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2026 7th Annual Folding Challenge (Jan 25-31 2026) Hosted by [H]ardForum
pio replied to damric's topic in Folding@Home
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. -
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.......
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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.
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Electronic parking brakes as a means of controlling right to repair.
pio replied to schuck6566's topic in Chit Chat General
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. -
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.
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That's just lovely.
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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).
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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 -
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.
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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. :)
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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.
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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.
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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
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EXTREMEHW AUGUST 2025 48-hour FOLDATHON, August 30th 00:00 UTC Start
pio replied to damric's topic in Folding@Home
I had massive SSD failure, and I'm still recovering. -_- -
EXTREMEHW AUGUST 2025 48-hour FOLDATHON, August 30th 00:00 UTC Start
pio replied to damric's topic in Folding@Home
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.
