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cherryghost · 08-09-2020 12:57PM

I really regret the 5700XT purchase. I've had it a year, and about half of those months have had nothing but driver issues on it. I sticked with it until it was fixed in April update, but latest update has started breaking stuff again.

K.O.Kiki · 08-09-2020 01:00PM

Are you using DDU to remove old drivers?

wotzgoingon · 08-09-2020 01:49PM

I've my Ryzen system a year now and my 5700 XT longer, mad I thought I only had it a few months, Google pics reminded me today. Can't remember when I purchased the 5700 but I was using it for a while in my old system before I upgraded.

K.O.Kiki · 08-09-2020 02:11PM

Robert ninja · 08-09-2020 03:02PM

cherryghost wrote: »

I really regret the 5700XT purchase. I've had it a year, and about half of those months have had nothing but driver issues on it. I sticked with it until it was fixed in April update, but latest update has started breaking stuff again.

That card is still on the table for me if the price drops accordingly later as I won't have to deal with those drivers.

Squaredude · 08-09-2020 04:04PM

Finally time to upgrade my 980Ti, going to take the oppurtunity to switch from my Phantom 630 case to a nice mid tower while I'm tearing everything down

Samuel T. Cogley · 08-09-2020 07:06PM

I'm on a ASUS Prime X570-P. Planning on buying a PCIe4.0 SSD as I need more space. Have a RocketQ in the top slot - does it matter what slot the faster drive goes in? Planning on using it for the OS.

BArra · 08-09-2020 07:23PM

depends, i have a b550 board and the top m2 slot only is capable of 4.0

check your mobo website spec

BloodBath · 08-09-2020 07:26PM

Just use the top 1. Generally closer to the cpu and memory is always the faster slots for NVME or PCIe.

Samuel T. Cogley · 08-09-2020 07:26PM

BArra wrote: »

depends, i have a b550 board and the top m2 slot only is capable of 4.0

check your mobo website spec

That's expected on a B550, X570 they should all be PCIe 4.0 capable, but sometimes there are quirks people might be aware of. Such as the one said when I was typing :pac:

Samuel T. Cogley · 08-09-2020 08:19PM

FFS ASUS Prime X570-P design strikes again. The SSD is under the GPU, not a chance a heatsink will fit.

The second M.2 is 4.0 capable, but runs off the chipset will that slow it down?

jebidiah · 10-09-2020 10:45AM

What do you guys think a Vega 56 (Sapphire Pulse) will be worth when looking to upgrade to a 30xx series card?

TitianGerm · 10-09-2020 10:56AM

jebidiah wrote: »

What do you guys think a Vega 56 (Sapphire Pulse) will be worth when looking to upgrade to a 30xx series card?

On Adverts? Probably get offered a swap for a GTX750 and a punctured bicycle tyre.

jebidiah · 10-09-2020 11:25AM

TitianGerm wrote: »

On Adverts? Probably get offered a swap for a GTX750 and a punctured bicycle tyre.

Hahaha! Yeah I'm thinking I'll probably pass it on to a mate. Not sure some of the lads will bother going beyond 1080p and it's still a great card for that. Would asking a mate for 100 quid be too much?

K.O.Kiki · 10-09-2020 11:31AM

jebidiah wrote: »

What do you guys think a Vega 56 (Sapphire Pulse) will be worth when looking to upgrade to a 30xx series card?

180-250 to the right buyer is my guess, but it really depends on availability & how many higher-end cards flood the market.

SickBoy · 10-09-2020 05:35PM

Skerries wrote: »

has anyone tried the knock off versions in Argos?

https://www.argos.ie/static/Product/partNumber/8516802/c_1/1%7Ccategory_root%7CVideo+games%7C14419738/c_2/3%7C19780877%7CXbox+One%7C37328270/c_3/4%7Ccat_37328270%7CXbox+One+controllers+and+steering%7C37328807.htm

https://www.argos.ie/static/Product/partNumber/8630908/c_1/1%7Ccategory_root%7CVideo+games%7C14419738/c_2/3%7C19780877%7CXbox+One%7C37328270/c_3/4%7Ccat_37328270%7CXbox+One+controllers+and+steering%7C37328807.htm

Looked at some reviews about these controllers and they seem to be very positive but not being wireless is a deal breaker for me

inthenip · 10-09-2020 05:37PM

Is it worth building a new PC now or holding off for a few weeks or months Bit out of the loop hardware wise but know AMD and Nvidia are way to go.

