Forum: Hardware
2021-09-05, 13:22
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Replies: 12
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Forum: Hardware
2021-09-05, 08:21
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Replies: 70
Views: 11,175
A possible explanation I've seen is that both...
A possible explanation I've seen is that both cores need to share a common feature set. As threads get moved around you can't end up with a situation where code needs AVX-512, but it can't be...
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Forum: Hardware
2021-09-05, 08:09
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Replies: 12
Views: 2,047
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Forum: Hardware
2021-08-07, 08:48
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Replies: 12
Views: 2,047
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Forum: Hardware
2021-08-02, 08:42
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Replies: 46
Views: 10,521
I haven't looked at it in a while but I recall...
I haven't looked at it in a while but I recall from testing on Zen 2 scaling beyond a CCX was less than ideal. I don't see any reason for that to change with Zen 3 other than a CCX is now bigger....
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Forum: Hardware
2021-07-29, 19:00
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Replies: 46
Views: 10,521
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Forum: Hardware
2021-07-21, 08:24
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Replies: 5
Views: 1,157
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Forum: Hardware
2021-07-18, 22:40
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Replies: 5
Views: 1,157
Was just estimating its gaming performance...
Was just estimating its gaming performance elsewhere. Let's just say I think people will have to be careful to balance expectations according to the hardware and not fall for hype.
On compute, how...
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Forum: Lounge
2021-07-07, 10:49
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Replies: 25
Views: 2,397
Wont be the biggest numbers but my personal...
Wont be the biggest numbers but my personal maximum was Swindon to Edinburgh. I don't recall the exact numbers. According to Google Maps it is 370 miles estimating 6h40m. From memory the trip...
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Forum: Hardware
2021-07-06, 08:30
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Replies: 29
Views: 4,995
We overlap in a mobo with the Z390M-ITX. I'm...
We overlap in a mobo with the Z390M-ITX. I'm pretty sure I didn't see the option in there, but if I overlooked it I would welcome a pointer to where it is. I found an option that only allowed TPM to...
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Forum: Hardware
2021-07-03, 20:13
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Replies: 29
Views: 4,995
fTPM might be included in "recent" platforms...
fTPM might be included in "recent" platforms however it is up to the mobo manufacturer if they want to expose it. So far for Intel mobos, Asus seems best with my X299 and B560 mobos having that...
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Forum: Hardware
2021-06-09, 08:00
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Replies: 104
Views: 16,540
At the time I was looking at Chia, it was worth...
At the time I was looking at Chia, it was worth in the ball park of $1000, although today it is close to $550. I was estimating on the magnitude of one hit a year. For the cost of running some old...
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Forum: Hardware
2021-06-04, 20:47
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Replies: 104
Views: 16,540
If that was long enough ago, MBR was the common...
If that was long enough ago, MBR was the common partition format which had capacity limits. This is no longer a limit as GPT has taken over for a long time. If you want a single 12 TB partition, you...
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Forum: Hardware
2021-06-03, 09:15
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Replies: 104
Views: 16,540
Unfortunately the temporary file size during...
Unfortunately the temporary file size during plotting is stated as begin 239 GiB. A 256 GB ram system should have just enough for a ramdisk to do that, but this implies you need a HEDT system. I...
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Forum: Hardware
2021-06-03, 08:18
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Replies: 104
Views: 16,540
Chia works in two parts.
One is creating the...
Chia works in two parts.
One is creating the data files, which they call plotting. This is the part which can be sped up by using SSDs, but the quantity of writes to them could wear them out...
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Forum: Hardware
2021-06-02, 10:05
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Replies: 20
Views: 3,325
Zen 4 being later than sooner is an often...
Zen 4 being later than sooner is an often discussed possibility, but it wasn't so much due to 5nm as DDR5 as the given reason. If Intel go DDR5 first, they'll take the early adopter hit on pricing...
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Forum: Hardware
2021-06-01, 17:03
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Replies: 20
Views: 3,325
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Forum: Hardware
2021-06-01, 16:45
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Replies: 20
Views: 3,325
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Forum: Hardware
2021-06-01, 16:35
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Replies: 20
Views: 3,325
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Forum: Hardware
2021-06-01, 16:02
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Replies: 20
Views: 3,325
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Forum: Hardware
2021-06-01, 13:57
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Replies: 20
Views: 3,325
Very interesting development, but opening many...
Very interesting development, but opening many questions:
Bigger cache usually = slower cache. For gaming and P95, might not be a problem. For other use cases: ??? Comes down to size of data.
How...
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Forum: Hardware
2021-04-29, 15:48
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Replies: 77
Views: 14,629
That's one of many gaps in my knowledge filled...
That's one of many gaps in my knowledge filled out. I had taken FFTs to be #1 in the above only (throw more FP64 at it), and thought #3 was something else entirely. I think #3 might be the one used...
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Forum: Hardware
2021-04-29, 09:28
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Replies: 77
Views: 14,629
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Forum: Hardware
2021-04-19, 21:02
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Replies: 104
Views: 16,540
During the last bubble a couple of years ago,...
During the last bubble a couple of years ago, Burst was the disk based "proof of capacity" crypto. Didn't seem to go anywhere since. The link in OP makes this new one sound more intensive in disk...
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Forum: Hardware
2021-04-12, 18:59
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Replies: 3
Views: 1,049
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