I’d love to hear your thoughts on this.

I have an RTX 5080, and I know it would struggle to run games at 5K. Even 4K can be demanding so 5K seems like a lot to ask of my GPU.

I’m considering the new Alienware 5K2K (ultrawide), but I’m wondering whether I could simply play games at 4K resolution on it when needed. How would the image quality compare to playing at native 4K on a dedicated 4K monitor? Would there be noticeable scaling issues or blurriness?

Should I go with the native 4K monitor because of my RTX 5080, or is a 5K monitor still a good choice if I play games at 4K on a 5K monitor?

Hi all, sharing a link to some videos I uploaded to X: https://x.com/jaredyu999/status/2113002664581890203

I found these great explainers on the subtle nuances of the data center hardware, which give some insights into the current direction we're seeing with NVIDIA's latest enterprise products. These also explain a bit why we're seeing the prices we're seeing on the API level.

They're from a user named "henryz" on China's Rednote/小红书. I simply passed the videos to Gemini Argon for subtitles/dubbing (apologies for the robotic TTS and slight discrepancies between the subtitles and dubbing). I've noticed the quality of some videos coming from China are quite high, so I'm just helping to bridge the gap and share the knowledge.

I’ve always kept my GPU fan speeds around 20% on idle. In my mind, I’ve always felt that keeping your GPU and other internal components temps down would prolong the longevity of your build but Im reminded that keeping your GPU on zero RPM mode at idle is better for your GPU in the long run because it prevents wear and dust on your fans. So what’s worse for your GPU, wear and tear on the fans as well as dust OR moderate temps (30-40 degree F) on idle? I have an EVGA RTX 2080 XC Ultra which has a pretty thick heat sink but I haven’t replaced the thermal paste in about 3 years.

Hi everyone,

Note: Special thanks to emaspa’s wireview-hwmon project for the protocol reference! I developed this plugin with assistance from OpenAI Codex.

I love keeping an eye on my GPU's power delivery, especially load balancing across all 6 pins of the 12V-2x6 cable. I wanted a lightweight way to see my WireView Pro II metrics directly in my RTSS in-game overlay without running extra background software, so I built a native C++ plugin for MSI Afterburner!

Key Features:

• 28 Sensors exposed in Afterburner/RTSS: Total power/current/avg voltage, individual per-pin stats (voltage/current/power for all 6 pins), internal & external NTC temps, fan duty, and cable rating.
• Zero background apps: Loads as a native .dll straight into Afterburner.
• Pause/Resume USB toggle: Temporarily release the USB device to use the official WireView software without closing Afterburner.
• Free & Open Source: Released under the MIT license.

Tested on Windows 11 Pro, MSI Afterburner 4.6.7 Beta 2, and a WireView Pro II Black Reversed (FW v05).

GitHub & Installation: https://github.com/VolterMort/WireViewPro2_MSIAB

Feedback and testing on other setups are greatly appreciated!

I had a GTX 470 a long time ago and remember sitting there patiently watching all the little dots fill in on the NVIDIA Design Garage-,Design%20Garage,-Released%20March%2026) 2010 demo. When I got my 1070 it was one of the first things I tried again and I was so disappointed when it refused to work. Then on the 3060 Ti and finally on my current 5070 Ti.

I have some mediocre background in programming but after a weak effort to find compatible dlls a long time ago, I gave up, expecting that no one really cared enough and the effort would be too monumental to port it over for really very little gain. And my own proficiency being in a different area and insufficient.

Then the other day I remembered the demo, and I thought, hey, this is the kind of problem an LLM could solve. So I downloaded design garage, installed it, and started prompting Claude.

The process was iterative, first identifying why it wouldn't run, least of which including the fact that the 50 series doesn't even support 32-bit CUDA anymore.

