Grennyfell97

If I was to upgrade, would there be a noticeable improvement in framerate stability? I feel like that's the only area the 4790k is letting me down in right now.

I'm considering upgrading my current setup(with a new CPU (+mobo, ram & storage) and I'm currently tossing up between a 3700x, 9700k, or 3800x. These three currently have a roughly $40 AUD increase between them as listed here. I'm looking for advice on how to choose between them. I want the best gaming performance and I am wondering if it would be better to go with AMD if I like to have other programs running in the background if more cores makes this less of an issue. Just looking for any sort of input. TIA.

I've been thinking about getting a new headset. Currently have Sennheiser Game Zeros. They're a little over three years old and the pleather on the earcups is peeling, they slide around on my head if I look up or down and the cable is fraying and has kinks in it. I really want to switch to a wireless headset and have been looking at the Arctis Pro Wireless as they appear to be fairly comfortable and the wireless hub + hot swappable batteries looks like a good set up. My question though; is there a better option perhaps a wireless set of headphones and then maybe getting a desk mic. Money isn't a huge problem But I don't want to spend over $500 AUD (470 CAD, 350 USD). I want something balanced between, gaming, music listening and movie watching as I do quite a bit of everything. All advice is appreciated, thanks in advance.

Currently running driver v388.00, no change, still doing the same thing. The card is still under warranty, I might just send it back and see what they do. Thanks for the help all the same.

It might be worth noting that OC Guru shows the GPU running at max clocks, while only using 26% power at 60 degrees after closing down the game and having just steam and a browser open.

Does it in rocket league too, I first noticed it in Skyrim last week with the fps holding at 60 then dropping to 30 with the same sort of period as the clock speeds rising and falling in the image I put in the original post. Rocket Leagues frames go from 144 down to 75 then back up.

I downloaded and installed the drivers from December 7th and the clocks are still fluctuating in the exact same way. I started noticing problems around the 23rd. There was a driver released on the 20th... Should I go back further?

Do you think it's possible that it might be a problem with the power supply being unable to give it the power? Hence why it runs fine with a 1060? It's a 2 year old Bronze rated psu (CoolerMaster G750M). I kinda cheaped out on it.

I didn't roll back the drivers, but then I don't think this happened right after a driver update. I put my brothers 1060 in my system using the same drivers and it ran fine. Can the drivers affect different cards differently? Can I load previous drivers using geforce experience?

Help!

My PC has had a number of problems recently. It stopped powering on at all and, then starting boot looping. I took it to a repair shop and we found out that the CPU cooler was shorting the motherboard as the circuitry around the CPU mounts had been exposed from the mounting system wearing away the coating. All well and good, the guy at the tech shop put some insulating washers under the mounting nuts and it started booting fine. Took it home, tried to play some games and now I am having GPU issues. In game, my clock speeds are fluctuating between the normal pace of about 1300mhz down to as low as 650 before jumping back up. The memory clock, voltage and power consumption are all doing the same pattern. This cycle repeats itself every 9 seconds or so (attached image). At the time I captured the image below I was running PUBG sitting in the main menu (which usually puts a bit of stress on the system). I don't really want to take it back to the shop because the guy there is pretty expensive and he left fingerprints of thermal paste on my motherboard. I've got no idea what would be causing this. I've set the power settings to maximum performance in the Nvidia control panel, I've checked all the power connectors, I've re-seated the GPU. I am lost. SPECS: i7 4790k @ 4Ghz 16GB of Kingston HyperX Fury 1833Mhz MSI-Z97 Guard Pro motherboard Coolermaster G750M PSU Coolermaster Hyper 212x CPU cooler Gigabyte G1 Gaming 980ti

I could, but I am also thinking I could just make the change to DDR4 and get a board with a PCIe m.2 slot. I should be able to get a decent chunk of money back selling the 4790k and the 16gb memory.

Even then, I dunno what they'd do about a discontinued board for 4th gen processors. So I guess the question is do I go a 7600, 7700(k) or an 8600k (8700's are a bit pricey.

I did all that. The only screws I removed were the CPU fan and heatsink screws. It had been un-touched for about a year so there's no screws rattling around. I've taken the board out, there's nothing out of the ordinary. The PSU, Graphics card, and memory all worked and posted when plugged into a spare AM3 board I had in the house so its none of those.

Absolutely no sign of power at all when pressing the button, or shorting the power switch jumpers. I did drop my screwdriver when tightening the fan mounts which is why I don't think I'd be able to get anything out of the warranty or MSI.