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  1. Walderstorn

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    I am waiting for a good promo on the 58003d so I don't have to do a full upgrade. Hopefully that, and the new amd 7900xtx, will be a huge upgrade.
     
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    @zerodeefex goaded both of us into upgrading to 5800X3Ds (even though I already had a perfectly good 5900X). It's an epic chip.

    Pro tip for undervolting 5800X3D: if you upgrade to the latest BIOS for your motherboard and set a PBO Curve Optimizer offset and save as a BIOS profile, you will be able to access PBO settings on the 5800X3D by loading that profile later after you've installed the chip.

    There are software workarounds like PBO2 Tuner however those aren't at the BIOS-level and only work for Windows AFAIK.

    I was able to borrow PBO Curve Optimizer settings from my 5900X as a starting point and shave 10-15'c off the 5800X3D while retaining or improving performance (also setting PPT/TDC/EDC to 115/75/110 or so).
     
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    Thats a big temp difference! I have itx so every bit counts.
     
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    A quick GPU update, my Nitro+ RX 6900 XT will be going into aa soon to be built rig based on the 3900X which was replaced by an R9 5900X. I've just ordered an XFX Speedster MERC310 RX 7900 XTX for my main rig.
     
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    While I'm here in Canada, I'd gotten my bud to pick up this secksay beast, being held by a staff member of the shop I'd ordered the card from. It's a pretty big card, but I'd bet good money it'd be relatively small next to the RTX 4080/4090
    [​IMG]
     
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    Nice!

    But yeah, the size of this generation of cards is an abomination. None of the AIB 4080 and 4090 cards, and most of the AIB 7900 cards just wouldn't fit in my case (Fractal Torrent Compact). Absolutely nuts.

    If I was buying this generation I'd probably go for the Sapphire Nitro+. Shorter and fatter gives better proportions to fit in my case. And it has I/O that allows you to control case fans from the card, and control the card's RGB from motherboard headers.

    But I'm almost certainly not upgrading this generation. Prices are insane, considering there is no longer any buying competition from cryptocurrency miners......
     
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    As an update to my old build (see this post). And since I am not gaming anymore a kind of wanted something small but powerful. So decided to go for an Lenovo P360 Ultra: Socket 1700, 4 x DDR5 SODIMM, PCIe 4.0 x 16 Half Height, PCIE 3.0 x 8 Halh Height, 2 x NVME M.2 PCIe 4.0, Support for 1 x 2.5mm HDD.

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    My configuration on this 3.8Liter PC is:

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    Pics or it did not happen (left of SIngxer SU-6):

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    I'd try fitting in at least one extra monitor in there :D
     
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    Yeah I know...Just now i'm holding back myself in hitting the BUY Button on a LG 32 4K OLED (LG 32EP950-B) monitor.
     
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    Just googled that and it's a lovely monitor, but from what I can tell its height can't be adjusted?
     
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    Resistance was futile....bought it.

    Yes it can..
     
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    I snagged an Asus TUF 4090 on Newegg last Saturday, then Sunday I realized it wouldn't fit in my previous Meshify 2 Compact. So then I ordered a Fractal Torrent in black with dark tint glass. Got it all assembled today.

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    The case actually grew about the same amount as the card did so it looks about the same if you don't realize how much bigger it all is. The 4090 is fuckin huuugggeeee, makes the 3080ti FTW3 I had seem tiny. I also love this case, so much airflow and it's so quiet.

    I have new ram coming tomorrow as well, I got some ddr4000cl16 samsung b-die so I can do some memory tuning, which is pointless since I play at 4k
     
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    Yeah its kinda hilarious how chonk 4090's have gotten compared to even less gen cards which were already massive.

    Nice build!
     
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    Looks awesome! I really do love the Torrent series.

    Yeah, I'm very wary that no AIB 4080 or 4090 will fit in my Torrent Compact. But the FE models will, so that's what I have my sights on if I somehow stumble across that much spare play money.....
     
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    Haha that was the problem I had. Several months ago when I was first considering a 4090, I was only looking at the FE card, which would have fit in my Meshify 2 Compact with room to spare. Hence why I didn't even think of the card not fitting the day I ordered it, and the realization hit me the next day.
     
