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    bowrilla reacted to YoungBlade in Gamers Nexus alleges LMG has insufficient ethics and integrity   
    What in the video is going to be "debunked" at some point? Steve came with receipts. He didn't say anything where he didn't have a screenshot or clip to back it up.
     
    About the only thing that I could see being "debunked" is what happened with the waterblock that was sold at auction at LTX. Maybe there is an alternative explanation for what happened there and the public is missing some important details that happened behind the scenes. But other than that, LTT did make the mistakes Steve pointed out - I remember almost all of them, and for a few the videos are still up in their original state. Linus did say all of the things that Steve pointed out - I remember some of those as well, and the respective WAN Shows where they happened should still be available for viewing.
     
    What is there to "debunk" in the video? You can disagree with the severity of the issues, but I don't see anything that will later be shown to be factually incorrect. (Except perhaps that aforementioned auction situation)
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    bowrilla reacted to Lurick in Gamers Nexus alleges LMG has insufficient ethics and integrity   
    "We can't spend a few hundred bucks to make sure we're not irreparably damage a companies reputation"
    Seriously? To make 100% sure before you fuck over a startup you can't spend an hour or two to double check your results?
    And then you SOLD the block at an auction causing them to be stalled as they no longer have their best prototype! What the absolute fuck????
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    bowrilla reacted to YoungBlade in Gamers Nexus alleges LMG has insufficient ethics and integrity   
    GN did actually offer returns, even after months, to anyone affected.
     
    Here's GN's response to that issue - I started the video where they explain the situation.
    1. They immediately marked the mat as "Out of Stock" so that no on else would buy them.
    2. They attempted to find a means to fix the issue by correcting the mats and failed to find one.
    3. They created pinout cards to send to affected customers, which include not only the correction, but additional pinout info. They also made metal pins featuring the corrected pinout. Anyone affected was sent an email where they could get a kit featuring these. Anyone who didn't want a kit was allowed to return the mod mat for a refund instead.
    4. They did then decide to sell the remaining mod mats, however, with the full correction kit, and with complete transparency on their website about what you were getting.
  4. Funny
    bowrilla reacted to Jazmodo in Gamers Nexus alleges LMG has insufficient ethics and integrity   
    This was overly dramatic & sensationalist, and isn't the first time by GamersNexus either.

    I think the underlying growth of LMG upsets GN. Moving more into more detailed hardware tests directly competes with GN, and they clearly don't like it.

    GN also seem to feel LMG 'copied' some of their merchandise sales. LTT deskpads came out after GNs Modmats. LTT screwdriver came out after GN screwdrivers. 

    LMG content is fast, and loose, sometimes inaccurate, but (almost) always entertaining. Some criticism is valid, this just seemed overly salty.
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    bowrilla reacted to igormp in Gamers Nexus alleges LMG has insufficient ethics and integrity   
    So, LMG content is rushed, inaccurate and focus more on being "funny" rather than accurate?
     
    I guess there's no news here lol
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    bowrilla got a reaction from Spotty in Rtx 4090 is a monster (Official Benchmarks)   
    Actually der8auer did something like that. He checked performance vs power target in 10% steps. Turns out. At 60% power target it's still beating everything up by a mile and consumes 1/3 less power.
     

     
    Imho that chart indicates that NVIDIA initially planned with the way less efficient Samsung node and designed their coolers and power delivery systems for that. After the switch to TSMC they had a way more efficient process and massively oversized cooling solutions and an unnecessary power plug.
     
    At 60% Power Target you'd decrese performance by 10% (which is irrelevant considering that at 100% the card is 40-80% faster than anything else on the market) but you'd save 1/3 of the power. That kind of increase in power consumption for relatively little more performance is what you'd usually try to squeeze out with overclocking.
     
    The 4090 could heave easily be still the fastest GPU by a mile with just 2x 8-Pin PCIe plugs and a little bit of juice from the slot. In theory that cap would sit at 375W (comparing with the chart that's 80% power target).
     
    Edit: This is der8auer's english video: 
     
     
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    bowrilla reacted to Sir Beregond in Rtx 4090 is a monster (Official Benchmarks)   
    Reminder that FE is not reference, so got figure out what cards are actually "reference".
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    bowrilla got a reaction from porina in Rtx 4090 is a monster (Official Benchmarks)   
    A German media outlet has a performance index derived from all their benchmarks for both native resolution and raytracing (and you can also select by resolution if you want). It's not a full list (lowest cards are 1070 and Vega 56).
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    bowrilla got a reaction from tim0901 in Rtx 4090 is a monster (Official Benchmarks)   
    Actually der8auer did something like that. He checked performance vs power target in 10% steps. Turns out. At 60% power target it's still beating everything up by a mile and consumes 1/3 less power.
     

     
    Imho that chart indicates that NVIDIA initially planned with the way less efficient Samsung node and designed their coolers and power delivery systems for that. After the switch to TSMC they had a way more efficient process and massively oversized cooling solutions and an unnecessary power plug.
     
