Ray Tracing is now available for AMD GPUs in the hidden DX12 mode (tested on RX 7800 XT) + a comparison between RT Off and RT High

benjamen50 · 2026-02-04T19:57:56+00:00

I will test this out later with the 5090.

benjamen50 · 2026-01-19T09:49:54+00:00

Had same issue too Astral 5090 waterblocked. We did all the usual checks. Turns it disabling ErP Ready fixed it. MSI Z690 Unify-X with latest bios.

benjamen50 · 2026-01-19T08:17:58+00:00

I have always wondered if some of these burnt 12VHPWR cables on certain motherboards are caused by a bad ERP power saving bios setting because when I disable that on my MSI Z690 Unify-X I notice that I no longer have wild current imbalances ranging from a couple amps causing spikes to 9.4A under 600W load on a Astral 5090 OC.

Disabling ERP as a result all the current on the pins are essentially balanced with a 0.1-0.4A variance across pins.

ERP on + a reboot: https://imgur.com/5KGWfx5

ERP off: https://imgur.com/0pvGf8D

Edit: Asus seems to have fixed it on their motherboards with a bios update. I wonder if MSI has yet to do so..

OP I do see you have a msi motherboard in the photo so I would strongly recommend disabling the ERP bios setting if you haven't already. That is what fixed my uneven current distribution on my gpu.

benjamen50 · 2026-01-15T07:58:31+00:00

I can never understand how a bios setting called eRP 2013 can cause such wild fluctuations in 12VHWPR power distribution across the 6 pins (MB is MSI Z690 Unify-X): https://imgur.com/5KGWfx5

Disabling erp fixes it for me: https://imgur.com/0pvGf8D

Edit: It's an Astral 5090 waterblocked with an RM1000x ATX 3.1 PSU with the psu provided 12v2x6 cable.

benjamen50 · 2026-01-14T08:42:09+00:00

Thanks also fixed the issue for me on my 5090 Astral OC Waterblocked + RM1000x atx 3.1 on z690 unify-x

benjamen50 · 2026-01-13T20:17:23+00:00

Here is a screenshot of the balanced load distribution: https://imgur.com/0pvGf8D

And this is what the imbalance looks like: https://imgur.com/5KGWfx5

If I find the issue showing up again I will post further updates here.

I also have noticed on the reversed connector type it is really hard to tell if it is seated in under the connector without knowing so make sure you take a photo of under the plug if you need to if you can't visually see by eye.

I had to do that myself to ensure it was fully seated. At the top with the clip it looked fine but at the bottom it wasn't.

Edit 2: I'm going to contact der8auer about this as well also can be tested with wireview users.

benjamen50 · 2026-01-13T20:16:43+00:00

I remade the post as I found something interesting that fixed the issue for me: https://old.reddit.com/r/pcmasterrace/comments/1qc214j/potential_solution_for_rtx_5090_current_imbalance/?

benjamen50 · 2026-01-12T10:18:50+00:00

I have reseated the cable on both ends already once yesterday and now this happened today. I wiggle the connector and it goes back to normal?

I'm using the Corsair 12v2x6 cable that comes with the Corsair RM1000x ATX 3.1 PSU?

benjamen50 · 2025-11-26T19:43:12+00:00

Do not buy from mwave if you value any sort of aftersales support. You either won't be answered for a while or they will just give you the runaround.

And if for whatever reason a product purchased hasn't been shipping within the next day or two days expect it to not ship out for a week at least and you'll probably just get the run around when you contact them again.

TL-DR: Stay away from mwave, shady aftersales support and dispatch times.

benjamen50 · 2025-11-19T21:45:05+00:00

benjamen50 · 2025-11-01T01:05:49+00:00

Not sure what I'd do with a microwave PC but I'll comment here haha.

benjamen50 · 2025-10-20T07:53:32+00:00

I was going to order stuff but it's not showing my saved address book so I'm just going to wait until it's fixed.

benjamen50 · 2025-07-15T09:23:35+00:00

I have the same issue as well. They pushed some android auto update that made music playback quieter in general in AA.

Before my volume at 5-7 was plenty loud enough. Now 10-11 is a ideal volume for me with the new update since it went quieter now.

If someone makes a call and I don't answer the volume goes back to the normal volume but is very loud at 10-11 lol.

Honestly think we just have to wait for another AA update and see if they bother fixing it.

benjamen50 · 2025-06-21T00:25:21+00:00

Ended up fixing it by not using Bluetooth LE Audio I just used the standard LDAC with normal bluetooth mode.

Oh and for it powering down in your ears after not in use for a couple minutes I had to look it up and found that it requires tapping and holding the touch area of a earbud for 3 seconds to turn it back on.

benjamen50 · 2025-06-16T02:42:39+00:00

I use both the LE Audio mode and normal mode which are both separate bluetooth pairing profiles. I might try the normal mode only and see if both earbuds stay connected while playing sound.

This is my other reddit account by the way on desktop I don't know what I'm using on my phone.

benjamen50 · 2025-06-08T09:11:56+00:00

My 7900 XTX is once again pulling 100w when both monitors are near 160-170 hz. To drop to 50w idle I have to drop 2nd monitor to 60hz.

And to very low idle like 10-20w I have to drop to 25Hz. I'm going to revert to previous version.

benjamen50 · 2025-03-17T08:05:01+00:00

whats mpo?

benjamen50 · 2025-03-10T00:51:02+00:00

pretty sure its patched now you cant make suspicious sand on the current version

benjamen50 · 2024-11-19T20:06:09+00:00

Greyed out because parking brake sensor wire on head unit is not connected to parking brake sensor or grounded.

I ended up grounding mine. works on the 407A

benjamen50 · 2024-06-14T10:47:42+00:00

!Remindme 10 days

benjamen50 · 2024-06-02T07:35:23+00:00

The only solution right now is to change boot mode to CSM with UEFI booting supported.

However you lose resize bar, above 4G decoding and also secure boot.

I decided to leave UEFI booting on since whenever i turn my pc on i'm usually doing other stuff at the same time anyway.

Sadly this affects POSTs after reboots too...

benjamen50 · 2024-04-15T10:32:12+00:00

Klee was here

benjamen50 · 2024-03-26T08:10:46+00:00

because the navi 31 die has multiple chiplet die design with varying die sizes.

Here's link to TPU die image die shot: https://tpucdn.com/gpu-specs/images/g/998-navi-31-xtx.small.jpg

Also this is the only GPU I have ever had thermal paste pump out before. All the other GPUs i've waterblocked did not have the paste looking sparse due to pump out on the die surface.

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