[Review WIP] Sapphire Radeon 5600 XT Pulse - PC Hardware Portal Article Discussion

Hello everyone!
The Radeon 5600 XT was released today and we are in the process of putting it through its paces. But in an attempt to get some of that information more quickly to our readers I'm going to be posting information as we go.
GPU being tested: Sapphire Pulse Radeon RX 5600 XT. There is a new BIOS update available that increases performance, but I'm not going to even try applying it until after I get an initial set of numbers on the GPU as we received it.
Current Status (1/21/2020 6:30 pm EST)
At the moment the 5600 XT boots with Ubuntu 18.04 LTS but is using llvmpipe. AMD's site unfortunately lists no drivers (including the amdgpu-pro package) for this GPU. Planning to try a newer kernel only on 18.04 and any other ideas before going up to a newer version.

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GTA IV on Windows 8 RTM

Hello everyone,
I've installed GTA 4 on Windows 8 and I've a big problem : the GPU is not recognised by the game !
It starts with the Integrated GPU ( Intel Graphics ) with the total memory of 25 MBytes.
With the nVidia Optimus Panel I choose to start the game with the GPU nVidia but it starts with Intel Graphic too.
Does anyone know how to fix the problem ?!
Drivers are up to date and on Windows 7 system it correctly start with GPU nVidia.
I've an Acer Aspire 5755G
CPU : Intel Core i7 2670QM with Intel Graphics up to 2 GB.
GPU : nVidia GeForce GT540 M 2GB (up to 4GB)
RAM : 8 GB ddr3
HDD : 1 TByte
Thx.
Kratosboss :angel:
Moved to Windows 8 section.
Sent from my AOKP ICS equipped HTC Glacier using xda premium
Have you installed the driver for Windows 8? There is already a beta driver for this gpu.
I have Samsung RF711 and I had the same problem with Sleeping Dogs, game lagged as hell and when I looked in the device manager there was no mark of my GT540M so I had to download the driver, install it and then it came up.
If you force all apps to run on the dedicated graphics, will it work?
phailyoor said:
If you force all apps to run on the dedicated graphics, will it work?
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Every game executable forced to load with GT540 but nope.
I'm trying to install the game without the 1.0.7.0 patch that introduce the menu with the GTA IV: Episode from Liberty City.
[SOLVED] GPU Problem running GTA IV on Windows 8 RTM
Original problem:
" GPU nVidia not recognised on Acer TM 5755g and the integrated GPU (Intel Graphics HD) can't use the shared memory (2GB), also forcing
GPU selection with nVidia Optimus Panel"
GPU Driver installed : nVidia Green 302.80 for Windows 8
Solution :
Changed GPU Driver with 301.42 for Windows 7

Dell Venue 11 pro [Baytrail version]

