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Just now, Stefan Kasev said:

Hope i get lucky with the RMA and get replacement with other. Is it possible for them to refuse it? 

I'm not completely sure, but there are lots of places where rmas/repairs get rejected due to strict electronics fault policies about not having insurance. We're talking about GPUs though and a certain company that's selling them. They decide. 

Just now, Stefan Kasev said:

Damn maybe its the first time you see someone as stupis as me. Not considering things before diving in deep. 

Not really, everyone makes mistakes. When I was getting into computers too i really did f up quite a lot of things. You're fine

Just now, Stefan Kasev said:

So better run them without any oc and things, just stock? Because from what i read everyone wants better profit  but with higher profit the higher risk goes. I have MSI RTX 2080 Ti Ventus again running at 60% power limit - 200 core clock, +1100 memory clock. Maybe i  should turn them off. The card is running at these settings for second month. 

In the long run, yes, that's preferred. But it's really your preference whether or not you want to apply a very light OC or just run stock for longer gpu lifespan. In the end, it's your decision.

You can try to RMA the gpu, (idk exactly if the rma is gonna get accepted because of an overclock fail) but here's my opinion:

When mining with expensive rigs, you want your GPUs to survive as long as possible before breaking, and when they do eventually, then moving on to buying new ones. That keeps replacing costs down. Overclocking only shortens the lifespan of a GPU and is only recommended for gamers/overclockers who don't run their card 24/7 under 100% load, so it doesn't affect them too much. Believe me, keeping a card running any amount of time more, rather than trying to increase mining performance with OC but not being sure how much longer it will survive is better.
Additionally, you applied a really high overclock that isn't recommended to run on 24/7 under 100% load

 

Thanks for the suggestion, I guess it's gonna be the first thing im gonna upgrade soon... If I try for a GPU I'm gonna end up starving for a month lol

10 minutes ago, jones177 said:

Here is my ram usage during the bench.

It is well over 8gbs at 1080p and 1440p.

Hmm, strange. I wonder if there will be a change in performance if i decrease the page file size by just a little and try using more real ram. Maybe upgrading to 16 is the key. Thought about it for a bit. 

9 minutes ago, emosun said:

that was hundreds of windows , steam , driver , and games updates ago

consistency over a 3 years period with absolutely no regard into the software being used will yield inconsistent results. You cannot expect a machine to be consistent if nothing about it is consistent.

I guess you're right, but I didn't expect to lose so much fps just through updates and etc. If it's only that, i'm gonna get over it and just try and play at 50 fps avg. and not complain. In the end i'm looking for a solution, but there might not be one, that can specifically be done through settings and software exactly.

Hello, LTT forum community. 

After returning to GTA V, I get very heavy underutilization on both online and story mode, acheiving only 50 fps in apartment/home, but during 2018 I was playing GTA V on very high settings almost all max on 60 fps+, except for textures and MSAA with these specs:

Windows 10 Pro,
GTX 1050 2G
i5-8400 @ 2.8ghz, 4.0/4.2 boost all 6 cores*
8 GB RAM running at 2133 mhz
450W bronze/silver psu (i think it scored around mid tier on the tier list, idk the brand tho)
MB - Asrock Z370 Pro4

I've tried max settings with advanced graphics disabled and enabled, low settings, all 3 screen modes, vsync on and off, comandline.txt "Optimization" and have checked or noticed other things too:

My GPU Fan speed can't get recognized by any kind of software in RPM, but hwinfo64 sees it running at around ~50%, with temps being around 70, throttling only 20-30 mhz. I think that if I increase the speed in Afterburner, the fan might break, due to the fact that actually it started making noises during the winter that stopped after 5-10 mins, but eventually it they went away completely and the fan is working perfectly fine besides that now.
I was running an OC of +150 mhz core and +350-500 (i don't remember exactly) on mem, power limit on 100%, gpu fan speed on 80% limit, but i stopped using all of this, because I wanted to preserve the life of my GPU a bit more, since it looks like I am not gonna be buying a new GPU for long, just like many of us. Temps never went above 80C with it though. I think the oc gave a 5-6 fps increase in nearly all games i played, but on GTA V i don't know if it'll give me 60 at all.
Hwinfo showed that there was a performance limit on power, utilization and reliability voltage.
I've suspected it might be ram, but I have a page file of 2x my ram amount (16 gb) and the game uses about 3-5GB max real ram, depending on the size of it, currently using 3GB only. That shouldn't be it, I think, since the problem most likely is that the utilization is abysmal. CPU is at 50-60%, and GPU is at 60-70%, no matter the actual settings. Core 2 is at 70-80%, Core 5 50% and everything else 20-40%. If I could actually force the game to use max available resources, I can get nearly double framerate theoretically. (or at least +20-30 fps.)
That being said, more demanding games that can run, like Doom 2016 do it at a mix of medium to high settings (incl. a small amount of low), averaging around 60-100 fps, maxing everything.

