Tech Gaming Hardware discussion (& Hardware Sales) thread

[adam199]

Nvidia was rumored to show up to E3 to announce a line of Super branded cards. I hope they still show up, a GPU is literally the last thing I'm waiting to buy to complete my mini-itx 4K viable build.

 

[Madmick]

AMD Ryzen 9 3950X Overclocked To 5 GHz Across All 16 Cores On LN2, Destroys The Intel Core i9-9960X – MSI MEG X570 Pushes DDR4 To 5100 MHz On Air

MSRPs

• $749 = R9-3950X
• $1399 = i9-7960X
• $1699 = i9-9960X

When it comes to performance numbers, the AMD Ryzen 9 3950X was overclocked to 5 GHz with a voltage of 1.608V across all 16 cores. The chip was running under LN2 and managed to break some world records. The processor was running on an MSI MEG X570 GODLIKE motherboard which will be one of the best X570 boards to get when the platform launches in July. The processor was also running alongside a pair of G.Skill Trident Z Royal DIMMs (DDR4) at 4533 MHz.

• Cinebench R15: Ryzen 9 3950X @ 5434 points (Previous WR: Core i9-9960X @ 5320 points) [+2.1%]
• Cinebench R20: Ryzen 9 3950X @ 12167 points (Previous WR: Core i9-7960X @ 10895 points) [+11.7%]
• Geekbench 4: Ryzen 9 3950X @ 65499 points (Previous WR: Core i9-7960X @ 60991points) [+7.4%]

*Edit* Tom's Hardware added this:
AMD's $749 Ryzen 9 3950X Beats $2,000 18-Core Intel i9-9980XE In Geekbench Test

The results show the AMD chip besting the Intel one in single-core score (5,868 vs. 5,395). But it's the 3950X's multi-core score that's especially impressive, with a 31% advantage over the i9-9980XE, which scores (on average) only 46,618 points, according to Geekbench.

So unlike the remarkable value achievement of the first generation Threadripper TR-1950X, that launched in August 2017 with a $999 MSRP, offering a 16-core CPU for under $1000 when Intel's cheapest Xeons with that many cores were all over $1,800, forcing Intel to strike back the following month with the $1699 i9-7960X that's getting clobbered above, this Ryzen is now the the best 16-core processor in the world both in terms of single core performance and overall performance. Even Intel's best 18-core CPU is getting blown out by it.

 

[My Spot]

AMD Ryzen 9 3950X Overclocked To 5 GHz Across All 16 Cores On LN2, Destroys The Intel Core i9-9960X – MSI MEG X570 Pushes DDR4 To 5100 MHz On Air

MSRPs

• $749 = R9-3950X
• $1399 = i9-7960X
• $1699 = i9-9960X

Stock air cooler?

 

[Madmick]

Stock air cooler?

I didn't see any details about the air cooler for that memory overclock in the article. MSI released this jpeg:

Naturally, the 16-core overlock to 5GHz that set benchmark world records was on LN2 cooling (liquid nitrogen).

 

[Madmick]

Oh, and here is a pretty crazy sale on the first gen TR-1950X at Staples physical locations ($327):

 

[90 50]

Oh, and here is a pretty crazy sale on the first gen TR-1950X at Staples physical locations ($327):

It was 299.99 at frys a couple weeks ago, haven’t checked lately almost bought one at that price. The 1900 was 199.99 and the 1920 was 249.99

 

[rob mafia]

the ryzen series is killer. the navi GPUs... seem ok. knock $50 off their MSRPs and i think people would be a little stoked about them. but i found amd's e3 demo to be rather bizarre and executed quite poorly. seemed to do more harm than good.

Oh, and here is a pretty crazy sale on the first gen TR-1950X at Staples physical locations ($327):

lolz @ convoluted. go to staples and show them a microcenter ad for a product staples doesn't even have in store to get them to order one. it's great for those who aren't lucky enough to be near a microcenter, though.

 

[Madmick]

It was 299.99 at frys a couple weeks ago, haven’t checked lately almost bought one at that price. The 1900 was 199.99 and the 1920 was 249.99

I saw your post (and the other sales) on the TR-1920X around then, but I missed that. I suspect the rest of the world who didn't see that go up in the first 30 minutes did, too. Those ones fly.

lolz @ convoluted. go to staples and show them a microcenter ad for a product staples doesn't even have in store to get them to order one. it's great for those who aren't lucky enough to be near a microcenter, though.

Well, that would be pretty much everybody. I live in California, home to the tech center of the world, and yet there is only a single Microcenter here. There are 25 total in the USA: only 18 outside New York and Ohio.

The upside to the inconvenience of two trips to the physical store is that you will stand a much stronger chance of actually being able to get it for that price unlike the sale @90 50 pointed out above that certainly got gobbled up by the quickest draws among the notification nannies. Silver linings.

 

[90 50]

I saw your post (and the other sales) on the TR-1920X around then, but I missed that. I suspect the rest of the world who didn't see that go up in the first 30 minutes did, too. Those ones fly.

Well, that would be pretty much everybody. I live in California, home to the tech center of the world, and yet there is only a single Microcenter here. There are 25 total in the USA: only 18 outside New York and Ohio.

