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    $2,500 RTX-5090 ( 60% faster than 4090 )

    That would imply a 16GB 5080 at the price of the current 4090 with slightly more performance, which is just...ugh. But expected if AMD won't be doing anything other than midrange cards next gen.
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    Bad GPU fans?

    I find EVGA and MSI GPUs on the 30 series fans tended to develop grinding noises very fast.
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    Intel Arrow Lake to remove HyperThreadding?

    Replacing it with rentable units in 17th gen CPUs, which means Arrow Lake is just going to be its own thing without hyperthreading.
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    Speakers broke, i've not looked at pc speakers in 10 years, need recommendations.

    Always loved the looks of the Harman GLA-55s...not that I would ever pay the asking price.
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    Would you buy your video card from AliExpress?

    Even if you dont get scammed, the packing is usually so awful your wonderful deal will get squashed anyway.
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    14900K Is this normal Behaviour?

    Always worth getting a contact frame with a i9 Lake chip too.
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    Low Time Spy Scores - RTX 4090 STRIX OC - 30K Graphics

    Run Timespy Extreme. There's all kinds of factors that could cause a lower Timespy score that don't have anything to do with a "tired" RTX 4090 as the overall GPU load isn't very high.
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    Upgrade from 3080 Ti to 4080 results in USB problems

    This used to be an issue one some AMD systems because USB was fighting for bandwidth with PCI-E lanes and the solution was the reduce GPU PCI-E generation down one generation (i.e. from gen 4 to gen 3)
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    TurboTax 2023 sale in Amazon (12/27 only)

    I think Costco has the same deal annually around this time as well.
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    i7 is so much more inefficient

    Nobody is forcing you to run them at stock, you could always undervolt. But you may be enjoying the room heater in the winter…
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    RTX 4090 and DLSS: Turn ON or leave OFF?

    I prefer the sharpening effect of DLSS, so I usually turn it on if available compared to native resolution. However if DLAA is available at native resolution as an anti-aliasing option, I would take that over DLSS, since it doesn't tend to have the added graphical artifacts of DLSS.
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    4080 or 4090 for 4K gaming?

    4080 is fine if the games you play have DLSS. But without it, you will need the extra horsepower from the 4090.
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    [RTX4090] MSI Suprim X fan grinding

    MSI cards have been having fan grinding issues since the new design with the 30 series, after hearing what a 3090 Suprim sounded like, I intentionally avoided the card when looking for a 4090, even though in "theory" they have the lowest acoustics per TPU reviews.
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    How loud is 4080 or 4090 FE?

    If you are going SFF you probably ought to power limit your CPU first and foremost. As for 4080 or 4090 class cards, due to the size of the coolers they are not going to fit in most SFF cases unless your plan is to deshroud. In which case you can target a card with a smaller heatsink and pair it...
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    Intel iris xe graphics equivalent

    Neither the Iris Xe nor the fastest iGPU (7940hs) is anywhere close enough to meet those minimum specs (either a GTX 970 or a RX 480). He would need a laptop with discrete GPU, or an e-GPU.
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    Cablemod 90° and 180° adapters now for sale/pre-order.

    It seems like the problem with Cablemod is they cheaped out on the 90 degree connectors. Their first pre-order run all used the 4-pin NTK connector, which is recommended now by Intel. As far as I can tell, not a single 4-pin NTK connector has ever been shown to cause a 12vhpwr connector failure...
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    Anyone savin up and or excited for the 4090 Ti?

    I definitely would if it came with the new 12V-2x6 connector (& adapter) instead of 12vhpwr.
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    From RTings: Anyone seen a cheap cable can achieve chroma 4:4:4 but a good cable cannot?

    There are multiple generation of redmere cables and have their own specs because they are active cables. As I recall the first generation redmere cables were labled as capable of 4k60 but my experience with them they were only able to pass 4k60 at 8bit for 4:2:2 chroma. I generally avoid...
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    4090 Power Cable Melting...

    Since the latching process isn't fully secure, the cable can also wiggle out over time from vibrations in the case, and it's speculated to be the issue with a lot of these GPU connectors that are burning months or even half a year afterwards of use. That's why MSI's yellow tipped 12VHPWR cable...
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    SAMSUNG 980 PRO SSD 1TB PCIe 4.0 NVMe Gen 4 $66.49

    Yep, NAND and RAM prices are all crashing like most PC components. The only thing holding up is GPU prices, and that's because neither AMD nor Nvidia are particularly concerned about gaming GPU revenue at this time, so its a low priority for them and allows them to keep supply low and prices...
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    Intel Beast Lake: 10 performance cores and huge clocks

    I think the issue is Intel can't keep it's power consumption/temps under control though with more P cores. A 10P + 24E configuration or 12P + 16E configuration would probably be impossible to cool without a redesigned IHS + an insane liquid cooling system, and a 16P configuration would probably...
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    How many of you actually use ray tracing in the games you play?

