Root Access

12:38 AM

@CanadianLuke Or the final patch will be an "accidental" upgrade to 10, whether you like it or not.

1:19 AM

...welp, updated Astaroth to the latest system firmware (UEFI BIOS). Precision Boost Overdrive now works as intended, and power metrics are appearing as they should in Ryzen Master.

Even with PBO engaged in the BIOS, I can cap the processor power in Ryzen Master to as low as 71W.

(The ASUS ROG Crosshair VI Extreme has a power limit of 395W and current limits of 255A.)

At 71W, I'm getting a Cinebench R20 score of 5664. The performance per watt is absolutely astounding.

Max power draw is in the realm of 180-200W, depending on cooling capability (Precision Boost 2 will increase power with less heat).

My highest Cinebench R20 score yet? 9568.

bwDraco

1:42 AM

Put the system to sleep, gave the liquid cooler loop a bit of time to cool down. Cinebench R20 now returns 9621.

I would probably need to force the cooler's radiator fans to run at max speed constantly to get much better than this...

Single-threaded result? 510. Just wow.

It gets even better: 9663 multithreaded score.

bwDraco

2:32 AM

Well, that was fun.

I don't like pushing the CPU that hard all the time, though. That's going to degrade it very quickly...

Precision Boost Overdrive is like removing a car's 142 mph governor and driving it in excess of 200 mph on an oval track.

(142W is the default PPT limit)

Fortunately, I can drop that down to as low as 71W.

I'm not hot-rodding this (very expensive) processor unless I actually need the extra speed.

And it took a 280mm liquid cooler with its fans running at max speed plus a high-speed 120mm fan running on the exhaust side (Noctua NF-A12x25 5V, overvolted to ~8V) to achieve this level of performance. At least the VRM never got particularly hot.

nhinkle

3:24 AM

Hello all, and goodbye. I have submitted my resignation as a moderator. I'll still be around, but haven't been active in quite some time, and with the recent changes from Stack Exchange corporate I felt it was time. Hope you're all well.

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Q: Ending my tenure as a superuser moderator

To the superuser community, I have officially submitted my resignation as a superuser moderator to the community team. I would like to thank everyone who I have collaborated with over the years – my fellow dedicated moderators; all my fellow computer lovers who have contributed their knowledge,...

bwDraco

Farewell, @nhinkle. It's been a while...

nhinkle

Indeed it has, which is partially why. It's been a long while since I was active anyways.

Life comes at you fast :)

I'll always remember the golden era of SE

Many an afternoon when I should've been studying haha

bwDraco

Yup. And I get the impression that SEI is financially unstable as recent moves reflect a company desperate for money.

nhinkle

It's hard to tell what their true motives are

Considering the community is their biggest asset, and they seem bent on destroying it

Perhaps all companies have a certain maximum growth limit before they become corrupted

It's certainly a very different place from where it started

bwDraco

Nov 30 '18 at 4:19, by bwDraco

It gets very, very hard to balance demands between shareholders and customers once a company grows past the midsize business stage.

nhinkle

3:37 AM

Kind of too bad they didn't go the non-profit route like wikimedia

(Not that wikipedia isn't rife with its own community management issues)

and of course that isn't Jeff's style , it never would've happened like that

but I do wonder how things might have been different

bwDraco

Past a certain point, your focus has to shift towards the shareholders (or potential investors). In most lines of business, a customer focus limits your revenue and could even get you sued if you're publicly traded (arguing shareholder primacy under Dodge v Ford Motor Co.).

And from the rumors that SEI is preparing to go public... this is probably their line of thinking.

Otherwise... it's a sign of SEI running out of money and on the verge of collapse.

Bob

4:12 AM

@nhinkle Thanks for everything!

I think you were the first mod I interacted with :)

@nhinkle Oh, and - would you like to join us over at the Matrix chatroom?

github.com/RootAccessOrg/rootaccess-matrix/wiki if you're interested

nhinkle

4:33 AM

I thought only my one crazy friend who switched to it from irc used matrix

do people actually use it?

@jcrawfordor look other people are trying to get me to use matrix!

Bob

@nhinkle We do! :P

(and apparently Mozilla is shifting all moznet IRC over to Matrix this year so... I guess?)

Journeyman Geek

5:29 AM

Wait trying to? 😁

@nhinkle all the fun stuff happens on matrix

@nhinkle we have had it in active use for a while.

Actually it's a little more active than here

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9:21 AM

me looks at @JourneymanGeek

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Thank you for your contributions to the site and community, @nhinkle

Boris_yo

9:39 AM

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rahuldottech supports Monica

@Boris_yo That is a scam. Do. Not. Engage.

No one has that kind of money lying around to just "gift" to strangers.

That is not the legit Unilever site.

Boris_yo

@rahuldottechsupportsMonica Yeah, their website looks dodgy too.

djsmiley2k in darkness

10:58 AM

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3:44 PM

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