Mr. Fox

2.03 seems good for me. No issues I have found so far. Intel Core i9 13900K @ 5900 MHz - CPU-Z VALIDATOR VALID.X86.FR [9241s2] Validated Dump by Mr. Fox (2022-10-28 03:35:08) - MB: EVGA Corp. Z690 DARK KINGPIN - RAM: 32768 MB

In that case maybe I will make an exception and join you for some mid-range GPU overclocking rivalry. I do plan to do the shunt mod, and was going to do it with or without any plans for overclocking just because I can and because I like doing things that make OEMs and ODMs very unhappy or nervous.

You probably won't get a great deal of effort from me to compete since it is on my work computer. The only reason I purchased it was because my 2080 Ti died. I am going to try to fix it, but I needed something to use for work. The shunt mod would be more of an experiment driven by curiosity about how well it handles it.

Once I have the external cooling solution in place on Banshee (this work computer) I am probably going to do a shunt mod on the 3060 Ti, then there will be no need or benefit to flipping between the EVGA and ASUS firmware. I have shunt-modded most of my GPUs except for the 3090 K|INGP|N and the benefits are significant. Power limit is eliminated as a performance impediment and leaves only thermals and voltage capping as a performance limiter. I really do not understand the logic behind having a power limit on a CPU or a GPU. I think the concept is stupid and I always try to effectively eliminate power limits so I can focus on increasing voltage, clocks and improving thermals. The CPU or GPU should be able to run wild and free and implementing a power limit is more like deliberately castrating your hardware. Controlling voltage and thermals are necessary for durability and optimal results.

Thank you. I bought the block and backplate as a combo used on eBay. The Strix vBIOS works well except for DP #1 has no output. ASUS cards have 2xHDMI and 2xDP. I use a 3-display setup for work (this is my work computer) so I have one monitor with both HDMI and DP connected to the GPU and it automatically flips between HDMI or DP depending on which firmware is applied. The Strix vBIOS is really only useful for maximizing benchmark scores. For gaming and daily use there is no benefit to using it. For the record, the 3060 Ti FTW3 GPU is using the EK-Quantum Vector XC3 RTX 3070 D-RGB and if fits perfectly.

Man, what a difference water makes. Really a no-brainer, but another example is always nice. I hate air cooling so much, LOL.

I flashed v2.03 on my Dark KPE last night and it is working fine with the 12900K. Something about it did not play nice with my Winduhz 11 OS. All USB function was lost. Windows 10 LTSC 2019 and 2021, and Windows 7 were fine, but I had to clean install Winduhz 11 for some reason. I tried for several hours to fix it without success and finally gave up. CPU and memory seem to function flawlessly. Not sure what the heck was wrong with the cancer OS. That was super weird, but it is weird and crummy by any other measurement anyhow.

I have lightly cinged the insulation on my GPU power cables with an extreme overclock and pulling 1000W+ through them with my 3090 KPE and my shunt-modded 2080 Ti with a 2000W vBIOS, but I suspect these boys were not doing anything nearly that crazy. No way it should have happened if it were made correctly. It should have been designed to handle far in excess of the wattage a stock 4090 is capable of pulling with a crippled stock vBIOS. Bottom line is, this was an example of a stupid change for the sake of change, and not a matter of necessity, and the public are their guinea pigs (as usual). Exactly. No excuse for it in this example. Faulty engineering with a fat price tag.

Newer is always better, right? I wonder if NVIDIA gets a royalty or license fee on the new PSUs built with their proprietary new connector? NVIDIA might have a problem with some RTX 4090 catching fire | Videocardz Two redditors report that their RTX 4090 graphics cards are now dead, and melted power connectors might be the reason why. Redditors reggie_gakil and NoDuelsPolicyy today posted photos of their RTX 4090 graphics cards with melted 16-pin (aka 12VHPWR) connectors. Their cards have gone bust, and NVIDIA’s new 600W might have been the culprit. NV_Burn.mp4

I purchased one from Micro Center through a friend who lives near one. Got a 2-year Micro Center warranty and with USPS Priority Mail combine was still less than buying one from NewEgg. And, if the bin quality sucks I either get my money back within 15 day or swap it for a different CPU any time within that 2-year period.

