness?

[ivory herald]

I'm pleased w/ my 1080, but the 2060 is a decent pick still. What's funny is I went 60/70/80 & doubled ram each time, gtx 660, 970, then 1080.

[heady turtle]

Depends on price

[lone pond]

450

[heady turtle]

Yikes

[lone pond]

Why is that bad

[lone pond]

That is the price they were at, retail

At least when I got it

[heady turtle]

Msrp is like 300

[timid narwhal]

shabz is canadian

[heady turtle]

Ahhh 450 cad is decent

[blazing herald]

I think my gpu is failing/artifacting

I’m getting red pixels/lines on my screen every now and then and then my monitor/pc reset and game crashes

Any way to confirm this 100%?

[keen nacelle]

Try updating drivers

[blazing herald]

It’s being handled in #windows-ios

[knotty horizon]

I got a 1650supee for 300$

But I’m content even though I overpaid

I couldn’t deal with a 1050ti

[vital oriole]

300 for that?

you can find some 980ti

or heck 970

[twin dove]

That’s a decent deal in the current terrible market if you want a new card and will only go through sellers like Amazon or Newegg

Otherwise, it sucks in comparison to some used cards you could get for way more performance for a lower price

[knotty horizon]

I got it on eBay

[twin dove]

yeah, then that's a pretty bad deal

cards like the gtx 980 that go for 250$ also have better performance than the 1650 super

actually, I take that back

the 1650 super gets close to the 980 performance wise according to passmark

so if you're willing to pay a little more for a card with newer features, better condition, and such

then it works I guess

reading more on it the 1650 super has better actual gaming performance than the 980

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IY7Qx769Vxg

[heady turtle]

The 1070 represents the rough performance of the 980 here

[twin dove]

huh, funny how much these test differ

[heady turtle]

https://youtu.be/l1zgAJK4TO0

[twin dove]

the video I was just watching shows the 1650 super exceeding the 980 by a typical 5 fps

[heady turtle]

Odd

[normal hawk]

1650 Super was a good budget/SFF card. Would have loved to have gotten one of the LP ones before the pricing skyrocketed

now I wait for a LP 3050 or 4050 like that'll ever happen 😢

[wind fable]

How much cost the 1650 super now ?

[normal hawk]

400-500$ Scalped

the only one by newegg is 279.99 OOS

cheapest Low Profile 1650 (non super) on Wegg is 350$ which ain't worth it.

[ivory herald]

Shabs, for perspective my Strix 1080 was $440 + tax ($491 total) 👍. I don't even regret it. Just gonna eventually try to upgrade & sell it for at least $400.

[heady turtle]

That was probs when it came out tho ish right?

[ivory herald]

I think it was closer to $550, but not* concerned either way. Pretty much the best deal 5 months ago. Ebay. A 1070 was $400+ usually so I splurged a bit. Wanted the Ti, but were a fair bit more.

[heady turtle]

Ahh

[ivory herald]

Most gpus are near or above retail right now, unless we get lucky.

[ivory herald]

See, check this screen 😅😔. I'm in a taxed state also, now even if item from non-tax state.

[keen nacelle]

Are you going to upgrade your cpu any time soon?

3550 with a 1080 :p

[ivory herald]

@keen nacelle plenty for 1080p, either 12600K on amazon or i7-11700 found for quite a bit less. Also shopping mobos though.

[keen nacelle]

3550 is not enough for a 1080 at 1080p at all

I'd do 11600k, 10700k, or 12600k (only if you have the money to spend on a mobo as well as fast ddr4 ram)

Even a 10100 would be fine for a 1080, much better than a 3rd gen i5

[ivory herald]

It's fine, just what I had. The 970 was sold long ago & I happened to get the 1080

[keen nacelle]

Btw 11700 is a waste of money

[ivory herald]

I figure I'm not settling for a quad core, I'll keep mobo/cpu for a while

[keen nacelle]

It's basically a 10700 but more expensive

[heady turtle]

I mean, 1080 tis can be found for 400 soo it just depends where you're looking

[keen nacelle]

Single core performance is more important than multi core for gaming

11600k would be more than enough

Or 5600x

Either of those can run a 3090

[ivory herald]

Yeah I mostly did ebay, local sales were worse.

@keen nacelle say equal $230ish, 12600K over the i7 11gen? That's my main ponder. 10 gen is totalky out, no deals for that really.

[keen nacelle]

11th gen i7 is useless

Don't bother with it

11600k is an i5

[ivory herald]

I know. 6core vs 8

[keen nacelle]

And 10th gen isn't bad

I'd run a 10700k with a 3080 ti any day

10850k also pog

10400 also fine for a 3070

Or a 3080 @1440p

[ivory herald]

Good to know. I mean, the 117 still beat 107 i thought

[keen nacelle]

11700 is a waste of sand

[ivory herald]

Lol

[keen nacelle]

It barely beats 10700 and for much more $

By like 2%

10700 sometimes beats 11700 too

[heady turtle]

Yeah but you want a 6 core cpu these days if it fits in budget anyway

[ivory herald]

Got a line on 1 for $200 ish

[heady turtle]

12600k over 11700k anyday

[keen nacelle]

Gtg

[heady turtle]

Nope basically same cpu lol

[heady turtle]

That's the 11900k

[heady turtle]

They fixed that a bit with microcode update afaik but yea

[ivory herald]

Gotcha

[burnt zodiac]

Can anyone simplify what Junction temps are

[ivory herald]

Something similar to TDP I thought, which is thermal design power

[heady turtle]

Memory junction temps? Are just the vram temps

[keen nacelle]

They both are

[burnt zodiac]

No junction for my@glu

Gpu

[ivory herald]

Then gpu temp probably. Where does it say junction temp?

