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Yup, that one. It's around 6 Mhz in idle. I think I mostly figured it out though. 1815 MHz is the defaullt max gpu clock (no boost) according to the manufacturer. The Mystic Afterburner skin has a clock curve and voltage curve editor (under voltage curve tab). It's a linear graph and the midpoint is at 1414MHz by default. If I OC to 2050, that's +21 from the 2029 so the mid point gets moved up by 11 (it's techically 21/2). 1414+11 = 1425 and that's what the first box in GPU-Z says. If I UC to 1925 that's -104 from the default 2029 so the mid point gets moved down by 52 (104/2). 1414 - 52 = 1362 and again that's what the first box in GPU-Z says. So the only odd thing is that Afterburner and Radeon say my stock boost clock is 2029MHz while GPU-Z says it's 1925MHz. 1925MHz is also the default boost clock according to the manufacturer but from what I understand it varies from card to card so maybe mine really does default to 2029. Another interesting thing is that back when I got the card and I was using the older Adrenalin Driver (before Adrenalin 2020) it always defaulted to 1989 and not 2029 so maybe the default setting is a driver+card specific thing idk.

But when I switch to a different Afterburner skin and my pc is just idle the core clock at the moment is like 0-10 MHz and the first box in GPU-Z still says exactly 1362Mhz. It also doesn't change when you refresh GPU-Z. So how can it be the current core clock?

Oh, i didn't realize that's what it is. Thank you

So the first box which shows clocks lower than the default isn't a metric I should pay attention to?

I have the Sapphire Pulse 5700XT. I have attached three screenshots of three different clock settings on MSI Afterburner and the respective GPU - Z readings.When I reset my settings in MSI it shows 2029 MHz but in GPU-Z it reads everything as default with the Boost clock being 1925 MHz. Why does MSI Afterburner (Radeon's software too for that matter) say 2029?When I set the clock in MSI Afterburner to 1925 which is supposed to be the default Boost clock of the card, GPU-Z says that the GPU clock is now lower than default, while the Boost clock remains the same. Another example is OC to 2050 MHz. GPU-Z also says 2050 Boost clock but the GPU Clock is still significantly lower than default. Why is that?I'm a noob to all this so maybe I'm misunderstanding something.

Thank you. I've been watching videos and benchmarks and it seems that the Gigabyte Gaming OC 5700xt or the Powercolor Red Dragon (a bit cheaper) both have good cooling and are mostly quieter than the other custom models so they look like good choices to me if I want to go with a new GPU.

Quick question. How much of a problem would all of my older parts like mobo and CPU be if I got a 5700XT? Would they be too much of a bottleneck?

Thanks to everyone for your help. I'll research a bit more these days and I'll check out the deals next weekend.

I agree. I'll wait for Black Friday/Cyber Monday and if I see a good deal I'll probably jump on it. If not I can wait a bit longer. I'm not in that big of a rush to upgrade - mainly wanted to know what my options are. Thank you for your help

Alright. Now I'm getting advice in a bit of a different direction namely that GPU is more worth it as an upgrade especially for gaming. If I go for that theoretically I guess I'm looking at rx5700/xt, 2060, 2070/2070super. Rx5700 and the xt version are similarly priced with the latter being about 390€. Is the roughly 150€ price difference worth it for 2070 or 2070super?

I found the 3600x for about 20 euros more right now which I'm assuming is worth it right? What about B450 Pro Carbon AC for 128€?

Anything in particular you'd recommend? Let's say I have a budget of about 400-500 euros for CPU, Mobo and RAM just so that you have some sort of a reference point.

I'm under the impression that the GPU is not my top priority, because I'm still able to play at decent graphics settings and get 100+ FPS. From I understand though the other three you named are quite old and would probably go hand in hand as upgrades. Is that correct?

Hello, I would like to get some advice on PC upgrades. I originally built my PC 5+ years ago and it's a bit of a mixed bag, because some things have been replaced and some haven't. I play a lot of different games but the heavier ones I frequent are Rainbow Six Siege, Mordhau, Dark Souls 3 for example. I live in Germany. My budget is yet to be determined, because I'm a student who only makes enough money to cover his monthly expenses (excluding rent) and need to talk to my parents about it. I'd like to know though what upgrades would result in the biggest improvements. Here's my build: Motherboard: ASRock Z77 Pro4 PSU: FSP Raider 750 CPU: Intel i7-3770 (non K) GPU: Gigabyte Windforce (3xFan) GTX970 RAM: Evo Corsa GeIL 2x4GB DDR3-1866MHz SSD: Intel 330 Series 120 GB (SSDSC2CT120A3) + Samsung Evo 850 500GB HDD: Western Digital Green WD20EARX 2TB, 5400RPM, 64MB cache Case: Cooler Master Silencio 550 Cooling: 2 Cooler Master case fans (the ones that come with the case I believe), Hyper Evo 212 for the CPU but with a Noctua NF-P12 redux fan because the original Cooler Master one wasn't working properly after a while (probably the bearings). Monitor: Samsung 24" S24B350H, 1920x1080, LED, 60Hz Thank you very much in advance.