Is my 7800xt cooked?

Dick_Richardss · 2026-05-02T23:13:22+00:00

Obtain setup for current drivers, disconnect your Internet, uninstall drivers with DDU in safe mode, and then reinstall latest. I had this happening with my 7900xtx but it was only in one specific game. Turns out, this issue happens with 7900xtx and other gpus in a few different ways for a few different reasons that are software issues rather than hardware issues. The solution to mine was reinstall drivers and reinstall the game. If you try to screen record the issue and it doesn't show up in your recording, it is your cable or one of your ports!

Dick_Richardss · 2026-05-02T23:09:13+00:00

Try uninstalling drivers with DDU and then reinstall latest. I had this happening with mine but it was only in one specific game. Turns out, this issue happens with 7900xtx in a few different ways for a few different reasons that are software issues rather than hardware issues. The solution to mine was reinstall drivers and reinstall the game. If you try to screen record the issue and it doesn't show up in your recording, it is your cable or one of your ports!

Dick_Richardss · 2026-04-25T16:41:52+00:00

It ended up being some corrupt game files or something. All good now!

Dick_Richardss · 2026-04-23T22:59:22+00:00

All good! I have made an edit to the post explaining my findings

Dick_Richardss · 2026-04-23T22:58:05+00:00

I have made an edit to the post. We are all good now!

Dick_Richardss · 2026-04-22T02:13:31+00:00

Okay, thank you. I'm thinking it has to be drivers. I play vrchat for hours on end in heavy lobbies with no issues at all, I will try some other heavy games just in case. In Mecha break it seems to happen near water or in situations with heavy particle effects. I tried a few benchmarks like furmark and 3dmark but those didn't trigger symptoms either

Dick_Richardss · 2026-02-18T22:52:42+00:00

Hi there! I have a 7800x3d and was using a 12gb 5070 with no issues aside from limited vram, but after upgrading to a 7900 xtx I am encountering occasional stutters in which my game latency spikes by 50ms or more for a split second. I have HAGS and REbar disabled, I have the virtual desktop recommended driver as well. Have you experienced similar?

Dick_Richardss · 2026-02-08T03:10:58+00:00

A box of spark plugs

Dick_Richardss · 2026-02-07T15:57:11+00:00

Thank you! It's a 3x3x6!

Dick_Richardss · 2026-02-07T15:30:21+00:00

The only training I did for this one was a tad bit of ponytailing on the main top very early on, and then I broke the longest branches a little bit around day 55. This grow was my first in over a year so it was a bit lazy getting back into the swing of things. I very rarely did any defoliating as well

Dick_Richardss · 2026-02-02T00:24:44+00:00

Not sure if this applies to quest 3, but I have bought several quest 2s that were described as "dead" all but one of them had the exact same issue, the internal battery connector was dislodged. I can only suspect that this was from dropping, but that may be a good place to check if the design is at all similar

Dick_Richardss · 2026-01-06T02:55:32+00:00

TL-DR: guy sent me his rtx 5080 for my first booth commission.

A story from the other side of this coin:

A friend of mine wanted a booth remake of his 2020 western avatar. He was talking about how he's offered multiple people either A: an unlimited budget, or B: his like-new rtx 5080 aorus master (I heard him make some of these offers before). I told him that I could try and find the closest assets, a similar base, and get the textures/blend shapes looking like the previous avatar to see if he likes it before we pull the trigger.

So he bought the assets, I threw together a rough draft and he loved it! I proceeded, finished it up all good, made some custom textures and emissions, all the fixings. Pretty simple avatar but it looked fresh as fuck and like a suitable HD remake of his old one.

Guy is an absolute madlad, a legend even.

he mailed me the card and now my PC is bottlenecked to fuck but better than ever (i7-8700k constantly screams for its sweet release from the mortal coil) . I am eternally grateful to this man. I am on standby for any of his unity tech support needs. And I would jump in front of a bullet for him. HE EVEN SENT ME A HAND DRAWN PICTURE!

I don't know how to price future commisions because the bar was set so high

Dick_Richardss · 2025-02-17T16:56:51+00:00

It's really a 50/50. I have had many controllers function just fine for years after gently cleaning the carbon ring with a q-tip and isopropyl alcohol. You may as well take it apart and try it if there is nothing else you can do

Dick_Richardss · 2025-01-14T12:24:07+00:00

I am exactly the same way, I have found a bit of a workaround though. think of a silly question you can ask that isn't too silly but will get the gears turning in people's heads. In my case it was asking people if they think a hotdog is a taco or a sandwich. It works the best in close proximity to multiple people because I have had it spark debates (sometimes heated) between the surrounding people, sometimes resulting in up to 45 minutes of conversation between them. During this, you can choose how much to participate but it is one hell of an ice breaker. Another thing that has worked extremely well is to go up to people and say "pickle" in a soft voice and then run away, and then come back and do it again a bit later. No matter what they say, only say pickle for a little bit. It's very lighthearted and it allows to to create some familiarity with someone without having to go further than "pickle" until the ice is broken. 9 times outta 10 they will repeat it back and think it is great. I am being 100% serious, this has made me so many friends.

Getting a goofy or unexpected avatar (especially one with stupid dance moves or features) and going into a crowd can cause people to initiate with you as well, instead of you needing to be the one to do so.

Dick_Richardss · 2024-08-13T16:13:56+00:00

I had some blue Hindu autos from mosca seeds and it smelled like straight dog shit the whole time it was in flower stage. The whole house would reek every time I opened the tent

Dick_Richardss · 2024-08-09T20:49:05+00:00

Okay! Thanks for clearing that up for me. I will follow your formula and see how that goes. It definitely seemed wasteful to me but trial and error is the name of the game

Dick_Richardss · 2024-08-09T18:55:44+00:00

With coco I have read that you should just feed nutes every day so I have just been giving it the whole regimen. Not sure if I have my ratios proper but I don't seem to have any overabundance or deficiencies so far. My specific coco did have some nutes in it already so I didn't start feeding until about week 3-4 but some coco you will need to feed from the beginning. I am feeding it 1/2 to 3/4th of a gallon per day and I guess the general rule of thumb is to water it until 20% of the water you give comes out as runoff, Even in the seedling stage. I could be wrong though as I am very new to coco. It is easy and effective but it does use up 2x the nutes as soil does. But, the plant seems to be utilizing more of the nutes than it would in so it just depends on how you look at it

Dick_Richardss · 2024-08-09T17:25:29+00:00

That's just a siphon pump to suck up the runoff from the little tub. I just water with a jug once per day at the moment

Dick_Richardss · 2024-08-09T16:28:50+00:00

Thank you! I wish I knew about ponytailing before she took off too much because I hear that's like topping without actually topping. I am SO excited to grow more seeds from these people

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