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Yeah I never said it didn't, just wanted to vent my frustrations with pop os

Pop OS is garbage and daddy Mutahar agrees with that. I had nothing but issues with it. Definitely not a beginner distro.

Try using a DisplayPort cable if your monitor has a DP input. It's all really fuzzy but I think I didn't have this problem with a DP cable.

Well yeah, that's what the 20 series did - remember the space invaders "XD" artifacts? It's as if the card was mocking you for buying it.

I've got a similar setup with the cpu and gpu. I have a 550W Gold power supply. You are definitely fine. I actually looked at Rivatuner stats to see the power consumption and even in very intense, real life scenarios the whole setup draws 250W at most (direct software reporting, not from the wall, but it seems smack dab in the middle of the efficiency curve of the power supply, so I'd expect a 300w or so draw from the wall - and for you even less as you've got a Platinum rated PSU).

Another reason why upscaling is a useless, time wasting, resource wasting gimmick. All this because RTX is too intensive even for RTX cards that they require playing at a lower resolution BUT WAIT it tricks you it isn't all the while being marketed as this "magic extra performance button". Absolutely disgusting. I can't wait for this stupid trend to die out. Edit: I should clarify - the trend of considering FSR / DLSS a magic "increase performance button". It certainly has uses, just not the retarded marketing ones.

Colorful is a legit brand my guy

I cap my frames 5 below the refresh rate (because frame limiters arent perfect and they can still go 1-2 frames above) so that i am always within freesync range

There is no condensation. Whatever stuff comes out is straight up solid stuff that immediately sublimates and leaves nothing behind. I do agree though that a small handheld compressor is much more cost effective in the long run, as well as more consistent.

"actually they should encourage chinese child labor" CONSOOM CONSOOM CONSOOM CONSOOM CONSOOM

All shaders are raster graphics. The only raytrached shaders are in minecraft RTX which is a bedrock exclusive anyway. Java is the best version to play.

Nobody in their right mind should buy from aliexpress, especially video cards.

I would never take my card back to someone who told me it has a "bit problem", they sound like they're blowing smoke up their asses - wanting to sound more knowledgeable than they are

You should probably send the card back and get a different one in its place. This has nothing to do with AMD and it could as well have happened on an nvidia. Anecdotally I had no issues with my card. I could also suggest checking if any ports get disabled for whatever reason, or if you use any adapters (yes they can cause issues sometimes, I know from experience)

Why did you completely overwrite everything in this thread?