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...more 670E / 7950X3D / DDR5 memory twists and turns 

...kept a pic from the last time I had it washed (fall 2023). Probably time for its spring cleaning soon...

9 minutes ago, tictoc said:

Motherboard is an ASRock TRX50 WS. ASUS Threadripper X399 and sTRX40 boards were not good, with missing features, bad RAM support, poor ECC support, and lots of random bugs.  Meanwhile, my 3 ASRock boards have been excellent, and that includes top notch support from ASRock.  I haven't followed along on the TRX50 Sage, but the WRX90 Sage looks to be a bit of a dumpster fire.

 

RAM is DDR5-5600 that I'll be pushing as high as it can reliably go.

 

The per core performance upgrade from my 3960x is pretty huge. Even if it only lasts a single generation, I'd be pissed at getting burnt again, but I'd still be sitting pretty good for the next few years.

I hear good things about the current Asus Sage TRX 50 4-channel also re. R-DIMM DDR5 oc - unlike the WRX 90 8-channel which probably needed more dev and bios tuning time before its release. BTW, I still run my old X399 MSI Creation (below) with a TR 2950X and 8 dimms now and 3 GPUs (3090, 2x 2080 Ti). That MSI board was (is) great but the 2950X is getting a bit dated, especially when compared to my Aorus 670E Master / 7950X3D / DDR5 8200 setup.

6 hours ago, speed_demon said:

Any time you use the brakes you are converting fuel into heat. I've managed 19.21 MPG (US) in the Lexus with just some mild driving changes.

...when I was youngish, more foolish and tooling around in a 2nd-hand TransAm WS6 TA 400 cid (Pontiac block, not the 403 Oldsmobile), I went through tires and brake-pads on a highly regular basis...now, I have my tires last for about 80k km and brake pads more than 60k on the X5, just by changing my driving style (and manual override on the tranny).

...speaking of that TransAm, it was a hoot to drive in and around Muskoka and around Trent Universty in Peterborough (snowbelt )...it did have Posi Trac diff and oodles of torque -  a great way to learn winter driving in Canada 

1 hour ago, tictoc said:

7960x is going on the bench this weekend to get it dialed in and prepped to swap into my daily system. 

 

Looks like there is a fair bit of info in this thread regarding DDR5 tuning. This will be the first AMD DDR5 system that I've tuned, so we'll see how it goes with 192GB of DDR5 RDIMMs.

...looking forward to your R-DDR5 4-channel  results....Asus Sage mobo ? R-DIMM rated speed ? I have seen a few folks at another forum with 7960X and 7980X on the Asus mobo w/overclocking, including R-DDR5 to 7200. I am on the fence for a mew work-play system re. 79xx TR, or wait for the 99xx TR (Zen5 cores). This time, the socket should remain the same, so they say...

In June this year, my LG C1 48 OLED will be three years old. Its primary task is on my gamer w/4090, and that is not always on - but still, I do use it regularly for hours at a time. No burn-in so far, noting that the more recent LG OLED's have software that helps to guard against burn-in you can turn on and off (I have that software enabled). I should add that I also use the LG C1 as a second television in addition to its gamer monitor functions.

...have been eyeing a G3 55 with MLA at the same place where I got my C1 48 and other monitor / tv equipment such as an older LG 55 IPS HDR. The G3 55 picture seems even more gorgeous (brighter) in the store than the C3, though my C1 actually has the brightness turned down anyway given its positioning in my home office.  The G3 will undoubtedly get cheaper, and the MLA feature (for additional brightness) is likely to make it into future 'C' models.

stretching the legs wings of my 7950X3D

The setup below used to be my top gamer in late 2018 and 2019 - - a MSI Creation X399 with a Threadripper 2950X which has dual RTX 2080 Tis for company. Since then I also added a RTX 3090 Strix OC to the two 2080 Tis. The 3090 is the one below the CPU and RAM at a 45 degree angle. These days, it is used for ML and as a render machine. All three GPUs combined score similar to a single oc'ed RTX 4090 on Octane bench, such is progress.

There may be a bit more in it for the 3090 in the Final Fantasy: Dawntrail benchmark (as usual, maximum settings & 4K) as this setup is not optimized for benching, but it still does pretty good considering that it  is over five years old 

11 hours ago, schuck6566 said:

Not too shabby for older hardware....

 

And even on Maximum we still manage a high score near the FSR test on High desktop settings.

Nice and comprehensive runs !

Here is my 5950X / Radeon 6900XT combo from my daily productivity system. The 6900XT is running the stock bios (no 200 W boost via MPT, may be later  ). 

Recently got 2x 24GB of GSkill 8400 ('for future reference') to join my 7200 kit  and ran them as 96GB CL30 6400 without any issue. Then it was time for fun and use just the new kit for some gaming and a bit of benching at CL36 8200 

2 hours ago, Alex said:

Why runflats? They generally ride horribly and cost $$$

Most of these kind of cars only come with run-flats (this is my 3rd X5). Over the years, run-flats have greatly improved compared to their early years - and so far at least, the new Pirelli Scorpions are super-smooth even over rougher roads yet handle well.

