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I never once imagined I'd see the day when Nvidia would pull a Bulldozer moment with midrange GPUs and think they're winning...

It's so funny how suddenly after three years of insanely power hungry GPUs, NOW people talk about how efficiency matters.  

Honestly I am pretty sure that with the enormous deluge that was the crypto crash this time last year, no one is all that eager to upgrade. I mean, think about it. What gamer guy that runs 1440p doesn't think that a 6800XT or 3080 isn't more than plenty for his/her needs?

Or what about the crowd that runs 1080p like me? A 6700XT/3060 Ti that someone snagged for $375 on the used market is probably sitting pretty darn happy right now. Zero need to upgrade to the latest stuff. The 4080 might be a truly monumental upgrade over the 3080, and it is if I'm totally honest, but it's also in a totally different price tier now which is idiotic at best, and iirc even the initial stock hasn't sold out yet since launch. Should say enough right there.

On 19/03/2023 at 13:38, Sir Beregond said:

Yes, this is true. Still I do like seeing 4k results too just to get an idea of how minimums perform.

 

Really the only Zen 4 X3D part I find of any interest will be the 7800X3D. I see where the split CCD's might benefit someone like @J7SC_Orion where they can still provide good productivity performance as well as gaming performance boost, but from a gamer only perspective, why mess with parts that have to work right in the Windows scheduler, and have cross CCD latency penalties? Clearly the 7800X3D will be the one to get for gamers.

 

I'd be really curious to see if Zen 5 increases the core count per CCX. We went from 4 in Zen 2 to 8 in Zen 3. Would be nice to see that double again. Imagine a 12 or 16 core Zen 5 part but that's all on one CCX on one CCD. No latency penalty crossing the Infinity Fabric between CCD's and you could have the 3D v-cache on higher core parts without this split CCD's you're getting on the 7900X3D and 7950X3D.

I'm not so sure we really need to increase core count. If the rumored 30% IPC uplift actually happens with Zen 5, that alone will improve multicore performance by something to the tune of 50-60% at minimum.

I am tempering my expectations with Zen 5, even though Zen 4 was already beyond my expectations across the board in every regard. Here's to hoping AMD can keep up the momentum.

On 17/03/2023 at 12:35, mouacyk said:

No doubt about that being needed.  However, there is an obvious priority for VR and that is frame pacing.  Having the visuals rendered at just a few millimeters away from the retnas will make any kind of stutter a jarring experience.

 

I hope viewers understand what's important in this video, albeit it's just a few pixels:

 

There's a reason reviewers don't show 4k results in CPU reviews. It's because if you're testing CPUs, you need to create a bottleneck for that part. Running at 4k is largely pointless solely due to how it's 100% a GPU bottleneck, as showcased here. Yes, there is some variance, but the difference is notably larger at 1440p and 1080p, where you'd want to use these parts.

I personally find the 7000X3D parts a little lackluster if only because the 5800X3D is so good. I can see why AMD didn't launch a 16-core X3D part with Ryzen 5000. It'd have completely invalidated Zen 4 across the board. xD 

On 03/10/2022 at 20:04, GanjaSMK said:

MSI Raider GE75 - specifically the 10SE model (thanks Costco!)

 

Working well, but fans should be at 6000+ RPM on their 'full speed' mode.  Have cleaned them out a few times and get better temps/results and short of repasting (which I'm not inclined to do right now) is there anything I can do to get them back to their original 6000+ RPM's?  There are (2) fans one on each side and currently after last cleaning one is at 5500~ and the other at 5200~.  Am I doing it wrong? lol...

 

Oiling?

Swapping seems like huge project for little return investment . . .

 

Anyone have experience with this kinda thing? 

Bit of a late response, but the main way of getting a higher speed out of those fans typically lies with either software or a BIOS update. I would definitely start there.

12 hours ago, ENTERPRISE said:

Welcome bud, I hope you enjoy your stay with us

Thank you sir. :)

Heard this was the place to be! Here's to hoping this place is as good as I hope it is.