Mister Woof

Nothing official as far as I know, since they wont talk much about it until much closer to launch. Based on historic trends it is likely it'll be another "new" socket, given they typically support two CPU gens per chipset/socket, and we had 12/13th gen pairing. Meteor Lake is also quite different from anything they did in the past which might nudge more to a new socket too. I'd hope for cooler compatibility at least.

disdoo a mofo prophet 

Did you by any chance want to calm down before doing diagnostics or is this what we should expect going forward

Alternatively you could buy a 4k monitor instead and avoid the bottleneck that way- if you’re buying a 4090, might as well push all the pixels it can handle!

false alarm, seems it was a thin piece of tape that somehow managed to stick itself there, wasn't from anything I own, no idea where it is from and how it ended up there. I used my nail to gently remove it, there doesn't seem to be any damage underneath, now I'm more worried from any oils from my finger getting on the board... how r u supposed to clean it?

I'll run my single core tonight, hopefully I can come close.

Ryzen 7 7700x just starting to tweak OC and UV.
 

default settings

 
in 10m test, hits around 90c and scores about 30.6k

XFX RX 7900 XTXUSSY 
XFX RADEON RX 7900XTX TWERK 619 EDITION

deinstall this and watch the score go up!
 
just having shadowplay on cost me about 500 pts lol so yeah.
 
but i don't think there's anything worse than nzxt cam tbh 😬

I would. 5th gen is quite cheap right now and may get more expensive in the future. 
Good time to upgrade and there are some and will be more bottlenecks 

wait, you know her!? (^o^)
 
 
ａｎｙｗａｙ, here it is , ｅｘｃｌｕｓｉｖｅｌｙfor OP
 
 

 
 
(ㆁωㆁ*)

It's upgrade time, baby!

The lanes from the top PCIE slot go directly to the CPU.
 
The M.2 does not share lanes with the PCIE slot, they are also dedicated.
 
If the top 16X slot is running at anything other than 16X, then there is something wrong. Having an M.2 in the top slot should not effect the number of lanes the top 16X slot has available.
 
I gleaned this information from MSI's official specs page for this board. If the top 16X slot shares lanes with the M.2, it's not shown in their specs.

Your top 16X slot is wired for 16 lanes. The bottom is wired for 4 lanes.
 
You should use the top slot.
 
The top slot has dedicated lanes. If they aren't available, you need to figure out why; I'd suggest cleaning out the PCIE slot, make sure the PCIE power plugs (8 pin) are all plugged in, and if you still only show 1 lane to that top slot, then you need to reseat your CPU. Pull the cooler off, pull the CPU out of the socket, and make sure there are no bent pins in the CPU socket.
 
If it still only has 1 lane, you should contact MSI about RMAing the board.

Guys, I figured it out!
 
My 3080 was plugged in my top slot which for SOME REASON is only PCIE x1 when it should have been x16 while my bottom slot is PCIE 4x.
 
Once I made the change, my FPS, CPU util and GPU usage doubled. 
Witcher 3 1440p Ultra 50-60fps => 90-100fps
Zero Horizon Dawn 1440p Ultra 40-50fps => 70-100fps
 
My fps is not yet what the 3080 is capable of but I'm getting closer. Now I know i'm not CPU or RAM but PCIE bottlenecked. Not bad for the 5 year old 9700k and 2400mhz ram lol
 
Now, any ideas on how I could get the full x16 bandwidth of my top slot?
So far only have my NVME ssd in the top m.2 slot.
 
Note: My card is a bottom 😉 
 

 

 

sure does, but typically when your gpu is 100% and boosting it'll use around close to max tdp at least ... which is why its pretty obvious that 99% cant be gpu 3d usage,  and if it is something else is wrong 
 
yup... it also depends on frequency i guess but generally yeah, my gpu is actually spot on at 100% usage 270w (record is 273w!) and im using hwinfo64 plus icue which is actually directly connected to my rmi ~
 
(and yes my 3070 tdp is 270w, not 220 or whatever is nvidia stock tdp)
 
ps: its also pretty funny its super obvious the gpu wants to use *more* (even though i pretty heavily undervolted it, or maybe because since it runs pretty cool) but it cant because the vbios doesn't allow it...
 
and no i don't want more power usage... i hate it, im most happy when my gpu is at 50% at 50c and fans are off!  xD
 
Like here one of my fav games (Project Zero)
 

 
Its not even boosting , but max settings/ 60fps 🤗

SotTR demo has the benchmark built in.
 
Can you see how much power the GPU is using? Can you run HWinfo64 and report if there are any limitation reasons listed?
 
1440p on witcher 3 capping out at 99% GPU with 54fps is mad broken
 
Edit: I just saw your other screens and showing 207w...that's very underpowered for a 3080, which should be around 320-340w at 100% power draw.
 
Unless I'm reading the rows wrong and it's not 99% usage, and it's that 60% metric.

If your feelings were as strong as your PC game.... You'd be much better off 👍

Been on it since August 2021. Zero real issues with 10900K and 13700K. Most are just small nitpicks, nothing game or performance breaking. UI changes are just a little less accessible in some ways, which I suppose is a valid concern.

https://www.psychologytoday.com/us/blog/liking-the-child-you-love/201912/5-words-stop-you-living-regret
 

You need to stop saying this stuff.  While I love my kid, giving him a perfectly good machine I DON"T HAVE TO UPGRADE is driving me nuts!
 
 

Oh, it's that website. I last saw it few years ago and it's hilariously bad.
 
For example a 2005 Pentium 4 vs the 12400:
https://www.cpuagent.com/cpu-compare/intel-pentium-4-660-vs-intel-core-i5-12400/summary/nvidia-geforce-rtx-3080-ti
"The Core i5-12400 targets mid-range customers while the Pentium 4 660 is a high-end CPU. The Core i5-12400 has 6 cores, while the Pentium 4 660 has 1. Having a higher number of cores improves running multiple applications and heavily multi-threaded tasks. Having an excellent base clock speed of 3.6GHz helps the Pentium 4 660 achieve better performance in most applications. The Core i5-12400 comes with an excellent boost clock speed for gaming and single-thread tasks. Core i5-12400 consumes less power at 65W. With an efficient 10nm manufacturing process, the Core i5-12400 has better thermals. The Core i5-12400 is relatively newer."

5900x for heavy multitasking 
5800x3d for pure gaming 
 
although it just sounds like windows derping between the windows