I will soon have the most unbalanced system here

Jacky60 · 30 Dec 2022 at 23:34

AMD made me do it by pricing their 7900XTX at $1000=£1050-£1100.
I have bought a 4090 (Zotac Trinity) to couple with my 2015 Intel 5960X and replace my now single 1080TI on a Sony Bravia 50" HDTV, beat that!
Obv I'm going to build a killer new rig but I had the money, 'needed' a new rig and If I'm not intending to buy again for 3-5 years I went big then went home.
Just pondering the rest and curious to see how the 4090 performs with such ancient tech. Any feedback about CPU/MOBO/RAM appreciated as going for 55" LG OLED 4K TV as monitor.
I would have bought a 7900XTX at £800-900 but the gulf between them means the cost per frame of the 4090 is actually pretty good. I once bought Titan Pascal SLI so I have previous.
I'd like to give AMD some cash but I'm tempted to go Intel again with a 13700X. I'm not brand loyal just want the bestish for silly money or nearly the best for sensible money. Over £1K =silly money so I got the best. On the plus side my 1080TI will soon go to a new home, hopefully to be with a mate in SLI! Gaming and internet only.

Orcvader · 30 Dec 2022 at 23:55

If you can wait for next month, AMD's V-cache versions of Zen 4 will be out by then and should do very well in gaming.

Rogueywon · 31 Dec 2022 at 01:13

I've got a friend who pairs a 3090 with a 6700K. In-game performance is decent (he games at 4k), but he does take a hit on load times etc.

cjgardens · 31 Dec 2022 at 06:21

Orcvader said:
If you can wait for next month, AMD's V-cache versions of Zen 4 will be out by then and should do very well in gaming.

He has a intel CPU

I've just upgraded my son's 5960x. It's been a solid CPU. Passed to a friend's son. Should do him for a few years too.

Zefan · 31 Dec 2022 at 07:55

cjgardens said:
He has a intel CPU

Yes, but to be anywhere near keeping up with the GPU a new platform is in order anyway.

cjgardens · 31 Dec 2022 at 07:57

Zefan said:
Yes, but to be anywhere near keeping up with the GPU a new platform is in order anyway.

What's that got to do with it?

Deleted member 77746 · 31 Dec 2022 at 08:06

You paid all that money for an unbalanced system. Jeeeeeeeees.

LtMatt · 31 Dec 2022 at 08:13

If only the 7900 XTX was £100 cheaper I wouldn’t have spent an extra £700 on a 4090. :cry:

Zefan · 31 Dec 2022 at 08:14

cjgardens said:
What's that got to do with it?

Que? Didn't you just post in response to someone saying he should upgrade to AMD with a post saying that he has an Intel chip currently? If you didn't mean that this is a problem then I don't get why you posted.

^JP^ · 31 Dec 2022 at 08:16

I used my 4090 in my old X99 rig for a few weeks while waiting for other parts to arrive.
The CPU bottleneck even at 4K was real!
I went AM5 for a change (been almost 20 years since I had an Athlon XP) and the option of the next X3D chips seemed like a good option to have.

random_matt · 31 Dec 2022 at 08:20

Lol, people's justifications are funny. AMD made me do it, ha ha ha.

Deleted member 77746 · 31 Dec 2022 at 08:26

random_matt said:
Lol, people's justifications are funny. AMD made me do it, ha ha ha.

I bet a lot of people on these forums don’t need the power they are throwing at their builds. A budget is a budget and people always mainly max it out. There’s just really no need.

Anyway nice system.

TNA · 31 Dec 2022 at 08:35

Jacky60 said:
AMD made me do it by pricing their 7900XTX at $1000=£1050-£1100.
I have bought a 4090

Yeah, AMD did screw up their pricing. But that's OK, because the 7900 XTX's have sold out everywhere apparently :cry:

You watch though, won't be long they will be gathering dust on shelves just like the 4080. They should have been no more than $799 and people would have been singing their praises rather than slating them.

Deleted member 77746 · 31 Dec 2022 at 08:40

TNA said:
Yeah, AMD did screw up their pricing. But that's OK, because the 7900 XTX's have sold out everywhere apparently

You watch though, won't be long they will be gathering dust on shelves just like the 4080. They should have been no more than $799 and people would have been singing their praises rather than slating them.

Just like all the old cards. 660, 1080… more money than seance some people.

Zefan · 31 Dec 2022 at 08:45

GaryTheSnail said:
Just like all the old cards. 660, 1080… more money than seance some people.

Ah Where's your Overclockers spirit? Ouijast can't get enough power. It seems you prefer to go for a medium card?

Deleted member 77746 · 31 Dec 2022 at 09:19

Zefan said:
Ah Where's your Overclockers spirit? Ouijast can't get enough power. It seems you prefer to go for a medium card?

Ah I remember…. Let’s all just get 4090s

drain the uk power grid.

Hell no! I go for low end ones. Still rocking a 660 GTX! I mentioned in the games thread I play only light platform games and it’s used for work purposes so no need for anything big. I think my system draws 113w at idle. Not sure on gaming I’ll have to test I’ve got a tester I’ll do it when I’m next home.

Orcvader · 31 Dec 2022 at 09:25

cjgardens said:
He has a intel CPU

I've just upgraded my son's 5960x. It's been a solid CPU. Passed to a friend's son. Should do him for a few years too.

They're planning on upgrading the CPU/RAM/MB so it doesn't matter if it's Intel or AMD.

Zefan · 31 Dec 2022 at 09:35

GaryTheSnail said:
Ah I remember…. Let’s all just get 4090s drain the uk power grid.

Hell no! I go for low end ones. Still rocking a 660 GTX! I mentioned in the games thread I o lay play light platform games and it’s used for work purposes so no need for anything big. I think my system draws 113w at idle. Not sure on gaming I’ll have to test I’ve got a tester I’ll do it when I’m next home.

Heavenly value, probably a bit of a demon back in its day. Probably a good time to throw the towel in and let you know I was riffing off you saying seance instead of sense

x

Deleted member 77746 · 31 Dec 2022 at 09:39

Zefan said:
Heavenly value, probably a bit of a demon back in its day. Probably a good time to throw the towel in and let you know I was riffing off you saying seance instead of sense x

I won’t throw in the towel until my little 660 dies!

Zefan · 31 Dec 2022 at 09:48

GaryTheSnail said:
I won’t throw in the towel until my little 660 dies!

Maybe upgrade it to a GTX 666... OK I'm out