[lone pond]

Intel GPU when?

[ivory herald]

Never

[normal hawk]

Next year

[heady turtle]

Nah, now 11700k is just overpriced

[keen nacelle]

Oh wait you said they changed smthn about it?

Is it better now?

Microcode update

What's that change?

[heady turtle]

No longer gets beat afaik

[ivory herald]

Nowadays 116 is more overpriced. 6 cores & the 8 core 11700 isn't much more. 12gen at least $70+. I need to double check benchmarks 😅

[lethal pawn]

bro how does my graphics card survive with a 37mm fan

[long forge]

Brand new MSI RTX 3080 Ventus LHR for $1700 is that reasonable?

[heady turtle]

https://tenor.com/view/elmo-falls-pass-out-faints-gif-8604193

[long forge]

What does that mean lol

[livid idol]

It means no. That's double msrp

You can get a 3090 at that price

[long forge]

LOL!

$1700 Canadian oops

[heady turtle]

Still too much lol

[cold barn]

Does anyone here run with a 5700XT

[green harness]

I usually leave my gpu at home if I go for a run, or even a walk

[gentle coral]

Update: got a 5500-XT eGPU for 400 USD! Pretty happy with the deal.

[marble tulip]

I run a 1660 ti. I swim with goggles.

[marble tulip]

Aye im happy for you 🎉

[gentle coral]

Thanks!

[cold barn]

Was wondering if anyone else had hotspot temps of ~100 C when gaming but guess I'll ask elsewhere

[marble tulip]

Im sorry for memeing @cold barn I would maybe check gamers nexus or Reddit. Again sorry

[green harness]

100c sounds really high, I'd check reviews of your specific model as well as seeking out people who have your model. Coolers will differ among different 5700XTs, so I'd try to find exactly the same one

[quaint path]

anyone have any experience with active backplates with the 3080 and 3090s?

[cerulean thicket]

When do you think we will see the next bestbuy restock?

[rustic pulsar]

Best Buy should have reliable stock by 2040

[normal hawk]

Give or take a few years

[limber lake]

Best Buy’s have been stripped. I couldn’t find a 12th Gen cpu anywhere and only a PRO mb no DDR5 either

[livid idol]

Yeah... it's pretty bad.
Also DDR5 offers next to no benefit over DDR4 right now until better timing kits are launched

And even then it's not worth spending more on the memory than the CPU

[cosmic bluff]

i spent $700 on my ram

[ivory herald]

@cold barn My hotspot temps max around 80 or 10-20 above core temp, but I do have the Strix cooler & a small fan aimed right at the back of the pcb. Not sure I'd be too pleased w/ 100+

[cold barn]

Thank you, I saw online that it's rated up to 110 C but seems that having better PCB cooling would help. Will look into that.
Is for my brother's gpu and he has no job or car to get stuff on his own sadly

[lone pond]

What is Memory Express? Is it some seller website?
Because Amazon & Newegg all seems to be 2x MSRP on GPUs

[fossil talon]

Memory Express is an official Canadian computer component retailer

Yea most of Newegg and Amazon sales are third parties sellers which list GPUs at exponential prices

Best Buy/Memory Express/Canada Computers list cards at MSRP given the inventory

[lone pond]

Are Used GPUs to be trusted tho?
I thought ex-mining rig was hella risky to buy used

[lone pond]

wait, the 980 is better than the 1060 6gb?!

[heady turtle]

Nope, miners usually take better care of their cards than gamers

[heady turtle]

Yep, pretty much how it usually goes, 980~= 1070, 1070~= 2060 etc

2080 ti~=3070

[fossil talon]

Yep^^^

[keen nacelle]

isnt it 980 ti- 1070?

980 similar to 1060 6gb?

[heady turtle]

Yeah probs leans more towards 980 ti

But 980 deff better than 1060 6gb

[empty mountain]

what's the max hz for a 750 ti?

[amber lodge]

The limit is your imagination, as refresh rate is not determined by the card. It's determined by the game and your monitor.

[magic wing]

Well

No

[amber lodge]

Also by the Display output

[magic wing]

Still no

[amber lodge]

?

[magic wing]

GPU and res are the 2 most important factors

[amber lodge]

yes, but a card can push any amount of frames if the load is small enough and can scale enough.

[magic wing]

If you have 2 setups with the same 144hz monitors and playing the same game but one pc is running a gt710 while the other is running a 3080ti, ur not gonna get the same amount of frames

[amber lodge]

Well obviously

Im just saying if you play an old enough game you can get any framerate

If Im using a 5 year old card with a 25 year old game, technology has advanced enough that I can get a few hundred fps with the right settings

[magic wing]

So if my card can do 4k 240hz on the desktop but cant push even 1080p 120hz in most games, I should get a 4k240hz pannel?

But those arent the only games most people play

And if they were, a 750ti would be overkill

[amber lodge]

Im not having a stupid argument like this. I was just saying the card doesnt determine the refresh rate.

[magic wing]

The gpu is literally responsible for displaying frames

It might not determine the refresh rate of the monitor

But saying "The limit is your imagination" as a recommendation is not something you should do

Because buying a 4k240hz display on a 750ti is not smart

[magic wing]

1080p 90hz or so

[empty mountain]

@magic wing u sure?

[magic wing]

Thats the maximum I would go tbh

[empty mountain]

well i can use 144hz 1080p rn so i thought i could go more

[normal hawk]

Yes. Display port 1.4 > HDMI 1.4 and such.

