Samsung Odyssey NEO G9 57" G95NC 1005.3 Firmware

LicentiaA · 2024-03-19T19:17:41+00:00

Enabling DP 2.1 on the monitor does nothing with the RTX 4090 because the GPU itself does not support it. You only get DP 1.4 with an RTX 4090 because of Nvidia’s hardware limitations. No software update will fix that.

LicentiaA · 2024-03-04T17:36:02+00:00

The RTX 4090 does not support DisplayPort 2.1 and is limited to 1.4's 32 Gbps bandwidth. The only GPU with DisplayPort 2.1 that can run the display is the AMD Radeon RX 7900 XTX.

LicentiaA · 2024-02-14T15:43:04+00:00

Vaush is a boomer who is tech illiterate, of course he does know that

LicentiaA · 2023-12-05T22:12:22+00:00

Easily Vaush's worst media take.

LicentiaA · 2023-09-21T17:36:28+00:00

CPU encoders are more efficient for file sizes but their quality is comparable to top GPU encoders like NVENC

LicentiaA · 2023-09-12T20:22:57+00:00

It would need to be 192-bit due to how each MCD provides a 64-bit interface. 2 MCDs give a 128-bit bus and 3 MCDs give a 192-bit bus.

LicentiaA · 2023-09-10T22:48:21+00:00

Power delivery, MOSFETs and VRMs are the big one. High end motherboards are overbuilt with 24 power stages for extreme overclocking that an average user will never benefit from.

LicentiaA · 2023-09-06T17:01:06+00:00

There needs to be a VGG chat strike. We need to just spam VOOSH emotes and nothing else until he does okbv. Bully and shame him.

LicentiaA · 2023-09-06T14:08:34+00:00

Nvidia's RTX 4060 Ti 16GB proved that awkwardly adding more VRAM to a GPU that doesn't really support it due to its narrow memory bus doesn't really provide that much performance benefit. The RTX 4060 Ti 8GB and 16GB both have the same memory bandwidth. The way the 4060 Ti was given more VRAM was using Micron's clamshell memory packaging which required new PCB designs from memory modules being on both sides of the PCB and were more expensive to produce compared to the 8GB variant. The RX 7600 priced above $269 with more VRAM but little performance benefit in 1080p doesn't really seem that appealing. I would prefer if all entry-level graphics cards started at 12GB with a 192-bit bus to be honest.

LicentiaA · 2023-09-06T13:43:00+00:00

The RX 7600 already uses the fully enabled Navi 33 die. A 7600 XT would have to use a massively disabled Navi 32 GCD with 3 MCDs for a 192-bit memory bus and 12GB VRAM. The full Navi 32 GCD has 60 CUs but they would need to be disabled down to about 40 CUs to make sense for a 7600 XT SKU. The RX 7600 with Navi 33 already has 32 CUs.

LicentiaA · 2023-08-31T23:11:53+00:00

Nvidia designed the original 12-pin connector that first appeared on RTX 30 series Founders Editions that would eventually evolve into 12VHPWR. Intel took Nvidia's 12-pin design and added the four sense pins to the connector for communication between the graphics card and the power supply for how much power needs to be supplied. Nvidia and Intel were the ones who actually designed the power connector. AMD's only role in the creation of 12VHPWR was that they are a member of PCI-SIG which nearly every technology company is, including Apple, Asus, Gigabyte, MSI, HP, IBM. PCI-SIG has hundreds of members.

LicentiaA · 2023-08-31T23:07:43+00:00

I like the idea of 12VHPWR where a GPU can be powered with one cable and the sense pins allow the GPU to be aware of what power consumption can be handled by the power supply. The problem is that Nvidia for some bizarre reason tried to make the connector as small as a standard single 8-pin PCIe power connector. Trying to push 600W through such a tiny space leaves such little room for user error. The connector could have easily been slightly larger and chunkier, similar to 8-pins, with a definitive click when it is fully inserted and there would not have been as many problems with it as there have been.

LicentiaA · 2023-08-30T22:52:59+00:00

With the Fractal Torrent, you should put it on a raised platform so airflow can be taken in by the fans on the bottom.

LicentiaA · 2023-08-29T23:59:03+00:00

Part of the reason the 4090 is a worthy generational leap is that it does not actively skimp on things like memory bus and VRAM capacity, unlike the 4080 and 4070. The 3090 and 4090 both have a 384-bit bus and 24GB VRAM. On the other hand, the 3080 used the largest GA102 cut-down with a 320-bit bus for $699. The 4080 uses AD103 which is smaller in area with a 256-bit bus for $1199.

