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    David89 reacted to SpaceGhostC2C in AMD Officially Announces AMD Ryzen Threadripper CPUs For Consumers, Up to 16 Cores and 32 Threads   
    So, have you measured the power draw by a 7700K at 5GHz? 
    (also, remember that 220W was a TDP rating, not a power consumption measurement. The 9370 had the same rating, yet it won't need much more than 180W at full load). 
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    David89 reacted to sof006 in AMD making money from ad revenue from installing drivers!?!?   
    And the big deal is? Its not hurting the consumer and AMD makes a little bit more money and the owners of the product get noticed better. I see nothing wrong with this, I assume Nvidia, Intel etc all do this as well.
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    David89 got a reaction from Sanctorum in APU Build for my dad.   
    There are no AM3 APUs.
     
    You can get AM4 with the A12 Bristol-Ridge, with DDR4 and other stuff for around 350 bucks. Depending on what your dad does: Get a used A10-7850K. Should be more than enough for the next 3-4 Years if he does some very light strategy gaming (at least my dad does from time to time). In this config you can just switch next year for the newer ones - if at all needed. And you can get m.2 SSDs.
     
    They run cool, they are power-efficient enough and have more than enough power. Should be able to get one for about 200. And FM2+ is not as dated as AM3, it has a lot of features, it's stable and does the job.
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    David89 got a reaction from SCHISCHKA in AMD RX400 & 500 series on linux   
    RX480 running absolutely fine here on Arch Linux with Ryzen. I'm actually pretty impressed about OpenGL Performance, since switching to Ryzen. Hitman is - give or take 2-3 FPS - on par with DX11 on Windows - which is awesome, but goes to show, how much of a CPU Bottleneck OpenGL can be.
     
    Wine with the Gallium Nine patches has some issues, but i can't really pinpoint them to a specific reason right now (have to dig deeper in to the logs). Sometimes Shadows on DX9 Games are horrible and sometimes it just crashes with some memory access violation (Mafia 2)
     
    Overclocking is a bit of a PITA, but it's possible. However, i'm not able to get AMDGPUPro running, because it needs Xorg1.18 and Arch Linux as a rolling release is near Xorg1.20 - so i had to downgrade. That said though, you don't need AMDGPUPro, as @Wild Penquin said. However, it doesn't include Cuda - it's OpenCL and at least on ArchLinux the OpenCL stuff has been put in to place as a standalone package, which works actually very well.
     
    Even Fan Control works pretty well - at least on my MSI RX 480 i can't turn off the Fan completely though. But i can't here it at 600 RPM, so i don't really care.
     
    The only thing, that really is missing, is FreeSync - at least for me. My Monitor doesn't officially support FreeSync, but under Windows i can force it active and it works - that isn't possible under Linux, as it sets it according to the EDID, and my monitor doesn't have that specific information, so it defaults to "not available". And as always, right now there is no GUI to set it, so you need to use the console.
     
    Apart from that: It's beautiful how good it works. TBH, i haven't been considering an NVidia Card for ages, and as it stands now, i never will again. AMD is doing so much for Linux at the moment, the green team has just plain and simple lost the game. Considering what i had to endure with NV the last time i tried them, it's pretty much "Gameover" in my book for the greens. I'm a Linux User for about 8 years now and yes, AMD Cards sometimes needed a bit of manual tuning (especially back in the day with the 1950 Pro), but most of the time, they where at least usable. NV though broke compatibility so often, i lost count after a while.
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    David89 got a reaction from Wild Penquin in AMD RX400 & 500 series on linux   
    RX480 running absolutely fine here on Arch Linux with Ryzen. I'm actually pretty impressed about OpenGL Performance, since switching to Ryzen. Hitman is - give or take 2-3 FPS - on par with DX11 on Windows - which is awesome, but goes to show, how much of a CPU Bottleneck OpenGL can be.
     
    Wine with the Gallium Nine patches has some issues, but i can't really pinpoint them to a specific reason right now (have to dig deeper in to the logs). Sometimes Shadows on DX9 Games are horrible and sometimes it just crashes with some memory access violation (Mafia 2)
     
    Overclocking is a bit of a PITA, but it's possible. However, i'm not able to get AMDGPUPro running, because it needs Xorg1.18 and Arch Linux as a rolling release is near Xorg1.20 - so i had to downgrade. That said though, you don't need AMDGPUPro, as @Wild Penquin said. However, it doesn't include Cuda - it's OpenCL and at least on ArchLinux the OpenCL stuff has been put in to place as a standalone package, which works actually very well.
     
