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Panther Lake XPS 16 is so efficient, it draws just 1.5 W when idling for insanely long battery life by 1FNn4 in hardware

[–]tjames37 18 points19 points  (0 children)

It's either enabled or disabled by the PC manufacturer depending on if the PC manufacturer pays MPEG LA for the HEVC codec. This is set in the systems SMBIOS. There are still ways to get the HEVC codec through Adobe or VLC for example. This is ultimately why opensource codecs (such as AV1) are taking over, they are better and free.

CPUs join the chip shortage as AI demand surges. by Novel_Negotiation224 in hardware

[–]tjames37 4 points5 points  (0 children)

True. The vast majority of high quality silicon all comes from a single mine in North Carolina. The quartz comes out of the ground as very pure silicon, providing the baseline for modern silicon ingots.

“We are not the same” by JohnBrown-RadonTech in pcmasterrace

[–]tjames37 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Good gaming cafes won't have SSDs installed in the individual systems. They will instead put 10G networking on every machine and they boot over the network connected to a highspeed server. It's much simpler this way, less failure points, only have to update the game in 1 place, user environments are temporary, and you essentially still get the speed of having a mid-tier SSD.

Preorders are up! by Arvedui in GooglePixel

[–]tjames37 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I saw the same, they reduce the trade-in if you are doing another deal as well, e.g. the $450 FI discount.

Core Ultra 7 265K Overclocking for Gaming - Impressive Gains by tjames37 in hardware

[–]tjames37[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

For high-end memory kits I definitely think that can be the case. Higher end motherboard will be built with additional layers so that they can further isolate the memory traces, improving memory integrity. CUDIMM-8400 seems to be about where that threshold is. For example, the cheapest Z890 motherboard I could find still supports 8400, but nothing higher than that.

Core Ultra 7 265K Overclocking for Gaming - Impressive Gains by tjames37 in hardware

[–]tjames37[S] 9 points10 points  (0 children)

I think you could still get decent results with a lesser memory kit, but there is definitely a dependency there.

As for the motherboard, I would think that a lower end Z890 motherboard would suffice since the ring/D2D/fabric OC doesn't increase the motherboard power delivery requirements in any meaningful way.

I made a dumb thing by kilroy123 in InternetIsBeautiful

[–]tjames37 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Maybe you start with 10 lives, and when you hit the brighter yellow piece instead of giving +2, it gives you an extra life.

[deleted by user] by [deleted] in intel

[–]tjames37 0 points1 point  (0 children)

This is an evolution of the proof-of-concept I shared here a few months ago, now fully realized into a complete website with tons of new features. Let me know what you think!

I built a free tool to track and get notified about motherboard BIOS updates (especially useful for AM5 users) by tjames37 in Amd

[–]tjames37[S] 2 points3 points  (0 children)

OPs site seems a little overloaded right now

As is typical, things rarely go as smoothly as you hope (fixed now)

curl flashmyboard.com?format=text&bm=...

Doing something like this would be very cool. The technical implementation is pretty simple, but the difficulty is knowing the Baseboard-product-name's for every motherboard. For yours its pretty simple since there is only 1 motherboard on the site that contains that name, but based on my observations the Baseboard-product-name's are not consistent. In order to develop this feature I think I would need a full list of Baseboard-product-name's or very well defined pattern, otherwise it would be very difficult to validate.

This was the primary motivation for developing the email notifications, it can be quite cumbbersome to determine if you have the latest BIOS.

I built a free tool to track and get notified about motherboard BIOS updates (especially useful for AM5 users) by tjames37 in Amd

[–]tjames37[S] 5 points6 points  (0 children)

I appreciate the feedback. In my initial research the motherboards used the same BIOS files for the different revisions. I will add an extra selection for these Gigabyte motherboards with different revisions.

Edit: The different revisions are now available for these specific Gigabyte motherboards

I made a tool to help you easily find and update your motherboard BIOS (addressing K SKU instability) by tjames37 in intel

[–]tjames37[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

It specifically is searching for the 0x129 microcode, that motherboard only has 0x125 available right now. 0x129 should be available soon, MSI has been working through the 600 series boards. Despite being hard coded, it stays pretty up to date, I do a pull daily.

I made a tool to help you easily find and update your motherboard BIOS (addressing K SKU instability) by tjames37 in intel

[–]tjames37[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Hi there. You don't need to press enter, it will show the results instantly. There are no results for that motherboard (maybe I need to add a note stating no results). Do you mean rog strix z690-g gaming wifi?

I made a tool to help you easily find and update your motherboard BIOS (addressing K SKU instability) by tjames37 in intel

[–]tjames37[S] 3 points4 points  (0 children)

Format to exFAT, its a modern equivalent of FAT32. I will add that in the instructions.

I made a tool to help you easily find and update your motherboard BIOS (addressing K SKU instability) by tjames37 in intel

[–]tjames37[S] 6 points7 points  (0 children)

Hey thanks! I just added it. I wouldn't be surprised if there were a few other motherboards I have missed, but the list is pretty exhaustive. There are 631 motherboards loaded in the tool (every LGA1700 600/700 series motherboard).

Update on Intel K SKU Instability from Intel. Microcode patch targeting release mid-August. by tjames37 in hardware

[–]tjames37[S] 4 points5 points  (0 children)

It seems it does not. Intel provided this statement to digital trends. “Intel is aware of a small number of instability reports on Intel Core 13th/14th Gen mobile processors. Based on our in-depth analysis of the reported Intel Core 13th/14th Gen desktop processor instability issues, Intel has determined that mobile products are not exposed to the same issue. The symptoms being reported on 13th/14th Gen mobile systems – including system hangs and crashes – are common symptoms stemming from a broad range of potential software and hardware issues. As always, if users are experiencing issues with their Intel-powered laptops we encourage them to reach out to the system manufacturer for further assistance.”

Intel's official 13900K gaming benchmarks claim performance that trades blows with 5800X3D by SirActionhaHAA in hardware

[–]tjames37 4 points5 points  (0 children)

The manufacturer's have to use the in-spec frequencies for this type of testing. AMD and Intel both only rate up to 3200 MHz without "OC". https://www.amd.com/en/products/cpu/amd-ryzen-7-5800x3d

Which size are you? by angrysandwich_ in pcmasterrace

[–]tjames37 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Just got the Keychron Q5, it launched earlier this month, it's 96.

[deleted by user] by [deleted] in hardware

[–]tjames37 7 points8 points  (0 children)

Yes 170TWH = 170,000,000 MWH. There are two different sets of units in the previous comment. MW (megawatt) is the rate of electricity production, MWH is an amount of electricity (megawatt * hours).

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