Recent content by Elf_Boy

Hopefully not $3k+. I do want this to be a good & strong product for gaming and whatever else.

For many tasks sure. HEDT type stuff, heavy rendering, etc. Not for everything, in particular gaming. That's why the bios in this, and my last motherboard, has an option to turn off the second CCD either automatically when gaming or full time. (I dont bother though I have tested it out) Of...

Wont having more cores gum up the works, so to speak? Maybe some of the cores get to 6ghz but how many really? I am also wondering about cache issues like coherence and when threads jump cores. After all more cores more places and ways to jump. Of course if AMD has a better/newer way to...

Is this my last high end system? I'm on a fixed income now, doesn't sound like I'll be able to afford upgrades much ever again..... Oh the Pain, the pain...

Lets hope 128gb is enough - ddr5 is too expensive these days. Even 4*16 is $500+ How important is memory speed?

Just upgraded mu Mobo/CPU. Now I am looking to build a second system from older parts to run an LLM and maybe even be that Linux box I've wanted to learn with. I'll need to pick up an NVME drive and maybe a PSU - have everything else. The question and for which I am asking advise: I have an...

I've had a few Zotac GPU's and they always worked well with no problems.

I just upgraded, still need to fix my sig. Asus 870e strix gaming wifi with 9950x3d. Wondering how worried I should be? No new bios for my board as of yesterday when I looked. Or is only 2 months old considered new?

I think it is easy and simplistic to lash out at Corsair and Zotac. I am not dismissing or forgetting any behavior just keeping perspective that those companies and many others are also victims of the AI boom and greedy chip makers. GEEZE - I just AI'd how long and how much to open a new fab...

Very interesting. Maybe the difference in the driver/hardware we are rendering with? The 7900xtx is supposed to be a beast with pure rastor, right? Once I get my new router tomorrow (if on time) I'll test on my Corsair a1600 (6800hs + 6800m w/12gb vram). My Asus laptop, with its shared memory...

Full lumen - maxed out doesnt seem to change anything in how the game feels - dropped in a HDR mod too. IMO for a single player RPG any FPS over 30 is good and over 60 is great - so long as no stutters, tears, or other distractions which I am not seeing. Even with the 'feel' being the same it...

Been playing Oblivion (@4k native), not so deep in as yet, no sign of troubles, stutters or problems - though, I do have a decent toy to play it on. Only thing not fully maxed in settings is the RT - think I will check that out now though. See what it does to my FPS. What adrenaline has to say:

I did not take this as an insult. Merely as an untruth. I assume we should agree that we do not agree.

Avowed, BG3, Elden Ring, Forspoken, Hogwarts Legacy, New World, POE 1/2, Starfield, Cyberpunk. Mind, I don't have impressive times played for every single one, I do own them all in Steam and have had them up and running. I rarely use upscaling. Only when I have no choice. With RT off my GPU...

Us 4k-gamers are taking it in the Donkey on this arent we? Having 16gb+ is not so optional. Should I buy one of those 1440p ultrawide? I still dont think 8gb would be, well, good. I see higher GPU pricing with even higher GPU scalping in the future. May not be the best at RT, just the...