    Even Fan Control works pretty well - at least on my MSI RX 480 i can't turn off the Fan completely though. But i can't here it at 600 RPM, so i don't really care.
     
    The only thing, that really is missing, is FreeSync - at least for me. My Monitor doesn't officially support FreeSync, but under Windows i can force it active and it works - that isn't possible under Linux, as it sets it according to the EDID, and my monitor doesn't have that specific information, so it defaults to "not available". And as always, right now there is no GUI to set it, so you need to use the console.
     
    Apart from that: It's beautiful how good it works. TBH, i haven't been considering an NVidia Card for ages, and as it stands now, i never will again. AMD is doing so much for Linux at the moment, the green team has just plain and simple lost the game. Considering what i had to endure with NV the last time i tried them, it's pretty much "Gameover" in my book for the greens. I'm a Linux User for about 8 years now and yes, AMD Cards sometimes needed a bit of manual tuning (especially back in the day with the 1950 Pro), but most of the time, they where at least usable. NV though broke compatibility so often, i lost count after a while.
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    David89 got a reaction from Wild Penquin in AMD RX400 & 500 series on linux   
    Most of the time i use VLC and set de-interlacing to CPU - so i can't say in noticed anything out of the ordinary. But vdpau works.
     
    HVEC decoding doesn't, but i'll try it anyway.
     
    That Video in the attached screenshot has ~ 95 Mbit Bitrate (imagine, Streaming something like that :D), 4k res, 30 FPS and is h264. I believe it's also 10 Bit Colour, but im not sure about that.
     

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    David89 reacted to slicknux in Best OS for my Netbook   
    Like I said in another similar topic, no matter what distro you use, a slow CPU will not work faster. Light distros are useful only because they load faster (from HDD) and use less RAM so you have more available for your applications. But once a destkop environment loads it mostly sits dormant. So it doesn't help me neither gets in the way of loading LibreOffice. LibreOffice will take the same time to load on Puppy Linux as it will on KDE. And YouTube in 720p will stress the CPU in the same way, even if I could run it on Windows 95 (which works even on computers with 8MB of RAM).
     
    Should make a page on the Internet to break this myth of light distros
     
    So to finalize: use a light distro so it loads faster and you don't get bored at the loading screen and use a light browser. For example Chrome/Chromium will be slow to load sites on that CPU on bloated sites, mostly because of a feature that compiles JavaScript to machine code.
     
    Focus on finding light applications that you use often.
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    David89 reacted to Mr.Meerkat in Silencio! (Ryzen Upgrade-Build-Log)   
    Agh, the dust!  
    Anyway, welcome to the 6 core+ club, hope you enjoy your stay here...(btw, I just made that club up right now...)
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    David89 got a reaction from shadowbyte in Silencio! (Ryzen Upgrade-Build-Log)   
    It has been a while, since I made one of these. Around 4 years to be exact. Well, after Upgrading from the 750K to an 860K, a dead motherboard, to the RX 480, finally Ryzen was there. As i refused to buy Intel, I had to make due, what AMD had to offer. AM3+ was a dead plattform, pretty much every new feature had to be added with extra chips by the motherboard and i didn't want to deal with any of that. So i had to "limp along" for quite some time now in terms of power. Still - FM2+ was energy efficient, the 860K @ 4,4 GHz did have decent enough power (around an i5-4460) , so that most of the time the GPU Limit at 1440p was the "problem".
     
    I've been a Linux user for quite some time now (~ 6 years) and with Metro: Last Light Redux was the first game i only played on Linux. But OpenGL is a huge power hog and while it was still playable at ~ 30-40 FPS, the "new" Hitman came along and wanted even more. My main Windows was 8.1 (and still is with Ryzen), since i quite like it. IMHO it offers the best blend out of Windows 10's power and Windows 7's Design philosophy and it can even look exactly like Windows 7. I only had Windows 10 on a spare 60 GB SSD to at least be "in the loop" - working in IT-Support this is quite important. But, i finally had a reason to try DirectX12, and i was actually amazed how good it was. But then, i wanted to try something else, so i got Doom and tried Vulkan. Under Linux. And holy crap, solid 60 FPS. Unfortunately I don't really like Doom. The only reason to have kept Windows 8.1 was Elite Dangerous, because you can't get the Luancher to work (DirectX/Graphics are fine...game itself launches, but complains). So all in all, there was no urgent need to upgrade. But - i digress.
     
