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You can (FPS permitting), and yes it will work (not in window/bordeless mode when desktop is at 720p though). Just tweak scaling options for GUI to make things bigger. Some games GUI may depend on Windows scaling, so forcing 1440p on desktop with setting 200% scaling should help you.

Since load is spread it's not a problem with VRM... To be honest, this looks like GPU Boost is stuck/locked to one point on Freq/Voltage curve. Have you tried forcing fixed frequency under MSI Afterburner (Ctrl + L shortcut) ? ^Yellow line is hard lock point. To unlock, you can either use Ctrl + L shortcut again, or reset settings under afterburner. If this doesn't help, you could try locking GPU to higher point from afterburner...

@KuyaJustin If you monitor has issues on 1366x768 (because morons programmed EDID for your monitor), I suggest you try using Downsampling (or "custom resolution" as it's also called). Example resolutions worth checking : 1920x1080 60Hz / 1920x1080 xxHz 2560x1440 60Hz / 2560x1440 xxHz (xxHz is value between 30 and 60 depending on how much monitor can handle) I recommend setting resolution scaling on GPU instead of monitor. You have to disable DSR for Downsampling to work.

Just throw DSR at this problem, 4x should solve your low GPU usage problem

I'd check why card takes 60W+ (or 25%+) Power at Idle. Download latest GPU-z and check per port power usage (6/8-pin vs. PCIe slot).

If card doesn't boot on different test platforms, it's probably dead

If you boot from Intel M.2 SSD name, instead of "Windows Boot Manager", you probably have to check CSM settings and enable Legacy mode (if it's off) - to see your drive.

Thanks Good to know... @Masada02 to the rescue ?

@Jumper118 I would like to request my scores to be added into Average FPS leaderboard (Valley). GPU-z is showing max. available boost overall, while I listed the highest clock which lasted at least 1 minute. Benchmark: Valley Basic (720p) CPU: Xeon E5-1680 v2 GPU: GTX Titan Xp Collectors Edition GPU Core: 1,911 MHz GPU Memory: 1,604 MHz Average FPS: 129.3 Score: 5 408 Screenshot : Benchmark: Valley Extreme HD (1080p) CPU: Xeon E5-1680 v2 GPU: GTX Titan Xp Collectors Edition GPU Core: 1,911 MHz GPU Memory: 1,604 MHz Average FPS: 147.2 Score: 6 160 Screenshot : Benchmark: Valley 1440p (2560x1440) CPU: Xeon E5-1680 v2 GPU: GTX Titan Xp Collectors Edition GPU Core: 1,911 MHz GPU Memory: 1,604 MHz Average FPS: 106.5 Score: 4 455 Screenshot : Benchmark: Valley 4k CPU: Xeon E5-1680 v2 GPU: GTX Titan Xp Collectors Edition GPU Core: 1,911 MHz GPU Memory: 1,604 MHz Average FPS: 51.7 Score: 2 162 Screenshot : Benchmark: Superposition 1080p Extreme CPU: Xeon E5-1680 v2 GPU: GTX Titan Xp Collectors Edition GPU Core: 1,911 MHz GPU Memory: 1,604 MHz Score: 6 559 Average FPS: 49.06 Screenshot : Benchmark: Superposition 4k Optimised CPU: Xeon E5-1680 v2 GPU: GTX Titan Xp Collectors Edition GPU Core: 1,911 MHz GPU Memory: 1,604 MHz Score: 10 574 Average FPS: 79.09 Screenshot : Benchmark: Superposition 8k Optimised CPU: Xeon E5-1680 v2 GPU: GTX Titan Xp Collectors Edition GPU Core: 1,911 MHz GPU Memory: 1,604 MHz Score: 4 827 Average FPS: 36.11 Screenshot :

