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Gameguru Mania News - Sep,17 2021 -

I thought this GPU mod was going to be pointless... - tech
(hx) 03:06 PM CEST - Sep,17 2021 - Post a comment / read (19)
Imagine if nvidia did this from the factory! This shouldn't be a necessary mod!

last 10 comments:

doodah	(08:53 PM CEST - Sep,17 2021 )
Eh? This is a crytopcoin video..??

heretic	(09:57 PM CEST - Sep,17 2021 )
doodah> Eh? This is a crytopcoin video..?? Sorry :-( My fault. it's fixed now

KuBr0	(11:10 PM CEST - Sep,17 2021 )
heretic> doodah> Eh? This is a crytopcoin video..?? Sorry :-( My fault. it's fixed now was confused about the video which was there in first place too :DDDD This is just telling me one thing - buy an ASUS ROG STRIX GPU :D They use the proper stuff.

gx-x	(02:12 PM CEST - Sep,20 2021 )
KuBr0> heretic> doodah> Eh? This is a crytopcoin video..?? Sorry :-( My fault. it's fixed now was confused about the video which was there in first place too :DDDD This is just telling me one thing - buy an ASUS ROG STRIX GPU :D They use the proper stuff. actually, this time around, Asus' cards have bad thermal pads. You should AVOID them.

KuBr0	(12:11 AM CEST - Sep,21 2021 )
He took the thermal pads from the latest ROG STRIX revision (30 series). Got the same one, can't complain. Thermals are superb.

KuBr0	(12:11 AM CEST - Sep,21 2021 )
He took the thermal pads from the latest ROG STRIX revision (30 series). Got the same one, can't complain. Thermals are superb.

gx-x	(12:12 AM CEST - Sep,21 2021 )
so I should buy way overpriced cards AND gamble?! nope.

KuBr0

(01:23 AM CEST - Sep,21 2021 )

I'm not sure what you mean by gamble? You know that its electronics, and with those, there is always going to be certain failure rate. Not even high tier ThinkPads have a 0% failure rate.

I hope that you're not referring to the missing thermal pads on the memory modules on some ASUS GPUs. It could happen to any maker, thats a QC error, and you know, this is actually what you have your warranty for. Or just buy an Inno3D GPU and cheap out on it, if that is your thing.

gx-x	(11:48 AM CEST - Sep,21 2021 )
yes, I was referring to missing pads on ASUS STRIX cards. I can buy an MSI card and not worry about that. Especially after ASUS made a public statement shamelessly proclaiming that they will raise prices of their cards because people are ready to overpay anyway.

KuBr0

(12:59 AM CEST - Sep,22 2021 )

Next thing you know, there are reports flying around about something missing or failing on MSI cards. I like how you are trying to portrait MSI as THE right alternative, even though they got literally the same pricing on their Suprim X cards (ROG Strix counterpart) and Gaming Z Trio cards (TUF counterpart). Both are leading state of the art GPU manufacturers which are responsible for driving the prices up, others are just quietly going with the flow, and you are going to be here like DOH, ASUS BAD, MSI GOOD, HUR DUR xD lul

gx-x

(10:46 AM CEST - Sep,22 2021 )

No man, MSI just came to mind first. I started to despise Asus because of this greed:

https://www.techpowerup.com/276796/asus-officially-increases-prices-of-graphics-cards-and-motherboards

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The company announced that starting from today, prices of PC components like graphics cards and motherboards will get increased.

and they now have pads that are not properly seated or simply missing. (I am exaggerating the reach of this problem on purpose).

I guess with price increase comes the quality decrease.

I get it that some people love some companies, which is bizarre and dumb, but Asus?! Have you tried their mid-range GPUs? They are literally classic junk like everyone else's

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Suprim X cards (ROG Strix counterpart) and Gaming Z Trio cards (TUF counterpart)

that's what Asus would like you to believe, but their TUF is meh (it's their classic line for the masses, loud compared to even Zotac), and Gaming Z/X/Trio is a class above (we are talking about cooling solutions here right?) and is even better than Strix. Try it. I have in the past (I am not overpaying for GPUs now)

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and you are going to be here like DOH, ASUS BAD, MSI GOOD, HUR DUR xD lul

yes, because I am the stupid one in love with a company, like you with Asus right? Hur dur...

KuBr0

(11:56 AM CEST - Sep,22 2021 )

gx-x> No man, MSI just came to mind first. I started to despise Asus because of this greed:

https://www.techpowerup.com/276796/asus-officially-increases-prices-of-graphics-cards-and-motherboards

quote:
The company announced that starting from today, prices of PC components like graphics cards and motherboards will get increased.

