GPUs & CPUs & Enthusiast hardware: Questions, Discussion and fanboy slap-fights - Nvidia & AMD & Intel - Separe but Equal. Intel rides in the back of the bus.

[Bananadana]

There were reports that Sony was considering switching to Arm. Even AMD is possibly making an Arm-based APU, "Sound Wave". Haven't heard of Broadcom making any big moves, but I'm interested to see if a MediaTek + Nvidia combo slap the shit out of Qualcomm's Snapdragon X Elite within a year or two.

No One Is Buying AMD Zen 5 CPUs, So What's Going On?

AMD AGESA 1.2.0.2 BIOS Improves Inter-Core Latency For Zen 5 “Ryzen 9000” CPUs, 58% Reduction & Major Performance Uplifts


Zen 5, which had an undeniable mess of a launch, is healing with this BIOS update.

Releasing Zen5 at the time they did and not delaying that stuff for a month or two so it actually works on launch is one of the most retarded decisions by AMD in a long time.
Their strategy of "release something unnecessarily retarded that gets bad reviews and then fix it some time later" is getting frustrating to watch.
Its like they have a bomb in the office that explodes if they dont fuck up every launch in some way.

 

[indomitable snowman]

Oracle will use small nuclear reactors to power its servers.

https://www.tomshardware.com/tech-industry/oracle-will-use-three-small-nuclear-reactors-to-power-new-1-gigawatt-ai-data-center

But muh Chernobyl. I can't wait for seething from reddit. We should have more modern plants being built instead of producing waste with solar and other short sighted crap.

Each of the GPUs takes 700-1000 watts on the complex. With 8 of them plus the rest of the server, you're looking at over 10-12K watts per server.



Fun fact, that complex weighs over 80 lbs and comes with built in handles.

 

[The Ugly One]

With 8 of them plus the rest of the server, you're looking at over 10-12K watts per server.

H100 DGX is 11.5 kW max IIRC. The things burn up a lot, too, because NVIDIA is just cramming too many of them into a small space (H100 DGX is an 8U server...up from 6U for A100 DGX and 2U for V100 DGX). But they don't care because there's a gold rush on.

 

[Flaming Dumpster]

You need to put articles outside of A&N in a [ PRIVATE ] tag.

I thought that was only if the original was paywalled? There was a notice about this a few months ago but it was never immortalized into the rules or seemingly posted anywhere so I'm not certain what the rules actually are, but I reported posts in the past that had article contents hidden in a [private] tag and jannies have mopped it up.

Private tagging articles pisses me off a lot when mobile browsing while logged out so I wish people would stop doing it unless a janny tells them to do it.

 

[The Mass Shooter Ron Soye]

I thought that was only if the original was paywalled? There was a notice about this a few months ago but it was never immortalized into the rules or seemingly posted anywhere so I'm not certain what the rules actually are, but I reported posts in the past that had article contents hidden in a [private] tag and jannies have mopped it up.

Private tagging articles pisses me off a lot when mobile browsing while logged out so I wish people would stop doing it unless a janny tells them to do it.

The purpose is to avoid harming the site's SEO by putting copied text everywhere.

The way I do it is put the link + headline + archive link, then private the article text below that.

 

[Betonhaus]

The purpose is to avoid harming the site's SEO by putting copied text everywhere

I'm sorry, what SEO? Google and the others blacklist this site from search results

 

[The Mass Shooter Ron Soye]

I'm sorry, what SEO? Google and the others blacklist this site from search results

SEO was the long-standing reason. I think the theory was that sites that plagiarize a lot of text get dinged by the algorithm, or DMCAs sent to the search engine would cause it. And the blacklisting ended in recent weeks:

https://www.google.com/search?q=kiwi+farms

 

[Betonhaus]

SEO was the long-standing reason. I think the theory was that sites that plagiarize a lot of text get dinged by the algorithm, or DMCAs sent to the search engine would cause it. And the blacklisting ended in recent weeks:

https://www.google.com/search?q=kiwi+farms

i don;t see a link to kiwifarms.net in that list

 

[Flaming Dumpster]

i don;t see a link to kiwifarms.net in that list

First result for me VPN'd to Los Angeles

The only official word I could find on private tags was related to e-whores. Wish I screenshotted the advice Null put up but oh well.