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    If Apple came out w its own GPUs and they were good like the M-series chips are (plus user expandable RAM and swappable GPU cards, lmao ya right, like that will ever happen, but if) do you think they could ever be competitive for gaming in a Mac Studio or even older Mac Pro form factor? Or are people who want to game seriously on a Mac just forever SOL?

    Asking out of curiosity, I am neither a gamer or a PCer.
     
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    Issue would probably still be the massive dominance of Nvidia in the space. AMD uses the TSMC 5nm chips in their 7000 series just like current gen Nvidia cards but since Nvidia has overwhelming market dominance in the GPU space, most games are more so optimized with Nvidia.

    AMD is competitive in some benchmarks for some games and edges out Nvidia, but some more popular games the Nvidia cards can really pull ahead. Last year Nvidia's market share only continued to grow:
    https://wccftech.com/q3-2022-discre...vidia-gains-amd-intel-in-single-digit-figures

    I would imagine Apple has looked into and realized a few things, that games wouldn't be optimized for Mac since most folks gaming on PC are on Windows. They would enter the market much further behind than the current competition and its for a very niche market of just Mac users.
     
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    AMD just needs to stop neutering their onboard graphics chips to avoid cutting into discrete graphics card sales. Plenty of "gamers" don't need the latest and greatest card, and would pay more money for the convenience of having awesome integrated graphics. It's been 1.5 years since the 5600G and 5700G came out, but those are on the older Zen3 architecture.
     
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    Obviously this will depend on the resolution and the specific application(s). Looking at benchmarks On average AMD's 7900xtx is pretty much on par with the 4080. Optimization aside, that's pretty decent relative to Nvidia's offerings. I don't think Nvidia's market share is really based on the optimization, product, or quality of ecosystem... more like semi-irrational brand loyalty or a lack of proper research. The most glaring example of this is the rtx 3060. In terms of value, It was nearly DOA unless you could find one for near MSRP.. something that was difficult due to the lack of an FE model. AMD's 6600xt, and later 6650xt, 6700, and sometimes even the 6700xt kind of smash it.

    I mean, Apple isn't much of a stranger to optimization, especially for their mobile platforms. If apple ever enters the gaming gpu market segment, they won't just be looking to appease its existing userbase, they'll be looking to expand. Apple has seen significant success as a latecomer to other markets- most notably high-powered ARM processors. They have a massive amount of resources; I would hesitate to doubt them.
     
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    From a non-gaming perspective, the M1 provides an incredible graphics experience on their MacBook Pros. These GPUs are no slouches. The power and thermal designs that Apple implemented with this chip overcome so many issues I had with discrete laptop GPUs. Additionally, the shared graphics/ system memory works differently than other integrated graphics. (This is a 35,000 ft view coming up) The GPU is able to use all of the same memory as the system, so there are less limitation on capping out GPU memory. The memory also never needs to be transferred from system RAM to GPU RAM, as the memory can just be readdressed for the GPU. Having it on the same package reduces the thermal load and power load of the system.

    There's a lot more to it than what I stated above, but my 2021 16" MacBook Pro w/ M1 MAX and 64 GB RAM makes my 2019 15" MacBook Pro w/ Radeon Pro 560X w/ i9-9880H and 4 GB RAM and 32 GB system RAM feel like I upgraded my laptop from an old Nokia 3310 to a new iPhone. The 2019 Mac could only run Teams calls at 25% window size on a single 5k monitor before capping the RAM and the dropping frames and causing sluggishness. That's with only Teams running (come on MS, Zoom doesn't have this issue). On this new system, I can have teams running full screen on a 5K monitor while inputing a 4k HDMI stream over USB into OBS for a presentation while also running Fusion 360 at the same time on a 4k screen and it seems like I could keep throwing stuff at my system. This laptop honestly beats all of the 2019 era desktops w/ discrete business graphics cards I've tried, but I haven't compared to the likes of a 4090.

    Where I'm going with this is I'm just waiting to see what Apple does with the Mac Pro towers in the future. The Intel processors on them have their place, but I see everyone using the Mac Studio these days instead. With how good the GPU performance is on the same die as the M1/ M2 processor, I wonder what downsides they see or need to plan for if they choose a discrete route.

    Overall, I'm not bullish about Apple leaning into the "PC" gaming category. I'm curious for the non-gaming aspects though.
     

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