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everything is a bomb if you try hard enough
You’ve always been able to
didnt they make guns for jets?
true
didnt they make the a10 gatling? or was that ge
oh it was ge
The General Electric GAU-8/A Avenger is a 30 mm hydraulically driven seven-barrel Gatling-style autocannon that is primarily mounted in the United States Air Force's Fairchild Republic A-10 Thunderbolt II. Designed to destroy a wide variety of ground targets, the Avenger delivers 30mm rounds at a high rate of fire. The GAU-8/A is also used in th...
the missile?
well.... they were good at calculating things so i guess that fits 
"how long missle take to hit target, i dunno lets find out"
is that a jfk meme
or am i missing something
oh they made the 45's and 88's
interesting honestly i never really thought about them being involved in military stuff but it happens a lot
I JUST DOWNLAODED u
dont downlaod u
Monster Hunter Wilds moment
A JFK joke would've been about a Carcano, Italians, the mob and or the CIA
i would ask further about what the gun, bullets, calculator, and phone symbolizes.... other things they made? but im cool with not knowing or caring 
research says it could be signs of failing ssd or ram o no, hopefully the file was just poo.. this is the 2nd zip ifle iv had to this tho
I am pretty sure the only thing made by TI in that image is the calculator. TI's military division was largely focused on military computers, laser and missile guidance, infrared and radar devices before they sold it
Though maybe there is a TI chip inside the phone?
the weapons and munitions are instruments for mass destruction
Guys my build is coming out to $1500 without cpu and gpu…
how
Techtok got me 💔😭🥀
what's in your build
Going for an aesthetic build
hm
Yeah the slop kind
🥀 ong
Is it worth it to buy a used last gen top end amd cpu 
Yeah
depends on the price
See for ~$450 to $500
and I assume you mean 7000 series
Yes
which one?
I guess technically it’s current gen since 9000 series top end isn’t out yet
7950x3d
ok that for 500 is worth IMO
They sing the symphony of death 
The generational uplift negates it having less cores
Would still be a better buy even with less cores

imagine the texas instruments guys showing off bombs n stuff and it's like tony stark showing off rockets in iron man 1

one star better than zero
The 9800x3d on Amazon is fake
Fails to add to cart
The real one I mean
Brutal
Das crazy bro I have 2 with me rn
Let me send one back to Amazon so u can buy
send bro 1
🙏
I’ll bid $420 on the eBay one and if someone outbids me oh well
Funny number they gotta accept it
What you don't like porky butterscotch cookies?
Next you'll be saying things like you don't eat chocolate with sausage
When finding out what case you want to use, does the case depends on how many fans you will have
Or can a big case and a small case have similar amount
The amount of fans and or quality of the fans vary based on case model. Some cases have many, some have none, some have mediocre fans, some have great fans
Just have to look at what comes with the individual case as you are looking at the specs
Do people usually replace fans that come with the case? Or do they usually add extra
?
Budget builders will often use stock, people who can spend the money may do so on extra or new fans
Depends on the person and budget
So the amount of fans that come with a case is sufficient enough. Like you don’t have to add extra fans??
Also depends on the case too
As I said, depends on the case
If you not getting RGB fans, is it still worth it to replace fans that came with a good case
Some come with garbage fans just to have it as a selling point
Ahh ok
Well look see this one has fans but this ine doesnt
Then that one has crappy fans
Then you swap them anyway
Some have good ones
So like the Lian Li case, that brand seems built on huge roomy cases, so it comes with fans but guessing people always add their own when buying that brand!?
Ahh ok gonna be looking into a new case soon and was wondering
Some cases use specifically designed fans now too that are basically heavily implied you should be using for the case
Like that Lian Li case with the specifically molded front mount
Like do they even make medium sized cases
And then there is the science about what type of way you want fans to blow right
Another good ine is the lancool 216
Some of them blow in, some blow out and people have different opinions on that setup
Huge fans on that one
The general consensus is front to back airflow, bottom to top airflow
Pretty standard for atx. In the front, out the back and top. Or if you have those wide open fishtank ones, in the side and bottom, out the back and top
So you want your front fans near the front of your tower to blow air to the back to cool off the components
Yeah
It is especially important for air cooled systems
And then it takes that air going from left to right and recycles it and blows up to cool off even more?
