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We all want the best 😉

He is a great guy … was super supportive when I asked him to do it 😉

@@blackbirdpctech That’s amazing, great content btw 🫶🏻

Thanks, much appreciated.

Agreed ... for single player titles, you don't really need anything above 120fps.

That's my favorite 7900 XTX ... you should check out my video where I compare a highly overclocked Sapphire Nitro 7900 XTX versus a 4090 ... it actually performed really well given the large price difference.

@@blackbirdpctech I normally get my sweet spot 90fps @4k with reasonable temps so I haven't found need to explore overclock yet, apart from the fan curve. I also run a side screen @1440p

Understood however I would highly recommend trying the auto undervolt settings in Adrenalin … it’s quick, you get a performance boost and it reduces your voltage/temps

Appreciate your feedback, this is a situation where you are damned if you do and damned if you don't ... I slowed them down a little in my recent videos but if I leave them on screen too long then people complain. To help with that I provide the benchmarks in PDF format on my website (link in video description) ... you can go there and download them ... that way you can go through them at your own pace.

Technically I still am, I just left the aerospace and defense industry. Take a look at my origin story … it was my first video but it tells my story 😉

@@blackbirdpctech Will do.

Very cool channel by the way 😉

That is one hell of an awesome gift to give your girlfriend … hopefully she appreciates it 😉

@@blackbirdpctech yeah of corse, she never played a game before but now were playin together at the same desk in the same room its awesome to show her everything and stuff i have to say 😊

Living the dream!

Ok that made me laugh 😉

I would push for AV1 encoding and higher VRAM ... so the A770 would be great value for these type of workloads.

I have a video comparing DDR5-6000 with DDR5-8000 on an Intel system (I think it was on a 13900KS & Apex). The Ultimate Gaming PC that I recently built on the channel is also running DDR5-8200 on an Apex Encore ... it's not that tough to get the memory to run stable if you know how to tweak the voltages in Bios.

The 4060 out performs the 3060Ti by about 20% and it has DLSS 3 … the extra VRAM is nice but just get a 4060 Ti 16GB if that’s an issue.

That $200 price cut by Nvidia really helped swing the battle in their favor for this one.

@@blackbirdpctech I agree got the strix 4080 super because of it and I paid 1029 for a strix to me the extra 29 dollars was worth it lol. Instead of 1200 for a strix. I'm happy af I found one that price.

That's a great price for a Strix variant.

Awesome price … is it new in box?

For a perfect test I agree however most of these variables have no meaningful impact on gaming performance. The two components that impact gaming performance the most are the CPU and GPU, and as I mentioned in the video I used the exact same CPU and GPU for each system. I also used Z690 motherboards and made sure that the Bios for each board was setup to enforce all Intel CPU limits. Components like SSDs do not impact gaming performance even when comparing Gen5 versus Gen4 drives (see results from my recent video). For memory the brand is not really relevant, it's the memory die manufacturer that is relevant and even then there are differences between DDR5 and DDR4 that make using the same die manufacturer pointless (i.e. Samsung B-die is best for DDR4 while Hynix A-die is best for DDR5). Also, memory capacity is only relevant when you run out of memory ... for these tests no games required anything close to 32GB of memory, so the additional 16GB of memory for the 48GB kit had no impact.

For a very basic reason … I didn’t want to pay Bruce to record multiple versions of his intro for me.

I thought the exact same thing so I tested it … temps were well within spec and the performance in crystaldiskmark was the same after and before. It was super strange.

@@blackbirdpctech very strange indeed. Must just be game optimization related. At any rate, thanks for the video. I just got the 2TB T500 for my laptop on prime day sale this morning for $138.

Great deal for a great drive!

I haven’t had much luck with overclocking the 7800X3D … undervolting helps a little but it’s a well optimized chip out of the box.

Glad you liked it and welcome to the Blackbird PC Tech community!

The 5950x is a great chip but the extra cores don’t really help it in games. That said I wouldn’t change to a 5800X3D unless you play a game like Microsoft Flight Simulator, which really loves X3D chips.

I’m not sure if I understand your statement … if anything a 4090 will rely less on RAM because it has a large amount of onboard VRAM.

@@blackbirdpctech ddr4 you lose 15% its to slow for the 4090

I tested with a 4090 so I don’t understand your statement … there is no doubt that ddr5 improves your 1% lows but you only see a difference in gaming at lower resolutions when the cpu is more heavily loaded. So this means the gpu model has no impact, which makes sense … you will only see an impact when your system loads your cpu more than your gpu.

That should be fine (800W minimum recommended).

Thanks … he was really cool about doing it too … great guy.

Thermals are definitely a consideration

Here is the problem with waiting … regardless of what rumors are out there, we simply don’t know when the cards will be released, what the performance will be and how much they will cost. It’s possible that Nvidia will offer an increase in performance with a corresponding linear increase in price, so if the fps/$ stays similar to a 4090 then it’s unlikely a 4090 will drop much in price … it might simply remain part of their product stack alongside 50 series cards. That said, I think it comes down to your needs and value. If you can game for 6 months at a higher fps and game settings, and you can afford it, then why not pull the trigger now and sell your current gpu while it still has some value? You can always sell your new card after the 50 series cards become more widely available … IF you feel the need to.

I just realized that you said "if you have a 4080 ..." ... I totally missed that with my first reply ... if you have a 4080 I wouldn't get a 4090 at all ... I completely agree with you, waiting for the 50 series would make a lot of sense.

