Im Back to the Green

[killroy67]

So after a year with a XFX 6900 XT I decided to part with it. While the card itself is a beast, it didn't perform as well with ray tracing as Nvidia, and the drivers were consistently buggy. Plus the fact that WHQL drivers are far and few in between, almost 3 months and still no WHQL drivers. So I put in for the Newegg shuffle today, and selected a EVGA 3080 12GB FTW3 Ultra, plus a EVGA PSU that came with it (I'll selling that on the forum with the 6900 XT). Would you believe I got a text and email saying I had won, i never have that kind of luck.So I'll have it Thursday, it'll be good to be back with Nvidia!!

 

[Zepher]

Nice, how much was the combo? $1500?

 

[killroy67]

Nice, how much was the combo? $1500?

$1299.99 for the card and $154.99 for the PSU

 

[thecold]

COMBO PRICE:$1449.98

Add 11 to that. Depending on the state don't forget tax.

he got it before me....

 

[killroy67]

Oh yeah and Newegg gave me a whole $5.00 off on the combo lol

 

[thecold]

Oh yeah and Newegg gave me a whole $5.00 off on the combo lol

What a combo deal.

Enjoy!

 

[Ducrider748]

Nice. Welcome back to Green side

 

[pippenainteasy]

My stock portfolio is back to the green too

 

[crazycrave]

I kind of wish that I stay team red, Stock Image looked better to me then Nvidia .

 

[killroy67]

Looking really good!

 

[madpistol]

Welcome back to the Empire.

I love eye candy in games, and my RTX 3080 provides it in droves.

 

[Evil Scooter]

Nice rig... needs some water though...

 

[killroy67]

Nice rig... needs some water though...

Yeah people have said that, but with my ambient temps being 68F or cooler year round, the AMD Wraith does as good a job as the AIO's. So I never saw the need for the additional expense for little to no gain.

 

[thecold]

Yeah people have said that, but with my ambient temps being 68F or cooler year round, the AMD Wraith does as good a job as the AIO's. So I never saw the need for the additional expense for little to no gain.

Uh no. While the wraith is not a bad cooler, it's not a 240 or 360 aio. It's the bare minimum on a 3900x/5900x.

 

[killroy67]

Uh no. While the wraith is not a bad cooler, it's not a 240 or 360 aio. It's the bare minimum on a 3900x/5900x.

Works just fine for gaming.

 

[killroy67]

Ryzen 9 3900X: Wraith Prism RGB Stock Cooler vs. 360mm AIO Liquid Cooler

 

[thecold]

Works just fine for gaming.

Literally it shows a 19c and 18c delta difference. Also, the wraith is noisy.

I'm aware it shows no difference in performance in that review.

 

[madpistol]

Yeah people have said that, but with my ambient temps being 68F or cooler year round, the AMD Wraith does as good a job as the AIO's. So I never saw the need for the additional expense for little to no gain.

That's not true, but I will concede that the Wraith Prism is an excellent cooler for most uses.

 

[killroy67]

That's not true, but I will concede that the Wraith Prism is an excellent cooler for most uses.

It's fine for gaming, I ran it on the 3900X and now the 5900X. In things like cinebench a AIO will be better, but that's not what I do.

 

[GoodBoy]

That's a sweet looking CPU fan. But it's horizontal? What's underneath that? Looks really short.

 

[killroy67]

That's a sweet looking CPU fan. But it's horizontal? What's underneath that? Looks really short.

It’s the AMD Wraith that came with the 3900X I previously had, now I have the 5900X