Well I guess the bottom fans do pull in air from your tower sitting up and not directly on the desk
So each fan has two options I take it?
Just depends on which way you mount it
So basically you want the middle of your case to almost have a tornado of winds effect, kinda centralizes the air directly over the components
I love learning about this stuff
So regular (medium sized case) in general has 4 or 5 fans?
And some of larger ones can have 6 or 7? And I am guessing most fans you can buy in a group (they go together even non RGB ones)
Pretty much
Can have even more
This guy can have 10
Do some people buy like one fan? Like do they sell a single fan that might do a little bit more (more features)….i know that sounds crazy to think buying a single non RGB fan, but wondering if there are fans that justify buying one fan alone
Appreciate everything man. I hope @nocturne flicker didn’t get mad about my dumb questions.
Yeah if all you need is one then thats all you need
I just ordered one fan like an hour ago
You guys helped me out the other day (you might remember)
Will be here tomorrow
Guessing you had one fan in your PC that just stopped working
Do fans usually last a really long time or do they occasionally need being replaced?
Nah im being autistic for no good reason

Are they one of the components that last forever
Im gonna see if this fan sounds like what I am lookig for
That’s crazy man, I have a mild case of autism. I struggle with OCD/ADHD, anxiety and severe depression. But I can keep myself together
Just have really bad self confidence and low self esteem. Working on it and taking medicine for it
Again more nuance just like cases coming with fans but for the most part yes they last a while
They rate them in thousands of hours
Oh ahh…and with fans they are always running? Like they don’t have fans that turn on when the PC gets to a specific temp?
I know that’s a dumb question
Graphics cards are like that
But didn’t know if some were triggered like that
And you can have them turned off like that if you wish
Not that deep you are just curious lol
Ahh yeah….so off topic, I am switching from Intel to AMD CPU…Intel has this program that checks for WiFi and Bluetooth updates…think it was downloaded directly from Intel website
Does AMD have something similar to that?
Fans will turn off below a certain percentage and I think this varies from fan to fan
yes
My case fans turn off below 20%
they have the autodetect software that will detect your hardware
and install correct drivers
So they have a program I need to download guessing from AMD site
Yeah there is an installer from amd that has multiple options on it
but since you'll be using mediatek wifi with amd wifi boards, you'll want to get that from the board manufacturer
I am guessing those updates are not picked up bu the win 11 check update software
only a few gets picked up
Oh ok, im sure there will be a prompt when I boot up PC after reinstalling win 11 with new motherboard
Thanks for all the help and thanks for the conversation @lone mango
Itll work out of the box
Thanks a lot

Little less anxious about everything
Gotta get to work. Talk later
Definitely one of my favorite servers

I wonder how long a list of every word ever spoken in every language would be
Terabytes
One megabyte
Pages dedicated to various grunts with different meanings and emotional elements
It would be glorious
just how thick of a book it'll be
I wonder if it is possible for two symlinks to point to each other
and the havoc that attempting to access one of them might cause
symlink bomb
Why r u still up 
time zones
Ayy finally hit Hunter Rank 100 in Wilds. aww yea. now time to wait for the next title update
How are you, my friend?
Alfred does not want to leave
Very interesting choice of words
About to buy a non-functional PC from someone I know for about $30. Bit of a gamble, but $30 is not a big loss even if nothing can be salvaged
Well, I lost all sleep last night so meh
windows does a lot to try and ensure automatic updates will apply to a wide range of hardware, however, theres a lot of hardware out there. so: windows update will make your computer useable (majority of the time), but you want the most up to date drivers from the manufacturer of ur hardware components and those are usually things you get from the product web pages from the manufacturers themselves
oh whoa i was way scrolled up
uhhhh.... ignore that 
oh that was only 4-ish hours ago
I would've thought a brand new flagship phone would resolve the discord issues on my old one
....nope
which phone what issue?
Same issues
same flagship phone?
