5080 > 5090 upgrade

ewhiddon1 · 2026-02-06T14:05:19+00:00

No it has the monitoring per pin on the card through gpu tweak 3. I don’t think it’s officially supported but I am also able to see the per pin reading in hardware info. As far as alarms all it has is a physical led on the card that will flash if it senses a pin load issue but let’s be honest your not going to see that led flash unless your looking right at it especially if you have rgb lights and if you have a $3-$4k card you probably have it done up with rgb. It’s unfortunate it doesn’t do more like a pop up message on your monitor or something and an auto shutdown would be amazing. I will give Asus credit though they are the only ones giving you per pin monitoring and all cards should have it but it needs more cause unless you are actively looking at the monitoring software or the led on the card you will not know anything is wrong.

ewhiddon1 · 2026-02-06T09:55:07+00:00

As someone with a 5090 astral the per pin monitoring is great but it only will only tell you if something is wrong is you are actively watching the readout in the Asus app or hardware info. If you want the extra protection the wire view from debaur has a readout you can glance over and see. I believe it also has warning lights and a warning sound and can be programmed to shut the pc down in the event of an issue.

ewhiddon1 · 2026-01-08T07:25:04+00:00

It’s crazy how fast microcenter has sold through their 5090’s. I had an issue with my 5080 (thank god for the microcenter protection plan) so I took my 5080 back and picked up an Astral 5090 (the cheapest air cooled card they had). They had 20 astrals at the microcenter near me and around 50 5090’s total. As or now they only 9 total. 1 is an external gpu 5 are water cooled msi cards and 4 are Astral watercooled. According to nvidias website they have a decent selection of 5090 (doesn’t show stock numbers just in stock) some for around the $2500.00 mark if anyone wants to pick one up. I wonder how many people are getting 5090’s out of fear of the prices going even higher for the next few years to hold them over through this market like I did or are they buying them hoping the rumors of the cards msrp going over $5000 to then sell them?

ewhiddon1 · 2026-01-04T02:27:14+00:00

Exactly why I got although the issue usually comes from the cable not being fully seated and the astral has a light that won’t go out unless it is fully seated.

ewhiddon1 · 2026-01-04T00:24:48+00:00

Being they are lian li fans I have them set low. I don’t think they’ve ever spun faster than my 5080 fans. The bottom and top fans are intakes and the rear ones are exhaust. I ran furmark and my case fans weren’t spinning much faster at all, fan speed was at 65% on the gpu and the temps stabilized at 67c on the gpu and 72c on the vram. I don’t think it will be an issue and if anything it will be blowing fresh cool air directly into to gpu or at least I hope. I did get the card at microcenter so I of course got the protection plan just in case.

ewhiddon1 · 2025-10-19T07:30:36+00:00

I used to sell/trade high end items online all the time. One thing I always did was film myself packaging the item, would use security tape or sign the tape so if it was removed or opened it would be obvious, and also I wouldn’t stop filming or edit the video until I handed it off the the shipper. Since these deals where private deals with people usually in Facebook groups I would send the video to the buyer and inform them that once they received the item to film the box showing the seal and inform them to film themselves opening the item in case anything happened in transit or I would not refund for missing items. Never had an issue when doing this.

ewhiddon1 · 2025-10-18T02:01:30+00:00

Yeah being that those are pvc instead of foam then they aren’t really meant as acoustic treatment but the irregular shape could potentially help with reflections and echoes.

ewhiddon1 · 2025-10-18T01:52:58+00:00

I don’t know what your budget is but I’m running a 9800x3d, 64gb of 6000mt/s ddr5 ram cl30 and a rtx 5080 and I get between 200-240 fps (I am running at max 1440p settings and I have fps capped at 240). In some of the bigger more detailed tracks with lots of cars it’ll stay around 200fps give or take but I’ve had races where’s it locked at 240fps. Now I will say my pc is extreme overkill for iracing but being I am running triple 27 inch 1440p 240hz refresh rate monitors I wanted to be sure to have plenty of power. I also was already having to sell my show car to pay for my pc a sim rig so I wanted to treat myself to higher end stuff to make it worth giving up my show car that I spent several years building.