The upside to the inconvenience of two trips to the physical store is that you will stand a much stronger chance of actually being able to get it for that price unlike the sale @90 50 pointed out above that certainly got gobbled up by the quickest draws among the notification nannies. Silver linings.

They were in stock for quite some time at that price at my local store.

1900x is the only one available now though last week they still had 1920/1950

 

[Madmick]

They were in stock for quite some time at that price at my local store.

1900x is the only one available now though last week they still had 1920/1950

You're extremely lucky then.

In the Reddit for that sale you can see a comment noting that they were sold out in most locations (including physically) less than two minutes after the the flag for the sale went up.

 

[rob mafia]

...have you guys thought about moving near a microcenter?

and i wasn't talking shit on it, just laughing at the staples price vs the microcenter price match and convoluted process. staples gonna staples. and i know that most on here aren't near a microcenter. that's why i mentioned that...

 

[Madmick]

...have you guys thought about moving near a microcenter?

and i wasn't talking shit on it, just laughing at the staples price vs the microcenter price match and convoluted process. staples gonna staples. and i know that most on here aren't near a microcenter. that's why i mentioned that...

Indeed, but it always blows my mind how few are aware of what price matching can do for you at physical locations, and this is a great example.

A smarpthone with a UPC (Barcode) Scanner app that has an automatic Amazon/Google search button built in is a godsend.

I was riding with a friend who is hardcore into real estate that had to stop at Staples for an office errand, once. Money money money money kind of guy. Go getter. He needed some cable accessories among other things (think they were USB or HDMI or something). His bill was going to be something like $70-$80. I told him to gimme a sec. I did my thing, and the total suddenly dropped to $26.

It was mundane bargain hunting routine to me, but he didn't stop talking about it for weeks. He was never so impressed with me as he was in that moment, LOL.

 

[adam199]

https://wccftech.com/exclusive-nvidias-super-gpus-unleashing-monsters/

Specs, announce date, and pricing leaked for Nvidia's new Super cards. Looks like I'll be going for a 2080 Super or maybe the regular 2080 TI if the price drops low enough.

The 2080 TI Super looks like it's going to be based on brand new architecture and be much more powerful than the regular 2080 TI (if the leaks are to be trusted).

 

[KaNesDeath]

Guy on reddit was complaining the other day that he gets low FPS in CSGO because it doesnt utilize all the cores of his A10 6800K, lol.

This summer i may buy the G502 wireless hero mouse with the wireless charging mousepad. Cant find if the wireless charging mousepad has better or worse latency issues. All latency tests i see are done on the dongle for the wireless mouse.

 

[Madmick]

https://wccftech.com/exclusive-nvidias-super-gpus-unleashing-monsters/

Specs, announce date, and pricing leaked for Nvidia's new Super cards. Looks like I'll be going for a 2080 Super or maybe the regular 2080 TI if the price drops low enough.

The 2080 TI Super looks like it's going to be based on brand new architecture and be much more powerful than the regular 2080 TI (if the leaks are to be trusted).

Looks like bullshit hype for a water-treading refresh to me.

 

[adam199]

Looks like bullshit hype for a water-treading refresh to me.

Yeah, I don't really expect the Super cards to be that much more powerful than the regular counterparts (other than the 2080 TI Super if rumors about it are true). I'm more interested in the price shakeup.

 

[Madmick]

Yeah, I don't really expect the Super cards to be that much more powerful than the regular counterparts (other than the 2080 TI Super if rumors about it are true). I'm more interested in the price shakeup.

Yeah, that's really all AMD has to offer; the potential to maybe depress the price on NVIDIA's cards. NVIDIA has everyone by the balls, and they know it. It's funny listening to the gaming press (like Linus & Steve Burke) talk about how cuntish their attitude is even to the biggest influencers.

Hopefully they add another like 5%-10% in pipeline improvement, and the price on the original RTX cards comes down a bit. The RTX 2060 under $300 would be a wonderful new mainstream standard.

 

[My Spot]

I wish AMD had something to compete with the 2080 Ti and drop that damn price down around $700.

 

[adam199]

Yeah, that's really all AMD has to offer; the potential to maybe depress the price on NVIDIA's cards. NVIDIA has everyone by the balls, and they know it. It's funny listening to the gaming press (like Linus & Steve Burke) talk about how cuntish their attitude is even to the biggest influencers.

Hopefully they add another like 5%-10% in pipeline improvement, and the price on the original RTX cards comes down a bit. The RTX 2060 under $300 would be a wonderful new mainstream standard.

I'm glad Nvidia took a beating for the way they handled pricing for the RTX cards. When I bought my GTX 980 a few years ago the 980 TI was around $800-900 new. The RTX 2080 TI is at least $1200 with tax right now.



It looks like they might be coming back to Earth now.

 

[Madmick]

I'm glad Nvidia took a beating for the way they handled pricing for the RTX cards. When I bought my GTX 980 a few years ago the 980 TI was around $800-900 new. The RTX 2080 TI is at least $1200 with tax right now.



It looks like they might be coming back to Earth now.

The 980 Ti was only got that high because of the cryptosurge. It was more costly two years after its launch than on the day of release (as was all equitable GPU processing power). That was a historical first.

The launch MSRP was $649 in June 2015, and at its best, the following year, thanks to an NVIDIA-sourced price cut, in June 2016, the entry variants were running $500 or so (not even talking sales).