Sd888 to 8 gen elite
Xperia > S25
Mad stuttering
ima just go ahead and...oh
only in discord app? what about in browser on the same phone?
I flip off discord, no issue
Really don't wanna on phone tbh
if it works in the browser and not the app though, you know its the app somewhere
I get you but also I use swipe navigation
I could swipe the previous page
im not sure how that integrates sorry.
Absolutely nothing else stutters
its more just identifying the cause to better troubleshoot the issue
it shouldnt be lagging
Discord has been busted in the app since the new ui
actually let me go look
ive got a pixel 9 pro and iphone 60 pro sitting here
60 damn
i didnt even have discord on the pixel, i feel like it works great on the iphone
It's a thought honestly but I like my browser kept clear
Browser def better but phone is the only thing with consistently the same issue
its not really tos legal but its also not against it but css injection between browser and me is nice
basically reddit/subreddit themes
Lol
u can change how it delivered to you
I just don't get how they can even stutter a phone with as much processor power as a 6800U
That's impressive
discord doesnt have its own rendering options in the app does it?
maybe ur set on like 59 hz?
Don't believe so no
A number of ui issues disappeared on the new phone so it's not terrible, but the stutter is still there even when I'm multitasking other apps with no issue
Just seems like the app itself imo
Been that way since the new ui they insisted on
actually yes im on the pixel 9 pro and discord is.... not fun
on the app. it is slow and unresponsive and u can visible lag
works much better in chrome
lemme look at the iphone again
i kinda wanna get a s25 to play with but two flagships is enough damage to my wallet
Test
looks great on iphone compared to android but lacks responsiveness of browser is all i feel in 5 mins of testing
Honestly, I'm a samsung hater, but my country legislation basically cornered me into picking a reliable mainstream option-
This thing is quite nice
It just, works
i was in japan and am kicking myself for not grabbing a huaweii flagship
But the discord thing bugs me, also samsung software bugs me
I use nova on mine
I've been a fan of nova for years
Makes changing phone easy af too cos I can restore from backups
i test phones and swapping between them is so easy with just google/icloud backups
i used sony previously as well and they have their xperia transfer
i actually wish sony will come back into the phone game but sony is a character on the corpor global stage for sure
I like the xperia 1 series
However
The reason I bought the phone is the worst reason to like them
The camera is not it fam

i had an og brand new in box original xperia and someone stole it out of my truck during covid 
nah camera sucks, the lens material is nice
The camera is awful
iphone and pixel cameras are absoutely bonkers
But the experience is really streamlined
I would've gotten another if they had a 2025 model out
My 1 iii kept stockpiling issues tho in a couple months until I couldn't use it anymore as of 2 weeks ago
Both mics were "dead"
I couldn't get them to work, both cut out at the same time
So couldn't isolate hardware or software
But safe mode wouldn't do it so I was pretty sure it was too complex to bother
i had the og, the 3, the 5, the 5...e? or hatever, another two 3's and then the 5 iii
i wanted the uhhh... one with the mmwave camera connection software and the strapable gimble set
Pro i?
i think so yea
Pro i I wanted one
yea the pro i, but i was in a weird spot so just got the 5 iii i think
Things I didn't like
The sony case sucked
Useless
The cameras sucked
Useless at night
The fingerprint sensor died
The google assistant button drove me mad but I modded that out
ive always just used amazon cheapo cases, the apple official cases are nice but i like cases with face protection like flip covers
sony was lacking in xperia stuff, they prolly will not keep phone stuff honestly
ngl i stayed xperia for the ps remote play but that went away around xperia 5 anyway
21:9
cus now u can just remote play from any android
it was, but it was just locked into their own phones when it could be an app, which is what happened
ngl nothing comes close to the iphone speakers
this is my first iphone, its a very capable piece of hardware
My best phone for speakers
I think by a mile
And I even have the 16e nearby to compare
It would be the og razer phone
i got a mac book pro and when i first put on appletv+ it was like..... wow those are NICE
It has two full speakers either side of the screen
The razer phone had amazing sound for the time
Those speakers were excellent, still are
i kinda of want to grab a asus rog phone later on someday to play with
but its the same chips every other flagship is using
so meh
What else did I like about the xperia
Hmmm
I liked my case but that barely counts lmao
how do you compare the 16 pro vs the 16e in audio quality?
