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My latest mistake has arrived.



To my surprise, and despite the seller specifically saying otherwise, it came in its original retail box.

This card is an absolute unit. It's freaking huge and freaking heavy.



Fortunately, it fits in my system just fine. I was slightly worried that my 10GbE NIC would interfere with it, but as you can see, that isn't a problem at all.

I ran a second PCIe power cable from my PSU because I know this is a power-hungry card. Probably isn't necessary, but whatever.



It performs almost twice as well as my 5700 XT in benchmarks. It seems to stay in the high 60s under normal loads and gets into the 70s when pushed. I'm using the "quiet" BIOS.

I only have two real complaints about it. As far as I can tell, the lights can't be turned off. Also, this card has insane coil whine when being pushed to its limit.

I might actually be able to play Cyberpunk 2077 now at a reasonable framerate...
You should be able to manually unplug them, if not there is always wire cutters....
 
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I really don't like having to use extra software to do that.



This is what I'll most likely end up doing. It looks like the connector for the lights on the rear is right next to the power connectors. I like the backplate lighting though, so I'll be keeping those on.
For the Coil whine try enabling Vsync. This sometimes helps to stop the coil whine completely. With an uncapped frame rate these cards can push +1000fps in game menus also causing power spikes.
 
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For the Coil whine try enabling Vsync. This sometimes helps to stop the coil whine completely. With an uncapped frame rate these cards can push +1000fps in game menus also causing power spikes.
Yeah, I've been limiting my framerate in pretty much everything but benchmarks and it really helps with the coil whine.

I tried overclocking it yesterday and got minimal gains with significantly higher temps and power usage, so I've settled on an underclock of 2250MHz @1100mV.
 

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Yeah, I've been limiting my framerate in pretty much everything but benchmarks and it really helps with the coil whine.

I tried overclocking it yesterday and got minimal gains with significantly higher temps and power usage, so I've settled on an underclock of 2250MHz @1100mV.

This is the way.
 

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Yeah, I've been limiting my framerate in pretty much everything but benchmarks and it really helps with the coil whine.

I tried overclocking it yesterday and got minimal gains with significantly higher temps and power usage, so I've settled on an underclock of 2250MHz @1100mV.
@lexluthermiester has a nice guide on stopping coil whine somewhere - maybe he could link it as I can't seem to find it.
 
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Well, this finally arrived. More to come, but the TLDR is that it's bloody amazing.

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@lexluthermiester has a nice guide on stopping coil whine somewhere - maybe he could link it as I can't seem to find it.
Do you mean the following?

Yeah, I've been limiting my framerate in pretty much everything but benchmarks and it really helps with the coil whine.
Follow the above guide and your coil-whine problem should either disappear or be greatly reduced.
 

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Do you mean the following?


Follow the above guide and your coil-whine problem should either disappear or be greatly reduced.
My GTX 470 (Gigabyte SOC) was horrible when it comes to coil whine. Otherwise it was more than a great card.
 

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Well, this finally arrived. More to come, but the TLDR is that it's bloody amazing.

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update us with a brief review after you watch a movie and play a couple games on it...

that is the best of the best as far as I am concerned. most likely buying that myself... but just waiting a bit longer.
 
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OLED HDR is a thing of beauty. I can't recall a more meaningful display upgrade ever.

I still can't decide between the Alienware 34" OLED and the LG 42" OLED.

I am getting one of the two though.
 
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My GTX 470 (Gigabyte SOC) was horrible when it comes to coil whine. Otherwise it was more than a great card.
I'll bet real money it was fixable.

I still can't decide between the Alienware 34" OLED
This, for me anyway. 42" is just too damn big for a desktop with dual screens. 34" is pushing it..
 

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I'll bet real money it was fixable.


This, for me anyway. 42" is just too damn big for a desktop with dual screens. 34" is pushing it..
My next monitor is going to be a 32" 4K but fuck, if I want a larger one, I use a TV for screen :laugh: and as I use one with my Xeon setup, a 40" 1080p is still fine.

Radeon 290X is more capable than I thought..
 
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I still can't decide between the Alienware 34" OLED and the LG 42" OLED.

