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I will soon have the most unbalanced system here

Jacky60

Jacky60

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

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.
 
TNA said:
:cry::cry::cry:

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.
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Just like all the old cards. 660, 1080… more money than seance some people.
 
Zefan said:
Ah Where's your Overclockers spirit? Ouijast can't get enough power. It seems you prefer to go for a medium card? :o
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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.
 
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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.
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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 :p x
 
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