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  1. pio
    When I saw you were folding, I knew I had to go all in! Was a ton of fun. Thank you to everyone who participated! I'll get those postbits fixed up and distributed this week.
  2. pio
    It's the little team that could! I was just trying to figure out how I was going to rework the award post bit this year. Looks like the 2025 one somehow got screwed up, I'll have to re-fix the font on that one it looks like. I'll handle both at the same time. Do we want this year's to say "168 hour" or "Week Long" with a new font because it'll definitely not fit right spelled out like that. 168 hour should fit though if I shrink the text just a hair.
  3. pio
    This WILL backfire. We'll just see the drop of streaming devices, and we'll see the return of HTPC's again. Nerds will figure out a way, we always have. How DARE those companies tell me what I can or cannot watch on a device that I paid for, on MY tv in MY home, on MY internet connection. If I'm liable for piracy, then so are they. Either that, or piracy is now legal. They can't have it both ways IMO. Make up your minds! We should probably add a link to the news story though, no? Tom's Hardware has the story: Nvidia accused of trying to cut a deal with Anna’s Archive for high‑speed access to the massive pirated book haul — allegedly chased stolen data to fuel its LLMs | Tom's Hardware WWW.TOMSHARDWARE.COM Court documents appear to show Nvidia management green lit the deal, despite Anna’s Archive’s warnings.
  4. pio
    I was wondering the same, I have a pair of A770's I could put to use. I'm also out of power outlets around the apartment though.....
  5. pio
    I just added two more 7900 XTX's, a 1080Ti....idk, i forgot what all I've added now lol. I think I've got 10 cards folding now, mostly AMD. Putting out around 60m PPD roughly right now though!
  6. pio
    Fired up an RTX 5050. Seems to be doing about 3m PPD roughly? I'd fire up my AMD farm, but most of it is currently not in systems, and I have power constraints at the apartment. 5050 seems to be doing a good job at least keeping me on the board.
  7. pio
    Title updated.
  8. pio
    Butch13 Gaming Invited Me to Race. Will He Ever Again?
    Butch13 Gaming Invited Me to Race.  Will He Ever Again?: Checking out Lernerville Race track with Butch13 Gaming, Zman In Space, and LadyCee with some crazy vehicle's Butch has worked on, and some other radical ideas he has for us.  Let's see if I can behave myself enough, and be competant enough of a youtuber to be invited again in the future?   Watch Butch13_Gaming: https://www.youtube.com/@Butch13_Gaming   Watch zman_in_space: https://www.youtube.com/@zman_in_space   Subscribe to LadyCee: https://www.youtube.com/@LadyCee0711   Checkout Butch's Mods that he's submitted to BeamNG here: https://www.beamng.com/resources/authors/butch13-gaming.534176/ Special Shoutout and Thanks to: LabRatKnatz, EctorPlays, JDQ Gaming, CappuccinoBeam, Phroogo, Butch13 Gaming, GSM_Gaming172, Notnico, Latte, perth and EVERYONE else involved with eXtremeGaming.   Don't forget to checkout our discord channels too!  Maybe you can be in one of our videos or livestreams!  I've also got a Twitch channel, same streams but faster response.  Don't forget to follow me over there too!  I can also be found on X and Rumble as well now!   Have any tech related troubles?  Join us over at ExtremeHW for tech related forums and news! https://www.extremehw.net   Links for more about me: https://linktr.ee/piodoesdonuts
  9. pio
    I posted in eXtremeGaming as well. See if I can't convince some new kids to join up again like last year. It's all in good fun afterall! I'll see if I can't get a few cards up and live before January 25th myself! I'm still not comfortable on my AI Pro R9700, but I'd be happy to torture my 7900XTX and 1080Ti. Maybe toss the 6950 XT at it too. Idk, maybe the RTX 3050 I have laying around might do decent numbers too? I'm trying to figure out how to NOT melt my apartment's wiring but get as many going as I can.
  10. pio
    I have to ask, since you're probably the only other person here with a beast FX rig still running......... Does yours also happen to have a wireless forcefield surrounding the damn thing or something? Every time I turn my FX rig on, EVERY wireless device, even my cell phone, stops working if they're within like 10 feet of my FX rig. Walk 10 feet away, the wireless devices all of a sudden work fine again! I love that stupid rig.......
  11. pio
    If this turns out to be true, I might have a lawsuit against Disney! Long story short - apparently SOMEBODY on my home network was torrenting some stupid Disney TV show. Spectrum shut off our internet service due to it. Still don't know who it was, or if it was even true since nobody in my house even watches that stupid show (I think it was Mandalorian). But yeah, Spectrum had cut me off from internet services for 6 months for that. And they were the ONLY broadband company here (still is). I can get CenturyLink DSL with 1.5 Mbps down / 256k up.
  12. pio
    This is an interesting discussion. Unfortunately my 2016 still has drum rears, cable driven, and hydraulic main brakes (discs up front of course). So I honestly have nothing to add to the discussion, other than I agree with the others. I'll NEVER buy a car that phones home, requires a subscription model, and to be honest......probably won't buy a drive by wire rig again either.
  13. pio
    I finally have my FX 8 core system up and running again. Can confirm, the FX system FEELS "snappier", and Windows boot time is basically nothing compared to my x3d setups.
  14. pio
    That's just lovely.
  15. pio
    Dude that's pretty cool that people are still developing on Bulldozer and Piledriver. The article is correct, they really do have a special spot in hardware history where they're still modern enough to work, but yet old enough to not require all the firmware level screwery that we have on modern AM4 / AM5 systems (and Intel).
  16. pio
    Monster MAYHEM! in BeamNG.drive
    Monster MAYHEM! in BeamNG.drive: Doing some Monster Truck Mayhem including races, freestyle (see the full live stream), a destruction derby, and a special ending.  Join darn near the entire eXtremeGaming group and myself as we do an annual Halloween / Fall special and turn some of our best and favorite moments from our past adventures into traditions!   Watch AdaBow10: https://www.youtube.com/@adabow10   Watch CappuccinoBeam: https://youtube.com/@cappuccinobeam   Watch DarkStormzzGaming: https://www.youtube.com/@darkstormzzgaming6877   Watch EctorPlays: https://www.youtube.com/@EctorPlays   Watch LabRatKnatz-Gaming: https://www.youtube.com/@LRK-GT   Watch Phroogo: https://www.youtube.com/@phroogo...   Mods used:   Motorsports Playground (map): https://www.beamng.com/resources/motorsports-playground.21834/   Ashmaker's Universal Monster Frame: https://www.beamng.com/resources/universal-monster-frame.28921/ Watch Ashmaker's Channel: https://www.youtube.com/@ashmaker000   Special Shoutout and Thanks to: LabRatKnatz, EctorPlays, JDQ Gaming, CappuccinoBeam, Phroogo, Butch13 Gaming, GSM_Gaming172, Notnico, Latte, and EVERYONE else involved with eXtremeGaming.   Don't forget to checkout our discord channels too!  Maybe you can be in one of our videos or livestreams!  I've also got a Twitch channel, same streams but faster response.  Don't forget to follow me over there too!  I can also be found on X and Rumble as well now!   Have any tech related troubles?  Join us over at ExtremeHW for tech related forums and news! https://www.extremehw.net   Links for more about me: https://linktr.ee/piodoesdonuts
  17. pio
    I saw that video! Was actually not surprised seeing how well optimized BF6 appears to be. The FX series are still "capable" CPU's in modern terms, they're just really slow.
  18. pio

