CommandMan7

I use a Dramless for boot and a Dram one for some games, the real life usage different has been minimal except for latency sensitive apps. SLC cache means some of the usual flash which is usually QLC or TLC is just set to operate as if it were SLC to improve speeds, durability,etc so SLC cache is more similar to a DRAMless than it is to a DRAM one. Unless you specifically are looking for low latency performance I would just reccomend buying the SSD with the best $/gb regardless of cache setup

To put it bluntly, I know crossfire hasn't been a effective performance solution for a while now. My first GPU was the GTX 630, so I've really only ever known a world of single-GPU dominance. However, as a fan of PC history, I am really interested in trying out crossfire for the first (and probably last) time purely for the novelty and experience of doing so, since used 480's have gotten very cheap. My PC currently has a XFX RX 480 8GB reference blower card driving a 1440p 144hz display. This is obviously not ideal, and I need to optimize most games well into medium settings to run anywhere beyond 100fps at 1440p. As to how much crossfire would help with this, I have no idea. I am not so much interested in the performance gains of crossfire anyways, although I will happily take any I may get. What I'm really concerned about is just the overall experience. I'm willing to accept it's going to be more annoying than a single GPU, but if it's just going to bring me endless misery then I'm not going to bother. Off the top of my head, most of the games I play just straight up don't support Crossfire. Given my situation, this is fine, as long as having the extra GPU in the system doesn't cause the game to freak out or crash. This is my main concern. The only other thing I can think of is that I'm currently running a R5 3600X in an ASUS Prime X570-P mobo with 16GB of 3600Mhz ram and RM650i PSU. I am pretty confident that my PSU can handle it all since each card is only a single 6-pin connector. If anyone has thoughts on using Crossfire like this, especially with reference 480's, I'd appreciate hearing what you have to say. Ignoring the performance aspect, how rough was the user experience? What do you think about running crossfire for the novelty of it? Thanks!

GOOD NEWS! I found a utility called TCP Optimizer which fixed my issue. I ran a scan on it and it doesn't seem to be malicious. Has a long history it seems, so I trust it. Link: https://www.speedguide.net/downloads.php

I'm using a Asus Prime X570-P, which has Realtek RTL8111H NIC. Just made sure I'm on latest 10.38.1118.2019 Driver. Ran the test again and it did hit 145, which shoots down my 125 mbps hard limit theory. https://www.speedtest.net/result/9159325807

I know that some delta is expected, but due to it being so close to 125 mbps, which could plausibly be a network speed setting since it's close to 1/8 a gigabit.

So I dual-boot Windows 10 and Linux Mint, and recently I noticed that the internet speed on windows is significantly slower for no discernible reason. I've already done the standard first-page-of-google troubleshooting and common fixes, with no improvement. Windows 10 (link) Linux Mint (Link) Ignore the system clock difference, these were taken minutes apart on the same system. My system clock is messed up too but that's a different matter. I'm not expecting anyone to go full blown IT staff, I'm just wondering if anyone else has had this issue and if anyone's been able to fix it. Thanks!

After watching the der8auer and ltt videos and reading the anandtech article; High points: Intel's value proposition is completely nonexistent Gaming perf. is so close as to only be less than 5% difference in many games, with ties in about half AMD now holds IPC crown, however... Low points: Intel still holds the single threaded crown due to higher clocks the maximum observed boosts and overclocking results are pretty disappointing. Der8auer said himself that most chips have a maximum observed boost lower than the advertised spec, and that some chips fail to hit 5Ghz even on LN2.

I want this to be true very much. I'm glad that it matches AdoredTv's leaks that predicted the 3700X at 5Ghz: Highly recommend his channel. Excellent analysis of Ryzen 3000 likely specs. Pricing of this leak is about $50 higher at $379 but even then it would be a killer CPU and for sure my next upgrade.

I upgraded from a GTX 970 to the RX 480, and yes, the RX 480 is faster. The main advantage is having 8GB on the RX 480 instead of 3.5GB on the GTX 970.

