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    2025 50" Budget Mini-LED 4K TVs as PC Monitor - TCL 50QM5K & Hisense 50QD7QF Information

    I got the 75" QM5K and I got 4:4:4 chroma to work in 4k 60hz. Note that the 50" model can't do it because it lacks eARC 2.0 HDMI port that has some limited additional bandwidth. The 55, 65, and 75 can do it, but it's a pain to set up. Best Buy website says the 55, 65, and 75 have one HDMI 2.1...
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    Having a tough time choosing between a 3950X or 3960X.

    I'd have gone 3950X in this situation. In fact, I went 3900X despite having a number of multicore workloads, with zero regrets (it's awesome). But then my whole modus operandi is trying to squeak out HEDT-like performance on consumer-grade hardware because I'm a cheap ass. So maybe it's good...
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    Why hasn't AMD announced desktop Renoir APUs?

    I think it's at least possible AMD could release an APU that's very different than the mobile chips. I.e. One CPU chiplet and one GPU chiplet, as opposed to the monolithic mobile die.
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    Most important CES announcement(IMO): Ryzen 4000 APUs.

    Good. AMD finally has a decent mobile chip.
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    Zen 3 is rumored to be flaunting monumental IPC gains in early testing

    Wild-ass guesses are fine if non-specific claims. For instance, "Nvidia may not have enough bleeding-edge fab capacity either. They run the same risks as AMD." <--- perfectly fine. Probably true, even. Versus: "I am sure TSMC has sold most production to other companies and Nvidia is a bit...
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    Zen 3 is rumored to be flaunting monumental IPC gains in early testing

    AMD can still screw this up. However, IIRC they've invested time/effort assuring that designs can be migrated between fabs/similar processes quickly enough. Being fabless is calculated risk. It pays off if you're smaller - as AMD obviously is. They don't have to rely on internal fab teams to...
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    still need a separate sound card?

    I tend to prefer Native Instruments for most of my equipment. But this is as much due to the software side of the equation as the hardware side. I use Komplete (still on 11, not 12, because $) and Traktor.
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    still need a separate sound card?

    Correct. Playback quality has more or less reached parity with production quality in most cases. The real reason to justify a discrete sound card purchase is routing configuration not supported by onboard audio. Need XLRs for mic/instrument input? Need phantom power? Need SPDIF or optical...
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    Has AMD passed Intel or just pulled even or still slightly behind

    I don't even bother with PBO. Just leave it stock and decently cooled, and it's fine. Overclocking these just isn't worth it. Kinda takes some of the fun out of it, TBH.
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    Has AMD passed Intel or just pulled even or still slightly behind

    The 3900X is held back by the "shitlet". One good chiplet for high boost clocks, and one shitlet that's probably no better than a 3600 or 3600X to get that core count up. The shitlet holds back all core OC. From what Gamers Nexus was achieving on their 3950X (4.4 stable and they said 4.5 looked...
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    Has AMD passed Intel or just pulled even or still slightly behind

    The 3960X and 3970X rectify that, generally, it seems. Of course, good luck getting one!
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    6-core and 8-core Ryzen coming to mobile

    Not sure about that. When it comes to sipping power, Icelake is probably king. But Zen 2 is highly efficient at low clock speeds, and Icelake is stuck on 4 cores. So Zen 2 may be better than the 14nm Intel mobile chips in efficiency, and better in raw multithreaded performance than Icelake. I...
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    Has AMD passed Intel or just pulled even or still slightly behind

    Zen 2's IPC is superior, except in extremely latency-sensitive tasks (gaming being one), where it is still slightly behind. Slightly. Intel has superior clocks. So at same core/thread count, Intel can sometimes pull wins even in tasks where AMD's IPC is superior. However, AMD offers more...
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    Ryzen 3950X, 3960X, 3970X Availability

    3950X is on newegg, but out of stock. I wonder if they had stock and just sold out, or it's just a placeholder.
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    Ryzen 3950X, 3960X, 3970X Availability

    This is one of the things AMD really hit a home run on. Absolutely fantastic job. They mitigated the worst of the penalties of moving to the chiplet + I/O die model, and made core scaling as easy as bolting on moar chiplets (at least up to 64 cores), and still preserved vastly better...
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