Personally I wouldn't get Nvidia even if its hardware was better overall (and it's not better in each aspect now either). Simply because their Linux support is way worse than AMD's.
Frankly I'd skip both new models, Nvidia is just $300 more than it should cost and AMD is also more than it should cost and you have to put up with 1st Gen Infinity Cache bugs and lack of optimization. Just like 1st and 2nd Gen Infinity Fabric it's going to take another generation or two to perfect it so the loss performance loss isn't so bad. The Chiplet design DOES NOT improve performance, in fact it will decrease performance but it lowers the manufacturing costs considerably (Not that you can tell from the current pricing). It's the Infinity Cache that is the likely cause of overclocking problems because AMD is already overclocking them out of the box. If you read some of AMD's literature about the new GPU Chiplet design you will see they had to up the GPU core clock by 300 MHz just to get back the performance lost by the Chiplet/Infinity Cache design. Maybe by next Gen they will be able to optimize the Infinity Cache so they only need 100 MHz boost to get back performance. I doubt drivers are going to make much of a difference in the efficiency of the 1st Gen Infinity Cache, it takes changes in the actual hardware configuration just like with the Ryzen CPUs. Infinity Fabric in Ryzen CPUs also limits the memory speed and you can see that by comparing it with Intel's monolithic design CPUs which can better make use of higher frequency DDR4 and DDR5 than Ryzen CPUs can. That's because of the inefficiency inherent in a Chiplet design.
Just got a AW3423DW. This thing is sickkkkkk!
Insanely excited to play Phantom Liberty, Baldur's Gate 3 and Starfield on this beauty.
Ramdomly stumbled into a 4080 as well. So now I not only looking forward to playing everything coming up...
But playing at super high settings! <3
Yea hoping ill stumble into some new hardware before christmas too or ill have too wait for next week -.- Man supply is so bad atm its kinda sad too see.
What's the story with cards being sold out? Is it GPU shortages again or something else? I thought shortages issues should be over.
Over here in northen EU its pretty bad. havent seen a 7900xt or xtx in stock, 4090 is very hit and miss. only cards that nobody seem too buy is the 4080.. but its not just gfx cards. hade too order ram/cpu/waterblock from 1 and motherboard from another because they were out ibn the first store. its like this with pretty much anything pc related. Sadly probably wont get both packages tomorrow so have too wait untill next week im guessing
Edit: seems most sites here havent even hade any 7900s except for the reference models and even made disclaimers about the low amount and that they are waiting for more cards before they even put them on sale -.- most of the AIB cards has : unknown release date and price sadly too.
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Depends on the amount of performance you lose I suppose. I prefer smoother movements and reduced motion blur that high refresh rate + high framerate provide. So if ray tracing is going to tank it too much, I'd rather not use it.
Some rely on high framerate for low latency reasons (like competitive games I think).
Some rely on high framerate for low latency reasons (like competitive games I think).
Nah at 4k i cant get that high fps anyways and i tend too buy stuff that are at the peak if i can so. Also depends on the game, for CP for example id rather have eye candy then high fps, aslong as its around 60 fps its fine for me. Dammit! my second package isent even packed yet
no building and gaming christmas for me then i guess now too order the last parts so they arive on tuesday together with the rest ^^Dammit first package arrived but cant do shit. god i haaate ordering from diffrent places -.- got mah cpu, waterblock and ram just need my other 3 packagaes
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Finally got the last stuff yesterday, so turbo build after work and finally got it running. Holy shit the 4090 is a beast! Ignore the dirty floor havent tested too much and need too rewire som stuff but so far very worth it for me..
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Haha did a bit of testing, been OCing my cpu a bit but nothing extreme yet (trying too learn, its way diffrent from last time i OCed a intel cpu -.-) and did a benchmark of CP2077 at 1080p no scaling and ultra settings i think no RTX. i was suprised too se that high GPU usage and i averaged 220 fps i think -.- Havent touched the gpu at all yet so still totally stock. The 13900k is a beast!
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I got the exact same GPU! It's a beast and it's built like a tank. I love the fact that they went with aluminium for the cooler shroud instead of plastic like with most cards.Finally got the last stuff yesterday, so turbo build after work and finally got it running. Holy shit the 4090 is a beast! Ignore the dirty floor
Sorry for off topic, but does anyone have a CP2077 installed on Windows handy? Can you please help to troubleshoot a couple of things there.
See: https://forums.cdprojektred.com/ind...graphics-glitches-in-cyberpunk-2077.11112463/
Thanks!
See: https://forums.cdprojektred.com/ind...graphics-glitches-in-cyberpunk-2077.11112463/
Thanks!
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Yea im waiting for the waterblocks too come into stock in my store. Air is doing pretty well so far but the cooler is so big -.- also it clocks like a beast. Havent seen any 600w usage so far but im hitting 2950 mhz with an oc easily.
Undervolting/power limiting is the way to go with 4090. You barely lose any performance but save a lot of power.
I'm running mine at 975mV at 2770MHz (slightly above the default clocks) and managed to reduce peak power draw by 50W. Thus far it's been 100% stable even in the most demanding Ray traced titles.. I'll probably try 950mV next to make it even more efficient.
But yeah, Lovelace is really efficient but nvidia for some reason decided to go way overkill with their power target.
I'm running mine at 975mV at 2770MHz (slightly above the default clocks) and managed to reduce peak power draw by 50W. Thus far it's been 100% stable even in the most demanding Ray traced titles.. I'll probably try 950mV next to make it even more efficient.
But yeah, Lovelace is really efficient but nvidia for some reason decided to go way overkill with their power target.
Yea with prices on electricity being the way they are i think ill go that route too but wanna try out maximum performance first for awhile.
Seems to be pretty low power draw without even touching anything. My 3090 draws more then this with much worse fps. Can even run on DLSS quality with maxed settings for less powerdraw and better fps then i ever hade on my 3090.
So after alot of testing and tweaking i think ive found my clocks for now. Intel ocing has really changed since last i did it, so much diffret parameters too keep an eye on and try too keep stable. My cpu now boosts up to 6ghz on 2 cores under light loads but stays at 5,5 all core during heavy loads. With alot of in betweens depedning on core usage and so on. It also draws less power so im kinda happy (13900k is also quite the power gulper, 253w at times before i did this).
My 4090 is running 2890/22000 mhz and never exedes 70c. Seems in DLSS/RT titles it draws less then on pure raster games and ive overclocked my screen and so on so 144hz 4k now its quite the power hog tho seeing 500+ watt in ME andromeda -.- This will probably be enough for now atleast untill i get a waterblock for the 4090 and can lower the temps a bit more..
My 4090 is running 2890/22000 mhz and never exedes 70c. Seems in DLSS/RT titles it draws less then on pure raster games and ive overclocked my screen and so on so 144hz 4k now
its quite the power hog tho seeing 500+ watt in ME andromeda -.- This will probably be enough for now atleast untill i get a waterblock for the 4090 and can lower the temps a bit more..