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If we can get 50 INDIVIDUAL people on board for this fold-athon, top prize can have their pick between an Intel Arc B570 graphics card (used / open box), my personal old lapped 7900x that @Fluxmavenlapped during Computer Camp Week (was his prior), or a 32GB kit of GSkill DDR5 that I used for about 6 months before I decided 32 wasn't enough. 3 prizes total for the top 3 places. Shipping will have to be paid by the winner and can be arranged with the site owner @LabRat. I've also updated the postbit awards to be relevant this year, and they're ready to be handed out!

Sounds like a solid build! I went with the Patriot Viper Venom 64GB DDR5-6400 CAS32 kit myself (which tightens up no problem to CAS 30 at 6400). CL @ 30 at 6400 speeds SEEMS to be a pretty good sweet spot, at least when I was looking about 2 months ago for RAM. If you think 32GB is enough for your needs, a lot of people like those Neo sticks. If you're after tweaking performance, I cannot speak as DDR5 is like greek to me still. If you're looking for EXPO and go settings, those are probably a solid bet for ease of installation and performance.

Easy VM GPU Sharing! Ever ran a homelab server, or just been messing around with Hyper-V and wanted your GPU to work in your VM's? Well this tool "should" work out for you (in Windows 11)! --------------------------------------------------------------------- Minimum System Requirements: --------------------------------------------------------------------- Hyper-V Capable System Generic Hyper-V CPU / RAM amount requirements (4 cores / 4GB RAM) Tested GPU's down to 2GB VRAM (GTX 760 / HD7870) Tested GPU's up to Radeon RX 7900XTX / RX 9070XT / GTX 1080Ti Windows 11 Pro or IoT Version Host OS confirmed Windows 10 Pro or IoT Version Host OS confirmed Windows 11 Pro or IoT Version Guest OS confirmed Windows 10 Pro or IoT Version Guest OS confirmed Note: Parsec only appears to work under Windows 11 host OS environments. Otherwise, 3d works fine on Windows 10 host OS's as well including Steam streaming, RDP, encoding, transcoding, etc. --------------------------------------------------------------------- How To Use: --------------------------------------------------------------------- Run easy_vm.exe from the install directory or unzipped folder; default location is (C:\Easy GPU VM Share\). There is also an installer version on .iso that you can mount, and it'll install the program and create a desktop shortcut for you. For more advanced users, you can edit-use the .bat file directly titled: "setup_vm.bat" located within the same directory. Click on YES to allow the app to make changes to your device. ---------------------------------- OPTION 1 - Installing a new VM: ---------------------------------- Insert your Virtual Machine Name (will also be your NETBIOS name). Insert the path to your Windows 11/10 iso file to install. Choose which version of iso you're installing (Pro or IoT). Insert the virtual HDD/SSD Size in GB (just put in the number). Insert FIXED amount of RAM to use for this VM (dynamic does NOT work). Insert CPU Core count to use for the VM. Type in (exactly as done in Hyper-V Switch manager) the network name. Insert the save path for the VM's virtual HDD / SSD file (no quotes). Insert default / initial username to be created (local account). Insert default / initial password to be created (if any). Auto Login to the virtual machine enable on startup? Note: (Type "TRUE" or "FALSE" no quotes or capitalization needed). Sit back and wait for the install process to finish. ------------------------------------------------- How to UPDATE your Graphics Card OR Driver? ------------------------------------------------- Driver Only: Download latest driver on host system and install driver. Run Easy GPU VM Share and choose option 2. New Graphics Card (and driver assumed): Download intended new driver on the host system. Insert new GPU with the system off of course. Note: (If necessary due to dead hardware, reverse if needed.) Boot up host system with new GPU installed and driver downloaded. Give host system a reboot, just in case because new hardware. Install new driver on the host system as normal. Run Easy GPU VM Share and choose option 2. Credits: Source scripts were found at github. I do not own any rights to these scripts, only the bat files, icons, and exe files I've created and compiled for this collection. Original source material for the .ps1 scripts were used from: https://github.com/jamesstringerparsec/Easy-GPU-PV Would be interested to hear from anybody who could help create a better GUI for this too! If you can, please let me know at ExtremeHW. DO NOT COPY, DUPLICATE, OR SHARE THIS PROGRAM WITHOUT EXTREMEHW'S EXPLICIT PERMISSION (OR PIO'S). OTHERWISE THE SOFTWARE IS PRESENTED AS IS, 100% FREE, OPEN SOURCE, ENJOY IT PLEASE AND SPREAD THE WORD! THANK YOU. DOWNLOAD LINKS: Zip File - Portable Apps style (just unzip / copy / paste): https://drive.google.com/file/d/1PaAw1miQ5WIEwNy8LfZaba4Cq5W0lLU_/view?usp=sharing ISO File - Installer included to copy to default directory and creates shortcut: https://drive.google.com/file/d/1WZNJ9BfUgzk7SbktZDQTzZyEVYuxd2au/view?usp=sharing Screenshots: Installation work flow choosing Option 1 (Installing a brand new VM): Update Drivers work flow choosing Option 2 (updating drivers / installing a new card): Three VM's all sharing resources together to utilize my 16GB Intel Arc A770 (tested with GTX 760 and newer and RX 6500XT and newer too):

I saw this on the discord too. Such a dangerous idea, I have a 9070 Steel Legend that's just sitting here for a friend. It's kind of just BEGGING to be unwrapped and BIOS modded I feel now........

