Lexicalje

Just to chime in here, i have an RTX2060 FE and when i got it it had really annoying coil whine, but its died down a lot since i got it. I also feel like overclocking it and running it a different frequency helped a bit as well. Anyway, just saying as you use the thing it might get better, mine certainly did.

The day 1 patch made Anthem run like dirt for me, was great before that now im getting FPS drops down to 30 sometimes, whilst before it was basically 70-90. The game is a buggy mess right now, especially on PC... RTX 2060 by the way.

I have a 2060 and although i dont have a 1440p gaming monitor, i have been playing some games on my 4k TV at 1440p. Have to say the 2060 handles them just fine and i have no doubt it will handle most things at 1440p well. I have been playing Forza Horizon 4 at ultra / high settings with 4x MSAA on and been getting 70-90 fps.

I have to say i am disappointed with DLSS... I was hoping for more with the technology. Maybe it will improve over time who knows. For a laugh i switched DLSS on at 1080p, felt like i had put someone elses spectacles on. Horrendous! And they used that as a selling point for the 2060. "Hey, turn RTX on and DLSS for 60fps @1080p!". No one should ever do that. Ever.

I mean i only played the first mission thing late last night but i had no issues, was buttery smooth and load times were also a lot better. Planning to put a few hours into it tonight.

I just started the 10 hour trial after playing the early access demo thing a few weeks ago. Have to say performance seems a lot better to me between the 2 builds of the game. I cant remember the graphics settings i used on the demo but i was getting between 50 and 70 fps. In the trial im on 1080p max everything and getting 70-100fps. Not bad i think, i guess they did some optimisation after the demo. Also maybe its just me but i think the game looks a lot better as well and plays smoother. I felt the demo was a bit rough around the edges and had some weird glitches but this "retail" build seems great and i did stop and stare at it a few ttimes as it was so pretty. R7 1700 & RTX 2060 by the way.

People dont seem keen on them but i bought an FE the day they came out as it was quite a bit cheaper than other cards on the market. Im pleased with it, clocked it +120 core and +1Ghz on the memory which is decent i think.

In reality i think its about 10-15% performance difference which in my opinion is in no way worth the price difference. As i said before, just get a 2060 and overclock it or stump up for a 2080 if you want a big jump in performance. Unless you're at 4k the 2060 is more than adequate.

Just get a 2060 and overclock it. Thats what ive done and im nearly at 2070 performance. Its a fantastic card im dead impressed with it for the money!

Just to say i bought the FE version and im very pleased with it. Compared to other models it was about £50-100 cheaper and its not missed a beat so far and overclocks pretty well. Personally i just think get the cheapest card possible unless you're going to get a different model.

Sorry i meant to say i changed it from the Geforce Experience best image quality settings (slider all the way to the right) to the "ultra" preset in the game. Im not really sure what that actually entailed changing aside from MSAA, but yes as i noted it resulted in a rather large increase in performance. I suppose when you move to 1440p you dont need to spend as much GPU resources on AA so you get some of that performance back. Anyway, appreciate all your help with this. Im still impressed with my Ryzen 7, even if it is a 1st gen. The fact it runs on a 4Ghz all core overclock all day long still pleases me. I suspect i will update to Zen 2 when that comes out later this year. Do love AMD for keeping their sockets consistent.

It was total score. Ok, thats reassuring then thank you. I dont know why i felt it was low... Perhaps i was thinking about those Core i7's again..!

Hmm ok... I might be an idiot. So i just re-ran the FH4 benchmark but this time i changed the settings from the Geforce Experience best image quality settings (slider all the way to the right) and the ultra preset option in game and my performance jumped from 82fps average to 108fps average. Which is more where i would expect it to be. Also that was with my CPU running at 3.2Ghz instead of 4Ghz as i forgot to change the settings in Ryzen master. Didnt realise there would be such a performance hit. Perhaps its the MSAA or something...