    9800X3D Build

    pio replied to bwalker36's topic in AMD General

    That should be a very solid build. I wouldn't worry too much about the cooler choice either, those 9800 x3d's run pretty cool compared to some other CPU's anyway. :)
  19. pio
    They're ABSOLUTELY binned better than 9070 XT's. Not sure if that's true for folding. Guess we'll find out during the next challenge I guess, huh? I'll have to get my 7900 XTX going too for the fun of it, maybe my 6950XT if I can find enough power around here to run that many cards at once. Shame you retired your 6950, good card. As far as folding goes, I think my 6900 XT last time I ran it was doing okay numbers (for an AMD card). It wasn't too far behind my 7900 XTX. Remember, last time I ran folding it took like 3-4 of my AMD cards to equal your one damn 4070Ti. This is why I don't like to run them very often for folding.
  20. pio
    I would love to pitch in and help, but I'm terrified of this stupid 12VHPWR cable lol. I don't have the money to replace my card if it fries. I can fire up some other cards here soon though, like in a few weeks.
  21. pio
    I Lost 8TB of DATA!!! Thanks Windows Update! -_-
    Compilation and explanation video as to why I haven't been posting much lately.   Shoutouts in the video, sorry there's a lot this time!    Watch Spealer: https://www.youtube.com/@Spealer   eXtremeGaming Discord (sponsored by ExtremeHW): https://discord.gg/GKbc2w2gsA     Watch Butch13 Gaming: https://www.youtube.com/@Butch13_Gaming   Watch EctorPlays: https://www.youtube.com/@EctorPlays   Watch CappuccinoBeam: https://www.youtube.com/@CappuccinoBeam   Watch JDQ Gaming: https://www.youtube.com/@JDQGaming   Watch Perth: https://www.youtube.com/@perthwastaken   Check out JayzTwoCents' video about the Windows Update and SSD failure issues yourself: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TbFIUu_7LIc     Special Shoutout and Thanks to: LabRatKnatz, EctorPlays, JDQ Gaming, CappuccinoBeam, Phroogo, Butch13 Gaming, GSM_Gaming172, Notnico, Latte, and EVERYONE else involved with eXtremeGaming.   Don't forget to checkout our discord channels too!  Maybe you can be in one of our videos or livestreams!  I've also got a Twitch channel, same streams but faster response.  Don't forget to follow me over there too!  I can also be found on X and Rumble as well now!   Have any tech related troubles?  Join us over at ExtremeHW for tech related forums and news! https://www.extremehw.net     Links for more about me: https://linktr.ee/piodoesdonuts
  22. pio
    I had massive SSD failure, and I'm still recovering. -_-
  23. pio
    I'm mostly worried because I'm using the adapter that came with the card, I don't have a 12 pin capable PSU in the system. At least I'm not daisy chaining though, I have 3 completely separate 8pin PCIe leads going into mine. I still worry about that plug though, and I can't replace a $1500 card just like that.
  24. pio
    I will not be joining this fold-athon as far as actively folding. I'm currently running the AI Pro R9700 32GB graphics card, and it uses those horrible 12 pin cables. I'm afraid of it melting, so I will not be participating. None have to date that I know of (brand new cards), but I have heard of a 9070 XT melting now with that plug. I do have lots of cards laying around that are 8pin PCIe (or 6 pin), that I absolutely WOULD trust. However the systems those are in are currently offline due to a bunch of system re-organizing going on right now at home, working on my home lab server.
  25. pio
    Yup, same thing happens here. Really sad. As far as PD goes, there's still some really great, brave, selfless officers out there. They have my absolute utmost respect. Even locally though, I too have seen some cowardly police officers that, if I must be honest, really shouldn't have a badge. But yeah, how revolutionary, right? 2025, and the thought of asking people to do their dang job.......
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