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Pointless, when I've changed 5 entire systems, from the power cable to the last component. This is a software bug. I have a good response on it somewhere let me see if I can dig it up. Edit: Here is a pretty technical reply that I got: "So i dug up a little bit more and i'm kind of following this problem as deep as shader programming. So apparently LoD bias is a general topic in OpenGL SL so im trying to narrow it down as much as I could. So right now i know the problem is that Shadow Depth Map Algorithem is messing up. This algorithem has 2 passes. The first pass is to use the Vertex shader to generate a depth map using the World Space coords and the camera projection information. The second pass is for the Vertex shader to take in the vertecies that are being selected using a combination of our previous camera projection information and World space map and sends it to the "Pixel Shader" to have the depth map projected on it using a matrix. Now the Vertex shader has to do two calculations here and it can't do it at same time. Any delay or miscalculation in any pass can result in artifacts. Here are multiple scenarios: 1. First pass is completed but the depth map is Not smooth out through space (1-1-1-0-0-0 instead of 1-0.75-0.5-0.25-0)> second pass is completed successfully> result in shadow popping and hard transformation from high res shadows to low rez blocky shadows. 2. First pass is being completed in delay (a hardware/code slowing it down?)> second pass completed successfully> Flickering and Shimmering of shadows and jaggy edges (it gets fixed when there is no camera motion since the second pass is not being applied anymore) 3. First pass is completed successfully> second pass Is completed with miscalculation> object popping or misplaced shadows aka peter panning + shadow is different shape than object 4. First pass completed successfully> second pass delays> flickering and alaising alphas (transparent textures like grass, trees or vertex paint like snow on a thatch roof or moss on a wall) 5. First pass contains faults such as artifacts on special surfaces such as metal or specular (shiny)> second pass is completed> grains and noise on metal/wet surfaces. note that one can have all the problems above or maybe one of them or two. I hope i explained it as best as i could. Sorry for long reply I grabbed this info going thru dev blogs and forum posts on shader programming but ive came across a good MSDN page that explains this with more details. I also attached a graph of how the passes work. Ill message you if i know more. I was thinking of posting this is Kenji's thread but then i figured they only believe what they wanna believe so i wont bother. If you make thread feel free to use this info. " https://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/windows/desktop/ee416324(v=vs.85).aspx

Correct. I have also moved house since then, and own a high quality UPS system which "cleans power" to put in simple terms. Still no difference. It's best to ignore it for now and try to play on the highest res possible

I was one of the people that initially reported this issue back on the nvidia forums, 4 years ago. Sadly still no fix and my system is entirely up to date lol (5th PC since then). You learn to live with it though.

Yeah that's what I hear people say too. I ll give it some more time and see how I get on, thanks. I will give this a try as well, thank you mate.

Hello LTT, I am in need of a 3D modelling software that is relatively easy to work with. I need to design a prototype model for a product just to showcase my idea, as I will then be passing it over to a proper designer to re-make it ready for manufacture with all the necessary supporting files. What do you guys recommend? I have downloaded Blender and am watching tutorials on it at the moment, but I have a feeling it is a tad too complex for what I am trying to achieve.

2080ti is your only choice for high/max settings at 4K

Get a used Samsung, HTC or Apple phone mate, none of the new ones for £300 are worth it imo.

$500 for a total PC build? Not gonna get much good hardware with that i'm afraid...

There are tons of monitors that have Gsync, what do you mean a few?! Using an nvidia GPU on a Freesync monitor makes no sense to me, but some people might already have the monitor before purchasing a new GPU.

You don't need one at all. Pretty sure that sound system is the same as mine and as far as I know it has an inbuilt amp?

Build looks fine, I would downgrade case for extra cash to get a 1080ti though, or RTX 2080 (since it performs the same). The rest is fine, that i5 is on par in most games with a 8700k so it's good to save cash that way.

64, 56 is a 1070 rival.

As long as it's been in an environment with proper cooling, I don't see why there would be anything wrong with the card. It's meant to last years under stress.

Why not just buy an i3 if you want 4 cores ? Intel's focus isn't really on their low end market anyway.

This PC is going to be pretty terrible for gaming... I'd honestly just save and buy a cheap Ryzen system.

You mean 7800X ? If so a 8700k is a much better stage.

1080ti

1.4ghz is hardly high lol. I ran my 7700k at 1.42v 5.1ghz for 2 years, was perfectly ok.

- No air cooler will match a 280mm Premium AIO. - Well sucks for those people I guess, performance > warranty for me but I acknowledge that everyone is different - You do need to delid if you want decent temperatures. Mine hits 5.2ghz at 1.45v but I run at 5 and never exceed 70C even in Prime. And I'm on a 240mm AIO with uprated fans. Before delid temps were hitting 86 in prime on stock settings (with voltage set manually rather than auto in bios).

Been using AIO's for years, never had a single issue. Just buy a 280mm AIO, delid the 8700k and enjoy 5ghz on all cores in all it's glory, below 70C

I think a plane ticket to Canada will be cheaper and provide you with better "open air" cooling for your rig