Ok, so basically what i am wondering is if the Dell venue [baytrail] tablets are able to upgrade their OS? I really want to purchase the Dell Venue 11 Pro but i am reluctant to because when reviewing it i discovered that it only comes with the 32-bit version of windows 8.1. I was surprised because i knew that the baytrail processor actually supports 64-bit operating systems. Its just that the current 64-bit windows 8.1 OS does not have working drivers that are compatible with the Dell venue pros :| . (How convenient for me).
Basically what i am hoping is to get an answer from a person who already owns one or knows a little bit more about it. Are the venue pros capable of having their operating system wiped and having anything installed on it? IE. Ubuntu, or some other linux distro? because if this is the case then that would mean once a driver comes out that supports baytrails processor for the 64-bit version that customers with already purchased tablets can easily re-install the 64-bit version.
Just to note, so far i talked to some people from dell but they said i could not upgrade the OS. So, now i am going to try my luck with the tech department. Im hoping they will know a lot more about this.
Also, the reason i am wanting this tablet is so that i can program on it as well as take notes for my classes. I am currently going for a computer engineering degree with the computer science route @ Texas A&M- College station.
If anything, if i get enough taxes back i will purchase the the i3 version or maybe the surface pro 2. Im not sure yet =_= but that is a discussion for another thread. (basically i would like to be able to run unity, or blender on the tablet, and i know those programs are to processor intensive to run on an atom processor)
Unity or blender, sounds like you would be better off skipping tablets and actually getting a laptop or bare minimum something like the aforementioned surface pro 2.
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Unity or blender, sounds like you would be better off skipping tablets and actually getting a laptop or bare minimum something like the aforementioned surface pro 2.
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I have actually thought of using a team viewer app so that i can connect to my desktop when wanting to deal with unity....im just not sure if team viewer will support touch input :S . As for the tablet i just want it to be capable on its own. The baytrail can run full windows application so if team viewer does not support touch throughput then maybe something else will. I also want a tablet that can be self capable of course. So far from what i have read, the CPU seems to be superior to all ARM processors. But, unfortunately the graphics are terrible when compared to the latest arms. So that is why i am also wondering. Should i wait till the end of 2014 to buy a cherry trial tablet?
Cherry trail will be the next generation in the atom processors that will have a faster cpu and will have 4 times the graphics cores... so hopefully up to 4 times the graphics capabilities which will put it well ahead of all current arm processors. Even the upcoming Snapdragon 805 processor!
the main downfalls for me that are preventing me from getting a Dell Venue pro 11 are three things. First, that its on 32-bit windows, second it only has 2GB of ram, and third that the graphics on the tablet are terrible!
So all that aside.... should i wait for the cherry trail version of the Dell venue 11 pro? or wait for the 64-bit version of the baytrail venue pro with upgraded ram comes out... (if it comes out)

[Review WIP] Testing Threadripper 1950X & Intel Core i9-7900X

As mentioned in the "Behind the Scenes" update, we now have a CPU sample from AMD and Intel to do some high end desktop testing.
If there is something you want to have tested, please add it here. If we don't include it in the review we'll add that information here.
My plan of attack on both is as follows:
1) Stock CPU behavior. RAM will be set at XMP settings. Make sure this works as this is our baseline.
2) Overclock beahvior. The Threadripper 1950X will be tested using a different all-in-one cooler due to the size of the CPU.
I have a cooler that will already work with the 7900X - 240mm only though.
CPU tests (Phoronix Test Suite), Android build times are always tested.
We're adding building Android Studio from source, but I will do that last.
Still struggling to get temps monitored while doing these tests. I may research this further.
Is this review still coming, I'm interested in AOSP build times.

PC Build

Hey all, I built this PC in late 2017 for the main purpose of Video Editing. It's had a small upgrade since then, but otherwise great.
ASUS ROG B-350F
Ryzen 7 1700 -> OC to 3.6GHz
2x 16GB Corsair Vengeance LPX 2400MHz -> OC to 2933MHz
Intial GPU was an old R9-290x upgraded to Aorus RX 580 8GB
4x case fans plus Wraith Spire on the CPU
Still using a Western Digital Black HDD (Big fan of WD, have had Seagate fail twice)
Corsair RM850x PSU.
Old but really solid still.
Some small issues with the 1st gen ryzen chip but otherwise I've been really happy with the performance of the build.
Thanks for reading!

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My current setup for building custom roms is:
Specs:
AMD Ryzen 7 2700x
Crucial Ballistix Sport 4x8Gb [email protected] OC
Asus NVidia GTX 1070 Strix
Asrock x370 Pro4
WD blue 4tb sata ssd (probably dead/dying due to buildbotting)
Be Quiet Pure Base silver
Be Quiet Straight Power 10 500W
MSI UWQHD Monitor, 100hz
Roccat Cone XTD
Cooler Master keyboard rubberdome
OS:
Linux Mint 20.03, possibly corrupted atm
Live USB Stick can access data, else it fails the fsck check while booting.
PS:
I want the xda achievement

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