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hmmmm interesting. I just used to upgrade constantly due to the performance upgrades you sometimes get in different games. It used to work fine up until all drivers past 387.92

Hi all, I usually update my nvidia drivers as soon as they are released. Ive found the recent drivers released in the last few months to all be buggy however. Since driver version 387.92 every driver i download past that seems to cause buggy behaviour. Performance noticeably decreases. PUBG for example the mouse will flicker on the menu and performance dramatically decreases. Destiny 2 also has a flickering mouse and goes into borderless window and cannot be changed to full screen no matter what I try. 387.82 works flawlessly and i was wondering if anyone else has had these problems with the latest drivers? Or if there may be a fix that im unaware of. I cant find anything on the net so thought id give the forums a shot. Thanks in advance.

Hi all, so as the title suggests, I want to control my case fans speed for my CPU & GPU temperatures simultaneously. At the moment it seems i can only control the case fans based on my CPU temperature. The reason being is i set my case fans to around 80% when my CPU hits 75C (8700K) but want to set my case fans to hit around 80% when my GPU hits low 70C as well. Some games or benchmarks (heaven) dont utilise the CPU as heavily so my GPU is hitting 75C. My case fans are only spinning at around 20% in this instance because my CPU is only hitting 40-50C which is leaving a large amount of hot air within my case as you could imagine which results in higher GPU temperatures. Is this possible to do through NZXT CAM software? If not, what would be the best way to do so? Thanks!

Alright sweet, cheers. Just out of interest though, how would i make my adapative voltage run at 1.335v (under load) if i were to do so. I see a lot of people say they use adaptive as they deem it best.

yee i knew it wasnt a great overclocker but judging by what ive read i got the feeling 1.335v @4.8GHz seemed around average as most people seem to be around 1.35v for 5GHz stable. I have seen some really good posts about 1.3v @5GHz and so forth but most seem to be around what im getting i think. Yee ok so its fine to have it running at 1.335v constantly you think?

Hi all, so as per the title suggests i am OCing my new 8700k and have found i can get 4.8GHz stable with a manual voltage of 1.335v with max temps of high 70's which i am happy with for the time being. I am looking to use adaptive voltage to minimise the amount of voltage being delivered to the CPU during less intensive scenarios. When i try using adaptive voltage however i open CPU-Z as soon as windows boots and i see voltage readings of ~1.5V so i instantly reboot the computer to change it back to 1.335v manual. I have an ASUS Z370-f mobo and the settings i have changed in the BIOS thus far are: XMP - enabled, multicore enhancement - off, sync all cores (48), LLC - level 5, core voltage - manual (1.335v). When i try and use adaptive voltage i use the settings: offset mode sign: +, additional turbo mode voltage: 1.335v, offset voltage: 0.001 (minimum). Does anyone know why this would be happening?

Whats the best voltage to use? Manual @1.2?

Hi all, Was just wondering if anyones had a chance to overclock their 8700k yet? If so what settings did you use? Looking for around 5GHz with my kraken x62 I have an ASUS Z370-f fyi

I think the voltage is set higher than it needs to be though. If i manually OC it myself i think ill be able to achieve a higher frequency with less voltage and therefore less heat. Hopefully this is the case and i have a decent chip anyway!

nope im still at work at the moment but ill be home in the next few hours and can post the results then. Im pretty confident it is because of the ASUS turbo OC mode being on in the BIOS that is causing it so i think its running close to 1.3V and 4.7GHz currently and i didnt take note.

Very true. I might look into it and see whats on the net about it and what outcomes were achieved by doing so.

Is this with a 8700k? Do you have it overclocked? I will seriously consider delidding it since i will keep it for a good 3 years or so i think so it might be worth it.

ahhhhh i see. Well that makes me feel a little better hopefully this is the case and its just because of the turbo mode being on. Yee thats not good. The vdroop issue seems really dangerous too if people didnt know about it the CPU could be running on 1.4V + at times when its only clocked around 4.3GHz so it could be running at crazy temperatures for no reason.

yee youre right. I remember seeing that one too! Now that you mention it i think the turbo option may be on because i reckon i remember seeing the CPU hitting 4.7GHz on CPU-Z.

I see. I might try both out and see which one i like better :). I realised that after I replied to you haha. Its all 100% stock at the moment so whatever is on by default is what it will be on. Ill have to check tonight.