YES! A few months ago I cleaned out my twitter from about ~250 tweets that Youtube had sent out every time I added to a playlist. It was terrible, and it was never clear to me when I agreed to have that happen.

Clicked into this expecting to see Origin and/or Uplay clone but was pleasantly surprised. I hope this can become a true competitor to steam. Probably won't ever beat them, but something to at least make Valve try harder.

I don't like it. The trend of simplification, at least to me, feels like the software equivalent of cutting battery life on a smartphone in half to make it a few fractions of a millimeter thinner. Office is a Utility, and as such I wish they would prioritize that above looks. I'm not colorblind myself, but @corrado33 makes a really good point. Why on earth do you noticeably inconvenience 5% of the population while causing mixed reactions among the other 95%. Visual complexity can be used for good in a non-cluttered fashion and I feel like nobody understands this. I feel like the 80's/90's was the peak of company logo design. The older cluttered designs were generally de-cluttered around this time, but they didn't lose their brand character. Most modern logos look like a default text with as few interesting details as possible and it generally doesn't communicate anything about the brand or product anymore, apart from they are "modern and simple". Back when Google changed their logo a few years ago, spawning memes like the one on bottom left, the trend has really gotten a lot worse. Generally everything is gravitating towards blocky flat text with no unnecessary detail or color. I feel like eventually we'll all be living in Pixies Inc. from Fairly Oddparents as shown above right. This really gets me heated for no reason

I use the Telephoto on my XS, but only for 2x optical zoom. Couldn't care less about bokeh, and I wish the Optical zoom would be prioritized over other things, since everyone is going to zoom their camera but I suspect only a fraction will use bokeh. If Optical Zoom could somehow be improved to say, 5x, then that would probably be one of the biggest advancements in smartphone design in the past 3 years. Imagine the marketing material comparing digital vs optically zoomed images at 5x, it wouldn't even be a contest. That being said I'm not an Optical expert and doubt something like 5x is physically feasible but I can dream.

Yes, I believe it was AdoredTV who predicted that. He's been pretty good at predicting Zen 2 leaks as of so far... from 20:38 to 21:26

Ironically they still haven't named a replacement CEO since Krzanich got kicked out. The interim CEO is Robert Swan atm and theyre still looking for a replacement.

When I booted my desktop a few minutes ago to write this among other things, the Re-Released October Update made me think my PC was dying (which to be fair its HP garbage with a million aftermarket parts). There was no video output and endless bootlooping. No power to USB's. I tried booting it without the PCIe power plugged in, which for some reason fixed the video output. Plugged the PCIe power back in and rebooted. There was now video output but it still took like 7 or 8 bootloops to get to desktop. I'm not sure if its my crappy HW, but after I noticed it was updating when I turned it back on my best guess is that Windows did it. All we want is for it to WORK, Microsoft.

@GoodBytes Please this thread for my ignorance

I actually thought of that, how it's strange that Apple can't even keep consistent connectors within their own company, much less with everyone else's device. I definitely prefer Lightning over Micro USB, and although I have limited experience with USB C I lean towards favoring it over lightning. I would not complain if Apple got rid of lightning.

Staples broke my 6S backlight filter during battery replacement. Don't ever get any phone repairs / battery replacements done at Staples if you value your device. I wasn't planning on getting the XS, but I decided it was time for an upgrade, so I got the 256 GB iPhone XS in Space Gray. I've owned the iPod 3rd Gen, iPhone 4S, iPhone 5S, iPhone 6S, and now the iPhone XS, so I've witnessed the progression from iOS 3 all the way to iOS 12. I don't use mac, but all my mobile devices have always been Apple. Rather than coming to the community with a question "should i get blah blah blah" I thought I'd ask everyone if you have any questions / ideas / benchmarks you would be interested in about the iPhone XS. I think i'm also specifically qualified to answer from the perspective of upgrading from the 6S and all the adjustments to having no headphone jack if anyone is interested. Don't ask me to make comparisons to Android, I've only ever used a BLU phone in a robotics project and I know that garbage is not representative of the usual android experience. plz keep rip wallet jokes to a minimum

