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Am I limiting the potential of my graphics card?

RageHaxor (Jacob)
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So i have had this system now for 4-5 years (I think can't fully remember) and only really upgraded the GPU, and i was wondering if the CPU and RAM are making to i can't get the best performance out of my GPU, as i have seen people test this card but with some other CPU and RAM and it seems to perform a lot better then what I am getting currently.

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If while gaming the CPU hits 100% load, and the GPU does not, then yes.

If it doesn't, you're fine.

 

...your motherboard is disturbingly hot. You might want to look into that.

 

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Not with an overclock, assuming 1080p

 

 

CPU: i7-2600K 4751MHz 1.44V (software) --> 1.47V at the back of the socket Motherboard: Asrock Z77 Extreme4 (BCLK: 103.3MHz) CPU Cooler: Noctua NH-D15 RAM: Adata XPG 2x8GB DDR3 (XMP: 2133MHz 10-11-11-30 CR2, custom: 2203MHz 10-11-10-26 CR1 tRFC:230 tREFI:14000) GPU: Asus GTX 1070 Dual (Super Jetstream vbios, +70(2025-2088MHz)/+400(8.8Gbps)) SSD: Samsung 840 Pro 256GB (main boot drive), Transcend SSD370 128GB PSU: Seasonic X-660 80+ Gold Case: Antec P110 Silent, 5 intakes 1 exhaust Monitor: AOC G2460PF 1080p 144Hz (150Hz max w/ DP, 121Hz max w/ HDMI) TN panel Keyboard: Logitech G610 Orion (Cherry MX Blue) with SteelSeries Apex M260 keycaps Mouse: BenQ Zowie FK1

 

Model: HP Omen 17 17-an110ca CPU: i7-8750H (0.125V core & cache, 50mV SA undervolt) GPU: GTX 1060 6GB Mobile (+80/+450, 1650MHz~1750MHz 0.78V~0.85V) RAM: 8+8GB DDR4-2400 18-17-17-39 2T Storage: HP EX920 1TB PCIe x4 M.2 SSD + Crucial MX500 1TB 2.5" SATA SSD, 128GB Toshiba PCIe x2 M.2 SSD (KBG30ZMV128G) gone cooking externally, 1TB Seagate 7200RPM 2.5" HDD (ST1000LM049-2GH172) left outside Monitor: 1080p 126Hz IPS G-sync

 

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"If while gaming the CPU hits 100% load, and the GPU does not, then yes.

If it doesn't, you're fine.

 

...your motherboard is disturbingly hot. You might want to look into that.

 

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Don't forget to take or quote when replying."

 

Ok will have to look into that and the Motherboard temp is just an error i researched it and found that it is just a bug that happens and/or a faulty temp reader

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2 minutes ago, Jurrunio said:

Not with an overclock, assuming 1080p

 

 

What do you mean by that not really understanding it is an overclockerble CPU but i haven't done it because every time i have to PC crashes eventually if not immediately.

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10 minutes ago, RageHaxor (Jacob) said:

What do you mean by that not really understanding it is an overclockerble CPU but i haven't done it because every time i have to PC crashes eventually if not immediately.

you have to control the voltage as well. or, voltages as this is a Haswell CPU. There's Vccin (CPU input voltage) that I suggest you leave it at 1.9V first, then there's Vcore (CPU core voltage) which should be around 1.25V to 1.4V, which exact value is usable depends on your CPU cooler. Make sure you have HWinfo sensor mode turned on in Windows to monitor these two voltages when the system is running when overclocked.

 

Only touch the multiplier after the voltage is manually set.

CPU: i7-2600K 4751MHz 1.44V (software) --> 1.47V at the back of the socket Motherboard: Asrock Z77 Extreme4 (BCLK: 103.3MHz) CPU Cooler: Noctua NH-D15 RAM: Adata XPG 2x8GB DDR3 (XMP: 2133MHz 10-11-11-30 CR2, custom: 2203MHz 10-11-10-26 CR1 tRFC:230 tREFI:14000) GPU: Asus GTX 1070 Dual (Super Jetstream vbios, +70(2025-2088MHz)/+400(8.8Gbps)) SSD: Samsung 840 Pro 256GB (main boot drive), Transcend SSD370 128GB PSU: Seasonic X-660 80+ Gold Case: Antec P110 Silent, 5 intakes 1 exhaust Monitor: AOC G2460PF 1080p 144Hz (150Hz max w/ DP, 121Hz max w/ HDMI) TN panel Keyboard: Logitech G610 Orion (Cherry MX Blue) with SteelSeries Apex M260 keycaps Mouse: BenQ Zowie FK1

 

Model: HP Omen 17 17-an110ca CPU: i7-8750H (0.125V core & cache, 50mV SA undervolt) GPU: GTX 1060 6GB Mobile (+80/+450, 1650MHz~1750MHz 0.78V~0.85V) RAM: 8+8GB DDR4-2400 18-17-17-39 2T Storage: HP EX920 1TB PCIe x4 M.2 SSD + Crucial MX500 1TB 2.5" SATA SSD, 128GB Toshiba PCIe x2 M.2 SSD (KBG30ZMV128G) gone cooking externally, 1TB Seagate 7200RPM 2.5" HDD (ST1000LM049-2GH172) left outside Monitor: 1080p 126Hz IPS G-sync

 

Desktop benching:

Cinebench R15 Single thread:168 Multi-thread: 833 

SuperPi (v1.5 from Techpowerup, PI value output) 16K: 0.100s 1M: 8.255s 32M: 7m 45.93s

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1 minute ago, Jurrunio said:

you have to control the voltage as well. or, voltages as this is a Haswell CPU. There's Vccin (CPU input voltage) that I suggest you leave it at 1.9V first, then there's Vcore (CPU core voltage) which should be around 1.25V to 1.4V, which exact value is usable depends on your CPU cooler. Make sure you have HWinfo sensor mode turned on in Windows to monitor these two voltages when the system is running when overclocked.

 

Only touch the multiplier after the voltage is manually set.

Ok thanks will give that a try later, and see what I can get working and if it helps I have a Corsiar H60 that I am using to cool the CPU, for instance running PUBG on mostly low and medium CPU temp gets to around 70C, and i know that this isn't a well optimized game but just clarifying the game i am currently playing the most.

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