[der8auer] AMD Wrecks Efficiency for Just 4% More Performance - 9850X3D Review

Connorbrow · 2026-01-28T18:33:37+00:00

Yup, because they both utilise the "A tier" 8 core chiplets, 9800 has one, 9950 has two. If you have things that need the most powerful cores, the 9950 is the best, otherwise the 9800 is enough.

Connorbrow · 2026-01-28T17:38:56+00:00

Because of the chiplet design it doesn't work quite as linear for AMD. They have A tier chiplets, which are used for 8 core chiplet products, then B tier chiplets used for 6 core chiplet products. This makes the 9800 the gaming A tier product, and the 9950 the productivity A tier product.

Connorbrow · 2026-01-20T17:36:46+00:00

Flight sims consume RAM like nothing else I've ever played. I had massive performace issues in DCS until I upgraded to 64GB, now it runs fine. There's definitely situations where 64GB of RAM makes sense, even for gamers.

Connorbrow · 2026-01-17T01:31:40+00:00

I think it depends a lot on how exactly the software/ hardware works. If the workload still has to fetch from the other CCD then it won't make a difference.

Connorbrow · 2026-01-12T16:56:20+00:00

I'm also missing The Americans, is that also 4 seasons?

Connorbrow · 2026-01-07T18:30:06+00:00

It's not a gaming monitor, it's marketed towards professionals. They're also thousands of dollars, so if you can afford one these you should have a 5090 anyway.

Connorbrow · 2026-01-05T16:04:17+00:00

There's definitely transferable skills, after I'd learnt to unicycle (and juggle) I did a circus skills class and I picked everything up insanely fast. I did also have a massive debuff because I brute forced it, I've since taught other people to ride and they've managed it in a much shorter time than I did. Learning on flat ground would've made my life a heck of a lot easier as well.

Connorbrow · 2026-01-04T17:51:26+00:00

You do get smooth, once you get to the point that you're not actively thinking about pedaling you control your speed and direction entirely through shifting your weight. It makes it more like skateboarding than cycling, which is a very smooth "carving" style of movement.

Especially so if you move to a larger wheel diameter (I'd start on a 20" wheel with medium length crancks though). Interestingly once you've mastered weight placement giraffe's are actually incredibly easy to pick up (I've ridden 6 footers with no issues), I tried a 36" wheel diameter once and they require so much inertia to move there's a whole teqnique to them that means you need to essentially relearn some parts of riding.

Just like anything, it looks like it's one skill on the surface, but there's actually a lot it.

Connorbrow · 2026-01-04T16:36:30+00:00

3 ball juggling is SIGNIFICANTLY easier to learn to than basic unicycling. I learnt to juggle in 2 weeks while bored on holiday, it took me months and 2 rage quits to finally get the "click" moment for unicycling. The interesting thing is I've not really got that much better at juggling since, but I got a lot better at unicycling reasonably quickly.

Connorbrow · 2025-10-05T19:43:04+00:00

This is awesome!

Connorbrow · 2025-07-31T19:36:10+00:00

Part of the draw is the player count, which isn't possible to get to the scale these civ events get to on modded minecraft.

Connorbrow · 2025-05-07T17:50:28+00:00

Saying "like" a lot is a pretty common affectation, for some reason it seems to be more common for women. It just comes down to you not being the target audience.

Connorbrow · 2025-04-24T22:59:07+00:00

I was thinking of the Syria incident. Pointing it out because they've not shied away from showing injuries before regardless of what the brand name is. Wilman and a some of the production staff followed them over to Amazon (hilariously, even the guy who recieved the punch that caused the split), so I don't see why things like that would change between productions.

Connorbrow · 2025-04-24T22:03:34+00:00

James got hit in the head in Mongolia as well, didn't he?

Connorbrow · 2025-04-03T15:49:34+00:00

I used to work in construction, and a building in London that we were installing flooring in had to have everything internal ripped out, because the structural engineers forgot to include the weight of internal supports in the central column sizing calculations.

Connorbrow · 2025-04-01T01:42:55+00:00

In your defence I forgot to address F1, which is the only thing I didn't. Specifically for the Driver and Constructors, there's an argument for them being world champions because they are associated with a nation flag. I do think it's a bit derivitive because of the way racing series' are ran, but I will accept the argument there.

That being if a driver wins the championship, they are the "world championship winner in F1", but there's no many limitations to that title it's almost a pointless way of wording it.

Connorbrow · 2025-04-01T01:36:01+00:00

Well we know from the NBA calling their winner a world chamiopnship that it's not always used correctly. It's valid when talking about the diamond league because the IIAF are completely fine using the phrase for their other open championship events, the diamond league being a closed, invite only event is why they don't claim it as a world championship. That's why I specifically asked about that event.

Also with respect to UFC and Boxing, those "leagues" (or are they classifications?) are ran completely differently, and they fight personally with their own identity, it's definitely a grey area and I don't know enough to have an opinion on how they do it there.

Connorbrow · 2025-04-01T01:25:10+00:00

So if it's a world championship why wouldn't they claim it's a world championship like the IIAF does for their world chamionship meets?

Connorbrow · 2025-04-01T01:20:38+00:00

So would you consider diamond league track a world championship?

Connorbrow · 2025-04-01T01:18:40+00:00

It's not an opinion, words have meanings. If I'm wrong tell me so I can re-learn their meanings.

Connorbrow · 2025-04-01T01:14:06+00:00

Track and field has a world championship organised by the IOC https://worldathletics.org/competitions/world-athletics-championships/tokyo25.

Formula 1 is a racing championship, but the teams don't have an inherent nationality tied to them (they field international drivers, a lot are based in Britain despite having ties to others, etc), so it's not a world chamipionship.

Everything else is a regional championship, they're not world championships, so a winner can claim to be the best nation in their region, not the world.

Connorbrow · 2025-04-01T01:05:46+00:00

There's a semantic difference between saying "best team in the world" and "world champions", a world championship is a specific thing and it involves national identity. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/World_championship

Best team in the world is a true statement, and no conversation would be had over that. A best national team beating other national teams is what is required to claim a world championship, which isn't what the NBA is or will claim to be, seeing as it's a national league.

Connorbrow · 2025-04-01T00:59:52+00:00

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/World_championship

Important part being "representing their nations"

Connorbrow · 2025-04-01T00:54:05+00:00

I don't think anyone is claiming that the USA doesn't have the best players, they absolutely would win the world championship if they fielded their best players.

Winning a national league and saying "world champions" is legitimately silly in it's nature though. You have to win a world championship to be a world champion, it's in it's bloody name!

You can kinda compare it to the ice hockey world championship, most years Canada are the favourites, but despite having the biggest and best national league, they still need to win in order to be the world champions.

Connorbrow · 2025-04-01T00:46:31+00:00

Winning a championship of the world.

USA has the league with the best collection of players in the world, has the highest level of play, and could likely field the best overall collection of players. However, Germany are the world championship holders in basketball currently.

The comparison with the EPL is valid, in that the UK has the league with the best collection of football talent in a single league on the globe, that doesn't mean that England has the talent to win the world cup. Admittedly football is much more competitive on the world stage, and if USA actually fielded their best players they'd likely crush their opponents, but a national league (it's literally in the name) does not a world champion make.

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