I was talking about this on the AdoredTV Discord server yesterday, and this is what I found: The Intel "Old 10nm" was 54nm * 36nm * 399nm per transistor. However, new leaks say it's 15% behind smallest 7nm (Samsung), which is 44nm x 36nm x 270nm. That puts Intel "New 10nm" at about 62.1nm x 50.6nm x 310.5nm. For reference, the GF 12LP process, which AMD is shipping processors on today, is 78nm x 64nm x ~400nm. Intel "New 10nm" single transistor is 0.0031 µm², whereas GF 12LP is 0.0049 µm². This is a difference of 56%, but doesn't lead to a density improvement of 56%. The GF 12LP area is so high due to it being mostly identical to the GF 14LPP process, except each cell is 400nm tall instead of 480nm tall on GF 14LPP. The extra 80nm off the top allows for better cooling, easier routing, etc. In addition to that past info, just today a really good article on samsung 7nm came out, plus I found some more resources. If anyone's interested: https://fuse.wikichip.org/news/1479/vlsi-2018-samsungs-2nd-gen-7nm-euv-goes-hvm/

This is even stranger considering the next iPhones are rumored to use eSim. https://www.igeeksblog.com/esim-in-2018-iphone-12072018/

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Anyone else see the hose-like object that came on camera right before it cut out? What was that? Does anyone else recall seeing that on previous launches?

I also have a 3770, and from what I've seen the 8700k delivers better raw gaming performance, but will drop frames when streaming + gaming. Source: https://www.gamersnexus.net/hwreviews/3287-amd-r7-2700-and-2700x-review-game-streaming-cpu-benchmarks-memory/page-2 So pretty much it seems like the 8700k delivers better performance to the streamer, however, the 2700X delivers a better viewing experience to the viewer. I personally would recommend the 2700X over 2600X because the appeal of the 2700X is in the higher clock rather than the core count (in this case). Overall, the 2700X would be my choice as it loses slightly in gaming, but wins by a large margin in most everything else.

Ok, what games are you looking to play? Also, here's a helpful snippet from PcPer that sums up my feelings about Ryzen+ @ 4k: https://www.pcper.com/reviews/Processors/Ryzen-7-2700X-and-Ryzen-5-2600X-Review-Zen-Matures/1440p-and-4K-Gaming I also spec'd out $600 upgrade packages for both the 8700k and 2700x. After selecting the processor, then I picked the cheapest motherboard that has been proven to support overclocking to the average bin (5Ghz for 8700k and 4.15Ghz for 2700X), then I got the best 16GB ram kit using any remaining budget. 8700k $600 upgrade: 2700x $600 upgrade: Since gaming differences at 4k are minimal (>5%), IMHO you should probably pick the feature set that benefits you more. Seeing how you have a 128Gb SDD + 2 HDD's, the SenseMI storage acceleration could really help out your system, plus the Ryzen+ upgrade package has built in Wifi and Bluetooth whereas the Coffee Lake package does not. Although you'll be missing out on a few FPS compared to coffee lake, the extra 4 threads will help keep your 99% minimum frame times low under load, especially while streaming. If you really want to overclock HARD, then the Coffee Lake upgrade package has better power delivery, plus it's already a high-clocking processor. Almost every 8700k should be able to hit 5Ghz (88% of chips according to Silicon Lottery), but if you want to go for 5.1Ghz or 5.2 Ghz (54% and 22% of chips respectively) then you'll need all the help you can get. The built in audio is better than the Ryzen+ package as well. Also - please note that the 2400Mhz RAM will cause a performance hit. From what I could find, at 720p there was a 3% performance hit and at 1080p there was a 2% performance hit. Edit: Using lots of statistics I barely know how to use, I think the performance impact at 4k might be between 5.3% and 8.5%