Take care of those expensive melting cables, missing ROPs and black screens on 5000 cards in the first place, then worry about the competitor. Thank you.
Indeed. Nvidia should have removed all those cards with missing ROPs before the embarrassing exposure by TechPowerUp.
Use your imagination, and diagram provided.
| Processor | AMD R9 9900X |
|---|---|
| Motherboard | Asus Strix X670E-F |
| Cooling | Thermalright Frozen Edge 360, 3x TL-B12 V2 |
| Memory | 2x16GB Lexar Ares @ 6000 26-36-36-68 1.45v |
| Video Card(s) | Zotac 4070 Ti Trinity OC @ 3045/1500 |
| Storage | WD SN850 1TB, SN850X 2TB, 3x SN770 1TB |
| Display(s) | LG 50UP7100 |
| Case | Asus ProArt PA602 |
| Audio Device(s) | JBL Bar 700 |
| Power Supply | Seasonic Vertex GX-1000, Monster HDP1800 |
| Mouse | Logitech G502 Hero |
| Keyboard | Logitech G213 |
| VR HMD | Oculus 3 |
| Software | Yes |
| Benchmark Scores | Yes |
Nvidia knew what they were doing. This was not an accident.
What was the secret plan?
| System Name | Purple Haze | Vacuum Box |
|---|---|
| Processor | AMD Ryzen 7 5800X3D (-30 CO) | Intel® Xeon® E3-1241 v3 |
| Motherboard | MSI B450 Tomahawk Max | Gigabyte GA-Z87X-UD5H |
| Cooling | Dark Rock 4 Pro, P14, P12, T30 case fans | 212 Evo & P12 PWM PST x2, Arctic P14 & P12 case fans |
| Memory | 32GB Ballistix (Micron E 19nm) CL16 @3733MHz | 32GB HyperX Beast 2400MHz (XMP) |
| Video Card(s) | AMD 6900XTXH ASRock OC Formula & Phanteks T30x3 | AMD 5700XT Sapphire Nitro+ & Arctic P12x2 |
| Storage | ADATA SX8200 Pro 1TB, Toshiba P300 3TB x2 | Kingston A400 120GB, Fanxiang S500 Pro 256GB |
| Display(s) | TCL C805 50" 2160p 144Hz VA miniLED, Mi 27" 1440p 165Hz IPS, AOC 24G2U 1080p 144Hz IPS |
| Case | Modded MS Industrial Titan II Pro RGB | Heavily Modded Cooler Master Q500L |
| Audio Device(s) | Audient iD14 MKII, Adam Audio T8Vs, Bloody M550, HiFiMan HE400se, Tascam TM-80, DS4 v2 |
| Power Supply | Rosewill Capstone 1000M | Enermax Revolution X't 730W (both with P14 fans) |
| Mouse | Logitech G305, Bloody A91, Amazon basics, Logitech M187 |
| Keyboard | Redragon K530, Bloody B930, Epomaker TH80 SE, BTC 9110 |
| Software | W10LTSC 21H2, PBO2, FF, MusicBee, mpv, ImageGlass, OpenRGB, FanControl, Greenshot, DS4Win, Signal |
Take advantage in absence of any competition and simply screw the customer, because why not?
| System Name | XPS, Lenovo and HP Laptops, HP Xeon Mobile Workstation, HP Servers, Dell Desktops |
|---|---|
| Processor | Everything from Turion to 13900kf |
| Motherboard | MSI - they own the OEM market |
| Cooling | Air on laptops, lots of air on servers, AIO on desktops |
| Memory | I think one of the laptops is 2GB, to 64GB on gamer, to 128GB on ZFS Filer |
| Video Card(s) | A pile up to my knee, with a RTX 4090 teetering on top |
| Storage | Rust in the closet, solid state everywhere else |
| Display(s) | Laptop crap, LG UltraGear of various vintages |
| Case | OEM and a 42U rack |
| Audio Device(s) | Headphones |
| Power Supply | Whole home UPS w/Generac Standby Generator |
| Software | ZFS, UniFi Network Application, Entra, AWS IoT Core, Splunk |
| Benchmark Scores | 1.21 GigaBungholioMarks |
Did you misplace your sense of humor?
Not at all. Just joking with trolls.
| System Name | XPS, Lenovo and HP Laptops, HP Xeon Mobile Workstation, HP Servers, Dell Desktops |
|---|---|
| Processor | Everything from Turion to 13900kf |
| Motherboard | MSI - they own the OEM market |
| Cooling | Air on laptops, lots of air on servers, AIO on desktops |
| Memory | I think one of the laptops is 2GB, to 64GB on gamer, to 128GB on ZFS Filer |
| Video Card(s) | A pile up to my knee, with a RTX 4090 teetering on top |
| Storage | Rust in the closet, solid state everywhere else |
| Display(s) | Laptop crap, LG UltraGear of various vintages |
| Case | OEM and a 42U rack |
| Audio Device(s) | Headphones |
| Power Supply | Whole home UPS w/Generac Standby Generator |
| Software | ZFS, UniFi Network Application, Entra, AWS IoT Core, Splunk |
| Benchmark Scores | 1.21 GigaBungholioMarks |
Your jokes seem to be missing something, like humor.