Yes i have played some of the game and the FPS is a bit higher, sits more around 80-100fps during actual gameplay rather than the benchmark where its more 70-90fps. Im just basically trying to understand if i have an issue or if this is just the performance of the machine. I know Intel CPU's are faster but thats not really what im asking. Its weird, i feel like the machine is where it should be with Timespy, but Fire Strike feels low to me? I would have thought i would be getting towards 20k with this setup in that benchmark. Is there anything else i can do? What do you recommend to monitor hardware? Im fairly sure GPU usage is nearly 100% in games which means im not CPU limited right?

Now i would have thought my system is a bit faster than yours, a 2060 overclocked is roughly the same as a vega 64 no? But your performance seems better than mine but i have a faster CPU and faster ram...

Well i would have thought a 1700 running at 4Ghz was pretty good? I know its not a 9900k of course and i know Intel CPUs are better for gaming, but i sort of factored that in. GPU utilisation was 95%+ when i was playing FH4 and CPU is about 60% i think, although that was just through me checking task manager. I dont think im CPU limited though in that particular game because i left the CPU at 3.2Ghz and ran the same FH4 benchmark and got the same result.

Evening all, So i recently built a new gaming PC and im really pleased with it, but i guess i expected a bit more performance! Am i missing anything? Ryzen 7 1700 @ 4Ghz (I get a pretty good cinebench score of 1735 at this speed) 16Gb 3000mhz DDR4 (Have activated the XMP profile and its in dual channel ok) MSI B450 Gaming Pro Carbon motherboard RTX 2060 @ +110 core and +900 memory Corsair NVME drive / SATA SSD & normal HDD for games 650 gold corsair PSU The system scores about 8200 in time spy and 16800 in fire strike (I feel like the fire strike score is a bit low?). Im playing at 1080p 75hz, I used DDU in safe mode to install the latest drivers etc. I get great performance in titles like Dirt 4 (max settings 100-200 fps), BF1 & 5 seem decent too (BF5 max settings with RTX on even getting a good 50-70fps). But then titles like Forza Horizon 4, im getting 82 average fps on the benchmark, which feels a bit low for that type of game? The Division performance was also pretty poor, i mean its a 3 year old game and i was barely getting 60fps at 1080p? I dont get any thermal throttling, my CPU sits at 30c idle with that overclock and never goes above 60c. And my GPU is also fine temps wise. I checked the FH4 benchmark with everything stock and got less FPS than when overclocked so the overclock is adding performance for sure. I dont know, i guess i thought i would be getting more and seeing benchmark data from reviews of the 2060 i thought i would get more in games like FH4... Thing is i wanted to move up to a 1440p monitor at some point but now im worried the FPS will be far too low. Im playing at max settings on all games by the way as set by Geforce Experience (Slider moved all the way to the right).

Just buy a 2060 and overclock it, save yourself some cash. Thats what i did and im getting 2070 performance, mostly.

2600, easily worth the extra.

Does it not say in the motherboard manual? I have an MSI B450 and it gives you a breakdown of what the LED's mean if there is a post error.

Hello all, new member with a slightly daft question i suppose... I've just built a new Ryzen based gaming PC, super pleased with it. Ended up going with a Ryzen 7 1700 because i got a bit of a bargain and ive managed to get it running at 4Ghz all core overclock @ 1.35v. Been running like this for 2 weeks now and not had a single crash. Temps never go past 60c. I know it sounds a bit daft but that CPU isnt going to hold me back in gaming at all is it? Im already pondering about replacing it later in the near with a new 7nm Ryzen chip.... Its even more of a daft question i suppose when i say i've "only" paired it with an RTX 2060 (I know LTT seem to hate these GPU's, but i think its a good bit of kit for the money). Im scoring around 8200 in time spy, which i think seems fairly reasonable? Although i have to say in some games i do seem to get lower than expected FPS... But perhaps its the drivers for this card, it is very new i suppose.