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Because the card has a TDP of 225w, and it is operating at 100% in benchmarks and only pulling 200.

So, I went for 5700XT in the end and everything seems fine. Timespy gave me a graphics score of about 8836 at stock settings, which seems pretty good. Things seem relatively stable. I have had a few crashes but it's hard to tell if that's the 5700XT or to do with power. Twice in Hunt:Showdown the game started producing artifacts but only when returning from an alt-tab... probably drivers. Rage 2 and Mankind Divided have crashed a couple of times over 5-6 hours but that could be the games or drivers. There is one concern, despite scoring well and performing well, I don't see power usage going above 200w. I see 190-200. That would indicate the PSU is having difficulty.. however, if i turn the power limit of the card up by 10%, I do see it using 210-220.. so maybe the PSU isn't tapping out. Either wya, i'll probably replace it within 6 months. I just wanted to update you guys and say thanks for the help.

I have an r5 1600, 16gb 3200mhz, 2x SSD, 2x HDD, soundcard and fans plus a few USB devices I am looking to buy either a 2070 super or 5700xt. My present PSU is a 650w fractal integra r2. It has 30a on the 12v1 rail and 22a on the 12v2 rail. It's around 5 years old. Is a new PSU necessary to power these graphics cards? Realistically what is the worst that would happen if it fails? Is it >95% likely that a failure won't effect other components? Thanks

Hmm. So is it the combined 30a +22a that is relevant? So it is effectively the same as 52a on one 12v rail? I do have a backup PSU if needed, so i'd be happy to let this one play out and see how it goes so long as theres no chance it'll kill other components. Realistically there is no chance of that, right? Otherwise i'd be looking at something like the Corsair RM650, which has 54A on the 12v, so to my understanding there isn't much technical difference, if i am right that 12v1 and 12v2 should be combined.. It's only age that's a concern.

OK. I am also running a ~5 year old Fractal Design 80+ Bronze 650w PSU with 30a on the 12v1 and 22a on the 12v2 rails. That should still be fine, right?

yeah 60-100hz. The monitor only goes to 100hz.

I noticed that too, and it's one point to the 2070S. Can anyone say whether the 1600 will be any kind of bottleneck at 3440x?

December 2018 I bought a 3440x1440 freeysnc monitor on the assumption worthwhile graphics cards would be releasing in January. It wasn't the case so ive been making do with RX480. Now I am really very very bored and desperate to upgrade but the market is in such a s**t state. Options are: Overspend on a 5700XT, pay £440 on a Pulse from Overclockers because the only aftermarkets I can find at a semi reasonable price are the MSI cards from Quzo.net who have the best prices by far but are out of stock of Pulse with no idea when they're coming back. If I do that then I also have the concern that the drivers are total cack, with many reports of crashing even in Youtube, etc.. and I really resent the price gauging. Or, I buy the cheapest 2070 dual fan Super I can find, which is the Zotac for £500. Some ray tracing would be nice but i've no real idea if I could get a good balance of picture quality and performance (60+fps), because the benchmark videos always use absolute max settings which may be costly but totally negligible in visual clarity. With the Super I have to worry about my Freesync monitor (ex3501r) not playing well with it. Another consideration is that i am using an r5 1600 and i *think* at this resolution it won't be a bottleneck, but I am not certain. I am really tired of waiting and AMD's incompetence with ultra slow AIB release has hacked me off. I want something by the end of this week. What should I go for?

Do you mean you are using the same activation code for windows 10 or you are using the same installation of windows 10? When you change motherboard, you have to have clean slate. You need to format and i'd disable any onboard graphics from the bios too.

It's cool, i figured it out. I downloaded acronis true image bootable ISO, mounted, copied the contents to a USB drive, booted the USB, made an image of the second windows drive, formatted that drive, booted again from the USB, restored the image and it worked perfectly. Also only took a couple of minutes with the backup and destination drives both SSD.

Hi. I have dual boot with 2 versions of windows 10, i want to be able to format the second one and then be able to restore it completely with all of my programs and settings. How do i do that?

I am looking for a new monitor. 27-32 inches, preferably 32 Freesync 144hz <~£350 Mainly for gaming and browsing but I do occasional Photoshop painting and video editing so colours and contrast can't be rubbish. Contenders so far: MSI Optix MAG27CQ 27" - Available on sale for £299 right now Hannspree Gaming HG 324 QJB 31.5" - £360 Acer ED323QURAbidpx 32" - £319 on sale Samsung LC32JG50QQUXEN 32" - £329 Any other recommendations or help for me choosing which one? Thankyou