cusideabelincoln

These are going to be Microsoft's own design architecture and they're just going to use Intel's fabs to make them from what the article states. I suppose if Apple can produce highly competitive mid-power chips with TSMC, then Microsoft has the means to hire talented chip designers too.

They better announce a release date other than "Coming Soon".

This S2 Reacher feels like a different character as it seems they needed loose pretenses to do all of the "cool" violence and quips. He's Jack Bauer combined with Punisher, and there were moments that seemed to hint he's "serial" and enjoys killing for killing's sake. And, ironically, so many times Reacher and his friends attacked first based on "assumptions."

14 minutes ago, atom631 said:

 

 

so looking through the config.ini files, i see these 3 settings: 

 

First one: 

# The program to perform the actual stress test
# The following programs are available:
# - PRIME95
# - AIDA64
# - YCRUNCHER
# You can change the test mode for each program in the relavant [sections] below.
# Note: For AIDA64, you need to manually download and extract the portable ENGINEER version and put it
#       in the /test_programs/aida64/ folder
# Note: AIDA64 is somewhat sketchy as well
# Default: PRIME95
stressTestProgram = PRIME95

 

 

Second One:

# Stop the whole testing process if an error occurred
# If set to 0 (default), the stress test programm will be restarted when an error
# occurs and the core that caused the error will be skipped in the next iteration
# Default: 0
stopOnError = 0

 

 

Third one:

# The test modes for Prime95
# SSE:    lightest load on the processor, lowest temperatures, highest boost clock
# AVX:    medium load on the processor, medium temperatures, medium boost clock
# AVX2:   heavy load on the processor, highest temperatures, lowest boost clock
# AVX512: only available for certain CPUs (Ryzen 7000, some Intel Alder Lake, etc)
# CUSTOM: you can define your own settings for Prime. See the "customs" section further below
# Default: SSE
mode = SSE
 

 

If Im reading this correctly, its running Prime95 in SSE mode. And if a core throws an error, it will restart the testing. Since Im seeing Im not up to iteration 877, Im guessing so far I am error free.

 

The only thing that seems weird is the core test seems very short. I believe its only set to 10 seconds by default before it moves to the next core. Is that enough time ? 

You'll have to watch the command prompt after it completes an iteration to see if any core throws an error. When an iteration ends (which is after it tests each core once) it will have a line that says if any core has thrown an error.  There's also a log file you can check that has everything displayed in the command prompt.

The default time is fine. The goal of the program is to force the highest clocks on the PBO curve. The highest clocks only happen when the core is at lower temperatures and power consumption. A longer test will produce more heat which will force the core to clock lower. It is good to test higher temp and power consumption stability, but that's not the goal of this particular one.

This is what you'll see if there's an error:

2 hours ago, atom631 said:

@cusideabelincoln so far its been running around 17hrs. As far as I can tell, it hasnt thrown an error code. Its currently on iteration 706 as I type this. Im assuming if it throws a code, it halts the script? 

I think the default setting is that it will keep running the test on each core that doesn't fail. At the start/end of each cycle it will tell you which cores it's testing and which have thrown an error.

You can change the behavior through its config file (which does have helpful comments to tell you what the settings do). Did it default to AVX? If so and you end up passing the AVX test, I would recommend testing using SSE. When I was tweaking PBO, SSE would throw more errors than AVX.

In 2017 I traveled one state over the day of the eclipse. Do not do this. About 40 miles from my intended destination traffic on the Interstate highway was backed up to a complete standstill. I managed to get off at the next exit and went to a different, smaller town instead. It's definitely an entirely different experience when you're in the total eclipse.

This year I won't even have to travel. I live in the path, yay. Just have to hope for good weather that day.

13 hours ago, atom631 said:

 

 

thanks!! Im going to change the power cap back to 100% on the 4090 and see if it makes a difference with the coil whine. i really think the frame cap and vsync made the most difference.  its much quieter now. 

 

as for corecycler - so i launch "run corecylcer.bat" and according to the FAQ , i should technically run this for 96hrs (12hrs x 8 cores)? can i use the system while this running? or just let it go for 4 days? 

You can use it while it runs, but if you're gaming or doing other high-CPU loads then let it run longer than 96 hrs.