By chance did you test a 13900K with the old BIOS to see how it worked?

I have always found EVGA very responsive whenever I have emailed them about BIOS issues. If you haven't already, I would suggest to log in with your EVGA credentials and use one of the support links to list out the problems you're having, maybe take a couple of screenshots if that would be helpful, and let them know specifically what needs to be fixed. I have canceled an order twice for 13900K/KF (one of each) to wait for the KS as well as letting the BIOS bugs get ironed out.

I thought I should mention that I canceled my pre-order. I decided to not spend any money and wait for the KS to drop. Same idea on 4090... Spend nothing now and just wait for the Ti. But, the fact that you can buy one today at Microcenter for less than $600 is amazing and would make me change my mind. Sadly, the closest one is about a 7-hour drive each direction, so not an option. It sucks that Phoenix doesn't have one. They would make a killing here. Tons of techies, low taxes, business-friendly government, etc. Weird that they have chosen to continue doing business in a whacko state such as California.

Looks great!

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I recently had an expensive Logitech 1080p webcam glitching out on me with "USB device descriptor failure" and I would have to unplug and reconnect it a number of times to get it working again. Given the fact that my work requires the use of a webcam several hours every day, sometimes even more, I needed this resolved. Name-brand webcams are not cheap, and the cheap ones are about as crummy as the garbage webcams that we see on laptops. I was not interested in spending a lot on a replacement. I found this one on Amazon for a reasonable price and it has been serving me well. Depstech DW50 4K Webcam In my opinion, it is a good value. Video and audio quality are both better than the Logitech webcam it replaced.

Sometimes those codes are misleading. It is good that you had some other memory available to test. Weird that is was working and suddenly stopped. Changing the memory will reset NVRAM/CMOS. It would be interesting to see if you put the old memory back in if it would boot correctly now. I had an X570 Crosshair and 5950X for a while that would randomly fail to boot with Code 43 and clearing CMOS would make it behave correctly again. I would reapply my saved profile and everything would return to normal. I could never figure out why it did that, or what was randomly triggering it.

Will do.

Because they can. But, I think $589 is about what they pay for it based on what I saw in one of Steve's GamersNexus videos.

13900K pre-order. Now we wait and hope for Divine favor in the silicon lottery.

Awesome. I look forward to hearing about it. A-die seems kind of scarce right now and in the rare circumstance I find it, the price is simply too high to justify considering the purchase. I hope the supply of it becomes abundant and the price improves.

This could be a start of something interesting and good for everyone concerned if other AIB partners decided they were not going to put up with any more crap from NVIDIA (or AMD for that matter) and joined EVGA in a walkaway from mickey-mouse profit margins and Nazi mandates. Change is always hard, but after the pain subsides it feels better. I honestly don't know why any of them put up with it. They're puppets, not partners. Without them, NVIDIA and AMD would fold. The AIB partners should ban together and flex their muscles, and organize a mutiny.

Revolution has a side benefit that it usually grows stronger once someone with the gonads has the gumption to draw first blood. Go, EVGA, GO!!! Hopefully, other AIB partners will follow in their footsteps. Jolly Green Giant needs to learn the Golden Rule. Bring on the revolution!

I think the opposite may be true. They make like a 300% profit margin on PSU sales and like 2 or 3% on GPUs. I bet they are going to focus on what makes them money and walk away from what does not. I suspect they have decided that it's not worth burning any calories on GPUs any more, and certainly not worth taking a shot in the posterior orifice with NVIDIA treating AIB "partners" like crap. They've expressed no desire to work with AMD on GPUs, probably because AMD treats AIBs in a similar way and profit margins are too small to bother with regardless of whether the GPU is from the red or green team.

Sad news. I have purchased EXCLUSIVELY the EVGA brand for video cards since I stopped purchasing AMD-powered GPUs more than a decade ago. They are the only company with a decent warranty service and the only brand that I believe consistently produced good quality, reliable video cards. Sad days ahead.