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AMD gpu hardware is a failure so far, this gen - and a lot of ppl know it except for fanboys and nvidia haters. The fact that AMD hasn't gone away from gddr6 is so telling. Their cards are not power efficient compared to Nvidia's recent gen, Ada Lovelace and although they caught up in...

But, the 16gb of vram is significant - both for gamers and ppl running productivity programs - as it might be significantly beneficial - there really shouldn't be a financial 'penalty' to get a gpu with more vram but that's Nvidia for you. I'd maybe look for a used 4070 Ti Super to save on the...

Yay, overpriced video cards are in stock again! HOOORAY!

Buying the 4070 Ti Super, now?

It'll cost $5090? Is that 60% more expensive. Ppl who buy this stuff and help Nvidia and AMD maintain high prices, suck. Yeah, you, too.

Gigabyte has the Windforce (they called it the 'Elite?) and Gaming series still with AMD. Although, yes, AMD gpus have probably been falling in quality and tech lately - the latest gen looks like a failure to me. With the 7900 xtx, all I come across - constantly - is that there's something...

Yes, it is but feel free to disagree. :-/

They're horrible buys, especially the GRE - a gimped 7900 series because of defective dies. Wow, I just can't even...

I was wondering where you get the stuff you guys are smoking?

Reddit is a censor happy place, generally, though. I'm glad I moved away from EK AIOs- was considering them a while ago - I didn't know they were a shady company. Their rep is ruined and can't see any other scenario than them selling off what they can and going under - while those at the top...

I was thinking of getting that one - thanks for the review. :) It's a bit cheaper (here - in CanuckLand) than the Notte and *supposedly* has better fans? (the pump is the same, afaik). If I replace the fans, which (3 pack?) fans would be a good choice (brand/model)? Would it make sense...

Oh, okay, thanks for explaining. I have a 4K TV - that's my only display so I might as well strive for 4k when gaming? I'm saving up for either a (used) 4080 or (used) 7900 xtx - and recently, I've been heavily leaning towards the 4080. If I was to buy new, I probably can't stretch the...

The Ti Super makes the most sense - I thought gamers (today) were saying you should only get a 16gb card now - 12gb and below aren't good buys nowadays? I'm just repeating what I read. I'm not sure how accurate that is. When I see the price there $800 USD for a 4070 Ti - that seems pretty...

The LF III is probably the 'best' right now (for the price) but does anyone here have any opinions on the Thermalright AIO 360 coolers? I'm looking at them - they're cheap but have good reviews (majority/most of the time) - I was looking at Deepcools (e.g. LT360) but the Thermalright seem just...

Is this a 4080S? You should have included pics of the box so it would be certain that it was a Super. :) The 4080 Tuf Super is always out of stock in my country. I'd pick that one, too, if it was an option.

Most models - of the 4080S are quiet, decent temps, right? Is it still the same story?: coil whine is random - and it depends on what your configuration is for stressing the card - &/or it's just random card by card - chance? I'm mostly looking at used 4080s - but, if I can budget it - the...

Why avoid QLC &/or DRAMless? I generally agree with the QLC and I did, for a while - also think I should avoid DRAMless - but, there are a lot of claims that the performance 'loss' - is negligible in real world settings UNLESS - the same claim goes - if you're a content creator. Also, I...

The open source part doesn't seem to matter since AMD often can't deliver on the software side - whether it's video editing, GPUCompute (e.g. Blender) or AI/ML stuff - there's often complaints and reports of problems - and it's often stability (drivers, for e.g.) and after that - if something...

What gpus do you guys use? Perhaps, Linux will grab a bit more marketshare if the gpu issues get ironed out? Nvidia owners are waiting for explicit sync to be finally introduced/established - I'm on the fence for getting a gpu - some of it or part of the reason is Linux use - I'll dual boot...

It's one thing for a Techtuber to review it - it's another thing for a 'Normie' to buy it and use it for a few months - and hopefully, it's an i7 or AMD AM4/5 12-16-core cpu and overclocked so we can get a good idea of its cooling capability?

