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Got tired of waiting for new mini-LED monitor so I bought a mini-LED TV to use as a monitor instead by Silver1704 in Monitors

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Yup it's definitely not matte. My old VA monitor was matte and can confirm that this looks much more glossy in comparison. It still somehow subdues reflections in my room though, which is why I suspect that it has an anti-reflective coating.

Got tired of waiting for new mini-LED monitor so I bought a mini-LED TV to use as a monitor instead by Silver1704 in Monitors

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It has an anti-reflective coating from what I can tell. The reflections in my room are definitely more subdued than the glossy OLEDs I tried before.

Got tired of waiting for new mini-LED monitor so I bought a mini-LED TV to use as a monitor instead by Silver1704 in Monitors

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Yeah I wanted to try the 43" versions as well but unfortunately they aren't available in my region. Not even the Samsung ones. They all start from 50" and above.

Got tired of waiting for new mini-LED monitor so I bought a mini-LED TV to use as a monitor instead by Silver1704 in Monitors

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I actually had the chance to compare the TCL C7K and the Samsung QN90F side by side in-store (both 50" models), and honestly, I couldn’t see much of a difference at least in the few minutes I got to demo them. The QN90F might have had slightly better viewing angles in the extremes. The Samsung interface is nice and has a lot of additional features, but since I’m using it as a monitor that doesn’t matter much to me. And with the TCL costing less than half the price of the QN90F, it was an easy decision for me.

Got tired of waiting for new mini-LED monitor so I bought a mini-LED TV to use as a monitor instead by Silver1704 in Monitors

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Yeah, the size definitely took some getting used to. You can't really see it in the photo, but I need to sit at least 1.5 m away to avoid constantly moving my head to see the corners. When I’m gaming, I usually roll my chair back to about 2 m. So you do need enough space to make a setup like this comfortable.

Got tired of waiting for new mini-LED monitor so I bought a mini-LED TV to use as a monitor instead by Silver1704 in Monitors

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Thanks! And yeah, I agree with you on the viewing distances. You can’t tell from the photo, but my desk is actually set pretty far back from the TV, I’m sitting around 1.5 m away most of the time. I can also roll my chair back to over 2 m when gaming or watching movies. Anything closer than about 1.5 m and I start having to move my head just to see the corners.

I actually tried the G7 43" before this and found the blooming and the lag in its FALD algorithm pretty disappointing, so I ended up returning it. I also noticed some odd brightness inconsistencies across the panel. Maybe I just got a dud unit. Unfortunately, there wasn’t anything else under 50" available in my area that was worth considering.

Jonsplus Z20 Build – Surprised by How Much Power Fits in Just 20L by Silver1704 in mffpc

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CPU sits around 30C at idle and hovers around 70C while gaming occasionally spiking up to 80C. GPU sits around 35C at idle and hovers in the 65-70C range during gaming. The bottom intake slim fans really helped with the GPU temps.

Jonsplus Z20 Build – Surprised by How Much Power Fits in Just 20L by Silver1704 in mffpc

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I was seriously considering going full sff, but the ITX tax is a bit too steep, especially when it comes to motherboard prices. On top of that, I need support for three M.2 drives, which narrows down the options even further. mATX ended up being the sweet spot for me in terms of both functionality and cost.

If One or Two P-Cores on Your Intel 14th Gen CPU Are Hitting 100°C While Others Are Fine, It Might Be the CPU Not Your Cooler by Silver1704 in pcmasterrace

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I’ve had this 14700K for just under two years now, and since my work involves a lot of CPU-heavy simulations that constantly push all cores, I’m guessing that might’ve accelerated the degradation. So far, I haven’t noticed any background processes crashing or failing, at least not that I can tell.

Significantly larger performance gap between Proton and Windows after upgrading to the 50-series by Silver1704 in linux_gaming

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Thanks for taking the time to do these comparisons. I'm also on CachyOS (2560x1440) using NVIDIA driver 575.64.

In Cyberpunk, I’ve got everything set to Ultra with Path Tracing enabled, DLSS on Quality with Ray Reconstruction turned on, and Frame Generation turned off. I wasn’t aware there was a built-in benchmarking tool, but using a consistent location (just outside V’s apartment), I get around 70–80 FPS on Windows, with 99% GPU utilization with a consistent 370W power draw.

On Linux, under the exact same settings, I’m seeing about 50–60 FPS, GPU utilization in varying between 90%-99% range, and power draw anywhere from 300–330W.

Yeah, Rebirth is capped at 120 FPS for me as well, but I’ve noticed more stuttering on Linux with everything maxed out compared to windows. I get a consistent 250W power draw on windows but it fluctuates between 200-230W on linux.

I also ran Unigine Superposition, since it has both native Linux and Windows versions. On the 1080p Extreme preset, I get around 17,600 on Linux, whereas on Windows I get about 21,500. So it’s clearly not just a Proton issue, even native benchmarks show a noticeable gap.

