General Computer Thread

[PlainSimpleJoel]

I'd also say it would be the graphics card. Looking at a computer retailer here in Melbourne - can get 12Gb for around $600 or around $750 for a 16Gb. Not sure if there is going to be Radeon 9 series (as I generally don't at those). I've been watching the prices of NVidia - as I know I'll be buying one next year when I get my new PC.

 

[Santaman]

My desktop specs

Ryzen 5600G
AMD Radeon 6600 8gig
64gig DDR4 memory
Samsung QVO m.2 2tb nvme drive
Asus B450 Prime Plus mobo
Corsair 850watt PSU

Your weak spot here is the CPU, it's a G model and has 16 lanes of PCIE 3.0 only while 5600X has 20 lanes of PCIE 4.0, your graphics cars has a PCIE4.0 8x bus not a 16x bus however your CPU has no PCIE4.0 lanes and PCIE3.0 is half as fast as 4.0, with a RX 6600 it won't bottleneck the card much but still.
Same goes for storage, your NVME will run on PCIE 3.0 speeds so if you have a shiny PCIE 4 0r 5 drive it won't get those speeds.
Also L3 cache on the G is only 16MB while on the non G it's 32MB, all in all the G is 5-10% slower than the X and last but not least, you have a discrete card so using an APU which is pretty much designed to run without a graphics cars is a bit disadvantageous, on its own these chips are pretty nice though.

 

[Gingerbread Demon]

Your weak spot here is the CPU, it's a G model and has 16 lanes of PCIE 3.0 only while 5600X has 20 lanes of PCIE 4.0, your graphics cars has a PCIE4.0 8x bus not a 16x bus however your CPU has no PCIE4.0 lanes and PCIE3.0 is half as fast as 4.0, with a RX 6600 it won't bottleneck the card much but still.
Same goes for storage, your NVME will run on PCIE 3.0 speeds so if you have a shiny PCIE 4 0r 5 drive it won't get those speeds.
Also L3 cache on the G is only 16MB while on the non G it's 32MB, all in all the G is 5-10% slower than the X and last but not least, you have a discrete card so using an APU which is pretty much designed to run without a graphics cars is a bit disadvantageous, on its own these chips are pretty nice though.

But it hasn't really had major issues with the things I do.

For games the most demanding game I have is Horizon Forbidden West and I'm getting smooth framerates running at 1080p on high settings. I bought a 1080p monitor because that's all I wanted.

I'll keep using this for a while

 

[Santaman]

It won't have issues it's just that using a slower and IIRC more expensive chip while not using it's main reason for existance is a little odd, that's all.

 

[Gingerbread Demon]

It won't have issues it's just that using a slower and IIRC more expensive chip while not using it's main reason for existance is a little odd, that's all.

At the time it was the only cpu I could afford and was in another machine before living inside the one I have now

 

[Owain Taggart]

Your weak spot here is the CPU, it's a G model

I missed the fact about the G-model. In this case, I'd definitely say the CPU and GPU could be factors limiting performance.

 

[Gingerbread Demon]

Some "interesting" computer cases

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[PlainSimpleJoel]

Leaked specifications of RTX 5090 series and 5080 series. As much as I would like something like either of these - have a feeling the price will be something like $3000 (AusD). Was hoping that 5080 would be 24GB of RAM (and not 16GB)

Link - https://www.theverge.com/2024/9/26/24255234/nvidia-rtx-5090-5080-specs-leak

 

[Kamen Rider Blade]

Some "interesting" computer cases

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Those are all stupid gimmicks.

Nobody with a practical mind would buy those cases.

 

[Marc]

Leaked specifications of RTX 5090 series and 5080 series. As much as I would like something like either of these - have a feeling the price will be something like $3000 (AusD). Was hoping that 5080 would be 24GB of RAM (and not 16GB)

Link - https://www.theverge.com/2024/9/26/24255234/nvidia-rtx-5090-5080-specs-leak

That will come later and be given some confusing model name and require the sale of a kidney and sacrifice one's first born to get/afford.

or it could be they don't want anything that could possible compete with cards they're selling into the business sector with even bigger price tags (yes I know there can be some extra cost if they need to certify accuracy for floating point etc ). I mean it's not like that's ever happened before....

 

[Gingerbread Demon]

Those are all stupid gimmicks.

Nobody with a practical mind would buy those cases.

90 percent of people wouldn't. But they made them so somewhere some people have

 

[PlainSimpleJoel]

That will come later and be given some confusing model name and require the sale of a kidney and sacrifice one's first born to get/afford.

or it could be they don't want anything that could possible compete with cards they're selling into the business sector with even bigger price tags (yes I know there can be some extra cost if they need to certify accuracy for floating point etc ). I mean it's not like that's ever happened before....

True. I brought a 3060 back in 2022, and that was around $900. My plan is to wait until sometime next year. Can always use 3060 in my new machine for a few months.

 

[Gingerbread Demon]

Does anyone here use Powerdvd on a laptop?

I have external speakers plugged in and the speakers are working fine for everything except powerdvd. When I use that program it just sends sound to the laptop speakers and not the external ones.

 

[John Clark]

Does anyone here use Powerdvd on a laptop?

I have external speakers plugged in and the speakers are working fine for everything except powerdvd. When I use that program it just sends sound to the laptop speakers and not the external ones.

Yes (though it's version 18) and I don't have that problem (though typically use headphones plugged into usb because the jack went)

Just in case but have you checked under settings?
I have an output box which gives me the option of headphones (which is what it's set at) or 2 - 8 speakers

 

[Gingerbread Demon]

Yes (though it's version 18) and I don't have that problem (though typically use headphones plugged into usb because the jack went)

Just in case but have you checked under settings?
I have an output box which gives me the option of headphones (which is what it's set at) or 2 - 8 speakers

Oh I fixed the issue......... When the program is running if you open the sound settings icon in the taskbar, the little speaker icon you can see which programs are outputing audio and powerdvd was set at default speakers, so switched that to headphone where the speaker cable is plugged in and now it is all good.

Now it switches the way it is supposed to if I use the speakers it uses them, if I unplug them it uses the built in ones. It just wasn't switching them properly before.

 

[Gingerbread Demon]

Another video about Intel newer generation chips and how Intel plans to have a more hands on approach with mobo makers.

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[Marc]

Another video about Intel

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Did you watch it or simply post because it came across your feed.

Peo0le might actually want to know roughly what it’s about (and I know cos I did watch it earlier today)

 

[PlainSimpleJoel]

I'm happy that Intel are doing that. I watched the video on the weekend. I'm looking forward to buying my next machine with an Intel processor. Just need on deciding when.

 

[Kamen Rider Blade]

I'm happy that Intel are doing that. I watched the video on the weekend. I'm looking forward to buying my next machine with an Intel processor. Just need on deciding when.

Try buying AMD, you'll probably be happier.

 

[Owain Taggart]

Yeah, I was Intel last time, and switched to AMD this time around. One of the best decisions I've ever made.