    This was in January, fast forward to last week, I finally got the package.
     

     

     
    So let's get the old stuff out...
     

     
    Ah, damn, i knew it...that explains the rising temperatures over the last few months. Was suspecting something like that, but too lazy to check
     

     
    Looks nearly the same...(sorry for the strange position i was taking the photo in...was pretty excited and slammed that thing in there...)
     

     
    Oh, so is that why Ryzen doesn't overclock that well...?
     

     
    Wasn't sure about that logo at first, but i'm starting to like it.
     

     
    Thermalrights mounting kit took almost 4 weeks to arrive...
     

     
    But i have to say, i'm not really happy with the build quality for around 110 bucks. That old ASUS A88X-Pro did cost ~ 20 less and was so much better build, it's a shame ASUS didn't have a "good enough" B350 Board in that price range...
    (Yes, that S-ATA port is croocked and yes, it still works, but it looks not very good inside the case...but cable management is another topic in itself...) Also, the CHA_FAN Headers are placed pretty idiotic.
     

    (ASUS)

    (ASROCK)

     
    After some tinkering, 3 Bios Updates and some more tinkering, the sad thing is: I can't get my Ram working with anything above 2400 MHz. Even upping voltages on the memory controler doesn't work. (Let alone the fact, that the settings in the UEFI are extremely basic for the voltages, while others have settings i can't even begin to grasp - taking screenshots of the BIOS also does not work, so i'm sorry for the crappy quality)
     


     
    At least overclocking worked - and it actually works pretty good with C-States, so i don't loose any powersaving features.
     
    4.175 GHz...! Not bad at all...
     

     
    However, it still is only Air-Cooling and AMD recommends 1,45VCore max. for 24/7 and ~89°C tcl is too much for my taste. So i dialed it back a bit to 3,95 GHz.
     

     
    71°C tcl max. and 61°C on the CPUTIN is absolutely fine with me, especially considering, that this all is inside a silent case, with not that good airflow and it still is pretty quite. (Around 43 dB while all fans running at max., around 25-27 dB in Idle)
    Also, Power Consumption is pretty fantastic:
     
    Non-AVX, Full-Load, OCed to 3,95 GHz (AVX is ~ 200 Watts):

     
    Stock Non-AVX, Full-Load:

     
    Idle (bare in mind, i've got 2 HDDs and 3 SSDs, as well as some USB Devices connected):

     
    Gaming(on Linux - on Windows it's about 25 Watts more, since the RX480 is running@1400 MHz):

     
    And while were at it, some Benchmarks:
     
    860K

     
    R5 1600@3,95 GHz

     
    Metro 2033 Redux on Linux (Test1 is the 860K, 1440p, everything maxed):

     
    Unfortunately i only have RAW-Data for Hitman on Linux (1440p, Ultra, no AA):
    860K:
    Min.: 7 FPS, Max.: 46 FPS, AVG.: 27 FPS
    R5 1600:
    Min.: 5 FPS, Max.: 173, AVG.: 57 FPS
     
    That Minimum is one loading stutter on the very first few frames on the Benchmark - after that it runs absolutely smooth. I guess this has to do with loading it from the HDD, not the SSD.
     
    The funny thing though is: DX11 on a "fresh" (but very customized) Windows 10 install gives me less FPS, both in Max. and AVG. DX12 is around 10 FPS faster in AVG and get's up to 200 FPS on some parts. So...Linux bad for Gaming...? I don't think so.
    Oh: And the GPU is at 1400 MHz on Windows...
     
    So, all in all i'm very happy with the Performance. I do hope i'll get the Ram up to at least 2933 MHz with a newer Bios (the last one is a Beta Bios from the 10th. of April) and i have to do something about those Ketchup Cables and Cable Management all around. Unfortunately, that isn't easy with the Board-Layout and how the Cables are routed in the Case. I may need to get a different PSU
     

     
    Looks pretty sad, doesn't it?
     
