Darc_Requiem Posted November 11, 2020 Share Posted November 11, 2020 5 minutes ago, DarkSakul said: I wish that new parts don't sell out as quickly. Well hopefully AMDs upcoming Radeon launch is a typical one. Every thing sells out right away but restock shows up in a couple of weeks. DarkSakul 1 Quote Link to comment
YourFavGrandpa Posted November 11, 2020 Share Posted November 11, 2020 (edited) Picked up some new(er) upgrades so I can give my wife her PC parts back. What's really gonna suck is going from this R5 3600 back down to my R7 2700X until I can snag either a Ryzen 3k series or one of the new 5k CPUs. Picked up the following: Coolermaster H500 series ARGB EK 240mm AIO w/ARGB Vardar Fans (wew, this looked really nice on Amazon) Also have picked up Dual 32" Monitors w/VA panels. Was able to try out nVidia Surround with a resolution of 3840x1080 ... at 165hz! To quote The Wire .... SHEEEEEEEEEIIIIIIIITTTTTT edit 11/25: Was not able to get my original motherboard like I had planned. Amazon refunded my money this morning on it. Edited November 25, 2020 by YourFavGrandpa blah Darc_Requiem and DarkSakul 2 Quote Link to comment
misterBee Posted November 11, 2020 Share Posted November 11, 2020 3 hours ago, YourFavGrandpa said: Picked up some new(er) upgrades so I can give my wife her PC parts back. What's really gonna suck is going from this R5 3600 back down to my R7 2700X until I can snag either a Ryzen 3k series or one of the new 5k CPUs. Don't bother with a 3000 series. Go straight for 5000 baby!!! I don't want to hear complaints about using a 2700X. I'm still rocking a 1700! Quote Link to comment
Darc_Requiem Posted November 11, 2020 Share Posted November 11, 2020 What Misterbee said, I'm lookimg at the 5600X spank my 3700X in virtually all gaming benchmarks.... Quote Link to comment
Hawkingbird Posted November 11, 2020 Share Posted November 11, 2020 Are these golden CPUs is what Intel is bringing to compete with Ryzen 5000? It's sad seeing Intel resorting to gimmicks to try to stay competitive. Quote Link to comment
Darc_Requiem Posted November 18, 2020 Share Posted November 18, 2020 (edited) 6800XT reviews have dropped. GPU is a 1440p monster and solid at 4k. Edit: Based on what I've seen so far. 1440p or below the RX 6800XT wins. 4K and Raytracing the 3080 wins. High refresh gamers should go with an all AMD build....damn that feels weird to say. The RX 6800XT beats the 3090 is some games at 1080p. AMD needs to roll out its DLSS competitor if they want to get anywhere near Ampere in Raytracing performance. At least its better than Turing at Raytracing. Edited November 18, 2020 by Darc_Requiem Hawkingbird 1 Quote Link to comment
misterBee Posted November 18, 2020 Share Posted November 18, 2020 Nobody is getting their hands on the new cards until next year. New GPUs might as well not exist. Darc_Requiem 1 Quote Link to comment
Hawkingbird Posted November 18, 2020 Share Posted November 18, 2020 Couldn't get your hands on a 6800XT? Quote Link to comment
misterBee Posted November 19, 2020 Share Posted November 19, 2020 3 hours ago, Hawkingbird said: Couldn't get your hands on a 6800XT? Almost nobody has. Extremely limited quantities. I didn't even bother trying. Darc_Requiem 1 Quote Link to comment
Darc_Requiem Posted November 19, 2020 Share Posted November 19, 2020 28 minutes ago, misterBee said: Almost nobody has. Extremely limited quantities. I didn't even bother trying. You may want to try next week. Most of the RDNA2 stock, allegedly, was shipped to AIBs. Their cards don't launch until the 25th IIRC. We'll see if it is true soon enough. Quote Link to comment
Hawkingbird Posted November 19, 2020 Share Posted November 19, 2020 Newegg is already sold out on the reference model. Quote Link to comment
DarkSakul Posted November 19, 2020 Author Share Posted November 19, 2020 Probably better off with the board partners variants anyways Quote Link to comment
misterBee Posted November 19, 2020 Share Posted November 19, 2020 I'm going to need a 2 slot solution anyway -- my current case won't be happy with a 2.5 slot card. I was thinking of moving to the new Cooler Master NR200P, but it's been almost constantly out of stock since it released. Somebody made a really nice custom build in one recently: Quote Link to comment
Darc_Requiem Posted November 19, 2020 Share Posted November 19, 2020 Maybe they'll be an AIB 2 slot 6800XT other wise, if you go AMD, you'd have to go with the 6800. Quote Link to comment