What does that mean? It’s a faster card but it also costs considerably more.

It's interesting to me that people will claim bias when I don’t tell them what they want to hear. I start my video by stating "have you ever wondered if it’s possible to overclock a 7900 XTX to compete with an RTX 4090?" ... that is the context for this video. I already did a direct comparison between the 7900 XTX and 4080 and in fact, a subscriber asked me to compare an overclocked 7900 XTX against a 4090 in the comments to that video and I thought it would be interesting to investigate. In my recommendations I stated the following: "What you may not have expected is that the highly overclocked 7900 XTX was able to win 5 rounds and draw 2, a truly impressive result even against a 4090 at default settings" AND "... if you convert that into gaming efficiency or FPS/$ at 4K, then the 7900 XTX provides a knockout blow by offering significantly more value than the 4090." How is that bias? If anything the bias would be in favor of the 7900 XTX because I didn't overclock the 4090. Regardless, it's clear that you are the one with a bias and although it's disappointing to see you unsubscribe, I think it's for the best ... you clearly want to see content that supports your own internal bias against Nvidia and that's not going to happen on my channel. I will always let the data drive my recommendations so that I can deliver unbiased content.

That's a great deal and a good waterblock ... you should be able to push it while maintaining low temps.

Agreed ... that's why it was smart of Nvidia to finally come to their senses and make a 16GB version of the 4060 Ti ... AMD definitely does a better job stacking their cards with VRAM.

I'm glad I was able to help!

That makes sense … thanks for watching!

That’s a great question. If I was to pick only one I would likely go with the 4080 Super, with special shoutouts to the 7900 GRE (testing currently) and Intel A770 (post software fixes). What is your favorite gpu of this current gen?

@@blackbirdpctech honestly that’s a valid answer the rtx 4080 super. I’m guessing the gre is pretty good. For me tho since my first gpu and desktop was from this generation would be the Rx 7900 xt, it has great performance and with my new build it’s gonna be fully unlocked and I’ll experience for a bit. Also what gou would u recommend including used market that wouldn’t be to much of a step down like down to the rtx 3070 levels of performance would recommend? I’m going to sell my current gou and rig bc I need the money for a new monitor and other stuff yk but wanted a decent replacement that could get me by until the rtx 5080 or 5090

So this may surprise you but at those levels I would give the Intel A770 a shot (I did a review of it ... it has a really attractive price point) ... the drivers have been fixed and it now performs at a level similar to the 3070 ... but it also can handle editing, AV1 encoding, etc. I really liked the 7900 XT when I compared it against the 4070 Ti Super, but I chose the GRE because it has been priced aggressively to deliver amazing value ... not sure why it took AMD so long to release it in the US.

I have a 3080 Ti FE that needs a re-paste, so I might include that in a future video

Great suggestion … I realized that too and I’ve been thinking about how to repackage the troubleshooting tips and tricks … I was thinking to simply put them under my “It’s Not Rocket Science” series but perhaps a new series is in order.

@@blackbirdpctech Hey buddy...I missed your reply. Apologies. I'm glad the idea was already on your radar. Thanks for always being so open to suggestions. Just trying to help!

No problem … your suggestion made me realize it was worth following through on, so I appreciate it.

What specific card are you using and what benchmarks did you run it on? GPU temps in the low 50's for a highly overclocked card are pretty good, so I'm curious to see some data behind your claim.

I haven’t used thermal pads for GPU’s yet but I love using them for CPU’s … I’ve been using the kryosheets from thermal grizzly … will check out the ptm7950.

I highly recommend them. They are after time just as good as liquid metal. So far.

Just ordered some from the LTT store ... appreciate the heads-up.

@@blackbirdpctech My cpu and gpu like them. My Kids have been helping me build a system. A 5950X and a RX 6950XT most definitely like them. And, you're welcome.

You can turn DLSS on without frame gen but I decided not to test any games with frame gen turned on for this review … I didn’t think that would be fair to the 3070.

I am not a fan of it in reviews or advertising. Because all it does is...."Bigger number=Better". It's just there to win the fps tittle. Intel is doing that with it's 13th and 14th gen and having issues. Hilarious. P.s. I would still love to see how these 30 series and 40 series react when the Vram is mostly or fully used with the different bus sizes.

@@patrickprafke4894 it's interesting you say that because I just ran Cyberpunk at 4K for the 4070S at Ultra RT settings with Frame Gen on and it used around 11GB of VRAM which caused some stutters, severely impacting the 1% lows. I'm testing it against the 7900 GRE ... should be interesting.

@@blackbirdpctech That's actually pretty cool. I haven't been able to find or get somebody to test that. I don't have the funds to do so. That smaller bus has to have problems with all that ram to its disposal.

@@patrickprafke4894 it’s the first time I’ve seen lack of vram impact the results … will investigate further

I would wait and upgrade your system when your new GPU becomes available ... you may wish to consider the new AMD CPU's when they come out. One thing you could do while waiting is pickup a cheap DDR4-3600 CL16 kit but it's not going to significantly increase your FPS.

I think that’s a very smart move … you can also try repasting the gpu to improve temps when you get your system together.

@@n0.nam358 if you can squeeze it in your budget get 32gb of ram as hogwarts legacy is a ram hog at 1440p I get swings of 14gb and occasionally some areas spike to 18gb. When I was on 16gb I had alot of hitching.