    PS: Sorry for the crappy Picture Quality. I've been meaning to use my DSLR, but I was so excited, I totally forgot to charge the battery...and i couldn't wait any longer
     
    Edit:
     
    Parts-List
     
    CPU: AMD Ryzen 5 1600 3.2GHz 6-Core Processor
    CPU Cooler: Thermalright HR-02 Rev.A(BW) 73.6 CFM CPU Cooler
    Motherboard: ASRock AB350 Pro4 ATX AM4 Motherboard
    Memory: G.Skill Aegis 16GB (2 x 8GB) DDR4-3000 Memory (That's the wrong Link - apparently the 3000 MHz Kit isn't available in the U.S.)
    Storage: Samsung 850 EVO-Series 120GB 2.5" Solid State Drive
    Storage: OCZ Vertex 3 240GB 2.5" Solid State Drive
    Storage: INTENSO ELITE1207041170 60 GB 2.5" Solid State Drive
    Storage: Western Digital Caviar Green 1TB 3.5" 5400RPM Internal Hard Drive
    Storage: Seagate Desktop HDD 4TB 3.5" 5900RPM Internal Hard Drive
    Video Card: MSI Radeon RX 480 8GB ARMOR 8G OC Video Card
    Case: Cooler Master Silencio 650 ATX Mid Tower Case
    Power Supply: FSP Group 400W 80+ Gold Certified ATX Power Supply
    Optical Drive: Samsung SH-B123L/RSBP Blu-Ray Reader, DVD/CD Writer
    Monitor: Acer K272HUL Ebmidpx 27.0" 2560x1440 60Hz Monitor
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    David89 got a reaction from Mr.Meerkat in Silencio! (Ryzen Upgrade-Build-Log)   
    Well, the dust is only temporary
    Thanks, it's good to be here I've just compiled a Kernel, while editing some RAW-Photos from my DSLR...12 Threads are darn good
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    David89 got a reaction from Nup in Silencio! (Ryzen Upgrade-Build-Log)   
    It has been a while, since I made one of these. Around 4 years to be exact. Well, after Upgrading from the 750K to an 860K, a dead motherboard, to the RX 480, finally Ryzen was there. As i refused to buy Intel, I had to make due, what AMD had to offer. AM3+ was a dead plattform, pretty much every new feature had to be added with extra chips by the motherboard and i didn't want to deal with any of that. So i had to "limp along" for quite some time now in terms of power. Still - FM2+ was energy efficient, the 860K @ 4,4 GHz did have decent enough power (around an i5-4460) , so that most of the time the GPU Limit at 1440p was the "problem".
     
    I've been a Linux user for quite some time now (~ 6 years) and with Metro: Last Light Redux was the first game i only played on Linux. But OpenGL is a huge power hog and while it was still playable at ~ 30-40 FPS, the "new" Hitman came along and wanted even more. My main Windows was 8.1 (and still is with Ryzen), since i quite like it. IMHO it offers the best blend out of Windows 10's power and Windows 7's Design philosophy and it can even look exactly like Windows 7. I only had Windows 10 on a spare 60 GB SSD to at least be "in the loop" - working in IT-Support this is quite important. But, i finally had a reason to try DirectX12, and i was actually amazed how good it was. But then, i wanted to try something else, so i got Doom and tried Vulkan. Under Linux. And holy crap, solid 60 FPS. Unfortunately I don't really like Doom. The only reason to have kept Windows 8.1 was Elite Dangerous, because you can't get the Luancher to work (DirectX/Graphics are fine...game itself launches, but complains). So all in all, there was no urgent need to upgrade. But - i digress.
     
    This was in January, fast forward to last week, I finally got the package.
     

     

     
    So let's get the old stuff out...
     

     
    Ah, damn, i knew it...that explains the rising temperatures over the last few months. Was suspecting something like that, but too lazy to check
     

     
    Looks nearly the same...(sorry for the strange position i was taking the photo in...was pretty excited and slammed that thing in there...)
     

     
    Oh, so is that why Ryzen doesn't overclock that well...?
     

     
    Wasn't sure about that logo at first, but i'm starting to like it.
     

