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When I start an upload with big files onto my IDrive account, or when I execute an OpenSpeedTest on my home-lab instance of openspeedtest (which causes a high bandwidth upload), the entire network in Windows 10 stops (no network icon), and only solution is to reboot my machine. When doing normal Speedtest.net, or other kinds of uploads, all works fine, but when I add a big collection of photos that I need to backup to IDrive service, immediately my internet on the PC goes down (internet is still available for the rest of the house). I tried: Unplugging and re-plugging the lan cable Troubleshooting the network stack with the Windows troubleshooters Reset the network stack already have latest drivers from Intel I have Windows 10, with motherboard integrated gigabit intel I211 adapter, connected to a Gigabit switch to my other gigabit computers/servers, and with a 500mbps fiber internet (symmetric download and upload).

In contacted GMG support describing what happened (purchasing invitation package and not getting gold), and they promoted my profile to gold

I followed the steps, added the coupon and got a purchase, but I have no Gold tier, says Awaiting Key:

I got a PNY 4080 graphic card and it comes with RGB leds, and the software to manage it is VelocityX. the UI is acceptable until you reach the "Lighting" section, to turn off the RGB effects you need to turn on a switch!!! in what design language is this?!

I understand, good trick, but like this fans lose sync, for example, I want to use the infinity effect, separating in 2 layers they don't sync at all.

There is the official SteamCMD command line tool for Steam, which allows you to download games and apps: https://developer.valvesoftware.com/wiki/SteamCMD but still, you need a PC, not a mobile device. which means you can even have Steam installed rather than using steamcmd. a workaround could be to have an online server somewhere (amazon, linode) where you have ssh access, download the game with steamcmd, compress to a zip file, then open a web server and download it to your phone, long workaround but could work.

I got the Corsair QL120 fan set, and I am setting up the lighting effects. I installed the fans on the top as in the following diagram: in front of the CPU it pulls cool air, and behind the CPU it exhausts hot air. When trying to set up the lighting effects in iCue software, the circular motion animation is inverted on those fans, obviously having one installed upwards and the other downwards the led order is inverted. Is there an option in the iCue software where I can tell it to invert the motion of the animation?

You bought it at the wrong time, from sometime till 13th of June they bundled Diablo IV, but now there is nothing.

I was undecided between the two you mentioned, but in the end I got a 4080. I was a bit afraid of driver issues with the XTX, and also many say it has bad support for VR (I currently don't have VR, but I am interested in it), and most of all is the higher power usage of the XTX (especially on multimonitor and video playback), which will be annoying in my case because while working I always have video's playing back on a secondary monitor. Speaking of performance, in the "Radeon RX 7900 XTX vs. GeForce RTX 4080 50+ Game Benchmark" Techspot review ( https://www.techspot.com/review/2599-radeon-7900-xtx-vs-geforce-rtx-4080/ ), about half of the games the 7900XTX is better, and the other half the 4080 is better, which if you take the average it means they are nearly equal. The 7900 XTX will live longer because of the more RAM (24GB) versus the 16 of the 4080. see what is better for your situation.

Finally, I did the upgrade and am very satisfied with the results. I went with one of the cheapest 4080 but among the best, the tongue twister "PNY GeForce RTX™ 4080 16GB XLR8 Gaming VERTO™ EPIC-X RGB Overclocked Triple Fan DLSS 3". I went with the Overclock variant than the standard variant (which is cheaper by just $30) because I read that the OC version of GPUs usually get a better binned chip, which is always good for stability and performance. And to keep my cable management clean, I even went with the Corsair 600W 12VHPWR cable upgrade that connected directly to the PSU instead of using the cerberus cable adapter, it is a great and clean setup. All games I play* run with ultra settings and GPU usage is above 90-95% all the time. The only game that is still suffering is MSFS2020. * Witcher 3 Next gen, Star Wars Fallen Order, AC Valhalla, Control, F1 2020. Soon I will be getting the new Star Wars game and Hogwarts.

I got the PNY XLR8 4080 OC, great card, big cooler and low temperatures. I went with the OC version because I read around that the OC cards usually gets a better binned chip to be able to be factory overclocked.

I was in your situation last week, undecided between 7900xtx vs 4080. I checked many reviews and forums, as you said they mention the driver issues sometimes, extra power on idle/multimonitor and playing videos, and currently it also has issues with running VR headsets. in addition that Nvidia supports the Nvidia Broadcast app which uses the power of the Nvidia cores to remove noise and cam background from online meetings, which I use a lot. As I don't play games ALL the time, power is important to me, and the driver issues with the AMD GPU's is not something new: as when I got my 2070 Super 3 years ago I was also undecided whether to get it or the 5700XT (which was the competitor at that time), it also had many driver issues (AMD still didn't learn to make stable drivers in 3 years ?!?) The 4080 is more expensive but I currently still prefer Nvidia over AMD.

I have been viewing many benchmark videos on Youtube about the 4080 running on a 5900x with 1440p native displays, and in most games (mainly the ones I am interested in) one can clearly see that the 4080 GPU usage is above 85-90-95% while the 5900x CPU usage is always below 35-40-45%, which means this combination (5900x+4080+1440) is good and not much waste of money. I also checked many reviews about the 7900 XT/XTX GPUs, some still say there are driver issues, bad support for VR (I currently don't have VR, but I am interested in it), and mainly high power usage (especially on multimonitor and video playback), which will be annoying in my case because while working I always have video's playing back on a secondary monitor. Above all that going back a generation for an AMD 6800/6900 or RTX 3090 is not a wise thing to do in 2023: using GPUs that are 2-3 years old, and that do not support AV1 encoding (which is also another thing I am very interested in, especially for my work). I guess I will be going for the 4080 after all, but still will be checking for more information.

So it means the 4080 is an overkill for this high end CPU at 1440p (really? 12 core, 24 threads and it can't keep up with the 4080 at 1440?). This means also the 7900 xtx is an overkill, so I'd better go with 4070 to utilize the GPU at 100%. Will this be the case in a couple of years and the games that will be released? It seems better to go with 4070 now and save quite a lot, then in 2 years upgrade a second time to the 6070 for example.

I thought I understood bottlenecks, but it seems counterintuitive: bottleneck at lower resolutions, while ok at higher resolutions? which is it: (#1) the 5900x is too powerful at throwing 1440 frames at the 4080 (which means GPU will be at 100% while CPU at ~70% for example), or the contrary (2) 4080 can render frames faster than the CPU? it should be #1. while at 4k the CPU will throw 4k frames slower at the 4080 which makes it suitable? If I save money and get a 4070 (or 4070 ti) with the 5900x, will it be a better or worse bottleneck? at the moment I have no intention to change or downgrade the CPU, I use the same PC as a workstation for media and development with virtual machines, more CPU cores are better for my work. Tuned in what way?