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Random Hardware thread

Post by burger1 » Thu, 13. Oct 22, 08:29

Oct 12, 2022 Nvidia 4090 released. Msrp $1599 usd. Seems to be a big improvement in 4k gaming.

The new 522.25 driver released with the 4090 cards might improve performance in some games on other Nvidia Ampere and Turing cards?

https://www.reddit.com/r/nvidia/comment ... iscussion/

lokkenjp and Rodrog on reddit do benchmark tests for each driver but won't post results until tomorrow probably.

https://www.reddit.com/user/lokkenjp

https://www.reddit.com/user/RodroG

potential 522.25 bugs

map corruption cyberpunk 2077

Forza Horizon 5 Rainbow like artifacts in game after driver update

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Post by Warenwolf » Thu, 13. Oct 22, 15:03

I notice that Nvidia has launched their premium model first this time - or is it perhaps me being not up to date with latest GPU product launch strategies. After all last time I bought hardware was in 2016.

I would be primary interested in seeing how their "medium" and budget models preform and their price point - we also have to keep in mind that AMD is coming with their AMD RDNA 3 series.

That being said - I currently have GTX 1070 and play at 1080p - seeing what games I play - I don't feel I have this strong need for updating...

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Re: Random Hardware thread

Post by burger1 » Fri, 14. Oct 22, 03:39

Yes it's normal for at least nvidia. The two very different 4080 version launch in November. The 4080 16 gb and 12 gb. 4080 12gb might be 30% slower than the 16gb version? People are claiming the 4080 12gb should be called the 4070. 4060 might come out early next year?


4080 12 gb msrp $899 usd Cuda cores 7680 memory Interface width 192 bit
4080 16 gb msrp $1199 usd Cuda cores 9728 memory Interface width 256 bit

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Post by burger1 » Sat, 15. Oct 22, 07:04

4080 12 gb being relaunched as something else?

https://www.nvidia.com/en-us/geforce/ne ... -unlaunch/

The RTX 4080 12GB is a fantastic graphics card, but it’s not named right. Having two GPUs with the 4080 designation is confusing.

So, we’re pressing the “unlaunch” button on the 4080 12GB. The RTX 4080 16GB is amazing and on track to delight gamers everywhere on November 16th.

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Post by burger1 » Tue, 18. Oct 22, 18:59

NVIDIA RTX Remix looks like an interesting way to remaster old video games. In the demo they show Elder Scrolls Morrowind.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Vg52-HZhrFc

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Post by felter » Tue, 18. Oct 22, 19:44

Very nice, but I still can't afford to buy one, let alone pay for the electricity that these cards use.
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Post by burger1 » Wed, 26. Oct 22, 03:04

It looks like for Intel graphics cards you can use DXVK (Vulkan-based implementation of D3D9, D3D10 and D3D11) to play older non dx12 games better.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wktbj1dBPFY

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Post by burger1 » Thu, 10. Nov 22, 17:58

Descript overdub function. AI learns your voice and mimics it. It can learn a voice and make it say anything you type in that voice. Could be useful for a variety on non nefarious things. Like modding, game character voice generation, etc...

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-7x3CbbR-ns

Nvidia 4090 video card cables still burning.

Nvidia 4080 cards set to release on November 16, 2022. Msrp about $1199 usd.

https://www.msn.com/en-us/lifestyle/sho ... r-AA13PMnE

Amd releasing some video cards in December. RX 7900 XT msrp $899 RX 7900 XTX msrp $999. Amds usually the gpu value per dollar card. The video cards will have normal power delivery vs the nvidia new power cable thing.

https://www.msn.com/en-us/lifestyle/sho ... r-AA13Vbtm

Intel introduces a pay/subscription to unlock features on new xeon cpus. In 2010 they made people pay to unlock their cpus which didn't go well.

https://www.tomshardware.com/news/intel ... -mechanism

From link above: Intel revealed additional details about its Software Defined Silicon (SDSi) capability of its next-generation Xeon Scalable processors and the official brand name of this technology. The tech will unassumingly sport the 'Intel On Demand' moniker and allow system administrators to pay extra to enable special-purpose accelerators integrated into Intel's 4th Generation Xeon Scalable 'Sapphire Rapids' processors.

