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is this a SATA to pcie adapter? i don't think it needs to be arson, lol
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# ? Aug 5, 2022 16:35 |
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Gross negligence really is the simple answer.
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# ? Aug 5, 2022 16:36 |
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this is why you don't daisy chain cheap power cables and Y-splitters
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# ? Aug 5, 2022 16:42 |
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i would love to sit down with that person, i know this is a mite sexist but i've had to edit this away from male pronouns like four times now lol, and ask them what on earth they thought was happening thermally with that setup. i think the intent is to corral hot air into those little exhaust fans and hole, which is adorably cartoonish
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# ? Aug 5, 2022 17:02 |
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Rinkles posted:Maybe it’s arson fraud after the crypto downturn Fraud or not, I hope they don't get a single red cent of that money back.
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# ? Aug 5, 2022 17:21 |
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STALKER 2 looks like it's coming along very well graphically. Very realistic lighting.
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# ? Aug 5, 2022 17:50 |
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v1ld posted:STALKER 2 looks like it's coming along very well graphically. Very realistic lighting. It took a lot of GPUs to get the room looking like that
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# ? Aug 5, 2022 17:52 |
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Somebody close to where I live is trying to sell a 263 GPU farm in one shot. GOOD loving LUCK WITH THAT https://vancouver.craigslist.org/van/for/d/west-vancouver-south-crypto-mining-farm/7496358775.html
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# ? Aug 5, 2022 17:54 |
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seeing them all over facebook market, people advertising their rigs with their mining hash right next to the price. mate if that number mattered you wouldn't be selling up lol, always expect market rate plus fifty percent too
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# ? Aug 5, 2022 17:58 |
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This is the best quote from the listing:quote:Now is definitely the time to get into mining! Precious metals, maybe.
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# ? Aug 5, 2022 18:07 |
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MarcusSA posted:This is why you don’t buy GPUs that were used for mining I want to believe the pc fans are pointed outward and they just have competing fans doing nothing for the gpus because I assume all miners are morons.
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# ? Aug 5, 2022 18:19 |
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putting a push on the end like that would be directly competing with airflow, which goes down into the card and out the sides and sometimes back. that's why those standing fans are baffling me
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# ? Aug 5, 2022 18:22 |
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With disco diffusion, and stable diffusion now also promising a local build, I am lusting for a 4090. When is that releasing again? I guess I have to upgrade to a 1200w psu first...
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# ? Aug 5, 2022 21:02 |
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KinkyJohn posted:With disco diffusion, and stable diffusion now also promising a local build, I am lusting for a 4090. When is that releasing again? october/november. probably october but maybe later, depending on how much nvidia wants to stall to sell more 30-series cards.
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# ? Aug 5, 2022 21:12 |
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The 3060 Ti FE is back in stock at Best Buy (in-store pickup). Unlike the higher-tier cards, the AIB versions of the 3060 Ti are still pretty expensive, so getting that card for $400 is a pretty good deal. FEs for most of the other cards have been in stock off-and-on too, but you can generally get those at or close to MSRP elsewhere now so those are less exciting. It's a shame that Nvidia never did a 3060 FE because the AIB prices for that suck too. edit: EVGA XC3 3070 for $475 after associate code (discount viewable at checkout), with free e-waste keyboard: https://www.evga.com/products/product.aspx?pn=08G-P5-3755-KL&associatecode=SG6LFX7LRLICR2Y We're finally seeing below-MSRP versions of the basic non-OCed card models. Looks like they have free shipping for everyone right now too. Dr. Video Games 0031 fucked around with this message at 00:07 on Aug 6, 2022 |
