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TSMC already said they will not reduce the order. It will be up to Apple and Nvidia to reduce the supply but they are on the hook for the chips. You don't get to reneg on a business contract that you signed.

Also this report is incorrect. AMD has not said they are cutting back.

3 hours ago, UltraMega said:

Bitcoin hasn't really been a thing for that long though, and definitely not in a serious way. It can't outperform the market forever, and it make sense that after a few good peaks there's going to be a lot more attention on it from Wall Street in the same way you would see with large stocks and ETFs. Id argue the crazy gains we've seen have really been the birth of a new currency playing out but now that it's here and established, I think it's a lot less likely to have wild swings, though with that said I wouldn't be surprised at all if in the next two years bitcoin hits 200K, or if it drops to less than 5K but more than anything I'd bet it will mostly mirror the stock of GPU manufacturers like Nvidia. 

 

Whatever happens, it will be interesting.

 

Bitcoin may seem cheap right now, but everything is. Microsoft peaked at $350, now it's at $260. Nvidia has basically halved. What makes bitcoin stand out more than stocks like that which seem like a sure thing in the long term? 

Because of the scarcity principle it can and probably will outperform the market. As a store of value I can't think of anything better.  Back on the other place we all used to hang 10 years ago folks were telling us to get into it and me like many others were nay sayers. I wish I had, I wouldn't be typing this right now that's for sure.

On 30/04/2022 at 01:59, ENTERPRISE said:

Hmmm but how "Private" will this VPN be though. It begs the question whether or not your better off subscribing to a VPN service like Nord etc.  

 

But will they ? What else do they collect beyond diagnostic data. 

 

Call me Mr Cautious. 

Probably a lot. They're using PCR 5 to collect boot success data and that is a big no no but they did it anyway.  If they give so little care about how a system can be secured, then I assume they really don't care about the browser any more than how much data can they collect and sell about you.

23 hours ago, bonami2 said:

New update.  Sodimm interposer can be used over the new design on some future dell product

 

And they want to replace all sodimm with this.

 

Dell defends its controversial new laptop memory | PCWorld

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Dell's new CAMM memory design might actually be a good thing for the PC industry.

 

The reasoning is the bandwidth/throughput of SODIMM is much smaller than CAMM. they don't want it to be proprietary. They'd like for it to be adopted as the industry standard in notebooks and mobile systems.

4 hours ago, UltraMega said:

If Dell is making motherboards that can't handle normal ram and SSDs being plugged in, then Dell has much bigger problems. 

Hey, vote in different elected representatives is all I can say. They make laws that require voltage and amperage requirements that you can't meet with standard ATX motherboards and 1.5V Memory (plus all the other components.) Like i said in my earlier post. If you think you can do better please design one and send it to [email protected] LOL

They can make boards that handle it, the problem is those violate legalities in certain large jurisdictions (California and most of the EU) as an OEM system manufacturer. 

Second post -- Steve has a tear down of the Alienware R13. He's not wrong about most of what's said here.   Remember, Alienware is consumer.
 

18 hours ago, UltraMega said:

I think the argument that this is better than soldering on the ram is a sound argument. Better to have something be replaceable even if it has to use a proprietary slot to save space. 

 

When Apple does this it doesn't save any space, it just makes things harder for consumers. 

They're doing it to meet specific requirements in multiple jurisdictions. They'd use a non-proprietary form factor on things like Motherboards and power supplies but they were burned in large numbers on the consumer/client side by customers replacing parts themselves, breaking or damaging the system, and then claiming warranty service. It happened enough that Dell began designing it's parts the way it does now. I believe the RAM thing is the same thing.  I'd have to check, but I'm pretty sure both with RAM and SSDs this has been happening in numbers enough that the design engineers have gone back to the drawing board to figure out how to stop it.

Consumers buy their own ram or SSD and plug it in.. it draws higher amperage and voltage than the board and slot were manufactured for, it kills the board, customer claims warranty. It costs millions a year. When your margins are as thin as they are. They have to stop that behavior, the only way is to make stuff proprietary or soldered to the board.   