     
    Thermalrights mounting kit took almost 4 weeks to arrive...
     

     
    But i have to say, i'm not really happy with the build quality for around 110 bucks. That old ASUS A88X-Pro did cost ~ 20 less and was so much better build, it's a shame ASUS didn't have a "good enough" B350 Board in that price range...
    (Yes, that S-ATA port is croocked and yes, it still works, but it looks not very good inside the case...but cable management is another topic in itself...) Also, the CHA_FAN Headers are placed pretty idiotic.
     

    (ASUS)

    (ASROCK)

     
    After some tinkering, 3 Bios Updates and some more tinkering, the sad thing is: I can't get my Ram working with anything above 2400 MHz. Even upping voltages on the memory controler doesn't work. (Let alone the fact, that the settings in the UEFI are extremely basic for the voltages, while others have settings i can't even begin to grasp - taking screenshots of the BIOS also does not work, so i'm sorry for the crappy quality)
     


     
    At least overclocking worked - and it actually works pretty good with C-States, so i don't loose any powersaving features.
     
    4.175 GHz...! Not bad at all...
     

     
    However, it still is only Air-Cooling and AMD recommends 1,45VCore max. for 24/7 and ~89°C tcl is too much for my taste. So i dialed it back a bit to 3,95 GHz.
     

     
    71°C tcl max. and 61°C on the CPUTIN is absolutely fine with me, especially considering, that this all is inside a silent case, with not that good airflow and it still is pretty quite. (Around 43 dB while all fans running at max., around 25-27 dB in Idle)
    Also, Power Consumption is pretty fantastic:
     
    Non-AVX, Full-Load, OCed to 3,95 GHz (AVX is ~ 200 Watts):

     
    Stock Non-AVX, Full-Load:

     
    Idle (bare in mind, i've got 2 HDDs and 3 SSDs, as well as some USB Devices connected):

     
    Gaming(on Linux - on Windows it's about 25 Watts more, since the RX480 is running@1400 MHz):

     
    And while were at it, some Benchmarks:
     
    860K

     
    R5 1600@3,95 GHz

     
    Metro 2033 Redux on Linux (Test1 is the 860K, 1440p, everything maxed):

     
    Unfortunately i only have RAW-Data for Hitman on Linux (1440p, Ultra, no AA):
    860K:
    Min.: 7 FPS, Max.: 46 FPS, AVG.: 27 FPS
    R5 1600:
    Min.: 5 FPS, Max.: 173, AVG.: 57 FPS
     
    That Minimum is one loading stutter on the very first few frames on the Benchmark - after that it runs absolutely smooth. I guess this has to do with loading it from the HDD, not the SSD.
     
    The funny thing though is: DX11 on a "fresh" (but very customized) Windows 10 install gives me less FPS, both in Max. and AVG. DX12 is around 10 FPS faster in AVG and get's up to 200 FPS on some parts. So...Linux bad for Gaming...? I don't think so.
    Oh: And the GPU is at 1400 MHz on Windows...
     
    So, all in all i'm very happy with the Performance. I do hope i'll get the Ram up to at least 2933 MHz with a newer Bios (the last one is a Beta Bios from the 10th. of April) and i have to do something about those Ketchup Cables and Cable Management all around. Unfortunately, that isn't easy with the Board-Layout and how the Cables are routed in the Case. I may need to get a different PSU
     

     
    Looks pretty sad, doesn't it?
     
    PS: Sorry for the crappy Picture Quality. I've been meaning to use my DSLR, but I was so excited, I totally forgot to charge the battery...and i couldn't wait any longer
     
    Edit:
     