well.. ok not quality, but audio delivery*
Don't have a 16 pro
oh
its very light feeling
the solidness and weight of the iphone 16 pro let it delvier more power behind the speakers with less vibration stuff but 16e feels super light
Audio probably not that crazy
remidns me of light titanium vs. aluminum
Ok imagine like a portable jbl speaker
Bluetooth one
That's basically what the razer phone sounded like
Very close
How close does that sound to a 16 pro
Lol
Like audio quality for the iPhone don't have large jumps between gens so I doubt it's that crazy
i have a bose speaker sitting right here, and the iphone 16 pro internal speakers sound better
by a lot
Ok interesting
16e like the se is just making use of parts they have
I'll take your word for it
I read that the 16 pro has good sound when looking at the e
let me looka t the 16e tho
Pretty much
ive got it sitting right here next to a pro
ive never actually used the speakers :stare:
The s25 audio sounds pretty meh tho imo
The a18 in the 16e is probably just poorly binned 16 chips
it is
Explains the one less gpu core
but 16 pro is much much heavier, yea camera tech, blah blah, but theres more here
u can feel it
oh did they put more magnets in for extra magsafe grip? ngl that would explain the weight-quality-heavy feeling

Because the 16e is gonna lose a lil weight from the camera and no magsafe downgrade
yea 16 pro speakers deliver a lot more oomph then the 16e
OH
im playing see
Well it's that the 16e has no mag safe at all
SOMETHING I HATE ON XPERIA
THE STUPID
PFF tiny blah ass torch
LIKE WHAT IS THAT THING
Dumb makeup light
Xperia a lil expensive for a niche market
the highs expand further on the 16 pro too 🤷♀️ 16e is for getting into apple eco system, 16 pro is the quality
Dude I'd be in the pitch black turn it on and see 30cm
they got rid of that?
i only saw that on the 3 and 5

or 2 and 3
Oh it was so bad
?
16e is ok but
I just received my new phone. What have you done with the small apps? Third party apps are no good. I want them back please. I used them automatically all the time. Devastated.
Man no higher refresh after the e have over 3 years of faster screens
they had an app store within the sony android ecosystem
"small apps" and they were its own little app platform
it sucked, super annoying
ngl i like the 16e a lot a lot
its the exact feeling of a phone i WANT in my pocket
the 16 pro is nice and makes me feel like a baller but its literally heavy asf
I have both Android and iPhone
pixel pro is heavy asf too
I run iPhone as the main RN because of slight convenience in group chats and airdrops for slides
airtags are nice
Just the regular one
Too much money for me to care
40 bucks to find my wallet thats worth like my entire life is worth
So I run a s21 and a iPhone 11
iPhone is getting a lil slow and wonky recently
thats why i got the pixel pro and iphone pro, to test
gib sat phones plz :gib:
The use case isn't really there
Wouldn't be surprised if apple scrapped support in a few years for something else
its not great currently, its nice, great feature
AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA
if i get into a car crash and im hanging upside by my seatbelt, i cant put my phone out into the open air
u need direct line of sight to the sky
click buy
9070 for 7900 XT prices?
Oof
The Easter is not that different
Raster*
4gb less vram
Major improvement is power and RT
hell that 9070 from Ipon costs more than a 9070 XT from Alza
Thing is
Alza is OOS on every single SKU
Seems like EU pricing is all over the place
With few countries having closer to MSRP stock
im not sure either on pricing or paying attention to it cus im not ready to buy
???
so i dont dig into things im not going to care about
Reply didn't work
oof
Got no idea what that is sorry
UK had MSRP cards but OCUK confirmed second batch price increase
Yeah another discord feature that sometimes works on android
sony small apps.... not worth discussing really 
Yay
so 9070xt isnt the final amd offering right?
We still have msrp up over here in au/nz
I'm less enthusiastic for the 9070s
Both 9070 and xt
Change of pace ngl
So real
is the 9070xt the final top end model amd is releasing?