I hope you don't believe that other manufacturers haven't taken advantage of the situation and didn't increase their prices? Just that there haven't been articles about it doesn't mean it didn't happen, just check out the history of prices on MSI or AORUS gear and you'll see for yourself, back in January happened across the whole industry.

gx-x> I get it that some people love some companies, which is bizarre and dumb, but Asus?! Have you tried their mid-range GPUs? They are literally classic junk like everyone else's

quote:
Suprim X cards (ROG Strix counterpart) and Gaming Z Trio cards (TUF counterpart)

that's what Asus would like you to believe, but their TUF is meh (it's their classic line for the masses, loud compared to even Zotac), and Gaming Z/X/Trio is a class above (we are talking about cooling solutions here right?) and is even better than Strix. Try it. I have in the past (I am not overpaying for GPUs now)

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and you are going to be here like DOH, ASUS BAD, MSI GOOD, HUR DUR xD lul

yes, because I am the stupid one in love with a company, like you with Asus right? Hur dur...

I'm definitely no ASUS fanboy, if anything, I'm a ThinkPad fanboy. The reason for choosing the ASUS GPU is pretty simple, I was searching for the best nVidia GPU on the market currently and whether the chip was 3090, 3080 or 3060, the ASUS ROG Strix was coming out on top in all the comparisons - performance, thermals, acoustics. Yes, all of them said that its at the same time the most expensive GPU on the market, but as I told you before, I don't give a shit about +/- 100€ or 200€, fuck that shit ...

gx-x	(12:01 PM CEST - Sep,22 2021 )
for the rtx 3xxx series, MSI f*cked up, they made bad (cheap) power unit (VRM) not even following the nV spec. But personally, I wont touch any GPU while prices (or wages) reamin where they are. Not everyone is getting Biden $400 a week, or lives in the US. Those GPUs cost two my salaries. Used older GPUs that used to cost $<200 are now >$300, even mine that I payed for ~$250 two years ago (used)

KuBr0

(12:54 PM CEST - Sep,22 2021 )

gx-x> for the rtx 3xxx series, MSI f*cked up, they made bad (cheap) power unit (VRM) not even following the nV spec.
But personally, I wont touch any GPU while prices (or wages) reamin where they are. Not everyone is getting Biden $400 a week, or lives in the US. Those GPUs cost two my salaries. Used older GPUs that used to cost $<200>$300, even mine that I payed for ~$250 two years ago (used)

I'm from peasant Slovakia and I build a completely new rig from ground up every 5 or 6 years. The last one has been due for over a year, had money ready since last Christmas but was hunting for that very last part, which was the GPU.

I don't believe we're going to return back to normal prices anytime soon :/

I spent 5k on my last build, while the GPU cost me 2200€. All the high end setups that I have build in the past have been cheaper than the GPU alone, below 2k. The world is going gaga ...

gx-x	(01:08 PM CEST - Sep,22 2021 )
I think you are doing fine. Most Slovaks can't afford to do what you are doing. World is going into recession and you are helping (nothing against you) by being an accomplice. Once (if ever) GPU mining is over, all these GPU companies are going to backpedal. (nothing to do with recession)

KuBr0

(03:04 PM CEST - Sep,22 2021 )

gx-x> I think you are doing fine. Most Slovaks can't afford to do what you are doing. World is going into recession and you are helping (nothing against you) by being an accomplice.
Once (if ever) GPU mining is over, all these GPU companies are going to backpedal. (nothing to do with recession)

I can't complain. I understand that with accepting these terms of the manufacturers I just keep fueling that twisted machine, which it became in the past year, but it wasn't really a question of money for me, rather a question of staying sane, as I haven't been gaming since beginning of this year. I wouldn't be able to hold on for another year or god knows how long.

nVidia has also already announced that the GPU shortage is most likely going to last for another year, whole 2022. Can't blame them I guess, if I was one of their shareholders, I would want them to maximize profit too.

https://www.theverge.com/2021/8/19/22632047/nvidia-gpu-supply-rtx-30-series-constraints-2022

gx-x

(03:54 PM CEST - Sep,22 2021 )

shortage will last as long as Eth can be mined with GPU and price stays high. After that, it will be 2017 all over again on used GPU market but 10 times worse for nvidia. Then the shortages and price of raw materials will suddenly be in the past, prices will (depends on the amount of USD printed and handed out) stabilize.

PS. 1070Ti is still good for me, but I understand why you did what you did.

PPS. To clarify, in 2016/7 (or maybe it was 2017/8, I can't remember precisely) people were buying used rx580 8gb (usually XFX) for under a 100 eur while they were over 280 eur (even over 300) in stores still.

KuBr0

(04:16 PM CEST - Sep,22 2021 )

any 10th Series nVidia GPU is perfect to have in this situation. No reason to be upgrading. If I was in your shoes I would hold on to it too, it was just that I didn't have any GPU ;D

I really have high hopes from Intel entering the GPU battleground. That was due long time ago and I wish Intel all the best, hope they will fuck both nVidia and AMD over and put them out of business. Seems that the timing is good for them, especially if the shortage should end around mid 2022.

gx-x	(04:30 PM CEST - Sep,22 2021 )
It's right timing for them because people are desperate for GPUs and Intel WILL overcharge them too! They are a company out to make money not friends :) but let's hope you are right and not me.