re: PC Discussion - Gaming, Performance and Enthusiasts

Yeah there are too many variables. They'll likely be neck and neck like last gen.

20% 3D gains, double the infinity cache, more shaders.

Then add in the 3.5-3.7GHz OC potential and how well OCing scales with infinity cache on the cpu side and yeah, may even beat a 4090ti.

I wouldn't expect you to.

Now for the rest of us without green glasses, very easy to see how AMD can win the performance crown for a 2nd straight gen.

I discuss, praise, and insult both companies as warranted. You breathlessly praise AMD and post shocked head shaking emotes. Your incessant projection on the subject of shilling is more than a little tiresome, so can we leave the personal slights out of it going forward?

Man the Asus TUF 7900XTX is a fricking beast! Seems to be the best AIB card so far. The cost per frame is even better than a 3070ti.










I think this may be the one to get when the 7950XTX3DXTXTX drops.

Epic Games to Pay More Than Half a Billion Dollars over FTC Allegations of Privacy Violations and Unwanted Charges

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Epic ignored more than one million user complaints and repeated employee concerns that “huge” numbers of users were being wrongfully charged. In fact, Epic’s changes only made the problem worse, the FTC alleged. Using internal testing, Epic purposefully obscured cancel and refund features to make them more difficult to find.

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I don’t understand why Epic almost insists on being an unlikable dumpster fire.

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Josh. When should I start looking for motherboard and processor upgrades? What price range am I looking at?

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Those two questions are related

Remind me, have we talked about your usage case yet? If so, feel free to link me to it. If not, then I can ask you a bunch of questions

wut

What do you play, at what resolution and settings? What’s your budget range, low and high? Do you have any specific needs?

Eta: I didn’t mean pc case; I meant usage case as in how you use your PC

$1,000 for a new build is tough, but it can be done. This is what I just threw together:

PCPartPicker Part List: LINK

CPU: AMD Ryzen 5 5600 3.5 GHz 6-Core Processor ($136.99 @ Amazon)
Motherboard: MSI B550-A PRO ATX AM4 Motherboard ($139.99 @ Newegg)
Memory: G.Skill Ripjaws V 16 GB (2 x 8 GB) DDR4-3600 CL16 Memory ($59.99 @ Amazon)
Storage: SK Hynix Gold P31 1 TB M.2-2280 PCIe 3.0 X4 NVME Solid State Drive ($83.39 @ Amazon)
Video Card: Gigabyte GAMING OC Radeon RX 6750 XT 12 GB Video Card ($379.99 @ Newegg)
Case: Corsair 4000D Airflow ATX Mid Tower Case ($89.99 @ Amazon)
Power Supply: Corsair RM750x (2021) 750 W 80+ Gold Certified Fully Modular ATX Power Supply ($99.99 @ Amazon)
Total: $990.33
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2022-12-21 18:32 EST-0500

Down the road, if you find yourself CPU bound, you'll get a significant performance jolt by slotting in a 5800x3D. And while 750w PSU is a touch lower than would be my ideal, it's plenty for this build and gives you enough room for GPU upgrades in the future, even if it would preclude you from upgrading to the most power hungry GPUs.

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SSD may be nice instead of HDD though...

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If you're still on spinning rust, let's please fix that asap

As for the rest, post the specs/skus of all of your current components. I'll see if we can salvage anything, and if so, we can make some decisions either on saving money or upgrading components a bit while still staying within your price target.