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I disagree, 16GB is going to be an issue before a 5700x(or in my case a 5800x3d) will be. I feel like 16GB is already borderline at best, especially if you like to multitask and always have a bunch of stuff open. Once DDR4 production drops off in favor of DDR5 the prices are going to get much...

I've been looking for a 32GB kit too and it seems like 3600 c18 is the sweet spot at ~$75 and another $20 will get c16 but if I'm going to spend that much it seems worth the extra $30 above that to get a 64GB kit. Newegg has a 64BG kit of 3600 c18 Mushkin for $125 or c16 for $145 that are...

I know GTA IV ran at a bajillion fps in loading screens though I think they eventually patched it out. It was the first time I had ever heard coil whine and I seem to recall there were cards killed by it as well.

I doubt they would simply disable a CCD on the 7900x3d but they already have 6 core CCDs with 3d cache so they could certainly make a 7600x3d if they wanted to and the cache can't be that expensive if they can sell the 5800x3d for $350. I think the real question is why would AMD want to sell a...

I enjoyed the game more than I thought I would but it does get a bit repetitive and I lost all remaining interest when I got to the part . I enjoyed the setting and the core gameplay was enjoyable(especially the stealth) even if it did get a bit repetitive. The motorcycle was fun to ride on...

There's a reason that the 7800x3d isn't available yet and it's not that it's going to suck, it's because they didn't want to undercut sales on the other two. As others have mentioned the clock speed difference on the ccd with 3d cache will be minor and the other cores won't generally be used...

I went this route upgrading a 2700x after deciding to hold out another gen on AM5 and while expected a nice uplift I'm really surprised at how much better it is. The smoothness from removing some of the lows is especially appreciated but beyond that it completely removed any cpu bottleneck on...

That's what I picked up recently and it seems to be working well on a 5800x3d. It keeps the cpu in the 65-72c range in the games I've tried it with so far and idles at about 35c, cinebench will ramp it up to mid to high 80s but it still doesn't quite hit 90c which is the throttle point. That's...

Yep, if you want to vote with your wallet either skip a game or wait for it to drop to a price that it's worth dealing with whatever baggage it comes with(DRM, Microtransactions, etc). I see nothing wrong with buying a game and then running a cracked copy though.

This is exactly how my 7900xtx from Amazon came. The shroud and backplate was also covered in that sticky backed plastic to protect from smudges.

When reviews came out for the 7950x3d I decided it wasn't quite worth the jump to a new platform so I grabbed one of the deals on a 5800x3d to tide me over until am5/ddr5 has matured a little more. Obviously it's a bit different for you since you've already sold your stuff and the 5800x3d would...

I'm not sure why this statement surprises anyone, it sounds to me like they're saying they had the technical ability to make a more powerful card to position against the 4090 but that it didn't make sense(read: it wouldn't have compared well). My understanding is that the current MCM design can...

The post you were responding to specifically called out the 2k Launcher though so I thought I'd point out that not only is it used for potentially unwanted advertising and data collection it also actively causes issues for end users.

The 2k launcher that was added to their games on Steam has caused tons of issues for end users(such as inability to launch, CTDs, and noticeable framerate hits) with zero benefit. So far I've been able to disable it with a launch flag when I've encountered it but I wouldn't be surprised to see...

Mine uses 60w TBP with 3 monitors at different resolutions and refresh rates which is supposed to be about the worst case scenario.

I've been using Macrium Reflect free version for several years now and it always works well. Make sure you're using GPT disk format for UEFI mode to work.

The GN review showed the 7900x3d lagging in some games due to only having 6 cores with 3d cache and they came to the same conclusion that I did, it's in an awkward position and doesn't really make sense vs the other options. A 7600x3d would have been a good budget option but they probably...

I've had good luck in win 10 with the registry tweak that sets windows update to check for updates but not to download or install until you tell it to, I'm not sure if that's limited to pro. I've never had it force an update like that and you don't have to go back in and manually turn updates...

No it's a rehash of what was already discussed a couple of weeks ago.