    Parts-List
     
    CPU: AMD Ryzen 5 1600 3.2GHz 6-Core Processor
    CPU Cooler: Thermalright HR-02 Rev.A(BW) 73.6 CFM CPU Cooler
    Motherboard: ASRock AB350 Pro4 ATX AM4 Motherboard
    Memory: G.Skill Aegis 16GB (2 x 8GB) DDR4-3000 Memory (That's the wrong Link - apparently the 3000 MHz Kit isn't available in the U.S.)
    Storage: Samsung 850 EVO-Series 120GB 2.5" Solid State Drive
    Storage: OCZ Vertex 3 240GB 2.5" Solid State Drive
    Storage: INTENSO ELITE1207041170 60 GB 2.5" Solid State Drive
    Storage: Western Digital Caviar Green 1TB 3.5" 5400RPM Internal Hard Drive
    Storage: Seagate Desktop HDD 4TB 3.5" 5900RPM Internal Hard Drive
    Video Card: MSI Radeon RX 480 8GB ARMOR 8G OC Video Card
    Case: Cooler Master Silencio 650 ATX Mid Tower Case
    Power Supply: FSP Group 400W 80+ Gold Certified ATX Power Supply
    Optical Drive: Samsung SH-B123L/RSBP Blu-Ray Reader, DVD/CD Writer
    Monitor: Acer K272HUL Ebmidpx 27.0" 2560x1440 60Hz Monitor
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    David89 reacted to 50mm in Oak Desk - my new custom desk   
    Hello everyone to my new project, but this time without any hardware. I hope it still fits into this forum as it will be part of my setup.
     
    The last few years many people build their own "Desk PCs" and even companies released some which you can just buy and put your computer in.
    I really like the idea of having you computer inside of your desk but i don't want to have a 20cm thick one. That's why i stick to a normal PC inside a case placed next to me.
     
    When i moved my setup to another room last year i didn't take my glass desk with me since i wanted to get a new one. Since then i used this old desk which looks really cheap compared to the rest.
    It has scratches all over it, looks dirty and when you place something on it you might think it will break any second.  
     

     
    The last few months when i was browsing reddit and instagram i found some really nice setups, from simple white desks to some made out of solid wood.
    I could get a white one without any effort when i drive to the nearest Ikea but that's not what i wanted. It should at least look like wood.
    The first idea where melamine oder veneer desks, another alternative were work plates like they're used in the kitchen.
     
    All well and good, but after seeing so many nice setups i really wanted a desk made of solid wood. The only problem was the price.
    If you want a custom made plate you easily pay 1000€ or more and that was way too high.
     
    So i talked to a friend and he told me that his deceased neighboor was carpenter and after they sold nearly anything in his workshop there were still some pieces of wood left.
    He found some old oak floor lying there for about 10 years and i went there to take a look at it. 
     

     

     
    Apart from all the dust they looked really great so we asked if we can take these to my friends workshop. He then started to plane and saw the wood.
    This is the result:
     

     

     
    Gorgeous, isn't it? 
    Of course the wood has some "beauty mistakes" but i love the old look. This is exactly what i wanted.
     
     
    But i can't build a desk without a frame underneath. I wanted the frame to be made of steel profiles so i started creating some designs in CAD. 
    The first one used angle profiles and looked like this:


     
    The idea was to insert the wood plate into the profiles so you won't see the edges later. 
    Some days later i made a new design which not only looks much more sturdy but also is.
     

     
    This one uses 80x30x2mm steel profiles and should be able to hold much more than just the plate and my setup.
    I did a second one which is "only" 1,6m long and called another friend who works with metal and also powdercoats.
    The frames are going to be clear coated after welding and grinding to keep the industrial look. This will look awesome combined with the wood.
     
    That's it for today, i really hope you like my idea and if not, tell me what you think would be better.  
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    David89 reacted to Jito463 in Ryzen possibly held back by Nvidia's drivers   
    I'm thinking he meant to write "objectively" rather than "subjectively".
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    David89 reacted to Jito463 in Ryzen possibly held back by Nvidia's drivers   
    That's patently false.  I am a fan of AMD, and have never run anything BUT AMD processors (going all the way back to the 486 DX/2 66MHz).  I can still admit when AMD isn't performing well.  I give them the benefit of the doubt, being the underdog and all, but I can still acknowledge their flaws.  Being a fan =/= being a fanboy.  The two are not synonymous.
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    David89 reacted to VicBar in Linux, should I?   
    Manjaro has two package managers with GUI, Octopi is pretty nice and straight forward, not unlike OpenSUSE's Yast.
    Manjaro is slick and pretty right off the bat, and has all the greatness to find in Arch, with it.
     