The last things are the following: 
One time when i went into the game with my usual settings, I was averaging 65-80 fps, but after a quick minute it went down to 50, as if a switch had flipped.
I haven't updated my BIOS since I got my PC, at around March of 2018. The version isn't "Asrock v.XX" or whatever but is actually American Megatrends, Inc. P1.50, supposedly flashed in Novermber of 2017 by manufacturer probably.
I have speedstep, turbo boost and XMP enabled with everything set up.

If anyone has any idea what can help, please tell me.

I am gonna say Intel. If you are aiming 120/144Hz. Also, because, the 9700K runs hotter than your 2500K you will need to buy a better cooler. 

It will work. Everything under 1066Mhz should work.

15 hours ago, nolenmichael said:

Would you recommend that I purchase a CPU cooler or use stock.

If you are going to OC the cooler you choose is good. If you don't OC the stock cooler is enough.

The third one.

The 2nd one. I see that the second pc is better. RX480 vs Vega 11. Pfff. It's obvious the RX480. And the i5-7400 is good.

Change the CPU to 2600. It's better here's proof: https://cpu.userbenchmark.com/Compare/AMD-Ryzen-5-2600-vs-AMD-Ryzen-5-1600/3955vs3919. Then change the ram to 3000Mhz and a B450 motherboard (Asrock is a good choice if you are not going to OC).       

9 minutes ago, LVXVRIANT said:

I don't think you can get much out of the 2600x anyways. What did you pair yours with? 
 still on the subject of motherboards, what about Gigabyte b450m AORUS? or MSI b450m mortar?

4 Gigabyte motherboards died on me. MSI B450 Mortar has better VRAM and at least has VRAM. I think you choose the best motherboard here.

10 minutes ago, LVXVRIANT said:

3000? that's pretty pricey here... I'll take my changes with the current ones and try to OC them.

You can try getting 2666 ram and then OC to 3000 (It will be easier but really ram OCing is painful) 

4 hours ago, LVXVRIANT said:

Currently, I have 16GB of DDR4 2133 memory - A Hyperx Fury Black kit of 8x2. Is the processor's performance going to be affected a lot by it? Do I need to also upgrade my ram to a faster kit?

Yes, it will be really affected. At least 3000Mhz ram.

4 hours ago, LVXVRIANT said:

Is the stock cooler going to be enough for the CPU?

If you think that 57 degrees are too much get a better cooler.

4 hours ago, LVXVRIANT said:

I don't know which motherboard to buy.

ASRock B450M Pro 4 ITX will be a good choice if you are not going to overclock. And as an owner of an Asrock motherboard, I recommend them. And is 80$. Also, you can just say what's your budget.

9 minutes ago, AddJaden said:

I had not. So you think I should get all three of those and it would give me the most performance upgrade?

The onboard graphics are -63%. https://gpu.userbenchmark.com/Compare/Nvidia-GTX-750-Ti-vs-AMD-RX-Vega-8-Ryzen-iGPU/2187vsm441833

5 minutes ago, YourCrush1234 said:

 That is the stuff! and you will be getting quite a bit of an upgrade! About a 181% upgrade for your gpu, and an 8% upgrade for the cpu! You don’t have to get a new cpu though, it only has 2 more cores and 2 more threads than your 4300. So you can scratch that if you want.

The upgrade on the card is good. But for 78$ and 8% difference on the CPU doesn't seem much. Better have some money left and with a good card.

Did the guys on the videos OC their CPU? That can make a difference between your and their's 8600K's. Also, try default settings and then compare the temps to OC.

I didn't want to be sarcastic. Even I searched for Asus motherboards. Don't get me wrong Asus motherboards are good. Just sometimes the price can be high or the motherboard will not be the best.

Just now, LinusTechTipsFanFromDarlo said:

Sometimes it is better to spend quite a bit on components like motherboards.

Sometimes Asus is not the best...Anyways I would choose an Asrock motherboard. There aren't Asrock options so MSI.

Just now, LinusTechTipsFanFromDarlo said:

Have you considered boards by Asus? 

Asus products can be very expensive. "Asus tax"

14 minutes ago, marioc said:

OK ,thank you  very much

No problem! Also, do you need an SSD? I asked you because the budget is going to 905euro with SSD.

Here is the list:

Changed the PSU to a full modular to help with cable management and it's 80+ Gold. Faster ram because Ryzen likes ram.