750 ti doesn't have the ability to do 240hz because it doesn't have dp 1.2. even if your monitor and the GPU can output it (which it can in csgo) it can't actually send the bandwidth

[magic wing]

Unless you play only csgo sure

[normal hawk]

Baiter only plays csgo.

He's been in here a while trying to solve this situation

[magic wing]

Ahh I see

[empty mountain]

yeah

until i get a new gpu in 8 months or so

[magic wing]

Also the still no wasnt for the display port comment

It was the first comment

[normal hawk]

You're gonna wanna try to find a GTX 960. Baiter

[magic wing]

I know how display port and hdmi work

[normal hawk]

Used on eBay or Facebook marketplace.

[magic wing]

And their bandwidths

Lmao

[empty mountain]

if i find any at 120 euro or 600 lei is it a scam @normal hawk ?

[normal hawk]

🤔 not sure tbh

[empty mountain]

i found a couple on a site

[normal hawk]

I've only bought a used GPU on Amazon Warehouse before this whole shortage.

So I'm unsure of what to look for on ebay.

Pato could probably help more with eBay in terms of pricing

[empty mountain]

yeah @heady turtle knows his stuff

[magic wing]

960 at 120 euro doesnt sound like a scam

Since 970s go for like 150-160USD

[empty mountain]

i had a offer for a 1050 ti from a friend for 120 euro

[heady turtle]

It does sound pretty sketchy

[empty mountain]

i think 150 euro is a reasonable price

[heady turtle]

I sold my r9 380 4gb ~=960 or so for 170€ keep in mind

In march

[toxic sinew]

I sold my 960 for 70 USD

[heady turtle]

Damm

[magic wing]

Converted to USD its fine but regional changes ig

[empty mountain]

@toxic sinew can you sell it again to me please?

[toxic sinew]

that was the going price on ebay last year...

[heady turtle]

Esacly, also remember us don't include vat in prices

[empty mountain]

but,do you think i can run 165 hz?

[normal hawk]

you have one, open up nvidia control panel and you'll see the options

[empty mountain]

u can only see 144hz

[normal hawk]

then thats probably the max

[nimble nymph]

would i be better off with a 3060ti or a 3070 for VR gaming?

[red terrace]

k

dumb

asf

stfu

[nimble nymph]

bad troll lmao

[rustic pulsar]

3070 is better then 3060 ti

[nimble nymph]

well ik that but in terms of price to performance is it worth to go after a 3070 specifically over a 60ti?

[heady turtle]

Whichever you can find for cheaper

[rustic pulsar]

yeah ^

[nimble nymph]

fair

thanks

[heady turtle]

Np

[dreamy phoenix]

Nah 3060ti is better then 3070

[rustic pulsar]

but if it's like an extra 100 bucks I would get the 3070

[dreamy phoenix]

Ehh

I wouldn’t tbh

[cerulean rover]

Just remember, just because OCed 3060ti gets it closer to 3070, doesn't mean you can't also oc 3070 :P

[nimble nymph]

the 3070 im looking at is factory oc I think lol

[rustic pulsar]

yes but u can manual oc

[nimble nymph]

its the Zotac Twin Edge OC 3070

i've heard the 60/60ti have really good overclocks

[cerulean rover]

3070 is practically a 3060ti with more shader units (And TMUs and all that comes in another compute unit)

It's literally the same die, GA104, 3070 just gets more

[nimble nymph]

oh right

[rustic pulsar]

yes but 99% of the time an overclocked 3060ti will not beat a 3070

[nimble nymph]

yeah there's a 3070 right next to me lol

but its not mine :(

im trying to trade it from my friend

[cerulean rover]

3060ti is good value, but 3070 still performs better

[heady turtle]

Just remember factory oc isn't worth a dime more than the non oc model, nothing you cant do in afterburner in 30 seconds tbh

[empty mountain]

@heady turtle is this a legit deal? https://www.olx.ro/d/oferta/placa-video-nvidia-gtx-780-windforce-x3-3gb-echivalent-1060-3gb-IDfyW1Y.html?isPreviewActive=0&sliderIndex=0?

[cerulean rover]

that link is interesting

[empty mountain]

it's a equivalent to ebay

it's a romanian site

[cerulean rover]

It looks like a 780 windforce if that's what you're asking about, whether or not the seller is trustworthy, that's on you

[empty mountain]

he has a good rating on the site so idk

[cerulean rover]

150 euro for a 780, sounds legit

bit on the high end

[empty mountain]

can it uncap 240hz though ?

[cerulean rover]

In what game

[empty mountain]

cs go

[cerulean rover]

It's like a 1650 non-super

on low, maybe

[empty mountain]

it ain't about acheving the fps it's about the uncapping of 240hz

[cerulean rover]

Below 1080p, yea

[empty mountain]

if i get it with a 11400f

[cerulean rover]

1080p it'll prob be around the 240fps mark

somewhere around there

[empty mountain]

yeah i don't play 1080 i play 1280x960

or i can go to 1024x728

[cerulean rover]

Then it'll do that

I'd imagine smth like 300fps

[normal hawk]

"NVIDIA Kepler GK104 GPUs (such as the GeForce GTX 680 and 770) support "DisplayPort 1.2" with the HBR2 transmission mode, but are limited to 540 Mpx/s, only 3⁄4 of the maximum possible with HBR2.[50] Consequently, certain devices may have limitations that differ from those listed in the following tables."

[nimble nymph]

how many fps would a 3090 hit in csgo lmao

[cerulean rover]

it'd be cpu bound

very cpu bound

[empty mountain]

i saw a ryzen 5 3600 x 3060 benchmark where the dude had 700 fps on 1920x1080p in casual

[nimble nymph]

damn

lol

[empty mountain]

so i think the 3090 would shred cs go apart

[cerulean rover]

780 is gk110 btw

[nimble nymph]

ultra at 1080p it hits 737.2 FPS

[cerulean rover]

but good to know

[heady turtle]

How lol?