If we can get enough interest before we start, I might be able to offer up a hardware prize or two. Probably nothing TOO terribly fancy, but I can see what I can come up with. I'll have something going so I can get some points too this time. I'll also need to figure out how to provide that postbit like has been done with every other annual fold-athon. This one might be interesting, but I will make sure postbits are handed out too at the end once I can figure that part out on site.

I spent 96 bitcoins back in the day on cigs and the power bill. Times were different back then.......

Well yeah, but its a modular 80+ Gold 750w. I can get a nice Cooler Master unit for $80 that's equally as good or arguably better since Cooler Master OEM's their own stuff, unlike Corsair. The Corsair unit is a good unit, don't get me wrong. I'm just upset that it was a forced buy just to get a card, and it was overpriced. The card was overpriced. But alas.....newegg "combo deals". -_-

Same here, but I blame Newegg and their "combo deals" moreso than AMD. There were MSRP cards available at launch, I just missed out on that 5 minute window. I didn't really want a $120 PSU. I needed a PSU, but I was eyeballing an $80 unit. -_-

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My 10 year old has a Ryzen 2600x and Vega 64 playing at now 1440p / 165Hz. Honestly, the games kids his age seem to play, my kiddo probably would've been fine on something like a 3770k + RX 580 8GB (or GTX 1060 6GB). Yes, you can absolutely put something together cheap. Look for an older i7 with any board it'll run in, or go for some used Ryzen kit. Whatever GPU you can find, even something like a RX 480 or a GTX 1050Ti (or higher) is probably fine for graphics.

https://www.tweaktown.com/news/103670/nvidia-geforce-rtx-4090-with-upgraded-96gb-vram-teased-could-release-soon-for-ai-workloads/index.html Apparently the 48GB variants are confirmed and already on sale in China per the article, and the 96GB cards are in testing. I wonder if we can get any imports of these cards like other Chinese custom cards? Kind of neat how they're doing these, apparently a few other people have done these mods as well in other areas.

https://www.tweaktown.com/news/103724/amd-rumored-to-be-cooking-ultimate-navi-48-gpu-perf-between-rtx-5070-ti-and-5080/index.html Wonder if this has anything to do with the 32GB VRAM rumors we were hearing a few weeks ago. I'm happy to wait for a 9070 XTX.

AMD Radeon RX 9070 XT Review - IGN WWW.IGN.COM First time in a long time I've seen reviews favorable towards AMD. Let's see if they can keep up the steam.

https://videocardz.com/newz/amd-rdna4-officially-presented-in-china-radeon-rx-9070-xt-priced-at-4999-rmb-599-rx-9070-at-4499-rmb-549 Huge news if so. Posted under news because apparently they actually ARE releasing at this price in China per the source.

I tend to turn on FSR or similar features instead of dropping graphics settings. I do it for a good reason though, most of my gameplay I'm recording these days. So it doesn't matter if I lose a little fidelity with the resolution, youtube compression will ruin it anyway.

If I have time to, I have a stock 3200+ I can run. I don't think we currently have a hwbot team anymore though. They all left when the site was about to get shut down.

I voted in your poll, but I don't use a Steam Deck, nor would I likely ever use one. HOWEVER, I bought one for my child. So here's my position. From my perspective, my child absolutely LOVES his Steam Deck. He takes it everywhere he can because its got all of his favorite games on it. That's all he uses it for, and that's all I bought it for him for. So for HIS use case, its strictly for gaming (which is what I voted in the poll). ME PERSONALLY - I can't stand portable computing at all in general. Give me a proper monitor, keyboard, mouse, and a chair and I'll go to town. Laptop or "steam deck"? No thanks, I'll sit and scroll youtube on my phone before I'll use either of those 9/10 times.

12VHPWR adapters sporting heatsinks and thermal pads show how problematic the connector is | Tom's Hardware WWW.TOMSHARDWARE.COM Going the extra mile to ensure the adapter doesn't melt. All I can do is laugh at this point and I hate it. -_-

Welcome! Glad you made it over here.

I did another video with EctorPlays. Had some fun again.

That does APPEAR to be the case, for both 4090's and 5090's. This is a pretty thorough video explaining it too.