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    AMD Confirms, Zen On Track For Q4 2016 Availability On High-End Desktops

    Last post in the CPU section on that site is over a week old...
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    AMD Confirms, Zen On Track For Q4 2016 Availability On High-End Desktops

    I agree. It's very frustrating. In fact, I don't know why I bother with this place anymore, I would stick to xtremesystems forums but that place is kinda dead. Anyone have other recommendations? I'm not looking for blind enthusiasm, but it doesn't bother me to see a bit of hope around that...
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    Can I use VGA monitor with Intel Hd 530(skylake)

    My question is, how much latency is the cheap active DAC adding? I still use a CRT to get 0ms input lag. The switch away from DVI-I makes me nervous since I can't afford a high end gaming LCD presently.
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    R9 380x rumor and speculation thread

    Looks like a great deal at ~$200
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    Jim Keller leaves AMD

    "Some patents suggest, that Zen might use some slightly modified Excavator branch prediction." If my memory serves, I recall that K8 and the Phenoms were often said to have poor branch prediction. And bulldozer was supposed to completely revamp the branch prediction. I also seem to remember...
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    What was your most significant CPU upgrade?

    Pentium 1 MMX 200 mhz (upgraded from some cyrix cpu) to AMD palomino 1.73ghz. I wish I had gotten a tbred, though, as the palominos were terrible overclockers (older node). Had to save up money doing chores for years.
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    Fury X voltage adjustment now available

    ^ That's actually kinda nice to know thinking about it from an HTPC perspective
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    Fudzilla: New AMD Zen APU boasts up to 16 cores (plus Greenland GPU with HBM)

    This is what everyone wanted, right? Drop the construction cores, drop(ish) the APU, focus on high end x86 CPU and GPU desktop performance parts on a new process node. I guess not as good as closing up shop and donating all the money to intel so intel could drive the industry forward a little...
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    AMD zen pre-release thread!

    What I don't understand is that AMD had all this time with no products coming out, stuck in the WSA and 28/32 nm, couldn't they have put together a small team to die shrink phenom2/stars? Just to see what would happen
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    * -- ]] Unofficial Homeworld Remastered Thread [[ -- *

    You didn't watch the video. I issue a heal order to support frigs and they just spin in place, multiple times. I have to move them with the movement command to interrupt their bugged motion, then they may or may not do the same thing again. The resource collection AI was patched in the latest...
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    * -- ]] Unofficial Homeworld Remastered Thread [[ -- *

    It is buggy. I only ever played MP and got good at it because I loved the SP. Try using support ships, they're useless. You can't drag-click salvage. Resource collectors have messed up AI. There's lots of ways to break the campaigns. I discover a bunch of these problems in my blind...
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    * -- ]] Unofficial Homeworld Remastered Thread [[ -- *

    Disclaimer: I was ranked in the top 30 on the duel ladder back in the HW1 WON days before Cata came out. I beat SirMolle (world #1) in a ranked ladder match. The HW1 remaster is full of bugs. The support vessels don't work. The newtonian ballistics system was replaced with RNG nonsense. I...
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    FX-8310: Initial Impressions

    Nice thread, I may upgrade one of my 6300 to this eventually (for entertainment more than performance)
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    fx 6300 on an asus m4a89gtd pr0

    Sorry to necro but thread has useful context. Do any of you still use a vishera in the m4a89(g)td pro/usb3? I ask because I just set one up. I am noticing that the default vid for cpu-nb for Vishera in these boards is 1.55V, which is very high. Have anyone found out anything about this? Is...
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    Does conflict free minerals affect your decision to buy Intel CPU?

    http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Self-licensing#Consumer_purchasing_decisions
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    Your choices for best gamer CPUs in the $75, $100 and $125 categories

    I agree the difference in price and performance between 860k and fx-6300 makes the choice a tough one slightly favoring the 6300. I think the bigger decision is AM3+ vs FM2+. I guess support for pcie3 is the big thing here? Otherwise the 860k may consume 30W less power under load, but I...
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    [hexus.net]AMD claims it will power another gaming device

    Comparing My Little Pony to Pokemon just shows you he has never played any of the games and is likely just basing his ideas from the TV show
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    Haswell i3-4150 vs FX 8320/e for budget gaming rig?

    People are being 'purpsefully obtuse'. I've seen the words "guaranteed overclock" used in the way atenra is using it since I joined the forums EDIT: And if people are so concerned about data integrity, I hope those same people are using ECC ram
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    How does a 4ghz core 2 quad stack up these days?

