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Or you could enable Nvidia's DSR and set a higher resolution in your games. Open the Nvidia control panel got to 3D Settings / Manage 3D Settings / Global Settings and enable DSR by checking all the checkboxes that pop up if you click on the entry "DSR - Factors". The next time you boot up your game you can set a higher resolution. Warning: It sometimes can mess up the position of your desktop icons.

I wouldn't call it an "issue". I think it works as design and is supposed to be a balance between performance and noise. There are a number of programs out there that allow you to adjust the fan curve but they don't have predefined profiles since that’s a thing the manufacturer does because they know what the card is capable of. Your best bet is to either choose a different profile; I guess there should be an "oc" profile with a higher clock speed and higher fan curve. Or you should get comfortable with creating your own profile. I'm sure we can help you there.

Never seen anything like that. Does reducing the refresh rate to 120Hz or below change anything? Running a high refresh display always puts a slight load on the gpu but nothing that you would notice to much. For example on my GTX780 TI the gpu core sits at ~300 MHz while connected to a 120 Hz display but boost up to ~900 MHz while connected to a 144 Hz display. All during desktop use.

4GB or 8GB GDDR5 is the memory that the gpu has. 4 GB and 8 GB is the capacity. More = better. GDDR5 is the type of memory that's used. It's the same on nearly any modern card (with a few exceptions). I advise you strongly to choose the RX 580 with 8 GB of memory. The gpu is strong enough to make use of the bigger memory which means that you get a better framerate in games.

See no need to worry my friend

This pop up that tells you that the application in question has crashed. In this case the amd driver has crashed. Can you play your games? I guess not. I would advise you to reinstall your gpu driver.

It will fit don't worry. Why do you think it won’t? You see that piece of the gpu that is closest to the cpu cooler? That's the pcb. It's on the exact same vertical position for every single gpu ever made. Otherwise you wouldn't be able to slot it into the pcie connector. You may find that some gpus have a back plate on the "back side" of the pcb to protect it (like the gtx 1070 that you ordered). But these back plates are only 1 - 2mm thick. So you have more than enough space.

Aftermarket cards are in general "better" than the reference design. The blower cooler is "good enough" to get the card running but it will get noisy and aftermarket coolers are more or less always much more effective at cooling the card. Your case is big enough for an aftermarket card. You only want to get a blower cooler if you have a tiny case like a node 202 or other mini itx cases with restrict air flow. Your best bet is just to wait for the aftermarket cards. Many of them are <295mm in length. Example: Gigabyte ~280, EVGA ~270, ASUS ~290-300

No they won’t harm your gpu. Otherwise Asus wouldn't / couldn't include them. Yes you will get better fps by choosing the profile with the highest clock speed as long as the temps of the gpu are under control. If it gets too hot it will automatically downclock and you might have an overall lower clock speed compared to a different profile where the temps are lower. So end of story: Choose what suits you the most. Want more power, choose the oc profile. Want a less noisy card, choose the default mode.

How interesting. This actually is pretty neat I must say. I've done a bit of digging at it seems like the choice is based on what the application is capable of. Which means that some apps just can't be forced into using a different gpu for power saving. I don't know if this is just a bug or intended but even is your 1080 is set as power saving, the application should use less resources if power saving is enabled compared to high performance.

Got my own LGA 1366 setup with two E5645. Unfortunately my GTX 780TI is heavily bottlenecked in some games that rely on single core performance. I paid ~88€ for my board

Nani? Since when is this a thing? Does this require the application to use DX12 or be UWP or what since I don't see this option on any application that I have installed. Sorry if I'm not helpful.

If you don't mind doing a reinstallation of Windows then go for it. It will probably fix the issue. And no you don't have to format both drives only the ssd. But you should make sure that you get rid of the old windows partition on the hdd.

And per core cpu usage?

Yes even then it's fine. Is that overall usage? What does the per core usage look like? Maybe the games are running on a single core.

I don't quite understand what you mean by it "exploded" but the way you describe it tells me that the hardware took some damage but isn't unusable (as you still get an image). It’s likely that “the explosion” fried the amd chip, or part of it, and damaged the cpu. We always say that if your power supply (or battery in this case) dies it's likely to take other components with it. Since windows reports both gpus as problematic it's possible that the os now relies on very basic instructions for the integrated gpu in order to output a display. This obviously means that the device isn’t working properly but it can be enough for some applications. I really wouldn't invest too much time and money in this laptop. I would just buy a new one since you never know how long it will last in this sort of state. And backup your stuff on it NOW. The next time it might fail it could take out your hard drive.

Turn your PC off, unplug the power cord, hdmi and the lan cable. Switch the PSU off and press the power button for at least 10 sec. Plug every cable back in and turn on the system. If it doesn't work, repeat but let the pc unplugged for at least two minutes then plug everything back in and turn it on.

Do you have something like Afterburner installed? If yes, can you provide a screenshot of the system log.

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That's where I am not 100% sure. I think while device manager shows two gpu cores (which would be correct) windows manages both cores as a single card. For example every single cpu core and thread is listet in device manager but it's still a single cpu. Could be

Have you tried an out of the box test with the MSI mobo and the 1080? Test the combo outside of the case so we can rule out if your case is cursed.

And it is the bf1.exe that uses all cpu power? Can you please confirm.

Short answer: No Long answer: As far as I know windows treats a dual gpu card as a single graphic card and not as two separate cards. Your idea would work if: Your os actually recognizes two separated graphic cards and the driver and the programs you want to use can utilize individual gpu cores. For example in the nividia driver you can select which gpu should be used for which application (As long as you have two separated gpus). That said you cannot tell which gpu should be used for the windows gui. Not that that would be of any use since the gui doesn't require a lot of horsepower.

Does this happen on any other game as well? Have you reinstalled BF1? Do you have Afterburner (or something else) installed so we can take a look at what the gpu is doing?

Not a huge fan of the way you promoted the dbrand skin with the girl. It was sometimes really distracting especially when she was like directly next to Linus.