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Did the fresh install, and before shutting down with the old Gpu I uninstalled and removed the Nv drivers. I then reinstalled later just to make sure, both clean installs. The only thing I haven't done is a complete wipe of all Nv drivers and software, though I'm not convinced this is a driver issue. If I don't get any solution at all I'll certainly do that using DDU.

The Vram is running at about 50% clock speed when idle, rather than coming down a bit farther to save on power/heat etc. My last two Gpu's on this identical setup were able to bring the speed down a lot farther. The Core clock comes all the way down, fans go off as they should. In gaming and under load everything is completely normal. With my setup I expect the clocks to be up a little (1440p 180hz and 1080p 60hz) but I haven't had a Nv Gpu keep the memory this high. It's not really effecting anything but I'm curious what is normal. Hopefully someone here has an idea, is this normal for a card with G7? Also this might be relevant; the Pci-E link speed stays pegged at X16 5.0 when idle. My 40 series card and every other card I've had (two others with this board and Cpu) always lower the link speed to X16 1.1 dynamically. An hour ago with my 40 series card installed this all was normal. Looked in BIOS for a setting that might be relevant and didn't see anything, maybe I missed it. In the Nvidia control panel, power management is set to normal, and I'm using AMD's recommended balanced plan because that is required for the dual CCD X3D chip. Drivers are fresh, although I did not use DDU, maybe I should. MSI B650 Tomahawk WIFI on March 05 BIOS, latest Win 11 updates. No load on the Gpu at all, no other apps open.

i7 5820k at 4.4 to 4.6Ghz depending on the time of year. Looking forward to putting my winter OC back on in a few months. Have had no reason to even consider upgrading yet, maybe in about a year from now there will be something compelling. I'm open to both AMD and Intel. I want to see what AMD does with the followup to Ryzen, hoping they can grab a few more % on IPC. We shall see what happens. Though I'm very happy, I can game and multitask at the same time with no slow downs, which is all I wanted out of it. This is the only time in 20 years of computing that I've gotten a true, golden chip. The voltages and temps are unreal, another reason I don't want to move away from this platform any time soon. 1.15v at 4.4Ghz and 1.222 at 4.6Ghz.

Generally I hear people say, for a 24/7 overclock stay below 1.4, preferably 1.35. That's from all the tech tubers and some of the major players on forums.

I'll look into that, thanks for the tip.

It has good wheels and tires, as far as exhaust, I have no idea. I tried something aftermarket in the past but was extremely disappointed. Right now it's the stainless Saab Sport I think, no sound at all. Any suggestions? I don't want to delete, I like it being rather quiet, would just like to hear a bit of something because it's completely silent right now.

I'm trying to think of the next mod I should do for my Saab. Since Saabs are on topic atm, any suggestions? Here's a pic and an old video I put of the engine bay on youtube. Basically it has the Viggen turbo and spoiler, manual boost controller, built head, otherwise stock really, just a few little things, oh and CAI. 1995 2.0T

I will almost always prefer a manual, but I agree, it depends. There is a huge variety of auto's now days.

Some auto's aren't wimpy, mine runs low 12's.

Drafting is an absolutely awful idea, under all circumstances. It's also illegal nearly everywhere. I learned the hard way..

Did you watch it lol? It's fine.

OMG thank you!! Awesome!

I can score over 1300 if I leave speedstep off, so it sits at 4.4Ghz at all times, because of the amount of time it takes the Cpu to crank up to full speed. But as it sits with speedstep, I get between 1274 and 1276.

Oh the joys of Northeast winter with no garage or off street parking. ...yup the inspection ran out in August. It doesn't get driven often, though it is going in the shop Friday for some work and inspection. Fully street legal.