That’s really helpful, I’ll try that thank you. Yes the decode works fine in Chromium. It’s not that, it’s Google shenanigans.

If they were readily available they would be a tempting option! But no, Nvidia continue to be frugal with vram in the consumer space…

On an old nuc I’m using, Firefox with YouTube is a sluggish experience and hardware decide refuses to work. A lot of folks are finding the same, likely Google pushing us away from using Firefox.

I run it with effective 85W thermal / power limits due to the cooler I have. I’m probably losing a few % in perf but it’s a LOT more efficient and runs cooler.

5700x gets you most of the perf of the 5800x at a much more reasonable TDP and operating temp. X3D benefits aside, you have one of the most efficient 8 core desktop CPUs currently on the market.

Not being 24GB at that price point? No thanks.