re: PC Discussion - Gaming, Performance and Enthusiasts

5.7GHz boost clock and apparently it'll hit 5.85GHz single core stock. Pretty wild. 5.3Ghz all core is the rumor.

After the 30% gains leak from 3D v cache though I'm waiting for the 7800X3D. Too much pure gaming performance to pass up.

Sounds like it is Q1 23 now whereas original leaks said before end of year.

Asking for a little help for a project I'm working on. I'm building a digital tabletop for a role-playing game. I have a cheap 4k TV that I want to play 4k video on from a laptop. This is not for gaming in 4k in case you are not familiar with what I'm doing. I won't be streaming to the TV either. It would be a hardwired connection from the laptop to the TV. Anyway, my question: what is your recommendation for the lowest cost laptop that could play 4k video on the 50 inch 4k TV? Any help would be appreciated! I'm near all big box stores and a Microcenter and could also order online.
Thanks in advance for your advice!

I can hook you up with a cheap HP prodesk 600 mini PC. Got an 8th gen i5 that'll have plenty enough power to push 4k. Probably sell it to you for like $150

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AMD RDNA 3 “Radeon RX 7000” GPUs Allegedly Hit Almost 4 GHz Clock Speeds, Refined Adaptive Power-Management & Next-Gen Infinity Cache Confirmed

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4GHz wow.

I’m looking forward to Nvidia’s announcement tomorrow, and hopefully AMD follows shortly behind.

No thanks...

Only explanation is that Nvidia is intentionally positioning these cards to clear out 3000 series inventory. I thought I was going to struggle to hold off past release date to wait for a 4080 hybrid/aio card. Turns out, I'm not going to struggle, at all. Staggeringly disappointing day for PC gamers.

Here's hoping that AMD picks up the slack on November 3rd.

Halo cards are always going to be crazy. People whine about it, but it just is what it is.

Nvidia went several steps beyond that here, in my opinion.

Historically, the xx90 and xx80 use the same die, with the xx80 using a cut down version, and this is generally the 102 die. The gaming performance is usually close, with the big difference being VRAM for production. Then, the xx70 is generally one step down, using the 103 die.

Here, the 4090 is using 102. The 4080 16gb is using 103. And the 4080 12gb is using 104. So Nvidia basically created a massive gaming performance separation between the 4090 and 4080 16gb by using different dies and in spite of that, nearly doubled the MSRP of the xx80 generation over generation. And then in what I consider the most insulting move, shifted down-die again with the 4080 12gb. So instead of the xx70 being one full die removed from the xx90, the xx80 12gb is two full dies removed from the xx90. That's insanity.

With my prattling aside, ignoring the halo 7900xt, I believe AMD can make significant headway in market share if it puts out a 7800xt that competes with the 4080 16gb but significantly undercuts it in price. In a vacuum, I'm not sure I would think that likely, but I think Nvidia kinda just blew the doors off again regarding features, particularly with 3rd gen RTX cores and DLSS 3.0, so unless AMD has a massive surprise hiding up its sleeve, it needs to compete on price this gen more than ever.

I always take performance rumors with a heaping of salt. But if the outer edge of the rumors regarding performance are true, then maybe AMD won’t have to compete on price. We’ll see in a couple of months.