# ? Aug 6, 2022 00:04 |
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FuturePastNow posted:this is why you don't daisy chain cheap power cables and Y-splitters It’s always been a little baffling that people don’t bite the bullet and get a big 2kw desk-style meanwell 12v switching supply and picopsus to drive the other rails. You could have like, pigtails with ring terminals or power poles or some other sane connector leading to PCIe aux connectors with some decent wire, and not have the “goes through lovely 22g wire and 3 massively overloaded adapters” thing. Consumer poo poo isn’t made for this and like, a lot of the things people do to press their lovely PSU into service (gosh I don’t have 27 PCIe connectors because this PSU wasn’t made for that) tend to end up overloading it, Molex and SATA adapters are tempting for people to use to plug more GPUs but they’re a massive fire hazard. I know consumers are idiots, but big industrial farms can set up their own poo poo however they want, and it’s baffling to me that it’s kinda just all consumer poo poo with some cheater adapters, even when a rush is on and consumer poo poo is super expensive. Meanwell isn’t that expensive, they get used in all kinds of other poo poo, and they are cranked out in pretty huge volume. At some point all this consumer poo poo and adapters has to be more expensive than some ring terminals and silicone wire. In particular though using SATA for anything is nuts, like that is not a high-power connector at all guys Even Molex is not great and you can get some arcing at higher currents, and people take way way past its official spec, they know like exactly how far you can push before it’s a problem, and it’s like 2x or 2.5x the connector rating. People will use anything that doesn’t immediately light on fire the first second you plug it in, it’s nuts. Paul MaudDib fucked around with this message at 01:45 on Aug 6, 2022 |
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Paul MaudDib posted:In particular though using SATA for anything is nuts, like that is not a high-power connector at all guys Even Molex is not great and you can get some arcing at higher currents, and people take way way past its official spec, they know like exactly how far you can push before it’s a problem, and it’s like 2x or 2.5x the connector rating. People will use anything that doesn’t immediately light on fire the first second you plug it in, it’s nuts. https://www.amazon.com/CGTime-15-Pin-PCI-Express-Female-Adapter/dp/B075383P7T Look at the customer photos for a laugh. These adapters are an actual fire hazard.
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# ? Aug 6, 2022 06:22 |
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Some quick googling tells me that the ATX standard specifies that SATA connectors only need to be rated to 54 watts. GPUs will try to pull up to 150W through each PCIe connector. It does not take a genius to figure out what will happen here.
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# ? Aug 6, 2022 07:16 |
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Dr. Video Games 0031 posted:The 3060 Ti FE is back in stock at Best Buy (in-store pickup). Unlike the higher-tier cards, the AIB versions of the 3060 Ti are still pretty expensive, so getting that card for $400 is a pretty good deal. FEs for most of the other cards have been in stock off-and-on too, but you can generally get those at or close to MSRP elsewhere now so those are less exciting. Wow, these are still available as of this morning. Nature has finally healed itself. I'm still holding strong onto my 6700k + 970, until we see what the fall holds for CPUs/GPUs
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Dr. Video Games 0031 posted:Some quick googling tells me that the ATX standard specifies that SATA connectors only need to be rated to 54 watts. GPUs will try to pull up to 150W through each PCIe connector. It does not take a genius to figure out what will happen here. Many SATA adapters also use molded thermoplastic, which tends to soften with heat and it’ll go plastic enough that the contacts will push through the inside of the connector, when they contact they’ll short out. It’s probably ok with just 5 watts from a hdd going through them, although being in a hot case isn’t great either (I’ve seen fires on r/datahoarders just from hdd usage) and I just recommend people avoid them entirely. But in high-current applications those molded thermoplastic adapters are incredibly unsafe even at the rated current for the connector. There are “vampire tap” ones where it strips away the insulation and contacts the wire directly and those are a lot safer. Everything I own uses those and I throw away any molded adapters on sight. Eg this is safe: https://www.monoprice.com/product?p_id=8794 (this one had a fire but since it happened right away it’s likely a defective cable) https://www.amazon.com/Molex-Power-SATA-Female-Adapter/dp/B000YJMB5Y this is the unsafe molded type: https://www.amazon.com/SDTC-Tech-Splitter-Adapter-Extension/dp/B07P12ZBYX Paul MaudDib fucked around with this message at 20:39 on Aug 6, 2022 |
# ? Aug 6, 2022 20:36 |
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Is there a way to check a Radeon's temperature? My screen keeps crashing to black, after which videos I watch are glitchy with a bunch of neon green artifacts, and I want to see if my card is overheating.
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# ? Aug 7, 2022 23:06 |
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Nevermind, I found it in Adrenalin, but it says my temperature and power consumption are normal so I don't know what's going on.
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uunW0vRMk_Y&t=871s Apparently Asus has a billion dollars in unsold inventory and mass layoffs at various companies?
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# ? Aug 8, 2022 00:27 |
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cheesetriangles posted:https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uunW0vRMk_Y&t=871s They should sell their stuff cheaper then
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# ? Aug 8, 2022 00:31 |
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lol at evga laying off over 20% of their workforce
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# ? Aug 8, 2022 00:40 |
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shrike82 posted:lol at evga laying off over 20% of their workforce That's... not really a lol. You know it's gonna be the Americans that answer a phone for support when you call them up who get the axe, which was the whole point of buying from them. Agents with actual agency.
