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Sounds like a power issue. Your PSU may be cutting out from its over current protection. 

Out of the Box with my Australian climate 2080Ti stock 300watts Max TGP with 1920Mhz at 1.05v at 65-70*c on Air, 45-48*c on 240mm Radiator
I can go real low to 850mv-900mv for 1800-1865Mhz and much lower temps/power limits given the choice to do so.
 
OC without UV +135Mhz to the Frequency Curve,... 2160Mhz-2175Mhz 340-370watts at 1.075v
OC+UV +120Mhz then shaving the top curve down..... netting me 2085-2115Mhz at 1.02v and 50-55*c on 240mm radiator, it can Max Limit at 370w at 4K with Ultra/RT.
Typically uses 280-320watts with 1440p/1620p at High/Ultra settings with 2100Mhz set at 1.02v
 
I've left mine at 2115Mhz for months now and barely pass 60*c on the core on my hottest days, turbo boost will settle at 2085-2100 due to increasing temps under load and how turbo boost functions every 5*c...

4770(k). 4790(k) won't be supported.
 
What is the need for the upgrade?
 
Keep in mind a 4770 is very very very much so the minimum cpu today to play big games at 60fps.
 
That and you'll need more ram, a capable gpu, new psu,... you're halfway a new pc so I don't really recommend going this route

Yes, this is brand new. Is it worth rmaing though? How bad is this?

Impossible to tell, but it suggests a manufacturing defect that could be nothing or be a dead short that will blow everything up.  Its not worth the risk.

Is this brand new, because I'd get it replaced just in case if so as it suggests a manufacturing issue.

AUTO uses basic rules like DLSS P for 4K and DLSS Q for 1080p, it's still a preset but its basic and doesn't actually change what it does based on other settings. It's a simpler preset for people who have no idea about DLSS, so its best practices are done for you.

If you have a lot of RAM it's completely unnecessary to disable swap since it'll barely be used. If you don't... well you'll probably need it, so...

If WinAmp suits your needs, there's nothing wrong with continuing to use it.

Is it the RivaTuner Statistics Server (RTSS) that comes with MSI Afterburner?

It's not just faster when it's overclocked it's faster full stop.
 
9900K was a good cpu but it's been superceded at this point.
 
That being said it's still perfectly capable of running every current game.

this just how games work,  thats why vsync was invented,  to prevent that. 
 
the problem is when you run above what your pc can do
 
 
say it can do 75fps, but not 120 consistently 
 
 
then it'll stutter if you run above 75fps -- vsync literally doesn't work in this case.
 
 
again this is why vsync was invented  - they just kinda assume  (wrongly apparently)  that users understand that there's a limit where this works and what their computer can do.
 
 
 
 
 

Sounds like just normal scene to scene variance, or CPU bound gaming (game engine)

Really only you can answer that question. If your PC isn't capable of keeping up with what you want it to do, then it's time. If it is though, then you may as well just keep it going how it is.
 
I know people that would love to have my system, yet I'm going insane not being able to throw my 12600KF to the curb in favor of a 7800X3D and my 2080 in favor of a 4080.

There are multiple implementations of V-Sync. As far as I know they all existed for years so you may have just been using or playing games that did not have V-Sync with triple buffering?

He might mean the sudden 60 to 30 halving you used to get more often... mostly being covered by triple buffering or potentially other methods like VRR.

some gpus seem to have it more often. nothing can really be done amount it other then trying to cap fps in hi fps games. more fps the more wine it makes. its not a defect for it cant be a warranty thing. other then selling it / trading it for another you have to live with it... 🤷‍♂️ a sold front case could i guess help a little with sound a bit.

Whats the aim here,just more Mhz?
 
Tasks won't benefit much from a tiny increase,the baseline IPC is strong enough.
Because overall the tiny increase isn't going to do much unless your extremely CPU bound in tasks.
Vs the expected GPU bound settings you're likely to be using in games and a few percent or less in allcore workloads no Gaming.

It looks like screen tearing. You need to limit the game not over 239fps.

If you can return this and get 2x32GB instead, do that. 4 slots can work, but it's very temperamental and not something you can just enable XMP and expect to work. 
 
You can check the BIOS revision within some sort of an about page in the BIOS itself (I don't have an NZXT board so can't tell you exactly where to find it), or you can find it within CPU-Z in the mainboard section. There's a dozen other ways to figure it out, but those are the two main ways I use. 

if you run a task that'll actually call for ~48GB RAM, does it clear up the memory to allocate to that task, or does it fill to 100% and overflow to swap?
 
(ps, 7-zip's benchmark will eat as much ram as you want)

Sounds like normal system behavior. The more RAM you have, the more Windows will use as cache, to speed things up. This is not an issue and not a memory leak either.
 
Memory leak would mean some application's memory usage continuously increases until it reaches 100%, the system runs out of available RAM and crashes.
 
Smart Access Memory, also known as reBar, has absolutely nothing to do with this. It allows your CPU to access the GPU's memory as a single continuous block, rather than in 256 MB windows. This can improve performance when uploading data to the GPU's VRAM and has no influence on system memory (RAM)

Yes because it just seems like typical wear and tear over the time of the card (factory paste) since it was made.
It's not entirely difficult, just make sure to get the WHOLE DIE covered in paste (does not need to be thick, just have 100% coverage) so no hotspots are made.
You can spread it out however you want, everyone has their methods, but overall..... it's not THAT serious, just a decent application will do.

Some GPU's fro mthe factory have a cooler and "fan curve" to get a certain full load tempreture target (say 75*c)
So when the paste gets on a bit, it's not unreasonable to see 80*c-85*c after many a years...
A repaste (and de-dust) should get you closer to factory operation temps.
 
It might seem daunting to do, it's not that bad.. really. Just clean the existing paste off and add a tiny bit of new stuff and spread it out.
Visualize 1mm layer (or less) you don't want it too thick like 1.5mm+ (using your imagination)
 
Sorry for the novel 🙂 , but Yes, I'd repaste it.

Up until 83*c the throttle point it's going to turbo boost as much as it can, while every 5*c from idle....it will drop 15Mhz as thats how it's algorithm works.
Balancing Power/Temps/Clockspeeds..

A new thermal paste application wouldn't hurt I'm sure.
But it's within spec, iE Normal operation.

Up until 83*c the throttle point it's going to turbo boost as much as it can, while every 5*c from idle....it will drop 15Mhz as thats how it's algorithm works.
Balancing Power/Temps/Clockspeeds..

A new thermal paste application wouldn't hurt I'm sure.
But it's within spec, iE Normal operation.