I am getting one of the two though.

Just be sure to not have too many static items because OLED can do burn-in this should be fixed with mini-led and QD-LED.
 
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Just be sure to not have too many static items because OLED can do burn-in this should be fixed with mini-led and QD-LED.
I have doubts any emissive display tech will really completely avoid burn-in.

But it's not bad. I set a screensaver and forget on my b9. No burn in in over 2 years...
 

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that is the best of the best as far as I am concerned. most likely buying that myself... but just waiting a bit longer.
In short, I agree, best of the best.
OLED HDR is a thing of beauty. I can't recall a more meaningful display upgrade ever.
It's phenomenal.
This, for me anyway. 42" is just too damn big for a desktop with dual screens. 34" is pushing it..
I came from a 34" 3440x1440, this is bigger but not unreasonably so, it's barely wider but considerably taller.
I have doubts any emissive display tech will really completely avoid burn-in.
But it's not bad. I set a screensaver and forget on my b9. No burn in in over 2 years...
I've done some digging though reddit for OLED panel care, plus with how many hours I actually use my PC weekly, I'm betting on it being a non issue.

So, after about 24 hours of use after wall mounting it as it wouldn't fit on my desk.

  • The size is amazing, glad I didn't get impatient and go for the 48C1. at my regular viewing distance it really takes most of my field of view and the immersion is outstanding, 2x over my 34" ultrawide. I think for this use case it could be lightly curved too but no complaints here.
  • Gaming is simply next level on this compared to anything I've ever used before, TN, IPS, VA, any size res or aspect, this blows them out of the water. The pixel response, the depth of the colors, the way HDR pops, how buttery it is with VRR, it really is in a league of it's own. Plus it's also a top tier TV.
  • While I absolutely loved 21:9, I can't think of a better way to return to 16:9, and it's nice to drop any shortcomings 21:9 had all in one go.
  • Desktop use so far is fine, text feels fine, browsing etc is fine too, just need to configure the background icons and taskbar etc to minimize burn in risk.
  • While more performance is always better, hot damn the 3080 is a beast at 4k, it's like the harder you push it, the better it does. Outstanding experience. I suppose it doesn't hurt that with DLSS, FSR 1 or 2, 4k is a best case scenario and to varying extents, all give between very acceptable to outright gorgeous results and increase the viability of 4k gaming.
  • I've tried a few older games with DLDSR 2.25x which iirc is 5720x2880 or so and holy cow.

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In short, I agree, best of the best.

It's phenomenal.

I came from a 34" 3440x1440, this is bigger but not unreasonably so, it's barely wider but considerably taller.

I've done some digging though reddit for OLED panel care, plus with how many hours I actually use my PC weekly, I'm betting on it being a non issue.

So, after about 24 hours of use after wall mounting it as it wouldn't fit on my desk.

  • The size is amazing, glad I didn't get impatient and go for the 48C1. at my regular viewing distance it really takes most of my field of view and the immersion is outstanding, 2x over my 34" ultrawide. I think for this use case it could be lightly curved too but no complaints here.
  • Gaming is simply next level on this compared to anything I've ever used before, TN, IPS, VA, any size res or aspect, this blows them out of the water. The pixel response, the depth of the colors, the way HDR pops, how buttery it is with VRR, it really is in a league of it's own. Plus it's also a top tier TV.
  • While I absolutely loved 21:9, I can't think of a better way to return to 16:9, and it's nice to drop any shortcomings 21:9 had all in one go.
  • Desktop use so far is fine, text feels fine, browsing etc is fine too, just need to configure the background icons and taskbar etc to minimize burn in risk.
  • While more performance is always better, hot damn the 3080 is a beast at 4k, it's like the harder you push it, the better it does. Outstanding experience. I suppose it doesn't hurt that with DLSS, FSR 1 or 2, 4k is a best case scenario and to varying extents, all give between very acceptable to outright gorgeous results and increase the viability of 4k gaming.
  • I've tried a few older games with DLDSR 2.25x which iirc is 5720x2880 or so and holy cow.

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Don't forget it also supports ultrawide modes, 21:9 and 32:9.
 
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