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    The Future of Overclocking....

    Memory overclocking sees huge gain on the platform though. It's just shifted the focus of the OC / tinker time. AVG & 1% low FPS on my setup using Shadow of the Tomb Raider improved ~15% just from the difference between DDR4-3200 XMP profile and DDR4-3800 tuned timings and subtimings.
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    Post your Zen 2/2+ memory speeds!

    tRFC is big, for sure, and therefore tRC is too, and tRC is based on tRAS and tRP, and tRAS is based on tCL and tRCD... all of these are related in some way, so as you lower primaries, you can lower tRFC too. tFAW is good and therefore tRRDS tWR is important for writes, but writes aren't like...
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    Post your Zen 2/2+ memory speeds!

    My results with Crucial Ballistix LT (Micron e-die) 2x8GB kit with XMP 3200 16-18-18. Motherboard is MSI x570 Gaming Plus. CPU is 3600X. 1T max was 3600 14-19-16-36 @1.41v (I added 0.01v for 24/7 after validating 1.41v overnight.) 2T 3800 15-20-17-38 @ 1.40v (I added 0.01v for 24/7 after...
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    Better phases beats average heatsinks?

    For the most part, outside of technicalities, VRM are pretty binary. Either they support the current you need at reasonable temperatures or they dont. Now there are definite technicalities like ripple and responsiveness to droop and such, but these are not something that a person seeking a...
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    R5 3600 review leak linked to at TPU

    Yeah, I didn't do a good job of conveying what I meant. So yeah a normal enthusiast just enables PBO and makes sure he's at DDR4 3600 or DDR4 3733 with a 1:1 ratio on the IF perhaps even with the stock cooler (for 3700x and up) perhaps with a bigger cooler. But for max tweaking, it's...
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    R5 3600 review leak linked to at TPU

    Like every benchmark ever is showing low write speeds. Either that's a feature (tm) or it's something like you say, a BIOS issue that affects everything. I've heard that the infinity fabric speed will be a VERY big factor, and this OC will be as important as core speeds for some workloads...
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    AMD’s Navi GPU coming July Radeon RX 5700 OFFICIAL

    No way this will be priced like a Vega 64. This is a die the size of a 1660 die. It's going to be $300 or less. This is a midrange die, looking to push people considering a 1660 up due to a big performance increase for a little more money and push the people looking at 2060 / 2070 down for...
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    AMD’s Navi GPU coming July Radeon RX 5700 OFFICIAL

    In the Anandtech article, they estimated the new 5700 die size based on photos to be approx 275mm2, which is in line with the size of the 1660 (~280mm2) die. I think the closest past release similar to this is the AMD release of the 7870, which was ~230mm2 and competed roughly on a par with the...
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    Nintendo Switch Outsells All Other Current Generation Consoles

    As the father of an 11 y/o daughter, I bought an XBone a couple years ago that basically goes untouched. You need a subscription to basically do anything. I got Minecraft on it for my daughter... I think her 8th birthday... you need a subscription to be allowed to SAVE IN SINGLEPLAYER...
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    AMD's 7nm Products Provoke Interesting Industry Responses

    hmm... the GPUs I've bought over the years have all been about the same size according to that chart until we get REALLY old... like Geforce 256 / GeForce 2 / 3 timeframe... If you're buying the larger GPUs then you are presumably finding value in what that extra cost is providing... and the...
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    Cryptocurrency Prices Plummet Even More

    Personally I hate crypto because it makes no goddamn sense. You are trading energy that could actually be used for something (or not used and not contribute to environmental issues) to create what? Imaginary value and a tiny amount of R&D into cryptosecurity & algorthms. It's a colossally...
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    Epson Pushing Firmware Upgrades That Disable Third-Party Ink Usage

    Maybe if you live 10 years ago. My $250-ish (on sale) Dell 825 wireless color laser has been going great for a couple years. Starter toner has lasted quite a while. I've replaced black, but not needed to replace color yet. Replacement toner is not cheap, but it's not like ink that streaks...
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    NVIDIA NDA & HardOCP - POLL

    I agree... Fewer and fewer people care about getting hardware on day one. Dollar values have increased from the old days, and so more people are waiting for a complete picture. Just reading these comments and knowing about what is required to get a day one review already taints the validity...
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    NVIDIA NDA & HardOCP - POLL

    I don't think forum users can adequately answer the question. It's a question of is the potential loss of integrity worth $4xxx in 2080Tis. I don't have the budgetary context for the site to adequately answer that. The opinions here will help with understanding the value of the potential...
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    Changes to Twitch Prime

    Recently stopped Amazon prime for a myriad of reasons. I don't have a huge problem watching ads on Twitch except for 2 things: 1) the livestreams seem to all be low volume, so commercials are SCREAMING LOUD. I know commercials are louder than the show, even on TV, but it's doubly so for...
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