Compared to the nearly 100% price increase for 5090
Y'all usually get scraps
Msrp for 9070 is CHEEKS BOIS
AMD W for aussies
It's even in stock
How much is that in usd
PowerColor Reaper line is like midtier right?
Entry but perfectly fine
952 USD
CL is the one that worries me the most
With VAT?
ye
CL?
EU MSRP is 880 euros iirc
Like very very close
Challenger is called CL
Exactly EU MSRP
ah
Sounds solid
In some places
I wonder if that 950 dollar 9070 XT would be better value than a 1050 dollar used 4080
It's close but yeah, not quite
4080 is a good card right?
Yes
Yes
3 years warranty I guess?
Why ask it's an 80 card
that's a value adder
Lmao
depends on how you also value contributing to company growth and the edge on releases but thats a value people dont often care about
ill buy new over old to support a company thats doing something i want
The thing about 9070series is value, once that is gone it's a nothing burger
It's really just a messed up market tbh
Because in some countries you can get xtx for around 800 euro
Like in perspective
A merc xt is 850
A 5070ti vanguard is 900
At that point
Ok this is just kekw
I'm ok paying an extra 50 for the vanguard
Yeah some mono heatsinks are excessive
I would do neither at that much over msrp lmao
Yeah as long as a used 4080 is available for 1000-1100
The 800 plus cards are like the only ones going back in stock regularly on amazon
I think the 9070XT ain't worth it
800 loses to 4080 deals
A handful of 720
Gimme all old thing
4080 faster tho
and older
Faster >>> newer
But generally 770-850 models only
okay but its older and thats just another thing to be aware of. i look at ur 2024 corvette and a 2025 kia and the kia is newer
🤷♀️
a 2024 corvette is still a better car than any Kia
ok
New =/= good
50 series highlights that
old =/= good if we go this weird rabbit hole lol
At the same performance, old is cheaper, so it's better value
I think in both sides of this coin it's not clear cut at all
buy it , do it 
its all yin and yang
it's all a matter of price to perf
☯️
That ain't a thing in the states really lol
Even when it was in stock I don't think it ever went under 900
When it comes to storage should i buy it from the same brand or it dont matter
It was before the crisis and I keep telling people not to buy crisis prices
depends actually
are you trying to do something unique?
??? just a normal pc idk
The shortage will pass, I don't consider anything other than the 7800xt and sub 270 cards even mildly worth at long term pricing rn
then no it doesnt matter
when would it matter
if u have many hard drives you want to diversify it in case some kind of manufacturer defect exists and causes all the drives in that batch to fail at the same time, or
Buying used is still the meta right Felix?
After the heat death consumes us all
sometimes the controllers on ssd's HAVE TO match for certain raid 0 configs
@mortal grail I'm only seeing the 4080 go down to 922 unless you mean used
Ofc, if you can do better used then yes
but if those are alien concepts to you, just buy whatever storage brand
Used/refurbished yes
Zotac had $800 4080s
That's still variable
That was a no brainer
I'm still mad Zotac only sells direct to the USA
Do so damn limited
i bought a refurb alienware during covid and it was nicely refurbished from dell
Ahhh b stock
they put a lot into their refurbs but i had to return it
Y'all remember the 30 series firesale when EVGA pulled out?
i wonder if alienware/dell would ever do what they did with 4090 stock and sell oem cards flat out from their store again
We had a guy mid covid get a 3080 for $420
But uh yeah you ain't getting no refurbished 4080s
Lol
Not now
i bought there
they did a massive restock and firesale
I still take the road of waiting out the storm tho vs settling at a high price
Got I wish another company had the EVGA step up equivalent
i miss evga
Sapphire ❤️
Yeah but when you don't have a gpu you don't have that luxury
Go get a bestbuy membership and change gpus weekly until you settle
@mortal grail I'm gonna see how this bundle goes
I remember a guy who did that, he tried like half the gpus in existence and bb didn't care, he never lost a cent
And how that 9070 drop on Monday goes
He'd come back every week "Trying this 4090 now" 
4090 just so heavy 
9070 drop is MSRP or bust for me
Do you absolutely need to reinstall Windows if you upgrade from a non-X3D chip to a single CCD X3D one?