DarkSakul Posted November 20, 2020 Author Share Posted November 20, 2020 22 hours ago, misterBee said: I'm going to need a 2 slot solution anyway -- my current case won't be happy with a 2.5 slot card. I Guess we got to wait for what the partner cards are going to do. Quote Link to comment
DarkSakul Posted November 24, 2020 Author Share Posted November 24, 2020 (edited) I installed a 4th Gen m.2 1TB SSD into my PC https://amazon.com/gp/product/B07MFZY2F2/ This is what I had ordered, and the cloning app Samsung provides from there site is okay for being a free App but it only used to move the contents of the drive over. But its just to migrate your drive to a new drive. There better free disk drive utilities, but it does what it does and does it well. As I have a empty 2nd m.2 slot I keeping the 1TB as a boot drive, and I get another drive later for games. Edited November 24, 2020 by DarkSakul misterBee and Darc_Requiem 2 Quote Link to comment
misterBee Posted November 25, 2020 Share Posted November 25, 2020 5 hours ago, DarkSakul said: I installed a 4th Gen m.2 1TB SSD into my PC https://amazon.com/gp/product/B07MFZY2F2/ This is what I had ordered, and the cloning app Samsung provides from there site is okay for being a free App but it only used to move the contents of the drive over. But its just to migrate your drive to a new drive. There better free disk drive utilities, but it does what it does and does it well. As I have a empty 2nd m.2 slot I keeping the 1TB as a boot drive, and I get another drive later for games. I would suggest keeping a m.2 slot free in the future, since the coming PC fast-loading solutions will make use of blank nvme drives for console-like loading speeds. Quote Link to comment
DarkSakul Posted November 25, 2020 Author Share Posted November 25, 2020 I already have the new gen drive. I am just missing the video card that supports loading directly off the SSD with out the CPU. Quote Link to comment
YourFavGrandpa Posted November 25, 2020 Share Posted November 25, 2020 (edited) On 11/11/2020 at 3:06 AM, misterBee said: Don't bother with a 3000 series. Go straight for 5000 baby!!! I have one other option I'm looking at besides a phone upgrade, that being a new motherboard and CPU that she pays for. I probably could get a decent Ryzen 5k setup with a very decent mainboard for as much as I'm looking at spending initially for this damn phone ($650 approx). 11/25 edit: Since I had my money refunded on my X570 Pro TUF board from ASUS, I'm going to continue researching possible motherboards to go along with a possible new Ryzen 5 series CPU. Edited November 25, 2020 by YourFavGrandpa blah. Quote Link to comment
Darc_Requiem Posted November 25, 2020 Share Posted November 25, 2020 (edited) Hardware Unboxed reviewed the Sapphire Nitro+ 6800XT Edited November 25, 2020 by Darc_Requiem Quote Link to comment
Darc_Requiem Posted November 26, 2020 Share Posted November 26, 2020 Jeez.....the Red Devil 6800XT is getting a 2.7 Ghz Overclock....also $770 is the freaking price!!! Quote Link to comment
misterBee Posted November 27, 2020 Share Posted November 27, 2020 Black Friday sales...I'm making my game queue even longer. 🙃 I can't say no to SAVINGS! DarkSakul and Darc_Requiem 1 1 Quote Link to comment
Darc_Requiem Posted December 1, 2020 Share Posted December 1, 2020 RTX 3060Ti Reviews are up Hawkingbird 1 Quote Link to comment
Hawkingbird Posted December 1, 2020 Share Posted December 1, 2020 Nvidia stealth released this shit? Quote Link to comment
Darc_Requiem Posted December 1, 2020 Share Posted December 1, 2020 The RTX 3060Ti shows just what a shit card the 2060 Super was. Side note: I don't regret my 5700XT purchase last year. The year over year performance gain has surprised even me. It was 10% behind the 2070 Super. Not anymore. Quote Link to comment
Hawkingbird Posted December 2, 2020 Share Posted December 2, 2020 I always hated Dell but I didn't know they fell this far They added warranties they asked them multiple times they didn't want. It inflated the price for a hundred. Darc_Requiem 1 Quote Link to comment
