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(28th June) Celebrate Constitution Day of the democratic and free, sovereign nation of Ukraine.

Sash's Quick 'n' Easy Guide to Rational Reactions to Sensationalism

(Sash Rant) S****y NVIDIA Drivers. (Updated: Not drivers)

Sasha W.

Apr 22

(Sash Rant) S****y NVIDIA Drivers. (Updated: Not drivers)

Update: 27/04/2024: Turns out I didn't jiggle the right part of the cursed 4x8-pin to 16-pin adapter cable. So, the issue was...

(CPU Test) Fallout 76 - L3 Hit-rate, Dispatch Stalls, memory bandwidth & Latency - R9 5900HX (CZN)

Sasha W.

Sep 24, 2023

(CPU Test) Fallout 76 - L3 Hit-rate, Dispatch Stalls, memory bandwidth & Latency - R9 5900HX (CZN)

Thanks to Clamchowder from Chips and Cheese for making the performance counter tool.

Sasha W.

Aug 16, 2023

(Sash Thought) Shout out to Gamer's Nexus for raising concerns about LTT/LMG ethics.

Video here: https://youtu.be/FGW3TPytTjc I want to make this post to voice my support for Steve at Gamer's Nexus for bringing up this...

Sasha W.

Feb 6, 2023

(GPUS OMG) Yeah. I have a few.

Anyone who saw my desk and knew how many GPUs I had there might be concerned I was mining some form of cryptocurrency, but I doubt they'd...

Sasha W.

May 26, 2022

(Tech Stuff, maybe a Tech Babble?) GA106, Sash's affair with the Mid-Range Ampere Graphics Processor

Where do I start? Oh yes, I know where to start; about the subject of this post. That would be a good place to start. No massive...

Sasha W.

Dec 6, 2021

(Tech Babble Lite) RX 6000 vs RTX 30, RDNA2 vs Ampere, video cards in a vacuum in 2021.

The title is quite important for a couple of reasons. Firstly, this is not my usual Tech Babble with the naming scheme. That is, because,...

(Test) Ryzen 9 5950X L3 Cache bandwidth is lower at stock or PBO than fixed frequency.(UPDATE)

Sasha W.

Oct 28, 2021

(Test) Ryzen 9 5950X L3 Cache bandwidth is lower at stock or PBO than fixed frequency.(UPDATE)

UPDATE: Talked with a very knowledgeable friend and this could be caused by an AIDA misread, and the higher perf in 3DMark could be...

(GPU Test) Preview of a test Sash *might* do: GP102 to GA102 (almost full) Perf Gain Test

Sasha W.

Sep 19, 2021

(GPU Test) Preview of a test Sash *might* do: GP102 to GA102 (almost full) Perf Gain Test

Something I wanted to do for a while, since I have both cards, is test the performance gains from Pascal generation's biggest consumer...

(CPU Test) Ryzen 9 5950X Sync 3200C14 vs De-sync 4200C18, Adobe Media Encoder

Sasha W.

Sep 10, 2021

(CPU Test) Ryzen 9 5950X Sync 3200C14 vs De-sync 4200C18, Adobe Media Encoder

A simple test to show that the 16-core Ryzen 9 5950X processor can indeed benefit significantly from higher memory clock (MCLK) speeds at...

(CPU Test) Does DRAM power subtract from the PPT budget on AM4 (5950X)? (Video)

Sasha W.

Jul 19, 2021

(CPU Test) Does DRAM power subtract from the PPT budget on AM4 (5950X)? (Video)

A simple CPU test to determine if the power used by the DDR4 memory on AM4 directly affects (subtracts from) the Platform Power Tracking...

(CPU Test) SCV: 5950X SMT on vs off with fixed package limits, STUD.IO Photorealistic Renderer

Sasha W.

Jun 18, 2021

(CPU Test) SCV: 5950X SMT on vs off with fixed package limits, STUD.IO Photorealistic Renderer

CPU Test time! Yay! Today I am testing whether SMT benefits this workload with a fixed power limit enforced, but frequency is not locked....

(Tech Stuff) Sash has Achieved Maximum Cinebench (R23)

Sasha W.

May 30, 2021

(Tech Stuff) Sash has Achieved Maximum Cinebench (R23)

Yay, I finally beat Cinebench R23! That was thrilling. I can't wait for R24, I'll probably pre-order it.

(Mini Rant with Video) Nvidia has better drivers!

Sasha W.

Apr 24, 2021

(Mini Rant with Video) Nvidia has better drivers!

Calm your jimmies, Warriors of AMD, it's sarcasm. About 20% of the time when I open a video folder on my PC In Adobe Premiere Rush,...

(Update) The SCIENCE Farm! is now completed at Stage II.

Sasha W.

Apr 2, 2021

(Update) The SCIENCE Farm! is now completed at Stage II.

On a more positive topic, I am happy to report that the number-crunching monster that lives in the corner of my room near the window, has...

(Stuff) Thank you for making me laugh. Also a note about memory-write on single CCD AM4 chiplet CPUs

Sasha W.

Mar 30, 2021

(Stuff) Thank you for making me laugh. Also a note about memory-write on single CCD AM4 chiplet CPUs

If you came here for the tech bit about memory-write perf, you can skip this and scroll to the bottom. This really doesn't need any...

Sasha W.

Mar 22, 2021

POLARIS LIVES AGAIN!

That is correct. The Eternal GPU lives once again, RAISED from the DEAD by my Graphics Processing NECROMANCY, to once AGAIN RENDER...

(Tech Stuff) Zen1+ (2950X) vs Zen2 (3900XT) IPC and L3 Hit Rate in OpenPandemics C-19 (WCG)

Sasha W.

Mar 21, 2021

(Tech Stuff) Zen1+ (2950X) vs Zen2 (3900XT) IPC and L3 Hit Rate in OpenPandemics C-19 (WCG)

I recently set these machines to an entirely OPN diet (currently C-19) on World Community Grid, in order to collect some statistics...

(Sash thought) Sash's thoughts about Cryptocurrency Mining. (Serious).

Sasha W.

Mar 14, 2021

(Sash thought) Sash's thoughts about Cryptocurrency Mining. (Serious).

I posted this as a reply on Disqus to someone who didn't understand the point of why Cryptocurrency mining is ultimately not a positive...

(CPU Test) BrickLink Stud.io Photorealistic Renderer CPU Render test 5800X vs 3900XT vs OC 2950X.

Sasha W.

Mar 2, 2021

(CPU Test) BrickLink Stud.io Photorealistic Renderer CPU Render test 5800X vs 3900XT vs OC 2950X.

I can neither confirm nor deny this post is to help maintain the integrity of my 2950X's GIANT 16-CORE CHODE, and also Zen+ is my bae <3...

Sash Thoughts: Threadripper 2950X, Is it time to retire? (Update with 3900XT results).

Sasha W.

Feb 22, 2021

Sash Thoughts: Threadripper 2950X, Is it time to retire? (Update with 3900XT results).

(Update, see bottom of the post for 3900XT results). I love Zen+. You probably know I love Zen+. Normally, I would go through all my blog...

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