no, you should though
No
Am5 to am5 should just work unless you did dodgy stuff
I've never reinstalled since I got my current PC and it's all fine
Not enough savings over the 70 ti anymore if the models in stock are 730-750+
I know that dual CCD X3D is the thing where you REALLY need to clean reinstall
cuz of the specific chipset drivers
550 9070 is as to 620 9070 XT
theres just tiny small registers hidden in windows registering ur old cpu to something somwehre and its beneficial to have the os on the hardware the system is using there during the installtion of it. its usually not an issue though
No
there's some loopholing with the chipset drivers there
I have an install that I use to bench with right, it's very clean
It's my fastest boot drive
Bx500 sata drive
@mortal grail you forget that we are gonna be dealing with constant new tariffs from agent orange
It's seen every board under the sun
Still benches perfectly
It's how you treat your windows more than changing the hardware
Still assert it's a 12% price delta tho
Soon we gonna be paying essentially 20+% vat plus sales taxes lol
having a dedicated bootable live-media is also a totally different thing then a stable desktop ima sit at for days
He added another 10% last week
If that's the new price then if it's not within 12% it's technically better still
Just saying
Not tryna gaslight or anything
?
If the 9070 right, is 12% cheaper or better
It's as good or better than XT
Regardless of tariffs in the mix
Apply that to working street price
Lol
good is such a subjective term to the buyer
Look man
Yes but in a pure numbers game that's the delta
You know we gotta pay sales tax too
Yeah, so that will favour the non xt more cos a lower base
If the price difference gets to 50-100 of a 70 ti
pure numbers game still, certain numbers are derived from efficeincy in areas that may not be "good" to you
I'm only saying this to help 
People prob gonna buy a 70ti
Not talking about the 70Ti I'm stricly talking xt vs non xt
i just want to desktop at 8k 
If you're worried about efficiency then 40 series is your pick of the day used tbh
9070 is pretty efficient
Up there with the 5070ti and 4080s
It's crazy that the 5080 of all things is the most efficient card
But the xt isn't close lol
Cos it wasn't pushed like the 70 brothers or the 90 big brother
Crazy ain't it?
Here's something people don't talk about
The 5070 ti is almost shockingly close to the 5080
And the efficiency discussion really sends that argument home
That's why I'm ok with it
Cos it wasn't pushed like the others
I see the 5080 as so poorly received that it's half the reason the 70 cards behave the way they do
It definitely is very efficient
But the same can't be said about the other 50 cards rn
70ti is ok
Compared to 40 series tho?
Pulls a lil less than the ti super
And gets the 4080 perf
The vanilla 4070 ti tho
Think it's like 10-20w less than the 4080s
5070 ti is like 370 nominal isn't it
?
It's like 270
A juicer OC model is like maybe 310
Are you talking spikes?
The vanguard OC is like 365 in spikes
Can i mix 2 different ram kits? Both ddr4 at 3200mhz. A set 16gb and a set of 32gb (different brands)
Can't find an igors lab one of r a normal 4070 ti lol
Do not
Mixing ram is the fastest way to cause stability issues if you don't know they're EXACTLY the same
And buying the same kit doesn't mean that
Underneath chips change all the time
Esp. Ddr4
Like 250
On tpu
252
In gaming
In RT it's like 282 vs 308
Spike diff is about 10w
So idk not that crazy
They're all actually the same with the 5070ti at higher spikes
Spikes up to 370 on both 40 and 50
The 40 being a little more spike happy there at sub 5ms
Efficiency really isn't there as a big discussion point tbh
It's pulling more or less the same to go a bit faster with it
Vs the 5080 which is less per
Which is a discussion of efficiency as it creeps only a little faster than it's older brother but pulls a little less
Jesus a ti super ventus spikes to 400?
As I was trying to say before on these cards, nvidia pushed the dial on all but the 80 for 50 series
I take psu suggestions really seriously man
Lol
If I say an 850 will take it then a 750 and even 650 could get away with it done right
You really never needed that 1000W 
But having an extra psu might be nice
But yeah I even comb cybenetics reviews lately
For troubleshooting
I'm slowly getting better in that department
Taking it to a shop you bought it from is cheaper tbh
The hwb reviews are easier for me to digest
Hub?
