Quoting: jarhead_hPair with a LG 32-inch QHD (32GK850F-B) for a really solid performer.

Regarding monitors, this new project looks very promising: https://www.reddit.com/r/SpectrumProject/comments/c934zs/crowddeveloped_monitor_project_spectrum_ama/ [External Link]

I was planning to get new LG 27GL850 for adaptive sync purposes, but the above looks more interesting.

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Quoting: EikeLooks like it'll be an AMD CPU for the first time since... Athlon? this year (and an Nvidia GPU)! :)

Anybody got an idea if 8 cores will be way more future-proof than six cores?
Is/will gaming be making use of them?

Modern Vulkan games should spread CPU load according to the number of cores. That also should include dxvk and vkd3d cases, which parallelize various tasks proportionally to the number of total cores. 8 cores is surely better.

And @mirv makes good point above about RAM. Get 3200 MHz RAM or higher with low latency if you want improved performance.

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Quoting: MadVillainSo I don't think that Valve will give up on Ubuntu that easily.

Can't say anything about LMDE, but Debian testing proper is fine. I don't submit reports to ProtonDB though, since I'm using upstream Wine (+dxvk/esync when needed).

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Interesting benchmarks on how RAM frequency affects Zen 2 performance: https://www.techpowerup.com/review/amd-zen-2-memory-performance-scaling-benchmark [External Link]

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Quoting: smantz0rZDeveloping for Linux isn't necessarily a cakewalk always, but it's not as difficult as some people make it out to be.

Since you are working with Unreal Engine, do you have any idea how far along is this WIP item: https://trello.com/c/lzLwtb5P/124-vulkan-for-pc-and-linux [External Link]

Full support for UE4’s high-end rendering features utilizing the Vulkan API on both Windows and Linux including parallel rendering to take advantage of all available CPU cores.

It's been sitting under "future releases" for a long time and it looks like Epic aren't doing anything about it.

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Heh, Ryzen 9s and X570 motherboards are already sold out on Newegg :)

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Found it: https://www.tomshardware.com/reviews/asrock-x570-taichi-amd-ryzen-3000-am4-atx-motherboard,6217.html [External Link]

The PCH fan is factory configured to run at full speed, and even though it’s fairly quiet for its size, its nearly 6000 RPM makes the PC sound like it has a GeForce 2 constantly running Quake 3.

Hmm...

Apart from the value premise that buyers will be paying for the inconvenience of removing so large a top cover to access any M.2 slots and likewise paying for a beautiful rear shield that they’ll never see, the X570 Taichi is a great board. The PCH fan speed can be turned down to reduce noise, or the board can be placed in a case that does a good job of containing the fan whine. Overall though, we’d rather pay a a little less for a board without unnecessary covers and in turn have easy access to our M.2 slots.

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To those who plan to get Navi cards. It's better to wait until custom designs come out a few months later. Not only upstream will be in better shape (kernel / Mesa), but they also will be better cooled and more silent than reference ones.

Waiting for Sapphire Nitro / Pulse Navi RX 5700 XT to replace my Pulse Vega 56.

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Quoting: GuestBesides, tests with the expensive X570 cards have been done and it seem the Fan of Doom is indeed running quite often and what's worse, is noisy. I already read the complaints of people struggling to find the desired X470 cards. Reminder: they need a BIOS upgrade to be able to accept Ryzen 3XXX and some cannot do it without a CPU.

Are there any details about Asrock X570 Taichi? That chipset fan noise seems like a very annoying issue in general.

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Congratulations! Now libdrm [External Link] will get unblocked, and Mesa master will be buildable again :)

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