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    David89 reacted to MandelFrac in MadMax on Linux - massive gains with Vulkan   
    Every Ubuntu flavor has given me nothing but headaches. I'd consider you lucky.
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    David89 got a reaction from mrchow19910319 in What is it like to work for Linus? - Honest Answers   
    I get the impression, that there is no absolute seriousness without any kind of comedy at LMG. They'd probably would have all gone insane by now, if there wasn't So for me, this actually feels pretty honest and "natural".
    Well, i have no idea what working laws there are in Canada, but if they are similar to what we have in Germany then that would be a topic, that could get you into extremely serious trouble saying the "wrong" thing. I have a hunch, that Luke would have said "that may or may not be payed" or something along the lines (and AFAIR Linus had to basically kick luke out for a few days to get his overtime down...i remember a WAN Show where that came up...). If it's half as "grey" as it is in Germany, that's a topic best to be avoided if you have an overtime account that's filled to the brim, because it could get the company into serious trouble.
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    David89 reacted to captain_to_fire in What is it like to work for Linus? - Honest Answers   
    I think he has a lot to say but the editors cut it. Luke is Linus's right hand in LMG operations and was his first employee I think so he basically knew both Linus's bad side and his good side. 
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    David89 got a reaction from VicBar in Linux, should I?   
    The thing with that is: You don't have to do anything. Manjaro, Antergos, even Charka (which i don't like very much) follow the KISS Principle. "Keep it simple, stupid". Which works extremely well, because you can just install those and just use them. I just yesterday tried Ubuntu, because i thought it will be easier to get VDR running with DVB-T2 which has been put in to place at the 29th here in Germany - and since Easy-VDR is based off of Ubuntu...
     
    Not a chance. Yes, VDR Installing isn't a problem, but the packages are so old, that DVB-T2 is out of the question. Compiling them is horrible with Ubuntu, because you need to install every package standalone. With Arch, you have "package groups". Base-Devel will install (and configure!) everything you need to start building packages. If you choose to install Yaourt on Manjaro and Antergos during the installation, you don't need to do anything, because you just need to type in the AUR-Name. It fetches the most recent binary for you and builds it. Of course that's only as good as the PKGBUILD Maintainer...but it's A LOT easier as it is with Ubuntu. So i just used a fresh LXDE Antergos install. Now i can watch TV in glorious Full-HD over the Air ^^
     
    Oh and if you want a stable experience that lets you install software without using the Terminal? Antergos has Pamac btw - i find it easier and prettier than Octopi (Octopi looks very similar to Synaptic). I'm not sure if Octopi can do that, but with Pamac you can just install anything from the AUR via a GUI. For example: Drivers for the Roccat Mouse and Logitech G410. A simple "roccat xtd" is sufficient for the mouse and a simple "logitech", a bit of scrolling and reading the few bits of text below the package name is enough.

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    David89 got a reaction from cirabarnet4 in What is it like to work for Linus? - Honest Answers   
    I get the impression, that there is no absolute seriousness without any kind of comedy at LMG. They'd probably would have all gone insane by now, if there wasn't So for me, this actually feels pretty honest and "natural".
    Well, i have no idea what working laws there are in Canada, but if they are similar to what we have in Germany then that would be a topic, that could get you into extremely serious trouble saying the "wrong" thing. I have a hunch, that Luke would have said "that may or may not be payed" or something along the lines (and AFAIR Linus had to basically kick luke out for a few days to get his overtime down...i remember a WAN Show where that came up...). If it's half as "grey" as it is in Germany, that's a topic best to be avoided if you have an overtime account that's filled to the brim, because it could get the company into serious trouble.
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    David89 reacted to noahdvs in Linux, should I?   
    Sounds like a good move. To be honest, what you pick isn't that important. Just pick something with a UI you like and get used to it.
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    David89 got a reaction from Aphexxis in Ryzen possibly held back by Nvidia's drivers   
    You do realize, if he would be biased, the Intel would not have won and the Nvidia also would not have won overall.
     
    I really hate people jumping to conclusions, just because he admitted he is a fan, where he really put A LOT of effort in to it. People also not able to draw their own conclusions is somehow a disease that has spread all over the globe...
     