Hardware buster
Ye He's the cybenetics guy
Ik
I like to reference him too cos he has simplified charts
I just like the formatting of hwb
His "overall performance" section and short point pros and cons make things very easy to take in ye
What the hell??
The ZTT list is slowly developing to be something similar
I mean a 5050 ain't gonna be 399 let's be real
It's a meme btw lmao
Ik
3050 > 5050
599
Ryzen 4070 > 5050
I’m watching DanTDM’s new video
But like if the incremental bumps in performance are anything to go by
FOURTY EIGHTY
5060 is probably a 4060 ti at 300
Like he's so tone deaf he does the exact same presentation

AMD Ryzen 9 9000X3D series launching next week The 12 and 16-core variants will launch on March 12. Among the flagship consumer CPUs on the market, the upcoming 9950X3D seems to have the highest CPU mark score of 69,702 points. That’s 11.5% higher than the last-gen 7950X3D and 5% higher than the 9950X without 3D […]
Interesting take…
Likely
And a 5050 is prob closer to a 4060 at like idk 250?
Very likely
Man's really went "the lab boys tell me that this GPU is at least as good as the 4080”
Let’s hope it’s a low price but then again, it’s NVIDIA it’s prob gonna be like $450
Which I mean isn't the worst but consid ring the 250 competition in battlemage has pretty major driver overheard issues
$250for 80 fps in 1080p 
At 250 you compete with a LOT of used cards
Ah can't type help

Yeah but not everyone is going to deal with used
RX 7600?
I typed 2050 4 times
Nah
Yes used
If they want the best deal they will
For sure
But used market is so variable
I went from a i7-870 and r9 380 to a i7-12700kf and rtx 5080
Mohawks and jesus' re-enacting the crucifixion
Jeez that's like an explosion of speed
12700KF would be a little limiting but not too bad tho
OC fixes it
100%
@mortal grail I find it so weird that the rm850x 2024 wasn't the top of aris' charts at launch and in his best of list but in the a850gs review it is the top charting 850w
MSI is based rn with the A series units
Ever since a1000g
Even ABN is very usable
For low end ofc
But the new ones aren't too bad
Just the price ain't great
Ye
But they're offsetting it a bit with the steam gift cards I guess
I would actually argue the point rn, msi doesn't have any awful units rn, just awful prices
And even then AGL is awesome
Mag isn't great
I've used an AGF, shockingly quiet
Mpg though
He needs mouse bites to live
They make such weird decisions though
Forgot to change 343's nickname for a few days oops
You know the a1000gs is pretty much incompatible with and due to lack of 8pin?
That's something I need to remember, didn't know that no
That would be an oem change
Pretty sure
When oems make units they retain the layout as much as possible across a line
So a complete pinout change sounds like an oem change
So like for platform reasons?
But a1000gs was the funky one with 2 16 pin
Vs running it off the same hardware production line
That sounds really odd
MSI would be paying out the ass for a unique unit
Lol
Costs way more than just same oem but bigger capacitance design
Same thing with any parts tbh
It's the reason strixes are just rebadged primes
Gaming trios being cut down suprims
Montech cases sharing common parts and panels
?ddu
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Welp
hahahaha
This vexes me
Alr
If you already ddu'd then it's not the gpu software
There is a method of not needing to use ddu
Well, correctly ddu'd
Just reinstall windows
But you get the idea
@mortal grail both 1000gs and 850gs are cwt cte platform

Okay so the thing is, my pc broke in 2024 feb and i just fixed it a week ago by changing motherboard
That's odd af
Still ddu?
So they just paid more for a completely different pinout
And ruined legacy compat
Odd
Adrenaline worked for a few days n broke
Did you before?
This is just my adrenaline experience
I ddu when i first built it yes
Looks like they just decided here 2 16 pin cables vs 1 16 pin and 1 16 to 2x 8 pin
Few days ago?
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Best to boot into safe mode and run it
Reinstall of windows also would 

Pretty much does the rest for you
Rather the only way it definitively works well
So first safe mode and download ddu n do it?
