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A well performing 5950X combined w/ the 2x LAN Dark Hero mobo, fast RAM and a 4090 is all I really need(ed) since I play exclusively at 4K (FS2020, CP 2077, Ride4, ForzaH 5, F1 2021 etc). I may be short a few fps compared to AM5 or Z690/790, but in CP 2077 with the latest patches, my average 4K ultra fps is > 130 anyway (on a OLED 4K / 120); FS 2020 around 115 to 120 fps at 4K ultra. Bonus: No P+E cores, no differential CCXs, no 'arguments' with the Windows 10 Pro scheduler. I will of course still upgrade in due course, but I doubt that I will actually notice, other than in benchies.

...secret test footage of the new down-sized Aventador ?

...yeah, re. LAN and PCIe lanes, I keep on referencing 'work + play, productivity' and so forth...it's like being a contractor who wants a pick-up truck with a certain minimum payload capacity ...As to DDR5 32GB DR sticks, the ones I want aren't out yet > 7200 MT A-die. I plan to buy several of this type for mix-and-match applications across different Intel and AMD...

...re. LAN daughter card, it takes up valuable PCIe on a desktop (rather than HEDT) mobo. I do admire your courage re. Samsung 990 Pro (I use several 980 Pro), given the various stories about 'disappearing' space. On the 980 Pro, the 2 TB versions are apparently also affected but after recent tests, mine seem to be ok. Hopefully, a firmware update by Samsung for the 990 Pro will fix it w/o gimping the speed. What DDR5 are you getting ? I'm still holding out for a certain type of 32 GB DR sticks.

I switched one machine back from Windows 11 Pro back to Windows 10 Pro as the former is even more of a big-data sucking apparatus that has zero problems violating privacy and IP. I also build two Linux systems using older hardware and my plan is for emails and documents just to use those. A quick anecdote: As context, my firm is among other areas active in developing Intellectual Property protection software. I was emailing one of our shareholders about some things, and after I sent that somewhat lengthy email, I wanted to check s.th. I had written after I had sent it. To my horror, the Windows email program in Win 11 Pro had 'hidden' it, with a link to their servers. I hasten to add that I never use Microsoft's OneDrive (as an aside, no Facebook, either for me). In addition to this, I noticed that after a few months or so, my general sent and received emails 'disappeared' from my system and are only accessible on the cloud (see above re. no cloud account). This is just one of many horror stories as to how deep Microsoft (and others) are burrowing into your private and business life...I did switch to Mozilla Thunderbird as my main email program, but the Microsoft email program can be hidden but not truly removed (somebody please correct me - would love to know for sure). At the end of the day, Ai is fast becoming all the rage and is creating all kinds of headaches re. copyright and various other legal concepts. The point is that if AI is the engine, big data is the fuel and big corporate tech along with a few governments have no problem adding your data to big data, whether you like it or not, never mind agreed to it. Thus my ongoing switch to Linux for emails, browsing and office suites (LibreOffice). > related...will get worse before it will get better

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@Andrew...I was playing FS 2020 tonight on that older work machine to which I recently added the 3090. I noticed that I could toggle NVidia Reflex on and off, even when using AMD FSR 2 'Quality' instead of DLSS(2.x) 'Quality'. Do you see the same with your RTX 2K setup ? Not sure if it makes a difference, I am on the latest NVidia driver / 4K res.

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...I do oc RAM (to a reasonable level, coz: rabbit holes) but sometimes, Asus bios can lag behind for the boards with lower sales volume. In any case, I am not lacking compute resources right now, so I can afford the time to wait a bit for both 7950X3D and related mobo reviews.

...another option for me is to just wait for the Zen-4 Threadrippers which often have boards with dual LAN - never mind a lot more PCIe lanes. Unfortunately, AMD isn't the underdog anymore like it still was around late 2018 when I picked up two nice TR boards at reasonable prices, in relative terms, back then.