Benchmark: Sky Diver CPU: Xeon E5-1680 v2 GPU: GTX Titan Xp Collectors Edition GPU Core: 1,911 MHz GPU Memory: 1,603 MHz Score: 52 617 3DMark Link: https://www.3dmark.com/sd/5916698 Benchmark: Fire Strike 1.1 CPU: Xeon E5-1680 v2 GPU: GTX Titan Xp Collectors Edition GPU Core: 1,911 MHz GPU Memory: 1,603 MHz Score: 23 281 3DMark Link: https://www.3dmark.com/fs/22593943 Benchmark: Fire Strike Extreme 1.1 CPU: Xeon E5-1680 v2 GPU: GTX Titan Xp Collectors Edition GPU Core: 1,911 MHz GPU Memory: 1,603 MHz Score: 14 326 3DMark Link: https://www.3dmark.com/fs/22594112 Benchmark: Fire Strike Ultra 1.1 CPU: Xeon E5-1680 v2 GPU: GTX Titan Xp Collectors Edition GPU Core: 1,911 MHz GPU Memory: 1,603 MHz Score: 7 947 3DMark Link: https://www.3dmark.com/fs/22594161 Benchmark: Time Spy 1.0 CPU: Xeon E5-1680 v2 GPU: GTX Titan Xp Collectors Edition GPU Core: 1,911 MHz GPU Memory: 1,603 MHz Score: 10 614 3DMark Link: https://www.3dmark.com/spy/11937131 Benchmark: Time Spy Extreme 1.0 CPU: Xeon E5-1680 v2 GPU: GTX Titan Xp Collectors Edition GPU Core: 1,911 MHz GPU Memory: 1,603 MHz Score: 4 826 3DMark Link: https://www.3dmark.com/spy/11937250

Yes, it will work. PS. Keep in mind that not all GTX 750 Ti's have no-6-pin requirement.

Well this partition is hidden, so you need to "un-hide" it from DISKPART, and then assign a letter to it. Just so you know : EFI partition is a place for boot files to Windows. So... if you delete it (without placing boot files elsewere), or unplug the drive that has it - you risk your Windows not booting on the next restart.

Get a non-reference GTX 980 Ti. Unless you absolutely need that 12GB of VRAM. GTX 1070 (non-Ti) would be nice to get, BUT that depends on price.

Good job on this one ! Pro tips : #1 Always keep track of Your ca$h #2 Better monitor does not make your skills in game better. Next wars idea : Since it's "trendy" to play old games maxed out, try to do this... Two teams build a Windows XP PCs (you can go x64, but if a test game won't work on it - your team loses that game by default). Plot twist : Higher graphics quality settings are more important than FPS itself (so if one PC uses higher MSAA it wins or get's bonus points). SSAA vs. Resolution/Downsampling ? You can substitute higher resolutution or Downsampling level with SSAA. If both systems use the same settings, higher FPS wins. Benchmarks : 3DMark 01SE (for Lol's ), 3DMark 03, 3DMark 05/06, Heaven Benchmark, PCMark 05. Games : Metro Last Light (NOT Redux), Crysis 1 or Crysis 2, Skyrim, F.E.A.R, GTA IV, Arma 2. ^Listed more than needed just in case. I hope someone from LTT team will find this idea interesting. Have fun and again - great work.

Like said above, use VSR to go for 1440p, and see how it goes. How much you drop (%), depends on game as well (some may drop more than others). In general, increasing resolution is like adding AA, a 100% GPU work (CPU has nothing to do with it). So, assuming GPU has free reasources, it could handle increase in workload without too much of a slowdown.

Did you connect the charger (ie. external power) ?

Check if BIOS settings weren't reset. MB and GPU you are using would be usefull.

Highest is 1GB, but if your board/CPU supports ECC Reg you can go up to 4GB/DIMM (server memory).

Good. Windows Boot Manager is always what you should see when you do NVMe installation and that is what should be picked from boot options. No further tweaking needed.

Buy another 2x4GB, unless you need more than 16GB RAM ?

You can try forcing EFI booting and UEFI stuff first on CSM (or switching CSM off altogether), BUT if Windows installer was launched in Legacy mode - that NVMe probably won't be bootable.

UEFI booting, usually means GPT drive (or hidden partition with EFI boot sector/partition on said drive).

For Audigy 2 : 1 - Analog Ground 2 - Analog Headphone Out Left 3 - Audio Backpanel Mute -- short to ground to mute the backpanel (when headphones are plugged in) 4 - Analog Headphone Out Right 5 - same as #3 6 - Mic input from front panel 7 - key pin (shouldn't be there) 8 - VREF out -- voltage reference for Mic 9 - MIC IN MUTE -- ground when mic isn't plugged in, +12VDC when mic is plugged in 10 - Audio cable detect -- will be ground when headphones are plugged in (not normally used) Pin 1 is furthest from the bracket.

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Something like this : LINK. Based on Intel AC 8260 card. For 10$ more you can get AX capable one from Gigabyte : LINK (no Windows 7/8 support).