D
DTempting.....
Konly he says
Knah that's why I like AMD though
Kdollar for dollar they're faster than Nvidia, as long as you don't care about RTX
DI paid like twice that for my 3090 around 2020
Dalthough shortages were so bad back then it was cheaper to buy a PC with a GPU in it than to build yourself
DJust checked, in dec 2020 I paid $1,727.50 for the 3090. So yeah, "only" $900 
KI bought my 6900 XT around the same time
KASUS TUF 6900 XT OC, $1300
Kthat one is basically a straight trade, it's a little faster than yours in raster, and a considerable amount slower in RT
DI kind of wanted a 6900 XT but they were even more impossible to find than 3090s
DDon't get me wrong -- the 3090 is great. Just wish the software support was there
DNvidia could have been getting things ready for wayland years ago and not scrambling while everyone finally defaults to it
Dhow is power management and thermals on the amd? I remember that being worse than Nvidia when I had my Radeon VII
EOfc as soon as I eliminate all the Nvidia stuff in my life, I hear I'm going to be working on CUDA stuff
Kthis was never a factory card, but thermals and sound were great
KI swapped it over to noctua fans so now it might as well not exist
Kso quiet you can't tell it's running
DNice
ENoctua fans are the best
DThey really are
K
EWow, that's clean
D8 sticks of RAM?
D128?
K
Doh, nice. I also have 64GB
DJust on less DIMMs
KI was actually using the RGB when I bought em
Kso I had to fill all the DIMMs somehow lol
Kthat and this is a quad channel board
DThreadrippers are really cool. Not as good for gaming, but good for HEDT stuff
Kit's always funny loading up a new game and watching my CPU blaze itself up to 20% usage
Kand hault there
Kthe undervolting potential on this is insane though, I managed to pull 78W off of this CPU at full load
Kwithout any discernable performance loss
DI have a 5950X. It's pretty sweet. The last of the AM4 platform flagships 
CGotta respect the full Noctua setup
Jcatching up
JI love my 7900XTX - GPU bullshit has been a long distant memory for me
Jhad a terrible 5700XT experience, a decent 6800XT experience, this one was way better.
Jevery game I works, gets destroyed on my huge 21:9 monitor, I know I am at the top tier of the perfect linux experience is supposed to be.
Jand it's been great with ollama for me, I can play with all this AI stuff
Jand it's perfect. Mac people can't game like this, and Windows people are stuck with that whole mess (but WSL is nice). It's perfect for me.
DIf the 8700 XTX is a considerable jump over my 3090 I might just switch
Dwe'll see what Nvidia does software-wise by then
Dbecause realistically the 3090 is a beast of a card and is overkill for most titles
DIt's still obscene how GPU prices rival mortgage payments but here we are lol
Por a whole used car, for nv 