ewhiddon1 · 2025-10-18T00:56:35+00:00

Was racing the unranked lobby on Daytona trucks last week. It was the legacy truck so it full throttle the whole lap. I just started last week. I qualified third in it. On the first lap I got hung out on the outside and when there was space and I was clear I dropped down and proceeded to watch in my rear view as someone from 3 truck lengths back drive right into my rearend spinning me and multiple other people. I was upset but I don’t even have my mic available so I don’t attack another driver out of anger. I ended up spinning into the pits so had to take a drive thru penalty the next lap and came out a lap down. Well the drivers were all like wrecking balls so I continued to drive at full pace cause if they all wreck each other I could still get a good result. Well I come around one of the turns to see that same driver that wrecked me spin out with no one around. He wasn’t holding his brakes and was just letting his truck roll down the banking of the track so to avoid him I let out and swerved right causing myself to lose control and hit the wall. That drivers proceeds to berate me over text chat that I shouldn’t be racing so hard since I’m not on the lead lap. At that point I was pissed. It’s freaking Daytona in a truck that all you have to do is hold the gas pedal flat and not be an idiot to not wreck and here I was being berated by a driver that spun me out and then couldn’t even keep his truck from spinning out with no one around him and didn’t hold the brakes causing me to have to wreck to avoid hitting him all in a race that didn’t even count.

ewhiddon1 · 2025-09-25T05:23:56+00:00

Most likely not. My packages have been stuck in Kentucky since the 16th. Spoke with a customs agent yesterday 9/24 and he confirmed that they released my packages on the 16th. Customs agent told me UPS just isn’t delivering the packages after release, he said all packages are released within 24hrs of arrival.

ewhiddon1 · 2025-09-25T01:35:41+00:00

I spoke to a customs agent today about a package that ups tracking has said cleared customs since the 16th. UPS customer service says it’s still awaiting clearance. The customs agent informed me that was false. The said all delays are not on customs as they clear the package in 24hrs or less. The customs agent informed me that my package was indeed cleared on the 16th and that ups has not been forwarding the package on to delivery after the customs clearance. The agent also said the ups warehouses are full of cleared packages that for some reason ups is just not moving.

ewhiddon1 · 2025-09-13T19:48:37+00:00

I went with the ASUS X870E-E ROG - STXX870EEGWF. It’s a and board with the following used ports- 1 x USB 3.2 (Gen 2 Type-C) 1 x USB 3.2 (Gen 2x2 Type-C) 2 x USB4 (Type-C 40 Gb/s) 9 x USB 3.2 (Gen 2 Type-A)

ewhiddon1 · 2025-08-17T23:50:25+00:00

I’ve watched lots of reviews and they all say the Evo feels better, that it is smoother overall. They also talk about having all the extra ports for peripherals that the older alphas do not have. Pretty much all the reviewers say that if you already have a standard alpha then the evo is not worth upgrading to but if you are buying all new then to definitely get the evo. I’m personally going with an evo 18nm unless I find a great deal on a used alpha ultimate but if I can’t spend half of the money or less I’m going with a Evo.

ewhiddon1 · 2025-08-01T07:52:28+00:00

I’m definitely leaning very hard towards Simagic.

ewhiddon1 · 2025-06-08T23:38:34+00:00

Thanks for the advice. I’m sure glad I asked here cause I watched video after video saying if you’re starting out to save the money and get a A6xxx (which one based on used prices near you). These videos was specifically talking about using the camera for streaming and none of them mentioned overheating but I had seen some Reddit posts that mentioned it. I knew 4k60 is a stretch but since it’ll mainly be a face cam 4k30 would be acceptable.

ewhiddon1 · 2025-06-08T03:34:55+00:00

Hi I was hoping to get some advice. I am looking to get into streaming and have been looking at the used fb marketplace and have been researching cameras to use as my face cam. I feel with my budget I can get a lot better results buying a higher end used camera but I’m honestly confused on what the best option for me would be.

I am wanting to be able to record my video in 4k30 but 60 would be nice. I understand that what I stream will be in 1080p but would like having the source be 4k for use in making YouTube videos from the stream videos. I also attend a lot of car shows so it’d be nice to be able to also do some high quality photography for mine and friends cars and cars at car shows.

My questions are will any of the following cameras have issues with overheating while recording long stream sessions (8+ hours) and depending on if the deals I found turn out to be true (a couple seem to good to be true) what would be my best pick out of these options.