    At 60% Power Target you'd decrese performance by 10% (which is irrelevant considering that at 100% the card is 40-80% faster than anything else on the market) but you'd save 1/3 of the power. That kind of increase in power consumption for relatively little more performance is what you'd usually try to squeeze out with overclocking.
     
    The 4090 could heave easily be still the fastest GPU by a mile with just 2x 8-Pin PCIe plugs and a little bit of juice from the slot. In theory that cap would sit at 375W (comparing with the chart that's 80% power target).
     
    Edit: This is der8auer's english video: 
     
     
  10. Agree
    bowrilla reacted to igormp in Rtx 4090 is a monster (Official Benchmarks)   
    We barely passed the 20% mark, the 1060 is still the most used GPU. We need to remember that this forum doesn't represent the vast majority of gamers, but rather a small enthusiastic niche with an above-average income.
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    bowrilla got a reaction from Shzzit in Rtx 4090 is a monster (Official Benchmarks)   
    The coolers are just bonkersly oversized. Apparently all testers reported temps never exceeding 70°C under load with fans still staying very quiet. Another German outlet published some sound measurements. Apparently under load the 4090 FE stayed at around 3 sone and 100% fan speed was >10 sone. Should tell you something about how oversized the coolers are. Sure, just some rough values and we don't know about their air temperatures but still. That's extremely quiet.
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    bowrilla got a reaction from porina in Rtx 4090 is a monster (Official Benchmarks)   
    Actually der8auer did something like that. He checked performance vs power target in 10% steps. Turns out. At 60% power target it's still beating everything up by a mile and consumes 1/3 less power.
     

     
    Imho that chart indicates that NVIDIA initially planned with the way less efficient Samsung node and designed their coolers and power delivery systems for that. After the switch to TSMC they had a way more efficient process and massively oversized cooling solutions and an unnecessary power plug.
     
    At 60% Power Target you'd decrese performance by 10% (which is irrelevant considering that at 100% the card is 40-80% faster than anything else on the market) but you'd save 1/3 of the power. That kind of increase in power consumption for relatively little more performance is what you'd usually try to squeeze out with overclocking.
     
    The 4090 could heave easily be still the fastest GPU by a mile with just 2x 8-Pin PCIe plugs and a little bit of juice from the slot. In theory that cap would sit at 375W (comparing with the chart that's 80% power target).
     
    Edit: This is der8auer's english video: 
     
     
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    bowrilla got a reaction from Tan3l6 in Rtx 4090 is a monster (Official Benchmarks)   
    Actually der8auer did something like that. He checked performance vs power target in 10% steps. Turns out. At 60% power target it's still beating everything up by a mile and consumes 1/3 less power.
     

     
    Imho that chart indicates that NVIDIA initially planned with the way less efficient Samsung node and designed their coolers and power delivery systems for that. After the switch to TSMC they had a way more efficient process and massively oversized cooling solutions and an unnecessary power plug.
     
    At 60% Power Target you'd decrese performance by 10% (which is irrelevant considering that at 100% the card is 40-80% faster than anything else on the market) but you'd save 1/3 of the power. That kind of increase in power consumption for relatively little more performance is what you'd usually try to squeeze out with overclocking.
     
    The 4090 could heave easily be still the fastest GPU by a mile with just 2x 8-Pin PCIe plugs and a little bit of juice from the slot. In theory that cap would sit at 375W (comparing with the chart that's 80% power target).
     
    Edit: This is der8auer's english video: 
     
     
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    bowrilla got a reaction from Real_PhillBert in Rtx 4090 is a monster (Official Benchmarks)   
    Actually der8auer did something like that. He checked performance vs power target in 10% steps. Turns out. At 60% power target it's still beating everything up by a mile and consumes 1/3 less power.
     

     
    Imho that chart indicates that NVIDIA initially planned with the way less efficient Samsung node and designed their coolers and power delivery systems for that. After the switch to TSMC they had a way more efficient process and massively oversized cooling solutions and an unnecessary power plug.
     
    At 60% Power Target you'd decrese performance by 10% (which is irrelevant considering that at 100% the card is 40-80% faster than anything else on the market) but you'd save 1/3 of the power. That kind of increase in power consumption for relatively little more performance is what you'd usually try to squeeze out with overclocking.
     
    The 4090 could heave easily be still the fastest GPU by a mile with just 2x 8-Pin PCIe plugs and a little bit of juice from the slot. In theory that cap would sit at 375W (comparing with the chart that's 80% power target).
     
    Edit: This is der8auer's english video: 
     
     
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    bowrilla got a reaction from Origami Cactus in Rtx 4090 is a monster (Official Benchmarks)   
    Actually der8auer did something like that. He checked performance vs power target in 10% steps. Turns out. At 60% power target it's still beating everything up by a mile and consumes 1/3 less power.
     

     
    Imho that chart indicates that NVIDIA initially planned with the way less efficient Samsung node and designed their coolers and power delivery systems for that. After the switch to TSMC they had a way more efficient process and massively oversized cooling solutions and an unnecessary power plug.
     
