Recent content by Monstieur

Yes, fixing it at the source with Reshade is the correct approach. The display should be left in HGIG mode whenever possible. Actually, even if the game outputs up to 10000 nits, it should still look correct in HGIG mode on an 800-nit display. You should lose detail only in the extreme...

HDR10 static metadata is reliably sent only by Blu-ray players. I'm not aware of any other sources which can be trusted to always send HDR10 static metadata. LG TVs will use the 4000-nit curve for these sources, wasting most of the peak brightness. Most Dolby Vision sources correctly send...

My only concern is my browser profile with cookies being stolen. Firefox profiles are unprotected and should be moved to an encrypted drive. Edge and Chrome cookies (but not the whole profile) are encrypted with the Windows password so are relatively safe.

It should be noted that enabling BitLocker will drop the QD1 performance to the level of a regular SSD.

Nice find. You can try your luck with bifurcation riser cards and this tool.

You can buy a device like the HDFury 8K Arcana or 8K VRROOM. It takes a single input from the GPU and splits the audio off to the AVR while retaining full 4K 120 Hz VRR to the display.

The Zen 4 desktop CPUs don't support bifurcation on any existing motherboard. You can split the first x16 lanes from the CPU into two physical x8 / x8 slots, but you can't split the second physical x8 slot into x4 / x4 to add say two NVMe drives. You have to use a PCIe adapter for whatever...

There's no benefit to using a non-admin account. Everything runs with standard account privileges unless you approve the UAC prompt. If your account is non-Admin, the UAC prompt asks for an admin username and password. An admin account does not display any less UAC prompts than a standard...

I had to increase the power and current limits on my 7950X before it hit 95 C. Out of the box it was power limited. Prime95 SSE hits 5.4 GHz all-core. Prime95 AVX hits 4.9 GHz all-core. Any kind of undervolting or negative curve optimizer results in crashing at idle so I left the voltage at stock.

Overclocking is also increasing power limits and boost settings even if you don't increase the peak clock speed. That still provides a performance boost without requiring stability testing. You need a high-end board for that.

There is absolutely a difference even in stock turbo boosting capability. Just setting the power limit to 200 W allows a Ryzen 7950X to boost to 5.4 GHz all-core which you cannot do on a board with a weaker power stage.

Today, expensive high-end boards are typically loaded with useless features and add-on cards. A true high end board like the EVGA X299 DARK could be had for < $300. Quality and OC wise, it was the best of the best. Older no-nonsense high-end boards like the Rampage IV Formula were also in that...

The leaked Sapphire Rapids SKUs show `X` models which are likely unlocked like the old Xeon W-3175X. The new Xeon W5-3435X is a 16-core model and would be a great HEDT part even if it doesn't have the full 80 PCIe lanes. AMD did the same thing with with the DIY market Zen 3 Threadripper PRO...

I too upgraded from an Optane 900p 280 GB to an Optane DC P5800X 800 GB. Unfortunately the real-world performance of the P5800X in games and on the desktop is identical to Phison E18 PCIe 4.0 drives like the FireCuda 530 and Corsair MP600 XT. The 900p destroyed my old Samsung 950 Pro in...

Play through your backlog of games and appreciate the classics which will take a couple of years. For the first time in console history, PS5 and XSX games are 85% as good as my 5-figure priced PC with an RTX 3090, while costing 1/20th the price. The only games which are unplayable are FPS...