Download ddu and new drivers, safe mode, do it
Yeah but I'm lazy since my current window install is temp
Clean and restart
Just about every single person I've met who does the disable driver method has come back with issues with their drivers 
Safe mode is just so much more reliable
I just unplug the Internet lol
I do that on top of safe mode
Can't install no updates if you can't download nothin windows
is windows re already in my pc?
Hmm you nitro builds got a 9800x3d
Then pray it doesn't black screen or play hide and seek with rops
If you didn't buy a prebuilt then you need to install on a new one
It's through wegg shouldnt be too hard to deal with
Still got 2 weeks on my xt return period
kk
Honestly
I like just tune out the watermark now
Wait how many cards did you buy
Xtx
It auto correct
Lol
You didn't see my message?
I had ordered the bundle I was eyeing
But then there was a MSI store restock and for the giggles I did it
I have been going non stop for like 3 days straight man I'm sorry I vaguely remember something being 820
But I hadn't expected it to go through
It's MSRP or bust for me
Not enough savings over the ti ovtherwise
Few driver timeouts
I wanna pick ur brain lol
Not in games just in browsers
Idle timeouts would be a sample thing
Yeah
That sounds like a sample issue
You can shuffle pcie power plugs to see if it goes away tho
Idk if I'm hallucinating but might have seen some flicker
But I heard that could be a new driver issue
24.12.1?
Nah one of the 25
Hmmm...I'm still on the 24.12.1
For like all my amd cards
It's a ridiculously stable one
I play new games so I prefer the newer driver in case
Wilds needs all the help it can get
I'll say this about agesa too and am5 bios, you want the stable bios not the latest, always 
Same can sometimes be said for radeon
Xtx might end up a lil faster in wilds over the 70 ti
Agesa is infamous for every cpu on am4 having wildly different stable bios choices on the same motherboards
Ngl
Haven't updated bios because I haven't had issues
Think they've only had 2 bios updates anyway
You could have one 5800x3d on a b550 aorus be stable on f4d, another identical pair completely unbootable on that same bios but rock solid on F3C
AGESA is wildly variable
I'm glad they're getting rid of it
Radeon you could argue somewhat the same depending on sample
Hmm
Does ddu generally yeet adrenaline
Yes but you can save some settings
Because like I still have a amd cpu
Did you OC or UV
And my current UV is ryzen master
Nvm new suggestion
Turn those off and see if the problems go away
I also would suggest not using RM for the 2% bloat it brings, it just applies bios settings
The flicker was maybe once and I was on 2 hours of sleep
So I just discount it a bit
Timeouts can very much be uv related
Ik I'm saving that for the windows reinstall
Alr
Is the best intel gpu better than the 6700xt
Figured I'd save it for when I have the time to truly mess with it
About the same just cheaper and not recommended if you're asking this question
6700xt is like a stable B580
is it ok to pull 50w max from a sata connector to power a m2 to x16 gpu riser?
good quality psu & pcie riser, sata cable is dedicated entirely to the gpu riser and all connectors are secured properly
Good sata yes
75w
k
Plus I've been monitoring my power draw and stuff to get a good idea of what I wanna cap it to in bios
just measured with hwinfo, the 1080 is pulling no more than 49w from the pcie slot
Ryzen has excellent scaling esp. On X3D
After ddu is done, do i install new drivers n then exit safe mode?
Exit safe mode and install new drivers straight away
I was thinking of setting a 85c limit and 85w pl
Do 92W
That's the old 7800x3d cap
Think the max draw I saw in wilds was I tiny Spike to 93
Ye
It's generally 70s to 85
It was like 2 spikes in a 2 hour session
DDU is the king man, remember to use it when you have gpu issues
DUCK
It's the try with one ram stick of gpu issues
I should start lectures
Professors figured 2 days after a long week should be enough to watch and absorb 6 hours of lecture for a early Monday class
And they have the gall to have a burnout event later in the week lol
You could have diagrams of how ddu works
With lots of math
Unrelated math but math you will test on
My current stuff is diabetes lol
Nah class sessions are application stuff

