Recent content by pf100

When things don't fit in cache the 5800x3d is a slightly slower 5800x and that's when tuned b-die matters. So yes, tuned b-die makes sense with the 5800x3d.

I don't understand what's happening here.

IoT is not a smart fridge or a dishwasher. You probably got these ideas from microsoft who say it's for ATM's or whatever but the reality is that IoT is normal windows enterprise without the store (that can be manually installed) or feature updates. You don't ever need feature updates for an...

IoT is a perfect fit for the HTPC I have connected to my TV and for my laptop but not my gaming pc. An embedded computer is just a regular computer that doesn't get feature updates. If you'll never need feature updates than IoT is what you want. If you want feature updates then you want the...

It's far from nonsense. You have to know first what it is you want and where IoT is a good fit and where it's not. It doesn't have any unnecessary crap which is perfect for an HTPC I have with an arc a380 that is perfect for handling any video decoding and encoding needs that I'll run across in...

Apparently very few people know how good IoT (LTSC) is. You can tell them about support until 2032 and it won't really register because they don't know what you're talking about. Almost zero bloatware and there is also a script to add the store to IoT Enterprise LTSC 2021. I see a lot of people...

Pixel 3a

No need to jump to conclusions just yet. There are some clever bastards running around here.

Games are beginning to be released with ray traced lighting that you can't turn off (alan wake 2 and robocop are a couple) and this is only going to get worse. Not using static lighting is a huge time saver in development so if you're going to play newer games you should get ready for it. Edit...

The fix for the r9 280x was to edit the bios with VBE7 so that UVD state # 6 core clock matched performance state # 0 core clock. So if you want to do that it'll have different names for you with a different bios editor. Every gpu has different power states and different frequencies for each...

I'm just going to throw this out there. I had a problem like this with an r9 280x once where it would only run at idle speed and I edited the bios to make the core clock speed to always be the same no matter what power state the card was in and it fixed the problem. The card wouldn't downclock...

4070 ti super.

This poll is unanswerable as-is because I don't know what the budget is and what you're wanting to do. The 3090 ti for $600 and the 4090 for $1600 can each make sense in different scenarios.

My pny xlr8 4090 is awesome. Absolutely no issues at all with it.

94.02.71.80.C3 is dated 2021-08-05 94.02.59.00.E1 is dated 2021-08-11 - 6 days newer. This is the bios provided on dell's website that I linked to in the first and third post https://www.techpowerup.com/forums/threads/latest-and-or-best-vbios-for-dell-rtx-3080.300285/#post-4887618 The reason for...