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This^ My PC (5900X / 3070 TI) sees far less use than my consoles. The Series X & PS5 are just so easy to connect to a big TV, turn-on and start playing. Unless a keyboard/mouse/>120fps are absolutely-required, cosoles win. GamePass absolutely rocks on console:D, and to a lesser-extent on PC.

A few observations/comments regarding my 3070 TI FE, starting with some hype-busting. #1. Ray Tracing is overrated. IMO it adds <1% to the the overall gaming enjoyment but takes ~30% performance. I neither need it nor use it. #2. DLSS is hit & miss. In some games it is difficult to tell the...

3900X is plenty for anything except serious productivity work. The 5900X shows great gains within gaming, assuming you play at lowish-res with a monster-GPU. When mated to a normal GPU & normal-res there will only be a few FPS difference. I owned a 3900X and now own a 5900X. TBH I wouldn't be...

3700X is the current best-bangh, and should have enough threads to run Windows 13 in 2031.

This is the best my 5900 can do with memory timings. Should I chase lower-CAS or higher MHz?

Just check that 1.15v is not holding the performance back. Try same settings with 1.2v, and run a few benches to see whether scores remain the same. These chips are quite resilient to not-crashing, but can drop performance when undervolted by too-much.

Just checked, and my Mobo PBO limits are as follows:- Using Mobo PBO bumps my R23 score past 23K, and the all-core clocks close to 4600MHz. It also nudges temps into the 80's (from late 60's).

Single-core boosts up to 4950MHz, but varies between 4800 & 4950 within R23. All-core boost is pretty stable aound 4450. R23 scores around 1610 / 22300 with above settings. The extra memory speed makes very-little difference for Cinebench, although it does add a few FPS within games. edit...

Testing CO now. -30 on all cores isn't stable (Prime95 reboots after 10-20mins), but -25 seems good so far. Only tested with memtest86, R23 & Prime95 for ~30mins each, so a way to go. Not really played with voltages either, other than VCore offset of -0.875v to keep temps below 70 for Cinebench...

It's an ASUS X570 TUF Gaming, with 1.150V SOC. I might be able to knock a little off the SOC as this is the Auto setting.

Got my 5900X yesterday. Only really played with the memory so far, but it's happily running B-Die @ 4133MHz / FCLK 2066MHz CL16. Attempting 4200Mhz/2100Mhz causes audio-glitches (but will loop memtest86, R23 & Prime), so sticking @ 4133 1:1. The IMC on this chip is not as good as the 4650G APU...

MS & Sony can sell consoles at a hardware loss because their business plan says they will recoup their money and make nice profits from subscription-services and game royalties later-on. NVidia & AMD do not have this loss-leader option for hardware sales. Hell, they can currently sell every...

Just-delivered. Feels really well-built and great quality. 1.2kg of beauty.

I bagged a 3070 TI FE yesterday. I would have preferred a 3080 (non-TI), but beggars and all that. Stock seems to be dropping more & more-frequently recently, so I would expect prices of non-FE cards to begin falling soon.

I have owned plenty of cards with varying degrees of coil whine. I cannot remember owning one that got quieter with age. The only solution that worked for me (every time) was limiting the FPS to a rate equal to / or just-over my monitors native refresh-rate (60Hz, 144Hz etc). This either...

The 3060 TI is by far the better-buy @ current suggested pricing.

I think current pricing will force many PC gamers onto consoles. i personally will not spend £400+ on a 4th-tier graphics card, when a PS5 or Series X offer similar graphical performance and a longer-lifespan for the same money.

I think EA restricts the BF-series games to controller-only on consoles. Outriders is my go-to game at the moment. I have also spent hundreds of hours on Sea of Thieves, CoD and replaying the Halo-series (all work fine with M&K). The good thing about using M&K on consoles is that a poor or...

I sold my 5700XT & Ryzen 3900 setup and moved to Series-X & PS5 gaming. Most FPS games I can still play with mouse & keyboard, plus the consoles go-nicer with a big OLED TV. 120FPS is more than "enough" for me. I prefer the Series-X over PS5 due to XBOX Ultimate, support of VRR (which makes it...

Sorry, I no longer have the BIOS. You can still find Nibitor and nvflash online if you really want to create a low-power BIOS from your stock ROM.