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Guys an update...previously I used Windows 10 monitoring to get the readings of CPU and GPU usage. It showed GPU usage below 20% and CPU 80% to 100%. I thought about trying MSI after burner and Riva tuner readings and guess what, Windows 10 monitoring is completely off. CPU usage ranging between 65% maxing to 88% while GPU usage is at 90%-99%. So this shifts things. Number one, never use Windows monitoring :D. Number two I guess this means upgrading the GPU first will result in big performance improvements and then I'll upgrade the CPU and MB. Any thoughts?

Yeah the combination is tempting. I just need to have the stocks available and then I'll decide which way to go. Personally I think I'll pick the least expensive out of the RTX 3070/3080 and their equivalent from AMD. So whichever is going to cost less I'll go with. But I have to checkout the Freesync premium pro to make sure its not a hit and miss situation like before. I actually like the idea of having tons of monitor supporting Freesync but since its not always guaranteed with every single panel then going with G-sync is better but more expensive unfortunately.

I tend to prefer Nvidia GPUs plus IMHO G-sync is better than FreeSync especially since I read the other day that FreeSync monitors will not always work the same. Getting smooth graphics is a hit and miss with every FreeSync monitor unlike G-sync. Not to mention I've seen a comparison between ray tracing between the two and Nvidia's ray tracing graphics look a little better

Yeah I'll see if I can fit the Ryzen 7 into the budget but if not I guess I can do it later when needed plus support for new AMD CPUs is great. As for the PSU I currently have a 700 watt Cougar. If I go with the RTX 3080 I'll surely need to get an 800 or 850 watt PSU just to be safe. Besides that PSU is almost 10 years old. Had it since 2011 and never failed me once :D. Hopefully I can get Windows 10 to work without re-installing it as I'm too lazy to do that.

Yeah I'll eventually do the full upgrade. I guess I'll see which one becomes available locally first and go for it. Personally I think I should get Ryzen 7 5800X and either the RTX 3070 or 3080 as I'm thinking about going for 1440P or maybe 4K in 2021. Do you think the Ryzen 7 will be an overkill? Would I need to re-install Windows 10 when I upgrade the CPU and board? I read that Windows 10 has good hardware detection but I want to know if you've seen it work.

Yeah I get that but I don't want to upgrade the CPU and only find out that I gained less than 10 FPS more. So will upgrading result in more than 10-20 FPS? I've been trying to do some research on the subject and look for others with similar cases but nothing helpful

CPU is usually between 80 to 100 percent while the GPU is not under that much load. Sometimes below 20 percent

Hi guys, Recently I started playing Red Dead Redemption 2 and the PC is struggling to render more than 40-50 FPS in 1080P. I realized that the CPU is bottlenecking the GPU so should I upgrade the CPU first to something like AMD Ryzen 5 or 7 and keep the GPU or do I upgrade the GPU first? Which will yield the most impact on performance? I know doing both is the best but I want to know which upgrade will be best bang for the buck considering that I don't game that much nowadays. Just RDR2 and maybe cyberpunk 2077 when its released.

Yeah this is exactly how I thought of it. I'll consider getting an RTX 3070 when it comes out and maybe then it'll be able to run at more than 60 FPS. But then I also want to get a higher refresh rate monitor. So since I read that Free sync can work with Nvidia cards, is it limited to certain monitors or are all free sync monitors going to work fine?

Hi everyone, I'm thinking about getting a new monitor and I'm considering a 120 Hz or 144 Hz monitors but the game I'm currently playing RDR2 maxes out at 38-42 FPS on my GTX 1070. So I was wondering if getting a high refresh rate will make a difference in RDR2. I think it will be beneficial if the card can run the game at a higher FPS more than 60 I mean. But I'm not sure if this is true or not. Any ideas?

Yeah I can compare brightness in nits but I'm asking for a real world experience because iPhone 11 produces 625 nits and the 11 pro and my galaxy note 5 (yeah I've been using it that long) produce 800+ nits. So clearly more is better but is 625 nits good enough or not. Also about the switch I'm the type of person that gets a smartphone and sticks with it for a long while like you see I'm still rocking a Samsung galaxy note 5 since 2015 ... yeah I don't intend on keeping any phone more than 2 years from now on but at the same time even if I do I want to have the best support and software updates. I like customization on Android and I have Nova launcher installed with custom made widgets and homescreens and gestures. This is all cool and everything but my device is running Android 7 and even when Android 7 was released I got it like 6-12 months later. So for me I'm looking for something that will be supported for a long while if I need to and in some cases when I compare iOS apps to android there's just no comparison. Some of the very good apps are available on iOS only or of higher quality than their android counterparts.

So I'm looking to get an iPhone 11 but I went to the store and compared its screen to the iPhone 11 Pro and there was a huge difference in screen brightness. I turned the brightness level to the max on both and still the iPhone 11 did look very dimmed even compared to what the videos on YouTube show. So is it like this or was there a setting that still lowered the brightness overall? I'm looking to switch from Android to iOS so I might've missed something here.

Project cars 2 looks nice. Have you tried the multiplayer mode? I've been looking for something like Need for speed Most wanted (2005) but nothing comes close to a game this fun and Dirt 3 of course.

Hi All, I've been looking for racing games recently (any type of vehicle/craft) to play not just for single player mode but most importantly an online multiplayer mode. I own Dirt 3 and I really loved it especially the fun modes (Cat N Mouse, Outbreak, Capture the flag....etc). Now that there is no one who plays this game I find myself looking for an alternative. I know that one of the games that will be suggested is The Crew 2. From what I hear, its not a good buy. Most say that it gets boring after a short while. Also there is Wreckfest. What do you think of this one? Can you suggest any racing game whether its a real type of racing or a made up one?

Is GTA V online racing included in the GTA V game or do I need to make a separate purchase? Also, does it look good? I know I can watch videos for it but they're not the same as seeing it for yourself.