Darc_Requiem Posted December 13, 2020 Share Posted December 13, 2020 (edited) I want to be clear. I'm not saying AMD are saints. They are company that has bullshit as well, but this Nvidia WTF man. Not sure if you heard but Nvidia is basically cutting off Hardward Unboxed because Steve thinks that Ray Tracing on the current generation of graphics cards isn't worth the performance hit. They sent him a letter that literally said "We'll revisit this matter if your editorial policy changes." I actually agree with Steve. As it stands Ray Tracing isn't worth performance hit. Morever, it still ISN'T a widely supported feature. I think there are around 15 games, including Cyberpunk, that support Ray Tracing. Great job Nvidia, you've just pissed off the entire tech reviewer community with a letter that looks like it was written by a forum troll. Edited December 13, 2020 by Darc_Requiem Hawkingbird and DarkSakul 2 Quote Link to comment
Hawkingbird Posted December 13, 2020 Share Posted December 13, 2020 What grinds Nvidia gears is Steve will often ignore ray tracing in his reviews. Being that's their cards biggest selling point I can understand why they would be upset but to pull this shit ain't cool. They can black list him from getting partner cards too which is all kinds of fucked up. Quote Link to comment
DarkSakul Posted December 13, 2020 Author Share Posted December 13, 2020 Other Reviewers are speaking out on what Nvidia did to Hardware Unboxed https://youtu.be/3GyaSfOi6fs https://youtu.be/iXn9O-Rzb_M Quote Link to comment
Darc_Requiem Posted December 13, 2020 Share Posted December 13, 2020 (edited) 2 hours ago, Hawkingbird said: What grinds Nvidia gears is Steve will often ignore ray tracing in his reviews. Being that's their cards biggest selling point I can understand why they would be upset but to pull this shit ain't cool. They can black list him from getting partner cards too which is all kinds of fucked up. The letter is completely disingenuous. Yes he focuses on rasterization but he puts up Ray Tracing numbers at the end of his videos. Not only that HUB has been a huge proponent of DLSS. The funny thing is and Linus Tech Tips of all people pointed this out. The first tab of Nvidia's DLSS webpage is a comment from Hardware Unboxed praising DLSS. What a bunch of clowns man. This is the entire list of Ray Tracing games on PC right now. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_games_with_ray_tracing_support Edit: I guess Nvidia saw the massive backlash and have apologized and rescinded their blacklisting of Hardware Unboxed. Those fuckers aren't sorry. They didn't expect the backlash, even from people that aren't tight with Hardware Unboxed. https://www.youtube.com/post/UgyTjHKwnPQTk_6J5zZ4AaABCQ Edited December 13, 2020 by Darc_Requiem DarkSakul and Hawkingbird 2 Quote Link to comment
Darc_Requiem Posted December 14, 2020 Share Posted December 14, 2020 (edited) Hardware Unboxed posted a video on this situation. This is the Linus video he referenced. I'm not a big Linus guy, but from what I've seen he seems to be pretty happy go lucky. So seeing him fly off the handle was interesting. Edited December 14, 2020 by Darc_Requiem Quote Link to comment
Hawkingbird Posted December 14, 2020 Share Posted December 14, 2020 The situation got HUB some new subs. At least some good came out of this shit show. Darc_Requiem 1 Quote Link to comment
Darc_Requiem Posted December 15, 2020 Share Posted December 15, 2020 6 hours ago, Hawkingbird said: The situation got HUB some new subs. At least some good came out of this shit show. The funny thing is, that if you follow their channel, they've been far more positive on Nvidia GPUs than AMD ones. Nvidia had the better product for sometime now and it was reflected in their content. Heck the 5700 series and 6800 series cards are the only ones I can recall them being positive about at launch. I have a feeling, like Steve said in his video, that it was a vendetta from an individual in the PR department. I also feel that the head of PR is going to summarily can their ass. Quote Link to comment
Hawkingbird Posted December 15, 2020 Share Posted December 15, 2020 36 minutes ago, Darc_Requiem said: The funny thing is, that if you follow their channel, they've been far more positive on Nvidia GPUs than AMD ones. Nvidia had the better product for sometime now and it was reflected in their content. Heck the 5700 series and 6800 series cards are the only ones I can recall them being positive about at launch. I have a feeling, like Steve said in his video, that it was a vendetta from an individual in the PR department. I also feel that the head of PR is going to summarily can their ass. The guy who send the e-mail is the head of Nvidia's PR department. If he gets fired then it will have to come down further up the food chain. Quote Link to comment
