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I agree. GPUs more than ever have had staying power where you didn't need to upgrade.

Looks like a 24GB card then relying on increase bandwidth from the GDDR7 over G6X and the L2. If these end up being true.

Pfft. Last 512-bit consumer GeForce product was in the 200-series in 2008. Sure there was a Titan with HBM, I'm not counting that. I just don't buy it. I still don't think this is going to be MCM yet at all. For one, wouldn't you then be able to use a smaller die with multiple chiplets? None of...

Dumb rumor. Full AD102 is almost double the size of AD103 in terms of CUDA core count. Not quite, but pretty close. But likewise has the 384-bit vs the 256-bit. I don't see anything here to suggest that 2x GB203 somehow is now a GB202. Those are two different chips and we should absolutely just...

4070 Ti super was kinda disappointing imo. It got the increased bus and capacity, but didn't really get to being a budget 4080. It was still cut down on L2 cache closer to the 4070 Ti.

While I definitely don't disagree, that pricing won't make any sense. Not saying most of 40-series pricing made sense either but they did end up having to do a Super series to somewhat course correct in some segments, most notably the 4070 Super and 4080 Super. If it really and truly fully...

Agreed. I have no complaints of the many years of service I had from 8.1 Pro on my 4790k rig.

People sure leave out details when they say "use a silver kill coil". Silver should not be used in any loops containing nickel plated blocks, but yes would work absolutely fine if just bare copper blocks. No I wouldn't say money has been wasted for additives. A bottle of Inhibitor+ and Hades+...

Yeah the performance gained per dollar spent really isn't there for custom loop anymore. But there certainly are other reasons. Some like puting together custom loops like any other hobby where the money spent is probably not returned in any other way than enjoyment of doing it, and done...

Correct. Corsair is going the route of rebranding a lot of stuff - i.e. slapping a sailboat logo on and marking it up on their radiators which are just Hardware Labs L-series. Corsair's fittings OEM is Bitspower, which actually does work out because sometimes they are cheaper than actual...

EK continues to masquerade as some high end (with high prices) watercooling company and people keep gobbling it up. Meanwhile they have some of the worst quality control and general quality I've seen whether it's their plating, quality of materials, screw torque, etc. I've yet to have a single...

Sure I guess if you want to throw in real Titans as GeForce gaming cards. I really am just speaking on the GeForce stack sans Titans though. Add Titans because they occupy this bizarro slot between gaming card and prosumer card, sure. But really Titans were absolutely different every single gen...

Same. Its on a desk and definitely produces much less heat than my previous 2019 Intel i9 model did.

I can literally work all day on my M1 Pro MBP on battery and not even think about having to look and see what my battery is at.

Yep I work all day long often on my work M1 Pro MBP 16" battery. On the other hand, my old Intel i9 based 2019 MBP 16" would die in an hour.

You could play it single player no problem, but a lot of parts of the game (such as map events, expeditions, operations, etc.) are built around multi-player. I honestly haven't done much story to be honest - I'd guess from that perspective the older games like New Vegas would be far more...

No no I don't think you understand. Past several gens aside from the initial 4070 launch, it was the 70, not the 80 card that matched the previous gen flagship in performance. 20-series was another bad one but I think got better over time where the 70 Super was matching 1080 Ti performance. Give...

This absolutely. The M1 was a huge change coming from Intel. I had an Intel i9 based MBP from work and it frankly sucked. Then got the M1 Pro MBP and the battery life is great and the machine does everything I need it to. Since the M1, the M2 and M3 have been more iterative then anything else...

A base model 4070 Ti Super should also be $800. $800 for a 4070 Ti is flat out overpriced now that the Ti Super exists. Does Amazon not have any MSRP models? MSRP for a Ti Super should be the same as an MSRP Ti - $799.

Fallout 76 got a lot of flack when it first came out, and rightfully so. Last few months, the wife and I have been enjoying it as something to play together for what it is - camp building, events, dailies, expeditions, etc. almost like an MMO light.

My god that card is comically thick. :ROFLMAO:

Greatest of all time is a stretch. Greatest longevity and value for a halo product in recent history? Absolutely. But I think the 8800 series and the ATI 9700 Pro deserve a mention for greatest of all time. The 9700 Pro really started the idea of creating giant (what was considered giant at the...

AMD had acquired ATI by that point. They were just still using the ATI branding. I think the HD 3000 series was launching around the time the acquisition completed if I recall.

Part of it is I just don't trust EK QC these days. But yeah that makes sense with the colored coolant. Glad to hear otherwise no issues.

So when you described your loop as "filthy", what did you mean exactly? Yeah Cryofuel once upon a time was rebranded Mayhems X1, then it wasn't and that's when it started having reports of gunking and other issues. Even the clear.

This is why I am hoping we eventually get bumped up to 12 or 16 core CCX designs in either Zen 5 or Zen 6. Then you can get a higher than 8-core count Ryzen product without the dual CCD design. Zen 2 had 4-core CCX (2x CCX per CCD), and then Zen 3 bumped that up to an 8-core CCX (1x CCX to CCD)...

Oh nice! I used a Wix 33003 fuel filter when initially cleaning/prepping loop. Never thought to stick one in the reservoir. What model did you use? Eh...careful with that stuff.

Yeah for sure it has a niche market. If gaming was your primary concern then I think the 7800X3D is preferable to avoid any scheduling issues. I would have loved to see them just go both CCD's with 3D v-cache. Or better yet, maybe Zen 5 or Zen 6 we'll finally see CCX designs of 12-16 cores each.

I'm still on 3801 :ROFLMAO:

It's also an addiction. I've never wanted to go back to an air cooled PC after my first foray into custom loop in 2011/2012. As for noise...we do have air cooled PCs in the house and yeah, mine is definitely quieter by a lot...

Fair.

That's a really poor gen on gen improvement if the 5080 only matches the 4090. I'd expect the 5070 to match the 4090.

So not actively cooling something that doesn't need active cooling is "half assing"? Ok...

Correct. You can also opt to just pay the $10ish a year and get more maintenance. I agree that I don't really care for this model, and didn't bother paying anything to keep updating since I didn't add any new devices.

Sure...but I don't think enough to warrant an active backplate. Just my opinion. Considering how expensive EK stuff is, seems a waste to me.

Everyone should already know that soldering is part of the radiator manufacturing process, so feels like nothing new here. Also copper radiators have also always had brass in them. What is the revelation here? Also all your compression fittings and barbs? Brass.

The 4090 doesn't need an active backplate imo. Just a waste of money. 3090 definitely did due to the hot G6X modules on the rear due to the clamshell design.

Yeah the 7900X3D has got to be the worst one of the bunch imo.

There was a 3GB version of the GTX 580. Then next wasn't until the 3GB GTX 780, GTX 780 Ti in 2013. On the AMD side, had the HD 7970 and 7950 both with 3GB in 2012.

I don't buy that the 5090 is going to be a 512-bit card whatsoever and if it is, I'd expect $2500+. That's just not Nvidia's MO with consumer grade graphics. The last time they released anything north of a 384-bit bus on GeForce products (for non-HBM cards) was all the way back in 2008-2009 with...