[empty mountain]

i don't know, ask the dude who did it

[nimble nymph]

time to bust out the 700hz monitor

[empty mountain]

480hz is next

[normal hawk]

good to know

[empty mountain]

ok so id have a budget of 470 euro for a pc

with the gpu it would be 150 euro what can i get for the other parts for 320 euro?

[dreamy dragon]

auztiin500#8244 has been warned

Reason: Bad word usage

[scenic matrix]

im praying that i dont get another defective 3070 from newegg

[empty mountain]

@scenic matrix good luck

[scenic matrix]

im curious do they give second hand gpus or are they new

because the one i got had error 43 so it could have been damaged during shipping

[wheat hill]

Hello 🙂
Could anyone recommend a Gaming Graphics card for HP - 14" Laptop Model:14-fq0013dx?

[heady turtle]

External gpus are stupid expensive and worse than the desktop equivalent and your laptop needs thunderbolt usually, usually either better off getting a chepish gaming pc/gaming laptop instead

[wheat hill]

That was what I was afraid of.....Son wants a new gaming computer. He is currently "all in" on the PS4, but now all of a sudden (and a lot of money later) he wants a gaming PC. Can he play the same games on the PC as he does on the PS4? If so, whats the difference? (sorry if those are stupid questions)

[heady turtle]

Well there are games that you can't play on the play station as well as using a mouse and keyboard instead of a controller, but he'd have to buy the games again on pc

[wheat hill]

That's what I tried to explain to him....ugh. Ok. I think I have my answer. Thank you Pato for your help.

[heady turtle]

No problem

[golden horizon]

Not only that, building a gaming PC for a reasonable price is near-impossible right now

[heady turtle]

Yeah but you can get prebuilts at a decent price

[nimble nymph]

anyone have an estimate on time/price to step up an EVG 3060ti xc to an EVGA 3070 ftw3?

[cerulean rover]

Probably more than a year

[valid bough]

💀💀💀

I really wanna cop a 3080

None of that overpriced Garbo either

I need me a fe

[empty mountain]

@cerulean rover if i get i5 11400 with igpu and if my motherboard has a display port could it run with 240hz?

[cerulean rover]

gaming? not gonna get 240fps on anything lol

[empty mountain]

cs go

oh you can't use the igpu and gpu at the same time

[cerulean rover]

yea

[empty mountain]

it would have been awesome though

[cerulean rover]

I mean

would be such a pain to get working software wise

SLI is already hard to implement

and that's two of the same GPU

[ivory herald]

Too bad we can't get more use out of multiple Gpus in 1 system. Too dependent on software & programming.SLI used to work so well, when it worked

[empty mountain]

yeah

[cerulean rover]

Blender just op

[empty mountain]

the 3d model maker?

[heady turtle]

Key part of this being when it worked 🤣

[empty mountain]

at least when i get my pc i will get constant 200+ fps and it will be smooth and with minimal tearing

even if i'm limited at 144hz by my gpu

it will still be great

[cerulean rover]

Blender just doesn't care what gpus you throw at it

3090 and gt 710? sure, use em together

and yea the 3d rendering software

[empty mountain]

i used blender on a old lenovo laptop from 2013

i could still do 3d models with it if didn't punch it

[ivory herald]

Interesting. Same non-ram specs as the 6GB? If so, pass. 🙃

[vital oriole]

the vram's bus width looks to be narrower than the og 2060

to not let the 12 gigs be too useful

[ivory herald]

Extra gpu to sell at higher price, extra money.

[vital oriole]

uh

they won't do it at higher price

msrp is possibly lower than 3060

cause older arch

[cursive stream]

6900 xt or 3080 ti? What do you guys think will be better for general computing and games?

[cerulean rover]

Depends on if you care about software

[vital oriole]

^

[cerulean rover]

6900xt wins raster

but 3080ti gets rtx dlss nvidia studio things and such

[livid idol]

Nvidia wins at 4k too

6X OP

[cursive stream]

well.. 6900 xt is easily 500 less retail.. and actually in stock.

but ..... there is nvidia driver/support to consider

[livid idol]

Newer amd driver is much better than 5700XT days

[vital oriole]

^

[coarse spindle]

Uuh

I think that an F is about to be in order

About a year ago I bought an r9 290 and it has been working great, until it randomly sounded like a jet engine and turned off

Turned it back on, did the same after a couple seconds, unplugged it and put it back in and it lasted a minute but then did the same

Now has no post and mobo diagnostic lights stopping at Video Graphics Adapter

I think its toast, any way to revive?

[livid idol]

Can try it on another pc, but if that still doesn't work yeah it's toast.
You can use a heat gun to reflow the solder (after removing the shroud) and it may work for a bit.

[white bloom]

if u raise the fan curve on a fixed voltage, does that threaten the fps?

[vital oriole]

no

faster fan gives more cooling

[coarse spindle]

Thanks man. Wow, it been a minute! Good to see OGs still run this place

I found a 760 kicking around so I am just going to use that i think- been really only playing GTA TBOGT recently anyway

[ivory herald]

Oh I meant pricier than o.g. 2060, or just another gpu they can sell in addition to the even more expensive models.

