You must be mistaken because reference cards are specifically those made by GPU manufacturers, aka AMD, Nvidia, and Intel.
They’re called that because third-party manufacturers (Gigabyte, Asus, XFX, etc) use those as a reference to create their own designs of PCB, coolers, and settings.
Can you give links to the cards you’re speaking about?
Those aren’t reference models, the ones you named are called something like AIB or aftermarket cards. (Reference models are those made by GPU manufacturers)
Main differences between all are temperatures, clock speeds, build quality, and price.
They also have different “tiers” of cards using same GPU. Those of higher tier cost more, but have better coolers and higher clock speeds. The premium you’d be paying isn’t usually worth it, unless it’s a small amount.
Personally, I prefer Sapphire, PowerColor, or XFX for AMD cards.
It’s simple math and understanding of the law, what does political affiliation has to do with it?
0.05$ is not a substantial amount of money regardless of your political views.
Am I missing some context here that there’s new taxes passed by Trump? (Am not American)
Not really. You just have to make sure you got what you ordered by doing a bunch of tests. Plus, you usually don’t get a warranty.
Don’t know about the alternatives, but those SOTC ones seem to be in stock on Ali if you’re interested.
It’s quite the opposite, though. PC components have never been as compatible as they are today with the inclusion of different standards like ATX and stuff.
As for you figuring stuff out, here’s how I pick parts:
Coolers: I go see the temperature tests to decide on which one fits depending on noise vs temps vs price.
Motherboards: Here are the main bits I look at
Then there’s extra
PSU: Very simple, go to power draw calculator or multiply power draw from pcpartpicker by 1.3 or 1.4, that’s your Wattage requirement. Then find a list of reliable PSUs, look for cheapest reliable one that has enough Watts. It’s a good idea to have some overhead as well. Alternatively to a tier-list is knowing which manufacturers are good.
Cooling for RAM: ignore cooling for RAM, not important at all. It’s mostly for looks.
RAM clock speeds: MT/s, aka Mhz, is bus width. Higher amount = more data can pass at once. But we’re currently at a point when 6000mhz doesn’t make much difference against 3600mhz. So, latency is more important. Google, which combination of clock speed + timings (they look like 36-38-38, can also be written as CL36) has lowest latency, go with lowest.
Pcpartpicker makes sure things you put together are compatible with each other. So, start with CPU and GPU.
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If you go for that card, then, just in case, consider getting yourself a GPU sag bracket.
I’m not sure if Gigabyte fixed it with this generation of AMD cards, but they’ve gotten into quite a controversy not that long ago over quality of their PCBs in 30th series Nvidia cards. Basically, they would crack too easily under their own weight, rendering them inoperable. Gigabyte then refused to cover them under warranty.
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Yup, facts don’t exactly matter in Russian courts. If the judge is working with prosecution (which they always do), there’s practically no chance of you being acquitted. Your best case scenario is getting a suspended sentence.
That’s why it’s best to get a jury trial whenever possible. Your odds are way higher that way, but it’s only possible to have it in some specific cases.
Minor correction: key rate is 19%, interest rates are higher than that as a result.
Some important info that is missing:
Proposed legislation is far from being an actual law. It has only once passed the committee (1st stage out of 5), after which got sent to be re-written. Now it’s at pre-1st stage.
So far, it has received 2 negative reviews from the administration. First one, from 2022, said it’s redundant, and second one, from 2023 that it’s… still just as redundant as it was.
2 out of 3 authors have removed their signatures since the first negative review.
Basically, there’s little to no chance this would ever pass. Our “crazy printer” may be insane, but it only does so if there is an ass to lick.
I could even link everything if anybody wants me to. Doubt it won’t get removed, but still.
I think you’ll appreciate #ffcc66
Negotiations happen when one or, more likely, two sides don’t see a way to improve their positions with military force.
The rumors you’re speaking of are a direct consequence of Russia being an autocracy. When you have a country whose ruler doesn’t leave on their own (a dictator), people start speculating on when he’s going to die. These rumors have been going around for about a decade, I believe, and are pretty much meaningless.
Now, about “securing a legacy.” I think it’s much more trivial than that. Invading Ukraine was a good way to secure presidency for the next 1-2 terms and to eradicate opposition within the country. If that’s the case, then, in a sense, he got what he wanted, although he likely also expected the war to be short and victorious (judging by the state media narrative at the time). That didn’t happen. And now there are other issues at hand for him.
Can’t the same be said about what we have right now, though?
No system is flawless, but you’d be surprised the lengths people will go to uphold the ones that work.
The reason why people are struggling with one tag may also be exactly because it’s only one tag.
It’s difficult to categorize gray as black or white, after all.
Imo, the real issue is how not to go overboard, adding more and more tags, and keeping things easy to filter.
Ah, I see. Yes, you’re right, they do manufacture reference design cards. First time dealing with reference models, since those aren’t sold where I live, hence the confusion, haha
Those will all be the same in terms of temperature and clock speeds. Build quality should only vary insignificantly, although I do not trust Gigabyte, due to 3000 series PCB issues and how they handled it, and ASUS due to their borderline scam customer support.
You won’t be getting any warranty buying used, I don’t think. So, imo, just get the cheapest one. You should concern yourself more with the seller, and do make sure to thoroughly check everything after buying. Both physically and performance-wise.