Too bad they already got rid of their western studios for showing them up and to pay for the new push. I have a feeling that history will show that to be a very bad move.

Reviewers were seeing weird and often bad results when they turned off the core parking in games, there's some issues there that need to be resolved if they even can. I never said that it would be bad, just worse in some situations for gaming while being more expensive. I tend to agree with...

And half of the cores will be parked for gaming like the 7950x3d...

I'm sure it will be similar in game performance much of the time but there are games that prefer more than 6 cores so for gaming there will be some situations where it will be worse while costing more money, it just doesn't seem worth it.

Well I waited for these to launch before making a decision and they're nice but not nice enough to pay an extra $500+ and wait at least a month more for 7800x3d so I grabbed the latest deal on the 5800x3d. By the time the advantages are meaningful for the 7800x3d I'd probably be better off...

That's actually what I've already narrowed in on since writing that. Looks like the 7 pipe version is only a couple bucks more, unfortunately it's rgb but my window is blocked anyway.

Thanks I decided to bite on this. It should be a massive upgrade from my 2700x which would have been done much sooner if the GPU market wasn't crazy for a couple years. Now to figure out what air tower cooler to get for it.

It looks like the 7000 series doesn't benefit quite as much from the extra cache but the results are still nice and the efficiency looks great. It looks like the 7800x3d will be the AM5 cpu to get for gaming and the 7950x is a better value for production but this generally gives you the best of...

I'm just saying that they're clearly moving in that direction with their hardware even if they're playing catch up right now.

I did it manually but that should work fine, was just going to post this link to the manual fix.

This is an issue related to a windows feature called MPO(multi plane overlay), it's supposed to be fixed in the last 2 drivers but I haven't followed up to see if it actually fixed it for everyone. There's also a registry edit that that disables MPO that usually fixes the issue, ironically it...

AMD added AI cores to the compute units in RDNA3 that are somewhat similar to the tensor cores that Nvidia uses. Obviously that means they're trying to play catch up right now but it also means they're at least trying to support that sort of thing and like Nvidia I doubt it's just or even...

It can work on a 980ti but it's only officially supported for 1000 series and up on the Nvidia side. Apparently the 980ti supports the shader model that is a hard requirement but doesn't support the more efficient floating point format that FSR prefers to use.

Well technically engine refers to the entire drivetrain and it's more accurate to call an entire vehicle an engine(i.e.- Fire Engine) than it is to refer to a motor as an engine but I agree with the rest.

Nobody should ever buy based on future performance and if they bought a card because they were happy with the price to performance ratio then I fail to see how it's a bad thing to get more performance later for free. I'm not taking the bait on the rest of your comment.

There's a couple mentions of SAM and resizable BAR in the bios updates. One was a re-size BAR option that was added in one. "2. Offer a Re-size BAR Support option to enhance GPU performance.", and another talks about adding SAM support for 3000 series"- Support Smart Access Memory for Ryzen...

These drivers seem to have enough issues that I'm going to hold off for now. I'm already using GPT which negates the biggest issue but if it's trying to enable SAM I'm not sure how it would handle my motherboard which supports it but still needs a bios update before the setting is actually...

AO is one of those things that used to have a bigger impact on performance in any form, with modern hardware you can usually enable it in some form without a major performance hit but it depends partly on how each game implements it and HBAO+ and especially SSAO can sometimes still be...

First thing I do before I even launch the game is to turn off all blur and DOF type stuff regardless of whether performance is a concern. If performance is poor the next thing I do is turn down shadows, if that's not enough I mess around with the AO settings, if performance is still poor I'll...

I've had two really long black screens in the install process of my 7900 xtx that took so long I thought something was wrong but then it finally finished booting normally after skipping the main bios flash screen. I believe that the first time was when I first put the card in and didn't have...

A good 850w psu should be able to handle it if your 750w one can't, half the reason I went with 1000w unit is that newegg had the 1000w superflower titanium on sale for $200 which wasn't that much more than the best deal I could find on a good 850w unit.