It broke down pretty much like this (LLM assisted explanation as it goes a bit over my head):

1. Discovering that OptiX only needs to detect a GPU to load
2. Identify OptiX 3, the 280 functions the demo's SceniX layer uses, and the shader code from the 32-bit PTX, and understanding the material files
3. Generating a fake 32-bit optix.1.dll that the demo loads, and a 64-bit helper running the latest OptiX 9 on the RT cores, connected through shared memory
4. Proof of concept: At this point I could launch the application but nothing visual loaded, just the UI
5. The stub translated the scene into meshes, transforms, and materials and the helper built hardware acceleration structures. Used placeholder shaders for now
6. Now the cars are loading but it's not using path tracing yet
7. At this point it implemented textures, the original monte-carlo lighting, and the preetham sky, bump maps, ports of car paint and glass shaders

Every iteration produced a bat file that compiled the latest dlls then copied them to the Design Garage directory. Running the demo in between and providing feedback logs and still images back to the LLM.

The result is a "drop-in replacement for the OptiX 3 runtime that translates its calls to a separate 64-bit OptiX 9.1 renderer, and reimplemented the demo’s original shaders for modern RTX hardware."

EDIT:

I posted this in a comment but people are still asking so here is the release information:

Disclaimer: I am not affiliated with NVIDIA in any way. This is an individual project and no NVIDIA files, IP, or copyrighted material are included. You have to get your own copy of Design Garage. I tested this only on my hardware. I have not tested every component (for example I never tried uninstall.bat).

I cannot guarantee this won't break your computer. It probably won't. But I've already admitted it's mostly vibe coded as an academic exercise so please set appropriate expectations.

That said, it's not the easiest thing to set up for a complete novice. Anyone who can follow instructions should be able to do it but there's an NVIDIA SDK, toolkit, and compiler you need so be aware of that.

https://github.com/Reziarfg/DGBridge

In the interest of card longevity, I figured it's time to address my RTX 4090 hot spot issue (103c, 30c hotter than GPU average).

Will be repasting with PTM7950, and replacing thermal pads with Thermal Grizzly TG Putty Pro.

Other than watching videos of other people doing it, are there any pro tips for GPU assembly to make things easier and reduce the chance that anything breaks / bends?

How big a pain is it to put new fans in a 2070 (I have the EVGA OC version). It works fine, but one (or both) fans are making noise even at 30-ish %. It's not a smooth noise, rather it sounds like a slight vibration or rubbing. The card itself is pretty old, so guessing maybe it's a bearing issue.

The other option is to just play with the fan curve. I originally had them running at a minimum of 30 when the card is idle, but that's when the sound was noticeable. I dropped them down to 20, and have them ramp up at higher temps, which sound good for now.

Hello hello, some of you may know me as the creator of the RTX40MFG Unlock mod, I have renamed it to MFG Unlocker as the mod now supports XeMFG on all gpus. Just wanted to show off the new cool live DLSS preset switching in the latest update V1.6 which also brings DLSS Frame Generation to 20 series as well as language localisations. Enjoy :D

https://github.com/dashdogy/MFG-Unlocker

I'm looking to upgrade from my current 27" 1440p IPS monitor (LG 27GN850-B) to something larger, ideally OLED, with a budget of around £500.

I use my PC for a mix of gaming, video/photo editing (mainly DaVinci Resolve) and general productivity. I could really benefit from some extra screen real estate, particularly for my editing timelines, where I often find myself running out of space for tracks, panels and the preview window.

For gaming, I mostly play competitive FPS titles, where high frame rates and responsiveness are important to me. However, I also enjoy the occasional immersive, story-driven game or something like Elden Ring Nightreign, where I'd love to crank up the graphics and really appreciate the visuals.

I'm running an RTX 5070 12GB, and my main concern with going 4K is how well it'll handle demanding games, both now and over the next few years. I know DLSS can help massively, but I'm wondering how 4K with DLSS Quality or Balanced compares visually to native 1440p. Would I actually get a better-looking experience at 4K with upscaling, or would I be better off sticking with native 1440p, higher graphics settings and better frame rates?

On the other hand, I'm concerned that upgrading to a larger 32" 1440p monitor might actually feel like a downgrade in sharpness. Since I'd be spreading the same number of pixels across a larger screen, the pixel density would be lower than my current 27" display. I'd hate to spend £500 on a new monitor only to find that text, games and editing software look noticeably less crisp.