[vital oriole]

it wouldn't make sense to sell it more than 3060

cause well, 3060 smashed it in value msrp vs msrp

heck 3060ti's msrp matches 2060's

[normal hawk]

It'll be pretty unappealing to miners right? And it'll be a low end card so maybe 200-300$? 😩 Please

[vital oriole]

yeah

it's got meh efficiency and hashrate

and this new version has 192 bit bus width on vram

so it'll mine worse

[normal hawk]

That just seems like a worse 3060 now

Are they trying to get rid of some leftover Vram?

[vital oriole]

more like trying to fix shortages

[normal hawk]

Fair enough

[robust terrace]

i have a GTX 980! 😦

lol

[ivory herald]

Beats the 970 I had. Sold before this craze, so only $160ish, haha.

[robust terrace]

yeah i guess!

[ivory herald]

Sub-$300 would be decent for a 2060 considering how everything is.

[empty compass]

How big is the performance advantage of a 3080ti to a 3080?

[magic wing]

3080ti performs as well as a 3090 in games

[empty compass]

Alright, thanks

I was just wanting to see cause if it wasn't very big I was just going to get a 3080

Well I can't get either atm, but if I could potentially save money when I can get one then I will.

But if the 3080ti performs the same as the 3090 I'll just get that

The only difference between 3080ti and 3090 is the vram size right?

Dang

I may just get a 3090 then

24gb vs 12gb

Pretty good trade off.

Since it's only $300 more

FE card that is

[south vortex]

Timmy can I hav your 3080 ti. I’ll make you a giant cookie 🍪

[normal hawk]

I have both a 3080 ti and a 3090. I use the 3080 ti for games.

[south vortex]

@sterile parcel

[normal hawk]

why not though

What about the A100 for datacenters? PNY has one thats beautiful

Look how nice that would be in your case

very sleek

[empty compass]

I mean, I honestly don't think I'll need 24gb of VRAM with a 3090, but hey, I'll have it.

[normal hawk]

very sleek

[white bloom]

By the time games use 12+ the 3090 will not be good enough?

[normal hawk]

Only game I know that can max out a 3080 ti is Far Cry 6 with the high detail pack. it REQUIRES 12gb's of VRAM to run it.

[empty compass]

Hey, I like playing 4k ultra, and having the most fps while I do it would be optimal.

[normal hawk]

^

[empty compass]

Also I may use the 3090 for some work of somesort

[normal hawk]

Get whatevers cheaper. My 3080 ti was 1,475$ compared to my 3090 which was over 2k

neither were from scalpers btw

FE 3090 woulda been nice. but I wasn't anywhere near a best buy

[empty compass]

As much as I hate to say it, if I can't snag a gpu tomorrow, I'm probably just going to set up a shopping bot to have the best chance at getting 1. It's insane how fast they sell out.

[subtle cove]

yea

understandable

[white bloom]

Who’s selling gpus tomorrow?

[heady turtle]

https://tenor.com/view/8ball-bart-simpson-shaking-shake-magic-ball-gif-17725278

[livid idol]

Hey 8 ball, are there any GPUs that we can buy?

[old ember]

:8ball: | Outlook good, Fal'Cie

[normal hawk]

I was thinking of checking out microcenter today or this weekend

[empty compass]

Bestbuy apparently, supposed to be a stock drop

[harsh crag]

this card for mining , right?

[heady turtle]

Either 8 balls a lier or they talking bout 2023 😤

Are they any gpus we can buy now mr turtle?

[old ember]

:8ball: | Yes, definitely, Patokav

[heady turtle]

:p

[livid idol]

That's the intended use, yes. It's also the only model that doesn't use gaming gpu hardware.

[harsh crag]

yea, I think its about time the manufacture differentiate GPU for it purposes, so the gamer have a chance grab a nice GPU price

[normal hawk]

I thought the A100 was for Data Centers

[livid idol]

Yes, but nvidia took the A100 chips that failed validation and turned it into a CMP mining card

[normal hawk]

ah

The one I posted is the Data Center model

[livid idol]

Oh I see, they look almost identical

https://youtu.be/EcGkF9SBuSo

[harsh crag]

I see, I thought so

[fossil talon]

I did that during 2020 and apart of 2021. Make sure you make your own proxy for faster feedback. Also tons of sites up their captcha and other security protocols now. Good luck!

[severe basin]

What do you guys think...I've got a 2080super and a 5700xt and a guy offered me a 3070ti and a 580 8gb for them.

5700xt is currently in a rig that I'm going to let my son play on, but I'd like more fps than my 2080super gets me right now in my personal rig.

[heady turtle]

Nah 3070 ti is hardly an upgrade and 580 is a big downgrade from 6700xt

[severe basin]

Ok. I was thinking 3070ti was a pretty big step up from the 2080super but maybe that was wishful thinking.

[heady turtle]

It's an upgrade but it's not really worth it you know

[severe basin]

yeah for sure. Would you do the same for a 3080 or am I just not gonna get the gains I want w/ current gen

[heady turtle]

Maybe a 15% upgrade to 3070 ti but 580 is about half of a 5700xt

[severe basin]

oh ok. and I think my son will be getting my 1440p display so yeah I probably need to keep the 5700xt for him

[heady turtle]

Depends what you expect

[severe basin]

i'm planning to go to 1080p 360hz on my personal rig, so trying to maximize frames.

[heady turtle]

What cpu do you have, and what games?

[severe basin]

3800x, overwatch/csgo/apex/doom/etc.

[livid idol]

Captcha is a joke, there's so many ways to bypass it and even the ones that are actually well programmed you can use a Captcha solving service to get a person to do it for you

[severe basin]

obviously halo infinite and bf2042 are never gonna run faster than my cpu can do.

[heady turtle]

At least in csgo and overwatch they're both cpu bottlenecked with a 2080 super and 3800x

What ram do you have btw?

