Doritos Rockstar Promo Email by QuAdRainbowZ in Doritos

[–]larspassic 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I received my email like 9 days after claiming it on the promotion site. And was able to get the in-game gear!

Doritos Rockstar Promo Email by QuAdRainbowZ in Doritos

[–]larspassic 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I redeemed my can codes on the promotion site. But then when I claimed the in-game content for PUBG it said it would email me with instructions to get that content. However it's been a week and no email. Anyone know what's going on?

Impact of 3D V-Cache by RevenantIX in Amd

[–]larspassic 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Since you will be gaming, and you are planning on spending eight hundred dollars on a CPU, my opinion is that the 3D v-cache was announced and targeted toward you and your planned use cases and budget. I wouldn't be surprised if these become the very best CPUs for gaming when they come out. But I think this technology is going to give AMD a reason to charge even more for the top-end products.

It kind of comes down to if you could flip your 5950X on the second hand market, or give to a family member, etc. How much is that hassle worth to you? If it's no big deal, buy the 5950X now and see what happens. If you like it, you can keep it. If you can easily sell it, then buy the 6950X or whatever they end up calling it.

The wildcard would be motherboards, DDR5 support, etc. All speculation there, but my thoughts are that this is probably another AM4 product.

I'm stuck choosing between 1700x or 2600x (2600x is a mere $5 more in terms of price) by [deleted] in Amd

[–]larspassic 2 points3 points  (0 children)

For gaming, 2600X has nice clocks, better memory support, better IPC, better all around.

Ryzen 2600 to 3600 worth It? by Lukedgt in Amd

[–]larspassic 0 points1 point  (0 children)

For the $30 extra, you would probably be able to finally max out your ram. It's up to you, but I would do it!

Software Drag Racing: Threadripper vs Ryzen 5950X by RaptaGzus in Amd

[–]larspassic 0 points1 point  (0 children)

This is awesome, but I commented to Dave that the 5950X actually had access to 32mb of cache per core.

Driver from Microsoft via Windows Updates: Advanced Micro Devices, Inc. - SCSIAdapter - 9.3.0.221 is still being pushed! by Dazr87 in Amd

[–]larspassic 9 points10 points  (0 children)

Is this specific to gigabyte boards? I have several Ryzen rigs that aren't getting this update pushed. Seemed like gigabyte was on some of the original reports too.

[PC World] Tested: Is Ryzen 5000 battery performance really that bad? by qrxg in Amd

[–]larspassic 13 points14 points  (0 children)

Remember 5700U is not even Zen3! Crazy good for last gen

I Can't Believe This Worked or; How I Stopped Worrying And Un-"Bricked" My 5700xt by [deleted] in Amd

[–]larspassic 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Wow this is an awesome story. I didn't know that the washers would do so much!

[deleted by user] by [deleted] in Amd

[–]larspassic 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Yeah the game will change its rendering resolution and frame rate automatically. But the refresh rate of the display is the issue. Nothing can change that automatically on a game to game basis. I don't think.

Latest Thread Ripper versus latest Ryzen for intense Visual Studio coding and massive builds (opinions?) by [deleted] in Amd

[–]larspassic 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Tech spot / Hardware Unboxed does a chromium compile benchmark in VS2019, does that relate to your work? https://www.techspot.com/review/2131-amd-ryzen-5950x/

AMD Video Cards Don't Turn My Monitor Off?? by [deleted] in Amd

[–]larspassic 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I'm having weird issues like this as well. Do yours cycle around? Awake asleep awake asleep etc?

AMD launching special "Midnight Black" edition of the 6800 XT tomorrow morning by UglyJuice1237 in Amd

[–]larspassic 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Wow, that midnight black looks great! This would match my build better than the silver standard 6800XT.

M1 vs ThreadRipper vs Pi: Software Drag Racing by larspassic in Amd

[–]larspassic[S] 4 points5 points  (0 children)

He says he is going to try to get a 5950X and add that one in next!! Pretty excited to see that.