Curious Pineapple

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They are the top tier silicon, for customers that can't just use onboard graphics to view YouTube until a replacement arrives should the card fail. When time is money, the cost of a Quadro easily offsets the cost of a card failing during use.

I've some damn tight slots that takes a bit of force to get my sticks into, also had some loose ones that were to sloppy. If it clicks in properly and works then you;re all good.

Doesn't need to be the CPU that's overheating to cause performance problems.

I was comparing the 5500 and 5600 in terms of VRAM and the 5600 and 2060 in terms of performance. I'm leaning towards the 5600XT, less VRAM than the 5500 but performance around the same as the RTX2060 for a lot less.

Sounds like it's just ovefheating rather than needing replacing.

Your friend is a complete tit. You may be able to salvage that card though, got a 4X slot you can stick it in? Even a 1x will do.

Sets the alarm too, and saves key wear which does become an issues over the years. Got a car and had a new key cut as the original one doesn't reliable operate the drivers door lock any more. The new key gets jammed in the ignition barrel even though it was cut from the original key.

It's probably there to prevent the GPU from getting too hot, eventually you need to throw fan curves out the window and just start flowing air through as fast as possible.

@mariushmis mostly correct about VRM's. What the VRM's do is run at a fixed frequency (say 100kHz), I'll use 4 phases as a nice simple example and 10 kHz as it's late and the numbers get small, but you can divide by 10 to get more accurate numbers. The regulators use PWM to control the voltage, that is varying the amount of time they are on/off using a square wave. What happens is the timers that control the on/off periods are staggered so that, there is always at least one regulator providing current. In this example it takes 100 microseconds for a single on/off cycle. With 4 phases one regulator turns on, then 25 microseconds later another, then another, and again another at 25 microsecond intervals. Each regulator keeps it's output on for however long is calculated then turns off. In this case anything under 25% means the CPU/GPU is running purely on what is stored in capacitors for short periods (which is why there is so many of them around big processors). More phases means more outputs providing power over the smaller intervals, and also more capacity to dump hundreds of amp's when required. On the topic of under-rated UPS, well you're fine. The UPS may as well just be an extension lead until the power fails. As for having a PSU that's not rated for the job, if you have a decent one then it will just shut off. If it's a piece of shit like my old one, it will explode throwing soot out the back when your graphics card decides to go all kamikaze. Nothing in the system will detect an under-rated PSU as such, what will happen is if the PSU output voltage starts to sag, the regulators will start drawing more current to make up for the drop in voltage. Avalanch happens where more current drops voltage, meaning more current, and less voltage, and eventually something either shuts off, or shits up. My PSU will start a small car

I was thinking of the 5500XT, been looking at too many cards today. I'm getting my numbers backwards, meant 5600XT.

100mA current limit on both phone and charger initially and only increase once a handshake has been performed. Nothing is going to burn down or end up damaged by shorting if they're designed correctly.

Apart from the price, is there much in it between these GPU's? Either is likely going to be bottlenecked by an old Xeon and PCIe 2.0, but not sure if the extra £100 or so is worth it for the extra VRAM (8GB instead of 6) and NVENC. It seems my GTX1050 is a problem card when it comes to streaming and video encoding, 650 handles encoding fine though. If I'm replacing it may as well get something that will last through my next upgrade.

Ha, not seen the PT Cruiser?

Buy a Reliant Robin, every girl you cruise past will drop to the floor wet, usually from tears of laughter.

I was offered a job as a manager a few months back. I live over the road and being able to open up in the morning and turn the alarm off at 3AM would have been enough to get the job. Never worked a day of retail in my life.

Something has gone pop, look at all the soot on the back plate. You need to find the cause of that mess.

They're tied together AFAIK, you need the pair. Dead drive is dead board without going back to manufacturer. If the machine came supplied with a scratch off code card that contained the drive key then it wouldn't be an issue. If the board dies and you replace it, you enter the security key from the old board and it decrypts the data and you can either replace the key on the board, or have it decrypt the drive to allow you to backup and then re-write the data with the new boards encryption key.

Then why would people like your dad buy a Pro? It would have to be more reliable than an iMac, which nets them no money in repairs, but cheaper than a Pro. If it's cheaper than a Pro but has similar features then less people will buy the Pro. They have their products right how they want them, consumer stuff that's priced so it's just about affordable whilst maintaining the image of a premium brand, but designed to fail just often enough to make buying a new one easier than repair. Professional gear that's priced well for what it is, but has no mid-range offerings so you have no choice but to spend the extra.

I'd rather swap out my drives thanks. I'll take the risk of someone removing my SSD (and looking at my in game screen shots and big chungus background) over running back to the manufacturer with my pants down and bending over when the drive needs replacing.

^^This guy has issues.

Not streaming, just recording. I reinstalled OBS and let it auto configure just for recording. The higher the quality/resolution, the worse it got. I think the card is just not up to the job. Also if you scroll to the bottom of the NVENC list you linked to, there's a button for a complete list and the GTX6540 is in there with a single NVENC encoder with 2 concurrent sessions. Seems the 1050 is giving a few people issues with streaming/encoding. 2GB may not be enough VRAM for more demanding games.

Staring through a childs window at night doesn't directly harm anyone. Is that OK?

Close to ordering a new CPU because it wont run reliably over design speeds? OK

Running perfect at 540p, 150 FPS, single core usage getting up near 80%, GPU up near 100% and recording is silky smooth. Slowly start raising settings and resolution, and at 1080 is goes to dog crap again. Driver version is 441.87, I think the 1050 is not quite enough for more demanding games and recording/streaming. Odd that with NDI it worked fine though.