[fossil talon]

ik that was an example lol, BB Canada did something that destroyed bots in May

The key thing is that you need to put in more effort now but its still plausible to do

Just be fighting mostly against Amazon now and some lesser-known third parties as Wegg has the draw and Best Buy resorted to in person sales

[livid idol]

Any anti bot measure is only a temporary fix

[fossil talon]

yep

Im just too lazy, so in person trading is my best friend nowadays

[severe basin]

3600 mhz 2x16 18-22-22-42

corsair vengeance lpx, not sure what the actual silicon is though

[heady turtle]

Ntb, just make sure your xmp is on ofc

[severe basin]

yeah. I actually haven't used this ram yet, currently have a similar spec vengeance rgb pro kit installed. was getting weird results w/ corsair lighting software installed though.

[heady turtle]

Corsair do be like that ye

[severe basin]

going to dark rock pro + non rgb ram from kraken x52 (240mm aio) and the rgb pro ram. hopefully same cooling and noise performance but without the software.

[uneven basalt]

I think I did a uh oh with my gpu

[rustic pulsar]

What happened

[rustic pulsar]

^

[uneven basalt]

Uh

I did a major mistake

Can't send it here tho cause the way the server is

[rustic pulsar]

U can DM me

https://media.discordapp.net/attachments/621536393889316884/913549749897027655/20211125_155530.mp4

I don’t see the problem

Ohh it’s a video hang on

[rustic pulsar]

First off, why are y u plugging in while the system is on, and 2, I don’t see the problem

[uneven basalt]

I forgot about the power

[rustic pulsar]

So try tuning off and plugging it in

[uneven basalt]

The thing is

My pc will turn on but not when the 8 pin is connected

[rustic pulsar]

Make sure the gpu is in the socket, and what gpu is it, and how many watts is ur PSU?

[uneven basalt]

The gpu is rx 6600 xt

[rustic pulsar]

And ur psu wattage?

[uneven basalt]

CX 650 M

[rustic pulsar]

Then I would turn the PC off, take the gpu out of the pcie slot, put it back in and plug the 8 pin in, and then turn the pc on

[uneven basalt]

Hmm

Okay

Same result

It won't turn on

[rustic pulsar]

Then I would say either dead mobo or dead gpu, but not too sure

[uneven basalt]

I tried it out with my gt 730 and it works just fine

The gpu is new so idk

I just think its probably the 8 pin

[rapid needle]

anyone help i just got a 6900xt and its junk it keeps freezing and stuttering goes from 99 uti to 40 and bavck up same as clock speed and power they all just drop and back up nothing is playable

[rustic pulsar]

The probably mobo or broken eight pin or eight pin path on the power supply

Not mobo

Meant gpu

[uneven basalt]

I been trying to find the right 8 pin

[cosmic bluff]

Should be labeled on the 8pin connector iirc should say PCIE

[uneven basalt]

I wouldn't know

My pc is practically a pre-built from a store

[cosmic bluff]

Oh rip

[ashen nacelle]

Will Best Buy restock on Founders Edition graphic cards tomorrow

[livid idol]

One of them will have the cables straight to the other side, that's the cpu one. The other will have the cables reversed on the other side, appearing to twist, that's the gpu.

Hey Mr turtle will there be a best buy drop tomorrow?

[old ember]

:8ball: | Most likely, Fal'Cie

[cosmic bluff]

The turtle has spoken

[ashen nacelle]

Hmm

[uneven basalt]

Uh I think I would need an image bro

[livid idol]

Ok, let's look at it another way. The cpu 8 pin cable is usually 2 four pins put together, and the gpu is 6+2

[uneven basalt]

[livid idol]

CPU. See how it's split in the middle?

[grave violet]

does a geforce 1050 with a frog on the box art exist?

[livid idol]

A frog? Do you have a link or picture or are you just asking?

[grave violet]

im only asking

my friend is trying to sell me a a 1050 and im asking him for a pic of it

and he said the box has afrog on it

[livid idol]

Not any that I've seen but it could be something that looks similar to a frog

[grave violet]

hmmm aight thanks

[livid idol]

If you get a picture please share, it sounds interesting

I know there was some fakes floating around, and there's even been anime editions of some, so it's possible

[uneven basalt]

Oh

[uneven basalt]

That side is for the cpu? And not the psu

Okay yeah I see the label on it

[queen flower]

Anyone know of a company that makes water blocks for the Zotac RTX 3090 Amp Extreme Holo ZT-A30900B-10P?

[livid idol]

Bykski has one

Bykski GPU Copper RBW LED Water Cooling Block for Zotac GeForce RTX3090 RTX3080 X Gaming OC RTX3090 RTX3080 AMP Extreme (12V LED GPU Block with Backplate) https://smile.amazon.com/dp/B08LVTC6CK/ref=cm_sw_r_apan_glt_fabc_ZW5RZ6S7S073RD807S8B

[meager light]

oh

[rare ledge]

the RTX 3060 Ti in ABS Master Gaming PC, is it LHR or non-LHR? https://www.newegg.ca/abs-ala267/p/N82E16883360201

[keen nacelle]

almost definitely lhr

please dont buy that

[keen nacelle]

https://www.newegg.com/abs-ali586/p/N82E16883360221?Item=N82E16883360221&Source=socialshare&cm_mmc=snc-social-_-sr-_-83-360-221-_-11222021

[rare ledge]

Thanks

[livid idol]

Almost every new gpu is LHR by now

[fossil jungle]

I know that the LHR versions are directed at combating the crypto miners but how does it realistically affect performance?