Why is the amperage and voltage throughput so low and tight? Ask regulators in states like California. They're all 80+ gold or higher with most being 80+ platinum or titanium.  Steve did admit that the PSU in the G5000 (which is a low end consumer gaming system) was well above average in the PSU categories except in ripple which it was average.  The business class and enterprise class systems are even better and would easily beat out almost anything we buy with the exception of some really high end Corsair and Seasonics.  Most of us would probably get out of customizing our systems if we had to meet the same regulatory requirements. This is why the new NVIDIA 12 pin and 4000 RTX TDP rumors are so funny to me. The 3090ti already can't be put in the gaming systems OEMs ship out legally to like 5 states in the US and parts of the EU. Now they want the xx80 and the 78xx (for AMD) of the next gen to push 600 Watts? insert "yeah ok" meme gif here. 

1 hour ago, ozlay said:

They can promise 5 nodes just like they promised 10nm.

I cackled. 

As someone more intimately aware of what you all are talking about you need to understand two things about Dell.

1) Their primary concern is for business class customers not consumers. Those customers typically pay for extended prosupport and prosupport plus warranties

    a) They make 10 times as much selling Enterprise class hardware like blade servers and the like than they do on the client side of hardware like desktops and laptops. The Enterprise class service from Dell is top notch, NO ONE has better enterprise customer service for hardware. If you have a part down they guarantee in North America 4 hour turn around. GUARANTEE IT. 

2) They are obligated, by law, to be energy efficient with every part on client hardware. The standard consumer ATX boards(and power supplies) we use in our rigs do not meet those specifications for the most part. So this "Steve" from Gamers Nexus Ewaste argument is arduous and pedantic at best. Steve doesn't know a damn thing about OEM requirements across multiple jurisdictions for client hardware. I do because it's part of my job. If Steve, or any of you, want to offer your expertise and design a new board schematic that can produced at volume with literally a .5% margin and the parts go go with it that can be universal in several models of system. PLEASE DO IT. Dell doesn't just produce 1 million ewaste boards they produce 1.5 million because their parts delivery (prepandemic) was 24 hour turn around on client. That means you have to have a # of parts strategically placed all over the world in case something fails. 

That's why some of their servers cost, and I mean literally, a million dollars. 4 hour turnaround time on parts meaning they built the thing 2 or 3 times if you bought one.


EDIT -- by the way to Dell, Alienware is a consumer product not a business class product and that DOES make a difference when it comes to parts availability.

Getting married, but got a vasectomy

What happened to the green movement? I mean hell they won't let Dell sell Alienwares in California unless they meet a spec that is pretty ruthless (BTW the default alienware profile with a 3090 and 12900k only pulls 435W from the wall)

2 hours ago, Diffident said:

It looks better in Linux.  Overclocking is still available in the Linux Nvidia Settings , but I don't have it activated.

 

2 hours ago, Diffident said:

 

Yeah, and AMD's is still better.

 

You ever run linux you'll never buy another Nvidia card again. Nvidia's proprietary driver BS makes them a pain in the butt on Linux, Yes their (AMD) software AND drivers are actually better. I was spoon fed "muh Nvidia drivers better" for over 10 years before learning the truth the hard way. 

1 hour ago, ENTERPRISE said:

That sucks to hear. I guess Linux will come second priority to something like Windows or even MacOS until the market shifts 

Which is hilarious because the REAL money is in servers and EVERYONE uses RHEL on their servers. So they SHOULD get priority.

7 minutes ago, J7SC_Orion said:

 

You good a nice 6900XT at a very good price...if it would have been the MSI Gaming Trio 'Z' at Microcenter, it would have been a slightly different ballgame... In any case, depending on your overall cooling (!), do check out 'MPT' via Igor's lab

I typically dont do any radical overclocking or mods so it runs stock most of the time.

2600k. I think I bought it in.... March of 2011. I had it until August of 2016 (it's still in a system a friend let's his daughter use) It was just a BEAST.

7 hours ago, ENTERPRISE said:

That makes sense. I guess then when considering Linux, you have to do your homework to make sure your hardware doesn't have to use closed source drivers, if you are looking for a more trouble free experience.

