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  1. Vattila

    Discussion AMD 2022-Q4 Financial Results

    After Intel released their dire earnings and forecast this week, AMD again passed Intel in market capitalisation (currently $122B vs $116B). It will be interesting to see if AMD can retain their higher valuation this time around, which very much depends on their own financial results in the...
  2. Brainonska511

    MSI RX 6600 8GB PCI-E4.0 GPU at Newegg - $189.99 after MIR

    Newegg has an MSI Mech Radeon RX 6600 8GB GDDR6 PCI-E4.0 GPU: https://www.newegg.com/msi-radeon-rx-6600-mech-2x-8g/p/N82E16814137690 $239.99 - $30 promo code - $20 MIR = $189.99 when all is said and done. This is the last day for the promo code. The card also has a BF price protection -...
  3. BenHe

    Question Performance of 7950X with 4-DIMM 128GB ram?

    Planning on building a workstation with 128GB DDR5, can't decide whether to go Intel, or AMD, or wait for Zen4 v-cache. Please advice: Q1: I am a bit confused with 7950x's memory limitation. According to the spec, in the 2x2R configuration, max memory speed reduces from 5200MT/s to 3600MT/s...
  4. JayMX

    Question Virtualization Machine - Intel or AMD?

    Hello I am looking to build a new computer which I want to use as a VM host - I use Windows Hyper-V (hypervisor) sometimes VirtualBox too. Doing some research (not extensive) I read that latest big/little Intel CPUs have issues with Virtualization in that p/e cores are assigned in a random...
  5. Vattila

    Poll: CPU upgrades on the AMD AM4 platform

    Today I finally put in the order for an interim upgrade of my old desktop PC (based on an Asus PRIME B350-PLUS AM4 motherboard with an 8-core Ryzen 1700 "Zen" 14nm CPU with 8 GB of memory). So I will soon enjoy 16-core Ryzen 5950X "Zen 3" N7 goodness. Thanks to AMD for the amazing AM4 platform...
  6. Win11

    Question Windows 11 nightmare - Randomly crashing on new-build

    PROBLEMS: Windows 11 randomly crashing just prior to login screen and sometimes on Wake-Up - Shows black screen and no response. Windows and Hardware Specs Edition Windows 11 Pro Version 21H2 Installed on ‎10/‎12/‎2021 OS build 22000.493 Experience Windows Feature Experience Pack...
  7. franelpro

    Question FOR A R9 390X 8GB SAPHIRE what is this capacitor and where to find it?

    I have an AMD SAPPHIRE 390X NITRO 8 GB video card WHICH HAS THOSE 2 DAMAGED SMD CAPACITORS AND I DON'T KNOW WHICH THEY ARE OR WHERE TO BUY THEM I UNDERSTAND THEY ARE PICAFARADS.
  8. FlameTail

    Question Why don't CPUs have an odd number of cores ?

    There are 2,4,6,8,10,12,14...32..128 core CPUs. But all these are EVEN numbers. CPUs with odd-number of cores are almost non-existent. WHY ? 1. Making an actual CPU die with an odd number of cores. In this scenario, I know the answer to the question. It's possible to actually make a die with...
  9. FlameTail

    Question Core i9 11900K vs 11980HK : What's up with the naming ?

    The Intel Core i9 11900K is the top end desktop CPU from Intel, and it is obviously more powerful than the 11980HK - the top end laptop CPU from Intel 11th gen. https://nanoreview.net/en/cpu-compare/intel-core-i9-11980hk-vs-intel-core-i9-11900k Intel Core is 11900K vs 11980HK ( Nanoreview )...
  10. H

    Question New M.2 SSD: got "device does not exist" error, but now it's working, should I keep or return it?

    Hi everyone, I got a new XPG SX8100 4TB M.2 NVMe PCIe 4 SSD. Yesterday, I installed it in my motherboard (MSI MEG X570 UNIFY with AMD Ryzen 9 3900X CPU), in one of the M.2 slots, and covered it with the motherboard's M.2 heatsink. There are two other SSDs in the other two M.2 slots, both PCIe 4...
  11. Croc3LL

    Question Ryzen 7 3700x Overheats 90 C on Idle please help

    hi, so i've been using Ryzen 7 3700x for like an year now and suddenly i noticed that the FPS in the games are going down and my PC restarts alot for the specific reason "CPU Overheating". as soon as i checked the temperatures, they were over 90C on Idle and i was like BRUH when i play games or...
  12. Orodruin

    Question Which ram is best for Ryzen 5900x?

    Hello to everyone. I use two of the Gskill TridentZ 2x16GB CL16 (F4-3200C16D-32GTZR) memory kit in my system. So I have a total of 4x16gb Ram. First kit is Samsung B die, Second kit is Hynix A Die. I've been reading comments on the internet that CL14 memory kits perform better. They also talk...
  13. Vattila

    OT: SYCL will replace CUDA

    Argonne, ORNL and Codeplay just announced that Codeplay has been awarded a contract for implementing SYCL support for AMD GPUs — as an open heterogeneous programming model for the upcoming exascale supercomputers...
  14. Vattila

    OT: SYCL will replace CUDA

    Argonne, ORNL and Codeplay just announced that Codeplay has been awarded a contract for implementing SYCL support for AMD GPUs — as an open heterogeneous programming model for the upcoming exascale supercomputers...
  15. H

    Question x570 boards for zen 1

    Currently i'm OC'ing my Ryzen 7 1700 and im really limited by my motherboard, i've seen some x570 boards taht run with zen 1, is there a way to find out wether the board supports zen 1? because the support is basically unofficial and only possible becuase the motherboards had some memory left...
  16. V

    Question Vega 64 displays nothing but a black screen on TV, works fine on monitor

    Hey all, recently rebuilt my HTPC (new mobo, cpu, ram, and drive) and moved my Vega 64 into it from another PC. Everything works fine on a monitor, but I am getting nothing but a black screen when connected to my receiver or directly to my TV. Using latest drivers, tested that the HDMI 2.1...
  17. H

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  18. D

    Question Asus Prime X570-P USB-C issues

    My mobo is Asus Prime X570-P but it doesn't have usb-c, so I am trying to add it, however when I stick a usb-c card into 2nd pcie 16x slow, I think it becomes 1x slot since speed is capped at 200MB/s. I also have a thunderbolt 3 external hd with USB-C connector and I connected to the back of it...
  19. Maheshpm

    Question Caveats of using Ryzen 4750G with MSI B550 UNIFY / Gigabyte B550 Arous Master

    Hello, MSI B550 UNIFY Board has total four M2 slots. 1st is directly coupled with CPU, 2nd and 3rd M2 slots actually share PCI-E 4.0 x 16 bandwidth. If I put SSD in any of these M2 slots, PCI-E slot brought down to x8 mode. This is fine as long as there is 3000/5000 series CPU with graphics...