Want to go down the VR route as well.

Current rig is an I7 4770, 8GB DDR3, 290x, 512GB SSD..

Samuel T. Cogley · 10-09-2020 05:44PM

inthenip wrote: »

Is it worth building a new PC now or holding off for a few weeks or months Bit out of the loop hardware wise but know AMD and Nvidia are way to go.

Want to go down the VR route as well.

Current rig is an I7 4770, 8GB DDR3, 290x, 512GB SSD..

Defo hold off. So much new stuff on the way.

wotzgoingon · 10-09-2020 05:45PM

Deffo wait. Zen 3 is to be released early next month and probably to be released soon after.

kingtiger · 11-09-2020 12:54AM

wotzgoingon wrote: »

Deffo wait. Zen 3 is to be released early next month and probably to be released soon after.

agreed Wotz, this is the most exciting and contested period for PC components for the budget conscious, as long as I remember this is the biggest shakeup in PC hardware since the Voodoo gfx and then the CPU revolution with the Core 2 duo

I will be waiting 3-4 months for the best bang for buck to appear

silverharp · 11-09-2020 09:50AM

for the uninformed, can someone be a quick summary for someone wanting a new machine in the next 3 to 6 months and around €2k to spend. NVidia have a gew generation coming out and some will affordable but better than some high end ones currently? and the AMD chip mentioned above?

inthenip · 11-09-2020 10:08AM

What's the best VR headset to get these days?

Samuel T. Cogley · 11-09-2020 10:12AM

inthenip wrote: »

What's the best VR headset to get these days?

Depends really. HP reverb G2 for simulation if you have the GPU horsepower.

Samuel T. Cogley · 11-09-2020 10:14AM

silverharp wrote: »

for the uninformed, can someone be a quick summary for someone wanting a new machine in the next 3 to 6 months and around €2k to spend. NVidia have a gew generation coming out and some will affordable but better than some high end ones currently? and the AMD chip mentioned above?

3070 at about £465 is reportedly as good as the current top end 2080ti. AMD are launching new processors shortly.

inthenip · 11-09-2020 10:27AM

Samuel T. Cogley wrote: »

Depends really. HP reverb G2 for simulation if you have the GPU horsepower.

Cheers, Yea planning on getting one when the new cards and processors are out.

I'll look into that one.

silverharp · 11-09-2020 12:39PM

Samuel T. Cogley wrote: »

3070 at about £465 is reportedly as good as the current top end 2080ti. AMD are launching new processors shortly.

I get the impression there will be a scramble initially, realistically Q1 2021?

Coyler · 11-09-2020 01:02PM

Only time will tell. We'll have a far better idea by the end of October. At the very least, given the budget you are in, I'd say you could make a call on your CPU by then. GPU might take a little longer to fully iron out but I strongly suspect it'll be hard to go very wrong with this up coming generation.

Headshot · 11-09-2020 06:10PM

My plan some time down the line is to get the RTX 3090 and LG OLED48CX

That's the dream team for me but very expensive one

wotzgoingon · 11-09-2020 06:46PM

That OLED looks good. Decent size too. I have a 49" 4k inch TV and it's pretty big. Too big to use as a monitor though. Do what I do and use a monitor for browsing and really old games and then use the Tv for gaming.

Headshot · 11-09-2020 07:21PM

Anybody uses 48" or more as their monitor and sitting up close to it? Be interesting to get your thoughts sitting close to a monitor of that size is like.

I current use a 35" widescreen monitor

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