Search results

I tried nice hash but it behaves a bit like spammy software... even after uninstalling it persisted, I had to reinstall windows in the end, so I’d recommend caution. Not that my 1060 would get me much done anyway, and I’ve miserably failed at getting a 3060 so far.

Even slower for the Black model... they’re still on minute 8. By the time I get my notify (minute 29) there might very well be a new generation of cards available.

The black queue is up to 9:09 AM. So, it's going to rain quite a bit by the time I get my turn on that list.

Sure thing, that's possible. But since it's the source of the GPUs that it'd be selling directly, at least you'd make it harder than having scalpers and miners buy in bulk from AIBs, like we know has been happening. I never said this would fix the whole situation, but it sure as heck would make...

I’m surprised you failed to see my point when you yourself re-articulated it. Amd and Nvidia could do the same thing EVGA is doing with their queue notify list. The big difference: EVGA is not motivated to sell GPUs at MSRP because they can charge much more and get away with it. Amd/Nvidia don’t...

That still does not address my point. Neither AMD or Nvidia are ensuring that they sell directly to gamers, which they could. And so it's being bought by a scalper - gamer or not, the speculative re-selling makes them a scalper - who then resells it at a massive profit extracted from the...

that’s not selling directly to gamers... that’s selling to scalpers and you paying grossly inflated prices. Also, reality check: the majority of people can’t just say fuck it and drop 2.7K on their gaming hobby. I’m not including myself in that club - I’m in the group that says fuck it, I refuse...

Amd and Nvidia could make sure they sell directly to gamers, by taking orders and fulfilling them linearly. They are actively choosing not to. I believe this will have negative consequences for them. Many gamers might just abandon pc gaming. I’m not saying it’ll happen en masse, but it could be...

I totally get that. I wanted to get a fald ips in 2021, but I just don’t want to pay that much for a screen. So I use a 95hz QHD 27” ips for work, and bought a 144hz FHD 27” va for video/games which happens mostly at night (much better black). I’m not buying any more monitors until a 27” fald...

Oh ouch, I did not see that 660 in your signature. My advice, buy a GPU every 2 architectures (so, 3-4 years), even if it's not a fantastic deal. And don't get me wrong, I love informed speculation! I mean, is there anything else we do on the [H]? It's a good way to keep informed, learn new...

Yup. Whatever anyone says here, it's pure conjecture, no matter how well informed. My advice: stop trying to buy a GPU, live with what you have - if it's newer than 2016, you're "fine" for a bit longer! I've stopped looking for GPUs and I've moved on to get a new monitor. I use a 95hz Pixio...

A job, or a family, or any other hobbies like exercise, hiking, gardening, woodworking, movie watching, reading... These are all the things I’ve done instead of worrying about being unable to get a gpu 😂 It’s a bubble. It’ll burst. They always do. Just gotta wait it out doing something other...

It's been pointed out in this thread. Check page 7, HardwareUnboxed's original video. Then you can watch this pretty good explainer video. When you're done with that, you can go read Anandtech's Kepler review. Kepler is when the scheduler got massively simplified (technically there is still one...

The issue is coming up a lot more now that DX12 and Vulkan seem to finally be getting some traction, thanks to new consoles. As for fixes... I'm not sure if you've been following this issue, but it is not really something fixable... it's a hardware design choice. If Nvidia implements a hardware...

Hardware Unboxed is expanding their findings about Nvidia drivers' overhead and software based scheduling: Oof. Seeing an RX 580 give 20 frames more per second than an RTX 3080 (see 13.40 mark) on a few years old CPU hurts, a lot. Thankfully I can't find any RTX 3060 on the market, because...

Excellent summary. And note I never said this would be easy! Importantly, our government hasn't really put any effort in incentivizing this industry in the US. Cheap labor is not the only reason this manufacturing moved to Asia - their governments made massive investments to make it happen. As...

Seeing how production keeps being disrupted, business-people should probably start thinking - does it still make sense to get the benefits of cheap labor if nature keeps disrupting production? It might make sense until now, and for now, but might not make sense in the future if the climate...

Weren't we just mentioning recently how all we needed was a well-timed "accident" to keep prices for everything stratospheric? Well, right on queue: https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2021-03-20/fire-and-ice-aggravate-chip-supply-headache-for-car-industry Now this seems like it'll mostly...

