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So, it's been more than a year since I went back to AMD after running Intel exclusively for about 10 to 12 years, and honestly it's been amazing, the performance has been rock solid on every game I've played.

I do have noticed something, what's with the insane amount of UEFI/BIOS updates for AMD motherboards? with Intel, I saw maybe 1 or 2 BIOS updates every year or so, but with AM5, I've seen a new BIOS almost every couple of weeks.

Should I be updating to the latest as soon as they become available? what is the right move here?

Thanks.

So I've been dealing with eye watering/itching for quite sometime now, It's been on and off during the week, and I haven't been able to decipher what could be causing this.

But it just came to me, this might have started at the same time as getting my new OLED monitor.

Is this a thing? is anybody else suffering from this?

Monitor: Alienware AW2725D

Specs:

• 9800X3D
• 32GB of Corsair DDR5 RAM @ 6000MHz
• Radeon 9070
• One (1) 2TB M.2 PCIe SSD
• 1 Corsair 240mm AIO CPU Cooler
• 2 200mm fans
• No LEDs.

I've been using a 9070 non XT since April of last year, and frankly its been a joy to use. Absolutely no issues whatsoever.

But just last month I got a 1440p OLED monitor (coming from an 1080p Fast IPS panel) and naturally my FPS took a dive, still getting very playable FPS, but the difference is very noticeable vs 1080p, which I perfectly understand since we are talking about 70% increase in pixels.

So I've been thinking about going with a RTX 5080 since the 9070 XT is only around 10% faster than the 9070 non XT, and the RTX 5080 is ar

Just got this monitor yesterday after it went on sale for $499 a few days ago.

This is my first time using an OLED for daily PC use (mostly gaming), so naturally I have a few questions:

• Should I enable HDR globally on Windows, or just when I'm gaming?, if that is the case, is there an app or something that can do this switch automatically when a game is launched?
• Should I install a .icc profile for this monitor? it said it came calibrated out of the box.
• I didn't see any settings for Pixel Refresh or something along those lines in the OSD, is it done automatically? is there a service control panel?

Thanks in advanced.

Title pretty much says it all.

What's the most scratch resistant 27" 1440p QD-OLED monitor out there right now?

Both are $600 at the moment.

Which one would be the best bet as of right now to avoid gray uniformity issues and DSE?

Thanks.

Keyboard is listed on Amazon, but I cannot for the life of me find any info on it anywhere. Not even on Keychron's own site.

Price is $90.

Here's the description:

• * 80% layout.
• * Magnetic Switches with Adjustable Actuation
• * Rapid Trigger
• *RGB Backlight & Side Lighting
• * Double-Shot PBT Keycaps

Any info/reviews out there that you can find?

OS Build: 26200.7462

Edition: Home

So I just performed a clean install of the latest Windows 11 25H2 Home Edition. The install itself went great, I did the whole "English (World)" trick during OOBE to prevent windows from automatically installing all of the store apps (spotify, etc) once connected to the internet. So far it's been going great except for a couple of things:

1) Automatic Driver Updates

What's the proper way to disable automatic driver updates on the Home Edition? I did go to System Properties/Hardware tab/Device Installation Settings/, and then selected: "No (your device might not work as expected)".

But during Windows Update I did see it installed the Razer app for

Been out of the loop regarding 3rd party dedicated ethernet adapters since the Killer NIC days. Which are the best ethernet adapters nowadays?

Thanks.

• AMD Ryzen 7 9800X3D
• ASRock Radeon 9070
• ASUS TUF GAMING B850 PLUS WIFI (latest UEFI)
• 32GB of Corsair Vengeance DDR5 RAM @ 6000 MHz (DCOP enabled)
• Corsair H100 RGB
• Windows 11 24H2

So I'm just over 1 month since I went back to AMD after being 10+ years with Intel. Everything has been going smoothly so far (knock on wood), I do have a question regarding chipset drivers though since AMD just released new ones.

1. Should I be updating them as soon as AMD releases a new version even if I'm not having issues?
2. If I decide to update them, should I uninstall them first or just install them on top of the old ones?

Thanks.

So I just performed a clean install of Windows 11, and I finally ditched Chrome for Firefox (loving every second btw).

I do have one question though, last time I tried it, I remember the recommendation was to disable Hardware Acceleration to prevent issues with certain GPUs, is that still the case now?

Thanks.

• AMD Ryzen 7 9800X3D
• ASUS TUF GAMING B850 PLUS WIFI (latest UEFI)
• 32GB of Corsair Vengeance DDR5 RAM @ 6000 MHz (DCOP enabled)
• Corsair H100 RGB
• Windows 11 24H2

Just put this build together earlier today, system seems to be behaving just fine, but I'm noticing that the CPU is not clocking down as much as its supposed to, it hovers at ~3.8GHz at idle, it does turbo to ~5.2GHz when performing tasks, but I haven't seen it go below 3.8GHz, even after leaving it idling for a couple of hours.

Windows Power Plan is set to Balanced.

BIOS settings:

• DCOP is enabled
• PBO is set to Auto
• Everything else was left at Auto.

Thanks.

Hello fellas, so I just got myself a brand new 9800X3D + B850 combo after being with Intel since the Sandy Bridge days. So naturally I have a few questions:

• What are some settings I need to be aware of inside the UEFI? Do I just set AMD EXPO and be done with it? or are there extra settings I need to tweak? (I do not plan on OCing).
• Chipset drivers? do I install the ones from amd.com? Do I need Ryzen Master?
• Windows power plan? with Intel I just kept it at balanced and it would turbo just fine during gaming, what about with AMD? I remember reading about AMD Optimized a while back.

Any help would be greatly appreciated.

Thanks.

Hello fellas,

So my current motherboard is an ASRock B560 Pro4, which is currently featuring an 11400F CPU.

I've seen a couple of pretty good deals for the 11900KF CPU (around ~$200) which would be a considerable jump for me.

But my question is: Is my motherboard capable of supporting a 11900KF power wise? I know its compatible BIOS wise, but I'm afraid that it doesn't have the VRMs and other components to fully power a 11900KF.

Any help would be greatly appreciated. Thanks.