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# ? Aug 8, 2022 00:41 |
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cheesetriangles posted:https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uunW0vRMk_Y&t=871s Steve has some right milkers mate Seriously though it actually is pretty funny that these companies didn't give a flying poo poo about anything, hosed over consumers, flew too close to the sun and now they're crying because they pulled the worst move possible: structuring your business decisions on crypto in any way shape or form e: I wonder how expensive the 4090 will be. I don't think I would pay more than $1500... Taima fucked around with this message at 00:51 on Aug 8, 2022 |
# ? Aug 8, 2022 00:47 |
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don't body shame steve what the gently caress are you doing
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# ? Aug 8, 2022 00:59 |
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Taima posted:Steve has some right milkers mate They have a containment channel just for you. https://www.youtube.com/channel/UClbZahXiEFVawqXjhVoh3iw/videos Wandering vaguely closer to the thread's topic, I imagine this break down of one of AMD's "products" would be of interest: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Zg0IukE9_bA Actually on this thread's topic - EVGA had a round of layoffs in 2019, heres the EVGA forum thread about it: https://forums.evga.com/EVGA-layoffs-m2960250.aspx And for those that don't want to click through: This describes the US as a "skeleton crew" even in 2019. EVGA has cut back a lot on product lines since then. While I would assume that the last few years have been good for them, I would not be surprised if demand for GPUs suddenly cratering caused severe cash flow issues for them.
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# ? Aug 8, 2022 01:04 |
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Uh oh. Wonder if this’ll start to put cracks in their reputation for good customer service
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# ? Aug 8, 2022 01:27 |
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They've also recently reduced the scale of their warranty coverage and made their extended warranties both cost more and last for a shorter duration. And they've eliminated any kickbacks for their affiliate program in an attempt to pinch more pennies. As far as I'm aware, the PC market is still bigger than it was a few years ago, so this kind of desperation is a sign that they've made some real bad management decisions over the last couple years of growth.
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# ? Aug 8, 2022 01:41 |
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Hmmm. An EVGA 3090Ti for $1149 has to be a new low, right?
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# ? Aug 8, 2022 01:41 |
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NotNut posted:Nevermind, I found it in Adrenalin, but it says my temperature and power consumption are normal so I don't know what's going on. Memory, maybe? The artifacting makes me lean toward that, you can get a tool like GPU-Z that'll show you all the different card sensors to get a better idea if it's overheating
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# ? Aug 8, 2022 02:51 |
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Dr. Video Games 0031 posted:They've also recently reduced the scale of their warranty coverage and made their extended warranties both cost more and last for a shorter duration. And they've eliminated any kickbacks for their affiliate program in an attempt to pinch more pennies. Their affiliate kick back program was actually really generous and I wonder if their warranty coverage period and step up program killed the extra margin they should’ve been getting, especially early.
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# ? Aug 8, 2022 03:38 |
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BOOTY-ADE posted:Memory, maybe? The artifacting makes me lean toward that, you can get a tool like GPU-Z that'll show you all the different card sensors to get a better idea if it's overheating Looks normal. I also did a VRAM test with OCCT for an hour and it came back with no errors.
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# ? Aug 8, 2022 05:10 |
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You need to load it to tell anything. Run some games or benchmarks while you have that logging and then look at the data.
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# ? Aug 8, 2022 05:14 |
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0 pity for GPU companies that tried to rip everyone off during the crypto boom and now has to sit on mountains of overpriced stock with 40x0 around the corner Play with fire, get burned. They should pull their heads out the sand, and sell GPUs at a reasonable price point next time
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# ? Aug 8, 2022 07:55 |
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Does Best Buy limit how many GPUs you can buy now?
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# ? Aug 8, 2022 09:16 |
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Listerine posted:Does Best Buy limit how many GPUs you can buy now? I don't know what their in-store purchasing policy is, but online you're only allowed to order GPUs for pickup, and only one item per GPU, though you can order multiple different GPUs at once.
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Zedsdeadbaby posted:0 pity for GPU companies that tried to rip everyone off during the crypto boom and now has to sit on mountains of overpriced stock with 40x0 around the corner The RX 6500 XT is the worst offender by far. Smaller die than a GTX 730, 64-bit memory bus, so little RAM that it becomes a problem? But you want to sell that garbage for $200?!
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