Tech Gaming Hardware discussion (& Hardware Sales) thread

KaNesDeath said:
No one was spending upwards of $799 on a dead socket CPU thats performance uplift fell within margin of error.
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Dude it was 2020, Zen 3 had just come out. People definitely bought it lol, it wasn't just for gaming (shocking I know).
 
Slobodan said:
Dude it was 2020, Zen 3 had just come out. People definitely bought it lol, it wasn't just for gaming (shocking I know).
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Especially ironic given we were just told that NVIDIA no longer makes GPUs for gamers simply because the rest of the GPU market has swollen to become their primary business.
 
Slobodan said:
Dude it was 2020, Zen 3 had just come out. People definitely bought it lol, it wasn't just for gaming (shocking I know).
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It launched in the middle of second quarantine. That wasnt demand for Zen 3 CPU's.

Within a eleven months after launch the 5800X saw two prices cuts. Where it was retailing for $299.
 
Blayt7hh said:
That’s ignoring the fact that intel had ran off the charts with heat and power draw trying to keep up that generation too. I specifically went with the 5600x when it launched over higher end choices because I was going to play mostly 4k games and I didn’t see a reason to pay extra to generate more heat and a larger power bill for maybe a 1 fps payoff. These last two generations intel hasn’t even entered the conversation.

I’ve since upgraded to a 5700x3d which did provide a real bump in performance. That’s another advantage with AMD. You can usually upgrade your cpu down the road without buying a new motherboard. I’m no brand fanboy or loyalist. AMD has just been killing it in the CPU sector.
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So the performance upgrade was noticeable with a 5700x3d?

I have a 5600x as well and almost made the same move a while ago but decided against it. I guess they're not making many of them anymore because current availability is low and prices have increased unfortunately.
 
KidBaize said:
So the performance upgrade was noticeable with a 5700x3d?

I have a 5600x as well and almost made the same move a while ago but decided against it. I guess they're not making many of them anymore because current availability is low and prices have increased unfortunately.
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The uplift from the 3D cache surprised everyone with how effective it was. It depends on the game, for some it has a small effect, but as an overall average, it was pretty massive.

Techpowerup didn't do the 5700X3D, but here's the 5800X3D. If you're coming from something as close as the 5600X, even just to maximize your chipset slot without overhauling your entire rig, you'd want no less than the 5800X3D. Otherwise it would be pretty tough to justify the cost. The clocks on the 5700X3D are too low (-400MHz). And yeah, I know the 5800X3D is pretty much gone from retail.
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And to compare the 5600X:
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Madmick said:
The uplift from the 3D cache surprised everyone with how effective it was. It depends on the game, for some it has a small effect, but as an overall average, it was pretty massive.

Techpowerup didn't do the 5700X3D, but here's the 5800X3D. If you're coming from something as close as the 5600X, even just to maximize your chipset slot without overhauling your entire rig, you'd want no less than the 5800X3D. Otherwise it would be pretty tough to justify the cost. The clocks on the 5700X3D are too low (-400MHz). And yeah, I know the 5800X3D is pretty much gone from retail.
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And to compare the 5600X:
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Yeah they're both hard to find now. Just 3rd party sellers at inflated prices.
 
KidBaize said:
So the performance upgrade was noticeable with a 5700x3d?

I have a 5600x as well and almost made the same move a while ago but decided against it. I guess they're not making many of them anymore because current availability is low and prices have increased unfortunately.
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Yeah it’s was a pretty decent uplift. I got it back in the summer and they were selling for under 200 I think. Not sure what they’re going for now. If you’re going to stay on the platform for a while it’s definitely worth thinking about.
 
Logitech G303 Shroud edition is on clearance at best buy for $45. If you bring in an old peripheral to recycle, they'll give you 20% off.
 
not sure if this is the best thread for this, but:
I have a dual monitor setup with one screen with a horizontal orientation and the other with a vertical orientation. I wanted to set up a desktop slide show for the background wall paper to change daily but individually since the different orientations require different pictures. As far as I can tell windows 11 only allows you to set up one slide show pulling images from one folder. Anyone know a good workaround?
 
CubicleGangster said:
not sure if this is the best thread for this, but:
I have a dual monitor setup with one screen with a horizontal orientation and the other with a vertical orientation. I wanted to set up a desktop slide show for the background wall paper to change daily but individually since the different orientations require different pictures. As far as I can tell windows 11 only allows you to set up one slide show pulling images from one folder. Anyone know a good workaround?
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I don't know Win11 worth a damn, so I can't help on a native solution, but Wallpaper Engine can probably do what you're looking for:
 
JBSchroeds said:
I don't know Win11 worth a damn, so I can't help on a native solution, but Wallpaper Engine can probably do what you're looking for:
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thanks, was hoping to avoid having to pay for software but its looking like that is my only option
i'll look into this further and see if it can solve my problem
 
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