Every mobo I bought since 2014 has dual LAN , whether Intel HEDT, AMD TRs or X570...Below in the pic are two, ahem, cases with four mobos, six GPUs and 8x LAN, and apart from needing dual LAN (re. productivity) I also don't plan to downgrade though I may have to eat my words later... For now, I am going to try to find more third-party info on the Asus X670E Creator ProArt; I know you don't seem to like it re. RAM, but with 7950X3D coming out, they'll get a new bios anyways...besides, I have a secret plan

That's really helpful ! ...But in a way it is also 'disturbing', at least when it gets to comparing nice AM4 mobos with nice AM5. I have a couple of Asus CH8 X570, and the Asus CH8 Dark Hero in particular is superb from board to bios features. The closest thing in the AM5 670E costs about twice as much...never mind that the CH8 DarkHero itself is also $100 more than when I purchased it.

...well, that explains everything...

resizable-bar issue, perhaps ? Or you just change stuff waaay toooo ooofftteen

"Do robots dream of electric sheep ?"

Welcome !

Grumpy ? Toothache ? I knew about the Google map mod but figured Microsoft had plugged that by now. In any case, MSFS 2020 is getting a lot of patches these days, and a custom-hack might throw a monkey wrench into patch / update things. BTW, AMD FSR 2 works great in MSFS 2020 even with NV cards !

You are only the 4th person I know who (m)uses it - so MMO is out of the question , but I like my forest empty of people anyways... FYI, I had added this little thread because of @Sir Beregond 's comment in @Nikado7 'Highlights of your day' thread

...I like that open rear hatch trick FYI, running various filters (little windows have descriptions in the title). Obviously a .png of multiple .jpg so some degradation, and sometimes the display numbers were in the middle of changing, but overall, it gives some clues. Positive surprise of the bunch: AMD FSR2 'Quality' (w/ NV Reflex ?) - worst of the bunch AMD FSR2 'Superperformance'

Good & useful table - unfortunately, I need 2x LAN

a.) ...you were already crazy, and we're all getting old anyways, entropy and all that b.) CP2077 was a RTX release title; at 4K everything ultra, RTX (= psycho) and DLSS 'quality', it looks very different on my C1 OLED compared to (trying to) play it on my AMD 6900XT. The 4090 can even run it at TAA full RTX - that's when it becomes stunning, IMO. c.) this game has a certain genre of visuals, almost anime-like with a good portion of Bladerunner. You folks sound like chaps who go to a buffet in a restaurant with a hundred different types of foods, but you only pile on 5 pounds of horseradish - and complain that there's too much horseradish... d.) I already linked some realistic Unreal 4 game (with anticipation about Unreal 5). When I go to a buffet in a restaurant, I take more than one thing...Here is a good helping of photorealism 'on my plate', noting that some of which are downgraded from .png to .jpg, but still...

...I get cranky when I do not have enough free space / time for myself. It makes the rest of the time of togetherness worth more, IMO. BTW, for some free roaming while stuck at home, > here is one remedy I've used for a decade

While I am enjoying the latest eye-candy in Cyberpunk 2077, Forza Horizon 5, Ride 4 and of course MSFS 2020, I still - after about a decade - also immensely enjoy roaming free in Unigine's Valley DX11 benchmark. Instead of 'just benchmarking' , you can try 'F4' and some commands pop up in the lower right of the screen to walk and fly around the endless landscape, glide up trees or on top of a valley in the air, or go for a hike (or fly) up a snowy mountain peak set to some simple, gentle music. It will do 'system settings' so 4K or more and modern GPUs will have no problem running extreme settings which makes it even nicer. There are few modern games (apart from MSFS 2020) which are that relaxing...or just use it for fun. FYI, even modern GPUs will heat up with this so check temps... Unigine Valley is a free download ! Speaking of Unigine, it's more recent benchmark - Superposition (up to 8K) - has similar options, albeit more confined to the study-room...still, throwing leavers on gravity vortex and so forth is also fun, at least for a bit...Unigine Superposition is also a free download.

...time for the US to follow suit...Register.com and NetworkSolutions (both web.com) are mostly dark patterns when simply trying to renew some URLs (we have about 40 of those, so its 40x the same annoying dark patterns...). Other domain registrars are also getting there...