4 minutes ago, atom631 said:

So Ive been able to really quiet down the coil whine by capping the global framerate setting in the nvidia control panel to 3 FPS below my monitor refresh rate. I also enabled Vsync  globally. Im not sure though if I should set it to just "on" or "fast". i also have gysnc enabled. does having both gsync and vsync enabled gimp performance in anyway? also, Is there any reason why i wouldnt want to cap my framerate? If my refresh rate on my monitor is 175, why would i even want a framerate higher than its capable of? wont that create screen tearing? or does Gsync solve that issue?

 

I also have an undervolt setup in msi afterburner. using 2750mhz / .950v. Power limit capped at 80% and memory clock set to +1300. honestly, no idea if this is a proper undervolt setup or not. any ideas? any way to improve it? 

 

on a side note, i also setup an undervolt on my CPU with all cores at PBO -30 and it has lowered the temps on the CPU by like 4-5 degrees and my timespy score went up over 300 points. pretty easy and quick performance boost. 

Framerates above your max refresh rate only matter if you do competitive online games, and even then the benefit is just some milliseconds of lower input lag. 

G-Sync should turn off if your framerate does happen to exceed your max refresh rate. Setting a cap or forcing Vsync should keep this from happening. What works best can vary from game to game though. There's only a performance hit to having both Gsync and Vsync on at the same time if Vsync is also acting like a framerate cap.

The difference between Vsync "On" and "fast" is how it's buffered. On should be typical triple buffering, and this will mean if the game isn't demanding enough you should get lower GPU usage and power consumption as it's rendering on an as needed basis with what the display can handle. Fast keeps the GPU working at full speed and will render as many frames as it can, and will then only send the latest frame to the display when the display is ready. Fast should give lower input lag at the expense of power consumption.

I don't know what the 4090 can handle as an undervolt, but 80% power cap can be a huge performance hit.

With a PBO of -30, you may notice instability when your system is idle or doing less demanding tasks. A weaker core will crash its threads as it boosts to up and down its frequency range. You also run the risk of corrupting your Windows installation since it always has lightly-threaded workers going in the background.  This is a decent program to use to see if you are truly stable:

GitHub - sp00n/corecycler: Stability test script for PBO & Curve Optimizer stability testing on AMD Ryzen processors

GITHUB.COM

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Stability test script for PBO & Curve Optimizer stability testing on AMD Ryzen processors - sp00n/corecycler

3 hours ago, atom631 said:

Should I return this 4090? Listen to this coil whine. This video is basically from where I sit. Its also has a slight undervolt as I read it’s supposed to help (it doesnt). The GPU is on the opposite side of me.  It only happens when the GPU is being pushed and the  higher the frame rate the worse it gets.  I tried to set a global frame cap 3 fps lower than the monitor refresh rate and it didnt make much of a difference. 

 

Im not sure if Im being petty but this seems like its pretty bad. 

 

 

Couldn't really make it out in the video.

That being said, my last two Nvidia cards have had coil whine when run at maximum power and then got louder as framerates got higher. It's also much more noticeable the quieter you make your system. So the fact yours is quiet with minimal fans and the card is basically in open air with the perforation on the side panel makes the coil whine easier to hear than it would be another system.

I have no idea which models of 4090s have good or bad coil whine, but I would expect a high end one from Asus, MSI, or Gigabyte to probably be quieter than the Founder's Edition.

1 hour ago, silentbob said:

be cool because it was left wide open at the end there with Madame Web, or reason to NOT continue it. Although I would very much prefer a revival of The Spectacular Spider-Man over the 90’s series. Great writing, animation, stories and voice cast.

Spectacular Spider-Man made a cameo in Across The Spider-Verse, even had a voice line, so I will get my hopes up that one day it will be revived and completed. The writing was just perfect, and it definitely featured the wittiest Spider-Man to date.

20 hours ago, EternallDarkness said:

been a while since I saw it but there were so many holes in the story, but it's okay aka mindless fun as long as you don't actually think too much while watching. 

Yep, watched it in an empty theater and just went along with the fun, but I tried to re-watch it and couldn't get past the first act because the story has too many shortcuts. It's also in the running for one of the worst villains by making her a Ronan clone.

27 minutes ago, Brick said:

I'm sorry but if you're making 10+ hour videos you're doing it wrong, and in desperate need of an editor. Chop that thing up into multiple volumes if needed, but you should not be making one large video like that. 