[keen nacelle]

not much

if any

[heady turtle]

It's up to 70% instead of 50% now on eth, but it still mines all other coins at 100%

[livid idol]

74% even

[heady turtle]

Oh wow

[heady turtle]

why you up so early isn't it like 1/2am?

[livid idol]

It's 11

But I need to be at work in 4 hours

[heady turtle]

Ahh then, go to bed

I saw that yeah

https://tenor.com/view/go-to-sleep-i-will-put-you-to-sleep-threat-angry-serious-gif-3543014

[fossil jungle]

5:17pm where I am 😀

[ivory herald]

That's wild, dinner time.

[lone pond]

https://tenor.com/view/troll-pilled-gif-19289988

[vapid bramble]

OMG what ever you do, don't buy Bykski. I bought their aio gpu cooler, took over to the shop to have put together and installed, Was told " we won't say we won't take your money but we wouldn't put that garbage in any of our systems" "will test it away outside your pc away from everything" " be prepared to lose your video card." company had 3 different names used in my transaction. Their return is like 20 days, their's no warranty and look at newegg or their site and they say " buy at your own risk." seriously on a new product, also instructions are in Chinese and bad on top. I just got my refund through PayPal disputing the product I bought in May. No reviews on most reputable sites of their products, and 3 company names kind of says it all.

[vital oriole]

Bykski is actually good?

I wonder where you bought yours from

[vapid bramble]

Directly from Bykski US. though when your billed it's called Tyler Industries ( whole two people work their) and during dispute (premo chill) was name used for for contact issues.

[vital oriole]

Hmm, sounds suspicious

The product itself is good, but if the retailer is bad

rip

[vapid bramble]

Reason why Paypal forced a refund after almost half a year

[vital oriole]

There's no official us retail for their stuff

So that's the reason why your experience was so bad

[vapid bramble]

https://www.bykski.us/

The US site

were I bought mine

I wasn't buying a water block, buy my experience was with their trash aio product, the fan alone power cycled my pc to turn on everything in a slow one part at a time thing but not boot it and that was just having the fan connected to see the color. once the tech's started looking at the other parts, they ripped it apart even saying the fans couldn't be controlled and doubted if they would adjust speed, they great rgb was a single rgb strip on it. was lucky and just trying to cool my 2080 supra till I can buy the 3090 I want, ended up buying ID cool ( dosen't look the best) and dropped my temps buy close to 40c

[dreamy dragon]

Shaqmove#3291 has been warned

Reason: Bad word usage

[keen nacelle]

I thought it went up to 74% with the second most recent update, and then 80% with the most recent?

[heady turtle]

read the message right underneath lol, idk bout the 80% but possibly

[keen nacelle]

Oh mb

[dreamy dragon]

ILoveMsr#1030 has been warned

Reason: Bad word usage

[empty compass]

Don't think imma be getting a 3090 today... 😞

[heady turtle]

[empty compass]

[dreamy dragon]

SNOWCOLD#5882 has been warned

Reason: Bad word usage

[ivory herald]

eh, hope btc/eth totally crashes so we can get some well-priced gpus again. Wait until I sell my gpu though, LuL.

[empty compass]

Crypto miners are stupidly blind to the fact they are literally the reason our GPU problem is still a problem. I don't dislike miners who mine when they're not gaming or doing work, but the ones who purchase hundreds of GPUs to mine, they're the ones who are the problem, and I hope that crypto crashes soon. Cause we need out gpus.

[toxic sinew]

Miners are not the entire problem

[ivory herald]

We see people w/ 10 cards, takes away 9 from the general population. Prices would lower if there was more supply. Nvidia sure is sitting fat n happy. Pato, yep because us normal folk can barely afford 1 GPU, let alone 2 or 5 lol. Oh well

[heady turtle]

About 10% of cards are miners I'd say

[long forge]

Hi guys are these prices reasonable brand new 3080 for $1350, 3080 Ti $2199, 3090 $2499 Canadian asus and evga brands?

[heady turtle]

Just gaming? Deff 3080

[long forge]

Possibly mining too

[ivory herald]

If mostly, that 3080 is best price/perf for sure. 3090 also isn't much faster than 3080 Ti. 👍

[high quartz]

Howdy I was wondering if I should go for a custom build with a 3060 for $1250 or buy a 3060 ti by itself for $570?

[sullen panther]

I got my 3080ti at 1500 usd and it made me cry a lil

[heady turtle]

That price is decent

[high quartz]

Place near me selling a 3080 ti for 1600

[shell mason]

boys, newegg be accepting SHIB soon

boutta buy a GPU with some of my SHIB gains 💪

[solemn panther]

horrible.

[ivory herald]

IDC how fast they are, 4digit prices for a GPU can pound sand (as I say w/ my peasant-grade PC)

[marble tulip]

I’ve been doing the Newegg shuffle everyday for two months now. No luck but I’ll keep trying. I’m hopeful that one day I’ll get lucky. If April by next year I can’t get a 3060 or 3060ti I might just cave.

[marble tulip]

I just wanted to rant a lil, don’t mind me.

[agile hamlet]

how smoothly do you think a 3060 could go on roblox

[rustic pulsar]

well a 3060 might be a bit low for roblox, roblox is very gpu intensive and requires 3090 to get anywhere near 60fps at mid settings

[agile hamlet]

lololol

[rustic pulsar]

Do microcenters generally have 3000 series GPUs at decent prices or is it hit or miss?

[marble tulip]

Where I live they don’t. The best thing they had was a Asus TUF 2060 for 440 USD.

[normal hawk]

I got a 3060 ti for 529 2-3 weeks ago.