 

[The Mass Shooter Ron Soye]

Strix Halo leak

https://videocardz.com/newz/amd-ryzen-ai-max-395-to-feature-16-zen5-cores-and-40-rdna3-5-cus-strix-halo-lineup-leaks-out

https://archive.ph/sNL1k

• Ryzen AI Max+ 395: 16 Zen5 cores and 40 RDNA 3.5 Compute Units
• Ryzen AI Max 390: 12 Zen5 cores and 40 RDNA 3.5 Compute Units
• Ryzen AI Max 385: 8 Zen5 cores and 32 RDNA 3.5 Compute Units

Can allocate up to 96 GB of memory as video memory according to the Chinaman. This is probably in reference to AMD Variable Graphics Memory which allows you to set up to 75% of memory as dedicated VRAM, and a known test configuration of Strix Halo with 128 GB LPDDR5X. 128 GB may be the maximum you can get.

It looks like it will be hella expensive, however the non-AI users could probably settle for the 8-core, especially if it's also 256-bit which I'm assuming it is. But for most people on the planet, gaming should be done on something else. These are going to be most useful for workstations built to run LLMs. I can't see the top model with 128 GB soldered going for less than $1,500.

Edit: It has already been located in a benchmark:
AMD Strix Halo “Ryzen AI Max” 12-Core APU Spotted In HP ZBook Ultra Mobile Workstation PC

 

[WelperHelper99]

After much back and forth, canceling it a few times, I'm finally buying my Dell 1440p 165hz 27 inch curved monitor, a complete and total upgrade from my current best monitor, a 60hz 1080p 23 inch Dell monitor from 2010 with zero modern features. Had cash back points on my card, so instead of 235 (,with tax), I got it down to $179. Very excited, arrives tomorrow.

Edit: I canceled. I gotta think about it some more lol.

 

[indomitable snowman]

Edit: I canceled. I gotta think about it some more lol.

I think we've all been there lol.

 

[seri0us]

Edit: I canceled. I gotta think about it some more lol.

Have you considered buying an OLED

 

[WelperHelper99]

Have you considered buying an OLED

Expensive and I like Dell.

 

[4090 Chad]

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After much back and forth, canceling it a few times, I'm finally buying my Dell 1440p 165hz 27 inch curved monitor, a complete and total upgrade from my current best monitor, a 60hz 1080p 23 inch Dell monitor from 2010 with zero modern features. Had cash back points on my card, so instead of 235 (,with tax), I got it down to $179. Very excited, arrives tomorrow.

Edit: I canceled. I gotta think about it some more lol.

I just checked and its a VA panel. VA panels should be avoided along with TN panels (unless you are chasing the fastest refresh rates and dont give a fuck about color accuracy). You really need to find an IPS panel for the best color that is non-oled. Cheap VA panels will have black smearing that sucks ass.

 

[Susanna]

I just checked and its a VA panel. VA panels should be avoided along with TN panels (unless you are chasing the fastest refresh rates and dont give a fuck about color accuracy). You really need to find an IPS panel for the best color that is non-oled. Cheap VA panels will have black smearing that sucks ass.

VA will also have richer colours and deeper blacks than IPS. It’s a wash which one is less garbage. Get an OLED.

 

[WelperHelper99]

I just checked and its a VA panel. VA panels should be avoided along with TN panels (unless you are chasing the fastest refresh rates and dont give a fuck about color accuracy). You really need to find an IPS panel for the best color that is non-oled. Cheap VA panels will have black smearing that sucks ass.

VA will also have richer colours and deeper blacks than IPS. It’s a wash which one is less garbage. Get an OLED.

I mean i'm already hesitant on the cost of this one. That sounds expensive either way you slice it.

 

[Leaded Gasoline]

TN and VA panels look fine as long as you don't get the cheapest trash available

 

[Susanna]

TN and VA panels look fine as long as you don't get the cheapest trash available

I’ve yet to find a TN panel I didn’t hate, but VA generally will look better than IPS for everything but rapidly moving pictures (except films, which are already full of smearing so it makes no difference there). IPS is basically just slightly improved TN, it’s decent at rapidly moving images but can’t handle colour or deep blacks. Set your panels to show full screen black and you’ll see what I mean. TN will just show blue, VA will show dark gray, and IPS will show blue in the middle and gray on the edges.

OLED isn’t that much more expensive nowadays, and looks way better. Blacks are black and there’s no smearing. Just don’t turn off the burn-in mitigation features, and it’ll still last like a decade. I’ve been using an OLED TV as a monitor for three years and there’s zero burn-in, and I use my computer fairly heavily.

 

[Fcret]

I think, no matter what panel you pick, going from 1080p60 garbo office monitor to a 1440p high-refresh rate monitor is a good move.

Just get whatever's reasonably priced from a large-ish brand. I like LG Ultragear for cheap good-ish monitors.