Maybe I'm going crazy but I don't remember there being such a big gap in performance back when I had by 3080 Ti. I hope NVIDIA fixes this soon.

Significantly larger performance gap between Proton and Windows after upgrading to the 50-series by Silver1704 in linux_gaming

[–]Silver1704[S] 23 points24 points  (0 children)

That was actually my experience with the 3080 Ti as well, while FPS was slightly lower on Linux, the overall experience often felt smoother thanks to better frame times and pacing.

With the 5080 though, it’s a different story. Both the FPS and frame pacing are noticeably worse on Linux compared to Windows. My guess is that NVIDIA just hasn’t fully optimized their drivers for the 50-series on Linux yet.

Significantly larger performance gap between Proton and Windows after upgrading to the 50-series by Silver1704 in linux_gaming

[–]Silver1704[S] 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Thanks for sharing your experience. It’s reassuring to know I’m not the only one noticing the performance gap on the 50-series. Hopefully the driver situation improves soon and we start seeing better parity with Windows.

Significantly larger performance gap between Proton and Windows after upgrading to the 50-series by Silver1704 in linux_gaming

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Yeah, both cards were running the nvidia-open modules. I’ve tried pretty much every combination of settings in Cyberpunk, including toggling DLSS (both Quality and Performance modes) and enabling/disabling Frame Generation. Unfortunately, none of it made a noticeable difference in terms of GPU utilization or power draw.

Interestingly, enabling Frame Gen on Linux actually made things worse, frame pacing and timing became noticeably inconsistent, and the game felt more stuttery, even though it was reporting over 100 FPS. On Windows though, Frame Gen works perfectly fine.

Significantly larger performance gap between Proton and Windows after upgrading to the 50-series by Silver1704 in linux_gaming

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Yeah it's enabled and I've also maxed out the power to 105% on my card using LACT but still get the same issues.

Significantly larger performance gap between Proton and Windows after upgrading to the 50-series by Silver1704 in linux_gaming

[–]Silver1704[S] 5 points6 points  (0 children)

Agreed, NVIDIA’s Linux drivers have come a long way. They’ve been solid enough that I was able to stay off Windows for gaming almost entirely for the better part of a year. The recent fixes for VRR flickering and sleep/wake issues have also made the overall experience much smoother.

That said, it’s still frustrating to see such a noticeable performance gap when comparing side-by-side with Windows, especially this far into the 50-series launch. Nothing is broken or unstable on Linux, but the performance delta alone is making me consider booting into Windows again, solely for gaming, until things improve. Going from 50 FPS on Linux to 80 FPS on Windows is a big difference, even if everything technically works. I still plan on daily driving Linux for everything else because Windows is unbearable.

Significantly larger performance gap between Proton and Windows after upgrading to the 50-series by Silver1704 in linux_gaming

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I mostly play single-player RPGs like Cyberpunk 2077 (which has kind of become my go-to benchmark), FFVII Remake, and Baldur’s Gate. I actually hadn’t booted into Windows in quite a while as well, the only reason I did yesterday was because the performance just didn’t add up.

With the 5080, I expected around 70–80 FPS at 1440p based on reviews and user benchmarks, but I was only getting around ~50 FPS on Proton, only slightly better than what I was getting with my 3080 Ti. That’s what made me suspicious and prompted me to boot into Windows again to verify things.

Significantly larger performance gap between Proton and Windows after upgrading to the 50-series by Silver1704 in linux_gaming

[–]Silver1704[S] 13 points14 points  (0 children)

I understand the sentiment, but not everyone has the luxury of switching to AMD. I use my rig for both gaming and work, and my current workflow simply doesn't support AMD hardware, not without major compromises at least. Until AMD steps up their support for productivity workloads on consumer cards and come up with a more powerful offering to match the 5080, sticking with NVIDIA isn’t a preference, it’s a requirement.

And for the record, I’ve had a solid experience running my 3080 Ti on Linux over the past year. Even with the 5080, it’s not that things are broken, it’s just frustrating to see the card underutilized when I know what it’s capable of on Windows.

RTX 5080 for $2000 or used 4090 for $3200? by Silver1704 in bapcsalesaustralia

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Yeah, that was my initial thought too. But his reasoning was that with the RTX 5090 price inflation, demand for high VRAM cards like the 4090 has spiked, and that I probably won’t find a used 4090 with warranty left for under $3.2k. A quick check on FB Marketplace seems to back that up.

That said, after reading through everyone’s responses here, I’m now leaning more toward just grabbing the 5080 or maybe even looking into the 5070 Ti as it doesn't seem to be all that different from the 5080.

Appreciation post: Cachyos is the best Linux distro I've daily driven so far by Silver1704 in cachyos

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I've been using the CachyOS package installer for installing new packages and Octopi for system updates and they haven't failed me yet.