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Post by burger1 » Sat, 10. Dec 22, 02:48

Intel integrates the open source dxvk into it's graphics driver making older games play much better.

https://www.tomshardware.com/news/intel ... translator

If you use autohotkey windows 11 has power automate which can do the same things and much more. Web recorder and desktop recorder record your key presses and steps. Can automate a lot of stuff with it besides recording keystrokes. It's like a simplified version of powershell ise. For win 10 you'll have to download it free from the microsoft store.

Nvidia cables burning blamed on end users not inserting the cable all the way or making sure the cable seats ok.

Nvidia 4080 sales are bad. The cards getting a price cut.

https://www.digitaltrends.com/computing ... price-cut/

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Re: Random Hardware thread

Post by Warenwolf » Sat, 10. Dec 22, 10:40

burger1 wrote:
Sat, 10. Dec 22, 02:48

Nvidia cables burning blamed on end users not inserting the cable all the way or making sure the cable seats ok.

Nvidia 4080 sales are bad. The cards getting a price cut.

https://www.digitaltrends.com/computing ... price-cut/
Yeah, call me a skeptic but if cable starts burning because it is not inserted all the way, you have ****** product design on your hands. I am not saying it is a new problem which is not present in other applications but the risk mitigation design techniques for this problem is not an uncharted territory.

As to 4080 getting a price cut, I wager also AMDs estimated pricing of RX 7900 XT and RX 7900 XTX at $899 and $999 respectively versus currently priced 4080 and 4090 at $1200 and $1500/$1600 USD plays a role too. (All pricing info is of course highly dependent on your local sourcing - I checked the prices for 4080 today and for me it is 1700 USD for an Asus GeForce RTX 4080 TUF). It was priced too high too imho.

We'll see what reviews of 7900s cards say in coming days - some people were commenting on that 7900 XT is priced so close to 7900XTX in order to move 7900XTX easily.

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Re: Random Hardware thread

Post by burger1 » Tue, 3. Jan 23, 23:32

Some new 7900xtx AMD gpus might get recalled possibly due to lack of fluid in the cooling system.

https://youtu.be/26Lxydc-3K8?t=1024

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rxaDZ6n2MNo

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Re: Random Hardware thread

Post by burger1 » Mon, 6. Feb 23, 21:40

Samsung 980 pro drives (might just be 2 tb drives) might be shipping with bad firmware and might become locked into read only mode. Pretty much just update the firmware.

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Re: Random Hardware thread

Post by Warenwolf » Sat, 4. Mar 23, 11:09

When you let ChatGPT build you PC, (I just picked 6700XT because there is sale on them where I live - I have no intention of updating my system), these are the suggestion the AI gives:

JUST SO WE ARE CLEAR - DO NOT BUY STUFF BELOW BASED ON THIS POST
Sure, here are some suggestions for a PSU, motherboard, and CPU to use with the Radeon RX 6700 XT for gaming at 1080p:

PSU:

Corsair CX550M 550W 80+ Bronze Certified Semi-Modular ATX Power Supply
EVGA 600 W1, 80+ WHITE 600W Power Supply
Seasonic S12III 550 SSR-550GB3 550W 80+ Bronze ATX Power Supply

Motherboard:

ASUS Prime B450M-A/CSM Micro ATX Motherboard
ASRock B450M PRO4 Micro ATX AM4 Motherboard
MSI B450 TOMAHAWK MAX ATX AM4 Motherboard

CPU:

AMD Ryzen 5 5600X 3.7 GHz 6-Core Processor
Intel Core i5-11600K 3.9 GHz 6-Core Processor
AMD Ryzen 7 3700X 3.6 GHz 8-Core Processor

These components should provide a good balance of performance and affordability for gaming at 1080p with the Radeon RX 6700 XT.

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Re: Random Hardware thread

Post by burger1 » Sat, 11. Mar 23, 20:47

Nvidia releases a hot fix for the higher cpu usage after exiting a game bug in driver 531.18.

Higher CPU usage from NVIDIA Container might be observed after exiting a game

https://www.reddit.com/r/nvidia/comment ... ion_53126/

https://nvidia.custhelp.com/app/answers ... /a_id/5450

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