The computer and electronics super geek thread

[davidwhangchoi]

21 hours ago, azrael said:

I think Hardware Unboxed recently released a video on how much RAM one needs and 16GB was still about to tough it through most modern games. Unfortunately, that 8GB of VRAM for that 5070 is where it's gonna hurt. 

watching this video on 8gb vram vs. 16 made me sad:

 

[azrael]

Panther Lake-based (Core Ultra 300-series) laptops reviews are trickling out. Definite performance gains with much better battery-usage. Definitely sounds like a W for Intel. The downside are laptop pricing (Thanks AI, RAM and SSD supply) and Intel missing the AI boat (i.e. with everyone aiming at datacenter $, Intel doesn't really have a true product in that space. Their enterprise/DC products lean more toward general purpose compute. Consumer $ is pennies compared to datacenter $).

On the flip side, the Ryzen 7 9850X3D review are out. Yeah....$40 for ~4% performance uplift coupled with more heat and more power usage. Yep, AMD recreated Intel's KS SKU of CPUs.

[davidwhangchoi]

i saw some reviews of the new intel chips for laptops, pretty good upgrade, igpu and battery life. 

just saw this and thought there's RAM in the deal:

 

[TangledThorns]

The latency on that RAM is 36, yikes. I would try to look elsewhere if that is at all possible. 

The 32Gb of RAM I bought last year was 28 latency. The lower latency the better, which is typically 30 or less for gaming.  

 

Edited 55 minutes ago by TangledThorns

[azrael]

29 minutes ago, TangledThorns said:

The latency on that RAM is 36, yikes. I would try to look elsewhere if that is at all possible. 

You say that like there's better price/performance choice out there...😒 That kit is nearly 1/2 the cost of that bundle on its own. 

41 minutes ago, TangledThorns said:

The 32Gb of RAM I bought last year was 28 latency. The lower latency the better, which is typically 30 or less for gaming.  

*Looks at current price of CL28 32GB DDR5 kit* 😱😭

[TangledThorns]

7 minutes ago, azrael said:

You say that like there's better price/performance choice out there...😒 That kit is nearly 1/2 the cost of that bundle on its own. 

*Looks at current price of CL28 32GB DDR5 kit* 😱😭

 

I'd say look for lower latency or even pay more if performance matters. But choices suck now anyways. I would probably holding off on building a new PC till this bullshit sorts itself out, hopefully.