Having not watched this new video, it has to be a compilation of his past work because I've watched his previous lore videos and I don't see how he can add anything new. Also looks like the chapter titles are the same as some videos he made last year.

5 hours ago, best3444 said:

Lore in Elden Ring? Did this even have a story?

Most of the lore is told by reading the item descriptions for items (weapons, armor, etc) and the through the state of the world (condition of buildings, trees, etc). That's how these guys are able to make these videos. Character conversations and side quests do establish the context, but they can be hard to find and are sparse, and you can also miss a lot of conversations/quests if you progress the main game too much.

Breaking news: Sony will request that physical copies of Starfield will be available on PS5.

It has a neat trick that turns the kernels whole on the way out.

RTX HDR videos in latest drivers

Nvidia’s RTX GPUs can now upgrade SDR content to HDR using AI - The Verge

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This is the latest in a line of AI features for RTX GPUs.

A novel feature, but like the AI super resolution I'm probably not going to use it because the minor enhancement is not worth the extra 100+ watts power draw while watching a video. I also don't have a good HDR monitor.

Kids around here love Demon Slayer.

It's been a few years since I've had to dive into a project, but the current search results for DIY repairs is awful. I wanted to find out some information on home furnace repair because mine probably broke today, and the entire first page of search results were auto-generated generic websites, which also had just straight false information and incorrect jargon. Then I searched for another topic (animal control services) and the top results were for nation-wide garbage instead of local businesses.

I do not notice this issue, but I don't use Adblock. I use Ublock Origin and Adguard.

2 hours ago, Reputator said:

I use ublock origin but I leave it turned off on YouTube and I haven't had issues.

Add the following code to the My Filters section of uBo and you can block Youtube ads and not get the "video player will be blocked" message from Youtube.

youtube.com##+js(set, yt.config_.openPopupConfig.supportedPopups.adBlockMessageViewModel, false)
youtube.com##+js(set, Object.prototype.adBlocksFound, 0)
youtube.com##+js(set, ytplayer.config.args.raw_player_response.adPlacements, [])
youtube.com##+js(set, Object.prototype.hasAllowedInstreamAd, true)

1 hour ago, crispy4000 said:

Would it be worth buying some ddr5 2x16 6000mhz ram now for $90 if I’m planning a build in (late) 2025?

 

Reading some stuff about prices on memory likely to go up.

Definitely not worth it for DDR5.

There will surely be improved memory chips by then, either faster speeds or higher capacity, which will counteract any price increase. NAND for SSDs and other flash storage will probably see a bigger impact to pricing from the upcoming planned supply reduction.

2 minutes ago, best3444 said:

 

I wonder if console versions run better? I have no issues with anything in this game. I'm on PS5. 

I'm sure it does because it either has a 30 fps or 60 fps cap. I just don't want to play below 60 fps because I have a 240 Hz monitor

So what I had to do is install the FSR3 frame gen mod and then cap my framerate to alleviate the stuttering. As a bonus I also installed a mod that makes the game look better without decreasing performance.  But I still have to turn off ray tracing.

The performance issues are entirely CPU-related, which consoles can work around with the right development. However on PC, it's harder to bypass a CPU limitation by just changing graphics settings. If I was on the latest generation of new CPUs I could brute force the game to be good enough, though.

Subjectively, not much of a change in RT-off performance. Stutters are still there where they normally were. RT-on performance was still really bad. Of course, this game is an oddity that loves to just randomly perform like crap even when nothing was going on in the game nor in the background of my PC.

After I beat the game and the holiday rush, they release a patch.

PATCH NOTES

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Check out the latest updates to Star Wars Jedi: Survivor on PC, PlayStation 5 and Xbox Series X/S.

I *guess* I'll boot up the game (obviously after uninstalling the mods that made it playable in case they're broken) and see if performance is any better.

Wow, they totally missed out on calling it The Mandalorian & Baby Yoda.  

29 minutes ago, stepee said:

 

cmonnnn 2026 8k LG oled with nvidia gsync pulsar!

1440p 360Hz pulsar would be a great eSports/do-it-all monitor.

Also I don't think OLEDs require half of what Pulsar does (dynamically tweaking the overdrive function). OLEDs just need to increase their native brightness to counteract the dimming from Black Frame Insertions.