Darc_Requiem Posted December 15, 2020 Share Posted December 15, 2020 8 hours ago, Hawkingbird said: The guy who send the e-mail is the head of Nvidia's PR department. If he gets fired then it will have to come down further up the food chain. The head of PR signed the first email. No one, Steve from HUB included, thinks he actually wrote it. He should have read it first before signing it. The apology email was clearly written by him though. Quote Link to comment
misterBee Posted December 15, 2020 Share Posted December 15, 2020 I've been checking my local Microcenter every so often, and still no sign of RTX 3xxx or Radeon 6xxx cards. 😔 They got Ryzen 5800x in stock though... Quote Link to comment
YourFavGrandpa Posted December 16, 2020 Share Posted December 16, 2020 I'm still trying to decide between getting a new motherboard and CPU potentially or picking up a new phone in a couple of weeks. Currently targeting high-end B550/medium-end X570 with a 3700X until the 5k series is more readily available. Keeping my GPU for right now until demand gets a lot better before I upgrade. Quote Link to comment
Darc_Requiem Posted December 16, 2020 Share Posted December 16, 2020 On 12/15/2020 at 1:03 PM, misterBee said: I've been checking my local Microcenter every so often, and still no sign of RTX 3xxx or Radeon 6xxx cards. 😔 They got Ryzen 5800x in stock though... The 5800X along with the 5950X have the best silicon for Ryzen 3. They both require "golden samples" to just to be made. Each has to have a CCX with all 8 cores full functional. Any defects and they get turned into 5600X and 5900X which only need 6 out of the 8 cores of the CCX to work. Quote Link to comment
misterBee Posted December 23, 2020 Share Posted December 23, 2020 https://landing.coolermaster.com/kfconsole/ People told me it was fake but I always believed. I NEED IT. Darc_Requiem and Hawkingbird 2 Quote Link to comment
DarkSakul Posted December 26, 2020 Author Share Posted December 26, 2020 (edited) The PC you and I will never afford, And I am kinda okay with that Edited December 26, 2020 by DarkSakul Quote Link to comment
Hawkingbird Posted December 26, 2020 Share Posted December 26, 2020 7 hours ago, DarkSakul said: The PC you and I will never afford, And I am kinda okay with that It hurts how much excess is in this setup. Three ultrawide monitors? Like really bro? That's not even usable given how wide the FOV is. The client wanting four 3090s is wtf. Dude must want an electric billboard as his PC. Quote Link to comment
Hawkingbird Posted December 29, 2020 Share Posted December 29, 2020 My new keyboard came in today. I got the logitech G915 with the clicky keys. For a clicky keyboard I don't find the key presses very loud. This will take some adjusting as this keyboard is so much smaller than the corsair K95 I use to use and I keep typing the wrong keys. I do like how much more space I have now and my setup looks more clean. Darc_Requiem 1 Quote Link to comment
Darc_Requiem Posted December 29, 2020 Share Posted December 29, 2020 @HawkingbirdBut when is your KFConsole coming in? 😉 Quote Link to comment
Hawkingbird Posted December 29, 2020 Share Posted December 29, 2020 1 hour ago, Darc_Requiem said: @HawkingbirdBut when is your KFConsole coming in? 😉 When I can confirm it won't reject popeyes chicken. DarkSakul and Darc_Requiem 2 Quote Link to comment
DarkSakul Posted December 31, 2020 Author Share Posted December 31, 2020 Got a new Vidya card An AMD Radeon RX 6800 Here the Benchmark score, both before and after Darc_Requiem, Hawkingbird and misterBee 3 Quote Link to comment
misterBee Posted December 31, 2020 Share Posted December 31, 2020 4 hours ago, DarkSakul said: Got a new Vidya card Nice! Amazing you were able to get your hands on one. Quote Link to comment
Darc_Requiem Posted December 31, 2020 Share Posted December 31, 2020 @DarkSakul Congratulations on tracking one down and enjoy that performance boost man. Quote Link to comment
DarkSakul Posted December 31, 2020 Author Share Posted December 31, 2020 Yeah I got lucky to secure one at MSRP Hawkingbird, misterBee and Darc_Requiem 3 Quote Link to comment
Darc_Requiem Posted December 31, 2020 Share Posted December 31, 2020 1 hour ago, DarkSakul said: Yeah I got lucky to secure one at MSRP Hawkingbird and DarkSakul 2 Quote Link to comment
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