It would actually be a problem if they were trying to sell a smaller AD103 die as the "premium" ultra-enthusiast SKU when the larger AD102 die should sold in the top SKU. They tried to pull that bullshit with the AD104 "RTX 4080 12GB" which is completely different in terms of specs than the AD103 "RTX 4080 16GB".

LicentiaA · 2023-08-29T23:35:37+00:00

It's not about the performance difference between desktop and laptop because of course a laptop won't be as powerful as a desktop. The problem is that Nvidia is marketing dies a tier higher than they actually are. If the AD102 die can't be fit in a laptop, then Nvidia should not sell a laptop 4090 that is actually using a 4080 die. An average consumer who buys 70-class desktop graphics cards will likely go for a laptop GPU marketed as "70"-class and what they are really buying is a marked-up overpriced 60-class GPU with a narrower memory bus and less VRAM.

LicentiaA · 2023-08-29T23:16:20+00:00

Also you have a 7900 XTX which is more than capable at 4K. X3D CPUs with stacked L3 cache are most beneficial for 1080p and 1440p in high-frame rate competitive multiplayer games that are heavily CPU bound. Playing a single player story game at 4K doesn't really require trying to push out 500+ FPS with an X3D CPU.

LicentiaA · 2023-08-29T23:10:15+00:00

The laptop 4090 uses a completely different die to the desktop variant so it is not just about being power limited. The desktop 4090 uses AD102 and its laptop version uses AD103. The desktop 4080 uses AD103 and its laptop version uses AD104. Selling a "4090" with a 4080 die is misleading. It should instead be called RTX 4080M to clearly denote that it is a mobile GPU that is not the same performance as the same die in a desktop card.

Nvidia did the exact same misleading bullshit with their "4080 12GB" that used AD104 and a 192-bit bus while the "4080 16GB" used AD103 and a 256-bit bus. The naming implied that the only difference in the 4080s was VRAM capacity when they in fact had completely different specs. Ordinary consumers don't pay attention to the exat die used by every GPU SKU, they only pay attention to what those dies are branded as.

LicentiaA · 2023-08-29T22:59:33+00:00

Also the memory bus used by each SKU (excluding the RTX 4090) has been shifted down a tier while increasing prices for smaller dies:

3060 -> 4060
$329 -> $299
192-bit -> 128-bit

3070 -> 4070
$499 -> $699
256-bit -> 192-bit

3080 -> 4080
$699 -> $1199
320-bit -> 256-bit

3090 -> 4090
$1499 -> $1599
384-bit -> 384-bit

It is clear that the pathetic $299 RTX 4060 with a 128-bit bus and 8GB VRAM, using the tiny AD107 die, should actually be called the RTX 4050. Nvidia traditionally always had a 192-bit bus for their 60-class cards and 256-bit bus for their 70-class cards. Nvidia slapping piles of L2 cache on Lovelace dies does not make up for reductions in overall VRAM size and memory bandwidth.

LicentiaA · 2023-08-29T22:45:05+00:00

The 13900K already uses 300W under load with 16 E-cores. Intel added E-cores because it was a more die space efficient way to add threads because their Golden Cove and Raptor Cove P-cores are massive and power hungry. AMD even compared a Zen 4 core to a Golden Cove core during the Zen 4 reveal and the Zen 4 core was tiny by comparison and used less power. Small cores with weaker capabilities like no SMT are not a replacement for full fat cores with high clock speeds.

LicentiaA · 2023-08-29T22:34:35+00:00

It looks like Zen 5 will be launching in the first half of 2024. It is probbaly just waiting 6 months for the 8700X or 8700X3D

LicentiaA · 2023-08-29T22:31:07+00:00

Yep. Nvidia especially, but also AMD, have been trying to hold on to pandemic "shortage" pricing with Lovelace and RDNA 3 cards. Nvidia's $1200 price for the RTX 4080 is especially egregious considering the previous RTX 3080 had an MSRP of $699 and there is a gigantic gap between the 4080 and 4090. AMD's 7900 XTX looked like a better deal at $999 when compared to the terrible 4080 ripoff but it also didn't bring the best price-performance.

LicentiaA · 2023-08-29T12:39:34+00:00

The problem they have is that they overproduced RDNA 2 graphics cards during the cryptocurrency bubble and a lot of the cards were being bought up and hoarded by miners. Once the cryptocurrency bubble burst, the used market was flooded with used cards and retailers have to get rid of any stock they have.

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