    Maybe a stock FX-4300?
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    Does AMD have any hope against Intel?

    Someone probably posted the same exact thing with the companies reversed in 2005. "Oh I was Intel fanboy then tried the Athlon64 X2 and now I hate Intel, blah blah blah"
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    Bent CPU pins.

    I guess in theory the bent pins could be less conductive, ie capable of less current.
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    AMD Athlon X4 860K review @ pcpop

    Thanks. For reference, my maxed out Ph2 (3.9ghz w/ 2.7ghz northbridge) and decent timing RAM does 14 min flat. 11m18s is a nice improvement for what should also consume a fraction of the power. I should overclock my FX-6300 to 4.5ghz and see what I get. Dolphin CPU bench is single...
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    AMD Athlon X4 860K review @ pcpop

    Would you take a shot at the dolphin benchmark I posted earlier? I'm also interested in NB overclocking. Also, any way to test power consumption? Mostly interested in stock vs highest OC load consumption.
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    AMD Athlon X4 860K review @ pcpop

    If you could, would you mind running the dolphin benchmark? https://forums.dolphin-emu.org/Thread-new-dolphin-cpu-benchmark-no-game-required
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    AMD Athlon X4 860K review @ pcpop

    http://www.overclock3d.net/reviews/cpu_mainboard/amd_athlon_860k_black_edition_cpu_review/1 Sadly no power consumption or overclocked 760k
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    AMD Athlon X4 860K review @ pcpop

    He means the FX-4300, which is 3.8ghz->4.0 turbo, not 4.3ghz. And the pclab and hfr results are not consistent with one another. Hfr has 6800k beating the 4300, pclab has it the other way around (4300 beats 4.5ghz 760k). Could the pclab 4.5ghz results have some throttling going on? Or slower...
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    AMD Athlon X4 860K review @ pcpop

    I would really like to see a full review of this chip, too. Would the IPC improvement of steamroller make it faster clock-for-clock than the L3-cache equipped fx-4300? I'm thinking at the least, the lower power requirement of steamroller would make overclocking the 860k a cheaper operation...
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    AMD Athlon X4 860K review @ pcpop

    What mid-to-high end motherboard would be good for this chip? (adequate power/phases for OC, xFire perhaps)
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    Apple A8 Benchmarked

    From wiki: Android External storage "Most Android devices include microSD slot and can read microSD cards formatted with FAT32, Ext3 or Ext4 file system. To allow use of high-capacity storage media such as USB flash drives and USB HDDs, many Android tablets also include USB 'A' receptacle...
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    4K monitors and 1080p resolution?

    Even if the scaling is done poorly on the first wave of displays, I think that the amount of 1080p content and the fact that the 4:1 mapping is so obviously low-hanging fruit that display creators will catch a lot of flak if they don't implement this in a hurry. Unless 4:1 scaling is patented...
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    Passive GPU for HD video playback

    http://yabb.jriver.com/interact/index.php?topic=75639.0
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    DIY Quick Guide: TIM replacement in 15 minutes. (excellent results)

    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EyXLu1Ms-q4
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    Seasonic SS-660XP2 platinum power supply, $79.99 after $20 MIR, alive again!

    Damn, I can't believe I missed this, again
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    Why do you overclock?

    To stick it The Man
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    2013 Steam Autumn Sale: DEAD!!

    How's the Skyrim PC port? I heard it was bad when it first came out, is that true or has it improved with patches? How's the controller support?
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    fx 6300 on an asus m4a89gtd pr0

    That pic shows the TD pro not the GTD pro. Regardless, a user here (KingFatty[sp?]) has a 6300 on a GTD pro/usb3 and he has it overclocked very nicely, like 4.8ghz or something. Yes, it will work. There may be problems with power saving features or turbo but it's not a deal breaker.
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    upgrading to an amd fx from a phenom x4.

    Newegg has sales on the 6300 pretty regularly
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    Will new consoles benefit AMD?

    Don't mean to be an ass, but is there a source for this?
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    Asus m4a89td pro/usb3

    If you do, please do that. The 8-core is def. more futureproof, and my hope is that as the process improves maybe with some more steppings and by the time steamroller comes around I will upgrade all my stuff to uber-cheap 8350's (unless steamroller is am3+). Btw I wish I had a zosma :P
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    Asus m4a89td pro/usb3

    I don't see a reason to upgrade from my PhII. I do own an FX-6300 but I'm too lazy to test it out :P I think the 6300 is a decently better chip, though not worth $120 for what you get vs a PhII. Not really interested in 8 cores.