     
    ME: Andromeda is one of the prime example for that. We know the Frostbite engine is capable of SO MUCH MORE.
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    David89 got a reaction from Aphexxis in Ryzen possibly held back by Nvidia's drivers   
    Sorry, but that's just idiotic. I'm not going to argue with you any more. Your generalizations are pointless and it doesn't matter if i pick the source or yours, because the bottom line is the same: Instead of logical reasoning you both (and others) jump to conclusions, that can not be aligned with the facts. (Completely ignoring the fact, that double quoting is bad practice...)
     
    - Nvidia crippling it's own performance? Well, please explain to me, why NV-Cards are that bad at DX12 then.
    - ROTR doesn't perform "bad". It's inconsistent on DX11 with NV-Cards, but - oh wonder - at DX12 it's consistent enough to explain stray results with measurement error, since the difference is only 1-2%. There are others who tested this and had pretty much the same results in performance difference - AdoredTV isn't the only one who measures this.
    - It isn't only ROTR. But ROTR at DX12 uses the Draw Call Logic more efficiently (depending on the location, since ROTR seems a bit cobbled together)
     
    Star Wars: Battlefront is pretty much the same, as well as Battlefield 1, where a R9 Fury is faster than a 1070 on DX12.
    Deus Ex: Mankind Divided is another example. A R9 Fury is faster than a 1080. Please explain THAT. Nvidias DX12 performance is absolute crap.
     
    As for the biased thing...i stand by what i said and it doesn't contradict itself. Being a Fan is not the very definition of bias. What it does show however is how narrow minded some people are. I am a total AMD Fan by default. Intel has had the better CPUs for a long time now, and the i7-7700K is still the best CPU you can get for gaming, but it isn't the most sensible thing to do. DX12 and Vulkan are the Future, so you will get better Performance and i also agree with Adored TV, that the i5-2500k lost it's lead over the FX-8350 in certain games, just because of proper optimization. And he wasn't the only one to show that: GN was also showing that.
     
    But i said i won't argue with you any more, so that's that.
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    David89 got a reaction from VicBar in Linux, should I?   
    Yes, if you want to know how to install a package or something else. And no, some things are not equally difficult. Changing the running Kernel is as easy as installing it on Antergos (or Manjaro), because they have hooks build in, that just reconfigure your mkinitcpio without you having to do anything. Pacman does a lot of other things for you, that aptitude doesn't. The Arch Wiki is the most comprehensive there is, Period. If you can't find it in there, it probably won't work or will require some serious digging, deep inside the code. And getting the latest AMDGPU-Pro driver on Arch/Antergos/Manjaro is as easy as it can be. "yaourt -S amdgpu-pro-dkms". That's it. For Ubuntu you either need to add a ppa first, and most of the times they don't really work that well or do it like AMD intended it: Compile it yourself.
     
    Of course, if you start with an Arch from scratch, it's a lot more work than Ubuntu and you can do a lot of things wrong - but i'm talking about Antergos, Manjaro or even Chakra (however, they changed to much IMHO). It's a good way to start out with an Arch based distro and get into installing Arch "the right way" later if you know what you want.
     
    Ubuntu and it's derivates is only easy as long as you don't try something else than a bit of surfing the net, watching some videos or there like. It's okay for a start, but everything else is just overcomplicated - IMHO.
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    David89 got a reaction from tom_w141 in AMD Ryzen Overclocking Explored   
    Don't get me wrong, i know that there is a lot of effort involved with this kind of video and that earned a "like" from me.
     
    But judging by the Date in Windows 10, this Video is horribly outdated. The Bios Updates are coming in by the day, updates for games have been released in the last week - the situation is totally different. A lot of people reported that 1,48 VCore is okay, especially considering the 20°C offset, the last few days reports of 3200 MHz Memory came raining in, even some 3400 MHz results...and so on. A lot of the recent reports actually report performance pretty much on par with the i7-7700K.
    Dota 2 actually has had some 20-30% improvement with the patch, that came out 4 days ago (and since it is Source 2 based, the same as CS:Go, this would potentially put Ryzen even ahead of the i7 in this particular game engine)
     
    I do hope, you will bench Ryzen frequently. And even if Scrapyard Wars is going to be huge and very time consuming, i hope you'll find the time to do that properly...and make an exception for ryzen videos and put them out as fast as possible.
     
    But as i said, nice video, regardless of my critique
     
    Edit: Almost forgot, most of the Benches that have considerably different values, have been done on the MSI X370 Xpower Gaming Titanium
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