Yeah, but there’s still a lot of them left...

It does make you wonder: all the low-level nobody investors (this is not a shot directed at anyone here, I'm talking generalities) keep saying how customers don't matter to businesses and only money matters, while all the big businesses keep insisting how important customers are to their...

Nice! Congrats. And $10 discount too, well done :) How'd you get that?

You're right, my mistake, apologies. Yeah, my 1060 can also do max textures with no issue, but there's more to a game's quality than just that - depending on taste, of course; I mostly care about the textures and lighting quality, but I'm always happy to keep shadows on no more than medium. Out...

I fully agree with you on appreciating what you already have - this is why I take a few years to upgrade, because it works well enough. That said, there is absolutely no way your 970 gets you 1080p60 on modern games on max settings. If my 1060 can't do that on something like Control, there's...

Well that’s great news. Are you getting that info from the evga megathread excel in their forums? Because it only said 9:02 a couple days ago. I got in at 9:29 so I still got some ways to wait. ~10 min per month ain’t bad, I could get that notify by end of May. Yeah it seems like it’s not a...

Yup, %100. In my to buy list are currently, among others: Cyberpunk 2077 CoD Black Ops Cold War CoD Modern Warfare Horizon Zero Dawn Detroit Become Human Death Stranding Watch Dogs Legion Doom Eternal SW Jedi Fallen Order Hitman 3 I won’t be buying a single one of them until I can get a gpu...

Considering how these x60 Nvidia cards are built: vs AMD's newest 6700 cards: Well, even with all of Nvidia's issues, I think I'd go with a 3060 12GB at this point. I'm no longer considering the Ti - even though it's better value - because with my Ryzen 2600 I won't get the advertised...

Frankly I'm starting to be tempted to sell the GTX770 in my secondary PC...

Here’s hoping the change to eth2.0 really materializes sooner than anticipated: https://www.coindesk.com/ethereum-proof-of-stake-sooner-than-you-think?amp=1 I guess when that happens some factory will suffer a power loss, or get flooded, or something... just in time to keep prices high.

Same time, but on the 12GB card. I think I’m going to be waiting much longer.

Good god. First navi22 at nearly $500 yet lacking ai up scaling, other features like Nvidia’s noise suppression for video calls... now navi23 has a 128bit memory, tiny chip size and it’s expected to go for $380...

Dang! I've entered 2, lost both of them. I missed one like a dummy, how dare I go for a walk in the park! :D 😭

I'll admit I've been on a similar situation in the past, where my performance would suddenly be lower and I couldn't figure out why. Eventually I realized that I had installed GFE a few times in different driver updates (you forget to uncheck GFE, and once it's installed, oh well, not gonna do...

Yeah I think that's what chameleoneel was referring to - indeed performance mode on DLSS doesn't look great, Balanced is usually the sweet spot of gaining a bunch of FPS and looking the same as native. As for DLSS vs monitor scaling, that's an interesting question - technically even if you use...

I feel there has not been enough attention on the fact that there's now a UE4 DLSS plugin. DLSS on its own is pushing me more towards getting a new Nvidia cards, despite the many negatives there are with Nvidia in general (many of them pointed out in my 3060 12GB thread). Today I saw this from...

Yeah, this is insane. I won't speculate on whether this really was accidental or not, but they should just remove the limiter from every 3060 card. Now, any miner can get a 3060, use this driver (of which by now there will be millions of copies) and mine normally. Meanwhile, if you're a gamer...

Who said my monitor can’t display those frame rates?

It's not as simple as that, you misunderstand. You cannot disable the multithreaded scheduling Nvidia does, because their cards no longer have a hardware scheduler. The driver is always doing this scheduling because the cards are no longer able to. You really think these analysis would happen if...

Well, this has pushed a GIANT pause button on my upgrade plans: There's 0 point on hunting for a FE 3060 TI, or even a 3060, if my Ryzen 2600 is going to drag performance down because of how Nvidia does scheduling in software instead of hardware like AMD does. I have actually recognized the...

It's hard to shake off the scammy feel, even through Best Buy. Today's example: 1. Tracker beeps. FE 3060 Ti is in stock at Best Buy. I'm all set with all my data saved on the phone and the card saved. 2. Open BB app on the phone. Tap "Move to cart". BB tells you they're releasing inventory...