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Just like to throw in the mix that I've currently eyeing up Samsung's new 57" G9 beasty. Before I start throwing new stuff at the PC, I may be getting one of these first.

I have a couple of questions on whether it's worth upgrading my system or not. So, my system is it stands looks like this - Asus TUF 4090 32Gb Corsair Vengeance 4000Mhz Intel 10900K Asus Rog Maximus XII Hero Samsung 970 Evo+ (boot drive) Samsung 970 Evo+ (game drive) 4k 120Mhz Asus Rog screen My PC is primarily used for gaming, from Minecraft right up to Starfield when it comes out and everything inbetween. It's also used for work, but tbh, what I do for work can be happily done on a potato! After reading an article the 15900k in development , I can't help but feel that my 10900K is getting a bit creaky. It's served me perfectly well and I don't have any complaints about it, even now. While I know that the latest and greatest CPU's will easily leave mine in the dust, will I actually notice a difference where it matters most, in games? While I'm here, another thought that has crossed my mind on occasion - does my current CPU act as a bottleneck for the GPU and if I were to upgrade, am I going to be gaining much extra from the GPU itself?

Every since seeing LTT's video where they showed Samsungs new 57" beasty G9 with 7680x2160 resolution I was sold. I need one of those in my life. I have an Asus TUF 4090 so thought I shouldn't have much problem in running games on it. I currently have an 4k 144hz screen and the 4090 for the most part has not got many games up to 144FPS in full detail anyway. I'm expecting the framerate wouldn't get anywhere close to 240FPS on the G9. That being said, however, I'm now started a handful of articles pop up saying that as the 4090 only has DP1.4 or HDMI 2.1 it's not going to be able to take full advantage of this monitor. While I'm not expecting even close to 100FPS in games in max res, will the connections on the 4090 have any other problems driving 7680x2160?

Whilst 8k performance is at the most, interesting to see, I'd hazard a guess the a vast majority of people won't be able to afford an 8K screen AND a 3090. At the end of the day, who cares about 8K performance. I'm more interested, as is most likely everyone else out there, in 4k performance. I'm particularly keen to find out if I can get decent usage from my 4k screen at 120Mhz.

Is there an embargo on the 3090 reviews? I do want do (try and) buy one of these tomorrow, but I'm very much depending on reviews to help me decide whether I should cough up the premium price. Does anyone know when we can expect to see reviews of these?

To test my theory of the PSU not being able to supply a sudden burst of power, I just ran Cinebench R20 and Superposition benchmark at the same time. CPU jumped from 30-40W to 230 being pulled and the GPU from 60 to 270. Nothing fell over so I guess the PSU is ok. It's only on POST though. If i can Benchmark the GPU where it gets pinned to 100% virtually constantly, and it runs fine. Is it really a GPU issue? I can put the card into my kids PC and it works fine on boot.

For your special benefit, I'll explain why I'm questioning the PSU... I know that the PSU has enough power for the system otherwise I would have bought a new one with the the mobo and CPU. The GPU works. It worked on my old motherboard. It works on the new one (after POST), it works in a different system I've tried it in. I can stress the hell out of it and it's solid. When the system boots, I suspect (though I could be wrong, hence the reason I'm posting) that there is an initial larger power draw due to the new CPU (and or motherboard) taking more power than the old one I had before. My thinking is that the PSU can't ramp up the power quick enough for GPU as well and so it has no power during POST. Once the system then calms down, the PSU has had enough time to then output the power the graphics card needs. This is all just guesswork on my behalf because I have no way of testing this theory. Hence I'm reaching out for other ideas as to why the problem is happening.

I've recently treated myself to a Asus ROG Maximus Hero XII and an Intel Core I9 10900k and a shiny new monitor, a ROG Strix XG27UQ. No other components in my system were changed and I've done a fresh install of Windows to keep everything happy shiny. Not long after doing the ugprade though, the motherboard no longer detects my GPU (an Nvidia 1080ti) on boot, I get one long beep and 3 short meaning no GPU detected. After a few seconds, windows will boot up, the GPU is detected and everything works nicely. This will happen consistently if I restart Windows, and intermittently (more often not than it does) on a fresh power up. I never had a problem pre-upgrade, using an Asus Z170 Sabertooth Mark 1 and an I7 6700K. The strange thing is that after I did the rebuild, it was working fine and this has only recently started happening. I've tried moving the GPU to a different slot on the mobo, I've tried only connecting 1 of my 3 monitors but neither of these make a difference. The BIOS is set to use PCIE as the first GPU so there shouldn't be a problem there. I might be entirely wrong, but could this be a problem with the PSU? I'm using a Superflower Leadex Gold 1000w "80 Plus Gold". I was under the impression that this should be more then plentiful to run the system. Providing I am wrong about this, what could the problem be here that's causing this issue? I don't know whether it's related or not, but I'll mention it anyway. I've having a helluva time trying to get my Oculus Rift CV1 working on this system as well. While the Oculus software shows everything with a green light, as soon as I start to use the headset, it intermittently disconnect and various sensors will start turning orange to show that it's not got a good connection or show as USB 2....despite all the ports on the back of the PC being being USB 3.1 or 3.2.