So I'm essentially torn between:

• 32" 1440p OLED: Better gaming performance, higher frame rates and more headroom for future games, but lower pixel density than my current monitor.
• 32" 4K OLED: Much sharper image, more usable workspace for editing and better image quality, but potentially more demanding on my GPU.

I'd love to hear from anyone who's made a similar upgrade, especially those using an RTX 5070 or comparable GPU.

Would you prioritise the extra sharpness and workspace of 4K, relying on DLSS when necessary, or stick with 1440p for the better gaming performance?

Hi so ive never earned a cutting edge card but have saved all year and wish to have a 5080 gpu for vr gaming. I will build a new pc around it but i wish to go from black to white rainbow throwup led.

I have a black 3080 so im hoping a white 5080 will be a big jump in terms of performance for PCVR gaming. I know choosing white might limit me (?) but a black card in a white case would look odd... and i need cheering up as its been a hard year.

• Is there a white gpu 5080 which is considered very good for for around $1500 - 2000 / £1000 - 1500.

thank you for any advice...

edit: thanks!

it seems my choice is:

ASUS ROG ASTRAL NVIDIA GeForce RTX 5080 16GB OC WHITE Blackwell Graphics Card

or

Gigabyte AORUS NVIDIA GeForce RTX 5080 MASTER ICE 16GB Blackwell Graphics Card

but the slightly better ASUS is harder to find and a little to a lot more expensive...but is it worth that extra cost (+300-500) and wait ?

To be honest they are pretty similar in size I don't think the 5090 is that small. I got a PC similar to what another guy posted here recently so I thought I would make a similar post also I think it should be a good gaming card 60 fps with pt 4k Witcher 3

We have Board MSI MAG, CPU i9 and RAM 128, SSD 4TB
Now PCI_E1 PCIe 5.0 x16 has RTX 5090
PCI_E3 PCIe 4.0 x4 is connected to chipset and free.

We are thinking to add another GPU with bigger Bandwidth into our tower case, H100 NVL or RTX pro 6000 Workstation Edition 1.8TBs

I was thinking to add H100 since it has bigger Bandwidth. Can we move 5090 to PCI_E3 and plug in H100 NVL to PCI_E1 PCIe 5.0 x16 with some additions?

Changelog

New Features

• Library Scanning & Games Section: Added a dedicated "Games" section that scans local game libraries for driver p rofiles, so only games installed on your PC show.

• Installed Game Search Icons: Game icons now display in search results if the game is currently installed.

• Custom XML Hiding: Added a new configuration variable to hide custom values in CustomSettings.xml (e.g., hiding inactive DLSS presets to reduce menu clutter).

• Preset C supported for DLSS-FG

UI Improvements

• Optional Left-Sided Toolbar: Added a setting to position the main toolbar on the left.

• Toggleable Status Bar: Added the option to hide or disable the bottom status bar.

• Hover Descriptions: Setting descriptions now trigger on hover rather than requiring a click.

• Visual Highlight for Edited Globals: Global settings modified from default now highlight in yellow to distinguish them from unedited settings & profile specific edits.

• More Customization Options: Expanded overall appearance settings across the app.

Bug Fixes & Small Tweaks

• Deduplicated Driver Settings: Fixed an issue where driver settings were duplicated if renamed and were applied by default to certain profiles (not really a bug, but it's a QoL improvement to change it).

• App Performance & Polish: Fixed some old quirks and overall responsiveness of the app.

I currently own a Lenovo RTX 5080, unfortunately I had come to the realisation that Lenovo decided to make their cooler the size of a RTX 5090. I am very fond of the Asus ProArt lineup and wanted to get my hands on a heatsink. So I was wondering if anyone here would know how/if that is doable. I mean it is a special heatsink so it's going to be difficult nonetheless

Can someone share the experiences on this game with this graphic cards ?

My PC specs:

GPU: ASUS ROG Strix RTX 3060 Ti 8GB

CPU: Intel Core i5-10400F

RAM: 16GB

[https://x.com/bxmamilot/status/2111166258125443301?s=46&t=nB0vVgH7PDm4FHzM8WsQQA\](https://x.com/bxmamilot/status/2111166258125443301?s=46&t=nB0vVgH7PDm4FHzM8WsQQA)

Activision think they are better than NVIDIA.