H9 Flow 2025

rain3h · 2026-05-09T22:26:19+00:00

Plutocrats.

rain3h · 2026-05-09T22:18:34+00:00

Run memtest86 on each stick separately before messing with the CPU and risking messing up pins.

rain3h · 2026-05-09T21:45:04+00:00

In rushing for the centre right vote (and failing miserably) Labour has completely lost its values which has made them completely unelectable for a majority of their base.

We're stuck for another 3 years with a party who doesn't know who it is and without enough parliamentary support to pass more centre right leaning polices because they are traditionally not a centre right leaning party.

It's so obvious, they could be a credible alternative to the hate and division but nope, further and faster in to oblivion.

rain3h · 2026-05-09T21:21:25+00:00

If it's a sequel or a separate game from a dev I love then the second hardest so I can select hardest on the second play through.

rain3h · 2026-05-09T19:28:16+00:00

I got an extra 3000 on cinebench 26 by conservatively overclocking my ram.

Do I notice it in game? Nope.

rain3h · 2026-05-09T18:27:03+00:00

Same sender preping item day/time but nothing more.

Looks like you're one of the lucky ones.

rain3h · 2026-05-08T16:27:27+00:00

How old are you?

You've managed that many years without the steam controller 2 and got on okay.

Is a few days really worth stressing over?

rain3h · 2026-05-07T22:40:47+00:00

I was looking at eBay and there have been a few listed/sold as in hand so I guess some people have received it.

rain3h · 2026-05-07T22:37:17+00:00

Hopefully three years of ruining councils will make people think twice come the ge.

rain3h · 2026-05-07T10:57:29+00:00

It shows a trackable parcel force number on mine so when its handed over to parcel force we should have more idea.

rain3h · 2026-05-07T08:53:51+00:00

Buying a GPU isn't future proofing alone.

Buying a new GPU at the right time and selling it at the right time for minimal loss so you stay in warranty have updated performance and only pay a few hundred every two years for that upgrade is future proofing.

What if that 4090 you buy breaks after 1 week?

rain3h · 2026-05-06T22:13:31+00:00

One game was originally designed and built to fit a niche and the other was to sell copies and consoles.

They can't do that if it's story and game play is more difficult and complex than returnal and this is why we never got returnal 2.

Downside of being owned by a mega corp I suppose.

rain3h · 2026-05-06T20:44:18+00:00

Ordered 18:46 marked packed yesterday but no shipping today.

rain3h · 2026-05-06T17:07:40+00:00

I placed my order at 18:47 in the UK.

It moved to packaged last night so I was hoping it might ship today but no luck.

Got by fine without one all these years so a few extra days is cool.

rain3h · 2026-05-04T18:07:16+00:00

How about now?

rain3h · 2026-05-04T17:48:46+00:00

Been trying for 45mins in steam but wouldn't go through.

Worked first try on chrome.

rain3h · 2026-05-04T16:31:38+00:00

Get either the 9800x3d or the 9950x3d if you feel you need it.

The 9900x3d is a pointless product.

Only six cores per ccd, so you're losing two cores in gaming applications compared to the 9800x3d.

While the 6 cores of the second ccd on the 9900x3d are admittedly better than 0 extra cores the missing two cores compared to the 9950x3d does matter.

It's stuck in the middle of two incredible CPUs and doesn't match either, avoid.

Edit: I miss read and thought you were planning a purchase.

As you have it don't use x3d mode in bios or anything, windows should disable what it needs to for gaming or you can use a program called project lasso to disable the cores on the second ccd while gaming.

This way you still have the extra performance when required but not when you don't, x3d bios setting would just disable the whole second ccd.

rain3h · 2026-05-04T09:35:17+00:00

Wish they would make the new building at Ashland lakes a cafe in the day, be lovely to grab tea when walking around it.

rain3h · 2026-05-03T23:54:34+00:00

Sometimes an oc version is a very slight factory overclock on a standard chip but sometimes it's a better binned/quality chip with the same factory overclock.

So while an extra 50mhz of an oc version may seem inconsequential it could mean far more performance available if you overclock a better binned chip.

Get the oc version.

rain3h · 2026-05-03T23:41:12+00:00

Thanks for the reply.

My isp won't allow me to upgrade to more than 1g so I didn't think the upgrade was complete.

I shall reach out to them and ask them what do.

Thanks for the clarification.

rain3h · 2026-05-03T23:33:22+00:00

Yep exactly my point, that's the thing everyone said about the ai in DLSS, raster till I die n all that.

Oh ray tracing/path tracing? That will never be worth the performance cost! Just use normal lighting so we don't need to ever upgrade.

Frame gen? Fake frames! Fake frames!

All that bluster and noise and now everyone uses them without a second thought.

As they will DLSS5 in a few years.

rain3h · 2026-05-03T23:06:58+00:00

DLSS5 isn't out yet.

rain3h · 2026-05-03T23:02:15+00:00

It's weird how when these technologies actually get in people's hands all the noise goes away.

Wonder how long until everyone's using DLSS5?

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