EVGA FTW3 Ultra

[rustic pulsar]

is it worth a trip if its like a 20 mintute drive

[normal hawk]

they don't show up on the website anymore if they are instock.

so your best bet is to make a trip on Friday-Sunday as they restock on one of these 3 days.

I went for a CPU, they also had GPU's in stock.

Building a PC for my sister and my niece with leftovers/bundled parts that I didn't use when the Case gets here next week.

[livid idol]

MC is definitely worth a 20 minute trip. They often have 6600/XT in stock at least.

[agile hamlet]

me living in oklahoma and having no microcenters🥲

[brave violet]

I got my 3080ti on Best buy drop. Now their much easier than earlier this year. Also, use Antonline too. However they bundle things with it. Decent monitors, mice and PSUs

[long forge]

So hard to find any reasonable GPUs in Canada…

[heady turtle]

It's fine compared to what 3080 tis go for relatively, but in general yeah price for 3080 ti should have been 1k msrp max

[solemn panther]

Old new...its just I cant believe we're now ok with ridiculously high prices

[heady turtle]

Fair lol

[spice badger]

if i were to get a 6900xt will my ryzen 7 3700x 32gb of ram bottle neck with 1440p?

[heady turtle]

Depends on the speed of ram

[sly stream]

Is a refurbished graphic card worth it?

[vital oriole]

depends on the price

[spice badger]

3200mhz cl16

[heady turtle]

You're fine

[spice badger]

alright thanks

[fossil jungle]

I just love reading the comments in the channels on this server. Everyone is so helpful!

[winged minnow]

the titan rtx is such a cool name i wish they realesed a new one for the generation ( nvidia said the 3090 is not a titan )

[heady turtle]

3090 is titan tho

[winged minnow]

i think nvidia said that it isnt

[little sleet]

they say its not but it is. just advertising to sell off 8k gaming

[heady turtle]

technically its not but it is, it has basically replaced the titan with xx90

[winged minnow]

ok

the titan name is way better tho

[marble tulip]

I’m on antonline right now, some of this stuff seems to good to be true. Do you recommend I buy something from this website?

[heady turtle]

i believe its a backorder site so could be a while before you get your order

[marble tulip]

Does anyone have experience with Antonline? I kinda want some peace of mind ya know.

[green harness]

I think the antonline GPU bundles go out relatively promptly if they show as in stock

But idk exactly what item you're looking at

[brave violet]

@marble tulip Antonline is good, just have to wait and follow the drop twitters or youtubes when they have stock. The prices are relatively reasonable.

[forest drum]

Is the AMD Radeon RX 6600 XT a alright graphics card ?

[heady turtle]

It's good, equivalent to a 3060

[solemn panther]

No a company called OG10K

Haha

Rekt

Hey

You seem pretty busy nowadays :/

Anyways back to GPUs

Right right

Awesome

Its great

Watched captain America the other day...amazing

I almost thought something was outside my window on one scene lol

[normal hawk]

Which one

Should I get a sound bar?

For gaming xP

[marble tulip]

I think I’ll keep my eye on antonline for a gpu. They seem trustworthy. To be safe I’ll use PayPal in case of a scam

[lone pond]

what would be a good upgrade from a 1650 super and that's not crazy expensive

[golden horizon]

Uh… nothing right now

I’d say the upcoming Intel Arc Alchemist series, but those will probably be out of stock too, and a 1650 Super is more than adequate for 1080p anyway

[pine mauve]

Maybe a rx 6600

[keen nacelle]

depends on your budget

and how long youre willing to spend trying to get one

if you can spend time stalking best buy and such, msrp 3060/ti

[viscid skiff]

Anyone have a good tracker for rtx's? Ive been on twitter - none seem to be that great. lots of noise

[keen nacelle]

check the pins

[viscid skiff]

ah ty, the github one?

[mighty tide]

just got a 3090 for $1200 off newegg LMAOOO

[idle idol]

is a RX 580 8GB worth for 200$?

[twin dove]

Seems like it in today’s market

The RX 580 has similar performance to the gtx 970 which is also found in that price range

[idle idol]

nice

[twin dove]

But twice the vram at 8 gigs

The gtx 980 has better performance and sells for 250$, but is still limited to 4 gigs

[idle idol]

Ah Alright, I finally found a decent GPU for a good price after a year lol.

Not sure if my AMD ryzen 5 2400g will cause my GPU to bottleneck.

Ah nvm it wont for 1080p

just looked at the website.

[dense temple]

from the shuffle or a limited offer ?

i just paid $1400 for a 3070

idk if its worth it atm ..

[keen nacelle]

No

No it is not

[dense temple]

you were able to find yours at msrp ?

[keen nacelle]

No

You can get them from sub 1100 usd

And that's on the high end

[dense temple]

whats sub ?

[keen nacelle]

Below

[dense temple]

i hate to be clueless but i have no idea what your talking about

[keen nacelle]

Sub means below

[dense temple]

okay.... so where would i be able to find this place called "below "

[sullen panther]

It's not a place

1100 or lower

[dense temple]

right. i wasn't understanding the sentence.

[scenic jewel]

what do the screws i use to screw in my gpu look like

[heady turtle]

Uh scam, that's 300$ under msrp

[heady turtle]

The same screws that hold in the pciec brackets you pop out

[runic crypt]

wait do they go for 1500?

[magic wing]

You wont be LMAOOO when you get it lol

[eternal tulip]

FE msrp is 1500

[runic crypt]

oh wow

[heady turtle]

The go for way more, ONLY the fe 3090s are 1.5k

[runic crypt]

that's a lot of munny

what's fe

first edition?

[heady turtle]

Founders edition, the ones that Nvidia sells through best buy only

This one

[runic crypt]

oh right