    At 60% Power Target you'd decrese performance by 10% (which is irrelevant considering that at 100% the card is 40-80% faster than anything else on the market) but you'd save 1/3 of the power. That kind of increase in power consumption for relatively little more performance is what you'd usually try to squeeze out with overclocking.
     
    The 4090 could heave easily be still the fastest GPU by a mile with just 2x 8-Pin PCIe plugs and a little bit of juice from the slot. In theory that cap would sit at 375W (comparing with the chart that's 80% power target).
     
    Edit: This is der8auer's english video: 
     
     
  16. Agree
    bowrilla reacted to Demonic Donut in Screwing in a fan from the top?   
    There should be a way to remove it. It might be a pain but should be doable.
     
    You can try the rubber push through plugs for fans though. Noctua fans come with them, but you can buy any brand off of Amazon etc. You should be able to squish them through the hole then mount the fan.
     
     

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    bowrilla got a reaction from Demonic Donut in Screwing in a fan from the top?   
    There are some fans that come with plastic clips instead of screws. Those would work. Those holes are not intended to screw into but to screw through. There has to be a way to remove the bottom panel because if not that case is a huge f up.
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    bowrilla got a reaction from Captain Matt in Clarification on GPU / CPU flow   
    Do you imply with that image that serial loops will run hotter? Because that's not really a thing. I mean, slightly higher coolant temps would decrease dT between coolant and block reducing heat transfer efficiency and therefore resulting in a little less heat energy being transferred. The difference would be marginal and barely measurable with sensors commonly available to watercooling enthusiasts. Basically: the amount of heat energy being induced into the system will not change in any significant way. By reducing the flow rate the volume of coolant over time will obviously decrease while the amount of heat energy being induced through the block into the coolant stays the same. Therefore the outlet temps will be just about the same.
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    bowrilla got a reaction from For Science! in Custom loop temperature measurement   
    Water/coolant temperature. The coolant temperature directly affects heat transfer from the blocks to the coolant and from the coolant to ambient air. Or to be more precise: the temperature difference.
     
    And if your water runs very hot, you will risk damaging components up to the point of catastrophic failure. Granted, that is an extreme scenario that should not happen with standard components and a reasonable amount of radiator surface.
     
    Also, coolant temperature is the only thing you can directly influence. Ramping up your fans will not have direct impact on CPU temps. What's actually happening is: you increase the airvolume going through the radiator which in turn means you reduce your coolant temps due to larger heat energy transfer. Since this is a slow process though (it takes 1.16Wh of energy to increase the temperature of 1kg of water by 1K) the impact on your components is also very slow. Because of all this: it doesn't make much sense to regulate your loop by component temps.
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    bowrilla got a reaction from InstantNewt in Custom loop temperature measurement   
    Water/coolant temperature. The coolant temperature directly affects heat transfer from the blocks to the coolant and from the coolant to ambient air. Or to be more precise: the temperature difference.
     
    And if your water runs very hot, you will risk damaging components up to the point of catastrophic failure. Granted, that is an extreme scenario that should not happen with standard components and a reasonable amount of radiator surface.
     
    Also, coolant temperature is the only thing you can directly influence. Ramping up your fans will not have direct impact on CPU temps. What's actually happening is: you increase the airvolume going through the radiator which in turn means you reduce your coolant temps due to larger heat energy transfer. Since this is a slow process though (it takes 1.16Wh of energy to increase the temperature of 1kg of water by 1K) the impact on your components is also very slow. Because of all this: it doesn't make much sense to regulate your loop by component temps.
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    bowrilla reacted to BobVonBob in Custom loop temperature measurement   
    Water temperature is neat to know but totally irrelevant. The only thing that matters in the operation of the computer is how hot the components are.
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    bowrilla got a reaction from Imannudein in Accidently reversed flow (I think..) on on the CPU Block   
    Drain into a clean bucket and reuse. Also: you don't need to drain fully, just make sure the block is the highest point when you unscrew and drain below the block.
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    bowrilla got a reaction from Imannudein in Accidently reversed flow (I think..) on on the CPU Block   
    General rule of thumb: if it has a jet plate, it's better to not reverse flow.
     
    While some blocks have very rough jet plates with which this isn't a big issue, if the jet plate actually does its job correctly and is designed properly, reversing flow will significantly impede performance. 
     
    You'll have to have a look at your temps and compare to the values you had before the switch.
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    bowrilla got a reaction from PEagle in First custom loop, need help for planning and part check.   
    Looks good to me. You might want to think about custom PSU cables do get rid of the adaptors. Slightly longer tubes might have given you nicer looking runs in terms of curves but it looks fine enough and definitely functional.
     
    First time is always the hardest time and we've all struggled. It's a solid loop that you have there.
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    bowrilla reacted to Hewie in Pump stopped working / pump Fix   
    As far as I remember the D5 is self lubricating which means it's lubricated by the fluid. I wouldn't use any oil in the system if that's the case as I don't think it would do anything good for the blocks!
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