    I turn it on with DLSS if available. Unless it causes weird graphical glitches. Not sure if its improved now but Witcher 3 Next Gen at launch had all sorts of weird visual artifacts with RT on.
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    Cablemod 90° and 180° adapters now for sale/pre-order.

    He also said he had over 250 4090s and 4080s waiting to be repaired, so if anyone thinks having 8 related to cablemod adapters means there's something uniquely bad with cablemod, I think that's an overreaction for sure.
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    RTX 4xxx / RX 7xxx speculation

    Here you go, have fun: https://www.dell.com/en-us/shop/nvidia-rtx-6000-ada-generation-graphics-card/apd/ac442879/parts-upgrades?gacd=9684992-1102-5761040-266906002-0&dgc=ST&gad=1&gclid=CjwKCAjw67ajBhAVEiwA2g_jEFu357_VmLRiGokxwV8wD7qzGNWIaqXpYGA1o2i53MAVdw7XoAVeGRoCtBYQAvD_BwE&gclsrc=aw.ds
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    RTX 4xxx / RX 7xxx speculation

    Pro is an abbreviation for the word professional.
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    RTX 4xxx / RX 7xxx speculation

    Technically its been out for 6 months, just in a pro SKU. Nvidia will launch it whenever they feel like it. (Which, given the current lack of demand in gaming and the ample demand in AI research and ML, is probably a while).
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    Does keeping Hyper Threading enabled make any sense for home systems? Especially on AL/RL CPUs...

    Once you have enough physical cores to cover all workloads, HT only becomes a detriment. If you try gaming on a 13900k for example you'll find in 95% of cases you'll see a 2-5% framerate regression with HT on vs off. Most games only use 8 threads but some (like the frostbite engine) scale up to...
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    I want to buy a 4k monitor

    The best = unlimited budget?
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    Sony is killing me (Only 2 HDMI 2.1 on the A95L)

    Not much better on the receiver front either, plenty of 2022 models are still nickel and diming us with limited 40gbps hdmi ports...
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    Desktop flickering rainbow pattern briefly Gigabtye OC 4090

    Interesting. I get randomly flashing rainbow colors in games if I overclock my VRAM, but at stock its fine.
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    RTX 4090 / Assetto Corsa / 2000 + RPM noise

    I don't think I could suffer from 28fps these days...
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    12700k or 13700k vs 13900k for 4090

    It only makes sense if money is not a concern for you. Upgrading to a CPU refresh generation isn’t great bang for the buck. The other thing is there is even less of a difference while using DDR4, and upgrading to a new platform with DDR5 just to buy a CPU refresh seems kinda crazy. Arrow Lake in...
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    Can anyone tell me where CPU scaling ceases with a 1080 Ti?

    Depends on the era of the game. The 6700K was the fastest CPU when the 1080 Ti was released, and it was perfectly fine for the games of its generation, in fact even a Haswell CPU wasn't really a bottleneck back then. Depends on the game engine and how many draw calls it really throws at the CPU...
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    bought a 3090 FE with a bad fan, bad idea?

    Well you're choices is DIY a fan system or slap a AIO hybrid cooler at this point. Buying things that aren't fully functional isn't necessarily a mistake, overpaying for it certainly is.
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    4770k and I just bought a new GPU

    Depends on the age of the games. Remember the GTX 1080 Ti and the 4770K certainly co-existed in many gaming systems, and the aftermarket 1080 Tis are about 33% faster than a stock RTX 3060. When the 1080 Ti came out the fastest gaming CPU was the 6700K, which was only about 10% faster than a...
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    What happened to Graphics Card box art babes?

    Waifu edition 4090s
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    Coil Whine on Nvidia 4090 and 4080 cards

    Or his case fans are so loud that it's completely masked the sound of coil whine. It reminds me of the high frequency whine of the gas turbine engine of the M1A2 Abrams. It sounds like nails on a chalkboard until the vehicle starts moving, at which point you don't really notice it anymore...
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    PS5 price cuts, Digital Edition $400 and disk version $500 at Walmart

    PS5 released a 6nm die shrink just a few months ago, I don't think they are going to tape out a new chip again so soon, especially in a recession.
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    Anyone running a 4090 on sub 1KW PSU?

    It means he has a golden sample card more likely than not. Frame Chasers (whether you like him or not) tested a bunch of 4090s running Furmark. AFAIK one card pulled like 460W, another pulled 430W, but one of them only pulled 320W, all at 100% power target with out of the box settings. 70% power...
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