The 'Kraken' aios have a million names.... it's kinda annoying, imho. Are you talking about a 'vanilla' Kraken? Kraken 'Elite' or?

Higher than stock? Why would someone want to do that with a 7900 xtx? :unsure:

Why? What happens?

If you had to pick between a Powercolor Red Devil, MSI Gaming, Sapphire Nitro+ or Asus Tuf 7900 xtx - which would you pick (and why)? All used - Powercolor still seems to have complaints from ppl - temps mostly? Sometimes coil whine. The others seem to rarely have complaints - although...

Where are you located? It didn't 'normalize' in my neck of the woods - location: Canuckland aka Commie Land and a number of other descriptions. :-/ Actually, even with the loon at 73 cents US, the conversion (when you do it) - it's pretty close with pricing between gpus. I'm looking...

From my reading - my conclusion is that Powercolor (and maybe Asrock*) had bad QC - meaning that there could be a wide variety between experiences - and one of the big culprits or problems was coil whine. If you used most brands - how was the MSI and Asus cards? Those are usually pretty...

It might do that but at a much higher power consumption and higher temps. No one will agree with me, I suspect - but, that would be my guess why you won't see a 'refresh' - unless, there's some tweak they can do with the design and I dunno if they can. From my reading, many ppl are doing...

I'm kinda looking at used ones - 7900 XTX cards, though - does anyone (here) have any opinions on the Sapphire Nitro+, Asus Tuf and MSI Gaming X Trio versions? I'm only considering those 3 - and only looking at used ones. These cards (new) are still expensive. The reason I am considering...

A game that even the top flagship cards can't do at 60fps (@ 4K)?

So, they can monitor and track you - that's the way these companies are going - I won't say more because I have a feeling it wouldn't/won't be allowed. But, the fact that more and more companies are doing this - just shows how passive the public is.

Not with big screens - i.e. 50"+ It's not just the HDMI Forum - it's the TV companies/manufacturers, Hollywood etc. Why won't the TV companies include/manufacture even one display port on their TVs?

Dunno where you are but in this section of planet earth - it's just scalpers and more scalpers - private scalpers, corporate scalpers....scalpers everywhere. We're talking about the 4080, right? If it's the 4080 Super - same thing.... whoa.

'Could elaborate but I'm sure my messages would be deleted and worse.

Yep - I feel you need to get a good vibe from the seller - I dunno how often ppl get a dud but it doesn't seem to be too often - from what I've read - but, for used gpus - the warranty is probably harder to 'get' - meaning you need the receipt and most gpu brands don't have a transferable...

If your priority is the most/more efficient gpu for power/performance, then there's only one choice - a gpu from the Nvidia Geforce 40 series - just pick whatever makes the most sense - I would start at min. 4070 Ti and get whatever series you can afford. You can also undervolt the gpu so that...

Why Endeavor? If you learn how Nobara is configured, hopefully (in time), you can just do the same or close to it - to Fedora, since it's built on Fedora. My suggestion for beginner is to pick 2 different distros - two main ones - and see which one you like and then switch to one, full-time...

Fortnite? I thought Fortnite was optimized for Nvidia cards? I seem to recall reading ppl talking about performance is a bit lacking on AMD gpus. It was not a big thing for me but I occasionally play Fortnite - and after I read that - I thought, 'aw, damn....if I get a 7900 series gpu over...

How will you do that? Prospective used gpu buyer would like to know... :D

Yeah, that's not good. I have read up on it too but it applies to me - a different country than yours? In Canada, Sapphire has a bad rep regarding warranty - they used to 'outsource' or contract out to another company. It sounds pretty complicated and I'm not sure if it is still the case...

What's a 'trade-in?' A return/exchange? What's the normal price? A 'refurbished' gpu would be one that was RMA'ed and then sent to the store it was sold for re-sale - I would have guessed. A 'trade-in' would be called an 'open-box' perhaps - but, it depends on store policy - if a...