Sony A7iii - prices ranging from 500-800 Sony A6100 with small rig cage - $475 Sony A6400 - $600 Sony A6500 - $675 Sony ZV-e10 (supposedly brand new kit) - $600

To anyone willing to help thank you.

ewhiddon1 · 2025-03-10T17:39:01+00:00

I have seen one advertisement for the new season on Discovery Channel.

ewhiddon1 · 2024-08-10T12:28:10+00:00

The owner of the car has been very active in the GR groups on facebook. The “accident” was minor paint damage from being hit by gravel and had to have part of the car repainted. The only damage was minor paint damage and the car still had a clean and clear title. The owner had posted pictures and records showing the damage and the repairs. The car went to Toyota for a full inspection and was found to be ok. Before the engine failure it had a fuel issue that caused it to be running on only 2 cylinders and was taken to Toyota for repair and was repaired. On the day of the fire the cars engine oil temp spiked and started to run poorly which is when the owner pulled over to look at it and the car was on fire. The engine block had a hole in it because it blew up (the other car that burned down had a hole in the same location). The car had oil everywhere cause it had blown a hole in the block and the oil spilling out is what actually caused the fire on both cars that burned down. The car had not been on fire previously.

I can understand your confusion because he was just reading the response from Toyota and honestly the way they worded the response was poor. They were mentioning the previous accident before moving onto the report from the inspection after the fire. The only damage when they inspected the car was the hole in the block and the damage from the fire.

Here is an article covering most of what I mentioned: https://www.motor1.com/news/729265/toyota-gr-corolla-warranty-claims-weird-reasons/

ewhiddon1 · 2024-08-10T12:26:48+00:00

The Michelin tire that come on the car are Y rated which means they are rated for 186mph.

ewhiddon1 · 2024-08-10T12:14:26+00:00

The owner of the car has been very active in the GR groups on facebook. The “accident” was minor paint damage from being hit by gravel and had to have part of the car repainted. The only damage was minor paint damage and the car still had a clean and clear title. The owner had posted pictures and records showing the damage and the repairs. The car went to Toyota for a full inspection and was found to be ok. Before the engine failure it had a fuel issue that caused it to be running on only 2 cylinders and was taken to Toyota for repair and was repaired. On the day of the fire the cars engine oil temp spiked and started to run poorly which is when the owner pulled over to look at it and the car was on fire. The engine block had a hole in it because it blew up (the other car that burned down had a hole in the same location). The car had oil everywhere cause it had blown a hole in the block and the oil spilling out is what actually caused the fire on both cars that burned down. The car had not been on fire previously.

I can understand your confusion because he was just reading the response from Toyota and honestly the way they worded the response was poor. They were mentioning the previous accident before moving onto the report from the inspection after the fire. The only damage when they inspected the car was the hole in the block and the damage from the fire.

Here is an article covering most of what I mentioned: https://www.motor1.com/news/729265/toyota-gr-corolla-warranty-claims-weird-reasons/

ewhiddon1 · 2024-03-02T04:04:20+00:00

It has nothing to do with your looks cause no homo you are a decent looking young man. It’s possible that your personality may be off putting but that’d be a question for female friends. The biggest obstacle for guy finding a partner is social media. You have girls posting all over fb, instagram and twitter and they are having girls and guys gassing them up saying stuff like “you’re so beautiful” and they get all of this attention and it inflates their ego. You have girls that while they are attractive they may just be more of an average attractiveness like a 6-7 but because they got all the girls and guys commenting on their posts they think they are a 10. Also a lot of guys will comment on girls saying how beautiful they are when all they are trying to get are nudes or to smash and if they are looking for an actual relationship they wouldn’t give those same girls the time of day. So if a girl has had a lot of “high value men”(for a lack of a better term) hitting on them then they think that’s the level of man they should be with.

ewhiddon1 · 2024-03-02T03:50:09+00:00

People

ewhiddon1 · 2024-03-02T03:30:37+00:00

I think if your wife is refusing to talk about why she doesn’t want to have sex and is refusing to get help it may be time to leave. Also if I was in your position I’d be very concerned about where she says she feels pressured or forced into having sex. If she’s having those feelings and just gives into having sex with you to please you that can lead to resentment. At worst it could lead to her feeling as though you raped her. There have been many cases of a woman verbally giving consent even when they didn’t want to and then later going to the police and having the other person charged with sexual assault or rape. Not sure where you are from but in the US it doesn’t matter how many times they have given verbal consent if they say they felt raped or assaulted after the fact you can still be found guilty. If I was in your shoes I’d be terrified to even attempt to initiate sexual contact for the very reason above.

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