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When will you admit you have no 'sources' and actually you are just trying to demonstrate through your channel that you are a superb market analysit and that's where you are hoping to go career wise?

When looking at Igor's Labs findings where all nvidia cards were regularly and constantly spiking to ~80% higher than rated GPU pwr do you think the current v2 pwr supplies are enough? Won't we need to run the new v3 pwr supplies, buying a new 850w supply just to allow spikes to double that? I can't see buying a new 450W card (either brand) and then being silly enough to pretend those spikes don't exist. Your thoughts

Clint Hoffman

Hey Tom, nxgamer did a video last week talking about the positive impact of high performance IO on console framerates in Unreal Engine 5 vs. current PC architectures. Do you think PC gaming platforms will be able to catch up, and if so, how?

Howdy Tom, like you, I was using Radeon VII when the RX 5700 XT launched. The Radeon VII was stronger than the 5700 XT at that time. How have they aged?

TMCPayton

kopite7kimi is saying now Ada Lovelace is stronger the inimically thought, any info?

Manuel A. Arroyo Perez

GPU prices are coming down, but still the prevailing recommendation is to wait to buy the upcoming next-gen cards. However, what if we see repeat of last time? Crazy demand and low supply shot prices up. What information and/or predictions do you have for volume/availability on launch for next-gen GPU series from NVIDIA and AMD? Thanks.

Manuel Nascimento

Hey Tom, obviously Alchemist release hasn't gone according to plan and is a disappointment to what seems like every party looking forward to it. My question is; do you see the same thing happening with Battlemage? Is the release cadence picking up after Alchemist or have the Alchemist delays effected Battlemage as well?

CompressedAIBlocks

What I am wondering: with packages as big as RDNA 3 and lovelace, is thermal expansion becoming a problem for longevity ? The solder balls that connect the package to the pcb are getting worked quite a bit with these giant, powerhungry chips. And on top of that they require giant heavy coolers that flex the pcb even more. On youtube repair channels I have seen GPUs where the PCIe connector has cracked under the weight of these monsters. (GPU side, not motherboard slot)

Adrian Stroschke

Next Gen GPUs will be more power hungry, but they will also be more efficient than the current generation. Do you think the new generation will make mining more profitable again and basically start the next mining boom?

Adrian Stroschke

Now that we know we know that 3D stacked cache is going to be a core part of AMD's product portfolio, do you foresee this piece of technology becoming a key detail to getting over some of Moore's Law limits in a lot of titles that will use newer engines like Unreal 5 for example?

MelodicWarrior

Hi Tom, we clearly see prices of cpus and gpus go down, that is to be expected always when new gen is just around the corner. Previously these trends have reversed, eg 3200G sold out and amd gave nothing to replace it for long time early year of ryzen 5000. So what's your guess, when will be lowest point of this pricing and it will start climbing back up, as pressure from inflation and other things are also there. Is it turn of 2022/23 ?

Timo H

Hey guys, love your stuff. So as you know, I've been gaming for a long time, however I've noticed some people are nervous or scared to overclock their systems. Even though I explain to them that it's not terribly difficult to do and it's kind of rare nowadays to break your stuff; especially with all these safeguards in place they've implemented lately. So my question to you, help me out here, what is a good average (I know there are various builds out there so I don't expect the most accurate average) for percentage of performance left on the table when nothing is overclocked (including not using XMP or DOCP for RAM) for a medium to high end build PC. Thanks!

GaminSinceReagan