...new Pirelli tires (run-flats), synthetic 5W40 oil change and brake fluid flush...not cheap, but maintenance items that had to be done

There is a new Final Fantasy Benchmark called 'Dawntrail' available > here

Here's a quick run with my 7950X3D / 4090 water-cooled combo for DLSS and FSR versions (clocks held the same)

...on sale, just in time

5 hours ago, bonami2 said:

Intel Arc A380E Debuts In ADLINK's Low-Profile Design: Single-Slot GPU With 4 DisplayPorts

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The Taiwanese firm ADLINK has unveiled a new graphics card, incorporating Intel's ARC A380E and a low-profile design for basic tasks.

 

 

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EGX-PCIE-A380E | Professional Graphics Solutions | ADLINK

WWW.ADLINKTECH.COM

 

Watt's a 'low power market' ? 

...feels like storyline by committee 

...very much an arms race, with AI fueling both 'attack' and 'defense' in the near future - or how about Quantum computing in tandem with AI ? ...I've got a paper map of the Yukon for a reason 

3 hours ago, bonami2 said:

Grand Theft Auto V Could Pass For GTA 6 In This Insane 8K Modding Showcase

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Grand Theft Auto V could almost pass for GTA 6 in a new 8K modding showcase video featuring a ray tracing mod, among others

 

 

Wow, nice !  

...7950X3D with 96 GB at CL30 6400; matching tPHYRDL in spite of 'mismatched' kits...48 GB at 8200 is still faster, but nice to know there are options for extra RAM

Some previous performance results (7950X3D, DDR5 6400 - 8200, 48 GB to 96 GB ...

...finally got around to try out 4x 24 GB / 96 GB on the 7950X3D...four matching tPHYRDL 

  Some previous performance results (7950X3D, DDR5 6400 - 8200, 48 GB to 96 GB ...

@speed_demon ...don't know if you know this channel or not, but you might get a kick out of it (never mind the H2 1000 Kawa 4 Cylinder 2 stroke as a sample below). He also built a bike with a Viper V10 - and a whole bunch in-between...I find this channel strangely relaxing in a gear-head sort of way...

AI has rung in another round between Microsoft and Alphabet / Google, with the former now taking a (temporary?) lead, and the latter responding to the impact on advertising revenues - one could write a book on both corporations' ugly behavior towards '''private''' data...

IMO, at the end of the day, it is about maximizing the individual account's value as a potential purchaser and credit entity, a.k.a. information monetarization, for both corps, with us being the casualties in a world where politics is just a matter of $s spent...somewhat oddly enough, 1984 with John Hurt was on last night.

...Being in the computer business software development field, there are periodic surges of updates re. home-office equipment whereby one upgrade leads to another, and another, and another...sort of like dominoes falling.

Below is a quick pictorial of the latest changes which led to a RAM_up across the boards (pardon the pun)...whereby I am not talking about our commercial rack servers (and the racket they make...) but far-faster, yet less-stressed, ex-gamers pressed into productivity dev service after their time in the OC gaming sun is over...

Back in late January '21, a then-new Asus CH8 Hero Wifi joined the line-up along with 32 GB (4x8) of 3866 Samsung-B and an Asus Strix 3090 OC along with related custom water-cooling equipment. Its domino affected my prior TR2950X, 2x 2080 Ti setup.  A few months later, a 5950X / CH8 Dark Hero / Radeon 6900XT joint the fray, per pic below for a dual-mobo single-case project...then the 4090 arrived along with its w-block...replacing the 3090 which left only to re-appear in another pic sequence below...

In October '23, another re-shuffle in the dual-mobo build happened, now featuring an Aorus 670E Master, a 7950X3D and the 4090. In early March '24, the original 2x 24 GB DDR5 running at 8000 was replaced by a 2x 24 GB 8400 set running at 8200 (and beyond 8400...). 96 GB is only a question of time now...the 5950X and the migrated 6900XT are now the daily beast of burden for non-dev work...

In the meantime, the prior gamer-now-home-office 2950X backbone added the Strix 3090 OC to its dual 2080 Tis, and also got 32 GB back which earlier seeded the 3950X - so back to full strength with quad-channel DDR4 64 GB, and its 8x8 sticks of Samsung-B with matching tPHYRDL...it still is a great platform for ML-type work, now with 3x NVidia GPUs and their combined tensor cores... 

Finally and most recently, the '21 gamer - a.k.a. the 3950X - got promoted to premier development web / SQL server, now sporting 128 GB of new DDR4 3600 CL18...of course I confirmed that oc_CL16 would also work but this being a pure development & SQL server now, I only tightened rRFC a bit before running extensive AVX2 and other RAM stability tests. 6TB of fast storage round out that update project ...very pleasantly surprised how easily the 3950X AM4 platform accepted 128 GB 3600 XMP w/o a fuss or a single WHEA. On top of that, also yields matched tPHYRDL across four sticks...

...more dominoes will fall - 128 GB R-DDR5 7200 is just a question of time now for the home office...

...cheap 2nd hand mining mobo/GPU frame, 5x Arctic P12 pst pwm and DeepCool 10 fan pwm controller - all works well & cost less than tipflation these days