I'm telling you, Nvidia is THE WORST company we work with (in my professional life) and that's pretty bad because Intel and Microsoft are pretty piss poor. I will give Intel this (and AMD too) if we ask for something they will usually get it to us, sometimes it takes a while (weeks or months) but through the right channels they will. With Nvidia. It's ALWAYS "no"

Fine in Texas, might just be your local area.

8 hours ago, ENTERPRISE said:

Out of interest, how are Nvidia drivers on Linux then?

A complete pain in the butt. To the point that, because they are closed source, they can cause the kernel to bork out when the kernels update and black screen on boot. 

Drivers are a windows thing. In Linux there are no drivers, just kernel code, so you're compiling CLOSED SOURCE code into your kernel and that can cause bad things to happen. Since the people who write and compile Linux distros don't KNOW what is in the NVIDIA code they sometimes have to make guesses. Nvidia refuses to share the code with anyone.

8 hours ago, J7SC_Orion said:

 

There are lots of different variants (XTX, XTXH) and custom versions of the 6900XT - which one did you get vs which one did Microcenter advertise?

Great question. I got this one -- 

ASRock Radeon RX 6900 XT PHANTOM GAMING D Graphics Card 16GB GDDR6, AMD RDNA2 (RX6900XT PGD 16GO) - Newegg.com

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Buy ASRock Radeon RX 6900 XT PHANTOM GAMING D Graphics Card 16GB GDDR6, AMD RDNA2 (RX6900XT PGD 16GO) with fast shipping and top-rated customer service. Once you know, you Newegg!

Microcenter was advertising this one --

MSI AMD Radeon RX 6900 XT Gaming X Trio Triple-Fan 16GB GDDR6 PCIe 4.0 Graphics Card - Micro Center

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Get it now! The latest iteration of MSIs iconic GAMING series once again brings performance, low-noise efficiency, and aesthetics that hardcore gamers have come to recognize and trust. Now you too can enjoy all...

Now, the MSI one has gone back up to 1399 and the one I bought has gone back up to 1299, but still.

I probably wouldn't buy MSI again anyway once their CEO was murdered the company has been different.

I work for a major technology company. We work pretty closely with Microsoft. One of the engineering escalations I was working with involved PCR bank and bitlocker security. Microsoft changed, without telling anyone, the PCR hash expectations and left the PCR that controls the MBR sectors completely vulnerable. That didn't bother me as sometimes these things are overlooked and can be fixed.

What bothered me is they did it in Feb of 2021 and told NO ONE, not even the US military. So I immediately switched to Linux in October.

I've been mostly happy since. I do find some of the things I have to do to get games to work annoying, but overall I'm happy. Thank God for Proton and Lutris or I'd have been miserable.

So I paid the piper and upgraded to a 6900XT for 1407 with taxes and shipping. The DAY it got here (Friday) Microcenter sent me an add for another variant (I bought mine off of newegg) for 1000 dollars. YIKES..

Well either way I've upgraded and I'm happy to be the hell away from NVIDIA and their proprietary driver nightmare on Linux.

On 3/17/2021 at 3:45 PM, UltraMega said:

Yea for sure, but at least we finally have cards that are cheaper than a 1080ti and also faster. 

And yea... MSRP is a pipe dream. Even the retail outlets have the prices inflated.

How's it cheaper. I got my 1080ti on LAUNCH day for 770 dollars (with tax) and here we are 4 years later and this thing cannot be had for less than 800 bucks?

If Windows buys Discord they will ruin it. My gaming community will have to move somewhere else.

In regards to the KB. It may fix another issue (Although I've already had 2 tests confirm it probably doesn't) Involving an APC Mismatched Index error that is causing some weird crashes.

We ship them with workstations, then I get to field questions as an engineer explaining to customers that bought 2000 systems why the OS takes 3 to 7  minutes to load. We buy them for like 3 dollars a drive (no i'm not shitting you.) That's why so many shipped. OEMs bought a ton of them and ship them as "storage" options, they are TERRIBLE.

I decided to go with a 3090 and now you can't even get those for under 2500 dollars. Jesus Christ.