PC Hardware Thread

[Vaibhavp]

1 hour ago, CarbonCore said:

 

Cost isn't relevant when you're jumping a generation. 4070 for eg is rumored to be as powerful as 3090 which costs 3x more.

 

Isn't Intel 12th gen supposed to compete with amd 7xxx lineup?

[CarbonCore]

8 minutes ago, Vaibhavp said:

 

Isn't Intel 12th gen supposed to compete with amd 7xxx lineup?

 

No it'll be the 13th gen Raptor Lake. 

[Walker]

1 hour ago, CarbonCore said:

Remember this requires new motherboard and DDR5 memory, so whatever your budget is for CPU, multiply by 2x.

Only saving grace, at least in wifeys case would be no need for a graphics card 

[l33tmaniac]

4 hours ago, CarbonCore said:

Remember this requires new motherboard and DDR5 memory, so whatever your budget is for CPU, multiply by 2x.

 

There are talks about the 7xxx series being backwards compatible on X570 chipsets at least. So all may not be lost. This is the first time AMD is going for a different socket in years, so it is understandable 
 

4 hours ago, CarbonCore said:

 

Cost isn't relevant when you're jumping a generation. 4070 for eg is rumored to be as powerful as 3090 which costs 3x more.

 

The supposed power draw is also much higher. Seems like 1000W PSUs will become the norm with high end PCs

Edited August 30, 2022 by l33tmaniac

[Ne0]

23 hours ago, l33tmaniac said:

 

There are talks about the 7xxx series being backwards compatible on X570 chipsets at least. So all may not be lost. This is the first time AMD is going for a different socket in years, so it is understandable 
 

 

The supposed power draw is also much higher. Seems like 1000W PSUs will become the norm with high end PCs

The problem with 1000w PSUs, especially in India is the availability of ups to be able to hold off during a power cut.  Most pc ups won't hold off more than 650-750w power for even few mins required for the graceful shutdown.

Edited August 31, 2022 by Ne0

[l33tmaniac]

11 minutes ago, Ne0 said:

The problem with 1000w PSUs, especially in India is the availability of ups to be able to hold off during a power cut.  Most pc ups won't hold off more than 650-750w power for even few mins required for the graceful shutdown.

I agree. There are only two options. Sinewave inverters or 2000VA UPS. I just bought a 2000VA UPS for my 3080 build

[SRINI87]

 

First look at alleged GeForce RTX 4080 Founders Edition

https://videocardz.com/newz/alleged-geforce-rtx-4080-graphics-card-has-been-pictured

Edited September 2, 2022 by SRINI87

[SRINI87]

AMD & NVIDIA GPU Prices In Free Fall – RTX 3090 Drops Below $1000 US, 3090 Ti For $1100 US, 3080 Ti For $799 US

 

NVIDIA & AMD GPU Prices Continue Dropping Below MSRP, RTX 3090 Series Falls Below $1000 US For The First Time!

Last week, we reported how AMD & NVIDIA partners were ready to offer bigger discounts and cuts on their existing inventory to clear away their stock and get ready for next-gen GPUs. The graphics manufacturers failed in their initial attempt to move any decent quantities of GPUs but the second round, which will be more brutal in terms of price cuts than the first one, is expected to hit retailers this month and we are already seeing signs of that.

 

https://wccftech.com/amd-nvidia-gpu-prices-in-free-fall-rtx-3090-drops-below-1000-us-3090-ti-for-1100-us-3080-ti-for-799-us/

 

In india still not dropping dafuq

[dylanjosh]

11 minutes ago, SRINI87 said:

In india still not dropping dafuq

 

 

[PhantomShade]

On 8/30/2022 at 7:10 PM, dylanjosh said:

f**k dude its so temping to buy new hardware lol. Even though I have no need right now 

 

I technically have no need but the asus mobo I have right now is chindi af, i doubt it will physically last for 3-4 years, like it has a chindi IO backplate with wierd prongs, only 6 holes instead of the typical 9 you have with ATX mobos etc.

And now that the new Ryzen 7000 series has an igpu it's all the more tempting, i went with intel only because of igpu this time, don't want to be computer-less if my card conks off.

 

[dylanjosh]

1 hour ago, PhantomShade said:

 

I technically have no need but the asus mobo I have right now is chindi af, i doubt it will physically last for 3-4 years, like it has a chindi IO backplate with wierd prongs, only 6 holes instead of the typical 9 you have with ATX mobos etc.

And now that the new Ryzen 7000 series has an igpu it's all the more tempting, i went with intel only because of igpu this time, don't want to be computer-less if my card conks off.

 

 

Yeah having an iGpu is super helpful. I don't have one and I've considered just getting a cheap a*s gpu as a backup. But even those are expensive. 

[Ne0]

On 8/31/2022 at 11:29 PM, l33tmaniac said:

I agree. There are only two options. Sinewave inverters or 2000VA UPS. I just bought a 2000VA UPS for my 3080 build

Which one and how much is the cost ?

[SRINI87]

 

RTX 40 VS RTX 30

[radicaldude]

 

 

 

 

 

[SRINI87]

A770 & A750 official specs

 

 

[SRINI87]

Customs cards pics leaked

4090 in oct

4080 in November

 

 

[l33tmaniac]

2 hours ago, SRINI87 said:

Customs cards pics leaked

4090 in oct

4080 in November

 

 

 

 

Interesting. Curves. 

[SRINI87]

[SRINI87]

Intel has done well with Xess

matching DLSS

[SRINI87]

Ethereum Switches to Proof of Stake, GPU Mining is Dead

 

NVIDIA Ada and AMD RDNA3 will not sell to Ethereum miners. In a dramatic move, the creators of Ethereum have switched over the popular crypto-currency's algorithm from proof-of-work, to proof-of-stake, which means miners will no longer spend GPU resources in competing to find the same blocks. This effectively ends GPU-accelerated mining as Ethereum mining was the number-1 consumer of high-end GPUs through 2021. The switch-over happened as the total terminal difficulty surpassed 58,750,000,000T, with the last block having been found. With this move, global electricity consumption is expected to reduce by 0.2% (that's enough to power the world's top 5 cities).

The impact of this move on GPU sales to crypto-currency miners is expected to be profound. GPUs are no longer an economical way to mine Bitcoin, ASICs are; and Ethereum mining constituted the bulk of activity from GPU-accelerated mining farms. This doesn't mean there aren't other crypto-currencies that rely on GPU-accelerated proof-of-work blockchain compute; but Ethereum had the highest market-cap among such currencies. Gamers have reason to rejoice, as NVIDIA and AMD now have to sell high-end GPUs squarely on merits of gaming performance, power-draw, and graphics card pricing.

 

https://www.techpowerup.com/298894/ethereum-switches-to-proof-of-stake-gpu-mining-is-dead